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• Snowpack in Okanagan still 150 per cent of normal

  09-04-2018 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  The snowpack in the Okanagan continues to be well-above average, causing concern about flooding.
  
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• Surrey mayor, councillors under fire over trip to Phoenix to learn about LRT

  09-04-2018 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner and a handful of municipal councillors are facing scrutiny after a trip to Phoenix last week to broaden their knowledge on LRT systems.
  
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• How Ottawa might try to save the Trans Mountain pipeline

  09-04-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  Can Ottawa save the pipeline project? And if so, how?
  
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• Another temporary modular housing complex approved

  09-04-2018 23:45
  
  A temporary modular housing complex adjacent to Olympic Village Line station has been approved by the City of Vancouver’s director of planning.
  
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• No tulips in bloom yet on soft opening day at Abbotsford Tulip Festival

  09-04-2018 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Owner Alexis Warmerdam says the tulips are on their way, but bad weather has delayed them from blooming.
  
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• Pipeline protesters including Green leader should face criminal charges: judge

  09-04-2018 23:25
  
  Justice Kenneth Affleck says there's no doubt in his mind that the alleged actions of the protesters amount to criminal contempt.
  
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• Fields of green on opening day at Abbotsford Tulip festival

  09-04-2018 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  Spring has sprung a little late for the Abbotsford Tulip Festival. Monday is officially the first day of the event but it would seem that nature had something else in mind. The 10 acre site should be bursting with color.
  
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• UBC President Santa Ono makes apology to residential school survivors

  09-04-2018 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  UBC President Santa Ono delivers a statement of apology for the university’s involvement in the system that supported the operation of residential schools, at the official opening of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre.
  
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• Man charged after girl sexually assaulted in Surrey

  09-04-2018 23:01 via theprovince.com
  Formal charges have been laid against a 45-year-old Surrey man in connection with the April 5 sexual assault on a girl in a Whalley home.
  RCMP say a man allegedly broke into a home in the 10700 block of 132A Street at around 4 a.m. Thursday and attacked the girl.Mounties said the man fled out the back door after he was confronted by someone else in the home.
  Police arrested a man on Friday.
  Anthony Trevelyan, 45, of Surrey has now been charged with sexual assault, breaking and entering and
  
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• B.C.’s forest sector: Writing the book on innovation

  09-04-2018 22:45 via vancouversun.com
  While British Columbians often associate exciting innovations with computer science and the Internet, our forest sector has been playing a substantial role in leading-edge technology. These new ideas have made our world a better place.
  Our forest sector has developed ground-breaking applications from stewardship through manufacturing that have greatly improved the lives of so many — “killer apps” to use the jargon of the web.
  The sector’s scientists and researchers are co
  
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• Is the Vail corporate machine killing the spirit of Whistler?

  09-04-2018 22:16 via vancouversun.com
  The takeover of Canada’s most iconic ski resort by an American corporation was never going to go smoothly. But Vail Resorts Inc.’s $1 billion acquisition of Whistler Blackcomb has Canadians seething.
  The new owner’s offences include the adoption of an on-mountain app that features Fahrenheit and inches, rather than Celsius and centimetres, and a season-pass pricing system that benefits globe-trotting jet setters at the expense of locals. Then there’s general disconte
  
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• Three-cup chicken

  09-04-2018 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  Award-winning Chef Raymond’s Three Cup Chicken
  
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• Impaired driving charges laid in 2016 fatal crash in Surrey

  09-04-2018 22:07 via vancouversun.com
  A 28-year-old Surrey man has been charged with multiple counts of impaired driving in connection with a 2016 collision that killed two people and injured three others.
  The incident occurred at 12:30 a.m. on May 22, 2016.
  A Toyota 4-Runner westbound on 88th Avenue in Surrey was attempting to turn left onto 152nd Street when it was struck by an eastbound Nissan Altima. The Nissan then struck a third vehicle that was travelling westbound on 88th Avenue.
  One man was pronounced dead at
  
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• Mackerel Crudo

  09-04-2018 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  Make this dish at home.
  
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• Vancouver Humane Society urges stores to stop selling ‘cruel’ glue traps

  09-04-2018 21:52
  
  The Vancouver Humane Society is calling on four major retailers to stop selling “inhumane” glue traps, which are used to get rid of rodents.
  
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• Riverdance's 20th anniversary tour a truly global experience

  09-04-2018 21:47 via vancouversun.com
  Riverdance
  20th Anniversary Tour
  When: April 13 to 15, various times
  Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $30.50, at Ticketmaster.comMaggie Darlington is from exactly where you would expect an award-winning competitive Irish dancer to be from.
  Maggie Darlington. 
  “I’m from California,” said Darlington. “I started dancing when I was three to follow in the footsteps of my older sister who wanted to do some kind of dancing. My dad’s entire extende
  
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• B.C. summer camps preview

  09-04-2018 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  Summer holidays are a few months away, but it is already time to start your children’s organized activities for July and August. Christine Pilkington from VancouverMom.ca
  
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• Is the Steveston Interurban Tram back on track?

  09-04-2018 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  It was once a cherished part of the community, but Richmond’s Interurban tram made its final stop 60 years ago. Now the city is looking to set the wheels in motion again, exploring the cost and opportunity of running a tram in Stevenson. Tanya Beja explains.
  
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• By the numbers: Vancouver gears up for 2018 season of cruise ships

  09-04-2018 21:23 via vancouversun.com
  In Vancouver, there are certain things that mark the changing of the seasons – and even if the seasons don’t change, you can still be sure that cruise ships will appear at the city’s waterfront in early spring.
  “We always look forward to the start of the cruise season and are thrilled this year to welcome even more visitors to our cruise terminal at Canada Place,” said Robin Silvester, president and chief executive officer of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.
  The
  
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• New affordable rental homes for moderate-income households

  09-04-2018 21:20
  City announces pilot project for $30-$80K-earners to qualify for up to 750 homes in 20 new rental buildings
  
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• B.C. Tourism Minister Lisa Beare expected to make full recovery following heart surgery

  09-04-2018 21:20 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia's Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Lisa Beare is recovering after heart surgery last week.
  
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• Canucks prospects tracker: Week of April 9

  09-04-2018 21:06 via theprovince.com
  It’s the latest edition of the weekly tracker, where we tally up the efforts of the Canucks’ highest-profile prospects:
  Jonathan Dahlen
  Mission accomplished for Dahlen and his Timra teammates.
  The goal to get Timra promoted to the Swedish Hockey League was on thin ice last week, with Timra down 3-1 in their series to Karlskrona.
  But Dahlen and Co. turned it around with three straight wins to get the job done.
  On Monday, a 3-1 Game 5 win for Timra, Dahlen sealed the deal with a breaka
  
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• Q&A: Jean-Michel Jarre talks about the excitement of touring new venues like Vancouver

  09-04-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  Jean-Michel JarreWhen: April 17, 8 p.m.
  Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets: From $55, ticketmaster.caFrench electronic music maker Jean-Michel Jarre is a key artist in the creation of modern dance music/ambient/new age sounds.
  His 1977 release Oxygène is one of the first global smash hit electronic music albums. The intense cover painting by artist Michael Granger of the Earth peeling away to present a gasping human skull, has also become an iconic image for global environmental
  
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• Henrik and Daniel Sedin clean out their Canucks locker one last time

  09-04-2018 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  Jay Janower talks to Henrik and Daniel Sedin after their final week as Vancouver Canucks.
  
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• Trudeau not as eager as Alberta to invest in Trans Mountain pipeline

  09-04-2018 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  A day after Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s declared that her province is prepared to invest in Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, Trudeau was not as eager to make such statements.
  
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• Peachland, B.C. issues water quality advisory

  09-04-2018 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  Officials have issued a water quality advisory for Peachland because of high water turbidity.
  
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• ‘It will get built’: Trudeau defiant in Trans Mountain pipeline construction

  09-04-2018 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remained defiant that the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline would be built despite continued delays and protests over its construction through the B.C. interior.
  
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• Raw oysters linked to outbreak of norovirus

  09-04-2018 20:07
  
  Human sewage in seawater is most likely cause, health officials say.
  
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• Q&A: Dorrance Dance's Elizabeth Burke explores the limits of tap

  09-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Dorrance Dance: Triple Bill
  When: April 13 & 14
  Where: Vancouver Playhouse
  Tickets and info: from $35 at dancehouse.caDanceHouse’s 10th anniversary season comes to a close with two performances from Dorrance Dance. Formed by New York-based dancer/choreographer Michelle Dorrance in 2010, the company has been lauded as “the future of tap dancing”  by What’s On Stage. For its return to Vancouver, the troupe will perform three pieces. Postmedia News talked to dancer
  
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• Hard-boiled detective yarn sets a murder mystery in 1920s Hong Kong

  09-04-2018 19:58 via vancouversun.com
  Nine Dragons
  When: April 12 to 21
  Where: Gateway Theatre
  Tickets: from $29 at tickets.gatewaytheatre.com
  In Nine Dragons, the search for a killer is complicated by conflict between a talented Chinese detective and his English supervisors. 
  The detective genre was the perfect vehicle for the themes he wanted to explore, says playwright Jovanni Sy.
  “Along with a murder procedural, so much of the play is tied into the mystery of identity. In the case of my lead character, he’s a Ch
  
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• Shadowman took bite out of Big Apple with eerie art

  09-04-2018 19:55
  
  Conceptual artist Richard Hambleton known in Vancouver’s art scene for his fake crime scene outlines.
  
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• B.C. Minister Lisa Beare expected to recover following heart surgery

  09-04-2018 19:34 via vancouversun.com
  Tourism Minister Lisa Beare will be missing from the B.C. legislature for at least a few weeks while she recovers from heart surgery.
  Premier John Horgan shared the news in a brief statement issued Monday morning. He said Beare was diagnosed last week with a medical condition that required the surgery, but did not specific what condition.
  “I know our colleagues on both sides of the legislature join me in wishing Minister Beare a speedy recovery,” said Horgan.
  “We send her and h
  
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• ‘It has to be a good fit’: Sedins on returning to hockey in different role

  09-04-2018 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  At the year-end press conference Monday, the Sedins said they aren’t closing the door on eventually returning to hockey in another role. First, they said, their priority is to spend time with family.
  
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• B.C. norovirus outbreak linked to raw oysters

  09-04-2018 19:29 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Centre of Disease Control says contaminated raw oysters are to blame for a recent outbreak of norovirus.
  Approximately 40 cases of acute gastrointestinal illness have been reported to public health authorities since March 18.  The BCCDC says all of the ill people reported consuming raw B.C. oysters.
  The agency says laboratory testing confirmed the presence of norovirus in some of the cases and it is suspected in the others. 
  Two B.C oyster farms implicated in the outbreak
  
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• ‘I’m not going to throw any names out there’: Henrik Sedin on next Canucks captain

  09-04-2018 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  Henrik Sedin said he wouldn’t “throw any names out there” for next captain and it’s really up to coaches and management to figure out.
  
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• Sedin Twins say they didn’t expect such an incredible farewell from fans

  09-04-2018 19:19 via globalnews.ca
  Henrik and Daniel Sedin told the media Monday that they weren’t expecting such an incredible send-off from fans at their final game before retirement.
  
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• Popping in with Dana Gee: April 8

  09-04-2018 19:04 via globalnews.ca
  Dana Gee has the latest entertainment news of the week including a new movement starting among Brazilian female sports journalists and how The Rock has gone public with news about his battle with depression.
  
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• GoFundMe campaign for Humboldt Broncos now among top five in the world

  09-04-2018 19:04 via vancouversun.com
  The crowd funding campaign to support the Humboldt Broncos survivors is now the largest GoFundMe campaign in Canada and among the top five largest campaigns internationally.
  As of 9:15 a.m. on Monday, the fund had reached $5.2 million, after its initial goal was bumped up to $4 million. A total of 73,000 donors from more than 65 countries have contributed, with the majority being Canadians.
  However, the number of donors and the total is changing hourly, according to GoFundMe spokeswoman Rachel H
  
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• Canucks to visit Humboldt later this week: Team president Trevor Linden

  09-04-2018 19:02 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver Canucks’ president Trevor Linden reacted Monday to the tragic bus crash involving Humboldt Broncos. He said Saskatchewan natives Derrick Pouliot and Derek Dorsett are putting a group together to go to Humboldt this week to show their support.
  
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• Canucks coach says without Sedins ‘it’s going to look different and feel different’

  09-04-2018 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  At the end-of-season press conference Monday, Canucks coach Travis Green said the team will look and feel very different without the Sedin twins. He said nothing has been decided in terms of who might be in the running to be the new captain.
  
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• B.C.'s alcohol retailers want option to sell cannabis

  09-04-2018 18:25
  
  Alcohol retailers remain eager to sell recreational cannabis despite the B.C. government’s decision to forbid retailers from selling cannabis alongside tobacco or alcohol in the same store.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks hold end-of-season press conference

  09-04-2018 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  The team, which did not make the playoffs, had a dramatic finale with the departure of Daniel and Henrik Sedin.
  
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• ‘A government openly in opposition’: Kinder Morgan CEO speaks on pipeline project

  09-04-2018 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  The CEO says if that clarity doesn't come by June 1, the company will evaluate a write-off.
  
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• Daily Poll: Will you wear a jersey to support the Humboldt Broncos?

  09-04-2018 17:15 via vancouversun.com
  A group of B.C. hockey moms have spearheaded Jersey Day, scheduled for this Thursday, in honour of the Humboldt Broncos.
  On Friday, a collision outside of Tisdale, Sask. between a passenger bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team and a semi-trailer left 15 dead and another 14 injured. The news rocked the country and devastated anyone who had ever been involved with team sports. Support poured in from far and wide, including from Hollywood celebrities and the Queen herself.
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• Kinder Morgan says no room to delay Trans Mountain project past May

  09-04-2018 16:41 via vancouversun.com
  Kinder Morgan said its decision to halt spending on the Trans Mountain pipeline in B.C. is to protect investors at a critical point when the project would be headed into a “high spend” period.
  “We are at a point where our spending would need to increase significantly in order to begin full construction activity,” said Kinder Morgan chairman and CEO Steve Kean.
  “The need for certainty comes acute at this stage – full construction would reach $200 to $300 millio
  
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• Vancouver weather: Rains will give way to wind this afternoon

  09-04-2018 16:25 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: April 9, 2018 – Monday’s weather promises some breaks in the rain to allow for sun. Whether that actually happens or not remains to be seen.
  The clouds are forecast to part this afternoon, with some wind across the region throughout. No rain is expected into the evening but it will return on Tuesday morning.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mainly cloudy, with 30 per cent chance of showers in the morning. Clearing this afternoon. Windy across the southern sections
  
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• Kinder Morgan to speak Tuesday on B.C. pipeline spending halt

  09-04-2018 16:06 via vancouversun.com
  Kinder Morgan said its decision to halt spending on the Trans Mountain pipeline in B.C. is to protect investors at a critical point when the project would be headed into a “high spend” period.
  “We are at a point where our spending would need to increase significantly in order to begin full construction activity,” said Kinder Morgan chairman and CEO Steve Kean.
  “The need for certainty comes acute at this stage – full construction would reach $200 to $300 millio
  
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• Kinder Morgan decision to halt pipeline work a ‘devastating’ blow to energy sector: Scheer

  09-04-2018 15:45 via globalnews.ca
  Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the decision by Kinder Morgan to halt all non-essential work and related spending on its Trans Mountain pipeline in the face of continued opposition to its construction is a "devastating" blow to the Canadian energy sector.
  
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• Neptune 5 testing the wave-power waters off Point Grey

  09-04-2018 15:00
  
  “In Georgia Strait there are eight million waves in a year," says Vancouver entrepreneur who wants to use the ocean's waves to create electricity.
  
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• Kinder Morgan to speak Tuesday morning on pipeline spending halt due to B.C. pushback

  09-04-2018 14:22 via vancouversun.com
  Representatives with Kinder Morgan will speak Tuesday morning on their plans to halt spending on the Trans Mountain pipeline project due to B.C. pushback.
  The press conference is being streamed online at www.kindermorgan.com at 5:30 a.m. PST.
  On Sunday, the company announced it would be halting all “non-essential activities and related spending” on the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline project.
  Many of those opposed to the project called the development another victory or sug
  
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