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• Sandbags pre-positioned in Boundary Country for flood threatened residents

  27-04-2018 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  Ninety thousand. That’s the number of bags that have been put out in various locations within the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary. While supplying the sandbags, the district days says it’s the responsibility of homeowners to build the temporary dikes to protect their properties from potential flooding. There are volunteer groups in Grand Forks which...
  
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• Possible fentanyl packaging site discovered in Surrey

  27-04-2018 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  Surrey RCMP are investigating on what they say could be a possible fentanyl packaging site.
  
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• Modular housing project replaces Sugar Mountain tent city

  27-04-2018 23:23
  
  The buildings are part of affordable housing strategy which aims to create 600 modular homes in Vancouver and 1,400 more across B.C. over the next three years.
  
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• Abbotsford cop who stuffed cash in sock during drug raid says it was a ‘joke’

  27-04-2018 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  The incident was captured on a hidden camera. The officer says it was part of a practical joke.
  
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• Meet the chef: Dan Vichitthavong's star is rising fast

  27-04-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Chef Dan Vichitthavong’s passion for food has taken him across Canada. Beginning in Toronto, Dan worked the line as chef de partie at The Harbord Room and Monofuko Daisho, senior sous chef at Cambridge Mill and head chef at Café 13 Bar and Grill, all before moving to Vancouver in 2016 and landing a junior sous chef role at Ancora Waterfront. Dan joined the Tableau Bar Bistro team in 2017 ,and worked his way from sous chef to head chef in
  
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• Conversations That Matter: LNG in an age of uncertainty

  27-04-2018 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  The premier of British Columbia is standing on his head vowing to stop the increase in the flow of oil from Alberta. At the same time he is greenlighting the development of LNG in his own province.
  LNG is considered to be the cleaner alternative within the family of carbon fuels and the premier wants to see an increase in the amount of it produced in BC. When natural gas prices were high, the tax revenue from natural gas to the province was substantial.
  Then, just as it seemed the indu
  
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• Man sentenced for shooting innocent man mistaken as rival Surrey gangster

  27-04-2018 22:56 via globalnews.ca
  The case of mistaken identity began on April 4, 2016, when a 19-year-old man was rushed to hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries after he was shot in his car in the area of 86 A Avenue and 140 Street.
  
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• REAL SCOOP: IHIT wants info on victim's whereabouts before slaying

  27-04-2018 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide investigators want the public to help them determine what Surrey’s most recent murder victim was doing in the hours before he was killed.
  Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Cpl. Frank Jang said Delta resident Amin Vinepal, 24, was found about 3:30 p.m. Thursday on the side of the road in the 17800-block of 12th Avenue. 
  Soon after Vinepal’s body was found, Surrey RCMP received a call about a burning vehicle in the 18700-block of 28th Avenue. 
  
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• Man in surgical mask breaks into Richmond home — just to move stuff around

  27-04-2018 22:49 via globalnews.ca
  Richmond RCMP have an unusual case on their hands.
  
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• Three year prison sentence for Okanagan drunk driver who caused deaths of two friends

  27-04-2018 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  "I know there is nothing I can say or do that can fix what has happened. I am very sorry to the families of Carlee and Paige."
  
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• North Okanagan man pleads guilty to impaired driving in crash that killed his friends

  27-04-2018 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  "I know there is nothing I can say or do that can fix what has happened. I am very sorry to the families of Carlee and Paige."
  
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• Design for new Women and Families Centre big and bright

  27-04-2018 22:36
  
  Renderings of Union Gospel Mission's proposed new Women and Families Centre were released recently as part of the development permit process.
  
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• One month after voting itself a pay hike, Metro Vancouver’s board has scrapped the plan

  27-04-2018 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  Just one month after the board voted itself a new pay package, members agreed unanimously to scrap it.
  
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• Man who shot student in case of mistaken identity gets 12 year

  27-04-2018 22:27 via vancouversun.com
  A Surrey man who shot a university student in a case of mistaken identity has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
  In February, Saeed Mobeen Rana, 25, was convicted of the April 2016 attempted murder of the 19-year-old student, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban that was imposed to protect him.
  Rana’s trial heard that at the time of the shooting, he and his associates in the drug trade were involved in an escalating dispute with a rival drug group.
  Less than a week before t
  
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• This Week in History: 1988 The Socreds sell the Expo lands

  27-04-2018 22:22 via vancouversun.com
  Thirty years ago, the B.C. government sold the Expo 86 site to Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing.
  The Social Credit government initially said it received $320 million for the 82-hectare site on the north shore of False Creek. This included a $50 million down payment, and a series of payments as the site was developed.
  But the NDP’s Bob Williams argued the real price was $130 million, because Li was making lump sum payments with no interest over an extended period of time. The government ev
  
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• Vancouver Art and Leisure rises from the ashes in Mount Pleasant

  27-04-2018 22:02
  
  Planning, party pooping and perseverance have been constants in Matt Troy’s life over the last five years.
  
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• Why an Irish soccer player is suiting up for a Russian balalaika orchestra this Sunday

  27-04-2018 22:00
  
  When Stephen Burns married Natasha Lozovsky, he also said "I do" to Vancouver's Balalaika Folk Orchestra.
  
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• Metro Vancouver lawn watering restrictions begin next week

  27-04-2018 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver’s lawn watering regulations will begin next week.
  The regional district says Stage 1 water restrictions will commence on Tuesday and remain in place until Oct. 15.
  The move, which is two weeks earlier than last year, is a bid to conserve treated drinking water during the hot and dry summer months. 
  Residents can water their lawn two mornings per week, down from three, with additional adjustments related to watering trees, shrubs and flowers with a sprinkler.
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• Ed Willes: Nikolay Goldobin may finally be getting the message

  27-04-2018 21:51 via theprovince.com
  UTICA, N.Y. —  It’s hard to know when Nikolay Goldobin first heard ‘The Lecture.’
  Maybe it was when he was still playing in Russia as a 16-year-old. Likely, it was the next year when he moved up to the OHL’s Sarnia Sting. That year in Finland? Possibly. But you know he heard it in the San Jose organization with both the Sharks and the AHL Barracuda and he’s damn sure heard it from Travis Green and Trent Cull in Vancouver and Utica.
  “He has high-end
  
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• National police group worried over pace of federal government marijuana regulations

  27-04-2018 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  The national group of police officers is urging the federal government to move fast if it wants municipalities to prepare for this coming summer.
  
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• Nigella Lawson’s new book: At My Table

  27-04-2018 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  In her new book Nigella Lawson returns to celebrating the food she loves to cook for friends and family every day.
  
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• Surrey cops bust possible fentanyl packaging operation

  27-04-2018 21:28 via theprovince.com
  Mounties in Surrey are investigating what they believe to be a fentanyl packaging operation in the Whalley area after they were tipped off.
  On Tuesday, bailiffs who had gone to a residence in the 10400-block of University Drive on an unrelated matter called RCMP after seeing what looked like a drug operation.
  Surrey RCMP searched the residence and seized packaged doses of what they suspect was methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl, along with numerous items used in the processing an
  
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• Victim of Thursday’s targeted homicide in Surrey identified

  27-04-2018 21:21 via theprovince.com
  Homicide detectives have identified the man killed in a hit in Surrey on Thursday as 24-year-old Amin Vinepal of Delta.
  Shortly after 3:30 p.m., a body found on the road in the 17800-block of 12th Avenue. He appeared to have been shot.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the case.
  Around the same time a vehicle fire was reported in the 18700-block of 28th Avenue.
  IHIT investigators believe the vehicle may be related to the homicide and anyone with information
  
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• Flood fears prompt state of emergency in Armstrong

  27-04-2018 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  The declaration allows the city to do flood mitigation work on private property boarding two creeks.
  
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• Bulls & Bears: Vegas Golden Knights may be the biggest story in sports

  27-04-2018 21:15 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  It was another good week for the Vegas Golden Knights, the impressive expansion franchise that has never lost a Stanley Cup playoff game — now a perfect 5-0 — and appears headed for Bulls of the Year territory as the biggest news of 2018, not only in hockey but in all of North American sport.
  Thursday was also a good night for current and former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltenders, with Matt Murray pacing the two-time defending champions past the Washington Capitals and
  
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• WorkSafeBC investigating after construction worker seriously injured in fall

  27-04-2018 21:00
  
  Worker airlifted from Tsawwassen townhouse site.
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of April 21

  27-04-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. After Anna — Lisa Scottoline.
  2. The Thief — J.R. Ward.
  3. Shoot First — Stuart Woods.
  4. The Sixth Day — Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison.
  5. I’ve Got My Eyes on You — Mary Higgins Clark.
  6. Red Alert — James Patterson and Marshall Karp.
  7. Circe — Madeline Miller.
  8. The Great Alone — Kristin Hannah.
  9. The Disappeared — C.J. Box.
  10. Little Fires Everywhere — Celeste Ng.
   
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• B.C. 15 bestselling books of the week for April 21

  27-04-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. A Matter of Confidence: The Inside Story of the Political Battle for BC — Rob Shaw and Richard Zussman (Heritage House Publishing).
  2. One Eagle Soaring — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing).
  3. Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food — Shelley Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd.).
  4. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act — Bob Joseph (Page Two Strategies).
  5. Grizzlies, Gales and Giant Salmon: Life at a Rivers Inlet Fishing Lodge &mda
  
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• B.C.’s AAA credit rating reaffirmed by Standard and Poor’s

  27-04-2018 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  The province says B.C. remains the only province with a triple-A rating from all three international credit rating agencies.
  
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• Suspect in surgical mask stumps Richmond RCMP

  27-04-2018 20:37
  
  Suspect entered a property multiple times but nothing was ever reported missing or stolen.
  
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• Metro Vancouver board rescinds pay raise, retirement benefit

  27-04-2018 20:29 via vancouversun.com
  After facing significant criticism from the public, Metro Vancouver’s board of directors has rescinded a controversial retroactive retirement allowance and pay raise that its members voted to give themselves last month.
  At a meeting on Friday morning, board vice-chair Raymond Louie introduced a motion to reconsider amendments that were made to the remuneration bylaw.
  “As a result of, I would say, some significant feedback and response, some from the directors themselves, it is approp
  
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• Micro co-op design wins ‘missing middle’ housing competition

  27-04-2018 20:18
  
  Local architectural firm's winning design proposes using single-family lots for three-storey "micro-op" schemes, under which households buy and develop a lot with friends
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend for Friday, April 27, 2018

  27-04-2018 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do for this weekend for Friday, April 27, 2018.
  
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• Yukon and First Nations food on the cusp of a big-bang moment

  27-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Flying over the snowy landscape of Kluane National Park and Reserve in a Cessna 206, I have a close-up of nature’s staggering beauty. It made me hungry.
  Down there, there are no plants, no animals, no edibles but I saw whipped cream, meringue and marshmallow fields. Food stalked my mind because I was in Yukon to experience a First Nations Fire Feast, part of the Yukon Culinary Festival. Yukon isn’t yet a foodie destination, but moves are afoot. Both Yukon and First Nations food are o
  
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• The natural wonders of the Riviera Nayarit

  27-04-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  High in the hills of Punta de Mita on Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit coast, I’m sitting on the patio of a bougainvillea-draped hacienda, pondering a local dining dilemma. What pairs best with my pre-dinner drink: grasshoppers or worms? Clearly, we’re far off the beaten taco track.
  Instead, we’re sampling alta cocina mexicana at Los Xitomates, a haute cuisine hot spot pairing pre-Columbian foods with post-colonial fusion. Think mushrooms stuffed with huitlacoche — a c
  
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• Spa review: The DOUGLAS Body Wrap at Spa by JW Vancouver

  27-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Spa by JW Vancouver
  Parq Vancouver (17th floor), 39 Smithe St., 778-370-8700
  The treatment: The DOUGLAS Body Wrap, $235 on weekdays and $245 on weekendsWith summer just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to book in for a bit of full-body pampering. 
  Thankfully, there are a host of great spas in this city to do just that. One of the latest arrivals on the luxury spa scene in Vancouver is the aptly named Spa by JW Vancouver, located within the Parq Vancouver hotel and en
  
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• Peruvian road trip: Cacao’s team learns about Latin American food right from the source

  27-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Some restaurateurs might take their staff on a field trip to a local market or nearby farm. Not Jefferson Alvarez. When he decided his team needed to learn more about the Latin American origins of the food they serve at Kitsilano’s Cacao restaurant, he took them all the way to Lima, Peru.
  “I wanted to show them what it was all about. I wanted to go deep into our roots,” says Alvarez. “If you’re going to learn to cook something, you have to know the best.”
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• Fab 5: Prairie tales

  27-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  If you grew up reading Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie books, there’s something about this season’s prairie trend that will endear itself to you. If not, you’ll appreciate the fact that it’s one of the freshest, most interesting trends that’s come into fashion in awhile. With its pretty, ultra-wearable shapes and slight hippie vibe, there’s nothing we don’t love about this look — so whether you decide to go all out or just
  
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• Brian Minter: Itching to grow? Plant these vegetables now

  27-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Few things in the gardening world bring more enjoyment than growing and harvesting fresh, flavourful food from your own garden. 
  Whether you have a traditional garden space, use raised beds, or grow in containers, you can enjoy the satisfaction of producing your own food. The abnormally non-stop, cold, wet weather we’ve experienced this year has certainly delayed the planting of our early cool-loving crops, but there’s still plenty of time.  
  The location of your garden and
  
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• Book review: Death, desire and poetry

  27-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Some End/West Broadway
  George Bowering and George Stanley
  New Star Books | $18, 105 pp.In Some End/West Broadway, their just published “tumble book” from New Star, Canadian poetry icons George Bowering and George Stanley present a compelling argument for our continued attention to their currently unfashionable genre.
  The tumble book format is not entirely new, having a long history in the science fiction products of Ace books in the 60s and 70s. New Star revived this format when it p
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Bring back the tradition of the decanter

  27-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Tradition is under assault across most of the wine business. In fact it’s becoming a tradition to bash tradition, especially among those certain the wine business needs to be democratized and — worst of all — de-mystified. If it’s not the snobs that must go, it’s those who fail to simplify the subject.
  After four decades of moving in wine circles I have met very few so-called snobs, at least no more than I have encountered in other areas of life. Typically, tho
  
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• Victoria patient dumped by doctor seeks answers

  27-04-2018 19:31 via vancouversun.com
  Rachel Wilson has been left without a doctor after she was dropped by her family doctor after visiting walk-in clinics.
  VICTORIA — Rachel Wilson has been left without a doctor or a clue after she was dropped by her family doctor after visiting walk-in clinics.
  The 29-year-old James Bay resident called the office of her family physician, Dr. Kevin Wylie, on April 11 to book an appointment and was told by the doctor’s assistant that her file had been “deactivated.”
  Acc
  
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• LNG Canada names contractor to build B.C. export terminal in Kitimat

  27-04-2018 19:19 via vancouversun.com
  LNG Canada announced Friday it has named a main contractor for the $40-billion export terminal and pipeline it plans to build in Kitimat.
  A joint venture between the U.S. -based Fluor Corporation and JGC Cororation, headquartered in Japan, won the contract to be LNG Canada’s engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, said Susannah Pierce, director of external relations for LNG Canada. 
  Pierce said the decision was based on the consortium’s plan for health,
  
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• Burnaby installs barriers outside Trans Mountain terminal Friday morning

  27-04-2018 19:14
  
  Camp Cloud protesters allowed to remain in construction zone.
  
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• Kelowna condo marketing itself as solution to city’s housing crunch

  27-04-2018 19:02 via globalnews.ca
  However, not everyone agrees that's the right way to deal with the city's hot housing market.
  
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• From Seattle to Vancouver Island: The story of the Jimi Hendrix Harmonic Home guitar

  27-04-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  How much would you pay for a piece of rock ‘n’ roll history? 
  Specifically, a guitar made with wood repurposed from the Seattle birthplace of no less a musical legend than guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
  That is what you get when you purchase one of the 10 limited edition Harmonic Hendrix Home Guitars lovingly custom hand-crafted by luthier Reuban Forsland. From the Comox Valley workshop of his Vancouver Island-based company, JOI Guitars, Forsland has made it a career goal to source out
  
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• Introducing Cascades Casino Delta: Gateway reveals development's name

  27-04-2018 18:47
  
  If approved, complex to include hotel, restaurants and meeting space, 500 slot machines, 24 gaming tables and up to six e-tables.
  
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• Woman pinned between vehicle at gas pump at Vancouver Chevron

  27-04-2018 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver police confirm B.C. Ambulance was called at 8:45 a.m. to the Chevron gas station on Kingsway near Killarney. 
  
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• EPIC Round the World Helicopter Tour

  27-04-2018 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  Mischa Gelb and Ruben Dias tell us about their planned trip around the world by helicopter. They will hit 107 places in 45 countries before they return to BC. Website: https://www.epicworldtour.com
  
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