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• Van driver alleged to smash into vehicles before fleeing scene near Tsawwassen mall

  30-04-2018 23:53
  
  Police say incident initially called in as break and enter in progress.
  
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• Two found dead in run-down Richmond home in ‘targeted’ shooting

  30-04-2018 23:48 via theprovince.com
  A man and woman living in a run-down Richmond house were found dead early Monday of apparent gunshot wounds.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is working with forensic specialists and Richmond RCMP major-crime investigators on the case.
  Cpl. Frank Jang said local Mounties were called to the house in the 6600-block of Eckersley Road about 2:30 a.m. after neighbours heard gunshots.
  “When officers arrived they found two adult victims inside the home — a man and a woman,&rd
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP investigating after pins found in Grimm’s meat products

  30-04-2018 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP believe the products were tampered with while on display in grocery stores.
  
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• Metro Vancouver water restrictions kick in May 1

  30-04-2018 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  The restrictions would limit residents from watering their lawns to just two days a week until Oct. 15.
  
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• Beauty Bar: Caudalie The Cleansing Collection

  30-04-2018 23:32 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A collection of cleansers from the natural French beauty brand Caudalie. 
  The range, which includes a Makeup-Removing Cleansing Oil, Instant Foaming Cleanser, Micellar Cleansing Water, Gentle Cleansing Milk and Moisturizing Toner, is suitable for all skin types and uses ingredients of at least 90-per cent natural origin. 
  Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oils, sulfates, phenoxyethanol and animal ingredients, the line offers various “sensorial experiences” w
  
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• Lacrosse legend remembered as ‘wonderful man’

  30-04-2018 23:16
  
  Les Wingrove, a longtime lacrosse player, coach, manager, executive and pillar of the Coquitlam community, passed away suddenly on Saturday. He was 74 years old.
  
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• Melody Ma: $30M take from empty-homes tax is mark of failure

  30-04-2018 23:01 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Vancouver announced a projected revenue of $30 million from the empty-homes tax (EHT) from a total of 2,300 homes. Politicians, political staffers and political parties are congratulating themselves that critics got it wrong that the tax won’t work and that the amount collected is evidence that the EHT is “extremely successful.”
  Putting aside criticisms on how much $30 million will achieve in this real-estate climate, whether the tax is too high or low and whether t
  
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• IHIT on scene in Richmond after double homicide

  30-04-2018 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team provides an update to the media following a double homicide in Richmond early Monday morning. Police say the deaths do not appear to be random.
  
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• Amazon to turn old downtown post office into tech hub

  30-04-2018 22:55
  
  3,000 new jobs will be created as building's architectural features restored.
  
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• UPDATE: Bystanders apprehend suspect after attempted break-in, accidents in Tsawwassen

  30-04-2018 22:53
  
  Good Samaritans apprehend U-Haul driver who fled from scene after hitting three vehicles, including police cruiser; no one injured
  
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• Tulameen waterfront properties in danger as water rises

  30-04-2018 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen said 148 properties in Tulameen, northwest of Princeton, have been evacuated due to flooding. Shelby Thom has the latest from the region.
  
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• B.C. government announces new school on the way for Surrey

  30-04-2018 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  The provincial government has announced $64 million in funding for the Surrey school district, which will go towards a new elementary school, additions to two existing schools and the purchase of land needed to build another school.
  
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• B.C. government injects almost $64 million into Surrey school district

  30-04-2018 22:22 via theprovince.com
  The B.C. government is hoping for an A+ with their recent announcement.
  On Monday, Premier John Horgan announced Surrey students would get nearly $64 million to build a new school, build additions to two existing schools and buy land for a future elementary school.
  “Surrey students and their families have been waiting too long for new classrooms for their growing school district. The wait is over. We’re getting it done,” said Horgan.
  “We are delivering the safe and comfor
  
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• Surrey police investigating after car occupant refused to say what was inside suspicious package

  30-04-2018 22:01 via theprovince.com
  Surrey police are investigating after a suspicious package was found Sunday evening.
  Around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Surrey RCMP found an unknown package inside a car on King George Boulevard near 102nd Avenue. An occupant inside the vehicle would not tell police what was inside the vehicle, and the area was cordoned off for safety.
  The RCMP’s explosives disposal team was called in to examine the package and destroy it as a precaution.
  Investigators are still looking into the incident.
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• Charles Lammam, Jason Clemens, and Hugh MacIntyre: There was no middle-class tax cut

  30-04-2018 21:57 via theprovince.com
  With tax season just behind us, many Canadians are realizing the full weight of the income taxes they paid in 2017, and some may be wondering about the much-heralded middle-class tax cut promised by the governing Liberals.
  In reality, very few Canadian families actually received an income-tax cut.
  First, it’s important to understand the exact nature of the personal income-tax cut implemented by the federal government in 2016. The second-lowest federal income tax rate was cut from 22 per ce
  
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• Costs balloon for Surrey, Vancouver rapid-transit lines

  30-04-2018 21:47 via vancouversun.com
  Sky-high real estate, a weak Canadian dollar, high labour and materials costs plus inflation have contributed to hundreds of millions of dollars in cost increases for major rail projects planned for Metro Vancouver’s two largest cities, according to the region’s transportation authority.
  Updated costs for the Broadway subway line in Vancouver and an at-grade, light-rail line in Surrey were released Monday, as a two-week public-consultation process began for the $7.3-billion second ph
  
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• Canadian magician makes big impression on Britain’s Got Talent

  30-04-2018 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  B.C.-based magician Matt Johnson impresses the judges and audiences on the latest season of Britain’s biggest talent show.
  
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• First-timers plagued by fears over home-buying process

  30-04-2018 21:36
  
  More than 70 per cent of first-time buyers are afraid of unanticipated costs, finds TD Bank, which offers "what to expect when you're buying" tips
  
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• How Dress for Success helps clients

  30-04-2018 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  Dress for Success helps empower women to enter the workforce. The organization is raising money to help continue its mission at the upcoming IMPACT 360 fashion show.
  
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• Courier sees silver lining at provincial journalism awards

  30-04-2018 21:30
  
  The best in B.C.’s community news business were honoured Saturday night at the 2018 Ma Murray Community Newspaper Awards, and the Courier came home with a gold, several silvers and a bronze.
  
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• Pot rules, sky high gas prices dominate B.C. political agenda this week

  30-04-2018 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  Global News reporter Richard Zussman sets up the week in B.C. politics by looking at recreational marijuana rules, constituency week and Vancouver’s high gas prices.
  
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• Surrey RCMP release composite sketch of suspect in alleged October sexual assault

  30-04-2018 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  Police say the assault happened in October, on a trail in Hawthorne Park.
  
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• Cost of Broadway subway line grows to an estimated $2.83 billion

  30-04-2018 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  The six-stop line is slated to go from the VCC-Clark station mainly below Broadway Avenue to Arbutus Street.
  
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• Red Truck Beer Co. announces 4th annual Truck Stop Concert Series

  30-04-2018 21:17 via vancouversun.com
  Red Truck Beer Co. Truck Stop Concert Series
  When: June 16, July 14 and Aug. 11
  Where: Red Truck Beer Co., 295 E. 1st Ave.
  Tickets: On sale May 1. Single event, $30 early bird/$40 regular price. Tailgate Series Pass: $75 early bird/$100 regular. Available at truckstopconcertseries.com
  Another year, another beer. Or maybe more.
  That’s what’s in store for folks who pick up tickets to the 4th annual Truck Stop Concert Series at Red Truck Beer Co. Held on the brewery grounds, t
  
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• Officials warn about overwintering fires

  30-04-2018 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  As warmer weather returns to the Okanagan, officials are warning some hotspots that survived the winter could flare up.
  
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• Theatre review: A foreboding future in The Cherry Orchard

  30-04-2018 21:11 via vancouversun.com
  The Cherry Orchard
  When: To May 19
  Where: Jericho Arts Centre
  Tickets: $25/$22 at brownpapertickets.com
  The sound of a train that opens William B. Davis’ fine production of The Cherry Orchard is the sound of the future. The new railway line along the river makes that land prime for redevelopment. The beautiful but unproductive cherry orchard will have to go, along with the rest of the ancestral estate, so the growing Russian middle class can have summer cottages.  
  Another f
  
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• Amazon announces it is bringing 3,000 new jobs to Vancouver

  30-04-2018 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  Reporter Jennifer Palma has all the details from an announcement Monday morning about Amazon’s new headquarters in Vancouver. The move is expected to bring 3,000 more jobs to the city and a new headquarters in the old Canada Post building.
  
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• The beauty of Byron Bay

  30-04-2018 21:05 via theprovince.com
  Australia – We paddled out for more than 3o minutes, eyes collectively scanning the water’s surface in the hopes of seeing something. Anything.
  We were searching along the shoreline by Cape Byron, the easternmost point of land on the mainland of Australia, our kayaks coasting along the surface of the shimmering blue water. Suddenly, the silence was broken by a soft shout.
  “Over there!” pointed our guide from Cape Byron Kayaks.A small pod of dolphins surfaced, spoutin
  
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• Condos slated for “Vancouver’s most haunted house” site

  30-04-2018 20:57
  
  Developer applies to replace legendary house on Cambie and King Edward with 65-unit building
  
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• Condos slated for 'Vancouver’s most haunted house' site

  30-04-2018 20:57
  
  Developer applies to replace legendary house on Cambie and King Edward with 65-unit building
  
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• Letters to The Province, May 1, 2018: Government should look into price-fixing by gas stations if they care about us, reader says

  30-04-2018 20:56 via theprovince.com
  Why is the competition bureau not doing anything about gasoline pricing? I drive by gas stations and I see the prices change from morning to night and it’s always the same. The station owners continue to adjust to each other and this has nothing to do with the costs of fuel.
  It’s pure greed and something needs to be done about it, as living in the Lower Mainland is definitely getting too costly.
  They won’t twin the Trans Mountain pipeline, protesters would stop constr
  
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• Police release sketch of suspect sought in Surrey park sex assault

  30-04-2018 20:50 via theprovince.com
  Police have released a composite sketch of a suspect wanted in an October 2017 sexual assault.
  Surrey RCMP are now asking anyone who may recognize the suspect to contact investigators.
  On Oct. 15 around 2 p.m., a woman was sexually assaulted by an unknown man in Surrey’s Hawthorne Park. The woman, who suffered injuries in the attack, reported the incident to police earlier this month and an investigation was launched.
  Last fall, the woman was walking on a trail in the park when a man came
  
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• Did you buy a Lotto 6/49 ticket in these B.C. cities? You may have won

  30-04-2018 20:49 via vancouversun.com
  The west coast truly is the best coast.
  The most recent Lotto 6/49 SuperDraw on April 28 saw another eight lottery ticket holders win big.
  The $1 million guaranteed prize ticket was sold in Dawson Creek, while seven other $50,000 winning tickets were sold in the following cities:
  • Burnaby• Coquitlam• Lake Country• North Vancouver Island• North Vancouver• Sechelt• Trail
  The eight winning B.C. tickets are a part of a larger group of 51 guaranteed winners across
  
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• Two found dead inside Richmond home in apparent targeted shooting

  30-04-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  Homicide investigators are in Richmond on Monday after two people were found dead inside a home this morning.
  According to brief updates shared online, Richmond RCMP was called to the 6600-block of Eckersley Road around 2:30 a.m. Monday after neighbours heard what sounded like gunshots.
  #IHIT is in #RichmondBC today after 2 victims found dead inside a residence in the 6600-block of Eckersley Road. @RichmondRCMP got a call of gunshots shortly after 2:30am this morning. Early in investigation but
  
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• Letters, May 1: Gov’t should look into price-fixing by gas stations if they care about us, reader says

  30-04-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  Why is the competition bureau not doing anything about gasoline pricing? I drive by gas stations and I see the prices change from morning to night and it’s always the same. The station owners continue to adjust to each other and this has nothing to do with the costs of fuel.
  It’s pure greed and something needs to be done about it, as living in the Lower Mainland is definitely getting too costly.
  They won’t twin the Trans Mountain pipeline, protesters would stop constr
  
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• Five concerts to see in Vancouver in May and June

  30-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  You know that part in Alice in Wonderland where the rabbit is sprinting and looking at his pocket watch, all concerned about being late?
  That’s about what looking at the May and June concert choices makes me feel like. There is just no way to truly select the top picks, because this is the beginning of heavy touring season. And there are a lot of very heavy tours coming to town.
  The variety in venue size is a bonus, too, as bands at all levels of popularity hit the road to make some money
  
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• David Orchard: Why are Canadian gov’ts doing the Kinder Morgan kowtow?

  30-04-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  A thousand years ago, the Chinese Middle Kingdom regarded the regions around it as being made up of barbarians. These areas were either controlled by Chinese military power or regarded as satellites. The custom, and the rule, was that the barbarians had to recognize the imperial supremacy of China. This was done by performing the kowtow (three kneelings and nine prostrations) or by paying tribute.
  Faced with the Kinder Morgan pipeline company, Canada is doing both, allowing itself to be given de
  
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• Update: Police believe double homicide in Richmond may be targeted hit

  30-04-2018 19:58
  
  Police and IHIT find bodies of man and woman in house across from Cook elementary park after residents heard gun fire around 2:30 a.m. April 30.
  
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• Two dead in Richmond following overnight shooting

  30-04-2018 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  Officers found two people dead in the home on Eckersley Road.
  
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• Police investigate possible double murder near Richmond school

  30-04-2018 19:58
  
  Police and IHIT find two bodies after residents heard gun fire around 2:30 a.m. April 30
  
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• Former B.C. MLA’s son pleads guilty to possessing fentanyl, importation charge dropped

  30-04-2018 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Tyabji-Sandana is sentenced to two years less a day to be served in three phases in the community.
  
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• Amazon to take over part of old Vancouver Post Office, hire an additional 3,000 people

  30-04-2018 19:55 via vancouversun.com
  The old Vancouver Post Office in downtown Vancouver will soon become “one of the most ambitious heritage redevelopments in Canada’s history,” housing more workers than any other office in the city’s history.
  On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and online retail giant Amazon were expected to announce the revitalization of the 686,000-square-feet structure that occupies an entire city block bounded by Georgia, Dunsmuir, Homer and Hamilton streets.
  Amazon will
  
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• Why Vancouver’s soaring gas prices are a good thing

  30-04-2018 19:48
  
  It’s official. As of this past weekend, Vancouver and Victoria registered the highest gas prices in Canadian history. Our gas is also currently the most expensive on the continent of North America.
  
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• Requiem for a Lost Girl shines light on homelessness

  30-04-2018 19:29
  
  The Kettle Society adds note of reality to Vancouver Opera Festival. “This is changing people’s lives."
  
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• Repaving work on Highway 3 through Manning Park expected all summer

  30-04-2018 19:11 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. road trippers planning to drive Highway 3 through Manning Park this summer are being warned of repaving work that will begin next month.
  About 25 kilometres of the highway between Sumallo Grove and Allison Pass will be resurfaced. The work is expected to continue through the end of the summer.
  The stretch of roadway will be redone using an environmentally friendly technique that reuses asphalt right on the spot, without removing it and sending it away for processing first.
  “Hot-in-pla
  
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• Trudeau welcomes Amazon expansion, 3,000 new jobs to Vancouver

  30-04-2018 19:05 via globalnews.ca
  PM Justin Trudeau says the Liberal government welcomes Amazon expansion and 3,000 new jobs that will recruit top talent from Canadian universities.
  
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• No sleep and lots of calluses: Guitarist aims to play 116 hours to break world record

  30-04-2018 19:04
  
  To get in Guinness Book of World Record, Spirit can take five-minute break for every two hours of playing — or bank them for two hours a day.
  
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