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• After mother duck leads them to a storm drain, B.C. residents save her ducklings

  25-05-2018 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  Despite a crow that seemed to be hanging around in the area, the mother duck did not want to leave.
  
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• Abbotsford high school teacher faces sex charges

  25-05-2018 23:50 via theprovince.com
  An Abbotsford high school teacher has been charged with sex offences involving students.
  Henry Kang, a 50-year-old Abbotsford resident and a teacher at Robert Bateman secondary school, has been charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual exploitation in connection with incidents at two schools.
  The Abbotsford school district has erased Kang’s bio from its website, but a cached version of the page notes that he taught math at Robert Bateman. Police say he previou
  
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• Vancouver doctor fined by College of Physicians and Surgeons for unprofessional conduct

  25-05-2018 23:34 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver doctor has been fined $10,000 by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia for failing to provide a medical-legal report in a timely way.
  Despite numerous reminders from his patient’s legal counsel, the college says it took Dr. James Francis King Hii 20 months to deliver the completed report.
  Along with the $10,000 fine, Hii also received a formal reprimand and was ordered to pay $1,000 to cover the college’s investigation costs.
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• Vaughn Palmer: A timely reminder why 'all votes matter' isn't rhetoric

  25-05-2018 23:32 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A year ago this week, Elections B.C. completed the final count of an election for the ages, the closest in provincial history.
  The overall results were momentous enough, confirming the B.C. Liberals had lost their legislative majority after 16 years and setting the stage for only the third change of government in more than four decades.
  But there was also the cliffhanger within a cliffhanger, in the riding of Courtenay-Comox, where the count was the last to be finalized on
  
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• Where’s Jake? Nerwinski battling through ‘tough’ sophomore season with Whitecaps

  25-05-2018 22:47 via theprovince.com
  Jake Nerwinski will probably be watching a lot of soccer this weekend, and we’re not talking Champions League.
  The Vancouver Whitecaps’ sophomore fullback will likely be watching Saturday’s game with the New England Revolution (2:30 p.m., B.C. Place Stadium, TSN, TSN 1040) from the bench, then will be spending plenty of time breaking down the game film afterwards. It’s been a dichotomic season for the second-year right back, as he started the first seven games of the year
  
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• Ducklings rescued by B.C. man after falling into storm drain

  25-05-2018 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  A mother duck seemed relieved when a Richmond man was able to help rescue 5 of her babies that had fallen down a storm drain.
  
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• Case of mistaken location brings heavy police presence to Kelowna’s Lakeshore Rd.

  25-05-2018 22:32 via globalnews.ca
  "RCMP in Kelowna were made aware of an emotionally distraught male broadcasting live on social media."
  
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• Vancouver cyclist posts video of collision with car

  25-05-2018 22:30
  
  Cyclist hopes collision video highlights the need for motorists to be more careful and mindful of people on bikes, and for people on bikes to be wary of erratic movements of vehicles.
  
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• Despite calling homelessness a ‘crisis,’ City of Penticton rejects homeless housing project

  25-05-2018 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  BC Housing said it is “disappointed” as there is an urgent need for supportive housing in Penticton.
  
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• St. Paul's opens overdose prevention site in tent outside hospital

  25-05-2018 22:11 via vancouversun.com
  St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver has set up the first overdose prevention site at a hospital in B.C., as new figures show an ever-increasing rise in overdose deaths from illicit drugs.
  It is also the first overdose prevention site to be located outside the Downtown Eastside, within the boundaries of the Vancouver Coastal Health region.
  As the overdose crisis has fleshed out and spread across Vancouver, a need arose for a site serving the West End and Granville corridor, said Scott&nbs
  
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• Abbotsford high school teacher charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation

  25-05-2018 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  50-year-old Henry Kang was a teacher at two Abbotsford schools, Robert Bateman Secondary and W.J. Mouat Secondary.
  
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• Jared du Toit primed for success in second season on Mackenzie Tour

  25-05-2018 22:00 via theprovince.com
  When Jared du Toit tees off in Thursday’s first round of the Freedom 55 Financial Open at Point Grey Golf Club it will mark his 365th day as a professional golfer.
  The Arizona State University grad turned pro on June 1, 2017, just in time to play in the second stop of the Mackenzie Tour’s B.C. Swing at Uplands Golf Course in Victoria. Du Toit, who turned 23 last week, made the cut in his first pro event and earned a $1,162 cheque for finishing in a tie for 29th.
  The Calgary native, w
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of May 19

  25-05-2018 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. The 17th Suspect — James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
  2. The Fallen — David Baldacci.
  3. The High Tide Club — Mary Kay Andrews.
  4. The Crooked Staircase — Dean Koontz.
  5. Twisted Prey — John Sandford.
  6. Warlight — Michael Ondaatje.
  7. Before We Were Yours — Lisa Wingate.
  8. Little Fires Everywhere — Celest Ng.
  9. The Hellfire Club — Jake Tapper.
  10. The Great Alone — Kristin Hannah.
   
  HARDCOVER NON-FICTIO
  
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• Eugene Wong is ready to grind his way to golf’s big leagues

  25-05-2018 22:00 via theprovince.com
  It seems second nature now for most people to simply turn to Google when stumped for an answer, looking for directions or even translation services.
  For Eugene Wong, who has spent a great deal of his professional golf career playing in China, it wasn’t that simple.
  The North Vancouver athlete speaks Cantonese but the predominant language at his tour stops in China was Mandarin, so he was just as lost as the rest of us.
  And he didn’t have the luxury of turning to Google Translate for
  
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• Coroner's inquest to be held into death of man who died in custody

  25-05-2018 21:41 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Coroners Service has scheduled a public inquest into the death of a 42-year-old man from Costa Rica who died in custody in October.
  The inquest for Juan Carlos Salvany Sailes will begin July 9 in Burnaby.
  Salvany Sailes was a Venezuelan national and permanent resident of Costa Rica, who came to Canada in 2014 to study at the B.C. Institute of Technology, according to the coroner.
  The coroner says the inquest is mandatory because Salvany Sailes was in the custody of Coquitlam RCMP office
  
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• Your Wookiee impersonations could earn you a button this weekend.

  25-05-2018 21:34
  
  In celebration of Solo: A Star Wars Story release today, both Storm Crow locations will offer a limited supply of buttons to customers who mimic Chewbacca.
  
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• Park board making Vancouver beaches, pools more accessible

  25-05-2018 21:34
  
  Beach accessibility mat installed at Kits Beach, water wheelchairs available at several locations.
  
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• Evacuation alert lifted for Barnston Island

  25-05-2018 21:32 via vancouversun.com
  Regional officials have lifted the evacuation alert for Barnston Island, in the Fraser River between Pitt Meadows and Surrey.
  Metro Vancouver says the Fraser River peaked at 5.99 metres at the Mission gauge on Monday, and water levels are expected to continue to recede.
  The evacuation alert was issued on May 16 in anticipation of rising water from the Fraser River.
  Metro says access to the island has been restored and Barnston Island Regional Park has reopened.
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• Final flooding evacuation order lifted in Tulameen

  25-05-2018 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  "The homes had been under evacuation order since April 29."
  
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• City of Vancouver aims to curb land speculation along Broadway Corridor

  25-05-2018 21:14
  
  New policy takes a proactive approach to maintain affordable housing along the future Millennium Line Broadway extension
  
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• Abbotsford high school teacher faces multiple sex charges

  25-05-2018 20:51 via theprovince.com
  An Abbotsford high school teacher has been charged with multiple sex offences involving students.
  Henry Kang, a 50-year-old Abbotsford resident and a teacher at Robert Bateman secondary school, has been charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual exploitation in connection with incidents at two schools.
  The Abbotsford School District has erased Kang’s bio from its website, but a cached version of the page notes that he taught math at Robert Bateman. Police say h
  
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• Improv legend Colin Mochrie returns to Vancouver for special performances

  25-05-2018 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  Colin Mochrie, star of ‘Who’s Line is it Anyway?’ , is back in Vancouver for a special set of shows to support the Vancouver Theatre Sports League.
  
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• Asbestos: What you should know

  25-05-2018 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  Al Johnson from Worksafe BC explains how to reducing your risk of asbestos exposure by following these tips.
  
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• Fourth annual Big Tree Weekend set for Stanley Park

  25-05-2018 20:26
  
  Several events planned giving a little insight into the park’s oldest trees.
  
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• Some flood evacuees in Osoyoos able to return home

  25-05-2018 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  "It is hoped that we will be lifting more orders within the next day or two."
  
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• Boundary begins recovery from ‘catastrophic floods’ with new Flood Resilience Centre

  25-05-2018 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  During the peak of the flood, around 1,600 properties in the regional district were on evacuation order.
  
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• Review: Former Carnegie director Ethel Whitty publishes an ambitious debut novel

  25-05-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Light a Body Radiates
  Ethel Whitty | Caitlin Press
  $24, 288 pages
  There’s a saying that everyone has a book in them — and in the case of Ethel Whitty, the former Carnegie Community Centre Director, it’s true. The Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, native and long-time Vancouver resident wrote her debut in “stolen moments” while working on the Downtown Eastside and participating in Simon Fraser University’s Writer’s Studio. And what a debut it is.
  The a
  
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• Fab 5: Summer scarves

  25-05-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Who says scarves are only for the winter? In fact, whether it’s overzealous office air conditioning or a light evening breeze that hits right in the middle of your dessert course, a lightweight scarf is the single most important accessory when it comes to smart summertime dressing. From versions that double as a makeshift picnic blanket to small styles perfect for packing on vacation, Rebecca Tay discovers five summer scarves to wrap up in and tie on this season.
  GIDDY UP
  It may be a littl
  
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• Brian Minter: Colour for gardens in times of heat and drought

  25-05-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  It seems we have skipped spring and jumped right into summer heat, and the plants chosen to enhance our patios and gardens need to reflect this reality. 
  Both heat and drought tolerance are now becoming necessary for a long colour display right through until frost, and this is when some great new plants can make a stunning contribution.
  Gaining fame are the ‘Dragon Wing’ begonias. There’s nothing quite like them; their green leaves, shaped like dragon wings, turn a rich bu
  
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• B.C. Hall of Fame: Rob Shick was a right Royal referee for 20-plus NHL seasons

  25-05-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  The Province is featuring five athletes, one builder and one media member being inducted to the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame on May 31 at a reception at Parq Vancouver.They join sports medicine’s Alex McKechnie, who revolutionized physiotherapy and has worked with the biggest names in sports; swimming’s Tom Johnson, who among other accomplishments was on 10 Olympics coaching staffs for Canada; the 1900-18 Rossland ladies ice hockey team, which was undefeated in organized play for 17 year
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: B.C. vineyards nervously await critical flowering

  25-05-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  As we head for June, British Columbia grape growers are preparing for one of many annual vineyard events that keep them awake at night.
  After surviving the winter, and early spring frosts, their grapevines are sprawling across the post and wires that define vineyard rows and are about ready to determine the size of the 2018 crop in what is known as “the flowering and the set.”
  The date of flowering is never the same from year to year but is thought to be somewhere between 40 to 80 da
  
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• Could Vancouver's Seth Rogen be the next voice of TransLink?

  25-05-2018 19:49 via vancouversun.com
  Funnyman Seth Rogen is seemingly on board with being the next voice of Vancouver transit.
  The Vancouver-born actor and filmmaker is suggesting he could the right person to replace Morgan Freeman, whose stint as a TransLink celebrity spokesman lasted less than 24 hours.TransLink revealed on Wednesday that Freeman, a spokesman for VISA, would be making SkyTrain and bus announcements throughout the summer to coincide with the transit authority’s new credit card tap-to-pay feature. On Thursday
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend for Friday, May 25, 2018

  25-05-2018 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend for Friday, May 25, 2018.
  
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• Investigation launched after toddler missing from daycare dies in backyard pool

  25-05-2018 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  The child, just under two years old, was reported missing from the home-based daycare and was later found unresponsive in the neighbour's pool.
  
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• Former B.C. health minister opens up over ministry's firing scandal

  25-05-2018 19:25 via vancouversun.com
  Margaret MacDiarmid, the former Liberal health minister whose political legacy is linked to the health scandal that engulfed B.C.’s Liberal government, has finally opened up about one of the darker periods of her life.
  MacDiarmid said it took years for her to discover that information she got in her first 2012 briefing by her deputy minister, Graham Whitmarsh, contained largely incorrect information about health data privacy breaches, based on whistleblower allegations that were
  
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• U.S. again targets B.C.’s ‘unacceptable’ wine regulations, as ‘unfairly’ keeping American products off shelves

  25-05-2018 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  The Trump administration said B.C. regulations breach Canada’s trade commitments and the province “must play by the rules.”
  
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• Ed Willes: Otha Foster is one of a ‘few good men’ Ed Hervey has signed

  25-05-2018 19:12 via theprovince.com
  KAMLOOPS — On the surface, there isn’t much to distinguish Otha Foster’s back story from most player’s at the B.C. Lions’ training camp.
  Foster, the 29-year-old defensive back, took a long and winding road to the CFL. But that isn’t unusual in the Canadian game. He says the obstacles he encountered along the way makes him appreciate his current circumstances, which is another story you hear around every CFL team. Those obstacles also instilled in him a certain
  
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• U.S. prosecutor says fugitive Ariel Gandulla is in Canada

  25-05-2018 19:06 via vancouversun.com
  Ariel Gandulla is alleged to be one of four men who participated in the vicious killing in 2011 of Camilo Salazar, whose body was found mutilated and charred on a dirt road in South Florida. Salazar’s hands were tied behind his back, his throat was slit and his pelvic area was burned.
  At a detention hearing for co-defendant Alexis Vila, a Miami-Dade prosecutor revealed to a judge that Ariel Gandulla is in Canada. Postmedia has since discovered that he is living with his fami
  
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• How much would mobility pricing cost you?

  25-05-2018 18:54 via vancouversun.com
  Drivers could end up paying an average of between $3 and $8 per day to get around Metro Vancouver if decongestion charging is introduced in the region.
  The cost estimates were in a report presented by the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission to a joint meeting of TransLink’s Mayors’ Council and board of directors on Thursday.
  Read the full story here.
  
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• Hotter and drier than normal summer forecast for B.C.

  25-05-2018 18:52 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada is predicting a warmer and drier than usual summer for B.C., which is good news for outdoor enthusiasts.
  But that could mean an increased risk for forest fires in a province where the wildfire season has already begun with two aggressive blazes burning out of control in the southern Interior.
  The federal weather agency released its long range forecast for May, June and July and it looks like it could be a scorcher of a summer for most of Canada.
  The agency says depending on th
  
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• Wildfire burning near Kamloops doubles in size overnight

  25-05-2018 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  The Allie Lake fire, burning 55 kilometres northwest of Kamloops, is now an estimated 1,600 hectares from 800 hectares.
  
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• Meet Emerald, the Vancouver Aquarium's first rescue of 2018

  25-05-2018 18:44 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Aquarium has its first seal pup patient of the year: Emerald, named after the birthstone for the month of May.
  Emerald was found alone — and in dire need of nutrition — by a member of the public on Anvil Island in Howe Sound on Wednesday.
  Read the full story here.
  
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• Record-breaking Lotto Max jackpot up for grabs in B.C.

  25-05-2018 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  The jackpot is estimated to be around $60 million for the first time in Lotto Max's history.
  
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• Country star Dallas Smith talks new music

  25-05-2018 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  Country music artist Dallas Smith talks about making his latest single and his headlining appearance at the Coors Banquet One Horse Town.
  
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• Movie reviews: Solo: A Star Wars Story & The Gospel According to Andre

  25-05-2018 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  Dana Gee reviews the latest releases every Friday on Global News Morning BC.
  
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• The late-morning skate, May 25: The love of sports, BREAKING NEWS, Pettersson signs, video games and loopy Lions

  25-05-2018 17:47 via theprovince.com
  The Stanley Cup doesn’t start until Monday but already we’ve had our fill of poll questions already on ‘do you want Vegas to win the cup’?
  On one hand, I get it, there’s the pain Canucks fans have gone through and it looks like Vegas is getting it easy. But is it not a great story?
  Everyone is gritting their teeth and blaming Gary Bettman now about the process that stocked Vegas with good players. But at the time there was not a single analyst, not one, who thought
  
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• Vancouver Canucks sign Swedish prospect Elias Pettersson

  25-05-2018 17:25 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks have signed Swedish forward Elias Pettersson to a three-year contract.
  The 19-year-old Pettersson just finished his first season with Vaxjo HC and led the Swedish Hockey League in both regular season (24-32-56 in 44 GP) and playoff scoring (10-9-19 in 13 GP.Along with leading his team to the SHL Championship, Pettersson was also named the league’s rookie of the year, best forward, MVP and playoff MVP honour.
  “Elias is a talented off
  
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• Timeline of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline

  25-05-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Trans Mountain expansion was given federal approval in late 2016. Two months later, the B.C. government, then led by premier Christy Clark’s Liberals, gave approval to the project.
  With those approvals in hand, the company believed there was no reason they could not build the project.
  Kinder Morgan had also worked hard to get First Nations’ support.
  But in recent months, B.C. Premier John Horgan and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley have had public spats over the future of the pipeli
  
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