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• Corus Entertainment teams up with Twitter to produce social media videos

  31-05-2018 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  The series is aimed at Twitter users and millennials and will feature Corus personalities and brands.
  
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• Movie Review: Movie Minute talks First Reformed

  31-05-2018 23:55 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia movie critic Dana Gee and Arts & Life editor Aleesha Harris take a look at First Reformed the new film starring Ethan Hawke and written and directed by legendary screenwriter (Taxi Driver, American Gigolo) Paul Schrader.
  
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• What steel and aluminum tariffs mean to Canada

  31-05-2018 23:48 via vancouversun.com
  The Trump administration says it is going ahead with plans to hit Canada with hefty tariffs on steel and aluminum. Here’s what that means to our economy.
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• Taleeb Noormohamed pulls out of Vancouver's mayoral race, citing heart problem

  31-05-2018 23:41 via vancouversun.com
  Tech entrepreneur Taleeb Noormohamed has pulled out of the Vancouver mayoral race, citing heart problems.
  Noormohamed announced in late May he was seeking the Vision Vancouver nomination for mayor. Just over a week later on Thursday, he shared a statement to his Facebook page to say he would not be continuing his campaign.
  “It is with difficulty and disappointment that I announce I must leave the race,” he wrote.
  “Yesterday, I was hospitalized following a sudden cardiac event.
  
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• Bear cub plays with soccer ball in North Vancouver backyard

  31-05-2018 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  It’s bear season! A Global viewer in North Vancouver took this video of a black bear playing with a soccer ball in his yard. This guy seems to be having a lot of fun but it’s important to take steps to avoid close encounters. Be sure to remove attractants from your property and lock up...
  
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• Ed Willes: There’s a catch to Lions’ revival — many of them team hopes

  31-05-2018 23:30 via theprovince.com
  This time last season, Wally Buono looked at the weapons he’d amassed in the B.C. Lions’ passing game and thought: “We have the best group of receivers in the CFL.”
  He didn’t come right out and say it, of course. Then again he didn’t have to because pundits were lining up to confer the best-in-the-league status on the Lions’ receivers.
  They had Manny Arceneaux and Bryan Burnham in place, who’d finished third and fourth respectively in receiving yar
  
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• Richmond man charged with kidnapping, impersonating cop, sexual assault with a Taser

  31-05-2018 23:26 via theprovince.com
  A Richmond man has been charged with kidnapped a woman by impersonating a police officer and sexually assaulting her.
  On Wednesday around 8:30 a.m., a Good Samaritan in a vehicle stopped to help a distraught young woman on foot near the west end of Williams Road. The woman said she had been assaulted and had escaped her captor.
  She was taken to Dixon Elementary School and met there by Richmond RCMP.
  They found the location where police believe the young woman was held, a residence in the 30
  
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• Family mourns after Terrace teen dies in backyard fire pit accident

  31-05-2018 23:21 via vancouversun.com
  A family in Terrace is grieving after their teen daughter died last weekend after a backyard fire pit freak accident.
  Grace Peerless, 13, and her family were enjoying a fire in their backyard the evening of May 24 when Grace’s clothing and hair suddenly caught on fire.
  Her mom Lynn said she looked out her backyard window when she heard her daughter screaming and saw her hair on fire. She says she told her daughter to stop, drop and roll, while her son grabbed a hose to put out the fla
  
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• Vision Vancouver mayoral nominee suffers ‘sudden cardiac event,’ pulls out of leadership race

  31-05-2018 23:07
  
  Taleeb Noormohamed issued a statement Thursday saying he suffered “a sudden cardiac event” Wednesday, forcing him out of Vision Vancouver’s leadership race.
  
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• Miracle Weekend 2018: How to watch and donate

  31-05-2018 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  Some well-known Global BC faces will be hosting the event, including Chris Gailus, Sophie Lui, Squire Barnes, Anne Drewa, Sonia Sunger and many more.
  
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• Vancouver police issue warning of sex offender living in halfway house

  31-05-2018 22:46 via theprovince.com
  A high-risk sex offender, who police say poses a risk of significant harm to the safety of teenaged and adult women, is residing in a Vancouver halfway house.
  The 67-year-old Brian Keith Solberg is a federal offender who was convicted of forcible confinement, sexual assault with a weapon, and a number of other related offences, and Vancouver police say the circumstances exist to warn the public that he is living in the community,.
  Solberg is currently serving a four-year sentence
  
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• City living and urban ideas series

  31-05-2018 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  RED Talks examines Vancouver now and in the future, focus on strategies aimed at improving housing, density and livability.
  
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• Miracle Weekend: Matthew H’s story

  31-05-2018 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  Shortly after the Honing’s twin boys were born they noticed that Matthew wasn’t progressing at the same rate as Christopher. The Bowen Island family quickly found themselves on a journey with many specialists at BC Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre.
  
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• B.C. recycling depots to collect new materials including chip bags, wrappers

  31-05-2018 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  This is all part of a pilot project led by Recycle B.C. to help determine how best to recycle these materials never before collected under the residential recycling program. 
  
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• Theatre review: Human and heartbreaking, Anne Frank's diary still potent

  31-05-2018 22:26 via vancouversun.com
  The Diary of Anne Frank
  When: To June 23
  Where: Havana Theatre, 1212 Commercial Dr.
  Tickets & info: $20-$27; fightingchanceproductions.caAnne Frank never seems to be out of the news. The 15-year-old Jewish-German-Dutch girl died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany in 1945 after hiding with her family and four other Jews for two years in an Amsterdam apartment, where she compiled her famous diary.
  More than 70 years later, you can read a new book claiming to iden
  
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• Letters: Protesters will obstruct pipeline regardless of ownership

  31-05-2018 22:23 via theprovince.com
  As a retired deepsea tanker master, I have always hoped that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would be built so Canada could export its natural resource at market value. The federal government’s purchase of Kinder Morgan Canada’s assets this week was something it couldn’t avoid if it wanted the pipeline to proceed. Kinder Morgan had set a May 31 deadline for any further investments, being unable to viably construct the pipeline due to obstructionist shenanigans from B.C.&r
  
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• Mike Smyth: Taxpayers are going to take a big bath on Trans Mountain purchase

  31-05-2018 22:03 via theprovince.com
  Postmedia columnist Mike Smyth says the federal government’s decision to purchase the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will open taxpayers to a world of hurt.
  Read Smyth’s column here.
  
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• No shortcuts to get around East 1st Avenue closure

  31-05-2018 21:56 via vancouversun.com
  From Nanaimo Street to Rupert Street, traffic is currently reduced to one lane in each direction. This work began over the past weekend and is expected to take place until the end of July. A full closure of East 1st between Clark Drive and Nanaimo Street will take place from July 3 to August 31.
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• Tony Gallagher a true hall of famer

  31-05-2018 21:47 via theprovince.com
  Paul Chapman shows his appreciation for B.C. Sports Hall of Fame journalist, Tony Gallagher.
  Read our feature on Gallagher here.
  
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• B.C. employers prepare for minimum wage hike on June 1

  31-05-2018 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  The first of four annual increases is coming for British Columbia’s lowest-paid workers starting June 1.
  
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• Don't panic! Smoke seen Thursday on Whistler Mountain the result of wildfire training exercise

  31-05-2018 21:23 via vancouversun.com
  If you spot smoke coming from Whistler Mountain on Thursday, don’t panic.
  The B.C. Wildfire Service is training with Whistler and Blackcomb staff using a live fire and are letting the public know not to be worried by the smoke.
  “Once an orientation is complete, crews will be lighting the fire at about 10:30-11 a.m., and they anticipate having it cold and out by 4:30 p.m.,” read an update posted by the provincial wildfire agency.
  BC Wildfire Service will be training Whistler/Bla
  
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• Travel: Tips on taking road trips abroad

  31-05-2018 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  Travel consultant Claire Newell shares handy tips on preparing for a foreign road trip.
  
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• Vancouver's Westward Music Festival adds to lineup

  31-05-2018 21:05 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s Westward Music Festival, set to take over a host of downtown venues in mid-September, announced several more artists on Wednesday.
  Chicago rapper Saba, whose recent release, Care For Me, has been earning rave reviews, was announced Wednesday, as was reggaeton and hip hop artist Bad Gyal.
  New programming announced Wednesday also includes: Cigarettes After Sex, Jo Passed, Common Holly and Canadian singer-songwriter Louise Burns, who has twice been long-listed for the coveted Pola
  
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• Fire burns four homes in Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood

  31-05-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  Everyone made it out, but it was a narrow escape for one family. And as Jordan Armstrong reports, neighbours say the block of homes at Gore and Prior has a history of fires.
  
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• PNE Prize Home Lottery

  31-05-2018 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  WIN A HOUSE, WIN A CAR! The most affordable home lottery is back at the PNE! Prize Home Previews start July 13 or visit during the Fair at the PNE August 17 - September 3.
  
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• What do we want? The Beachcombers. When do we want it? All the time

  31-05-2018 20:45
  
  MLA wants all 360 episodes of TV classic available for free online
  
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• Playland 2018

  31-05-2018 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  The summer tradition is back and better than ever! Featuring over 35 rides and attractions Playland is celebrating the 60th birthday of the iconic Playland Wooden Coaster
  
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• Nathan E. Stewart spill report recommends alleviating risk of fatigue in marine industry

  31-05-2018 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is calling on additional measured needed to effectively manage the risk of fatigue in the marine industry.
  
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• Vancouver Canadians 2018 Season

  31-05-2018 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  Nothing signals the start of summer like a Nooner at the Nat! The Vancouver Canadians Baseball team is back for another exciting season at Nat Bailey Stadium!
  
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• Power line incidents involving 'weekend loggers' on rise: B.C. Hydro

  31-05-2018 20:28 via vancouversun.com
  The number of people having close calls with power lines is up, according to a new B.C. Hydro report.
  B.C. Hydro says so-called “weekend loggers,” or homeowners doing yard work such as pruning trees and clearing gutters, has led to 400 dangerous incidents involving electricity since 2013.
  The agency also says many more go unreported and estimates as many as 7,500 British Columbians have had a close call with electricity while pruning trees or doing work on a roof, such as cleaning gu
  
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• More than 1,500 short-term rentals under investigation in first month of new regulations

  31-05-2018 20:22
  
  Vancouver’s new short-term rental regulations went into effect April 19
  
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• Vancouver Canucks sign goaltender DiPietro to three-year deal

  31-05-2018 20:18 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks have signed goaltending prospect Michael DiPietro to a three-year, entry-level contract.
  Canucks' top prospects, No. 8: Michael DiPietro
  The 18-year-old DiPietro, the team’s third-round (64th overall) pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, just completed his third season with the Windsor Spitfires where he posted a record of 29-21-3-1 with a .910 save percentage and a 2.79 GAA.
  Mikey DiPietro became the first goalie in the history of the Windsor Spitfires to win OHL’
  
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• Keyboard Kimura: You’ll want to make a U-turn for the couch and Utica card Friday

  31-05-2018 20:16 via theprovince.com
  Fresh off a rare Sunday fight card last weekend in Liverpool, England, the UFC continues to change things up by delivering a Friday event into our laps this weekend from Utica, New York.
  Admittedly, it’s an odd choice because the fallout from any event usually carries over a couple of days into the next week, so giving fans two fewer days to process what transpired in Liverpool before diving into the festivities taking place on Friday makes it a little more difficult to get the word out th
  
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• Kinder Morgan in court to tie up protesters' 10-minute loophole

  31-05-2018 20:07
  
  Private investigators were told how to get around injunction by working in waves.
  
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• Book review: Give Out Creek by J.G. Toews

  31-05-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Give Out Creek
  J.G. Toews | Mosaic Press
  $24.95
  What would you do if one of your friends was suddenly discovered dead?  
  Character Stella Mosconi finds out the answer to that unthinkable question in the book Give Out Creek by debut author J.G. Toews.
  Set in the author’s British Columbia town of Nelson, the crime thriller details the mysterious death of one of Mosconi’s friends and fellow book club members.
  Mosconi, a reporter at the small town’s ne
  
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• UBC report blames housing unaffordability on red tape

  31-05-2018 19:41
  
  Home-building restrictions are six times larger cause of housing crisis than speculation, reports professor
  
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• Richmond Mounties search for suspected drug dealer

  31-05-2018 19:35 via theprovince.com
  Richmond Mounties are on the hunt for an alleged drug dealer linked to several suspected drug overdoses last year.
  RCMP Cpl. Dennis Hwang says officers were called out to a residence in the 8000-block of Hazelbridge Way where they found three people suffering from an apparent overdose.
  They were treated by emergency crews and survived.
  RCMP investigators seized a large quantity of drugs from the place, including cocaine, crystal meth, heroin cut with fentanyl, ketamine, ecstasy,  pot,
  
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• DJ Diplo headlines Lululemon SeaWheeze Sunset Festival

  31-05-2018 19:32 via vancouversun.com
  DJ, producer and music mogul Diplo will bring his globally-acclaimed beat making to Lululemon’s SeaWheeze Half Marathon and Sunset Festival at Stanley Park’s Brockton Oval on Sept. 22.
  The annual weekend of running and yoga, which is in its seventh year, draws in excess of 10,000 participants. The SeaWheeze Sunset Festival closing runs 4:30–11 p.m.
  Revellers can put all that weekend bendy work to good use as they let their backbones slip to the music of Diplo, Vancouver local J
  
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• Winner of B.C.'s largest Lotto 6/49 jackpot allowed to stay anonymous

  31-05-2018 19:26 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Lottery Corporation is allowing the winner of B.C.’s largest Lotto 6/49 jackpot to remain anonymous.
  The winning ticket in the record $30-million April 25 draw was purchased at the IGA grocery store on Parkway Boulevard in Coquitlam.
  The winner, however, didn’t want their name to be made public — and the BCLC, despite having a policy that requires all winners to agree to have their name, photo and hometown published, granted to their request.
  The lottery corp
  
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• Canada is said to have started marketing Trans Mountain pipeline sale

  31-05-2018 18:47 via vancouversun.com
  The Canadian government has already sent out marketing materials for the Trans Mountain pipeline to several potential buyers with the goal of selling the project it only days ago agreed to buy, according to people familiar with the matter.
  Greenhill & Co., a New York-based investment bank, was the exclusive financial adviser to the federal government on its C$4.5 billion ($3.5 billion) purchase of the pipeline and is working on a sale ahead of an expected shareholder vote on the issue in lat
  
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• UBC president pens letter to Ottawa to help alumna jailed in Saudi Arabia

  31-05-2018 18:45 via vancouversun.com
  The president of the University of B.C. has penned a letter to the federal government asking for help for alumna Loujain Al-Hathloul, a women’s rights activist jailed in Saudi Arabia.
  Santa Ono wrote to Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland asking that the Canadian government work with its Saudi Arabian counterparts to ensure Al-Hathloul’s release and to encourage Saudi Arabia to recognize the rights of Saudi Arabian women.
  Al-Hathloul, a 28-year-old women who attended U
  
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• A storied career: Tony Gallagher inducted into B.C. Sports Hall of Fame

  31-05-2018 18:44
  
  His take-no-prisoners style of sports writing earned him the loyalty of generations of Province readers.
  
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• Crews battle fire that spread to four homes in East Vancouver

  31-05-2018 18:18 via vancouversun.com
  Two structures still smouldering with interior hot spots. Extensive debris and now structural damage preventing crews from making entry. Awaiting arrival of heavy machinery to begin tear-down, search for victims & full extinguishment. #vfrs #vanworkingfire @IAFF18 pic.twitter.com/0rsGRoCcUX
  — Vancouver Fire (@VanFireRescue) May 31, 2018A big plume of black smoke could be seen rising over East Vancouver Thursday morning, as firefighters battled four homes on fire in the Strathcona neigh
  
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• The Morning Skate, May 31: SAVE OF THE YEAR! WHY ARE WE YELLING?

  31-05-2018 18:12 via theprovince.com
  Holy hockey sticks, Batman, this Stanley Cup Final has been exhilarating so far. Just watching that first period last night left me a little worn out.
  Combined, the Golden Knights and Capitals — let’s call them the KnightCaps — were credited with 38 hits. In the opening frame. Jeebus.
  Some of those looked a little iffy, admittedly, but tell me this isn’t great hockey overall. What a combination of raw energy, desire and skill we’ve been treated to in the first coupl
  
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• Four homes damaged in East Van fire

  31-05-2018 18:12
  
  Fire started just before 6 a.m. in an abandoned house
  
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• BCAA Play Here finalist: Halfmoon Bay

  31-05-2018 18:11 via globalnews.ca
  Linsey Hulls, a parent at Halfmoon Bay Community School on the Sunshine Coast explains why she hopes her community will be one of the winners of the BCAA Place Space Contest.
  
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• 10 tips to keep your furry friends safe in summer

  31-05-2018 17:33 via vancouversun.com
  While it’s great to look forward to sunny days outdoors with your pets, the hot weather is just one of the risks that this season poses to pets.
  Here are safety tips for your dogs.Related
  ’It’s that unconditional love,’ food bank, clinics cater to Vancouver pets in needShould landlords be forced to accept pets? Most people say no, according to pollPets sickened by marijuana in Canada a growing, disturbing trend: veterinariansFollow and share breaking news,
  
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• B.C. born MLB pitcher Ryan Dempster looks back at his career

  31-05-2018 17:31 via globalnews.ca
  As he prepares to be inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame, former Major League Baseball pitcher Ryan Dempster talks about his remarkable career.
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you understand the options to change B.C.'s voting system?

  31-05-2018 17:22 via vancouversun.com
  In a referendum to be held this fall, British Columbians will vote on whether to keep the first past the post system to elect politicians, or choose between three proportional representation options.
  Read Rob Shaw’s story here.
  The three alternatives for proportional representation are: Dual Member Proportional, which would involve large two-MLA districts where one politician is elected based on the most votes and the other by their party’s provincewide performance; Mixed Member
  
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• UBC study shows more housing will help solve affordability crisis in Metro Vancouver

  31-05-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  The provincial government must address the supply side of Metro Vancouver’s housing affordability crisis, according to a study released Thursday by UBC’s Sauder School of Business.
  The report — Growing Pains: density, economic growth, sustainability and well-being in Metro Vancouver — states that government responses to the housing crisis have focused on demand, including increasing the property transfer tax, the new speculation tax, the school tax and an increase in
  
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