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• Plant thief at work in Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Park

  11-06-2018 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  Visitors to Queen Elizabeth Park may have noticed something more than beautiful blooms in the Vancouver park’s rose garden over the weekend.
  A frustrated gardener, prompted by recent shrub thefts, has planted handmade signs that read, “I was stolen by a plant thief,” near gaping holes in the garden. Among the missing plants are evergreen shrubs, such as skimmia, mock orange and mountain laurel. Some annuals went missing last fall.
  “It’s kind of deplorable. These are
  
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• Vancouver firefighters’ new best friend: Lola the trauma dog

  11-06-2018 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  Acting Captain Steve Fraser introduces Lola, a golden retriever tasked with helping staff deal with occupational stress.
  
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• Kamloops doctoral student shoots to fame with swimming-pool pee science

  11-06-2018 23:44 via vancouversun.com
  Urine trouble.
  In her publications, Keep Swimming but Stop Peeing In Swimming Pools and Sweetened Swimming Pools and Hot Tubs, Lindsay Blackstock, a doctoral student from Kamloops, explains how she found a way to tell if you’ve peed in the pool.
  It turns out, lots of you have.
  In a study of 29 swimming pools and hot tubs in B.C. and Alberta, Blackstock discovered the equivalent of 75 litres of pee per large pool and 30 litres of urine per small pools.
  It was work no scientist had prev
  
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• CPP Investment Board approached about Trans Mountain, CEO says no decision yet

  11-06-2018 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  The head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says the federal government's financial adviser has raised the possibility of getting involved in the Trans Mountain pipeline project but there's been no political pressure applied. 
  
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• Retro Roller Jam rolls into Robson Square

  11-06-2018 23:15
  
  Second annual F.U.B.A.R. Roller Jam set for Sunday
  
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• Randomized ballot didn’t go over well in Vancouver’s 1993 election

  11-06-2018 23:00
  
  Vancouver city council’s decision to switch from alphabetical to randomized name order on the 2018 ballot will be confusing to voters, according to a COPE candidate for city council.
  
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• Behold the low-tech process to determine Vancouver's random ballot

  11-06-2018 23:00
  
  For the first time in a quarter of a century, candidates' names won’t be listed alphabetically on the municipal election ballot.
  
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• Imagine losing four Stanley Parks every five years

  11-06-2018 22:56
  
  A Metro Vancouver report outlines how the region has lost more than 1,600 of hectares of 'sensitive and modified eco-systems' between 2009 and 2014.
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Benning expects Juolevi will be ready for camp after minor back surgery

  11-06-2018 22:53 via theprovince.com
  Jim Benning has reason to believe that injured Olli Juolevi will be ready for main training camp.
  The Vancouver Canucks’ prospect defenceman suffered a lower-back disc ailment during off-season training and will have a microdiscectomy procedure that could sideline the fifth-overall pick in the 2016 draft for eight to 10 weeks.
  Several NHL players have recovered within that timeline after the same minor surgery — a minimally invasive procedure on a disc to relieve pressure on the spin
  
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• Jon McComb: Trade spat shows how Trump’s lapdogs will say anything to appease their boss

  11-06-2018 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  Have you ever heard in your life a bigger load of crap from an American trade official?
  
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• Rally planned outside home where repeat sex offender reportedly lives in Chilliwack

  11-06-2018 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  James Conway has been in Chilliwack since last year, but neighbours recently discovered just how close he is to families and an elementary school.
  
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• Opinion: G7 sets new trajectory for gender equality

  11-06-2018 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  The world today finds itself in a unique moment — whether on screens, in the workspace, or at the dinner table — where gender equality is in the global spotlight. Women-led movements are taking centre-stage and moving an agenda focused on equality and dismantling harmful norms full speed ahead. While some might argue we are facing unified attacks on women’s rights — and they would be right — we are also in a moment of unmistakable opportunity to move the needle forw
  
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• Long-awaited Coroner’s inquest into Lisa Dudley’s death begins 

  11-06-2018 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  Under cross-examination, neighbour Erwin Adam broke down several times on the stand as he said he regrets not following up with the RCMP when they failed to follow up with him.
  
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• People scramble to get out of the way as bear runs through busy Metro Vancouver park

  11-06-2018 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  On a busy Sunday afternoon a bear came running through Rocky Point Park.
  
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• Heavily armed police presence at Vancouver's Italian Day triggers public debate

  11-06-2018 21:11
  
  An increase in security measures at a cultural public festival this weekend has some Vancouverites feeling less safe than usual.
  
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• Heavily armed police presence at Vancouver's Italian Day sparks public debate

  11-06-2018 21:11
  
  An increase in security measures at a cultural public festival this weekend has some Vancouverites feeling less safe than usual.
  
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• UPDATED: B.C. premier meets with Kelowna mayor about speculation tax

  11-06-2018 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  Premier John Horgan met with Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran about concerns over the speculation tax on Monday.
  
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• B.C. premier meets with Kelowna mayor about speculation tax

  11-06-2018 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  Premier John Horgan met with Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran about concerns over the speculation tax on Monday.
  
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• North Vancouver apartment fire claims two lives, leaves dozens homeless

  11-06-2018 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  Tragedy in North Vancouver’s Lynn Valley early Monday where a mother and young child have lost their lives in an apartment complex fire that has also forced dozens from their homes. Paul Haysom reports.
  
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• Ribeye taco recipe

  11-06-2018 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  Tacofino’s Chef Stefan Hartmann makes a tasty ribeye taco. BC, Global News at Noon BC, food, recipe, Stefan Hartmann, Tacofino, tacos, cooking, catering, kitchen
  
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• Bear runs through busy Port Moody park

  11-06-2018 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  Visitors to popular Rocky Point park in Port Moody were surprised by a black bear Sunday as it ran through a crowded picnic area and playground.. Global BC viewer Bob Morrisette managed to captured the excitement.
  
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• BC NDP trying to tackle rising rates at BC Hydro

  11-06-2018 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. government is launching a two-phase review in an attempt to reign in rate increases at BC Hydro.
  
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• Doubt cast on B.C. vacation-home price drop forecast

  11-06-2018 20:31
  
  Prediction of tax-driven price slump ignores fact that most vacation properties are excluded from speculation tax
  
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• Penticton RCMP getting 'close' on financial irregularity case involving downtown association

  11-06-2018 20:14 via vancouversun.com
  James Miller
  RCMP in Penticton remain keenly active in a case involving “financial irregularities” with the Downtown Penticton Association that occurred between 2013 and 2016.
  In September 2016, the DPA’s new executive director Lynn Allin noticed some strange bookkeeping, notified a lawyer and later handed over financial documents to RCMP. In December 2016, RCMP began interviewing downtown business owners and a formal statement was made by Allin, acknowledging the investigation
  
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• Pricey Vancouver feels the pinch of province-wide teacher shortage

  11-06-2018 20:12
  
  Vancouver schools could still be short teachers in September, despite hiring more than 700 teachers in the past year and a half.
  
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• Letters to The Province, June 12, 2018: Firefighter motorcycle club wrong to mix with Hells Angels, reader says

  11-06-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  I’m surprised that a group of firefighters would stoop to ask permission of the Hells Angels to create a patch for their club.
  The International Association Of Fire Fighters has affiliate motorcycle groups all over North America and each has created a patch that isn’t only respectable, but also depicts the brave members it represents.
  How dare the Florian Knights use the firefighters’ Maltese Cross and place it over a skeleton.
  Dennis Jensen, Delta
  Ontario vote shows PR needed
  
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• Letters, June 12: Firefighter motorcycle club wrong to mix with Hells Angels, reader says

  11-06-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  I’m surprised that a group of firefighters would stoop to ask permission of the Hells Angels to create a patch for their club.
  The International Association Of Fire Fighters has affiliate motorcycle groups all over North America and each have created a patch that isn’t only respectable, but also depicts the brave members it represents.
  How dare the Florian Knights use the firefighters’ Maltese Cross and place it over a skeleton.
  Dennis Jensen, Delta
  Ontario vote shows PR needed
  
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• Government launches reviews into BC Hydro over costs, future of energy sector

  11-06-2018 19:44 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. government has launched a two-phase review of BC Hydro in an effort to find cost savings and direction for the Crown utility.
  The first part of the review is expected to examine ways to save money within Hydro, create new revenue streams in an effort to keep rates low and give the corporation the resources it needs to provide electricity.
  An advisory group that includes staff from government ministries and BC Hydro will conduct the first review.
  The government says in a
  
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• Mother and child, 8, killed in North Vancouver apartment fire

  11-06-2018 19:28 via vancouversun.com
  Two people, a mother and her eight-year-old child, are dead and at least 16 others have been injured following an early-morning apartment fire in Lynn Valley.
  District of North Vancouver fire fighters were called to the Mountain Village Garden Apartments complex, at 1298 Emery Place, just after 2:30 a.m.
  Sixteen suites in two of several buildings in the complex were completely destroyed.
  Witnesses told Postmedia that the woman and her son died after getting trapped inside one of the burning
  
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• Fire rips through North Vancouver apartment building, killing mother and child

  11-06-2018 19:25 via vancouversun.com
  Two people, a mother and her eight-year-old child, are dead and at least 16 others have been injured following an early-morning apartment fire in Lynn Valley.
  District of North Vancouver fire fighters were called to the Mountain Village Garden Apartments complex, at 1298 Emery Place, just after 2:30 a.m.
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• Paul Chapman: Canucks thinking prospects, picks and trades

  11-06-2018 19:19 via theprovince.com
  While Alex Ovechkin continues to celebrate the Washington Capitals’ Stanley Cup victory, the rest of us are turning our attention to the upcoming NHL draft.
  Sports editor Paul Chapman weighs in on the speculation about what the Canucks will do with their No. 7 pick.
  
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• Fatal Malahat crash renews calls for barriers on notorious highway

  11-06-2018 19:12 via globalnews.ca
  West Shore RCMP believe the woman behind the wheel of the northbound vehicle was impaired by alcohol. 
  
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• Explore Our BC: Prince Rupert

  11-06-2018 19:05 via globalnews.ca
  Yvonne Schalle scouts Prince Rupert as a vacation destination
  
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• Canucks thinking prospects, picks and trades

  11-06-2018 19:05 via theprovince.com
  Paul Chapman says Vancouver Canucks fans want more draft picks and more young players, but may end up with a more seasoned and proven player to replace Henrik and Daniel Sedin.
  
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• Trump attacks Prime Minister Trudeau

  11-06-2018 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  It was an outburst that came out of the blue. Just a few hours after agreeing to the joint communique with G7 allies – Donald Trump tweeted that he is abandoning American support for the document. And who did he blame and name call? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. For more on this we’re joined by...
  
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• Backcountry Brewing in Squamish

  11-06-2018 18:14 via vancouversun.com
  Backcountry Brewing owner John Folinsbee has lived in Squamish for 13 years, and used to commute to Vancouver to brew for Steamworks.
  He opened Backcountry Brewing last April and says four years ago, they wouldn’t have been as successful, but they hit a wave of growth. He adds, now that there are some of the beginning signs of more traffic … staff housing becoming more expensive and a business issue.
  Read Joanne Lee-Young’s story about how growth in Squamish has brought opport
  
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• Destination BC -“Northern BC”

  11-06-2018 18:04 via globalnews.ca
  Josie Heisig from Destination BC outlines three easy trips you can enjoy in Northern BC.
  
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• “Helping Men Dealing with Depression”

  11-06-2018 18:01 via globalnews.ca
  Dr. John Ogrodniczuk, the founder of HeadsUpGuys, talks about helping men battling depression. He is joined by Howad Blank who discusses his own issues with depression
  
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• Two dead, 16 injured in North Vancouver apartment fire

  11-06-2018 17:51 via vancouversun.com
  Two people are dead and at least 16 others are injured following an early-morning apartment fire in Lynn Valley.
  District of North Vancouver fire fighters were called to the Mountain Village Garden Apartments complex, at 1298 Emery Place, just after 2:30 a.m.
  Sixteen suites in two of several buildings in the complex are destroyed.
  2 dead and at least 16 injures after fire broke out overnight just past 2:30 a.m. Firemen still on scene this morning #LynnValley pic.twitter.com/g8A0ldnx3Q
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• Chinese company CITIC Metal to acquire 19.9% stake in Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.

  11-06-2018 17:22 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A Chinese company has signed a deal to acquire a 19.9 per cent stake in Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. for $723 million that the miner plans to use to fund the development of its projects in southern Africa.
  CITIC Metal Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chinese state-run conglomerate CITIC Ltd., has agreed to acquire 196.6 million shares at a price of $3.68 per share.
  Under the deal, CITIC Metal will become Ivanhoe’s largest single shareholder, while Robert Friedland, executive
  
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• Lola the trauma dog is here to help Vancouver firefighters

  11-06-2018 16:58 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver firefighters have a new tool for helping staff heal from mental injury and illness: Lola, the trauma dog.
  The golden retriever was officially welcomed to the Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services team on Monday.
  In a press release, the Vancouver fire department noted that recent studies show that almost half of emergency services personnel show “significant symptoms … consistent with one or more mental disorders.”
  “Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services is le
  
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• Two dead, a dozen injured in North Vancouver apartment fire

  11-06-2018 16:29 via vancouversun.com
  Two people are dead and at least a 16 others are injured following an early-morning apartment fire in Lynn Valley.
  District of North Vancouver fire fighters were called to the Mountain Village Garden Apartments complex, at 1298 Emery Place, just after 2:30 a.m.
  Sixteen suites in two of several buildings in the complex are destroyed.
  Firefighters say 150 residents were evacuated but many have been allowed to return because their buildings were not involved.
  Fire officials say 16 people were
  
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• Daily Poll: How seriously are you taking Donald Trump's swipes at Canada?

  11-06-2018 16:07 via vancouversun.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump turned both barrels — or Tweeting thumbs — on Canada and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the weekend with a series of hostile tweets following the meeting of G-7 leaders in Quebec.
  Related
  'Special place in hell': Trump's top advisers accuse Trudeau of betrayal
  Trump complained that he had been blindsided by Trudeau’s criticism of his tariff threats at a summit-ending news conference. In his tweets, Trump called Trudeau “dishonest”
  
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• Two people dead in North Vancouver apartment fire

  11-06-2018 16:01 via globalnews.ca
  Paul Haysom is live in North Vancouver Monday after a huge fire ripped through an apartment building. Two people have been killed in the blaze and dozens of people have been displaced.
  
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• Squamish attracts new population and hip businesses, along with growing pains

  11-06-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  At Backcountry Brewing, the long and wooden communal tables tucked inside a Squamish business park are packed with young families and their kids, wolfing down thin crust pizza that locals like to say rivals anything on Commercial Drive in Vancouver.
  “I don’t know if we would have been as successful as we are if we had opened a few years ago,” says co-owner and brewer John Folinsbee.
  He’s lived in Squamish for 13 years and had been commuting to Vancouver to brew for Steamw
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Mix of sun and cloud on Monday

  11-06-2018 15:41 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: June 11, 2018 – Vancouver can expect a mixed bag weather-wise today.
  Environment Canada says we are in for a mix of sun and cloud with chance of showers this morning. That’s rainbow weather, people.Clouds should clear this afternoon and we are expected to hit a high of 18.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers this morning. Clearing this afternoon. High 18. UV index 6 or high.
  Tonight: Clear. Low 9.
  Tuesday: Increasing cloudin
  
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• Two people dead following apartment fire in North Vancouver

  11-06-2018 15:33 via globalnews.ca
  A total of 16 people were taken to hospital, but the extent of their injuries is not clear at this time.
  
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• Recognition for Douglas and Hirayama tremendous but this season was a cautionary tale for Canada’s men’s sevens

  11-06-2018 15:05 via theprovince.com
  In the last tournament of the 2017-18 World Rugby Sevens Series season, in Paris, Canada’s men’s squad finished a very respectable fourth.
  After the day wrapped, a thrilling win in the final for South Africa, who leaped an inch ahead of Fiji to take the season title at the final hurdle, World Rugby handed out its season awards, which saw two Canadians recognized: Justin Douglas as the “Impact” player of the season and Nathan Hirayama as the series’ leading scorer.
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• Global housing markets facing ‘urban tsunami’

  11-06-2018 15:00
  
  Former Premier Mike Harcourt one of speakers at June 12 forum discussing solutions for growth of urban centres
  
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• The Morning Skate, June 11: Oh that Bure picture

  11-06-2018 14:11 via theprovince.com
  I don’t remember the exact year, but it was about a decade ago.
  We’re at a house party in Kits, in a fine old place. Normal sized kitchen. Big dining room leading out to the backyard. It’s an interesting array of people that my friend Adam had assembled, friends of his from rugby, friends of his from elsewhere at UBC, friends of his from his work at the Pit Pub.
  Some neighbours showed up. Some of them were Irish.
  A few of us got talking to them; by this point, the annual appear
  
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