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• Mike Smyth: For NDP, lots can go wrong when Krog vacates Nanaimo seat

  16-06-2018 23:37 via theprovince.com
  What could possibly go wrong?
  That’s the question New Democrats and Green party members around B.C. are asking themselves after NDP MLA Leonard Krog confirmed the news revealed in this space last Sunday: He’s running to be the mayor of Nanaimo.
  Why is this such a big deal? Because Krog’s move sets up a crucial byelection in which the governing NDP-Green alliance’s hold on power will be put to the test.
  If the NDP loses Krog’s Nanaimo seat to the Liberals, it will de
  
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• ‘We’re always hopeful’: Search for Tofino boaters missing since Friday continues

  16-06-2018 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  While the search has been handed off to RCMP as a missing persons case, volunteers headed back out into the waters to continue their search on Saturday.
  
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• Break out the sunscreen: South Coast to get first heat wave of the year

  16-06-2018 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  Temperatures are expected to hit the high 20s near the water and over 30 degrees inland.
  
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• Saturday Chef: BC Place

  16-06-2018 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  Will Tse, executive chef at BC Place, and his son Brandon share their delicious and versatile recipe for a ‘Super Happy Veggie Bowl’.
  
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• Makeover: The right undertones can make the eyes pop

  16-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Kate Pratt was finding her hair to be unruly and wanted to update and refresh her natural hair colour and style.
  Kate has naturally curly and fine hair. The colour was feeling drab and thought that adding a few blond highlights would do the trick. During our consultation, I suggested playing up the copper-red and strawberry blond undertones in her hair, as it would compliment complexion and make her beautiful blue eyes pop. I began by applying weave foils of highlights and lowlights around the h
  
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• Backyard brew: Field House Brewing Co. crew breathing new life into Abbotsford

  16-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  For Josh Vanderheide, craft beer is about a lot more than cold brews. It’s about the warmth of a community.
  Vanderheide, whose background includes running a design studio in Vancouver for several years, was introduced to the world of craft beer through his various client accounts.
  Josh Vanderheide.
  “We were doing some projects for wineries, craft breweries and distilleries. And the breweries were unique in that they just operated so differently than other industries,” he recall
  
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• ‘The Bridge’ Documentary

  16-06-2018 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  It was one of Vancouver’s worst industrial disasters and now sixty years since the Seconds Narrows Bridge collapsed never before seen footage has emerged in a new documentary ‘The Bridge’. George Orr, the film’s director, tells us more.
  
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• BC Lions Opening Game

  16-06-2018 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  BC Lions President, Rick LeLacheur, talks about their Saturday night opening game and what fans can expect from the team this season.
  
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• Open House: PNE Prize Home

  16-06-2018 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  Take a tour around this years PNE Prize home with Kaitlyn Herbst as she gets a sneak peak into the home’s lavish features – including its very own elevator.
  
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• Asphalt truck gets stuck boarding B.C. ferry, leads to delays

  16-06-2018 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  The Queen of Coquitlam has been dispatched for the passengers awaiting the Queen of Surrey's arrival.
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: A parade of distinguished women

  16-06-2018 19:00 via theprovince.com
  WONDER WOMEN: Sixty-five leading ladies — business and community leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators and researchers — were feted at the 35th annual YWCA Women of Distinction Awards. Always a sellout, this year’s affair was no different as more than 1,200 guests squeezed into the JW Marriott Parq Vancouver Ballroom for the premiere party, recognized as one of the country’s most prestigious awards for women.
  At the helm of the YWCA as CEO for the past 15 years, Janet Austin
  
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• First heat wave of the season to hit Metro Vancouver

  16-06-2018 18:30 via vancouversun.com
  Time to shed the layers, Metro Vancouver. It looks like the first major heat wave of the summer season is set to roll across the region.
  Environment Canada on Saturday posted a special weather statement, saying a major shift in the weather pattern is going to see the mercury spike into the 30s.
  The agency says starting Saturday the cool, rainy weather will give way to a strong and persistent ridge of high pressure.
  By Sunday, on Father’s Day, the temperatures inland are expected to reach t
  
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• Far-flung Morocco: Beyond the souks and into the surf

  16-06-2018 17:33 via theprovince.com
  “You do not need strength for surfing,” says Waled, demonstrating a pop-up on his beached surfboard. “It’s all about technique.”
  He makes it look easy, so I take his words to heart and steer my big beginner board into the churning Atlantic off the coast of Taghazout, Morocco. The forgiving beach break goes on for miles and our small group is the only class around on this misty grey morning. I eye the horizon and when a decent wave approaches I paddle like a maniac.
  
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• Madagascar Photo Safari

  16-06-2018 17:30 via theprovince.com
  Nelavy our guide stops an ox cart.
  A pair of oxen are pulling a load of five tightly packed charcoal sacks. While Nolavy is negotiating with the owner we get a photo break. Our driver Serge however stops on a dime anywhere at any time for photography.
  With my sister Mirjam we are returning from Madagascar’s main landmark, the baobab tree forest. Antananarivo, the capital city since 1610, is still some 700 km North East from here.
  The baobab forest.
  Lush landscapes and charcoalScenery
  
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• Six storeys too high for nixed condo project in North Vancouver

  16-06-2018 16:41
  
  City of North Van quashes 57-unit building over height concerns, despite inclusion of 5,000 square feet of non-market housing and 15 homes for the disabled
  
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• Waterfront Cinema returns with free outdoor movies at Canada Place this summer

  16-06-2018 16:00
  
  Skip the Netflix and chill out Thursday nights this summer with free outdoor movies at Canada Place.
  
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• Here’s how to pair beer with food and become the hero you were destined to be

  16-06-2018 16:00
  
  Company’s coming, dinner’s almost ready, but you forgot to pop out to the liquor store to grab a bottle of wine.
  
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• Eight Vancouver patios you'll want to check out this summer

  16-06-2018 16:00
  
  The beginning of summer marks patio season in the city
  
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• Sold (Bought): Downtown Vancouver condo showcases stylish updates

  16-06-2018 15:12 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  207 – 1125 Gilford Street, Vancouver
  Type: One-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment
  Size: 563 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $506,500
  Listed for: $549,000
  Sold for: $570,000
  Sold on: April 10
  Days on market: Seven
  Listing agent: Soriah Kanji at ReMax Crest Realty
  Buyers agent: RJ (Ron) Smith at Sutton Group – West Coast Realty
  The big sell: This one-bedroom condo in Vancouver’s west-of-Denman neighbourhood sold in se
  
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• BRIXX to take its place in a vibrant Kelowna neighbourhood

  16-06-2018 15:12 via vancouversun.com
  As Kelowna’s downtown commercial and residential district rapidly emerges, so too does the demand for homes that will meet the needs of an equally fast growing demographic in the Okanagan Valley — baby boomers who want to shed their large and expensive single-family homes in the city’s suburbs, a local condo marketer says.
  “More and more people with these big 4,000- to 5,000-square-foot homes are realizing ‘we are not actually using this big space so we don’t
  
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• GEORGE trades on livability and value

  16-06-2018 15:01 via vancouversun.com
  It’s no secret that Vancouver is regularly rated as one of the most livable places in the world, with breathtaking scenery, big city benefits and easy access to the great outdoors. As a result – and this is also no secret – it can cost you a good chunk of money to own property there.
  But Nic Paolella, director of development at Marcon Developments, the company behind a new multi-family development in Port Moody, believes there are other options outside the city that offer simil
  
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• The Home Front: Hot trends in home decor for summer and fall

  16-06-2018 14:23 via vancouversun.com
  If last year was all about Millennial Pink and unicorns, which we saw trending in everything from home decor to fashion, then this summer and fall we’ll be embracing Gen-Z Yellow and llamas.
  “I think we’ve all had enough unicorns,” says Etsy’s Dayna Isom Johnson. “It’s time for the llamas.”
  A home decor and fashion trends expert, Isom Johnson is a regular on U.S. television shows like Good Morning America and The Today Show, and is s
  
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• Lions Game Day: B.C. looking to restore the roar against Als in season opener tonight

  16-06-2018 14:00 via theprovince.com
  The B.C. Lions and Montreal Alouettes, not endeared by most CFL pundits to be Grey Cup contenders this season, are set to begin their seasons — and efforts to prove the football forecasters wrong — tonight at B.C. Place Stadium.
  The game gets underway at 7 p.m., and will be televised on TSN and carried on TSN 1040AM radio. The Lions are favoured by 6.5 points.
  FIVE THINGS TO WATCH
  1. The battle in the trenches
  The line of scrimmage was at the heart of many of the Lions’ is
  
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• Tofino Search

  16-06-2018 08:51 via globalnews.ca
  Three people remain missing, despite an intense eighteen hour search after a boat capsized in the waters near Tofino.
  
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• Search scaled back, three still missing after boat capsizes near Tofino

  16-06-2018 07:20 via vancouversun.com
  A search for three people missing off the coast of Tofino after a boat capsized early Friday has been scaled back, with no sign of survivors.
  Katelyn Moores, a spokeswoman with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria, said crews were called out around 3 a.m. Friday, after multiple 911 calls for help came in from people on the shoreline in the Duffin Cove area who heard cries for help.
  Several Canadian Coast Guard boats and the RCMP responded, along with a Cormorant helicopter from
  
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• Butterworth isn't consumed joining small sub-2:00 club in Jerome 800M

  16-06-2018 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  The two-minute mark. In track and field circles it’s a symbolic time for those lining up in the women’s 800 metres, a race that’s considered the ultimate test of speed and endurance.
  Only five Canadian women have ever finished under two minutes in that distance, with Melissa Bishop being the current national record holder at 1:57.01. Bishop also holds The Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome Track Classic meet record at 1:58.79, which she set in 2016 by winning the event for the&nbs
  
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• Kelowna street unsafe following retaining wall landslide

  16-06-2018 06:51 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Kelowna has shut down a Black Mountain street following a four-metre-high retaining wall collapse Wednesday. Residents in the neighbourhood have been warned not to walk by the property or water their lawns. Homes have not been deemed unsafe despite numerous reports of backyards that have dropped as well. Doris Maria Bregolisse reports.
  
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• Kelowna street deemed unsafe following retaining wall landslide

  16-06-2018 06:51 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Kelowna has shut down Samurai Court in the Black Mountain neighbourhood following a four-metre-high retaining wall collapsing onto the street Wednesday.
  
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• Backyard bonding on small rink rings a bell for Gagner on Father’s Day

  16-06-2018 06:48 via theprovince.com
  Sam Gagner had his bell rung — and he liked it.
  This particular ringing wasn’t a crippling concussion — which the Vancouver Canucks forward has suffered during his 11 NHL seasons — but rather something so joyful and memorable that it left a lasting impression.
  The ringing of a backyard bell to get Gagner and his buddies off the family rink in Oakville, Ont., long enough to grab some grub — before dashing back to the slab of ice and playing late into the night &mdash
  
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• Lions set to launch new season Saturday with an in-your-face statement

  16-06-2018 05:59 via theprovince.com
  There are no rally cries of winning one for the Gipper, and definitely none of “winning it for Wally.”
  That’s according to the man who has been in the spotlight ever since announcing 2018 would be his final season with the B.C. Lions.
  “I’ve kind of neutralized that by saying, ‘You know, guys, win it for yourselves,” coach Wally Buono said on the eve of Saturday night’s CFL season opener against the Montreal Alouettes.
  “(I said to them), You p
  
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• New Vancouver Giants GM fires Jason McKee, begins coaching search once again

  16-06-2018 05:37 via theprovince.com
  I wondered if Jason McKee would finish the season as Vancouver Giants coach. I did think he’d at least get a chance to start it.
  Vancouver took a step forward this past season with McKee back for a second campaign at the helm, with the club making the playoffs for the first time in four seasons. They should take another step or two this coming season. They lose top offensive threats Ty Ronning and Tyler Benson to the pro ranks, but they return two seemingly capable goalies, five defencemen
  
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• Reinforcements arrive for C’s before season opener, including North Van hurler McAffer

  16-06-2018 04:40 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canadians lost one Lower Mainland pitching product and gained another.
  Right-hander Brayden Bouchey, a White Rock native who was part of Vancouver’s Northwest League championship team last season, was on the C’s preliminary roster for 2018 but the parent Toronto Blue Jays called an audible. Instead of being a member of the C’s pitching staff for their short-season, single-A season opener on Friday in Eugene, Ore., the 22-year-old Bouchey remains with the Lansing L
  
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• City of Vancouver won’t allow woman to help homeless man

  16-06-2018 04:23 via globalnews.ca
  A long-time resident of Vancouver is wondering why the city won’t let her help a man who’s trying to get his life back together. Aaron McArthur has the story.
  
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• Study finds dads are paid more

  16-06-2018 04:19 via globalnews.ca
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• Supreme Court of Canada rules against B.C. university

  16-06-2018 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  There is mixed reaction to a ruling by Canada’s highest court that effectively kills plans by Trinity Western University to establish a school of law. Kristen Robinson reports.
  
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• Weekend traffic woes ahead

  16-06-2018 04:13 via globalnews.ca
  From road construction to SkyTrain upgrades to special events, there will be no shortage of traffic tie-ups in Vancouver this weekend. Jill Bennett tells us what areas to avoid.
  
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• New real estate rules begin in B.C.

  16-06-2018 04:13 via globalnews.ca
  New real estate rules kick in today, aimed at better protecting both home buyers and home sellers. But as Nadia Stewart reports, some are concerned about some of the changes.
  
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• Family fights for justice after speeder kills beloved doctor

  16-06-2018 04:13 via globalnews.ca
  A family fighting for justice is doubling down on their push for change, even though the crown has decided to appeal the acquittal of the man who killed their loved one. John Hua reports.
  
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• Search for three people after boat capsizes off Tofino

  16-06-2018 04:06 via globalnews.ca
  The search continues, but hope is fading for three people who were in a boat that capsized off Tofino early this morning. Ted Chernecki reports.
  
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• For 2 years, he’s lived in a motor home in an East Vancouver backyard. Then someone reported it

  16-06-2018 03:50 via globalnews.ca
  Now he could be out of a home in three days' time.
  
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• B.C. government and public-sector unions strike trio of new deals

  16-06-2018 03:43 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has struck three more deals with public-sector workers, after earlier this week announcing an agreement with the B.C. Government and Service Employees Union.
  Employers and public-sector unions reached new tentative settlements for 31,000 workers, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement on Friday.
  Two agreements were reached between Community Social Services Employers’ Association and the multi-union Community Social Service Bargaining Association, covering
  
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• Surrey Board of Trade backs sugary drink tax, NDP government sour on the idea

  16-06-2018 03:39 via globalnews.ca
  Advocates cite health and economic benefits, while opponents say the tax will penalize the poor.
  
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• Baby in an alleyway: Overdose prevention workers help mom give birth

  16-06-2018 03:29 via vancouversun.com
  No child should be born in a grimy alleyway where people inject drugs, but support workers and street people in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside were there for a frightened, expectant mother when it became her only choice.
  On Thursday afternoon, Cynthia Bell and Kevin Thompson, peer supervisors at the Maple Overdose Prevention Site in the 100-block of East Hastings, were looking after drug users when someone came into the site and warned them that a woman in the alley had gone into labou
  
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• Court ruling puts pressure on Trinity Western University to change its community covenant

  16-06-2018 03:07 via vancouversun.com
  On a day when legal experts and LGBTQ advocates across Canada were talking about Trinity Western University, the campus at the centre of the storm was quiet.
  With school out for the summer, a handful of students walked between brick buildings on their way to summer classes Friday afternoon. Some were unaware of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision allowing the law societies of B.C. and Ontario to deny accreditation to a proposed law school at TWU over its “community covenant,&rdquo
  
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• Daddy bonus? UBC study finds dads make more than their childless peers

  16-06-2018 03:04 via globalnews.ca
  Men with kids tend to take home a bigger paycheque, according to new research from UBC.
  
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• Rick Peterson: Stopping the runaway B.C. electoral reform train

  16-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government is currently driving a runaway electoral reform train that threatens to push the interests of moderate voters aside in favour of fringe voices, and completely derail the province’s economy.
  Those of us who support responsible resource investing in B.C. and across Canada are watching in horror and doing everything we can to stop this B.C. electoral reform train in its tracks.
  B.C. residents will be asked to vote this fall on whether they’d like to keep the current
  
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• Editorial: Horgan proved a good keeper, saving B.C. from a bad FIFA deal

  16-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. NDP government doesn’t often earn praise for fiscal prudence, but Premier John Horgan and his team can take a bow for saving taxpayers the financial burden of hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
  Soccer fans are disappointed, of course, and the City of Vancouver, always eager to assert its world-class credentials, laments being sidelined from one of the most-watched international mega-sporting events. But Horgan and Co. made the right call in withdrawing from the united bid by Canada,
  
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• New supervised injection site in Victoria will be Island's largest

  16-06-2018 02:39 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The largest supervised consumption site on Vancouver Island will open Monday in Victoria as the Island Health Authority ramps up its response to the overdose epidemic.
  The site at 941 Pandora Ave. has 10 consumption booths where people can inject illicit drugs while medical staff stand ready to intervene in the event of an overdose.
  In addition to preventing deaths, staff will be able to connect clients to detox, treatment and recovery services as well as counselling, nursing or
  
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• B.C. woman’s petition seeking justice in her father’s death presented to minister with 60,000 names

  16-06-2018 02:32 via globalnews.ca
  A man drove 140 km/h, causing an accident that killed Alphonsus Hui. He was acquitted Now, his daughter and 60,000 people are demanding justice.
  
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• Transit ridership hits a high in Metro Vancouver

  16-06-2018 02:28 via vancouversun.com
  Ridership on Metro Vancouver’s transit system has reached a new high, TransLink said Friday.
  Data for the month of May shows unexpected growth across all types of public transportation, with monthly boarding up nine per cent over May of 2016, TransLink said in a statement.
  Average weekday boardings on buses were up 9.5 per cent. Expo/Millennium Line average weekday boardings were up 9.2 per cent, while Canada Line’s boardings grew 8.1 per cent. On SeaBus, average weekday boardin
  
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