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• B.C. Lions defence bends but bounces back in season-opening win over Montreal

  17-06-2018 23:54 via theprovince.com
  Drew Willy was on the run — again — late in Saturday night’s game with the B.C. Lions, Davon Coleman in his face, a double-teamed Gabe Knapton nipping at his ankles. Spotting an open Eugene Lewis, the Montreal Alouettes quarterback floated him a pass in first-down territory, but halfback Garry Peters materialized from nowhere to intercept the pass at the Als’ 40-yard line.
  Five plays later, the Leos were celebrating a Cory Watson touchdown catch. Game over. There was no w
  
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• Shocking video surfaces of Abbotsford woman later presumed dead in Peru

  17-06-2018 23:52 via vancouversun.com
  “She’s speaking out from the grave to tell her story.”
  That’s how Abbotsford mother Kathy Kasatkin described a recently released video of the daughter she hasn’t seen in two years.
  “The only way I can bear to watch it is to know that she is telling her story,” she said.
  Kasatkin’s daughter Kimberlee was last seen in November 2016. The 41-year-old mother of two was born and raised in B.C., but moved to Peru about four years ago with her common-
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Hughes’s younger brother on radar as top 2019 pick in Vancouver

  17-06-2018 23:40 via theprovince.com
  Older brothers can be hard on their siblings and often have little time for them.
  Not Quinn Hughes. Mention Jack Hughes and big brother perks up for all the right reasons.
  His kid brother is already a centre of prospect attention and expected to be a high pick for the 2019 NHL Draft in Vancouver. At the World Under-18 championship he led all scorers with 12 points (5-7) in a dozen games for the U.S. and was named MVP, and an obvious choice for the all-star team.
  Jack also lit it up in his first
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Speedy, slick, small Hughes is poster boy for NHL draft change

  17-06-2018 23:22 via theprovince.com
  Everything has gone so right for Quinn Hughes that it’s fair to ask how the highly touted, size-challenged, puck-rushing defenceman for the 2018 NHL Draft will react when something goes wrong?
  What will happen when a forechecker beats him to the puck or wins a boards battle? How is he going to recover if his turnover results in a goal?
  It’s a stretch to suggest abnormality in his play because the shifty Hughes is associated with making things happen, rather than having things happen
  
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• Crash on Sea-to-Sky Highway impacts traffic near Lions Bay

  17-06-2018 22:48 via globalnews.ca
  Northbound and southbound lanes were fully reopened by 1:30 p.m.
  
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• Sea-to-Sky Highway re-opened following collision Sunday afternoon

  17-06-2018 22:45 via vancouversun.com
  The Sea-to-Sky Highway has been re-opened following a collision near Brunswick Beach on Sunday afternoon.
  Initially, the route was closed in both directions before gradually re-opening each lane.
  According to Drive BC, the collision was located just south of Brunswick Beach, which is about an hour-long drive north of Vancouver.
  #BCHwy99 #SeaToSky Closed due to vehicle incident South of Brunswick Beach. Assessment in progress. https://t.co/boITXda9U4 #LionsBay
  — Drive BC (@DriveBC) June 17,
  
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• 60 years after tragedy, Vancouver remembers deadly Second Narrows bridge collapse

  17-06-2018 22:21 via globalnews.ca
  The span that connects East Vancouver and the North Shore collapsed while under construction at 3:40 p.m. on June 17, 1958. Nineteen people died.
  
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• In My Kitchen: Multi-cultural cooking

  17-06-2018 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  ‘In My Kitchen’ host, Celine Mauboules, shares a recipe from her father that inspired her to start cooking.
  
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• Ask an Expert: Male Cosmetic Surgery

  17-06-2018 22:01 via globalnews.ca
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Cameron Bowman, answers viewers questions on male cosmetic surgery.
  
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• Vancouver Firefighters Charities: Sports For Kids

  17-06-2018 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  Tristano Falbo and Bryden Pelletier, from the Vancouver Firefighters Charities, share news of their latest program aimed to give the city’s most vulnerable students the opportunity to participate in sports.
  
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• Brenden’s Ride

  17-06-2018 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  Brenden Parker and Marcia McNaughton talk about the fifth annual Brenden’s ride – which is in aid of raising funds that will offer children with disabilities unique opportunities.
  
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• 'It’s a memory I can’t forget': 60th anniversary of the Second Narrows Bridge collapse

  17-06-2018 21:14 via vancouversun.com
  It has been 60 years since the massive steel girders in the northern section of the Second Narrows Bridge broke and tumbled into the churning waters of Burrard Inlet, taking with them 79 workers.
  All it takes is a warm day, a view of the inlet and the sound of ambulances to bring Gary Poirier back to that afternoon on June 17, 1958, when he survived the worst industrial accident in Vancouver’s history.
  “It’s never going to go away,” said Poirier, tears in his voice.
  
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• Vancouver Police searching for 92-year-old man with dementia, hearing loss

  17-06-2018 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  Ting Leung was last seen on Wednesday, June 13 at about 8:30 p.m.
  
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• Missing 92-year-old man with dementia, hearing loss located safely

  17-06-2018 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  Ting Leung was last seen on Wednesday, June 13 at about 8:30 p.m.
  
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• North Vancouver’s Jordy Bellerive among 3 Lethbridge hockey players injured at bachelor party

  17-06-2018 20:46 via globalnews.ca
  North Vancouver's Jordy Bellerive was reportedly injured in the fire along with two others, teammate Ryan Vandervlis and Hurricanes alumnus Matt Alfaro.
  
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• Mural festival expands to include Capilano University's 50th anniversary

  17-06-2018 20:21 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Mural Festival is expanding to include Capilano University this year.
  To commemorate the university’s 50th anniversary, the school has teamed up with the popular Mount Pleasant-centred art festival to search for artists who can paint murals at the school’s North Vancouver campus and at kálax-ay, its Sunshine Coast campus.
  There will be 10 murals located at the North Vancouver campus and one at kálax-ay.
  Applications are now being accepted for art
  
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• Police investigation on Lakeshore Road in Kelowna

  17-06-2018 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  Police are seen collecting evidence on Lakeshore Road in Kelowna near Bluebird Beach Park.
  
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• B.C. Lions player tackles pantsless fan who ran onto field during game

  17-06-2018 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  This is not the first time B.C. Place security has had to deal with disruptions on the field of play.
  
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• B.C. Lions player hits fans who runs on field

  17-06-2018 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  Marcell Young of the B.C. Lions took matters into his own hands when a streaker hit the field in the team’s home opener.
  
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• Warmer weather prompts safety reminders for motorcyclists after Burnaby crash sends two to hospital

  17-06-2018 17:43 via vancouversun.com
  As warmer weather brings out more motorcyclists, police are reminding riders and drivers to be mindful of speed limits after a collision late Saturday sent two people to hospital.
  Just before 5 p.m. on Saturday, a motorcyclist travelling southbound collided with a Mini Cooper in the intersection of Griffiths Drive and 18th Avenue.
  The 28-year-old motorcycle rider was “thrown” from the bike and remains in hospital in serious condition. On Saturday evening, police said the rider’
  
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• Nancy Greene Raine on Olympic memories, staying active and fighting Tony the Tiger

  17-06-2018 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  Former senator Nancy Greene Raine worked for two years on legislation banning the advertising of unhealthy food to children.
  
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• Vancouver weather: If you complain about the sun now, don't complain when it rains

  17-06-2018 17:18 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: June 17, 2018 – My friends, the time has come. Sunday’s weather kicks off Vancouver’s annual ‘hot weather debate’ season in which friends are turned enemies as they debate whether it’s too hot or if this is the Vancouver summer we’ve been waiting for.
  Throw in a dash of ‘you’ll regret this when it’s raining again’ and that’s how friendships in Vancouver are built. The heat wave will last throughout the
  
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• Like father, like son

  17-06-2018 16:01
  
  When I was in Grade 6, I went on an all-cheese diet. A piece of cheese for breakfast, a piece of cheese for lunch and whatever I was forced to eat for supper. Why I chose cheese and not barbecue-flavoured peanuts or some other readily available dairy product remains one of the great mysteries of my 31-year-old life.
  
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• Cheep thrills: Bird brains flock to Vancouver for international wingding

  17-06-2018 16:00
  
  City hosting 27th International Ornithological Congress and first ever Vancouver International Bird Festival this summer
  
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• Surrey vigil held for two teenagers killed in shooting

  17-06-2018 15:25 via globalnews.ca
  A vigil was held in Surrey Saturday night, in memory of two teenagers killed in a shooting earlier this month.
  
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• Motorcycle driver hospitalized after ‘serious collision’ involving a Mini Cooper in Burnaby

  17-06-2018 14:22 via globalnews.ca
  Police say motorcycle crashes in B.C. peak in the summer as warmer weather and conditions bring more riders on the road.
  
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• Pushing fun factor: Cries to not specialize amplifying in youth sports

  17-06-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Marshmallow Test, pioneered by Stanford University psychologist Walter Mischel, was designed to understand the benefits of delaying gratification.
  A marshmallow is placed in front of a child, with the promise of another if he or she can resist eating it for 15 minutes. The results were said to predict a child’s future life outcome, a controversial hypothesis that’s been hotly debated in the 50 years since the test’s inception.
  If youth sports is the adult version of the tes
  
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• 60th anniversary of the Second Narrows Bridge collapse

  17-06-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  It has been 60 years since the massive steel girders in the northern section of the Second Narrows Bridge broke and tumbled into the churning waters of Burrard Inlet, taking with them 79 workers.
  All it takes is a warm day, a view of the inlet and the sound of ambulances to bring Gary Poirier back to that afternoon on June 17, 1958, when he survived the worst industrial accident in Vancouver’s history.
  “It’s never going to go away,” said Poirier, tears in his voice.
  
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• Lions 22, Alouettes 10: Shaky start, superb finish for B.C. in home opener

  17-06-2018 08:08 via theprovince.com
  It’s ironic that the Montreal Alouettes’ charter flight plane did not have enough fuel to make the flight to Vancouver on Friday. The visitors ran out of gas early at B.C. Place Stadium on Saturday night.
  The Als scored all 10 of their points in the first quarter Saturday, but were held off the scoreboard the rest of the way by a B.C. defence that bent but didn’t break, leading the Lions to the 22-10 win in their CFL season- and home-opener.
  B.C.’s offence only managed ni
  
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• World Cup 2018 predictions: Who will make it out of the group stage?

  17-06-2018 07:30 via theprovince.com
  The World Cup has begun, as 32 nations vie for soccer dominance (or, as most of them would say, football dominance).
  But before any of the competitors even think of hoisting the coveted trophy, they have to make it out of the group stage.
  Who moves on to the round of 16? Who goes home before the knockout stage even begins? Postmedia’s Paul Chapman offers up his predictions.Group A
  The teams: Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay
  Paul’s prediction: Russia and Uruguay will likely advanc
  
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• Video: Lions DB Marcell Young absolutely crushes fan on the field with shoulder check

  17-06-2018 07:18 via theprovince.com
  The B.C. Lions took to the field on Saturday to kick off their CFL regular season campaign.
  So did a fan, who kicked off his shoes, ditched his pants, hopped the rail and sprinted across the turf during a first quarter stoppage in B.C.’s home opener with the Montreal Alouettes, taunting the players and officials with his presence as he ran across the field.
  As the players waited for someone, anyone, to take the guy down and get the game going again, Lions defensive back Marcell Young decid
  
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• Calgary has best airport Wi-Fi in Canada, Montreal the worst: report

  17-06-2018 05:31 via globalnews.ca
  Calgary International Airport boasts the fastest free Wi-Fi among major Canadian airports, according to a report by internet metrics service Speedtest by Ookla. 
  
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• First heat wave of the season hits Metro Vancouver

  17-06-2018 05:10 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 temperatures 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 h
  
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• Choosing Zero Waste

  17-06-2018 04:27 via globalnews.ca
  A new Vancouver store offers customers a zero waste option when shopping for groceries. Nadia Stewart explains.
  
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• Big Ferry Delays

  17-06-2018 04:27 via globalnews.ca
  Ferry sailings out of Horseshoe Bay experienced delays this morning after an asphalt truck got stuck on the loading ramp.
  
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• Another reason why teens need more sleep

  17-06-2018 04:27 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Search for Missing Boaters

  17-06-2018 04:24 via globalnews.ca
  The search for three boaters who disappeared after their boat capsized early Friday morning has been scaled back but the community is hoping the men can still be found alive.
  
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• Diehard Vancouver World Cup Fans in Full Force

  17-06-2018 04:24 via globalnews.ca
  Nothing was stopping these diehard fans from rooting for their home country in this year’s World Cup. Paul Johnson reports.
  
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• Lynn Valley Rallies Around Fire Victims

  17-06-2018 04:21 via globalnews.ca
  The North Vancouver community is coming together to help dozens of people displaced by Monday’s apartment complex fire.
  
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• Vancouver civic party OneCity announces Council, School Board nominees

  17-06-2018 03:49 via vancouversun.com
  Following a nomination meeting on Saturday afternoon, left-leaning Vancouver civic party OneCity has announced its candidates for the 2018 municipal elections.
  Five names have been put forward — two for Vancouver City Council, and three for the Vancouver School Board, according to a news release.
  For council, OneCity members elected Christine Boyle, a community organizer and United Church minister, and Brandon Yan, a non-profit director and community advocate, as their nominees.
  
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• Lynn Valley residents open hearts and wallets for fire victims at annual fair

  17-06-2018 03:14 via globalnews.ca
  "It's a wonderful problem to have, to have a community that's this strong and this loving and caring about each other," said the president of the Lynn Valley Lions Club.
  
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• Trevor Hargreaves: Trump is wrong — this time about Canadian dairy

  17-06-2018 03:00 via theprovince.com
  The United States has long been fond of a “bigger is better” economic model. In an increasingly globalized economy, the dedication to carving out new markets to justify growth is a growing liability across the border. In the U.S., a combination of large dairy farms paired with ongoing technological improvement has created an ever-increasing surplus of U.S. milk.
  They make far more than they can consume domestically and dumped (i.e. wasted) 43 million gallons of it in 2016, with the s
  
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• Search for missing Tofino boaters scaled back, handed over to RCMP

  17-06-2018 02:50 via vancouversun.com
  TOFINO — Jae Valentine woke to the sound of wolves howling and cries for help early Friday morning after a boat sank off the coast of Tofino, prompting an exhaustive search for three missing men that has now been scaled back.
  The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre reduced rescue efforts 18 hours after responding to the call for help and has handed the case over to Tofino RCMP, which is treating it as a missing persons case.
  Two of the five people aboard the tin boat were rescued within two
  
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• Tough Mudder returns to Whistler

  17-06-2018 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  Some highlights of the 7th annual event held in the Callaghan Valley. Thousands of people made their way through the 22 obstacles of mud and water.
  
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• East-West philosophy, China and the ecological crisis: Upcoming Vancouver talks

  17-06-2018 02:05 via vancouversun.com
  It’s hard to classify the approach to planetary issues that philosopher Philip Clayton will be taking during his four days in Vancouver from Monday, July 9 to Thursday 13, speaking on the University of B.C. campus and in downtown Vancouver.
  On one hand the acclaimed American interdisciplinary thinker will focus on East-West dialogue and make a presentation, full of hope, about China’s potential to become an “Ecological Civilization,” a possible model for how the rest of t
  
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• After seasonal repairs, Grouse Grind expected to reopen Thursday

  17-06-2018 01:24 via globalnews.ca
  The trail has been undergoing annual repairs in order to prepare it for an anticipated half-million hikers this year.
  
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• Italy's absence doesn't stop World Cup excitement on Commercial Drive

  17-06-2018 01:19 via vancouversun.com
  Not since 1958 has Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup but Commercial Drive, usually Metro Vancouver’s hub for the soccer team, still hosted plenty of international fanfare on Saturday.
  Outside Toscani Coffee Bar, Peru supporters in red shirts waved team scarves with pride despite having just lost to Denmark 1-0. Ana Maria Tsougrianis and her husband Nick joined a dozen more Peru supporters for the 9 a.m. match, outnumbering a handful of Denmark fans. Despite Peru’s 1-0 lo
  
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• Endangered orca believed dead off B.C. coast, bringing population down to 75

  17-06-2018 00:59 via globalnews.ca
  Researchers say they believe another endangered orca has died off British Columbia's coast.
  
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• B.C. killer whale believed dead, dropping southern resident population to 75

  17-06-2018 00:54 via vancouversun.com
  Researchers say they believe another endangered orca has died off British Columbia’s coast.
  The Center for Whale Research, based in Friday Harbor, Wash., says a southern resident killer whale known as L92 is presumed dead.
  The loss of L92 brings the total number of southern resident killer whales down to 75, which is the lowest count since the early 1980s.
  The population has dropped by eight members since 2016, despite a baby boom at that time that gave some resear
  
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• Bob Lenarduzzi: New-look England aims to make amends for getting waxed at Brazil 2014

  17-06-2018 00:53 via theprovince.com
  England against Tunisia is the big Group G game Monday at Volgograd Arena, in what is proving to be an entertaining FIFA World Cup in Russia.
  That game is preceded by Panama against Belgium at Fisht Stadium in the other Group G match. Belgium and England are clear favourites even though both have a history of under-performing.
  At Brazil 2014, England finished dead last in its group, but this is a different England team, full of youth, promise and talent. It’s also a well-balanced squad, wi
  
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