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• Search for 3 missing fishermen off Tofino’s coast enters 4th day

  18-06-2018 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  Monday's efforts are being run primarily by members of the First Nation who are volunteering with an RCMP dive team and a sonar team on hand. 
  
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• Tips to help seniors stay in their home longer

  18-06-2018 23:52 via vancouversun.com
  Dr. Roger Wong’s memories of his grandmother include her favourite song, Moon River, and the way she used to cook his favourite dish, spot prawns in sweet tomato sauce.
  He and his grandmother were close, he said, until his family left Hong Kong and moved to Canada when he was in Grade 12.
  But it is the memory of his grandma’s twilight years at a care facility in Hong Kong — where she lived in a room lined with steel cots — that has animated Wong’s life&rsq
  
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• Home care and support stretched thin as B.C. ages

  18-06-2018 23:49 via vancouversun.com
  Moira Hewitt has lived on her own for the past eight years and she is quite determined to carry on, thank you very much.
  As age and her battle with multiple sclerosis progress, she needs help to get her day started, prep meals and get to bed. Now using a wheelchair full-time, Hewitt can no longer leave her garden flat on her own.
  “I’m not a quitter … like the Energizer bunny,” she declared. “When I first moved in (19 years ago) I could still walk and then I was usi
  
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• Remains of two people found near Ucluelet; police major crimes unit investigates

  18-06-2018 23:41 via vancouversun.com
  UCLUELET — Police are investigating after the remains of two people were found near Ucluelet late last week.
  The RCMP say it’s too early to determine if the remains are of two men who disappeared last month.
  Ryan Daley and Daniel Archbald were last seen leaving the dock in Ucluelet on May 16 after paying for a month of moorage on a sailboat they had sailed from Panama.
  In a news release, the Mounties say the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit is investigating and officers a
  
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• Your Fortis BC bill isn't going up next month

  18-06-2018 23:37
  
  Natural gas provider is not raising its rates in July.
  
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• Remains of 2 people found near Ucluelet: police

  18-06-2018 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  Police on Vancouver Island say the remains of two people have been discovered near Ucluelet.
  
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• The problem with Vancouver’s Car Free Day is your car

  18-06-2018 23:18
  
  Don’t get me wrong. I love Car Free Day. In recent weeks, Main Street, the West End, and Commercial Drive have all hosted car-free events to roaring success.
  
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• Tech: Cashier-less stores and closing iPhone security loopholes

  18-06-2018 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  Andy Baryer with Get Connected Media discusses the latest in technology news and shows us a few new gadgets.
  
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• Back at the Nat: Five reasons times five to welcome return of Canadians baseball

  18-06-2018 22:49 via theprovince.com
  In honour of the Vancouver Canadians’ home opener on Wednesday and the team chasing its fifth Northwest League title since aligning with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2011, we present top-five lists to preview the short-season, Single-A campaign at Nat Bailey Stadium.
  The C’s announced on May 30 that Wednesday’s game was sold out. For more information on tickets for upcoming games, contact the team.  Its box office can be reached at 604-872-5232.
  FIVE RETURNEES TO KNOW
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• Reena Virk’s mom Suman on the loss of her daughter

  18-06-2018 22:48 via globalnews.ca
  Suman Virk, an anti-bullying advocate and mother of murdered Vancouver Island teen Reena Virk, died over the weekend. Global News spoke with Virk in 2012 about the loss of her daughter and frequency of bullying.
  
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• Mother of murdered B.C. teen Reena Virk dies in ‘tragic accident’: family

  18-06-2018 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  A relative confirmed to Global News Suman Virk died on Saturday, adding the loss has been difficult for the entire family which is focused on taking care of one another and grieving. 
  
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• Which Canadian city reads the most? Vancouver, Kelowna and Langley near top of list

  18-06-2018 22:11 via vancouversun.com
  Kingston, Ont. is the newest city to hit the top spot on Amazon’s annual Canadian cities that love to read list. The list is based on sales data from Amazon.ca, for both print and Kindle e-book editions, from May 2017 to May 2018 on a per capita basis in cities with more than 100,000 residents.
  Popping up in second place and making its debut is Waterloo, Ont. The top two cities make sense, as both are home to the province’s biggest universities, Queen’s and the University
  
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• How the endangered sea otter population made a comeback

  18-06-2018 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  Authour Todd McLeish explains how the sea otter made a return in numbers after nearly being hunted to extinction in his new book “Return of the Sea Otter.”
  
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• B.C. first province to have funding available for on-reserve housing

  18-06-2018 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C government is pledging $550 million over the next 10 years to build and operate 1,750 new units of social housing for projects, both on- and off-reserve in Indigenous communities.
  
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• Two-vehicle collision in Surrey ends with woman dousing herself in gasoline

  18-06-2018 21:43 via vancouversun.com
  A woman who doused herself in gasoline after a two-vehicle accident in Surrey on Monday morning has been taken to hospital for observation.
  Surrey RCMP were called about the collision in Clayton Heights, near 70 Avenue and 192 Street, at 8:20 a.m.
  Police said they were told that a woman started dousing herself in gasoline before being held down another person.
  Police, firefighters and ambulance personnel all attended.
  The woman was taken to hospital.
  No further details have been released.
  
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• Suman Virk, mother of teenaged murder victim Reena, dies in accident

  18-06-2018 21:42 via vancouversun.com
  Suman Virk, the Saanich mother who worked against bulling after following the brutal murder of her daughter Reena, has died.
  Virk died on June 16 in what her son, Aman, said was an accident. She was 58. A private funeral is planned for June 23.
  Aman said the family is asking for privacy as they grieve.
  Suman Virk and her husband Manjit channelled the pain of their 14-year-old daughter’s death into a decades-long anti-violence campaign. They travelled the country speaking to high schoo
  
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• Striking office building rising by Main Street/Science World (IMAGES)

  18-06-2018 21:34
  
  The Onyx building by Rize aims to kickstart “Terminal District” as a hot new business hub
  
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• Heat warning issued for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

  18-06-2018 21:33 via vancouversun.com
  A heat warning has been issued for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
  Environment Canada says high temperatures will reach the low 30s today and Tuesday, which is approximately 12 to 14 degrees above the average for the middle of June.
  The weather agency says temperature records could fall around Metro Vancouver over the next two days as a strong ridge of high pressure envelops British Columbia.
  The sun and the heat will stick around until at least Thursday, when things are expected to
  
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• Montreal's Ballets Jazz brings Leonard Cohen's Dance Me to Vancouver

  18-06-2018 21:20
  
  Tribute performance is November 22 at QE Theatre; tickets on sale June 22.
  
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• $37.99 Hot Dog Water at Vancouver Car Free Day had tongues wagging

  18-06-2018 21:18
  
  If you’re at a street festival on a sunny June day, it’s likely you’ll run into a hot dog vendor and a water vendor. But how about a “Hot Dog Water” vendor, selling bottles of the bizarre product for $37.99 a pop?
  
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• Dash cam video released in fatal high-speed crash that killed doctor in effort to ‘educate public’

  18-06-2018 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  The dash cam video, which was shot from a witness's car, shows the driver approaching the intersection of Oak Street and 41st Street. 
  
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• B.C. judge and family of B.C. doctor argue for release of deadly car crash video

  18-06-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  A judge has released video of a deadly crash that claimed the life of a Vancouver doctor. Rumina Daya was in court this morning — arguing for that video to be made public and has the latest details. **Warning: Viewer discretion is advised**
  
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• B.C. judge allows release of deadly car crash video

  18-06-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  A judge has released video of a deadly crash that claimed the life of a Vancouver doctor. Rumina Daya was in court this morning — arguing for that video to be made public and has the latest details. **Warning: Viewer discretion is advised**
  
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• The heat is on across B.C.

  18-06-2018 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  BC residents are experiencing the first heat wave of the year, and people are looking for all kinds of ways to cool down. As Paul Haysom reports, there are several special weather statements and warnings in place, and it will be a few days before we see some relief.
  
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• Dash cam video shows horrific high speed crash

  18-06-2018 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  Dash cam video of the deadly car crash that killed a Vancouver doctor has been released to the public by his family and a B.C. judge. Dr Alphonse Hui was struck at the intersection of 41st and Oak in 2015 when a driver doing 140 km/hour hit his car. **Warning: Viewer discretion is advised**
  
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• TransLink recommending changes to transit fares

  18-06-2018 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  TransLink is proposing a move to charge commuters based on how far they travel on SkyTrain, SeaBus and future rapid rail projects.
  
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• Canucks purchase National Lacrosse League’s Vancouver Stealth

  18-06-2018 20:39 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks are now in the lacrosse business.
  On Monday, the National Lacrosse League approved the sale of the Vancouver Stealth to the Aquilini family and Canucks Sports & Entertainment.
  The Stealth, who have played out the Langley Events Centre since 2014, will play their games out of Rogers Arena starting next season.
  They won’t be called the Stealth for much longer, however. Canucks Sports & Entertainment says the lacrosse franchise will undergo a full rebranding 
  
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• Okanagan heat wave increases wildfire risk

  18-06-2018 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  Forecasters say the weather event will be followed by extremely warm temperatures late in the week, causing vegetation to dry up.
  
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• Everything you need to know about campfire bans in B.C.

  18-06-2018 20:30
  
  A couple weeks ago I was sitting around the campfire pictured below, thankful that I had beat the ban that feels like it’s been creeping earlier and earlier into our camping season the past few years.
  
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• West Kelowna no longer under state of emergency due to flooding

  18-06-2018 20:18 via vancouversun.com
  West Kelowna’s state of local emergency has been rescinded due to a reduction in the threat of flooding, the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations said Monday.
  States of local emergency remain in effect for the Regional District of Central Okanagan and for the City of Kelowna, although the latter will expire Monday at midnight.
  “As of this morning, Okanagan Lake is at 342.58 metres. The Emergency Operations Centre has demobilized most of its flood protection measures, though som
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland from June 22-28: Jeremy Dutcher, Bonobo, Kamikaze Girls, more

  18-06-2018 20:15 via vancouversun.com
  Jeremy Dutcher: Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (Maliseet Songs)
  When: June 27, 7 p.m.
  Where: Roundhouse Performance Centre
  Tickets and info: From $20 at brownpapertickets.com
  One of the most interesting indie recordings of 2018 is Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa. The debut from operatic tenor Jeremy Dutcher brings his voice into a series of duets with the voices found on historic wax cylinder recordings of traditional songs of his Wolastoqiyik ancestors. Arranging the pieces for voice, electronics and pi
  
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• Michelle Kim becomes triple threat with new Surrey-set Y/A novel

  18-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Do you remember your first best friend? You’re hopefully smiling right now thinking about that person.
  It’s that relationship that is at the heart of Michelle Kim’s new debut middle-school novel, Running Through Sprinklers.
  “Your relationships are your world when you are a kid. I just wanted to write something about the first best friend you ever had and how that is almost like your first love,” said Surrey’s Kim, who works as a director and actor.
  A thou
  
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• Lindsey Richardson: Can staggering income-assistance cheques reduce overdose risk?

  18-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Earlier this month the B.C. Coroners Service released its latest report on overdose deaths in the province. Once again, the number of people who died as a result of an overdose is staggering — 124 in April, a figure that has tragically become the norm in the two years since the provincial public-health emergency was declared.
  Also contained in the coroners’ report was this: over the past year an average of 5.6 fatal overdoses occurred over the five
  
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• Letters, June 19: What kind of fool would sign a blank cheque to FIFA?

  18-06-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  FIFA World Cup soccer is coming to Canada. How much is it going to cost us? Millions? Billions? Trillions? Nobody knows!
  What kind of person would sign a blank cheque? A fool. What kind of fool would sign a blank cheque? A fool who is spending someone else’s money. What kind of fool, spending someone else’s money, would sign a blank cheque? Ask the Trudeau government.
  I’m relieved that the NDP government in B.C. refused to sign on.
  Jerry Steinberg, Surrey
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• Dragon Boat boss talks 30 years of racing

  18-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s been 32 years since Hong Kong sent six teak dragon boats to Vancouver for Expo 86; the 2,000-year-old sport had never been seen in North America.
  In 1989, 16 boats converged on False Creek for the inaugural Vancouver Dragon Boat Festival. Now for the June 22-24 event more than 200 teams and 5,500 paddlers from across Canada, seven U.S. states and, among other countries, Germany, Australia, China and the Philippines will be racing in False Creek.
  A true festival, the 30th annual event
  
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• Making Room program tackles housing for Vancouver’s ‘missing middle’… finally

  18-06-2018 19:52
  
  It’s déjà vu all over again. I’m sure I wasn’t the only Vancouver architect and planner who thought of this when the City of Vancouver announced the “Making Room” program last week.
  
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• Zone out: TransLink proposes change to distance-based fare system

  18-06-2018 19:29 via vancouversun.com
  Translink wants to change the way its riders pay fares.
  Since the mid-1980s, the transit authority has used a zone-based system. The more zones you cross, the more you pay.
  For some unlucky commuters, even short SkyTrain commutes of just a single stop could trigger a two-zone fare, while others could make lengthy trips and only pay a one-zone fare.
  TransLink is proposing distance-based pricing for its trains with a maximum fare similar to the three-zone fare used now.
  The transit authority says
  
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• Vancouver to give two public plazas indigenous names

  18-06-2018 16:33 via vancouversun.com
  A pair of public plazas in Vancouver will receive with new Indigenous names during a ceremony Monday morning.
  The new names for the Vancouver Art Gallery north plaza and the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza will be announced during a formal naming ceremony at 10 a.m. at the gallery’s recently renovated north plaza.
  Representatives from the city of Vancouver and the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations, along with B.C. Minister of Citizens’ Services Jinny Sim
  
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• Storied Grouse Nest resort on Vancouver Island listed at $6.98 million

  18-06-2018 16:32
  
  Oceanfront resort in Sooke has hosted movie stars such as John Wayne; listing price aims to attract multiple offers
  
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• Heat wave continues for B.C. as temperatures break records

  18-06-2018 16:32 via globalnews.ca
  The heat will stick around until at least Wednesday.
  
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• Heat warning in effect for B.C. as temperatures break records

  18-06-2018 16:32 via globalnews.ca
  The heat will stick around until at least Wednesday.
  
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• Daily Poll: Should Surrey have its own municipal police force?

  18-06-2018 15:37 via vancouversun.com
  The city of Surrey needs a police force of its own to put an end to the gang violence that plagues the city, says a city council hopeful.
  Related
  Surrey violence sparks new call for creation of municipal police forceREAL SCOOP: Teens shot to death in Surrey in targeted murder
  Doug Elford, the president of Surrey Community Alliance civic party, told Postmedia that the RCMP may no longer be the right fit for Surrey.
  He said the city could benefit from a municipal force with a heavy “boo
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Catch a ride on the B.C. heat wave

  18-06-2018 15:15 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: June 18, 2018 – I hope you like your weather sunny and hot — because that’s what you are getting.
  Environment Canada says the heat wave that brought toasty temperatures on the weekend is going to stick around for a few days with temperatures in Metro Vancouver reaching the mid to high 20s over the next few days.Temperatures away from the coast will reach the low 30s today and Tuesday, which is about 10 degrees above average for the middle of June.
  Around t
  
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• Surrey’s top cop to ask council for ‘significant’ staff increase

  18-06-2018 14:30 via globalnews.ca
  "When we compare around the lower mainland district, seemingly they do have several more officers."
  
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• Meggs reels in the racist, toxic times of salmon strikes on the Fraser

  18-06-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Strange New Country: The Fraser River Salmon Strikes of 1900-1901 and the Birth of Modern British Columbia
  Geoff Meggs | Harbour Publishing
  $22.95, 224 pages
  Fishing for salmon has always been difficult, demanding work, and this book records an important struggle to determine who in B.C. would benefit from that work.
  Ever since salmon and human populations colonized the coast of what is now B.C. as the last ice age ended, the big migratory fish has been an important source of human nourishment,
  
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• How to make yourself desirable to a landlord even with past credit trouble

  18-06-2018 13:00 via theprovince.com
  Q: My boyfriend and I live in the basement suite of a house that recently got sold. It is an older home that will be demolished as part of the redevelopment plan in the area. The family renting upstairs and the two of us have now been given a little over a year’s notice that we will have to move. We are a bit worried because we fell on hard times about 18 months ago while I was still in school and my boyfriend was laid off for a few months. We barely managed to pay our rent and buy groceri
  
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• Vancouver man will build you a laneway house for free — but there's a catch

  18-06-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Duane Laird wants to build you a laneway house for free.
  The catch? (Because you knew it was too good to be true.) Laird gets the rental income for 12 years before handing over the keys.
  The local businessman came up with the idea to address Vancouver’s affordability crisis while looking for a tiny home himself.
  “I live in an apartment right now, but I would like an independent home,” he said. “If you did this, I think you’d have a lineup of people who wanted to liv
  
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• Pantsless Man on the Field!

  18-06-2018 03:48 via globalnews.ca
  A BC Lions fan clad in underwear and jersey steals the show at the seasonal opener Saturday night. Kristen Robinson explains.
  
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• Pantsless man on the BC Lions field!

  18-06-2018 03:48 via globalnews.ca
  A BC Lions fan clad in underwear and jersey steals the show at the seasonal opener Saturday night. Kristen Robinson explains.
  
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• Ironworkers Tragedy

  18-06-2018 03:48 via globalnews.ca
  The 60th anniversary of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge accidents was marked with a ceremony to honour the men who lost their lives
  
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