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• Time-lapse showing snow falling on B.C. highway in July

  02-07-2018 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  A video from Drive BC shows a time-lapse of snow falling on Highway 97C early morning July 2. While it’s not completely unheard of to have snow at high elevations into July, it is certainly not very common.
  
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• Indian Summer Festival Vancouver 2018

  02-07-2018 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  Chefs Vikram Vij and Theresa Cortois chat about the unique challenge for chefs taking part in this year’s multi-cultural Indian Summer Festival in Vancouver.
  
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• Police investigating after woman injured in targeted Pitt Meadows shooting

  02-07-2018 23:37 via theprovince.com
  Police say a woman was sent to hospital after she was injured in a targeted shooting in Pitt Meadows on Monday.
  In a brief update shared online, Ridge Meadows RCMP said a female driver was injured in the shooting but gave no details on her condition or the severity of her injuries.
  @RidgeRCMP confirm a female driver was the victim of a targeted, isolated shooting in Pitt Meadows. Old Dewdney Trunk rd is closed between Lougheed & Reichenbach for investigation. Victim was transported to hospit
  
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• Mystery Mountain Expedition

  02-07-2018 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  A group of adventurers from Ontario discuss their plan to recreate a historic journey on Mt. Waddington.
  
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• Highway 1 crash numbers double in two years in Fraser Valley

  02-07-2018 22:56 via vancouversun.com
  The number of crashes on Highway 1 between Langley and Chilliwack has doubled in the past two years, according to ICBC statistics obtained by Postmedia.
  The report shows the number crashes on Highway 1 between 232 Street in Langley and Annis Road in Chilliwack — a four-lane stretch of highway — rose from 510 in 2015 to 1,100 in 2017.
  Injuries and fatalities have risen, too. In 2011, 270 crashes resulted in casualties, while in 2017, 470 crashes led to someone being harmed. A total of
  
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• Comox transplant recipient says Canada Transplant Games are a chance to celebrate

  02-07-2018 22:32 via vancouversun.com
  As Ferris Bueller once put it, “life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
  But heart transplant recipient Robbie Thompson is in no danger of missing anything.
  After receiving two transplants before the age of 5, the now 20-year-old Comox man is no stranger to slowing down, appreciating life and making sure he takes the time to look around.
  “I’m still perfectly functional,” he said. “It’s just that
  
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• B.C. Lions player says housing market is so tight, he’s offering free season tickets to potential landlords

  02-07-2018 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  The six-time all-star, who makes a decent CFL salary, is not immune to Metro Vancouver's housing crisis.
  
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• Drink This: Andina Brewing’s Jalea Guava Saison

  02-07-2018 21:49
  
  The Growler's editor finds a fruit beer that refreshes without overstaying its welcome.
  
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• More than a dozen missing pianos found in B.C. warehouse

  02-07-2018 20:34 via vancouversun.com
  On June 21, RCMP in Richmond made an unusual announcement. They said they had uncovered a stash of about a dozen pianos — from small uprights to concert grands — in a warehouse and were asking owners of “missing” pianos to contact them.
  The public appeal invited obvious questions: How do pianos go missing? Were they stolen? As of late last week, the RCMP, while confirming that some pianos had been reunited with their owners, were saying little about their investigation, o
  
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• 5 things to know about Harry Styles

  02-07-2018 20:12 via vancouversun.com
  Harry Styles 
  When: July 6, 8 p.m.
  Where: Rogers Arena
  Tickets, info: From $32, at ticketmaster.com
  There aren’t a lot of musical artists whose name totally mirrors their look. Harry Styles is one who does.
  Since the day he auditioned for the X Factor as a solo artist, the 24-year-old Englishman has always been immaculately coiffed.
  After Zayn Malik, he is the second member of the English-Irish boy band sensations One Direction to embark on a successful solo career. Not everyone earns
  
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• Elizabeth Murphy: Outgoing Vision council doing 'chainsaw massacre' to city zoning without public consent

  02-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Vancouver passed reports at council last month to rezone across the city without public consultation. As this council’s failed decade of policy has shown, rezoning inflates land values, which is at the root of the affordability problem. Proposed actions to be considered in July will just make this worse as it further increases the affordability crisis they claim to be resolving.
  With only three business days to respond, the public got their first look at 680 pages of major poli
  
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• Classical music: Vancouver Chamber Choir celebrates R. Murray Schafer's 85th birthday

  02-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Schafer/85: A Birthday Spectacular
  When: July 6, 8 p.m.
  Where: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  Tickets and info: From $24.50, vancouverchamberchoir.comIn a rare July concert offering, Vancouver Chamber Choir has devoted a program to Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, who celebrates his 85th birthday on July 18.
  Schafer is one of Canada’s artistic treasures. The choir has a long-standing relationship with Schafer and his music through concerts, broadcasts, and recording
  
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• WATCH: JoJo Mason full interview

  02-07-2018 19:18 via globalnews.ca
  Before he took the stage to headline the Canada Day concedrt at Canada Place, JoJo Mason met up with Sonia Deol to discuss his love of country msuic and how he got to this point in his career.
  
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• Donor mom comes to B.C. to cheer on young athlete at Transplant Games

  02-07-2018 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  Donor mom Felicia Hill explains why she came to Vancouver from Reno, Nevada, to watch seven-year-old Addison McArthur compete in the Canadian Transplant Games.
  
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• Woman shot in Pitt Meadows along Old Dewdney Trunk Road

  02-07-2018 17:54 via globalnews.ca
  The incident occurred in front of Hopcott Meats at 18385 Old Dewdney Trunk Road.
  
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• Serious crash in Pitt Meadows closes part of Old Dewdney Trunk Road

  02-07-2018 17:54 via globalnews.ca
  The incident occurred in front of Hopcott Meats at 18385 Old Dewdney Trunk Road.
  
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• 'Sorry' for having so much fun running, cele-eh-brating on Canada Day

  02-07-2018 17:48 via vancouversun.com
  Before diving into the super Sunday we soaked up at the seventh Scotiabank Run Canada Day, I need to squash the fake news circulating around The Great Trumpkin’s White House, where some politicos think we’re “America’s attic with legalized weed.”
  We are NOT changing the words to the “My name is Joe and I am Canadian” Molson ad. Nope, we will NOT be ranting “My name is Sam and I am a shoe-scuffing, smuggling, tariff-avoiding, milk-guzzling Trudeau c
  
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• ‘We have a great community’: Canada Day ‘living flag’ gives back to Vernon family

  02-07-2018 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  "We have a great community. I'm very proud."
  
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• Light snow falls on B.C. highway July 2

  02-07-2018 17:33 via globalnews.ca
  Big White, near Kelowna, received a dusting of snow as well.
  
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• Missing man being sought by Burnaby police returns home

  02-07-2018 17:15 via theprovince.com
  Update: A Burnaby man who went missing over the weekend has been found. Steven O’Brien returned home on July 1.Police are asking the public’s help in locating a man who went missing from Burnaby General Hospital on Friday.
  Steven Edward O’Brien was last seen around 9 p.m. on Friday when he left his home near Burnaby General Hospital to go for a walk.
  “Steven has a diminished mental capacity that causes him to be overly trusting of others and, he is diagnosed wit
  
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• Help needed to identify Canada Day homicide victim in Kelowna

  02-07-2018 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  Police say the man was fatally injured during an altercation near the Queensway Bus Loop on July 1 in the late evening hours.
  
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• Good news for ferry travelers between Nanaimo and Horseshoe Bay

  02-07-2018 14:33 via globalnews.ca
  The Coastal Inspiration is returned to service Monday on the Horsehoe Bay/Nanaimo route.
  
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• Some provinces plan to hire teens for marijuana sting operations

  02-07-2018 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  Four provinces have provided for legal sting operations against marijuana retailers to test whether they're keeping underage customers out of their stores.
  
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• Puppies and kittens, what is the true cost of cuteness?

  02-07-2018 13:00 via theprovince.com
  Q: Our kids typically spend about a week in the summer visiting their cousins, who live on a farm. Then between Christmas and New Year’s, the cousins spend a few nights at our house. However, every time our kids come home from the farm they want more pets. At seven and almost 10-years-old they can understand that they can’t have a pony or rooster in the backyard at our townhouse, but my wife and I can already hear the pleas for a puppy or a kitten. While neither one of us grew up wit
  
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• SURREY ROCKHOUND CLUB ROCK TAILGATE EVENT

  02-07-2018 07:23 via globalnews.ca
  Surrey Rockhound Club Annual Summer Tailgate Sale -Free Admission Sunday July 8, 2018 – 9am to 4pm Sullivan Hall Parking Lot A great Sunday outing for the whole family! Join members from the various British Columbia rockhound clubs selling right out of their vehicles or from tables. Rock items for sale include slabs, agates, petrified...
  
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• One man in critical condition after shooting in Abbotsford

  02-07-2018 07:12 via globalnews.ca
  An 18-year-old man has been arrested and remains in custody.
  
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• One man in critical condition after Abbotsford shooting

  02-07-2018 07:12 via globalnews.ca
  An 18-year-old man has been arrested and remains in custody.
  
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• Man in critical condition after shooting in Abbotsford home

  02-07-2018 07:07 via vancouversun.com
  Abbotsford police were called to a home Sunday evening after residents heard shots fired.
  According to police, the shooting occurred in a home on the 2500-block of Birch Street at around 6 p.m.
  One man aged in his twenties has been taken to hospital in critical condition. Police arrested an 18-year-old man at the scene.
  The incident is not believed to be gang related and the two men were known to each other.
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• Vancouver restaurant becomes the target of MAGA hat firing backlash.

  02-07-2018 04:24 via globalnews.ca
  The Teahouse in Stanley Park is facing online backlash for firing a manager who refused service to a pro Trump supporter. As Julia Foy reports, angry critics are accusing staff at the diner for being pro-Trump and supporting his policies.
  
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• B.C’s fire season forecast largely depends on the rain we have seen

  02-07-2018 04:24 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia communities recovering from last year’s wildfires are hoping last month’s rain has dampened the chances for a fierce wildfire season. Kristen Robinson reports.
  
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• In a country where pot is legal, is Cannabis Day still necessary?

  02-07-2018 04:23 via globalnews.ca
  Paul Johnson looks at whether advocating for pot on Cannabis Day is still relevant now that Marijuana will be legal in our country.
  
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• Canada Day Celebrations

  02-07-2018 03:51 via globalnews.ca
  Lower mainland residents get out and enjoy the Canada Day ceremonies and celebrations. Tanya Beja Reports
  
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• Man dies in Abbotsford after being struck by Canada Day parade trailer

  02-07-2018 02:28 via theprovince.com
  A man died early Sunday afternoon in Abbotsford after falling out of a vehicle and being struck by the Canada Day parade trailer in tow.
  The parade had already ended and the white Dodge Ram pickup – carrying the man and towing the Indo-Canadian Seniors Society trailer – was at the intersection of Simon Avenue and Gladwin Road when tragedy struck.
  Abbotsford emergency services were called at 12:43 p.m. and found the man being tended to by passersby.
  He was taken to hospital
  
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• ‘Is there a problem officer?’ B.C. cops stop massively overloaded car secured with garden hose

  02-07-2018 02:28 via globalnews.ca
  The load was tied down with an old garden hose, which was attached ‘MacGyver’-style to the driver’s side mirror.
  
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• Housing advocates protest demolition of affordable Burnaby rental buildings

  02-07-2018 02:23 via globalnews.ca
  "I can't afford $2,000 for an apartment," said one protester. "I'm going insane; I'm going crazy right now. I don't know what I'm going to do."
  
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• Nikolay Goldobin on the outside after Canucks sign Baertschi

  02-07-2018 02:19 via theprovince.com
  The Quinn Hughes era can’t start soon enough.
  If you’re upset Jay Beagle got more term and money in free agency then Riley Nash, there are some positives out of Sunday’s start to the free agency period.
  Canucks polarizing first day of free agency brings us the dawn of the Grit WarsKuzma: Agitating Roussel banking on attitude to give Canucks needed grit
  One, the Canucks signed Sven Baertschi for three years at nearly $3.4 million a season. Baertschi is one of the few veterans wi
  
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• If Canada wants to fight Trump’s tariffs, it should target coal shipped out of B.C.: economist

  02-07-2018 00:02 via globalnews.ca
  The U.S. ships more coal from Westshore terminals in Delta, B.C. than any other port on the west coast.
  
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