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• Bob Lenarduzzi: Friday’s World Cup showdowns feature superior sides in Final 8

  04-07-2018 23:57 via theprovince.com
  The World Cup quarterfinals kick off in Russia with two games Friday, and two more Saturday.
  Friday’s action features the tougher side of the draw, with Uruguay facing France in the early game, followed by Brazil against Belgium. The two winners face each other in next Tuesday’s semifinal.
  None of the four teams playing Friday would look out of place in the World Cup final, in contrast with the other side of the draw which is clearly weaker, with England, Croatia, Russia and Swe
  
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• Police begin removing protesters from Ironworkers Bridge on day 2 of blockade

  04-07-2018 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  Greenpeace says police are moving Wednesday afternoon to remove a dozen pipeline opponents who are suspended from the Ironworkers Bridge.
  On Tuesday, seven protesters rappelled from the Ironworkers Bridge and spent the day and night suspended from the span, while five others supported them from the bridge deck.
  The group of protesters marked 24 hours in place just after 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
  In a video posted by Greenpeace to Facebook, it appears police officers have moved to begin r
  
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• Long, gruelling workdays for nurses at understaffed Surrey jail 'highly concerning'

  04-07-2018 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  Nurses at the jail in Surrey where people are held while awaiting trial are operating at an unsafe staffing level, compromising their safety and their ability to provide patient care, their union says.
  Postmedia has learned of a situation last week at the Surrey pretrial jail where nurses were instructed to only provide ‘priority medication’ to inmates because of staff illness, which resulted in heightened tensions inside the facility.
  Christine Sorensen, president of the B.C. Nurses
  
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• B.C. producer David Foster, 68, engaged to marry Katharine McPhee, 34

  04-07-2018 23:41 via vancouversun.com
  David Foster will head to the altar for the fifth time after the Victoria native proposed to singer-actor Katharine McPhee over the weekend.
  A representative for the Grammy Award-winning producer confirmed with Entertainment Tonight that Foster, 68, and McPhee, 34, were engaged during a vacation in Italy. A photo of the two looking at the ring was published on TMZ, while McPhee wrote in an Instagram post that Foster proposed while on top of a mountain in Anacapri, near Naples.
  It will be the fif
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland: July 6 – 12: The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Sea to Sky Gondola, more

  04-07-2018 23:30 via vancouversun.com
  The Beauty Queen of Leenane
  When: July 11 to Aug. 15, 7:30 p.m.; matinee, Aug. 5, 2 p.m.
  Where: Jericho Arts Centre
  Tickets and info: From $23.67 at ensembletheatrecompany.ca
  Irish playwright Martin McDonagh may be better known in North America for his work on such hit films as Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, but he really built his rep as a writer of wickedly sharp black comedies such as this tale set in Connemara. The story of Maureen Folan, a lonely soul in her 40s, being pushed ab
  
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• Surrey Bar Watch-style program ‘better late than never,’ say advocates

  04-07-2018 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  The proposed program would ban gangsters and known associates from bars, restaurants and fitness clubs.
  
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• Burnaby RCMP officer has arm broken in hit-and-run incident

  04-07-2018 23:07 via theprovince.com
  A Burnaby RCMP officer has been taken to hospital following a hit-and-run incident on Wednesday.
  According to police, the incident took place near Parker Street and Willingdon Avenue in Burnaby.
  The officer was on foot when he attempted to stop a vehicle after spotting the driver using what appeared to be an electronic device.
  The Mounties say the officer was struck by the vehicle as he signalled for it to pull over.
  The driver didn’t stop and was last seen travelling south on Willing
  
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• Eric McCormack, Amanda Tapping perform at July 4 Vancouver event to support kids in desperate need

  04-07-2018 23:02
  
  Songs and Stories of Love and Hope: A Benefit for Healing Families
  
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• Children rescued from hot vehicle outside mall in Delta

  04-07-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Police are recommending criminal charges against a father who they allege left his two young children in a vehicle outside the Tsawwassen Mills shopping mall on Canada Day.
  Police say an officer was called to the parking lot, where two children aged five and three were rescued by breaking a vehicle window.
  Police spokeswoman Cris Leykauf said the children were sweating and crying, and the youngest child had irregular breathing after being strapped into a car seat in the full sun.
  Bystanders
  
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• Waston’s rep revs up with World Cup turn … and Whitecaps should worry

  04-07-2018 22:59 via theprovince.com
  Kendall Waston gave a country devastated by Tropical Storm Nate something to cheer about last year, sending exultation surging through the hearts of Los Ticos and their fans with his 11th-hour goal against Honduras to send Costa Rica to the World Cup.
  He gave them pride. Last week, he salvaged their honour.
  The Vancouver Whitecaps’ centre-back and captain was his country’s only goal-scorer in this year’s tournament, slamming home a header in a 2-2 tie with Switzerland last Wedn
  
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• Police break window to rescue 2 young kids from hot vehicle in Tsawwassen Mills parking lot

  04-07-2018 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  The three-year-old was strapped in a car seat in the full sun, police said.
  
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• Free outdoor movies: What's playing around Metro Vancouver this summer

  04-07-2018 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  Is it tacky to bring your own snacks to a movie theatre? If your answer is no, then have I got news for you.
  Grab a beach blanket and the bug spray, because there’s no shortage of free outdoor movies playing in and around the Vancouver area this summer.
  Movie selections this summer range from Disney animated classics, to “That’s so fetch!”, dinosaur attacks and intergalactic battles led by mixtape-toting superheroes.
  And don’t worry – no one will shame you if
  
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• Vancouver real estate: Supply of homes for sale hits three-year high

  04-07-2018 21:38 via vancouversun.com
  The supply of homes in Metro Vancouver’s real estate market hit a three-year high as sales dipped below historical averages last month.
  The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver reports there were 2,425 home sales last month, a 37.7 per cent decline from June 2017.
  Board president Phil Moore says rising interest rates, high prices and more restrictive mortgage requirements are among the factors dampening home buying activity.
  Moore says that has allowed the supply of homes for sale to rea
  
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• Penticton United Church erects “no trespassing” signs, calls for action on drug crisis

  04-07-2018 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  The Penticton United Church is planning to erect “no trespassing” signs at the recommendation of police and city bylaw officers.
  
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• Mission man fired for mocking senior's death in racist Facebook post

  04-07-2018 21:32 via vancouversun.com
  A Mission man has been fired for writing a Facebook post that mocked the death of a Sikh man at Abbotsford’s Canada Day parade.
  Sohan Singh Sidhu, 65, died Sunday when he fell out of the back of a Dodge Ram pickup truck and was run over by the Indo-Canadian Seniors Society trailer the truck was towing.
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  Man dies in Abbotsford after being struck by Canada Day parade trailer
  In a widely shared post on social media, Dillon Mazzei, who described himself as a hard-working dad i
  
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• Williams Lake man facing 2 animal cruelty charges over 46 neglected dogs

  04-07-2018 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  The BC SPCA seized the animals from Terry Baker in February, which include American Eskimo, border collie, husky and Samoyed breeds.
  
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• Pipeline protesters suspended from Ironworkers Bridge begin day 2 of blockade

  04-07-2018 21:25 via vancouversun.com
  A dozen pipeline opponents are beginning the second day of their tanker blockade by being suspended from the Ironworkers Bridge, while other supporters prepare for a rally.
  On Tuesday, seven protesters rappelled from the Ironworkers Bridge and spent the day and night suspended from the span, while five others supported them from the bridge deck.
  The group of protesters marked 24 hours in place just after 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
  Meanwhile, a rally has been planned for noon on Wednesday
  
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• Squamish Nation, City of Vancouver to appeal Trans Mountain court ruling

  04-07-2018 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  The BC Supreme Court struck down a bid to void a provincial environmental certificate for the project in May.
  
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• Kinder Morgan will get up to $1 billion to restart pipeline construction

  04-07-2018 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  Kinder Morgan Canada will have access to up to $1 billion to restart construction, which will not need to be repaid by the company. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• Montreal turns into hot spot for Chinese real estate shoppers: Juwai report

  04-07-2018 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal was the hot Canadian real estate market for Chinese nationals last year as interest slipped in Toronto and Vancouver following the introduction of foreign buyers taxes, says a report from a website for buyers of overseas properties.
  
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• Police search for grey SUV after Burnaby RCMP officer injured in hit-and-run

  04-07-2018 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  The search is on for a grey Dodge Nitro SUV Wednesday after a Burnaby RCMP officer was injured in a hit-and-run.
  
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• With up to 90K summer passengers a day, YVR wants you to check in early

  04-07-2018 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  After delay-plagued holiday Monday at YVR, officials at the facility are telling travellers to give themselves extra time if flying this summer.
  
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• Metro Vancouver detached homes enter a buyer’s market

  04-07-2018 20:27
  
  West Side houses see prices slide, but townhome and condo values remain elevated on limited supply
  
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• Michael Bublé and wife Luisana Lopilato expecting a baby girl

  04-07-2018 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  “I got my first little girl coming in three weeks, and I’ve actually never said that before in public. I’ve got a daughter coming," the Canadian singer said.
  
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• Wine Guy: School’s out wines

  04-07-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  School’s out for summer, which means the summer season is officially in full swing.
  When it comes to wine, this requires stocking the cellar (or the countertop rack) with reasonably-priced and easy to get into, barbecue-ready bottles. Really, who has time to pontificate? We’ll save that for September! In the meantime, here are three no-brainer bottles ready to pair with July and August.
  Liberado 2016 Verdejo-Sauvignon Blanc, Spain ($13.49, #520627)
  An 80/20 blend of Verdejo and Sauvi
  
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• Restaurant review: Beacon Pub serves up a burger to remember in Whistler

  04-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Beacon Pub & Eatery
  4154 Village Stroll #7, Whistler | 604-962-9333
  Open: Monday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. beaconwhistler.comIf you stop in to Beacon Pub in Whistler for a meal, you’ll most definitely be served some delicious pub grub. Just be prepared for a twist on the classic fare.
  “We started out, four years ago, trying to be a little bit different from what other pubs have to offer,” Kyle Maloney, the executive chef at Beacon, says. “We offer certain opti
  
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• I Miss Doing Nothing aims for those in-between moments

  04-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  I Miss Doing Nothing
  When: July 11 to 14, 3 to 6 p.m.
  Where: Left of Main (211 Keefer)
  Tickets: Pay what you can
  For its 10th anniversary, Plastic Orchid Factory is indulging in a little nostalgia. But the local interdisciplinary performance company is doing so with a twist.
  “When we first started making the show, we wanted to use our archives. But that became very boring for us,” said Plastic Orchid’s Natalie LeFebvre Gnam.
  “We thought, ‘This is fine to look at thi
  
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• Book review: Bowen Island author Graham Reed plays with The Chairman’s Toys

  04-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Chairman’s Toys
  By Graham Reed | Poisoned Pen Press (Scottsdale, Arizona)
  252 pp, $15.95Imagine you are Jake Constable, an unsuccessful dope smuggler who is trying to go straight at a new job looking after empty mansions. Then imagine that an unauthorized party you are holding in one of these palaces goes seriously sideways when a dead body is found in the bathroom.
  Further imagine that you have unwisely accepted a pair of mystery pills from a stranger at the party, and then learned as
  
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• Burnaby RCMP officer taken to hospital following hit-and-run incident

  04-07-2018 19:58 via theprovince.com
  A Burnaby RCMP officer has been taken to hospital following a hit-and-run incident on Wednesday.
  According to police, the incident took place near Parker Street and Willingdon Avenue in Burnaby.
  2/2 Suspect vehicle is believed to be a grey Dodge Nitro SUV – if you have info on this vehicle contact police at 604 646 9999. More information & news release to follow this afternoon.
  — Burnaby RCMP (@BurnabyRCMP) July 4, 2018One officer was taken to hospital with non-life threatening i
  
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• Three people found dead after going missing at Shannon Falls near Squamish

  04-07-2018 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Paul Haysom is at Shannon Falls Wednesday following the news that the search for three missing people is now a recovery mission. The mission to recover the bodies is still underway.
  
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• Rescue now a recovery as bodies found near Squamish's Shannon Falls

  04-07-2018 19:55 via vancouversun.com
  A rescue mission was met with a tragic end on Wednesday after officials confirmed three bodies – that of a woman who was swept into Shannon Falls, along with her boyfriend and a friend who jumped in to try and save her – had been found.
  Squamish Search and Rescue launched their rescue mission Tuesday around noon after a young woman slipped and was swept into one of the pools fed by the majestic waterfalls. Her boyfriend and a friend tried to jump in and save her but were also swept a
  
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• Metro Vancouver housing supply at three-year high, but prices still up: REBGV

  04-07-2018 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  There are more homes on the market than at any point in the last three years, but prices haven't begun to dip seriously.
  
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• Vancouver weather: Warm and breezy but heating up inland

  04-07-2018 19:44 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: July 4, 2018 – Wednesday’s weather will see the clouds pull back to allow for more sun to shine through.
  There will be a bit of a breeze near the water in the late morning and afternoon. Temperatures will hit 23ºC in most parts of Metro Vancouver, though it will creep closer to 30 inland. Expect increasing clouds in the evening, with a chance of showers.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mainly sunny, windy near the water. High of 23, except 30 inland.
  Tonight: Inc
  
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• Harold Backer, former Olympic rower pleads guilty to fraud

  04-07-2018 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  Harold Backer has pleaded guilty to fraud. Backer changed his plea on Wednesday morning in a Victoria courtroom on one charge of fraud over $5,000.
  
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• What are the best beaches in Metro Vancouver?

  04-07-2018 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  Vote in our poll and let us know what you think!
  
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• Property taxes should better reflect different types of homes

  04-07-2018 19:24
  
  While I oppose these NDP government tax changes, I would like to see changes to our current property taxation system to make it more equitable and effective.
  
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• B.C. Ferries plans new wave of five big replacement ships

  04-07-2018 19:13 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. Ferries is heading into a major construction project to replace existing C-class ferries with five new vessels.
  The company issued a request for proposals on Tuesday for naval architect engineering support to develop construction bid packages and to review proposals from shipyards.
  This bidding opportunity is the first step in rolling out a new major-vessel construction bid package in the next couple of years, B.C. Ferries spokeswoman Tessa Humphries said.
  “We don&rsq
  
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• Boyfriend and friend jumped into Shannon Falls pool to save girlfriend and now all three are dead

  04-07-2018 18:52 via vancouversun.com
  Update: Officials believe they’ve found the bodies of a woman who was swept into one of the pools near Shannon Falls, along with her boyfriend and a friend who jumped in to try and save her. Squamish RCMP say the search effort has now become a recovery operation.
  Related
  Rescue now a recovery as bodies found near Squamish's Shannon FallsOriginal: Three people missing after plunging from one pool to the next at Shannon Falls near Squamish were among a group of friends who hiked up the falls
  
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• Demand booms for modular homes in B.C.

  04-07-2018 18:21
  
  Modern designs and affordable prices appeal to first-home buyers
  
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• 3 people who went missing at Shannon Falls found dead

  04-07-2018 18:17 via globalnews.ca
  Squamish RCMP confirm the three people who went missing at Shannon Falls on Tuesday have been found dead.
  
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• More than 60 dogs seized in two B.C. SPCA investigations

  04-07-2018 18:06 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. SPCA has seized more than 60 dogs in two separate investigations, one involving a notorious mother-daughter duo that had previously been convicted of animal cruelty.
  On Wednesday, the SPCA announced it had taken 16 dogs from a property in Quesnel, including German shepherds, a Yorkshire terrier, a retriever, bull terriers, standard poodles, Portuguese water dogs, a Pekingese, corgi-border collie crosses and miniature pinschers.
  When seized last week, the dogs were being housed in crates
  
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• Daily Poll: Who will win the FIFA World Cup?

  04-07-2018 16:55 via vancouversun.com
  And then there were eight …
  The field of 32 teams at the FIFA World Cup has been whittled down to the great eight for the tournament’s quarterfinal round.
  Still in the mix are some world powers (Brazil, Belgium, France), a few dark horses (Uruguay, England, Sweden and Croatia) and one complete surprise (Russia).
  Who do you like?Take Our Poll
  
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• Pipeline protesters still dangling from Ironworkers Memorial Bridge

  04-07-2018 16:48 via globalnews.ca
  Greenpeace Canada is taking responsibility for the aerial blockade, which it says is to protest the Trans Mountain oilsands oil tanker traffic.
  
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• Anti-pipeline protesters suspended from Ironworkers Bridge begin day 2 of blockade

  04-07-2018 16:38 via vancouversun.com
  A dozen anti-pipeline protesters are beginning the second day of their tanker blockade by being suspended from the Ironworkers Bridge, while other supporters prepare for a rally.
  On Tuesday, seven protesters rappelled from the Ironworkers Bridge and spent the day and night suspended from the span, while five others supported them from the bridge deck.
  The group of protesters marked 24 hours of being in place as of Wednesday just after 7:30 a.m.
  Meanwhile, a rally has been planned for noon on Wed
  
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• Vancouver weather: Warm and breezy but heating up the inland

  04-07-2018 16:12 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: July 4, 2018 – Wednesday’s weather will see the clouds pull back to allow for more sun to shine through.
  There will be a bit of a breeze near the water in the late morning and afternoon. Temperatures will hit 23 in most parts of Metro Vancouver, though it will creep closer to 30 inland. Expect increasing clouds in the evening, with a chance of showers.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mainly sunny, windy near the water. High of 23, except 30 inland.
  Tonight: Increasing
  
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• Enbridge to sell natural gas processing business to Brookfield for $4.31B

  04-07-2018 16:04 via globalnews.ca
  Enbridge has signed a deal to sell its Canadian natural gas gathering and processing business in parts of B.C. and Alberta to Brookfield Infrastructure and its partners for $4.31 billion.
  
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• The Morning Skate, July 4: Where do you put Elias?

  04-07-2018 14:42 via theprovince.com
  At the outbreak of the Second World War, the French Army had it all wrong.
  They were focused on building forts. Defence — in a very specific section of the border — was what was going to win them the looming conflict with Germany.
  They looked back at what technology had done to warfare during the First World War and saw trenches. Trenches were all about defending. Defending while sitting back and blasting away at vulnerable, unarmoured troops with a mounted in place heavy machin
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: What the Dickens is going on with medicare?

  04-07-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Consider the health care experience of Marshal Van de Kamp, a former Metro Vancouver welder who injured one knee on a job insured by workers’ compensation and then the other playing football covered only by medicare.
  It is the tale of two systems — it was the best of care, it was the worst of care, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness …
  His story was put forward in B.C. Supreme Court as an illustration of the arbitrary and inequitable nature of health care p
  
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• Alberta First Nations leading charge on buy-in on Trans Mountain pipeline

  04-07-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  First Nations from B.C. and Alberta are expected to meet later this month in Vancouver to discuss the possibility of purchasing a stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline, Postmedia News has learned.
  The meeting on July 25 at The Vancouver Convention Centre is to be hosted by the Fort McKay and Mikisew Cree First Nations, according to Fort McKay First Nation chief Jim Boucher.
  The two Alberta First Nations publicly stated an interest in an ownership stake in the project following the announcement in
  
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• BCGEU brings housing affordability forum to Okanagan audience

  04-07-2018 08:20 via globalnews.ca
  Government policies created the housing affordability crisis in B.C. but changing those policies can fix the problem, according to the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU).
  
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