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• Vancouver Island towns fearful over fishing closures

  08-07-2018 23:25 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — An invitation from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to discuss ocean areas that might be critical for killer whales has outraged community leaders from southwest Vancouver Island.
  Prompted by Mike Hicks, Capital Regional District director for the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area, community politicians, ocean anglers and chambers of commerce from Sooke to Tofino are objecting to the possibility of closing two ocean zones to sport fishing: Swiftsure and La Perouse banks. Such a closure, the
  
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• Nova Scotia commercial diver says Thailand rescue efforts are unimaginably difficult

  08-07-2018 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  On Sunday, it was announced that four of the team members had been successfully rescued from the flooded Tham Luang cave.
  
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• Delta mayor worried cannabis ‘green rush’ on agricultural land could kill farming

  08-07-2018 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  "If you don't have farmers out there farming, you won't have a farming industry anymore."
  
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• Brian Ramsay: CFL players deserve full care for on-field injuries, not one-year coverage

  08-07-2018 22:06 via theprovince.com
  Nothing about the play spelled trouble, but caught between two players and tackled awkwardly was all it took to halt the season, and possibly career, for Toronto Argonauts quarterback, Ricky Ray.
  The severity of the injury is not completely known, but neck injuries can have dire consequences for a player and often require lengthy and complex rehabilitation.
  In the aftermath of Ray’s injury, players, both old and new, paid tribute to his skill — four Grey Cup championships — and
  
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• B.C. municipal election 2018: Terrace

  08-07-2018 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  Terrace once developed a reputation as the "cedar pole capital of the world."
  
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• Multiple BC Ferries sailings cancelled between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay

  08-07-2018 21:42 via vancouversun.com
  BC Ferries has cancelled a number of Sunday sailings between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay because of mechanical trouble on one of its ferries.
  According to the company, one of the the Queen of New Westminster’s controllable pitch propellers is having a problem and thus the ferry can’t sail until it’s repaired.
  The 8 a.m. sailing from Tsawwassen and 10 a.m. sailing from Swartz Bay were initially cancelled while engineers and technicians worked to repair the problem, and then perfor
  
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• BC Ferries cancels several sailings to and from Vancouver Island

  08-07-2018 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  BC Ferries hopes to have an extra sailing later Sunday night to help with the backlog of customers.
  
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• Riverdale: K.J. Apa, Ashleigh Murray perform with Kygo at Surrey's FVDED in the Park

  08-07-2018 20:20 via vancouversun.com
  Riverdale fans at FVDED in the Park this weekend got a nice little treat when stars K.J. Apa and Ashleigh Murray took to the stage to perform alongside Kygo.
  Apa, who stars as Archie Andrews, and Murray, who stars as Josie McCoy on the hit CW show, appeared with Kygo to perform the single It Ain’t Me on Saturday evening, the festival’s second and final night.
  The electronic dance music, hip hop, and R&B music festival took place at Surrey’s Holland Park and hosted some 40,0
  
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• Bear sighting closes Belcarra beach

  08-07-2018 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  Officials have closed White Pine Beach in Belcarra after a bear was spotted in the area.
  The beach is part of Belcarra Regional Park, which is managed by Metro Vancouver.
  Don Bradley, spokesman for Metro Vancouver, said the beach was closed Saturday afternoon. Despite the efforts of Metro Vancouver staff to scare it, the bear returned to the beach several times.
  Conservation officers have been called in and have set up a trap for the bear.
  “The beach will be re-opened when it is safe to do
  
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• Cooking 101 – Cherries

  08-07-2018 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  SUMMER’S HERE AND IT’S GREAT TIME TO CELEBRATE BC FARMERS AND FRESH PRODUCE. CAREN MCSHERRY shares her recipe for a Cherry parfait THAT’S HOMEGROWN — SEASONAL — AND EASY.
  
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• Are Vancouver's illegal RV parkers homeless or tourists?

  08-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Mark Rogers is so fed up with the illegal squatters around Vancouver’s Jericho Beach that he’s posted over 300 photos of their vehicles to social media over the past three months.
  Rogers says the vehicles, from trucks with plywood camper conversions to 60-foot air-conditioned RVs, camp overnight with impunity on Vancouver city streets and in parks board lots.
  Mark Rogers
  One night last week he counted 34 vehicles within three blocks of his house West Point Grey neighbourhoo
  
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• Summer Tours at the Orpheum

  08-07-2018 19:59 via globalnews.ca
  IT’S BEEN HAILED AS ONE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CONCERT HALLS IN NORTH AMERICA. Rob Haynes, president of the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, talks about this Summer’s tours of Vancouver’s Orpheum theatre
  
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• BC Ferries sailings cancelled between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay

  08-07-2018 19:57 via vancouversun.com
  BC Ferries has had to cancel the 8 a.m. sailing from Tsawwassen and the 10 a.m. sailing from Swartz Bay because of mechanical trouble on one of its ferries.
  According to the company, one of the the Queen of New Westminster’s controllable pitch propellers is having a problem and thus the ferry can’t sail until it’s repaired.
  “(The ferry) will have to undergo testing away from the dock this morning,” BC Ferries said in a statement. “Engineers and technician
  
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• White Pine Beach closed due to bear in Belcarra Park

  08-07-2018 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  Metro Vancouver says the popular beach in Belcarra Park is closed until further notice.
  
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• How a tiny charity founded by a Vancouver nurse is helping save lives in Africa

  08-07-2018 19:19 via globalnews.ca
  The need for supplies has increased since West Africa's Ebola outbreak, which killed more than 11,000 people between 2014 and 2016.
  
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• U.S. officials accuse Canada of sitting on damning data on B.C. mining toxins in a transboundary river

  08-07-2018 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  U.S. officials are accusing their Canadian counterparts of sitting on damning new data about toxic chemicals from southern B.C. coal mines in water shared by both countries.
  
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• U.S. says Canada delaying damning report on B.C. coal mine chemicals in border river

  08-07-2018 18:56 via vancouversun.com
  United States officials are accusing their Canadian counterparts of sitting on damning new data about toxic chemicals from southern British Columbia coal mines in water shared by both countries.
  In a letter to the U.S. State Department, Americans on the International Joint Commission say Canadian members are blocking the release of information on contaminants that are many times above guideline levels.
  “Canadian commissioners have not been willing to submit a report that addresses selenium
  
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• Pair of BC Ferries sailings cancelled between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay

  08-07-2018 18:08 via vancouversun.com
  BC Ferries has had to cancel the 8 a.m. sailing from Tsawwassen and the 10 a.m. sailing from Swartz Bay because of mechanical trouble on one of its ferries.
  According to the company, one of the the Queen of New Westminster’s controllable pitch propellers is having a problem and thus the ferry can’t sail until it’s repaired.
  “(The ferry) will have to undergo testing away from the dock this morning,” BC Ferries said in a statement. “Engineers and technician
  
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• USDA semifinal a chance for Whitecaps’ U-19s to change history, future

  08-07-2018 14:00 via theprovince.com
  For a program that was the gold standard, silver is getting a little stale as a substitute.
  The Vancouver Whitecaps’ U-19 team will take on its L.A. Galaxy counterparts on Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri (5 p.m., livestreamed at whitecapsfc.com), in the semifinals of the U.S. Development Academy playoffs.
  The victor will face the winner of the other semi — NYCFC vs. Columbus Crew — on July 10.
  The youth Caps have reached the final twice before, both times losing to Dallas FC &m
  
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• Blue Bombers 41, Lions 19: Another one of ‘those’ nights for B.C.

  08-07-2018 07:39 via theprovince.com
  These new-look B.C. Lions sure look a heck of a lot like the old ones.
  For a reminder, that 2017 squad was a team that lost 10 of its last 13 games and missed the playoffs for the first time in two decades.
  Saturday night in Winnipeg, the Leos were thumped 41-19 by the Bombers, losing their second straight game to drop to 1-2 on the season, with their lone win this year coming against the East’s worst team, the Montreal Alouettes.
  The Lions came into 2018 with the promise of something new
  
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• Ed Willes: Brilliance of Alphonso Davies highlights Whitecaps’ victory

  08-07-2018 07:01 via theprovince.com
  Two teams searching for traction this MLS season met at B.C. Place on Saturday. This is what we learned from the match as the Vancouver Whitecaps beat the Chicago Fire 3-2:
  ALPHONSO THE GREAT
  In a battle, if that’s the right term, between two teams that started the night 6-7-5, the Whitecaps hammered out a 3-2 win in a contest highlighted by a moment of shimmering brilliance from Alphonso Davies.
  With the Caps leading 2-1 in the 72nd minute, and the crowd of 22,120 fretting over a boatload
  
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• Communities still recovering a year after worst fire season on record in B.C.

  08-07-2018 06:51 via vancouversun.com
  Communities are still recovering from British Columbia’s worst wildfire season on record, one year after a fateful two-day period in July 2017 that sparked more than 100 fires and prompted the province to declare a state of emergency.
  Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta remembers a fire breaking out on July 6 near the Ashcroft First Nation and sweeping across the countryside the following day, as strong winds propelled it from the horizon to directly opposite the village office in about 20 minute
  
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• Exploding Salish Sea seal population sparks call for a cull

  08-07-2018 04:20 via vancouversun.com
  Tens of thousands of seals in the Salish Sea are devouring millions of adult and juvenile salmon, sparking renewed debate about culling the furry predators.
  Recent studies have linked high seal population density to troubled chinook runs and the decline of southern resident killer whales that feed on chinook in the summer.
  The U.S. federal government last week authorized a cull of sea lions that are decimating endangered chinook and steelhead populations in the Columbia River.
  The Oregon Departm
  
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• Canadians expect summer to come with a higher price tag this year: survey

  08-07-2018 03:51 via globalnews.ca
  A third of respondents said they expected to spend between $500 and $2,000 more this summer.
  
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• U.S. CDC: 1 in 10 Teens Experience Dating Violence

  08-07-2018 03:45 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Unused medical supplies from B.C. helping save lives in West Africa

  08-07-2018 03:42 via globalnews.ca
  A tiny charity founded by a Vancouver nurse is behind a massive campaign to ship unused medical supplies to West Africa where as Kristen Robinson reports, the equipment is being used to save lives.
  
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• Burnaby Central Railway celebrates major milestone

  08-07-2018 03:42 via globalnews.ca
  Train lovers of all ages are celebrating as one of the oldest model engineering societies in North America marks 25 years in Burnaby. Lynn Colliar reports.
  
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• Paul Thomas: Electoral reform ‘political headaches’ caused Trudeau Liberals to lose enthusiasm

  08-07-2018 03:38 via theprovince.com
  The recent introduction by the Trudeau government of Bill C-76 that is meant to overhaul Canada’s Election Act raises the question: Is a belated commitment to improving electoral democracy better than no commitment at all? The answer has to be yes, of course. However, the Liberals have been conspicuously ambivalent and lukewarm on electoral reform during their time in office.
  Now they are pushing Parliament to pass a bill so a new voting process can be in place for the October 2019 federal
  
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• Croatian fans in Vancouver celebrate soccer, country in World Cup win

  08-07-2018 03:31 via vancouversun.com
  It’s the World Cup.
  Croatia is playing host Russia in a Saturday morning quarterfinal at jam-packed Fisht Stadium in Sochi.
  At the Croatian Cultural Centre on Commercial Drive in Vancouver, there’s a sea of red-and-white-checkered fans with the team’s colours on their shirts, hats, jackets, headbands, socks and scarves.
  It’s standing room only in one of the big rooms with two big-screen TVs. It’s full to capacity and so others must spill into two smaller rooms. Ever
  
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• Bella Coola man survives being attacked by a grizzly bear

  08-07-2018 03:28 via globalnews.ca
  A man from BC’s Central Coast tells how he survived being mauled by a grizzly bear. Jill Bennett has his story. A warning, the following story includes graphic images.
  
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• Should business owners be compensated for losing money due to infrastructure projects?

  08-07-2018 03:25 via globalnews.ca
  A Vancouver business association is calling for businesses to be compensated in the wake of the First Avenue closure. Nadia Stewart reports.
  
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• An environment group is asking the Township of Langley to close a road for toads

  08-07-2018 03:22 via globalnews.ca
  A stretch of 19th Avenue could be shut down for two weeks to help the endangered Western toad. Julia Foy reports.
  
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• Search resumes for missing kayaker in the Kootenay.

  08-07-2018 03:18 via globalnews.ca
  More than a dozen searchers look for any sign of a kayaker who went missing in the Slocan River about a week and a half ago.
  
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• Mike Smyth: More crime, fewer cops — What is wrong with Surrey’s picture?

  08-07-2018 03:11 via theprovince.com
  The spasm of gang violence in Surrey has triggered an outpouring of concern in a community worried about flying bullets and the seductive lure of gang life on impressionable kids.
  But it’s also re-ignited a debate in a city that always seems to get the short end of the stick compared to its Metro Vancouver neighbours.
  Does Surrey have enough cops? And is the RCMP the right force to patrol mean streets plagued by some of B.C.’s highest crime rates?
  Tom Gill, the city councillor consid
  
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• ‘My scalp tore and it dropped me’: Bella Coola man describes grizzly bear attack

  08-07-2018 02:23 via globalnews.ca
  A Bella Coola man is recovering in Vancouver General Hospital after he was attacked by a sow grizzly bear. (Warning: this article contains graphic content.)
  
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• Pot for pets? With legalization pending, Canadian veterinarians say it’s time

  08-07-2018 02:03 via globalnews.ca
  "Absolutely, in the next few years we will be seeing some labelled drugs with cannabis or parts of cannabis for use in pets."
  
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• Two-metre-long pet python named Gypsy missing in Ladner, police say

  08-07-2018 01:40 via vancouversun.com
  Police say a two-metre-long ball python is missing from a farmer’s field in Ladner.
  The dark caramel-coloured pet snake, named Gypsy, went missing on June 30, but the disappearance wasn’t reported to Delta police until Friday.
  Delta police first had contact with Gypsy and its owner on June 20, when a man was reported to be sleeping outside the Walmart in Tsawwassen Commons with the large snake.
  Police asked the man and his exotic pet to relocate to his nearby minivan, and police spok
  
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• Want a Tofino townhouse for $210K? One’s for sale, with a catch

  08-07-2018 01:16 via globalnews.ca
  One lucky buyer will score the home in a lottery this summer, but they'll have to be a local.
  
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• Elderly driver dies after collision with bus on Hastings Street in East Vancouver

  08-07-2018 01:05
  
  Vancouver police say bus was eastbound on a green light when car came through intersection at Princess Ave.
  
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• Man, 73, dies in crash with bus in Vancouver

  08-07-2018 00:59 via vancouversun.com
  A 73-year-old man is dead after the car he was driving collided with a bus early Saturday in Vancouver.
  Vancouver police say shortly before 9 a.m., a B.C. Transit bus was travelling east on East Hastings Street approaching Princess Avenue.
  Investigators believe the bus entered the intersection on a green light.
  The VPD says a car going north on Princess Avenue drove through Hastings and in front of the bus. The bus collided with the car, which spun out and hit an unoccupied parked vehi
  
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• 73-year-old Vancouver man dies following collision with bus

  08-07-2018 00:53 via globalnews.ca
  One person is dead following a morning crash between a vehicle and a bus, Vancouver police said.
  
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• Jason Botchford: Who will Canucks lean on this year to improve a productive power play?

  08-07-2018 00:14 via theprovince.com
  The biggest challenge for the Vancouver Canucks’ coaches this season comes in the area they just had their greatest success.
  One of the goals for head coach Travis Green last summer was to regenerate a power play that had spent two years scraping the bottom of the NHL.
  In fact, from 2013 to 2017 only the Florida Panthers had a worse power play. Then in came Newell Brown and Brock Boeser and everything changed. They helped carry the Canucks’ power play to a top 10 finish.
  Now comes th
  
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