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• Ian Mulgrew: Teen seeking to join divorce battle rebuffed

  13-07-2018 23:44 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s top court has nixed a judge’s appointment of a publicly funded “amicus curiae” because a 17-year-old wanted to join her parents’ high-conflict divorce proceedings and dodge spending time with her dad.
  The B.C. Court of Appeal on Friday rejected the pleadings from the teen (identified only as “S.”) which relied heavily on the 1989 U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, saying it “does not go so far as to guarantee children a right t
  
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• More than knitted toilet roll covers — hospital auxiliaries donate millions

  13-07-2018 23:39 via vancouversun.com
  The idea of a hospital auxiliary may bring to mind grey-haired women plumping up patients’ pillows and stockpiling crafts for the gift or thrift shop.
  “There’s the connotation of little old ladies sitting around and knitting toilet roll covers,” said Diane Thornton, past-president of the Langley Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. “We’ve come a long way since then.”
  Thornton, a retired customs broker, has been a member of the non-profit volunteer organizat
  
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• By the dawn's early light: The American is place to be for French World Cup fans

  13-07-2018 23:28
  
  Vancouver's official World Cup gathering place for French fans is stocking up the croissants for Sunday morning's final match.
  
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• Steve Ewen: In Lulay they trust, despite the rust as Lions look to ‘repay’ Bombers

  13-07-2018 23:17 via theprovince.com
  Travis Lulay admits he might be a little rusty Saturday and insists he’s not overly worried about it.
  The B.C. Lions did the expected Friday morning, naming Lulay as their starting quarterback for Saturday’s CFL clash at B.C. Place Stadium against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He takes over the No. 1 job from Jonathon Jennings, who has struggled the past two weeks.
  Lulay hasn’t played since suffering a right knee injury last September that ended his season and later required surge
  
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• Subtracting capital gains tax cuts Trans Mountain price for government: Kinder Morgan

  13-07-2018 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  Kinder Morgan says the actual price the federal government will pay for its Trans Mountain pipeline system and expansion project will be hundreds of millions of dollars less than the $4.5 billion announced in May.
  
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• Nine other stinky attractions Vancouverites would pay to smell

  13-07-2018 22:38
  
  As you probably know by now, Vancouver’s Bloedel Conservatory is home to a very large, very rare Titan arum, or corpse flower.
  
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• 'Style Stakes' are high at Deighton Cup

  13-07-2018 22:35
  
  ‘Best dressed’ Prevail Hendriks offers fashion advice for men attending day at the races
  
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• Prevail-ing wisdom: 'Style Stakes' are high at Deighton Cup

  13-07-2018 22:35
  
  ‘Best dressed’ Prevail Hendriks offers fashion advice for men attending day at the races
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Government must step up to save rural Canada

  13-07-2018 22:35 via vancouversun.com
  Once upon a time, governments stepped in to fill gaping holes in services deemed essential to citizens.
  It’s how we started out. The government called it nation building and paid for a railway that connected East to West. Various provincial governments set up companies to provide electricity, telephones, television, insurance and buses.
  Except for the vestigial companies, those days seem to be gone as politicians run for cover after Greyhound’s announcement that it is pulling out of
  
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• Smell you later: Vancouver "corpse flower" will open up very soon

  13-07-2018 22:27
  
  Are you ready for the stench? Uncle Fester may unfurl and open sooner than we thought, possibly tonight
  
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• ANALYSIS: How two Canadians survived near death in a cave on Vancouver Island

  13-07-2018 21:43 via globalnews.ca
  A B.C. man recalls his harrowing 18-hour ordeal, stuck in a cave on Vancouver Island.
  
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• Wildfire danger rating on the rise in British Columbia

  13-07-2018 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  The fire danger rating is on the rise across the province this weekend. The hot temperatures putting pressure on wild fire crews. Just east of Kamloops, a blaze that broke out yesterday has grown quickly. Paul Haysom reports
  
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• Lions Gate Bridge incident comes to an end

  13-07-2018 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  The police incident forcing the closure of the Lions Gate Bridge Friday morning has come to an end.
  
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• ANALYSIS: Informing B.C. voters about proportional representation is not going to be easy

  13-07-2018 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  Lack of interest may provide the side that opposes switching to a proportional representation a bit of an edge over PR proponents.
  
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• Brian Minter: Most garden insects are friends, not foes

  13-07-2018 21:23 via vancouversun.com
  Whenever I have an insect question, I always turn to Dr. David Gillespie, a retired entomologist.  He kindly puts up with me requesting identification of an incredible range of insects brought in by homeowners who are worried about the potential damage to their homes and gardens. Recently, we had an interesting conversation about his unique career and the important roles insects play in nature.
  Gillespie has been widely recognized for his contributions to agriculture and biological control,
  
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• Delta police officer wins review after ticketing drivers for offences that didn't happen

  13-07-2018 21:22 via vancouversun.com
  A Delta police officer who ticketed drivers for offences that didn’t happen has won a review of the suspension and demotion proposed by the province’s police complaint commissioner.
  Const. Byron Ritchie was seeking a public hearing after a misconduct hearing upheld 11 allegations of deceit committed under the Police Act, in 2016.
  Ritchie was seconded that year to the Greater Vancouver Integrated Road Safety Unit when a driver complained she had been pulled over while on her cellphone
  
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• Lions Gate Bridge reopens both directions after police incident

  13-07-2018 21:19 via theprovince.com
  The Lions Gate Bridge has reopened to traffic in both directions after a police incident shut down the bridge for several hours Friday morning.
  The Lions Gate Bridge is now open and clear for all traffic. The police incident has been resolved.
  — North Vancouver RCMP (@nvanrcmp) July 13, 2018 
  During the incident, traffic was backed up on all routes to and from the North Shore.
  Lions Gate Bridge remains closed to traffic due to police incident. All feeder routes to and from the North S
  
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• B.C. says local governments can regulate marijuana growth on agricultural land

  13-07-2018 21:16 via vancouversun.com
  Local and Indigenous governments in British Columbia will be permitted to prevent marijuana production in their communities on land that is part of the Agricultural Land Reserve, but with conditions.
  The Ministry of Agriculture says in a release that the regulatory change is effective immediately and gives governments the right to prevent industrial-style, cement-based and cannabis-production bunkers in their communities.
  However, the ministry says pot production can’t be prohibited if it&
  
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• Rules of the road every cyclist should know

  13-07-2018 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  Sonia Sunger sits down with Richard Chang, with Diamond & Diamond Laywers, to take a look at the rules cyclists need to follow to stay safe on B.C.’s roads.
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend for Friday, July 13, 2018

  13-07-2018 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend for Friday, July 13, 2018.
  
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• 2 in 5 British Columbians believe crime is growing in their communities

  13-07-2018 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  Province-wide crime statistics show crime rates holding steady or dropping.
  
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• Weed at the office Christmas party? What will work life be like after legalization?

  13-07-2018 20:56
  
  Businesses need to work out their policies for life after October 17, 2018
  
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• CFL players eligible to play in new Alliance of American Football league

  13-07-2018 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  When the Alliance of American Football makes its first snap, there could be lots of familiar names playing for each of the eight teams — including some that have appeared in the CFL.
  
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• B.C. 15 bestselling books of the week of July 7

  13-07-2018 20:54 via vancouversun.com
  1. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act — Bob Joseph (Page Two Strategies)
  2. 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia — Stephen Hui (Greystone Books).3. Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food — Shelley Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd.).4. One Eagle Soaring — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing).
  5. E.J. Hughes Paints Vancouver Island — Robert Amos (TouchWood Editions).
  6. The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grie
  
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• B.C. real estate prices, sales down from last year: association

  13-07-2018 20:38 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Real Estate Association says tighter mortgage rules and lower demand are bringing the provincial housing market into balance.
  The association says 7,884 units were sold within the Multiple Listing Service across the province in June, a 32.5 per cent decrease from the same month last year.
  The average residential price was down 1.3 per cent from June of 2017 for a total sales value of $5.6 billion.
  Brendon Ogmundson, the association’s deputy chief econ
  
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• Firefighters battling wildfire near Kamloops brace for high winds

  13-07-2018 20:35 via vancouversun.com
  Firefighters battling a rapidly-spreading wildfire near Kamloops were bracing for high winds Friday afternoon.
  The B.C. Wildfire Service said Friday that the East Shuswap Road fire had grown to 500 hectares, or five square kilometres, up from 3.5 square kilometres on Thursday evening. It is classified as an out of control fire.
  Fire officials are concerned about strong winds in the forecast on Friday afternoon, and say firefighters are expecting increased fire activity.
  On Friday, authorities di
  
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• Bulls & Bears: Even in defeat Ronaldo steals the headlines

  13-07-2018 20:27 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the week
   It’s been a bullish week for the soccer economies of France and Croatia and the soccer economy that is Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese star who transferred from Real Madrid of the Spanish Primera Liga to Juventus of the Italian Serie A.
  Ronaldo and Portugal could not replicate the magic of their 2016 Euro Cup championship and were eliminated in the round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup in Russia.Yet that didn’t stop him from making soccer headlines around the wo
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Savvy shopping for wine will save you cash

  13-07-2018 20:25 via vancouversun.com
  What’s your wine buying IQ?
  Do you need help selecting wine or just finding the wine you selected? These are good questions, and ones that keep me awake many nights when I’m writing this column. Today we illustrate the challenges — and perhaps some solutions — to finding the wine you want with a minimum amount of fuss.
  Let’s begin with a wine I ordered at The Beach House in West Vancouver last weekend. It was a warm night, my wife and I ordered a tuna poke dish, and
  
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• Red Bull 400 race takes place in Whistler

  13-07-2018 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  Sonia Sunger sits down with one of Canada’s best tri-athletes Rachel McBride. She’ll be competing in this weekend’s Red Bull 400 in Whistler.
  
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• Red Bull 400 in Whistler

  13-07-2018 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  Sonia Sunger sits down with one of Canada’s best tri-athletes Rachel McBride. She’ll be competing in this weekend’s Red Bull 400 in Whistler.
  
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• Stroke ends Patrick Condon’s Vancouver mayoral run with COPE

  13-07-2018 20:17
  
  UBC professor Patrick Condon announced Friday he suffered a stroke earlier in the week and it has forced him from seeking the COPE mayoral nomination.
  
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• Caving in Cascade – A Story of Survival

  13-07-2018 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  Dec. 5, 2015, was just like any other day for Andrew Munoz and his friends as they set out to explore Cascade, a remote cave system on Vancouver Island, until on e man became stuck and couldn’t make it through a narrow passage filling with water.
  
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• BC cave explorers’ near death in Vancouver Island cave captured in dramatic documentary

  13-07-2018 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  Video from “Caving in Cascade – A Story of Survival,” a documentary release by Andrew Munoz shows part of the harrowing escape he and friend Jason Storie experienced after becoming stuck in a Vancouver Island cave.
  
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• You couldn’t see it or feel it, but Vancouver Island just moved away from the coast

  13-07-2018 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  Seismic activity has shifted the southern portion of Vancouver Island westward about five millimetres, or the width of a pencil.
  
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• Review: Flipping through The Wickaninnish Cookbook, one can almost feel the ocean spray

  13-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Wickaninnish Cookbook: Rustic Elegance on Nature’s Edge
  Joanne Sasvari | Appetite by Random House
  304 pages, $45For travellers to Tofino the Wickaninnish Inn is the stuff of legend. Nestled above Chesterman Beach, the 75-room Relais & Châteaux resort isn’t just famous for its panoramic views — but also for the award-winning local, seasonal cuisine on offer at The Pointe restaurant.
  Indeed, the inn’s farm-to-table cooking (or, as owner Charles McDiarmid jokes
  
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• Q&A: Too Many Zooz sax player Leo Pellegrino talks being Subway Gawdz

  13-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Too Many Zooz
  When: July 19, 8 p.m.
  Where: The Imperial
  Tickets and info: $23, at ticketfly.comNew York City trio Too Many Zooz has gained worldwide fame for its self-described “brass house” sound.
  The heavy driving skwonk and honk delivered by baritone saxophonist Leo Pellegrino, Matt “Doe” Muirhead (trumpet) and David “King of Sludge” Parks (drums) first caught the world’s attention when a passerby recorded one of their performances at Union Square sta
  
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• Book review: Big themes vie for attention in Okanagan Gothic novel

  13-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Our Animal Hearts
  Dania Tomlinson | Doubleday336pp, $24.95Vaguely serpentine on a map, Okanagan Lake stretches out for a colossal 135 kilometres.
  Our Animal Hearts takes place on a fantastical agricultural outpost on it called Winteridge, that’s somewhere north of Kelowna. If the actual lake is regarded as picturesque and marketed as a summer tourism playground, Dania Tomlinson’s atmospheric refashioning runs deep with otherworldly spirits and ancient, vengeful monsters.
  An Okanagan
  
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• New movies opening this weekend including Skyscraper

  13-07-2018 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  Movie critic Dana Gee reviews three new films hitting the box office this weekend: Skyscraper, Three Identical Strangers and Whitney.
  
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• Your summer just got sunnier thanks to Shell and AIR MILES

  13-07-2018 18:47 via vancouversun.com
  It’s so close you can practically taste it. They call it summer. It comes around only once a year and once it does, you’re nipping at its heels, welcome mat unfurled, flip-flops at the ready and sun-kissed activities organized down to the very last detail.Yep, summertime and the living is easy, as they say. That is, until you see your bills. Whether heading northward, family in tow, for some well-deserved respite at the cottage, taking a weeklong drive along the Cape Breton Trail, or
  
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• Patrick Condon no longer seeking nomination for Vancouver mayor - Vancouver Sun

  13-07-2018 18:33 via vancouversun.com
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  Patrick Condon no longer seeking nomination for Vancouver mayor
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  UBC professor Patrick Condon says he will no longer seek the nomination for mayor of Vancouver citing health concerns. An important announcement from 'Patrick Condon For Mayor' here: https://t.co/WAT6oE0Th3. — Patrick Condon (@pmcondon2) July 13, ...
  Stroke ends Patrick Condon's Vancouver mayoral run with COPEVancouver Courier
  Patrick Condon bows out of Vancouver mayoral race after strokeToron
  
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• Patrick Condon no longer seeking nomination for Vancouver mayor

  13-07-2018 18:32 via vancouversun.com
  UBC professor Patrick Condon says he will no longer seek the nomination for mayor of Vancouver citing health concerns.
  An important announcement from 'Patrick Condon For Mayor' here: https://t.co/WAT6oE0Th3
  — Patrick Condon (@pmcondon2) July 13, 2018He says he had a stroke while on vacation in the U.S., and has been advised by his doctor not to continue with his campaign.
  Condon, a professor of urban design at the UBC School Of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, announced in early Ju
  
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• Half of British Columbians blame addiction and mental illness for crime: poll

  13-07-2018 18:29 via vancouversun.com
  Half of British Columbians blame addiction and mental illness for an increase in crime in their communities, according to a new poll.
  The Research Co. survey asked respondents which factors deserve “a great deal” of the blame for crime in their community, and 51 per cent said addiction and mental health issues were the cause, while 40 per cent identified gangs and the illegal drug trade as the problem.
  Other factors to blame were an inadequate court system (36 per cent) and
  
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• Lions Gate Bridge remains closed in both directions after police incident

  13-07-2018 18:27 via theprovince.com
  The Lions Gate Bridge is currently closed to traffic in both directions due to a police incident according to North Vancouver RCMP.
  Traffic has backed up on all routes to and from the North Shore.
  Lions Gate Bridge remains closed to traffic due to police incident. All feeder routes to and from the North Shore are extremely backed up. U/K when situation will be resolved.
  — North Vancouver RCMP (@nvanrcmp) July 13, 2018There is no estimated time of the bridge reopening at present as the situ
  
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• World Cup crazy Croatian Cultural Centre preps for biggest event ever

  13-07-2018 17:56
  
  Sunday’s FIFA World Cup final between France and underdog Croatia is the talk of the cultural centre, and arguably the centre’s biggest event since opening its doors in 1986.
  
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• Trash talk expected as Vancouver Whitecaps battle former teammates in D.C.

  13-07-2018 17:55 via theprovince.com
  All friendships will be left on the sidelines this weekend when the Vancouver Whitecaps take the pitch in Washington against D.C. United.
  Vancouver defender Sean Franklin expects to hear a bit off abuse on the pitch during Saturday’s match, which will be somewhat of a homecoming for the 33-year-old. Franklin played four seasons with United before signing with the Whitecaps in February.
  “I’m just looking forward to having a good game there,” he said after practice this wee
  
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• Housing market in British Columbia heading back to balanced conditions

  13-07-2018 17:41 via globalnews.ca
  Inventory remains low by historical standards.
  
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• Trash talk expected as Vancouver Whitecaps battle former teammates in DC - The Province

  13-07-2018 17:33 via theprovince.com
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  Trash talk expected as Vancouver Whitecaps battle former teammates in DC
  The Province
  VANCOUVER — All friendships will be left on the sidelines this weekend when the Vancouver Whitecaps take the pitch in Washington against D.C. United. Vancouver defender Sean Franklin expects to hear a bit off abuse on the pitch during Saturday's match ...and more »
  
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• Lions Gate Bridge closed in both directions to traffic Friday morning

  13-07-2018 17:07 via globalnews.ca
  This is due to a police incident on the bridge.
  
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• Daily Poll: How do you keep cool at home in the summer?

  13-07-2018 16:44 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Hydro says the number of residents using air conditioners to beat the heat is on the rise. But with that reliance on AC comes a skyrocketing energy bill, and environmental costs. The agency is also predicting that the number of air conditioners will continue to increase as temperatures rise due to climate change.
  Read Stephanie Ip’s story here.
  So we’re asking, how do you plan to keep cool at home this summer? Will you buy an air conditioner or try other methods such as fans? Wi
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada rules B.C. does not have to disclose health data to tobacco firm

  13-07-2018 16:33 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says British Columbia does not have to give a tobacco company access to detailed provincial health databases to ensure the fairness of a multibillion-dollar damages trial.
  In a ruling today, the high court says the province cannot legally allow Philip Morris International to see raw data from the information banks.
  The decision is the latest development in a 17-year-old effort by B.C. to recoup smoking-related health-care expenditures from tobacco compa
  
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