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• Video of overcrowded pigs by animal rights group prompts investigation

  14-07-2018 23:52
  
  Organizer of KARMA takes video after following truck on a whim.
  
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• Recipe: ‘Tournedos Rossini’ burger

  14-07-2018 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  Chef Dan McGee from Au Comptoir shares his mouth-watering recipe for a French take on a classic burger.
  
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• ‘Kayaktivists’ descend on Kinder Morgan marine terminal in Burnaby

  14-07-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  Dozens of kayaks, canoes and other small boats descended on Kinder Morgan's Westridge marine tanker terminal in Burnaby on Saturday.
  
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• High winds and lack of rain suggests no breaks in sight for B.C. wildfire season

  14-07-2018 23:20 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A rising heat wave and significant winds across the southern half of British Columbia helped ignite 11 new wildfires across the province in the past 24 hours.
  Claire Allen of the BC Wildfire Service says that of those fires, six were human-caused, one was started by lightning, while the remaining four are still under investigation.
  She says the province is unlikely to get a reprieve, with no rain or cooler temperatures in the long-term forecast.
  Allen says B.C. is in the core o
  
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• Tiny House Warriors spokesperson arrested at Trans Mountain protest in B.C.

  14-07-2018 23:09 via vancouversun.com
  CLEARWATER, B.C. — A woman is in custody after a Trans Mountain pipeline protest in British Columbia’s North Thompson Provincial Park Saturday morning.
  Kanahus Manuel, a spokesperson for the activist group Tiny House Warriors, was arrested by the RCMP after defying an evacuation order from the BC Parks service delivered on Thursday.
  In a post on the Tiny House Warriors Facebook group from Wednesday, Manuel says the Trudeau government has left the group with “no choice” bu
  
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• Saturday Chef – Au Comptoir

  14-07-2018 22:56 via globalnews.ca
  Celebrate Bastille Day with a twist on a French classic. Chef Dan McGee from Au Comptoir shares his mouth-watering recipe for a ‘Tournedos Rossini’ Burger.
  
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• Kamloops wildfire still classified as ‘out of control’

  14-07-2018 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  The fire has burned about 500 hectares.
  
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• Have your say: Do you want a direct train line to UBC?

  14-07-2018 21:46
  
  Residents are being invited to have their say on the future plans of the Millennium Line Broadway Extension
  
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• Cache Creek mayor says Greyhound Canada’s problems were of its own making

  14-07-2018 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  John Ranta spent more than three decades driving for Greyhound.
  
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• B.C. mayor says Greyhound Canada’s problems were of its own making

  14-07-2018 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  John Ranta spent more than three decades driving for Greyhound.
  
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• It's time for kids to get outside and unplugged; get #healthybynature on July 21

  14-07-2018 21:27
  
  Hour-long walk on Mount Seymour is part of Parks Day.
  
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• Juniper’s fresh summer cocktails

  14-07-2018 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  Max Borrowman, bar manage at Juniper, shares two refreshing cocktail recipes – the ‘Bear Paw G&T’ and the vodka based ‘Black Beauty’ — both perfect for summer.
  
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• Afternoon tea with Kate Linder and friends

  14-07-2018 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  Three stars of The Young and the Restless join Lynn Colliar to talk about a charity event in Vancouver that they will be involved in.
  
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• Gardenworks – Privacy screens

  14-07-2018 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  The folks over at Gardenworks share their creative and practical ways to give your garden or patio more privacy.
  
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• Makeover: A fresh cut for summer

  14-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Monique LeDoux is a 42-year-old nursing student who wanted a fresh hair cut for summer. She has medium textured dark brown hair which was feeling too long and shapeless.
  I started by shampooing her hair using KMS Moist Repair — Shampoo and Conditioner. I sectioned her hair into a central vertical parting and eliminated two inches from her length; creating a sleek one-length bob. I incorporated internal layers for body and movement and to offer lift and shape through the back and side profi
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Hot and sunny, weather alert in effect

  14-07-2018 19:45 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Environment Canada posted a weather alert Saturday for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, saying it’s going to be a hot weekend.
  The agency says temperatures are expected to reach the high 20s to low 30s along the coast and the mid 30s inland on Saturday and Sunday.
  The toasty weather will likely continue Monday and Tuesday, and then cool down mid week.
  Environment and Climate Change officials are urging residents to take precautions to protect themselves from t
  
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• Vancouver police respond to 'disturbance' at Trump tower nightclub

  14-07-2018 19:40 via vancouversun.com
  Police say a scuffle Friday inside a nightclub at the Trump tower in Vancouver is not linked to protests against the U.S. president, who is currently on a working visit to the United Kingdom.
  Officers were called to respond to a “disturbance” at Drai’s Vancouver nightclub inside the Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver just before 11 p.m., spokesman Sgt. Jason Robillard said in an email. The nightclub was hosting Eko, a regular Friday event featuring dancing and DJs.
  
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• Woman killed in motorcycle crash in Abbotsford

  14-07-2018 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  Two people were thrown from their bike Friday night on South Parallel Road near Sumas Prairie.
  
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• Cloverdale yoga program designed for people living with Parkinson’s disease

  14-07-2018 19:26 via globalnews.ca
  "Everybody's seeing improvement and that's one of the greatest parts of the program."
  
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• New ice cream shop coming to The Drive later this summer

  14-07-2018 19:11
  
  Elephant Garden Creamery opening its first brick and mortar shop
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Rooted in goodness

  14-07-2018 19:00 via theprovince.com
  Last year’s Fresh Roots inaugural long table dinner was held inside the hallways of David Thompson Secondary School due to inclement weather. This year, Mother Nature cooperated and the sophomore schoolyard Harvest Party was successfully staged outside on dry land next to its education farm — a school market garden. A fortunate 140 guests snapped up tickets to the sold-out fundraising dinner in support of the non-profit’s effort to grow community through good food.
  Sprouted in
  
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• Abbotsford homeless advocates asking for help to keep those in need cool during heat wave

  14-07-2018 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  "The folks outside already have a lot of pre-existing health issues which is extremely aggravated by this intense weather."
  
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• Road tripping through Gold Country California

  14-07-2018 18:46 via theprovince.com
  Travelling through Gold Country California on Highway 49 is the quintessential summer road trip. Boundless hills, sprawling grand lakes, rushing rivers, offer plenty of exceptional views. And, it is now much easier to explore Gold Country.
  Air Canada runs a daily direct flight from Vancouver to Sacramento. From there, we jumped in our rented car and in 45 minutes we were there… Gold Country a vast region nestled along the western side of the Sierra Nevada mountain ranges.
  We got out from
  
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• Belmont Residences to take its place in an evolving Langford

  14-07-2018 15:25 via vancouversun.com
  At 79, Jean Maddocks has a pretty good idea what she wants. So when she saw the first phase of the Belmont Residences, a master-planned community in Vancouver Island’s Langford, she knew she had found what she was looking for.
  Maddocks, a widow who owns a 1,425-square-foot rancher in nearby Colwood, has watched the community of Langford evolve in recent years.
  “And I knew as I got older, I had to do some thinking about the future,” she said. “My yard and garden work are g
  
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• This Week in History: 1901 Greer's Beach gets a new name

  14-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Greer’s Beach was a popular camping spot in early Vancouver. But the name probably irked the Canadian Pacific Railway, that had been given the beach in 1885 as part of a 6,000-acre land grant.
  The problem was the beach was named after the C.P.R.’s foe Sam Greer, who claimed he had purchased the beach and 200 acres of land off four Aboriginals in 1884.
  The cantankerous Greer fought the C.P.R. for decades over his claim, sometimes literally. In 1891 he was jailed for shooting a sheriff
  
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• Editorial: Replacing Greyhound bus service will be a tall order

  14-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  The announcement this week that Greyhound Canada would end its passenger and freight services in Western Canada Oct. 31 did not come as a complete surprise.
  It discontinued northern B.C. routes June 1, prompting the B.C. government to launch B.C. Bus North with $2 million in funding a few days later. B.C. Bus North is a pilot program operated by B.C. Transit to replace service along the Prince Rupert-Prince George corridor with offshoots to Dawson Creek, Valemount and Fort St. John. One-way fare
  
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• Rapid transit, local amenities drive Torino’s appeal

  14-07-2018 14:59 via vancouversun.com
  Some developers concentrate their energies on single-family houses, some build multi-family apartment buildings and some build entire communities. With its latest development, Pinnacle International is placing itself firmly into the last of these categories; the company’s Capstan Village in Richmond represents community building on a grand scale.
  When fully completed in 2021, Capstan Village will include six residential towers and a mix of retail, office spaces, artist studios, hotel accom
  
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• Sold (Bought): South Vancouver property sees plenty of action

  14-07-2018 14:39 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  8199 Prince Edward Street, Vancouver
  Type: Six-bedroom, four-bathroom detached
  Size: 2,234 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $1,519,000
  Listed for: $1,738,000
  Sold for: $1,615,000
  Sold on: March 27
  Days on market: 27
  Listing agent: Owen Bigland at Macdonald Realty Westmar
  Buyers agent: Stella Yiu at Sutton Group – West Coast Realty
  The big sell: This three-level house is on South Vancouver’s slopes, occupying an east-fac
  
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• The Home Front: Getting creative on a budget

  14-07-2018 14:37 via vancouversun.com
  Tight budgets aren’t always a bad thing when it comes to home design, and can actually inspire creativity, says Vancouver interior designer Laura Melling.
  When recently asked to design the interior of an upscale townhouse built by Mosaic Homes, Melling got creative with budget-friendly furniture and furnishings.
  “Unless it’s a very high-end space, most often we will combine Ikea for some base pieces and then layer in some more custom pieces that my studio has designed or p
  
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• Whitecaps Game Day: United rolls out new stadium, Wayne Rooney for Vancouver visit tonight

  14-07-2018 14:00 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Whitecaps (7-7-5, sixth in the West) will be almost an afterthought in the gala Major League Soccer affair that awaits them tonight in Washington, D.C.
  Global icon Wayne Rooney has signed with D.C. United (2-7-5, 11th in the East), and will take the pitch at 5 p.m. in the team’s spanking-new Audi Field, which will be inaugurated with the game. Afterthought opponent and spoiler often walk hand-in-hand.
  Key matchup
  Wayne Rooney’s reputation vs. the Whitecaps
  It has been a
  
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• Lions Game Day: B.C. aims to make amends, disrupt explosive Blue Bombers at B.C. Place

  14-07-2018 14:00 via theprovince.com
  The B.C. Lions, who have yet to lose at B.C. Place Stadium this young CFL season, will look to keep that streak going tonight when the visiting Blue Bombers try to prove last week’s Lion-whipping in Winnipeg was no fluke.
  The Bombers, 41-19 victors at Investors Group Field last Saturday, bring a 2-2 record to Vancouver for Part 2 of the home-and-home series. The Lions, who beat Montreal 22-10 on June 16, are 1-2 after dropping road games in Edmonton and the Manitoba capital.
  Tonight’
  
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• Police presence gathers outside Trump Tower in Vancouver, then disperses

  14-07-2018 09:06 via globalnews.ca
  "I haven't seen that many police in one place since the Olympics."
  
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• Heavy police presence gathers outside Trump Tower in Vancouver to break up large group fight

  14-07-2018 09:06 via globalnews.ca
  "I haven't seen that many police in one place since the Olympics."
  
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• Wild Fire Threat

  14-07-2018 08:18 via globalnews.ca
  Fire concerns in a number of areas around the Province tonight, with hot dry conditions in Kamloops. Jennifer Palma has more.
  
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• Summerland tap water once again safe to drink

  14-07-2018 08:02 via globalnews.ca
  The District of Summerland rescinded a boil water notice Friday afternoon following successful testing to give the "all clear" at the water treatment plant.
  
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• Vancouver Folk Fest heats up on Day 1 with Delta blues, Indigenous stars, Neko Case and plenty more

  14-07-2018 07:50 via vancouversun.com
  It was lucky Friday the 13th for the 41st Vancouver Folk Music Festival.
  A forecast heat wave kicked in just in time for the weekend and gave the Jericho Beach site a nice simmer. Appropriate heat for the deep Mississippi Delta blues stylings of Jimmy “Duck” Holmes.
  A master of the Bentonian variation of the Deep South blues, Holmes got a rolling boogie going that Postmedia photographer Gerry Kahrmann said made for “a sea of bobbing heads and feet tapping in time to the rhythm.
  
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• Kelowna grass fire suspicious, RCMP called in

  14-07-2018 07:45 via globalnews.ca
  A small grass fire beside duplexes on Dilworth Mountain in Kelowna is being called a suspicious blaze.
  
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• Smokie bandit appears to be on the loose in the Okanagan

  14-07-2018 05:08 via globalnews.ca
  A real-life smokie bandit appears to be on the loose in the Vernon area after a video posted to Facebook showed a man allegedly taking smokies from an “honour stand” at a farm.
  
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• CFIA inspects after video shows pigs crammed into transport truck in B.C.

  14-07-2018 04:32 via vancouversun.com
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it will conduct inspections to gather more information about the shipment of pigs shown in a video posted online by an animal rights group in Kamloops, B.C.
  The video published by Kamloops Animal Rights Movement & Advocacy shows pigs piled on top of one another in a transport truck on what the group says was a “sweltering” hot day last week.
  Kira Blaise shot the video and says the pigs didn’t have enough room to stand or lie down com
  
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• More young women suffering pregnancy depression

  14-07-2018 04:19 via globalnews.ca
  A new study says depression during pregnancy appears to be more common among today’s young mothers than in the past.Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Mother and son lose everything in fire

  14-07-2018 03:56 via globalnews.ca
  A mother and her young son have lost everything in a fire that tore through their home shortly after they moved back to B.C. Jill Bennett has their story.
  
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• Vancouver Island is moving

  14-07-2018 03:46 via globalnews.ca
  t might take you a bit longer to get to Vancouver Island these days, perhaps even a millisecond or two. B.C. scientists explain why.
  
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• Family claims racial profiling after being questioned at Surrey complex’s pool

  14-07-2018 03:41 via globalnews.ca
  A Surrey family said they were racially profiled when they were questioned about whether they were allowed to be at the pool in their townhouse complex. John Hua reports.
  
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• Province gives cities power to limit legal marijuana production

  14-07-2018 03:38 via globalnews.ca
  The province has given individual municipalities the power to limit the production of legal marijuana in their communities. Aaron McArthur explains why.
  
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• Crews fight growing wildfire near Kamloops

  14-07-2018 03:35 via globalnews.ca
  A wildfire off Shuswap Road in East Kamloops has grown to 500 hectares. Jennifer Palma has the details, and a look at the provincial fire hazard heading into the weekend.
  
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• Rare look at high-angle work done by B.C. company

  14-07-2018 03:32 via globalnews.ca
  Global News is getting a rare look at the high-angle work done by a B.C. company that travels the world to ply its unique trade. Nadia Stewart has the story.
  
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• Air conditioning use spikes in B.C.

  14-07-2018 03:32 via globalnews.ca
  BC Hydro says the use of air conditioners has increased in B.C., mostly in Metro Vancouver. Linda Aylesworth reports on how air conditioners can come with a hefty price tag even after you’ve bought one.
  
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• Move over black market: legit businesses muscle in on marijuana's potential

  14-07-2018 03:02
  
  Lots of suits, few tattoos at legalizing cannabis seminar at the Vancouver Club
  
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• Robert Phelps: The ‘sharing’ economy is innovating Vancouver’s hospitality sector

  14-07-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The hospitality sector in Vancouver is growing. According to Restaurants Canada, B.C. led the country with a 7.7-per-cent jump in food-service sales in 2017, and is forecast to drive growth again in 2018, with sales expected to increase by 4.3 per cent countrywide.
  Coupled with this growth is the rise of the “sharing economy,” a system that enables the sharing of resources among businesses or consumers. According to Statistics Canada, between 2015 and 2016, 9.5 per cent of Canada&rsq
  
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• Octavian Cadabeschi: Arbutus Mall’s latest rezoning is more of the same

  14-07-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  A controversial rezoning amendment for Arbutus Mall at 2133 Nanton Ave. is going to a public hearing on July 18. The amendment, if approved, will undermine earlier compromises made with the community in exchange for a negligible contribution to affordable housing. Will Vancouver council let the developer get away with this?
  Although Arbutus Mall is already under construction, the developer, Larco Investments, is making a last-ditch attempt to squeeze in extra height for two towers at the site an
  
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