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• Data needed on results of short-term rental policy: councillor

  23-07-2018 23:49
  
  NPA councillor Melissa de Genova calls for information on how many rentals have returned to long-term pool, plus operating costs
  
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• Hedley’s Jacob Hoggard charged with sexual assault

  23-07-2018 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  Toronto police have charged Hedley lead singer Jacob Hoggard with three sexual offence charges. Police say the 34-year-old was arrested Monday and is scheduled to appear in a Toronto courtroom later this week. The Vancouver-based Hedley played its last show before an “indefinite hiatus” in Kelowna, B.C., in March 2018.
  
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• Paddle Royale 2018

  23-07-2018 23:19 via globalnews.ca
  Paddle Royale brings together over 600 young professionals, table tennis enthusiasts and philanthropists for dinner, drinks and to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters Toronto in a tournament for the ages. On Thursday, August 23rd Paddle Royale returns to the historic brick railway roundhouse at Steam Whistle Brewery for the best of friends, drinks,...
  
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• BC Afternoon Weather Forecast: Jul 23

  23-07-2018 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  The Monday, July 23, 2018 afternoon weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• Experience the magic at Theatre Under the Stars' Cinderella

  23-07-2018 23:05
  
  Summer entertainment for families doesn't get much better than live theatre in Stanley Park
  
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• Hedley singer Jacob Hoggard charged with sexual assault

  23-07-2018 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  Hoggard, 34, has been charged with one count sexual interference and two counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm.
  
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• The Tenors Home for the Holidays Tour 2018

  23-07-2018 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian musical trio, the Tenors come home to Vancouver December 3rd for their Home For The Holidays Tour!
  
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• Jennifer Siddon: Woodfibre LNG a good fit for Squamish

  23-07-2018 22:45 via vancouversun.com
  Contrary to what is suggested in the article “Industry and conservationists square off over B.C.’s Howe Sound” (July 21), the shipping of natural gas in its liquid form is safe.
  • Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas that is very cold (-162 C), and is not stored under pressure. In the unlikely event LNG is spilled, unlike other fuels, it doesn’t mix with land or water. Instead, LNG returns to a gas state and dissipates.
  • LNG has been safely shipped around
  
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• Not welcome here? Environmental group urges boycott of Trudeau if he vacations in Tofino

  23-07-2018 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  This summer, after Ottawa promised $4.5 billion for the existing Trans Mountain pipeline and terminal facility in Burnaby – and a minimum of $7.4 billion to build nearly 1000 kilometres of new pipeline, the Friends of Clayoquot Sound (FOCS) group has issued an open letter to the Tofino community.
  
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• The Tenors – Home For The Holidays

  23-07-2018 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  680 CJOB is excited to welcome The Tenors Come “Home For The Holidays” with 2018 North American Christmas Tour. The tour comes to Winnipeg on December 11, 2018 at Centennial Concert Hall. Tickets go on sale starting at 10am on July 27 at centennialconcerthall.com and at the concert hall box office 204-949.3999. VIP Packages and Presales...
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books for the week of July 21

  23-07-2018 22:30 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. The President is Missing — James Patterson and Bill Clinton.
  2. The Good Fight — Elin Hilderbrand.
  3. The Outsider — Stephen King.
  4. .Spymaster — Brad Thor.
  5. The Perfect Couple — Elin Hilderbrand.
  6. All We Ever Wanted — Emily Griffin.
  7. Clock Dance — Anny Tyler.
  8. When Life Gives You Lululemons — Lauren Weisberger.
  9. There There — Tommy Orange.
  10. Shelter in Place — Nora Roberts.
  HARDCOVER NONFICTION
  1. Girl
  
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• Sumi Garden Bus Tour

  23-07-2018 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  Every year, we tour gardens built by our members (Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association) for the purpose of improving the quality of work of our members and to recognize the members who have done outstanding work in the categories of landscaping and maintenance. We will visit 6 ~ 7 gardens!!
  
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• Alberta Open Farm Days

  23-07-2018 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Open Farm Days is a weekend that brings Albertans together, and we want you to be our guest. You’ll come away knowing your rural neighbours a little bit better and how food gets from the farm to your table. Join us on August 18th or 19th when more than 100 farms, ranches and ag-tourism...
  
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• Culinary Garage Sale – hosted by Les Dames d’Escoffier, BC Chapter

  23-07-2018 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  This unique foodie fundraiser is a culinary marketplace like no other. Held under tents in the parking lot of the Lazy Gourmet catering company selling new, used and donated baking supplies, kitchen equipment and kitchen tools for home and professional kitchens; Hard to find collectibles, new, used, signed and limited-edition cookbooks and culinary magazines from...
  
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• Hollywood North: Vancouver film duo Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame

  23-07-2018 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s own Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are among the 2018 inductees to Canada’s Walk of Fame for its 20th anniversary.
  The news came Monday and places Rogen and Goldberg alongside other Canadian stars such as astronaut Chris Hadfield, Olympic ice skating sweethearts Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, and B.C. entrepreneur and philanthropist Jimmy Pattison.
  Rogen and Goldberg, both born in Vancouver, will be inducted under the category of arts and entertainment.
  “Being Canadian
  
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• The future looks bright for Team Canada with world softball championships looming

  23-07-2018 22:14 via theprovince.com
  If you believe in good omens, the Canadian women’s softball team may have experienced one Sunday night.
  Coach Mark Smith’s squad won the Canada Cup tournament at Softball City, outlasting American club team Triple Crown Colorado 3-0 in the finale, two years to the day that their sport is slated to return to the Olympics.
  There have been stronger Canada Cup fields. The national teams from Japan and Australia, who are regularly at the Surrey event, opted to skip it this time around. Th
  
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• A reporter’s tale of FOI woe in search of Vancouver city hall severance money

  23-07-2018 22:14
  
  Taxpayers cannot learn the name, position or payout given to city hall employees when they leave their jobs, unless an FOI request is filed. It was never this way.
  
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• Raising Recovery: Mothers bring young children with them to drug treatment

  23-07-2018 22:06 via vancouversun.com
  When Jordan Veller had her son Jacob nearly three years ago, social workers immediately seized the baby because she had been a longtime heroin addict.
  “I’ve always wanted to be a mom and I was super in love with him, but the obsession to use drugs was just so strong,” recalled Veller, 29.
  She visited Jacob regularly in the neonatal ward and later faked drug tests so she could have supervised visits with him. But when social workers discovered she was still using opioids, she lo
  
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• Video: Port Moody family receives surprise visit from trio of bears

  23-07-2018 21:45 via vancouversun.com
  An Englishman living in Port Moody can now claim he’s had the full Canadian experience after a bear and two cubs crashed his backyard gathering on Sunday.
  Dave Dawson, who hails from Grimsby, U.K., was enjoying the weather in his backyard with friends and family on Sunday when a friend spotted a bear cub at the side of the home, trying to get into a locked garbage bin. The sighting set off a “major panic” and sent everyone fleeing inside.
  “My wife was the one that ran to
  
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• Family of five from Alberta hurt after driver falls asleep on Coquihalla Highway

  23-07-2018 21:28 via vancouversun.com
  Five members of an Alberta family have been injured in a crash on B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway.
  Merritt RCMP Const. Mike Halskov said the crash happened Sunday, in the northbound lanes of Highway 5, between Hope and Merritt.
  He said the driver of an Alberta-bound SUV fell asleep and woke up when the vehicle travelled onto the gravel shoulder. He overcorrected, sideswiped a transport truck, and the vehicle rolled several times.
  A woman was airlifted to hospital, while the driver and three chil
  
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• Coroner’s inquest to be held into death of former RCMP spokesperson

  23-07-2018 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  A coroner's inquest will be held into the death of the Mountie who was the face for the RCMP following the tasering death of Robert Dziekanski at the Vancouver airport in 2007.
  
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• Join the cast of ‘Worst to First’ Season 2

  23-07-2018 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  If you are planning a renovation on your fixer upper, consider applying to take part in HGTV’s Worst to First. The show is looking for homeowners in the Lower Mainland.
  
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• Coroner’s inquest called into death of RCMP officer Pierre Lemaitre

  23-07-2018 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  A coroner’s inquest will be held into the July 2013 suicide of RCMP officer Pierre Lemaitre. Lemaitre was in charge of media relations when Robert Dziekanski was fatally stunned with a taser at YVR.
  
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• A look at the ‘Tree House’ condos planned for Cypress (IMAGES)

  23-07-2018 20:28
  
  Architectural landmark proposed for elevated mountain lot to contain 37 large West Coast-style homes
  
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• Police investigate alleged murder in West Kelowna

  23-07-2018 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP are investigating the alleged murder of a woman at a hotel in West Kelowna.
  
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• Burnaby murder suspect arrested in South Korea

  23-07-2018 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  Jui-Kai Weng was charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder in relation to a 2006 IHIT investigation. Weng was caught in South Korea in March 2018 and extradited to Canada.
  
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• Man arrested after woman found dead inside West Kelowna hotel

  23-07-2018 20:15 via theprovince.com
  Police are investigating after a woman was found dead inside a West Kelowna hotel on Sunday evening.
  Around 7:18 p.m. on Sunday, police were called to the 3400-block of Carrington Road after a woman was found “in need of assistance,” according to a police news release.
  Officers arrived to find the woman had died.
  Investigators were able to track down a man in connection with the death and he was arrested a short distance away from the hotel.
  According to RCMP Staff Sgt. Annie Linteau
  
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• Blogging, jogging in the bog for peatland's sake well worth the effort

  23-07-2018 20:04 via vancouversun.com
  Brendan O’Brien didn’t say much Sunday morning, other than he was pretty happy to beat his mom in the annual Telus Jog for the Bog.
  His mother, Loreto, laughed and reminded the polite 12-year-old she wasn’t the only one eating his dust at Delta Nature Reserve.
  True dat.
  • FOR MY PHOTOS FROM THE JOG IN THE BOG, click HERE
  • FOR SUNDAY’S JOG IN THE BOG RESULTS, click HERE
  The fleet-footed youngster won the men’s 5K division in 19:04, which was impressive on
  
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• Vallea Lumina in Whistler makes walking in the woods at night the stuff of dreams

  23-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vallea LuminaWhen: Through Oct. 15
  Where: 4293 Mountain Sq. 211, Whistler
  Tickets and info: $29 adult, $24 youth and free for kids under five, vallealumina.comWalking through the woods after dark falls on a feelings scale of slightly unnerving to absolutely terrifying for the average person, but with the opening of Vallea Lumina on Whistler’s Cougar Mountain last week, it becomes the stuff of dreams — wonderful dreams.
  The latest immersive experience from Montreal&rsqu
  
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• Letters to The Province, July 24, 2018: Donated home should be open to all of the public, reader suggests

  23-07-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  Eric Manford Pierce left an amazing gift to Vancouver — his heritage home in Kitsilano. Now there is a request for proposals from non-profit organizations on how to use the house for the benefit of the community.
  As good as that sounds, any proposal most likely will benefit the not-for-profits mandate and not the benefit of all. Many older cities have seen heritage homes preserved as museums where people have the opportunity to visit and learn about the history of the home and the culture
  
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• Ashley Stedman and Elmira Aliakbari: B.C. miners face more onerous permitting process compared to miners in other provinces

  23-07-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  To encourage natural-resource development and the prosperity that comes with it, mining investors need more certainty about exploration activities — not less.
  According to a recent Fraser Institute survey of senior mining executives, B.C.’s regulatory and mining-permitting processes are onerous compared with competing provinces. This should be top-of-mind for the Horgan government as it evaluates sweeping reforms to natural-resource regulation.
  Specifically, a recent provincial gover
  
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• Smoking, open air burning banned from all City of Port Coquitlam parks, trails

  23-07-2018 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  This notice has been issued by the City of Port Coquitlam in conjunction with the Port Coquitlam Fire Department.
  
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• Talks break down during casino strike

  23-07-2018 19:21 via globalnews.ca
  Mediation between Gateway Casinos and the BC Government and Service Employees’ Union broke down on Saturday.
  
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• Style Q&A: Lifestyle Over Luxury founder looks to remind people that 'memories are greater than materials'

  23-07-2018 18:55 via vancouversun.com
  Jeff Duke isn’t hoping to change the way you shop. He’d just like to get you thinking about it.
  And, as the founder of the Vancouver-based brand Lifestyle Over Luxury, he has a chance to do just that.
  The company, which specializes in creating a curated range of pieces for men and women crafted from “upcycled fabric waste,” was created with the hope that people will choose memories rather than material goods. Needless to say, it’s an interesting approach for a brand
  
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• Staying hydrated in the hot summer months

  23-07-2018 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  Registered dietitian Jess Pirnak explains how fluids help us stay healthy and energized and shows us how to make a homemade electrolyte sports drink.
  
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• Monday Update: BC Wildfire Service says fire merger successful

  23-07-2018 18:15 via globalnews.ca
  The burn operations to merge the raging Mount Eneas and Munro Lake wildfires was successful, according to the BC Wildfire Service.
  
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• Coroner's inquest called into death of B.C. RCMP officer in Dziekanski case

  23-07-2018 18:09 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A coroner’s inquest will be held into the suicide of an RCMP officer who was in charge of media relations in British Columbia when Robert Dziekanski was fatally stunned with a Taser at Vancouver’s airport.
  Pierre Lemaitre was 55 years old and a sergeant with the Mounties when he died by suicide at his home in Abbotsford in July 2013.
  At the time, Lemaitre was posted to the RCMP’s traffic services division but he was the officer in charge of RCMP media relations
  
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• Suspect in 2006 B.C. homicide extradited to Canada from South Korea

  23-07-2018 18:07 via globalnews.ca
  On Jan. 22, 2006, two men were shot in the parking lot of 3355 North Road in Burnaby.
  
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• Crews perform controlled burns on B.C. wildfires

  23-07-2018 17:15 via globalnews.ca
  Wildfire crews performed successful controlled burns on some wildfires burning in the interior this weekend but as the weather heats up, Shelby Thom joins us to explain what fires are still a concern for crews.
  
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• Sentencing begins for three youths convicted in stabbing death of Luka Gordic

  23-07-2018 17:11 via globalnews.ca
  The trio, who were youths at the time of the attack, cannot be named due to a publication ban.
  
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• Man charged in 2006 Burnaby shooting arrested in South Korea, extradited to Canada

  23-07-2018 17:11 via theprovince.com
  A man who was charged with murder in Burnaby more than a decade ago has finally been arrested in South Korea and was extradited back to Canada last week.
  In January 2006, Burnaby RCMP responded to a parking lot at 3355 North Road where two men were found suffering from gunshot wounds. One sustained non-life threatening gunshot wounds and survived, while Shaoxin Zhang, 19, died.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team took over the file and quickly identified Jui-Kai Weng, then 28 and formerly
  
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• Bruce Hayne announces he’s running for mayor of Surrey

  23-07-2018 17:03 via globalnews.ca
  There are now three candidates running for mayor in Surrey - Bruce Hayne, Tom Gill, and Doug McCallum.
  
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• Environment Canada warns of hot weather in Metro Vancouver and south coast

  23-07-2018 16:30 via globalnews.ca
  Temperatures will be five to 10 degrees higher than normal for late July.
  
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• Vancouver weather: Above average temperatures today and all week

  23-07-2018 15:30 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: July 23, 2018 – If you woke up thinking it wasn’t quite warm enough, you’re in luck. Everyone else, I have some bad news.
  Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement about an extended spell of “very warm weather” for the next week. Mind you, they’re not calling it a heat wave, but temperatures will be up to the mid-to-high 20s each day on the south coast. If you’re inland, those temperatures climb even higher, to the low to
  
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• Neil Moody: Speculation tax is no way to get to affordability

  23-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s called a speculation tax but one must ask: who are the speculators? That’s because British Columbia’s new housing affordability measure on secondary homes is actually hurting homeowners and aspiring homeowners, along with local economies, rather than just speculators.
  The tax, from our members’ perspective, is hitting tourism and non-tourism areas, inside and outside the boundaries of its targeted jurisdictions. The Canadian Home Builders’ Association B.C. has
  
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• Financial moves to avoid after losing your job

  23-07-2018 13:00 via theprovince.com
  Q: My wife recently lost her job and we don’t have tons of savings left to fall back on. I stay at home to look after our kids, and only work part time around her schedule. Her income pays the rent and puts groceries in the fridge, so we are extremely worried about losing her pay cheques. Other than drastically cutting back on every cent we spend, is there anything else we should be doing? ~Mark
  A: For most people, the shock of losing their job doesn’t affect their spending until sev
  
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• Several injured in Coquihalla crash near Hope; Highway reopens southbound from Merritt after earlier collision

  23-07-2018 05:30 via vancouversun.com
  A pair of serious crashes on the Coquihalla Highway have left several people injured and affected traffic in both directions on Sunday evening.
  According to Drive BC, the northbound collision occurred at Exit 238. One person was taken to hospital via air ambulance in critical condition while four others were also transported to hospital.
  BCEHS paramedics attended and cared for patients involved in two MVIs on Hwy 5 #Coquihalla.1) South of Merritt – 1 patient transported in critical conditi
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Police concerned about rise of the HA puppets

  23-07-2018 04:14 via vancouversun.com
  I have written stories about so-called puppet clubs before – back in 2006 when the Outcasts and the Jesters were formed, then again in 2009 when several new ones like the Throttle Lockers and Handsome Bastards formed in the interior.
  But police are saying there are more of the support organizations than ever, including at least two that have opened within the last 18 months. They are concerned the puppet clubs extend the criminal reach or the Hells Angels.
  Here’s my story:Police conc
  
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• B.C . Summer Games wrap up for another year.

  23-07-2018 04:11 via globalnews.ca
  Paul Haysom looks at the last day of competition and closing ceremonies at the B.C . Summer Games.
  
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• Slide the City another wet and wild success in North Vancouver

  23-07-2018 04:07 via vancouversun.com
  Thousands took part in Slide the City, North Vancouver’s annual waterslide party down Lower Lonsdale, on Saturday and Sunday.
  It’s the fourth year that 1,000 feet of temporary water slide has run down Lower Lonsdale, this year beginning at Victoria Park at Keith Road and ending in a splash pool at Fourth Street. It has been a two-day event for the past three years.
  There were 6,000 sliders and more than 100 volunteers, the city said, and perhaps as many as 4,000 onlookers.
  The w
  
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