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• Groping allegations at BC Summer Games

  27-07-2018 23:52
  
  The BC Games Society is asking anyone with information to share about inappropriate behaviour at a dance last Saturday that was attended by participants at the 2018 BC Summer Games in Cowichan to contact the RCMP in that community.
  
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• 2 B.C. police officers charged in alleged sexual assault in Cuba

  27-07-2018 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  Cuban prosecutors are seeking a seven year sentence for a Vancouver police officer charged with rape.
  
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• Ready to go boom: on board the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks barge

  27-07-2018 23:35
  
  Vancouver's fireworks competition beings July 28 with a show by South Africa. The shells travelled all the way from a factory in Spain to a barge in the middle of English Bay.
  
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• Seth Rogen chats about TransLink, taking on Ryan Reynolds and his signature laugh

  27-07-2018 22:47 via vancouversun.com
  Actor Seth Rogen will finally have his revenge on all those who teased him about his voice and laugh when he was a boy growing up in Vancouver.
  On Thursday, it was announced Rogen had become the new voice of TransLink, providing etiquette reminders and service announcements for the SkyTrain network and other public transit. Beginning this weekend, both fans and foes will hear Rogen’s voice over TransLink loud speakers.
  “In a way, this is both an incredibly wonderful thing for me
  
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• Here’s what we know about Matthew Navas-Rivas, Vancouver’s 12th murder victim of 2018

  27-07-2018 22:44
  
  Navas-Rivas was shot Wednesday night in East Vancouver
  
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• Fresh dessert recipes with local fruit

  27-07-2018 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  Executive Pastry Chef Chef Suraj Karmakar from YEW seafood + bar whips up tasty summer treats with fresh cherries and peaches.
  
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• ‘I thought it was hilarious’ says Seth Rogen on being the voice of Vancouver transit

  27-07-2018 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  "One of my main goals also for doing this, was to defeat Ryan Reynolds," quipped Rogen.
  
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• B.C. Summer Games athletes report inappropriate touching at dance

  27-07-2018 22:21 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Police and the B.C. Games Society are investigating allegations of inappropriate touching involving teenage athletes who were part of the B.C. Summer Games that ended Sunday on Vancouver Island.
  Games president Kelly Mann says about 300 of the more than 2,300 athletes who competed in the four-day event were at a dance Saturday at the Cowichan Exhibition Park where the touching is alleged to have occurred.
  Mann says about 30 of the female athletes, aged between 14 and 16, complai
  
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• Bog fire spreads smoke across parts of Metro Vancouver

  27-07-2018 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  Tense moments for fire crews in Richmond today — trying to get the upper hand on a blaze that broke out in a bog Friday morning. The flames and smoke spreading quickly, forcing the closure of Westminster highway. Our Paul Haysom has the latest on the fire fight.
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline work to resume in August: Kinder Morgan Canada boss

  27-07-2018 21:32 via vancouversun.com
  EDMONTON — The head of Kinder Morgan Canada says work is to resume next month to prepare a route for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  Ian Anderson says the company will secure, survey and prepare the right of way in coming months, and First Nations will monitor the work to look for traditional artifacts and medicines.
  Anderson says the plan is to start laying pipe early next year in British Columbia and Alberta.
  A completion date is to be announced in 2019.
  Anderson made the comments
  
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• Surrey man charged with murder of woman at West Kelowna hotel

  27-07-2018 21:25 via theprovince.com
  A Surrey man has been charged in connection with the death of a woman at a West Kelowna hotel on Sunday.
  Police say shortly before 7:30 p.m., officers attended a hotel located in the 3400 block of Carrington Road in West Kelowna after being notified that a woman may be in need of assistance.
  When they arrived, police found a dead woman inside a hotel room.  A man was arrested a short distance from the hotel.
  Tejwant Danjou, 69, has been charged with second degree murder in connection w
  
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• Editorial: Treatment and recovery must be priority in dealing with addiction

  27-07-2018 21:12 via vancouversun.com
  It has been nearly two decades since the four-pillars drug strategy — prevention, treatment, harm reduction and enforcement — was embraced by Vancouver city council and the Vancouver police. Over that time, the drug problem in Vancouver, and throughout B.C., has grown exponentially from merely bad to catastrophic.
  Certainly, the past few years have been the worst, with the proliferation of fentanyl largely responsible for the surge in fatalities. The number of overdose deaths in B.C.
  
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• Taxi industry in B.C. worried value of taxi licences could fall further owing to ride-hailing

  27-07-2018 21:06 via vancouversun.com
  The spectre of ride-hailing services entering the market has lowered the value of taxi licences in B.C., and those in the industry are concerned that they could fall further once the services are allowed late next year.
  “There is no way it’s not going to impact the taxi industry,” said Mohan Kang, president of the B.C. Taxi Association.
  Last week, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Claire Trevena said the province will introduce legislation to enable ride-hailing in
  
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• It's hot: So here's some pictures of Vancouver dogs cooling down

  27-07-2018 21:03
  
  These dogs know how to escape the summer heat
  
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• West Kelowna mayor announces he won’t be seeking re-election

  27-07-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  The mayor of West Kelowna says he won't be seeking re-election, stating he wants to travel and spend more time with family.
  
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• Boomers’ purchasing power ‘inflating’ cabin prices in recreational hotspots

  27-07-2018 20:48
  
  B.C. cabin prices rise 19 per cent overall, led by island and ski resorts; Kelowna prices drop – but perhaps not because of speculation tax
  
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• Timelapse of smoke intensifying at Richmond bog fire

  27-07-2018 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  Timelapse video from one of Global BC’s tower cameras captured smoke from the Richmond bog fire rise into the sky and spread into the city.
  
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• Police seek 2 suspects after stabbing in Burnaby’s Central Park

  27-07-2018 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  Police are looking for two suspects in the stabbing.
  
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• Vancouver’s 2018 Pride Parade: What you need to know

  27-07-2018 20:35 via vancouversun.com
  Whether you’re a Pride veteran or plan to attend your first ever Pride Parade, here’s what you need to know about enjoying the 2018 Vancouver Pride festivities in downtown Vancouver this summer.
  When is Vancouver Pride?
  While there are a number of individual events that comprise Vancouver Pride, the main and most popular events are easily the Pride Parade and the Sunset Beach Festival.
  This year, the Pride Parade celebrates its 40th anniversary. It takes place on Sunday, Aug. 5 and b
  
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• Vancouver tower rezoning that blocks mountain views comes with rental precondition

  27-07-2018 20:31 via vancouversun.com
  Raymond Louie is defending a controversial move that he and his fellow Vision Vancouver councillors took to support a 40-storey residential tower downtown that would pierce protected views of the North Shore mountains.
  Just before Tuesday’s vote on the project, Louie introduced a motion that placed a key condition on a tower proposed for 777 Pacific Blvd. between Rogers Arena and B.C. Place stadium: If it was built to 40 storeys (400-feet), it would have to include only secured market rent
  
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• Trail cameras, citizen science and satellites combine to provide more detailed wildlife assessments

  27-07-2018 20:25 via vancouversun.com
  At this moment, wild creatures all over Wisconsin are unwittingly having their picture taken.
  A total of 1,300 trail cameras — soon to be expanded to as many as 5,000 — have been deployed across the state in an ambitious effort to combine citizen science and technology to improve wildlife management.
  “The scale of this is leading edge,” Phil Townsend, a professor of forest and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin, said at the North American Congress for Conserv
  
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• Bog fire causing traffic delays in Richmond

  27-07-2018 20:13 via vancouversun.com
  There are traffic delays in Richmond this morning because of a bog fire burning near Richmond Nature Park.
  Westminster Highway is blocked between Shell Road and No. 4 Road, according to the Richmond RCMP. Traffic reports say vehicles are backed up and police are asking drivers to avoid the area.
  Richmond fire has been contacted for more information. Photos on social media show huge plumes of smoke coming out of the park, but Vancouver Fire and Rescue says the smoke isn’t a risk to the publ
  
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• Financial fraudster to give up Hawaiian luxury condo in deal with B.C. securities regulator

  27-07-2018 20:09 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Island financial fraudster David Michael Michaels is giving up a luxurious Hawaiian condo in a partial settlement agreement with the B.C. Securities Commission.
  The condo will be sold — a Hawaiian court order has approved the sale — and the proceeds turned over to the BCSC, which will distribute the money to victims of Michael’s fraud. A BCSC tribunal determined in 2014 that Michaels had illegally and fraudulently advised 484 clients to buy $65 million in securities f
  
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• 1 wildfire ‘down,’ 6 to go in Okanagan

  27-07-2018 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  One of the wildfires burning in the Okanagan has been taken off it wildfire of note category, meaning it's close to being extinguished.
  
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• 1 fire ‘down,’ 6 to go in Okanagan

  27-07-2018 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  One of the wildfires burning in the Okanagan has been taken off it wildfire of note category, meaning it's close to being extinguished.
  
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• Theatre review: A witty, effervescent Cinderella under the stars

  27-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Cinderella
  When: To Aug. 18
  Where: Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park
  Tickets & Info: $30-$49; www.tuts.ca
  Theatre Under the Stars is marketing this production as Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. That all-time great American musical theatre team wrote their version of the classic fairy tale for TV in 1957 with Julie Andrews in the title role.
  The songs here won’t make you forget their Oklahoma! or The Sound of Music. Instead, what drives this terrific show is its witty book, updated
  
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• Steve Martin and Martin Short take comedy not-so-seriously

  27-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
  When: Aug. 1 & 2, 8 p.m.
  Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: ticketmaster.ca
  Interviewing Steve Martin and Martin Short is hard. Where do you start with two stars whose work has contributed so much to contemporary comedy over the past six decades?
  Steve Martin takes care of breaking the ice.
  “I know you didn’t ask a question yet, but The Vancouver Sun has been a part of my professiona
  
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• Pride 2018: Drag queens on Instagram makeup — 'recognize where it came from'

  27-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Cocktails, Canapés and Queens
  When: Aug. 4, 2-7 p.m.
  Where: Parq Vancouver
  Tickets and info: From $80; parqvancouver.com/prideatparqIt’s no big secret that the beauty industry is, well, big business.
  With annual industry sales estimated at more than $532 billion, it’s long been an area of interest for brands and investors. But the rise of social-media platforms such as Instagram and YouTube have not only served to further the industry’s scope and sales &md
  
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• Fab 5: Shoe time

  27-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Espadrilles are a no-brainer for summer — they’re lightweight, easy to pack and look both cute and polished with everything from jean shorts to sundresses. But who knew there was so much variety? This season, it’s time to branch out beyond those classic, closed-toe styles with wraparound ankle ties. From lace-up oxfords with thin woven soles to chunky, flatform sandals, Rebecca Tay discovers five espadrilles for now.
  ANIMAL MAGIC
  Big cat prints (not just leopard, but cheetah an
  
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• Brian Minter: 'Magical' hydrangeas live up to their name

  27-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Last week I attended Cultivate 18 in Columbus, Ohio, North America’s premier horticultural show. There are lots of exciting new plants about to make their debut in 2019, but of all the flowering plants at the show, hydrangeas were, by far, the most prolifically displayed and promoted.
  Hydrangea “Magical’ (‘Everlasting’) Green Cloud.
  There was no shortage of new garden varieties in this category, but one series really caught my eye. Bred in Denmark, originally for th
  
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• Book review: Biography explores W.P. Kinsella's unhappy life, literary success, controversial fiction

  27-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Going the Distance: The Life and Works of W.P. Kinsella
  By William Steele (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018)
  $34.95 | 304pp.W.P. Kinsella, the Canadian novelist and short story writer, rocketed to international fame in 1989 when his whimsical baseball novel Shoeless Joe was adapted into the Kevin Costner hit film Field of Dreams.The prolific author, who produced seven novels, 19 short story collections, and a volume of poetry during his career could well have adopted Swift’s epitaph (“He
  
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• BBQ Tips: Cooking different cuts of steak

  27-07-2018 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  Chef David Robertson of Dirty Apron Cooking School shows how to use the grill to cook any cut of meat perfectly
  
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• Vancouver Bird of the Week – Pelagic Cormorant

  27-07-2018 19:06
  
  Vancouver is hosting the 27th International Ornithological Congress and the inaugural Vancouver International Bird Festival Aug. 19-26.
  
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• New movies: Mission Impossible: Fallout, Shock and Awe, Eighth Grade

  27-07-2018 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  Movie critic Dana Gee reviews three new films hitting the box office this weekend including Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible: Fallout.
  
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• Trailer traffic stop nabs 1,000 pounds of B.C. pot, shatter and edibles, say Manitoba RCMP

  27-07-2018 18:08 via globalnews.ca
  A routine traffic stop helped Manitoba RCMP nab a BC man travelling across the country with 1,000 pounds of pot, shatter and edibles loaded in his trailer.
  
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• Richmond firefighters battle stubborn bog fire

  27-07-2018 17:35 via globalnews.ca
  Deputy Chief Kevin Gray of the Richmond Fire Department gives Global News an update on the stubborn fire burning in a Richmond bog.
  
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• Fire causing traffic delays in Richmond

  27-07-2018 16:45 via vancouversun.com
  Traffic reports say there are delays in Richmond this morning because of a fire burning near Richmond Nature Park.
  Westminster Highway is blocked between Shell Road and No. 4 Road, according to News 1130 Traffic. The reports say traffic is backed up in the area.
  Richmond RCMP and Richmond fire have been contacted for more information. Photos on social media show huge plumes of smoke coming out of the park, but Vancouver Fire says the smoke isn’t a risk to the public.
  So far, there are no r
  
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• Fire burning in forested area of Richmond closes Westminster Highway

  27-07-2018 16:40 via globalnews.ca
  The fire is burning near Shell Road, on the north side of Westminster Highway.
  
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• Fire in Richmond closes part of Westminster Highway

  27-07-2018 16:01 via globalnews.ca
  A fire burning in Richmond Friday morning has closed a portion of Westminster Highway. The fire is not affecting any structures but the smoke is very visible.
  
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• Town Talk: Deighton Cup featured flirty hats and sharp minds beneath

  27-07-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  CUP AND SORCERY: Deighton Cup founders Dax Droski, Jordan Kallman and Tyson Villeneuve’s inexplicable mastery of the weather had record crowds pack Hastings Racecourse as the event’s 10th-annual aided Variety: The Children’s Charity. Despite less cigar smoking this year, attendees still dressed to the high eights. Men in snappy jackets and fedoras accompanied women wearing sky-high heels, girly-girl frocks and filmy fascinators. Pure pantomime, of course, especially for Nisha K
  
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• Conversations That Matter: Future proofing Canada’s workforce

  27-07-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  We are in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution and the affect it will have on work is dramatic. Rather than creating millions of jobs, the new economy will displace old technology and jobs, with either automation or professions that require very few humans.
  How then do you survive? What skills are required to meet the needs of the workplace of the future? Will full-time jobs become a thing of the past? Will we all need to become entrepreneurs as we learn to survive in a gig ec
  
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• B.C. developers tackle soaring temperatures with home-cooling measures

  27-07-2018 16:00
  
  Once considered unnecessary, air-con is now standard in many new-builds – but is it really because of rising mercury levels?
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Heat warning still in effect, likely to continue through weekend

  27-07-2018 15:11 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – The heat wave gripping Metro Vancouver is expected to continue through the weekend, with Sunday looking like it may be the hottest day of the year so far. Environment Canada has again posted a heat warning for Friday, as temperatures are set to hit 31 C inland, and 26 C closer to the water. Saturday looks the same, with more hot, dry and sunny weather, and then on Sunday temperatures are forecast to reach 33 C inland.
  Environment Canada and health officials are urging&nbs
  
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• Ralph Sultan: NDP Government seeks to regulate the regulator

  27-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  In days of yore, Dalmatians ran ahead of stagecoaches to warn of threats. In future days, when driving in the country, it may be prudent to train these wonderful dogs to warn us of bridges ahead designed under the supervision of lawyers at West Coast Environmental Law. For that appears to be the intention of the Green-NDP’s who seem hell-bent on taking over governance of our engineering profession and handing it over to lawyers and environmental lobbyists.
  Or more broadly in fact, tak
  
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• Explosion heard before flames breakout at Kelowna’s Rutland Activity Centre

  27-07-2018 10:13 via globalnews.ca
  Kelowna RCMP has told Global News a patrolling officer heard a loud explosion, as did many witnesses, before flames broke out behind the Rutland Activity Centre Thursday night.
  
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• Wildfire crews work to guard Kelowna from stubborn wildfire

  27-07-2018 09:18 via globalnews.ca
  The fire is burning through new-growth areas that were torched in the massive Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park Fire in 2003.
  
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• BC Games says 30 girls alleged inappropriate touching at a dance

  27-07-2018 08:00 via globalnews.ca
  The CEO of the BC Games Society said 30 girls have alleged inappropriate touching at an athletes’ dance.
  
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• BC Games says 30 girls alleged ‘inappropriate touching’ at an athletes’ dance

  27-07-2018 07:58 via globalnews.ca
  "I know certainly this wasn't something that was taken lightly by any of the girls," said the BC Games Society's CEO.
  
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• Fire boss bullish on battle against Okanagan wildfires, concerned for firefighter fatigue in heat

  27-07-2018 07:51 via globalnews.ca
  The manager of the Okanagan Fire Complex, the hub that is working on fighting numerous wildfires in the Central and South Okanagan, said the heat is the biggest battle they have now. Glen Burgess said winds have died down, helping crews make progress. Firefighter fatigue is now the issue.
  
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