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• Kits, Sunset beach closed due to high E. coli levels hours before fireworks display

  28-07-2018 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  If you're headed to one of the beaches to watch the annual Celebration of Light, you may have to skip a pre-fireworks swim.
  
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• Kamloops teen attends Kelowna music festival; dies from medical distress

  28-07-2018 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  A teenage girl from Kamloops is dead after attending the Center of Gravity musical festival in Kelowna on Friday night.
  
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• B.C. paramedics respond to 130 suspected overdose calls Friday, the highest in one day

  28-07-2018 23:21 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. paramedics responded to 130 suspected overdose calls Friday, the highest number in one day since April 2017.
  All lives were saved, according to a Provincial Health Services Authority spokesperson.
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• Glenmore fire contained; public opinion varied

  28-07-2018 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  The Glenmore fire in Kelowna has been contained and is now in the mop-up stage, according to the Kelowna Fire Department.
  
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• Crews hope to contain Richmond bog fire Saturday, extinguishing it to take days

  28-07-2018 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  About 60 firefighters remain on scene on Saturday, but Richmond's Deputy fire Chief says they're getting the upper hand.
  
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• SUV collides with broken-down semi in Langley, shutting down Hwy. 1 for three hours

  28-07-2018 22:12 via vancouversun.com
  A man was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries Saturday morning after an SUV collided with a broken-down semi truck on the shoulder of Highway 1 in Langley.
  The crash closed the highway eastbound for about three hours, from about 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., causing gridlock for people leaving Metro Vancouver.
  The highway was reopened by about 9:30 a.m., but congestion remained throughout the morning.
  CLEARED – #BCHwy1 EB at 200 St in #LangleyBC is now OPEN, exit ramp onto 200 St remains
  
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• SFU's world champion pipe band to play free concert in Burnaby next weekend

  28-07-2018 21:48 via vancouversun.com
  The SFU Pipe Band, which has won six world championships, will give a rare free concert next Sunday in Burnaby ahead of competing in Scotland.
  More than 40 bagpipers and drummers will be featured at the hour-long concert, held at Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus at the AQ reflection pond on Aug. 5 at 2 p.m.
  The band is preparing for the World Pipe Band Championships held Aug. 17 to Aug. 18 in Glasgow. There the pipers will try for their seventh championship, after placing
  
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• VIDEO: Fire breaks out behind Burnaby gas station

  28-07-2018 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  Fire crews were able to knock down the fire before it spread from an electrical shed and nearby tree to the station itself.
  
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• Gardenworks: Fall Flowers

  28-07-2018 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  It might feel like summer has only just started but the folks at GardenWorks are going tell you why it’s time to thinking about planting some fall flowers.
  
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• Saturday Sips: Rum

  28-07-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  Darryl Lamb from Legacy Liquor shares his pick of the best Caribbean rums.
  
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• What are the best ice cream spots in the Lower Mainland?

  28-07-2018 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  We need your help to decide on the top five.
  
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• Crews making progress, Saturday on a bog fire in Richmond

  28-07-2018 20:52 via vancouversun.com
  Fire crews are making some progress battling a bog fire that broke out Friday morning in a heavily wooded area of Richmond.
  Richmond city spokesman Ted Townsend said Saturday that four water bombers from the B.C. Wildfire Service had “Knocked it down quite a bit,” and that the focus this weekend would be on battling the blaze by ground.
  He said it is a challenging fire because it is in a heavily forested area with dense peat moss.
  “We are making some progress and we hope to hav
  
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• The Human Combine 2018

  28-07-2018 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  It’s the ultimate test of endurance and fitness, Steve Ramsbottom of the Performance Institute tells Jay about this year’s Human Combine contest.
  
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• What you need to know if you’re heading to the Celebration of Light

  28-07-2018 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  Your guide: Where to watch, what to bring, how to get in and out on transit and what roads are closed.
  
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• Open House: Garage Organization

  28-07-2018 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  From clever storage ideas to de-cluttering tips, in Open House Kaitlyn Herbst gets some expert advice on organizing your garage.
  
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• Fire breaks out at Burnaby gas station

  28-07-2018 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  Global viewer Meloday Pan’s dashcam caught the moments when a fire broke out at a gas station on Kingsway in Burnaby Friday night.
  
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• Okanagan fires slowly being extinguished, but Similkameen fires raging

  28-07-2018 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  Wildfires in the Okanagan are slowly being extinguished, but two wildfires in the Similkameen are still raging on.
  
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• Highway 1 eastbound reopened after Langley crash; congestion remains

  28-07-2018 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  Highway 1 has reopened after a serious crash closed the highway eastbound through Langley for several hours Saturday morning.
  Drivers were warned to expect congestion.
  CLEARED – #BCHwy1 EB at 200 St in #LangleyBC is now OPEN, exit ramp onto 200 St remains CLOSED. Expect delays due to congestion
  — Drive BC (@DriveBC) July 28, 2018At about 9 a.m., the highway looked like a parking lot between 200 Street and 176 Street as some motorists got out of their cars during the long wait. Others
  
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• 'Unusual stranding': dolphin dies despite heroic efforts by Vancouver rescue teams

  28-07-2018 20:06
  
  The tropical dolphin found itself a long way from home stranded at Pacific Rim National Park
  
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• Crews make some progress on a bog fire in Richmond

  28-07-2018 20:03 via vancouversun.com
  Fire crews are making some progress battling a bog fire that broke out Friday morning in a heavily wooded area of Richmond.
  Richmond city spokesman Ted Townsend said Saturday that four water bombers from the B.C. Wildfire Service had “Knocked it down quite a bit,” and that the focus this weekend would be on battling the blaze by ground.
  He said it is a challenging fire because it is in a heavily forested area with dense peat moss.
  “We are making some progress and we hope to hav
  
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• Makeover: Refreshing new look for lab technician

  28-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Darlene Stevens, 63, is a lab technician. She came to us with the goal of updating her look and refreshing her style.
  Darlene has medium textured hair and was finding it to be flat and shapeless. Her hair was previously coloured and needed a refresh. I started by placing slices of foil highlights in a fan pattern, throughout her head. I used a rich chocolate-brown background foundation colour to create depth, then used a colour refinement in a caramel-brown tone to soften the highlight, creating
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Long table dinners support UBC Farm projects

  28-07-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  Summer is prime time for long table dinners and magnificent meals under the stars.
  Following the success of its inaugural alfresco dinner last year, UBC Farm followed up with an even longer table and two opportunities this season (the second dinner takes place August 11) for foodies to enjoy a spectacular farm-to-table dining experience on the Point Grey grounds.
  One of the more reasonable dinner tickets in town at $100 a head, this sumptuous soirée intended to showcase University of B.C.
  
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• Fines coming to Port Moody residents leaving dogs in cars

  28-07-2018 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  An amendment to bylaws in the city of Port Moody, gives by-law enforcement officers the power to ticket residents who leave their pets in hot cars.
  
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• Highway 1 closed for hours after fatal multi-vehicle crash in Langley

  28-07-2018 19:06 via globalnews.ca
  Police wouldn't say how many people were killed or which vehicle the deceased were in, but did confirm they were investigating a fatal crash.
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Heat warning still in effect for the weekend

  28-07-2018 18:09 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Saturday’s weather may be a little hazy from wildfire smoke but should be mostly sunny, with highs of 25 C and 30 C inland. A heat warning from Environment Canada remains in effect, with the agency forecasting a toasty 33 C inland on Sunday. Vancouver’s beaches will likely be packed this weekend, especially on Saturday as the first Celebration of Light fireworks event is held in the evening.
  The hot weather is expected to continue until Tuesday when the temper
  
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• Missing B.C. man last seen in Nova Scotia located safe: family

  28-07-2018 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  In a statement to Global News, Linda Legault said her brother was spotted and she was notified on Friday.
  
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• Thailand sanctuary helps save abused elephants

  28-07-2018 16:22 via theprovince.com
  Chiang Mai Province, Thailand — Sangduen Lek Chailert rescues abused and abandoned elephants, with physical and emotional scars from landmines, logging chains and beatings.
  In a task as gargantuan as the animals she’s rescuing, Chailert has created a sanctuary north of Chiang Mai in Thailand where 77 elephants are cared for in a growing trend that is seeing elephant rescues replacing elephants rides as a tourist draw.
  For Chailert, eco activism is a family affair. Married to Can
  
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• Fireworks tips from Vancouver's emergency services

  28-07-2018 15:41
  
  With hundreds of thousands of people converging in the West End, pack your patience along with your picnic.
  
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• Start in Croatia finish fabulously in Florence

  28-07-2018 15:23 via theprovince.com
  I spent a wonderful two weeks on a bus tour trip to Croatia in late October 2017.  It was full of surprises for me, I didn’t realise Croatia was such a big country nor did I realise it is so beautiful.
  Croatia is bordered by Italy, Austria, Hungary and it includes some of the traits of those near neighbours yet it has its own particular and very distinct identify. We had all heard about stunning Dubroknik and Split with its walled city and ancient sites and photogenic views, fortunate
  
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• Sold (Bought): North Van property has plenty of noteworthy features

  28-07-2018 15:02 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  324 East 9th Street, North Vancouver
  Type: Three-bedroom, four-bathroom half duplex
  Size: 2,814 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $1,759,000
  Listed for: $1.938,000
  Sold for: $1,920,000
  Sold on: April 30
  Days on market: Seven
  Listing agent: Barry Herman at Engel & Volkers Vancouver
  Buyers agent: Traci Borer at Royal LePage Sussex
  The big sell: This side-by-side half-duplex home was built in 2015 and features elegant accents
  
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• The Home Front: Designing for a full house

  28-07-2018 14:52 via vancouversun.com
  With real estate prices being what they are in Vancouver, there is an increasing demand for detached family homes that can accommodate more than a single family, says architect Michael Leckie.
  Coming up with new forms of “familial co-housing” is what’s required of architects and designers here, he says. His firm is currently working on a design for a home in Kitsilano that will be shared by three generations of one family, calling it “full house”.
  “Land in Van
  
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• Snowbirds air show part of entertainment lined up for Honda Celebration of Light

  28-07-2018 14:48
  
  Musicians also take to the Second Beach stage each day from 2 to 9 p.m.
  
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• Park West at Lions Gate a key component of North Van revitalization plan

  28-07-2018 14:47 via vancouversun.com
  Mehdi Einifar and his wife Soudeh knew when they looked at the presentation suite for the first Park West at Lions Gate project on the North Shore that they wanted to settle down there because it reminded them of their home in Tehran, the capital of Iran.
  Among the similarities: the mountainous backdrop.
  “In every city in Iran that has a mountain nearby are the better neighbourhoods,” said Einifar, an architectural designer who moved to Canada a few years ago.
  The couple had tried li
  
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• Whitecaps Game Day: Loons from Minny visit Saturday with three-game win streak

  28-07-2018 14:00 via theprovince.com
  While the playoff pursuit in Major League Soccer is more marathon than sprint, the Vancouver Whitecaps know they need to pick up the pace to catch the Western Conference front-runners.
  A win Saturday against the visiting Minnesota United FC Loons would at least get the Whitecaps back in the race.
  Minnesota sit two points up on Vancouver, and both teams trail the sixth-place Real Salt Lake side that holds the final playoff position. RSL has 30 points, followed by Minnesota with 28 and Vancouver w
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Alleged B.C. hitmen murdered within weeks of Dubai slaying

  28-07-2018 09:05 via vancouversun.com
  I have been trying to piece together this story since February when I heard from you blog readers that one of the guys in the Brothers Keepers photo we published – Harpreet Majhu – had been murdered after doing a hit in another country. It seemed far-fetched, especially when I could find no information at first about Majhu being dead.
  But I keep digging in my spare time and managed to confirm this extraordinary story that led to the loss of two young B.C. gangsters. There are still u
  
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• With a Hawaii property ordered sold, 484 victims of a B.C. fraudster can start getting money back

  28-07-2018 08:31 via globalnews.ca
  The BC Security Commission (BCSC) found that Michaels had commited fraud against 484 investors, with most of them being seniors.
  
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• Slain B.C. gangsters allegedly caught up in international murder plot

  28-07-2018 08:15 via vancouversun.com
  Turkish drug trafficker Cetin Koç was sitting in a car in one of Dubai’s most luxurious neighbourhoods, beside shiny towers that are among the tallest highrises in the world, when two hit men ran up and blasted away.
  It was May 4, 2016. The Iranian-born Turkish national was hit seven times in the head and twice more in his chest and hand by Russian and Austrian-made guns equipped with silencers. Koç died instantly, his car engine still running.
  The hit men
  
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• An endangered orca mother has carried her dead baby through the Salish Sea for 4 days

  28-07-2018 07:50 via globalnews.ca
  It's a mystery why she's doing this, but it's probably a grieving process, said one researcher.
  
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• First a Slurpee, then a safari for Richmond family that won $7-million Lotto 6/49 jackpot

  28-07-2018 07:26 via theprovince.com
  When Wayne Martin saw the string of zeroes after the lucky number seven while checking his lottery ticket, he had to take a moment to let the life-altering news sink in.
  “I looked at the numbers but it didn’t compute,” said Martin, who along with his partner Sandee Towers is now a lottery multimillionaire, thanks to a ticket bought at the 7-Eleven on Richmond’s Granville Avenue.
  “I got a Slurpee, and went back and checked my ticket again,” said Martin. “
  
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• Lifestages race series set to 'log' some fast Ks during Squamish Days

  28-07-2018 06:32 via vancouversun.com
  The last time I dropped anchor in Squamish the tag-along mother-in-law swore at me. Three or four times, in fact. She also flashed both middle fingers in case I didn’t understand loud, profanity-laced English.
  We were halfway up the awesome Sea to Sky Gondola when she confessed a serious fear of heights. Sympathetic as always, yours truly began hopping around in the swaying gondola.
  Linda Hill, with hubby Dennis and daughter Lisa in Squamish, wasn’t amused with her son-in-law’s
  
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• B.C. wildfires 2018: New blaze Friday sparks alert for Kelowna subdivision

  28-07-2018 06:23 via vancouversun.com
  A new wildfire near a Kelowna subdivision has set off an alert for residents of over 900 homes to be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice.
  Carla Weaden, an information officer with Central Okanagan Emergency Operations, says the brush fire broke out Friday afternoon.
  She says the Kelowna Fire Department, with air support from the B.C. Wildfire Service, reacted quickly and the fire is considered held, but the evacuation alert for 933 homes in the area will remain in effect.
  The wildfire s
  
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• Brentwood Bay bacteria contamination

  28-07-2018 05:45 via globalnews.ca
  Brentwood Bay outside of Victoria is popular with beachgoers but as Kylie Stanton reports, the summer spot is under a health warning after high levels of bacteria were detected in the water.
  
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• Vancouver’s ‘Bird Man’ of Main Street told his flock must go

  28-07-2018 05:39 via globalnews.ca
  Neighbours are coming together in support of a Vancouver homeowner known as the ‘Bird Man’ of Main Street after the city told him his exotic bird collection must go. Aaron McArthur reports.
  
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• Well known tree with eagle’s nest cut down in Surrey

  28-07-2018 05:35 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Surrey is trying to determine who destroyed a beloved tree that had become a local landmark for its eagle’s nest. Linda Aylesworth reports.
  
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• Richmond firefighters battling stubborn wildfire in bog lands

  28-07-2018 05:32 via globalnews.ca
  A stubborn eight-hectare wildfire in a Richmond bog is proving a challenge to extinguish and as Jill Bennett reports, crews say it could burn for days.
  
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• 'She met the world with open, friendly arms': Family, friends of Langley homicide victim remember sprightly seven-year-old bursting with love

  28-07-2018 05:31 via vancouversun.com
  The tragic slaying of a seven-year-old girl in Langley has left her doting father “broken,” and devastated her playmates and other adults who cared for her.
  Mounties and emergency-health responders were called to an apartment Sunday in the 20000-block 68th Avenue, where they found Aaliyah Rosa dead and a 36-year-old woman in need of medical care. Homicide investigators have been tight-lipped about the circumstances of the girl’s death but believe the injured woman was involved,
  
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• Troubling information emerges in Aaliyah Rosa homicide investigation

  28-07-2018 05:29 via globalnews.ca
  Troubling new information is emerging in a child homicide investigation as court documents reveal the mother of seven-year-old Aaliyah Rosa was once the subject of a restraining order – and required supervision for visits with her daughter. Rumina Daya reports.
  
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