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• Jett Woo shows who’s who what’s what at World Junior Showcase

  06-08-2018 23:58 via theprovince.com
  KAMLOOPS — Jett Woo has all the makings to become a Vancouver Canucks fan favourite.
  The name is certainly memorable. He plays a rough and tumble style. And the 2018 second-round draft pick out of the WHL’s Moose Jaw Warriors doesn’t offer up standard, cookie-cutter quotes, if the World Junior Showcase here at the Sandman Centre is any indication.
  “A guy with the cage always seems to be the one that starts it all. It seemed like that happened again today,” Woo said,
  
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• Michael Rasmussen impresses in World Junior Showcase stint

  06-08-2018 23:51 via theprovince.com
  KAMLOOPS — Coming out of the World Junior Showcase, it’s easy to wonder if Michael Rasmussen is going to be too integral to the Detroit Red Wings to loan him out to Team Canada over the holiday season.
  The rangy Rasmussen was one of the better players for coach Tim Hunter’s home side here at the Sandman Centre. Detroit is in the midst of a rebuild, having missed the playoffs the past two campaigns, and they made the 19-year-old Surrey native the ninth overall selection in the 2
  
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• Canucks prospects tracker: Quinn Hughes shines at World Junior Showcase tournament

  06-08-2018 23:29 via theprovince.com
  It’s a midsummer edition of the weekly tracker, where we tally up the efforts of the Canucks’ prospects who played in the World Junior Showcase tournament in Kamloops this past week.
  Quinn Hughes
  We’re starting to see why Canucks GM Jim Benning didn’t flinch when Quinn Hughes dropped into his lap at the 2018 NHL draft.
  Hughes was the best player at the Sport Chek World Junior Showcase tournament — and it wasn’t even close.
  He scored the game-win
  
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• Some B.C. parents could pay more for daycare this fall, despite government initiative

  06-08-2018 23:14 via vancouversun.com
  When she first heard that the provincial government would be reducing child care costs for parents, Susie Clark was looking forward to seeing her fees finally go down.
  “To see some program come into effect that helps all families with kids in daycare to make daycare more affordable, that was great,” said Clark.
  However, because of two fee increases — one of which is coming next month — at the child care facility in Langley to which she brings her three children she hasn&r
  
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• Nearly 90% of B.C. residents ‘very proud’ of the province according to new poll

  06-08-2018 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  According to findings from Research Co., 77 per cent of British Columbia residents believe they will stay in the province for the rest of their lives.
  
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• NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh contemplating run in Burnaby South byelection

  06-08-2018 22:39 via vancouversun.com
  NPD Leader Jagmeet Singh could be running in the Burnaby South byelection.
  The riding was vacated earlier this summer after New Democrat MP Kennedy Stewart announced he’d be taking a run at becoming mayor of Vancouver in this fall’s election.
  In an emailed statement, NDP spokesman Guillaume Francoeur said Singh had been encouraged by those in Burnaby to run in the byelection.
  “I can tell you that a lot of people in Burnaby have been encouraging Mr. Singh to run in the upcoming
  
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• Powerful earthquake leaves Maple Ridge family stuck on Indonesian island

  06-08-2018 22:09 via vancouversun.com
  LOMBOK, Indonesia — What was supposed to be a bucket-list family trip after her daughter was diagnosed with brain cancer, turned into a harrowing tale of survival as a powerful earthquake hit Indonesia leaving the family stuck on a popular tourist island, said a Maple Ridge woman.
  Jennifer Montgomery-Lay said that she, her husband, 14-year-old son and 21-year-old daughter are stuck in Lombok after a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit on Sunday evening.
  “I was in sheer panic, we al
  
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touts unity at B.C. Day festivities in Penticton

  06-08-2018 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made brief remarks while celebrating B.C. Day in Penticton
  
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• Scientists still worried about health of killer whale J50

  06-08-2018 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  Scientists are searching for the female killer whale known as J50 in an attempt to save her life.
  
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• B.C. Day Travel: Volume builds at ferry terminals and border crossings

  06-08-2018 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  If you’re hitting the road this afternoon or evening pack your patience.The last day of the long weekend is always busy for travellers and volume is picking up. Paul Haysom is keeping track of the ferries and borders on this B.C. Day.
  
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• Coroner to probe death of woman found in a ditch beside Coquihalla Highway

  06-08-2018 20:42 via vancouversun.com
  Police have determined the death of a 27-year-old Indigenous woman found in a ditch off the Coquihalla Highway south of Merritt last month is not suspicious.
  In a press release, Merritt RCMP Staff Sgt. Lorne Wood added that “no criminality is suspected.”
  Brittany Martel from Hay River, N.W.T., was found dead in a ditch off the busy B.C. highway near the Mine Creek Road exit on July 22 when a motorist came across her body while out for a walk as traffic was stopped due to an unrelated
  
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• Nicholson delivers on prediction of winning memorable Squamish Days 8K

  06-08-2018 20:31 via vancouversun.com
  SQUAMISH — Drew Nicholson is likely too young to remember late baseball legend Babe Ruth who, while standing in the batter’s box, would sometimes point to the part of the field he was going to hit a home run or game-winning shot.
  But the Babe would have been mighty proud of the speedy Vancouver Falcons Athletic Club member on Sunday, who confidently predicted his victory 20 minutes before leaving the starting line in front of Howe Sound Secondary School.
  The Surrey-based Nicholson, m
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline protesters attempt to disrupt Justin Trudeau in Delta

  06-08-2018 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Drum beats and chanting followed Justin Trudeau to Delta, B.C., on Sunday, as anti-pipeline protesters attempted to disrupt the prime minister's speech at a Liberal Party of Canada community barbecue.
  
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• Letters to The Province, Aug. 7, 2018: Jail sentence for Kinder Morgan protesters well-deserved

  06-08-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  Re: Judge jails Kinder Morgan protesters, Aug. 1.
  I was glad to see the B.C. Supreme Court sentence Laurie Embree, (who was arrested June 19, and Constance Lasheras, who was arrested June 30) to seven days in jail after pleading guilty to criminal contempt of court.
  I’m proud that Canadians have the right to protest, but also glad to see protesters who defy the law charged for contempt of court and suffer the consequences.
  Gordon von Hollen, Chilliwack
  NDP will pay at the polls for ri
  
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• Kathleen Walsh: It's time to rebuild public confidence in natural-resource decision-making

  06-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government recently undertook a review of its “professional-reliance” system. After a decade of cuts to the scientific capacity within the public service — a reduction of 25 per cent — most of the public-interest science was outsourced to “qualified professionals,” and the critical decisions around our land, water and natural-resource management were all but handed over to the industry.
  Unfortunately, this broken system has real-life impacts on Britis
  
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• ‘Letter From Masanjia’ documentary screening at Vancity Theatre

  06-08-2018 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  Filmmaker Leon Lee shares the incredible story behind a letter that came from inside a Chinese labour camp and turned up in an Oregon store.
  
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• ‘Letter From Masanjia’ doc screening at Vancity Theatre

  06-08-2018 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  Filmmaker Leon Lee shares the incredible story behind a letter that came from inside a Chinese labour camp and turns up in Halloween decorations sold in Oregon.
  
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• Vancouver Pride Parade still finds plenty of reasons to celebrate

  06-08-2018 19:12 via vancouversun.com
  This year’s Vancouver Pride Parade celebrated its 40th anniversary but she didn’t look a day over 29.
  On Sunday, thousands of people flooded downtown Vancouver’s West End to catch a glimpse of colourful parade floats, marvel at sequinned costumes and to celebrate in the sun.
  Ross Van Volkingburgh, 33, and his partner Cole Tessier, 21, travelled from Edmonton, Alta. to take in the festivities.
  “A lot of people don’t realize that Pride is for everyone,” he said.
  
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• Perfect photo not worth the risk after north Okanagan tourist tumbles over waterfall: Vernon Search and Rescue

  06-08-2018 18:07 via globalnews.ca
  Vernon Search and Rescue was called out Sunday afternoon to assist with the rescue of a Calgary man at Fintry Falls Provincial Park.
  
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• Daily Poll: What's your favourite part of Vancouver Pride?

  06-08-2018 17:58 via vancouversun.com
  We’re quickly coming up to the end of another year of Vancouver Pride festivities so it’s time to review.
  Was it the pancake breakfast? Or the parade? Or perhaps the Sunset Beach Festival?
  What’s your favourite part of Vancouver Pride?Take Our Poll
  
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• Vancouver weather: Another hot, sunny stretch to get you through the week

  06-08-2018 17:53 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Aug. 6, 2018 – Monday’s weather will make for a great B.C. Day but buckle up, it only gets hotter from here.
  The next three days or so will temperatures of up to 27 degrees across most of Metro Vancouver, before it dips back down to the low 20s again next weekend.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Sunny, high of 26 except 30 inland.
  Tonight: Clear, low of 16.
  Tomorrow: Sunny, high of 26 except 31 inland.
  Traffic: Lower Mainland
  Here’s a live traffic map of wh
  
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• Anti-pipeline protesters dog Justin Trudeau on his B.C. long weekend tour

  06-08-2018 17:43 via vancouversun.com
  DELTA — Drum beats and chanting followed Justin Trudeau to Delta on Sunday, as anti-pipeline protesters attempted to disrupt the prime minister’s speech at a Liberal Party of Canada community barbecue.
  Like several other stops on the prime minister’s long weekend trip to B.C., the protesters appeared at a planned appearance by Trudeau with signs and placards denouncing the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  Tsleil-Waututh activist William George said he was excited to get access to the e
  
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• Province to announce plans for ICBC rates this week

  06-08-2018 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. Attorney General David Eby is expected to announce rate changes at ICBC on Thursday. Richard Zussman sets up the week in politics.
  
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• Vancouver Mural Fest splashes new coat of paint across Mount Pleasant

  06-08-2018 16:42
  
  This year’s festivities include outdoor concert at Jonathan Rogers Park
  
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• Q& A: Country star Dustin Lynch talks sound, fans and Small Town Boy

  06-08-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Country music isn’t what it once was.
  The scene’s sound continues to transform thanks to genre-bending artists such as Florida Georgia Line and Brothers Osbourne. And one of the artists helping to push the sound beyond slide guitars and sad songs is Dustin Lynch.
  The American musician has boasted back-to-back hits with his songs Seein’ Red and Small Town Boy — not to mention he held the title of longest-reigning number-one single of 2017 on the Billboard Country Airplay c
  
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• Brian Zdrilic: Busting myths about the community benefits agreement

  06-08-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  As president of the Allied Infrastructure and Related Construction Council of B.C., which is the formal body tasked with administering the new Community Benefits Agreement for members of all the affiliated unions, I feel like my title is more fittingly “myth buster,” because that’s what I’ve spent most of my time doing: busting myths, lies, half-truths and general politically motivated fabrications.
  I’m a millwright by trade. I started my apprenticeship in 1979, ear
  
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• Web Exclusive: Erik Brown interview

  06-08-2018 05:01 via globalnews.ca
  Extended interview: Nearly a month after Langley master diver Erik Brown joined the international effort to rescue a Thai soccer team trapped in a cave, he sat down with our Tanya Beja to talk about the incredible mission.
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 – August 5

  06-08-2018 05:00 via globalnews.ca
  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6.
  
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• Canucks prospects tracker: World Junior Showcase tournament

  06-08-2018 04:04 via theprovince.com
  It’s a midsummer edition of the weekly tracker, where we tally up the efforts of the Canucks’ prospects who played in the World Junior Showcase tournament in Kamloops this past week.
  Quinn Hughes
  We’re starting to see why Canucks GM Jim Benning didn’t flinch when Quinn Hughes dropped into his lap at the 2018 NHL draft.
  Hughes was the best player at the Sport Chek World Junior Showcase tournament — and it wasn’t even close.
  He scored the game-win
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Aug 5

  06-08-2018 03:54 via globalnews.ca
  The Sunday, August 5, 2018 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• One dead, one in hospital after shooting in Abbotsford

  06-08-2018 03:41 via globalnews.ca
  An Abbotsford neighbourhood is the scene of Metro Vancouver’s latest brazen deadly shooting. Two young men were rushed to hospital after being shot– but only one survived. Grace Ke reports.
  
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• Justin Trudeau marches in Vancouver’s Pride Parade

  06-08-2018 03:41 via globalnews.ca
  Thousands of people, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau descended on Vancouver’s West Ed to celebrate Pride. Kristen Robinson reports.
  
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• B.C. man who helped in Thai cave rescue sits down with Global News

  06-08-2018 03:41 via globalnews.ca
  Erik Brown, who was involved in the dramatic cave rescue of a Thai soccer team, shares his experience in this Global News exclusive.
  
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• Justin Trudeau marches in Vancouver Pride Parade

  06-08-2018 01:55 via globalnews.ca
  The prime minister`s appearance at the parade was part of a weekend tour of British Columbia.
  
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• NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh expected to announce he will run in Burnaby South byelection

  06-08-2018 01:47 via globalnews.ca
  Singh was elected leader last October but doesn’t have a seat in Parliament.
  
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