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• Ian Mulgrew: Injunction-itis in Kinder Morgan debate gives rule of law a black eye

  15-08-2018 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  Once again, with the regularity of clockwork it seems, the B.C. Supreme Court is back at the old game of ordering police to do their job and of insulating politicians from accountability.
  Usually, it’s to remove First Nations from some logging or mining road. This time it is to get rid of Camp Cloud, which was established to oppose the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.
  Last week, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Gomery granted Burnaby an injunction ordering all structures, shelters
  
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• Steve Ewen: Adanac star Del Bianco wraps up junior run with last shot at Minto Cup

  15-08-2018 23:56 via theprovince.com
  Christian Del Bianco’s junior lacrosse career has just a few more days remaining, but he swears that’s prompting inspiration rather than trepidation.
  The best goalie to come through the ranks in years, Del Bianco will be one of 12 Coquitlam Adanacs playing their final games at the 21 and under level when they open the Minto Cup national tournament Thursday in Alberta against the event host Calgary Mountaineers.
  The Alberta champion Okotoks Raiders and Ontario champion Brampton Excels
  
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• Conference resolutions reflect B.C. municipalities' cannabis concerns

  15-08-2018 23:55 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. municipalities’ preoccupation with cannabis ahead of legalization in October is evident in the more than a dozen resolutions up for consideration at this year’s Union of B.C. Municipalities conference.
  “Legalization of cannabis is going to impact all communities across the province, and some at different levels than others, so communities are uncertain about how and what the impacts will be,” said UBCM president Wendy Booth.
  The federal Cannabis Act, which will legal
  
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• Appeal challenges discharge of Mt. Polley mine effluent to Quesnel Lake

  15-08-2018 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Environmental Appeal Board will hear a challenge of a provincial permit that allows Imperial Metals’ Mt. Polley mine to discharge mine effluent into Quesnel Lake.
  An amended permit was issued by the B.C. Environment Ministry in April of 2017 to allow the discharge of mine waste water that has been treated at a filtering plant as part of a long-term water management plan at the Interior B.C. gold and copper mine.
  The long-term plan is a requirement of the mine operating after a dam
  
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• Burnaby kids escape sleepover for transit adventure using hand-drawn map

  15-08-2018 23:50 via vancouversun.com
  Two Burnaby kids were returned home without harm this week after they slipped out of a sleepover and attempted to go on a transit adventure using a hand-drawn map.
  The incident has prompted Transit Police to share a reminder that if transit users see something unusual, they should report it.
  According to Transit Police, two girls, age 10 and 12, boarded a bus in Burnaby Monday evening just before midnight.
  The driver, Ed Boleak, found it strange and contacted Transit Police, who sent two officer
  
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• Marco Bustos’ time with Whitecaps come to an official end

  15-08-2018 23:38 via theprovince.com
  Canadian midfielder Marco Bustos is no longer a Vancouver Whitecaps in any shape or form.
  The 22 year old had re-signed with the Whitecaps in the off-season but had immediately moved on loan to Atlético Zacatepec of the Mexican 2nd division.
  Since moving to the Whitecaps senior squad from the residency program in Sept. 2012, he made 13 appearances in MLS and Canadian Championship action, .
  There was plenty of buzz about his potential as an attacking midfielder, but he was never able
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Surgery rehab, fitness focus has Juolevi back in Canucks’ spotlight

  15-08-2018 23:30 via theprovince.com
  When will Olli Juolevi play his first NHL regular-season game?
  The Vancouver Canucks’ prospect suffered a lower-back ailment during off-season training. A mid-June microdiscectomy procedure — a minimally invasive disc procedure to relieve pressure on the spinal nerve column — was expected to sideline the fifth overall pick in the 2016 draft for eight to 10 weeks.
  During the 2010-11 season, defenceman Alex Edler laboured through back stiffness and an open-ice hit by Jamie Benn o
  
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• RCMP redeployed amid B.C. wildfire state of emergency

  15-08-2018 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  To date, the RCMP says at least 200 officers have been redeployed to supplement or support local forces.
  
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• What will the state of emergency mean for the B.C. wildfire fight?

  15-08-2018 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  The province is now responding to the escalating wildfire situation here in B.C. by declaring a state of emergency. More than 600 blazes are burning province-wide and the biggest and most aggressive are in the northern part of B.C. Richard Zussman is in Vanderhoof with the very latest including what the state of emergency means...
  
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• Temporary modular housing approved for Cambie site

  15-08-2018 23:17
  
  Vancouver’s director of planning has approved a development permit that will temporary modular housing units built at 610 and 620 Cambie St.
  
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• Extreme heat may affect zucchini production

  15-08-2018 23:12 via theprovince.com
  Q. In the past, I’ve had no problem growing productive zucchini bushes from purchased transplants, but for the past two years, either the flowers produce no fruit or fruits start to form and then rot.
  A. I’ve heard this complaint many times over the summer. The extreme heat could be a factor in zucchini plants’ failure to fruit. The long, dry, hot summer has stressed plantings.
  Bee populations are another consideration in the issue of zucchinis failing to fully launch. In recen
  
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• Steve Ewen: Burrards, Shamrocks battle for B.C. lacrosse title, berth in Mann Cup

  15-08-2018 23:11 via theprovince.com
  Curtis Dickson or Corey Small could both face former teammates a month from now with club lacrosse’s most prized trophy on the line.
  Dickson helped the Peterborough Lakers win the Mann Cup Senior A national championship last September, scoring a team-leading 14 times in a six-game victory against the host New Westminster Salmonbellies in the Canadian final.
  The Port Coquitlam native opted to return to his roots this summer and rejoined the Maple Ridge Burrards of the Western Lacrosse Assoc
  
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• Photos, videos of the 2018 wildfires burning around B.C.

  15-08-2018 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  There are now 48 wildfires of note, meaning these wildfires are highly visible or pose a potential threat to public safety.
  
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• Abbotsford police warn public about man involved in gang conflict

  15-08-2018 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  Abbotsford police have taken the unusual step to warn the public about a 19-year-old man involved in gang activity.
  
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• Book review: Equestrian Tik Maynard highlights horses, horsemanship in new book

  15-08-2018 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  In the Middle are the Horsemen 
  By Tik Maynard
  Trafalgar Square Books | $24.95 (USD)Tik Maynard found himself at a crossroads.
  After battling a few personal hardships, the then 26-year-old had to make a decision about where he wanted to take his life.
  His final decision, was horses.
  In his first book, In the Middle are the Horsemen, Vancouver-born and raised equestrian Tik Maynard takes riders on a journey that follows him from that pivotal point of deciding where he wanted to go with his l
  
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• Langley man charged in ‘serious’ Monte Lake assault

  15-08-2018 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  A Langley man has been charged after what police are calling a serious assault in Monte Lake, B.C.
  
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• Surgical masks offer little protection against wildfire smoke: UBC prof

  15-08-2018 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  There's really no benefit to wearing them on your commute to work, and there may even be a downside, says the professor.
  
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• Randy Rampage, bassist for seminal Vancouver punk band D.O.A., dies

  15-08-2018 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  The bassist spent multiple stints with D.O.A., appearing on their influential albums Something Better Change and Hardcore '81.
  
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• No immediate improvement seen for B.C., Alberta ‘worst air quality in North America’

  15-08-2018 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  "We've had a strong upper-level ridge across Western Canada for many days now, and it's that ridge that really creates heat and dryness, but it also traps in all of the smoke across the B.C.-Alberta region."
  
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• Movie Minute: Crazy Rich Asians

  15-08-2018 22:18 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Sun and Province editors Stephanie Ip and Aleesha Harris review the new film Crazy Rich Asians.
  Spoiler alert: It’s a film you’re going to want to see … and here’s why.
   
  
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• Vancouver council candidate Jean Swanson receives seven-day sentence for Kinder Morgan protest

  15-08-2018 22:12 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver city council candidate Jean Swanson and former B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Susan Lambert were among seven people who were sentenced today in B.C. Supreme Court to seven days in jail for defying a court imposed injunction at Kinder Morgan’s construction site on June 30.
  Among others sentenced were Gyoba Sachiko, Heather Martin-Mcnab, Kathleen Flaherty, Hisao Ichikawa and Adrien Long.
  Inside a packed courtroom in downtown Vancouver, Swanson and her co-accused took tur
  
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• Repositioning means cruises on the cheap

  15-08-2018 22:10 via theprovince.com
  It’s August, and that means that we’re coming to the close of the 2018 Alaska cruise season in Vancouver. But there is reason to rejoice: the end of the season means the start of the fall Pacific Coastal cruises, when ships reposition from Alaska back down to Mexico, the Caribbean and Asia.
  In order to get the ships from here to the sun destinations, cruise lines offer what are called Pacific Coastal repositioning voyages. These can be as short as one day voyages between Seattle and
  
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• Human remains found in Fraser River identified as 23-year-old Chilliwack woman

  15-08-2018 21:47 via vancouversun.com
  Chilliwack RCMP say human remains found in the Fraser River on July 25 have been identified as those of Laura Clark, a 23-year-old Chilliwack woman who was reported missing on Aug. 3.
  Clark was last seen walking near the Agassiz Bridge on the evening of July 15.
  Chilliwack RCMP say human remains found in the Fraser River on July 25 have been identified as Laura Clark.
  Police want to speak to anyone who may have seen her between July 15 and 25.
  “As part of our investigation police
  
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• Jean Swanson sentenced to jail time over pipeline protest

  15-08-2018 21:39
  
  The Vancouver COPE candidate was arrested June 30 for a blockade against Trans Mountain expansion
  
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• Yes Vancouver’s new political ad makes us want to buy something bespoke or artisanal

  15-08-2018 21:19
  
  NPA councillor Hector “the defector” Bremner and his new political party, Yes Vancouver, are a good looking bunch.
  
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• Dozens of workers targeted by sexually explicit phone calls

  15-08-2018 21:04 via theprovince.com
  Victoria police have received 50 reports of sexually explicit phone calls targeting female employees at businesses, and investigators believe the same man might be responsible.
  The number could be higher, as not all female employees have reported the obscene calls to police.
  A woman who works at the La Senza lingerie store in the Bay Centre said she’s received a lewd phone call in recent months, as have fellow female co-workers.
  The man told her she had a nice voice, called her baby and as
  
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• Police issue warning of Abbotsford man who poses danger to public, ‘involved in gang conflict’

  15-08-2018 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  Abbotsford police say shootings can occur in public spaces, and just being around Varinderpal Singh Gill could put you in danger.
  
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• Metro Vancouver real estate prices are 65% overvalued: Economist

  15-08-2018 20:13
  
  Global index rates Canada as third most overvalued country for home prices
  
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• Vancouver punk legend Randy Rampage of DOA dies

  15-08-2018 20:09 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver punk legend Randy Rampage died Tuesday night. He was 58.
  As the original bassist in DOA, Rampage was one of the founding fathers of Vancouver’s alternative music scene. With his peroxide blond hair and ever-present black leather jacket he was a riveting onstage presence, prone to leaping into the air and doing the splits in the middle of a song.
  He quit and rejoined DOA a few times over the years, which inspired the title of a 2017 autobiography he wrote with Chris Walter, I Surv
  
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• Tapathetically speaking, oral tradition is a big part of this year's Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival

  15-08-2018 20:06 via vancouversun.com
  2018 Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival
  When: Aug. 20-26
  Where: Orpheum Annex and Frankie’s Jazz Club
  Tickets: vantapdance.comThe 2018 Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival includes a gala premiere performance, #Tap, two improvisational Social Tap Jazz Jams, and a five-day Tap Dance Musicianship Residency. Guests include Sarah Reich, who tours internationally with Postmodern Jukebox; tap legend Heather Cornell; and Juno Award-winning musical director Nick Fraser, among others.
  
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• RCMP probe explosion in Coquitlam

  15-08-2018 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  A man living at the home suffered serious injuries, but police say he will live.
  
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• Wine Guy: Wine and asado

  15-08-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  This summer my grilling sessions have become more serious, and I have Argentina to blame. Or more appropriately thank, as the added seriousness has led to extra deliciousness.
  Buoyed by memories of asados past while travelling the country (this is kind of an Argentine barbecue cookout and social, but yet it is so much more!) and fuelled by flipping through Francis Mallmann cookbooks (Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way is a great primer), I was motivated to buy a new wood-burning grill.
  Sorr
  
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• Crews pulling capsized tugboat from Fraser River

  15-08-2018 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  The George H. Ledcor sank off Deering Island in the Fraser River between midnight and 1 a.m. on Tuesday.
  
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• A&W Beyond Meat burger out of stock at some Vancouver locations

  15-08-2018 19:54
  
  There's even a mailing list so you can find out when and where it's available.
  
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• Italy bridge collapse: B.C. bridge among architect’s many designs

  15-08-2018 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  The architect behind the bridge that collapsed in Genoa, Italy has designed nearly two dozen bridges around the world, including one in Canada.
  
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• How you can increase your daily fibre intake

  15-08-2018 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  Naturopath Dr. Joyce Johnson explains how you can increase your daily fibre intake and why it’s important to do so.
  
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• Drink this: New World Belgian Witbier by Lighthouse Brewing

  15-08-2018 19:26
  
  Esquimalt’s Lighthouse Brewing is celebrating a pretty significant milestone this year: 20 years of producing quality craft beer.
  
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• Thief robs couple in Okanagan sleeping in moving van

  15-08-2018 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  Penticton police are asking for the public's help in apprehending a thief who robbed a couple sleeping in a moving van.
  
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• Vancouver tops global increase in industrial lease rates

  15-08-2018 19:04 via vancouversun.com
  The price to lease industrial and logistics space in Metro Vancouver increased more than in any other market in the world during the past year, a new report says.
  Vancouver’s industrial lease rates surged by 29.1 per cent over the last year (ending in the first quarter of 2018), according to CBRE’s annual Global Industrial and Logistics Prime Rents report. Beijing ranked second overall with a year-over-year increase of 19.8 per cent.
  Vancouver’s prime logistics rents reached $9
  
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• Salvage effort underway for sunken tug

  15-08-2018 19:03
  
  Massive cranes are in place to haul the sunken George H. Ledcor out of the Fraser River.
  
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• Live: State of emergency declared across B.C. as 566 fires burn

  15-08-2018 18:56 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has declared a provincial state of emergency due to the ongoing wildfires.
  The declaration is in effect for two weeks from the time it is issued and may be extended or rescinded as the situation develops. It gives the authority to various levels of government and policing to do whatever is necessary to fight the fires and protect people.
  Solicitor General and Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth made the announcement Wednesday morning in a statement.
  “Public safety
  
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• Gang conflict: Abbotsford police say teen poses risk to public

  15-08-2018 18:56 via theprovince.com
  If you see 19-year-old Varinderpal Singh Gill in public, Abbotsford police say you should phone 911.
  Police say the teen is involved in the gang conflict in the Lower Mainland and he poses a significant safety risk to the public.
  The Abbotsford Police Department has determined that Varinderpal Singh Gill poses a significant risk to the public.
  In a statement, Abbotsford police say Gill poses a risk to gang members and is could be a target for other gangsters.
  “Because many gang s
  
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• Body recovered from Buntzen Lake after man drowns

  15-08-2018 18:48 via theprovince.com
  The body of a man who drowned in Buntzen Lake has been recovered.
  The RCMP’s underwater recovery team pulled the body of a 47-year-old Burnaby from the lake after the man disappeared on Tuesday.
  The man, who did not know how to swim, was in the water with his family but disappeared under the surface around 4 p.m.
  “Our victim services are doing all they can to help to help the family through this heart-breaking time,” said Corp. Michael McLaughlin.
  “Buntzen Lake is a great
  
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• B.C. Wildfires 2018: State of emergency declared across province as 566 fires burn

  15-08-2018 18:31 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has declared a provincial state of emergency due to the ongoing wildfires.
  The declaration is in effect for two weeks from the time it is issued and may be extended or rescinded as the situation develops. It gives the authority to various levels of government and policing to do whatever is necessary to fight the fires and protect people.
  Solicitor General and Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth made the announcement Wednesday morning in a statement.
  “Public safety
  
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• Jean Swanson defiant before sentencing for pipeline protest

  15-08-2018 18:24
  
  Activist and Vancouver city council candidate Jean Swanson is expected to be sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court this morning after her arrest earlier this summer for a blockade at a Kinder Morgan facility.
  
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• Opinion: Should B.C. follow New Zealand’s foreign buyer ban?

  15-08-2018 18:18
  
  New Zealand government has imposed a ban on non-resident buyers for resale homes – but will it help curb runaway prices?
  
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• Celebrating 2018 Pirate Pak Day with White Spot

  15-08-2018 18:17 via globalnews.ca
  Community reporter Michael Newman talks with White Spot executive chef Danny Markowicz about how you can help children with serious conditions by purchasing a Pirate Pak. Michael also talks with Zajac Ranch Camp Director Emily McFarlane about how the camp helps those children increase self-confidence.
  
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• Capsized tugboat to be pulled from the Fraser River

  15-08-2018 17:36 via globalnews.ca
  A tugboat that capsized on the Fraser River is expected to be pulled from the water today. The George H. Ledcor went down Monday night, just east of YVR, with thousands of litres of fuel on board. Paul Haysom has the latest on the cleanup effort.
  
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• Provincial state of emergency declared in B.C. due to wildfires

  15-08-2018 17:32 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. government has now declared a provincial state of emergency to support the province-wide response to the ongoing wildfire situation. Richard Zussman is live from Prince George with details.
  
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