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• Canada’s largest collection of restored wooden buildings threatened by B.C. wildfire

  17-08-2018 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  Sprinklers "have been running pretty much around the clock so far," said Parks Canada.
  
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• ART SEEN: A few bright spots doesn't save disappointing David Milne exhibition

  17-08-2018 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  I hate to admit it but Jonathan Jones was pretty well spot on in his review of David Milne in The Guardian.
  The only reason I mention Jones’ review is that it was widely circulated on social media when it appeared. I remembered reading it back in February and thinking: ‘Another Brit getting Canada wrong.’ In fact, I was the one who was wrong.
  Jones was writing about the Milne exhibition when it opened at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. The same show is now at the Vancouv
  
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• BC1 Afternoon Weather Forecast: Aug 17

  17-08-2018 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  The afternoon weather forecast for Friday, August 17, 2018 for British Columbia.
  
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• ‘No major rain in sight’: B.C. not expecting any break in fire fight

  17-08-2018 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. Wildfire Service is not optimistic a break will be coming anytime soon in the province's wildfire fight.
  
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• The Fair at the PNE opens tomorrow (Aug. 18)

  17-08-2018 23:42
  
  It's a year of milestones for the PNE, including 40 years of SuperDogs, 50 years of the Pacific Coliseum and 60 years for the wooden roller coaster
  
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• Wild fire smoke darkens Prince George sky

  17-08-2018 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  Prince George, B.C. residents woke up to some unusual looking sky Friday morning. The bizarre images were due to the wildfire smoke and ash in air.
  
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• Baby Trump sand sculpture getting a lot of attention in B.C.

  17-08-2018 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  A professional sand sculptor is getting a lot of attention for his latest piece of work. Donald Trump wearing diapers is a big hit with the neighbours at Willow and 16th in Vancouver.
  
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• Vancouver Canadian cancel fireworks night due to dry conditions

  17-08-2018 23:02 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canadians say Saturday night’s planned post-game fireworks at Nat Bailey Stadium have been snuffed out due to tinder dry conditions in the city and throughout the province.
  More than 600 wildfires are burning throughout B.C., and the single-A professional baseball team doesn’t want to add to that number.
  “The Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club respects the efforts that are taking place throughout the province and within the Pacific Northwest and wouldn’t
  
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• Foodie Friday: Savoury Zucchini Cakes

  17-08-2018 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  Say 'no' to zucchini muffins and 'yes' to these delicious little cakes
  
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• ART SEEN: A few bright spots doesn't save the disappointing David Milne exhibition

  17-08-2018 22:51 via vancouversun.com
  I hate to admit it but Jonathan Jones was pretty well spot on in his review of David Milne in The Guardian.
  The only reason I mention Jones’ review is that it was widely circulated on social media when it appeared. I remembered reading it back in February and thinking: ‘Another Brit getting Canada wrong.’ In fact, I was the one who was wrong.
  Jones was writing about the Milne exhibition when it opened at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. The same show is now at the Vancouv
  
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• How to prepare lobster

  17-08-2018 22:48 via globalnews.ca
  Lobster can be intimidating to prepare. Executive Chef Edgar Kano from YEW Seafood + Bar teaches Sonia Sunger how to shell it step-by-step.
  
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• NBA extending global reach, NFL fumbling with players' protest policy

  17-08-2018 22:44 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  One week after crossing the 30-million follower mark on Instagram, the NBA continued to do what it does best: Give millennials and other young-minded fans more reasons to watch and engage.
  It announced this week that its NBA2K eSports league would expand from its first-season lineup of 17 teams to 21 for 2019. With the Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks and Brooklyn Nets coming on board the NBA2K loop next year, it means two-thirds of the NBA franchises a
  
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• B.C. wildfires 2018: B.C. Hydro offers assistance to fire evacuees

  17-08-2018 22:39 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Hydro is providing credits and waiving fees for some customers affected by the wildfires burning in all corners of the province.
  The crown utility corporation will provide account credits to residential and commercial customers to cover to cover the electricity consumed while they are out of their home or business due to evacuation order.
  B.C. Hydro will also waive charges from the last bills for any customers who have lost their homes in the wildfires.
  “Over the past several weeks, w
  
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• B.C. wildfires 2018: Province matching Red Cross donations

  17-08-2018 22:35 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Government says it will match all Red Cross donations, up to $20 million, to help people affected by this summer’s B.C. wildfires.
  “The Red Cross is on the ground, helping people and communities affected by the wildfires burning around the province,” said Jennifer Rice, parliamentary secretary for Emergency Preparedness. “The Province is supporting this critical work by matching contributions to the Red Cross, so donations will go even further.”
  The B.
  
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• Criticism of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s emotions sparks hashtag #CryingIsManlyAF

  17-08-2018 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  "I cry pretty frequently, actually. I would definitely cry for everything that has made the Prime Minister cry publicly. Isn’t that just what human beings do?"
  
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• Police arrest man and seize gun following Port Moody standoff

  17-08-2018 22:21 via theprovince.com
  A man was arrested and gun was seized following a standoff in Port Moody Friday morning.
  Port Moody police and the members of the Lower Mainland emergency response team surrounded a home on Aspenwood Drive.
  Police were called to the home at 5:50 a.m. to deal with a “despondent male.”
  The area was locked down and the ERT was called in after police were told that there may have been a weapon inside the house.
  “Although there was difficulty in communicating with thi
  
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• Multiple people arrested in alleged Coquitlam home invasion

  17-08-2018 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  Police said one person suffered minor injuries in the alleged home invasion.
  
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• Wind Swimmer sculpture returns to Kitsilano Pool

  17-08-2018 22:09
  
  The sculpture required extensive repairs after getting damaged during a 2015 windstorm
  
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• Seven arrested in connection with Port Coquitlam home invasion

  17-08-2018 22:06 via vancouversun.com
  Coquitlam RCMP arrested seven people following a home invasion in Port Coquitlam on Thursday.
  The robbery happened just after 1:30 p.m. at a house on Liverpool Street.
  There were two people inside the home at the time when police arrived and one of the victims was treated for a minor injury.
  An investigation led police to a home on Slatford Place in Maple Ridge where seven people were arrested and placed in custody.
  Charges have not yet been laid and the incident is still under investigatio
  
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• Crows celebrated with Vancouver Bird Fest exhibit

  17-08-2018 22:03
  
  As the Crow Flies is just one of many events taking place during the Vancouver International Bird Festival Aug. 19-26
  
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• B.C. wildfires 2018: Families on edge and on alert in northern B.C.

  17-08-2018 21:45 via vancouversun.com
  David Luggi and his family are packed and ready to go at a moments notice.
  Their community of Stellako is located on the western edge of Fraser Lake, just outside an evacuation order area, one of several in north-central B.C. west of Prince George where tens of thousands of hectares of forest are burning.
  The fires are among more than 1,800 this season that have burned more than 4,300 square kilometres.
  One of those in north-central B.C. is the Shovel Lake fire just to the north of Fraser Lake,
  
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• ‘Crying’ judge dismisses application for recusal in Kelowna sexual interference case

  17-08-2018 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  A judge accused of showing emotion during a sexual interference sentencing has dismissed an application to recuse her from the case.
  
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• COMMENTARY: Don’t expect ICBC changes to make it easier on your wallet

  17-08-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  It is hard to argue against penalizing bad drivers and 'rewarding' good drivers, although the word 'rewarding' may be overstating things a bit.
  
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• Is it safe to look at the sun when it’s obscured by smoke?

  17-08-2018 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  Thick smoke has been giving the sun an orange red hue this week that some may find tempting to look at, especially with the beautiful sunrise and sunsets.
  
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• RCMP’s emergency response team called to Port Moody residence

  17-08-2018 20:49 via theprovince.com
  A residential neighbourhood in Port Moody has been blocked off as police negotiate with a “despondent male” inside a home.
  Port Moody police and the members of the Lower Mainland emergency response team have surrounded a home on Aspenwood Drive.
  Port Moody deputy police chief Ken MacDonald says there was an indication that there may be a weapon inside the residence but that has not yet been confirmed.
  Police were called to the area at 5:50 a.m. on Friday.MacDonald says ther
  
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• Kelowna judge who cried during a victim statement won't recuse herself

  17-08-2018 20:44 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA — A provincial court judge in Kelowna who wiped away a tear during a victim impact statement in a sexual interference case says she won’t recuse herself from sentencing because there’s no evidence of bias.
  Judge Monica McParland says in her decision that just because a judge demonstrates human compassion, it doesn’t mean there’s judicial bias.
  She says affidavits presented by a defence lawyer who asked her to recuse herself depended on inappropriate opinion
  
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• B.C. wildfires 2018: Kimberley on alert, other areas warned of extreme fire behaviour

  17-08-2018 20:34 via vancouversun.com
  Crews battling wildfires across British Columbia braced Friday for intense activity on some of the nearly 600 blazes in the province after the Wildfire Service issued a warning of extreme fire behaviour.
  The warning can be issued when high heat and a lack of rain combine to strip humidity from the air, said information officer Forrest Tower.
  “When (humidity) drops below a certain percentage that’s when we start to see increased fire behaviour as the fuels start to dry out. Because al
  
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• Wildfire haze clears from Metro Vancouver, but blue skies won't last - Globalnews.ca

  17-08-2018 20:33 via globalnews.ca
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  Wildfire haze clears from Metro Vancouver, but blue skies won't last
  Globalnews.ca
  As B.C. burns, some communities have been socked in by wildfire smoke so thick day has become night. On the south coast, the impact has been more subdued, but the region remains under air quality advisories due to fine particulate matter in the air.
  Vancouver weather: Another hazy day of summerVancouver Sun
  Metro Vancouver air quality worse than Los Angeles, BeijingCTV News
  Metro Vancouver's Air Qua
  
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• Wildfire haze clears from Metro Vancouver, but blue skies won’t last

  17-08-2018 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  The south coast is getting blue skies, but it will likely be short-lived, according to meteorologists.
  
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• Marine Drive, Trilojay performing at this year’s YVR Chill Out

  17-08-2018 20:30
  
  The airport’s annual park party also features games and prizes.
  
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• ERT called to Port Moody in standoff with distraught man

  17-08-2018 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  The PMPD said the incident is ongoing, but that there is no threat to the general public. 
  
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• Vancouver's 604 Records riding the comedy resurgence

  17-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  After a 33-year absence, the 2018 Juno Awards brought back the award for comedy album of the year. The return of the prize after more than three decades made clear something any casual observer with a Netflix account had already gleaned: Comedy is huge right now, and consuming it in recorded form is popular.
  Never one to miss where the money is to be made, Canadian label 604 Records — which bills itself as “Canada’s Greatest Indie Music Label” — appears poised
  
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• For small Nunavut community Pond Inlet, free fabric provides far more than warmth

  17-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Set 750 kilometres inside the Arctic Circle along the 72nd parallel, Pond Inlet, Nunavut, doesn’t have a typical summer.
  May through August, the sun never sets, but it’s far from balmy with the average temperature rarely exceeding 6 deg C. In a couple months from now, it’ll drop to around -23 deg C and the sun won’t rise for three months.
  This makes warm coats a year-round necessity, which is why on one afternoon in July, some 200 of the Inuit hamlet’s 1,300 residen
  
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• Editorial: Prof pays price for exposing questionable research

  17-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The origin of the expression “publish or perish” is uncertain as researchers have claimed first-references to it in journals from 1927, 1938 and 1942. But it was Marshall McLuhan who wrote of it most scathingly in a note to Ezra Pound in 1951 when, using Pound’s descriptor for universities as “beaneries” he remarked: ” ‘Publish or Perish’ is the beanery motto.”
  Unfortunately, publish or perish remains the prevailing credo at many universities
  
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• Brian Minter: Late perennial colour to take your garden into fall

  17-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  We still have lots of summer left to enjoy, but our recent spell of dry, excessively hot days has taken its toll on many of the annuals we count on for late colour.
  This weather pattern seems to be the new normal, so perhaps it’s time to rethink some of our plant choices in order to optimize and sustain colour in our gardens.
  Valleybrook Gardens in Abbotsford, owned by John Schroeder and his wife Kelly, is one of Canada’s premier perennial growers, and John is a strong advocate for &
  
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• Book review: The World in a Grain of Sand

  17-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
  Vince Beiser | Riverhead Books
  $37, 294 pagesThe opening chapter of this book by Los Angeles-based, Vancouver-raiser freelance journalist Beiser is titled The Most Important Substance on Earth. By the end of his well-researched study of the “something most of us barely ever thing about and yet can’t live without,” you are inclined to agree.Having covered everything from Middle Eastern politics to the wa
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Okanagan Falls is officially on the world wine map

  17-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Late last month Okanagan Falls became the second official sub-region, or sub-Geographic Indication (sub-GI) within the wider Okanagan Valley wine region.
  The Okanagan Falls certification that will soon appear on wine bottles produced inside the sub-GI will join the groundbreaking Golden Mile Bench sub-GI approved in 2015.
  Starting with historical, geographical maps that identified the broad geologic regions of the Okanagan Valley, soil scientist Dr. Scott Smith (in consultation with Dr. Pat Bowe
  
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• Crews make progress on Wardle fire in Kootenay National Park

  17-08-2018 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  Parks Canada asking travellers to use caution where firefighters are working along Highway 93 South.
  
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• BBQ Tips: How to cook the perfect Chinese pork belly with crispy skin

  17-08-2018 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  Rusty Johnson teaches us to make Chinese pork belly with crispy skin.
  
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• Does back to school shopping have to mean big spending?

  17-08-2018 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  The back to school shopping season is now underway, and store shelves are busting with all the "must have" items. However, there are ways to save money during this expensive season.
  
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• This Week in History: 1907 A group of Vancouver drunks is shanghaied to Chile

  17-08-2018 19:26 via vancouversun.com
  Getting drunk could be dangerous in Vancouver’s early days. When you sobered up, you sometimes found you’d been “shanghaied” onto a ship bound for a distant land.
  “Tipsy Men Shipped to Sea,” read a front-page headline in the Aug. 19, 1907 Vancouver World.
  “Six Loggers and Ranchers on Spree Woke to Find Themselves on Board Barque Chelmsford Bound to Valparaiso — One May Have Drowned.”
  The Chelmsford was a four-masted Scottish sailing ship that
  
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• B.C. Wildfires: B.C. Hydro offers assistance to fire evacuees

  17-08-2018 19:20 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Hydro is providing credits and waiving fees for some customers affected by the wildfires burning in all corners of the province.
  The crown utility corporation will provide account credits to residential and commercial customers to cover to cover the electricity consumed while they are out of their home or business due to evacuation order.
  B.C. Hydro will also waive charges from the last bills for any customers who have lost their homes in the wildfires.
  “Over the past several weeks, w
  
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• Temple Grandin discusses developing individuals who have different minds

  17-08-2018 19:18 via globalnews.ca
  World renowned scientist and autism spokesperson Temple Grandin discusses her life and career as a person with autism and her talk on developing individuals who have different minds.
  
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• Bows x Arrows closing down Fraser Street cafe/restaurant

  17-08-2018 19:14
  
  The whisperings along Fraser Street turned out to be more than rumours: Bows x Arrows, the critically-acclaimed cafe-restaurant hybrid is closing down.
  
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• Vancouver Bird of the Week – Warbling Vireo

  17-08-2018 19:03
  
  Vancouver is hosting the 27th International Ornithological Congress and the inaugural Vancouver International Bird Festival Aug. 19-26.
  
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• This Week in History: 1907 A group of Vancouver drunks is shanghaied to Chile - Vancouver Sun

  17-08-2018 19:01 via vancouversun.com
  This Week in History: 1907 A group of Vancouver drunks is shanghaied to Chile
  Vancouver Sun
  The Barque Nanaimo was built in the Vancouver Island city in 1882. At 450 tons it was smaller than the Barque Chelmsford, which was 2347 tons. But it was the same type of ship. Share Adjust Comment Print. Getting drunk could be dangerous in Vancouver's ...and more »
  
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• Foreign buyers all but disappeared from Metro Vancouver real estate market: data

  17-08-2018 18:38
  
  Overseas nationals now make up just one per cent of Lower Mainland home buyers, finds finance ministry
  
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• Wildfire smoke is so thick in Prince George, it looks like night after the sun has risen

  17-08-2018 18:23 via globalnews.ca
  On the air quality health index scale, Prince George is currently off the charts at a 10+, meaning it is at a very high risk level.
  
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