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• Playoff-seeking Whitecaps wary about shaking battle-proven Earthquakes

  31-08-2018 23:56 via theprovince.com
  The San Jose Earthquakes might need a better cable package.
  While coach Carl Robinson this week made bread over the time he spends watching film of other Major League Soccer teams, it almost seemed like last Saturday’s Quakes had never seen video of Vancouver’s tendencies before.
  The book on the Caps reads thusly: Strong on counters, free kicks and likes long passes over the top.
  Lo and behold, Vancouver erased a two-goal deficit doing just that at Avaya Stadium — scoring off a
  
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• Angling closed on two B.C. rivers because of low steelhead returns

  31-08-2018 23:26 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — All angling is being closed on the Thompson River below Kamloops Lake, as well as on portions of the Fraser River, because of low steelhead returns.
  The closure will be in effect from Oct. 1, 2018, to May 31, 2019.
  The provincial government says angling will be closed on the Thompson River downstream from signs at the Kamloops Lake outlet to the confluence with Fraser River.
  Angling on the Fraser River will be closed from the bridge on Highway 99 at Lillooet downstream to B.C. H
  
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• This Week in History: 1948: Nat King Cole hits Vancouver in the wake of 'Nature Boy'

  31-08-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Seventy years ago, jazz great Nat “King” Cole came to town for a two-week gig at the Palomar Supper Club.
  Cole was so big at the time that The Sun dispatched a writer to meet him when he arrived at the Great Northern train station.
  “Usually we come here on a one-night stand,” said Cole on Aug. 31, 1948. “This time, we’ll get a chance to see what Canada looks like.”
  His Palomar appearance came soon after one of his biggest hits, Nature Boy. It had sold on
  
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• Bulls & Bears: Humble Henderson wears women's golf crown like true pro

  31-08-2018 22:57 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  You know you’ve had a great week on the golf course when your age is less than the number of strokes you finish under par.With a nod to Vancouver comedian Torben Rolfsen for pointing it out, that’s exactly where Brooke Henderson found herself Sunday in the final round of the $2.25-million CP Canadian Women’s Open at Regina’s Wascana Country Club.
  The pride of Smiths Falls, Ont. not only became the first homegrown player to win the national Open since Joc
  
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• Temporary modular housing approved for Heather Lands site

  31-08-2018 22:06
  
  The two buildings will have 98 suites with priority given to Indigenous residents
  
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• Video: Dramatic vision of truck fire on Highway 99 in South Surrey

  31-08-2018 22:05
  
  The video, posted on YouTube, shows the truck completely engulfed by flames before firefighters arrived at the scene
  
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• Video: Dramatic scene of truck fire on Highway 99 in South Surrey

  31-08-2018 22:05
  
  The video, posted on YouTube, shows the truck completely engulfed by flames before firefighters arrived at the scene
  
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• Conversations That Matter: Putting Canada on the drug global stage

  31-08-2018 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  Canadians invent many things that go on to be globally significant. Drugs or pharmaceuticals is an area of research that we do very well in, especially when it comes to developing cures and treatments for a wide range of health issues.
  While we do a good job conceiving of treatments and doing the research, we don’t do a good job of bringing those products to the market. By the time the research has finished, ownership of the intellectual property frequently leaves Canada and moves to its n
  
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• New forensic review in case of man killed in incident with Vancouver police

  31-08-2018 21:52
  
  Additional resources will be used "to aid in the examination of the facts of the case" which resulted in the death of Sechelt resident Myles Gray.
  
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• Trans Mountain expansion could be delayed for years by court decision: experts

  31-08-2018 21:46 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Experts say the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision to quash Canada’s approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will likely delay the project for years.
  The decision means the National Energy Board must conduct a new review of the impacts of increased tanker traffic on the marine environment and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government must consult more meaningfully with First Nations.
  University of Victoria law professor Chris Tollefson says the ener
  
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• Boulevard Kitchen’ Parisian gnocchi with a B.C. chardonnay

  31-08-2018 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  Chef Alex Chen from Boulevard Kitchen and Oyster bar whips up one of the dishes he will be serving the upcoming Culmina Estate 5tH anniversary celebration.
  
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• These are the Vancouver locations used in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

  31-08-2018 21:07
  
  Point Grey Secondary School, Corner Cafe in North Vancouver, BCIT and Fort Langley home all live a double life as they fill in for locations in Netflix movie.
  
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• B.C. wildfires: Worst may be over in 2018 fire season

  31-08-2018 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  August 31 update: Finally some good news to report when it comes to the wildfires burning throughout the province.
  
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• Your guide to the 2018 Richmond World Festival

  31-08-2018 20:30
  
  The third annual festival aims to celebrate Richmond’s cultural diversity.
  
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• Vancouver vigils planned to mark International Overdose Awareness Day

  31-08-2018 20:28
  
  The month of July saw 38 overdose deaths in the city, the second highest number in a single month this year
  
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• BC Parks is threatening to tow Joffre Lakes hikers’ vehicles this weekend

  31-08-2018 20:17
  
  Make sure you follow the rules if you're heading to Joffre Lakes this long weekend
  
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• Five things to know about This Could Be the One by Karin Plato

  31-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Karin Plato
  This Could Be the One | karinplato.com
  Since she decided to seriously pursue a career as a jazz singer, Vancouver-based Karin Plato quickly established herself as an exciting artist with the kind of phrasing and tone that grab listener’s ears. From her collection of jazz standards titled Pastiche to her swinging Christmas recording Snowflake Season, she has hit increasingly higher standards.
  Nominated for Canadian Jazz Vocalist of the Year at both the 2003 and 2004 National Jaz
  
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• Fab 5: Take a walk on the wild side

  31-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s been well documented by now that leopard print is a neutral, at least in the fashion world. This fall, however, the animal print trend extends beyond big cats, to giraffes, zebras, and even Dalmatians.
  Be prepared for a season of animal print dresses, coats, separates and more, but for now, dip just a toe into the trend with a pair of animal print shoes.
  From sneakers and sandals perfect for transitioning into fall to heels and boots you’ll wear all season long, Rebecca Tay show
  
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• Exploring the ambiguities of face and class

  31-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Finding Mr. Wong
  Susan Crean | Talon Books
  $19.95, 248 pp.Award-winning Canadian author Susan Crean grew up in an upwardly mobile Irish family in Toronto. One of the markers of her grandfather’s social climb was the fact that he could employ a Chinese servant, Mr. Wong, who worked for the Creans from 1928 until 1965.
  “I grew up in Mr. Wong’s kitchen,” Susan Crean says early on in this elegantly written and fiercely felt account of a love that crossed the boundaries of rac
  
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• Cute cakes: Vancouver baker makes cakes that are beyond adorable

  31-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Coco Cake Land byBy Lyndsay Sung
  Roost Books | $33.95Lyndsay Sung’s cakes make people happy. And not just because they’re delicious.
  The self-taught, Vancouver-based baker’s creations are cute enough to make even the most curmudgeonly among us crack a smile. No, really.
  One quick scroll through Sung’s Instagram feed, where she shares artfully created imagery of her even more artfully crafted cakes for her more than 88,000 followers to enjoy, yields smiling, happy faces of
  
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• Brian Minter: Pretty pansies offer multi-season garden colour

  31-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  From relative obscurity as a European alpine wildflower to their current role as a mainstream winter colour plant, pansies have come a long way.
  I smile to myself when asked if the pansies being sold in late summer and fall are true “winter” pansies.  All pansies are the same, regardless of the time of year they are sold, and they are members of the viola family.
  For a more in-depth understanding of pansies, we talked to Jerry Corchelse of the innovative PanAmerican Seed Company
  
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• B.C. Ferries cancels four Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay sailings after workers injured

  31-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Ferries has cancelled four sailings between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay after two ferry workers were injured during a rescue drill early Friday morning.
  The four sailings aboard the Spirit of Vancouver Island that have been cancelled are the 7 a.m and 11 a.m. trips from Swartz Bay and the 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. departures out of Tsawwassen.
  B.C. Ferries blamed the cancellations on an “incident involving one of the ship’s rescue boats,” but the union representing ferry worker
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: The best red wines for fall

  31-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  There’s still three weeks of official summer left but few would argue with Labour Day looming the end of the long, warm days is near.
  To prepare for the inevitable cool evenings of autumn and to celebrate the roots of Labour Day, we take a spin through our updated, annual list of workhorse reds you can enjoy and drink all fall.
  A workhorse red should be widely available, tasty, comforting and affordable — no easy task in the modern wine business, where direct sales and exclusive deal
  
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• Justin Trudeau determined to build Trans Mountain pipeline, tackle climate change despite court ruling

  31-08-2018 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  Thursday's court ruling prompted Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to announce that her province is withdrawing from the national climate change plan and will stay out until the federal government gets its act together, as she put it.
  
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• Wildfires still a threat this Labour Day weekend: B.C. gov’t

  31-08-2018 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  The Labour Day long weekend is here, and the B.C. government is sending out wildfire, travel and safety reminders.
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend for Friday, August 31, 2018

  31-08-2018 19:14 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend for Friday, Aug. 31, 2018.
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend for Thursday, August 20, 2018

  31-08-2018 19:12 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend for Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018.
  
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• Town Talk: Canucks go fishing to aid autistic kids

  31-08-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  HOOKED: Participants in the Canucks Autism Foundation’s 13th-annual Fishing For Kids tournament gathered in a different locale this year. Not for the actual fishing, which was at Langara Island’s West Coast Fishing Club again. That’s the facility Ontarians Brian Legge and Rick Grange began assembling in 1992 after Grange landed a 62.5 pound fish on six-pound-test line there. Before tournament contestants, who paid $13,500 each to enter, flew north this year, they and guest
  
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• Final Nooner at the Nat will go long way to deciding C’s playoff chances

  31-08-2018 18:38 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canadians wrap up the home portion of their regular season schedule this afternoon, and a victory would certainly help their bid for bringing playoff baseball back to Nat Bailey Stadium.
  The C’s (20-14) go into their 1:05 p.m. tilt against the Everett AquaSox with a one-game lead on the Spokane Indians (19-15) for the second-half pennant in the Northwest League’s North Division.
  Vancouver has four games to play in the short-season, single-A loop. After today’s ser
  
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• BBQ Tips: Grilled Panzanella Salad with Creamy Basil Dressing

  31-08-2018 18:27 via globalnews.ca
  Angie Quaale of Well Seasoned shows Global News how to make delicious steps to making grilled panzanella salad with a creamy basil dressing.
  
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• BC Ferries cancellations after crew members injured during drill

  31-08-2018 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  A major ferry is out of service at the start of a long weekend after two workers were hurt while performing a rescue drill on Friday morning.
  
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• BC Ferries workers fall into water during rescue drill, leads to cancellations on major route

  31-08-2018 17:55 via globalnews.ca
  The workers were performing a drill with the rescue boat when they fell into the water.
  
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• Whitecaps look to strengthen defence in rematch with Earthquakes

  31-08-2018 17:52 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Whitecaps know they will have to work to successfully defend home turf when a revenge-minded San Jose Earthquakes club visits B.C. this weekend.
  The Whitecaps (10-9-7) snatched a 3-2 victory from the Earthquakes (14-4-8) last Saturday in California despite San Jose scoring twice in the first 20 minutes.
  “The first 25 minutes of that game were awful. But we went from awful to awesome pretty quick,” midfielder Russell Teibert said after training this week.
  A frank talking
  
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• B.C. first responders on the impact of the opioid crisis

  31-08-2018 17:25 via globalnews.ca
  Advanced life support paramedic Jessica Chilton joins Global News on International Overdose Awareness Day to discuss the province’s opioid crisis and how it affects first responders.
  
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• 98 new modular homes near Queen Elizabeth Park approved by the City of Vancouver

  31-08-2018 17:22 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The city of Vancouver has approved the development of 98 new temporary modular homes that will give homeless Indigenous people first priority.
  In a news release, the city says the focus on Indigenous homelessness is needed after it’s annual homeless count revealed that 40 per cent of Vancouver’s homeless population are of First Nation descent.
  The Lu’ma Native Housing Society was chosen by the city as the not-for-profit operator of the two proposed buildings,
  
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• Lululemon hits record high as yoga-wear maker just keeps beating Wall Street’s expectations

  31-08-2018 17:16 via vancouversun.com
  Lululemon Athletica Inc. investors don’t seem to mind the yoga-wear maker’s stretched valuation — trading at a P/E ratio of about 44 times, more than twice the S&P 500’s. The Vancouver-based company has beaten all sorts of Wall Street estimates over the past two years: net sales in each of the past eight quarters; adjusted per-share earnings in six consecutive reporting periods; comparable sales on a constant currency basis in the last five quarters.
  Shares are up as
  
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• Grand Chief Stewart Phillip on Kinder Morgan pipeline ruling

  31-08-2018 17:15 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. First Nations groups celebrate a landmark federal court ruling, which stops construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline project. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs explains why British Columbians need to know about indigenous rights.
  
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• Get a free popsicle as an act of local love in the Lower Mainland

  31-08-2018 17:00
  
  “This is local love in action, which is all about making our communities better," says United Way of the Lower Mainland CEO.
  
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• B.C. Ferries cancels four Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay sailings due to faulty life boat

  31-08-2018 16:15 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Ferries has cancelled four sailings between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay this morning due to an incident involving one of the ship’s rescue boats.
  The four sailings aboard the Spirit of Vancouver Island that have been cancelled are the 7 a.m and 11 a.m. trips from Swartz Bay and the 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. departures out of Tsawwassen.
  #ServiceNotice #Tsawwassen – #SwartzBay Please be aware the #SpiritofVancouverIsland has cancelled two round trips this morning due to an incident in
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you agree with the Trans Mountain pipeline ruling?

  31-08-2018 15:57 via vancouversun.com
  On Thursday, the Federal Court of Appeal quashed the approval of the $9.3-billion Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion.
  The court found that Canada had not adequately consulted each of six First Nations that had challenged the project’s approval. It also found the National Energy Board’s environmental assessment of the project was also fatally flawed because it ignored the potential impact of increased tanker traffic off British Columbia’s coast.
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• Vancouver Weather: Perfect weather for last weekend of PNE

  31-08-2018 15:38 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Aug. 31, 2018 – Environment Canada says we’re in for a long weekend of mostly sunshine with no rain in the forecast.
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  PNE 2018: Here's what you need to know
  There’s no excuse not to hit up the PNE and stuff yourself full of mini-donuts. Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mix of sun and cloud. High 20. UV index 6 or high.
  Tomorrow: Cloudy. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud in the afternoon. High 20.
  Sunday: A mix of sun and cloud. High 18.
  Monday: Su
  
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• Les Leyne: Pipeline retreat likely, but it’s not dead yet

  31-08-2018 15:00
  
  It’s a huge victory for Indigenous leaders and pipeline opponents, but by no stretch of the imagination is the Trans Mountain expansion project over.
  
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• Why is Drake wearing a Hells Angels support hoodie in this photo?

  31-08-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s top gang cops say they’re concerned about the message Toronto rapper Drake is sending his fans by wearing the support gear of a violent motorcycle gang.
  In a photo posted Aug. 21 to U.S. rapper Travis Scott’s Instagram account, 31-year-old Drake, whose full name is Aubrey Drake Graham, can be seen sitting beside Scott wearing a dark-coloured hoodie with ‘Toronto’ emblazoned across the chest above a circular logo bearing the slogan ‘Support Downtown
  
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• Education Minister hints at incoming projects to build more schools in Surrey

  31-08-2018 11:06 via globalnews.ca
  Surrey has the largest and fastest-growing school district with 71,000 students.
  
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• Students are heading back to class, but is the B.C. school system ready for them?

  31-08-2018 08:59 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Parents looking for dramatic change in B.C.’s school system this year may instead find progress being made more slowly than expected on the promises of lower class sizes, more teachers, better equipment and fewer portables.
  Teachers, school boards and the provincial government say they’ve made big strides toward the goal of 3,700 new teachers, following a hiring spree last year that was the result of the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that restored class size and com
  
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• Business owners considering legal action against FortisBC for summer closure along East 1st

  31-08-2018 08:18 via globalnews.ca
  A group of businesses affected by a summer-long closure on East First Avenue is threatening legal action against FortisBC. As Nadia Stewart reports, business owners say their bottom line has been hit hard and the gas company did nothing to help.
  
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• Advocates worried Trans Mountain was a threat to orcas. It was the other way around

  31-08-2018 07:14 via globalnews.ca
  The endangered southern resident killer whale played a starring role in Thursday's court ruling quashing the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  
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• Survey suggests more British Columbians are boycotting U.S. goods

  31-08-2018 06:51 via globalnews.ca
  A Research Co survey shows that more B.C. residents are avoiding purchasing U.S. made products since Trump became president.
  
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• City of Fernie hopes to set example for small communities after report into fatal ammonia leak

  31-08-2018 06:43 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Fernie said it has lots to learn from tragedy, but specifics not outlined in recent WorksafeBC report following fatal ammonia leak at ice rink.
  
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• Federal Court of Appeal rules against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

  31-08-2018 06:13 via globalnews.ca
  In what’s being called a huge victory for opponents of Kinder Morgan, the Federal Court of Appeal has overturned the Trudeau government’s approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. Ted Chernecki has the details and the reaction.
  
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