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• Is it possible to work less, get more done, and be a lot happier?

  01-09-2018 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  Each year, Canadians spend 300 more hours at work than people in Germany, the Netherlands and Norway. But are we really more productive?
  A UBC researcher believes it’s time to challenge the concept of the 40-hour work week.
  “Why do we define full-time hours the way we do?” asked Paul Kershaw, a professor at UBC’s School of Population and Public Health. “Is there a good reason why we work 300 hours more?”
  Kershaw was quick to clarify he is not an economic
  
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• Black bear climbs into Coquitlam family’s van while child still inside

  01-09-2018 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  "It's very, very unsettling and definitely something we're quite concerned about," said the Conservation Officer Service.
  
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• Chilliwack’s Huitema faces difficult soccer decisions on ‘crazy ride’

  01-09-2018 23:10 via theprovince.com
  Things are happening very fast for Jordyn Huitema.
  The 17-year-old from Chilliwack has already won 11 caps for Canada and recently made two guest appearances for European powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain at the Women’s International Champions Cup.
  In January she won the Golden Boot as top scorer at the CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Championship in Trinidad and Tobago. In April and June, serving as captain, she helped Canada qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which kicks off Nov. 13 in Urugua
  
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• Tofino issues warning after dog reportedly killed by wolves at popular beach

  01-09-2018 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  The District of Tofino has issued a warning after a dog was killed by what are believed to be wolves.
  
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• Saturday Sips – DIY Bartending

  01-09-2018 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  From ageing whiskey to infusing spirits, Kelly Ann Woods from Gillespie’s Fine Spirits, shares her top tricks of the trad that you can do at home.
  
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• Mike Smyth: Gun debate rages across Canada, really hits home in Surrey

  01-09-2018 22:00 via theprovince.com
  With a year to go before a federal election, Canada has suddenly plunged into a full-on gun-control debate that could emerge as a key election issue.
  But, before that happens, the struggle over gun control is already stirring up the fall municipal election in Surrey, where rival council candidates are debating a proposed handgun ban.
  “We have a gang problem in Surrey that’s devastating families,” said Councillor Tom Gill, who is running for mayor.
  “We owe it to those fami
  
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• UPDATE: Dramatic rescues in Saturday morning West Kelowna house fire

  01-09-2018 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  A house fire broke out in West Kelowna on Saturday morning.
  
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• Father, son rescued in West Kelowna house fire

  01-09-2018 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  A house fire broke out in West Kelowna on Saturday morning.
  
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• Opinion: Jean Swanson admits “I did it for the publicity” regarding jailtime over Kinder Morgan

  01-09-2018 21:13
  
  The war rooms of local political parties and independent candidates are getting more creative
  
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• Delta police search for missing teen who may be with 26-year-old man

  01-09-2018 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  Fourteen-year-old Hailey McClelland is believed to be camping in the wooded areas in Surrey or Burnaby and may be with a 26-year-old man.
  
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• Video: This bear decided to go for a dip in Squamish

  01-09-2018 20:32
  
  All you need is the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities
  
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• Ned Bell’s Wild Salmon

  01-09-2018 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  Ocean Wise executive chef, Ned Bell, shares his twist on a classic salmon recipe and reveals what exciting dining options people can expect at the upcoming SKOOKUM festival.
  
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• Forever Young 8K

  01-09-2018 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  It’s the event that proves that age is just a number. The Forever Young 8K is taking place in Richmond next weekend. Organizers Joan and John Young share their motivational message and explain why they are young by name – and nature.
  
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• Back To School Gadgets

  01-09-2018 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  From digital pens to bluetooth headphones, Roopsy Sharma from Best Buy Canada, shows off some of the top tech for students heading back to school this September.
  
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• Gardenworks – Home Décor

  01-09-2018 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  Leanne from GardenWorks show you how to deck out your garden with some fabulous fall décor ideas.
  
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• Open House – Home Office Décor

  01-09-2018 20:10 via globalnews.ca
  From creative space solutions to the latest furniture trends — Kaitlyn Herbst shares ideas for making your home office both functional and stylish.
  
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• Style Q&A: French fashion brand Sandro sets up shop in Vancouver

  01-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The effortlessly chic appeal of French fashion is one many of us try to emulate. But, it’s not always the easiest sartorial effect to achieve.
  Thankfully, French fashion brands such as Sandro and sister brand Maje have made it a whole lot easier to get it right.
  A model wears a Sandro dress from the spring/summer 2018 collection.
  Sandro, which has been available in Canada through select retailers including Hudson’s Bay in Vancouver, and unveiled a store at the McArthurGlen Vanco
  
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• Meet the chef: Evan Elman's career is up in the air

  01-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Evan Elman took the long way to his job as executive chef of Dinner in the Sky. Originally from Boston, Elman graduated from UBC then set course for adventure, touching down in Antarctica, serving as a cruise ship chef and a sous chef in Haida Gwaii. After stints with Hawksworth Group and Relais & Châteaux’s Wedgewood Hotel, he serves guests who dine while suspended by cables more than 30 metres from the ground. Really.
  Q: What motivates and inspires you as a chef?
  A: M
  
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• Beauty Bar: Marcelle City 24Hr Anti-Pollution Day & Night Moisturizing Emulsion

  01-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A skin-boosting product called from the Canadian beauty brand Marcelle, the 24Hr Anti-Pollution Day and Night Moisturizing Emulsion promises to protect skin against damaging pollution, as well as aid in skin’s relief from “environmental stressors.”
  The Moisturizing Emulsion provides long-lasting hydration and reduces the appearance of imperfections such as blackheads for a smoother-looking complexion.
  What we say: This product’s packaging suggests applyin
  
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• Pitcher of the year Winckowski takes his crack at turning around C’s fortunes

  01-09-2018 19:45 via theprovince.com
  Ace hurler Josh Winckowski — and newly minted Northwest League pitcher of the year — gets to try to help turn around the Vancouver Canadians Saturday night.
  Winckowski, who was named the short-season, single-A loop’s top hurler on Thursday thanks to his league-best 2.43 earned run average and 4-4 record through his first 12 starts, gets the ball from manager Dallas McPherson off the top against the Spokane Indians this evening (6:30 p.m.) to begin a three-game series in Sp
  
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• Pianos on the Street: Vancouver cop tickles the ivory

  01-09-2018 19:28 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver police officer was spotted playing the piano under the Cambie Street bridge recently.
  In a video posted to Facebook, the cop can be heard playing some bars from City of Stars, the hit song from the 2016 musical La La Land.For nearly a decade, pianos have been placed in public spaces around the Lower Mainland by the group Pianos on the Street.
  The purpose? “Fostering artistic culture by giving the public the opportunity to experience the power of music and immerse themselves in
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Les Dames d’Escoffier celebrate their Summerdine soiree

  01-09-2018 19:00 via theprovince.com
  SUMMER DINING: Les Dames d’Escoffier is a worldwide philanthropic society of professional women leaders in the fields of food, fine beverage and hospitality. Comprising 40 individual chapters across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Mexico, the charity organization supports the advancement of women in the hospitality and culinary field as well as fostering industry excellence through educational and charitable endeavours.
  One of the more active chapters, B.C. members recent
  
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• Okanagan Falls wildfire in mop-up stage

  01-09-2018 18:43 via globalnews.ca
  The Okanagan Falls wildfire that burned approximately eight hectares on Friday is now in the mop-up stage.
  
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• As busy year continues to unfold, teen star Jordyn Huitema faces soccer decisions

  01-09-2018 18:35 via theprovince.com
  Things are happening very fast for Jordyn Huitema.
  The 17-year-old from Chilliwack B.C., has already won 11 caps for Canada and recently made two guest appearances for European powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain at the Women’s International Champions Cup.
  In January she won the Golden Boot as top-scorer at the CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Championship in Trinidad and Tobago. In April and June, serving as captain, she helped Canada qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which kicks off Nov. 13 in
  
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• Workers and companies left in limbo after Trans Mountain pipeline ruling

  01-09-2018 18:10 via vancouversun.com
  Workers and companies who were set to be employed on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion have been left wondering where they stand as construction on the project begins to shut down.
  Ryan Bruce, director of government and public relations for the union CLAC, said some of the workers were sent home after the Federal Court of Appeal ruling quashed Ottawa’s approval of the pipeline expansion on Thursday.
  The workers will come back for a meeting with their employers early next week to talk a
  
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• 10 Instagram-worthy outdoor spots in Richmond

  01-09-2018 18:00
  
  The days are only getting shorter, so get outside while you can.
  
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• He smelled smoke. Then this teen sprang into action to help seniors evacuate burning building

  01-09-2018 17:22
  
  Aidan Hardings called a 'rock star' for the way he helped emergency crews deal with Deep Cove fire. It "was massive, it was awesome. It was a huge help.”
  
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• 'All we can do is wake people up': Kamloops mom speaks up about losing son to opioid crisis

  01-09-2018 16:32
  
  This is a heartbroken mother's message about drug use on International Overdose Awareness Day
  
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• Shipwrecked in the Arctic

  01-09-2018 16:24 via theprovince.com
  A recent trip with ‘One Ocean Expeditions’ to the Arctic ‘Pathways to Franklin’ proved to be more exciting than planned!
  Due to the melting of ice north of Greenland, a huge quantity of ice has swept south, covering the area we had planned to explore on the Franklin route. So we were flown into a tiny Inuit community, much further south, called Kugaaruk, and transferred by zodiacs to a Russian ship, the Akademik Ioffe, with a totally Russian crew.
  Akademik Ioffe in Kugaar
  
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• Federal fisheries and oceans minister confident pipeline will be built

  01-09-2018 16:00
  
  North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson says, “The work the court was looking for has already been done.”
  
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• Exploring the Wild Side of Niagara Falls

  01-09-2018 15:30 via theprovince.com
  The Niagara Wonder pounds and bucks against the powerful current as the boat edges toward the thundering Niagara Falls. Soaked in mist with my pulse racing, I feel very small next to the awesome power of the spraying, cascading water.
  Maid of the Mist from the USA throbs toward the Falls.
  Put aside Niagara Falls’ image as a sedate honeymoon site it can be an adrenaline-filled visit of another kind.
  Atop the gorge, I climb a two-story platform and stand nervously at the edge while I am
  
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• Ahoy, Halifax!

  01-09-2018 15:10 via theprovince.com
  “I stood on the deck and I saw the lights and I tell you, it was heaven,” a Polish immigrant recounted of her arrival in Halifax in 1950. “And I made a vow that this would be my country.”
  Her words are inscribed with those of countless others in the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, at the Halifax Seaport. Canada’s Ellis Island, Pier 21 was the gateway for over a million arriving immigrants between 1928 and 1971, and like Ellis Island is now a museum recoun
  
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• Lakeside living in Peachland

  01-09-2018 15:04 via vancouversun.com
  Marlene Miller has loved the view from her house ever since she arrived in the Okanagan lakeside village of Peachland from Norway 13 years ago.
  “My view is very expansive,” she said, describing her 4,200-square-foot waterfront home on about an acre of land just south of the community. “I can see all the way from the Mission Hill Winery in West Kelowna to Naramata (near Penticton). I am thinking of selling, but one thing that would be very difficult to part with is the view.&rdq
  
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• Victoria's Secret Angel Jasmine Tookes talks being an Angel, Instagram and keeping things positive

  01-09-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Jasmine Tookes was a far cry from “Angel” status when she first visited Vancouver 12 years ago.
  The 27-year-old model recalls that she was in town for her first job with the American retailer Abercrombie & Fitch — but she never imagined she’d be back here in a role as ambassador for the lingerie mega-brand Victoria’s Secret.
  And, more than an ambassador, Tookes is a bonafide Angel.
  “The last time I was here was 12 years ago, it was for my first job ever,&r
  
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• Hassan Yussuff: Canada needs a single-payer, universal prescription drug program

  01-09-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Patricia is a 61-year-old woman who takes medication for some fairly common health issues including arthritis, high cholesterol, a thyroid condition and chronic pain management. She retired three years ago after a 35-year career in a unionized job with prescription drug coverage.
  In retirement, Patricia’s drug coverage has a cap of $2,000 per year, so her coverage maxes out just before Thanksgiving. Since she is not yet a senior, she isn’t eligible for government assistance. Patricia
  
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• The Home Front: Fall trends in home decor

  01-09-2018 14:37 via vancouversun.com
  Each season brings a new wave of home-decor items and approaches that promise to transport us seamlessly from one set of weather conditions to the next, but fall can be a tricky one. We’re not always ready to shelve the hot pinks, reds and yellows of summer and suddenly shift into darker, heavier decor.
  This fall, however, the transition might seem a little easier, says Kathy Davy, head of communication and interior design for Ikea Canada, describing some of the colours and materials we&rs
  
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• Sold (Bought): Tsawwassen home showcases plenty of updates

  01-09-2018 14:37 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  1098 Ferguson Road, Tsawwassen
  Type: Three-bedroom, two-bathroom detached
  Size: 1,762 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $1,085,500
  Listed for: $1,098,000
  Sold for: $1,103,000
  Sold on: June 12
  Days on market: Seven
  Listing agent: Trisha Murphy and Teri Steele at Sutton Group Seafair Realty
  Buyers agent: Jennifer McIver at ReMax Progroup Realty
  The big sell: This renovated rancher provides one-level living and a floor plan that s
  
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• Chelsea focuses on residential livability

  01-09-2018 14:18 via vancouversun.com
  Chelsea, Cressey Development Group’s low-rise residential project at West 31st Avenue and Cambie Street in Vancouver, is part of the exciting transformation of the Cambie corridor that is seeing more multi-unit developments in the neighbourhood.
  The city’s Cambie Corridor Plan is a long-term framework to guide change and growth in the neighbourhood and allow for higher-density development close to the area’s rapid transport services.
  Chelsea comprises two six-storey buildings w
  
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• Whitecaps Game Day: Quakes looking to make split happen at B.C. Place

  01-09-2018 12:00 via theprovince.com
  NEXT GAME: SATURDAY
  San Jose Earthquakes at Vancouver Whitecaps
  7 p.m., B.C. Place Stadium, TSN, TSN 1040 AMKEY MATCHUP
  Valeri Qazaishvili vs. the Whitecaps midfield
  The Earthquakes finally found the right formula offensively on Wednesday, playing “Vako” underneath their striker as a No. 10 in a 4-4-1-1 formation against Dallas. The Georgian forward looked unstoppable against the Toros, scoring two goals and setting up the game-winner. The shifty, triple-threat DP will represent a to
  
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• Witness saw South Okanagan wildfire grow from campfire size to several acres in minutes

  01-09-2018 07:11 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton’s John Huculak and his family were having a picnic beside Skaha Lake in Okanagan Falls Friday afternoon when they spotted flames in the hills. The fire quickly climbed the hillside and spread before their eyes. Doris Maria Bregolisse has the story.
  
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• Fit but unhealthy? UBC study finds hidden heart disease risk in athletes

  01-09-2018 07:11 via globalnews.ca
  New research from the University of British Columbia has found that a killer daily Fitbit score could actually be hiding some serious health issues.
  
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• Officials investigating ‘cluster’ of Legionnaires’ disease cases in Surrey

  01-09-2018 06:49 via globalnews.ca
  Fraser Health says public health officials are now trying to track down the source of the bacteria. 
  
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• Homicide investigators seek more info into Surrey murder of homeless man

  01-09-2018 06:24 via theprovince.com
  Homicide investigators are asking potential witnesses to come forward as they probe the death of a homeless man after a fight outside a Surrey McDonald’s.
  Lakhwinder Singh Bal died after police responded to a report of a fight outside the fast-food restaurant near 129th Street and 96th Avenue at about 9 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 19.
  “When emergency services arrived, they found (the victim) unresponsive in the parking lot,” said Integrated Homicide Investigation Team spokesman Cpl. D
  
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• What will the Trans Mountain decision mean for B.C. Workers?

  01-09-2018 05:28 via globalnews.ca
  The fallout from a bombshell Federal Court of Appeal decision to quash Ottawa’s approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion continues as dozens of B.C. workers now face a very uncertain future. Paul Johnson reports.
  
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• Thrills and spills: Global BC anchors vs. a footlong hot dog and a PNE ride

  01-09-2018 05:09 via globalnews.ca
  There were thrills. There were chills. And there were definitely spills.
  
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• Thrills and spills: Global BC anchors vs. a footlong hot dog and a carnival ride

  01-09-2018 05:09 via globalnews.ca
  There were thrills. There were chills. And there were definitely spills.
  
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• B.C. dairy farmers on edge as U.S. targets supply management in stalled NAFTA talks

  01-09-2018 05:02 via globalnews.ca
  It's watch and wait for B.C. dairy farmers, with NAFTA talks now suspended over the long weekend.
  
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• BC Ferries training accident cancels long weekend sailings

  01-09-2018 04:59 via globalnews.ca
  Travellers faced long waits at Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen on Friday as a BC Ferries training accident forced the cancellation of four sailings ahead of the Labour Day long weekend traffic crunch. Kylie Stanton reports.
  
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• Okanagan Falls wildfire grew to seven hectares very quickly on Friday afternoon

  01-09-2018 04:52 via globalnews.ca
  The BC Wildfire Service says a blaze burning on the westside of Okanagan Falls was human caused. Highway 97 was shut down in both directions one kilometre north of town while crews worked to douse the flames.
  
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• Distracted driving: No cellphones, no books, no Cheetos … please

  01-09-2018 04:25 via vancouversun.com
  As the Labour Day long weekend gets underway, ICBC is urging drivers to take caution on the roads, slow down and avoid distracted driving.
  “With children returning to school next week, roads will be very busy,” the insurance corporation said in a news release. “ICBC is asking drivers to give themselves extra travel time so they aren’t rushing and more likely to ­speed. Drivers should be completely focused on the road and be watching for children, especially in or arou
  
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