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• J.J. Adams: If Whitecaps are a ‘big-game team,’ Sunday is perfect time to prove it

  20-09-2018 23:54 via theprovince.com
  If there is a criticism of the Vancouver Whitecaps — and there seems to be plenty these days — the one most pertinent to their current situation is that the squad doesn’t have the moxie or, perhaps, the skill, to win the so-called Big Games.
  Cue the indignant coach.
  “I’ve listened to people who’ve said, when big games come around, these players can’t quite get over the hurdle, and what I have to say to that is yeah, it was a big game on Saturday …
  
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• Homeless can stay at Goldstream Provincial Park for now, ministry says

  20-09-2018 23:32 via vancouversun.com
  Homeless campers evicted from tent cities in Regina Park and Ravine Way in Saanich on Vancouver Island will be allowed to stay at Goldstream Provincial Park in Langford while the government assesses the situation and looks at its options.
  “There is currently no deadline as outreach staff continue to assess the campers’ needs,” says a statement released by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
  Confusion reigned for most of the morning. On Wednesday night, the Environmen
  
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• Goldstream Provincial Park campground closed after homeless campers move in

  20-09-2018 23:25
  Campers were evicted from Regina Park in Saanich earlier this month.
  
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• Family to gather on Highway 16 to remember Smithers woman, Jessica Patrick

  20-09-2018 22:38 via vancouversun.com
  SMITHERS — Family and friends of a young northwestern British Columbia mother are calling on people to gather along Highway 16 as a tribute to the 18-year-old.
  Jessica Patrick, also known as Jessica Balczer, was reported missing on Sept. 3, three days after she was last seen at a Smithers motel.
  RCMP announced Sunday that human remains had been found near the Bulkley Valley community.
  They did not identify the victim, but Patrick’s relatives responded by holding a vigil attended by a
  
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• Braised Farmcrest chicken, B.C. mushrooms, Red Fife ciabatta toast

  20-09-2018 22:37
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• St. Thomas More trio ready for one last run at high school football title together

  20-09-2018 22:24 via theprovince.com
  If only Dario Ciccone had one of those hand-held number-counters handy when he started spiralling passes to Michael Simone and Vasco Repole.
  The trio are Grade 12 students on a St. Thomas More Knights team that once again looks like a contender for the Triple A provincial crown. They have been lining up together on the gridiron since Grade 4, first with flag football, before moving to tackle.
  Ciccone has always been the quarterback, Simone and Repole always his main targets. Think about how many
  
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• Proposal to use Whistler for ski jumping in 2026 Olympics hits anti-B.C. sentiment in Calgary

  20-09-2018 22:12 via vancouversun.com
  An International Olympic Committee official once said the commute from Vancouver to Whistler for the 2010 Winter Games was “too far.”
  Now, the IOC says it’s OK for Calgary to hold ski jumping outside the province of Alberta, should the city decide to bid on the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  The bid corporation Calgary 2026 proposes re-using the 2010 ski jumping venue Whistler for that sport and nordic combined, which is a combination of ski jumping and cross-country skiing
  
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• Meet B.C.'s Tilray, the $17-billion cannabis king with scant revenue

  20-09-2018 22:12 via vancouversun.com
  Two months ago, Tilray Inc. was a little-known Canadian marijuana producer working to build its international footprint from the sleepy British Columbia town of Nanaimo.
  Today, Tilray has become the king of pot. The stock has soared more than 10-fold since its initial public offering in July, dethroning Canopy Growth Corp. as the world’s largest marijuana company. It sports a market value of about $17 billion, even after a pullback Thursday.
  A global focus on medicinal marijuana, backing f
  
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• Virtual reality developer, 15-year-old Sabarish Gnanamoorthy, to speak in Vancouver

  20-09-2018 21:58 via vancouversun.com
  Toronto computer whiz kid Sabarish Gnanamoorthy has become a big name in the world of augmented and virtual reality and was named one of the top 10 most influential people in the field in 2018.
  And he’s just getting started. At 15, he is the youngest person to be sponsored by Microsoft to develop virtual reality and augmented reality games and applications.
  This summer he worked a paid internship for the company and on Saturday, he’ll address thousands of people at the VR/A
  
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• Beauty Bar: Shu Uemura Ultimate Reset collection

  20-09-2018 21:48 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A collection of hair care products targeting the repair of “very damaged hair.”
  Dubbed Ultimate Reset, the collection of products includes a shampoo, conditioner, masque and Extreme Restoration Duo-Serum.
  The shampoo, which is deemed suitable for “over-processed hair” is infused with “Lotus Infusion and Ceramide 3000 PPM technology” to boost the hair fibres and restore strength. The conditioner promises to protect against the loss of hair proteins
  
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• Body found in Richmond home

  20-09-2018 21:42
  
  A neighbour says the home was empty and awaiting demolition.
  
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• Tent city campers barred from Vancouver Island's Goldstream Provincial Park

  20-09-2018 21:18 via vancouversun.com
  A police command centre has set up at Goldstream Provincial Park in Langford on Vancouver Island as homeless campers forced from green space in Saanich fear they are once again being pushed out.
  Organizer Chrissy Brett said the Environment Ministry arrived after 5 p.m. Wednesday night and closed the park to all but registered campers.
  B.C. Park Rangers are guarding the park gates to campsites letting out registered campers but not letting vehicles, tourists or people on foot enter. Those enterin
  
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• Young virtual reality developer, 15-year-old Sabarish Gnanamoorthy, to speak in Vancouver

  20-09-2018 21:15 via vancouversun.com
  Toronto computer whiz kid Sabarish Gnanamoorthy has become a huge name in the world of augmented and virtual reality and was named one of the Top 10 most influential people in the field in 2018.
  And he’s just getting started. At 15, he is the youngest person to be sponsored by Microsoft to develop an augmented reality game for the HoloLens.
  This summer he worked a paid internship for the company and on Saturday, he’ll address thousands of people at the VR/AR Global Summit i
  
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• Huge fire at Agassiz dairy farm

  20-09-2018 21:13 via vancouversun.com
  A fire that broke out at a dairy farm in Agassiz late Wednesday night destroyed multiple buildings.
  Firefighters were called shortly after 10 p.m. and found several buildings were engulfed in flames.
  Agassiz fire chief Wayne Dyer said neighbours from several farms of Cameron Road worked quickly to move the animals, which included 172 cows and nine calves.
  Just two cows died in the blaze, said Dyer.
  “It was some sight to behold, all those farmers moving all those cows so fast. They had them
  
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• CKNW Where We Live Series

  20-09-2018 21:11
  The CKNW Original Series Where We Live features our reporters as they explore neighbourhoods in Metro Vancouver. From September 10th-30th presented by BC Care Providers Association
  
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• Search into seventh day for small plane missing between Edmonton and Chilliwack

  20-09-2018 21:10 via vancouversun.com
  Crews aboard two military aircraft, an RCMP helicopter and five civilian planes are keeping a close watch for an incoming storm over central British Columbia as the search for a small plane moves into a seventh day.
  A spokesman for the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Katelyn Moores, says search efforts are concentrated along Highway 5 between Valemount and Kamloops.
  The plane, with its pilot and a passenger, was reported overdue last Friday on a flight from Edmonton to Chilliwack.
  Moores
  
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• Dozens of bird fall out of the sky in Tsawwassen

  20-09-2018 21:10
  Wildlife officials have launched an investigation – after a bizarre incident near the B.C. Ferries terminal in Tsawwassen
  
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• Surrey RCMP injects itself into civic election campaign

  20-09-2018 21:09
  'Our officers care deeply about the community they police,' Surrey RCMP says.
  
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• Penticton SPCA branch flooded with 65 surrendered cats, kittens

  20-09-2018 21:01
  The Penticton branch of the B.C. SPCA was inundated with 65 cats and kittens that were rescued from a hoarder this week.
  
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• IHIT confirms Langley search linked to Brandon Nathan Teixeria

  20-09-2018 21:00
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has confirmed details around a major police presence in Langley on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Province should do more about the use of anti-psychotic drugs: BC Seniors Advocate

  20-09-2018 20:58
  'These are very powerful drugs,' B.C.'s Seniors Advocate says.
  
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• Loui Eriksson out with a bone bruise

  20-09-2018 20:58 via theprovince.com
  The Canucks now have another player whose status is uncertain for opening night: Loui Eriksson.
  The winger is out week-to-week with a bone bruise in his leg, coach Travis Green said on Thursday.
  Loui Eriksson in preseason action against the Oilers on Sept. 18.
  Eriksson blocked a shot in Tuesday’s 4-2 loss to Edmonton and was spotted in discomfort on the bench afterwards.
  The Canucks open the regular season Oct. 3 at home against Calgary; if Eriksson isn’t ready to go, this opens a do
  
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• Corteo: a clown’s funeral imagined

  20-09-2018 20:47
  
  Use of new technology means the popular Cirque Du Soleil production is more spectacular than ever
  
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• Cirque du Soleil sends in the clowns for Vancouver production of Corteo

  20-09-2018 20:47
  
  Use of new technology means the popular Cirque Du Soleil production is more spectacular than ever
  
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• This curious sculpture exhibit gets its freak on at Vancouver’s Patricia Hotel

  20-09-2018 20:22
  
  While Patricia Piccinini’s art makes almost everyone uncomfortable, it is no doubt compelling. With creatures that appear torn from the absurd, yet ultimately relatable, they have sparked international acclaim.
  
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• Okanagan tech sector study: 693 businesses, 12,000 jobs

  20-09-2018 20:20
  A new study says the tech sector has created more than 12,000 jobs in the Okanagan.
  
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• Seahawks struggling to protect quarterback Russell Wilson

  20-09-2018 20:16 via theprovince.com
  RENTON, Wash. — Pete Carroll has a firm belief that the protection the Seattle Seahawks offensive line is providing Russell Wilson has improved from where it was in recent years.
  The statistics tell a far different story.
  No team in the NFL has seen its quarterback sacked more often through the first two weeks of the season than the Seahawks. It’s been a disastrous mix of mistakes by the offensive line, Wilson holding the ball too long at times, and facing a pair of elite pass rusher
  
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• Get your veg on at this market-style vegan food fest in Mount Pleasant

  20-09-2018 20:02
  
  Showcasing the edible wares of about two dozen of B.C.’s best plant-based vendors, a mini Veg Fest is happening this weekend in Vancouver.
  
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• Movie review: Movie Minute Life Itself

  20-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Does hit TV show This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman succeed at bringing his complicated, messy, box-of-tissues-needed view of life to the big screen? Find out in this week’s Movie Minute when Postmedia movie critic Dana Gee and Arts & Life editor Aleesha Harris take a look at the new movie Life Itself out in theatres Sept. 21.
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of September 15.

  20-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Leverage in death by J.D. Robb
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. Leverage in Death — J.D. Robb.
  2. In His Father’s Footsteps — Danielle Steel
  3. Texas Ranger — James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle
  4. The President is Missing — James Patterson and Bill Clinton
  5. Dark Sentinel — Christine Feehan
  6. Depths of Winter — Craig Johnson
  7. The Fall of Gondolin — J.R.R. Tolkien
  8. The Outsider — Stephen King
  9. Tailspin — Sandra Brown
  10. Wher
  
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• Beauty Bar: Shu Uemura Ultimate Remedy collection

  20-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A collection of hair care products targeting the repair of “very damaged hair.”
  Dubbed Ultimate Remedy, the collection of products includes a shampoo, conditioner, masque and Extreme Restoration Duo-Serum.
  The shampoo, which is deemed suitable for “over-processed hair” is infused with “Lotus Infusion and Ceramide 3000 PPM technology” to boost the hair fibres and restore strength. The conditioner promises to protect against the loss of hair proteins
  
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• B.C.: 20 bestselling books of the week of September 15

  20-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food — Shelley Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd.). 
  2. One Eagle Soaring — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing). 
  3. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act — Bob Joseph (Page Two Strategies).
  4. A Sorrowful Sanctuary — Iona Whishaw (TouchWood Editions). 
  5. The Hidden Life of Trees: Illustrated Edition — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books).
  6. The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief
  
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• Assassination Nation stars talk feminism, guns and kick-ass friendships

  20-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  After watching the trailer for the new film Assassination Nation, you’d be forgiven for writing the film off as yet another teen-driven flick featuring seedy sex, debauchery and an unhealthy dose of deadly violence.
  That’s exactly what the roughly two-minute, 34-second trailer promises. What you get is, admittedly, all that — but a whole lot more, too.
  The film, which is written and directed by Sam Levinson of The Wizard of Lies and Another Happy Day, is a thriller that te
  
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• Dozens of birds fall out of the sky in Tsawwassen; wildlife officials investigate

  20-09-2018 19:48
  Environment Canada migratory bird biologist Laurie Wilson said an investigating is underway, she calls it a  rare "mortality event."
  
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• Giants defenceman Bowen Byram looks to build off impressive rookie season

  20-09-2018 19:47 via theprovince.com
  Vancouver Giants defenceman Bowen Byram is in entering just his second Western Hockey League season, but he has been impressing his head coach for years.
  “One thing I remember is I spent a year with the Kootenay Ice over Christmas time, Bowen and my son got to come and practise with the Ice and (Byram) opened a lot of eyes of the veteran guys,” said Giants head coach Michael Dyck, who coached Byram at the bantam triple-A level.
  “They couldn’t believe he was 14 and doing w
  
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• Vancouver rental prices flatlining, despite fears over allowable increases

  20-09-2018 19:31
  
  Median one-bed rents about the same as last year, as landlords come under fire over permitted price hikes
  
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• Tiny Mount Pleasant park was a labour of love

  20-09-2018 19:26
  
  New parklet at Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House was three years in the making
  
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• Hollywood North: The Good Doctor cast say Vancouver-filmed show a hopeful remedy for dark times

  20-09-2018 18:49 via vancouversun.com
  The Good Doctor
  When: Monday at 7 p.m.
  Where: CTV
  BURNABY — The hero of The Good Doctor, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, represents the show’s title in more ways than one.
  Dr. Shaun Murphy is exceptionally skilled at curing patients, but he’s also morally good, able to see the light in others even if he can’t always connect.
  The optimistic character is also having a positive effect on English actor Freddie Highmore, who previously played killer Norman Bat
  
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• B.C.-based Tilray becomes most valuable cannabis company after stock spikes as high as 1,600 per cent

  20-09-2018 18:34
  Shares of Tilray Inc. have jumped by as much as 1,600 per cent since the Canadian marijuana company began trading on the NASDAQ exchange in July.
  
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• Letters, Sept. 20: PR would give urban B.C. a 'disproportional influence over the rural population,' argues reader

  20-09-2018 18:30 via vancouversun.com
  It was refreshing to see an academic, John Redekop, weigh in on proportional representation in his op-ed Saturday. 
  Having lived under the proportional regime in Australia, where there are a multitude of parties, gaming the system, with the popular vote lost in the redistribution of votes, that voting system is not for me.
  B.C.’s wealth is generated in the hinterland and the urbanites would gain a disproportional influence over the rural population. I will be voting against the J
  
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• Douglas Todd: Fighting ever-hotter summers may require a global government

  20-09-2018 18:25 via vancouversun.com
  The west coast of North America had its most devastating forest-fire season in recorded history this summer, with intense heat and drifting smoke stoking distress. Wildfires also roared through Sweden and Greece, killing scores of people.
  The Middle East is forecast to increasingly broil under virtually unlivable extreme temperatures — with a city in Iran last year almost reaching 54 C., the highest-ever reliably recorded temperature. Water shortages, crop failure and extreme drought are t
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Rainfall warning in effect

  20-09-2018 18:19 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. –  After a few sunny days, the rain is set to return on Thursday, with a slight chance of scattered showers in the morning, and a high of 16 C. Periods of heavy rain are expected in the afternoon and increase in intensity overnight, according to Environment Canada.
  The weather agency posted a rainfall warning for the region early Thursday, saying up to 50 millimetres are expected by Friday morning.  Another 30 to 50 millimetres of rainfall are expected Friday afte
  
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• Spice Radio AM 1200 will broadcast Giants games when they conflict with Canucks

  20-09-2018 18:14 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Giants and Sportsnet 650 announced Thursday morning that Surrey-based Spice Radio AM 1200 will broadcast Giants games that conflict with Vancouver Canucks contests.
  Sportsnet 650 is starting its second year with Canucks games. It added the Giants to its stable in the off-season. The club had previously been with TSN 1040.
  Spice Radio tags itself as “Vancouver’s new South Asian radio station.”
  James Malm and his Vancouver Giants teammates will have some of their ga
  
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• Preview of 2018 Passions gala

  20-09-2018 18:12
  Chef Karan Suri from ARC Restaurant joins Sonia Sunger to give her a taste of what people can expect at the upcoming “Passions” gala in support of the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation.
  
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• A fresh start for the Vancouver Giants

  20-09-2018 18:06
  The Vancouver Giants new general manager Barclay Parneta joins Sonia Sunger to talk about changes on and off the ice that the team has made in hopes of returning to glory.
  
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• Surrey mayoral candidate says supportive housing not appropriate for downtown Cloverdale

  20-09-2018 17:55
  "Through that walk I understood what the implications would be for that community."
  
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• Family to gather on Highway 16 to honour Smithers teen Jessica Patrick

  20-09-2018 17:23 via vancouversun.com
  SMITHERS — Family and friends of a young northwestern British Columbia mother are calling on people to gather along Highway 16 as a tribute to the 18-year-old.
  Jessica Patrick, also known as Jessica Balczer, was reported missing on Sept. 3, three days after she was last seen at a Smithers motel.
  RCMP announced Sunday that human remains had been found near the Bulkley Valley community.
  They did not identify the victim, but Patrick’s relatives responded by holding a vigil attended by a
  
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• Richmond mayoral candidate Hong Guo faces lawsuit over $13M dispute

  20-09-2018 16:30
  
  Chinese investors claim they are $13 million out of pocket after a $40 million Richmond development deal, involving Hong Guo, turned sour.
  
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• Douglas Todd: We might need a global government to fight ever-hotter summers

  20-09-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  The west coast of North America had its most devastating forest-fire season in recorded history this summer, with intense heat and drifting smoke stoking distress. Wildfires also roared through Sweden and Greece, killing scores of people.
  The Middle East is forecast to increasingly broil under virtually unlivable extreme temperatures — with a city in Iran last year almost reaching 54 C., the highest-ever reliably recorded temperature. Water shortages, crop failure and extreme drought are t
  
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• City Opera Vancouver checks into Nigredo Hotel

  20-09-2018 16:00
  
  Film noir at the opera? That’s the concept of this macbre one-act chamber opera.
  
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