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• Dan Fumano: Wai Young responds to tale of the ticket, the phone, and the makeup compact

  23-09-2018 23:45 via vancouversun.com
  The story of Wai Young’s recent distracted-driving ticket would have probably been a one-day wonder.
  But Coalition Vancouver’s road-safety-focused mayoral candidate chose to respond to last week’s Vancouver Sun story with a press release sent to news outlets and a message tagging local journalists on social media.
  As the Sun’s Matt Robinson reported on Wednesday, Young, who has vowed to crack down on “lawless” cyclists and pedestrians, failed to appe
  
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• Hollywood North: Vancouver-filmed Child's Play reboot has updated Chucky

  23-09-2018 23:09 via vancouversun.com
  After cameras started rolling last week on the Vancouver-filmed reboot of the horror classic Child’s Play, Norwegian director Lars Klevberg gave the world its first look at the new (and maybe improved?) Chucky, the demonic doll that first slashed and hacked his way into our hearts back in 1988.In the original Child’s Play, Chucky was a doll possessed by the soul of a serial killer.  In the 21st century reboot, the little redheaded doll only turns homicidal after being
  
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• How Michael Smith put B.C.'s life sciences community on the map with a Nobel Prize 25 years ago

  23-09-2018 22:13 via vancouversun.com
  The late Nobel Prize winner Michael Smith was a good, but not spectacular, student who narrowly missed being sent to work in the trades.
  Really, nothing about his Nobel adventure went to script.
  As a student of modest means from a state-run elementary school, Smith needed to perform well enough on his exams to escape a life devoted to welding or stone masonry.
  He qualified for a reputable academic boarding school in his home town of Blackpool, although his mother had to forcefully persuade him t
  
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• Developer-funded billboards raise eyebrows in Vancouver mayoral race

  23-09-2018 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  Billboards promoting mayoral candidate Hector Bremner sprung up around Vancouver in the weeks before campaign spending rules kicked in.
  
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• Tendeck, defence power Giants to back-to-back wins over Everett to start WHL season

  23-09-2018 21:42 via theprovince.com
  Goaltender David Tendeck was named the game’s first star for a second straight night, his teammates showed continued improvement defensively and the Vancouver Giants are off to a perfect start to the WHL season after two nights.
  Vancouver beat the Everett Silvertips 3-1 Saturday in Everett, giving them an identical finish from Friday’s season opener between the teams at the Langley Events Centre.
  Tendeck, who went to NHL training camp with the Arizona Coyotes, has come back looking c
  
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• Ask an Expert: Arthritis Awareness Month

  23-09-2018 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  Millions of Canadians live with it and, despite common misconceptions, arthritis affects people of all ages. World-renowned rheumatologist Dr. John Esdaile joins Coleen to explain signs, symptoms and preventative measures.
  
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• Kobe Japanese Restaurant 50th Anniversary

  23-09-2018 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  They are known for putting on a show as they serve you dinner and now Kobe Japanese restaurant is celebrating 50 years. Chef Jimmy Calma joins Jay and Coleen to showcase some of their dazzling food displays and techniques.
  
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• RCMP, firefighters investigate another sulphuric acid leak near Trail, B.C.

  23-09-2018 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  For the third time this year, there has been a reported leak of sulphuric acid being transported from Teck Resources' Trail facility.
  
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• Teens bring Orange Shirt Day to Port Moody school

  23-09-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Chloe Goodison wants to tell you all about her new orange T-shirt.
  The Grade 11 student has been working hard with friend Nathan Piasecki and a leadership teacher to bring Orange Shirt Day — a day where people wear orange shirts to honour the survivors of residential schools, their families and their loved ones who didn’t survive — to Heritage Woods Secondary School in Port Moody for the first time on Friday.
  Goodison, 16, said she has no Indigenous heritage, but came to u
  
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• Vancouver's 'weird' election race festival of uncertainty as incumbents out, housing worries in

  23-09-2018 18:22 via vancouversun.com
  As election campaigns kick off across British Columbia, its largest city is facing a race unlike any other, experts say.
  A proliferation of new parties and independent candidates are crowding the Vancouver race in a widespread turnover of the existing council.
  “It’s really weird, it’s not common to anything I’ve ever seen,” said David Moscrop, a political scientist in the department of communications at the University of Ottawa who recently left B.C.
  The city’
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Here comes the sun (do do do do)

  23-09-2018 18:17 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Sept. 23, 2018 – Hey Vancouver, here’s that healthy helping of sunshine you ordered:
  Look at that forecast! Look at that sun.
  Environment Canada says the rain falling in the Lower Mainland on Sunday morning will be the last we’ll see for the next few days.
  The grey skies will be clearing this afternoon, setting the stage for a week filled with sunshine and mild temperatures.
  We can expect a high of 16C today but temperatures are expected to climb —&n
  
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• Surrey girl in hospital following stabbing in park

  23-09-2018 17:57 via theprovince.com
  A 17-year-old Surrey girl is listed in stable condition in hospital after she was stabbed during an altercation at a city park early Saturday evening.
  Surrey RCMP responded to reports of an altercation between several youths at Unwin Park, a large sports field complex in Newton, at around 6:20 p.m.
  The teen was found suffering from stab wounds. She was taken to hospital where she is being treated for what police are calling non-life threatening injuries.
  Police say the incident was targeted
  
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• Throwback video shows how Vancouver changed from the 1930s to the 1990s

  23-09-2018 16:30
  
  Take a look at what Vancouver used to look like in this photographic comparison video
  
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• RCMP investigating after Surrey stabbing sends 17-year-old girl to hospital Saturday

  23-09-2018 15:43 via globalnews.ca
  Surrey RCMP said it appears the incident was targeted and there is no risk to public safety.
  
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• Vancouver Police searching for missing elderly man, medical distress possible

  23-09-2018 15:09 via globalnews.ca
  Tao Ping Lee, 69, was last seen around 1 p.m. Saturday, when he left his home near Victoria Drive and E. 1st Avenue.
  
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• Whitecaps Game Day: Vultures circling Vancouver, who must jump through Hoops to stay alive

  23-09-2018 14:00 via theprovince.com
  Next Game
  Sunday
  FC Dallas (14-6-8, second in West) at Vancouver Whitecaps (11-10-7, seventh in West)
  4 p.m., B.C. Place Stadium, TSN, TSN 1040 AM
  Sunday’s showdown
  The Vancouver Whitecaps looked to be cooked in blazing 34-degree Texas temperatures at Toyota Stadium on May 19. FC Dallas had just doubled its lead in the 78th minute, and trailing 2-0 with nary a shot on goal, it appeared the Caps were dead and buried.
  But some hustle from Anthony Blondell resulted in an 82nd-minute own goal
  
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• Canucks Post Game: Pettersson produces even on a ‘quiet’ night

  23-09-2018 07:35 via theprovince.com
  Here’s the thing about good players: even when you think they’re not up to much, they still manage to have an impact.
  Through the first half-hour of the game on Saturday in Calgary, Canucks wunderkind Elias Pettersson had barely done anything. His line had been on the ice for just one shot attempt at even strength.
  And then things clicked. Of course it took him being switched to a line with Brock Boeser and Brandon Leipsic, but that’s what a coach would hope would happen when h
  
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• Flames 5, Canucks 2: Goals tough to come by without the top line

  23-09-2018 06:48 via theprovince.com
  CALGARY — Losing the Sedins was always going to be an offensive problem for the Vancouver Canucks.
  Saturday night’s 5-2 loss to the Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome was a reminder of just how tough the offensive sledding is likely to be.
  Yes, they were missing Bo Horvat and Sven Baertschi, two players who will help a great deal in the scoring department in the regular season, but the Flames didn’t exactly dress their top-flight defensive corps: Mark Giordano, T.J. Brodie, Tr
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 – Sept. 22

  23-09-2018 05:00 via globalnews.ca
  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6.
  
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• Royal Columbian Hospital second phase expansion plans revealed

  23-09-2018 04:31 via globalnews.ca
  The second phase of the RCH expansion will include a new acute care tower and an expanded emergency department. Nadia Stewart reports.
  
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• Man uses DNA test to find relatives

  23-09-2018 04:25 via globalnews.ca
  An 80 year old man uses a DNA test to find out if he has any family members and to his surprise he finds six new siblings. Julia Foy reports on the happy reunion in Surrey.
  
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• Luxury car impounded during charity rally

  23-09-2018 04:25 via globalnews.ca
  A driver taking part in a charity rally for first responders was nabbed today and had his car impounded for breaking the rules of the road. Neetu Garcha reports.
  
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• Criticism over loophole in the rules that govern civic campaign financing in Vancouver grows.

  23-09-2018 04:22 via globalnews.ca
  In an age where third party financing is under the microscope a mayoral candidate is coming under fire for allegedly skirting new legislation that restricts contributions. Paul Johnson reports.
  
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• Vancouver Police go to great lengths to arrest a suspect.

  23-09-2018 04:18 via globalnews.ca
  A dramatic scene at Vancouver’s Jack Poole Plaza as police attempted to arrest a distressed suspect. Kristen Robinson reports
  
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• Phase 2 of Royal Columbian Hospital rebuild won’t be public-private partnership

  23-09-2018 03:35 via globalnews.ca
  Phase two of the $1.35-billion, three-phase Royal Columbian Hospital project will be a design-build project fully owned by Fraser Health.
  
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• Opinion: You might be able to drink booze in public after the Vancouver election

  23-09-2018 03:30
  
  If you like booze you might have a few reasons to vote in the upcoming election
  
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• Vancouver food blogger creates cookbook celebrating Filipino food

  23-09-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Quintessential Filipino Cooking: 75 Authentic and Classic Recipes of The Philippines
  By Liza Agbanlog
  $21.99 | Page Street Publishing Co.For many people, food provides a powerful reminder of home, conjuring up vivid memories of the scents and flavours of one’s childhood.
  And, for Liza Agbanlog, that couldn’t be more true.
  “Food and cooking played a big part in my life growing up,” she says. “I remember watching and learning from my mom and dad as they prepared
  
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• Laurie Campbell: When it comes to paying off debt, the snowball and avalanche methods work just fine

  23-09-2018 03:00 via theprovince.com
  September feels more like the new year than January. Late summer breezes set in, kids flock back to school and summer vacations linger in the rearview mirror. January may be the official calendar new year, but it feels more like the sleepy leftover of December holidays and just a continuation of cold weather and dark early nights. September is when real change happens in most of our daily lives.
  This quasi New Year brings with it new starts and opportunities for “resolutions” seen th
  
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• Downtown Eastside mentors help new moms recovering from substance abuse

  23-09-2018 02:38 via vancouversun.com
  Sarah Van Balkom’s emotions are raw as she talks about her remarkable journey from Downtown Eastside drug addict to a struggling young woman with a new baby to today’s confident and proud mother of six-year-old Abilyn.
  She refers to her daughter as her life-saving baby, whose unexpected arrival led her out of her drug addiction and into a healthier, more stable life.
  “She is happy and healthy and thriving. She is so independent. She is in Grade 1 and this year I just
  
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• Punjabi Canadian highlights South Asian diaspora's rich history in B.C.

  23-09-2018 02:37 via vancouversun.com
  Sham Singh, orphaned as a young boy after plague killed his mother and brothers, left Punjab as a teen and took a circuitous route that involved a pistol being drawn to arrive in B.C. in 1906.
  Finding the weather too cold, he tried to leave for California, but was told at the border that, as a British subject, he would not be allowed across, so he got a job at a sawmill in New Westminster.
  Through hard work and a bit of luck, Singh wound up buying several Vancouver and Richmond properties (inclu
  
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• Dix reveals Phase 2 of Royal Columbian project will be a design-build

  23-09-2018 02:22 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government revealed Saturday afternoon that the second phase of the Royal Columbian Hospital revitalization project will be a design-build project owned and operated by Fraser Health, rather than the previously approved public-private partnership.
  Health Minister Adrian Dix and Mental Health and Addictions Minister Judy Darcy made the announcement on a construction site at Royal Columbian in New Westminster, where contractors, Fraser Health Authority and hospital staff watched as a
  
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• South coast soaked by rainstorm, but rainy September won’t crack records in B.C.

  23-09-2018 02:18 via globalnews.ca
  The south coast has seen an average 90 millimetres of rain this month, far short of the 169 millimetres that doused the region in 2004.
  
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• VPD subdue agitated man who allegedly jumped into a police cruiser

  23-09-2018 01:41 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver police said officers fired several rounds with a bean bag gun, which appeared to have no effect on the man.
  
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• Here's the skinny on 'refreshing' Vancouver thin house listed for $3M

  23-09-2018 01:22 via vancouversun.com
  A six-metre-wide house on St. George Street three blocks east of Main was recently listed for just shy of $3 million.
  Photos of the super skinny abode — with 11 skylights and crisp white walls — appeared in Dwell magazine in early September and have helped fuel interest from prospective buyers, realtor Clair Rockel said Saturday.
  “It looks and feels so different from what you’d typically find in Vancouver.”
  There’s no denying the two-storey home is narrow
  
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• Video shows police takedown after man jumps in VPD cruiser

  23-09-2018 00:59 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver police arrested a man Saturday morning after he allegedly jumped in a VPD cruiser after spraying people with a fire extinguisher.
  
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• PNE Playland: Fright Nights is coming back and it's scarier than ever

  23-09-2018 00:23
  
  “You might want to bring a change of pants...”
  
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• Speeding Porsche impounded while participating in charity rally for first responders

  23-09-2018 00:17 via globalnews.ca
  Police say the driver of the Porsche was given a $368 excessive speeding ticket and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
  
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• Porsche participating in charity rally for first responders impounded for excessive speeding

  23-09-2018 00:17 via globalnews.ca
  Police say the driver of the Porsche was given a $368 excessive speeding ticket and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
  
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