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• Drink this: Cherry Sour by Red Collar Brewing Co.

  26-09-2018 23:45
  
  The brainchild of craft brewing veteran David Beardsell, Red Collar has been putting out impressive beers that I think are flying under the radar, at least down here in the Lower Mainland.
  
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• Alliance Française of Vancouver looks to replace its Cambie Street building (IMAGES)

  26-09-2018 23:30
  
  Alliance Française of Vancouver wants to replace its existing 8,500-square-foot building at 6161 Cambie St. with a new 30,000-square-foot facility.
  
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• Indigenous Sport Gallery opens for first time in B.C. Sports Hall of Fame

  26-09-2018 23:27
  
  The B.C. Sports Hall of Fame opens its new and highly anticipated Indigenous Sport Gallery today, at Gate A inside of BC Place Stadium.
  
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• VPD among Canadian police forces that won't use roadside marijuana tester

  26-09-2018 23:14 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Police Department is among Canadian police forces that are hesitant to use a federally approved roadside marijuana test, raising questions about the Liberal government’s decision to give the devices the green light.
  The VPD said it won’t use the Drager DrugTest 5000 when pot is legalized next month because it says the device doesn’t work in sub-zero temperatures, is bulky and takes too long to produce a sample.
  “We’re just not comfortable moving forwar
  
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• How much has the City of Vancouver spent on fighting controversial pipeline?

  26-09-2018 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  Amid multiple court challenges, the City of Vancouver has revealed how much they've spent on fighting their legal battle.
  
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• Three engineers to face disciplinary hearings in Mount Polley disaster

  26-09-2018 23:09 via vancouversun.com
  A professional association of B.C. engineers is alleging negligence or unprofessional conduct against three engineers after the 2014 collapse of a tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine.
  Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia says disciplinary hearings against the Laura Fidel, Stephen Rice and Todd Martin will take place next year.
  The association’s investigation committee alleges that three individuals involved in the design, construction and monitoring of the tailings storage facili
  
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• Vancouver School Board votes to re-pipe and install water fountain amid lead concerns

  26-09-2018 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  Most trustees voted to put off formerly letting parents know about their plans despite the original motion calling to immediately inform them.
  
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• B.C. government cuts automatic 2% increase in annual rent allowance for 2019

  26-09-2018 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  The increase will now be limited to inflation, which is 2.5 per cent for this year.
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver’s random election ballot explained in two minutes

  26-09-2018 22:33
  
  This election, Vancouver voters will be faced with a daunting ballot listing 158 candidates running for mayor, council, school board and park board.
  
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• Want a say on the impact of Trans Mountain tanker traffic? National Energy Board to hold public hearing

  26-09-2018 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  Canadians who want to contribute to the public consultations on the impact of Trans Mountain on marine ecosystems have until next week.
  
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• Patrick Johnston: No waivering here — Motte makes most of his Canucks chance

  26-09-2018 22:22 via theprovince.com
  It’s a question of relativity — how good can you actually be in the pre-season? — but there’s no doubt that Tyler Motte’s September for the Vancouver Canucks has been a good one.
  The winger, picked up in a trade last season from the Columbus Blue Jackets for Thomas Vanek, has been one of the Canucks’ best skaters in just about every game he’s played in in the pre-season.
  He’s shown spunk in those games, driving the puck to the net and playing a str
  
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• B.C. government limit annual rental increase to 2.5 per cent

  26-09-2018 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  Just days after B.C.’s Rental Housing Task Force made recommendations to make housing more affordable, Housing Minister Selina Robinson announces changes to the rent increase model.
  
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• Report on VPD street checks shows no systemic racism, but changes on the way

  26-09-2018 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — An internal report from the Vancouver Police Department recommends an overhaul of the use of random street checks, even though the review finds “no statistical basis” to conclude officers use the checks to discriminate against certain races.
  The report’s six recommendations include calls to formalize existing street-check standards, make street-check data public and continue training sessions to ensure officers stay within their legal authority when conducting
  
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• Port Moody mayoral candidate explains why he gave a homeless man a beer

  26-09-2018 21:39 via vancouversun.com
  Port Moody mayoral candidate Rob Vagramov admits chugging a beer with a homeless man as a random act of kindness probably wasn’t the best idea.
  But in an interview he posted to his Facebook page this week, Vagramov says he thinks his heart was in the right place.
  In the 2014 video, posted on YouTube, Vagramov films himself taking a random act of kindness challenge, and says he thought the challenge might involve drinking.
  “I was pretty excited to get (expletive) up to be ho
  
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• Acid shipments halted in Trail while series of leaks is investigated

  26-09-2018 21:28 via vancouversun.com
  Municipal officials in Trail say they have been assured that the company that moves sulphuric acid through the city won’t resume shipping until a thorough engineering investigation wraps up.
  A post on the City of Trail website says a meeting was requested Monday with senior members of International Raw Materials and Teck’s Trail smelter operations after sulphuric acid dripped on city roads over the weekend.
  The release of acid was the third in Trail since April, with the first two sp
  
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• Global BC hair donation drive on Oct. 19

  26-09-2018 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  Global BC is weeks away from our second annual hair donation drive on Friday, October 19th. Meet one 11-year-old girl who plans on donating her hair this year.
  
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• Port Moody candidate caught shotgunning beer with homeless man

  26-09-2018 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  There has been a major shakeup in the Port Moody mayor race with a newly resurfaced video showing Robert Vagramov in a compromising position.
  
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• Vancouver developer pulls support for Bremner after ad campaign

  26-09-2018 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver developer behind a controversial billboard campaign is withdrawing his support for the man those ads were promoting. Sarah MacDonald reports.
  
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• VSB vote to re-pipe and install water refilling stations after lead concerns

  26-09-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  Some serious concerns for Vancouver parents who are just learning about fears of lead contamination in the drinking water at their children’s’ schools. This after a Vancouver School Board vote to re-pipe and install water refilling stations. Paul Haysom reports.
  
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• Reward offered for information leading arrest of armed B.C. man

  26-09-2018 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  A reward is now being offered for information leading to the arrest of 27-year old Brandon Nathan Teixeira. The Metro Vancouver man is wanted for first-degree murder and was last seen at a Langley liquor store.
  
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• Son of couple whose plane went missing in B.C. thanks rescuers for search effort

  26-09-2018 20:55 via vancouversun.com
  The son of a couple whose small private plane disappeared during a flight from Edmonton to Chilliwack is thanking searchers for their efforts.
  James Pickard’s parents Geoff and Judy Pickard boarded the plane on Sept. 14, and the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre officially called off the search six days later.
  Pickard says in a statement issued through the Victoria-based centre that his father was a cautious and careful pilot who did not hesitate to cancel flight plans due to poor conditio
  
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• Classical music: A full fall of early music

  26-09-2018 20:29 via vancouversun.com
  Vivaldi: L’Estro Armonico
  When: Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m., Christ Church Cathedral
  Purcell: Funeral Music for a Prince and a Queen
  When: Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m., Christ Church Cathedral
  Schubert: Winterreise
  When: Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m., Christ Church Cathedral
  Bach Collegium Japan
  When: Dec. 9, 3 p.m., Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  Info and tickets: earlymusicbc.ca
  Early Music Vancouver’s upcoming season of concerts demonstrates local enthusiasm for musical treasures from the past,
  
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• Wine Guy: B.C.’s ciders are interesting and exciting

  26-09-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  Without fail, around this time each year my tastebuds start tingling for cider. We’ve fully moved on from the stone fruits of summer, progressed past the apex of transitional prune plums, and arrived upon the bounty of apples and pears that mark crisp evenings and the dew-on-the-morning-windshield days of Autumn. Hence my dreams of fermented apple juice.
  And thanks to the ongoing expansion of quality local craft cider, this seasonal association has warranted a bonafide annual look at inter
  
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• Could Vancouver voters elect an all-woman city council?

  26-09-2018 19:49
  
  The 71 names on the Vancouver city council ballot present a big challenge for voters in terms of whittling it down to just 10 choices.
  
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• Is this the year an independent candidate gets elected in Vancouver?

  26-09-2018 19:43
  
  A total of 49 independent candidates are campaigning to be elected as mayor, councillor, school board trustee or park board commissioner.
  
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• Elton John adds 10 Canadian dates to final tour

  26-09-2018 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  After massive demand, the Rocket Man has announced more tour dates for his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.
  
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• Get your VIFF on: Six can’t-miss Vancouver film festival events

  26-09-2018 19:33
  
  In the world of film festivals, the Vancouver International Film Festival is a bit of an outlier. It’s internationally renowned, but it isn’t obsessed with stargazing and paparazzi flashbulbs.
  
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• Surrey LRT pushing up land values and home prices

  26-09-2018 19:05
  
  Residential property prices along the light-rail corridor have increased 100 per cent over the past two years
  
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• Convicted hitman charged with murder in 2007 disappearance of B.C. teen Katelyn Noble

  26-09-2018 18:59 via vancouversun.com
  RADISSON, Sask. — Police have laid a murder charge against a convicted contract killer in the 2007 disappearance of a 15-year-old British Columbia teenager in Saskatchewan.
  Katelyn Marie Noble was last seen on Aug. 27, 2007, in the Radisson area, northwest of Saskatoon.
  Eduard Viktorovit Baranec, a 41-year-old man who is serving time at a federal prison in B.C., was arrested Tuesday. He is charged with first-degree murder.
  RCMP Cpl. Rob King says he hopes the arrest will bring some level o
  
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• Arborist crushed by tree dies in Maple Ridge

  26-09-2018 18:41 via vancouversun.com
  An arborist died Tuesday after being crushed by a tree at a golf course in Maple Ridge.
  Trish Knight Chernecki confirmed that WorkSafeBC is investigating a serious work-related incident at Maple Ridge Golf Course that occurred late Tuesday afternoon.
  Preliminary information indicates a worker was struck by a tree and succumbed to injuries, she said, in an email Wednesday.
  She would not provide any details about the person who died. There are reports the worker was a man from Maple Ridge.
  ti
  
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• Reward now offered for man wanted in Surrey murder investigation

  26-09-2018 18:27 via globalnews.ca
  Brandon Teixeira may still be on the Lower Mainland, police say.
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support a 'sex doll brothel' opening in Vancouver?

  26-09-2018 17:53 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s first sex doll brothel, where patrons would rent a human-looking doll for around $60 for 30 minutes, could open in November.
  Read Matt Robinson’s story here.
  A sex doll.
  What do you think? There’s no municipal bylaw that would prevent such a business from operating in Vancouver. Do you think there should be one? Is it objectifying women? Or is this a good thing for those who are worried about disease or exploiting real women? Take our poll and share your thoughts in
  
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• Falling tree kills man on Maple Ridge golf course

  26-09-2018 17:47 via globalnews.ca
  He was working at the 9th tee box when the tree came down.
  
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• Video surfaces of Port Moody mayoral candidate asking homeless man to 'shotgun' beer for sandwich

  26-09-2018 17:43
  
  A four-year-old Facebook video has come back to haunt Port Moody mayoral candidate Rob Vagramov's election campaign.
  
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• Top 5 things to see and experience at VIFF 2018

  26-09-2018 17:25 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver International Film Festival executive director Jacqueline Dupuis lets us know the films not to miss and the events every movie lover will want to be at.
  
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• $5,000 reward offered to help nab B.C. man charged with murder

  26-09-2018 17:16 via theprovince.com
  Police are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of a B.C. man wanted on a murder charge.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team continues to track down 27-year-old Brandon Teixeira, who is believed to be armed and dangerous.
  The award can be claimed through Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or on the website www.solvecrime.ca.
  Teixeira was charged with first degree murder in September in connection with the shooting death of 28-year-old Nicholas Kh
  
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• Single-vehicle crash in Port Coquitlam disrupts morning commute

  26-09-2018 17:14 via globalnews.ca
  A car has flipped onto the grass near the parking lot of the Port Coquitlam station park and ride.
  
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• Salvage of grounded Haida Gwaii barge to begin as emergency command post closes

  26-09-2018 16:59 via vancouversun.com
  QUEEN CHARLOTTE — Tension is easing on B.C.’s north coast as crews make progress unloading and securing a barge that ran aground in Haida Gwaii and was at risk of exploding.
  The Council of the Haida Nation says preparations are underway to close the command post, which was set up in the nearby village of Queen Charlotte shortly after the barge broke away from its moorings in high winds on Sept. 8.
  A news release from the council says work is now shifting to a salvage operation.
  HaiCo
  
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• B.C. inmate charged with first-degree murder in 2007 disappearance of Katelyn Noble

  26-09-2018 16:38 via vancouversun.com
  RADISSON, Sask. — Police have laid a murder charge in the 2007 disappearance of a 15-year-old B.C. teenager in Saskatchewan.
  Katelyn Marie Noble who was last seen on Aug. 27, 2007, in the Radisson area, northwest of Saskatoon.
  The investigation into her death took police from B.C. to Ontario.
  A 41-year-old man who is serving time at a federal prison in B.C. on a separate matter was arrested Tuesday.
  Eduard Viktorovit Baranec is charged with first-degree murder.
  He will make his first court
  
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• Man charged with teen’s murder in Saskatchewan cold case

  26-09-2018 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP have charged a man with murder 11 years after Katelyn Marie Noble was last seen in the Radisson, Sask., area.
  
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• Opinion: Foreign buyers are way down, but most home prices aren’t

  26-09-2018 15:41
  
  Government interventions have been effective at reducing foreign speculation, but not at making Lower Mainland housing more affordable
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Warm and dry

  26-09-2018 15:38 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. –  The clear fall weather continues Wednesday, with mainly sunny skies and a high of 18 C by the water, and 22 C inland. Environment Canada is forecasting more dry weather on Thursday, with slightly warmer temperatures of 19 C and 23 C inland. And it looks like Friday’s inland high could reach 24 C, and 19 C closer to the water. The sunshine is expected to continue until Sunday when the rain and cooler temperatures return. Monday and Tuesday also look rainy.Weath
  
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• West Coast Express train parking in Port Coquitlam affected by crash

  26-09-2018 15:14 via vancouversun.com
  West Coast Express Train customers who board at Port Coquitlam Station are being advised that a serious car crash has impacted access to the parking lot.
  TransLink says the police investigation and cleanup has blocked most of the lot.
  TransLink says there is likely enough parking for people taking the first train of the morning, but those taking later trains are encouraged to consider other options such as parking at the park and ride at Coquitlam Station.
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• Telus expands its mobile health unit for the country's homeless

  26-09-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Telus Health is expanding its mobile health “clinics-on-wheels” program providing primary health care to homeless and vulnerable people in major cities across Canada as part of its decade-long foray into the health-care field.
  On Wednesday, Telus president Darren Entwistle is expected to announce plans to commit $5 million over the next few years to roll out seven more mobile clinics across Canada, in addition to three currently operating in Vancouver, Victoria and Montreal.
  The goal
  
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• ‘The Stack’ will be Vancouver’s tallest office building when it's completed (IMAGES)

  26-09-2018 15:00
  
  Construction on what will be the tallest office building in downtown Vancouver is expected to start early in the New Year at 1133 Melville St.
  
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• $1M+ real estate turning into a buyer’s market – even for condos: Sotheby’s

  26-09-2018 15:00
  Forecast predicts further declines for “top-tier” real estate market, with even resilient condos weakening
  
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• Surrey to review role of Whalley Strip outreach team now that tent city is gone

  26-09-2018 14:30 via globalnews.ca
  The team includes 16 RCMP officers and four bylaw officers.
  
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• Several Vancouver mayoral candidates debate in West Point Grey

  26-09-2018 13:56 via globalnews.ca
  Voters head to the polls on Oct. 20.
  
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• B.C. premier expected to announce cut to the maximum allowable rent increase

  26-09-2018 13:53 via globalnews.ca
  "Wages have not gone up 4.5 per cent."
  
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• Animal advocacy group offers $1,000 reward after raccoon chewed its paw to escape leg trap

  26-09-2018 07:27 via globalnews.ca
  "Trapping is animal cruelty that we can stop."
  
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