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• UBC Apple Festival

  28-09-2018 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  CKNW is proud to be a part of the UBC Apple Festival! Celebrating their 27th Year October 13 & 14, 2018, 11 am – 4 pm! A family event for all ages, the UBC Apple Festival celebrates one of BC’s favourite fruits. From learning about the diversity of apples to tasting rare and unusual varieties,...
  
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• Canucks forward Sam Gagner may not have an obvious spot, but he sees a role

  28-09-2018 23:39 via theprovince.com
  By goals and assists, Sam Gagner’s consistently produced as a second-line scorer during his career.
  Put him with attack-minded players, he’ll do well. Don’t ask him to be a checker — it’s just not in his skill set.
  Going into the 2018-19 season, it’s not clear how Travis Green plans to use him. He has skated with a variety of forwards and has played in a few spots on the power play.
  Most mockups of the Canucks’ lineup don’t give him much considerat
  
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• There’s more than 70 B.C. Culture Days events to choose from in Vancouver

  28-09-2018 23:33
  
  If you're looking for something to do...
  
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• Ed Willes: It’s Hammer time for Lions, who can credit GM for still having a shot

  28-09-2018 23:29 via theprovince.com
  HAMILTON — A couple days ago, the B.C. Lions traded for running back Tyrell Sutton and if you examined the move in isolation, you’d wonder why they bothered.
  Sutton, to be sure, is a competent professional but in his five-plus CFL seasons in Montreal, he never made anyone forget Mike Pringle. He had one 1,000-yard season but that came three years ago. His numbers this year — 417 rushing yards, 4.8 yards per carry — are decent but they’re inferior to the production t
  
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• Tour showcases Richmond’s Indigenous public art

  28-09-2018 23:12
  
  Musqueam artist Jim Kew will be leading the tour as part of Richmond’s Culture Days.
  
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• Live, work play: ‘Mixed-use’ developments are the future, says report

  28-09-2018 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  A new report says ‘mixed-use’ developments, areas that combine housing, offices and shopping, are the future.
  
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• North Shore mayoral candidates have their say on transportation, affordability

  28-09-2018 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  With all three of the incumbent North Shore mayors leaving the job – there is change coming in the upcoming municipal election on Oct. 20.
  
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• Exclusive: Documents allege complicity in money laundering in major investigation of River Rock Casino

  28-09-2018 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  A Global News investigation reveals serious new allegations at River Rock Casino
  
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• Vancouver Island man pleads guilty after animals found dead, others in filthy conditions

  28-09-2018 22:37 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver Island man has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty involving 34 animals including cats, boa constrictors, turtles and bearded dragons.
  The SPCA says Kramer Lowe also owned a snake called a reticulated python, which is listed in the province’s Controlled Alien Species regulation and posed a risk to people’s health and safety or the environment.
  The SPCA says it began an investigation at Lowe’s property in Ladysmith, after a complaint about filthy conditions.
  Const. Tina
  
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• Vancouver photographer captures 'magical' time-lapse video of moon rising

  28-09-2018 22:25
  
  Watch this stunning time-lapse of the moon rising over Lions Gate Bridge
  
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• 5 Places to View Spawning Salmon in BC

  28-09-2018 22:25 via theprovince.com
  Fall is spawning season in British Columbia—and 2018 marks a dominant year for this annual ritual. That means you’ll see scores of salmon fighting their way upstream as they take their final journey.
  Head to the province’s mighty rivers and streams, camera in hand, to witness one of Mother Nature’s greatest spectacles.
  1. GOLDSTREAM PROVINCIAL PARK
  Ancient trees, waterfalls, and leafy trails make Goldstream a glorious park at any time of year, but in autumn it’s the
  
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• See the World – One Port at a Time

  28-09-2018 22:21 via theprovince.com
  Cruising often seems to only have two camps – those who love it and those those have never tried it but swear they would never, ever go on a cruise –  but in fact, there is a third, less known group: the port people.
  We’re choose cruising to visit multiple countries, in one trip – and we only unpack once!
  We are the folks who choose a cruise vacation because of the ports of call on the ship’s itinerary. While the cruise ship onboard amenities – resta
  
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• 'Work to do' in ensuring no more internal misconduct: Victoria police chief

  28-09-2018 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The chief of the Victoria Police Department says there is still “work to do” in the wake of a scathing report that found former chief Frank Elsner committed eight acts of misconduct while in office.
  The chief constable, Del Manak, says senior managers in the department will work with union leaders to identify and address all workplace issues that made Elsner’s actions possible.
  Manak pointed to the recently created diversity and inclusion executive committee, a
  
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• Murder suspect William Schneider tried to kill himself before arrest, brother testifies

  28-09-2018 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  The brother of the man accused of murder in the death of a Japanese student testified he overheard William Schneider telling his ex-wife by phone that “I killed her” or “I did it.”
  The brothers were drinking together in Polson Park in Vernon on the morning of the day Schneider was later arrested in the case of missing student Natsumi Kogawa.
  He was charged with interfering with human remains and later with her second-degree murder.
  On Friday, Schneider’s older broth
  
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• Open House: BC Children’s Hospital Dream prize tour

  28-09-2018 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  This prize home is next level! Kaitlyn Herbst and Erin Cebula give us a special tour of the incredible BC Children’s Hospital Lottery’s $2.7-million dream home.
  
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• Section of Okanagan Rail Trail a no-go, says ALC

  28-09-2018 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  The provincial Agricultural Land Commission is preventing a section of land between Kelowna's airport and Winfield from becoming part of the Okanagan Rail Trail.
  
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• Vancouver election: Listen to seven mayoral hopefuls debate the hot topics

  28-09-2018 21:32 via vancouversun.com
  With the Vancouver municipal election less than a month away, The Province and Vancouver Sun invited seven leading mayoral candidates into the newsroom for a debate.
  To accommodate the candidates, debate participants were split into two groups, based on their scheduling availability.
  The debate, which was moderated by editor-in-chief Harold Munro and Vancouver Sun city columnist Dan Fumano, covered a range of the issues that matter most to Vancouver voters as they prepare to head to the polls Oc
  
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• Abbotsford school vice-principal arrested on child pornography charges

  28-09-2018 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  Haire has been charged with making available child pornography and possession of child pornography.
  
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• Richmond Oval café closed due to signs of rodents

  28-09-2018 21:08
  
  A sign noting the health infraction was not immediately visible Thursday.
  
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• Richmond Oval café allowed to reopen after health infraction

  28-09-2018 21:08
  
  The restaurant was ordered closed on Tuesday due to signs of rodents.
  
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• Abbotsford vice principal charged with child pornography offences

  28-09-2018 21:04 via theprovince.com
  The Abbotsford police are seeking possible victims of an Abbotsford school vice principal, who is facing child pornography charges.
  W.A. Fraser Middle School vice principal Michael Haire, 38, has been charged with making available child pornography and possession of child pornography.
  In July, police searched Haire’s home in Abbotsford, and seized computers, data storage devices and cell phones.
  Police allege they found thousands of images and videos depicting child pornography and child a
  
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• Shauna Sylvester and Kennedy Stewart praise Greens’ housing platform

  28-09-2018 21:00
  
  The Green Party of Vancouver will not endorse any of the 21 mayoral candidates running in Oct. 20 election, despite praise from two independent candidates.
  
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• “Finding Big Country” premiere at VIFF 2018

  28-09-2018 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  Local super fan Kat Jayme shares her story about trying to track down Vancouver Grizzlies star Bryant Reeves, 17 years after he was last seen or heard from.
  
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• Book review: New memoir maps the terrain of reconciliation

  28-09-2018 20:16 via vancouversun.com
  Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age
  Darrel J. McLeod | Douglas & McIntyre
  $29.95, 225 pp.
  The young Cree man walks down to the banks of the Athabasca, wades in and ceremoniously bathes his face and arms. He is thinking about his mother, the strong, passionate and deeply wounded woman he helped bury the day before. And he is reflecting about her tragic life and the way that tragedy informed his own painful pilgrimage across the terrain of an essentially racist Canada.
  His experience, like that o
  
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• Home ownership is ‘for the rich only’ in Metro Vancouver

  28-09-2018 20:12
  
  Real estate prices softening? RBC says affordability has fallen to “never-seen-before” levels in the region
  
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• Lake Breeze Vineyards wins B.C. Wine of the Year award

  28-09-2018 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Lake Breeze Vineyard’s 2016 Pinot Noir was named Wine of the Year at the 2018 B.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Wine Awards.
  
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• Thanksgiving recipes: Vancouver chefs dish on their favourite desserts

  28-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Thanksgiving presents the perfect opportunity to gather friends and family together to give thanks — and to eat.
  Regardless of whether you’re opting for turkey, spaghetti, ramen, sushi, butter chicken, Galbi … (you get the idea) on the table during dinner, the perfect way to wrap up the holiday smorgasbord of your choosing, is with a delicious dessert.
  We asked a few Vancouver chefs to share their favourite sweet treat that’s worthy of any Thanksgiving table. From b
  
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• Fab 5: What a cinch

  28-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Like most things in fashion, accessory trends come and go. Oversized bib-like necklaces have taken a back seat for now, leaving room for sparkly earrings (preferably just one), bracelets and ankles made from pearls, shells and other earthly delights — and belts.
  After a few seasons of oversized streetwear silhouettes, the classic waist-cincher has come back in fashion, and in full force. From the western-inspired to the corset-like, Rebecca Tay presents five belts to buckle up right n
  
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• Brian Minter: Now is the time to plant allium bulbs for long-lasting summer beauty

  28-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Perennial Plant Association hit pure gold by voting Allium Millennium the Perennial Plant of the Year for 2018. A hardy perennial to zone four, this allium is compact (12 to18 inches tall and wide), has rich purple, globe-shaped blooms from June to August and is a pollinator magnet. I’m so impressed with this plant! Now is the time to plant bulbous alliums to enjoy nine months down the road when all the other spring bulbs have long finished.
  The best ornamental alliums are East Asian a
  
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• Book review: Stray Memoir of A Runaway

  28-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Stray Memoir of a Runaway
  Tanya Marquardt | Little A  
  $15.83, 243 pages
  On her 16th birthday, Tanya Marquardt runs away from a family situation most would find unbearable. Unlike the case with so, so many who pursue the same path, she’ll come out on top.
  Not that her journey from the stray of the title to the multiple award-winning playwright, performer and author, who becomes a Hertog Fellow and graduate of Hunter College’s MFA in creative writing, is smooth.
  In a concise
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Explore state of B.C. wine with these pairs tastings

  28-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Do British Columbia wines measure up to the rest of the world? Certainly more and more are beginning to show signs that they can compete head to head, if not in price, at least in the glass.
  It’s been a long slow climb but so what? It’s a long, steep hill and its crowded with competition; competition we need to challenge on the way to the summit.
  There are some who would like to further tax or otherwise impede the sale of import wines into British Columbia, as if somehow that that wo
  
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• 5 things to know about Kenny Wheeler Suite: Suite for Hard Rubber Orchestra featuring Norma Winstone

  28-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Hard Rubber Orchestra
  Kenny Wheeler: Suite for Hard Rubber Orchestra | Justin Time
  Vancouver’s Hard Rubber Orchestra was formed in 1990 by composer/trumpeter John Korsrud to play new music from, largely, Canadian composers. Winners of the Alcan Arts Award for creation – the largest prize of its kind in the country — the 18-piece ensemble has never failed to pursue its mandate, premiering 50-plus new works in the past few decades.
  Composer/trumpeter Kenny Wheeler was a big influ
  
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• Toronto’s real estate more of a bubble than Metro Vancouver’s: UBS

  28-09-2018 19:44
  But Vancouver is still the fourth most-inflated globally, and has seen world’s third steepest price growth, says report
  
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• Q&A: Is building low-carbon neighbourhoods sustainable?

  28-09-2018 19:36
  
  Urban planner Gordon Harris, who was behind the low-carbon UniverCity enclave at SFU Burnaby, discusses how building sustainable communities can be rolled out
  
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• Campbell River church asks parishioners to turn on mobile devices during Sunday services

  28-09-2018 18:44 via vancouversun.com
  CAMPBELL RIVER — It’s no sin to use a mobile device during Sunday service at the Campbell River Baptist Church.
  Pastor Jeff Germo calls it a blessing when he sees parishioners in the pews staring down at their mobile device screens rather than up at him at the pulpit.
  It means the congregation is engaged with the topic he’s discussing, such as a recent sermon on failure. Have you failed? Have you dealt with failure and moved on or is it holding you back?
  Germo is among the firs
  
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• Dana Gee’s VIFF 2018 picks

  28-09-2018 18:36 via globalnews.ca
  It’s festival season! Movie critic Dana Gee has a look at some of the top movies at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival,including movies made here in B.C.
  
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• Here’s a list of all the crazy mistakes the city made in its Vancouver election guide

  28-09-2018 18:30
  
  Yesterday the City of Vancouver Chief election officer sent out an email expressing regret for a number of errors.
  
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• Two injured in North Vancouver apartment fire

  28-09-2018 17:54 via vancouversun.com
  Two people were sent to hospital with minor burns early Friday after an apartment fire in North Vancouver.
  North Vancouver fire chief Dan Pistilli said the fire broke out at around 2 a.m. on the seventh floor of an eight-storey apartment building at 505 Lonsdale Avenue.
  Two women in the suite where the fire started were taken to hospital with minor burns and smoke inhalation but they have since been released, said Pistilli.
  He said when fire crews arrived heavy fire could be seen on the south si
  
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• End of the road for Kelowna’s Club Penguin

  28-09-2018 17:45 via globalnews.ca
  Disney Canada has announced that Club Penguin is shutting down, putting several workers out of a job.
  
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• North Vancouver apartment fire displaces dozens

  28-09-2018 17:35 via globalnews.ca
  An early morning wake-up call for North Shore residents of a Lonsdale Avenue apartment building. Paul Haysom reports on why the residents are so thankful.
  
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• Fort St. John RCMP seek five youths involved in school bus theft

  28-09-2018 17:27 via vancouversun.com
  FORT ST. JOHN — RCMP believe someone knows something about the theft of a school bus and they urge witnesses, especially teens, to come forward.
  The bus was stolen just over one month ago from the school district parking lot in Fort St. John.
  A news release issued Thursday by the Fort St. John detachment says surveillance video from the bus camera shows five youths, two females and three males, were involved.
  The bus was vandalized by the hoodie-wearing suspects and driven a short distance
  
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• Cost of owning a home in Vancouver, Victoria ‘off the charts’ — and likely to get worse, warns RBC

  28-09-2018 17:26 via vancouversun.com
  The cost of owning a home in Canada is at the highest level in 28 years and likely to get only more onerous as interest rates continue to rise, according to a report from Royal Bank of Canada.
  Carrying a home, including the cost of a mortgage, property taxes and utilities, took up 54 per cent of a typical household’s pre-tax income in the second quarter, the Toronto-based bank said in a report on Friday. That’s up from 43 per cent three years ago.
  “From overheating to correctio
  
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• Town Talk: Conductor Otto Tausk kicks off his VSO career

  28-09-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  FLYING DUTCHMAN: Nothing from Richard Wagner’s opera of that name was played whenmusic director Otto Tausk conducted his debut concert with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. But the Dutch context held. Utrecht native Tausk, 49, opened with the VSO-commissioned composition Helix by fellow Netherlands-born Edward Top. More Dutch artists, Lucas Jussen, 25, and brother Arthur, 22, played the Concerto for Two Pianos in D Minor that Francis Poulenc composed at age 33. Tausk ended the concert wit
  
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• Conversations that Matter: Real estate woes continue unabated

  28-09-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Home ownership and home rental is getting further out of reach. At last estimate, the vacancy rate on rental properties was between 0.3 and 0.9 per cent, making it next to impossible to get affordable rental housing.
  New homes are equally difficult to purchase, especially mid-range ones. That’s homes with three bedrooms — forget a new three-bedroom and den. This is forcing a paradigm shift in thinking about what is a mid-range home.
  Density is another issue. We’v
  
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• COMMENTARY: Why you need to vote on Oct. 20

  28-09-2018 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  If municipal election candidates can find their way on to the ballot, we should be able to find our way to the ballot box.
  
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• Daily Poll: Should humans intervene to help sick whales?

  28-09-2018 15:35 via vancouversun.com
  It appears that another southern resident killer whale is sick and losing weight. This follows the death earlier this month of another southern resident, Scarlet, or J50 who was severely emaciated. Scientists are now concerned about K25, a 27-year-old male orca sometimes called Scoter.
  Read Glenda Luymes’ story here.
  Experts considered an elaborate rescue plan to help Scarlet, but were forced to abandon it when she disappeared. Should more have been done? At this time, there
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Balmy and breezy

  28-09-2018 14:54 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Happy sunny Friday, Metro Vancouver.  Environment Canada is forecasting clear skies and warm temperatures across the region again, with highs of 19 C near the water and 24 C inland. It may also be windy near the water in the morning. The dry weather should continue through most of Saturday, with a high of 17 C.  Expect increasing clouds throughout the day, and then rain overnight Saturday and continuing on Sunday.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Sunny. Windy
  
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• North Vancouver fire heavily damages apartment building

  28-09-2018 14:26 via globalnews.ca
  Two residents were sent to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation and minor burns.
  
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• BCGEU joins legal fight over proportional representation referendum

  28-09-2018 13:35 via globalnews.ca
  "It is no secret that most British Columbians are deeply dissatisfied with the current electoral system and BCGEU members are overwhelmingly in that camp."
  
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• B.C. residents divided on whether to change voting system: poll

  28-09-2018 10:00 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbians are split three ways when it comes to how they will vote in the 2018 fall referendum on electoral reform, according to a new poll.
  The poll from the Angus Reid Institute found B.C. residents divided over whether they preferred to keep the current, first-past-the-post system or change to a new system of proportional representation.
  Thirty one per cent of respondents said they wanted to keep the current system, with 33 per cent in favour of a change to proportional representatio
  
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