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• Dinosaurs on display as Museum of Surrey reopens with new expansion

  29-09-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  The $16-million expansion includes additions to the museum's main building and a tripling in size of an interactive kids area.
  
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• Saturday Chef – Thanksgiving Pumpkin Soup

  29-09-2018 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  It’s pumpkin season and Caren McSherry from Gourmet Warehouse shares her recipe for a fresh pumpkin soup that will make the perfect Thanksgiving starter.
  
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• GardenWorks – Thanksgiving Tablescaping

  29-09-2018 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  From a floral table runner to decorative pumpkins, Michelle from GardenWorks shares her Thanksgiving table display ideas, that’ll impress your guests.
  
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• Start your own small business

  29-09-2018 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  If you have ever dreamed of starting your own small business, Leah McInture, from BriteUp Etsy, shares her first-hand experience that could help you make your dreams into a reality.
  
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• Government, teachers support SOGI, as opposing rallies staged in Victoria

  29-09-2018 22:22 via vancouversun.com
  Supporters and critics of a school program aimed at supporting gay, lesbian and transgender students rallied in Victoria Saturday.
  As protesters and counter-protesters gathered on the lawn of legislature, the B.C. government, teachers, and education partners issued a joint statement supporting the province’s sexual orientation and gender identity program, or SOGI, saying the resource materials are designed to guide teachers in helping LGBTQ students and to stop bullying that targ
  
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• Kids ride free on TransLink buses next week

  29-09-2018 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  The ninth annual I love Transit week runs from Monday morning until end of service Friday
  
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• Parole board revokes statutory release for Surrey sex offender and child kidnapper

  29-09-2018 21:48 via vancouversun.com
  A Surrey child kidnapper and rapist serving a 14-year prison term has lost the statutory release granted to him last year.
  In August 2017, Brian Abrosimo was given a “one-chance statutory release” to live in a halfway house under special conditions, including a curfew. He was allowed to go outside the home unsupervised for one-hour periods, but prohibited from being near his victims.
  For the first 11 months, Abrosimo complied with guidelines “structured to supervise high risk/h
  
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• ‘Best vintage in years’ draws crowds at 2015 Bordeaux release

  29-09-2018 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  The annual BC Liquor Stores Bordeaux release drew a larger crowd than usual, with hundreds hunting for cellar-worthy bottles of the 2015 vintage.
  
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• Meet the Chef: Lucais Syme keeps it simple, but satisfying

  29-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Chef Lucais Syme almost went to law school. We are all relieved that he attended the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts on Vancouver’s Granville Island instead. From there Symes worked his way through some of Vancouver’s best kitchens at Blue Water Cafe and Cioppino’s and even trained with Chicago’s legendary Charlie Trotter. He opened La Quercia in 2008 and later La Pentola. Chef Symes currently operates the toney Cinara with Gill Book and in January opened pasta-focused
  
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• Makeover: A new look for busy mother of two

  29-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Sara Goel, 35, is a nurse and a mother of two and feels like she has lost her sense of style. Her body and lifestyle has changed and she finds it hard to dress her petite and slender shape.Before
  Sara’s daily go-to look is yoga wear and running shoes. She tends to gravitate to colours like black and grey because it’s easy, but wants to be able to look stylish and current for when she goes out or travels with her husband. I wanted to inject a little personality to her wardrobe and sho
  
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• NBA legend Steve Nash now has a basketball court named in his honour

  29-09-2018 19:53
  
  The Nash Family Court was unveiled on Saturday morning and it is pretty cool
  
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• B.C. government and First Nation sign deal to manage declining moose populations

  29-09-2018 19:38 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government and a First Nations group in the B.C. Interior have signed a deal to manage the declining moose population.
  The agreement comes after First Nations called on the government to ban limited entry hunting of moose in their territories.
  In a news release Friday, the government said it will work with the Tŝilhqot’in Nation to ensure a sustainable moose population in the Chilcotin territory.
  B.C. Minister of Forests Doug Donaldson said the deal signed Friday recognizes m
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Celebrating DIVERSEcity’s 40th anniversary

  29-09-2018 19:00 via theprovince.com
  FEELING AT HOME: For four decades DIVERSEcity has been providing a continuum of settlement and integration supports for newcomers in the Surrey, Delta, Langley and White Rock regions of the Lower Mainland. The non-profit registered charity offers a variety of programs such as employment and skills training, counselling and interpretation/translation services, language and literacy programs and children and youth initiatives. As the first settlement services organization in the Fraser Valley, DIV
  
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• B.C. man wins lottery twice in four years

  29-09-2018 18:48
  
  A vacation is on the to-do list...
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Cloudy and windy, then rain tonight

  29-09-2018 18:32 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – It looks like that long stretch of sunny clear weather has come to an end, as the rain it set to return for at least a week. On Saturday, Environment Canada says the region can expect increasing cloudiness throughout the day, and windy, with a high of 17 C. Then the rain begins later, with up to 15 millimetres expected overnight. The showers will continue on Sunday, according to the federal weather agency, with a high of 14 C. The wet weather is expected for much of next
  
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• Bordeaux lovers brave lineups at BC Liquor Stores

  29-09-2018 18:07 via globalnews.ca
  BC Liquor Stores’ annual Bordeaux release drew hundreds of people on Saturday morning, many of whom camped out overnight for a chance to get limited bottles from the 2015 vintage.
  
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• Recipe: Fresh pumpkin soup with toasted hazelnuts

  29-09-2018 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  Looking for that special appetizer to take your Thanksgiving dinner to the next level? Look no further.
  
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• Long Weekend, Low Season Getaways

  29-09-2018 16:36 via theprovince.com
  Although Labor Day is considered the last great weekend of summer, it’s not the last great weekend to getaway. Sure, you can dream of far-flung places but B.C. has plenty of quickie getaways (you can drive and ferry to) that go the distance. Think low season to save big bucks. Weekend rates can be up to 30 percent lower.
  Because you only have two or three days, have a plan. Agree on a few must-dos so you don’t waste time wondering, “What should we do?” But don’t go
  
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• Winona on Cambie designed to reflect its occupants

  29-09-2018 15:01 via vancouversun.com
  Architects can sometimes run a gauntlet when they are designing residential buildings, trying to create an interesting looking structure from the outside without running afoul of design guidelines or compromising the interior space.
  That is the challenge that Andrew Emmerson and GBL Architects faced when they were asked to design Winona on Cambie, a new 38-unit building along the Cambie Corridor.
  “We wanted to create some energy and movement and cadence to the exterior expression of the bu
  
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• Sold (Bought): Rancher snapped up quickly for over asking price

  29-09-2018 14:53 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  2695 East 53rd Avenue, Vancouver
  Type: Five-bedroom, two-bathroom detached
  Size: 2,410 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $1,725,600
  Listed for: $1,598,000
  Sold for: $1,650,000
  Sold on: June 12
  Days on market: Five
  Listing agent: Marty Pospischil and Adam Pospischil at Pospischil Realty Group
  Buyers agent: Non Member/No Agency
  The big sell: Listing agent Marty Pospischil reports that the buyers of this two-storey Killarney 
  
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• The Home Front: International design trends at IDS Vancouver

  29-09-2018 14:41 via vancouversun.com
  One of the best things about design shows like IDS Vancouver, which ran recently at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, is the international talent they attract.
  Detroit-raised, Wisconsin-based architect Michael Ford of BrandNu Design spoke and ran workshops at the show on a new form of architecture, which he’s termed “hip-hop architecture”.
  Hip-hop is made up of four elements, says Ford: the DJ, the MC, the graffiti artists and the break dancer, and hip-hop architecture
  
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• Whitecaps Game Day: Going back to Cali … without Carl

  29-09-2018 14:00 via theprovince.com
  Vancouver Whitecaps (11-11-7, 8th West) at L.A. Galaxy (11-11-8, 7th West)
  7 p.m. Saturday, Stubhub Center
  TV: TSN, Radio: TSN 1040KEY MATCHUP
  Kei Kamara vs. Dave Romney
  Romney, the 6-foot-2 25-year-old centre-back, will likely draw the assignment of trying to slow down Caps striker Kei Kamara, who has been on a tear, scoring three times in his last four starts — including two high-flying headed goals in two games. None of his teammates has scored, so the Headmaster — the league lead
  
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• Mike Smyth: LNG politics ramp up as massive project approval looms

  29-09-2018 14:00 via theprovince.com
  It appears B.C.’s long-hoped-for LNG miracle is about to become a reality, and the timing could not be better for Premier John Horgan and his NDP government.
  The legislature resumes sitting this week, the same week global analysts expect approval of the giant LNG Canada project in Kitimat.
  The $40-billion liquefied natural gas project could be approved by major shareholder Royal Dutch Shell as early as Monday, the same day the house resumes sitting. There’s talk of a public celebrati
  
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• A former middle school vice principal in Abbotsford is facing child porn charges.

  29-09-2018 08:17 via globalnews.ca
  Michael Haire, a former vice-principal at William A. Fraser Middle School in Abbotsford, is facing child pornography charges. Police say thousands of images and videos were found on computers and cell phones seized from the home of the accused. Sarah MacDonald reports.
  
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• Man acquitted on 7 charges after trial that showed officer putting cash in sock as a ‘joke’

  29-09-2018 07:29 via globalnews.ca
  He was found guilty on an eighth charge, however — a lesser one of possession of a controlled substance.
  
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• Lions Game Day: Leos look for lightning to strike twice against Hamilton

  29-09-2018 07:00 via theprovince.com
  B.C. Lions (6-7, 4th West) at Hamilton Tiger-Cats (6-7, 2nd East)
  Saturday, 1 p.m. PT, Tim Hortons Field, TV: TSN, Radio: TSN 1040
  Weather: Partly cloudy, 15ºCFIVE THINGS TO WATCH
  1. Under centre, on top of game
  Hamilton QB Jeremiah Masoli came into last week’s game as the league leader in interceptions (13) and fumbles (8), but turned out the league’s top ball-hawking defence to the tune of 311 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions on a tidy 19-of-25 day. It was his leag
  
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• Inquest called into death of UBC sex assault suspect who died in pretrial cell

  29-09-2018 06:18 via theprovince.com
  The B.C. Coroners Service will hold an inquest into the death of a UBC sex assault suspect who died in a jail cell while awaiting trial.
  David Singh Tucker was 28 when he was charged following a violent attack on three women in a dorm room at the University of B.C. in April 2016.
  He was being held in a segregation unit at the Surrey Pretrial Centre on July 25, 2016, when he was found unresponsive during an early-morning check.
  He had last been seen alive when he was given dinner at about 4 p.m.
  
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• Rutland Voodoos now 4-0 after win against Eric Hamber Griffins

  29-09-2018 06:11 via globalnews.ca
  The Rutland Secondary AAA varsity football team is top in the province after a big start to the new season. As Doris Maria Bregolisse reports, the team is stacked with four year team veterans.
  
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• New policy to include Canadian transgender student-athletes

  29-09-2018 05:49 via vancouversun.com
  A new policy allowing Canadian transgender student-athletes to compete on teams consistent with their gender identity and without hormone therapy is a welcome change, but more can still be done to make athletics inclusive of gender diversity, says a Vancouver trans athlete and consultant.
  U Sports, which governs university athletics in Canada, put its new policy into effect Thursday and says it affects student-athletes at all 56 of its member institutions. Athletes can only compete on teams
  
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• Lend your car out from time to time? There’s now an ICBC fee for that

  29-09-2018 05:42 via globalnews.ca
  ICBC says the new $50 annual premium reflects the fact that one in five cars involved in crashes is borrowed.
  
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• How do your taxes and user fees compare to neighbouring cities? And how much more are you paying since the last election?

  29-09-2018 05:19 via vancouversun.com
  Homeowners in Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and along the Sea to Sky Highway pay vastly different levels of property taxes and user fees, depending on where they live, to fund the services run by their municipalities.
  An analysis of provincial finance data for 29 cities shows how much the owner of an average detached house in each area would pay the municipality for standard items, including emergency services, parks, recreation facilities and road maintenance.
  We used this to determine whe
  
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• More Vancouver schools getting seismic upgrades

  29-09-2018 05:18 via globalnews.ca
  Two more schools at high risk of damage from a major earthquake are getting seismic upgrades. Nadia Stewart has the story.
  
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• Woman sets out to circum navigate the World.

  29-09-2018 05:08 via globalnews.ca
  A 76 year old Grandmother attempts to be the oldest woman to cicum navigate the world. Kylie Stanton brings us her preparation for her epic journey.
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 – Sept. 28

  29-09-2018 05:00 via globalnews.ca
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• Grizzlies flashback: Pop-up shop, documentary, NBA game revive memories of lost ’90s franchise

  29-09-2018 04:56 via theprovince.com
  For a weekend at least, the Vancouver Grizzlies are back in town.
  On Friday evening, downtown Vancouver clothing store Dipt transformed into a Grizzlies-themed pop-up shop, unveiling a new collection of throwback gear from Vancity Original in collaboration with Mitchell & Ness and NBA Hardwood Classics.
  Grizzlies hats. Grizzlies hoodies. Grizzlies jerseys, all in teal, with that unforgettable trim, and that classic, in-your-face logo, as well as several memorabilia displays, showcasing items
  
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• Allegations of voter fraud surface in Surrey civic election

  29-09-2018 04:22 via globalnews.ca
  A community group is alleging a widespread and co-ordinated attempt of voter fraud in Surrey's South Asian community.
  
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• Study says hospital privacy curtains contaminated

  29-09-2018 04:18 via globalnews.ca
  A study at a Winnipeg hospital has found that many privacy curtains become contaminated with a drug-resistant bacteria.Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Treat cannabis legalization as work in progress, conference told

  29-09-2018 03:45 via vancouversun.com
  The public can’t let governments rest once recreational cannabis is legalized, according to an academic expert who has been advising the province on the process.
  Legalization is happening on such a short schedule that people can’t assume that governments will have things right at the outset, said Gerald Thomas, a University of Victoria scientist who specializes in substance use.
  “What I would invite you to invite government to do is set up a really systematic process to go back
  
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• West Coast Express locomotives due for multimillion-dollar overhauls

  29-09-2018 03:36 via vancouversun.com
  Five of the six locomotives used to pull West Coast Express trains between Vancouver and Mission need immediate overhaul and refurbishment, according to an assessment conducted earlier this year.
  TransLink contracted SNC-Lavalin, at a cost of $78,000, to conduct a mechanical and electrical assessment of its fleet of six locomotives in February, to prepare for planned repair work. Postmedia obtained a copy of the inspection report through a freedom of information request.
  “The mid-life refu
  
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• Letters, Sept. 29: Lowering cap on rent increases will cut housing supply

  29-09-2018 03:18 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Rental Housing Task Force has jumped on the rental housing market ignorance bandwagon with its recommendation to cut the annual rent increase cap. Between onerous lease rules favouring tenants and minimal rental increase caps that ignore local market conditions, our provincial governments have progressively made building rental housing in high demand markets in B.C. a spectacularly unattractive investment opportunity.
  Surprise, surprise, this has generated a massive shortfall in rental
  
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• Big buzz ‘accidentally’ builds around Finding Big Country documentary

  29-09-2018 03:04 via theprovince.com
  The irony isn’t lost on Kat Jayme.
  A picture of a prop for her film, a documentary about a player a city has mostly forgotten, was one of the most viral social media trends in the local Twittersphere this summer.
  And best thing is, the prop — a bunch of fake missing person photos plastered to a wall in Mount Pleasant — weren’t even a clever marketing ploy.
  “That was an accident — a complete accident,” said Jayme, who’s spent the past three yea
  
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• Genesa Greening: It's chilling that the fight for women's reproductive rights isn't over

  29-09-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  I exhaled mightily when the Conservatives pledged not to re-open the federal abortion debate. I suspect many Canadian women did. 
  However, this relief has no permanency. It’s an uneasy reprieve that has since given way to a bone-chilling concern that I can’t shake.
  That an abortion debate was even being considered should infuriate the 77 per cent of Canadians who believe in a woman’s right to choose. Today, I find myself wondering when the next threat to women will come an
  
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• Editorial: Surrey LRT project needs to proceed

  29-09-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The emergence of Surrey’s already green-lit LRT project as a top issue in that city’s municipal election campaign is a bit of a head scratcher.
  Former mayor Doug McCallum, seeking to win back the job he lost in 2005 as the Safe Surrey Coalition mayoral candidate, has vowed to kill the $1.65-billion, 10.5-kilometre, at-grade, light-rail transit line that would link the Surrey town centres of Guildford and Newton to the City Centre.
  But only four years ago, McCallum supported
  
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• Bob Plecas: Badly flawed electoral reform process is too controlled by politicians

  29-09-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Premier John Horgan’s comments about this fall’s referendum on electoral reform at the recent Union of B.C. Municipalities annual convention are disturbing for three reasons.
  He said: “I’m going to campaign as hard as I can in the next month to convince other British Columbians to join with me and take a leap of faith on a change that works in jurisdictions around the world. Do not be put in a place of fear.”
  Obviously, the premier’s briefing notes were wrong.
  
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• K-12 union support staff in B.C. agree to three-year framework agreement

  29-09-2018 02:39 via vancouversun.com
  Unions representing public school support staff in B.C. have agreed to a provincial framework giving about 34,000 workers a two-per-cent annual wage increase for three years.
  The agreement covers maintenance workers, custodians, education assistants and clerical, accounting and information technology staff.
  The Presidents’ Council, comprised of Canadian Union of Public Employees local presidents, along with representatives of other support-staff unions, voted this week to endorse the frame
  
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• Stanley Park causeway crash stalls Friday afternoon traffic near Lions Gate Bridge

  29-09-2018 02:16 via vancouversun.com
  A crash around 4 p.m. on the Stanley Park causeway caused lengthy delays for those trying to get on or off the North Shore during the Friday rush.
  Drive B.C. said Highway 99 was shut in both directions after a collision between Lost Lagoon Road and Wren Trail on the Vancouver side of the bridge.
  The causeway crash was cleared about an hour later, but there were significant delays for anyone trying to cross the Lions Gate Bridge, and for diverted traffic using the busy Ironworkers Memorial Bridge
  
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• Study finds pollutants called PCBs pose greatest threat to orca population

  29-09-2018 02:08 via globalnews.ca
  A Danish report in the journal Science found that PCBs could lead to the disappearance of half of the world's orcas from the most heavily contaminated areas in the next 30 to 50 years.
  
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• Huge delays on Stanley Park Causeway after collision on Lions Gate

  29-09-2018 02:08 via globalnews.ca
  Traffic was backed up due to a collision on the Stanley Park Causeway Friday afternoon, between Lost Lagoon Road and Wren Trail.
  
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• Whitecaps, L.A. in different spending galaxies, but have same results

  29-09-2018 02:04 via theprovince.com
  Two rudderless ships will drift into each other about 10 kilometres inland from Long Beach, Calif., on Saturday night.
  Both have a destination — a Major League Soccer championship — but their routes are going through different poles with the same lacklustre results.
  The budget-conscious Vancouver Whitecaps on Tuesday fired Carl Robinson, their head coach of nearly five seasons. The L.A. Galaxy, the high-profile, high-paying league standard-bearers, parted ways with Sigi Schmid two we
  
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• Almost 20,000 people have applied for ‘Cannabis Connoisseur’ job posting

  29-09-2018 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  The company is looking for five pot smokers ready to try different types of marijuana.
  
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