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• ‘We understand:’ Morneau on B.C. dairy farmers concerns about USMCA deal

  02-10-2018 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau responds to a question from Chris Gailus about how the new USMCA trade deal impacts Canadian dairy farmers and their concerns about profitability with the new agreement.
  
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• Vancouver will make booze sales legal on 2 popular beaches next year - CTV News

  02-10-2018 23:47 via ctvnews.ca
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  Vancouver will make booze sales legal on 2 popular beaches next year
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  Summer is long gone but come next spring, vendors at two of Vancouver's most popular beaches will be allowed to sell booze. The city is allowing two beach concession stands in English Bay and Kitsilano, B.C. to sell beer and wine in designated areas, ...
  You'll be able to buy booze at two Vancouver beaches next yearVancouver Courier
  It's finally going to be legal to drink at Vancouver beaches next summer
  
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• Woman in wheelchair hospitalized after hit-and-run accident in Surrey

  02-10-2018 23:43 via theprovince.com
  A 69-year-old woman remains in critical condition after she was struck by a vehicle while crossing a Surrey street in her electric wheelchair Monday.
  The accident happened at around 8:45 p.m.
  Surrey RCMP say the woman was in a marked crosswalk at the intersection of 68th Avenue and 138nd Street when she was hit by a vehicle travelling southbound on 138nd Street.
  The driver didn’t stop after the collision and left the scene.
  The woman, whose name hasn’t been released, was taken t
  
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• Police allege fraud suspect passed off rolls of metal washers as toonies

  02-10-2018 23:43 via theprovince.com
  A B.C.-wide arrest warrant has been issued for a man who used rolls of metal washers to defraud 17 banks, tricking them into handing over more than $30,000.
  Terrelle Robert Talbot, 43, is being sought by North Vancouver RCMP, who allege the man visited banks across the Lower Mainland with what appeared to be rolls of coins to exchange for bills.
  In each case, police allege Talbot requested a bank teller exchange his rolled tubes of “coins” for bills. While the rolls had a toonie on e
  
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• Season preview: Good-year, bad-year probabilities as Canucks open season

  02-10-2018 23:37 via theprovince.com
  Hockey writers Ben Kuzma and Patrick Johnston take a look at what awaits the Vancouver Canucks this NHL season. Kuzma breaks downs forwards, while Johnston examines defence, goalies, coach and GM:
  FORWARDS
  Staying off the Canucks injury reports would put a smile on winger Sven Baertschi’s face this season.
  SVEN BAERTSCHI
  Good year if: Stays injury free. Limited to 14 goals in 53 games last season (fractured jaw, shoulder sprain) and winger needs to reward faith of three-year, $10
  
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• Morneau discusses USMCA and its impact on dairy and steel

  02-10-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  On Tuesday, Finance Minister Bill Morneau spoke at the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade discussing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and its impact on dairy farmers and the steel industry.
  
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• Vancouver housing prices slowly easing as sales tumble 43.5 per cent in September - The Globe and Mail

  02-10-2018 23:19 via theglobeandmail.com
  The Globe and Mail
  Vancouver housing prices slowly easing as sales tumble 43.5 per cent in September
  The Globe and Mail
  Home sales in the Vancouver region spiralled lower in September while prices are slowly easing in Canada's most expensive housing market. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) said the number of homes sold in September fell 43.5 per ...
  Real estate board reports Metro Vancouver home sales down sharplyCTV News
  Metro Vancouver September home sales plunge 40% vs
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: Co-working just keeps growing

  02-10-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Co-working office providers are continuing to sweep up downtown Vancouver office space as the business model shows no signs of slowing down.
  In September, Spaces, the communal office space brand under the IWG Plc umbrella, announced that it is taking 120,000 square feet at the new 400 West Georgia St. tower, a project being developed by Allied and Westbank Corp. That building is expected to open in 2022.
  That deal comes on the heels of the official launch of Spaces Gastown, a six-floor co-workin
  
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• Snowfall warning for parts of B.C. as bursts of heavy snow expected Tuesday

  02-10-2018 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  Heavy bands of snow will develop later Tuesday as a low pressure system from the coast clashes with a cold front in the interior. 
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Brock Boeser banks on ability, attitude to adjust after goalless preseason

  02-10-2018 22:44 via theprovince.com
  Brock Boeser has it figured out away from Rogers Arena.
  It’s been easier for the Vancouver Canucks sophomore right winger to acclimate to living on his own this NHL campaign — and avoid cooking, cleaning and laundry — than figuring out how to turn plenty of preseason shot attempts into regular-season goals.
  “I don’t cook, I don’t know how — other than snacks,” laughed the 21-year-old Boeser. “We get breakfast and lunch at the rink and we have
  
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• Season preview: Elias Pettersson should transition smoothly to the NHL, says Markus Naslund

  02-10-2018 22:42 via theprovince.com
  You’ve read the headline: “Young player rips it up in tough Swedish men’s league.”
  The story is about a hotly touted prospect who puts up a point-per-game pace as a teenager in a very tough men’s league.
  Yes, that’s Elias Pettersson. And it’s also Markus Naslund.
  There weren’t many players getting as much buzz as Markus Naslund was in the summer of 1993. His name was spoken often in the same breath as Peter Forsberg.
  The two young Swedes were going
  
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• Service resumes at Sea Island Canada Line stations following power outage

  02-10-2018 22:33 via vancouversun.com
  Power has returned to Canada Line Stations on Sea Island following an earlier power outage.
  A power outage at Canada Line stations on Sea Island affected lighting, escalators and elevators on Tuesday afternoon.
  The escalators and elevators where briefly affected while lighting was reduced during the outage.
  Around 1:30 p.m., TransLink announced power had returned to the Sea Island stations and operations had returned to normal.
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• Race to watch: Density and taxes up for debate in West Vancouver

  02-10-2018 22:32 via globalnews.ca
  West Vancouver plans to add 5,000 units in the next 25 years. What will that look like?
  
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• Markus Naslund is content with a life outside of hockey

  02-10-2018 22:30 via theprovince.com
  Markus Naslund says he’s happy with life as just a dad and real estate developer.
  Hockey was the main thing for him for a long time. Now, not so much.
  After 16 years in North American hockey, including more than a decade in Vancouver, he retired from the NHL in 2009. He played 29 games for Modo, his hometown team, in 2009-10. From midway through the 2010-11 season until 2014, he served as Modo’s general manager.
  There were some suggestions he had talked to ex-Canucks president Trevor
  
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• Vancouver Park Board to test liquour sales at two beaches

  02-10-2018 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Park Board has approved a pilot project where beet and wine can be purchased at two sites — one at English Bay and Kits Beach.
  
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• Mixed reaction to Kitimat LNG facility approval

  02-10-2018 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  Legislative Bureau Chief Keith Baldrey has reaction in B.C. to Tuesday’s LNG approval announcement.
  
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• $40-billion Kitimat LNG facility will move forward

  02-10-2018 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  A milestone today in the effort to export Canadian natural gas to Asian markets by announcing the LNG facility is moving forward. Nadia Stewart explains how this pipe dream has become a reality and why it’s raising concerns.
  
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• Canucks players put in video game ban on the road

  02-10-2018 22:25 via theprovince.com
  The Canucks have decided to ban video games while they’re on road trips.
  Michael Del Zotto first mooted the idea earlier in training camp but it hasn’t really been a talking point since.
  But on Tuesday, Bo Horvat told TSN 1040 that the players had decided to put in a ban on playing video games on the road.
  “Yeah, that’s definitely a no-go on the road,” he told Don Taylor and Bob Marjanovich. “No more Fortnite. No more bringing video games on the road. It&rsquo
  
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• Voters ‘embrace something different’ in recent elections

  02-10-2018 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  The historic results of recent provincial elections in Quebec and New Brunswick are a sign that voters are embracing change, according to one political scientist.
  
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• Season preview: Canucks veterans reflect on their time as NHL rookies

  02-10-2018 22:03 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks will open the 2018-19 season with just one true rookie on their 23-man roster in Elias Pettersson. He’s expected to make his NHL regular season debut on Wednesday against the Calgary Flames. We talked to some of the current Canucks about their experiences as a rookie in the NHL and asked what advice they’d give their younger selves now …
  Brock Boeser made his NHL debut at the tail end of the 2016-17 season with the Canucks
  “In those nine games I pla
  
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• B.C. Government to legislate a second referendum on electoral reform if new system passes

  02-10-2018 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. Government will require British Columbians to vote again if electoral system changes following this fall's referendum.
  
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• Burrowing owls to get ‘new homes’ in South Okanagan this week

  02-10-2018 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  The Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of B.C. and World Wildlife Fund of Canada will be installing artificial burrows in Osoyoos on Friday.
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Bo Horvat must await captaincy as Canucks opt for four alternates

  02-10-2018 21:23 via theprovince.com
  Following a sobering 6-0 preseason loss in Edmonton on Sept. 25, Bo Horvat got the Henrik Sedin treatment.
  Without a teammate in sight, the Vancouver Canucks centre was surrounded by a mini-media mob and dutifully answered every query about the disheartening defeat. Like Henrik, he found a silver lining in a good start and a solid two periods. And he also took ownership of a poor third period.
  He looked and sounded like a leader — like something he witnessed the previous four years in the
  
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• ‘They’re such a misunderstood animal:’ Turtle Valley refuge rescues neglected donkeys

  02-10-2018 20:40 via globalnews.ca
  Donkey refuge in Turtle Valley has been rescuing neglected and abused donkeys and mules for almost two decades.
  
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• Region's home sales plummet 43.5% in September

  02-10-2018 20:37
  
  No flurry of fall activity this year, as slide in both sales and prices gathers pace across Metro Vancouver
  
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• DNA tests reveal 10 half-siblings across western Canada: ‘I always wanted a sister’

  02-10-2018 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  Through the Ancestry DNA website and by speaking to relatives, half-sisters learned their biological mother gave birth to 10 kids. Now, some of them are meeting in person for the first time.
  
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• Style Q&A: Vancouver boutique Secret Location launches clothing line

  02-10-2018 20:24 via vancouversun.com
  Every now and again, a fashion capsule collection comes along that is so good, it leaves you fervently wishing that it will become a permanent collection.
  The new line from Secret Location is one such release.
  The limited collection from the Vancouver-based retailer features cool-girl pieces such as an asymmetrical Italian-twill blazer and pyjama-inspired separates, each one boasting an element of seriously cool style.
  We caught up with Carey Melnichuk, the store owner and mastermind of the
  
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• Kuzma: Horvat must await captaincy as Canucks opt for four alternates

  02-10-2018 20:22 via theprovince.com
  Following a sobering 6-0 preseason loss in Edmonton on Sept. 25, Bo Horvat got the Henrik Sedin treatment.
  Without a teammate in sight, the Vancouver Canucks centre was surrounded by a mini-media mob and dutifully answered every query about the disheartening defeat. Like Henrik, he found a silver lining in a good start and a solid two periods. And he also took ownership of a poor third period.
  He looked and sounded like a leader — like something he witnessed the previous four years in the
  
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• Delta police issue $40K in penalties for unsafe commercial vehicles during blitz

  02-10-2018 20:16 via theprovince.com
  Nearly half the commercial vehicles inspected during a safety blitz last month in Delta were pulled off the road for being unsafe, resulting in nearly $40,000 in fines and tickets.
  From Sept. 25 to 27, police located in six locations throughout Delta stopped a total of 357 commercial vehicles for full inspections. Only 39 passed with no defects.
  Another 152 were ordered to seek minor repairs at a later date, while 158 were pulled off the road entirely requiring extensive repairs. A total of 110
  
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• VIFF 2018: Kid Koala presents Satellite as part of Live program

  02-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Kid Koala presents Satellite
  When: Oct. 5-7, various times
  Where: The Annex, 823 Seymour
  Tickets: viff.orgInnovative DJ Kid Koala is no stranger to film. Over the course of his career, he has delivered conceptual performances incorporating live music and onscreen storytelling, complete with comfy pillows and recess breaks.
  He has also tried to break down all walls between performer and punter, though never before to the degree he’s doing it in Satellite.
  This interactive event taking part
  
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• Q&A: Jain declares war on growing global bigotry with new album

  02-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Jain
  When: Oct. 12, 7 p.m.
  Where: Vogue Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $26.50, at ticketfly.comFrench pop singer Jain blasted onto the international scene with the infectious tracks Come and Makeba. Taken from her 2015 debut Zanaka, the songs were bursting with multicultural rhythms, club savvy production and hooks that you could groove to for days.
  With a mother from Madagascar and a youth spent growing up in Dubai, Congo and France, Jain was set on a path of true world music from an early poin
  
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• Looking back at the fools we were, and will be again in Krapp's Last Tape

  02-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Krapp’s Last Tape
  When: Oct. 5-26
  Where: Tyrant Studios, 1019 Seymour St.
  Tickets: $26, at seventyrants.comIn Krapp’s Last Tape, the title character indulges in his annual ritual: looking back on his life while listening to a recording made by his younger self.
  But even as the 69-year-old Krapp listens to and judges his 39-year-old self, so too do we hear the 39-year-old Krapp judging yet a younger version of himself.
  “He looks on his past self with disdain: ‘Foolishness,
  
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• Five things to check out at the 2018 Vancouver International Improv Festival

  02-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver International Improv Festival
  When: Oct. 10-13
  Where: Various venues, including the Granville Island Revue Stage, Performance Works, and Havana Theatre
  Tickets and info: vancouverimprovfest.com
  1. The Wadsworth Constant. Urbandictionary.com defines the Wadsworth Constant as “the idea that the true meaning of a video, conversation, or comment approaches importance after approximately 30 per cent of it has been skipped over.” It is also the title that Philadelphia-based impro
  
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• Cloud, a loving female Pit Bull from Burnaby

  02-10-2018 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  This pet, currently under the care of the BC SPCA, is waiting for her forever home. .
  
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• Clashing ideas about feminism fuel hit Quebec comedy Baby-Sitter

  02-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Baby-Sitter
  When: Oct. 9-13, 8 p.m. (English surtitles Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday)
  Where: Studio 16
  Tickets: $26-30, at seizieme.caIn Baby-Sitter, Cédric’s sexist joke goes viral and he loses his job Hydro-Québec. Seeking more time to write a book inspired by the incident with his journalist brother, Cédric and his partner hire a babysitter. But the baby-sitter has her own ideas about political correctness in the #metoo era.
  Postmedia talked to director Phi
  
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• Surrey family mourns loss of their pet after it was attacked by aggressive dog

  02-10-2018 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  The dog was caught on surveillance video ambushing a smaller dog and killing it in front of the owner's four-year-old daughter Sunday night.
  
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• Kuzma: Brock Boeser banks on ability, attitude to adjust after goalless pre-season

  02-10-2018 19:30 via theprovince.com
  Brock Boeser has it figured out away from Rogers Arena.
  It’s been easier for the Vancouver Canucks sophomore right winger to acclimate to living on his own this NHL campaign — and avoid cooking, cleaning and laundry — than figuring out how to turn plenty of pre-season shot attempts into regular-season goals.
  “I don’t cook, I don’t know how — other than snacks,” laughed the 21-year-old Boeser. “We get breakfast and lunch at the rink and we hav
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of September 29

  02-10-2018 19:29 via vancouversun.com
  Lethal White by Robert Galbraith.
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. Lethal White — Robert Galbraith
  2. Juror #3 — James Patterson and Nancy Allen
  3. Time’s Convert — Deborah Harkness
  4. Shadow Tyrants — Cussler/Morrison
  5. In His Father’s Footsteps — Danielle Steel
  6. Leverage in Death — J.D. Robb
  7. Sea Prayer — Khaled Hosseini
  8. Texas Ranger — James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle
  9. Where the Crawdads Sing — Della Owens
  10. The Forbidden Doo
  
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• Man dies after being hit in Surrey car accident Sunday evening

  02-10-2018 19:20 via theprovince.com
  An 81-year-old man has died after being struck by a vehicle in Surrey late Sunday.
  Around 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, police were called to the intersection of 75th Avenue and 122A Street for a car accident. A man in his 80s was hit by a vehicle and taken to hospital with serious injuries. The driver remained at the scene and is co-operating with police.
  Early indications say speed and alcohol don’t appear to be factors in the crash, police say. Surrey’s criminal crash team is reviewing the
  
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• Letters, Oct. 2: The only 'wasted vote' is the one that isn't cast, reader says

  02-10-2018 19:14 via vancouversun.com
  The various voting systems each have their supporters and arguments in favour, and Douglas Todd offers a number for proportional representation in his Sept. 25 column. But it’s dismissive to categorize the current system as consisting of wasted votes.
  Political parties have always adopted policies from other parties that were popular. For example, the CCF/NDP has never formed a federal government, yet many of its policies have been adopted. The Greens have pushed the major parties to claim
  
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• LNG Canada terminal does little for short-term prices but boosts gas producer confidence

  02-10-2018 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  The approval of Canada's first LNG export terminal is expected to boost investor confidence in Canada's natural gas sector, industry observers say.
  
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• You’ll be able to buy booze at two Vancouver beaches next year

  02-10-2018 19:07
  
  Next spring and summer you’ll be able to purchase alcohol at two concession operations at a couple of popular Vancouver beaches.
  
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• Port Moody OKs 512-unit housing agreement for Suter Brook site

  02-10-2018 19:00
  
  Proposal for final parcel of land will have 512 units in two highrises with 50 affordable rental homes
  
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• A dazzling meteor shower will illuminate Metro Vancouver skies this week

  02-10-2018 18:52
  
  British Columbian stargazers are privy to a rare celestial treat this week.
  
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• Trudeau calls LNG project in B.C. the biggest private investment in Canada's history

  02-10-2018 18:48 via vancouversun.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is celebrating the single largest private investment in Canadian history to build the $40 billion liquified natural gas export terminal on B.C.’s north coast.
  Trudeau was in Vancouver Tuesday morning at a news conference to formally announce the giant energy project’s go ahead, along with Premier John Horgan and LNG Canada.
  LNG Canada was given final approval late Monday night to move to construction by a consortium o
  
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• That magical Harry Potter-themed Wizards Brunch is still happening in Vancouver

  02-10-2018 18:44
  
  Remember the promise of a pop-up Harry Potter-themed Wizards Brunch working its weekend morning magic on Vancouver?
  
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• Beyonce and Jay-Z want you to get in formation for tonight's concert at B.C. Place

  02-10-2018 18:05 via vancouversun.com
  Time to prove to Beyonce and Jay-Z you’ve got some coordination.
  The couple’s On The Run II tour hits B.C. Place tonight and there’s a few things to know.
  Arrive early.
  Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and 40,000 guests are expected. The show starts at 7:30 p.m.
  There are also multiple events taking place in the area so there will be additional traffic in and around the venue. Give yourself plenty of time to make your way to the stadium.
  Public transit is recommended as there is very li
  
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• Top 5 things to do or think about when separating

  02-10-2018 17:55 via globalnews.ca
  When marriages or common law relationships come to an end there is a lot to think about. Stuart Zukerman of Zukerman Law Group tells Global News the top five things you should consider when separating.
  
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• Nutrition: The truth about lectins

  02-10-2018 17:31 via globalnews.ca
  Are lectins harmful to your diet? Dietitian Diana Steele sets the record straight.
  
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• Housing market continues to cool in Metro Vancouver: Real Estate Board

  02-10-2018 17:15 via globalnews.ca
  "Our townhome and apartment markets are sitting in balanced market territory and our detached home market remains in a clear buyers' market."
  
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