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• Artist Zube Aylward found dead following a report of kidnapping near Lillooet

  15-10-2018 23:13 via vancouversun.com
  The RCMP’s South District major-crimes unit is investigating the “suspicious death” of a 71-year-old man whose body was found near Lillooet on Saturday.
  The body was discovered by Mounties at 1:36 p.m. on a remote road outside of Seton Portage, a rural community and historic provincial park about 25 kilometres west of Lillooet.
  RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says Lillooet RCMP were responding to a report of a kidnapping and suspicious death.
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• Kelowna Rockets look to improve their fortunes

  15-10-2018 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  This year the Kelowna Rockets are off to their worst start in history...
  
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• 2018 municipal elections: United Steelworkers endorse Mike Hurley for Burnaby mayor

  15-10-2018 22:46 via vancouversun.com
  The United Steelworkers is backing Burnaby mayoral candidate Mike Hurley in his effort to unseat the incumbent Derek Corrigan, who has served as the city’s mayor since 2002.
  “People who get up every morning and go to work need a Mayor on their side. They need a mayor who understands their issues and will go to bat for them. Mike Hurley will be that Mayor,” Stephen Hunt, United Steelworkers director, said in a press release.
  “Working families are finding it harder and
  
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• Hovering to new lows: They might take cool footage, but drones are a real buzzkill

  15-10-2018 22:38
  
  You’re at the beach on a gorgeous fall day, resting against on a log and looking out at a shimmering lake. You’re savouring the still, quiet serenity of autumn in the park.
  
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• Minor hockey association to honour slain BC coach

  15-10-2018 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  'No closure, no answer, I think, is what has been so difficult for everybody on why this happened.'
  
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• Longtime retailer squeezed out of Oakridge mall redevelopment

  15-10-2018 22:17
  
  In 2013, Boris Chenkis was feeling “positively” about the Oakridge Centre redevelopment proposal.
  
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• Giants jump out to best start since decade-old glory days

  15-10-2018 22:10 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Giants are off to their best start since their best ever regular season.
  The Giants carry an 8-1-1-0 record into a Tuesday visit (7 p.m., Sportsnet 650 and Spice 1200) to the Langley Events Centre by the Swift Current Broncos.
  Vancouver hasn’t had this kind of success in its first 10 games of a campaign since going 7-0-0-3 to kick off 2008-09. That team finished 57-10-2-3, the high water mark for a regular season for the club since it joined the Western Hockey League for the
  
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• Vancouver's average rental price for one-bedroom apartment jumps to $2,100

  15-10-2018 21:31 via vancouversun.com
  The average rental price for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver jumped 2.4 per cent last month to $2,100 per month, according to the latest Canadian rankings released by PadMapper.
  Toronto, with a median asking rental price of $2,230, is the most expensive city in Canada to rent a one-bedroom apartment, followed by Vancouver, Burnaby ($1,580), Montreal ($1,410) and Barrie, Ont. ($1,360).Padmapper says the average asking price for a two-bedroom apartment in Vancouver rose 3.1 per cent last mont
  
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• Man, 71, dead following a report of kidnapping near Lillooet

  15-10-2018 21:27 via vancouversun.com
  The RCMP’s South District major crimes unit is investigating the “suspicious death” of a 71-year-old man whose body was found near Lillooet on Saturday.
  The body was discovered by Mounties at 1:36 p.m. on a remote road outside of Seton Portage, a rural community located about 25 kilometres west of Lillooet.
  RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says Lillooet RCMP were responding to a report of a kidnapping and suspicious death.The man’s name has not been rel
  
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• Encorp Looks to Increase Beverage Container Recycling in BC after Recent Drop

  15-10-2018 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  Encorp President and CEO Allen Langdon explains why fewer beverage containers are being returned in B.C. and what Encorp is doing to reverse the trend. These new initiatives include the Return-It Express program aimed at making the return process faster.
  
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• Two Vernon residents arrested in connection to 2017 homicide

  15-10-2018 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  The arrests follow last year's death of 50-year-old Will Bartz.
  
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• Family of Vernon homicide victim pleased that charges have been laid: ‘Willy was a very good person’

  15-10-2018 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  The arrests follow last year's death of 50-year-old Will Bartz.
  
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• No pot stores or production facilities in Surrey: mayoral candidate Doug McCallum

  15-10-2018 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  'Our community is feeling very unsafe,' the Safe Surrey Coalition candidate says.
  
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• Covenant House Sleep Out 2018 Executive Edition

  15-10-2018 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  On any given night there are between 500 and 1,000 young people living on the streets in Vancouver. Business Leaders use their influence to raise awareness and critical funds for vulnerable young people November 15th!
  
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• Calgary radio guy has fun with Elias Pettersson’s concussion

  15-10-2018 20:40 via theprovince.com
  While Vancouver Canucks rookie Elias Pettersson recovers from a concussion, some Calgary broadcasters are having a little fun at his expense.
  Pettersson was hurt Saturday night in Miami when he was thrown to the ice by Florida Panthers defenceman Mike Matheson.
  Elias Pettersson injured in Florida.
  Eric Francis, a senior columnist for Sportsnet.ca and a host on Calgary’s Sportsnet 960 radio, launched a contest Monday morning asking listeners to “name the finishing move Matheson u
  
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• How to grow your four legal marijuana plants: A beginner’s guide

  15-10-2018 20:37 via theprovince.com
  When federal legalization comes Oct. 17, adults in most provinces will be allowed to grow up to four cannabis plants per residence for personal use.
  Justin Cooper, the owner of Pacific Northwest Garden Supply, expects some of them to come to one of his eight stores in B.C. for a grow setup.
  Cooper, 45, has been running his hydroponics and garden supply business for 25 years, since the boom of “B.C. Bud” in the early ’90s.
  While his clients tend to be large-scale producers &mdas
  
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• B.C. suggests private marijuana stores shutter until licensed

  15-10-2018 20:36 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – Private businesses that hope to get new government licenses to sell marijuana would be well advised to sell off their existing supply of cannabis and shut down by Wednesday until they receive official permission to operate, says the province’s marijuana minister.
  Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said he’d recommend these businesses, currently operating in a legal grey area, close down after cannabis is legalized Oct. 17 until they get a new operating license from the
  
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• Pay attention to school board candidates’ views on SOGI says Vancouver DPAC chair

  15-10-2018 20:11
  
  Sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) is a hot topic in this fall’s school board elections, dividing parents and causing havoc.
  
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• Shirtless and underground, Chris Griffin brings his storytelling chops to the Biltmore

  15-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Chris Griffin: I’m Not Your Family Guy
  When: Oct. 18 at 7 and 9:30 p.m.
  Where: Biltmore Cabaret
  Tickets: $14.99 at ticketfly.com
  After selling his business, Chris Griffin moved from Calgary to Vancouver to pursue standup comedy full-time. The move has paid off, if not in riches, then awards and recognition, including such resume-building accomplishments as becoming the only Canadian comic in over 40 years to reach the finals at the San Francisco International Comedy Competition and wi
  
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• Is B.C. ready for legal weed? Vancouver police chief says yes for enforcement, drug-impaired driving

  15-10-2018 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  There have been many questions around the issue of policing and cannabis in B.C., once it becomes legal.
  
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• B.C.’s weed dispensaries advised to shut down by Wednesday if they want to operate legally

  15-10-2018 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth is advising dispensary owners who hope to legally operate recreational marijuana shops to shut their doors before Wednesday. 
  
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• VIDEO: What you need to know about legal pot in Vancouver explained in three minutes

  15-10-2018 19:41
  
  Non-medical marijuana becomes legal in Canada on Oct. 17. But information about what you can and can't do remains a little... hazy.
  
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• Blast from the past was Dino-mite, but didn't saur to Langley victory

  15-10-2018 19:20 via vancouversun.com
  LANGLEY — While groups of runners did variations of the Shimmy Shimmy Shake trying to stay warm Sunday morning in chilly Campbell Valley Regional Park, Richard MacLachlan stood out like a ‘saur thumb — so to speak.
  Yep, the man who ran the half-marathon here in 2016 while dressed in a wild green lizard suit was back — this time in a purple dinosaur costume, posing for pictures on the Historic Langley Speedway oval that served as the starting and finishing area for the fou
  
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• B.C. receives 173 cannabis shop applications but only one store opening on Wednesday

  15-10-2018 19:20 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s public safety minister says the government has received 173 applications for cannabis retail outlets, but only one approved store will open Wednesday when marijuana sales become legal in Canada.
  Mike Farnworth says other outlets will follow the approved store in Kamloops.
  Farnworth says more cannabis shops will open in the coming but there are no firm timelines for when that will happen.
  He says of the 173 applications received so far, 62 have been reviewed and subm
  
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• Race to watch: In City of Langley, will Peter Fassbender’s experience hinder or help?

  15-10-2018 19:19 via globalnews.ca
  Peter Fassbender says once he decided to re-enter municipal politics, he went out and knocked on practically every door in the City of Langley.
  
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• Awwwwww: Vancouver firefighters save baby skunk

  15-10-2018 19:13 via vancouversun.com
  They rescue cats from trees, why not skunks from dumpsters?
  On Sunday, firefighters from Vancouver Fire Rescue’s downtown Hall 7 used rescue tools to assist a wildlife rescue crew from saving a young skunk found stuck in a dumpster drainage hole.
  “The team used rescue tools and completed rescue without critter injury or the need for tomato juice,” said fire chief Darrell Reid.
  Tomato juice is an old home remedy for getting rid of skunk stench.  The SPCA says washing with a
  
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• Surrey firefighters battle simultaneous blazes

  15-10-2018 18:50 via theprovince.com
  Surrey firefighters battles blazes on two fronts early Monday morning.
  Fire crews were called to a two-alarm blaze at a two-storey, mixed-used commercial/residential building at 1:15 a.m. in  the 12500-block of 110th Avenue.
  Flames were leaping from the structure when firefighters arrived.
  The building contained at least two businesses, including an auto repair shop.
  Surrey Fire Rescue said two people were inside the building when the fire broke out but both made it out safely.
  About 20 fir
  
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• B.C. receives 173 cannabis shop applications but only one store opening Oct. 17

  15-10-2018 18:48
  
  British Columbia's public safety minister says the government has received 173 applications for cannabis retail outlets, but only one approved store will open Wednesday when marijuana sales become legal in Canada.
  
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• Mike Farnworth addresses illegal pot dispensaries operating in B.C. on Oct. 18

  15-10-2018 18:43 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Mike Farnworth, talks about pot dispensaries that will be operating in B.C. illegally come Oct. 18.
  
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• Farnworth on online pot sales in B.C.

  15-10-2018 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Mike Farnworth, talks about online pot sales in B.C. starting Oct. 17 and the rumours the website is not going to be able to handle the traffic.
  
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• Mike Farnworth on pot legalization in B.C. Oct. 17

  15-10-2018 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  B.C.’s Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Mike Farnworth, talks about what pot legalization in the province will look like on Oct. 17.
  
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• Vancouver leads Canada’s first home sales decline in five months

  15-10-2018 18:11 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian home sales declined for the first time in five months as activity in Vancouver and Toronto weakened.
  Sales in Vancouver fell by 1.5 per cent in September and benchmark prices declined 1.2 per cent, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday. In Toronto, the nation’s biggest city, sales fell 0.5 per cent and benchmark prices rose 0.1 per cent.
  Activity across the country fell by 0.4 percent, bringing the 12-month decline to 8.9 percent, according to the Ottawa-based realtor g
  
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• COMMENTARY: The tepid race to be Vancouver’s next mayor

  15-10-2018 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  Kennedy Stewart and the Vancouver & District Labour Council have been treating the election campaign like chess while everyone else has been playing checkers, Mike McDonald says.
  
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• Trevor Linden on Canucks’ reaction to Pettersson hit: ‘The game has changed’

  15-10-2018 17:12 via theprovince.com
  Put former Canucks president Trevor Linden in the same camp as his former colleagues.
  Like Canucks coach Travis Green and general manager Jim Benning, Linden said he didn’t have a problem with how the Canucks players reacted after Elias Pettersson was injured by a hit from Florida Panthers defenceman Mike Matheson.
  During a Monday morning radio interview with Sportsnet 650,  was asked about the hit during Saturday’s game, where Matheson hit Pettersson into the boards and then fi
  
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• September home sales slip 0.4% compared to August, first dip since April: CREA

  15-10-2018 16:55 via globalnews.ca
  Nationally, though, the housing market continues to appear set for recovery — with the notable exception of B.C.
  
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• Temporary access allowed for residents of landslide-threatened Old Fort

  15-10-2018 16:08 via vancouversun.com
  FORT ST. JOHN — Some residents of the northeastern B.C. community of Old Fort are being allowed to briefly return to their homes after they were ordered out last week because of a slow-moving landslide.
  The Peace River Regional District says on its website that residents with homes in the eastern portion of Old Fort, furthest from the slumping hillside, will be ferried up the Peace River to their properties, beginning at noon.
  The district says areas of access to the community of about 54
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you plan to vote in B.C.'s municipal elections?

  15-10-2018 15:53 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbians head to the polls on Saturday to elect new civic governments.
  During the 2014 municipal elections, voter turnout hovered well below 50 per cent in most of B.C.’s major cities.
  According to CivicInfoBC, turnout was 32.86% in Surrey, 39.31% in Victoria, 32.52% in Kelowna, 37.03% in Prince George, 27.3% in Burnaby, 31.26% in Richmond and 42.32% in Vancouver.
  Will voter numbers be higher this year?
  What do you think?Take Our Poll
  
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• Condo flipping was never the culprit behind Vancouver's home price spikes

  15-10-2018 15:43 via vancouversun.com
  Condo flipping was never pervasive in the Vancouver and Toronto housing booms and that sliver of the market has faded over time, suggesting tougher measures to curb speculators won’t make those cities more affordable.
  Just 3.4 per cent of Vancouver condominiums sold between April and June were units that had already been sold over the previous year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg from Teranet Inc.’s land and housing registry. The share of “paired sales” is close
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny and warm all week

  15-10-2018 15:15 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Oct. 15, 2018 – Great big globs of sunshine. I hope that’s what you ordered, because that’s what you’re getting.
  Environment Canada says Metro Vancouver can expect sunny skies and mild-to-warm temperatures all week.Today, Vancouver should hit a high of 16 C, with the mercury rising to 21 C further inland. Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Sunny. High 15 except 20 inland.
  Tuesday: Sunny. High 16 except 21 inland.
  Wednesday: Sunny. High 17 except 21 inla
  
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• Surrey firefighters battle pair of early morning 2-alarm fires

  15-10-2018 14:47 via globalnews.ca
  No one was hurt in either fire.
  
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• ‘Enough is enough’ when it comes to fatal shootings: Surrey resident

  15-10-2018 14:08 via globalnews.ca
  "It's just going crazy it's just stupid if you ask me."
  
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• Hikers rescued in West Vancouver

  15-10-2018 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  Lions Bay SAR reported the hikers were rescued safely shortly after 11 p.m..
  
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• Activist says 'relocation specialists' speeding tenant dislocation in Metrotown

  15-10-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Developers are using relocation services to pressure Metrotown-area tenants out of their rental properties early, an anti-poverty group is alleging.
  Murray Martin, with the group ACORN, said his organization started noticing a lot of tenants moving out of buildings where development proposals haven’t been finalized, including locations where Burnaby city council put a hold on public hearings for re-zoning.
  “The problem with this, No. 1, is it’s in the middle of a housing crisis
  
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• Like driving a new car? The true cost of trading up too soon

  15-10-2018 13:00 via theprovince.com
  Q: Some people couldn’t care less about the car they drive as long as it gets them around, but not me. I like the look and feel of new cars and appreciate the technology advances that come out each year. I usually trade my car in every three years as I tend to get bored and want something new. I recognize that there’s a bit of a price to pay as cars typically depreciate the most in the first few years, but I keep my cars in pristine shape and always get a fair trade-in value. I have
  
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• Douglas Todd: Will the new leader of Quebec kill its immigrant-investor program?

  15-10-2018 06:24 via vancouversun.com
  The new premier of Quebec has promised to reduce immigration to his province by 20 per cent, require newcomers to learn French in three years and restrict some public servants from wearing religious symbols.
  Premier-designate Francois Legault won a majority on Oct. 1 in large part because he professed to be committed to better “integrating” newcomers into the francophone province. But so far Legault has not hinted at ending Quebec’s divisive immigrant-investor program, one of t
  
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• Study finds no evidence of riskier sex after HPV vaccine introduced

  15-10-2018 06:01 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. public health experts say they now have evidence to refute concerns of people who worried the HPV vaccine would lead to promiscuity among youth.
  When the vaccine against the cancer-causing, sexually transmitted human papillomavirus became publicly funded for Grade 6 and Grade 9 girls in 2008, some religious leaders and parents said it was akin to condoning sexual activity and would lead youth to have sex earlier, with more partners and without protection. Since 2011
  
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• First BC Cannabis Store set to open in Kamloops as legalization approaches

  15-10-2018 05:03 via globalnews.ca
  Kamloops will open the province's first BC Cannabis Store — a 3,000-square-foot space inside Columbia Place Shopping Centre — on Wednesday, Oct. 17.
  
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• Canucks prospects tracker: Week of October 14

  15-10-2018 04:21 via theprovince.com
  It’s the first edition this season of the weekly tracker, where we tally up the efforts of the Canucks’ highest-profile prospects:
  Jett Woo
  He’s the dark horse defensive prospect so many are cheering on — and for good reason.
  Besides having a great name, Jett Woo also has a great game.
  The Canucks’ 2nd-round pick from the 2018 NHL draft was sidelined with a lower-body injury to start the season, missing the first four games for the WHL’s Moose Jaw Warriors. Bu
  
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• SOGI presents as civic election issue despite being a provincial matter

  15-10-2018 04:19 via globalnews.ca
  BC’s controversial sexual orientation and gender identity is playing on the minds of civic voters despite being a policy that is entirely under provincial jurisdiction. Paul Johnson explains.
  
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• Race track crash victim awakens and meets his newborn son

  15-10-2018 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  A Surrey father who was crushed by a car in a freak accident at a race track comes to in hospital and meets his newborn son for the first time. Neetu Garcha reports.
  
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