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  17-10-2018 23:58 via theprovince.com
  THURSDAY, OCT. 18
  RADIO
  TSN 1040: Dale Scott, 7:30, The Morning Show with David Pratt; Mike Johnson, 10 a.m. Halford & Brough; Jamie McLennan 12:30 p.m., Donnie & The Moj; Kristian Jack 6:10 p.m., Sekeres & Price.
  TV
  BASEBALL: MLB, American League Championship Series, Game 5, Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros, 5 p.m. SNP,SNO,SNE,SNW.
  BASKETBALL: NBA, Chicago Bulls at Philadelphia 76ers, 5 p.m. TSN2. NBA, Los Angeles Lakers at Portland Trail Blazers, 7:30 p.m. TSN2.
  FOOTBALL: NFL, Denv
  
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• Vancouver protest: Group warns of pot health risks on legalization day

  17-10-2018 23:57 via vancouversun.com
  A coalition of groups concerned about the health risks associated with marijuana is calling legalization a “dark day for Canada.”
  Members of Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada, Air We Share and Airspace Action on Smoking and Health tried to share the message from the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery today, as pro-pot hecklers shouted over them.
  Coalition spokeswoman Pamela McColl says she believes legalization normalizes a dangerous substance and positions Canada to be the base o
  
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• Kelowna, Okanagan real estate board still opposing speculation tax

  17-10-2018 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Kelowna says the B.C. government's proposed speculation tax could have unintended consequences.
  
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• Patrick Johnston: Horvat gets a handle on faceoffs by combining strength with Malhotra

  17-10-2018 23:54 via theprovince.com
  It took “five or six” years for Manny Malhotra to become truly adept at taking faceoffs.
  The Vancouver Canucks’ assistant coach now has a protege in a similar time in his career: Bo Horvat.
  The 23-year-old Horvat has been Malhotra’s expert “student” for a couple seasons, and the centre has improved his overall winning percentage on draws each campaign.
  He’s also improved in some specific situations.
  Horvat points directly at Malhotra when asked for the r
  
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• Vancouver anti-weed rally calls legalization the day 'Canada went to pot'

  17-10-2018 23:43
  
  A coalition of groups concerned about the health risks associated with marijuana is calling legalization a "dark day for Canada."
  
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• Whitecaps Game Day: Caps out for payback after Kansas City massacre

  17-10-2018 23:23 via theprovince.com
  NEXT GAME: Wednesday
  Sporting Kansas City (15-8-8, 3rd West) at Vancouver Whitecaps (12-12-7, 8th West)
  7 p.m., B.C. Place Stadium
  TV: TSN, Radio: TSN 1040KEY MATCHUP
  Felipe vs. Roger Espinoza
  They are each team’s pistons, the players that squeeze the ball into spaces to create offensive explosions. Felipe, third on the Whitecaps in assists, will get his chance to show his forward passing skills with Alphonso Davies and Yordy Reyna (11 each) missing from the lineup. Espinoza’s nine a
  
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• Fresh-faced T-Birds aim to bump off old foe to start volleyball season

  17-10-2018 23:09 via theprovince.com
  There are plenty of fresh, new faces on the Thunderbirds.
  And an old, familiar and menacing one on the horizon.
  A UBC women’s volleyball team with a record number of first-year players opens a new season this Friday and Saturday against seemingly its perpetual rivals: the University of Alberta Pandas.
  “Just the way things have worked out, it’s amazing the number of times we’ve faced off against each other in key moments,” said UBC coach Doug Reimer. “If it see
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Nobody said democracy was easy

  17-10-2018 23:03 via vancouversun.com
  By the time my neighbour, Dave, goes to vote on Saturday, he’ll have spent more than five hours poring over the candidates’ lists for Vancouver mayor, council, school and park boards.
  He’s read their policies and the parties’ platforms as well as what’s been published in the newspapers. He’s talked to friends both on the right and the left of the spectrum. He’s developed a complex numbering system to rank his choices. And, he’s got a sample co
  
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• Letters to The Province, Oct. 17, 2018: Weaver not making much Green criticism because of pro-rep desires, reader says

  17-10-2018 22:45 via theprovince.com
  Thanks, columnist Mike Smyth for pointing out the real reason that Green party Leader Andrew Weaver isn’t pushing hard on all of his “pet projects.”
  I don’t think he would care if there were 500 tankers in English Bay as long as he gets proportional representation pushed through.
  Uber, nope. Site C, nope. LNG, nope. He’s simply hanging on to the hope that this one-sided referendum comes out his way.
  Rick Ripoli, Burnaby
  Alarmist attitude doesn’t help
  Afte
  
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• Man accused in ‘one punch’ attack in Vancouver found not guilty

  17-10-2018 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  Omid Roudiani was accused of punching 36-year-old Richmond resident Joshua Albertson who was heading home with his wife after a night out.
  
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• Detached home prices will soar after three-year slump: analyst

  17-10-2018 22:16
  
  Metro Vancouver's current housing slump will last until 2021, but will be followed by dramatic doubling in single-family prices, predicts analyst
  
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• Vancouver horror film fest rolls out the bloody red carpet

  17-10-2018 21:52
  
  Halloween season is well underway and the Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival promises to delight viewers with spooky storytelling.
  
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• Kelowna civic election 2018: The four mayoral candidates

  17-10-2018 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  A closer look at the four men who want to lead Kelowna: Incumbent mayor Colin Basran plus challengers Bob Schewe, Bobby Kennedy and Tom Dyas.
  
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• Inside B.C.'s first legal cannabis store in Kamloops

  17-10-2018 21:48 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — More than 100 customers lined up outside the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch’s first B.C. Cannabis Store early Wednesday for a chance to be part of provincial history.
  By the time the doors opened at 10 a.m. sharp, the queue  to be the first consumers of legal, recreational cannabis in B.C., after Canada’s Cannabis Act came into force hours earlier.
  A lone protestor shouted about his opposition to what he perceived as the government’s monopolization of the
  
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• Legalization Day Live: More than 1,000 pot sales online in the first hour, says B.C. government

  17-10-2018 21:47 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government is touting the success of the province’s online cannabis store, which went live shortly after midnight.
  Mike Farnworth, B.C.’s minister of public safety and solicitor general, held a news conference Wednesday morning, on the day Canada formally legalized the recreational use of marijuana. He said that they sold more than 1,000 cannabis products from the new website www.bccannabisstores.com in the first hour, and that online sales have been “steady&rdquo
  
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• CCWS calls for changes to Vancouver dumpsters to save skunks

  17-10-2018 21:42
  
  The request comes after the fourth skunk in two weeks got its head stuck in a bin in search of food
  
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• New provincial investigators to enforce illegal cannabis sales

  17-10-2018 21:29 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government will have a team of 44 special constables around the province to investigate unlicensed cannabis stores.
  But no enforcement action is expected until more licensed stores are opened, a spokesman for the B.C. Public Safety Ministry said Wednesday.
  Colin Hynes said hiring of the special constables, known as the community safety unit, began in the summer and many of the officers are now in place. The unit is part of the Public Safety Ministry, while the expanded liquor and cannab
  
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• Global News asks: Why a lack of open cannabis stores in B.C. on legalization day?

  17-10-2018 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. solicitor general says local governments, not the provincial government, are the ones making the decisions when pot stores will open in their communities.
  
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• Goodbye, sun: Vancouver weather forecast calling for days of rain next week

  17-10-2018 20:39
  
  While Vancouverites were privy to awe-inspiring sunsets and weeks of straight sunshine, the Vancouver weather forecast calls for rain next week.
  
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• Boeser’s OT winner lifts Canucks by Penguins 3-2

  17-10-2018 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  Canucks' Brock Boeser breaks the dead-lock only 34 seconds into overtime giving Vancouver a 3-2 win over the Penguins on Tuesday evening.
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Police release video of suspects in Surrey murder

  17-10-2018 20:19 via vancouversun.com
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team hopes the public can identify suspects in a Surrey murder captured last week on video surveillance footage.
  Cpl. Frank Jang said Wednesday that detectives obtained the video after canvassing the neighbourhood where Sumeet Randhawa was shot and killed  Oct. 11.
  Stolen Hummer used in murder of Sumeet Randhawa Oct. 11, 2018
  The video shows a Hummer H3 arriving in the 6700-block of 129 Street shortly after 2:00 p.m. in tandem with what investigators b
  
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• Police appeal for public help in Sumeet Randhawa homicide investigation

  17-10-2018 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  Police believe surveillance video captured the murder of Sumeet Randhawa.
  
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• IHIT release video of man suspected of gunning down Summet Randhawa

  17-10-2018 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is hoping video footage will solve the murder of a Surrey man who was killed in a brazen daylight shooting last Thursday.
  
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• Wine Guy: Super natural wine

  17-10-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  If you are somewhat into wine, you’ve likely heard all about natural wines by now. And if you haven’t, consider this a bit of intel you can use to impress your more wine-centric friends.
  So what is “natural wine?” There’s not enough space in this column to fully explain, but here’s the quick rundown: natural wines are those made with minimal intervention in the vineyard and winery. No to little additives during winemaking, organic or biodynamic grape-growing.
  
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• This Just In: Guerlain Mon Guerlain eau de toilette, Sulwhasoo Perfecting Cushion Intense and Monat Rejuveniqe Oil Intensive

  17-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Guerlain
  Mon Guerlain eau de toilette
  They say: An eau de toilette that’s a “tribute to today’s femininity,” inspired by Angelina Jolie, the face of the fragrance. The scent boasts notes of mandarin, Sambac Jasmine, Carla Lavender and vanilla that “offers an invitation to be bold.”
  We say: If you haven’t already smelled the intoxicating fragrance Mon Guerlain eau de parfum, we highly suggest that you do. The rich scent is bold and feminine
  
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• Style in The City: Chloe Barcelon

  17-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Name: Chloe Barcelon
  Occupation: Photographer, influencer and child care leader
  Personal style in one word: Sporty-chic
  Social media: @chloeyvr on Instagram
  Love Chloe’s look? Here are a few items to help you recreate it.The pants
  A belted trouser like the ones Chloe is wearing here, are a perfect pant to go from work to play. The classic cut in a timeless hue, such as black, grey or a subtle tweed like these Wilfred Jallade Pants, can seamlessly transition from the office
  
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• Spotlight on Buffy Sainte-Marie's activism and music in new biography

  17-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography
  Andrea Warner | Greystone Books pp. 304In 1964, a dynamic singer-songwriter from the Piapot Cree First Nation in Qu’Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, released her debut album on the celebrated folk/jazz/blues label Vanguard Records.
  It’s My Way! was Buffy Sainte-Marie’s opening sonic salvo on the world, and contained the protest song Universal Soldier, as well as such controversial tracks as Now That the Buffalo’s Gone, My Country
  
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• Man in the High Castle returns for season three

  17-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Actor Rufus Sewell is used to being the bad guy so he wasn’t worried about fan reaction to him as John Smith, the Third Reich’s Obergruppenführer, in the Amazon Prime Video series The Man in the High Castle.
  “You forget the career I have had,” said Sewell with a laugh in a recent phone interview. “I am so inured to people coming up to me on the street and saying ‘you’re that dick.’ I say yes, that’s me. Now which dick are
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of October 13

  17-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. A Spark of Light — Jodi Picoult
  2. Red War — Vince Flynn; Kyle Mills
  3. Juror #3 — Patterson/Allen
  4. Alaskan Holiday — Debbi Macomber
  5. Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat — Anne Rice
  6. Lethal White — Robert Galbraith
  7. Uncompromising Honor — David Weber
  8. Where the Crawdads Sing — Della Owens
  9. Anthony Bourdain’s Hungry Ghosts — Anthony Bourdain; Joel Rose
  10. Shadow Tyrants — Cussler/Morrison
  
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• Five things to check out at the 2018 Heart of the City Festival

  17-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Heart of the City Festival
  When: Oct. 24 to Nov. 4
  Where: Various locations, Downtown Eastside
  Tickets and info: heartofthecityfestival.com
  1. Material Witness. The 15th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival is 12 days of music, dance, poetry and more — in all, 100 events in over 40 venues throughout the DTES. One of the featured events is Material Witness, a theatre piece with Indigenous performers from New York and Nipissing, Ontario telling stories about violence against w
  
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• Beauty Bar: Dove Exfoliating Body Polish

  17-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: An exfoliating body polish from the brand Dove that aims to moisturize, nourish and smooth skin.
  The in-shower treatment boasts exfoliating particles to slough away dead skin cells and rough patches, while also featuring 1/4 of the 60-year-old brand’s iconic moisturizing cream to re-hydrate skin after polishing.
  The line features three formulas: Crushed Macadamia and Rice Milk; Pomegranate Seeds and Shea Butter; and Kiwi Seeds and Cool Aloe.
  What we say: Our tester was eager to
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books of the week of October 13

  17-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. A West Coast Summer — Caroline Woodward, illustrated by Carol Evans (Harbour Publishing).
  2. Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography — Andrea Warner (Greystone Books).
  3. Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food — Shelley Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd.).
  4. The Hidden Life of Trees: Illustrated Edition — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books).
  5. One Eagle Soaring — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing).
  6. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Ind
  
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• Atticus happy to remain the anonymous poet

  17-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Atticus
  When: Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m.
  Where: Munro’s Books, Victoria
  When: Oct. 25, 7 p.m.
  Where: Indigo, Robson St., Vancouver
  With his new book of poetry The Dark Between Stars now officially a New York Times bestseller, Atticus could understandably turn the page on that whole Instagram anonymous poet thing.
  But the mask-wearing twenty something from somewhere on the West Coast of B.C. is happy to keep the status quo and his online fans — close to one million Instagram followers &m
  
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• Patrick Johnston: How marijuana legalization will — and won’t — affect the NHL

  17-10-2018 19:51 via theprovince.com
  How’s this for a double-edged answer to the question: “What is the National Hockey League’s position on cannabis?”
  Cannabis is both allowed and banned in the NHL. It’s a substance the league tests its players for but doesn’t discipline them for using.
  And while several American states have made cannabis legal, it is still illegal under federal law to carry cannabis into the U.S. American border agents can also deny entry to a person who admits they h
  
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• Condo flipping ‘never pervasive’ and not to blame for high prices: report

  17-10-2018 19:47
  
  Government measures to curb real estate speculation won’t improve affordability, say Bloomberg analysts
  
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• Vancouver returns portion of village and burial site to Musqueam

  17-10-2018 19:41
  
  ‘It is the final resting place of many of our ancestors’
  
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• These are the three most likely outcomes of Vancouver election

  17-10-2018 19:41
  
  The Courier decided to look at three possible scenarios that could unfold after all the voting is done.
  
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• Acting isn’t the only thing paying the bills for most Vancouver performers

  17-10-2018 19:04
  
  Back in the early 1990s, Geoffrey Owens played Elvin Tibideaux on The Cosby Show. A
  
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• ‘Legalization doesn’t just begin and end today,’ B.C. public safety minister ready for next steps for legal pot

  17-10-2018 18:50 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. has entered the world of legalized recreational marijuana without any major snags.
  
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• Five things to know about the B.C. Cannabis Store in Kamloops

  17-10-2018 18:39
  
  Kamloops will be the only B.C. municipality to have a government-run cannabis store open Oct. 17, the day cannabis is legal for recreational use in Canada.
  
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• LIVE: More than 1,000 pot sales online in the first hour, says BC government

  17-10-2018 18:35 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government is touting the success of the province’s online cannabis store, which went live shortly after midnight.
  Mike Farnsworth, B.C.’s minister of public safety and solicitor general, held a news conference Wednesday morning, on the day Canada formally legalized the recreational use of marijuana. He said that they sold more than 1,000 cannabis products from the new website www.bccannabisstores.com in the first hour, and that online sales have been “steady&rdqu
  
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• PHOTOS: A look inside the province's first B.C. Cannabis Store in Kamloops

  17-10-2018 18:19
  
  Media got a tour of the B.C. Cannabis Store in Kamloops Wednesday morning, prior to the doors opening to the public at 10 a.m.
  
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• IHIT seeks help in solving homicide of Sumeet Randhawa in Surrey

  17-10-2018 17:34 via theprovince.com
  Homicide detectives are still trying to figure out who killed 30-year-old Sumeet Randhawa last Thursday in Surrey.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says shortly before 2 p.m., Randhawa was shot and killed in the driveway of a residence in the 6700-block of 130 Street.
  At 2:07 p.m., police located an abandoned and stolen black Hummer H3 with Washington state license plates in the 6700-block of 129 Street.  Police allege the vehicle was used by one of the homicide suspects
  
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• Canada's pot legalization makes headlines around the world

  17-10-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian adults can legally smoke pot as of Wednesday, ending nearly a century of prohibition, and the world it seems is paying attention.
  While #legalizationday, #canadacannabis, and #weedwednesday were trending on Twitter early Wednesday, many news outlets around the globe such as CNN, BBC, the Guardian, and more, carried headlines with the historic news. Some media outlets, including Vice, called legalization day “Hash Wednesday.”
  And, of course, there were plenty of mem
  
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• A look inside B.C.’s first legal pot shop in Kamloops

  17-10-2018 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  Reporter Paul Haysom is live from inside B.C.’s first legal pot shop in Kamloops. He says it looks like an Apple store.
  
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• B.C. government launches online cannabis sales with some strains already sold out

  17-10-2018 16:29 via globalnews.ca
  Online sales officially launched at midnight with 85 strains and dozens of other accessories being offered.
  
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• How the B.C. electric car fantasy will become reality

  17-10-2018 16:25 via vancouversun.com
  It’s a long drive from Vancouver to Lake Louise, and you could use a break, a little pick-me-up for you and your car.
  Park your electric car on a hot parking spot, the kind with a wireless charging unit built into the pavement. It’s just a bigger version of the cordless pad that charges your phone.
  In the time it takes you to have a cup of coffee and a doughnut, you are back on the road with a clear head and a charged battery.
  If that sounds futuristic, remember that today’s el
  
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• 'Dream scenario': Two more Canadian LNG projects inching towards construction

  17-10-2018 16:21 via vancouversun.com
  CALGARY – Two more liquefied natural gas export projects are poised to proceed in Canada over the next six months, setting up what analysts call “a dream scenario” after years of delays.
  Both Pieridae Energy Ltd.’s $10-billion Goldboro LNG project in Nova Scotia and Woodfibre LNG’s $1.6-billion project in British Columbia are nearing the finish line in a tight race to be the second LNG project sanctioned in Canada after Royal Dutch Shell Plc and its partners approve
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Another balmy day, with highs of 21 C inland

  17-10-2018 16:01 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – It’s another sunny and warm day for the metropolitan region Wednesday. Environment Canada is forecasting highs of 15 C near the water and 21 inland. Expect clear evenings tonight and Thursday evening, and then Friday night looks foggy. The warm ad dry weather with temperature highs of around 15 C will likely continue through the weekend, with a few clouds rolling in on Saturday and Sunday. Monday’s weather  looks much the same and then the rain may return
  
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