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• Canucks Game Day: No Pettersson payday, lots of Boeser groin intrigue

  24-10-2018 23:49 via theprovince.com
  NEXT GAME: Wednesday
  Vancouver Canucks at Vegas Golden Knights
  (with updates from Ben Kuzma in Las Vegas)
  7 p.m. PT TV: Sportsnet Radio: Sportsnet 650THE BIG MATCHUP
  Horvat vs. Karlsson
  The Golden Knights’ first line is driving all of Vegas’s offence. Sound familiar? Up against Bo Horvat’s line, it seems fair to say that whichever trio wins the night should win the game.
  FIVE KEYS TO THE GAME
  1. Boeser’s groin watch
  The man nicknamed The Flow may or may not be in the line
  
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• How to decode your bottle of craft beer

  24-10-2018 23:45
  
  If you’ve ever picked up a bottle of craft beer, read the label and wondered to yourself what does all this gibberish mean, well, you’re not alone. Thankfully, the Growler is here to help you decode the jargon.
  
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• B.C. life sciences sector tops in gender equity, Minerva B.C. report says

  24-10-2018 23:36 via vancouversun.com
  Women are finding leadership roles in B.C.’s life sciences sector in greater numbers than other parts of the economy, according to a pair of new reports from Minerva B.C.
  Women are particularly well-represented in the upper management of life science firms such as Zymeworks (43 per cent), LifeLabs (38 per cent) and Stemcell Technologies (43 per cent).
  “Having women in senior leadership positions from the beginning, 25 years ago, is a key part of our success,” said Helen Sherida
  
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• Young B.C. cancer survivor granted experience of a lifetime

  24-10-2018 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  At not quite four years old, Aubrey is a little too young to run off and join the circus. But today the circus has come to her…a dream come true for this little girl, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
  
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• Val Litwin: On pro-rep, voters have been given a ballot written in code. So vote 'No'

  24-10-2018 23:17 via vancouversun.com
  Beginning this week, British Columbians began casting ballots that could change how we elect our provincial leaders. We will either keep our current first-past-the-post system or adopt one of three new models of proportional representation. The B.C. Chamber of Commerce isn’t against PR, per se, but given how unclear the referendum process has been, we urge British Columbians to vote “No.”
  The last referendum was held in 2009, with a 61-per-cent majority voting against PR (the s
  
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• Letters to The Province, Oct. 26, 2018: Ignoring Surrey voters’ needs led to loss

  24-10-2018 22:39 via theprovince.com
  It’s certainly no surprise that Surrey First lost the election by a landslide. When politicians repeatedly ignore their constituents on issues that affect the city, there’s not a shadow of doubt that their political careers will head straight down the toilet.
  The bulldozing through Hawthorne Park, gang violence spiralling out of control and the light-rail transit fiasco show how much the former mayor and council cared about the people who elected them. Miraculously, the public woke u
  
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• Ammonia leak leads to evacuations, road closures in Langley

  24-10-2018 22:34 via vancouversun.com
  An ammonia leak at a pet food manufacturing company has caused evacuations and road closures near the in Langley.
  The leak, from a refrigeration system, was reported just before 8 a.m. Wednesday.
  The Township of Langley fire department says it will be at least 40 hours before the area can be declared safe.
  Temporary road closures are currently in effect for:56 Avenue and 272 Street;
  275 Street and Gloucester Way;
  268 Street and Gloucester Way;
  East of the 26800 block of Townshipli
  
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• Electricity restored in slide-threatened northeastern B.C. community of Old Fort

  24-10-2018 22:28 via vancouversun.com
  FORT ST. JOHN — Power has been restored to a northeastern B.C. community affected by a slowly slumping hillside, but the terrain around Old Fort continues to slip and an evacuation order remains.
  B.C. Hydro crews began working last week to replace dozens of poles toppled by the creeping landslide and to restring over three kilometres of power lines to more than 50 homes that lost electricity Oct. 6.
  B.C. Hydro district manager Ed Shuster says in a video statement that lights were on in all
  
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• Surrey pastor and son, and White Rock man, commit fraud in real estate scheme: BCSC

  24-10-2018 22:26 via vancouversun.com
  A Surrey pastor and his son, along with a White Rock man, defrauded investors out of $450,000 in a real estate investment scheme, says the B.C. Securities Commission.
  A BCSC panel has found that Alan and Jerry Braun, and Steven Maxwell (a.k.a. Steven Fassman), committed fraud when they took the money from two backers that believed they were investing in real estate in Edmonton.
  Braun was a pastor at the Royal Heights Baptist Church in Delta, but left earlier this year.
  The panel also m
  
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• Kendall Waston wants to leave Whitecaps

  24-10-2018 22:09 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Whitecaps weekend regular-season finale is being billed as the Farewell to Phonzie, the final chance for fans to see Alphonso Davies in a Caps uniform before he completes his move to Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich.
  He’s likely not the only player bidding adieu to B.C. Place. Kendall Waston wants out, too.
  “I want to leave,” he said Wednesday after training.
  Rumours had already been swirling around the future of the team captain and centreback, whose cryptic instag
  
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• Cannabis facility in Lumby, B.C., nearing completion

  24-10-2018 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  Cultivation, production ‘campus’ on course to be completed this fall
  
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• Variety Week: Variety provides life-long support for Mission teen

  24-10-2018 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  16 year old Trissanna is in constant pain. She was born with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, causing hypermobility in her joints, which constantly dislocate. Variety has been a constant for Trissanna and her mother – providing her with leg braces, orthotics, a body brace, and hydrotherapy, and physiotherapy sessions. The therapy sessions have been helping keep Trissanna’s...
  
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• Variety Week: Hydrotherapy provides life-long support for Mission teen

  24-10-2018 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  16 year old Trissanna is in constant pain. She was born with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, causing hypermobility in her joints, which constantly dislocate. Variety has been a constant for Trissanna and her mother – providing her with leg braces, orthotics, a body brace, and hydrotherapy, and physiotherapy sessions. The therapy sessions have been helping keep Trissanna’s...
  
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• Meet your new Vancouver city councillors

  24-10-2018 21:26
  
  Voters elected eight new city councillors and two incumbents this year. Here’s who they are and what their number one priority is over the next four years.
  
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• With Dubai 7s on the horizon, dispute between Rugby Canada and men’s sevens squad nearing conclusion

  24-10-2018 21:25 via theprovince.com
  It appears the latest dispute between Rugby Canada management and members of the men’s sevens squad is set to come to a close.
  The details aren’t known, nor is it clear what the future now holds for a number of Canada’s sevens stars, but sources tell Postmedia News that it appears likely a resolution to the situation will come as soon as the weekend or, at the latest, early next week.
  A source familiar with the discussions between Rugby Canada and the men’s 7s players sai
  
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• Vancouver Public Library holds three-day used-book sale

  24-10-2018 21:18 via vancouversun.com
  Bibliophiles will be on the hunt for books priced $1 and up starting Thursday at the Central Library in Downtown Vancouver.
  The three-day, Vancouver Public Library used-book sale has upwards of 30,000 books, CDs, DVDs and other items for sale in the Alice MacKay Room at the Lower Level at 350 West Georgia St., said Inness Campbell, the VPL’s manager of collections and technical services.
  “They’re books and DVD’s that have reached the end of their library life, but th
  
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• Premier Horgan announces star candidate in Nanaimo by-election

  24-10-2018 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  Premier John Horgan announced a byelection in Nanaimo Wednesday after Leonard Krog’s mayoral win. Keith Baldrey has more on why the NDP picked Sheila Malcolmson to run.
  
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• What do higher interest rates mean to British Columbians?

  24-10-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  The Bank of Canada announced today it’s raising its trend-setting interest rate to 1-point 75 per cent. This is the fifth increase to the benchmark rate since last summer. Neetu Garcha has more on how the hike could impact average Canadians.
  
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• Smart luggage

  24-10-2018 20:56 via globalnews.ca
  Mike Agerbo from Get Connected Media shows off three specially designed bags for your next trip.
  
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• Richmond election: Two rookie councillors could shift ALR mega-mansion policy

  24-10-2018 20:52 via vancouversun.com
  The days of new mega-mansions on Richmond farmland may be numbered after voters elected two new faces to council.
  On Saturday, newcomers Kelly Greene and Michael Wolfe unseated incumbents Derek Dang and Ken Johnston. Both campaigned on lowering maximum house sizes in the Agricultural Land Reserve — a hot-button election issue after council’s decision in the spring to stick with the 10,764-square-foot limit.
  Voters clearly wanted change, said Greene, especially on this issue, which sh
  
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• Winning start for Foote as Rockets edge Broncos 3-2

  24-10-2018 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  The Kelowna Rockets named Adam Foote as their new head coach on Tuesday morning. That night, Kelowna beat Swift Current 3-2.
  
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• Letters to The Province, Oct. 24, 2018: New Vancouver council must clean up ‘messes’ Vision created, reader says

  24-10-2018 20:47 via theprovince.com
  At last! It has been a long time coming, but at last we are rid of Gregor Robertson and the “No Vision” lot. Now comes the big clean-up of the messes left by these boneheads, more so here in the West End, where we live.
  In our neighbourhood, there is a shortage of street parking. Vision’s answer? Jacked up the street-parking decal price and installed racks of rental bikes, eliminating parking.
  Denman Street can’t handle rush-hour traffic? Vision&r
  
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• Victoria mom desperate for second kidney after heartbreaking transplant result

  24-10-2018 20:44
  
  Drielle Tousignant says transplant failure was devastating to everyone involved
  
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• Wine Guy: Three shades of bianco

  24-10-2018 20:31 via theprovince.com
  I have no particular explanation, but for whatever reason a bevy of Italian white wines have recently cycled through my tasting glass.
  Perhaps it’s the run of fine autumn weather that has me clinging to glasses filled with liquid, vestigial sunshine. Maybe it’s the result of fantastic pairing potential with mussels, clams, and other local seafood coming into seasonal bloom.
  Or conceivably it’s a subliminal cultural influence from the bounty of delicious Italian eateries croppin
  
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• Volunteer firefighter fired in Oliver, B.C.

  24-10-2018 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  The Oliver Fire Department issued Bolenback a notice of termination for missing training practices during his leave of absence.
  
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• VIDEO: Grizzly bear charges B.C. man on his front lawn

  24-10-2018 20:08
  
  The man posted a video of the encounter to his YouTube channel
  
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• Dramatic video shows Bella Coola man firing shotgun at charging grizzly bear

  24-10-2018 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  WARNING: Some of the content in this story may be disturbing.
  
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• NDP MP Sheila Malcomson to step down from federal seat if she wins Nanaimo provincial by-election

  24-10-2018 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  NDP MP Sheila Malcolmson is seeking the NDP nomination in an upcoming by election to replace Nanaimo mayor elect Leonard Krog.
  
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• Langley ammonia leak forces evacuations, road closures

  24-10-2018 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  For businesses that have not yet been contacted by the fire department, but are in the area, employees are asked to shelter in place until further instructions are provided.
  
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• MP Sheila Malcolmson will seek B.C. NDP nomination in Nanaimo byelection

  24-10-2018 19:54 via vancouversun.com
  Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Sheila Malcolmson is seeking the B.C. NDP nomination for an upcoming byelection in Nanaimo.
  Leonard Krog, the current MLA for Nanaimo, won the city’s mayoral race on Saturday, and has said he’ll resign to take the municipal position.
  “I love the job I have now,” Malcolmson said at a press conference in Nanaimo, where she was introduced by Premier John Horgan.
  “But the environmental and housing crisis we see here in our community cannot wait unti
  
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• Anonymous donation to B.C. Cancer is one of the largest gifts in Canada from an individual

  24-10-2018 19:45 via vancouversun.com
  A generous donor has given the B.C. Cancer Foundation $18.35 million, but insists on remaining anonymous.
  The foundation says it is not permitted to disclose anything about the philanthropic donor, including whether they are alive or deceased. But the individual has given the foundation a total of $29 million over their lifetime, including the latest amount. That makes it a record in individual “lifetime giving” to the foundation.
  The largest single gift came from an estate — t
  
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• BoC raises interest rates again – what that means for you

  24-10-2018 19:20
  
  With overnight rate at 1.75 per cent, first-time buyers and variable-rate mortgage holders will be most affected
  
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• Metro Vancouver residential land rush may be over as housing market slows

  24-10-2018 19:16
  All signs point to the end of the residential land rush in the Lower Mainland, according to a presentation given by the Urban Development Institute
  
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• Variety Week: Experimental treatment provides hope for young B.C. boy

  24-10-2018 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  In 2016, we met Johannes, a young boy who suffers from a rare form of hemophilia. Johannes has endured painful bleeds in his joints that are extremely debilitating. Fortunately, Variety the Children’s Charity has been helping Johannes so that he is comfortable and safe.
  
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• Host of errors blamed in Vancouver Island logging train derailment that claimed 3 lives

  24-10-2018 18:56 via vancouversun.com
  Faulty equipment and a host of mechanical errors caused the 2017 logging train derailment in Woss on Vancouver Island that killed three people and injured two, WorkSafe B.C. has found.
  A WorkSafe B.C. report obtained by the Times Colonist through a freedom of information request concluded that Western Forest Products, the company working on the now-defunct Englewood Railway, failed to ensure the health and safety of all workers on the rail line.
  On April 20, 2017, a faulty coupler, the mechanism
  
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• Body of missing Vancouver Island man Ben Kilmer found

  24-10-2018 18:46 via vancouversun.com
  The body of a Vancouver Island father missing since May has been found, says his family. His death is not considered suspicious.
  Family confirmed Ben Kilmer was found on Oct. 17 in a remote area of Duncan.
  “Ben is not coming home as we had hoped,” family said in a statement Wednesday morning. He is father to a five-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy.
  “His death is a shock to all who knew him and a devastating outcome to a vast and difficult search,” reads the statemen
  
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• Iron Chef Canada Competitor Ned Bell Cooks Mussels

  24-10-2018 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  Iron Chef Canada Competitor Ned Bell Cooks Mussels and Kelp Pappardelle” On the day his Iron Chef battle with Rob Feenie airs on the Food Network, Ned Bell shows us how to make a mussels and kelp pappardelle.
  
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• Daily Poll: It's been one week since legalization of marijuana. So what do you think?

  24-10-2018 18:22 via vancouversun.com
  It’s been a week since Canadians were given the green light to legally smoke weed last Wednesday. So far, sales appear to be going well, according the B.C. government. So what do you think? Did you try it for the time? Was it what you expected? Or was being high an experience you won’t be trying again? If you bought some of the legal products from the B.C. cannabis website, tell us about your experience. Was it too expensive or were the prices what you expected?
  Take our poll and lea
  
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• Ovechkin and Capitals do some team bonding with Whistler axe throwing

  24-10-2018 18:01 via theprovince.com
  Alex Ovechkin appears to be just as handy with an axe as he is with a hockey stick.
  Fresh of Monday’s 5-2 shellacking of the Vancouver Canucks, Ovechkin and the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals were in Whistler Tuesday doing that team-bonding thing with an excursion to an indoor axe-throwing venue.
  Axe throwing … it’s not just for bachelorette parties anymore.
  Looking the part of a mad lumberjack, Ovechkin, who famously made a hole-in-one during his first-ever rou
  
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• Pedestrian killed in Delta Tuesday night

  24-10-2018 17:57 via theprovince.com
  A 44-year-old Surrey man is dead following a pedestrian accident in Delta Tuesday night.
  Delta police say the man was struck by a Dodge Ram pickup truck that was exiting a parking lot in the 9000 block of 120th Street just after 7:30 p.m.
  He was taken to hospital by ambulance but later died from his injuries.His name has not been released.
  Delta police say the driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with investigators.
  “While it is too early to speak to what caused this tragic crash,
  
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• Recipe: Mussels and Kelp Pappardelle

  24-10-2018 17:49 via globalnews.ca
  Iron Chef Canada competitor Ned Bell cooks Mussels and Kelp Pappardelle.
  
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• Remains of missing Cowichan Valley father, Ben Kilmer, found near Duncan

  24-10-2018 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  Dozens of people scoured the region looking for Kilmer, who was last seen on May 16.
  
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• Surrey mayor should look at both sides before dropping the RCMP: Abbotsford mayor

  24-10-2018 15:38 via globalnews.ca
  "It's like anything. There are pros and cons and you have to look at both sides of the ledger."
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Mainly cloudy with a chance of showers

  24-10-2018 15:29 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. –  Here comes the rain again! After a long stretch of sunny, warm days, the weather turns Wednesday.  It looks like Wednesday will be mainly cloudy with a chance of showers this afternoon, and a high of 14 C. Then, Environment Canada is forecasting some heavier rain tonight and tomorrow, with 10 millimetres expected overnight and up to 15 millimetres on Thursday. Thursday also looks a little cooler, with the agency forecasting a high of only 12 C and wind. There w
  
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• Developer grounds $35M Victoria Airport shopping centre

  24-10-2018 15:04
  
  Omicron pulls 100,000-square-foot retail project due to rising construction costs and onerous infrastructure requirements
  
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• Canucks Game Day: A night out in Vegas

  24-10-2018 14:00 via theprovince.com
  7 p.m. PT TV: Sportsnet Radio: Sportsnet 650
  THE BIG MATCHUP
  Horvat vs. Karlsson
  The Golden Knights’ first line is driving all of Vegas’ offence. Sound familiar? Up against Bo Horvat’s line, it seems fair to say that whichever trio wins the night should win the game.
  FIVE KEYS TO THE GAME
  1. Boeser’s groin
  As it stands, it looks like the man nicknamed The Flow won’t be in the lineup Wednesday. He has a sore groin, which has been bothering him since at least last Thu
  
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• Rally for proportional representation

  24-10-2018 08:09 via globalnews.ca
  You will soon have your say on whether or not British Columbia should enact sweeping changes to its electoral system. So what exactly are you voting for? The issue is polarizing, and confusing for some—but it’s uniting two opposing parties. Sarah MacDonald explains.
  
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• Okanagan wrestling event throws down for kids charities

  24-10-2018 07:33 via globalnews.ca
  Invasion Wrestling has raised $200,000 for Okanagan charities since 2013. Organizers handed out more cheques Tuesday and announced headliners for the next events this weekend. Doris Maria Bregolisse has details.
  
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• Serious pedestrian crash in Delta

  24-10-2018 07:27 via globalnews.ca
  Police estimated that the area would be closed for several hours.
  
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• Serious pedestrian crash has 120th St closed in all directions: police

  24-10-2018 07:27 via globalnews.ca
  Police estimated that the area would be closed for several hours.
  
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