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• Ben Kuzma: Canucks hoping ‘intense’ practice brings back better bite

  28-10-2018 23:52 via theprovince.com
  It looked like and sounded like training camp.
  Battle drills, get-to-the-net drills and Travis Green drilling home his hard-to-play-against edict with a flurry of F-bombs on Sunday at Rogers Arena.
  “I thought it was great for us,” said Vancouver Canucks centre Bo Horvat. “We need to get back to the way we were in camp and getting back to that hard-nosed mentality because we’re not going to accept losing. It was an intense practice and a hard practice.”
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• Canucks call up Bachman after Nilsson fractures finger

  28-10-2018 23:46 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks have recalled goaltender Richard Bachman from the Utica Comets to fill in for the injured Anders Nilsson.
  Nilsson, who has lost three straight games in the Canucks’ net, was added to the club’s injured reserve list on Sunday after the club revealed he had a fractured finger.
  Canucks coach Travis Green said Sunday that he expects Nilsson, 28, will be out two-to-three weeks.
  The 31-year-old Bachman, meanwhile, has had a rough start to this year’s Americ
  
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• NDP fumes as Trudeau calls byelection in Ontario, but not B.C.

  28-10-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  NDP MP Peter Julian said failing to call a byelection for Burnaby South, where NDP leader Jagmeet Singh plans to run, was "petty and manipulative."
  
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• Canucks at Night: Penguins soar above Canucks in Vancouver

  28-10-2018 23:20 via theprovince.com
  Just what the players from Pittsburgh might have been feeling on this night is hard to guess, but you know playing this one can’t have been easy.
  There’s a clear connection between the town and their hockey team. There’s a lot of success tied into that, of course, but there’s also a sense of “this is my team.”
  That much was clear to me when I visited Pittsburgh nearly two weeks ago on that epic Canucks road trip.
  In Canada, we’re so used to our teams hav
  
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• Some cry foul over Delta mayor-elect's plan to consider charging non-residents more at city rec centres

  28-10-2018 23:18 via vancouversun.com
  If elected, George Harvie pledged to put “Delta families first.” But as the mayor-elect prepares to take office, some are wondering who he’ll be putting second — and if his plans could be discriminatory.
  During the election campaign, Harvie pledged to “look at a user fee structure” that is higher for out-of-Delta residents who use the city’s recreation facilities. In a recent interview with The Delta Optimist, he singled out people from Surrey, Richmond
  
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• Where are the seeds? Cannabis stores across Canada face shortages

  28-10-2018 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  Licensed cannabis producers have put filling Canadians’ pot demands ahead of their desire to fill pots.
  With federal legalization of recreational cannabis on Oct. 17, Canadians the age of majority in most provinces (19 in B.C.) gained the right to grow up to four plants per household, yet there is no legal means to obtain seeds or seedlings. None of the online government cannabis stores for B.C., Ontario, Alberta have listings for starting materials, and it is unclear when they will.
  
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• Puppies rescued after four days atop cliff in Mission, B.C.

  28-10-2018 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  A Mission search-and-rescue team comes to the rescue of two dogs that somehow ended up in stranded on a cliff.
  
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• Emotional sendoff as Alphonso Davies plays final game as Vancouver Whitecap

  28-10-2018 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  "Vancouver, you took me in when I as just a kid... and for that I'll be forever grateful," said Davies in a video message to fans.
  
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• Update: Snowy Coquihalla reopened between Hope and Merritt

  28-10-2018 22:44 via vancouversun.com
  Update: The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt, closed earlier Sunday due to winter conditions, has been reopened in both directions.
  UPDATE – #BCHwy5 #Coquihalla is now fully OPEN in both directions, expect delays and drive to conditions
  — Drive BC (@DriveBC) October 28, 2018
  Original: A huge dump of snow is causing traffic chaos on the Coquihalla Highwa
  According to Drive B.C., winter conditions and a vehicle incident have closed the Coquihalla (Highway 5) in both directio
  
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• Wilson throws 3 TDs in 2nd quarter, Seahawks top Lions 28-14

  28-10-2018 22:40 via theprovince.com
  DETROIT — Russell Wilson was perfect.
  Seattle’s game plan was pretty good, too.
  Wilson threw three touchdown passes in the second quarter to put the Seahawks ahead and they went on to beat the Detroit Lions 28-14 Sunday, leaning on their running game and defence just as they have throughout their turnaround.
  “We can do whatever we want right now,” Wilson said.
  The Seahawks (4-3) looked sharp on both sides of the ball coming off their bye and won for the fourth time in fiv
  
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• More than a 'war play,' Vimy explores national identity and memory

  28-10-2018 22:33 via vancouversun.com
  Vimy
  When: Nov. 2-3
  Where: Grosvenor Theatre (1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver)
  Tickets: From $29 at kaymeek.com
  Over a decade ago, James McDonald directed the world premiere of Vern Thiessen’s Vimy. Set in the First World War, it’s a play about, among other things, memory. So what does MacDonald remember about the play?
  “It had a tremendous emotional impact on people,” MacDonald said. “It is a war play but it’s more about humanity and relationships and peopl
  
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• Downtown, Gastown and New West host haunted tours for Hallows' Eve

  28-10-2018 22:22 via vancouversun.com
  Poor John Bray, whether he had it coming we’ll never know, but he probably never saw it coming.
  Bray’s story is just one that you’ll hear on the Lost Souls of Gastown walking tour, one of many ‘haunted tours’ in Vancouver.
  “I think people are curious about wandering down Gastown’s alleys, but maybe wouldn’t do it on their own,” Will Woods, chief storyteller at Forbidden Vancouver, said. “There’s something unique about being w
  
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• Pair of puppies rescued after four days atop Fraser Valley cliff in Mission

  28-10-2018 21:36 via globalnews.ca
  They were cold, wet, hungry and confused -- but after four days stranded atop a Fraser Valley cliff, a pair of puppies are safe and sound.
  
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• Canucks call up goaltender Bachman after Nilsson fractures finger

  28-10-2018 21:11 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks have recalled goaltender Richard Bachman from the Utica Comets to fill in for the injured Anders Nilsson.
  Nilsson, who has lost three straight games in the Canucks’ net, was added to the club’s injured reserve list on Sunday after the club revealed he had a fractured finger.
  The 31-year-old Bachman, meanwhile, has had a rough start to this year’s American Hockey League campaign with a 1-4-0 record, a 4.23 goals-against average and a .865 save percenta
  
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• Scrappy T-Birds are now happy T-Birds, as second-half rally leads to home playoff game

  28-10-2018 20:15 via theprovince.com
  The UBC Thunderbirds are hosting a Hardy Cup semifinal next weekend, but they didn’t take the easy road to get there.
  UBC (5-3) rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to defeat the Manitoba Bisons 38-34 in overtime on Saturday at Winnipeg in their regular season finale. The win means UBC will now open the Canada West football playoffs next Saturday at Thunderbird Stadium against the Saskatchewan Huskies (5-3).
  It’s a 2 p.m. start.
  UBC has the tiebreaker with Saskatchewan thanks to
  
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• Police tight-lipped about charter bus collision in Delta

  28-10-2018 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  Police said the driver remained at the scene and is co-operating with investigators but added that the collision remains under investigation.
  
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• Snowfall warning for Coquihalla Highway

  28-10-2018 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt. The route was closed in both directions for several hours due to a crash on Sunday.
  
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• Langdale ferry sailing cancelled following diesel spill

  28-10-2018 19:35 via vancouversun.com
  A diesel spill from a commercial vehicle caused B.C. Ferries to cancel sailings between Langdale and Horseshoe Bay on Sunday morning.
  B.C. Ferries says a truck driving off the Queen of Surrey at the Langdale terminal spilled 50 litres of diesel into the ocean after one of the vehicle’s support legs snagged the ship’s apron and caused the truck’s fuel tank to rupture.
  The accident happened at around 9 a.m.
  Cleanup booms were placed in the water by ferry crews and an environ
  
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• ‘I’m not an expert’ says B.C. minister quizzed on proportional representation

  28-10-2018 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  Supporters have begun door to door campaigning for proportional representation, but even they can't explain some of the models in detail.
  
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• Snowy Coquihalla closed both directions between Hope and Merritt

  28-10-2018 19:14 via vancouversun.com
  A huge dump of snow is causing traffic chaos on the Coquihalla Highway.
  #BCHwy5 CLOSED in both directions due to winter conditions, alternate routes via #BCHwy1 and #BCHwy3 https://t.co/RMrBP4uV4O
  — Drive BC (@DriveBC) October 28, 2018According to Drive B.C., winter conditions and a vehicle incident have closed the Coquihalla (Highway 5) in both directions for a 109-kilometre stretch between Hope and Merritt.
  Drivers are advised to take alternate routes, either Highway 1 or Highway 3.
  
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• Halloween Make-up Ideas

  28-10-2018 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  In need of a halloween costume on a budget? We get some hair and make-up ideas that are easy to do – and look “spook-tacular”.
  
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• Coquihalla Highway reopens between Hope and Merritt after snow storm snarls traffic

  28-10-2018 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  Highway 5 was hammered by snowfall overnight, catching cleanup crews by surprise.
  
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• Coquihalla Highway closed between Hope and Merritt due to snow storm

  28-10-2018 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  Highway 5 was hammered by snowfall overnight, catching cleanup crews by surprise.
  
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• Rob Shaw: Proportional Representation debate off to a sad, misleading start

  28-10-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Pity the ordinary British Columbian trying to understand B.C.’s debate on proportional representation as ballots begin to arrive in the mail.
  Either our province is at risk of devolving into a dystopian future of goose-stepping neo-Nazi soldiers on every street corner, or we’re just one vote away from a utopian paradise in which all your social and economic problems are solved by elected officials who co-operate transparently as they hold hands and plot world peace a
  
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• Overnight snowfall blankets B.C. interior highway mountain passes

  28-10-2018 18:27 via globalnews.ca
  The Coquihalla, Okanagan Connector and Hope to Princeton mountain passes got a dump of snow overnight.
  
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• A ghastly North Shore trail race with 'Sedinery' that had us at Hallow

  28-10-2018 18:11 via vancouversun.com
  A last-minute, things you need-to-know email from enthusiastic organizers of Saturday’s Hallow’s Eve Trail Race in North Vancouver contained items I should have known long before entering the toughest race of my adult life!
  Don’t get me wrong, the scenic event put the wow in Hallow, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat, but finding out Thursday that the course was 44.6 per cent uphill, with a zillion stairs and that you had to duck for incoming airplanes at the highest poin
  
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• Jewish communities across Canada hold vigils to remember Pittsburgh shooting victims

  28-10-2018 17:55 via globalnews.ca
  Demonstrations and vigils are planned for Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax and Vancouver.
  
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• Memorial held in Vancouver for victims of Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

  28-10-2018 17:44 via vancouversun.com
  A memorial will be held Sunday at Vancouver’s Jewish Community Centre for the 11 people murdered in a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday.Robert Gregory Bowers killed eight men and three women inside the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday during worship services before a tactical police team tracked him down and shot him, authorities said in state and federal affidavits.
  “I just want to kill Jews,” Bowers told an officer, according to one of the documents.
  Bower
  
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• Pittsburgh Penguins top Vancouver Canucks 5-0 in wake of synagogue shooting

  28-10-2018 17:09 via globalnews.ca
  The Pittsburgh Penguins took to the ice Saturday with heavy hearts, just hours after a mass shooting at a synagogue left 11 dead and six injured in their city.
  
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• Wheat Kings in town with Vancouver Giants looking to rebound this afternoon

  28-10-2018 17:07 via theprovince.com
  Michael Dyck’s feelings on goalie deployment should become even more apparent today.
  The Vancouver Giants coach has been largely alternating David Tendeck and Trent Miner between the pipes so far this WHL season. Tendeck got the start Saturday against the Seattle Thunderbirds at the Langley Events Centre, which seemed to leave Miner primed to get the call versus the Brandon Wheat Kings at the LEC this afternoon (4 p.m., Sports 650).
  Adding to that, Miner grew up in the Brandon area. He was
  
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• Birds, squirrels and other animals put zap on B.C. Hydro power supply

  28-10-2018 16:15 via vancouversun.com
  Birds and animals are a problem for B.C. Hydro.
  At its power substations, crows land on exposed switches, squirrels gnaw through wires and 25 to 30 times a  year, such wildlife incursions knock out power to customers, a technologically plugged-in lot that is increasingly impatient about the interruptions.
  And the unfortunate animals are most often, quite literally, toast.
  So the utility has put out a call looking for contractors to help deploy “animal mitigation materials,” tech
  
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• Vancouver Weather: A risk of a thunderstorm Sunday

  28-10-2018 15:38 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Oct. 28, 2018 – We have a dreary week ahead of us weather-wise, Vancouver.
  Environment Canada says we can expect a full week of cloud and showers.Expect showers and high winds Sunday with a chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon. We could see as much a 15 mm of rain today and a high of 12 degrees. A further 10 mm of rain is expected to fall overnight
   
   Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Showers with risk of a thunderstorm. Amount 10 to 15 mm. Windy. High 12
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• Canyon Lights will transform Capilano Suspension Bridge into a winter wonderland

  28-10-2018 15:32
  
  See thousands of colourful lights illuminate the bridge and park
  
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• Active Volcanoes near Metro Vancouver considered ‘high threat’

  28-10-2018 15:30
  
  Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier in Washington State are high on the National Volcanic Threat Assessment list
  
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• Whitecaps Game Day: Expect Davies to depart in style against Timbers

  28-10-2018 13:00 via theprovince.com
  NEXT GAME: Sunday
  Portland Timbers (15-9-9, 5th West) at Vancouver Whitecaps (12-13-8, 8th West)
  1:30 p.m., B.C. Place Stadium, TSN, TSN 1040 AMKEY MATCHUP
  Alphonso Davies vs. Zarek Valentin
  We’ve got you covered from (A)lphonso to (Z)arek. It’s the final game for the Whitecaps’ budding superstar in a Vancouver uniform, and his entire family will be watching at B.C. Place Stadium. Davies wants to go out in style, so Valentin, the Timbers’ right back, will be seeing No. 67
  
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• Canucks at Night: Penguins soar above Canucks on tough night in Pittsburgh

  28-10-2018 09:10 via theprovince.com
  Just what the players from Pittsburgh might have been feeling on this night is hard to guess, but you know playing this one can’t have been easy.
  There’s a clear connection between the town and their hockey team. There’s a lot of success tied into that, of course, but there’s also a sense of “this is my team.”
  That much was clear to me when I visited Pittsburgh nearly two weeks ago on that epic Canucks road trip.
  In Canada, we’re so used to our teams hav
  
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• Canucks at Night: Penguins soar above Canucks even on a tough night for Pittsburgh

  28-10-2018 09:10 via theprovince.com
  Just what the players from Pittsburgh might have been feeling on this night is hard to guess, but you know playing this one can’t have been easy.
  There’s a clear connection between the town and their hockey team. There’s a lot of success tied into that, of course, but there’s also a sense of “this is my team.”
  That much was clear to me when I visited Pittsburgh nearly two weeks ago on that epic Canucks road trip.
  In Canada, we’re so used to our teams hav
  
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• Comment: Scales tipping against B.C. homeowners

  28-10-2018 08:02
  
  Many owners of second homes don't have money to upgrade properties to rental standard, or pay speculation or empty homes tax bill
  
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• Penguins star Sidney Crosby feels for ‘proud people’ of Pittsburgh after shooting

  28-10-2018 07:57 via theprovince.com
  It can’t have been easy for the Pittsburgh Penguins, to wake up far from home and learn their hometown was dealing with a horrific shooting.
  According to officials in Pittsburgh, a gunman entered the Tree of Life synagogue in the east end of the city and killed at least 11 people. Six others, including four police officers, were injured.
  A suspect, Robert Bowers, is in custody. He appears to have a long history of anti-Semitism.
  One FBI official said it was “the most horrif
  
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• Penguins 5, Canucks 0: Pittsburgh powers up late to rout outclassed Vancouver

  28-10-2018 06:37 via theprovince.com
  Evgeni Malkin scored twice and registered an assist, leading his Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
  Sidney Crosby also tallied a pair of goals and Phil Kessel had one of his own.
  The win completes a clean sweep for the Penguins on their four-stop Canadian road trip. The club also grabbed victories in Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary.
  Pittsburgh netminder Casey DeSmith earned his second NHL shutout, while Vancouver goalie Jacob Markstrom turned away 30 of 35
  
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• Inside the In Goop Health Summit in Vancouver

  28-10-2018 05:04 via vancouversun.com
  Regardless of whether or not you’re a fan of Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle website and brand, the fact of the matter is, it’s popular.
  Its readers — educated, wealthy and predominantly white women, if the Vancouver event was any indication — are willing to spend seemingly whatever amount on whichever moisturizers, tinctures, books, sex toys … you name it, that the brand’s editorial team deems worthwhile.
  And Vancouver, according to the brand’s
  
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• Ed Willes: Lions settle for crossover playoff spot after 35-16 spanking by Riders

  28-10-2018 03:53 via theprovince.com
  REGINA — Heading into Saturday night’s game at Mosaic Stadium, the B.C. Lions faced any number of possible playoff scenarios, including the tantalizing prospect of hosting the West Division semifinal.
  It wasn’t much of a consolation after their 35-16 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, but at least their postseason future has been decided. The Lions will meet the Tiger-Cats in Hamilton in the CFL crossover game on Nov. 11 — Remembrance Day.
  Here’s what we learned
  
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• 'Hot Dog Water' vendor makes a splash at Vancouver Goop wellness summit

  28-10-2018 03:07 via vancouversun.com
  A man in a hot dog suit tried to storm the Goop wellness summit Saturday to provide samples of his “restorative” hot dog water to participants.
  Artist Douglas Bevans said he hoped to inspire critical thinking about how companies use health claims to increase sales, advertising bottles of his homemade Hot Dog Water (including the wiener) for $37.99 outside the Stanley Park Pavilion where Goop’s first Canadian summit was held.
  The lifestyle brand, headed by actress Gwyneth Paltro
  
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• Duelling campaigns in B.C. electoral reform referendum take to streets

  28-10-2018 02:53 via vancouversun.com
  Duelling campaigns in the debate over B.C.’s electoral reform referendum took to the streets Saturday to inform and sway the opinions of voters.
  Since last week, British Columbians have been receiving mail-in ballots asking them to choose between keeping first-past-the-post or switching to a system of proportional representation.
  On Saturday, local MLAs and volunteers supporting both systems held rallies and phoned and knocked on the doors of thousands of voters urging them to send in ball
  
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• Wellness wizards or gurus for the gullible? Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop lands in Vancouver

  28-10-2018 02:49 via globalnews.ca
  Are they health gurus, or catering to the gullible? Goop's inaugural Canadian event has met with mixed opinion.
  
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• B.C. seeing rise in extremism: SFU professor

  28-10-2018 02:48 via globalnews.ca
  Candyce Kenshall specializes in terrorism, she says there has been a rise in Canadians heading to the alt right.
  
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• Health officials warn of spike in overdoses in North Surrey.

  28-10-2018 02:47 via globalnews.ca
  Twelve overdoses were reported in less than four hours Friday night in North Surrey, prompting officials to warn drug users to be extra cautious. Jordan Armstrong has more.
  
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• TransLink testing Compass wristbands to tap and pay

  28-10-2018 02:46 via globalnews.ca
  Soon there may be a more casual way for riders to tap and pay their way through the SkyTrain fare gates – Compass wristbands.
  
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• TransLink testing Compass wristbands

  28-10-2018 02:40 via globalnews.ca
  SkyTrain and Canada Line riders have been tapping in and out of fare gates with Compass cards since 2016 and Compass wristbands are now being tested as a potential alternative tap and pay method. Kristen Robinson reports.
  
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• Goop ‘Wellness Summit’ opens in Vancouver’s Stanley Park

  28-10-2018 02:40 via globalnews.ca
  The summit is drawing attention because actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her controversial Goop brand are behind it. Jill Bennett reports. Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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