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• Vancouver Park Board looking for people to join pool plan advisory group

  22-11-2018 23:38
  
  Applications for the VanSplash advisory group to open Nov. 26
  
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• Steve Ewen: Rams’ QB has no ‘butts’ about wonky knee ahead of high school semis

  22-11-2018 23:19 via theprovince.com
  Gideone Kremler knows the well-being of his knee is getting attention.
  “There seems to be some talk about it,” said the Mount Douglas Rams’ quarterback, who has had injury issues the past couple of years but ran for 188 yards and three touchdowns in a 43-21 win over the St. Thomas More Knights in last week’s Subway Bowl Triple-A quarter-finals.
  “There should be more talk about a football team that seems to be coming together than a single body part doing well, thoug
  
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• Thieves swipe excavator from Kelowna construction site

  22-11-2018 23:18 via vancouversun.com
  The RCMP is asking the public to keep their eyes open for a bright yellow excavator that was stolen from a Kelowna construction site on Sunday.
  Someone swiped the piece of a heavy machinery, a John Deere Model 26, from a job site at the corner Dilworth Drive and Enterprise Way.
  Kelowna RCMP says an employee overseeing the site left the area between 10 a.m. and 2:50 p.m. The excavator was missing when he returned to work.
  “Our investigators would appreciate if area businesses woul
  
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• FortisBC warns B.C. industry still under threat of disruption until pipeline at full capacity

  22-11-2018 23:01 via vancouversun.com
  Natural gas supplies to FortisBC’s major industrial customers remain under threat of curtailment until Enbridge can bring the major northern transmission pipeline that ruptured Oct. 9 back up to full capacity, the utility said Thursday.
  Enbridge has increased flows on that now-repaired 91-centimetre pipeline to 85-per-cent of its rated pressure, Fortis CEO Roger Dall’Antonia said, and the utility has increased its gas purchases on its southern system.
  “While the risk has d
  
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• Warner Bros. and Netflix settle Satanist lawsuit over statue used on Vancouver-filmed TV series

  22-11-2018 22:57 via vancouversun.com
  A lawsuit filed against Netflix and Warner Bros. by the Satanic Temple over use of the group’s goat-headed statue in the Vancouver-filmed TV show The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has been settled out of court, according to the group.
  In a statement posted here, the Satanic Temple says it “is pleased to announce that the lawsuit it recently filed against Warner Bros. and Netflix has been amicably settled.”
  The temple filed the suit in New York alleging copyright viol
  
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• Avalanche Canada receives $25 million windfall from federal gov’t

  22-11-2018 22:43 via globalnews.ca
  Non-profit organization says money will be used to promote avalanche safety
  
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• Vancouver rapper SonReal tackles cyberbullying in latest song

  22-11-2018 22:36 via vancouversun.com
  Ask any artist and they’d likely tell you: there’s no easy road to fame. Even in the age of social media.
  As the online appetite for more photos and videos grows, artists have the ability to release their creations directly to their fans — and, also, their foes. And this often means coming face to face with an unwelcome, not to mention unfiltered, dose of hurtful words and hate.
  Vancouver rapper SonReal (offstage name, Aaron Hoffman) is no stranger to this new reality. That&rsq
  
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• PM to call Burnaby South byelection early in the new year

  22-11-2018 22:30 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will call three byelections, including in the B.C. riding where NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh hopes to win a seat in Parliament, early in the new year for votes in early February.
  A fourth riding may yet be added to the mix but a fifth riding, due to be vacated on Jan. 22 by Montreal Liberal MP Nicola Di Iorio, is likely to remain without representation until the general election due next October.
  Trudeau was criticized last month when he called one byelec
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Hells Angel terrified before shootout

  22-11-2018 22:15 via vancouversun.com
  As police work to find a motive in the Nov. 18 murder of Hells Angel Chad Wilson, I thought I should take a closer look at the 2006 shootout in which he injured five people connected to the Outlaw Motorcycle Club.
  I obtained transcripts of his testimony and pieced together this story:Hells Angel Chad Wilson recalled ‘terror’ he felt before
  shootout with rivalsKIM BOLAN
  Updated: November 22, 2018Hells Angel Chad Wilson got nervous when he noticed the ball cap of “a big burly dud
  
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• Liberal MLA Mary Polak makes sworn declaration about on-going investigation at B.C. legislature

  22-11-2018 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  Langley MLA Mary Polak makes a statement to the press on Thursday about what she witnessed on November 19, 2018 at the B.C. legislature involving speaker of the house Darryl Plecas.
  
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• 5 Things to do this weekend: Thursday, November 22

  22-11-2018 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including the return of the Vancouver Christmas Market and A Charlie Brown Holiday playing at the Carousel Theatre.
  
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• NCAA coach’s advice to parents: You need to let your kids fail

  22-11-2018 21:43 via theprovince.com
  The inaugural TCL Vancouver Showcase is dishing up unusual opportunities.
  The eight-team women’s basketball portion of the event tips off Thursday at the Vancouver Convention Centre, with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as headliners.
  They’re the reigning NCAA champions. They’re also the No. 1-ranked team in the United States right now, according to the latest Associated Press poll. You don’t get many cracks to witness firsthand and up close what a team like that looks like
  
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• As Baertschi struggles with concussion, Canucks call up Boucher, re-assign Gaunce

  22-11-2018 21:41 via theprovince.com
  The Canucks have made a switch on their depth chart.
  Returning to the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League is Brendan Gaunce. Coming up from Utica is Reid Boucher.
  Best known for his sound defensive game, Gaunce suited up for three games for the Canucks since being recalled Oct. 30 and recorded three points.
  He scored a goal and added an assist in his first game back in the NHL, against the Chicago Blackhawks on Hallowe’en, then recorded another assist in the next game, the wild 7-6
  
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• B.C. Ferries outlines $3.9-billion capital plan to upgrade fleet and terminals

  22-11-2018 21:34 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Ferries has filed with the B.C. Ferry Commission the largest capital plan in its history, according to the corporation’s financial results released Wednesday.
  The capital plan, which covers projected spending between 2019 and 2030, was one of five reports included in the corporation’s “Performance Term Five Submission” filed at the end of September.
  The plan says B.C. Ferries is in a solid financial position, and outlines intentions to invest more than $3.9 billion i
  
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• B.C. residents approve of school tax on homes over $2 million but not under: poll

  22-11-2018 21:33 via vancouversun.com
  Many British Columbians are concerned about the possibility of a new tax on real estate being expanded to include lower priced properties, a new poll has found.
  The provincial government introduced the additional school tax of 0.2 per cent on the value of homes between $3 million and $4 million, and a tax rate of 0.4 per cent on the portion of a home’s value that exceeds $4 million.
  But Research Co. poll found that 70 per cent of respondents believe the government will expand the tax
  
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• Kelowna to represent B.C. at national youth flag football tournament in Edmonton

  22-11-2018 21:20 via globalnews.ca
  10-team championship will take place Friday in Edmonton, site of 106th Grey Cup.
  
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• Iconic Vancouver restaurant marks 40 years

  22-11-2018 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  The Teahouse in Stanley Park is celebrating four decades of dining. Executive Chef Adam Meade shares some of the restaurant’s rich history and makes a classic soup recipe, featured on the special 40th anniversary menu.
  
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• Travel: Tips for longstay vacations

  22-11-2018 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  Planting to escape the winter weather for an extended vacation in a warmer climate? Travel expert Claire Newell has some helpful advice.
  
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• REVIEW: Human foibles are the gift under the tree in this holiday treat

  22-11-2018 21:10 via vancouversun.com
  Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
  When: Until Dec. 30
  Where: Granville Island Stage
  Tickets: from $29 at artsclub.com
  It’s hard to imagine a more perfect holiday confection than Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley.
  Written by Lauren Gunderson (“the most produced living playwright in America,” the playbill assures us) and Margot Melcon, the 2016 play is a sequel of sorts to Pride and Prejudice. The script is clever, self-aware, contemporary, and, finally, heartwarming. In the
  
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• Koi-munching otter still on the loose in downtown Vancouver garden

  22-11-2018 21:06 via vancouversun.com
  The hungry otter that’s been munching through the prized koi at Vancouver’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden has managed to elude capture.
  No new carcasses were spotted Thursday morning, leaving the otter’s koi count so far at six.
  “We haven’t found any new bodies, but then we don’t know,” said Debbie Cheung, marketing and communications manager for the garden. “The pond is pretty big. If the otter got another koi, we wouldn’t know if it’s stuck
  
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• Speaker tried to appoint friend to B.C. legislature sergeant-at-arms job, according to sworn affidavit

  22-11-2018 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  Speaker Darryl Plecas and his new special adviser are under fire Thursday morning after B.C. Liberal House Leader Mary Polak presented a sworn affidavit that Plecas wanted to appoint his friend Alan Mullen as the Sergeant-at-Arms.
  
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• Plecas tried to make Mullen the sergeant-at-arms at B.C. legislature

  22-11-2018 20:46 via globalnews.ca
  Online journalist Richard Zussman explains how the speaker of the house, Darryl Plecas, is involved in the criminal investigation at the B.C. legislature.
  
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• Anaheim Ducks hand Canucks 7th straight loss

  22-11-2018 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  "We've got to find a way. We're making a couple of little mistakes that are costing us, and we've got to clean that up."
  
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• This Just In: Riversol Exfoliating Glycolic Peel, American Crew Tech Series Boost Spray and This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray

  22-11-2018 20:34 via vancouversun.com
  Riversol
  Exfoliating Glycolic PeelThey say: A weekly peel for all skin types that features four per cent Glycolic Acid and is dermatologically developed for sensitive skin, this product promises to instantly brighten, restore radiance and gently exfoliate skin without irritation.We say: You get what you need out of this product. If you have sensitive skin, then this is the product for you. Our tester reported there was absolutely no discomfort, tingly sensation or redness during this t
  
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• 49-storey highrise proposed for West Georgia Street tower cluster

  22-11-2018 20:30
  
  Wesgroup reveals designs for tree-inspired tower to go alongside several others slated for 1400-1500 blocks in Coal Harbour
  
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• 49-storey highrise proposed for West Georgia Street (IMAGES)

  22-11-2018 20:30
  
  Wesgroup reveals designs for tree-inspired tower to go alongside several others slated for 1400-1500 blocks in Coal Harbour
  
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• Otter 6, humans 0 in battle of wits to oust koi muncher from Vancouver garden

  22-11-2018 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  Two more traps have now been added to the one set late Tuesday in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden.
  
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• Food recall issued for Mission Hill Family Estate product

  22-11-2018 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the food recall is taking place because of undeclared milk.
  
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• Fisherman’s soup

  22-11-2018 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Executive Chef Adam Meade shares this classic soup recipe, featured on the special 40th anniversary menu at The Teahouse in Stanley Park.
  
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• The It List: Swarovski Remix Collection

  22-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The product: Swarovski Remix Collection.
  Why we love it: A collection of customizable bracelets from the Austrian accessories brand Swarovski.
  The award-winning collection features crystal-embellished “carrier” bracelets (some of which can also be worn as choker-style necklaces too) in metal finishes, including rose gold, silver and gold — each one with the ability to be mixed and matched with various charms and baubles, at an additional cost.
  While we’re loving the full
  
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• Style Q&A: Franco-Korean beauty brand JOWAÉ lands in Canada

  22-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Korean beauty — or K Beauty — has changed the way many people view skin care.
  Involving a multi-step, scientifically advanced approach to taking care of one’s skin, the movement has landed, en masse, in Canada in recent years thanks to the arrival of several new brands and products.
  One such company to arrive this year, is Jowaé.
  We caught up with Layla Vanessa Fadous, the brand manager for Jowaé in Canada, to chat about what makes this line different, h
  
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• Canucks call up Boucher, re-assign Gaunce

  22-11-2018 19:52 via theprovince.com
  The Canucks have made a switch on their depth chart.
  Returning to the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League is Brendan Gaunce. Coming up from Utica is Reid Boucher.
  Best known for his sound defensive game, Gaunce suited up for three games for the Canucks since being recalled Oct. 30 and recorded three points.
  He scored a goal and added an assist in his first game back in the NHL, against the Chicago Blackhawks on Hallowe’en, then recorded another assist in the next game, the wild 7-6
  
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• Speaker tried to appoint friend as new sergeant-at-arms for B.C. legislature

  22-11-2018 19:16 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – Speaker Darryl Plecas came under renewed fire Thursday after it was alleged he tried to appoint his friend and political operative as the legislature’s new sergeant-at-arms after engineering the suspension of top officials at the legislature.
  Plecas told a meeting of house leaders from the Liberals, Greens and NDP that his friend and political advisor, Alan Mullen, should be named the new head of legislature security at a Nov. 19 meeting that preceded the suspension of cle
  
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• Drink this: Double Infinity (Eureka!) by Superflux Brewing

  22-11-2018 19:13
  
  No one slags Superflux when the topic of contract brewing comes up, though, because it’s awesome. The latest installment of the Double Infinity DIPA is a perfect example why.
  
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• White Rock must respond faster to information requests: Report

  22-11-2018 19:05 via vancouversun.com
  The City of White Rock takes too long to respond to access to information requests, according to a report from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.
  The report, which was released on Thursday morning, found that in 2016 and 2017, White Rock failed to meet legislated time lines to respond to information requests in 46 per cent of sampled files. When late, the city took an average of 16 business days past the legislated time line to respond.
  Recurrent applicants, of which the cit
  
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• Herb Dunton: Choose true democracy and vote for first past the post

  22-11-2018 19:00 via theprovince.com
  They say, if it ain’t broke — don’t fix it. The current first-past-the-post voting system has been serving the province well for 147 years. We have become a prosperous and well-developed region under the stable government delivered by FPTP. There’s no need to change it.
  If you don’t fully understand proportional representation, then don’t choose it. Actually, nobody understands how PR is supposed to work in B.C. or they’re not saying. According to the Vo
  
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• Vancouver Is Awesome launches online store focused on B.C.’s oddball heritage

  22-11-2018 18:57
  
  Vancouver Is Awesome and Glacier Media are proud to announce the launch of a new online store.
  
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• Empty Stocking Fund: Helping a family through a rough patch

  22-11-2018 18:49 via theprovince.com
  Laura Boily has had a tough time the last few years.
  “I have Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, and I have hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome,” relates the 33-year-old mother of four. “Then I have scoliosis in my back. I have osteoarthritis in my assign joint on the right side, that’s deteriorating. I have post-traumatic stress. I have benign tumours in my liver lobes. I have an air bubble on my lung on my left side … I have a big list. That’s just off the top
  
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• ‘Hazardous’ winter storm expected for Coquihalla Highway Thursday night

  22-11-2018 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  The hardest hit area will be between Hope and Merritt.
  
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• Vancouver Sun archives digitized, Province to follow

  22-11-2018 18:34 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Sun’s archives are now online.
  Subscribers to the website Newspapers.com are now able to search every issue of The Vancouver Sun since it started publishing in 1912, up to within a month of the current publishing date. That’s 2,127,738 pages of stories, advertisements and classifieds, a veritable history of Vancouver.
  Search “Marie Moreau” and “Fidel Castro,” for example, and up pops a legendary paper from Feb. 5, 1959, when The Sun’s
  
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• Winter storm warning in effect for Coquihalla Highway

  22-11-2018 18:32 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt.
  The weather agency is advising travellers to expect some hazard road conditions with heavy snow — as much as 20 to 30 centimetres — to fall south of the summit Thursday night.
  “Rapidly accumulating snow could make travel difficult over some locations. Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions. Visibility may be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow,&rdq
  
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• Whistler Blackcomb opening day: Minimal snowfall limits runs

  22-11-2018 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  Winter hasn't materialized yet in any meaningful way, meaning only some runs and lifts are operating. 
  
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• ‘The public are entitled to the truth’: Liberal leader on B.C. legislature probe

  22-11-2018 18:31 via globalnews.ca
  Liberal MLA Mary Pollack and leader Andrew Wilkinson speak at a press conference Thursday about the events unfolding surrounding the criminal investigation at the legislature, including what role Speak of the House, Darryl Plecas, has played.
  
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• Opening day at Whistler Blackcomb 2018

  22-11-2018 18:11 via globalnews.ca
  It’s opening day for Whistler Blackcomb 2018 but a limited amount of snow means only a few runs are open. That hasn’t stopped skiers and snowboarders from lining up however. Aaron McArthur is live from Whistler with details.
  
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• Metropolis Home for the Holidays contest: Anna Morris

  22-11-2018 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  Sonia Sunger speaks with Anna Morris and her family, our third finalist in the Metropolis Home for the Holidays contest. Anna tells us why it would be special to bring her family members home for the holidays.
  
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• Vancouver-born animator brings the web to life in 'Ralph Breaks the Internet'

  22-11-2018 17:12 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Animating “Ralph Breaks the Internet” not only entailed summoning bold imagination to bring the World Wide Web to life — it also meant tapping into fond memories to recreate beloved Disney characters.
  The film includes a hilarious sequence featuring classic princesses, and Vancouver-born animator Benson Shum got to meet the actress who voices Mulan in order to draw his favourite cartoon warrior.
  “There was a lot of pressure to make that character come to
  
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• Netflix settles Satanist lawsuit over statue used on Vancouver-filmed TV series Sabrina

  22-11-2018 17:08 via vancouversun.com
  A lawsuit filed against Netflix and Warner Bros. by the Satanic Temple over use of the group’s goat-headed statue in the Vancouver-filmed TV show The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has been settled out of court, according to the group.
  In a statement posted here, the Satanic Temple says it “is pleased to announce that the lawsuit it recently filed against Warner Bros. and Netflix has been amicably settled.”
  The temple filed the suit in New York alleging copyright viol
  
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• Love craft beer? Grab a designated driver and head to Calgary

  22-11-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s a snowy, drizzly Sunday afternoon in Calgary, but inside the Dandy Brewing Company, the atmosphere is warm and friendly. The tables are filled, and the air has that sweet delicious aroma that can only be found when someone is making beer.
  We pick out a couple — my favourite is Theatre and Mythomania, a Belgian-style strong ale made with hibiscus — and continue on our journey, after taking some Instagram-worthy pics of the quirky art by local artist Kelsey Fraser.
  “So
  
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• Secret B.C. legislation investigation goes back months

  22-11-2018 16:45 via globalnews.ca
  Richard Zussman reports on the latest in the criminal investigation of two top staffers at the B.C. legislature.
  
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• Street lights coming to stretch of Highway 7 in Maple Ridge

  22-11-2018 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  The province is finally lighting up a dangerous stretch of the Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge. Neetu Garcha reports.
  
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