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• 10 things to do in Vancouver today: Saturday, January 5 - Daily Hive

  04-01-2019 23:31
  10 things to do in Vancouver today: Saturday, January 5  Daily HiveLots of great events to check out in Vancouver today, Saturday, January 5. Enjoy Bright Nights, New Year Breakfast Run, and more!
  
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• Three Vancouver pot shops given green light, first opens Saturday

  04-01-2019 23:30
  
  Almost three months after legalization, Vancouver’s first three pot shops are officially a go.
  
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• Refreshingly healthy mocktail recipes

  04-01-2019 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  Start 2019 feeling refreshed with these mocktail recipes from Lavish Liquid’s Chris Chuy.
  
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• You can fly from Vancouver to Palm Springs, California for $247 roundtrip - Daily Hive

  04-01-2019 23:16
  You can fly from Vancouver to Palm Springs, California for $247 roundtrip  Daily HiveBook a warm escape for a fantastic price. Flights from Vancouver to Palm Springs, California are available for just $247 roundtrip.
  
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• Surrey woman says jackpot win an 'amazing blessing'

  04-01-2019 23:14 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A woman from Surrey, B.C., has claimed a Lotto Max prize of $39.5 million and is thinking about a trip to Rome.
  Michelle De Roma purchased her ticket at the Tsawwassen Mills Shopping Centre and says when she heard someone in the area won, she scanned her ticket and $39 million popped up on the screen.
  De Roma, who’s a mother of three, says her husband didn’t believe her so he checked online for himself, shouted “Wow,” then gave her a kiss.
  She says she&r
  
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• In pictures: BC storm pounds province with snow, rain, smashing records

  04-01-2019 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  No weather alerts remain in place for the province but parts of Vancouver Island remain on flood watch.
  
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• Vancouver is just one city in a global real estate slowdown - Vancouver Is Awesome

  04-01-2019 22:58
  Vancouver is just one city in a global real estate slowdown  Vancouver Is AwesomeWay out here on the Best Coast, it's easy to think of ourselves living in something of a separated-off bubble – and that when it comes to real estate, the bubble ...
  
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• Child sex-offender's day parole suspended for two months

  04-01-2019 22:41 via vancouversun.com
  A pedophile who was convicted of sex crimes against children had his day parole suspended for two months after he was caught browsing the internet for information about a former child actor.
  James Cardno, 54, is serving a nine-year sentence for multiple counts of printing or publishing child pornography, sexual interference and sexual exploitation.
  Between 1995 and 2008, the former Surrey resident sexually abused 10 boys between the ages of seven and 14, and took photos of his victims and up to
  
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• 20 things that made Vancouver AWESOME this week - Vancouver Is Awesome

  04-01-2019 22:40
  20 things that made Vancouver AWESOME this week  Vancouver Is AwesomeTake a break from the news cycle and help us celebrate the things we covered this week that are making Vancouver Awesome with a capital “A.”
  
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• Fair PharmaCare announcement: New help for low income families and seniors

  04-01-2019 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  Effective immediately there’s more help on the way for low income families and seniors in B.C. Jen Palma has the details.
  
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• Defence says Crown used false confession from man accused in murder of Monica Jack

  04-01-2019 22:21 via globalnews.ca
  Garry Handlen has pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder of Monica Jack in Merritt in 1978.
  
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• Vandals target trees at Spanish Banks

  04-01-2019 22:17
  
  Vancouver Park Board says it will seek ‘stiff penalties’ for those involved
  
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• West End tower proposal on Development Permit Board’s first agenda of 2019

  04-01-2019 22:07
  
  Plans to build a 28-storey mixed-use tower at 1555 Robson St. go before the DPB at its first meeting of the year on Jan. 7.
  
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• BC Ferries is anticipating an electric future but it's still a ways off

  04-01-2019 22:07
  
  BC Ferries president and CEO Mark Collins says that Bowen's next ferry, in just over 20 years, could be all-electric.
  
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• Memoir of a medical rebel: A conversation with Dr. Michael Klein

  04-01-2019 22:06 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver-based medical maverick Dr. Michael Klein has released an autobiography, Dissident Doctor: Catching Babies and Challenging the Medical Status Quo, describing his five decades in medicine.
  Klein graduated from medical school at Stanford University in 1966, doing practical training in pediatrics and maternity care in Mexico and Ethiopia, before fleeing to Montreal with his wife Bonnie Sherr Klein to avoid being drafted in the Vietnam War.  
  After heading the department of family medi
  
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• Extreme avalanche risk in B.C., Alberta leads to warnings from Parks Canada

  04-01-2019 22:04 via vancouversun.com
  BANFF, Alta. — Heavy snowfall, warm temperatures and high winds have led to an extreme avalanche risk in Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Jasper national parks.
  The daily avalanche bulletin for the mountain parks in Alberta and B.C. says they have received between 25 and 45 centimetres of snow in the past few days and it’s overloading a weak layer from mid-December.
  Officials say the danger rating forecast for today is extreme, which means people should avoid all avalanche terrain because n
  
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• Pet detective catches dog missing for five weeks in Metro Vancouver - Vancouver Is Awesome

  04-01-2019 21:54
  Pet detective catches dog missing for five weeks in Metro Vancouver  Vancouver Is AwesomeA dog that has been on the loose for five weeks was finally caught in Richmond Friday morning. Al MacLellan, a professional pet detective with Petsearchers ...
  
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• Three-day My Little Pony convention to bring friendship and magic to Metro Vancouver

  04-01-2019 21:38
  
  A three-day convention celebrating My Little Pony is coming to Metro Vancouver in January.
  
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• Elias Pettersson suffered injury to right knee, waiting on MRI to see extent of damage

  04-01-2019 21:35 via theprovince.com
  The good news would seem to be that Elias Pettersson isn’t on crutches and says he’s walking fine.
  The bad news is that this is a discussion point at all.
  The Swedish super rookie injured his right knee early in the second period of Thursday’s game in Montreal, after getting tangled up by Canadiens forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
  Montreal Canadiens’ Jesperi Kotkaniemi (15) talks with Vancouver Canucks’ Elias Pettersson (40) after taking him down in the second period.
  Af
  
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• Tractor Foods reveals major expansion plans for Vancouver and beyond - Daily Hive

  04-01-2019 21:25
  Tractor Foods reveals major expansion plans for Vancouver and beyond  Daily HiveTractor Foods currently operates five Vancouver and one Toronto outpost, and there are five more locations in the works (one of which is in Toronto).
  
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• Adrian Dix on eliminating medical services premiums: ‘The budget is balanced’

  04-01-2019 21:20 via globalnews.ca
  When asked about the overall tax burden on British Columbians and where money is coming from in order to eliminate medical services premiums for low income families, Minster of Health Adrian Dix defends the budget and compares this government to the previous one.
  
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• Adrian Dix: ‘Health care workers get second-guessed a lot’

  04-01-2019 21:18 via globalnews.ca
  At a press conference Friday, reporter Jennifer Palma asks Minister of Health Adrian Dix if people with mental health issues are being properly helped before being released from health care facilities.
  
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• December 2018’s snowfall in Whistler broke a 24-year-old record

  04-01-2019 21:16
  
  Just how epic has the snow been in Whistler lately? Well, its December snowfall total smashed a previous record held for 24-years. And the snow keeps falling.
  
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• 39 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Saturday, January 5 - Straight.com

  04-01-2019 21:10
  39 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Saturday, January 5  Straight.comLooking for something to do on Saturday? The Straight's got you covered. Here are 39 events happening in or around Vancouver on Saturday, January 5.
  
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• Step into the Art of Lights massive lantern wonderland in Metro Vancouver - Vancouver Is Awesome

  04-01-2019 21:02
  Step into the Art of Lights massive lantern wonderland in Metro Vancouver  Vancouver Is AwesomeThe Cloverdale Millennium Amphitheatre Park has been transformed into an illuminated wonderland with the arrival of the "Art of Lights."
  
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• RCMP seek suspect after woman assaulted on Surrey street

  04-01-2019 21:01 via theprovince.com
  Surrey RCMP is investigating a report of an assault on a young woman in Newton on Thursday.
  The incident occurred at 5:30 a.m.
  The woman, who police say is in her 20s, was walking along 72 Avenue when she was grabbed from behind and “bear hugged” by an unknown man.
  When the woman screamed, her attacker covered her mouth with his hand.
  Police say the woman managed to free herself by biting his hand and then ran away.
  The suspect was described as a male with a beard, who stood approxim
  
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• B.C. removes prescription drug deductibles for low-income residents

  04-01-2019 21:01
  
  Health Minister Adrian Dix says British Columbia has taken a "long overdue step forward" to help lower-income households handle the cost of prescription drugs.
  
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• Comment: Metro Vancouver just one city in global real estate slowdown

  04-01-2019 20:56
  
  If you think we’re the only ones experiencing declining sales and prices, think again
  
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• Small businesses feel crunch after rise in Metro Vancouver land values - Vancouver Sun

  04-01-2019 20:54
  Small businesses feel crunch after rise in Metro Vancouver land values  Vancouver SunPacific Sun Produce, a longtime Burnaby store, is facing closure after a huge increase in its leased unit's property values.
  
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• Low income families now don’t pay deductibles on prescription drugs in B.C.

  04-01-2019 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  Health Minister Adrian Dix spoke to reporters on Friday about the 240,000 families that, as of January, 1 can access the three-year, $105-million investment made by the provincial government.
  
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• Small businesses feel crunch after rise in Metro Vancouver land values

  04-01-2019 20:52 via vancouversun.com
  A mom-and-pop produce store in Burnaby might have to shutter its doors due to a large spike in the assessed value of its leased retail space.
  Pacific Sun Produce on Kingsway, near Metrotown, in Burnaby, has been a neighbourhood fixture for 22 years, a go-to place for Latin American products sourced by owners Susan Sung and Richard Cheung after years of living in Venezuela.
  But a 37 per cent hike in their lease obligations — largely due to rising property values, the cost of which is often
  
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• Pet detective finds Vancouver woman's dog, missing more than a month, in Richmond

  04-01-2019 20:40 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver woman will be reunited with her dog, missing for five weeks, Friday afternoon thanks to social media support and a pet detective.
  Since early December, Jocelyn Aspa, 34, has been scouring the streets of Vancouver and posting on Facebook and Twitter in hopes of finding her beloved dog named Littlefoot.
  Littlefoot, a 1.5-year-old mixed breed rescue dog from Thailand, went missing after her boyfriend took him for a walk on Dec. 2 near their home at Prince Edward and East 10th Avenue.
  He
  
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• Pet detective finds Vancouver woman's dog, missing more than a month, in Richmond - Vancouver Sun

  04-01-2019 20:36
  Pet detective finds Vancouver woman's dog, missing more than a month, in Richmond  Vancouver SunJocelyn Aspa is excited that the 'gut-wrenching' experience has ended with her beloved Littlefoot coming home.
  
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• B.C. government reduces or eliminates deductibles for many Fair Pharmacare clients

  04-01-2019 20:36 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. has eliminated Fair Pharmacare deductibles for families earning less than $30,000 and reduced deductibles for families earning between $30,000 and $45,000.
  Low-income seniors and individuals will see co-payments eliminated, meaning their prescriptions will be fully covered by the plan, if they qualify, said Health Minister Adrian Dix.
  Before the new rules kicked in Jan. 1, families that qualified for Fair Pharmacare would have to pay some of their prescription costs out of pocket before rec
  
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• ‘Textbook’ rescue for two overdue snowmobilers in Kelowna

  04-01-2019 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  Late-night rescue took place in rugged Myra Canyon area.
  
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• Mexico Sale: You can fly round-trip, direct from Vancouver for only $324 CAD - Vancouver Is Awesome

  04-01-2019 20:20
  Mexico Sale: You can fly round-trip, direct from Vancouver for only $324 CAD  Vancouver Is AwesomeWith the Vancouver weather forecast calling for a week of rain, a sunny holiday in Mexico might sound like exactly what the doctor ordered.
  
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• Flood watch in place for parts of Vancouver Island following heavy rainfall

  04-01-2019 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  More than 80 millimetres of rain fell on Vancouver between 10 a.m. Wednesday and early Friday morning.
  
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• Two Surrey men face seven weapons offences after shots fired in Guildford

  04-01-2019 20:17 via theprovince.com
  A pair of men face seven weapons-related charges in connection with a report of shots fired in Surrey on Wednesday night.
  People living in the Guildford area called 911 at 6:40 p.m. after hearing multiple gun shots in the 14000 block of 115A Avenue.
  Surrey RCMP responded and made three arrests.
  One individual was released, while two men from Surrey were detained and have now been formally charged with seven criminal offences.
  Christopher Boucher, 30, has been charged with four firearms offences,
  
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• Monthly rent across Canada expected to rise — especially in these 3 cities: report

  04-01-2019 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  The average rental rates could increase by six per cent year over year on a national basis in 2019, according to a report from Rentals.ca.
  
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• Vancouver's first B.C.-licensed pot shop to open Saturday after delay

  04-01-2019 20:02 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s first provincially-licensed pot shop will open Saturday, following a delay over the holidays.
  Evergreen Cannabis Society was set to unlock its doors Dec. 29 but delayed its grand opening until Jan. 5 because of holiday timeline issues at city hall.
  Mike Babins, who owns the Kitsilano shop along with Maria Petrucci, said Friday morning that the supply had arrived, everything was in order, and they were excited to open on Saturday.
  Mike Babins and Maria Petrucci outside
  
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• RECIPE: Winter vegetables with a little zing

  04-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The holidays are over and it’s high time you got back to eating healthy. Thanks to Dorie Greenspan’s Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook, it can taste good, too.
  Pasta with Cabbage, Winter Squash and Walnuts
  ½ pound (227 grams) winter squash
  ¼ cup (60 mL) extra-virgin olive oil
  Fine sea salt and freshly ground pepper
  2 tbsp. (30 mL) cider vinegar
  1½ tsp. (7.5 mL) honey
  ½ lb. (227 grams) linguine or other long pasta
  ¼ cup (30 grams) dried cranberries
  &fra
  
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• Fab 5: New year, new smart skin care

  04-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  So you’ve got your new gym gear and membership, have updated your résumé in order to start looking for that new job — now it’s time to upgrade your skin care regimen. Forget lotions and potions, though: this year, why not take a more advanced approach to beauty? From ancient tools that still work wonders to devices that help your tried-and-true products deliver even better results, Rebecca Tay explores five beauty gadgets that will kickstart your skin care routine
  
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• Chic-and-cosy: 10 sweaters to wrap up in this winter

  04-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The holiday gifting season likely saw at least one or two gift cards sent your way. So, we thought you might like a little help spending them.
  A stylish knit is always a safe bet during the cold-weather season — especially when you call Canada home.
  We asked Verna Ursua Brown, the director of product for the Vancouver-based company Aritzia, if there can ever be too many sweaters in one’s closet.
  “Definitely not,” she says. “Particularly living here in Cana
  
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• Brian Minter: It's time promote a stronger connection and better understanding of nature

  04-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Moving into a new year and with a fresh gardening season ahead, it’s very interesting to consider how the world of gardening is changing.
  As a garden writer, I have access to resources that identify major trends that are occurring or are about to occur as ‘spotters’ pick up on evolving habits, emerging areas of interest and ongoing concerns. The Garden Media Group (GMG), an excellent marketing company grounded in the lawn and garden industry, produces a report on trends each ye
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Robert Mondavi was a true visionary

  04-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Anthony Gismondi paid a visit to Napa Valley’s famed To Kalon Vineyard to look back at Robert Mondavi’s (above) legacy.
  Before we get to deep into 2019 I wanted to share a couple of thoughts from two highly memorable visits in 2018 that left an impression on this writer.
  A midsummer visit to Napa Valley’s famed To Kalon Vineyard to look back at Robert Mondavi’s legacy left me more impressed than ever with Mondavi’s vision and the impact his revolutionary, roadside w
  
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• B.C. fuel up 4 cents a litre, more hikes due as 'bumpy' year looms

  04-01-2019 19:52 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Extreme volatility in oil markets has resulted in a price jump for gasoline of four cents a litre in Metro Vancouver and an analyst predicts a further hike could arrive within days.
  Dan McTeague, a senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy.com, says Vancouver residents will be the “poster children” for what he expects will be a wild year for gas prices Canada-wide.
  He says the four-cent increase is the culmination of a series of events, including the explosion of the Enb
  
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• A My Little Pony fan convention is coming to Metro Vancouver this month - Daily Hive

  04-01-2019 19:43
  A My Little Pony fan convention is coming to Metro Vancouver this month  Daily HiveA brand new event coming to Metro Vancouver this month will “mark the return of a My Little Pony fan convention to Canada,” its organizers say.
  
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• Legendary Haidilao Hot Pot is FINALLY open in Metro Vancouver - Daily Hive

  04-01-2019 19:35
  Legendary Haidilao Hot Pot is FINALLY open in Metro Vancouver  Daily HiveThe iconic global chain of hot pot restaurants hailing from China quietly opened its first Canadian location in Richmond over the holidays.
  
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• UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP find no bomb, reopen downtown section

  04-01-2019 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  Report of explosive device at Thompson-Nicola Regional District Library on Victoria Street.
  
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• Kamloops RCMP close off downtown section amid unconfirmed report of explosive device

  04-01-2019 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  According to Kamloops RCMP, the 400 to 600 blocks of Victoria Street are closed, as is part of Fifth Avenue from Seymour Street to Lansdowne Street.
  
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