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• Canadian cops detained in Cuba return to Vancouver

  06-01-2019 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Two B.C. police officers are home after 10 months in detention in Cuba. They were accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl, but a Cuban court acquitted the pair. But as Paul Johnson reports, they are still facing an investigation in Canada.
  
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• Willes’ Musings: The kids never fail to deliver drama at the World Juniors

  06-01-2019 23:25 via theprovince.com
  If Saturday’s gold-medal game wasn’t enough to get you excited, here are 2019’s first musings and meditations on the world of sports.
  • This is the beauty of the World Junior Championship. The details of games and tournaments get lost over time but what endures is the powerful, timeless images these kids provide.
  I first started following the WJC in 1982, my first year in newspapers and the first year Canada sent a national team to the event. I’ve also been fortunate
  
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• 'Into thin air': Family seeks answers, 10 months after young man vanished from B.C. ski town

  06-01-2019 23:25 via vancouversun.com
  Around 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17, Heather Shtuka sent a text message, as she often did, to her 20-year-old son Ryan’s cellphone. It read: “Good morning, Lovebug. I hope you have a great day.”
  But Heather could see the message was never delivered, she said in a recent interview, as she remembered that morning 10 months ago. By that time, Ryan’s phone was already dead or switched off.
  The night before, Ryan was at a house party in Sun Peaks, the resort municipality
  
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• Surrey, B.C. woman in crisis reaches out to Surrey, U.K. police, gets help anyway

  06-01-2019 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  A mix up between two different Surrey police forces had a happy ending on Christmas Day.
  
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• RCMP expected to break up northern B.C. First Nation's pipeline check points

  06-01-2019 23:14 via vancouversun.com
  Members of a northern B.C. First Nation say police intervention is imminent at checkpoints they’ve set up blocking access to a liquefied natural gas pipeline project.
  Jennifer Wickham, a member of the Gidimt’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, said RCMP officers have gathered in Smithers and Houston, the closest towns to the checkpoints, which are on the Morice River and West Morice River forest service roads.
  “It’s a pretty spiritual time for the folks
  
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• Thatcher Demko looking to make the most of his chance with Canucks

  06-01-2019 23:06 via theprovince.com
  TORONTO — Still a little groggy from a pre-game nap, Thatcher Demko tried to ignore his phone buzzing with text messages.
  The Vancouver Canucks’ prized goalie prospect saw the team had just traded its backup netminder, a move potentially paving the way for his promotion to the NHL.
  But the Utica Comets were playing in a few hours and that required the 23-year-old’s full attention.
  It was only after his 31-save performance in a 4-2 victory that the magnitude of the deal that shi
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Elias Pettersson’s fire of desire has helped rev up the rebuild

  06-01-2019 22:58 via theprovince.com
  Apparently, Elias Pettersson looks for trouble.
  The trouble with that summation by Don Cherry during his Saturday shtick on Hockey Night in Canada is that it doesn’t tell the true story of what makes the injured Vancouver Canucks centre tick.
  Elias Pettersson nearly scored on a breakaway Thursday before being injured.
  It’s the fire in the belly of the Calder Trophy front-runner that often gets lost in the conversation because his remarkable playmaking and goal-scoring exploits domina
  
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• Vancouver ride-for-hire startup scores part in EU driverless transportation experiment

  06-01-2019 22:51 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver-based tech startup that began life as a platform for arranging carpools is now on a team competing to design systems for an experiment in autonomously operated, on-demand transit services in Europe.
  The Mount Pleasant-headquartered firm, called Spare, is part of a Norwegian/Canadian consortium selected as one of five competitors in a European Union-supported experiment to test fleets of automated buses in six different cities.
  Spare CEO Kristoffer Vik Hansen said his firm was invited
  
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• Vancouver ride-for-hire startup scores part in EU driverless transportation experiment - Vancouver Sun

  06-01-2019 22:45
  Vancouver ride-for-hire startup scores part in EU driverless transportation experiment  Vancouver SunSpare, with its seeds in a carpooling platform designed by former UBC students, blossoms into a *service* provider for on-demand public transportation.
  
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• Sugar-free sweet treat

  06-01-2019 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  Nutritionist Sherry Strong shares a recipe for a reduced sugar sweet treat.
  
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• Pemberton avalanche victim remembered as pioneering Squamish mountain biker

  06-01-2019 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  "Chris McCrum died doing what he loved, exploring the mountains," said the Squamish Off-Road Cycling Association.
  
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• Squamish mountain biker identified as man killed in avalanche

  06-01-2019 21:46 via vancouversun.com
  A man who died in a Pemberton avalanche last week was an adventurous athlete and a dedicated volunteer with the Squamish mountain bike community whose presence will remain on the trails he helped build and maintain, say those who knew him.
  Chris McCrum, 42, was identified Sunday by the Squamish Off-Road Cycling Association (SORCA) as the skier who was swept up in a Jan. 3 avalanche in the backcountry near Pebble Creek. He was skiing with a group when he was buried in the avalanche. His fellow sk
  
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• B.C. First Nations groups say RCMP crackdown on anti-pipeline camp imminent

  06-01-2019 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  "The RCMP’s ultimatum, to allow TransCanada access to unceded Wet’suwet’en territory or face police invasion, is an act of war," demonstrators said.
  
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• Recipe: Holiday bounty bites

  06-01-2019 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  A simple recipe to help you satisfy your sweet tooth without the sugar.
  
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• Cooking 101: Mustard

  06-01-2019 21:18 via globalnews.ca
  Caren McSherry, from the Gourmet Warehouse, shares a masterclass in how to cook with mustard.
  
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• Serenity now: Angst-ridden Whitecaps fans need to remain patient

  06-01-2019 21:09 via theprovince.com
  The new year begins with many a blown resolution by Vancouver Whitecaps fans.
  They go into 2019 suffering hand-wringing angst, bouts of stress eating and trepidation-triggered tipple, no doubt blowing their newly-started keto and kumquat diets apart in the same spectacular manner their MLS team’s roster was.
  Not only was the demolition of the team’s player pool complete and unprecedented — the 18 players the team parted with was the most in MLS this year and most in team histor
  
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• Police raid brewing for anti-pipeline camp?

  06-01-2019 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  A group of indigenous protesters in northern B.C. say they are preparing to face what they call an “Invasion” of RCMP officers enforcing a court injunction on their camp.
  
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• Ed Willes: The kids never fail to deliver drama at the World Juniors

  06-01-2019 20:49 via theprovince.com
  If Saturday’s gold-medal game wasn’t enough to get you excited, here are 2019’s first musings and meditations on the world of sports.
  • This is the beauty of the World Junior Championship. The details of games and tournaments get lost over time but what endures is the powerful, timeless images these kids provide.
  I first started following the WJC in 1982, my first year in newspapers and the first year Canada sent a national team to the event. I’ve also been fortunate
  
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• Saanich aligns pot growing bylaws for ALR land with provincial regulations

  06-01-2019 20:09 via vancouversun.com
  Saanich is poised to ban cannabis production in buildings with concrete flooring on protected agricultural land.
  A proposed bylaw amendment, which goes to a public hearing Jan. 15, seeks to align the municipality’s rules with new provincial regulations for growing cannabis within the Agricultural Land Reserve.
  B.C.’s Ministry of Agriculture clarified last year that cannabis production is a protected farm use on ALR land only if it’s grown in ways that preserve the land’s
  
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• Colwood father of eight to serve three years for firearm offence after being charged in murder-for-hire plot

  06-01-2019 19:52 via vancouversun.com
  A grainy Facebook photo of Trevor Charles Porter appeared under the headline: Colwood man charged in murder-for-hire plot.
  The date was Jan. 30, 2014.
  Sooke RCMP sent out a media release saying they had arrested Porter and charged him with hiring someone to kill a Langford man.
  Trevor Charles Porter.
  Police laid the charge during a telebail hearing before a judicial justice of the peace. But when the Crown prosecutor reviewed the file on March 5, 2014, he found the murder-for-hire charge did not
  
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• Wind warning cancelled for Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley

  06-01-2019 19:38 via vancouversun.com
  Sunday’s blustery morning has come to an end.
  Earlier wind warnings for the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley region have been cancelled.
  According to warnings issued Sunday morning by Environment Canada, a low pressure system from the Pacific Ocean was to move through the Lower Mainland this morning, with southwest winds gusting up to 90 kilometres an hour in Richmond, Delta Surrey and Langley.
  Similar winds were expected in the valley in Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Hope.
  The winds will ea
  
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• Killer whale watch: Future of declining southern residents at risk

  06-01-2019 19:19 via vancouversun.com
  For 17 days last summer, a female orca pushed her dead calf through the Pacific Ocean, keeping the body afloat with her head in what some whale experts called a “tour of grief.”
  The images of J35, also known as Tahlequah, sparked renewed interest in the plight of endangered southern resident killer whales, whose population had dwindled to just 75 members earlier in the year, following the death of L92 or “Crewser.”
  Then, as J35’s vigil continued, public and media at
  
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• Daily Poll: How are you doing with your New Year's resolutions?

  06-01-2019 19:04 via vancouversun.com
  It’s about a week into 2019. Some people are trying to cut down on coffee or alcohol, others are trying to tidy up a bit more. Maybe you’re trying to lose a bit of holiday weight or just want to be more positive this year.
  No matter the goal, are you still keeping your New Year’s resolutions?
  Related Set concrete goals to make New Year’s resolution stick How to succeed at New Years resolutions: Visualize goalsTake Our Poll
  
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• Richmond’s Origo Club facing off against Vancouver shops in coffee challenge

  06-01-2019 18:00
  
  Customers can vote for Origo’s creation in Vancouver Foodster’s third annual Coffee Drink Challenge.
  
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• Vancouver weather: Thunderstorms and possible showers - Vancouver Sun

  06-01-2019 17:58
  Vancouver weather: Thunderstorms and possible showers  Vancouver SunWinds are also expected in the late morning, with wet flurries at higher terrain in the evening and overnight.
  
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• Vancouver weather: Thunderstorms and possible showers

  06-01-2019 17:57 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Jan. 6, 2018 – Sunday’s weather will be mostly cloudy though there’s a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
  Winds are also expected in the late morning, with wet flurries at higher terrain in the evening and overnight. Monday will clear up but the rest of the week is a wet one.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Cloudy with 60 per cent chance of showers, risk of thunderstorm. Winds gusting up to 80 kilometres in the early morning.
  Tonight: Cloudy with a 60 per
  
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• Places you may want to stay away from due to overtourism

  06-01-2019 17:35 via vancouversun.com
  Dubrovnik is in the news. Croatia’s walled medieval city has become a magnet for mass tourism, fuelled by an onslaught of cruise ships, the success of Game of Thrones – Dubrovnik is a key location – and countless articles detailing its many wonders, written by travel writers just like me. The result today is crowds so thick you can’t see feet for cobblestone.The infrastructure is choked, there’s notorious price gauging, increased pollution, and Disneyland-esque line
  
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• 6 awesome Vancouver food events happening this week: January 7 to 13 - Daily Hive

  06-01-2019 17:00
  6 awesome Vancouver food events happening this week: January 7 to 13  Daily HiveThe hunger for unique and delicious food and beverage-centred events is as strong as ever. Here are Vancouver food events to check out this week.
  
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• Wind warnings issued for parts of Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island - CBC.ca

  06-01-2019 16:50
  Wind warnings issued for parts of Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island  CBC.caEnvironment Canada has issued a wind warning for parts of Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island.
  
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• Where to see frozen waterfalls in B.C.

  06-01-2019 16:00
  
  Feel like an adventure? These cascading frozen waterfalls look like they belong in an enchanted kingdom
  
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• Finland captures world juniors gold with dramatic 3-2 win over U.S.

  06-01-2019 15:46 via globalnews.ca
  Kaapo Kakko scored the game-winning goal for Finland in the last minute-and-a-half of Saturday night's game.
  
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• Disconnect to Reconnect at the Scandinave Spa Whistler

  06-01-2019 07:02 via vancouversun.com
  What would you give for some interrupted “me time?” No rings, beeps or pings—just the soothing sound of water as it cascades over your body, washing away the distractions of everyday life. For many of us, our smartphone is the first thing we check when we wake up, and it’s typically never more than an arm’s reach away the whole day. Constantly scrolling through emails, messages, and social media feeds takes us away from the here and now. However, at the Scandinave S
  
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• Cowboys 24, Seahawks 22: Elliott, Prescott too much for Seattle in wild-card win in Dallas

  06-01-2019 07:00 via theprovince.com
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott saw an opening up the middle, then three defenders between him and the first down.
  The Dallas quarterback found a way to get there, and get his first playoff victory two years after a sensational rookie season ended in disappointment.
  Ezekiel Elliott rushed for 137 yards and the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, Prescott scored on a sneak after his dazzling head-over-heels run, and the Cowboys hung on for a 24-22 wild-card win over the Seattle Seahaw
  
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• Whistler’s Holiday Aura

  06-01-2019 06:55 via vancouversun.com
  Are you looking for an amazing culinary experience in Whistler this joyous season?If so, check out Nita Lake Lodge. Their restaurant, Aura, is serving up some new, mouthwatering winter menus, all sprinkled with festive cheer.
  Aura’s tagline, “fresh, modern, lakeside,” should be expanded to include inventive, inspired, and delicious. Aura’s new menu has a little something for everyone.
  For starters, PEI lobster and brandy bisque, bubbling with umami, will leave you licking
  
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• Ed Willes: Finns wait late, but find way to live up to golden expectations at world juniors

  06-01-2019 06:49 via theprovince.com
  They struggled to find something, anything during the round robin, and for the bulk of the World Junior Championship, Finland looked like a team of overhyped underachievers.
  But a funny thing happened on the way to Saturday night. Round about the time Eeli Tolvanen’s centring pass ricocheted off Aleksi Heponiemi’s ankle, up the stick of Canadian goalie Mike DiPietro and into the net, the Finns found that thing.
  Saturday night, they also found gold medals hanging around their necks wi
  
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• Feel the Holiday Vibe Early

  06-01-2019 06:46 via vancouversun.com
  You don’t have to wait for the holidays to experience a winter wonderland adorned with twinkly lights and surrounded with festive cheer; it’s closer than you think!
  Whistler Village is glowing with a joyful vibe early this month. Not only are there plenty of ways to save while you stay, with deals on accommodation and popular activities, you can get all the same festive feels as Christmas week, and for great value to boot.
  In the weeks leading up to the holidays, there’s a slow
  
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• Canucks at Night: Leafs a lesson on and off the ice

  06-01-2019 06:14 via theprovince.com
  As I wrote in the game story, this Leafs team was something to behold in the flesh. That’s a deeeeep squad.
  Enter Travis Green, with honesty:
  “It takes time, to be honest. You look at what has been done for the last four, five years, and now they’re seeing the rewards of it.
  “They don’t have just one good player, two good players,” he pointed out. They have many many.
  “They’ve done a good job in their drafting,” he said flatly.
  The Leafs went
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Jan 5

  06-01-2019 05:28 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 for Saturday, January 5, 2019. For the latest news and video, go to globalnews.ca/bc.
  
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• Maple Leafs 5, Canucks 0: Toronto flexes its rebuilt muscles to easily swat visitors aside

  06-01-2019 05:16 via theprovince.com
  TORONTO — The Canucks hope they got a glimpse of their own future Saturday in Toronto, losing 5-0 to the very impressive Maple Leafs.
  If it was a vision of Vancouver’s rebuilt future, there’s plenty of work still to be done.
  “That’s a good measuring stick of where we’ve got to be and how much better we’ve got to get,” Bo Horvat said after.
  The Leafs attack in waves. They have crisp, quick breakouts. They rarely turn the puck over. And they won desp
  
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• Michael Hutchinson makes 28 saves, Leafs blank Canucks 5-0

  06-01-2019 04:43 via globalnews.ca
  Auston Matthews had a goal and two assists while Andreas Johnsson, John Tavares and Igor Ozhiganov provided the rest of the offence for Toronto.
  
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• Some menopausal symptoms may mean an increase chance of breast cancer

  06-01-2019 04:32 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Jan 5

  06-01-2019 04:32 via globalnews.ca
  The Saturday, January 5, 2019 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• B.C. premier John Horgan launches Nanaimo byelection campaign

  06-01-2019 04:29 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. premier John Horgan was in Nanaimo Saturday to officially kick off the byelection campaign in which former MP Sheila Malcolmson will take on two well-known local opponents in one of the most important midterm races in the province’s history. Kristen Robinson reports.
  
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• White Rock pier repairs to take months, City says

  06-01-2019 04:26 via globalnews.ca
  It’s been more than two weeks since a powerful windstorm led to the destruction of White Rock’s iconic pier. As Paul Johnson reports it’s expected to take months to fix and millions of dollars.
  
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• Vancouverites welcome the opening of the city’s first two legal marijuana stores

  06-01-2019 04:26 via globalnews.ca
  The first store opened its doors Friday night, and the second followed on Saturday, after the delay of a week. Jill Bennett reports.
  
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• Two B.C. police officers return home after they were both detained for months in Cuba

  06-01-2019 04:26 via globalnews.ca
  The pair were arrested after an Ontario teen accused one of them of sexual assault. Julia Foy has more on what finally led to their release, and what the families involved have to say.
  
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• Firefighters rescue mom, two kids from car filled with carbon monoxide

  06-01-2019 03:44 via vancouversun.com
  The car looked odd — stopped on the side of Clayburn Road, running, but apparently empty.
  Driving across Abbotsford on Boxing Day night, Cathy Van-Martin and her wife Krista Harris saw what they assumed was an abandoned vehicle on a dark country road and decided to “call it in.”
  It’s not a term a civilian would likely use, but both women are first responders — Van-Martin, a captain with the Burnaby Fire Department, and Harris, a 16-year veteran of Abbotsford Fire Re
  
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• Go behind-the-scenes of Vancouver Island’s largest wedding showcase - CHEK

  06-01-2019 03:39
  Go behind-the-scenes of Vancouver Island’s largest wedding showcase  CHEKHundreds of brides and grooms will flock to Victoria this weekend for Vancouver Island's largest wedding show.
  
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• B.C. premier officially kicks off Nanaimo byelection campaign

  06-01-2019 03:36 via globalnews.ca
  Sheila Malcolmson was supported by Premier John Horgan as she launched her byelection campaign in Nanimo on Saturday.
  
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• Mike Smyth: Five ways a B.C. election could happen in 2019

  06-01-2019 03:00 via theprovince.com
  The next general election in B.C. is scheduled for Oct. 16, 2021, and Premier John Horgan is hoping to celebrate a second term in power on that date.
  But there is a chance that B.C. voters will head to the polls much sooner than that. In fact, there are several chances.
  Here are five ways British Columbia could be plunged into a snap election in 2019:
  NDP LOSES NANAIMO BYELECTION
  On Jan. 30, voters in Nanaimo will not just elect a new MLA to replace Leonard Krog, who resigned after a successful
  
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