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• Movie Minute: Our 60-second review of Glass

  18-01-2019 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia film critic Dana Gee and Arts & Life editor Aleesha Harris ask the burning question: Has M. Night Shyamalan managed to make good use of Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, James McAvoy and Sarah Paulsen in his new film Glass? The Sixth Sense director could use a hit.
  
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• After puppy ingests pot while out on a walk, vet warns it’s ‘like catnip for dogs’

  18-01-2019 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  As a former SPCA manager who now works with the City of Surrey bylaws department, River's owner saw the warning signs and immediately rushed him to their veterinarian.
  
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• Coquitlam man gets 10 years for violent New West home invasion

  18-01-2019 23:26 via vancouversun.com
  A Coquitlam man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for offences related to a violent New Westminster home invasion in 2016.
  The B.C. Supreme Court sentenced Stephen Smith, 23, on Friday for breaking and entering, aggravated assault, forcible confinement, attempted fraud, possession of property obtained by crime and robbery.
  Another 25-year-old Coquitlam man, Victor James, has also been convicted of the same crimes except attempted fraud. He will be sentenced at a later date,
  
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• 10 things to do in Vancouver today: Saturday, January 19 - Daily Hive

  18-01-2019 23:21
  10 things to do in Vancouver today: Saturday, January 19  Daily HivePack your Saturday with these 10 things to do in Vancouver on January 19, including Blind Date, Hot Chocolate Festival, and more!
  
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• Vancouver winter expected to remain mild for the rest of the season - Daily Hive

  18-01-2019 23:19
  Vancouver winter expected to remain mild for the rest of the season  Daily HiveWhile Vancouver has seen a handful of somewhat colder days over the course of this winter, weather forecasters agree that this winter has been a milder one, ...
  
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• Edmonton-raised Alphonso Davies watches from Bayern Munich bench as Bundesliga resumes play

  18-01-2019 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton-raised soccer star Alphonso Davies watched from the bench Friday as Bayern Munich defeated TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 3-1 to mark the Bundesliga's return to action after its traditional winter break.
  
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• Is ICBC set to deploy the ultimate back-seat driver?

  18-01-2019 22:56
  
  Many people are willing to hand over personal data — say, information about who their friends are on Facebook — just for a discount code for online shopping.
  
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• Hordes huddle around TVs to watch NFL playoffs filled with storylines

  18-01-2019 22:50 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  A wild-card weekend of NFL TV numbers that were up 12 per cent in the United States on FOX, NBC, CBS and ESPN — and closer to 20 per cent on CTV, TSN and RDS in Canada — combined with a divisional round up eight per cent over last year in American viewership, has set the stage for what could well be the most-watched championship Sundays in at least four years.That obviously bodes well for Super Bowl LIII slated for Sunday, Feb. 3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atl
  
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• Closed and closing soon: 6 Vancouver restaurants to say goodbye to - Daily Hive

  18-01-2019 22:40
  Closed and closing soon: 6 Vancouver restaurants to say goodbye to  Daily HiveThe restaurant industry can be fickle. Here is your update on restaurants in and around Vancouver that have recently shuttered or will do so imminently.
  
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• Two prolific offenders nabbed in Surrey with alleged stolen vehicles

  18-01-2019 22:37 via theprovince.com
  Two known prolific offenders in Surrey were arrested within hours Monday and charged with possessing stolen vehicles.
  Surrey Mounties say shortly before 10 a.m., officers in the Fleetwood area located a white BMW X1 SUV that was reported stolen on Jan. 11.
  Officers followed the BMW until the SUV came to a stop. When the driver exited the vehicle and began to walk away, he was arrested.
  Shane Rosteski, 25, has been charged with possession of stolen property, failing to comply with a conditional s
  
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• Man charged after four Merritt churches hit by arson

  18-01-2019 22:11 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — A Merritt man is to appear in a Kamloops courtroom to face four counts of arson.
  Kamloops RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore says the 37-year-old man was arrested on Thursday.
  Fires were set in four churches in the Merritt area earlier this month.
  One of the fires destroyed the nearly 150-year-old Murray United Church in the Nicola Valley. That church was described on its website as the oldest building in the valley and the only one still standing made with local Nicola Valley lumb
  
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• American cop gets dose of Vancouver's opioid crisis - Vancouver Courier

  18-01-2019 22:06
  American cop gets dose of Vancouver's opioid crisis  Vancouver CourierA deputy police chief from Ohio was in Vancouver this week to be mentored by Police Chief Adam Palmer and tour the city with officers.
  
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• American cop gets dose of Vancouver’s opioid crisis

  18-01-2019 22:06
  
  A deputy police chief from Ohio was in Vancouver this week to be mentored by Police Chief Adam Palmer and tour the city with officers.
  
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• Port of Vancouver offering free tours of Canada's largest container terminal - Daily Hive

  18-01-2019 21:56
  Port of Vancouver offering free tours of Canada's largest container terminal  Daily HiveFree public tours of the Port of Vancouer's Deltaport, which is Canada's largest container terminal, are scheduled for select dates this winter.
  
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• Theatre review: Mrs. Krishnan herself is the reason to attend this party

  18-01-2019 21:42 via vancouversun.com
  Mrs. Krishnan’s Party
  When: To Feb. 3
  Where: The Cultch Vancity Culture Lab
  Tickets & Info: From $24 at http://www.thecultch.comPoor Mrs. Krishnan doesn’t realize she’s throwing a party for us at the back of her convenience store. James, her mischievous college-student boarder, gets us seated and arranges for us to surprise Mrs. Krishnan when she comes in. She’s surprised, but not pleased.
  So begins Mrs. Krishnan’s Party, a semi-improvised comic celebration of t
  
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• Free driverless shuttle rides coming to Vancouver and Surrey next month - Daily Hive

  18-01-2019 21:33
  Free driverless shuttle rides coming to Vancouver and Surrey next month  Daily HiveFree autonomous shuttle rides as part of an innovative urban showcase have been announced for both Surrey and Vancouver this winter.
  
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• Smoke explosion injures Kelowna firefighter

  18-01-2019 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  Fire located inside two-storey building on Pandosy Street.
  
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• Penalty handed to family of embezzler cut in half by B.C.'s high court

  18-01-2019 21:29 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled a North Vancouver man does not have to pay back nearly $250,000 stolen by his wife from her employer before she died, but the widower is still liable for more than $100,000.
  The case began after the 2012 death of Wanda Moscipan when the Vancouver Coastal Health authority attempted to recover nearly $600,000 it found she had embezzled during her eight years as a financial administrator.
  The health authority launched legal action against both Moscipan’s est
  
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• VPD urge driver involved in hit-and-run crash at East 41st & Commercial St. to come forward

  18-01-2019 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver police are looking for help from the public to track down the driver involved in a serious hit-and-run. Investigators believe a BMW was involved in the early morning crash that hurt a woman in her fifties.
  
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• Former Surrey Six RCMP investigator pleads guilty to breach of trust, obstruction of justice

  18-01-2019 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  A former RCMP sergeant has pleaded guilty to breach of trust and obstruction of justice – related to misconduct during the investigation into the 2007 Surrey Six killings. Jordan Armstrong has the latest.
  
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• B.C. weather warning: Up to 25cm of snowfall to hit Coquihalla Highway

  18-01-2019 21:15
  
  The department has issued a special weather statement for the Coquihalla Highway – Hope to Merritt
  
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• One man arrested, one wanted for North Vancouver New Year's Eve parkade break and enter, thefts

  18-01-2019 21:04 via vancouversun.com
  North Vancouver RCMP arrested a 33-year-old Vancouver man for breaking and entering, and theft at a secured parkade on New Year’s Eve.
  Police were called to investigate the break and enter in the 1500 block of Ostler Court after a resident discovered their vehicle window was smashed. Police found nine vehicles had been broken into with various items of value stolen from them.
  The surveillance footage showed two men and a woman acting in a suspicious manner inside the parkade. The
  
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• Advisory group starts review of Vancouver pool plan

  18-01-2019 21:03
  
  Some concerned about effectiveness of advisory committee
  
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• One man arrested, one wanted for North Vancouver New Year's Eve parkade break and enter, thefts - Vancouver Sun

  18-01-2019 21:02
  One man arrested, one wanted for North Vancouver New Year's Eve parkade break and enter, thefts  Vancouver SunNorth Vancouver RCMP arrested a 33-year-old Vancouver man for breaking and entering, and theft at a secured parkade.
  
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• Metro Vancouver home price decline will bottom in 2019, then reverse: forecasters - Vancouver Courier

  18-01-2019 20:54
  Metro Vancouver home price decline will bottom in 2019, then reverse: forecasters  Vancouver CourierHome prices in Metro Vancouver may slide further in 2019 but then will recover as demand continues and supply remains constrained, according to a panel of ...
  
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• Metro Vancouver home price decline will bottom in 2019, then reverse: forecasters

  18-01-2019 20:54
  
  Panel of developers predict housing trends for coming year with cautious optimism; one says single-family price correction was “necessary”
  
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• UPDATED: Canucks Game Day: Demko finally makes second career regular-season start

  18-01-2019 20:47 via theprovince.com
  Next Game
  Tonight
  Buffalo Sabres at Vancouver Canucks
  7 p.m., Rogers Arena, SNETP, SNET 650 AM
  The Big Matchup
  Brandon Sutter vs. Jack Eichel
  Brandon Sutter relishes major matchup roles against top centres and he’s got a good one tonight.
  Jack Eichel doesn’t get the notoriety rightly afforded middle men Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Brayden Point, Mark Scheifele, Leon Draisaitl, Sidney Crosby and John Tavares, because the second-overall pick in the 2015 draft has flown under
  
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• Bauhaus Restaurant’s pan fried Arctic char for Dine Out Vancouver 2019 menu

  18-01-2019 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  Dine Out Vancouver returns for another year. Bauhaus Restaurant is taking part – Chef David Mueller gives us a little preview of their menu.
  
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• Gov’t announces another supportive housing project for Kelowna

  18-01-2019 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  Up to 50 units planned for supportive housing project in Rutland neighbourhood.
  
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• Former Mountie at centre of Surrey Six corruption case enters guilty pleas

  18-01-2019 20:38 via vancouversun.com
  A former RCMP officer who was at the centre of a corruption case involving the Surrey Six murder investigation pleaded guilty Friday to several offences.
  The guilty pleas of Derek Brassington, one of four Mounties charged in the case, bring to an end a key chapter in an investigation that stretches back nearly eight years.
  And it came as the trial of the four accused was finally about to begin after the case had been plagued by years of delays and adjournments.
  During an appearance in B.C. Supre
  
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• Can I see Sunday's lunar eclipse in Metro Vancouver? Five things to know

  18-01-2019 20:30 via vancouversun.com
  Stargazers will be in for a treat on Sunday night, when the total lunar eclipse and super moon will light up the sky over Metro Vancouver. The moon will turn a copper orange colour as the earth blocks out the light from the sun. This phenomenon leads to what is known as a blood moon. And, January’s super moon is also called a wolf moon. So it will be a super wolf blood moon. Sounds pretty cool, right? Unless you are werewolf. Then you should probably stay chained up indoors.
  For those not
  
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• E-cigarette batteries blamed for fire aboard WestJet flight

  18-01-2019 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  The TSB says a fire on board a WestJet flight last June was caused by spare e-cigarette lithium-ion batteries that a passenger failed to declare in his checked baggage.
  
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• Are you ready for a driverless shuttle ride in Surrey and Vancouver?

  18-01-2019 20:25 via vancouversun.com
  You may use driverless SkyTrains as your regular mode of transportation but are you ready for a driverless electric shuttle to ferry you around the cities of Vancouver and Surrey? It promises to be a collision-free ride that may drive you into the future.
  The cities of Vancouver and Surrey are offering the public an opportunity to experience a driverless shuttle ride on the ELA, short for electric automation, in February and the rides can be booked online if you want to skip the line.
  Relat
  
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• La Poutine Week returns to 3 Vancouver restaurants February 1 - Daily Hive

  18-01-2019 20:18
  La Poutine Week returns to 3 Vancouver restaurants February 1  Daily HiveThe “biggest poutine festival in the world,” kicks of February 1st and runs until February 7th. This year three Vancouver eateries are participating.
  
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• Former RCMP Sgt. Derek Brassington pleads guilty to breach of trust in Surrey Six murder investigation

  18-01-2019 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  Derek Brassington, a former RCMP officer, was charged with various offences related to his conduct during the Surrey Six investigation back in 2011.
  
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• Vancouver’s Pacific Centre, Oakridge among Canada’s top three most profitable malls

  18-01-2019 20:03
  
  Vancouver’s CF Pacific Centre and Oakridge Centre have been ranked as the second and third most productive shopping malls in Canada, according to a new Retail Council of Canada report.
  
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• This Week in History: 1946: The Queen of the Nudists bares all at the Beacon Theatre

  18-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Beacon Theatre offered something for everyone seventy-three years ago.
  On Jan. 18, 1946, the vaudeville house at 20 West Hastings featured a “Western Rhythm Jamboree” with Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage.
  On Jan. 19, the Labour-Progressive Party held a memorial concert for Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, 22 years after the Russian revolutionary’s death.
  And on Jan. 21, Zorima, “Queen of the Nudists” took the stage.
  She’s all but forgotten today, but Z
  
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• Q&A: Wake up your inner dreamer by being mindful? Here's how it makes sense

  18-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  It seems you can’t step into a bookstore or scroll through a podcast list without seeing or hearing about mindfulness.
  The psychological process that brings your attention to what’s happening right now, in the present moment is all the rage.
  Speaker, life coach and author Keith Macpherson wants to help us get centred and settled and enjoy the benefits of mindfulness through his new book Making Sense of Mindfulness.
  The Winnipeg author will be here in Vancouver at Indigo Robson to tal
  
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• Steelhead LNG planning pipeline from Chetwynd to Vancouver Island - Prince George Citizen

  18-01-2019 19:52
  Steelhead LNG planning pipeline from Chetwynd to Vancouver Island  Prince George CitizenVancouver-based energy company Steelhead LNG says they are in the early stages of investigating a pipeline route from Chetwynd area to their planned ...
  
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• Family Matters podcast recap — Swearing around kids & nostalgia for Mini Pop Kids

  18-01-2019 19:52 via globalnews.ca
  Many parents are careful about what they say around their kids but research suggests casual swearing is totally alright.
  
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• 3 Dine Out Vancouver experiences that serve up food for thought - CBC.ca

  18-01-2019 19:30
  3 Dine Out Vancouver experiences that serve up food for thought  CBC.caChilly winter days may be a bit of a downer to some but they're a boon to local foodies with one of Vancouver's biggest food festivals coming up. The Dine Out ...
  
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• Snowfall warning for Coquihalla; wind warnings for B.C.’s Central and North Coasts

  18-01-2019 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada predicting between 15 and 25 cm of snow for Coquihalla Highway.
  
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• B.C. attorney general says money launderers will exploit ‘gaps’ in information sharing in Canada

  18-01-2019 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  Canada's government is not providing B.C.'s government with information on organized crime money-laundering, a B.C. minister says.
  
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• Whitecaps acquire Canadian international CB Derek Cornelius

  18-01-2019 18:57 via theprovince.com
  He’s young. He’s talented. He’s Canadian.
  Derek Cornelius is the trifecta that Vancouver Whitecaps fans want to see in a new signing.
  The 6-2, 190-pound, left-footed centreback agreed to terms with the Major League Soccer side this week. It’s a multi-year deal including team options, pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate (ITC).
  Cornelius is a rising star with the Canadian national team, being named the 2018 Canadian Youth International Player of the Ye
  
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• Vancouver weather: mild temperatures predicted in long-term forecast - Vancouver Is Awesome

  18-01-2019 18:57
  Vancouver weather: mild temperatures predicted in long-term forecast  Vancouver Is AwesomeWhile the short-term Vancouver weather forecast calls for plenty of rain, Environment Canada can't say exactly how wet the city will be for the rest of winter.
  
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• New movies: Glass, Stan and Ollie, Science Fair

  18-01-2019 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  Movie critic Dana Gee has a look at some of the new movies hitting theatres this weekend, including M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass”, the comedy based on the lives of entertainers Laurel and Hardy,”Stan and Ollie,” and the documentary “Science Fair.”
  
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