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• Update: Video of police take-down after car-jacking in Richmond - Vancouver Courier

  21-01-2019 23:54
  Update: Video of police take-down after car-jacking in Richmond  Vancouver CourierA Richmond woman was left injured and shaken after a car-jacking incident at her home this morning. At around 7:30 a.m., the woman, in her mid-40s, was ...
  
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• Environmental activists file motion with NEB

  21-01-2019 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  A group of environmental activists is calling on the National Energy Board to consider modern climate science in its final recommendations for the Trans Mountain Pipeline. Neetu Garcha has more.
  
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• ‘Just disgusted’: Widower of Victoria RCMP officer says he wasn’t told of wife’s killer’s parole hearing

  21-01-2019 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  "No one was there to be a voice for Sarah at all. And I think Fenton got off really easy today, seeing as how Sarah didn't have a voice and he did."
  
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• Fire destroys Port Coquitlam home

  21-01-2019 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  Flames broke out shortly around 9 am. Fire crews say the fire started in the basement and then quickly spread.
  
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• Growing calls for public inquiry into B.C. casinos laundering money

  21-01-2019 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Pressure is mounting on the British Columbia government to do something about the links between money laundering, organized crime, and the fentanyl crisis. Now the province’s largest public sector union is demanding an inquiry after an RCMP investigation into whole thing collapsed. As Robin Gill reports, there are concerns the problem may be bigger than...
  
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• Anti-pipeline group wants NEB to consider impact of emissions, climate change

  21-01-2019 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  Stand.earth filed a motion with the board asking it to apply the same standard to the project as it did with the Energy East pipeline, before it submits its final report to the federal government on Feb. 22.
  
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• Three secrets to paying off credit cards fast

  21-01-2019 23:26 via theprovince.com
  Q: I have no trouble charging stuff on my credit cards, but paying them down, never mind off, I seem to be going nowhere fast. I feel like I’m missing something, some inside scoop no one ever told me. My boyfriend gives me a really hard time about it. He keeps careful track of what he charges and pays his credit card off every month. I really like this guy and he’s said a few things that make me wonder if our relationship will last if I don’t get my debt and, I guess, my spendi
  
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• Brexit, tensions between Canada and China could hit B.C. tourism

  21-01-2019 23:17
  
  Diplomatic tension ratcheted up between Canada and China last week with each country warning citizens not to travel to the other country.
  
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• Coquitlam moms make pitch for movie date with Jason Momoa

  21-01-2019 23:11 via vancouversun.com
  A group of movie-going moms in Coquitlam is trying to hook Aquaman into joining them for a theatre outing on Wednesday.
  Movies for Mommies is a group that organizers movie outings for mothers with babies under 12 months.
  The screenings include baby-friendly features like change tables in the theatres and free baby wipes.
  Having Jason Momoa, who is in Vancouver shooting the Apple TV science fiction series See, show up for Wednesday’s showing of Aquaman at Coquitlam SilverCity theatre w
  
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• These stunning Vancouver viewpoints let you see for miles and miles (Photos) - Vancouver Is Awesome

  21-01-2019 23:01
  These stunning Vancouver viewpoints let you see for miles and miles (Photos)  Vancouver Is AwesomeWhether you are looking to stargaze, soak in a sunset, or see a sweeping perspective of the Lower Mainland, here are the best Metro Vancouver viewpoints.
  
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• Legislature speaker produces report of alleged wrongdoing

  21-01-2019 22:59 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – Legislature Speaker Darryl Plecas says he’s written a 76-page report full of evidence of what he says is wrongdoing at the legislature, and it will be up to an all-party committee of MLAs to decide whether to release it publicly.
  Plecas told the committee of MLAs that the report is in response to a self-imposed deadline to give the public information about a scandal that’s resulted in a suspension of the building’s two top officials.
  “Members have re
  
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• Agassiz man arrested in connection to 2014 poisoning death of toddler

  21-01-2019 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  An Agassiz man has been arrested in connection with the 2014 poisoning death of a toddler with snake venom.
  Henry Thomas, 51, a resident of Seabird Island, Agassiz, has been arrested and charged with failing to provide the necessities of life. He was arrested on Jan. 18, North Vancouver police announced Monday.
  On May 18, 2014, Thomas was caring for a two-year-old girl. He later returned the child to her mother’s North Vancouver home that same day.
  Around 5 a.m. on May 19, 2014, the child&
  
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• Speed, alcohol investigated after Richmond crash sends 2 young women to hospital

  21-01-2019 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  The driver was found in critical condition, while her passenger was in serious but non-life threatening condition.
  
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• Vancouver School Board faces big questions, tough decisions - Vancouver Courier

  21-01-2019 22:08
  Vancouver School Board faces big questions, tough decisions  Vancouver CourierShould all secondary schools have auditoriums and running tracks? Should siblings be able to go to the same schools? Should French immersion programs be ...
  
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• Vancouver School Board faces big questions, tough decisions

  21-01-2019 22:08
  
  Should all secondary schools have auditoriums and running tracks? Should siblings be able to go to the same schools? Should French immersion programs be moved to schools with excess space?
  
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• Tsawwassen child struck by car after driver failed to clear frost from windshield

  21-01-2019 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  A child was hit by a vehicle last week after the driver failed to clear frost from their windshield, obscuring their view of the road.
  The Tsawwassen incident has prompted Delta police to issue a safety reminder via Twitter on Monday to drivers who might otherwise be inclined to drive off with frost still on the glass on colder days.
  “I think perhaps people are getting ready to go to work, they don’t want to be late so they go, ‘Well, it’ll defrost on my way to work and I
  
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• B.C. speaker hands over 76-page report his office produced on clerk and sergeant-at-arms

  21-01-2019 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  Speaker Darryl Plecas has handed over a lengthy report to the Legislative Assembly Management Committee looking into alleged wrongdoing by clerk Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz.
  
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• Surrey man who shot moose, left it to suffer is convicted, fined in court

  21-01-2019 22:04 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A Surrey man who illegally shot a moose in B.C.’s southern Interior has been fined $10,000 after leaving the animal to suffer before it died.
  The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says it began an investigation in November 2017 after the man from Surrey reported that he shot the bull the day before near Beaverdell.
  The service says its officers determined the moose was left alive, but partly paralyzed, and evidence at the scene indicated the bull struggled extensively and
  
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• Alcohol, speed possible in early Monday morning crash in Richmond

  21-01-2019 22:01 via vancouversun.com
  Police say alcohol and speed are possible reasons for an early Monday crash that caused a number of power outages in Richmond.
  On Monday morning, Richmond RCMP were called to No. 6 and Blundell roads for a single-vehicle crash into a hydro pole. The accident left the Honda sedan overturned and sitting in a ditch near the intersection. “Significant efforts” were required to pull the two trapped women from the vehicle.
  A number of power outages were also reported in the immediate vicin
  
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• Washington state creates project team for Vancouver-Seattle high-speed rail - Daily Hive

  21-01-2019 21:50
  Washington state creates project team for Vancouver-Seattle high-speed rail  Daily HiveWashington state is leading the charge with Vancouver-Seattle-Portland high-speed rail by providing funding for the creation of a new project office.
  
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• Cub’s Lisa Marr returns to Vancouver for fieldhouse residency

  21-01-2019 21:48
  
  A few days ago, I received an email from an old friend, inviting me to a party at a fieldhouse.
  
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• Man charged after death of 2-year-old believed to have died by snake venom poisoning

  21-01-2019 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  Henry Thomas has now been charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life, section 215, of the Criminal Code.
  
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• From Quebec to B.C.: Calls mount for public inquiry into money laundering and organized crime

  21-01-2019 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  Debate is shifting in the B.C. government as a powerful union calls for a money-laundering inquiry.
  
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• Man arrested in connection with death of North Vancouver toddler - CityNews Vancouver

  21-01-2019 21:09
  Man arrested in connection with death of North Vancouver toddler  CityNews VancouverNORTH VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Nearly five years after a two-year-old girl died on the North Shore, RCMP have arrested a 51-year-old man in connection ...
  
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• Sun Run training: Tips for avoiding injuries

  21-01-2019 20:57 via vancouversun.com
  Believe it or not, 50 per cent of runners get injured every year. Most injuries are caused by doing “too much, too soon”. Here are four tips to help avoid being injured.
  #1: Listen to your body
  Adaptation is key, and some runners need more time to reach the end point of the same schedule. Adjust your program according to signals from your body. Muscle soreness after starting a new activity can be normal. However, joint or tendon pain is not.
  #2: Be attentive to change
  The average run
  
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• Arby's has FINALLY opened in Metro Vancouver (PHOTO) - Daily Hive

  21-01-2019 20:57
  Arby's has FINALLY opened in Metro Vancouver (PHOTO)  Daily HiveThe American quick-*service* restaurant is officially making a comeback in Metro Vancouver after shuttering its last remaining outpos this past year.
  
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• Sun Run training: Week 2

  21-01-2019 20:56 via vancouversun.com
  Walk 10K / Nordic Walk 10K Program
  SESSION 1: 40 MINUTES
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 10 min.
  2 min. brisk walk, 2 min. slow and easy recovery walk
  Do this combination 5 times.
  Cool-down: Walk slow and easy for 10 min.
  SESSION 2: 30 MINUTES
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  Walk for 20 min.
  Cool-down: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  SESSION 3: 40 MINUTES
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  Walk for 30 min.
  Cool-down: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  
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• Health Series: The Connection between Mental Health and Hormones

  21-01-2019 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  Registered Nutritionist Karlene Karst explains how hormones can impact your mental health and what you can do to regulate those hormones.
  
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• Week Two coaching advice: Too much, too fast, too soon?

  21-01-2019 20:53 via vancouversun.com
  This morning, I snuck out the door for a wee shuffle along the ocean and it was so beautiful as the sun rose up over the water. These days, if I run more than the prescribed three times a week, I develop discomforts that remind me to be careful and heed my own coaching advice: Listen to your body and be careful not to do too much, too fast, too soon. Your experience is personal to me, and I passionately want to ensure your success. Please be honest about any limitations you might
  
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• Latest clothing engineered to provide comfort, performance at Sun Run

  21-01-2019 20:51 via vancouversun.com
  How you dress for the Vancouver Sun Run 10K is more about function than fashion but that’s not to say you can’t have both.
  The fashions on the running trail usually run parallel to those on the street, so runners will see high-waisted running tights this year topped with cropped running jackets, as those for sale at Fit First Footwear at Fortius Sport and Health in Burnaby.
  “Clothes are about keeping you light and dry,” said Evan Moore of Fit First.
  Running togs along wit
  
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• Sun Run clinics recommended to moderate training and build stamina

  21-01-2019 20:50 via vancouversun.com
  Novice 10K runners and those returning to the sport after years or even decades away should bear the seasoned pros’ advice to start slow and gradually work up to game-day race.
  And the best way to train safely and effectively is to a join a clinic about three months before race day, says walk-run coach Lynn Kanuka, an Olympic medallist who is one of the co-ordinators at the Vancouver Sun Run In Training Program.
  Registration is open for the 13-week clinics run by SportsMed BC throughout Me
  
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• Man who killed Vancouver Island Const. Sarah Beckett gets partial parole for rehab treatment - Vancouver Sun

  21-01-2019 20:50
  Man who killed Vancouver Island Const. Sarah Beckett gets partial parole for rehab treatment  Vancouver SunA drunk driver who killed RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett in a crash has been granted limited day parole to attend alcohol abuse treatment.
  
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• Man who killed Vancouver Island Const. Sarah Beckett gets partial parole for rehab treatment

  21-01-2019 20:49 via vancouversun.com
  ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — A drunk driver who killed RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett in a crash has been granted limited day parole to attend alcohol abuse treatment.
  Kenneth Fenton was handed a five-year, six-month prison sentence in July 2017 and his first parole hearing was held today at a medium-security prison in Abbotsford, B.C.
  Fenton told a parole board panel that driving drunk was the “most devastating decision” he has ever made and he understands it’s unfair that he’s s
  
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• Scientists find ‘odd’ pattern in killer whale birth, death rates

  21-01-2019 20:46
  
  Fisheries scientists suspect odd-even year fluctuations may have something to do with pink salmon
  
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• Vancouver now ranked ‘second-least affordable’ global housing market

  21-01-2019 20:43
  
  Sydney moves down to third place in Demographia rankings as Australian home prices drop; Hong Kong remains least affordable
  
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• B.C. legislature prepares for bombshell meeting with Speaker

  21-01-2019 20:42 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – The B.C. legislature is bracing for another day of political drama as Speaker Darryl Plecas hits a self-imposed deadline to give the public information about a scandal that’s resulted in a suspension of the building’s two top officials.
  Plecas scheduled today’s meeting – which starts at noon and will be live-streamed on the legislature’s web site – after a meeting last month in which MLAs questioned his secret investigation into Clerk Cra
  
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• Speaker Darryl Plecas promises ‘laundry list’ of concerns in Monday’s committee meeting

  21-01-2019 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. legislature speaker Darryl Plecas is promising additional information Monday into the actions of legislative clerk Craig James and sergeant-at-arm Gary Lenz.
  
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• Fly from Vancouver to Singapore and return from Shanghai for under $500 - Daily Hive

  21-01-2019 20:38
  Fly from Vancouver to Singapore and return from Shanghai for under $500  Daily HiveIf Asia is on your travel bucket list, you're in luck. There's currently a deal on flights from Vancouver to Singapore and a return flight from Shanghai.
  
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• B.C.'s largest public-sector union wants inquiry into money laundering, drugs

  21-01-2019 20:16 via vancouversun.com
  BURNABY — The union representing thousands of workers in British Columbia says the provincial government must hold a public inquiry to examine organized crime, the opioid crisis, money laundering and its connection to real estate.
  The B.C. Government and Service Employees Union says in a news release that an inquiry is the best way to learn the truth about a crisis that has claimed thousands of lives, and made B.C. the most unaffordable province to live in Canada.
  The demand for an inquiry
  
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• Hollywood North: John Cena fights fires; Katie Holmes stars opposite creepy doll

  21-01-2019 20:02 via vancouversun.com
  Professional wrestler turned actor John Cena will be in Vancouver next month to film the firefighter comedy Playing With Fire.
  Cena, who flexed his comic muscles opposite Amy Schumer in 2015’s Trainwreck and in last year’s surprise hit Blockers, will star as the leader of a rugged crew of wildfire fighters who meet their match when they attempt to rescue three rambunctious kids.
  Judy Greer, Keegan Michael-Key, John Lequizamo and Brianna Hildebrand, who is best known as Nega
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland, Jan. 25-31

  21-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Travis Scott
  When: Jan. 25, 8 p.m.
  Where: Rogers Arena
  Tickets and info: From $80.95 at ticketmaster.com
  He might just be the hottest thing going in rap music right now. Whether for the music he’s making on the smash album Astroworld, his relationship and parenting with social media maven Kylie Jenner or just general newsmaking (did he talk to Colin Kaepernick or not about this year’s Super Bowl appearance). With his highly manipulated sounds and hi-powered performing, this is
  
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• Reece Mack: We must stop so many Canadian seniors from drowning each year in their bathtubs

  21-01-2019 20:00 via theprovince.com
  Ontario is an award-winning province for a number of reasons, but there is one record that they definitely wouldn’t want to earn. That record was for the most water-related deaths in the country. Although the vast majority of the drownings happen where you would expect them, in a lake or a river, there’s a surprising object that poses a grave risk to seniors and, worse still, this object is used daily and can be found in a majority of Canadians’ homes — the bathtub.
  Of co
  
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• New Nature’s Path head office wants to be neighbours with East Van cross

  21-01-2019 20:00
  
  Distinct 10-storey building goes before Development Permit Board Jan. 21; City of Vancouver still considering whether to relocate 'Monument for East Vancouver.'
  
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• Metro Vancouver home prices to bottom in 2019 and then bounce back: forecast - Business in Vancouver

  21-01-2019 19:55
  Metro Vancouver home prices to bottom in 2019 and then bounce back: forecast  Business in VancouverHome 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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• How to achieve net zero green house gas emissions

  21-01-2019 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  In order to stay below 1.5C in temperature change, Dr. Kirsten Zickfeld of Simon Fraser University discusses how to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
  
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• Man dies in crash on Highway 19A near Union Bay

  21-01-2019 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  The driver of the Toyota died at the scene and the occupants of the Ford were not seriously hurt, according to officials.
  
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• Pedestrian kicks mirror off car after nearly being hit by Vancouver driver (VIDEO) - Daily Hive

  21-01-2019 19:18
  Pedestrian kicks mirror off car after nearly being hit by Vancouver driver (VIDEO)  Daily HiveA near collision between a Vancouer driver and pedestrian was captured on dashcam and ended with the pedestrian angrily kicking the driver's mirror off.
  
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• Vancouver Island getting new, government-funded 'dementia village' - Daily Hive

  21-01-2019 19:13
  Vancouver Island getting new, government-funded 'dementia village'  Daily HiveA “visionary commitment” by BC's Ministry of Health will bring a new type of dementia care to the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, according to those behind ...
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Guards charged with assaulting inmate in Fraser Regional

  21-01-2019 19:11 via vancouversun.com
  It is unusual when correctional officers face charges in connection with their daily interactions with inmates in B.C. jails. Four guards are in jail today, charged with assault causing bodily harm for an incident in Sept. 2017. Their union says they were defending a colleague who was being attacked. And the union says police initially did not recommend any charges be laid. But the B.C. Prosecution Service approved the charge in November.
  Here’s my story:Guards charged with assaulting pris
  
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• Dog found on the Coquihalla Highway reunited with his owner

  21-01-2019 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  In a video posted to YouTube Sunday, Archer the dog who was found cold and alone on the Coquihalla Highway, is reunited with his owner – a trucker from Calgary.
  
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