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• Surrey could be the location of Metro Vancouver's station for high-speed rail to Seattle - Daily Hive

  08-02-2019 23:56 via dailyhive.com
  Surrey could be the location of Metro Vancouver's station for high-speed rail to Seattle  Daily HiveSurrey could be the northern terminus of the proposed ultra-high-speed rail line connecting Metro Vancouver with Seattle and Portland.
  
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• Cuba wins out – for a safe relaxing Caribbean holiday

  08-02-2019 23:33 via vancouversun.com
  We wanted some place safe with white-sand beaches. We wanted an all-inclusive that caters to families. It had to be a direct flight from Vancouver, and it had to be someplace authentic with its own culture that wasn’t just a shell catering to Americans.
  Varadero, Cuba checked all the boxes.
  But before we booked we had to address the stories; the white elephant if you will that sprung up when we told friends we were thinking about going to Cuba.
  The spa at Iberostar Varadero includes a priv
  
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• Patriots rise in Super Bowl yawner where Sugar didn't sweeten halftime

  08-02-2019 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  When it comes to the bullishness of team success, no one can hold a candle this week to the New England Patriots.They won their sixth Super Bowl last Sunday, tying them with the Pittsburgh Steelers for most in NFL history and putting ageless quarterback Tom Brady, genius head coach Bill Belichick and role model owner Robert Kraft into several leagues of their own.Love them or hate them, no one can deny the Patriots are the quintessential professional sports dynasty of this
  
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• New detour route around Highway 97 rockslide in Okanagan

  08-02-2019 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  Ministry of Transportation announces detour route between Peachland and Summerland.
  
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• Snowfall warning for parts of Vancouver Island; light snow, wind expected on mainland

  08-02-2019 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  Areas that are higher terrain like the Malahat are expected to see the highest accumulations of snow.
  
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• Pettersson traded to Arizona: Coyotes add Elias’ brother Emil

  08-02-2019 22:14 via theprovince.com
  A Pettersson is on the move two weeks ahead of the trade deadline: Elias Pettersson’s brother Emil.
  The elder Pettersson sibling, a 25-year-old centre, was added by the Arizona Coyotes on Friday in a minor league trade with the Nashville Predators.
  Emil Pettersson has skated in 49 games this season for the Milwaukee Admirals, the Predators’ American Hockey League affiliate. He scored 11 goals and added 22 assists for the Admirals.
  This is his second AHL season. He was a 2013 sixth-ro
  
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• B.C. doctor hopes ‘snot’ transplants will help patients with chronic sinus problems

  08-02-2019 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  A Vancouver doctor is hoping he can help his patients with chronic sinus conditions by using a little bit of someone else's mucus.
  
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• B.C. afternoon weather forecast: Feb 8

  08-02-2019 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, February 8, 2019 afternoon weather forecast for Metro Vancouver and British Columbia.
  
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• Alex Hon and Anna Nguyen create a welcoming space

  08-02-2019 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  Toptable sous chef Alex Hon and his fiancée, Anna Nguyen, (far right) welcome guest Katie Ingram for brunch in their sun-soaked loft home.
  Pink grapefruit rounds garnished with fresh mint. Hard-cooked eggs, still warm, halved lengthwise and dusted with flakes of sea salt. A classic rösti, delicately browned in a small skillet and cut into serving wedges alongside a drift of crème fraîche. Smoked cheddar waffles, crisp bacon and slim sausage, all served with fresh cranber
  
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• Washington State governor voices support of B.C.’s Trans Mountain pipeline opposition

  08-02-2019 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  The governor of Washington State wants to help B.C. fight the Trans Mountain pipeline project. and a high speed rail service between B.C. and Oregon.
  
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• Snowfall warning issued for parts of Vancouver Island

  08-02-2019 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  The snow is starting to fall in parts of Metro Vancouver and on Vancouver Island. Environment Canada says up to 10 centimeters can be expected in Victoria.
  
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• Lone surviving calf rescued from Pitt Meadows dairy farm fire

  08-02-2019 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  Fire crews in Pitt Meadow are mopping up after two massive fires. The first tore throughout a dairy, the second wiped out a former grow up. Sarah MacDonald has the latest.
  
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• One dead, one injured in pair of violent attacks in Vernon

  08-02-2019 21:24 via vancouversun.com
  VERNON — One man is dead and another has suffered non-life-threatening injuries in separate violent attacks near Vernon.
  Vernon North Okanagan RCMP say the first incident occurred just before 1 a.m. when shots were fired during a targeted break-in in Lavington, about 15 kilometres east of the city.
  RCMP Const. Kelly Brett says in a news release that one person in the home was injured.
  About half an hour later, officers were called to a hotel to find a man with gunshot wounds, and he died a
  
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• Theatre review: Surprisingly straight all-female Much Ado still a treat

  08-02-2019 21:11 via vancouversun.com
  Much Ado About Nothing
  When: To Feb. 16
  Where: The Cultch Historic Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $24, at thecultch.comWriters and directors have been playing with gender in Shakespeare’s work for some time. Witness Ann-Marie MacDonald’s 1988 comedy Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), currently at Jericho Arts Centre. But the pace of change has definitely accelerated.
  Christina Wells Campbell and Sereana Malani in Much Ado About Nothing.
  In Ravi Jain’s Prince Hamlet
  
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• B.C. house leaders respond to staffers accused of overspending

  08-02-2019 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  The three house leaders of the B.C. legislature have responded to embattled staffers Craig James and Gary Lenz over allegations of spending misconduct.
  MLAs Mike Farnworth, Mary Polak, and Sonia Furstenau said, in a brief statement Friday, they had received the written responses to the report by speaker Darryl Plecas.
  They said they will review the written responses with “thorough consideration” of their contents.
  “Any decisions with respect to their release or the status of th
  
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• Interfor says it's shipping more lumber from Canada after China tariffs on U.S.

  08-02-2019 20:57 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Interfor Corp. says the company has increased lumber shipments from Canada to China as a result of tariffs imposed on its U.S. production.
  “We’ve seen a marked increase in volume from Canada,” said Barton Bender, vice-president of sales at Interfor on an earnings conference call Friday.
  “We’re still active on some products in the South to China. We’ve tried to keep our shipments fairly consistent to that market. So the combination of the two,
  
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• Jill Barber to perform on Variety Show of Hearts telethon 2019

  08-02-2019 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  Musician Jill Barber is among the top talent performing on the 53rd annual Variety Show of Hearts Telethon on Global BC.
  
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• 1969 Norkam Grad Reunion

  08-02-2019 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  Dinner, Dancing, Golfing @ Wine Tour
  
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• 10 things to do in Vancouver today: Saturday, February 9 - Daily Hive

  08-02-2019 20:47 via dailyhive.com
  10 things to do in Vancouver today: Saturday, February 9  Daily HiveFill your time with these 10 great Vancouver events happening on Saturday, February 9. Sneaker Con, Vancouver Canucks and more.
  
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• How common myths about heating your home can lead to ‘thermostat wars’

  08-02-2019 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  Twenty per cent admit to adjusting the temperature in their home "just to annoy their partner."
  
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• B.C. weather: Wintry blast brings -40 wind chills, arctic winds, snow to parts of province

  08-02-2019 20:40
  
  More chilly and challenging weather conditions are on the way for British Columbia's inner south coast
  
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• Check out this $6.8M waterfront condo in Erickson’s last building (PHOTOS)

  08-02-2019 20:38
  
  Ground-floor luxury home in notable Olympic Village building has city and mountain views and direct seawall access
  
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• B.C. adds 8,700 jobs in January amid ‘solid’ labour market

  08-02-2019 20:35
  
  B.C. is continuing its rally of monthly job gains, adding another 8,700 positions in January.
  
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• Extreme cold poses ‘major challenge’ to freight train air-brake systems: CP Rail report

  08-02-2019 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  A Vancouver-bound train with 112 grain cars was parked with its air brakes engaged on a grade east of Field, B.C., when it started moving on its own around 1 a.m. Monday.
  
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• Seattle is even more overdramatic about snow than Vancouver - Daily Hive

  08-02-2019 20:24 via dailyhive.com
  Seattle is even more overdramatic about snow than Vancouver  Daily HiveJust when you thought Vancouver is bad, here comes Seattle, who's seemingly even more overdramatic about the recent snowfall.
  
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• How to make the biggest use of the smallest urban gardens

  08-02-2019 20:24 via vancouversun.com
  Budding Balconies, a new feature at the BC Home + Garden show, will present big ideas for small spaces as landscapers share suggestions on how to maximize balconies and patios to extend living space.
  “This is a great opportunity for people who live in apartments to see something relatable and how they can make best use of their outside space, whatever size it is,” says assistant show manager Stephanie Gatzionis.
  The Budding Balconies displays will each be 10 by 15 feet and will inclu
  
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• Book review: Chad Reimer dives into the mystery of the missing Sumas Lake

  08-02-2019 20:08 via vancouversun.com
  Before We Lost the Lake: A Natural and Human History of Sumas Lake
  Chad Reimer | Caitlin Press Inc.
  $24.95, 272pp.“No sooner had White immigrants settled into their new homes around Sumas Lake than they began thinking of ways to get rid of it.” Chad ReimerDrive out the freeway to Abbotsford and look from the escarpment just outside the town toward Chilliwack and you’ll see a flat prairie divided into tidy farms. It used to be a lake and surrounding wetlands.
  The size of Sumas (
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019

  08-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Wow! Haisla National Council Chief Crystal Smith said it perfectly in her op-ed Monday: “The Haisla said yes to these projects because we have concluded they will be built responsibly for our environment and will allow our people to flourish. I am tired of managing poverty. I am tired of First Nations communities dealing with issues such as suicide, low employment or educational opportunities … we can’t lose this opportunity for our people and for our children.”
  Tha
  
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• Style in the City: Alison DeGianni

  08-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Name: Alison DeGianni.
  Occupation: Interior decorator at DeGianni Designs and in-store designer at Kingston Flooring.
  Personal style in one word: Confident.
  Social Media: @degiannidesigns on Instagram.
  What you love about this look: “I love to find great pieces at our local boutiques in Abbotsford. This outfit represents my personality and character perfectly.”The jumpsuit
  A chic jumpsuit can work overtime in any wardrobe. Take, for example, this Charlie jumpsuit by the Califor
  
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• Brian Minter: Check out your local garden club and get involved

  08-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  In today’s hyper-busy world, any volunteer group that has lasted 75 years is one to be recognized. This is especially true in the world of gardening. In 1944, the B.C. Council of Garden Clubs was formed to act as a liaison for all the garden clubs in B.C. It proved to be a great resource for sharing gardening news, ideas, fundraiser details and other related gardening events.
  At that time, when there were few landline phones, no emails, no TV and no computers, connecting with others was la
  
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• Beauty Bar: Chanel Chance Eau Tendre Eau de Parfum

  08-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A new fragrance release from CHANEL Beauty, which sees the French brand reimagine its popular Chance scent.
  The latest iteration, which was created under the direction of CHANEL fragrance creator Olivier Polge, takes the initial fruity-floral scent and intensifies it to provide the wearer with a, “whirlwind of tenderness.”
  The eau de parfum features top notes of grapefruit over a “radiant” heart of jasmine absolute and rose essence and a ba
  
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• Trend-watchers predict a rise in eco-conscious gardening

  08-02-2019 19:37 via vancouversun.com
  As a garden writer, it’s critically important for me to be aware of the many changes taking place, particularly the ones being driven at the grassroots level by people of all ages and cultures. The Garden Media Group are folks I follow with great interest because of their ability to spot trends and changing attitudes arising in the gardening world. They have framed 2019 as “Rooted Together” to reflect the desire of many of today’s younger generation to reconnect with natu
  
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• Metro Vancouver residents overwhelmingly support UBC SkyTrain extension

  08-02-2019 19:31
  
  Four out of five Metro Vancouver residents support extending SkyTrain service to the University of British Columbia, a new poll finds.
  
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• Separate violent attacks in Vernon leave one dead, one injured

  08-02-2019 19:28 via vancouversun.com
  VERNON — One man is dead and another has suffered non-life-threatening injuries in separate violent attacks near Vernon.
  Vernon North Okanagan RCMP say the first incident occurred just before 1 a.m. when shots were fired during a targeted break-in in Lavington, about 15 kilometres east of the city.
  RCMP Const. Kelly Brett says in a news release that one person in the home was injured.
  About half an hour later, officers were called to a hotel to find a man with gunshot wounds, and he died a
  
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• This Week in History, 1960: A gun-totin,' scrap dealin' mama defends her Coquitlam land

  08-02-2019 19:15 via vancouversun.com
  In 1960, B.C.’s Department of Highways expropriated Ivy and Robert Powell’s scrap metal yard in Coquitlam.
  The province wanted the land at 21 Blue Mountain Rd. for a highway to the new Port Mann Bridge, which would open four years later.
  But the value of the property was in dispute. The government offered $15,500, and the Powells wanted $32,000, including $4,397 for moving expenses.
  The argument was supposed to be decided by arbitration on March 7, 1960. But highway crews were poised
  
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• Vernon RCMP investigating fatal shooting, break and enter

  08-02-2019 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  Police called to two separate, but possibly related incidents; man in Vernon dies from apparent gunshot injury.
  
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• Metro Vancouver residents overwhelmingly support UBC SkyTrain extension - Vancouver Is Awesome

  08-02-2019 18:48 via vancouverisawesome.com
  Metro Vancouver residents overwhelmingly support UBC SkyTrain extension  Vancouver Is AwesomeFour out of five Metro Vancouver residents support extending SkyTrain *service* to the University of British Columbia, a new poll finds.
  
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• George Takei previews 2019 Variety Show of Hearts telethon

  08-02-2019 18:41 via globalnews.ca
  Star Trek actor, author, director and activist George Takei is co-hosting the Variety’s Show of Hearts and tells us what we can expect to see this Sunday.
  
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• B.C. peewee hockey team makes final push for coach’s new kidney

  08-02-2019 18:27 via globalnews.ca
  Sonia Sunger sits down with members of a Vancouver peewee hockey team who are going to great lengths to help their coach Stephen Gillis get a new kidney.
  
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• Whistleblowers allege B.C. casinos knew about money laundering

  08-02-2019 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  Despite a report that called B.C. casinos “unwitting” participants in money laundering, two whistleblowers are calling that in to question and adding to the calls for a public inquiry. John Hua reports.
  
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• Supporters and opponents of controversial Chilliwack School Trustee Barry Neufeld rally at meeting

  08-02-2019 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  A meeting in support of Neufeld, who has taken heat for his position aginst the government’s SOGI program, was held in the Fraser Valley on Thursday. Supporters and opponents both showed up, but one person was missing: Neufeld himself.
  
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• Ottawa accused of silencing critics on salmon virus

  08-02-2019 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  A conservationist is accusing the federal government of trying to muzzle critics over a potentially-destructive virus in farmed salmon. Linda Aylesworth reports.
  
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• New movies: Cold Pursuit, What Men Want, Lego Movie 2

  08-02-2019 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  Movie critic Dana Gee has a look at some of the new movies hitting theatres this weekend, including Liam Neeson’s “Cold Pursuit” and the animated sequel “Lego Movie 2.”
  
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• B.C. evening weather forecast: Feb 7

  08-02-2019 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  The Thursday, February 7, 2019 evening weather forecast for Metro Vancouver and British Columbia.
  
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• Hockey coach quits over handling of bullying allegations

  08-02-2019 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  A hockey coach has quit in protest over the North Shore Winter Club’s handling of alleged incidents of assault and bullying involving players. Jill Bennett reports.
  
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• With pressure on to move oil by rail, privacy rules obscure B.C. shipments

  08-02-2019 18:14 via vancouversun.com
  Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is stalled and pressure is mounting to move more crude oil by rail, yet it is increasingly difficult to find out whether any increased railway shipments would head to the West Coast.
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said on Tuesday that her province was close to concluding a deal to buy tanker cars that could be used to ship oil as a stop gap measure while new pipelines remain on hold.
  However, statistics on the transportation of petroleum produ
  
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• Daily Poll: Should Belcarra be exempt from the speculation tax?

  08-02-2019 18:14 via vancouversun.com
  Many homeowners in the Metro Vancouver Village of Belcarra are land rich, but cash poor and say they won’t be able to afford to keep their cabins inherited from family because of the B.C. government’s speculation tax. About 15 per cent of Belcarra’s 300 homes, or 45 homes, are affected by the tax. Most are cottages or cabins used seasonally or on weekends.
  Read Cheryl Chan’s story on this here.
  What do you think? Is it fair that those who own legacy cottages be dinge
  
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• Pedestrian dies in early-morning Surrey collision

  08-02-2019 18:06 via theprovince.com
  A woman is dead after she was struck by a vehicle in Surrey early Friday morning.
  Surrey Mounties say they were called out for a crash involving a pedestrian shortly after 7 a.m. in the 6800-block of King George Boulevard.
  The woman was transported to hospital where she died from her injuries.
  RCMP say the male driver of the vehicle remained on scene and is cooperating with police.
  The cause of the collision is unknown at this time.
  There are road closures in the area as the investigation contin
  
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• B.C. ponies up another $300k for Cascadia high-speed corridor study

  08-02-2019 18:03
  
  Cars may not have to be the default mode of transportation for Vancouver hockey fans hoping to catch an NHL game in Seattle in the coming years.
  
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• Cows killed in one of two early morning blazes in Pitt Meadows

  08-02-2019 17:16 via vancouversun.com
  PITT MEADOWS — Separate overnight fires have killed an unknown number of cows and destroyed a large industrial building in Pitt Meadows.
  Pitt Meadows assistant fire chief Brad Perrie says the first call about a barn fire came in at midnight and crews arrived to find one building fully involved, with flames spreading to a second.
  Perrie says the farmer and several neighbours were working to save the herd but it’s expected that some animals have been lost.
  Crews had just managed to con
  
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