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• What the 2019 B.C. budget means to you: 6 things to know

  19-02-2019 23:56 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. NDP government’s second budget focused on tax breaks and benefits for people with children, students and businesses, and investments in clean energy and climate initiatives. Here’s a brief summary of how British Columbians will be affected.CHILD CARE
  The budget didn’t make any large strides toward $10-a-day child care beyond continuing funding for the government’s 2018 child-care plan into 2021/2022 and increasing it by $9 million per year. The bigger news was th
  
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• B.C. Budget 2019: Liberals unsure where money is coming from

  19-02-2019 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  Andrew Wilkinson of the Liberal Party lays out his parties stance on just who the NDP will pay for all the new things in the budget.
  
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• B.C. Budget 2019: Liberals react to the budget

  19-02-2019 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson gives his parties statement following the NDP’s budget speech of 2019.
  
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• B.C. Budget 2019: Increase to child-care funding, new child benefit introduced

  19-02-2019 23:50 via vancouversun.com
  Child-care advocates are “really pleased” with the latest B.C. budget, saying it’s another step toward universal $10-a-day child care.
  “This is year two of building a child-care system. There’s no way to put a negative on that,” said Sharon Gregson, spokesperson for the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. “It is really happening, and we’ll be encouraging them to move as fast as they can.”
  Finance Minister Carole James delivered the 2019
  
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• B.C. budget delivers few new measures for housing and homeownership

  19-02-2019 23:49
  
  Biggest new policy is a $76 million investment in modular housing for homeless; no sign of promised renters’ rebate
  
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• B.C. Budget 2019: Province boosts assistance rates in advance of planned poverty reduction plan

  19-02-2019 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  A boost to assistance rates is among the initiatives in Carole James’s latest budget intended to ease the financial burden faced by hundreds of thousands of B.C. residents who live in poverty.
  In her budget speech, the finance minister said B.C. is thriving, with a balanced budget and a strong credit rating.
  “But we will never have a truly prosperous province unless everyone in British Columbia can share in that prosperity,” she said. Often, all it takes to change a person&rsqu
  
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• Trailblazing Vancouver director brings first feature film to camera

  19-02-2019 23:39
  
  When Shannon Kohli graduated from UBC’s film production program in 2002, she wanted to be a camera operator and a director of photography — and she was subsequently mocked for her goals.
  
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• At the gym? Here are some cross-training tips for Sun Run participants

  19-02-2019 23:34 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re not outside running, what kind of exercises can you do to help you prepare for the Vancouver Sun Run? We asked Alexander Klocek, fitness manager at Club 16 Trevor Linden Fitness in Coquitlam, to provide some suggestions on what you can do if you’re working out in a gym.
  What kind of cross training can I do as a runner?
  Any cross training that targets resistance training focused on the lower body is going to benefit a runner. Building muscle to support the ankle, knee, and h
  
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• B.C. Budget 2019: Lower unemployment and wage growth

  19-02-2019 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  Carole James on the lower unemployment and the increase in wage growth in the province of B.C.
  
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• B.C. Budget 2019: $20 billion investment in infrastructure

  19-02-2019 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  NDP Finance Minister details all the ways the government is going to spend 20 billion dollars on infrastructure.
  
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• B.C. Budget 2019: Gaming revenue sharing with First Nations

  19-02-2019 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  Carole James announces a new partnership with First Nations leaders and the sharing of revenue from gaming.
  
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• B.C. Budget 2019: Clean BC funding

  19-02-2019 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  After the announcement of the Clean BC initiative, the Finance Minister lays out just how much money they are putting towards it.
  
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• B.C. budget 2019: Government’s stand-pat, balanced budget includes moderate child care, housing boosts

  19-02-2019 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. government has introduced a stay-the-course budget that has minimal new funding increases to housing and childcare, while introducing a brand new B.C. Child Opportunity Benefit that doesn’t come into effect until October 2020.
  
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• B.C. Budget 2019: School funding

  19-02-2019 23:04 via globalnews.ca
  The NDP details all the money that will be spent on the public school system in the province.
  
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• LIVE: B.C. Budget 2019: Government offers only modest new spending

  19-02-2019 22:45 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – B.C.’s NDP government delivered a stand-pat budget Tuesday that offered little new spending on its priority housing and childcare agendas, but did unveil modest funds for student loans and clean energy incentives.
  Finance Minister Carole James tabled a $58-billion 2019/20 spending plan for the fiscal year starting April 1, with a $274 million surplus. There are no new tax increases beyond those already announced last year on high income earners, corporations, luxury homes
  
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• B.C. Budget 2019: What it means to you: Six things to know

  19-02-2019 22:44 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. NDP government’s second budget focused on tax breaks and benefits for people with children, students and businesses, and investments in clean energy and climate initiatives. Here’s a brief summary of how British Columbians will be affected.
  CHILD CARE
  Although it was mentioned in the throne speech, the budget didn’t make any more strides toward $10-a-day child care. Instead, the province introduced a B.C. Child Opportunity Benefit to replace the early childhood tax ben
  
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• ‘I still believe in my heart’: Mother of snowshoer missing near Mount Seymour speaks out

  19-02-2019 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  Calling it a sad, difficult situation, North Shore Rescue postponed its search for Remi Michalowski after it was determined weather conditions meant there was no safe way to continue its search efforts.
  
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• Vancouver Aquarium to return to court over city bylaw banning cetaceans

  19-02-2019 22:38 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Court of Appeal has sent the Vancouver Aquarium back to court in its attempt to quash a bylaw banning whales and dolphins in city parks.
  The Vancouver park board passed a bylaw that banned cetaceans being brought to or kept in city parks in May 2017 after two beluga whales died in captivity at the aquarium.
  The aquarium, which is in Stanley Park, asked for a judicial review seeking to set aside the by;aw amendment on four grounds, including that the park board’s licence agreement
  
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• Teens defy parents to get measles vaccine during Vancouver outbreak

  19-02-2019 22:31 via vancouversun.com
  Teens worried about Vancouver’s measles outbreak are defying their anti-vaccination parents and coming in to get the potentially life-saving vaccine, says the Doctors of B.C. president, Dr. Eric Cadesky.
  While Cadesky didn’t have a precise number, he said anecdotally he has heard from doctors around the province that young people are turning to the internet, learning about the vaccine and seeking it out on their own.
  “Adolescents are learning from different sources and peer gro
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Building a better back end has become top priority for Jim Benning

  19-02-2019 22:30 via theprovince.com
  Young, dynamic 20-goal scorers and minor-league prospects moving the development meter have given Jim Benning a level of rebuild mathematics satisfaction.
  In Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser and Bo Horvat, who have 26, 21 and 20 goals respectively, the Vancouver Canucks general manager has that crucial next core of foundation players. Add the advancement of Adam Gaudette, rapid improvement in Zack MacEwen and patience with Jonathan Dahlen, and there’s reason for some optimism.
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• Travel Best Bets – Cariboo Chilcotin Coast

  19-02-2019 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  Claire Newell has some helpful information if you want to take a vacation in your own backyard and visit the Cariboo Chilcotin region of the province.
  
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• Highway 97 rockslide in Okanagan could be cleared by next week: Ministry of Transportation

  19-02-2019 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  Ministry says slope monitoring has shown no new movement over the past week.
  
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• Makeup tutorial: 8 easy steps to get red carpet ready

  19-02-2019 22:06 via vancouversun.com
  I’m getting red carpet ready just in time for the Oscars.  Here’s a fun monochromatic makeup look you can try using colour blocking with orange shadow instead of eyeliner.
  Related Read more from Nadia Albano Read the latest in fashion and beauty news1. To achieve this look, I started by applying Glo Skin Beauty Skin Primer on the face, then evened the complexion with Glo’s Luminous Liquid Foundation. This product provides a soft and luminous finish.2. I contoured my face u
  
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• Bad weather halts search for missing snowshoer until at least Wednesday

  19-02-2019 21:59 via vancouversun.com
  North Vancouver RCMP say the search for a missing snowshoer in the rugged North Shore backcountry will resume when weather and snow conditions allow for a safe and thorough air and ground search.
  RCMP Cpl. Richard De Jong says in a news release that a 39-year-old Surrey man is missing after he and a friend were caught in an avalanche north of Mount Seymour.
  The avalanche occurred Monday morning as the missing man and a 30-year-old friend, who is also from Surrey, were snowshoeing through a chall
  
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• Canucks call up defenceman Ashton Sautner

  19-02-2019 21:46 via theprovince.com
  With Alex Edler and Chris Tanev both apparently still on the shelf and resulting in a gaping hole on defence, it appears Travis Green is set to take a look at another young blueliner.
  The Canucks recalled defenceman Ashton Sautner from the Utica Comets on Tuesday.
  Edler remains out with a concussion suffered two weeks ago when he hit his face on the ice in Philadelphia, while Tanev is out because of an ankle injury sustained last Wednesday against the Anaheim Ducks.
  Ashton Sautner and Tyler Mott
  
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• Months after losing Bachman, Canucks finally find his NHL veteran replacement in Leighton

  19-02-2019 21:36 via theprovince.com
  Michael Leighton’s good form with the Utica Comets has won him a National Hockey League deal.
  The Vancouver Canucks announced Tuesday morning they had signed the 37-year-old goaltender to an NHL deal and placed him on waivers with the intention of returning him to the Comets, who are the Canucks’ American Hockey League affiliate.
  Leighton’s deal runs through the rest of the season and will pay him different salaries, depending on whether he’s in the AHL or the NHL.
  Leight
  
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• Search for missing man caught in avalanche suspended

  19-02-2019 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  The mother of the missing snowshoer arrived at Mt. Seymour this afternoon in a desperate bid to find her son. Neetu Garcha is on the scene and has more on why the rescue has been called off for the day.
  
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• RCMP address sudden spike in drug-trade violence, murder in Kamloops

  19-02-2019 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  Police say there have been four reported drug-related murders in the city of 90,000 since October.
  
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• A bingo rave with 600 kg of confetti is coming to Vancouver - Daily Hive

  19-02-2019 20:52 via dailyhive.com
  A bingo rave with 600 kg of confetti is coming to Vancouver  Daily HiveBingo Loco, Ireland's biggest and only bingo rave, is flying in from Dublin to help Vancouver celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
  
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• Vancouver Park Board cetacean ban heading back to Supreme Court

  19-02-2019 20:46
  
  Court of Appeal rules in favour of park board
  
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• UPDATED: Vancouver Park Board cetacean ban heading back to Supreme Court

  19-02-2019 20:46
  
  Court of Appeal rules in favour of park board
  
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• Vancouver Giants help little girl find her voice

  19-02-2019 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  How an 11yr old girl inspires the Vancouver Giants, and how a Jr. hockey team has helped a little girl discover her voice. Jay Janower reports.
  
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• One of two victims dies after Feb. 15 shooting in Kamloops

  19-02-2019 20:24 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — One of two victims has died after being injured Friday in what RCMP in Kamloops say is believed to be a targeted shooting.
  Cpl. Jodie Shelkie identified the dead man as Jason Glover. She hasn’t said when he died after the shooting, which investigators have linked to the local drug trade.
  She says the second victim remains in hospital and no arrests have been made.
  Glover’s death marks the third homicide of 2019 in Kamloops after two men were fatally shot in separate
  
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• Six-storey market residential building proposed for Mount Pleasant

  19-02-2019 20:12
  
  The site of the proposed development is at the corner of Main and East Fourth Avenue. The applicant wants it rezoned from industrial to comprehensive development.
  
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• Winter Jazz pays tribute to music lover Ken Pickering

  19-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Winter Jazz on Granville Island
  When: Feb. 22 to 24
  Where: Performance Works
  Tickets: free (more info at coastaljazz.ca)
  This year, the first day of Winter Jazz on Granville Island falls on what would have been Ken Pickering’s 67th birthday. So the opening concert of the three-day event is dedicated to the co-founder of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and artistic director of Coastal Jazz, who passed away in August of last year.
  “He was unusual in that he was very aware and
  
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• Three months after losing Richard Bachman, Canucks finally find his NHL veteran replacement

  19-02-2019 20:00 via theprovince.com
  Michael Leighton’s good form with the Utica Comets has won him a National Hockey League deal.
  The Vancouver Canucks announced Tuesday morning signed the 37-year-old goaltender to an NHL deal and have placed him on waivers with the intention of returning him to the Comets, who are the Canucks’ American Hockey League affiliate.
  He was placed on waivers on Tuesday morning.
  Leighton’s deal runs through the rest of the season and will pay him different salaries, depending on whether
  
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• Karen Barnaby: Roast potato goodness is just one surprising ingredient away

  19-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Roast potatoes eluded me. I don’t recall eating them much as a kid, just occasionally with roast beef.
  I sort of ignored a certain class of potato dishes for years, as I went from being vegetarian (because potatoes go with meat) into a snooty young cook.
  French fries were fine with grilled cheese or a burger, but a side of mashed or roasted potatoes belonged to the uncultured eating masses. I dabbled in gratins, latkes, and pursued the mysterious pommes soufflé.
  In the mid 1980s, ro
  
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• Five things to know about Me Daza by Reid Jamieson

  19-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Reid Jamieson and Carolyn Victoria Mill.
  Reid Jamieson
  Me Daza | reidjamieson.comSweet-voiced singer Reid Jamieson has explored everything from the music of Leonard Cohen to vintage rock ‘n’ roll over the course of his recording career.
  With dedicated drive, he and musical soulmate Carolyn Victoria Mill have built a solid following on the DIY circuit, and have awards such as the John Lennon Songwriting Contest to their credit.This latest album might be Jamieson’s finest moment.
  
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• Fab 5: Bags that mark the XL spot

  19-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Miniature, pint-sized bags have been on our radar for a few seasons now, and while they’re a definite relief for our backs and shoulders, they’re not always the most practical — especially when you have things to carry and places to go.
  We’re not so surprised that the pendulum is starting to swing the other way, then: we all need a bag that fits more than a pencil and a single key.
  From colourful totes to chic carryalls, Rebecca Tay presents five XL bags that should fit e
  
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• Comment: Budget's housing measures glimpsed in throne speech

  19-02-2019 19:57
  
  Tuesday's B.C. Budget announcement will likely emphasize plans for affordable and social housing – but will senior homeowners' pain be relieved?
  
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• Concert announcement: Morrissey to kick off Canadian tour in Vancouver

  19-02-2019 19:56 via vancouversun.com
  Rock legend Morrissey will kick off his first full Canadian tour in nearly two decades right here in Vancouver.
  The former frontman of the Smiths will perform at the Orpheum Theatre on April 15, before heading eastward to play Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal.
  His most recent album Low in High School was released in late 2017. The upcoming tour will feature songs from throughout his career as well as tracks from his upcoming album being readied for release later this
  
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• Family Matters podcast: Teaching kindness — and teaching teens to dress for winter

  19-02-2019 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  In today’s world, a little kindness goes a long way and proof can be found at Davidson Creek Elementary in Sherwood Park, Alta.
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Snowfall warning in effect, but it could turn to rain

  19-02-2019 19:10 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Environment Canada has posted a snowfall warning Tuesday, with between five and 10 centimetres expected in some parts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. However, that could turn to rain in the afternoon, with a high of 3 C. More snow or rain is expected Tuesday night, with an overnight low of around 1 C. On Wednesday, expect a few snow flurries in the morning and then clearing in the afternoon, with a high of 5 C, and an overnight low of – 2 C. Thursday
  
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• Sex offender wanted by Vancouver police arrested in Quebec

  19-02-2019 19:01
  
  Joseph Davis was arrested in Quebec Feb. 17, six days after leaving his Vancouver halfway house
  
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• 4 Vancouver restaurants huge stars have been spotted at recently - Daily Hive

  19-02-2019 18:59 via dailyhive.com
  4 Vancouver restaurants huge stars have been spotted at recently  Daily HiveThe city attracts films and TV shows staring big name celebs year-round – not to mention the west coast is a favourite for touring recording artists.
  
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• Government calls for assessment of disused Vancouver Island railway - Vancouver Courier

  19-02-2019 18:58 via vancourier.com
  Government calls for assessment of disused Vancouver Island railway  Vancouver CourierVancouver Island's southern railroad could be back on track soon, as the provincial government is looking for a contractor to assess the rail lines, bridges and ...
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Snowfall warning in effect, but it could turn to rain - Vancouver Sun

  19-02-2019 18:49 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Weather: Snowfall warning in effect, but it could turn to rain  Vancouver SunVANCOUVER, B.C. – Environment Canada has posted a snowfall warning Tuesday, with between five and 10 centimetres expected in some parts of Metro ...
  
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• Ginormous 'supermoon' to illuminate Metro Vancouver skies tonight - Vancouver Is Awesome

  19-02-2019 18:49 via vancouverisawesome.com
  Ginormous 'supermoon' to illuminate Metro Vancouver skies tonight  Vancouver Is AwesomeThis supermoon is also known as the Full Snow Moon, and the celestial event will likely coincide with snowfall in the Lower Mainland.
  
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• Celebrate Teachers Dr. Lorrie Welch

  19-02-2019 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  Dr. Lorrie Welch – In the second of our Celebrate Teacher profiles we hear how Seycove Secondary teacher Lorrie Welch inspires her students including 16 year old Ella Zinck.
  
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• ‘Measles is a highly contagious disease’: Health officials remind Canadians to get shot updated

  19-02-2019 18:46 via globalnews.ca
  The Public Health Agency of Canada has issued a statement aimed at reminding Canadians that measles is a serious and highly contagious disease and that getting vaccinated is the best protection.
  
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