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• Metro Vancouver home prices won't see real rebound until 2021: report - Daily Hive

  25-02-2019 23:56 via dailyhive.com
  Metro Vancouver home prices won't see real rebound until 2021: report  Daily HiveThe downward trajectory of Metro Vancouver's housing prices will continue through 2019, before stabilizing in 2020 and seeing real growth in 2021.
  
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• TransLink committee, panel to look at increasing board-member pay

  25-02-2019 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  This spring, a TransLink committee and panel will consider whether to give the 11 members of the transit authority’s board of directors a bump in pay.
  Last fall, an independent screening panel, which is chosen annually and is responsible for nominating candidates to the board and making recommendations to vary director compensation, suggested a pay review.
  The panel is comprised of five members appointed by the province, the Mayors Council, the Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C.; t
  
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• Surround yourself with more than 250,000 cherry blossoms at this epic free art installation

  25-02-2019 23:50
  
  Cherry blossom madness takes over Metro Vancouver every spring, and one spot where people can get their fill this year is in an unlikely place: a mall.
  
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• Eric Chapman

  25-02-2019 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  Eric Chapman is a contributor on The Lynda Steele Show.
  
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• Drugs, weapons seizure linked to Brothers Keepers gang say Delta police

  25-02-2019 23:48 via theprovince.com
  DELTA, B.C. — Police in Delta, B.C., say they have seized a significant amount of drugs, including a suspected bulk quantity of fentanyl, from a known criminal organization.
  Delta police say in a news release that drugs and weapons were recovered on Feb. 15 when members of their drug section went into a Surrey home linked to the so-called Brothers Keepers gang.
  Investigators also recovered a loaded firearm, replica restricted firearm and two bullet-proof vests.
  Police say three people in t
  
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• There's a Japan Food Fair happening in Vancouver on March 3 - Daily Hive

  25-02-2019 23:45 via dailyhive.com
  There's a Japan Food Fair happening in Vancouver on March 3  Daily HiveThis "food bazaar will feature maki sushi, saba sushi, chicken teriyaki, sweet sticky rice balls, Japanese Steamed cake, udon noodles, and more.
  
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• These are the best places to get Chinese food in Metro Vancouver right now - Vancouver Courier

  25-02-2019 23:42 via vancourier.com
  These are the best places to get Chinese food in Metro Vancouver right now  Vancouver CourierNow in its 11th year, the Chinese Restaurant Awards aim to celebrate the bounty of Chinese cuisine in Metro Vancouver.
  
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• These are the best places to get Chinese food in Metro Vancouver right now

  25-02-2019 23:42
  
  Now in its 11th year, the Chinese Restaurant Awards aim to celebrate the bounty of Chinese cuisine in Metro Vancouver.
  
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• Canucks trade Erik Gudbranson for Tanner Pearson; ship prospect Jonathan Dahlen to Sharks

  25-02-2019 23:41 via theprovince.com
  The Canucks have traded Erik Gudbranson to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
  Winger Tanner Pearson is coming to the Canucks in exchange.
  The Canucks have also traded prospect Jonathan Dahlen to the San Jose Sharks for middling prospect Linus Karlsson.
  Adding Pearson is a solid pickup for Canucks Jim Benning especially given that the price was Gudbranson, who was really struggling this year. The numbers were so bad for the big blue-liner that he was in the running for the league’s worst defender.
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• Measles unlikely to spread but everyone should be vaccinated: Vancouver doctor - CTV News

  25-02-2019 23:33 via ctvnews.ca
  Measles unlikely to spread but everyone should be vaccinated: Vancouver doctor  CTV NewsA medical health officer in Vancouver says measles is not expected to spread beyond a cluster of patients but anyone travelling to other parts of the world should ...
  
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• Canucks make a pair of trade deadline deals

  25-02-2019 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Canucks made a pair of moves ahead of the NHL trade deadline, the most notable of which shipped out defenceman Erik Gudbranson to the Pittsburgh Penguins for forward Tanner Pearson.
  
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• Measles unlikely to spread but everyone should be vaccinated, says Vancouver doctor

  25-02-2019 23:23
  
  A medical health officer in Vancouver says measles is not expected to spread beyond a cluster of patients but anyone travelling to other parts of the world should ensure they are vaccinated.
  
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• Metro Vancouver officials want people to think before throwing out clothes

  25-02-2019 23:21 via vancouversun.com
  Clothing is clogging up British Columbia landfills reaching nearly 20 million kilograms of textiles a year from Vancouver residents alone.
  Metro Vancouver regional district is pushing people to think not just twice but three times before tossing out their clothing.
  Jack Froese, the chairman of Metro Vancouver’s Zero Waste Committee, says people buy about three times as much clothing now as they did back in the 1980s.
  He says much of the fast fashion, which is relatively cheap to buy, ends
  
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• Charges considered against Vancouver cops involved in arrest of cyclist

  25-02-2019 23:19
  
  The IIO has completed its review of a case involving Vancouver police and a male cyclist who suffered “serious harm" in May 2017.
  
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• NHL trade deadline 2019 recap: Canucks make two trades while contenders load up

  25-02-2019 23:09 via theprovince.com
  Today, Feb. 25, 2019, is the last day NHL clubs can make deals and have those players still available for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
  On a busy day around the league, the Canucks made a pair of trades: shipping Erik Gudbranson to the LA Kings for winger Tanner Pearson and trading prospect Jonathan Dahlen to the San Jose Sharks for another prospect, Linus Karlsson.
  Catch up below with everything that went down on this busy Monday…
  1:50 p.m.
  We’re all done here at Rogers Arena. Analysis
  
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• Metro Vancouver's Gold's Gyms now require parents to vaccinate kids who use its daycare - Daily Hive

  25-02-2019 23:07 via dailyhive.com
  Metro Vancouver's Gold's Gyms now require parents to vaccinate kids who use its daycare  Daily HiveAlthough it says it has “no reason to believe” that any of its facilities have been affected by the recent measles outbreak, a gym franchise in the Lower Mainland ...
  
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• Two charged in massive Kelowna drug bust

  25-02-2019 22:48 via vancouversun.com
  A man and a woman have been charged in a massive Kelowna fentanyl bust that took place last spring.
  On Monday, Kelowna RCMP announced Brandon Campbell, a 27-year-old Kelowna resident, and Lisa Lakey, a 48-year-old Summerland resident, had been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking.
  In April 2018 police executed a search warrant on a home in the 60-block of Old Meadows Road in Kelowna as part of a wider investigation into drug-trafficking in the Okanagan area.
  Inside the home pol
  
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• How to do Disneyland in a day and not lose your mind

  25-02-2019 22:47
  
  Here’s the story: you want to wish upon a star and take your kids to Disneyland, but you want to make it as pixie dust-magical, efficient and meltdown-free as possible.
  
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• Metro Vancouver officials want people to think before throwing out clothes - The Province

  25-02-2019 22:38 via theprovince.com
  Metro Vancouver officials want people to think before throwing out clothes  The ProvinceColourful, inexpensive and trendy clothing is so accessible that Joanne Renfer couldn't resist.
  
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• UPDATED: Canucks Game Day: A more selfish Pettersson, secondary scoring are priorities

  25-02-2019 22:28 via theprovince.com
  Monday
  Anaheim Ducks vs. Vancouver Canucks
  7 p.m., Rogers Arena, Sportsnet, Sportsnet 650A shot by the Sharks’ Tomas Hertl is blocked by Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom (25) during the first period in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday night.
  THE BIG MATCHUP
  The Playoffs versus The Reality
  There’s always hope to support a scenario where the Vancouver Canucks can make it to The Promised Land. Despite a sobering 2-6-2 slide that proved they’re good enough to compete, not good enough of
  
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• Vancouver School Board issues new list of 28 schools considered for closure - Daily Hive

  25-02-2019 22:03 via dailyhive.com
  Vancouver School Board issues new list of 28 schools considered for closure  Daily HiveA number of Vancouver area schools are being considered for closure, according to a new preliminary report released by the Vancouver School Board (VSB).
  
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• Six-storey condo proposed to replace single-family homes on East Broadway

  25-02-2019 21:56
  
  Project, which is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan, includes 87 residential units.
  
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• Langley man who assaulted wife, set fire to home granted parole to attend treatment

  25-02-2019 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  A Langley man who assaulted his wife and stepdaughter before setting fire to the home has been granted unescorted parole to attend a treatment program.
  In its decision, the Parole Board of Canada said Andre Harvey Richard’s behaviour toward his case managers had improved since the fall and that he had been making some progress in attending rehabilitation programs, counselling and work training in recent months.
  On April 2, 2014, Richard broke into his estranged wife’s home with a rub
  
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• Early spring: Weather Network says mild March will replace frigid February

  25-02-2019 21:52 via vancouversun.com
  The Weather Network has good news for Vancouverites who have been shivering through a frigid February, things are about to warm up.
  In its national spring 2019 forecast the network says B.C. will soon be free from the grips of the arctic trough that has put the province in a deep freeze. Meteorologist Nadine Hinds-Powell says March will bring with it a milder and gentler weather pattern to the West Coast.
  “We are going to see a relaxation of the grip of the cold that we have been in across
  
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• Brian Minter: Expert tips to grow bamboo

  25-02-2019 21:49 via vancouversun.com
  What do you do for privacy when a three storey home suddenly goes up beside you?  James Clever and his wife went to an American Bamboo Society meeting, researched some of the over 1000 different types of bamboo.
  Not only did Clever learn about bamboo (which he ended up planting as a solution to his privacy problem), he became so intrigued with them that he started his own bamboo business, became a bamboo authority and was eventually elected president of the American Bamboo Society. That was
  
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• ART SEEN: Catriona Jeffries talks about her "new opportunity" on East Cordova

  25-02-2019 21:45 via vancouversun.com
  Catriona Jeffries has opened her new new gallery space at 950 East Cordova. The gallery is located in the former industrial workshop for Pilkington Metal Marine. Renovations are by Patkau Architects. The space includes an exhibition area with a dramatically high ceiling that’s 7.6 m (25 ft) high.
  The space opened with the start of an expanded idea of a group show: the gallery’s 21 artists have all been asked to name an artist that’s important to them. The inaugural exhibition U
  
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• The Secret Lives of Salmon: There's more than one kind of fish in the sea

  25-02-2019 21:35 via vancouversun.com
  Scientists aboard the Russian research vessel Kaganovsky didn’t really know what to expect when they dropped their net in the Gulf of Alaska, but the ocean delivered a smorgasbord.
  Two test sets in coastal waters yielded three species of squid and assorted fin fish but no salmon, according to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) researcher Chrys Neville.
  “It felt like a party where everyone was congregated in the kitchen, except instead of holding drinks, we had forceps, measuring board
  
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• Mount Polley disaster behind B.C. mining safety upgrades: mines minister

  25-02-2019 21:22 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s mines minister says the Mount Polley tailings pond collapse is the reason for changes to increase safety and improve enforcement of provincial mining operations.
  Michelle Mungall says the government will spend $20 million over the next three years to hire 65 safety and enforcement officials and improve the mine permit approval process in an effort encourage investment.
  She says the changes were based on the results in the Mining Jobs Task Force report, which made 25 recommendations
  
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• Vancouver forecast to see 7 straight days of sunshine - Daily Hive

  25-02-2019 21:12 via dailyhive.com
  Vancouver forecast to see 7 straight days of sunshine  Daily HiveSunshine is on the way, Vancouver. According to Environment Canada, Vancouver will see nothing but sunny skies this week.
  
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• B.C. home sales to creep back up over next two years: BCREA

  25-02-2019 20:55
  
  Real estate association offers optimistic forecast, saying buyers are gradually “adjusting” to mortgage stress test
  
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• Don’t expect Speculation and Empty Homes taxes to increase rental stock in Vancouver

  25-02-2019 20:41
  
  Do you know the fundamental differences between the provincial government’s so-called Speculation and Vacancy Tax and the city’s so-called Empty Home Tax (EHT)? Don’t worry, you’re not alone.
  
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• 'It's very easy to hide': North Vancouver student pushes for support to help teens quit vaping - CBC.ca

  25-02-2019 20:11 via cbc.ca
  'It's very easy to hide': North Vancouver student pushes for support to help teens quit vaping  CBC.caVaping was originally touted to smokers as a safer alternative to cigarettes, but for some teens it's becoming a new addiction.
  
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• Shock of federal mortgage stress test now behind BC housing market: BCREA

  25-02-2019 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Housing demand to pick up in the next two years, according to BCREA's chief economist, Cameron Muir.
  
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• Sun Run training: Week 7

  25-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Walk 10K / Nordic Walk 10K Program
  SESSION 1: 60 MINUTES OR 5KM
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  5K walk
  Cool-down: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  SESSION 2: 50 MINUTES
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  Walk for 40 min.
  Cool-down: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  SESSION 3: 55 MINUTES
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  Walk for 45 min.
  Cool-down: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  Learn To Run 10K Program
  SESSION 1: 52 MINUTES OR 5K
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  Run 5 min., walk 1
  
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• Q&A: Falguni and Shane Peacock talk South Asian style, Vancouver fashion show

  25-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  South Asian Fashion Week
  When: March 1-3
  Where: Plaza of Nations (750 Pacific Blvd., Vancouver)
  Tickets and info: From $25, safw.caSouth Asian Fashion Week returns to Vancouver this month to provide local shoppers with a chance to discover — and purchase — creations from a few of the industry’s most innovative designers.
  Falguni Shane Peacock of India will kick off the fashion festivities with an appearance at the evening gala on March 1. An array of different designers will sh
  
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• James Murray

  25-02-2019 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  James is a Technical Producer for 980 CKNW.
  
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• Victoria mayor coming to tour Alberta oilsands with ‘open mind’

  25-02-2019 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  Victoria's mayor says she is coming to visit Alberta's oilsands in April with an 'open mind' and to learn more about her neighbouring province's environmental stewardship.
  
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• Metro Vancouver continues to shiver through near-record low temperatures

  25-02-2019 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  Madryga says the cold temperatures will continue for several more weeks.
  
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• Holy Cross aiming for much, much more after capturing Valley hoops crown

  25-02-2019 19:33 via theprovince.com
  Anthony Pezzente isn’t shy. He hopes his Holy Cross Crusaders get shown a little love.
  “I really believe we should be the No. 1 seed going into the provincial championships,” Crusaders coach Pezzente said after Holy Cross, the No. 5 team in last week’s Quad A rankings, walloped the No. 1 Terry Fox Ravens 83-62 in the Fraser Valley championship game Sunday evening before a crowd of about 1,900 at the Langley Events Centre.
  “We’ve beaten Kits, we’ve beaten
  
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• Accessibility in the digital age: Okanagan parent voices concern

  25-02-2019 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  A blind Okanagan parent is speaking out after School District 23 introduced an app that he says makes it difficult for him to report his daughters' absences from class.
  
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• Vancouver visual effects crew takes home Oscar for work on First Man

  25-02-2019 19:14
  
  Paul Lambert and Tristan Myles are seeing plenty of stars as of late, taking home awards Sunday (Feb. 24) at the celebrity-laden Oscars for work on the Neil Armstrong biopic First Man.
  
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• Canucks prospects tracker: Quinn Hughes powers his play with the man-advantage

  25-02-2019 19:11 via theprovince.com
  It’s the latest edition of the weekly tracker, where we tally up the efforts of the Vancouver Canucks’ highest-profile prospects:
  Quinn Hughes
  He’s the hero Vancouver deserves — and the one it needs on the power play right now.
  The Canucks’ ace defensive prospect scored a power play goal on Friday and added a power play assist the next night for the Michigan Wolverines, who split their final home stand of the NCAA campaign against the Big Ten regular
  
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• NHL Trading Deadline Day

  25-02-2019 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  Squire Barnes looks ahead to any deals the Canucks might swing ahead of the NHL’s Trading Deadline, and breaks down all some of the other star players that might be on the move.
  
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• Federal byelections primer: Jagmeet Singh’s NDP vying for crucial Quebec, B.C. ridings

  25-02-2019 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  Here's a look at what the parties are hoping to gain (and what they have to lose).
  
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• 21 awesome Vancouver companies currently hiring more than 150 positions - Daily Hive

  25-02-2019 18:00 via dailyhive.com
  21 awesome Vancouver companies currently hiring more than 150 positions  Daily HiveIn the job market? These Vancouver companies are all hiring, and offer some serious perks, including telecommuting, unlimited vacation and beer on tap.
  
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• Vitamin Supplements

  25-02-2019 17:43 via globalnews.ca
  London Drugs Pharmacist Gianni Del Negro explains what the best vitamin supplements people should take.
  
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• The Weather Network releases Vancouver's long-term spring forecast - Daily Hive

  25-02-2019 17:31 via dailyhive.com
  The Weather Network releases Vancouver's long-term spring forecast  Daily HiveThe Weather Network has released its national spring forecast to give us the low down on what we can expect in Vancouver in the coming weeks.
  
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• Daily Poll: What did you think of the 2019 Oscars?

  25-02-2019 17:15 via vancouversun.com
  The weeks and months leading up to Hollywood’s biggest night were not easy.
  First, the Oscars faced backlash over its Best Popular Film category, which seemed geared to segregate certain box-officer winners.
  Then there was the Kevin Hart debacle, when the comedian was hired, then fired, then maybe re-hired before ultimately parting ways over jokes Hart had previously made about the LGBTQ community.
  The lineup of live performances was also criticized by first-time Oscar nominee Lady Ga
  
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