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• Steve Ewen: Giants’ Byram getting serious looks for WHL’s top defenceman honours

  27-02-2019 23:51 via theprovince.com
  In a year loaded with Bowen Byram hype, we may have found the most glowing statement of all about the second-year Vancouver Giants rearguard.
  Projected to be an early selection in June’s NHL Entry Draft at Rogers Arena, Byram is a legitimate contender for the Western Hockey League’s top defenceman award.
  According to the league office, there have been three players who received that honour — and the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy that goes with it — in their 17-year-old seas
  
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• B.C. First Nation affected by pipeline explosion files lawsuit against Enbridge

  27-02-2019 23:21 via vancouversun.com
  PRINCE GEORGE — A B.C. First Nation near the explosion of a natural gas transmission pipeline owned by Enbridge has filed a lawsuit against the energy company.
  Chief Dominic Frederick of Lheidli T’enneh First Nation near Prince George says their B.C. Supreme Court civil lawsuit asks for a permanent injunction preventing Enbridge from operating the pipeline in their territory and reserves.
  The action also asks for a mandatory injunction requiring the company to immediately dismantle a
  
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• Surrey RCMP seek suspect who tried to pull girl toward parked car

  27-02-2019 22:59 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey police are investigating after an unknown man allegedly tried to grab a teenager and walk her toward a parked card on Tuesday morning.
  According to RCMP, a 16-year-old girl was walking near 154 Street and 101A Avenue around 9:15 a.m. when she was approached by a man she did not know.
  The man allegedly grabbed the girl by her arm and tried to walk her toward a parked vehicle. The girl fought back and was able to get away.
  Police are now seeking the public’s help in identifying the as
  
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• B.C. internment camp brought to life in NFB project with writer Joy Kogawa

  27-02-2019 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  Joy Kogawa is giddy about the “miracle” of technology allowing people to learn about Canada’s racist past that forced thousands of citizens like her out of their homes and into internment camps during the Second World War.
  “It’s wonderful to me that the story that I lived through can be part of this generation’s knowledge,” the writer and poet says from her home in Toronto.
  Kogawa, 83, chronicled her family’s internment experience in the B.C. Inter
  
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• Police asks parents to beware of the re-emergence of the online challenge MOMO

  27-02-2019 22:47 via globalnews.ca
  Parents are being warned to monitor their school age children as the MOMO challenge resurfaces
  
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• Police asking parents to beware of the re-emergence of the online ‘Momo challenge’

  27-02-2019 22:47 via globalnews.ca
  Police have issued new warning to parents on the re-emergence of the online ‘Momo Challenge’ and they are asking parents to be vigilant. Neetu Garcha has more.
  
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• Plane crashed in B.C. in 2017, killing Alberta couple, during bad weather: TSB

  27-02-2019 22:45 via vancouversun.com
  The Transportation Safety Board says an Alberta pilot flew into deteriorating weather before his small plane crashed in southeastern B.C., killing him and his girlfriend.
  The board released its investigation report Wednesday on the aircraft that vanished in November 2017 and wasn’t found until the wreckage was spotted in September 2018 near Revelstoke.
  RCMP identified the remains found at the crash site as those of 28-year-old Dominic Neron and his 31-year-old girlfriend, Ashley Bourgeault
  
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• Hollywood North: Vancouver film industry revs up for TV pilot season

  27-02-2019 22:29 via vancouversun.com
  Nancy Drew, Frankenstein’s monster and Batwoman will all be roaming the streets and solving crimes as the television pilot season gets rolling in Vancouver in March.
  It will be a busy month for those working in B.C.’s film and television industry with 11 wannabe TV series shooting here.
  Here is a look at the 2019 TV pilot lineup in Vancouver:
  Batwoman
  The latest entry in The CW’s stable of Vancouver-filmed DC Comics series, which also includes The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl and Le
  
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• K-Pop band NCT 127 announces North American tour, 2 Canadian dates

  27-02-2019 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  The 'Neo City: The Origin World Tour' hits Vancouver before concluding in Toronto this May.
  
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• Ever-fewer Metro Vancouver homeowners behind on mortgage payments: CMHC

  27-02-2019 22:12
  
  Mortgage delinquencies steadily dropping, even as rising interest rates push up monthly payments
  
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• The biggest things to check out at Fan Expo Vancouver 2019 - Daily Hive

  27-02-2019 21:58 via dailyhive.com
  The biggest things to check out at Fan Expo Vancouver 2019  Daily HiveThe countdown is on! There are just a few sleeps left until Fan Expo 2019 comes to Vancouver and here the the biggest events to add to your to-do list.
  
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• Merritt couple wins ‘life-changing’ $25.9 million lottery jackpot

  27-02-2019 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  Husband, wife have purchased a new truck, Ford Mustang; plan on helping family and friends.
  
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• Letters to The Province, Feb. 27, 2019: ‘Progressives’ making our communities worse with ideas like ‘heroin compassion clubs’

  27-02-2019 21:49 via theprovince.com
  “War on thugs”? What nonsense! The proposal to give “clean” heroin to addicts is more like a war on the struggling middle class wanting to live in safe, clean communities.
  After decades of so-called “progressive” rule in Vancouver, we have only seen our communities get worse. Now Vancouver has become a mecca for the poor and those with drug addictions. Rather than revitalizing our communities, our elected officials simply turn a blind eye and write us off. Jus
  
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• Okanagan families demand answers after 70 biting incidents at PIB daycare

  27-02-2019 21:14 via globalnews.ca
  The biting child's legal guardian says she wasn't properly informed of the prolific biting and therefore support for her child was delayed.
  
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• ‘Big Brother Canada’ Season 7: Meet the houseguests

  27-02-2019 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  ‘Big Brother Canada’ Season 7 houseguests are vying for a grand prize of $100,000, a dream vacation and a $25,000 home-furnishing makeover.
  
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• Vancouver cybersecurity startup lands $15 million in funding - Daily Hive

  27-02-2019 20:49 via dailyhive.com
  Vancouver cybersecurity startup lands $15 million in funding  Daily HiveA Vancouver-based cybersecurity startup has now received $15 million in investment funding, according to reports this week.
  
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• Air Canada has temporarily suspended all flights to India from Vancouver - Vancouver Courier

  27-02-2019 20:40 via vancourier.com
  Air Canada has temporarily suspended all flights to India from Vancouver  Vancouver CourierAir Canada has temporarily suspended *service* to India after Pakistan announced that it had closed its airspace.
  
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• Air Canada has temporarily suspended all flights to India from Vancouver

  27-02-2019 20:40
  
  Air Canada has temporarily suspended service to India after Pakistan announced that it had closed its airspace.
  
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• Doorcam video captures cougar slinking through B.C. carport

  27-02-2019 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  Video captured in Vernon; home is close to an elementary school.
  
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• Cooling real estate market to hamper B.C. economy in next two years, says think tank

  27-02-2019 20:35
  
  Downward trend in home sales is offsetting gains made in energy sector, reports Conference Board of Canada
  
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• B.C. woman wrongfully held in hospital for almost one year without court order: Judge

  27-02-2019 20:26 via vancouversun.com
  The Supreme Court of British Columbia says a woman’s rights were violated when she was held in hospital for almost one year without being provided with any written reasons for the detention or an opportunity for legal advice.
  In a ruling released this week, Justice Lisa Warren describes the 39-year-old woman as “highly vulnerable” and says she suffers from cognitive impairments, mental health issues and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
  The ruling says staff at the Fraser Health
  
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• Classical music: Vancouver Chamber Choir finds rewards in 92nd tour

  27-02-2019 20:12 via vancouversun.com
  Music from Sea to Sea: The Farewell Tour
  When: March 15, 8 p.m.
  Where: Shaughnessy Heights United Church
  Tickets and info: From $38, vancouverchamberchoir.comWhat’s called the Vancouver Chamber Choir is actually a national treasure, an ensemble that has sung in a myriad of Canadian centres, big and small, as well as all around the globe.
  The choir embarked on its latest performance tour on Feb. 22 — the 92nd such tour and a farewell of sorts for founder Jon Washburn.  Vancouver
  
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• Get Connected: Portable charging devices

  27-02-2019 20:10 via globalnews.ca
  Tech expert Kristina Stoyanova shows off the latest and greatest chargers, to keep your devices powered on-the-go.
  
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• Five performances to check out at this year's Vancouver International Dance Festival

  27-02-2019 20:10 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver International Dance Festival
  When: March 4 — 30
  Where: various venues
  Tickets: vidf.ca
  1. Pseudo human/Super human. After wowing VIDF audiences in 2015 and 2017, Dairakudakan is back. This time, the Japanese butoh ensemble performs a piece that exposes the faults in our reliance on technology. With iron and glass stage installations and an energetic techno score, Pseudo human/Super human promises to be intense, thought-provoking, and visually stunning.2. Varhung — Heart to
  
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• New theatre company taps into Chinese community with comedic Hitchcock adaptation

  27-02-2019 20:08 via vancouversun.com
  The 39 Steps
  When: March 1 to 10
  Where: Norman Rothstein Theatre
  Tickets: from $29 at circlebrightproductions.com
  In Patrick Barlow’s 2005 version of The 39 Steps, the serious spy story of John Buchan’s 1915 novel is played for laughs. Owing more to the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock movie of the same title, Barlow’s stage comedy is written for four actors playing more than 100 roles. Circle Bright Productions is adding Mandarin surtitles to their upcoming production. We talked to direc
  
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• No health, safety risk after acidic spill into Columbia River: Teck Resources

  27-02-2019 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  TRAIL — The British Columbia Environment Ministry says an acidic solution spilled into the Columbia River from a fertilizer plant in southeastern B.C. but pH levels in the water returned to normal limits within hours.
  The spill occurred early Tuesday at the Teck Resources Ltd. plant in Trail and a statement from the ministry says the fertilizer plant was shut down.
  The acid, which hasn’t been identified, was diverted to an on-site reservoir and the ministry says the liquid will be ne
  
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• Wine Guy: Cali wine redreamin’

  27-02-2019 20:00 via theprovince.com
  Full disclosure, less California wine has passed through my glass recently. There’s no real significance behind this, it’s simply the reality that the bottled selection from around the world proliferates. Wine globalization continues apace.
  This said, for a certain vintage of wine enthusiast (those old enough to appreciate the significance of NAFTA), California wine likely maintains a nostalgic hold on the tastebuds.
  For many west coasters, Napa and Sonoma heralded first wine road tr
  
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• Restaurant review: Fort Langley's Little Donkey burritos are tasty … with a twist

  27-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Little Donkey
  Where: #125 9220 Glover Rd., Langley | 604-371-4775
  Open: Daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; littledonkey.caWhen Katerina Balaban decided to open Little Donkey two years ago, her friends and family were sure the restaurant would specialize in Greek food.
  “My kids were a little dumbfounded at first, like, ‘What? No Greek restaurant?'” she recalls with a laugh.
  Growing up in a Greek household, Balaban was much more familiar with souvlaki and taramasalata than Mexican
  
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• Growing art: EartHand Gleaners Society blends craft, ecology, people

  27-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Art, ecology, people. Those three words define the mission statement of EartHand Gleaners Society, a local non-profit group that is, literally, growing art in our midst.
  Working from the point of how to “be a producer without first being a consumer,” EartHand Gleaners instructs people on working with plants and more to keep ancestral skills alive using home-grown materials and byproducts. Workshops in everything from fence weaving to making natural dyes are run out of Mount Pleasant&
  
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• First Nations clam gardens at least 3,500 years old, B.C. study finds

  27-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  First Nations built and maintained shellfish gardens on Quadra Island beginning at least 3,500 years ago, according to a newly published study.
  The age and sophistication of this technology for shellfish cultivation is evidence of Indigenous management systems that long predate contact with Europeans, said SFU archeologist Dana Lepofsky, a co-author.
  The gardens improve the productivity of natural clam beaches and in many places create shellfish habitat where none had existed.
  “This firmly
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: No relief in sight for industrial vacancies

  27-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Lower Mainland continues to face an industrial space crisis that likely won’t go away on its own.
  Metro Vancouver’s industrial vacancy rate fell to 1.4 per cent at the end of 2018, down from 1.7 per cent a year earlier, according to a new report by commercial brokerage house CBRE.
  This mark represents the first time the region’s industrial vacancy has nearly matched the residential vacancy, said Chris MacCauley, a vice-president and development land specialist with CBRE in
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: Failure of Payless and Home Outfitters further shakes retail real estate market

  27-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Canadian retail market was hit with a double whammy in February as the impending closures of Payless ShoeSource and Home Outfitters were announced in the same week.
  In B.C. alone, the closures will shutter 31 Payless stores and five Home Outfitters locations.
  Payless locations are usually between 2,400 and 3,000 square feet in size, while Hudson’s Bay-owned Home Outfitters locations usually cover about 35,000 square feet. Together, the closures could vacate nearly 270,000 square feet i
  
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• Westbank's Bjarke Ingels-designed office tower goes to open house (IMAGES) - Vancouver Courier

  27-02-2019 19:10 via vancourier.com
  Westbank's Bjarke Ingels-designed office tower goes to open house (IMAGES)  Vancouver CourierOpen house for proposed Beatty Street project, which is located adjacent to BC Place, set for March 11.
  
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• Westbank’s Bjarke Ingels-designed office tower goes to open house (IMAGES)

  27-02-2019 19:10
  
  Open house for proposed Beatty Street project, which is located adjacent to BC Place, set for March 11
  
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• Vancouver forecast calls for up to 4 cm of snowfall tonight - Vancouver Courier

  27-02-2019 19:04 via vancourier.com
  Vancouver forecast calls for up to 4 cm of snowfall tonight  Vancouver CourierThe Metro Vancouver weather forecast was calling for a chance of snow on Wednesday night, but now it calls for more snowfall than previously expected.
  
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• Vancouver forecast calls for up to 4 cm of snowfall tonight

  27-02-2019 19:04
  
  The Metro Vancouver weather forecast was calling for a chance of snow on Wednesday night, but now it calls for more snowfall than previously expected.
  
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• Police issue new warning of online ‘Momo Challenge’

  27-02-2019 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  WARNING: Video contains disturbing content. Discretion advised. The online challenge is directed at children and young teens and can often lead to self harm and dangerous tasks. Neetu Garcha has more on what parents can do to be aware.
  
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• Drink this: Naramata Nut Brown by Cannery Brewing

  27-02-2019 18:37
  
  Since we’re nearing the end of Flagship February, I thought it would be a good idea to get into the spirit of things and crack open a classic this week.
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Former Bacon associate admits crimes on witness stand

  27-02-2019 18:21 via vancouversun.com
  It was another interesting day at the Bacon trial Tuesday when a defence lawyer for the accused got his chance to poke holes in the testimony of former associate Witness AB.
  Here’s my story:Former Jamie Bacon associate gets grilled in cross-
  examinationKIM BOLAN
  Updated: February 27, 2019A defence lawyer for Jamie Bacon suggested Tuesday that a key Crown witness was lying when he testified that Bacon was the man’s drug boss around the time another associate was targeted in a shooting
  
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• Local athlete prepares for Special Olympic World Games

  27-02-2019 18:21 via globalnews.ca
  Metro Vancouver Special Olympic athlete April Armstrong explains how she is preparing for the World Games in Abu Dhabi. April is part of a family of Special Olympic athletes that includes her sister Mary and her dad.
  
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• B.C. now has highest inflation rate in Canada

  27-02-2019 18:05
  
  The rate of inflation in B.C. started 2019 outstripping the pace of price increases in other parts of the country.
  
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• This Vancouver Eatery Has A Vegan Take On Nashville Hot Chicken - 604 Now

  27-02-2019 17:41 via 604now.com
  This Vancouver Eatery Has A Vegan Take On Nashville Hot Chicken  604 NowNashville Hot Chicken is one of the hottest (literally) food trends right now. Well now a Vancouver purveyor is offering a vegan take on the dish.
  
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• Rethink your clothing habits

  27-02-2019 17:08 via globalnews.ca
  Metro Vancouver launches a new waste reduction campaign aimed at cutting the amount of clothing being thrown out.
  
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• Daily Poll: Should menstrual products be free at school?

  27-02-2019 17:01 via vancouversun.com
  Starting in September, tampons and pads will be available in women’s and universal washrooms in elementary, middle and high schools in New Westminster.
  The New Westminster school board passed the motion to install coin-free dispensers in all of its schools during a meeting Tuesday. The cost of installing the free dispensers is estimated at $10,000, while district staff say stocking them will cost about $7000 annually.
  Related New Westminster school board votes to provide free tampons in sc
  
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• B.C. Travel: 5 ultimate road trips if you have a week off

  27-02-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Take some time to explore this magnificent province — especially by road. These trips take you through the West Kootenay, the Interior, Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast or along spectacular Highway 99 north through Whistler. These trips are perfect for up to one week off. So book some time — preferably in spring or summer — and get to know B.C.
  1. Nelson
  Your final destination is the quaint city of Nelson on the shores of the west arm of Kootenay Lake and nestled in the Sel
  
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• New Westminster school board votes to provide free tampons in schools

  27-02-2019 16:25 via vancouversun.com
  The New Westminster school board has voted in favour of supplying free pads and tampons in restrooms at the district’s schools.
  Coin-free dispensers will be installed in all girls and universal restrooms in elementary, middle and secondary schools, making New Westminster the first and only school district in B.C. to fund free pad and tampon dispensers at all its schools.
  In a motion passed Tuesday, the school board hoped the move would “enhance the ability of students to manage
  
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• Vancouver Canucks: Power rankings after trade deadline - The Canuck Way

  27-02-2019 16:00 via thecanuckway.com
  Vancouver Canucks: Power rankings after trade deadline  The Canuck WayThe Vancouver Canucks are barely hanging on in the playoff race amid a handful of injuries.Here's a look at where they stand in power rankings.
  
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• New Westminster school board votes to provide free tampons in schools - Vancouver Sun

  27-02-2019 15:59 via vancouversun.com
  New Westminster school board votes to provide free tampons in schools  Vancouver SunNew Westminster is the first and only school district in B.C. to fund free pad and tampon dispensers at all its schools.
  
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• Vancouver weather: Cloudy with chance of snow tonight - Vancouver Sun

  27-02-2019 15:27 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver weather: Cloudy with chance of snow tonight  Vancouver SunEnvironment Canada says we are in for a cloudy day with a daytime high of 3 degrees. The is a 40 per cent chance of flurries tonight with periods of snow ...
  
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• Vancouver weather: Cloudy with chance of snow tonight

  27-02-2019 15:27 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Feb. 27, 2019 – Metro Vancouver can expect some snow to fall Wednesday night.
  Environment Canada says we are in for a cloudy day with a daytime high of 3 degrees. The is a 40 per cent chance of flurries tonight with periods of snow beginning new midnight.
  The weather agency expects between 2 to 4 cm of snow to accumulate overnight.
  Another cloudy day is in the forecast for Thursday before the sun returns for the weekend.
  Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mainly cloudy. High
  
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