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• Say it ain’t snow: Lower Mainland gets another blast of winter weather

  06-03-2019 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  Snow has begun to fall in municipalities across the region, and could continue into early Thursday.
  
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• Victoria police appeal for public’s help 2 years after man’s body found on side of Malahat

  06-03-2019 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  Richard "Blair" Young was reported missing on Feb. 15, 2017, after his family didn't hear from him for more than a week.
  
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• BC Egg Contest

  06-03-2019 23:53 via vancouversun.com
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• Charges laid in Surrey shooting that seriously injured 17-year-old boy

  06-03-2019 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  Police believe the shooter fired on the wrong target.
  
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• Huawei CFO’s legal team continues fight against extradition

  06-03-2019 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  The legal team of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is foreshadowing how it plans to keep her from being extradited to the U.S. She’s already suing the Canadian government about the arrest, and now her company is getting ready to sue the U.S. Robin Gill reports.
  
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• Drive-thru blessings: Vancouver church meets worshippers in parking lot for Ash Wednesday

  06-03-2019 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian Memorial United Church Minister Beth Hayward said that while other churches have done doorstep blessings before, she thinks hers is the first in Vancouver to do drive-thrus.
  
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• Vancouver police, school board roll out End Gang Life program in local schools

  06-03-2019 23:24
  
  Created in 2013, End Gang Life aims to deter teens and young adults from joining gangs
  
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• Seven must-see highlights of the spring arts season in Vancouver

  06-03-2019 23:21
  
  With temperatures warming and the winter months melting away, Vancouver’s arts community stirs from its hibernation just in time for spring.
  
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• Tech Talk: Wearable tech devices

  06-03-2019 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  Tech expert Mike Agerbo shows off the latest in wearable technology.
  
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• Victoria Police release video regarding unsolved homicide

  06-03-2019 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  Investigators are asking for the public’s assistance into the death of Richard “Blair” Young. He was reported missing in February of 2017 and his body was discovered on the Malahat on March 2nd, 2017.
  
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• Ryan Reynolds shares adorable and odd childhood photo from Vancouver newspaper

  06-03-2019 22:51
  
  Actor Ryan Reynolds has a lot of his Instagram followers amazed at a throwback photo the Vancouver-born star shared that was clipped from his “hometown newspaper” back in the summer of 1980.
  
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• Theatre review: Come from Away is better than spectacular

  06-03-2019 22:50 via vancouversun.com
  Come from Away
  When: To March 10
  Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets & Info: BroadwayAcrossCanada.ca
  With all the hype preceding Come From Away’s arrival in Vancouver on its first North American tour — the fabulous reviews, multiple awards, great word-of-mouth — I expected the show to be spectacular.
  It’s not. It’s better.
  Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s musical about the airline passengers grounded in Gander, Newfoundland, on 9/11 and the locals who rec
  
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• 'Courage' key quality of B.C. suffragist, politician Jamieson in new biography

  06-03-2019 22:45 via vancouversun.com
  The Last Suffragist Standing by Veronica Strong-Boag. (Photo: Courtesy of UBC Press)
  Award-winning historian and author Veronica Strong-Boag’s new book The Last Suffragist Standing is a study of the life’s work of kick-ass suffragist and progressive politician Laura Marshall Jamieson (1882-1964).
  Jamieson was a tireless activist and the last suffragist to be elected to a provincial or federal legislature.
  Fittingly, the new book is officially out on March 8, International Women&rsquo
  
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• International Women's Day: Vancouver's female chefs and bartenders in their own words - Straight.com

  06-03-2019 22:41 via straight.com
  International Women's Day: Vancouver's female chefs and bartenders in their own words  Straight.comOn International Women's Day, we can celebrate so many fierce, talented women who work in Metro Vancouver's dining scene. Here, some of the region's ...
  
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• Vancouver police seek Good Samaritan who halted indecent act

  06-03-2019 22:36 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police want to speak with a Good Samaritan who stopped an indecent act in Marpole last month.
  A suspect has been arrested in the case, but police are still hoping the Good Samaritan will come forward to share his statement.
  On Feb. 21, around 7:30 p.m., a man allegedly exposed himself and began threatening a woman walking near Granville Street and West 71st Avenue. A Good Samaritan stepped in to stop the man, allowing the woman to continue home unharmed and undisturbed.
  The suspect, a
  
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• Canada Sevens rugby to rock on in Vancouver for another four years

  06-03-2019 22:30 via theprovince.com
  The Canada Sevens will be coming back to Vancouver for at least four more years.
  The long-rumoured confirmation was announced at a news conference at ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square, outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, on Wednesday morning.
  The Vancouver tournament has been well-reviewed by players, teams and World Rugby officials since the first edition in 2016 and has also drawn big crowds every year to B.C. Place Stadium.
  From that first event, fans have taken to the idea o
  
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• Vancouver teen charged with crimes in Coquitlam, Surrey and Burnaby

  06-03-2019 22:28 via theprovince.com
  An 18-year-old Vancouver man faces robbery and firearms charges in connection with a December crime rampage that played out across three Lower Mainland cities.
  On Dec. 11, a man robbed a driver of his vehicle in Surrey, then caused a collision with a police cruiser in Burnaby and then fired a gun at another vehicle in Coquitlam.
  Jeevan Johal Saepan has been arrested and charged with robbery with a restricted/prohibited firearm, unlawfully discharging a firearm, possession of a restricted/prohibi
  
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• Boys basketball blog: No. 15 seeded Heritage Woods stuns No. 2 Kitsilano

  06-03-2019 22:28 via theprovince.com
  The boys basketball provincial championships start Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre.
  Here’s a look at first-round action:
  Quad A
  Kelowna 58 Belmont 49
  There’s no first-round upset this time around for the Belmont Bulldogs, as the No. 10 seeds were outscored 29-21 in the second half by the No. 7 Kelowna Owls.
  Tomorrow, Kelowna will face the winner the No. 15 Heritage Woods Kodiaks of Port Moody.
  Last year, a No. 13-seeded Bulldogs side dispatched a No. 4 W.J. Mouat Hawks of Abbo
  
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• Extradition case for Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou put over to May 8

  06-03-2019 22:19 via vancouversun.com
  The Chinese executive whose arrest in Vancouver touched off an international furor appeared briefly in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday and had her case put over to May 8.
  It had been anticipated that the appearance of Meng Wanzhou, who is being sought for extradition to the U.S., would result in a date being set for her extradition hearing.
  But a lawyer for Meng indicated that there may be several applications that need to be dealt with before the hearing can go ahead. The case will come back to
  
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• B.C. cities among worst for air quality in 2018, wildfires to blame: report

  06-03-2019 22:15 via vancouversun.com
  Three B.C. cities were among the worst regions in the world for air pollution last summer thanks to thick smoke that choked the province during the wildfire season, according to an annual Greenpeace report.
  Overall, B.C. and Canada aren’t among the world’s top air-polluters cited in the 2018 World Air Quality Report.
  However, when broken down by month, B.C. made the top 10 list in August because of the smoke from the worst wildfire season on record. Smoke from fires in Washington sta
  
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• Anti-gang program to be rolled out in Vancouver schools

  06-03-2019 22:05 via vancouversun.com
  A highly successful anti-gang program will soon be rolled out in Vancouver schools.
  Vancouver police and the school board announced Wednesday that the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C.’s End Gang Life program would be introduced in 18 schools, reaching out to some 4,000 students.
  The program includes in-school presentations made by VPD gang-crime officers, followed by a “frank and open” talk by a former gangster to discuss his path in and out of gang crime, his t
  
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• The word is out, Vancouver's biggest tech secret is valued at over $5B - Daily Hive

  06-03-2019 22:04 via dailyhive.com
  The word is out, Vancouver's biggest tech secret is valued at over $5B  Daily HiveOver the past several years, Ritchie Bros. has conducted numerous acquisitions in leading tech companies and is now one of BC's leading tech powerhouses.
  
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• TransLink still losing millions to fare evaders but it’s not tracking numbers

  06-03-2019 21:53 via vancouversun.com
  Three years after spending $200 million to install fare gates at its SkyTrain and Canada Line stations, TransLink hasn’t collected any data to show they are cutting down on fare evasion. Meanwhile, the number of tickets related to fare gate offences has barely slowed.
  TransLink acknowledges it continues to lose revenue to fare evaders but hasn’t measured evasion since 2014, said spokeswoman Jillian Drews. She said TransLink is studying ways to track fare evasion including “manu
  
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• Giants players still raving about training camp meeting with stars of team’s glory days

  06-03-2019 21:34 via theprovince.com
  Colour Craig Cunningham happy to help his old junior team.
  The Vancouver Giants are in the midst of their best season in years, and various players have cited Cunningham, along with fellow former Giants stars Brendan Gallagher and Neil Manning, coming to speak to the current roster at training camp last August as one of the things that has spurred them on to success.
  Defenceman Alex Kannok Leipert was the latest, bringing it up this past weekend.
  “I’m thrilled they’re doing wel
  
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• First Vietnamese coffee shop opens in Vancouver's Chinatown - CTV News

  06-03-2019 21:20 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  First Vietnamese coffee shop opens in Vancouver's Chinatown  CTV NewsFrom hot- or ice-cold Vietnamese coffee to hoisin swirl brownies, Ca Phe Vietnamese Coffee House is bringing the traditional and not so traditional desserts to ...
  
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• Former BC Hydro chair's waterfront home listed for sale (PHOTOS)

  06-03-2019 21:12
  
  Ultra-luxe, energy-efficient, Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired house in West Vancouver is owned by clean-tech entrepreneur Mossadiq Umedaly
  
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• Vancouver man charged with stealing wigs meant for kids with cancer - The Province

  06-03-2019 21:02 via theprovince.com
  Vancouver man charged with stealing wigs meant for kids with cancer  The ProvinceMartin Weigelt, described by police as one of Vancouver's most prolific property offenders, was arrested Wednesday.
  
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• Giants’ Alex Kannok Leipert could C’s the day for WHL team come next season

  06-03-2019 20:55 via theprovince.com
  If you’re pondering future captains for the Vancouver Giants, Alex Kannok Leipert merits mention.
  Former coach Jason McKee, who was at the helm for two seasons, lauded Kannok Leipert for his leadership skills and other intangibles, pegging him as someone who could have the ‘C’ on his jersey eventually. Michael Dyck, who replaced McKee behind the bench this season, says many of the same things about Kannok Leipert, an 18-year-old defenceman in his second full season with the WHL
  
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• Vancouver police looking for Good Samaritan

  06-03-2019 20:43
  
  Police say a man intervened when a woman walking in the Marpole neighbourhood was threatened
  
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• Richmond RCMP issue warning after thieves break into 169 cars in a month

  06-03-2019 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  Police said the most aggressively targeted areas include Aberdeen Mall, President's Plaza and a variety of locations along Alexandra Road. 
  
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• One of Vancouver’s ‘most prolific’ thieves arrested in wig thefts

  06-03-2019 20:34
  
  Vancouver police say Martin Weigelt has more than 100 criminal convictions dating back more than 30 years
  
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• Speculation tax push back from Belcarra

  06-03-2019 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  Belcarra’s mayor is asking for the village to be excluded from the province’s speculation tax.
  
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• ‘Chronic offender’ with 100+ convictions charged with theft of kids cancer wigs

  06-03-2019 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  Martin James Weigelt's name also surfaced in connection with the return of stolen Bill Reid art from the UBC Museum of Anthropology in 2008.
  
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• ‘It’s very painful to come in here’: Canadian philanthropist shares memories of his sons (Part 2 of 3)

  06-03-2019 20:15 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian philanthropist Tom Budd opens up his home and shares memories of his two sons in hopes of helping others dealing with mental health issues.
  
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• Meng Wanzhou arrives at court in B.C. for hearing

  06-03-2019 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  Huawei Technologies CFO Meng Wanzhou arrived at B.C. Supreme court for a hearing in regards to her extradition case.
  
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• Lawyer Richard Kurland on Meng Wanzhou court appearance

  06-03-2019 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  Immigration Lawyer Richard Kurland explains what happened with Meng Wanzhou’s court date in Vancouver.
  
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• 7 things to do in Vancouver today: Wednesday, March 6 - Daily Hive

  06-03-2019 20:12 via dailyhive.com
  7 things to do in Vancouver today: Wednesday, March 6  Daily HiveEnjoy the first Hump Day of March! From Vancouver Canucks to Snowshoe Tours and more, here are seven things to do in Vancouver today, March 6!
  
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• Wine Guy: A tale of three local Pinots

  06-03-2019 20:00 via theprovince.com
  The Pinot family of grapes continues to intrigue. Genetically-speaking, all the Pinots are the same grape variety — whether talking Blanc, Gris, Noir, or Meunier (to name just the main few Pinots!).
  The differences come down to mutations over the years, and indeed in this regard Pinot claims lineage over a slew of other notable grapes, including Chardonnay and Gamay.
  Not that it’s important to consider these relations in the wine glass, though it may provide fun wine trivia! Fortunat
  
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• Vancouver animation sector plans first Animation FAM Tour and expands annual Digital Entertainment Career Fair - Vancouver Sun

  06-03-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver animation sector plans first Animation FAM Tour and expands annual Digital Entertainment Career Fair  Vancouver SunA delegation of BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning U.K. animation studios arrive in Vancouver for the first Animation FAM (familiarization) Tour.
  
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• NPA spent $1 million on its 2018 Vancouver election campaign

  06-03-2019 19:55
  
  The NPA and Ken Sim, the party's mayoral candidate, have now filed their financial disclosure statements to Elections BC after failing to meet a January deadline.
  
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• Ash and dash: Vancouver church offers drive-thru blessings for Ash Wednesday - CBC.ca

  06-03-2019 19:47 via cbc.ca
  Ash and dash: Vancouver church offers drive-thru blessings for Ash Wednesday  CBC.caA local church in Vancouver is making it easier for Christians to get their traditional Ash Wednesday blessing: simply honk at the drive-thru and a minister will ...
  
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• Vancouver man charged with stealing wigs meant for kids with cancer

  06-03-2019 19:37 via vancouversun.com
  A 52-year-old career criminal has been charged in connection with the theft of 150 wigs slated for B.C. Children’s Hospital.
  The wigs, made with human hair and intended for kids with cancer, were stolen during a September break-in at Eva and Co. Wigs on West Broadway.
  Police said the wigs were worth about $2,500 each.
  Related Theft of wigs for kids with cancer is ’heartbreaking:’ Vancouver shop manager
  Martin Weigelt, described by the Vancouver police as one of the city’s
  
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• From the Archives: Bill Reid heist mastermind

  06-03-2019 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  Being accused of stealing wigs isn’t the first time Martin Weigelt has come to the attention of Global BC. In 2008 John Daly found his alleged connection to the theft of artifacts from the UBC museum of anthropology.
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Ruling cuts parts of expert report in HA civil forfeiture case

  06-03-2019 19:33 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government’s civil forfeiture case against the Hells Angels took a hit this week when a judge struck parts of an “expert” report the government filed in support of its efforts to get three biker clubhouses forfeited.
  Interestingly, the government also issued a news release Tuesday about changes it’s making to the Civil Forfeiture Act to make it easier to seize cash found with illicit drugs, as well as suspected proceeds of crime hidden in other people’s nam
  
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• Ben Hutton injury means another recall for Guillaume Brisebois

  06-03-2019 19:06 via theprovince.com
  Ben Hutton’s sore foot looks likely to keep him out of the lineup on Wednesday night when the Vancouver Canucks face up against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  The Canucks have recalled Guillaume Brisebois from the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League, the team announced Wednesday morning.
  Hutton took a shot off his right foot late in Sunday’s 3-0 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights; after the game he spoke to the media with a large ice bag wrapped to his foot.
  Brisebois appeared in two
  
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• Vancouver to host Rugby Sevens tournament for at least 4 more years

  06-03-2019 18:53 via globalnews.ca
  Under the terms of the deal, Vancouver will host the tournament until at least 2023. 
  
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• Extradition hearing date set for Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou

  06-03-2019 18:50 via vancouversun.com
  The Chinese executive whose arrest in Vancouver touched off an international furor is appearing in B.C. Supreme Court today where it is expected a date will be set for her extradition hearing.
  Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei, was taken into custody at the Vancouver airport on Dec. 1 on a provisional arrest warrant issued by the United States, which was seeking to have her extradited on allegations she participated in a scheme to bypass trade sanctions again
  
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• Howard’s end? Giant Vancouver Island gnome needs a new home

  06-03-2019 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  One of Vancouver Island's most famous residents is looking for a new home.
  
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• Vancouver forecast calling for periods of snowfall tonight through Friday

  06-03-2019 18:48
  
  While the sun is shining in the Lower Mainland this morning, the Metro Vancouver weather forecast calls for a chance of snowfall tonight.
  
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