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• 9 Vancouver concerts on sale Friday - Straight.com

  07-03-2019 23:54 via straight.com
  9 Vancouver concerts on sale Friday  Straight.comHere's your handy-dandy roundup of Vancouver concerts going on sale to the general public on Friday (March 8) at 10 am. Connan Mockasin June 12 at the ...
  
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• Restoration work on Shuswap fire lookout won’t have to be reversed, province says

  07-03-2019 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  The province said the fire lookout will be allowed to stay, but will be considered unsafe for use until follow-up assessments have been completed.
  
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• Availability of newly built and presale condos skyrockets in Metro Vancouver: report - Vancouver Courier

  07-03-2019 23:49 via vancourier.com
  Availability of newly built and presale condos skyrockets in Metro Vancouver: report  Vancouver CourierNumber of concrete condos complete and unsold or available for presale quadruples in a year, finds quarterly report.
  
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• Availability of newly built and presale condos skyrockets in Metro Vancouver: report

  07-03-2019 23:49
  
  Number of concrete condos complete and unsold or available for presale quadruples in a year, finds quarterly report
  
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• B.C. reports 3rd-lowest rate of pot usage in Canada: StatCan

  07-03-2019 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  Just two provinces ranked lower than B.C., while the Maritimes appear to be gung ho for the ganja.
  
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• Two teens arrested after attempted robbery in Abbotsford

  07-03-2019 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Police say 'taser' used in an attempted robbery.
  
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• 5 Things to do this weekend: Thursday, March 7, 2019

  07-03-2019 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including the Health and Wellness Show and East Van Mardi Gras
  
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• 5 Things to do this weekend: Friday, March 8, 2019

  07-03-2019 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including Monster Jam and Abra Cadabra.
  
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• Former Metro Vancouver student caught "stateless" after joining ISIS - Vancouver Is Awesome

  07-03-2019 23:27 via vancouverisawesome.com
  Former Metro Vancouver student caught "stateless" after joining ISIS  Vancouver Is AwesomeKimberly Polman lived in Metro Vancouver before joining the Islamic State. She is among 29 Canadian nationals trapped or imprisoned in Syria, according to ...
  
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• You can take FREE boxing classes in Vancouver this month - Daily Hive

  07-03-2019 23:25 via dailyhive.com
  You can take FREE boxing classes in Vancouver this month  Daily HiveTo help bring awareness on ways to stay healthy and strong during the cold and flu season, Vanoucerites can take free boxing classes this month.
  
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• Vancouver's The Acorn ranked best vegan-friendly restaurant in the world - CTV News

  07-03-2019 23:20 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  Vancouver's The Acorn ranked best vegan-friendly restaurant in the world  CTV NewsWhen it comes to vegan options, a restaurant located on Vancouver's Main Street is the best in the world, according to a travel website.
  
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• Vancouver Fire Rescue Services wants social media users to think before they post

  07-03-2019 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver Fire Rescue Services are asking people to do their due diligence before posting on social media, after they say a local business's reputation was damaged.
  
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• Vernon could be getting a BC Cannabis Store

  07-03-2019 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Vernon said that one of the 10 applications it has received for civic cannabis business licences is for a provincial government store.
  
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• There's a new vegan burger shop pop-up kicking off in Vancouver - Vancouver Is Awesome

  07-03-2019 22:51 via vancouverisawesome.com
  There's a new vegan burger shop pop-up kicking off in Vancouver  Vancouver Is AwesomeThere's a new vegan eats opp popping up in Vancouver, and it's all about burgers…and beyond. The Juice Truck is teaming up with TMRW Foods to launch a ...
  
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• B.C. didn't meet rights of involuntarily detained mentally ill patients: report

  07-03-2019 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A new report says the British Columbia government failed to meet the legal rights of mentally ill patients who were involuntarily detained in psychiatric facilities during a one-month review, sometimes without admission forms being completed.
  The report released by the province’s ombudsperson, Jay Chalke, says in some cases specific treatment was not described for individual patients and in other cases doctors did not explain why a patient was being admitted.
  It says there
  
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• Alberta RCMP member charged in connection with off-duty Whistler incident

  07-03-2019 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  The charges stem from an incident that happened while the officer was off-duty in Whistler in January.
  
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• Air Canada faces pushback over plans to cut popular Penticton-Vancouver early morning flight

  07-03-2019 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  Opposition to Air Canada's plan to cut a popular Penticton-Vancouver early morning flight is gaining momentum among the South Okanagan business community.
  
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• B.C. Travel: 10 record-breaking, giant roadside attractions to see

  07-03-2019 22:27 via vancouversun.com
  The world’s tallest garden gnome is on his last legs in the Vancouver Island community of Nanoose Bay.
  Known as Howard, the 7.91-metre-tall gnome has been a beloved local landmark for over 20 years, and would be for 20 more, if not for two huge problems: first, he’s got a rotten base. Second, its current owner, Calgary’s Parkland Fuel Corp., has said Howard will be dismantled by the end of April if he isn’t removed by then. 
  In short, Howard may be on his last legs i
  
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• Woman dies in Abbotsford apartment fire

  07-03-2019 22:22 via vancouversun.com
  A woman is dead and several others were taken to hospital after an apartment fire in Abbotsford on Wednesday night.
  Fire crews were called out to the apartment building in the 2400-block of Countess Street at around 10:30 p.m.
  The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed Thursday morning that it was in the early stages of an investigation involving the death of a woman in her 60s in Abbotsford.
  Spokesman Andy Watson said they will not be identifying the woman.
  When emergency and fire crews arrived they f
  
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• It's going to be a cruel spring and summer for Vancouver drivers

  07-03-2019 22:18
  
  We’ve all been there — the mad scramble to the ferry or Friday dash for the border that’s surprisingly disrupted by construction, filming or road work.
  
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• Letter showing debts of one of Vancouver's founders up for auction - CBC.ca

  07-03-2019 22:10 via cbc.ca
  Letter showing debts of one of Vancouver's founders up for auction  CBC.caA legal document written after the May, 1875, death of John Deighton, better known as Gassy Jack, goes to auction Saturday March 9. The letter lists the debts of ...
  
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• Anti-gang agency seizes drugs, cash and weapons in Kamloops

  07-03-2019 22:05 via theprovince.com
  B.C.’s anti-gang agency — the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit — seized a cache of weapons and drugs during nine-day sweep of Kamloops last month.
  During crack down, the CFSEU’s uniform gang enforcement team stopped 144 vehicles, checked 173 people and seized a variety of substances believed to be methamphetamine, crack cocaine and fentanyl. Kamloops men charged in deadly shooting remain at large Man shot at Kamloops hotel in January believed to be uninvolved byst
  
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• Matcha Stand Maiko to open first Canadian location in Metro Vancouver - Daily Hive

  07-03-2019 22:03 via dailyhive.com
  Matcha Stand Maiko to open first Canadian location in Metro Vancouver  Daily HiveMatcha lovers rejoiced when Tsujiri opened its first BC location in Richmond just last month, but there's already a new spot specializing in this flavour craze ...
  
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• Fraser Health discharged patients to Chilliwack homeless shelter, says mayor

  07-03-2019 22:03 via vancouversun.com
  Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove is demanding answers from the Fraser Health Authority after a 76-year-old woman with mobility and severe incontinence issues was discharged from Surrey Memorial Hospital and sent by taxi to the Chilliwack Salvation Army shelter early last month.
  In a letter to Fraser Health CEO Dr. Victoria Lee, the mayor said he is aware of two cases in which shelter staff were asked to take patients from the Surrey hospital without being told about the care they required.
  “A h
  
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• Bowen ferry schedule and tracking goes high-tech with new electronic info board

  07-03-2019 21:52
  
  It's replacing the ol' glance across the sound – "Can you see the ferry yet?"
  
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• Building ferry vessels in the province would mean higher fares: B.C. Ferries CEO - Vancouver Sun

  07-03-2019 21:41 via vancouversun.com
  Building ferry vessels in the province would mean higher fares: B.C. Ferries CEO  Vancouver SunBuilding new ferries in B.C. would require a 25 per cent increase in fares.
  
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• Air Canada faces pushback over plans to cut popular Penticton-Vancouver early morning flight - Global News

  07-03-2019 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  Air Canada faces pushback over plans to cut popular Penticton-Vancouver early morning flight  Global NewsOpposition to Air Canada's plan to cut a popular Penticton-Vancouver early morning flight is gaining momentum among the South Okanagan business ...
  
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• Built in B.C. ferries would mean higher fares: B.C. Ferries CEO

  07-03-2019 21:40 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Ferries would prefer to build its vessels locally, but in order to keep fares affordable it has little choice but to use foreign shipyards, according to chief executive Mark Collins.
  During a 35-minute address to the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce, in which Collins laid out how the corporation tries to weave its values into its day-to-day operations, he emphasized that affordability governs much of what they do.
  “In the next six years, we will probably place contracts for $1 bil
  
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• Iconic Hong Kong chef cooking in Vancouver for two nights only - Daily Hive

  07-03-2019 21:38 via dailyhive.com
  Iconic Hong Kong chef cooking in Vancouver for two nights only  Daily HiveFor the first time in Canada, guests will have the opportunity to try dishes from the iconic Shang Palace at Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong.
  
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• B.C.'s 17th case of measles confirmed in Fraser Valley, linked to Vancouver outbreak

  07-03-2019 21:35 via vancouversun.com
  There are now 17 cases of measles in B.C., the latest of which is located in the Fraser Valley and is linked to the Vancouver outbreak.
  The most recent case was confirmed Wednesday in a Fraser Valley resident, according to Fraser Health medical health officer Aamir Bharmal. The individual had been exposed to one of the infected measles patients in the outbreak originating at two Vancouver schools.
  “This individual was isolated since their exposure and there is no concern relating to public
  
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• Will 4/20 event be moved out of downtown Vancouver? - CTV News

  07-03-2019 21:29 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  Will 4/20 event be moved out of downtown Vancouver?  CTV NewsThe City of Vancouver is looking at moving a massive annual pot party away from Sunset Beach.
  
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• Terrace woman in custody after deadly stabbing of 85-year-old man

  07-03-2019 21:24 via vancouversun.com
  TERRACE — A woman is in police custody after an 85-year-old man was stabbed to death Wednesday in northwestern British Columbia.
  RCMP in Terrace say they were alerted at around 10:30 p.m. about a vehicle in the downtown core that was smeared with blood.
  The search led officers to a home where they found the senior outside, suffering what appeared to be stab wounds.
  The man was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
  A 34-year-old woman was arrested and is in police custody.
  Police
  
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• ART SEEN: Ian Thom gives his final media tour after 33 years at the Vancouver Art Gallery - Vancouver Sun

  07-03-2019 21:08 via vancouversun.com
  ART SEEN: Ian Thom gives his final media tour after 33 years at the Vancouver Art Gallery  Vancouver SunCurator Ian Thom goes on his last Vancouver Art Gallery media tour with artists that include George Segal, Robert Davidson and Emily Carr.
  
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• ART SEEN: Ian Thom gives his final media tour after 33 years at the Vancouver Art Gallery

  07-03-2019 21:08 via vancouversun.com
  A Curator’s View: Ian Thom Selects is a unique exhibition.
  It’s the last one curated by Ian Thom in his role as the former senior curator – historical for the Vancouver Art Gallery.
  He’s chosen about 90 works from the gallery’s permanent collection. Thom is considered the most knowledgeable of the VAG curators about the 12,000 art works in the collection. It’s on display for another 10 days to Sunday, March 17.
  One of the rituals of an exhibition at the galler
  
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• TransLink: Major delays on Metro Vancouver transit due to weather - Vancouver Courier

  07-03-2019 21:00 via vancourier.com
  TransLink: Major delays on Metro Vancouver transit due to weather  Vancouver CourierTransLink says there are numerous transit delays throughout the Lower Mainland due to poor road conditions.
  
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• TransLink: Major delays on Metro Vancouver transit due to weather

  07-03-2019 21:00
  
  TransLink says there are numerous transit delays throughout the Lower Mainland due to poor road conditions.
  
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• Nature influences design of 49-storey West Georgia Street project

  07-03-2019 21:00
  
  Douglas fir is muse for Wesgroup highrise planned for Coal Harbour. Open house about project set for April 30.
  
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• Tourist skywalk mulled at summit of Vancouver Island's Malahat Drive - Vancouver Sun

  07-03-2019 20:58 via vancouversun.com
  Tourist skywalk mulled at summit of Vancouver Island's Malahat Drive  Vancouver SunA B.C. tourism company is partnering with a Vancouver Island First Nation on a plan that could see a major development at the peak of the winding, steep and ...
  
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• Tourist skywalk mulled at summit of Vancouver Island's Malahat Drive

  07-03-2019 20:57 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A B.C. tourism company is partnering with a Vancouver Island First Nation on a plan that could see a major development at the peak of the winding, steep and sometimes narrow route connecting the Greater Victoria area to the Cowichan Valley.
  The proposed Malahat Skywalk would be built at the 356-metre summit of Malahat Drive.
  It would feature a 600-metre long, 20-metre high elevated wooden walkway, leading to a spiral tower 40 metres above the ground, offering expansive views of
  
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• Two Vancouver beverage companies team up to make first coffee leaf tea beer - Vancouver Is Awesome

  07-03-2019 20:56 via vancouverisawesome.com
  Two Vancouver beverage companies team up to make first coffee leaf tea beer  Vancouver Is AwesomeVancouver's budding beverage company Wize Monkey is joining forces with Faculty Brewing to keep the innovation stream flowing.
  
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• MLAs define investigations into B.C. legislature spending scandal

  07-03-2019 20:54 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – B.C. politicians have set detailed terms for a retired chief justice selected to investigate allegations of misspending at the legislature.
  The all-party legislature management committee released Thursday five specific allegations it has asked Beverley McLachlin to probe into suspended clerk Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Craig James.
  The entire legislature also voted unanimously Thursday to approve the management committee’s recommendation to hire McLachlin in a vote of
  
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• Disneyland's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge theme park set to open May 31

  07-03-2019 20:51 via vancouversun.com
  ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Millennium Falcon is blasting off from Disneyland on May 31 with the opening of the California theme park’s massive Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge expansion.
  Disney Parks announced Thursday that Galaxy’s Edge will open for visitors to Florida’s Disney World Resort on Aug. 29.
  Galaxy’s Edge is a new 14-acre land at the Disney theme parks, featuring rides and experiences that thrust visitors into the world of the recent “Star Wars” tr
  
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• Calgary police arrest trio in alleged organized crime trafficking of stolen vehicles

  07-03-2019 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  The outbreak of the thefts of cars stolen while running with the keys inside has been connected to organized crime, Calgary police said Thursday.
  
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• Abbotsford teens charged with trying to steal $700 sunglasses, Tasering mall cop

  07-03-2019 20:50 via vancouversun.com
  Two teens are in custody and face several charges after trying to steal a pair of pricey sunglasses before attempting to stun a mall security guard.
  On Wednesday, the two boys, age 17 and 18, visited Sevenoaks Shopping Centre and allegedly attempted to steal a pair of $700 sunglasses. When staff tried to stop them, the boys ran off.
  When a mall security guard tried to stop the pair, one of the two boys allegedly tried to use a stun baton on him.
  The teens were quickly identified and captured sho
  
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• TransLink: Major delays on Metro Vancouver transit due to weather - Vancouver Is Awesome

  07-03-2019 20:38 via vancouverisawesome.com
  TransLink: Major delays on Metro Vancouver transit due to weather  Vancouver Is AwesomeTransLink has stated that there are numerous delays throughout transit on the Lower Mainland due to poor road conditions.
  
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• Travel Best Bets: Essential travel safety tips

  07-03-2019 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  The next time you take-off on a trip, remember these important safety tips from travel consultant Claire Newell.
  
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