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• Deceased Vancouver Island huskies celebrated at vigil - Cowichan Valley Citizen

  10-03-2019 23:56 via cowichanvalleycitizen.com
  Deceased Vancouver Island huskies celebrated at vigil  Cowichan Valley CitizenClose to 40 people gather in Errington to remember Kodi and Tigger.
  
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• Plucky Lord Tweedsmuir comes from behind to win B.C. hoops crown

  10-03-2019 23:53 via theprovince.com
  It was easy to connect the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers’ improbable comeback and their coach’s outpouring of emotion about his team afterwards.
  “The boys were identified in Grade 6 and ever since then they’ve stayed together,” bench boss Drew Gallacher said after his Surrey team rallied from an 18-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Kelowna Owls 91-86 in the Quad A boys basketball provincial championship at the Langley Events Centre Saturday.
  “They come into
  
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• Gas line work to begin in Coquitlam as mayor suggests taking fight with FortisBC to court

  10-03-2019 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  Richard Stewart says the city is considering holding the utility in trespass for leaving the old pipeline in the ground along with the new one.
  
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• Douglas Todd: Female foreign students endure harassment, exploitation - Vancouver Sun

  10-03-2019 23:12 via vancouversun.com
  Douglas Todd: Female foreign students endure harassment, exploitation  Vancouver SunThe young women are frightened, especially when exploitative employers in the underground economy threaten to report them to immigration officials. Douglas ...
  
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• Douglas Todd: Female foreign students endure harassment, exploitation

  10-03-2019 23:12 via vancouversun.com
  Female foreign students from South Asia are experiencing sexual harassment by landlords, exploitation by bosses, and ethno-cultural double-standards, all the while dealing with their own fears of being deported.
  Metro Vancouver community workers are warning about the particular vulnerability of the increasing number of young women coming to Canada from the Punjab region of India and other parts of South Asia, whose often-modest families have sold off much of their property and assets to get them
  
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• Whitecaps’ fuse lit as gaslighting Real Salt Lake escape with a victory

  10-03-2019 22:57 via theprovince.com
  The term “gaslighting” is quite popular in today’s politically-charged atmosphere. Put simply, it’s if you say the opposite of what happened enough, people will start to question their own senses and believe you.
  Enter Real Salt Lake forward Corey Baird.
  “We won a ball in their half. Aaron (Herrera) got it and it was a two-v-one against their outside back. That’s a play I think everyone’s done a million times,” he said. “I was able to get a t
  
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• BC researchers discover 3,500-year-old clam garden

  10-03-2019 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  A 3,500-year-old clam garden has been discovered on British Columbia’s Quadra Island. For generations, the traditional structure ensured a food source for large Indigenous populations living along the northern west coast. As Robin Gill reports, the ancient method of cultivation has a lot to teach us about the past, present and future.
  
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• Terrace business park looking in part to LNG project to help town revival

  10-03-2019 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  Developers of a nascent business park just outside of Terrace hope they have a match made for LNG success.
  LNG Canada needs to corral the people and material to build the $14-billion liquefied natural gas plant that it has committed to build on British Columbia’s north coast at Kitimat, with its associated $5-billion natural gas pipeline.
  And the Skeena Industrial Development Park at nearby Terrace has 970 hectares of space that its owners and the City of Terrace are angling to fill with i
  
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• Local tourism industry navigates political spat with China - Vancouver Sun

  10-03-2019 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  Local tourism industry navigates political spat with China  Vancouver SunCanada maintains a travel advisory for China due to the "risk of arbitrary enforcement of local laws," and China warns its citizens to approach traveling in ...
  
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• Local tourism industry navigates political spat with China

  10-03-2019 22:07 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian travel agencies are quietly resuming tourism promotions in China, even as Ottawa maintains a travel advisory for that country in the wake of recent bilateral tensions.
  “It’s (still) worth marketing in China,” said Holmes Luo, sales and tour coordinator at Vancouver-based Luxe Tours/Canada Eagle Tours Inc., which specializes in organizing trips across Canada for Chinese tourists.
  Luo says he is pleased that government agencies such as Destination Canada and other provin
  
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• Vancouver runner breaks Canadian women’s marathon record - Red Deer Advocate

  10-03-2019 22:00 via reddeeradvocate.com
  Vancouver runner breaks Canadian women’s marathon record  Red Deer AdvocateNAGOYA, Japan — Rachel Cliff raced to a Canadian record in the Nagoya Women's Marathon on Sunday.
  
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• Vancouver group repurposes old bikes for Indonesian percussion music ensemble - CBC.ca

  10-03-2019 22:00 via cbc.ca
  Vancouver group repurposes old bikes for Indonesian percussion music ensemble  CBC.caA Vancouver group is taking old bicycles to a new level.
  
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• 10 things to do in Vancouver today: Sunday, March 10 - Daily Hive

  10-03-2019 21:18 via dailyhive.com
  10 things to do in Vancouver today: Sunday, March 10  Daily HiveSunday Funday waits for no one! Here are 10 things to do in Vancouver today, March 10, including Vancouver's biggest dig neet-up, Bacio Rosso, and more.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks: March has been the month of horrors - The Canuck Way

  10-03-2019 20:46 via thecanuckway.com
  Vancouver Canucks: March has been the month of horrors  The Canuck WayThe Vancouver Canucks have completely fallen out of the playoff race, as the month of March continues to be extremely unkind to them.
  
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• Canada Sevens day 2 live: Canadians hammer Spanish

  10-03-2019 20:33 via theprovince.com
  So the Canadians pulled off their fifth-ever win against Fiji on Saturday but it wasn’t enough to get them into the cup quarterfinals on Sunday at the 2019 Canada Sevens.
  They still have lots to play for; they’ll be hoping to repeat the drama of 2019, when they finished ninth by defeating France in a thrilling last match.
  Canada won their opening game against Spain, keeping them on course for the Challenge Trophy final, aka ninth place.
  The cup quarterfinals, which go from 11:08, ope
  
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• B.C.’s plans to expand civil forfeiture program called unconstitutional

  10-03-2019 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  The changes announced Tuesday would shift the onus to a defendant to prove that an asset is not an instrument or proceed of unlawful activity.
  
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• What to expect from Quinn Hughes when he plays for the Vancouver Canucks - Sportsnet.ca

  10-03-2019 20:17 via sportsnet.ca
  What to expect from Quinn Hughes when he plays for the Vancouver Canucks  Sportsnet.caWith the Michigan Wolverines' season coming to a close, all eyes are on Quinn Hughes. After signing with the Canucks on Sunday night, fans are eager to catch ...
  
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• What to expect from Quinn Hughes if he joins the Vancouver Canucks - Sportsnet.ca

  10-03-2019 20:17 via sportsnet.ca
  What to expect from Quinn Hughes if he joins the Vancouver Canucks  Sportsnet.caWith the Michigan Wolverines' season coming to a close, all eyes are on Quinn Hughes. Expected to sign with the Canucks, possibly as soon as this week, fans ...
  
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• Ryan Reynolds Posts Ridiculously Cute Throwback From His Vancouver Childhood - HuffPost Canada

  10-03-2019 20:04 via huffingtonpost.ca
  Ryan Reynolds Posts Ridiculously Cute Throwback From His Vancouver Childhood  HuffPost CanadaRyan Reynolds reps Vancouver hard. He talks up his hometown constantly, includes it in his social media handles, and has lent his support to local causes like ...
  
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• Man killed in early morning shooting in Chilliwack

  10-03-2019 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Investigators believe the shooting was targeted, adding the victim is known to police.
  
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• Canada shrugs off injuries, beats Spain at Vancouver Sevens - TSN

  10-03-2019 19:52 via tsn.ca
  Canada shrugs off injuries, beats Spain at Vancouver Sevens  TSNVANCOUVER — Losing two players to injury didn't slow down the attack as Canada romped to a 33-7 victory over Spain on Sunday morning at the HSBC World ...
  
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• Chilliwack shooting leaves one dead on Sunday morning

  10-03-2019 19:36 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after a man in Chilliwack was killed in an early Sunday morning shooting.
  Chilliwack RCMP were called to the 45700-block Alexander Avenue on Sunday around 6:30 a.m. for the report of a man suffering from gunshot wounds, according to Staff Sgt. Stephen Vroly. The victim, a man in his 30s, died at the scene.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been tapped to lead the investigation. Police believe the shooting was targeted and say the victim was known to police.
  
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• New Vancouver Island University president says reconciliation a priority - CBC.ca

  10-03-2019 19:00 via cbc.ca
  New Vancouver Island University president says reconciliation a priority  CBC.caVancouver Island University will have a new president starting this summer: accomplished neuroscientist Deborah Saucier.
  
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• Marie Chouinard brings Bosch's 16th century vision of Earthly Delights to the stage

  10-03-2019 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Compagnie Marie Chouinard’s Hieronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights
  When: March 15 &16 at 8 p.m.
  Where: Vancouver Playhouse
  Tickets: from $35 at dancehouse.ca
  From a warning on the perils of temptation to a celebration of sex, the 16th century painting The Garden of Earthly Delights has been the subject of a number of interpretations. In Compagnie Marie Chouinard’s version of the Hieronymus Bosch masterpiece, presented in Vancouver by DanceHouse, Quebecois dancer/choreog
  
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• Five reasons to check out 9 to 5: The Musical

  10-03-2019 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  The cast of Cap U’s 9 to 5: The Musical, on at Blueshore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts March 14-23.
  9 to 5: The Musical
  When: March 14 to March 23
  Where: Blueshore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts
  Tickets: $24/$15/$10 at tickets.capilanou.ca
  1. The movie. Released in 1980, 9 to 5 stars Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda, with Dabney Colman as their loutish boss. It’s ranked #74 on the American Film Institute’s list of 100 Funniest American Movies of All
  
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• Boundary-Similkameen MLA fights to keep Daylight Saving Time year-round

  10-03-2019 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  BC Liberal MLA Linda Larson has introduced a private member’s bill that would keep British Columbia on Daylight Saving Time if California and Washington does.
  
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• West Vancouver cabbie charged with sexual assault of passenger

  10-03-2019 18:32 via vancouversun.com
  A West Vancouver cab driver has been charged with sexual assault after allegedly unzipping his pants and forcing a passenger to touch him.
  Just before 1 a.m. on Jan. 2, a passenger in a cab was waiting for their friend in the 100 block of Whonoak Road.
  While waiting, the driver allegedly grabbed the passenger in the genital area before taking the passenger’s hand and placing it on his own genital area. The driver’s pants were unzipped and his genitals were exposed.
  The victim and the
  
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• B.C. plan to expand civil forfeiture program called unconstitutional

  10-03-2019 18:20 via vancouversun.com
  Eight years have passed since David Lloydsmith learned British Columbia’s Civil Forfeiture Office wanted to seize his modest two-bedroom bungalow, but he says the panic and anger that gripped him that day have not gone away.
  Lloydsmith is still outraged that the office tried to seize his home based on a police search without a warrant that produced no criminal charges. B.C.’s Supreme Court and Court of Appeal eventually ruled his rights were violated, but he says the emotional scars
  
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• Magnitude 4.3 earthquake strikes near Red Deer, Alberta - Daily Hive

  10-03-2019 17:58 via dailyhive.com
  Magnitude 4.3 earthquake strikes near Red Deer, Alberta  Daily HiveA 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit central Alberta near Red Deer early Sunday morning, according to Earthquakes Canada.
  
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• Travel Tales with William Jans

  10-03-2019 17:41 via globalnews.ca
  Coleen Christie is joined by adventure photographer, William Jans, to learn more about his upcoming multimedia shows.
  
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• Wild salmon plan panned by conservation groups

  10-03-2019 17:38
  
  The B.C. government’s new wild salmon strategy is a missed opportunity, says the executive director of Skeena Wild Conservation Trust.
  
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• Vancouver weather: Mainly sunny with a side of clouds - Vancouver Sun

  10-03-2019 17:02 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver weather: Mainly sunny with a side of clouds  Vancouver SunAccording to Environment Canada, Sunday's weather will see temperatures of about 9 degrees and a bit of cloud in the afternoon.
  
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• Vancouver weather: Mainly sunny with a side of clouds

  10-03-2019 17:01 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: March 10, 2019 – Sunday’s weather is mainly sunny with a side of clouds.
  According to Environment Canada, Sunday’s weather will see temperatures of about 9 degrees and a bit of cloud in the afternoon. It drops back down to plus 1 later in the evening.
  On Monday, prepare for rain mixed with – ugh – wet snow later in the afternoon.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mainly sunny, high of 9.
  Tonight: A few clouds, increasing overnight. Low of plus 1.
  Tomor
  
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• 12 can't-miss Vancouver food events happening this week: March 11 to 17 - Daily Hive

  10-03-2019 17:00 via dailyhive.com
  12 can't-miss Vancouver food events happening this week: March 11 to 17  Daily HiveIf you're anything like us, the hunger for unique and delicious food and beverage-centred events is as strong as ever. It's a good thing Vancouver always delivers ...
  
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• Canada Sevens day 2 live: Home team still with plenty to play for

  10-03-2019 16:58 via theprovince.com
  So the Canadians pulled off their fifth-ever win against Fiji on Saturday but it wasn’t enough to get them into the cup quarterfinals on Sunday at the 2019 Canada Sevens.
  They still have lots to play for; they’ll be hoping to repeat the drama of 2019, when they finished ninth by defeating France in a thrilling last match.
  The action starts at 9:30 a.m. with consolation draw play. The Canadians are up at 10:36 a.m. against Spain, who themselves upset New Zealand on Saturday but missed
  
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• Gene Kiniski: Canada’s Greatest Athlete

  10-03-2019 16:26 via globalnews.ca
  Jay Janower is joined by author, Steven Verrier, to discuss his new book detailing the career of Canadian athlete Gene Kiniski.
  
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• Increased chance of encountering coyotes in Metro Vancouver - CityNews Vancouver

  10-03-2019 16:18 via citynews1130.com
  Increased chance of encountering coyotes in Metro Vancouver  CityNews VancouverWith spring right around the corner, people in Metro Vancouver have an increased chance of encountering coyotes.
  
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• B.C. exporters feel chill in Canada-China freeze - Vancouver Courier

  10-03-2019 16:00 via vancourier.com
  B.C. exporters feel chill in Canada-China freeze  Vancouver CourierFor some of B.C.'s largest export sectors, a potential disruption of trade with China would be severe if not catastrophic.
  
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• Give Them Wings Initiative

  10-03-2019 15:50 via globalnews.ca
  Coleen Christie is joined by Teara Fraser, CEO of Iskwew Air, and Heather Bell, chair of the BC aviation council.
  
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• Education often at the mercy of politics of the day

  10-03-2019 15:00
  
  This week’s column is a cautionary tale about politics and how quickly they can affect education — specifically recent changes made by the Doug Ford Progressive Conservative government in Ontario.
  
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• B.C. exporters feel chill in Canada-China freeze

  10-03-2019 15:00
  
  For some of B.C.’s largest export sectors, a potential disruption of trade with China would be severe if not catastrophic.
  
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• Lord Tweedsmuir comes from well, well back to beat Kelowna in Quad A hoops finale

  10-03-2019 09:26 via theprovince.com
  There was something somewhat fitting about the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers coming from far behind to defeat the Kelowna Owls to capture the Quad A boys basketball provincial title Saturday.
  In a tournament filled with upsets, the Panthers pulled off one of the grandest surprises of all, rallying from an 18-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Owls 91-86 before an announced crowd of 4,518 at the Langley Events Centre.
  The Panthers went on a 25-0 run from the later part of the third quarter into
  
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• Canucks Post Game: Free parking passes, more hard lessons, more scoring woes

  10-03-2019 08:28 via theprovince.com
  Points to ponder after the Canucks were manhandled in the first period, dug a three-goal hole before nine minutes elapsed and were no match for the playoff-ready Golden Knights in a 6-2 drubbing Saturday:
  Plenty of free parking at Rogers Arena
  It’s hard to find parking in downtown Vancouver. Especially free parking. 
  There was plenty at Rogers Arena.
  The Golden Knights easily motored through the slot and parked themselves in front of Jacob Markstrom. They were there to finish off pass
  
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• Stone, Golden Knights rout Canucks 6-2

  10-03-2019 08:17 via globalnews.ca
  Coach Travis Green said his Vancouver Canucks came to play on Saturday night but simply got out worked by a team positioned to once again be a playoff juggernaut.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Saturday, March 9, 2019

  10-03-2019 07:49 via globalnews.ca
  Ryan Hughes scored twice and Eric Florchuk added three assists as the Saskatoon Blades extended their win streak to six games with a 6-1 victory over the Swift Current Broncos on Saturday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Golden Knights 6, Canucks 2: Plenty of free parking in crease leads to lopsided loss

  10-03-2019 06:47 via theprovince.com
  Vegas Golden Knights’ Tomas Nosek (92) celebrates his goal near Vancouver Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom (25) during first period NHL hockey action in Vancouver on Saturday, March 9, 2019.
  It’s hard to find parking in downtown Vancouver. Especially free parking.
  There was plenty at Rogers Arena on Saturday night.
  The Vegas Golden Knights easily motored through the slot and parked themselves in front of Jacob Markstrom. They were there to finish off passing plays when the Canucks
  
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• Steve Ewen: Gahir unleashes late magic as Huskies collar triple-A basketball crown

  10-03-2019 06:21 via theprovince.com
  It’s difficult to come up with the most impressive moment of Suraj Gahir’s weekend.
  The Grade 12 guard hit a bank-shot three-pointer on Friday with 2.6 seconds remaining that gave his North Delta Huskies a 62-61 win over the Duchess Park Condors of Prince George that advanced his team to Saturday’s triple-A high school boys’ basketball final at Langley Events Centre.
  Gahir followed that up Saturday by connecting for a layup off an inbound play on the baseline with 11.9 se
  
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• Real Salt Lake 1, Whitecaps 0: Improving Caps cut down by controversial penalty kick

  10-03-2019 05:20 via theprovince.com
  Vancouver Whitecaps defender Jake Nerwinski (28) knocks Real Salt Lake forward Corey Baird (17) to the ground and gets called for the foul inside the box, giving Real Salt Lake a penalty kick which they converted during an MLS soccer match in Sandy, Utah, Saturday, March 9, 2019.
  The Vancouver Whitecaps’ glass should remain half full after their 1-0 loss to Real Salt Lake on Saturday.
  But it’s likely half full of something 40 proof after a controversial penalty kick in the first half
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 – March 8

  10-03-2019 05:00 via globalnews.ca
  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6.
  
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• Chilliwack home damaged by fire, dog rescued

  10-03-2019 04:54 via globalnews.ca
  A dog was rescued from a Chilliwack home that was gutted by fire Saturday afternoon.
  
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