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• Ian Mulgrew: Looming legal strike worries vulnerable families

  21-03-2019 23:42 via vancouversun.com
  A woman who can be identified only as Pamela (to shield her from a violent spouse) can barely describe her anxiety and fear of a looming legal-aid strike.
  “I tried to negotiate with him, I had a mediator, but I was getting abused. I have two small children and, and, and…” she had to stop, calm and compose herself, then start again.
  “Actually, it’s because of this,” she all but apologized. “I am like this because of this situation. It’s been a
  
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• Female prisoner convicted in murder of inmate at Maple Ridge jail

  21-03-2019 23:32 via vancouversun.com
  A female prisoner has been convicted of murdering another inmate at the Alouette Correctional Centre for Women.
  The accused, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, was found guilty of the Nov. 22, 2013, second-degree murder of the victim, who also cannot be named due to the ban.
  In reaching his verdict, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Saunders explained that he had imposed the unusual ban for the sake of remaining consistent with a prior court case in which the accused had been co
  
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• TSB finds 'significant' damage on freighter struck in Vancouver Harbour collision - CBC.ca

  21-03-2019 23:31 via cbc.ca
  TSB finds 'significant' damage on freighter struck in Vancouver Harbour collision  CBC.caA spokesman from the Transportation Safety Board has provided CBC with updated information on a freighter collision in Vancouver Harbour.
  
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• B.C. legislation targets Trans Mountain, say proponent and Alberta government

  21-03-2019 23:27 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Environmental legislation proposed by British Columbia is specifically targeting the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and would significantly impact it, the project’s proponent and the Alberta government argued Thursday.
  The B.C. Court of Appeal is hearing a reference case that asks whether the government can amend its Environmental Management Act to create a permitting system for companies that increase the amount of heavy oil they’re transporting through the prov
  
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• Burnaby SkyTrain station slimed by sesame oil. People, be better - Vancouver Is Awesome

  21-03-2019 23:26 via vancouverisawesome.com
  Burnaby SkyTrain station slimed by sesame oil. People, be better  Vancouver Is AwesomeWhen somebody spilled a large amount of sesame oil on the platform of Burnaby's Lougheed SkyTrain Station, it took more than a mop to clean up.
  
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• Cheetahs will not prosper in B.C.: Panel rejects permit request for two big cats

  21-03-2019 23:10 via vancouversun.com
  NELSON — The owners of two cheetahs will not be allowed to return the large African cats to southeastern B.C. to use them as ambassador animals promoting conservation of the endangered species.
  The Environmental Appeal Board, which considers issues raised under B.C.’s Wildlife Act, has refused to overturn a 2017 ruling denying a permit to move the cheetahs to Crawford Bay, north of Creston.
  The appeal by Earl Pfeifer argued the permit denial relied on allegedly unsupported details ab
  
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• Sunny's Bridal in Surrey to showcase at Vancouver Fashion Week - Cloverdale Reporter

  21-03-2019 23:07 via cloverdalereporter.com
  Sunny's Bridal in Surrey to showcase at Vancouver Fashion Week  Cloverdale ReporterArjun Sethi says when it comes to designing for Sunny's Bridal, he looks to what is going on with fashion trends in India, while also drawing inspiration from the ...
  
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• Real-life tsunami threat in Port Alberni offers evacuation lessons

  21-03-2019 22:55 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Researchers say a tsunami alert in British Columbia that rang out in the dead of night 14 months ago serves as a preparation blueprint for coastal communities that face the ever-present threat of tidal waves.
  Ryan Reynolds, a post doctoral risk modelling expert at the University of British Columbia, says the tsunami threat in Port Alberni saw more than 90 per cent of households in warning zones flee for higher ground, but there were glitches before the alert was lifted at 4:30 a
  
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• Special Series: The Early Edition explores Vancouver's Dark Nights - CBC.ca

  21-03-2019 22:53 via cbc.ca
  Special Series: The Early Edition explores Vancouver's Dark Nights  CBC.caIn Vancouver, you can get *fresh* bagels and pho at any hour. You can take a taxi to a 3 a.m. work out at a 24/hour gym. Emergency responders will always pick ...
  
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• Surrey man arrested for allegedly punching soccer mom at West Vancouver match - Daily Hive

  21-03-2019 22:40 via dailyhive.com
  Surrey man arrested for allegedly punching soccer mom at West Vancouver match  Daily HiveA man from Surrey was arrested after allegedly punching a North Vancouver woman at a youth soccer game in West Vancouver over the weekend.
  
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• High-risk offender wanted Canada-wide for not returning to Vancouver halfway house - Straight.com

  21-03-2019 22:30 via straight.com
  High-risk offender wanted Canada-wide for not returning to Vancouver halfway house  Straight.comDillon Earl Gosnell, a 44-year-old high-risk offender, is wanted Canada-wide for disappearing from his Vancouver halfway house.
  
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• Kelowna police officer injured in arrest of allegedly combative man

  21-03-2019 22:21 via globalnews.ca
  Request for RCMP assistance during an emergency medical call turned into a small police chase, then an arrest.
  
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• Vancouver makes top 10 list for most dog-friendly cities - Kimberley Bulletin

  21-03-2019 22:19 via kimberleybulletin.com
  Vancouver makes top 10 list for most dog-friendly cities  Kimberley BulletinDog-friendly restaurants, veterinary services, and accessible dog beaches and parks criteria in ranking.
  
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• B.C. health minister vows ‘refresh’ of hospital discharge policy after Chilliwack mayor complaints

  21-03-2019 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  Ken Popove says it will help other communities that may be experiencing the same issue.
  
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• Vancouver makes top 10 list for most dog-friendly cities - Summerland Review

  21-03-2019 22:16 via summerlandreview.com
  Vancouver makes top 10 list for most dog-friendly cities  Summerland ReviewDog-friendly restaurants, veterinary services, and accessible dog beaches and parks criteria in ranking.
  
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• J.J. Adams: Whitecaps aim to come in from the cold with revitalized academy system

  21-03-2019 22:04 via theprovince.com
  Georges Mukumbilwa was 13 when he and his family emigrated to Canada from the Democratic Republic of Congo. They landed in Winnipeg in 2013, where he was soon introduced to the joys of a Manitoba winter.
  “It was really cold. When I first saw snow, it was really cool,” he said. “And then … I got tired of it.”
  And like countless other Canadians who have followed the same self-preserving path, the talented and gifted midfielder moved further west barely a year later,
  
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• NHL looks elsewhere: Canucks won’t be Sweden-bound in 2019

  21-03-2019 21:55 via theprovince.com
  The NHL has passed on the chance to throw Elias Pettersson and the Vancouver Canucks in front of a Swedish audience next fall.
  The league announced Thursday that next year’s Global Series will feature Chicago, Philadelphia, Buffalo and Tampa Bay playing regular season games in Prague and Stockholm.
  The Blackhawks and Flyers will open their respective seasons on Oct. 4 at O2 Arena in Prague, while the Sabres and Lightning will skate in a pair of games at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm on N
  
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• Army & Navy closes West Hastings section as Vancouver discount store marks 2019 centennial - Straight.com

  21-03-2019 21:55 via straight.com
  Army & Navy closes West Hastings section as Vancouver discount store marks 2019 centennial  Straight.comArmy & Navy is marking its 100th year anniversary in 2019.
  
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• Vancouver weather: The Weather Network updates spring 2019 forecast for B.C. - Vancouver Is Awesome

  21-03-2019 21:53 via vancouverisawesome.com
  Vancouver weather: The Weather Network updates spring 2019 forecast for B.C.  Vancouver Is AwesomeThe Metro Vancouver weather forecast has included a number of record-breaking temperatures and spring is expected to be warmer than ususual overall.
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Bo doesn’t know no, embraces challenges in career year

  21-03-2019 21:48 via theprovince.com
  Bo Horvat is like an anxious student who purposely sits in the front row, in clear view of a demanding teacher.
  All eyes and ears, he knows it’s better to look and listen and soak up the tutelage than debate lessons of the day. And in that respect, the moral compass for a transitioning Vancouver Canucks roster has not only passed several tests during this demanding NHL season, he should make Travis Green’s honour roll.
  Horvat has been that good. The small-town kid who is living out h
  
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• Trans-woman hopes funding cut will send message to Vancouver rape-crisis group

  21-03-2019 21:16 via vancouversun.com
  A transgender woman whose case against Canada’s oldest rape-crisis centre was dismissed by the courts says she hopes the City of Vancouver’s decision to refuse the shelter funding will help change policies.
  Kimberly Nixon, 61, filed a human rights complaint against the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter in 1995 after she was refused training to work as a volunteer peer counsellor on the basis that she didn’t share the life experience of someone born female.
  Kimberl
  
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• Province pledges health worker hiring spree as it announces Burnaby Urgent and Primary Care Centre

  21-03-2019 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix is promising to hire 68 new health care workers, including 10 general practitioners and 10 nurse practitioners in Burnaby.
  
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• 33 Vancouver concerts this weekend, March 22 to 24 - Straight.com

  21-03-2019 21:15 via straight.com
  33 Vancouver concerts this weekend, March 22 to 24  Straight.comPop-rock, dance-rock, guitar-rock, psych-rock, folk-rock, francophone: take your pick.
  
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• Matt Beers earning praise as one of NLL’s best defenders

  21-03-2019 21:10 via theprovince.com
  This story isn’t brought to you by the Committee To Get Matt Beers Award Recognition, although it may seem that way.
  “I think he’s awesome. I think he’s one of the best defensive players in our league,” Colorado Mammoth coach Pat Coyle said of Beers, the Vancouver Warriors captain. “Do enough people know about him? Probably not.
  “I can tell you that I really like him as a player.”
  Coyle’s compliments are of consequence currently because the W
  
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• Calling all owner donors: pets needed for blood donations on Vancouver Island - CBC.ca

  21-03-2019 21:09 via cbc.ca
  Calling all owner donors: pets needed for blood donations on Vancouver Island  CBC.caFinding a blood transfusion for a pet was much more difficult than Victoria resident Kady Savard ever imagined.
  
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• Crime Stoppers: Belinda Cameron

  21-03-2019 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  Belinda Cameron disappeared more than a decade ago in Victoria. Her daughters, now young adults, want to know what happened to their mom.
  
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• The final supermoon of 2019 lit up Metro Vancouver skies (PHOTOS) - Daily Hive

  21-03-2019 21:07 via dailyhive.com
  The final supermoon of 2019 lit up Metro Vancouver skies (PHOTOS)  Daily HiveDid you get a glimpse of the sky in Metro Vancouver last night? If you did, maybe you were able to see the spectacular supermoon shine over the city.
  
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• Vancouver photographers share stunning super worm moon photos - Vancouver Courier

  21-03-2019 21:04 via vancourier.com
  Vancouver photographers share stunning super worm moon photos  Vancouver CourierThe clear night sky made ideal viewing conditions for stargazers to soak in the last supermoon of the season.
  
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• Vancouver photographers share stunning super worm moon photos

  21-03-2019 21:04
  
  The clear night sky made ideal viewing conditions for stargazers to soak in the last supermoon of the season
  
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• VPD arrest suspect in a wave of spitting attacks in Vancouver

  21-03-2019 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are seeking more victims who were spit on in several assaults in Downtown Vancouver on Sunday.
  VPD Sgt. Jason Robillard says Daniel Bielewcz, a 28-year-old Vancouver resident, has been charged with assault. Police allege he spit in the face of a 19-year-old woman in a wheelchair. The incident, which police say was unprovoked and random, happened just after 9 a.m. Sunday on Granville Street near West Georgia Street.
  Video surveillance shows a man walking on the east on the sidewa
  
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• Homeless deaths in B.C. in 2016 spiked 140% over 2015: coroner

  21-03-2019 20:56 via vancouversun.com
  In 2016, the same year that the province declared an opioid health emergency, the number of homeless deaths spiked 140 per cent over the year before.
  The B.C. Coroners Service released the latest data Thursday on homeless deaths between 2007 and 2016. The report says that during that decade an average of 55 homeless people died per year.
  However, in 2016, there were 175 deaths of homeless individuals in B.C., representing a 140-per-cent increase over 2015.
  Of those, 86 per cent of accidental dea
  
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• Homeless in Vancouver: The dos and donuts of RRRolling up the rim at Tim Hortons - Straight.com

  21-03-2019 20:52 via straight.com
  Homeless in Vancouver: The dos and donuts of RRRolling up the rim at Tim Hortons  Straight.comWhile the Roll up the Rim contest overtly trades on the stereotypical Scottish accent, it quietly exemplifies another stereotypical Scottish quality, namely frugality ...
  
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• VPD arrest suspect in a wave of spitting attacks in Vancouver - Vancouver Sun

  21-03-2019 20:47 via vancouversun.com
  VPD arrest suspect in a wave of spitting attacks in Vancouver  Vancouver SunInvestigators believe there are three more victims who have not contacted police.
  
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• Two men arrested for 2018 stabbing at Coquitlam grocery store

  21-03-2019 20:38 via theprovince.com
  Two men — one from Surrey and the other from Vancouver — are facing assault and weapons charges in connection with a stabbing last summer at a crowded Coquitlam grocery store.
  The incident occurred at 4 p.m. on Aug. 2 at the Real Canadian Superstore in the 3000-block of Lougheed Highway.
  Coquitlam RCMP say two men entered the store and allegedly attacked two other men.Deshawn van Nguyen (also known as Deshawn Quesnelle), 22, of Vancouver and Desmond Gary Russell, 22, of Surrey are ea
  
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• The sweet art of baking sugar pies ahead of Festival du Bois

  21-03-2019 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  Ahead of Festival du Bois, B.C.’s largest festival celebrating French Canadian and Francophone culture, community reporter Michael Newman learns how to make sugar pie from a 94-year-old master, Gilberte Knapp.
  
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• You can fly round-trip Vancouver to New York for only $296 CAD (Incl tax) - Vancouver Is Awesome

  21-03-2019 20:17 via vancouverisawesome.com
  You can fly round-trip Vancouver to New York for only $296 CAD (Incl tax)  Vancouver Is AwesomeFrom the Empire State building to the Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Centre to Central Park, New York offers an abundance of places to explore.
  
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• Crown drops Vernon assault charge against Curtis Sagmoen

  21-03-2019 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Crown says court case will still proceed to trial on Dec. 9.
  
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• SilverStar confirms two avalanches at popular ski resort

  21-03-2019 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  Avalanches occurred on different parts of mountain on Wednesday.
  
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• Surrey-based ridesharing app gets ready to launch

  21-03-2019 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  Ridesharing in B.C. is one step closer to becoming a reality. Surrey-based ‘Kater’ will be on the roads after the company struck a deal to secure taxi licenses. But as Neetu Garcha reports, the new app faces tough opposition from critics who say supply won’t be able to match demand.
  
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• 64 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, March 22 - Straight.com

  21-03-2019 20:00 via straight.com
  64 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, March 22  Straight.comLooking for something to do on Friday? The Straight's got you covered. Here are 64 events happening in or around Vancouver on Friday, March 22. CONCERTS.
  
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• Opinion: Will First Time Buyer Incentive really help people into homeownership?

  21-03-2019 19:59
  
  The federal government’s big new housing measure has been received with a mixed reaction and some surprise
  
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• Vancouver police looking for additional victims in random assault downtown

  21-03-2019 19:33
  
  Suspect allegedly spit on four people including a woman in a wheelchair and an elderly man
  
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• Travel Best Bets: How to avoid being hacked on holiday

  21-03-2019 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  Do not leave yourself vulnerable to hackers on your next vacation. Travel expert Claire Newell shares some key cyber safety tips for your trip.
  
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• 27 things to do in Vancouver this weekend: March 22 to 24 - Daily Hive

  21-03-2019 19:25 via dailyhive.com
  27 things to do in Vancouver this weekend: March 22 to 24  Daily HiveThe first weekend of spring is upon us! Enjoy the new season with these 27 things to do in Vancouver on Friday, March 22, Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, ...
  
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• Vancouver police looking for additional victims of alleged serial spitter

  21-03-2019 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  Police have arrested and charged a man who allegedly spat in the face of a 19-year-old woman in a wheelchair.
  
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• Rethinking labels: How to approach diversity in North America

  21-03-2019 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  New York Times best selling author Irshad Manji’s book ‘Don’t Label Me’ explores ways to reach across the political divide, battle prejudices and embrace diversity.
  
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• Nasty Senators hit on Canucks’ Sautner draws league attention

  21-03-2019 19:23 via theprovince.com
  The Ottawa Senators’ Jean-Gabriel Pageau will have a disciplinary hearing over the phone with NHL officials after he hit Vancouver Canucks defenceman Ashton Sautner from behind in Wednesday night’s game at Rogers Arena.
  The league’s department of player safety made the announcement Thursday morning.
  Pageau hit Sautner square in the numbers at 16:25 of the second period in the 7-4 win for the Canucks. The Senators forward barely broke stride in throwing the hit; the officials ha
  
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• Vancouver police looking for driver in East Van hit and run

  21-03-2019 19:16
  
  Surrey woman, 25, and 35-year-old Vancouver man seriously injured
  
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