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• Kelowna RCMP seek carjacker driving black Hyundai SUV

  08-04-2019 23:55 via theprovince.com
  Police in Kelowna are searching for an armed man and a stolen vehicle after a Sunday carjacking.
  Around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Kelowna RCMP were called to a hotel in the 1000-block of Harvey Avenue for the report of a carjacking. Police were told that an unknown man got into a woman’s SUV, triggered what sounded like a taser and ordered the woman out of the driver’s seat.
  “The victim promptly exited her vehicle and ran away after she turned around and observed what appeared to be
  
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• Fan swipes trumpet during Dennis Lloyd show at Commodore

  08-04-2019 23:47 via theprovince.com
  It’s one theft that really blows.
  Concert promoter Live Nation says it has identified the sticky-fingered Dennis Lloyd fan who stole the musician’s trumpet Sunday night at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom.
  Lloyd, an Israeli pop singer and multi-instrumentalist, posted surveillance footage of the trumpet theft on his Instagram account. In the video, a young man in the front row can be seen snagging the instrument off the stage and then leaving the area.
  “He was having so muc
  
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• Affordable housing still a pressing matter in North Van District, council says

  08-04-2019 23:38 via vancouversun.com
  Despite having turned down two rental-housing projects, members of the North Vancouver District council say building affordable housing is still a priority.
  However, council is split between those who want projects that tick every conceivable box and those who believe the homes need to be built sooner rather than later.
  The dearth of housing options — particularly for those in the low- and middle-income brackets — has long been an issue in the District of North Vancouver, and was in
  
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• You can get a 4/20-friendly secret menu sandwich in Vancouver for one day only

  08-04-2019 23:26
  
  Solve the munchies dilemma before you blaze on April 20 this year by making plans to grab the special secret menu limited release 4/20-friendly sandwich at Vancouver’s Little Juke.
  
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• Is Vancouver's Downtown Eastside still the "poorest postal code" in Canada? - Straight.com

  08-04-2019 23:26 via straight.com
  Is Vancouver's Downtown Eastside still the "poorest postal code" in Canada?  Straight.com“Canada's poorest postal code” is a label that Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has worn for a very long time. RELATED STORIES. Interactive analysis reveals ...
  
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• Wilson-Raybould’s office hit by graffiti, man arrested

  08-04-2019 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver police have arrested one man after graffiti was discovered all over the road nad sidewalks outside Jody Wilson-Raybould’s office.
  
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• International Village mall no longer marketed for sale

  08-04-2019 23:25
  
  Less than a week after it was reported for sale, Vancouver mall disappears from retail portfolio sales brochure
  
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• Canucks will be better next year: coach

  08-04-2019 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  It's been a season of growth for the Vancouver Canucks, but after finishing outside of the playoffs for the fourth year in a row, players and coaches feel there's still work to be done.
  
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• Steve Ewen: Giants look to ride goalie platoon even deeper into playoffs

  08-04-2019 23:04 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Giants have put a new spin on “goalie controversy.”
  They plan right now to keep alternating their two netminders in the playoffs.
  David Tendeck and Trent Miner have taken turns starting the past four post-season games for the Giants and coach Michael Dyck has given no hint that the team will switch up that non-traditional setup as they carry a 2-0 lead over the Victoria Royals into Game 3 of the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals Tuesday at the Save-On-Foods Me
  
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• RCMP's money-laundering unit not focused on that job: report

  08-04-2019 22:52 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — There are no RCMP officers in B.C. investigating large-scale money laundering and the ones who are supposed to are instead funnelling cases to the province’s civil forfeiture office, according to an interim release of a new report.
  The report by Peter German said an RCMP team assigned to deal with money laundering is more than three-quarters unstaffed.
  Of 25 funded positions in the RCMP E Division money-laundering team, 11 officers are present but only five of them are wor
  
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• Citizen archeologists help fill in 50-million-year-old blanks in B.C.'s history

  08-04-2019 22:28 via vancouversun.com
  A relative of the long-extinct bird species Songziidae perished about 50 million years ago, its remains embedded in the rock of northwestern B.C. until 1970.
  It would then spend several decades in Germany.
  The rare fossil is now nestled in the Royal British Columbia Museum and written into the scientific literature thanks to the efforts of SFU paleo-entomologist Bruce Archibald, an expert on ancient bugs.
  The fossil was originally found in Driftwood Canyon by the late Margaret Klockner, a German
  
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• Why is it taking so long for Vancouver to ban plastic bags?

  08-04-2019 22:24
  
  If you’ve visited a Vancouver beach this spring, you’ll know what I’m talking about: Our otherwise beautiful beaches are littered with plastics, Styrofoam and cigarette butts. It’s a depressing site.
  
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• Search still on for missing North Vancouver man

  08-04-2019 22:24 via vancouversun.com
  The family of Vincent Che, who went missing nearly a week ago, is pleading for the public’s help finding the 60-year-old North Vancouver man.
  Che has had no contact with his wife and children since he vanished from the Lynn Valley area on April 2.
  “We need our dad to come home, we’re very worried, and we need all the help we can get,” said Ricky Che, Vincent’s son. “He’s really healthy because he hikes a lot, so we know he’s strong. But this is a l
  
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• 3 places to get Dole Whip in and around Vancouver - Daily Hive

  08-04-2019 22:23 via dailyhive.com
  3 places to get Dole Whip in and around Vancouver  Daily HiveDole Whip is an amazing offering that was made popular in California at Disneyland, but there's no need to hop on a plane to get this epic treat.
  
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• Power restored to 10,000 customers in Vancouver, Burnaby

  08-04-2019 22:19 via vancouversun.com
  A power outage caused by a substation fault hit east Vancouver and parts of Burnaby on Monday afternoon, affecting about 10,000 customers.
  The outage began around 11:20 a.m, with power restored just before 1:30 p.m.
  Among those affected were tenants at the Broadway Tech Centre (where the Postmedia newsroom is located) in east Vancouver and the B.C. Institute of Technology campus in Burnaby.
  About an hour into the outage, BCIT announced all daytime classes and exams up to 2 p.m. were cancelled. A
  
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• You can get a 4/20-friendly secret menu sandwich in Vancouver for one day only - Vancouver Is Awesome

  08-04-2019 22:16 via vancouverisawesome.com
  You can get a 4/20-friendly secret menu sandwich in Vancouver for one day only  Vancouver Is AwesomeSolve the munchies dilemma before you blaze on April 20 this year by making plans to grab the special secret menu limited release 4/20-friendly sandwich at ...
  
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• 'We need all the help we can get': Desperate plea by family of missing North Van man - CTV News

  08-04-2019 22:16 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  'We need all the help we can get': Desperate plea by family of missing North Van man  CTV NewsVincent Che's family is pleading for the public to keep an eye out for the 60-year-old, who disappeared six days ago.
  
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• Thousands of BC Hydro customers currently without power in Metro Vancouver - Daily Hive

  08-04-2019 22:04 via dailyhive.com
  Thousands of BC Hydro customers currently without power in Metro Vancouver  Daily HiveThousands of BC Hydro customers in Metro Vancouver are currently without power, as crews continue to respond and work to restore the outages.
  
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• Canucks core give thoughts on how the season went

  08-04-2019 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  After a disappointing end to the hockey season, the future of the franchise reflect on what went wrong and what to look forward to.
  
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• Kelowna RCMP seek car-jacking suspect driving black Hyundai SUV

  08-04-2019 21:30 via theprovince.com
  Police in Kelowna are searching for an armed suspect and a stolen vehicle following a Sunday afternoon car-jacking.
  Around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Kelowna RCMP were called to a hotel in the 1000-block of Harvey Avenue for the report of a car-jacking.
  Police were told that an unknown man got into a woman’s SUV, triggered what sounded like a taser and ordered the woman out of the driver’s seat.
  “The victim promptly exited her vehicle and ran away after she turned around and observed
  
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• ‘People are worth it’: City of Vancouver to study controversial ‘poor doors’ - Global News

  08-04-2019 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  ‘People are worth it’: City of Vancouver to study controversial ‘poor doors’  Global NewsThe city of Vancouver is now seeking consultants to review the implications on designing mixed-use projects for condo and social housing residents with shared ...
  
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• ‘People are worth it’: City of Vancouver to study controversial ‘poor doors’

  08-04-2019 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  So-called 'poor doors', or separate entrances for social housing tenants and condo owners or market renters, are the subject of polarizing debate.
  
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• A Broadway subway line to UBC is not a regional priority

  08-04-2019 21:18
  
  Although the TransLink Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation endorsed further study on a SkyTrain Millennium Line extension to UBC, its recently released meeting minutes show it is not a regional priority.
  
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• Fire engulfs legal grow up in downtown Squamish

  08-04-2019 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  Firefighters have responded to a blaze in Squamish B.C. that has destroyed a legal pot grow operation in the district’s downtown area.
  
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• Squamish residents warned of ‘hazardous smoke’ from huge fire at legal grow-op

  08-04-2019 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  Video from the scene showed a thick column of black smoke pouring from the site. 
  
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• David Eby releases new money laundering info from Peter German’s latest report

  08-04-2019 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  BC Attorney General David Eby released the first part of Peter German’s latest report into money laundering in B.C. and just how few federal resources are assigned to looking into it.
  
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• International Village Mall in Vancouver removed from real estate listing - Daily Hive

  08-04-2019 20:39 via dailyhive.com
  International Village Mall in Vancouver removed from real estate listing  Daily HiveA week after being included in a package of retail offerings by the CBRE, International Village Mall has been quietly removed from a real estate portfolio.
  
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• B.C. guide outfitter handed hefty fine for luring black bear with pet food, cooking grease

  08-04-2019 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  James Wiens, 51, has received an $18,500 fine plus he must forfeit the $6,300 earned during a hunt he thought was for American tourists.
  
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• Gas prices reach record high in Metro Vancouver - Richmond News

  08-04-2019 20:31 via richmond-news.com
  Gas prices reach record high in Metro Vancouver  Richmond NewsMetro Vancouver gas prices have broken the all-time record high with a number of stations hitting 164.9 cents per litre Monday morning. Dan McTeague, senior ...
  
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• No dedicated federal anti-money laundering police officers working in B.C.: report

  08-04-2019 20:19 via globalnews.ca
  The first look at Peter German's review of money laundering in the province's housing market has found there are currently no dedicated federal RCMP officers in B.C. investigating criminal money laundering.
  
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• RCMP's money laundering unit not focused on that job: partial report

  08-04-2019 20:13 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — There are no RCMP officers in B.C. actually investigating money laundering, and the ones tasked with doing so are instead funnelling cases to the province’s civil forfeiture office, according to an interim release of a new report.
  The report by Peter German said an RCMP team assigned to deal with anti-money laundering is more than three-quarters unstaffed. German said all of the five remaining officers in the unit are instead busy referring cases to B.C.’s civil forf
  
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• Concert Announcement: Jack White and The Raconteurs visit Vancouver in July

  08-04-2019 20:09 via vancouversun.com
  Jack White is heading on the road with The Raconteurs to promote the band’s first new album in more than a decade.
  The Help Us Stranger world tour makes a stop at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre on July 19.
  Tickets, which will range from $55 to $89.50 (plus fees), go on sale to the general public on Friday, April 12 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. There are two pre-sales — one for Third Man Records Vault members starting April 9 and another for American Express card h
  
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• Several previous winners looking to top women's division again

  08-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The crying infant in the background on a phone call with Malindi Elmore offered the perfect setup to a question about how nice it would be to collect some prize money at the this year’s Vancouver Sun Run 10K.
  “That would be awesome,” said a chuckling Elmore, who figures to be one of the favourites on Sunday. “Help pay for child care.”
  Oh yeah, a cool $3,000 for the win, $2,500 as the top Canadian and $500 for going under 33 minutes would pay for an awful lot of chil
  
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• Seven things to do in Vancouver: April 12 to 18: Earl Sweatshirt, Kobo Town, more

  08-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Whether you’re looking for date ideas, free things to do or just something fun to do in downtown Vancouver, you can’t go wrong with our list of events happening around Metro Vancouver between April 12 to18.
  Headlining this week’s picks is the 12th Annual Nifty for 50 indie designer sale at Heritage Hall.
  For more ideas, click HERE for our coverage of Vancouver’s arts scene, or HERE to search our entertainment listings database.
  Here are 7 things to do in Metro Vancouver t
  
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• Q&A: Biologique Recherche CEO talks French skin-care secrets — and Lotion P50

  08-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  French brand Biologique Recherche‘s Lotion P50 needs no introduction. The exfoliating toner has become a cult-favourite product among skin-care and beauty fans — not to mention a ‘hero’ product in the company’s lineup — with users raving about its results. (No, really. Google it.)
  Speaking recently with the company’s chief executive officer, Pierre-Louis Delapalm, he was happy to explain why the Parisian company’s “clinical approach” to
  
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• Men's Sun Run contender hoping to beat second-place record

  08-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Geoff Martinson is soft-selling his chances of finally breaking through this year for that elusive first win at the Vancouver Sun Run.
  But even though the 33-year-old Vancouver pharmacist, who has finished second each of the last two years in the 10-kilometre race, maintains he would be satisfied to simply finish in the top five on Sunday, he is not quite ready to dismiss completely the idea of being the first to break the tape.
  It has to do with one of those innumerable quotations about expecta
  
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• Five reasons to see Michael Bublé at Rogers Arena

  08-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Michael Bublé 
  When: April 12, 8 p.m.
  Where: Rogers Arena
  Tickets and info: ticketmaster.ca
  He’s the smooth-crooning Canuck that the world swoons for.
  On his latest album, Love, Burnaby’s Michael Bublé might have released the most romantic and cool-jazzin’ record of his career. Anyone expecting his art to reflect the considerable personal challenges he and his family have faced over the past few years can console themselves that he’s found the positive
  
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• Daniel Kipkoech hopes to maintain Kenyan dominance at Sun Run

  08-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Kenyans won the men’s division of The Vancouver Sun Run an amazing 16 of 21 times from 1994 through 2014.
  If it’s going to happen in 2019 at the popular 10K event, it will be up to Daniel Kipkoech, the Kenyan-born runner who spends a good part of the year in Lethbridge, Alta. He’s the only Kenyan in the men’s field this year, with 2013 and 2014 winner Paul Kimugul, who was 10th last year, opting not to return.
  Kipkoech, 32, has been a frequent presence in B.C. distance ra
  
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• Vancouver’s soaring gas prices set all-time record

  08-04-2019 19:54
  
  Metro Vancouver gas prices have broken the all-time record high with a number of stations showing 164.9 cents per litre on Monday morning.
  
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• Vancouver Sun Run 2019: Five things to know before you go

  08-04-2019 19:45 via vancouversun.com
  Spotting a water station during the Vancouver Sun Run is usually a welcome sight – but a 60 per cent chance of rain might be a bit much.
  Environment Canada is predicting clouds with a 60 per cent chance of showers, along with a high of 12 degrees for the 2019 Sun Run, Canada’s largest 10-kilometre race.
  Here’s a quick rundown of what you’ll need to know for Sunday’s event.How do I get to the Sun Run?
  With thousands of runners and spectators headed downtown for the e
  
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• Businessman sues Vancouver independent school to return $500,000 donation

  08-04-2019 19:41
  
  Businessman Bruce Cran is suing the Madrona School Society, demanding a $500,000 donation back after the school and its board allegedly failed to live up to conditions upon which the money was donated.
  
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• Iconic grocery described as most photographed store in Vancouver is up for sale - Straight.com

  08-04-2019 19:32 via straight.com
  Iconic grocery described as most photographed store in Vancouver is up for sale  Straight.comVernon Drive Grocery and a two-storey house are being sold for $2.5 million.
  
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• Greater Vancouver building permits break billion-dollar streak

  08-04-2019 19:28
  
  Statistics Canada said municipalities in the region issued $800 million in permits this February. It’s a 43 per cent drop over December.
  
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• ‘He’s the match’: B.C. hockey coach learns old friend will donate kidney after team’s video campaign

  08-04-2019 19:07 via globalnews.ca
  Stephen Gillis made national headlines earlier this year when the Vancouver peewee hockey team he coaches launched a viral video campaign to help him find a kidney.
  
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• Two new human-caused wildfires in the B.C. Interior

  08-04-2019 18:37 via globalnews.ca
  Two new human-caused wildfires broke out between Merritt and Spences Bridge on Sunday.
  
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• Family Matters podcast: Understanding your highly sensitive child

  08-04-2019 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  My seven-year old son despises sweatpants. He only wants to wear shorts or blue jeans.
  
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• Dîner en Blanc will return to Vancouver again this summer - Vancouver Is Awesome

  08-04-2019 18:30 via vancouverisawesome.com
  Dîner en Blanc will return to Vancouver again this summer  Vancouver Is AwesomeLe Dîner en Blanc is set to return to the city for an eighth year. The popular and posh all-white ticketed outdoor picnic and celebration has revealed they'll pop up ...
  
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• Hockey coach gets good news about kidney donation

  08-04-2019 18:28 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver Pee Wee hockey coach Stephen Gillis received some great news when an old friend got the pleasure to tell him that he was a match and was donating his kidney to Stephen.
  
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• BCAA Play Here 2019 Launch

  08-04-2019 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  We learn how new play spaces have impacted the communities of previous recipients. Shawn Pettipas of BCAA joins us to explain how 2019s Play Here will work.
  
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• Woman dies in Esquimalt apartment fire, coroner confirms

  08-04-2019 18:12 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed a woman in her 60s died in an apartment fire on Craigflower Road in Esquimalt Sunday afternoon.
  Witnesses reported seeing a woman screaming for help from a fourth-floor balcony as smoke billowed from the apartment windows shortly before 4 p.m.
  The witnesses say a group of bystanders tried to coax the elderly woman to jump into a blanket below, but she appeared too afraid to make the leap.
  Esquimalt Fire Chief Chris Jancowski said he was unable to say what
  
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