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• B.C. Wildfire Service: It may be a wet long weekend, but be fire smart

  17-05-2019 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. Wildfire Service says since April 1st, more than 90 per cent of fires in the province have been human caused.
  
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• From Elvis and the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to My Little Pony

  17-05-2019 23:57 via vancouversun.com
  Mark Oliver may be the only person in the world that has a deep connection to both The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and My Little Pony. Read More
  
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• Vancouver bans shark fins for soup: might foie gras be next? - The Globe and Mail

  17-05-2019 23:52 via theglobeandmail.com
  Vancouver bans shark fins for soup: might foie gras be next?  The Globe and MailBy now, we pretty much all know how the shark fins that end up in the eponymous soup are harvested. But it's worth repeating because it's that awful. Sharks are ...
  
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• White Towel podcast: Which Canucks will back next season?

  17-05-2019 23:49 via theprovince.com
  Patrick Johnston and Ben Kuzma look at the list of free agents the Canucks have on their roster. Read More
  
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• Ed Willes: Recast Lions have everyone’s attention, holding it still requires work

  17-05-2019 23:43 via theprovince.com
  Following a 9-9 regular season, the B.C. Lions were drubbed 48-8 by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in last year's CFL crossover playoff game in late November. Read More
  
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• Vancouver police reminds residents to lock doors, windows

  17-05-2019 23:28
  
  Warning comes after two suspects allegedly break into East Van home while elderly woman naps
  
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• How much time does it take to buy a home? (INFOGRAPHIC)

  17-05-2019 23:27
  
  Survey calculates average hours spent searching online, driving around, viewing homes – and losing sleep
  
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• Remember when gas cost $1.03 a litre in Metro Vancouver?

  17-05-2019 23:26
  
  Are you driving less in the city? How about all those suburbanites coming to work in Vancouver? Taking transit? Got an electric car? Biking now?
  
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• 10 things to do in Vancouver today: Saturday, May 18 - Daily Hive

  17-05-2019 23:21 via dailyhive.com
  10 things to do in Vancouver today: Saturday, May 18  Daily HiveWhatever you're in the mood for, we've got you covered with these 10 fun events happening around Vancouver on Saturday, May 18!
  
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• This Week in History: 1919: Workers in Winnipeg launch a general strike

  17-05-2019 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  On May 15, 1919, 25,000 workers in Winnipeg walked off the job, launching the greatest labour dispute in Canadian history. Read More
  
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• Industry feels blindsided by Horgan's top-down changes to Forests Act

  17-05-2019 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The NDP government’s latest foray into regulating timber allocations and forest tenures has triggered a sharp-edged exchange of between the industry and Premier John Horgan. Read More
  
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• B.C. Lions release veteran fullback Lumbala after 11 seasons with club

  17-05-2019 22:43 via theprovince.com
  The B.C. Lions released veteran Canadian fullback Rolly Lumbala on Friday, two days before the CFL team opened its training camp. Read More
  
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• Town Talk: The Hotel Vancouver at 80 … and revisited at around 25

  17-05-2019 22:41 via vancouversun.com
  EIGHTY CANDLES: The Hotel Vancouver had no Fairmont in front of its title for its May 1939 opening. There was plenty of hoopla, though, including a visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The Vancouver Sun, which called itself “the only evening newspaper controlled and operated by Vancouver people,” weighed in with a special 10-cent edition marvelling at the Depression-delayed hotel’s “heady cocktails, three-channel public-address system, gearless elevators and sprin
  
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• Canadian weight loss payback scheme cheated them, clients allege

  17-05-2019 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  Weight Loss Grants announced on Wednesday that it was terminating the program, citing a “public relations crisis.”
  
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• Raptors capture record TV numbers, while fans fuming over NHL referees

  17-05-2019 22:32 via vancouversun.com
  The Sport Market on TSN Radio rates and debates the bulls and bears of sport business. Join Tom Mayenknecht Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. for a behind-the-scenes look at the sport business stories that matter most to fans. Read More
  
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• New Vancouver research project provides home drug-testing kits to users

  17-05-2019 22:24
  
  On the same day new provincial data showed most drug-related deaths occur in private residences, local health agencies announced a research project that works toward combatting that very phenomenon.
  
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• B.C. reports high returns on speculation tax forms, 99 per cent will not pay tax

  17-05-2019 22:19 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The Ministry of Finance says more than 97 per cent of people in B.C. who received speculation and vacancy tax notices have filed their declaration forms. Read More
  
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• Ads promote Canada's benefits to would-be birth tourists: 'Go to Canada to vacation and give birth to a child'

  17-05-2019 22:10 via vancouversun.com
  Ads urging women to come to Canada to give birth tout the value of providing their child with Canadian citizenship. Read More
  
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• Vancouver Aquarium sues city and park board for damages, revenue loss from cetacean ban

  17-05-2019 22:08
  
  Lawsuit claims an unspecified amount in damages for breach of contract
  
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• Uptown New West highrise could include separate entrances for renters and owners

  17-05-2019 22:05
  
  29-storey building could be heading to a public hearing in June
  
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• Good Samaritan dies after stopping to help in Coquihalla crash

  17-05-2019 22:04 via vancouversun.com
  A 47-year-old Salmon Arm man died Thursday after he stopped to offer assistance to crash victims on the Coquihalla Highway near Merritt, RCMP said Friday. Read More
  
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• Canucks owners ordered to pay over $130,000 to temporary foreign workers - Vancouver Sun

  17-05-2019 21:43 via vancouversun.com
  Canucks owners ordered to pay over $130,000 to temporary foreign workers  Vancouver SunOne of B.C.'s wealthiest families has been ordered by a branch of the Ministry of Labour to pay more than $130,000 in unpaid wages owed to temporary foreign ...
  
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• Victim in fatal Coquihalla crash struck after offering roadside assistance

  17-05-2019 21:36 via globalnews.ca
   Two vehicles approached the scene and caused what RCMP call "a chain reaction of collisions."
  
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• Controversial homeless shelter in downtown Kelowna to stay open indefinitely

  17-05-2019 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  The Downtown Kelowna Association is calling the shelter extension announcement disappointing.
  
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• Global drug study ranks Canada #3 in the world for drunkenness

  17-05-2019 21:25
  
  Canada is famous for many things – but is drunkenness one of them?
  
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• Canucks owners ordered to pay over $130,000 to temporary foreign workers

  17-05-2019 21:18 via vancouversun.com
  One of B.C.'s wealthiest families has been ordered by a branch of the Ministry of Labour to pay more than $130,000 in unpaid wages owed to temporary foreign workers at a Pitt Meadows berry farm. Read More
  
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• Man dies after stopping to help in multi-vehicle crash on Coquihalla

  17-05-2019 21:17 via vancouversun.com
  A 47-year-old Salmon Arm man died Thursday after he stopped to offer assistance during a multi-vehicle crash on the Coquihalla Highway near Merritt, RCMP said Friday. Read More
  
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• Kelowna Hells Angels clubhouse raided, prospect arrested for assault

  17-05-2019 21:13 via vancouversun.com
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• Savings from driving electric vehicles reaches all-time high

  17-05-2019 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  A new BC Hydro report says switching to electric vehicles could save you thousands of dollars every year. These new numbers, as gas prices reach record highs across the province. Jennifer Palma has more.
  
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• Major slides rip away north face of Joffre Peak near Pemberton, B.C.

  17-05-2019 21:02
  
  Earthquake seismologist John Cassidy says the latest slide happened at 9:03 a.m. on Thursday
  
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• The best burger in Vancouver, Beyond Meat edition - The Globe and Mail

  17-05-2019 21:01 via theglobeandmail.com
  The best burger in Vancouver, Beyond Meat edition  The Globe and MailWhile the Beyond Meat burger's popularity has skyrocketed thanks to its uncannily meaty imitation, there are other options that make no apologies for being ...
  
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• Former polygamous leader guilty in child bride case

  17-05-2019 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  James Oler has been found guilty of taking an underage girl from Canada to the U.S. to marry another member of his polygamist sect.
  
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• At least one home flooded following East Vancouver water main break

  17-05-2019 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  City crews were called to Adanac Street and Lakewood Drive after fast-running water sent debris flowing through the neighbourhood.
  
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• Two major slides rip away north face of Joffre Peak near Pemberton

  17-05-2019 20:50 via vancouversun.com
  PEMBERTON — For the second time in a week, a major rock slide has occurred on Joffre Peak, just east of Pemberton. Read More
  
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• Former Bountiful sect leader James Oler guilty in child bride case

  17-05-2019 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  Oler was self-represented and did not call any witnesses or make a case in his defence during the retrial.
  
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• Who’s paying the B.C. Speculation and Vacancy Tax?

  17-05-2019 20:11
  
  Province announces most homeowners’ declarations have been filed – but there’s still time for latecomers
  
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• Transcendental Meditation is food for thought in battle against ourselves

  17-05-2019 20:08 via vancouversun.com
  Consciousness & Creativity with David Lynch & Bob Roth Read More
  
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• How to debone a chicken

  17-05-2019 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Knife guru Andre Eng from the House of Knives explains the proper technique to debone a chicken.
  
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• Book Review: Bina had enough, her Novel in Warnings tells us why

  17-05-2019 20:03 via vancouversun.com
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• Recipe: Big batch bolognese is a classic with a pulse

  17-05-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Pulses such as lentils are a great way to extend meat and add heart-healthy fibre to your diet at the same time. In her newest cookbook, Peace, Love and Fibre, professional home economist Mairlyn Smith breaks down exactly what fibre is and why it's such an important part of a healthy life, using her trademark sense of humour and enthusiasm. Get started with this surprisingly traditional Bolognese sauce with secret lentils: Read More
  
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• Closed and closing soon: 8 Vancouver restaurants to say goodbye to - Daily Hive

  17-05-2019 20:00 via dailyhive.com
  Closed and closing soon: 8 Vancouver restaurants to say goodbye to  Daily HiveThe restaurant industry in Vancouver can be fickle and – once again – the city's dining scene has suffered some casualties. Alas, this is the way of the foodie ...
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of May 11

  17-05-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. A Deceptive Devotion: A Lane Winslow Mystery — Iona Whishaw (TouchWood Editions). Read More
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: It's time for the rosé to bloom

  17-05-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The return of warm weather has most of the province flooding restaurant patios and home decks clutching lighter, fruitier, less substantially structured wine, and none is more popular right now than rosé. Read More
  
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• Semi rollover along Trans-Canada Highway southwest of Revelstoke

  17-05-2019 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  A semi is on its side, approximately two kilometres west of Three Valley Gap on the Trans-Canada Highway.
  
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• Vancouver’s outdoor pools opening this weekend

  17-05-2019 19:15
  
  Water parks and concession stands across the city also open for the long weekend
  
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• Town Talk: The Hotel Vancouver at 80 … and revisited at around 25 - Vancouver Sun

  17-05-2019 19:01 via vancouversun.com
  Town Talk: The Hotel Vancouver at 80 … and revisited at around 25  Vancouver SunNext week is the 80th birthday of the venerable Hotel Vancouver, now Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.
  
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• Chilliwack Central Elem. Community School Turns 90!

  17-05-2019 18:53 via globalnews.ca
  Central School is hosting a 90 Year Reunion. We Are Inviting all former staff and students to attend the open house celebration on Saturday Sept 28, 2019 from 11am – 4 pm. There will be 90 years of memories showcased through photos, videos entertainment from previous students as well as sucess stories from former students....
  
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• Ads promote Canada's benefits to would-be birth tourists: 'Go to Canada to vacation and give birth to a child' - Vancouver Sun

  17-05-2019 18:52 via vancouversun.com
  Ads promote Canada's benefits to would-be birth tourists: 'Go to Canada to vacation and give birth to a child'  Vancouver SunGo to Canada to vacation and give birth to a child,” says one online ad. “U.S. rejected your visa? No problem! In fact, Canada is better!”
  
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• Movies Reviews: John Wick: Chapter 3, Ask Dr. Ruth and The Biggest Little Farm

  17-05-2019 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  Movie critic Dana Gee has a look at some of the new movies hitting theatres this weekend, including John Wick: Chapter 3, Ask Dr. Ruth, Meeting Gorbachev and The Biggest Little Farm.
  
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• BBQ Tips: How to prepare your grill for the season

  17-05-2019 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  Jamie Johnstone of Johnstone’s Barbecues explains how to get your grill ready for the season. He also shows some of the best BBQ brushes for the home grill master.
  
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