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• Motorists try to take injured black bear to Lake Country veterinarian

  27-06-2019 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  Here's why conservation officers say you should never do this.
  
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• ‘Surgical density’ may transform single-family lot into home for 29-unit condo

  27-06-2019 23:45
  
  Rezoning application filed for Cambie corridor project.
  
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• B.C. residents find moving home more stressful than starting a family: poll

  27-06-2019 23:45
  
  With the busiest moving day of the year coming up, how stressed do home movers get?
  
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• Globe-trotting Prince George native returns home to green 'dream' job at UNBC

  27-06-2019 23:40 via vancouversun.com
  Uniting tiny, remote communities in the frigid western Arctic and the sultry tropics of Queensland is climate change and how human populations are coping with it. Read More
  
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• Langley farm to offer recovering workers skills and a chance to milk water buffalo

  27-06-2019 23:39 via vancouversun.com
  For over a decade, Surrey's John Volken Academy has been housing, helping and rehabbing men and women in a two-year program that uses a therapeutic community model to retrain the newly sober in basic life skills. Read More
  
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• Report of gunshot in Surrey turns out to be fireworks along with drugs and guns

  27-06-2019 23:37 via vancouversun.com
  What was reported to police as a gunshot turned out to be fireworks — but still resulted in a massive seizure of drugs, cash and guns in Surrey. Read More
  
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• Vancouver named one of the world's top 20 most 'bike-friendly' cities - Daily Hive

  27-06-2019 23:18 via dailyhive.com
  Vancouver named one of the world's top 20 most 'bike-friendly' cities  Daily HiveFrom bikeshare programs to an expansive bike lane network, it's no secret that two-wheeled travel is becoming more and more recognized in Vancouver.
  
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• Vandalism or veneration? Vancouver Park Board yanks memorial bench over home paint job

  27-06-2019 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  "I've been creating art all my life. It's a way for me to process, to connect with others and to really share what is going on in the inside," said Julia Goudkova.
  
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• Thirteen British Columbians, including owner of Boston Pizza, receive Order of Canada

  27-06-2019 22:48 via vancouversun.com
  A dragon, a doctor and a developer, all from B.C., are among the 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada, announced Thursday by Gov.-Gen. Julie Payette. Read More
  
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• Police investigating homicide after long-time Vancouver businessman found dead

  27-06-2019 22:42 via vancouversun.com
  The long-time owner of a local business was found dead inside his shop on Wednesday. Read More
  
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• B.C.'s homicide team names new officer-in-charge

  27-06-2019 22:13 via vancouversun.com
  Supt. Dave Chauhan will head up the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, replacing outgoing Supt. Donna Richardson. Read More
  
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• Property owners of rejected Granville townhouse development now plan to build a house

  27-06-2019 22:08
  
  Family 'confused' by council’s decision after following ‘all the rules.’
  
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• This Vancouver elementary just dug up its 50-year-old time capsule

  27-06-2019 22:05
  
  Dozens of Kerrisdale elementary alumni gathered at the old barn on West 41st to reveal the contents of a time capsule buried in the school yard almost 50 years to the day.
  
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• Couple loses almost everything when U-Haul stolen in Abbotsford

  27-06-2019 21:45 via vancouversun.com
  ABBOTSFORD — A couple moving from Langley to Manitoba didn’t even get out of the Lower Mainland before their plans went sideways, but Abbotsford police hope someone has information that can help the pair. Read More
  
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• 'Basic needs are all we ask': Meet North Vancouver's hidden homeless - Global News

  27-06-2019 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  'Basic needs are all we ask': Meet North Vancouver's hidden homeless  Global News"If the definition of community is how we treat our most vulnerable, if that's our score card, we're not doing very well on the North Shore."
  
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• ‘Basic needs are all we ask’: Meet North Vancouver’s hidden homeless

  27-06-2019 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  "If the definition of community is how we treat our most vulnerable, if that's our score card, we're not doing very well on the North Shore."
  
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• Extensive search suspended for New Brunswick man missing in B.C.

  27-06-2019 21:41 via vancouversun.com
  SECHELT — A search has been suspended for a former New Brunswick man who vanished in a rural area on the Sunshine Coast. Read More
  
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• Vancouver’s Canada Day gas prices to hit a 2-year low: analyst - Global News

  27-06-2019 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver’s Canada Day gas prices to hit a 2-year low: analyst  Global NewsGas prices down on a long weekend? Believe it or not, that's the case heading into the Canada Day weekend, as gas prices in Metro Vancouver are trending ...
  
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• Police identify victim in Vancouver's fifth homicide of the year

  27-06-2019 21:38 via vancouversun.com
  Police have identified the victim in the city's fifth homicide of the year. Read More
  
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• Summer Fun Guide: 10 tips for great grilling and barbecue

  27-06-2019 21:32 via vancouversun.com
  To help you make the most of summer vacation season, we’ve turned to our in-house experts for their tips and recommendations. Biking enthusiast Kevin Griffin highlights five unique pedalling tours. Driving editor Andrew McCredie suggests five scenic summer drives. Food writer Randy Shore shares 10 tried-and-true barbecuing tricks he swears by. And avid reader Dana Gee recommends 10 titles to enjoy in a hammock or deck chair near you. Read More
  
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• Not even Vancouver’s biggest speed bump can slow Union/Adanac ‘bike highway’

  27-06-2019 21:30
  
  Yes, it’s true — I’m using this space to write about a speed bump. Not just any bump.
  
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• Summer Fun Guide: 10 great reads for lazy days and nights

  27-06-2019 21:24 via vancouversun.com
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• Man who pleaded guilty in fatal Maple Ridge hit-and-run sentenced to 6.5 years in prison

  27-06-2019 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Jeglum-Woycheshen, 48, was riding her motorcycle along Lougheed Highway on Sept. 14, 2017, when Ryan Lowe's vehicle crossed the centre line and struck her.
  
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• Summer Fun Guide: Five classic B.C. road trips

  27-06-2019 21:21 via vancouversun.com
  To help you make the most of summer vacation season, we’ve turned to our in-house experts for their tips and recommendations. Biking enthusiast Kevin Griffin highlights five unique pedalling tours. Driving editor Andrew McCredie suggests five scenic summer drives. Food writer Randy Shore shares 10 tried-and-true barbecuing tricks he swears by. And avid reader Dana Gee recommends 10 titles to enjoy in a hammock or deck chair near you. Read More
  
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• Summer Fun Guide: Five unique Metro Vancouver biking tours

  27-06-2019 21:20 via vancouversun.com
  To help you make the most of summer vacation season, we’ve turned to our in-house experts for their tips and recommendations. Biking enthusiast Kevin Griffin highlights five unique pedalling tours. Driving editor Andrew McCredie suggests five scenic summer drives. Food writer Randy Shore shares 10 tried-and-true barbecuing tricks he swears by. And avid reader Dana Gee recommends 10 titles to enjoy in a hammock or deck chair near you. Read More
  
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• Okanagan Mission Secondary top Okanagan public high school: Fraser Institute

  27-06-2019 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  The superintendent of the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District doesn't put much stock in the annual rankings.
  
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• Market downturn barely easing ‘dreadful’ real estate affordability in B.C.: RBC

  27-06-2019 20:41
  
  Metro Vancouver and Greater Victoria remain among three least-affordable cities to buy an average home, alongside Toronto
  
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• Murder victim identified as 78-year-old John Leslie McIver

  27-06-2019 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver police are appealing to the public for help as they investigate the city’s sixth homicide of the year. The long-time owner of a popular appliance store was found dead Wednesday morning by a relative.
  
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• Vancouver police treating death of long-time businessman as a homicide

  27-06-2019 20:28
  
  John Leslie McIver was found dead in his business Wednesday morning
  
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• 19 Vancouver concerts on sale Friday - Straight.com

  27-06-2019 20:27 via straight.com
  19 Vancouver concerts on sale Friday  Straight.comHere's your handy-dandy roundup of Vancouver concerts going on sale to the general public this Friday (June 28). Juanes September 4 at the Orpheum Theatre ...
  
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• Vancouver appliance dealer’s death ruled homicide, victim of Main St. shooting identified - Globalnews.ca

  27-06-2019 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver appliance dealer’s death ruled homicide, victim of Main St. shooting identified  Globalnews.caVancouver police have provided updates on two homicides in the city on Wednesday, the fifth and sixth of the year.
  
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• Vancouver appliance dealer’s death ruled homicide, victim of Main St. shooting identified

  27-06-2019 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver police have provided updates on two homicides in the city on Wednesday, the fifth and sixth of the year.
  
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• Burnaby man identified as victim in Vancouver’s fifth murder of 2019

  27-06-2019 20:11
  
  33-year-old Vaughan Bradley Lim was shot and killed in a Vancouver apartment Tuesday night
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Two murders in Vancouver this week - UPDATED - Vancouver Sun

  27-06-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  REAL SCOOP: Two murders in Vancouver this week - UPDATED  Vancouver SunVancouver Police have released the identify of a man shot to death inside an apartment near Main Street Tuesday night.Vaughan Bradley Lim, 33, is the city's ...
  
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• Police identify victim in Vancouver's fifth homicide of the year - Vancouver Sun

  27-06-2019 19:56 via vancouversun.com
  Police identify victim in Vancouver's fifth homicide of the year  Vancouver SunVaughan Bradley Lim, a 33-year-old Burnaby resident, was found dead inside an apartment near Main Street and East 35th Avenue on Tuesday.
  
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• Travel Best Bets: Hotel tipping 101

  27-06-2019 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Travel expert Claire Newell explains tipping etiquette when staying at hotels on your summer vacation.
  
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• Hotel tipping 101

  27-06-2019 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Travel expert Claire Newell explains tipping etiquette when staying at hotels on your summer vacation.
  
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• FortisBC moving from two-tiered residential rate to single, flat rate

  27-06-2019 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  The energy company says phase-in period will start July 1.
  
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• Western premiers ‘expecting positive discussions’ as meeting kicks off in Edmonton

  27-06-2019 19:48 via globalnews.ca
  Canada's western and northern premiers are meeting in Edmonton in a effort to make the "western provinces and territories the source of Canada’s strength and economic growth."
  
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• Vancouver driver has McLaren impounded 10 minutes after buying it - Driving

  27-06-2019 19:42 via driving.ca
  Vancouver driver has McLaren impounded 10 minutes after buying it  DrivingIn what is surely one of the shortest terms of vehicle ownership in Canadian history, a driver in British Columbia had their brand-new McLaren 600LT impounded ...
  
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• Watch this bear make a daring leap in a B.C. backyard (VIDEO)

  27-06-2019 19:34
  
  “I’ve never seen a bear jump like that”
  
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• Canada Day weather: Vancouver forecast calling for bright sunshine all weekend - Vancouver Is Awesome

  27-06-2019 19:28 via vancouverisawesome.com
  Canada Day weather: Vancouver forecast calling for bright sunshine all weekend  Vancouver Is AwesomeThe Metro Vancouver weather forecast was calling for a high chance of rain through the long weekend, but now it is calling for bright sunshine every day.
  
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• TransLink to beef up NightBus service, 24-hour SkyTrain ‘not an option’

  27-06-2019 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  An independent year-long technical study found that "the reality is SkyTrain was not built for 24-hour service" due to high maintenance requirements.
  
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• Here's where to find the best poutine in Vancouver - Daily Hive

  27-06-2019 19:05 via dailyhive.com
  Here's where to find the best poutine in Vancouver  Daily HivePart french fries, part cheese and part gravy, poutine is a staple dish that is found all over the world, here's where to find the best in Vancouver.
  
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• Five Canada Day 2019 events in Vancouver you won’t want to miss

  27-06-2019 18:57
  
  Celebrate this great nation with everything from fireworks to parades
  
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• Maple Ridge salesman who murdered co-worker in jealous rage sentenced

  27-06-2019 18:56 via vancouversun.com
  A 33-year-old Port Coquitlam salesman who murdered a co-worker in a fit of jealous rage has been sentenced to life in prison. Read More
  
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• Vancouver gas prices to hit 2-year low on Canada Day weekend: analyst

  27-06-2019 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  Gas prices in Metro Vancouver are trending about 12 cents below where they were for the same weekend in 2018.
  
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• Extensive search now suspended for New Brunswick man missing in B.C.

  27-06-2019 18:52 via vancouversun.com
  SECHELT — A search has been suspended in British Columbia for a former New Brunswick man who vanished in a rural area on the Sunshine Coast. Read More
  
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• Late-night SkyTrain service on weekends not an option: TransLink

  27-06-2019 18:51 via vancouversun.com
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• Vancouver grain silos contaminated with rat and bird droppings to be demolished - Daily Hive

  27-06-2019 18:48 via dailyhive.com
  Vancouver grain silos contaminated with rat and bird droppings to be demolished  Daily HiveDozens of towering grain silos built in 1918 on the port industrial waterfront in East Vancouver are now in the process of being demolished.
  
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