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• Child from B.C. in custody dispute found near U.K. three years later: Police

  04-07-2019 23:56 via vancouversun.com
  SAANICH — A four-year-old girl from Vancouver Island has been found on a small island off the coast of England after allegedly being abducted by her mother more than three years ago, police said Thursday. Read More
  
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• Ottawa won’t rush into sale of Trans Mountain pipeline to Indigenous groups: Sohi

  04-07-2019 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  Canada's natural resources minister says the government is willing to consider bids from Indigenous groups for a stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  
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• More than 2,300 new child-care spaces on the way in Vancouver

  04-07-2019 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  Long awaited child care spaces are about to come to the city of Vancouver.
  
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• Urban Design Panel to review Little Mountain building and ‘moderate’ income projects

  04-07-2019 23:37
  
  UDP meets July 10 to assess five projects.
  
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• Missing Manitoba man last seen in B.C. may have been on a job hunting trip: RCMP

  04-07-2019 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  Police put out fresh appeal for information as the one year anniversary of his disappearance approaches.
  
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• End to 60-year free customer parking in South Vancouver shopping area up for council vote - Straight.com

  04-07-2019 23:25 via straight.com
  End to 60-year free customer parking in South Vancouver shopping area up for council vote  Straight.comPay parking recommended in report by Lon LaClaire, the City of Vancouver's director of transportation.
  
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• West Vancouver police investigating booze-fueled youth brawls on Canada Day

  04-07-2019 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  Police said they were confronted by "unruly crowds" of liquor-drinking youth between the ages of 12 and 20, most believed to be from the North Shore. 
  
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• Vancouver voted down rental townhouses next to a hospice. Now, there’ll be a mansion instead - Global News

  04-07-2019 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver voted down rental townhouses next to a hospice. Now, there’ll be a mansion instead  Global NewsThe rejection of an upscale rental townhouse project next to a Vancouver hospice has led to a new round of controversy.
  
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• CFL’s Mike Reilly sharing mental health battle to break down stigma

  04-07-2019 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  One of the CFL's toughest players says he's no longer afraid to face his mental health.
  
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• Vancouver man seeks legal right for 3kg supply of medicinal pot - CBC News

  04-07-2019 23:02 via cbc.ca
  Vancouver man seeks legal right for 3kg supply of medicinal pot  CBC NewsA Vancouver man who won the right to possess a kilogram of medicinal pot was short-lived, but he's pressing on with a legal fight to have a month-long, ...
  
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• This Vancouver Councillor thinks the City's earthquake planning is akin to "fearmongering" - Vancouver Is Awesome

  04-07-2019 22:53 via vancouverisawesome.com
  This Vancouver Councillor thinks the City's earthquake planning is akin to "fearmongering"  Vancouver Is AwesomeA 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off B.C.'s coast last night, reminding me of something interesting that I witnessed a few weeks back. I was sitting in on a ...
  
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• Steve Ewen: Canadian ‘fourth-line grinder’ Alex Nolan a homegrown hurler for C’s

  04-07-2019 22:52 via theprovince.com
  Alex Nolan may be the most Canadian Vancouver Canadian ever. Read More
  
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• Vancouver's Japanese festival takes to the streets to avoid displacing Oppenheimer Park tenters - Vancouver Sun

  04-07-2019 22:50 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver's Japanese festival takes to the streets to avoid displacing Oppenheimer Park tenters  Vancouver SunVancouver's annual celebration of Japanese culture will take place this year on side streets, instead of its usual site in Oppenheimer Park.
  
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• Steve Ewen: Canadians hurler McGuire personifies perseverance on the mound

  04-07-2019 22:47 via theprovince.com
  You can wonder these days if Andy McGuire could double up pitching and hitting for the Vancouver Canadians. Two years ago, the questions were about whether he’d have any place in the game altogether. Read More
  
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• Parents of toddler who died at Vancouver daycare unable to locate operator to sue her - Global News

  04-07-2019 22:47 via globalnews.ca
  Parents of toddler who died at Vancouver daycare unable to locate operator to sue her  Global NewsThe family of a toddler who died in an unlicensed Vancouver daycare two years ago say they have been unable to locate the business' owner to sue her.
  
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• Vancouver man in wheelchair victimized by serious assault - Straight.com

  04-07-2019 22:46 via straight.com
  Vancouver man in wheelchair victimized by serious assault  Straight.comIt's a crime that will shock many Vancouver residents. Just before 8 a.m. today, emergency responders rushed to the underground parking lot of an apartment ...
  
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• Man in wheelchair left with serious injuries after East Vancouver assault

  04-07-2019 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  Investigators are looking for any dashcam video shot in the area of Cecil Street between Kingsway and Euclid Avenue between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m.
  
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• 2,300 new child-care spaces promised to Vancouver families over next 3 years - CBC.ca

  04-07-2019 22:36 via cbc.ca
  2,300 new child-care spaces promised to Vancouver families over next 3 years  CBC.caUp to 2300 new child-care spaces are set to be created for families in Vancouver over the next three years, the province announced on Thursday.
  
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• Flooding destroys Vancouver Chamber Choir's 48-year-old music library - CBC.ca

  04-07-2019 22:26 via cbc.ca
  Flooding destroys Vancouver Chamber Choir's 48-year-old music library  CBC.caMore than a metre of water engulfed the basement after a pipe burst at the Hodson Manor, a city-owned heritage house the choir uses as its production office, ...
  
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• West Vancouver police punched by drunk teens on Canada Day

  04-07-2019 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  West Vancouver police say a pair of officers were assaulted during a drunken Canada Day celebration in Ambleside Park. Read More
  
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• Driver escapes as car catches fire in Kelowna

  04-07-2019 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  Billowing smoke and flames filled the air as a vehicle caught fire in Kelowna.
  
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• All-walk crossing unveiled on Robson Street

  04-07-2019 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Vancouver is now testing an all-walk crosswalk in the downtown core. The trial is now underway at the intersection of Robson and Hornby with the hopes to improve pedestrian safety.
  
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• 4-year old Saanich girl missing for 3 years located in U.K.

  04-07-2019 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  The four-year-old Saanich girl, allegedly abducted by her mother in 2016, has been located in the UK.
  
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• 2,300 new licensed childcare spaces announced for Vancouver

  04-07-2019 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  Thousands of new licensed childcare spots are coming to Vancouver. The promise is part of a new partnership between the city and the province. Neetu Garcha has the details.
  
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• This epic Pokémon-themed bar comes to Vancouver this September - Vancouver Is Awesome

  04-07-2019 21:35 via vancouverisawesome.com
  This epic Pokémon-themed bar comes to Vancouver this September  Vancouver Is AwesomeAn epic Pokémon-themed bar, aptly named 'PokéBar,' comes to Vancouver this September and promises to bring the hit game to 'real life.'
  
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• Theatre review: Indian All's Well gives Shakespeare an upgrade

  04-07-2019 21:30 via vancouversun.com
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• Obituary: Mike Grenby, Vancouver Sun financial writer for the masses

  04-07-2019 21:12 via vancouversun.com
  In a golden age of Vancouver newspaper columnists, Mike Grenby stood out from the crowd. Read More
  
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• 27 things to do in Vancouver this weekend: July 5 to 7 - Daily Hive

  04-07-2019 21:11 via dailyhive.com
  27 things to do in Vancouver this weekend: July 5 to 7  Daily HiveFill the first weekend of July with our picks of 27 events happening in Vancouver on Friday, July 5, Saturday, July 6, and Sunday, July 7. Fridays on Front, Car ...
  
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• Professional college places conditions on Vernon physiotherapist facing 14 sexual assault charges

  04-07-2019 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  Among the seven limits the professional body has placed on Witvoet is a requirement that he not treat female patients.
  
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• DFO monitoring salmon after rock slide blocks fish in Fraser River

  04-07-2019 20:53 via vancouversun.com
  CLINTON — Salmon blocked from migrating upstream to spawning grounds could be trapped and trucked above an obstruction following a rock slide in the Fraser River, a spokeswoman for Fisheries and Oceans Canada said Wednesday. Read More
  
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• First all-walk crosswalk at Robson and Hornby in downtown Vancouver - CityNews Vancouver

  04-07-2019 20:52 via citynews1130.com
  First all-walk crosswalk at Robson and Hornby in downtown Vancouver  CityNews VancouverThe City of Vancouver is testing its first "all-walk" crosswalk at the intersection of Robson Street and Hornby Street downtown.
  
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• Canada’s Kelsey Serwa retires from ski cross racing an Olympic champion

  04-07-2019 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  “I love racing. I love that feeling. But now, for sure, I'm like: ‘OK, my time has come, and I'm ready for the next stages of my life.’"
  
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• Canada’s priciest penthouse finished, staged, relisted at $35.8M, from $18M (PHOTOS)

  04-07-2019 20:23
  
  Top floor of Hotel Georgia’s residences in downtown Vancouver has ambitious new price tag that makes it the most expensive home currently on Canada’s MLS
  
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• Vancouver car-share drivers could soon be allowed to drop cars in metered spaces

  04-07-2019 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  The city could revamp the way it addresses car-share parking in a bid to push the fleets towards zero-emission vehicles.
  
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• Ronald McDonald House of BC & Yukon celebrate 5 year anniversary

  04-07-2019 20:10 via globalnews.ca
  As part of Ronald McDonald House BC Day community reporter Michael Newman talks to CEO Richard Pass about how the house creates a comforting atmosphere for critically ill kids and their families.
  
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• Gas suppliers refuse to share how they set their prices at the pump

  04-07-2019 20:10 via globalnews.ca
  Three major fuel companies are refusing to submit key financial information for the province’s gas price inquiry. Tom Gunton from SFU explains why these companies are withholding this information.
  
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• International: 30 bestselling books for the week of June 29

  04-07-2019 20:08 via vancouversun.com
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of June 29

  04-07-2019 20:08 via vancouversun.com
  1. Sockeye Silver, Saltchuck Blue — Robert Budd, illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers (Harbour Publishing). Read More
  
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• Small but mighty local festival gives diverse and underrepresented voices a stage

  04-07-2019 20:07 via vancouversun.com
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• Powell River opens first VCH overdose prevention site outside of Vancouver

  04-07-2019 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Coastal Health has opened an  overdose prevention site in Powell River. Read More
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Vancouver drug kingpin murdered in Colombia

  04-07-2019 20:02 via vancouversun.com
  Richard Chiu has been on police radar in B.C. for 20 years, even though his only drug convictions were south of the border. His name arose repeatedly in the E-Pirate money laundering investigation. Read More
  
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• This Just In: Guerlain L'Essentiel Natural Glow Foundation, Maybelline New York SuperStay Matte Ink and Miss Envy THC Bath Bomb

  04-07-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
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• The It List: CHANEL Crocodile Embossed Metallic Calfskin Mules

  04-07-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The product: CHANEL Crocodile Embossed Metallic Calfskin Mules Read More
  
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• Beauty Bar: LUSH Shark Fin Soap

  04-07-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A limited-edition soap from the brand LUSH that benefits sharks (in addition to your skin, of course). Read More
  
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• Travel Best Bets: Don’t be a terrible traveler this summer

  04-07-2019 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  During the busy summer travel season, there is little patience for bad behaviour at airports and hotels. Travel expert Claire Newell runs through some of the most common pet peeves that annoy fellow travelers, as well as people working in the tourism and travel industry.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks sign Justin Bailey, what it means - FanSided

  04-07-2019 19:48 via thecanuckway.com
  Vancouver Canucks sign Justin Bailey, what it means  FanSidedThe Vancouver Canucks signed forward 24-year-old forward Justin Bailey on Thursday. Here's what it means for the team heading into 2019-20.
  
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• 'The Wizard's Cauldron Bar' is coming to Vancouver this November - Daily Hive

  04-07-2019 19:39 via dailyhive.com
  'The Wizard's Cauldron Bar' is coming to Vancouver this November  Daily HiveVancouver Muggles should prepare themselves because a Harry Potter-themed experience is coming to Vancouver this November.
  
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• Marketing platform Mailchimp sets up first international office in Vancouver - Daily Hive

  04-07-2019 19:38 via dailyhive.com
  Marketing platform Mailchimp sets up first international office in Vancouver  Daily HiveMailchimp, the email marketing and e-commerce solution, has opened an international office in Vancouver with a plan to hire up to 30 people.
  
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• Identity of human remains in northern B.C. prompts police suspicions

  04-07-2019 19:23 via vancouversun.com
  PRINCE GEORGE — Human remains found last month near Prince George have been identified and police say the death is suspicious. Read More
  
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• 2 earthquakes strike off B.C. coast, one registers 6.2 magnitude (Map) - Vancouver Is Awesome

  04-07-2019 19:05 via vancouverisawesome.com
  2 earthquakes strike off B.C. coast, one registers 6.2 magnitude (Map)  Vancouver Is AwesomeA 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the B.C. coast Wednesday, July 3 followed by a second earthquake with a 4.0 magnitude.
  
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