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• Rental building proposed for Granville Street in Shaughnessy

  10-09-2019 23:36
  
  Last June, Vancouver council rejected a different rezoning application for a rental townhouse project in the same neighbourhood.
  
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• Burnaby becomes latest B.C. city to declare a climate emergency

  10-09-2019 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia's third-largest city has become the latest municipality to declare a climate emergency. 
  
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• Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil leads tennis pros’ bid to get more revenue sharing

  10-09-2019 23:03 via theprovince.com
  A cracked vertebrae and herniated disc ended his 2018 season prematurely, the debilitating and electric sciatica pain forcing him to avoid sitting as much as he could. But a microdiscectomy surgery in January put Pospisil back on track to regaining his form as a player, starting with Wimbledon in July. Read More
  
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• Noted Vancouver photographer Fred Herzog dies at age 88

  10-09-2019 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  Legendary Vancouver photographer Fred Herzog has died. He was 88. Read More
  
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• Hurricane Dorian: BC rescue crews join grim search for dead

  10-09-2019 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  Burnaby firefighter Lieutenant Scott Ruddy and his rescue dog are on Greater Abaco Island in the Bahamas, searching through the wreckage left behind by Hurricane Dorian. With no electricity, water or internet in the area, Ruddy described near impossible conditions.
  
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• Fire that gutted Kamloops elementary school not suspicious: RCMP

  10-09-2019 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  The Kamloops School District says all students from the affected school will be moved to George Hilliard Elementary by next Monday.
  
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• B.C. government worried about ICBC, global uncertainty affecting province’s bottom line

  10-09-2019 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  Finance Minister Carole James says B.C. economy is still "strong and resilient" but is concerned about global "uncertainty" and the problems at ICBC.
  
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• Students help remove racist covenant from Vancouver Island home - CBC.ca

  10-09-2019 22:33 via cbc.ca
  Students help remove racist covenant from Vancouver Island home  CBC.caA Port Alberni property once owned by a member of parliament no longer has a racist clause preventing Asian residence there, after local high school students ...
  
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• Stabbings, syringes and school: Parents of kids at urban Vancouver elementary worry about safety - CBC.ca

  10-09-2019 22:33 via cbc.ca
  Stabbings, syringes and school: Parents of kids at urban Vancouver elementary worry about safety  CBC.caTwo mothers of students who attend Crosstown Elementary School, near Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, say their children are ...
  
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• Port Moody councillor won’t chair police board, says mayor ‘has no business being at city hall’

  10-09-2019 22:01 via globalnews.ca
  Meghan Lahti says mayor Rob Vagramov remains under the cloud of a sexual assault charge and should not be back on the job.
  
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• Investigation continues into 1989 disappearance of Prince George family

  10-09-2019 21:59 via vancouversun.com
  It was the promise of work that prompted Ronald and Doreen Jack to pack up their belongings and their family, climb into a truck with an unknown man and leave their Prince George home in 1989. Read More
  
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• Swoop aircraft hits geese, returns to Abbotsford

  10-09-2019 21:37 via vancouversun.com
  A Swoop Airlines plane returned to Abbotsford Airport this morning after it hit a flock of geese. Read More
  
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• Surrey RCMP seek witnesses to fatal accident

  10-09-2019 21:23 via vancouversun.com
  The Surrey RCMP is searching for witnesses to a fatal accident that occurred Sunday on Nordel Way. Read More
  
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• Kidnapping suspect arrested at B.C. border crossing, alleged associate still at large

  10-09-2019 21:23 via globalnews.ca
  The pair are accused of kidnapping, unlawful confinement, aggravated assault, robbery and firearm charges. 
  
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• Adopt a pet: Pancake

  10-09-2019 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  Meet Pancake, a cute mix-breed pooch looking for his forever home. According to his caretakers at the BCSPCA, this dog has some health concerns and will need to reside in a home in the Lower Mainland so they can be properly addressed.
  
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• Swoop flight forced to make emergency landing

  10-09-2019 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  A Swoop airlines flight bound for Edmonton has made an emergency landing at Abbotsford airport. The Boeing 737 struck a flock of birds and has landed safely. Nadia Stewart has more.
  
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• Global uncertainty prompts rethink of B.C. budget projections: finance minister

  10-09-2019 21:15 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s finance minister is downgrading economic projections with a forecast of lower growth and a reduced budget surplus. Read More
  
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• Q&A: Mike Gillis travels world to learn what other sports can teach hockey

  10-09-2019 20:59 via theprovince.com
  It has been five years since Mike Gillis last worked full time in hockey. Read More
  
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• Seven places to buy great indoor plants in Vancouver | Etcetera - Daily Hive

  10-09-2019 20:35 via dailyhive.com
  Seven places to buy great indoor plants in Vancouver | Etcetera  Daily HiveIt seems as though everyone in Vancouver — and elsewhere for that matter — are trying their hand at gardening, and developing a green thumb.
  
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• B.C. survey shows overwhelming support for permanent daylight time

  10-09-2019 20:26 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — More than 93 per cent of respondents to a B.C. government survey didn’t want to turn back time in the spring. Read More
  
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• 5 things to know about Beneath the Eyrie by Pixies

  10-09-2019 20:09 via vancouversun.com
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• Patrick Johnston: Petrus Palmu still has Canucks dreams

  10-09-2019 20:02 via theprovince.com
  Don't count out Petrus Palmu just yet. Read More
  
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• The It List: ECCO Shape Sculpted Motion Collection

  10-09-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The product: ECCO Shape Sculpted Motion Collection Read More
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: Rental apartment investment bouncing back

  10-09-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Investors' appetite to buy rental apartments in the Vancouver region appears to be bouncing back after a first-half to 2019 that saw many buyers waiting on the sidelines amid uncertainty in the market, one brokerage house says. Read More
  
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• Vancouver's beloved Benny’s Market stocked with history

  10-09-2019 19:59
  
  From the corner of Union Street and Princess, the Benedetti family has seen it all. For a century, three generations have dutifully served their customers from behind the counters of the beloved Benny’s Market.
  
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• Swoop flight to Edmonton makes emergency landing at Abbotsford airport

  10-09-2019 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  A Swoop flight bound for Edmonton made an emergency landing in Abbotsford on Tuesday morning.
  
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• Swoop flight makes emergency landing at Abbotsford airport

  10-09-2019 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  A Swoop Airlines flight from Abbotsford to Edmonton was forced to return to the airport after striking a flock of birds shortly after takeoff.
  
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• It’s time to face facts: diversity makes Canada stronger

  10-09-2019 19:12
  
  Whether Canadians are slipping into a political quagmire over its ethnic diversity is up for debate. However, we can see how xenophobia tears apart civil societies elsewhere.
  
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• Protective doors coming for B.C. Transit bus drivers across province

  10-09-2019 18:37 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Transit will start retrofitting 650 buses around the province in early 2020 with protective driver doors. Read More
  
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• Vancouver family warns about dog-sitting app

  10-09-2019 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  A Vancouver family says their beloved dog went missing at a dog boarder that was recommended by a popular app. Catherine Urquhart reports.
  
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• Canada down to the wire with injuries before heading to Rugby World Cup

  10-09-2019 18:26 via theprovince.com
  Rugby Canada flies to Japan Tuesday afternoon for the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the injury statuses of two players remain up in the air. Read More
  
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• World-famous Moulin Rouge hosting Vancouver audition for new dancers

  10-09-2019 18:11 via vancouversun.com
  The creative minds behind the world-famous Moulin Rouge will visit Vancouver later this month to audition new dancers for its troupe. Read More
  
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• Hotel staff at Vancouver's Hyatt Regency issue strike notice

  10-09-2019 17:52 via vancouversun.com
  Workers at a second downtown Vancouver hotel have put their employer on strike notice. Read More
  
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• Easy side hustles to earn extra cash

  10-09-2019 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  With the rising cost of living people are often looking for a way to earn a little extra money. Entrepreneur and financial expert Katie Dunsworth-Reiach looks at three different programs that could help you earn a little cash.
  
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• Penticton Mountie pleads guilty after her affair lands in court

  10-09-2019 17:41 via vancouversun.com
  A former Penticton RCMP officer has pleaded guilty to criminally harassing the wife of another local Mountie while still on the force. Read More
  
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• Health Matters: Back to school immune system boost

  10-09-2019 17:11 via globalnews.ca
  Back to school can also mean back to germs. Cold and Flu season arrives quickly once school gets going. Naturopathic physician Allana Polo gives tips on how to boost your children’s immune system to help keep everyone healthy this fall.
  
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• World Suicide Prevention Day

  10-09-2019 16:33 via globalnews.ca
  For those suffering from suicidal thoughts it may seem like the struggle is insurmountable, but there is help available. The Crisis Centre of BC’s Stacy Ashton explains how they are there to help, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
  
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• British Columbia gets a C for liquor friendliness, according to Restaurants Canada

  10-09-2019 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Restaurants Canada has slammed B.C. government plans to increase the minimum wage of a liquor server to match the minimum wage for other workers by 2021. Read More
  
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• Vancouver club accused of sexual harassment with images displaying nudity, sexually suggestive phrases - Toronto Star

  10-09-2019 13:01 via thestar.com
  Vancouver club accused of sexual harassment with images displaying nudity, sexually suggestive phrases  Toronto StarA hospitality workers' union has filed a human rights complaint against Hotel Belmont, where the images are located, alleging that the signs and photos ...
  
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• Wilson-Raybould claimed $125K in spousal travel expenses during Trudeau mandate

  10-09-2019 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O’Regan also claimed more than $45,000 in spousal travel expenses over Trudeau mandate — although his husband worked in Ottawa for part of that.
  
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• Then and now: How Metro Vancouver has changed since Canada entered WWII 80 years ago - CBC.ca

  10-09-2019 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Then and now: How Metro Vancouver has changed since Canada entered WWII 80 years ago  CBC.caCanada's entry into the Second World War took place decades ago, but a historian says those years brought some lasting changes to the city. A comparison of ...
  
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• Mayor facing sex assault charge back at work

  10-09-2019 07:26 via globalnews.ca
  Months after a voluntary leave of absence, Port Moody Mayor Rob Vagramov returns to his job while the criminal case against him continues. Sarah MacDonald has the details.
  
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• Port Moody man wins 2019 PNE Prize Home

  10-09-2019 07:04 via vancouversun.com
  Port Moody resident Albert Prendergast, 77, has won this year's $2-million PNE Price Home. Read More
  
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• Cruise ship undergoes massive refit in North Vancouver - CBC.ca

  10-09-2019 05:57 via cbc.ca
  Cruise ship undergoes massive refit in North Vancouver  CBC.caA cruise ship docked in North Vancouver is undergoing a massive refit project that is expected to last more than two weeks.
  
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• Homeless protesters set up ‘tent city’ at Vancouver City Hall - Global News

  10-09-2019 05:52 via globalnews.ca
  Homeless protesters set up ‘tent city’ at Vancouver City Hall  Global NewsHomeless campers and advocates upset with the city's approach to a tent city in Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park took their message directly to mayor and ...
  
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• Homeless protesters set up ‘tent city’ at Vancouver City Hall

  10-09-2019 05:52 via globalnews.ca
  It comes after Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart said homeless campers in Oppenheimer Park need a "nudge" to move on.
  
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• Vancouver Sun’s anti-diversity op-ed should never have run: journalism professor - Global News

  10-09-2019 05:51 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver Sun’s anti-diversity op-ed should never have run: journalism professor  Global NewsA journalism professor says the controversy over an anti-diversity opinion piece published in — and then pulled online from — the Vancouver Sun has nothing to ...
  
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• Vancouver Sun’s anti-diversity op-ed should never have run: journalism professor

  10-09-2019 05:48 via globalnews.ca
  Sean Holman with Calgary's Mount Royal University said Monday that newspapers have no obligation to run op-eds -- columns submitted by people unaffiliated with the paper -- that don't pass journalistic muster.
  
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• Port Moody man wins 2019 PNE Prize Home - Vancouver Sun

  10-09-2019 05:22 via vancouversun.com
  Port Moody man wins 2019 PNE Prize Home  Vancouver SunThe home is Net Zero Ready, meaning it can produce as much energy as it consumes.
  
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• Vancouver police search for disabled senior - CBC.ca

  10-09-2019 04:59 via cbc.ca
  Vancouver police search for disabled senior  CBC.caVancouver police are looking for a disabled senior who is dependent on his electric wheelchair and cannot speak due to a stroke.
  
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