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• Trash-talking, flying bananas, and sweet as chocolate UA Eastside 10K

  15-09-2019 23:33 via vancouversun.com
  Before we discuss Saturday's weather, the "bunch" of banana-costumed dudes peeling through Vancouver's Downtown Eastside with impressive "split" times, Evan Esselink's sub-30-minute winning time or Susan Miller's new Team Trash, we need to examine the words engraved on the back of the impressive Under Armour finisher's medal: "In, For and With the Eastside." Read More
  
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• Comedy show about surviving sexual assault

  15-09-2019 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  Laughter can heal. But when it comes to traumatic experiences like sexual assault – many find it difficult to even speak about it. One powerful – local stand up comedy show is bringing sexual assault survivors together and helping them and the audience find relief through laughter. The ‘rape is real and everywhere’ comedy show...
  
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• Dana Gee’s Popping in – Sunday, September 15

  15-09-2019 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  Entertainment reporter Dana Gee joins us for a fun look at the world of pop culture, including the new book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood and the song Brian Adams’ musical partner Jim Vallance has written for one of Canada’s political parties.
  
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• Thousands hit the road in 39th annual Terry Fox Runs

  15-09-2019 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  Terry Fox runs take place in 700 communities across Canada, including Stanley Park in Vancouver. Our Community Events Reporter Michael Newman caught up with one of the participants, a two-time cancer survivor who is inspiring others to run.
  
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• Suggestions on how to give your living space a warm, European feel

  15-09-2019 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  With the weather starting to change, it’s time to cozy up and start getting your home ready for fall. Designer and author Jackie Kai Ellis has some stylish ideas.
  
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• A banking expert provides simple tips to set a personal budget

  15-09-2019 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  Looking for ways to stay ahead financially? Tyler Saito from Coast Capital Savings provides some simple suggestions on how to avoid the money blues.
  
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• ‘A collective scream’: UVic student recalls bus skidding off road in crash that killed two

  15-09-2019 22:09 via vancouversun.com
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• University of Victoria provides counselling after deadly bus crash kills two students

  15-09-2019 21:39 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The University of Victoria says counselling services are open today for students seeking help after a deadly bus crash on Friday killed two of their peers. Read More
  
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• Federal parties work overtime to unseat Wilson-Raybould in Vancouver Granville

  15-09-2019 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  What could have been a safe re-election run for the Liberals has become the must-watch race in B.C., if not the entire country.
  
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• Vancouver Island police look to solve theft of antique chainsaws from museum

  15-09-2019 21:18 via globalnews.ca
  Police say staff at the non-profit BC Forest Discovery Centre reported the chainsaws were taken during a break-in sometime overnight between Sept. 8 and Sept. 9.
  
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• Blame for B.C.'s forestry crisis pinned on fewer trees, higher costs

  15-09-2019 20:51 via vancouversun.com
  High log prices and dwindling timber supply are driving the crisis in B.C.’s forestry industry that has devastated communities and kneecapped the provincial economy, observers say. Read More
  
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• RCMP officer assaulted by drunk teens at Pitt Meadows house party

  15-09-2019 20:49 via vancouversun.com
  A Ridge Meadows RCMP officer was assaulted after police tried to shut down a massive house party on Saturday evening. Read More
  
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• Conservatives’ Andrew Scheer promises tax cut for lowest income bracket

  15-09-2019 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  Scheer made the pledge in Surrey, B.C. -- part of the volatile voting area that is B.C.'s Lower Mainland.
  
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• Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart wants federal leaders to act on overdose crisis

  15-09-2019 20:28 via vancouversun.com
  The mayor of Vancouver says the city that opened North America’s first supervised injection site following a surge in heroin-related deaths wants all federal party leaders to consider a proposal to allow substance users access to pharmaceutical-grade heroin. Read More
  
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• CBC Vancouver has your guide to Vancouver's weird street names - CBC.ca

  15-09-2019 19:00 via cbc.ca
  CBC Vancouver has your guide to Vancouver's weird street names  CBC.caCBC Vancouver's Municipal Affairs Reporter Justin McElroy goes through the origins of Vancouver's unique street names in Vancouver's Weird Street Names.
  
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• Blinded by the lights: New Vancouver bylaw takes dim view of 'nuisance lighting'

  15-09-2019 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver's bylaw regulating "untidy premises" has been amended to include private property with nuisance outdoor lighting that interferes with neighbours' peace and enjoyment of their own homes. Read More
  
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• Live: Day three at Canucks training camp

  15-09-2019 18:55 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks wrap up their short training camp today at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria. Read More
  
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• Vancouver mayor calls on federal leaders to act on overdose crisis - CBC News

  15-09-2019 18:34 via cbc.ca
  Vancouver mayor calls on federal leaders to act on overdose crisis  CBC NewsThe mayor of Vancouver says the city that opened North America's first supervised injection site following a surge in heroin-related deaths wants all federal party ...
  
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• Vancouver weather: Prepare for showers

  15-09-2019 18:33 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Sept. 15, 2019 – Sunday's weather will start out foggy, clear for a bit, and then cloud over again before rain and thunder are expected in the evening. Read More
  
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• Pedestrian struck, killed by vehicle in Surrey

  15-09-2019 17:50 via vancouversun.com
  RCMP are looking for witnesses to a fatal collision in Surrey. Read More
  
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• The origins of all 651 street names in Vancouver - CBC.ca

  15-09-2019 16:43 via newsinteractives.cbc.ca
  The origins of all 651 street names in Vancouver  CBC.caFrom trees to provinces to politicians, the background of every unique street name in the City of Vancouver.
  
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• Two of the largest cruise ships to ever visit Vancouver drop anchor at Canada Place this fall

  15-09-2019 15:00
  
  Two of the largest cruise ships to ever visit Vancouver will make stops at Canada Place this fall as they head south down the Pacific Coast.
  
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• This epic Barbarian’s Feast in Vancouver is meat eater’s paradise

  15-09-2019 15:00
  
  For the third year, Main Street’s Cascade Room will be holding a meat- and whiskey-loaded evening that’s a true Barbarian’s Feast.
  
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• Paris’s legendary Moulin Rouge cabaret holding auditions in Vancouver this month

  15-09-2019 15:00
  
  Do you have what it takes to cancan with the best of them?
  
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• MLS commish Don Garber ‘fronts’ up against racism, says ‘every human being should have an issue with white supremacy’

  15-09-2019 15:00 via theprovince.com
  The Iron Front logo is front and centre in Major League Soccer news again. Read More
  
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• Drink this: Farm to Table by Russell Brewing

  15-09-2019 15:00
  
  Surrey’s Russell Brewing teamed up with Origin to brew a double IPA that highlights Origin’s Chinook malt, which is billed as a slightly darker, sweeter pale malt.
  
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• Pedestrian killed in Newton Saturday evening

  15-09-2019 08:23 via globalnews.ca
  When officials arrived to the scene just after 10:30pm, the pedestrian was pronounced dead
  
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• Whitecaps 2, Dynamo 1: Montero comes through at the death

  15-09-2019 07:29 via theprovince.com
  While the UFC was slugging it out next door at Rogers Arena on Saturday, a couple of Major League Soccer lightweights were battling it out at B.C. Place. Read More
  
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• Mike Smyth: Clutch battle over private auto insurance shifting gears

  15-09-2019 05:00 via theprovince.com
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• Canada's Tristan Connelly scores Cinderella win at UFC event in Vancouver - CBC Sports

  15-09-2019 04:40 via cbc.ca
  Canada's Tristan Connelly scores Cinderella win at UFC event in Vancouver  CBC SportsIt was a Cinderella night for Tristan (Boondock) Connelly on the undercard of the UFC Fight Night Saturday in Vancouver.
  
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• Lululemon wants to build this lavish 13-storey Vancouver head office - Vancouver Is Awesome

  15-09-2019 04:31 via vancouverisawesome.com
  Lululemon wants to build this lavish 13-storey Vancouver head office  Vancouver Is AwesomeLululemon Athletica outlined its proposal to build a new 13-storey head office on Foley Street at Great Northern Way during a Sept. 12 open house.
  
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• Rainfall warning issued for South Coast

  15-09-2019 04:18 via globalnews.ca
  Up to 50 millimetres of rain is expected to fall on Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley overnight, nearly matching average rainfalls for the entire month of September. Yvonne Schalle has more.
  
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• Surrey burn victim uses experience to help others

  15-09-2019 04:11 via globalnews.ca
  A Surrey man has recovered from a nightmare ordeal after suffering extensive burns during a camping trip. Now he’s using his traumatic experience to help other burn victims. Julia Foy reports.
  
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• Boy fighting for his life after being struck by a car in Langley

  15-09-2019 04:10 via globalnews.ca
  A 12-year-old boy is in critical condition after being hit by an alleged impaired driver in Langley Friday afternoon. As Jill Bennett reports, the child is just one of the victims believed to have been struck by the driver.
  
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• Road safety questioned after fatal bus crash near Bamfield

  15-09-2019 04:08 via globalnews.ca
  Questions are being raised about safety after two people died in a bus crash on the way to Bamfield Friday night. It’s not the first serious crash on the remote logging road. Kristen Robinson has more.
  
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• Tragic rollover crash near Bamfield

  15-09-2019 04:06 via globalnews.ca
  A bus carrying dozens of students from the University of Victoria crashed on route to the Bamfield Marine Research Centre on the west coast of Vancouver Island, killing two on board. Nadia Stewart reports.
  
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• 2 university students dead, 17 hurt following bus rollover on Vancouver Island - Global News

  15-09-2019 04:03 via globalnews.ca
  2 university students dead, 17 hurt following bus rollover on Vancouver Island  Global NewsWATCH: Two University of Victoria students were killed after a bus with 48 people on board rolled over between Port Alberni and Bamfield on Vancouver Island, ...
  
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• Nine years before fatal B.C. bus crash, Alberta teens were stranded on same remote road

  15-09-2019 03:56 via globalnews.ca
  The high school students from Edmonton were forced to spend the night on their bus after getting stranded for 24 hours on their way to Bamfield Marine Science Centre.
  
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• Supportive housing proponents share ways to dispel fearmongering

  15-09-2019 03:33 via vancouversun.com
  When a new supportive housing project is announced in a B.C. community, often it is met with fearmongering about the homeless people who seek its shelter. Read More
  
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• Man behind Vancouver Indigenous food truck Mr. Bannock wins B.C. business award - Vancouver Is Awesome

  15-09-2019 03:04 via vancouverisawesome.com
  Man behind Vancouver Indigenous food truck Mr. Bannock wins B.C. business award  Vancouver Is AwesomeIn the year since Paul Natrall — the man behind the wheel and the stove — started his food truck, he's made quite the name for himself as "Mr. Bannock."
  
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• Ariel Procaccia: Lotteries instead of elections? It’s not so arbitrary

  15-09-2019 03:00 via theprovince.com
  Have you ever thought that 535 random people off the street would do a decidedly better job than the duly elected members of the U.S. Congress? If so, you’ve been scooped by a few millennia. The idea of selecting government officials at random, known as sortition, is neither as outrageous nor as original as it seems. Read More
  
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• B.C. government touts success of modular housing for Vancouver homeless - Vancouver Is Awesome

  15-09-2019 02:19 via vancouverisawesome.com
  B.C. government touts success of modular housing for Vancouver homeless  Vancouver Is AwesomeThe B.C. government released a report Tuesday that says temporary modular housing buildings in Vancouver and Surrey are improving the quality of life for ...
  
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• Ben Kuzma: MacEwen trained with bobsleigh gold medallist to improve explosiveness

  15-09-2019 02:07 via theprovince.com
  VICTORIA — Zack MacEwen may have found the answer to a pressing question. Read More
  
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• You might recognize some Metro Vancouver places in this hit Netflix murder mystery - Vancouver Is Awesome

  15-09-2019 02:03 via vancouverisawesome.com
  You might recognize some Metro Vancouver places in this hit Netflix murder mystery  Vancouver Is AwesomeResidents of Metro Vancouver may recognize a few locales on Netflix in a murder mystery series that recently hit the online streaming *service*.
  
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• Burnaby man pleads guilty to string of burglaries at Metro Vancouver businesses - Global News

  15-09-2019 01:53 via globalnews.ca
  Burnaby man pleads guilty to string of burglaries at Metro Vancouver businesses  Global NewsA Burnaby man has pleaded guilty to several burglary charges in connection to a string of break-and-enters at small businesses across Metro Vancouver late ...
  
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• Burnaby man pleads guilty to string of burglaries at Metro Vancouver businesses

  15-09-2019 01:53 via globalnews.ca
  Gordon Vincent Gladstone entered guilty pleas on Aug. 30 to nine of 12 charges, which were approved back on March 12.
  
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• Former Port Alberni mayor pushes for drug decriminalization

  15-09-2019 01:43 via vancouversun.com
  The former mayor of Port Alberni has released a report in which he supports calls for drug decriminalization in order to protect British Columbians from overdoses and other related harm, and help them find appropriate treatment. Read More
  
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• Canucks’ camp notes: Bachman’s back, Juolevi’s jiggy, Bo doesn’t know

  15-09-2019 01:41 via theprovince.com
  VICTORIA — The Canucks' goaltender situation is as clear as it has ever been. Read More
  
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• 10 fun, creative FREE things to do in Vancouver over B.C. Culture Days weekend - Vancouver Is Awesome

  15-09-2019 01:28 via vancouverisawesome.com
  10 fun, creative FREE things to do in Vancouver over B.C. Culture Days weekend  Vancouver Is AwesomeTo help you celebrate the 10th anniversary of Culture Days in B.C. we've picked out our 10 favourite FREE events taking place in Vancouver.
  
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• B.C. dad issues warning after son, 8, ingests unknown substance at school

  15-09-2019 01:09 via globalnews.ca
  “I took one look at him, and I have a little bit of a medical background, and I knew that there was something seriously wrong with my boy.”
  
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