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• Greta Thunberg is coming to Vancouver on Friday. Here’s why the teen climate crusader is making the trip west - Toronto Star

  24-10-2019 23:52
  Greta Thunberg is coming to Vancouver on Friday. Here’s why the teen climate crusader is making the trip west  Toronto Star
  
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• B.C. NDP introduce law to implement UN declaration on Indigenous rights

  24-10-2019 23:48 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to introduce legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, mandating the government to bring its laws and policies into harmony with the aims of the declaration. Read More
  
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• LNG ship-refuelling facility proposed for Metro Vancouver | Urbanized - Daily Hive

  24-10-2019 23:41
  LNG ship-refuelling facility proposed for Metro Vancouver | Urbanized  Daily Hive
  
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• VSO to round up the usual suspects for screening, orchestral performance of Casablanca

  24-10-2019 23:38 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will tackle one of the greatest films of all-time next weekend. Read More
  
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• Port Coquitlam revitalization plan seeks to pave parking lot, put up a paradise

  24-10-2019 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  Mayor Brad West says the city is hoping to spark a revitalization of its downtown by redeveloping a city-owned parking lot.
  
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• 5 Things to do this weekend: Friday, October 25, 2019

  24-10-2019 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including Richmond Country Farms and Wander the Woods by Night in Surrey’s Tynehead Park.
  
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• Vancouver-area landfill to produce renewable natural gas - CBC.ca

  24-10-2019 23:21
  Vancouver-area landfill to produce renewable natural gas  CBC.ca
  
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• 5 Things to do this weekend: Thursday, October 24, 2019

  24-10-2019 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including the Vancouver Baby and Family Fair, Chilliwack Corn Maze and Barkerville’s Ghostly Halloween.
  
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• High school notebook: Abby Panthers get spark from visit from former star Claypool

  24-10-2019 22:57 via theprovince.com
  The Abbotsford Panthers had a special guest on their sidelines last week. Read More
  
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• Expected lawsuit against feds for climate change harms tough case to argue: experts

  24-10-2019 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  The David Suzuki Foundation, which is acting as a partner in the case, outlined in a news release the general arguments in the case being filed by 15 youths.
  
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• Five things about Greta Thunberg's visit to Vancouver - Vancouver Sun

  24-10-2019 22:37
  Five things about Greta Thunberg's visit to Vancouver  Vancouver Sun
  
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• One man arrested after armed bank robbery in Chilliwack

  24-10-2019 22:25 via vancouversun.com
  One man has been arrested following an armed robbery at a Chilliwack bank. Read More
  
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• Metro Vancouver housing market to see modest price growth in 2020 and 2021, predicts CMHC - CBC.ca

  24-10-2019 22:18
  Metro Vancouver housing market to see modest price growth in 2020 and 2021, predicts CMHC  CBC.ca
  
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• B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes increase awards

  24-10-2019 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes is boosting awards for authors, reinstating the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence, and hoping to bring a new sense of excitement to the West Coast literary landscape. Read More
  
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• B.C. realtor fired for social media comment about Alberta ‘cry babies’

  24-10-2019 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  Century 21 Assurance Realty Ltd., says brokerage has suspended the realtor and that he’s no longer with the firm.
  
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• BC Liberal MLA Linda Reid won’t run in next provincial election

  24-10-2019 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  BC Liberal MLA Linda Reid has announced she will not be running the next election.
  
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• Beleaguered former Speaker Linda Reid to leave politics

  24-10-2019 22:12 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Liberal MLA and former legislature Speaker Linda Reid has announced her retirement. Reid is under \fire from critics for a history of lavish spending and refusing to participate directly in an investigation into the ongoing spending scandal at the legislature. Read More
  
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• ICBC faces $400-million hit after court overturns limits on medical experts in cases

  24-10-2019 22:03 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.'s Supreme Court has overturned new rules intended to limit the use of experts in automobile insurance lawsuits, delivering a blow to the NDP government's attempts to stop financial losses at the Insurance Corp. of B.C. and potentially endangering the provincial budget surplus. Read More
  
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• Vancouver, Fortis team up to extract renewable natural gas from Delta landfill

  24-10-2019 22:01 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The Delta landfill has received approval to produce renewable natural gas, a type of energy captured from biogases created by rotting food or other decomposing organic matter. Read More
  
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• Halloween weather: The Weather Network releases early Vancouver forecast - Vancouver Is Awesome

  24-10-2019 22:01
  Halloween weather: The Weather Network releases early Vancouver forecast  Vancouver Is Awesome
  
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• Reflections: A Holiday Mosaic

  24-10-2019 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  Our annual Holiday Mosaic features carol singing, heritage crafts, baking and hot chocolate. See crafts and recipes that reflect our Home Front: WWII exhibit and take a tour. Amy Newman & The Christmas Revelers perform from 2:15-3pm & 3:30-4:15pm. No Registration Required. By Donation.
  
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• Youth to sue Canadian government for climate change harms, discrimination

  24-10-2019 21:47 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A lawsuit that’s expected to be filed Friday claiming young people disproportionately suffer the effects of climate change is potentially precedent setting but also a tough case to argue, legal experts say. Read More
  
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• RCMP in Chilliwack seek missing senior with dementia

  24-10-2019 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  Ioan Pop, 79, was last seen around 4 p.m. on Tuesday in the area of his home on Teskey Road near Tournier Place in Chilliwack.
  
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• Friday Afternoon at the Mansion

  24-10-2019 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  Join West Point Grey Community Centre for an informal performance featuring Mexican-Canadian dance artist, Ana Sosa; professional choreographer and dancer Desirée Dunbar; and the West Point Grey Collaborative Creative Dance team. A small reception will take place after the performance. This dance residency is a partnership with Dezza Dance, West Point Grey Community Centre Association,...
  
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• City to address Oppenheimer Park homeless camp

  24-10-2019 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver city council has approved a motion to address the encampment at Oppenheimer Park. The homeless camp has been plague by health and safety problems. Neetu Garcha has more on how officials are moving forward to improve conditions there.
  
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• Climate change activist Greta Thunberg visits Athabasca Glacier on way to Vancouver

  24-10-2019 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has visited a glacier in Jasper National Park on her way to Vancouver to attend a climate rally.
  
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• Court overturns B.C. government’s attempt to restrict expert reports in ICBC cases

  24-10-2019 20:56 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. Supreme Court has shot down proposed changes that would have saved ICBC an estimated $400 million.
  
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• Meet the fall fanatics treating this East Vancouver Street like a catwalk (VIDEO/PHOTOS)

  24-10-2019 20:43
  
  Every autumn in Vancouver, Cambridge Street in the Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood fills with photographers, Instagrammers, posers and sashayers trying to get the perfect shot.
  
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• B.C. legislation tables historic Indigenous rights bill

  24-10-2019 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  A historic day at the B.C. Legislature with the province becoming the first in Canada to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples. Keith Baldrey has the details.
  
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• B.C. becomes first province to implement UN Indigenous rights declaration

  24-10-2019 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia is hoping to become the first province to pass legislation to legally implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
  
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• Vancouver city council approves decampment plan for Oppenheimer Park - CBC.ca

  24-10-2019 20:37
  Vancouver city council approves decampment plan for Oppenheimer Park  CBC.ca
  
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• Strong-wind alert in effect for B.C.'s South Coast - Vancouver Sun

  24-10-2019 20:35
  Strong-wind alert in effect for B.C.'s South Coast  Vancouver Sun
  
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• Vancouver Canucks assign forward Adam Gaudette to AHL’s Utica Comets

  24-10-2019 20:06 via theprovince.com
  It's a good time to be a Utica Comets fan. Read More
  
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• Sungiven Asian grocery chain moves into Metro Vancouver, takes on T&T giant

  24-10-2019 20:04
  
  Terence Fong has a simple explanation for the name Sungiven Foods – the moniker for a global Asian grocery store chain that is moving in Vancouver and Burnaby.
  
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• New report predicts Metro Vancouver housing trends | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  24-10-2019 19:41
  New report predicts Metro Vancouver housing trends | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• New report predicts Metro Vancouver housing trends

  24-10-2019 19:41 via globalnews.ca
  A new report done by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is projecting house prices will be going up in Metro Vancouver over the next two years. Neetu Garcha reports.
  
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• B.C. actor developed colon cancer at 30, says doctors ignored her symptoms

  24-10-2019 19:13 via globalnews.ca
  Annette Reilly of 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' says doctors didn't take her seriously because of her young age.
  
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• 14 Vancouver concerts on sale Friday - Straight.com

  24-10-2019 19:04
  14 Vancouver concerts on sale Friday  Straight.com
  
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• B.C. housing market to stabilize in 2020, accelerate in 2021: federal report

  24-10-2019 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia's housing slowdown may be bottoming out.
  
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• Five Things about Greta Thunberg's visit to Vancouver

  24-10-2019 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Environmental activist Greta Thunberg will be in attendance Friday for a student-led climate rally at Vancouver Art Gallery. Read More
  
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• Metro Vancouver home prices will see modest increases over next 2 years: CMHC report

  24-10-2019 18:56 via vancouversun.com
  The Metro Vancouver housing market will see higher sales and modest price increases over the next two years, according to a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation forecast. Read More
  
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• B.C. Liquor Store selling a $78,000 bottle of Scotch

  24-10-2019 18:36 via vancouversun.com
  Do you have $80,000 burning a hole your pocket? Read More
  
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• Ex-One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson drops single, announces 2 Canadian tour dates

  24-10-2019 18:23 via globalnews.ca
  The 27-year-old musician's debut solo album, 'Walls,' is set for a Jan. 31, 2020, release worldwide.
  
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• Feline groovy at cat yoga class

  24-10-2019 18:15
  
  Vancouver’s first cat café, Catfé, is launching an ongoing wellness series, and its first event is pretty meow-velous: a yin yoga session, with cats.
  
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• How Film Producer Bonnie Arnold became a Hollywood powerhouse

  24-10-2019 17:57 via globalnews.ca
  Oscar-nominated film producer Bonnie Arnold is behind some of the most successful animated movies of all time. We talk to her about her career and life in Hollywood.
  
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• What small businesses can expect from the Liberal minority government

  24-10-2019 17:49
  
  Pressure on reducing credit-card interchange fees may ramp up; ban on single-use plastics may also take place
  
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• Fall garden tune up tips from Carson Arthur

  24-10-2019 17:47 via globalnews.ca
  Celebrity gardening and landscape expert Carson Arthur gives his top tips for getting your garden ready for the colder weather.
  
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• New movie reviews: Western Stars, Lighthouse, Parasite

  24-10-2019 17:38 via globalnews.ca
  Movie Critic Dana Gee has a look at the new movies “Western Stars” and “the Lighthouse”, “Parasite”
  
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• Canada’s best new restaurants of 2019

  24-10-2019 17:35 via globalnews.ca
  On Wednesday, Air Canada’s enRoute magazine revealed its top restaurant list for the year.
  
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• Beer and wine trial aboard BC Ferries sets sail Thursday

  24-10-2019 17:21 via globalnews.ca
  It's the first time alcoholic drinks have been offered for sale on BC Ferries' southern routes.
  
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