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• Bulls & Bears: Battle in Seattle expected to net 72,000 fans Sunday for MLS Cup Final

  08-11-2019 23:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Sport Market on TSN Radio rates and debates the bulls and bears of sport business. Join Tom Mayenknecht Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. for a behind-the-scenes look at the sport business stories that matter most to fans. Read More
  
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• Tipsy from kombucha? BCIT researchers test popular drink for alcohol

  08-11-2019 23:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  If you're feeling a buzz off your kombucha, it might be more than just the health kick. Read More
  
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• B.C. gives Vancouver $1 million for proposed Chinese-Canadian museum

  08-11-2019 23:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. government is giving the City of Vancouver $1 million to help establish a Chinese-Canadian museum with the goal of creating hubs in other communities to share the history and experience of Chinese immigrants across the province. Read More
  
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• Transit strike: Horgan hints at intervention if labour action festers

  08-11-2019 23:22 via vancouversun.com
  
  Metro Vancouver's transit strike is expected to continue through the long weekend, with the union representing 5,000 transit workers saying that it's "only going to get worse" as the job action enters week 2. Read More
  
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• Name change: Burnaby 8-Rinks now called Scotia Barn

  08-11-2019 23:12 via theprovince.com
  
  Burnaby 8-Rinks, which has been a hub of hockey for decades in Metro Vancouver, has a new corporate partner and a new corporate name. Read More
  
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• Roadside prohibition rescinded for Victoria cancer survivor who lost driver’s licence

  08-11-2019 23:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Victoria cancer survivor who lost her driver’s licence and had her car impounded after she was unable to provide a proper breath sample has had her immediate roadside prohibition rescinded. Read More
  
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• Why Glow Vancouver is one of the city's most Instagrammable holiday events | Listed - Daily Hive

  08-11-2019 22:54
  
  Why Glow Vancouver is one of the city's most Instagrammable holiday events | Listed  Daily Hive
  
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• Province ponies up $1M for Vancouver Chinese Canadian museum

  08-11-2019 22:26
  
  ‘The contributions of British Columbians of Chinese descent are an essential part of our province’s success’
  
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• B.C. adds 15K jobs in October, snapping four-month losing spree

  08-11-2019 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Unemployment remained static at 4.7 per cent in B.C., the lowest in the country.
  
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• Vancouver indie-rock band Calpurnia announces breakup - Straight.com

  08-11-2019 22:00
  
  Vancouver indie-rock band Calpurnia announces breakup  Straight.com
  
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• Hearing ordered to look into alleged excessive force by two Vancouver police officers - Vancouver Courier

  08-11-2019 22:00
  
  Hearing ordered to look into alleged excessive force by two Vancouver police officers  Vancouver Courier
  
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• Agency says North Vancouver Mounties did not cause man's fall

  08-11-2019 21:14 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Independent Investigations Office has cleared North Vancouver Mounties of any wrongdoing in connection with injuries suffered by a man who fell from a third-floor window earlier this year. Read More
  
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• Indefinite shutdown at Kelowna lumber mill to become permanent: Tolko Industries

  08-11-2019 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tolko said the decision came after a thorough examination of all contributing factors. including log costs, market conditions and cumulative policy burden.
  
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• Bitcoin phone scams rack up over $66000 in losses from Metro Vancouver victims - Straight.com

  08-11-2019 20:42
  
  Bitcoin phone scams rack up over $66000 in losses from Metro Vancouver victims  Straight.com
  
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• Bitcoin phone scams rack up over $66000 in losses from Metro Vancouver victims over three months - Straight.com

  08-11-2019 20:42
  
  Bitcoin phone scams rack up over $66000 in losses from Metro Vancouver victims over three months  Straight.com
  
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• 5 Things to do this weekend: Friday, November 8, 2019

  08-11-2019 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including the many Remembrance Day ceremonies around the area.
  
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• RCMP seek person of interest in armed Whalley robbery

  08-11-2019 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Surrey RCMP is looking for help to find a person of interest in an armed robbery in Whalley.
  
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• RCMP cleared after man seriously injured in fall from North Vancouver balcony

  08-11-2019 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  B.C.'s civilian police watchdog has cleared police of any wrongdoing in an incident where a man broke his leg falling from a North Vancouver balcony.
  
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• Book review: B.C. novelist Keith Maillard writes about his search for the father who abandoned him

  08-11-2019 20:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  Keith Maillard (West Virginia University Press,  2019) Read More
  
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• Canucks recall defenceman Jalen Chatfield from Utica Comets

  08-11-2019 20:11 via theprovince.com
  
  The Vancouver Canucks have called up defenceman Jalen Chatfield from the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League. Read More
  
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• Science of Cocktails

  08-11-2019 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  On February 6, 2020, Science World’s largest annual fundraising event, Science of Cocktails, will celebrate its 5th year under the glittering iconic dome at TELUS World of Science. Science World’s signature event will see event goers enjoy the talents of Vancouver’s award-winning bartenders and chefs showcasing the connection between ingredients, technique, and science. With more...
  
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• Essential Well Being: Vitruvi founder talks the power of self-care rituals

  08-11-2019 20:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  Essential Well Being: A Modern Guide to Using Essential Oils in Beauty, Body, and Home Rituals Read More
  
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• Opinion: Are Vancouver’s short-term rental restrictions really ‘working’?

  08-11-2019 20:02
  
  City claims success in latest update, but it depends what you’re measuring
  
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• Canucks recall defenceman from AHL Utica

  08-11-2019 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jalen Chatfield is poised to make his NHL debut with the Vancouver Canucks after the club recalled the defenceman from their American Hockey League affiliate in Utica, N.Y.
  
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• Style Q&A: Color Me Courtney blogger revamps HBC Stripes with new collection

  08-11-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Courtney Quinn knows how to play with colour. Read More
  
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• John Fluevog talks shoes, struggles and celebration

  08-11-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  John Fluevog: 50 Years of Unique Soles for Unique Souls Read More
  
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• Brian Minter: Cold-hardy cyclamen offer explosion of ground-cover colour

  08-11-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  I’ll never forget the brilliance of beech trees, with their greyish white bark, skirted by thousands of pink cyclamen blossoms in many established English gardens I have visited. The use of stunning, cold-hardy cyclamen (also known as alpine or European cyclamen), as ground covers around and under deciduous trees and shrubs, is seldom seen in our West Coast gardens. Read More
  
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• No, the government doesn’t accept Bitcoin, warns RCMP amid surge in scams

  08-11-2019 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police say the most common victims are college-age and elderly people, as well as new Canadians. 
  
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• Brothers in arms: Vancouver's three Sheehans died in Second World War, to be remembered in Belgium

  08-11-2019 19:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  Three Vancouver men killed in separate Royal Canadian Air Force missions during the Second World War will be remembered at a gravesite ceremony in the Heverlee war cemetery in Belgium on Saturday. Read More
  
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• Transit Strike: Cancellations, delays expected through long weekend in Metro Vancouver

  08-11-2019 19:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  Metro Vancouver's transit strike is expected to continue through the long weekend, with the union representing 5,000 transit workers saying that it's "only going to get worse" as the job action enters week two. Read More
  
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• Transit strike forces several bus cancellations, Union wants to discuss wages

  08-11-2019 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Unifor western director Gavin McGarrigle wants to get back to the bargaining table with Coast Mountain Bus Company, but only if they are willing to discuss wage increases for its members.
  
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• Police watchdog says North Vancouver Mounties did not cause man's fall

  08-11-2019 19:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Independent Investigations Office, B.C.'s police watchdog, has cleared North Vancouver Mounties of any wrongdoing in connection with injuries suffered by a man who fell from a third-floor window earlier this year. Read More
  
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• If Wexit were to happen, Alberta would top in greenhouse gas emissions per capita

  08-11-2019 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Globally, he said there is a "clear trend towards transitioning to a low carbon economy," which could spell trouble for the would-be country.
  
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• Running back breaks junior football records

  08-11-2019 18:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Langley Rams meet the Saskatoon Hilltops for the Canadian Junior Football Championship a week from this Saturday in Langley. If the Rams are to win, they’ll need a big effort from their record-breaking running back, Andrew Pocrnic, who just happens to be from Saskatoon.
  
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• High speed chases, weapons part of 'Batwoman' shoot in Vancouver - CTV News

  08-11-2019 18:32
  
  High speed chases, weapons part of 'Batwoman' shoot in Vancouver  CTV News
  
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• Video captures hit-and-run driver clipping 12-year-old Vancouver cyclist - Global News

  08-11-2019 18:22
  
  Video captures hit-and-run driver clipping 12-year-old Vancouver cyclist  Global News
  
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• Video captures hit-and-run driver clipping 12-year-old Vancouver cyclist

  08-11-2019 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  "I looked back up at the car and I was wondering, 'How could you even do that?'" 12-year-old Brahm Nair said.
  
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• Metro Vancouver transit dispute day 8: Trip cancellations reported across bus system

  08-11-2019 18:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Metro Vancouver's bus system began to see significant impacts due to transit worker job action on Friday.
  
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• Transit strike: 16 SeaBus cancellations, 25 bus routes affected for Nov. 8

  08-11-2019 17:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  Metro Vancouver's transit strike heads into the long weekend with 16 SeaBus cancellations Friday, and significant delays on least 25 bus routes. Read More
  
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• Canucks notes: Vancouver trying to rewrite recent November history - The Province

  08-11-2019 17:52
  
  Canucks notes: Vancouver trying to rewrite recent November history  The Province
  
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• Canucks notes: Vancouver trying to rewrite recent November history

  08-11-2019 17:52 via theprovince.com
  
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• Choking first aid

  08-11-2019 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Christopher Chan from St. John Ambulance demonstrates how to provide first aid to someone who is choking.
  
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• The long shadow of war wounds loom over veterans, and their children

  08-11-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  “When I watched him intimidate people, I’d feel a mix of love and pride. And terror.” Read More
  
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• 11 cities (and one planet) Vancouver has played in the movies | Etcetera - Daily Hive

  08-11-2019 16:02
  
  11 cities (and one planet) Vancouver has played in the movies | Etcetera  Daily Hive
  
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• Town Talk: Galas support hospitals and cancer and juvenile diabetes research

  08-11-2019 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  THREE GALA NIGHT: It started at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver when  Immigrant Employment Council of B.C. CEO Patrick MacKenzie chaired The B.C. Cancer Foundation’s Inspiration gala. With the theme Genomics: The Future of Cancer, the 15th annual event reportedly raised $3 million. As often in such roles, MacKenzie was motivated by a past cancer that carried away his wife Sarah. Dr. Janessa Laskin, the clinical head of B.C. Cancer’s genomics group, looks to her specialty curtailing
  
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• Conversations That Matter: Colonies of your body

  08-11-2019 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Your body has been colonized by bacteria, fungi, protozoa, viruses and microbes. There are so many of them that they amount for about half of you. They are known as the microbiome and they possess 200 times more genes than you do. Read More
  
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• Mo Miler plays role so bridge tours can focus on scenery, not jumpers

  08-11-2019 15:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  A 500-foot long breathtaking bridge, in the Agent Orange-stained mountains of Da Nang, Vietnam is the crowned jewel of the third-largest city in this compelling country. Read More
  
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• Transit strike: There are 16 SeaBus cancellations for Nov. 8

  08-11-2019 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Transit workers are currently staging a multi-part strike, as negotiations with the Coast Mountain Bus Company broke off last week. Read More
  
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• I talked with my grandmother about the Second World War (VIDEO)

  08-11-2019 15:00
  
  Three years ago, Courier editor Michael Kissinger sat down with his now 96-year-old grandmother, Patricia Massy, to discuss her experiences in England during the Second World War.
  
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• Canucks Game Day: Jets having a devil of a time, but Hellebuyck props them up

  08-11-2019 14:00 via theprovince.com
  
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