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• B.C. premier ponders bail reform failing in Surrey woman’s home invasion murder

  09-07-2024 23:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C.'s premier says the province worked with the federal government to change its bail rules, so he is not sure why a man with a long and violent criminal history was released from jail weeks before the stabbing death of a woman in her Surrey home. Read More
  
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• Recall: Silk, Great Value brand plant-based milk recalled due to Listeria contamination

  09-07-2024 23:09 via vancouversun.com
  
  A number of Silk and Great Value brand plant-based beverages have been recalled across Canada due to a Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Read More
  
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• Wildfire threat looms as B.C. heat wave continues to smash records

  09-07-2024 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  The persistent heat baking an already dry British Columbia is raising the risk of wildfires throughout the province and particularly in the north.
  
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• Nat Bailey Stadium update: City, park board deciding on roles in funding upgrades

  09-07-2024 22:48 via theprovince.com
  
  Nat Bailey Stadium renovations are well underway and discussions about how the bills should be paid are ongoing, too. Read More
  
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• Merritt, B.C. mayor has strong words for province over rural ER closures

  09-07-2024 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Tuesday, B.C. Premier David Eby said the province struggles to maintain staffing for some of those key health-care positions, especially in rural areas.
  
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• New SFU medical school names dean, aims for first classes by 2026

  09-07-2024 22:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province and Simon Fraser University have named a founding dean for the school's planned new faculty of medicine. The school is expecting to begin classes by 2026.
  
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• Kids in the Hall alum Kevin McDonald coming to Vancouver

  09-07-2024 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Kids in the Hall’s Kevin McDonald will be coming to Vancouver for Unhinged with Kevin McDonald, a standup comedy and improv show on Aug. 24 at The Improv Centre (TIC) on Granville Island. Read More
  
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• Several Hudson's Bay stores closed due to 'strain' of B.C. heat wave on air conditioning systems: Company

  09-07-2024 21:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  Several Hudson's Bay stores across Metro Vancouver were closed Tuesday due to what the company said were issues with their air conditioning systems, another blow to the retail giant's Canadian operations, which have been beset with numerous challenges. Read More
  
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• Several Hudson's Bay stores closed due to 'strain' of B.C. heat wave on air conditioning systems

  09-07-2024 21:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  Several Hudson's Bay stores across Metro Vancouver were closed on Tuesday due to issues with air conditioning systems. Read More
  
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• Ironman Canada race moving from Penticton to Ottawa

  09-07-2024 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The move will take place after the South Okanagan community hosts what could be its last Ironman triathlon next month, Aug. 25, 2024.
  
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• Whitecaps vs Pacific FC: Another coastal clash for the Canadian Championship semifinal

  09-07-2024 21:06 via theprovince.com
  
  Pacific FC has been here before. Read More
  
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• B.C. Lions QB Vernon Adams Jr. tops CFL honour roll for second straight week

  09-07-2024 20:56 via theprovince.com
  
  B.C. Lions quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. is the top-rated offensive player on the CFL's honour roll for a second straight week. Read More
  
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• Merritt residents told to conserve water after 'major failure' at city well

  09-07-2024 20:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  There has been a "major failure" in a well in Merritt, prompting the city to ask its residents to stop all non-essential water use. Read More
  
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• ‘Major failure’ of one of Merritt’s water systems leads to warning for residents

  09-07-2024 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Voght Well has failed, according to the city, and while city water remains potable, residents must conserve water and cease all non-essential water usage until further notice.
  
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• These are 5 of the best maxi dresses of summer 2024

  09-07-2024 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A maxi dress is a one-and-done outfit that can work year round. Slip the style on with sandals and a straw bag for summer, then add boots and a chic coat come fall. A stylish maxi dress really can be a wardrobe workhorse. Read More
  
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• Basma Beauty founder talks journey from burn survivor to beauty brand owner

  09-07-2024 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  For Basma Hameed, makeup is more than just a beauty tool. Read More
  
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• B.C. weather: Record-setting heat as thermometer hits sweltering 40 C

  09-07-2024 19:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Leading the record-setting day was Lytton, where the mercury reached 42.4 C, obliterating the town's old mark of 39.4 C.
  
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• B.C. heat wave update: Cooler weather is on the way … except in these areas

  09-07-2024 19:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  More daily temperature records have fallen in a heat wave that blankets southern B.C., and while cooler weather is on the way for some areas, it will remain hot in the Interior. Read More
  
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• B.C. heat wave: Heat warnings remain in effect as more temperature records set

  09-07-2024 19:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  More daily temperature records have fallen in B.C., with temperatures forecast to remain in the high 30s for the rest of the week in much of the southern Interior. Read More
  
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• B.C. gang unit officer investigated over off-duty pedestrian crash in New Westminster

  09-07-2024 17:24 via vancouversun.com
  
  A member of B.C.'s integrated anti-gang unit is being investigated after hitting and injuring a woman while she was walking in a New Westminster intersection. Read More
  
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• B.C. gang unit officer investigated over off-duty pedestrian crash in New West | NWPD pull man from disabled dinghy on Fraser River

  09-07-2024 17:24 via vancouversun.com
  
  A member of B.C.'s integrated anti-gang unit is being investigated after hitting and injuring a woman while she was walking in a New Westminster intersection. Read More
  
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• B.C. crime news: Suspect tries to attack first responders in Coquitlam | Gang unit officer investigated over off-duty pedestrian crash in New West

  09-07-2024 17:24 via vancouversun.com
  
  Police are hunting for a man suspected of trying to harm first responders called to a medical emergency in Coquitlam. Read More
  
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• Vancouver homeowner plagued by aphid infestation pleads for help but city says they are just a nuisance

  09-07-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Parry Darred is fed up with the aphid infestation on the large city-owned tree in front of his east Vancouver home. Read More
  
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• Plague of aphids just a nuisance, City of Vancouver tells upset home owner

  09-07-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Parry Darred is fed up with the aphid infestation on the large city-owned tree in front of his east Vancouver home. Read More
  
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• Nicolas Cage plays serial killer in Vancouver-shot movie Longlegs

  09-07-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Three-plus decades ago, a teenaged Osgood Perkins saw a movie that blew him away. Read More
  
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• Nicolas Cage plays serial killer in Vancouver-shot Longlegs

  09-07-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Three-plus decades ago, a teenaged Osgood Perkins saw a movie that blew him away. Read More
  
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• Campers suspect 'bots' are nabbing the best B.C. Parks campsites, but are they?

  09-07-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Gillian Burnett says booking a campsite at a popular B.C. provincial park is "a little like the Ticketmaster experience." Read More
  
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• 150 km of Vancouver sewers are more than 100 years old

  09-07-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Nearly 150 kilometres of Vancouver sewer mains are more than 100 years old, well past the upper limit of what is generally considered the typical lifespan of sewer pipes. Read More
  
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• B.C. physics students turned TikTok sensations get the experience of a lifetime

  09-07-2024 03:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Both students were invited to the 70th-anniversary celebration of CERN in Switzerland and met one of the facility's top experimental physicists.
  
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• After surviving flash floods, residents of B.C. community now battling insurers

  09-07-2024 03:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  It remains clear if the owners of about 20 homes in Savona, B.C., will have access to government support after damaging flash floods washed through on June 30.
  
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• Minutes after checking into their B.C. Airbnb, this U.S. couple’s valuables were gone

  09-07-2024 03:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  As the suitcases were heavy and it was late, the couple decided to put these smaller bags in the Airbnb and go back to their car to get the suitcases.
  
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• Should swimming lessons be included in B.C.’s school curriculum?

  09-07-2024 03:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Questions around water safety are back in the spotlight following a pair of recent drownings, one at Lynn Canyon in North Vancouver and another in Kelowna.
  
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• Ex-BC Green leader who helped NDP come to power slams Premier David Eby

  09-07-2024 03:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Andrew Weaver is criticizing Premier David Eby's leadership, alleging it may be responsible for an exodus of sitting MLAs and pushing away longtime party supporters.
  
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• Ticketmaster reports security breach involving customers' personal information

  09-07-2024 03:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  Ticketmaster said personal information of some customers may have been stolen in a "data security incident" involving events in North America. Read More
  
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• Streisand was right. People who need people are the luckiest people in the world

  09-07-2024 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  I’m a volunteer at the Regional Animal Protection Society’s cat sanctuary in Richmond. It’s a marvellous place. Like a botanical garden, only with cats. Two acres of holiday-like huts, flagstone pathways, lawns, trees, flowers and about 380 moggies, many of them unadoptable. The reasons vary from bladder problems to illness to ferocity, but if you’re a RAPS cat, none of it matters. You’ve still got a home for life. Read More
  
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• Letters to The Vancouver Sun: What will the government do to protect seniors facing fee increases?

  09-07-2024 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Re: B.C. seniors being threatened with eviction from retirement homes over service fee increases, says seniors advocate. Read More
  
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• B.C.'s food and beverage industry is facing a critical crisis

  09-07-2024 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. government isn't recognizing the crisis in its food processing sector, simply because it has chosen not to. Read More
  
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• Season’s first campfire ban coming to B.C.’s Southern Interior

  09-07-2024 02:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  The ban, effective Friday at noon, includes the areas around Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton, Vernon, Princeton Merritt, Lillooet and Clearwater. 
  
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• The giant behind Dave Barrett, Bob Williams dies at age 91

  09-07-2024 01:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — On the morning after the B.C. NDP won its first election, premier-to-be Dave Barrett sat down with MLA Bob Williams, soon to emerge as the second most-powerful figure in the new government. Read More
  
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• ‘Danger below that tranquil, beautiful water’: More rescues at Lynn Canyon

  09-07-2024 01:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to the BC Coroners Service, alcohol and drugs have been a contributing factor in 38 per cent of drownings from 2012 to 2020.
  
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• Vancouver's new chief planner wants to build more homes, faster

  09-07-2024 00:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  Gazing out at the view from his new corner office above the rapidly transforming Broadway corridor, Josh White gestures admiringly to the northwest at a quickly rising cluster of towers in Kits Point. Read More
  
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• Occupants of truck that ran into semi on Highway 6 die in crash

  09-07-2024 00:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The crash happened at around 5:50 p.m., Highway 6, just north of Hills, B.C., and south of Crown Road in Hills.
  
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• Triceratops makes for dino-mite conversation piece in Vancouver man's front yard

  09-07-2024 00:36 via vancouversun.com
  
  There isn't much visual interest along the southern stretch of Vancouver's Knight Street, but two houses south of East 53rd Avenue, a giant animatronic Triceratops is doing what it does best: making people smile. Read More
  
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• Two more women charged in botched Surrey jewelry store robbery, shooting

  09-07-2024 00:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  The attempted robbery happened on Feb. 18 at a shop in Impact Plaza, near 152 Street and 101 Avenue and left one man with four gunshot wounds.
  
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• Vancouver Canadians shut down barbecue area for rest of season as Nat Bailey upgrades ramp up

  09-07-2024 00:29 via theprovince.com
  
  The Vancouver Canadians are shutting down the barbecue area located along the first base line at Nat Bailey Stadium for the remainder of their season as part of renovations to the ballpark moving ahead. Read More
  
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• Softball returning to Olympics should bring boost to Canada Cup tournament

  09-07-2024 00:02 via theprovince.com
  
  Women’s softball is coming back to the Olympics, which means Olympians should be coming back in great numbers to the annual Canada Cup tournament at Softball City in South Surrey. Read More
  
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