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• Las Vegas hits record 5th day over 46 C amid scorching U.S. heat wave

  10-07-2024 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The temperature climbed to 46.1 C shortly after 1:00 p.m. local time at Harry Reid International Airport, breaking the old mark of four consecutive days set in July 2005.
  
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• All 25 B.C. universities, colleges will have nasal naloxone this fall: minister

  10-07-2024 23:35 via vancouversun.com
  
  The province will provide all 25 B.C. universities and colleges with easy-to-use nasal naloxone this fall, and is requiring schools to make the kits "readily available and accessible" to students to help prevent overdoses. Read More
  
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• Battle over Surrey police appears finally over as city, province ink deal

  10-07-2024 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The agreement could finally draw the curtain on an acrimonious and years-long political battle between the two governments over the fate of policing in the city.
  
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• Drive-by shooting shatters windows at Vancouver bar

  10-07-2024 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Isabelle's Bar and Tavern in Yaletown was behind police tape Wednesday following a drive-by shooting. No injuries were reported, and Vancouver police have no suspects at this time.
  
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• The Last of Us filming takes over Vancouver's Chinatown

  10-07-2024 23:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver’s Chinatown was made over to look like a post-apocalyptic Seattle this week for filming of Season 2 of the hit HBO series The Last of Us. Read More
  
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• It's a wrap in Vancouver for Last of Us director Druckmann

  10-07-2024 23:12 via vancouversun.com
  
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• Extreme fire danger rating for Ashcroft, Lillooet and Merritt ahead of storm

  10-07-2024 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  A long stretch of record-breaking heat coupled with a forecast of dry lightning and heavy winds has turned attention back onto B.C. forests and the threat of wildfire.
  
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• Cyclist hospitalized after vehicle collision in Vancouver

  10-07-2024 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  A woman is in hospital after she was hit by a car when she was bicycling in Vancouver, early Wednesday morning.
  
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• Don’t drink and drive: Summer road checks underway across B.C.

  10-07-2024 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  In the South Okanagan, B.C. Highway Patrol says it checked more than 600 vehicles between July 4-6.
  
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• B.C. wildfires: Number of blazes jumps to 130 as heat wave creates prime fire conditions

  10-07-2024 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  The number of so-called active wildfires in B.C. has jumped by more than two dozen to about 130 as a result of the heat wave creating tinder-dry conditions. Read More
  
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• B.C. crime news: Targeted shooting in Surrey injures one | Witnesses sought in Vancouver police arrest leading to injury

  10-07-2024 21:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  Here's a round up of crime news from around B.C. on July 10, 2024. Read More
  
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• B.C. crime news: Targeted shooting in Surrey injures one

  10-07-2024 21:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  Here's a round up of crime news from around B.C. on July 10, 2024. Read More
  
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• Calvin White: Warnings on social media apps won't make kids forsake the internet drug

  10-07-2024 20:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  I have been writing about the effects of social media and internet-cellphone use on kids since 2016. By then it was amply clear to any school counsellor or teacher what was happening with regard to the medium's addictive characteristics and its power to limit thinking development. And now U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is asking for health warnings on social media apps in an apparent scientific echo to what everyone already recognized through indisputable daily observation. Read More
  
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• Vancouver teacher reprimanded for racially insensitive comments to students

  10-07-2024 20:34 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Vancouver high school teacher has been reprimanded for yelling at one of his students and telling them they were doing poorly in front of classmates, and for making comments about three others poking fun at their nationalities. Read More
  
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• Vancouver dates announced for the Jinkx + DeLa Holiday Show, VSO Star Trek, Bob Sumner and TokiMonsta

  10-07-2024 20:20 via vancouversun.com
  
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• Vancouver author explores online trolling, bullying in latest thriller 

  10-07-2024 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  For her new novel The Haters, Vancouver author Robyn Harding digs deep into the world of online harassment. Read More
  
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• The Washboard Union releases new 10-track album titled Westerly

  10-07-2024 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Band on Her T-shirt is the third single from Westerly. The new album by Canadian country music stars the Washboard Union drops this week on Universal Music Canada. Read More
  
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• International: 30 bestselling books of the week for July 6

  10-07-2024 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of July 6

  10-07-2024 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  1. Lightning Strikes the Silence — Iona Whishaw (TouchWood Editions). Read More
  
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• Increased fire activity to start Wednesday due to thunderstorms, lighting expected in B.C.

  10-07-2024 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  A mass of cold air is expected to generate strong winds, thunderstorms and dry lightning, which has BC Wildfire Service officials concerned for the coming days ahead.
  
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• Family of three, including infant, dies in Agassiz crash

  10-07-2024 19:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The family, which has not been identified, was travelling along Lougheed Highway at about 3:27 a.m. when their vehicle collided head-on with a tractor-trailer.
  
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• Family of three killed in head-on collision with semi-trailer in Agassiz

  10-07-2024 19:03 via vancouversun.com
  
  A family of three, including an infant, are dead after a horrific head-on crash in Agassiz. Read More
  
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• The Home Front: Designed with heart and soul

  10-07-2024 18:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Dream projects happen when a client's values align with your own, says Jesse Garlick, principal architect at Studio 531 in Victoria, B.C. Garlick recently experienced just that with a project he recently designed for the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society (SCCSS) in downtown Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast. Read More
  
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• 37 more B.C. temperature records broken by heat wave

  10-07-2024 18:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  From one end of the province to the other, there were 37 heat records broken, according to Environment Canada and four of those saw temperatures rise above 40 C. 
  
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• Condo Smarts: All contractors should be willing to agree to written contracts

  10-07-2024 18:00 via theprovince.com
  
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• First Nation reserve in B.C. evacuated by boat due to wildfire

  10-07-2024 17:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  The order covered the Kahntah Reserve, a few kilometres south of an out-of-control fire discovered on Monday.
  
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• B.C. ports’ job action could reignite if automation isn’t addressed: expert

  10-07-2024 17:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  McGill University Associate Prof. Barry Eidlin says while strike action was averted this time, the core issue of automation at the ports remains unaddressed.
  
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• There's a stylish new lobby bar in Vancouver — plus 5 of our favourites

  10-07-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Stepping in to the new The Georgia Bar in Vancouver, it feels like stepping back in time. Read More
  
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• Historic Vancouver Block clock gets a modern touch in restoration

  10-07-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The giant clock on top of the landmark downtown Edwardian-style building, the Vancouver Block, has been a local fixture since it was installed at 736 Granville St. in 1912. Read More
  
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• 'Fatbergs' rearing ugly presence at Metro Vancouver's Lulu Island sewage treatment plant

  10-07-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  'Fatberg' is the funny name given to a not-funny-at-all problem that lurks in city sewer systems around the world, including recently at Metro Vancouver's Lulu Island wastewater treatment plant. Read More
  
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• Vancouver updates view and solar access policies with balanced approach to support housing, job growth and livability - City of Vancouver

  10-07-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  Vancouver updates view and solar access policies with balanced approach to support housing, job growth and livability  City of Vancouver
  
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• Could a new Costco be coming to South Surrey?

  10-07-2024 04:05 via vancouversun.com
  
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• B.C. veteran whose birthday tradition raised $460K for kids dies at 105

  10-07-2024 03:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  John Hillman made headlines every year when he would walk laps around Carlton House in Oak Bay over a 10 day period to mark his birthday and to fundraise for a children's charity.
  
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• Why are some B.C. Hudson’s Bay stores closed? Company says it’s working on it

  10-07-2024 03:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  "The current heatwave has caused strain on HVAC systems in certain Hudson’s Bay locations," the organization said in a statement. It says they are working to resolve the problem.
  
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• B.C. families battle retirement home over security deposits: ‘It’s just not right’

  10-07-2024 03:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Greg Stewart is one of several people who allege a Langford independent living facility has wrongly withheld their family members' damage deposits when they moved out.
  
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• North Shore neighbourhood groups unite to fight sewage plant tax hike

  10-07-2024 02:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  North Shore homeowners are facing fee hikes in excess of $600 a year due to cost overruns on a beleaguered new wastewater treatment plant.
  
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• Corralling your pony tail palm is no easy feat

  10-07-2024 02:27 via theprovince.com
  
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• Copper thieves keep cutting this B.C. community’s internet: ‘It’s a public safety issue’

  10-07-2024 02:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Residents say copper theft has been an ongoing issue for more than a decade, and has persisted even after Telus switched most of the area to fiber-optic cable in 2021.
  
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• 'There clearly is dysfunction': Vancouver's park board-council infighting likely to continue for months

  10-07-2024 01:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  When Vancouver park commissioners voted 4-3 Monday to reject a reconfiguration bike and car traffic into Stanley Park, the decision was described as both proof of the importance of Vancouver's elected park board — unique among B.C. cities — and proof that it should be abolished. Read More
  
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• B.C. orders provincewide campfire ban after heat wave

  10-07-2024 01:24 via vancouversun.com
  
  With much of B.C. was sweltering under a heat wave, the B.C. Wildfire Service issued a provincewide campfire ban set to take effect on Friday. Read More
  
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• About 30% of B.C. dentists have signed up for federal dental insurance plan

  10-07-2024 01:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The head of the B.C. Dental Association told Global News that a program that would normally take five to seven years to implement has been pushed through in just 18 months.
  
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• Andrew Weaver: David Eby has lost the plot of what it takes to govern

  10-07-2024 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  As we approach the fall election, it is clear to me that Premier David Eby presides over a centrally controlled administration doing more harm across the province than good. Simply put, he has lost the plot of what it takes to govern by deciding to pander to his narrow base of support. Read More
  
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• Canucks: Arturs Silovs needs a contract

  10-07-2024 00:50 via theprovince.com
  
  CapFriendly may soon be going dark, the men behind it having been signed up by the Washington Capitals to work in their hockey operations department, but its continued existence reminds us of two things when we zoom into the Vancouver Canucks' roster page for 2024-25. Read More
  
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• Dispute at B.C. ports may reignite over employers’ push on automation: expert

  10-07-2024 00:28 via vancouversun.com
  
  An expert says a narrowly averted labour stoppage at British Columbia ports could re-emerge despite federal intervention unless the core issue of automation and its threat to union jobs is addressed. Read More
  
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• B.C. to ban campfires across the province as of Friday, July 12

  10-07-2024 00:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The BC Wildfire Service said with the increased risk of new wildfire starts from current and forecast weather conditions, a complete ban across the province is necessary.
  
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• B.C. bans campfires across the province as of Friday, July 12

  10-07-2024 00:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The BC Wildfire Service said with the increased risk of new wildfire starts from current and forecast weather conditions, a complete ban across the province is necessary.
  
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