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• Alberta man swept away by B.C. river after trying to rescue 2 youths

  13-07-2024 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police say Stan Cappis of Red Deer was swept away after he and a friend jumped into the North Thompson River to rescue two youths.
  
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• Brother of Kelowna crane collapse victim petitions for safety

  13-07-2024 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Layne Vilness hopes his petition sparks a fire in getting his recommendations being implemented in the tower crane industry across B.C.
  
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• Search continues for Red Deer man swept away in North Thompson River

  13-07-2024 21:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  A search continued Saturday for a man who was swept away in the North Thompson River on Friday afternoon in Kamloops. Read More
  
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• B.C. mayor blasts party-goers for brush fire sparked by fireworks: ‘Should be ashamed’

  13-07-2024 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog said the thought of people lighting fireworks at the park is “outrageous” and those responsible should be prosecuted.
  
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• Book review: Heather Menzies reconciles stolen land, unconscious racism and healing

  13-07-2024 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
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• B.C. Climate News: Next big pipeline has hereditary chiefs and activists alarmed | Climate change made record-breaking Eastern Canada heat wave 'much more likely'

  13-07-2024 19:17 via vancouversun.com
  
  Here’s all the latest news concerning the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and the steps leaders are taking to address these issues. Read More
  
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• Brian Minter: Summer pruning requires an aggressive touch

  13-07-2024 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Pruning garden plants in summer is perhaps more important than the traditional dormant season trimming in winter. Pruning on cooler days will minimize the stress on your plants and prevent inside leaf burn. At this time of the year, vines, in particular, need extra attention because they tend to overgrow. We love vines for the privacy and the unique accents they provide, but they often don’t know when to quit. Summer-flowering vines, like clematis, honeysuckles, trumpet vines (campsis) and
  
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• Vancouver Island University tells pro-Palestinian protesters to vacate encampment

  13-07-2024 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The university said in a statement if protesters are not gone by 8 a.m. on Monday, it would "take all legal steps necessary to remove them."
  
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• First responders to get police escorts on Victoria street after paramedic attacked

  13-07-2024 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  First responders will no longer respond to the troubled 900 block of Pandora Avenue in Victoria without a police presence, after a man allegedly attacked a first paramedic.
  
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• B.C. wildfires: Fire threatens ancient forest near Prince George

  13-07-2024 18:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  British Columbia's wildfire service says crews are battling a 10-hectare blaze in a park that protects a portion of what the province calls the "only inland temperate rainforest in the world," with trees 1,000 years old. Read More
  
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• More than 300 participants in Pulling Together canoe journey arrive in Vancouver

  13-07-2024 17:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  Fourteen long canoes will arrive under the Lions Gate Bridge Saturday morning, with more than 300 people on board. Read More
  
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• Hundreds participants in Pulling Together canoe journey arrive in Vancouver

  13-07-2024 17:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  Eleven long canoes arrived under the Lions Gate Bridge Saturday morning, with hundreds of people on board. Read More
  
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• Hundreds of participants in Pulling Together canoe journey arrive in Vancouver

  13-07-2024 17:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  Eleven long canoes arrived under the Lions Gate Bridge Saturday morning, with hundreds of people on board. Read More
  
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• 'Think twice before you list': Why Metro Vancouver's real estate is heading to a buyer's territory - Vancouver Sun

  13-07-2024 17:06 via news.google.com
  
  'Think twice before you list': Why Metro Vancouver's real estate is heading to a buyer's territory  Vancouver Sun
  
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• 'Think twice before you list': Why Metro Vancouver's real estate is heading to a buyer's territory

  13-07-2024 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: B.C. is getting noticed for its spectacular sparkling wines. Here are the best ones to try

  13-07-2024 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A decade ago, I wrote a column about sparkling wine and suggested that if you wanted to know which of your friends were really into wine, check their refrigerator. If you found a bottle of sparkling wine waiting to be opened for no particular reason, chances are they were wine geeks. Read More
  
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• Conversations That Matter: To the edge of death and back

  13-07-2024 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  On June 10, 2014, Paul Dragan sat down to enjoy a cup of coffee across the street from his Yaletown business, Reckless Bikes. He took a sip and as he looked up, a heavyset man wearing a bicycle helmet came around the corner, pulled out a gun and shot Paul in the chest.Read More
  
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• 'Urgency of our efforts': Overdose death of UVic student has led to safety changes at Ontario schools

  13-07-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The preventable fentanyl-poisoning death of a University of Victoria student, which prompted major policy changes in B.C., has now led Ontario post-secondary schools to review their substance use and overdose prevention policies. Read More
  
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• Remembering the life of Michael Lowe - Obituaries

  13-07-2024 09:03 via news.google.com
  
  Remembering the life of Michael Lowe  Obituaries
  
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• Honda Celebration of Light - City of Vancouver

  13-07-2024 05:44 via news.google.com
  
  Honda Celebration of Light  City of Vancouver
  
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• Has Vancouver’s Lost Lagoon become a ’44-acre mud puddle?’ - Global News Toronto

  13-07-2024 04:00 via news.google.com
  
  Has Vancouver’s Lost Lagoon become a ’44-acre mud puddle?’  Global News Toronto
  
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• Has Vancouver’s Lost Lagoon become a ’44-acre mud puddle?’

  13-07-2024 04:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Stanley Park water feature Lost Lagoon has become a '44-acre mud puddle' according to one neighbour. The city says it doesn't have the money to upgrade the lagoon.
  
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• Hourly fees take effect at Vancouver’s last beach with free parking

  13-07-2024 03:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  The new fees of $1 per hour at Spanish Banks took effect Friday, while cheaper rates will kick in in the fall. 
  
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• B.C. man fights to bring tumor-‘deleting’ cancer treatment to Canada

  13-07-2024 03:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ron Haufler is going to the U.S. for a new treatment that could eliminate his cancer using sound waves. But he wants to know why he can't get it here in B.C.
  
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• New charges for bags in B.C. begin July 15

  13-07-2024 02:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  As of July 11, province-wide regulations will kick in that will require stores to charge at least 25 cents for paper bags and at least two dollars for reusable bags.
  
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• B.C. couple found dead in boat washed ashore on Nova Scotia’s Sable Island

  13-07-2024 02:15 via vancouversun.com
  
  HALIFAX — Police say a man and a woman from B.C. were found dead in a boat that washed ashore on Nova Scotia's Sable Island on Wednesday, about 300 kilometres southeast of Halifax. Read More
  
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• More than 6,400 people sign petition to oppose new pay parking at Spanish Banks

  13-07-2024 01:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  As pay parking rolled out Friday for the first time at Spanish Banks, a petition opposing the year-long experiment kept garnering signatures. Read More
  
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• Deadly crashes spike at start of B.C. summer road trip season

  13-07-2024 01:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  A one-year-old boy and his six-year-old sister, the youngest members of a Nelson family that was headed out on a summer camping trip, were among the 19 people killed on B.C. roads this week. Read More
  
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• NDP disagrees with Dr. Bonnie Henry, likely hopes she'll find a new job

  13-07-2024 01:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The provincial health officer must have known this week that her call for expanded access to hard drugs without a prescription would be a non-starter with the NDP government. Read More
  
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• One-two soccer punch continues to dominate sports business landscape

  13-07-2024 01:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  The one-two punch of the UEFA European Cup and the CONMEBOL Copa America continues to dominate the sport business landscape in bullish fashion. Read More
  
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• Letters to The Sun: Readers weigh in on PM's home equity 'windfall' comments and 'generational fairness'

  13-07-2024 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Re: PM eyes older Canadians’ ‘windfall' Read More
  
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• Homicide team takes over after Surrey shooting victim dies

  13-07-2024 00:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Twenty-five-year-old Jatinder Singh of Langley was rushed to hospital and has since died. Police said he did not have a criminal record.
  
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• Feud for thought: Rivals Hockey Canada and BCHL provide duelling announcements

  13-07-2024 00:43 via theprovince.com
  
  The B.C. Hockey Hockey League and Hockey Canada made substantial announcements a couple of days apart this week — guessing the timing wasn’t coincidental. Read More
  
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• B.C. Olympian stages inspiring fight against metastatic breast cancer

  13-07-2024 00:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Krista Temple, a two-time Canadian Olympian and silver medalist in the 2012 Women’s 8, is also a devoted mother of two.
  
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