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• B.C. Lions star Vernon Adams Jr.’s injury ‘not long-term’ but he is sidelined ‘week-to-week’

  02-08-2024 23:52 via theprovince.com
  
  B.C. Lions medical staff have determined that the injury sustained by starting quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. on Thursday night in Winnipeg is "not long-term," but he is "out week-to-week," according to coach Rick Campbell in a written statement from the CFL club Friday afternoon. Read More
  
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• Eccentric moose-adorned art car has ‘jaws dropping’ in B.C.

  02-08-2024 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Self-described 'eccentric' Lyle Brown-John's current passion is travelling the province in his eye-catching, moose-adorned 'art car.'
  
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• Dry lightning, hot weather set to amp B.C. wildfire threat back up

  02-08-2024 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  B.C.'s wildfire service says another round of dry lightning is in the forecast for the southern third of the province, coinciding with the return of hot, dry weather.
  
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• Surrey RCMP seize guns after social media video reported

  02-08-2024 23:02 via vancouversun.com
  
  Police have seized several firearms after a video circulating on social media appeared to show a group of people dancing at a Surrey celebration while waving guns in the air. Read More
  
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• Accused faces mental health assessment in B.C. murder, castration case

  02-08-2024 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  The accused was transported to Forensic Psychiatric Hospital at the end of this hearing, a representative of the BC Prosecution Service said.
  
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• Support lining up for B.C. fruit growers in wake of co-op closure

  02-08-2024 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  More needs to be said about the people who called the cooperative their workplace for so many years, union officials said.
  
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• Paris 2024 is off to wildly successful start when it comes to viewers, collectibles and wagering

  02-08-2024 22:25 via theprovince.com
  
  Tom Mayenknecht is the host of The Sport Market on Sportsnet 650 on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Vancouver-based sport business commentator and principal in Emblematica Brand Builders provides a behind-the-scenes look at the sport business stories that matter most to fans. Follow Mayenknecht at: twitter.com/TheSportMarket. Read More
  
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• One man dead, another injured in overnight Langley shooting

  02-08-2024 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has been deployed, and police believe the shooting is believed to be an isolated incident. 
  
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• Video of people dancing with guns in Surrey leads to weapons seizure

  02-08-2024 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mounties identified the home where they believed the video was recorded and seized the weapons around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. 
  
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• Vancouver Pride Parade 2024: Route map, festival info, road closures

  02-08-2024 21:52 via vancouversun.com
  
  Things are heating up in Vancouver this weekend and it's not just the weather. Read More
  
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• B.C. officials hold live update on Chilcotin River landslide situation

  02-08-2024 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Concern continues to grow over the Chilcotin River landslide in B.C.'s Central Interior, which has created an unstable dam holding back thousands of litres of water.
  
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• B.C. landslide: Water will take 12 to 24 hours to reach Hope when dam breaches

  02-08-2024 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Concern continues to grow over the Chilcotin River landslide in B.C.'s Central Interior, which has created an unstable dam holding back thousands of litres of water.
  
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• B.C. landslide: Water will take 12 to 24 hours to reach Hope if dam breaks

  02-08-2024 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Concern continues to grow over the Chilcotin River landslide in B.C.'s Central Interior, which has created an unstable dam holding back thousands of litres of water.
  
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• ICBC, police urge road safety for B.C. long weekend

  02-08-2024 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  ICBC says most months see an average of 55 people injured or killed. For July and August, though, that average rises to 87 people injured or killed.
  
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• Concert review: Lake Street Dive sounds so Good Together at Vancouver show

  02-08-2024 21:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  Lake Street Dive loves making music to move you. Read More
  
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• Why the huge B.C. landslide could cause problems for struggling salmon

  02-08-2024 20:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  An expert on B.C.'s salmon populations says the massive landslide that blocked off part of Canada's largest sockeye salmon run has created an unprecedented situation potentially putting the already struggling fish at even more risk. Read More
  
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• Hot weather for B.C. long weekend expected to dry out forest fuels

  02-08-2024 20:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. Wildfire Service says it now considers eight of the more than 300 fires burning across the province as "wildfires of note," as crews prepare for hot and dry conditions in the south of the province over the upcoming long weekend. Read More
  
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• Aerial video of B.C. landslide is ‘overwhelming’, ’emotional,’ says First Nation’s chief

  02-08-2024 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chief Willie Sellars of the Williams Lake First Nation flew over the Chilcotin River landslide and said it's only a matter of time before the debris starts to move.
  
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• Toronto skin-care company founder stays true to mission of offering stylish, sustainable products

  02-08-2024 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A fan of the luxe natural skin-care brands she had encountered from Europe, Gaelyne Leslie set out to create a similar line of her own in 2010. Read More
  
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• Kelowna teen trio Freeze the Fall play Light Organ Records Summerlight 2024 festival

  02-08-2024 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  When: Aug. 10, noon-9 p.m. Read More
  
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• Jane Macdougall: Eleanor's violets

  02-08-2024 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  I’m going to take a month off from the weekly question and do something I used to do for the National Post in August. Instead of writing The Bookless Club, I’m going to do a short story each week. To make this a more challenging project, I’m going to ask you to send me one word that you would like to see incorporated into the story. This week’s words were: motorcycle, scissors, and African violets. Read More
  
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• Beauty Buzz: Guerlain Abeille Royale Cleansing Care-in-Mousse, Briogeo Style and Treat Yuzu Plum Air Dry Hair Styling Cream, and Chanel No.1 de Chanel Revitalizing Eye Serum

  02-08-2024 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  They say: A new cleanser addition to the Abeille Royale collection from Guerlain, this face wash features a blend of honeys, including black bee honey from Ouessant Island in Brittany, France, along with royal jelly. Formulated with 90 per cent naturally derived ingredients, the cleanser features lipid microbeads that 'melt' on skin. Read More
  
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• One man dead in Langley shooting

  02-08-2024 18:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  One man is dead and homicide investigators have been brought in following a shooting early Friday morning. Read More
  
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• One man dead, another injured in Langley shooting

  02-08-2024 18:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  One man is dead and homicide investigators have been brought in following a shooting in Langley early Friday morning. Read More
  
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• Reduction of B.C. short-term rentals to fix housing prices just 'not going to happen,' stats show - Vancouver Sun

  02-08-2024 18:07
  Reduction of B.C. short-term rentals to fix housing prices just 'not going to happen,' stats show  Vancouver Sun
  
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• Vancouver’s July home sales slid five per cent from last year, listings up 20 per cent

  02-08-2024 17:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  Greater Vancouver Realtors says last month's home sales in the region dropped five per cent from a year ago, even as the number of new listings jumped 20 per cent. Read More
  
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• Vancouver’s July home sales slid 5% from last year, listings up 20%

  02-08-2024 17:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  Greater Vancouver Realtors says last month's home sales in the region dropped five per cent from a year ago, even as the number of new listings jumped 20 per cent. Read More
  
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• B.C. warns of wildfire risk, heat warnings issued

  02-08-2024 16:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The B.C. government has warned of increasing fire risk this long weekend as Environment Canada issues heat advisories for several areas in the southern part of the province.
  
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• Size of B.C. landslide doubled, nation chief says

  02-08-2024 16:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  The chief of Williams Lake First Nation says a landslide of debris that has dammed the Chilcotin River in B.C.'s central Interior has nearly doubled in size since Wednesday.
  
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• Reduction of B.C. short-term rentals to fix housing prices just 'not going to happen,' stats show

  02-08-2024 16:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  The percentage of short-term rentals in B.C. that could be used as long-term housing nearly doubled from 2017-2023 and is higher than anywhere else in the country, according to a new report from Statistics Canada. Read More
  
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• Conversations That Matter: Electronics recycling done right

  02-08-2024 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  “There are six elements that play a key role in optimizing fuel and chemical production,” says Mohammad Doostmohammdi of pH7 Technologies Inc. Read More
  
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• Water building behind B.C. slide appears to have doubled in size: First Nation chief

  02-08-2024 15:20 via vancouversun.com
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE — The chief of Williams Lake First Nation says water building behind a landslide of debris that has dammed the Chilcotin River in British Columbia's central Interior appears to have nearly doubled in size since Wednesday. Read More
  
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• No one knows what will happen with ’devastating’ landslide blocking B.C. river: chief

  02-08-2024 15:20 via vancouversun.com
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE — The uncertainty of how a landslide blocking British Columbia's Chilcotin River will give way is a key concern for Chief Willie Sellars of the Williams Lake Indian Band. Read More
  
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• First Nation chief says B.C. landslide doubled in size, sparks concerns

  02-08-2024 15:20 via vancouversun.com
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE — The chief of Williams Lake First Nation says a landslide of debris that has dammed the Chilcotin River in British Columbia's central Interior has nearly doubled in size since Wednesday. Read More
  
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• Targets of fatal Vancouver shooting linked to B.C. gang conflict - Vancouver Sun

  02-08-2024 15:06
  Targets of fatal Vancouver shooting linked to B.C. gang conflict  Vancouver Sun
  
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• B.C. Day 2024: What's open and closed in Metro Vancouver - Vancouver Sun

  02-08-2024 15:06
  B.C. Day 2024: What's open and closed in Metro Vancouver  Vancouver Sun
  
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• Targets of fatal Vancouver shooting linked to B.C. gang conflict

  02-08-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  On an October night in 2017, gangster Hitkaran Johal was stopped by Vancouver police on his way to a Kerrisdale office building to burn it down. Read More
  
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• Minister Adrian Dix defends health-care record as ER closures mount in B.C.

  02-08-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  At 10 p.m. on June 23, Kelly Szaniszlo's son and his pregnant fiancée tried to have their baby delivered at Kitimat General Hospital, but were told to drive the 40 minutes to Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace. Read More
  
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• Confusion over high rents at publicly-funded building in Vancouver - The Globe and Mail

  02-08-2024 15:00
  Confusion over high rents at publicly-funded building in Vancouver  The Globe and Mail
  
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• B.C. Day 2024: What's open and closed in Metro Vancouver

  02-08-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The August long weekend is here, which means summer is in full swing. Read More
  
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• Blue Bombers 25, Lions 0: In a season of ups and downs, this was rock bottom

  02-08-2024 05:26 via theprovince.com
  
  Welcome to Friendly Manitoba; where the shirtless, beer-fuelled fans razz you relentlessly, and the football team grinds up any dignity you have and spit it out. Read More
  
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• 'A bit of a gong show': Former Vancouver mayor weighs in on integrity commissioner suspension - CTV News Vancouver

  02-08-2024 04:22
  'A bit of a gong show': Former Vancouver mayor weighs in on integrity commissioner suspension  CTV News Vancouver
  
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• Video evidence shows gunfire, suspect vehicle in B.C. teen bystander murder trial

  02-08-2024 03:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kane Carter has pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Wong and Kevin Whiteside, along with the aggravated assault of another injured bystander.
  
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• Vancouver’s second annual Graffiti Jam crowdfunds to stay alive in Downtown Eastside

  02-08-2024 03:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 2024 Clean Lines Graffiti Jam runs from Aug. 3 to Aug. 5 in the 133 West Pender Street lane.
  
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• B.C. woman fights off attacker, credits her self-defence classes

  02-08-2024 03:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Last Saturday night she went outside her house to close her gate after her friend left and said a man grabbed her by the arm and slammed her hard into the gate twice.
  
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• Peace Arch Hospital ER scrambling for staff ahead of long weekend

  02-08-2024 02:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Claudine Storness-Bliss, an OB-GYN at Surrey Memorial Hospital, and candidate for BC United, said this news shouldn't surprise officials.
  
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• PlayNow users in B.C., Manitoba and Saskatchewan urged to change passwords

  02-08-2024 01:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The BCLC corporation issued the appeal after malicious actors targeted its PlayNow.com website with an attempt to use passwords stolen from other companies' websites.
  
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• Police urge more B.C. extortion victims to come forward as charges laid in Edmonton

  02-08-2024 01:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  The plea comes as investigators in B.C. face mounting pressure as police in other Canadian jurisdictions announce arrests and charges.
  
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• Close enough to ‘smell the popcorn’: B.C. Lions expand Victoria’s Royal Athletic for 14,000 Touchdown Pacific fans

  02-08-2024 01:01 via theprovince.com
  
  B.C. Lions president Duane Vienneau cites Field of Dreams in regards to the team’s Touchdown Pacific game at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria later this month. Read More
  
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• Letters to The Province: Fighting fires isn’t enough, we need more resources for prevention

  02-08-2024 01:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Here we go again. The heat is up and fires are among us. When are people in power going to realize that waiting for the guaranteed wildfires is not a sound strategy? We must get ahead of this event every year. It reminds me of a leaky ship and not bothering to find the leak and fix it because we have the coast guard on speed dial, so when we need them they will come to our rescue. This is not a good strategy. Read More
  
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