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• Two B.C. wildfires no longer considered a threat

  21-08-2024 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Komonko Creek wildfire is no longer considered a "wildfire of note," reducing to two the provincial tally of fires that are highly visible or pose a threat.
  
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• Removal underway for huge crane blocking Vancouver street following destructive fire - Vancouver Sun

  21-08-2024 23:11
  Removal underway for huge crane blocking Vancouver street following destructive fire  Vancouver Sun
  
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• Sláinte! 15 colleagues at Vancouver Irish pub share $1 million Lotto Max prize

  21-08-2024 23:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  Fifteen employees of a popular Vancouver bar are celebrating the luck of the Irish after they shared a $1 million Lotto Max prize. Read More
  
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• B.C. filmmaker chronicles life of ‘forgotten soldier’ killed in WWI

  21-08-2024 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fred Lee, has no known grave and died at the Battle of Hill 70 in 1917.
  
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• RCMP release photo of suspect in Surrey sexual assault

  21-08-2024 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 24-year-old man has been charged with break and enter and sexual assault and police are releasing his photo in the hopes that people with more information come forward.
  
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• Weather and luck help B.C. wildfire situation, but drought and risks persist

  21-08-2024 22:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  Though the wildfire season in B.C. this year has been less intense than last year’s record destruction, drought conditions persist in many regions and the situation could worsen, Emergency Minister Bowinn Ma has warned. Read More
  
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• B.C. wildfires: Province down to two wildfires of note but warming, drying trend returns to north

  21-08-2024 22:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Komonko Creek wildfire in southeastern B.C. is no longer considered a wildfire of note, reducing to two the provincial tally of fires that are highly visible or pose a threat to people or properties. Read More
  
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• Vancouver crane update - CityNews Vancouver

  21-08-2024 22:15
  Vancouver crane update  CityNews Vancouver
  
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• Collapsed crane removal begins in Vancouver, work to be ‘wrapped by Labour Day’ - Global News BC

  21-08-2024 22:00
  Collapsed crane removal begins in Vancouver, work to be ‘wrapped by Labour Day’  Global News BC
  
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• Collapsed crane removal begins in Vancouver, work to be ‘wrapped by Labour Day’

  21-08-2024 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A fire destroyed a six-storey Dunbar building, spread to several neighbouring homes, displaced dozens of people and has left 41st Avenue closed to traffic ever since.
  
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• ‘We call them keystone species’: Vancouver Island grizzly cubs may boost ecosystem - Global News Toronto

  21-08-2024 21:56
  ‘We call them keystone species’: Vancouver Island grizzly cubs may boost ecosystem  Global News Toronto
  
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• ‘We call them keystone species’: Vancouver Island grizzly cubs may boost ecosystem - Global News

  21-08-2024 21:56
  ‘We call them keystone species’: Vancouver Island grizzly cubs may boost ecosystem  Global News
  
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• ‘We call them keystone species’: Vancouver Island grizzly cubs may boost ecosystem

  21-08-2024 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  When wildlife photographer Catherine Babault captured images of a female grizzly bear with two cubs encountering a herd of elk on Vancouver Island last month, she knew she had witnessed something special.
  
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• Two Vancouver police officers charged with assault after alleged off-duty incident

  21-08-2024 21:35 via vancouversun.com
  
  Two Vancouver police officers have been charged with assault related to an off-duty incident last December. Read More
  
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• B.C.'s old-growth forest plays critical role in wildfire resiliency, says Valhalla Wilderness Society

  21-08-2024 21:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  The devastating wildfire season still gripping much of the West Kootenay underlines the need for B.C. to make concerted efforts to preserve existing old-growth forests, according to a local environmental organization. Read More
  
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• Grizzly bear cubs seen on Vancouver Island for first time could have big impact

  21-08-2024 21:10 via vancouversun.com
  
  COURTENAY — When wildlife photographer Catherine Babault captured images of a female grizzly bear with two cubs encountering a herd of elk on Vancouver Island last month, she knew she had witnessed something special. Read More
  
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• Watch live: 'Caps vs. Club América in Mexico City - Vancouver Whitecaps FC

  21-08-2024 20:54
  Watch live: 'Caps vs. Club América in Mexico City  Vancouver Whitecaps FC
  
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• Vancouver convenience store locks up drinks to deter theft

  21-08-2024 20:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  The store at Hornby and Davie Streets has locked up their beverages along with cough drops, Q-tips and cables so customers will have to ask for help.
  
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• Removal underway for huge crane blocking Vancouver street following destructive fire

  21-08-2024 20:37 via vancouversun.com
  
  A City of Vancouver official says a huge crane that crashed down on a busy street will likely be removed in two days, after blocking the route for more than two weeks. Read More
  
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• Destructive tree-killing beetle confirmed in five Vancouver areas - Vancouver Sun

  21-08-2024 20:15
  Destructive tree-killing beetle confirmed in five Vancouver areas  Vancouver Sun
  
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• Destructive tree-killing beetle confirmed in five Vancouver areas

  21-08-2024 20:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  A destructive beetle that destroys ash trees has been confirmed in five areas of Vancouver. Read More
  
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• Car Free Day in Vancouver: Main Street and Commercial Drive - Miss604

  21-08-2024 20:06
  Car Free Day in Vancouver: Main Street and Commercial Drive  Miss604
  
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• Breaking: El Gato Gab Gab Officially Opens August 29 - Vancouver Magazine

  21-08-2024 20:05
  Breaking: El Gato Gab Gab Officially Opens August 29  Vancouver Magazine
  
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• International: 30 bestselling books of the week for Aug. 17

  21-08-2024 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of Aug. 17

  21-08-2024 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  1. Untold Tales of Old British Columbia — Daniel Marshall (Ronsdale Press). Read More
  
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• CFL Picks: Rourke’s B.C. Lions look to hand Redblacks their first home loss of season

  21-08-2024 19:38 via theprovince.com
  
  Nathan Rourke and the B.C. Lions will attempt to do something on Saturday night no other CFL team has done this season. Read More
  
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• Surrey man charged for allegedly breaking into home, groping woman

  21-08-2024 19:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Surrey man has been charged in relation to a July assault of a woman who was groped in her home by a stranger in the middle of the night. Read More
  
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• Mounties investigate suspected homicide in Vernon

  21-08-2024 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  'We’re in the very early stages of our investigation at this time, but the death has been deemed suspicious and is being investigated as a homicide,' Const. Chris Terleski said.
  
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• Canucks’ Ian Clark stepping back from goalie coaching duties

  21-08-2024 17:31 via theprovince.com
  
  It may be mid August, but that hasn't stopped the Vancouver Canucks from producing a week full of goalie news. Read More
  
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• Canucks Announce Changes to Goaltending Coaching and Development - NHL.com

  21-08-2024 17:16
  Canucks Announce Changes to Goaltending Coaching and Development  NHL.com
  
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• Traffic alert: Expect delays during sewer work at Oak Street and West 70th

  21-08-2024 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Drivers are being advised to prepare for delays and disruptions as the City of Vancouver replaces aging sewer infrastructure in the area of Oak Street and West 70th Avenue. Read More
  
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• Removal of collapsed Vancouver crane underway after devastating fire - CTV News Vancouver

  21-08-2024 16:32
  Removal of collapsed Vancouver crane underway after devastating fire  CTV News Vancouver
  
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• B.C. teacher suspended for having 'personal, non-school related' communication with student - Vancouver Sun

  21-08-2024 16:17
  B.C. teacher suspended for having 'personal, non-school related' communication with student  Vancouver Sun
  
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• B.C. teacher suspended for having 'personal, non-school related' communication with student

  21-08-2024 16:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  A B.C. teacher was suspended for three days for failing to maintain appropriate boundaries with a student. Read More
  
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• Penticton winery suffers significant damage following watermain break

  21-08-2024 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Da Silva Winery has now been forced to close for the foreseeable future, ahead of what is supposed to be one of the busiest weekends of the season.
  
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• B.C. Conservative constituency executive resigns as controversy swirls over party's nomination process - Vancouver Sun

  21-08-2024 15:07
  B.C. Conservative constituency executive resigns as controversy swirls over party's nomination process  Vancouver Sun
  
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• 'Frustrated, annoyed and angry': Neighbours clash as Coquitlam land assembly blocked by 1960s covenant - Vancouver Sun

  21-08-2024 15:05
  'Frustrated, annoyed and angry': Neighbours clash as Coquitlam land assembly blocked by 1960s covenant  Vancouver Sun
  
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• Number of oil tankers entering Vancouver harbour jumps from two to 20 a month - Vancouver Sun

  21-08-2024 15:02
  Number of oil tankers entering Vancouver harbour jumps from two to 20 a month  Vancouver Sun
  
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• Number of oil tankers entering Vancouver harbour jumps from two to 20 a month

  21-08-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The number of oil tankers travelling under the Lions Gate Bridge and into Vancouver harbour has increased from around two a month to around 20 since the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion was completed, according to a local researcher. Read More
  
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• 'Frustrated, annoyed and angry': Neighbours clash as Coquitlam land assembly blocked by 1960s covenant

  21-08-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Density-restricting covenants attached to the land titles of more than 60 lots in a Coquitlam subdivision are pitting neighbours against one another. Some want the decades-old restrictions dissolved to allow for multi-unit developments, while others want to retain the neighbourhood’s single-family character. Read More
  
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• B.C. Conservative constituency executive resigns as controversy swirls over party's nomination process

  21-08-2024 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  In its haste to nominate 93 candidates in time for October's provincial election, the B.C. Conservative party has angered some rank-and-file members by bypassing grassroots decision-making. Read More
  
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• Storms and heavy rain prompt weather warnings for Vancouver Island - The Weather Network

  21-08-2024 11:32
  Storms and heavy rain prompt weather warnings for Vancouver Island  The Weather Network
  
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• City is asking for feedback on 2025 Budget priorities - City of Vancouver

  21-08-2024 09:00
  City is asking for feedback on 2025 Budget priorities  City of Vancouver
  
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• Driver advisory: Expect 'significant traffic impacts' on busy Vancouver street - Vancouver Is Awesome

  21-08-2024 08:05
  Driver advisory: Expect 'significant traffic impacts' on busy Vancouver street  Vancouver Is Awesome
  
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• 'The risk of thunderstorms certainly exists' for Metro Vancouver - Vancouver Is Awesome

  21-08-2024 04:42
  'The risk of thunderstorms certainly exists' for Metro Vancouver  Vancouver Is Awesome
  
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• New poll puts B.C. Conservatives ahead of NDP as election looms

  21-08-2024 04:17 via vancouversun.com
  
  A poll released on Tuesday shows the B.C. Conservative Party ahead of the ruling B.C. NDP for the first time, as an October election looms. Read More
  
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• Campaign underway to save the University of Victoria’s only pool

  21-08-2024 03:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Users of UVic's McKinnon Pool were caught off guard last month when the university suddenly announced the 50-year-old facility would be shuttered permanently in September.
  
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• Giant squid on a stick, sour candy soft serve and more on offer at this year’s PNE

  21-08-2024 03:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  PNE organizers said in 2023 that visitors this year gulped down more than 40,000 slushies and noshed on more than 12,000 spiraled potato sticks and 6,000 racks of ribs.
  
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• Murder trial in death of innocent B.C. teen bystander heads to closing arguments

  21-08-2024 03:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kane Carter, 28, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and one count of aggravated assault in the deaths of 15-year-old Alfred Wong and Kevin Whiteside.
  
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• Two Vancouver police officers charged with assault over off-duty incident - Global News Toronto

  21-08-2024 03:27
  Two Vancouver police officers charged with assault over off-duty incident  Global News Toronto
  
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