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• B.C. man accused of selling drugs on Silk Road to face extradition hearing

  23-01-2025 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  While U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned the founder of the dark web's "Silk Road" drug market, a B.C. man charged in the same case still faces an extradition hearing next month. Read More
  
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• B.C. ombudsperson satisfied with payments to caregivers of kids with disabilities

  23-01-2025 23:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia ombudsperson Jay Chalke says he’s satisfied the provincial government has fixed a problem that shortchanged caregivers of children with disabilities by nearly $1.2 million in federal funding. Read More
  
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• Vancouver mayor announces plan to transform Downtown Eastside - CityNews Vancouver

  23-01-2025 23:43 via news.google.com
  
  Vancouver mayor announces plan to transform Downtown Eastside  CityNews Vancouver
  
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• Vancouver to transform Downtown Eastside by pausing supportive housing, cracking down on crime

  23-01-2025 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  In what Ken Sim called a pivotal moment in the city's approach to addressing addiction, crime and housing challenges in the DTES, he outlined three proposed policy shifts.
  
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• Vancouver to transform Downtown Eastside by pausing social housing, cracking down on crime

  23-01-2025 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  In what Ken Sim called a pivotal moment in the city's approach to addressing addiction, crime and housing challenges in the DTES, he outlined three proposed policy shifts.
  
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• ‘Financially paralyzed’: Half of Canadians living bill-to-bill, poll finds

  23-01-2025 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nearly half added they could no longer afford to maintain their standard of living, while nearly a third said their finances were in a constant state of chaos.
  
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• Vancouver chefs set to join Team Canada for Bocuse d’Or competition

  23-01-2025 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  
  Representing Canada at the prestigious Bocuse d’Or competition will be a major career moment for Chef Keith Pears. Read More
  
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• B.C. pays over $1.2M to shortchanged disability caregivers

  23-01-2025 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  B.C.'s ombudsperson says he's satisfied the provincial government has fixed a problem that shortchanged caregivers of children with disabilities.
  
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• B.C. Crime Briefs: Charges laid in fatal Dawson Creek shooting | Pedestrian struck in hit-and-run collision in Nanaimo | No charges against Kamloops police officer involved in collision with youth on bicycle

  23-01-2025 21:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  One man has been charged in connection with a shooting in Dawson Creek on the weekend that left one person dead and another injured. Read More
  
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• Special Metro Vancouver Board meeting held on ‘cost savings’ as salary criticism grows

  23-01-2025 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  A special Metro Vancouver Board meeting was held on Thursday morning with cost savings on the agenda. "How much of this can the taxpayer take?," Richmond councillor Kash Heed said.
  
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• Metro Vancouver meeting about cost savings cost taxpayers more than $20K

  23-01-2025 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  A special Metro Vancouver Board meeting was held on Thursday morning with cost savings on the agenda. "How much of this can the taxpayer take?" Richmond councillor Kash Heed said.
  
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• Metro Vancouver Board meeting held on ‘cost savings’ but no final solutions reached

  23-01-2025 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  A special Metro Vancouver Board meeting was held on Thursday morning with cost savings on the agenda. "How much of this can the taxpayer take?," Richmond councillor Kash Heed said.
  
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• This Montreal accessories brand just launched the sweetest Valentine's Day collection

  23-01-2025 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The product: Lambert Valentine's Day Capsule.  Read More
  
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• From Banana Olympics to faux autopsies, Seriously? finds something to laugh about in Canadian art

  23-01-2025 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  When: Jan. 25 to May 18; opening reception Jan. 24, 6-8 p.m. Read More
  
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• Classical music: Bringing Jonathan Dove's bright, vibrant Flight to Vancouver Opera

  23-01-2025 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  When: Feb. 8 and 13, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16, 2 p.m Read More
  
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• Here's where to watch the 2025 Oscar nominated films in Metro Vancouver

  23-01-2025 19:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  The show must go on. Read More
  
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• Save Our Streets forum will address B.C.-wide safety concerns

  23-01-2025 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Speakers at the forum include Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, B.C.'s Minister of State on Community Safety Terry Yung and BC Conservative leader John Rustad.
  
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• Closing Riverview in 2012 was a ‘mistake’, former attorney general tells safety forum

  23-01-2025 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Speakers at the forum included Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, B.C.'s Minister of State on Community Safety Terry Yung and BC Conservative leader John Rustad.
  
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• Closing Riverview in 2012 was a ‘mistake’, former attorney general says at safety forum

  23-01-2025 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Speakers at the forum include Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, B.C.'s Minister of State on Community Safety Terry Yung and BC Conservative leader John Rustad.
  
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• Canucks: For a J.T. Miller trade, it’s surely the Rangers or bust

  23-01-2025 19:23 via theprovince.com
  
  If J.T. Miller's time as a Vancouver Canuck is truly near its end, it's going to involve the New York Rangers. Read More
  
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• Pamela Anderson snubbed for Oscars nomination: See the full list of nominees

  23-01-2025 19:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  There was no Oscar love for Pamela Anderson when Academy Awards nominations were announced on Thursday. Read More
  
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• Pamela Anderson snubbed for Oscars nomination: See the full list

  23-01-2025 19:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  There was no Oscar love for Pamela Anderson when Academy Awards nominations were announced on Thursday. Read More
  
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• Sold (Bought): Custom-built Port Moody residence offers infinity pool and moorage for a yacht

  23-01-2025 18:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  Weekly roundup of three properties that recently sold in Metro Vancouver. Read More
  
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• Documentary ’Sugarcane’ about a B.C. residential school among Canadian Oscar nominees

  23-01-2025 15:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  Secwepemc filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat and Toronto journalist Emily Kassie are among the Canadians up for Oscars. Read More
  
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• B.C. shot documentary Sugarcane gets Academy Award nomination

  23-01-2025 15:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C. documentary Sugarcane has earned an Academy Award nomination in the best documentary feature category. Read More
  
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• Why building higher in Vancouver isn't always possible, or more lucrative

  23-01-2025 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The City of Vancouver's decision to relax view-protection policies prompted a flurry of developers to say they'll seek to build taller, but some in the industry question how much of this new density will actually be built. Read More
  
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• Strange things pets eat: Vancouver vet finds the weirdest objects in new reality TV series

  23-01-2025 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  What do a light bulb, a diamond ring, a toupee, and a garden hose have in common? Read More
  
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• Rogers Arena: What to know about this Vancouver sports and entertainment venue

  23-01-2025 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Rogers Arena is a multi-use facility opened in 1995 as General Motors Place, a.k.a. the Garage. Read More
  
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• 'I haven't stopped trying to live my dreams:' B.C. teen denied funding to treat rare illness in U.S.

  23-01-2025 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A young Vancouver woman with a rare, terminal illness, and her mother, are appealing for public support after the federal government refused to help them cover the costs of participating in a U.S. clinical trial. Read More
  
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• How to heed David Eby's call to buy B.C. products

  23-01-2025 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  If it was summer, Lenore Newman might not have found Premier David Eby's recent shopping advice so jarring. Read More
  
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• Canucks vs. Oilers Game Day: Will Conor Garland go from hunter to the hunted in rematch? — ‘I don’t care’

  23-01-2025 15:00 via theprovince.com
  
  When/where: Thursday, 6 p.m., Rogers Place Read More
  
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• Adam Titlbach’s buzzer-beater will be hard to beat for Vancouver Giants’ goal of the year

  23-01-2025 15:00 via theprovince.com
  
  There are another two months left in Vancouver Giants’ regular season, but we might just have the team’s goal of the year already, thanks to Adam Titlbach’s version of a basketball buzzer-beater. Read More
  
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• Supreme Court certifies B.C.’s class-action lawsuit against opioid providers

  23-01-2025 05:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  Attorney General Niki Sharma says the B.C. Supreme Court certified the provincial government’s class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors. Read More
  
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• Inquest into B.C. woman’s starvation death hears of home-share provider burnout

  23-01-2025 03:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The advocate in charge of helping adults with developmental disabilities navigate B.C. government supports says his office often hears about burned out home-share providers."
  
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• B.C. drug legalization activist fighting province over seized cash

  23-01-2025 03:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  The B.C. government is suing Dana Larsen and others, alleging more than $100,000 seized in police raids of his psilocybin mushroom dispensaries are proceeds of crime. 
  
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• Accused killer looked up how to cleanse self of evil because victim bit ‘into my neck’

  23-01-2025 03:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Brent White, 54, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of 77-year-0ld Justis Daniel.
  
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• Worried about infrastructure costs? Then end the apartment ban


  23-01-2025 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Allowing more homes, in all shapes and sizes, makes it easier and cheaper for communities to tackle infrastructure challenges. Read More
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 BC: Jan. 22

  23-01-2025 03:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6 BC.
  
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• Bears, bobcats, cougars and more: Hidden trail cams capture B.C. wildlife

  23-01-2025 02:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Sunshine Coast woman, inspired by a Global News story about wildlife photos, decided to start capturing images herself to stunning results.
  
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• West Kelowna, B.C. winery testing out infrared technology on its vineyard

  23-01-2025 02:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Quails' Gate Winery is testing infrared technology to stay sustainable through cold weather. The tech is expected to make the vines about 6 C warmer than the surrounding air.
  
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• ‘What the heck is going on?’ Why this B.C. community put up border fence with U.S.

  23-01-2025 02:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  "The timing of it is so ironic," immigration lawyer Len Saunders said. "My immediate reaction was 'This is (Donald) Trump ... but it's the Canadians doing it."
  
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• ‘What the heck is going on?’ Why this B.C. community put up a border fence with the U.S.

  23-01-2025 02:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  "The timing of it is so ironic," immigration lawyer Len Saunders said. "My immediate reaction was 'This is (Donald) Trump ... but it's the Canadians doing it."
  
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• Vancouver sandwich store shutters, sushi shop starts service - Vancouver Is Awesome

  23-01-2025 02:25 via news.google.com
  Vancouver sandwich store shutters, sushi shop starts service  Vancouver Is Awesome
  
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• District of North Vancouver exits X. Will other municipalities follow? - CBC.ca

  23-01-2025 02:16 via news.google.com
  District of North Vancouver exits X. Will other municipalities follow?  CBC.ca
  
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• Charges stayed in alleged assault linked to 'legendary' B.C. strip club - Vancouver Is Awesome

  23-01-2025 02:15 via news.google.com
  Charges stayed in alleged assault linked to 'legendary' B.C. strip club  Vancouver Is Awesome
  
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• Metro Vancouver shutting down rogue bike trails on North Shore - CBC.ca

  23-01-2025 02:13 via news.google.com
  Metro Vancouver shutting down rogue bike trails on North Shore  CBC.ca
  
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• Vancouver Canucks' Star Forward Elias Pettersson Loses Large Sum of Money in Recent Announcement - Yardbarker

  23-01-2025 02:10 via news.google.com
  Vancouver Canucks' Star Forward Elias Pettersson Loses Large Sum of Money in Recent Announcement  Yardbarker
  
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• 'Some of this is not our choice': Metro Vancouver board game cafe closes suddenly - Vancouver Is Awesome

  23-01-2025 02:03 via news.google.com
  'Some of this is not our choice': Metro Vancouver board game cafe closes suddenly  Vancouver Is Awesome
  
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• 'I do not support resuscitating dead projects': B.C. First Nation leader clarifies Northern Gateway comment

  23-01-2025 01:52 via vancouversun.com
  
  The president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs agreed that Canada faces "perilous times" with the prospect of punishing U.S. tariffs, but walked back comments he made Tuesday that suggested he had reversed his opposition to the dormant Northern Gateway pipeline project. Read More
  
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• Class-action lawsuit targeting opioid manufacturers certified by B.C. Supreme Court

  23-01-2025 01:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  B.C. can now proceed as a representative plaintiff on behalf of other Canadian governments with the litigation aimed at recovering the costs of treating opioid-related diseases.
  
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