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• The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, has died at age 88

  04-02-2025 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  PARIS — The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world's millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes into building homes, hospitals and schools in developing countries, has died. He was 88. Read More
  
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• Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, dies aged 88

  04-02-2025 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  British Columbia's 20,000 Ismaili Muslims are in mourning following the death of Aga Khan IV on Wednesday. Read More
  
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• Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, dead at 88

  04-02-2025 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, has died at the age of 88. Read More
  
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• B.C. human rights commissioner at odds with province over police in schools

  04-02-2025 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  British Columbia's human rights commissioner says the provincial government has effectively made police liaison programs mandatory in schools with its firing of the Greater Victoria school board, while failing to provide a factual basis for the decision.
  
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• Vancouver Park Board votes to make alcohol on select beaches permanent - CBC.ca

  04-02-2025 23:17 via news.google.com
  Vancouver Park Board votes to make alcohol on select beaches permanent  CBC.ca
  
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• B.C. human rights commissioner wants study of police in schools after board’s firing

  04-02-2025 23:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C.'s human rights commissioner says the provincial government has effectively made police liaison programs mandatory in schools with its firing of Greater Victoria's school trustees, while failing to provide a factual basis for the decision. Read More
  
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• Vancouver shoe brand enjoys a Grammys red-carpet moment

  04-02-2025 22:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  When Chappell Roan stepped out at the Grammy Awards, the American singer-songwriter sported a piece of Vancouver. Read More
  
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• Drug deaths in B.C. drop 13 per cent, hitting four-year low of 2,253

  04-02-2025 22:24 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. Coroners Service says toxic drug deaths in British Columbia were down 13 per cent last year, with the toll now lower than any year since 2020. Read More
  
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• More snow forecast for Vancouver Island as cold air settles over B.C. - CBC.ca

  04-02-2025 22:10 via news.google.com
  More snow forecast for Vancouver Island as cold air settles over B.C.  CBC.ca
  
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• Man seriously injured in Vancouver Island avalanche - Global News

  04-02-2025 21:53 via news.google.com
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• Man seriously injured in Vancouver Island avalanche

  04-02-2025 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man has been seriously injured in an avalanche on Vancouver Island and required the rescue helicopter to fly him directly to hospital for treatment.
  
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• B.C. drug deaths fall to lowest since 2020, but toll remains high with 2,253 lives lost

  04-02-2025 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  The coroners service said the number of deaths was a 13-per cent drop over 2023, but it remains well above the 1,776 fatalities reported in 2020. 
  
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• Canadian buyers let their money do the talking amid tariff turmoil

  04-02-2025 21:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver finance worker Michael Atkinson is a fan of electric cars, but lately he found himself embarrassed to drive his Tesla Model 3 around. Read More
  
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• Surrey artist takes aim at Trump, Musk, Bezos with provocative paintings

  04-02-2025 20:48 via vancouversun.com
  
  Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump are names that invoke a myriad of feelings and viewpoints. Read More
  
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• No jail time for man who fatally stabbed teen outside Surrey high school

  04-02-2025 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  In January, he was handed a sentence of two years less a day of community supervision, after credit for 12 days of pre-sentence jail time.
  
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• Canada captain Alphonso Davies stays put, re-signs with Bayern Munich

  04-02-2025 20:06 via theprovince.com
  
  Alphonso Davies has re-signed with Bayern Munich, ending a lengthy romance with other big-name European clubs reportedly interested in the Canada captain. Read More
  
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• Let's Hear It B.C. Junos Plaza Party in Surrey: What you should know

  04-02-2025 19:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Juno Awards are coming to B.C. next month with free and ticketed special events. Read More
  
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• Canucks: Injured Quinn Hughes won’t play against Avalanche Tuesday

  04-02-2025 19:45 via theprovince.com
  
  Quinn Hughes's status remains in major doubt, both for the Vancouver Canucks and for Team USA at the upcoming 4-Nations Face-off. Read More
  
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• Canucks: Injured Quinn Hughes unlikely to play against Avalanche Tuesday

  04-02-2025 19:45 via theprovince.com
  
  Quinn Hughes's status remains in major doubt, both for the Vancouver Canucks and for Team USA at the upcoming 4-Nations Face-off. Read More
  
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• Trina Hunt’s husband charged with indignity to human remains

  04-02-2025 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Trina, 48, was reported missing to the Port Moody Police Department on Jan. 18, 2021. Her body was found on March 29, 2021 near Hope, south of Silver Creek.
  
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• Dead woman's husband charged with indignity to human remains

  04-02-2025 18:59 via vancouversun.com
  
  The husband of a Port Moody woman who went missing and was later found dead in 2021 has been charged. Read More
  
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• Snowfall has delayed delivery of The Province for many customers

  04-02-2025 17:55 via theprovince.com
  
  The overnight snowfall has delayed delivery of The Province for many customers. Read More
  
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• Overnight snowfall delays delivery of Vancouver Sun

  04-02-2025 17:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  The overnight snowfall has delayed delivery of The Vancouver Sun for many customers. Read More
  
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• Should you cut back on watering house plants in winter?

  04-02-2025 16:59 via theprovince.com
  
  Q. Many of the leaves on my large, main Dracaena plant suddenly began turning brown and falling off, while a younger, cutting-grown plant raised up on a window shelf has been unaffected. Online research indicates this could be due to over- or under-watering, but I haven't changed my usual watering pattern at all. Read More
  
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• ‘No time for bald or summer tires’: Wintry weather slams Southern B.C.

  04-02-2025 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  While plows have been out all night around the Lower Mainland, officials are warning that some roads are treacherous and driving conditions are dangerous.
  
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• Snow Day for Feb. 4, 2025: Which Metro Vancouver schools are open and closed - Vancouver Sun

  04-02-2025 16:00 via news.google.com
  Snow Day for Feb. 4, 2025: Which Metro Vancouver schools are open and closed  Vancouver Sun
  
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• Trump tariffs: Should I cancel my trip to the U.S.? Can I get a refund?

  04-02-2025 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Have Donald Trump's threatened tariffs got you second-guessing a planned trip to the United States? Are you thinking twice about maybe spending a week or two in Hawaii or Florida in the near future, or maybe as long as the bombastic, Canada-baiting president remains in power? Read More
  
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• Trump tariffs: Many Canadian travellers are saying 'anywhere but the U.S.'

  04-02-2025 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Have Donald Trump's threatened tariffs got you second-guessing a planned trip to the U.S.? Are you thinking twice about spending a week or two in Hawaii or Florida in the near future? Read More
  
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• Roy Wood Jr. says debate culture great for ratings but bad for people 

  04-02-2025 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  According to comedian Roy Wood Jr., the best way to lower the political temperature is for people to just calm down. Read More
  
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• Canucks vs. Avalanche Game Day Update: Quinn Hughes tests nagging injury, won’t play tonight

  04-02-2025 15:00 via theprovince.com
  
  When/where: Tuesday, 7 p.m., Rogers Arena Read More
  
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• Canucks vs. Avalanche Game Day Update: Quinn Hughes tests injury, then leaves game-day skate

  04-02-2025 15:00 via theprovince.com
  
  When/where: Tuesday, 7 p.m., Rogers Arena Read More
  
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• Canucks vs. Avalanche Game Day: Elias Pettersson’s line can’t falter against Nathan MacKinnon

  04-02-2025 15:00 via theprovince.com
  
  When/where: Tuesday, 7 p.m., Rogers Arena Read More
  
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• B.C. snow updates: UBC classes cancelled, others back in session

  04-02-2025 14:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  The snow's not quite done with Metro Vancouver just yet. Read More
  
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• B.C. snow updates: Snow snarls traffic on Highway 1 | Another wintry blast hits B.C. South Coast | West Van and North Van schools closed

  04-02-2025 14:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  The snow's not quite done with Metro Vancouver just yet. Read More
  
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• B.C. snow updates: Another wintry blast hits B.C. South Coast | UBC, SFU campuses closed, others back in session

  04-02-2025 14:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  The snow's not quite done with Metro Vancouver just yet. Read More
  
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• Snow Day for Feb. 4, 2025: Which Metro Vancouver schools are open and closed

  04-02-2025 14:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  FEB. 4, 2025 — While snow days don't happen often in Metro Vancouver, it's still a challenge for parents who need to make last-minute child care arrangements — but a pleasant surprise for kids hoping to fit in a day of snow fun. Read More
  
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• Metro Vancouver's population now exceeds 3 million, according to StatsCan - CBC.ca

  04-02-2025 14:00 via news.google.com
  Metro Vancouver's population now exceeds 3 million, according to StatsCan  CBC.ca
  
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• Metro Vancouver weather: Heavy snow possible during cold snap - Vancouver Is Awesome

  04-02-2025 04:21 via news.google.com
  Metro Vancouver weather: Heavy snow possible during cold snap  Vancouver Is Awesome
  
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• Trump’s tariff threat a ‘reprehensible’ ploy to ‘make Canada the 51st state,’ Eby says

  04-02-2025 03:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  "There's an intention to, destroy Canada's economy and to drive us into becoming the 51st state. I find it reprehensible," B.C. Premier David Eby said on Monday.
  
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• U.S. booze to return in B.C., but industry remains shaken by Trump tariff near-miss

  04-02-2025 03:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier David Eby says there's no 'huge rush' to return U.S. booze to B.C. shelves, as the liquor industry breathes a sigh of relief following on tariffs and countermeasures.
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 BC: Feb. 3

  04-02-2025 03:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6 BC.
  
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• Valeria Vergara: A mother's grief, a population on the brink

  04-02-2025 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Tahlequah is grieving. Hour after hour, day after day, she clings to the lifeless body of her newborn. She carries her calf through the cold waters of the Salish Sea, lifting it to the surface again and again, as if willing it to breathe. Read More
  
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• B.C. Court of Appeal orders new trial for husband in 'rape role-play' case

  04-02-2025 02:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. Court of Appeal has granted a man convicted of sexually assaulting his wife a new trial because messages between the pair about a consensual “rape role-play” scenario were wrongfully excluded as evidence. Read More
  
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• B.C. makes trade diversification a priority even as Trump delays tariff threat

  04-02-2025 02:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C. has put a hold on plans to stop selling liquor from U.S. states that voted for Donald Trump, after the U.S. president announced his planned tariff of 25 per cent on most Canadian goods has been put on pause for 30 days. Read More
  
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• What American travellers at YVR are saying about U.S.-Canada tariff spat - Vancouver Sun

  04-02-2025 02:00 via news.google.com
  What American travellers at YVR are saying about U.S.-Canada tariff spat  Vancouver Sun
  
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• What American travellers at YVR are saying about U.S.-Canada tariff spat

  04-02-2025 01:57 via vancouversun.com
  
  Some American travellers at the Vancouver airport said Monday that they were in support of Canada's proposed countermeasures in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's looming tariffs on Canadian products. Read More
  
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• Trump tariff threat reignites push to slash barriers to trade inside Canada

  04-02-2025 01:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are no tariffs on trade between Canadian provinces. But barriers do exist including inconsistent regulations, rules around transportation and provincial protectionism.
  
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• North Shore Rescue makes historic first flight to VGH with avalanche victim - Vancouver Sun

  04-02-2025 01:41 via news.google.com
  North Shore Rescue makes historic first flight to VGH with avalanche victim  Vancouver Sun
  
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• North Shore Rescue makes historic first flight to VGH with avalanche victim

  04-02-2025 01:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  Rescuers from North Vancouver rushed into the Vancouver Island backcountry on Sunday after a man was seriously injured in an avalanche. Read More
  
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• Neither Canada nor the U.S. grow coffee. Yet Canada plans to slap a tariff on 'U.S.' sourced beans

  04-02-2025 01:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  When someone comes for our coffee, it feels personal. A threat to our coffee is not just a threat to that cloud of pleasant alertness, it's a threat to our social gathering spaces, our comfort, our memories and our sense of self. We're double-double, flat white or americano. (Well, maybe not americano.) Read More
  
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