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• B.C. floods: No need to panic about possible gas shortages

  19-11-2021 03:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rumours of gas shortages caused by the flooding have sparked panic buying in parts of B.C. But as John Hua reports, officials have the same message they had for food: everyone calm down.
  
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• Bill Wilson, father of former cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, dies

  25-01-2025 06:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  Bill Wilson, a hereditary chief and the father of former cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, has died. Read More
  
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• Canucks: Seems Elias Pettersson was almost traded to Carolina. Again.

  25-01-2025 06:30 via theprovince.com
  
  After Friday's blockbuster trade between the Colorado Avalanche and the Carolina Hurricanes, TSN's Pierre LeBrun revealed an interesting tidbit. Read More
  
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• Delta home to largest LED-lit greenhouse in western North America

  25-01-2025 04:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C.'s hydro energy is helping a Delta vegetable producer expand its greenhouse operations, making it western North America's largest LED-lit greenhouse. Read More
  
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• Details slim after Vancouver mayor vows gang crackdown in Downtown Eastside

  25-01-2025 03:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Key questions remain about the proposal -- including how much it will cost and how the project would differ from the work already being performed by the VPD's own gang unit. 
  
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• Canucks video: A team in crisis

  25-01-2025 03:47 via theprovince.com
  
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• ‘They killed our town square’: Anger over fenced-off East Vancouver park fields

  25-01-2025 03:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  The school board says it closed seven school fields to the public for safety reasons, after "extensive damage due to dogs digging holes."
  
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• ‘What is going to happen?’ Ukrainians in B.C. concerned over federal funding ending

  25-01-2025 03:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  It has been nearly three years since Russian invaded the Ukraine. People who fled to Canada as refugees are now facing a new obstacle as funding for programs expires.
  
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• ‘Incredibly troubling’: Critics push back on Vancouver mayor’s supportive housing freeze

  25-01-2025 02:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mayor Ken Sim laid out a plan Thursday to transform the Downtown Eastside, including decentralizing social services and freezing new supportive housing construction.
  
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• Builder of Alberta's addictions recovery program urges B.C. to use the same model

  25-01-2025 02:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  The architect of Alberta's recovery model for addictions treatment is urging B.C. to take a similar approach when it comes to dealing with the toxic drug crisis, pointing to the 38 per cent reduction in deaths that his province saw last year. Read More
  
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• ’We failed her’: CEO apologizes as starvation inquest seeks pay boost for B.C. care workers

  25-01-2025 01:46 via vancouversun.com
  
  The head of a Crown corporation that funded the care of a B.C. woman with Down syndrome who died of starvation said the organization “failed her,” after an inquest jury ruled the death a homicide and called for better pay for home carers of adults with developmental disabilities. Read More
  
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• Starvation inquest jury recommends pay boost for B.C. home-share providers

  25-01-2025 01:46 via vancouversun.com
  
  A coroner's inquest jury looking into the starvation death of a B.C. woman with Down syndrome has ruled her death a homicide and is calling for better pay for home carers of adults with developmental disabilities. Read More
  
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• Surrey mayor says Vancouver's Ken Sim 'unfairly' finger pointing about housing plan

  25-01-2025 01:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's proposal to halt construction of any new supportive housing in his city has set off a firestorm of debate, with Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke telling him to "do some homework" before accusing other municipalities of not building enough. Read More
  
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• Surrey mayor says Vancouver's Ken Sim is 'unfairly' finger pointing on housing plan

  25-01-2025 01:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's proposal to halt construction of any new supportive housing in his city has set off a firestorm of debate, with Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke telling him to "do some homework" before accusing other municipalities of not building enough. Read More
  
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• ‘Someone we trusted’: Woman charged with stealing $575,000 from Alberta business

  25-01-2025 01:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary Police accuse a 46-year-old Gold River, B.C. woman of embezzling more than $575,000 from a small Calgary company that makes prosthetic limbs.
  
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• B.C. committed to funding 1 round of IVF treatment despite ‘radio silence’

  25-01-2025 01:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a statement to Global News, the Ministry of Health said the total funding set aside in last year's budget is $68 million over two years, starting in fiscal year 2025-26.
  
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• B.C. bracing for undocumented migrants from the United States

  25-01-2025 01:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  'We are seeing an increase in undocumented people crossing the border from the U.S. in our shelters because of the new (Donald) Trump regime,' Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon said.
  
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• Canucks fans ask: What happened to this team’s culture?

  25-01-2025 01:02 via theprovince.com
  
  Another week of ugly, emotionless Canucks hockey. Read More
  
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• Inquest rules B.C. woman’s starvation death a homicide, calls for oversight, funding

  25-01-2025 01:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  An inquest into the death of a woman with Down syndrome who died in a caretaker's home has concluded her death was a homicide, and that she died of starvation and malnutrition.
  
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• Letters to The Sun: We need to rethink transit options for Fraser Valley

  25-01-2025 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Re: Region's transit decision-makers ignore low-cost light rail option Read More
  
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• British Columbians urged to buy local amid tariffs threat but barriers remain

  25-01-2025 00:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  "We've lost about 70 per cent of our potato farmers over the last 20 years. Alberta built potato processing and now they're a potato processing superpower."
  
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• B.C. documentary about residential school atrocities nominated for an Oscar

  25-01-2025 00:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  'Sugarcane,' following an investigation into allegations of abuse at the former St. Joseph's Mission Residential School in Williams Lake has been nominated for Best Documentary.
  
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• NFL television ratings slip below last season, still at gargantuan levels

  24-01-2025 22:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  Few leagues can have a year-over-year decline in television numbers and still call it a good week. Yet that is the real picture behind the National Football League, which continues to rack up huge numbers on television, digital and social — even if was down eight per cent from last year’s record-setting divisional round. Last year checked in at an average of 40 million viewers per divisional playoff game, propped up by a Kansas City-Buffalo matchup that featured Patrick Mahomes, Josh
  
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• Adopt-A-School: Vancouver's Eric Hamber secondary school needs help to restart breakfast program

  24-01-2025 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  For two years, Matthew Vatta ran a-breakfast-on-a-shoestring program for his students at Vancouver's Eric Hamber secondary. Read More
  
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• Court tosses double child-killer Andrew Berry’s sentence appeal

  24-01-2025 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  A jury found Berry guilty on two counts of second-degree murder in September 2019, for the brutal stabbing deaths of his young daughters, Chloe and Aubrey.
  
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• West Vancouver mayor won't face charges over campaign finances: Elections B.C.

  24-01-2025 21:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager won't face criminal charges following an investigation into his 2022 election campaign, Elections B.C. said Friday. Read More
  
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• $25,000 Lind emerging artist prize awarded to Casey Wei

  24-01-2025 21:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  “We are appreciative of the contributions made by the five artists included in this year’s Lind Biennial: Mena El Shazly, Karice Mitchell, Dion Smith-Dokkie, Parumveer Walia, and Casey Wei,” said a statement from the jury, which included Grace Deveney from the Art Institute of Chicago, acclaimed contemporary artist Brian Jungen, and the Hammer Museum’s interim chief curator Aram Moshayedi. “Wei’s installation, The Zhang Clan, is a compelling document of d
  
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• Vancouver magazine highlights Chinatown through the lens of food

  24-01-2025 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Food is a big part of Chinese New Year celebrations, which begin on Jan. 29. So, it's entirely fitting that the new edition of a Vancouver magazine is adding to the menu with its 40-page look at the food culture of Vancouver’s Chinatown. Read More
  
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• 5 fashionable Lunar New Year gifts

  24-01-2025 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Lunar New Year kicks off on Jan. 29. To celebrate, several fashion and beauty brands have released special selections in honour of the Year of the Snake that are perfect for gifting to yourself and loved ones. Read More
  
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• Canucks this week: Call in the marriage counsellors or get a trade done as Oilers embarrass Vancouver

  24-01-2025 18:38 via theprovince.com
  
  We are in an echo chamber as we wait for a Canucks trade. In the meantime the NHL world is watching and waiting for the dominoes to fall. The Canucks on the other hand are trying to win games and failing more often than not. Read More
  
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