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B.C. mother pens letter of support for beloved trans basketball coach: 'This could be any one of our kids'
Knowledgeable, fair-minded, fierce and inspirational: all words Comox mother Brooke Finlayson uses to describe her 13-year-old son's former basketball coach, Harriette Mackenzie. Read More
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It's official: These are the 15 best Chinese restaurants in and around Vancouver
The Chinese Restaurants Awards, which has enlightened diners in Metro Vancouver since 2008, has announced its 2024 winners at its 15th awards ceremony. Read More
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B.C. crime news: Estranged husband charged with wife's murder | IIO seeks witnesses to Maple Ridge arrest
A B.C. woman's estranged husband has been charged with murder in her death. Read More
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‘It keeps me up at night’: Port Moody Police chief says his force has a severe officer shortage
The Port Moody Police Department is dealing with an unprecedented number of vacancies, according to Chief David Fleugel. Read More
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Green light: Surrey council approves 12 new pot stores across the city
Surrey has given the go-ahead for eight companies to open a total of 12 cannabis retail outlets, the first to be licensed in the city since marijuana was legalized six years ago. Read More
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B.C.'s Bryan Adams marks 65th birthday with his very own radio channel, show
A dedicated digital channel sounds like a pretty out-of-this-world birthday gift. And that's exactly what Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams is receiving to ring in the big 6-5. Read More
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Vancouver gives green light to new park at False Creek
Vancouver will be getting a new 1.2-hectare park at False Creek after the park board voted Monday night to approve the design. Read More
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David Eby wants all-party probe into B.C. vote count errors as election boss blames weather
Premier David Eby is proposing an all-party committee investigate mistakes made during the B.C. election vote tally, including an uncounted ballot box and unreported votes in three-quarters of the province’s 93 ridings. Read More
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Stewart Prest: Hats off to the politicians who accept defeat — despite Trump’s influence
Three cheers for the losers. Democracy cannot survive without them. Democracy is, after all, a method to both express and then peacefully resolve debate. Polish-American scholar Adam Przeworski once described it as “a system in which parties lose elections.” Read More
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Beauty buzz: Fenty Beauty by Rihanna The Homecurl Curl-Defining Styling Cream, Ghlee Muscle Recovery Balm, and Rhode Barrier Butter
They say: A styling cream for curly hair that features a unique gel-cream texture. The silicone-free formula boasts mango butter and the brand's proprietary Replenicore-5 complex to strengthen, hydrate, fight frizz, add definition to curls, and more. Read More
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Hong Kong singer Serrini, Taiwanese singer Enno Cheng among Jade Music Festival highlights in Vancouver
The Jade Music Festival is an international event that has a simple mandate: Explore the world of Chinese-language music. Read More
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Five reasons to check out this year's Transform Festival
Now in its fifth year, the Transform Festival is focused "on empowering Indigenous artists and encouraging collaboration with non-Indigenous artists," according to the media release. Among this year's performers is Venus, who hosts the festival’s opening bash on Nov. 6. Based in Vancouver, Venus is the first-ever Indigenous winner of Canada’s Drag Race and first performed with the festival in 2021. This is Transform’s first in-person festival since the pandemic and its first time at the Vancouver Playhouse. Read More
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Construction to begin on new $495 million water supply tunnel in Stanley Park
Metro Vancouver will begin construction this month on a new $495 million water supply tunnel in Stanley Park, one of six major projects to replace aging drinking water infrastructure in the region. Read More
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B.C. ports shuttered as lockout takes hold in latest labour dispute
One of Canada's most vital trade arteries is cut off as employers at most of British Columbia's ports lock out their workers in a dispute involving about 700 unionized foremen. Read More
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B.C. super lab suspect linked to the Wolfpack gang alliance
A Surrey man charged in connection with B.C.'s largest synthetic drug lab bust has connections to the Wolfpack gang alliance, Postmedia has learned. Read More
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XO, Kitty star Anna Cathcart is balancing acting career and life at UBC
Anna Cathcart’s life is a balancing act. Read More
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Menopause is real, and the impacts are enormous, B.C. study finds
A new study in B.C. shows what women have long known: Menopause brings significant impacts on physical and mental health, and has major social, economic and work-related repercussions. Read More
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Q+A: Transplant Stories takes Vancouver filmmaker into life and death at St. Paul's Hospital
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Irish comedy trio Foil Arms and Hog perform Skittish at the Vogue Theatre
Foil Arms & Hog are a Dublin-based comedy trio which has logged in over one billion views for its brand of irreverent sketch comedy. Its tours typically sell out across North America. Read More
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Surrey Six killer in court seeking to overturn his conviction
A hearing to determine whether a killer’s 2014 conviction in the Surrey Six mass murder will be set aside because of police misconduct has begun in B.C Supreme Courts. Read More
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