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UBC study finds that people are hardwired to be lazy

UBC study finds that people are hardwired to be lazy

New research from the University of British Columbia has shown that the human brain is hardwired for laziness.
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Mother of baby who died at Vancouver daycare claims negligence in a lawsuit

Mother of baby who died at Vancouver daycare claims negligence in a lawsuit

The mother of a baby who died at a Vancouver daycare describes the details of what she experienced that day in a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court.
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Landlords group says 4.5% rent hike is just fine with them

Landlords group says 4.5% rent hike is just fine with them

Landlords are speaking up about Premier John Horgan’s hints that the 4.5-per-cent maximum rent increase for 2019 might be scrapped.
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This cut-out cop could creep your next commute

This cut-out cop could creep your next commute

It may sound too strange to be true, but the Coquitlam RCMP are launching launching life-size, cut-out cops to deter speeding and reckless driving.
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Unprepared hikers spend cold night stranded on North Vancouver mountain

Unprepared hikers spend cold night stranded on North Vancouver mountain

Two middle-aged women who went for a hike Friday and veered wildly off course spent a cold wet night in the North Shore mountains before being helicoptered out Saturday morning.
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Major Vancouver gaming studio to close, 158 jobs lost

Major Vancouver gaming studio to close, 158 jobs lost

Fans of the hugely popular Dead Rising series may be upset to hear that the Capcom Vancouver studio is shutting its doors for good. The Vancouver location was responsible for creating each instalment of the series since 2010.
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Another idiot dumped their garbage by a Burnaby highway

Another idiot dumped their garbage by a Burnaby highway

Someone abandoned a shopping cart full of garbage including several bags of diced onions and slabs of fat by the road in Burnaby. This isn’t some hidden area – it’s one of the city’s busiest roadways.
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Opioid crisis claims 390 lives in 3 months in B.C. alone

Opioid crisis claims 390 lives in 3 months in B.C. alone

New data released by the Special Advisory Committee on the Epidemic of Opioid Overdoses shows that the opioid crisis claimed over 1,000 Canadian lives in the first three months of 2018.
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B.C. fall forecast calls for mild and dry weather followed by rain

B.C. fall forecast calls for mild and dry weather followed by rain

Things look much cooler at the start of Vancouver's fall forecast; however, the forecast also predicts that the heart of the season will see milder temperatures.
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Syrian family builds new future in Burnaby after years apart

Syrian family builds new future in Burnaby after years apart

When the family’s refugee claim was accepted to Canada, they had to leave family members. Ever since they have been forced to watch through screens as their family grew thousands of kilometres away.
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