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Canada's first eSports stadium will be built in Richmond

Canada's first eSports stadium will be built in Richmond

Richmond is expected to be home to Canada’s first-ever eSports stadium, with an opening date scheduled for 2019.
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Victoria woman to swim across the Georgia Strait raising money for charity

Victoria woman to swim across the Georgia Strait raising money for charity

Jill Yoneda will begin a 70 km swim across the Georgia Strait and back to raise money for Canuck Place Children's Hospice on Friday.
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Expect job market moderation in the months ahead, internal memo tells Morneau

Expect job market moderation in the months ahead, internal memo tells Morneau

Finance Minister Bill Morneau speaks with reporters before a meeting with provincial and territorial finance ministers in Ottawa on June 26, 2018.
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Red Bull Air Force performing for the Honda Celebration of Light

Red Bull Air Force performing for the Honda Celebration of Light

Three divers with the Red Bull Air Force will perform in an aerial acrobatic show ahead of the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks tonight and on Saturday.
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Charcoal BBQs banned in Vancouver parks until further notice

Charcoal BBQs banned in Vancouver parks until further notice

That’s a charcoal BBQ right there. Don’t do it. Photo Shutterstock The Vancouver Park Board has just implemented a ban on charcoal BBQs in Stanley Park, English Bay and Sunset Beach parks.
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Dunsmuir viaduct land to be transformed into housing for homeless

Dunsmuir viaduct land to be transformed into housing for homeless

A piece of land east of the Dunsmuir viaduct increasingly being used by homeless people to pitch tents and store their belongings has been identified by the city as a future modular housing site for the homeless.
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Mother's 25-year search for daughter led to DNA database for missing persons

Mother's 25-year search for daughter led to DNA database for missing persons

Judy Peterson has spent the last 25 years looking for her daughter and while her efforts have been unsuccessful, she hopes her work will bring solace for others whose loved ones have disappeared.
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Orcas spotted in Howe Sound

Orcas spotted in Howe Sound

Photo: VANESSA DOAK It is one of those sights boaters hope for when out on Howe Sound. On Monday, Vanessa Doak spotted a pod of orcas just off Watts Point.
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Chances of dying tripled if convicted offenders didn't take methadone: study

Chances of dying tripled if convicted offenders didn't take methadone: study

Photo Shutterstock Convicted offenders who stopped taking methadone to treat an opioid addiction were three times more likely to die from overdose, but their chances of continuing treatment with the drug could have increased dramatically with support
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UPDATE: Judge sentences grandmother to 7 days in jail for pipeline protest

UPDATE: Judge sentences grandmother to 7 days in jail for pipeline protest

Laurie Embree, 70, is arrested for violating Trans Mountain’s court injunction at the Westridge Marine Terminal on June 19 Photograph By KELVIN GAWLEY Senior citizens must be deterred from interfering with the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline
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