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New How congested is Vancouver traffic? Depends who you ask
It turns out to be a difficult question to answer — especially when experts don't even agree on how to define traffic congestion in the first place. More
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Live Blog Oscars 2017: Live updates from Hollywood's biggest night
Will La La Land win big? Will Meryl Streep win again? Make the night even better by following along live with our team on the entertainment beat.
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2 more Canucks players, trainer experiencing mumps symptoms
Coach Desjardins confirmed Sunday that forward Anton Rodin and defenceman Ben Hutton are the latest players to be affected by the disease that has dismantled the Canucks' lineup.
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ICBC expands pilot project to ramp up organ donation registration
Starting tomorrow, every British Columbian who visits a driver licensing office will be asked to register with the province's organ transplant program.
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Traditional Métis jig takes stage at Coastal First Nations dance festival
The Vancouver-based Métis dance company V'ni Dansi performs the centuries-old Red River jig during the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival at UBC's Museum of Anthropology.
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Photos 'They're not afraid to be out there': Chilliwack kids put on epic Shakespearean production
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FG Leary students put on a two-day production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre.
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Fentanyl trafficking presents new challenges for police, experts say
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Illicit drugs have long been a problem in port cities, but experts say the emergence of highly potent synthetic opioids that are fuelling British Columbia's overdose crisis are slipping through borders in new ways, presenting challenges for law enforcement.
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Oscars 2017: What you need to know for tonight's show
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They've tallied the votes, gilded the giant Oscar statues and rolled out the red carpet. Fans of film, frocks and frivolity focused on the famous turn their eyes to Hollywood tonight for the 89th annual Academy Awards. Here's what you need to know ahead of this year's show.
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B.C police forces hold joint job fair in search of new recruits
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"If you're a person who wants to contribute this is the best job you can do,' says Const. John Wilcox with the Abbotsford Police Department.
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Prince George theatre company fundraising $50K for new cancer centre
Miracle Theatre is staging the Joe DiPietro play The Last Romance to raise money for a new cancer centre and to support one of their own: producer Anne Laughlin who is currently in cancer treatment.
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More snow lands on East Vancouver Island and parts of Metro Vancouver
East Vancouver Island and parts of the Fraser Valley were hit with more snow overnight.
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Victoria firefighters now required to take PTSD prevention training
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The Victoria Fire Department is partnering with the Canadian Mental Health Association to provide resiliency training to first responders at risk of trauma from a 10-fold increase in drug overdose calls.
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Meet The Rookies: why 3 people are running for office for the first time in 2017
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In an era of extreme political cynicism, why would anyone even want to bother entering the cutthroat political world? We ask three people running for their first time in the 2017 B.C. provincial election.
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Turkish couple arrested by Surrey RCMP after crossing into B.C. illegally
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Officers say they have not been able to confirm if the pair is seeking asylum due to a language barrier, but have handed the couple over to Canadian immigration officials.
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Creative Punjabi writing contest for B.C. youth launches in Surrey
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A new creative writing contest for B.C. youth studying Punjabi launches in Surrey this week.
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'It's such a life transforming event': Burnaby ring dancer swings into Cavalia
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19-year-old Michelle Sargent will showcase her hoop skills for the next 2 years at Cavalia's upcoming production in China.
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'They hardly talk': Asylum seekers slow to ask questions during ride from border to Winnipeg
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A Winnipeg driver who picks up asylum seekers at the border says the ride back to the city is often quiet.
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Dozens injured after vehicle plows into Mardi Gras crowd in New Orleans
New Orleans police say the number of people injured after a vehicle crashed into a crowd watching the Krewe of Endymion parade in the Mid-City section of New Orleans has increased to 28 and a suspect is in custody.
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Photos Blood Alley Square redesign a symbol of clash over changing Downtown Eastside
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The square is a gathering place for drug users, dealers, and low-income residents of the neighbourhood, but some residents and businesses want to make it safer and cleaner.
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Recap Undermanned Canucks fall to Sharks
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Patrick Marleau scored the winner and Martin Jones made 35 saves as the San Jose Sharks downed the undermanned Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Saturday night.
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Meet the new guys: Canucks youngsters get their chance following mumps outbreak
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In the National Hockey League, one player's misfortune is often another's opportunity.
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Basic income in B.C.? Green Party wants it, but some welfare advocates don't
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Politicians and activists remain divided on whether a guaranteed income for British Columbians would be sustainable
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Lions Bay to get 1.4 kilometre concrete median barrier along Sea-to-Sky Highway
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The provincial government will spend more than $800,000 on the wall as part of several safety measures along the often treacherous stretch of highway.
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Man dies in Surrey, B.C. camper van fire
A man's body was found in a camper van in Surrey, B.C. early Saturday.
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Dozens of firefighters can't save Surrey, B.C. house from fire
It's believed no one was injured in the fire that drew about 30 firefighters, but the stucco bungalow was gutted.
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East Vancouver Island could get 15cm of snow this weekend
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Mix of snow and rain seen across the South Coast yesterday.
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Son of slain Victoria man seeks answers to death in Mexico
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Roger Corbett died Nov. 13 after he was allegedly stabbed while visiting the beachside town of Chicxulub Puerto.
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Our Vancouver Can any dog be a Super Dog?
Lisa Sun of Super Dogs shows us her three pets and their tricks and talks about the passion and the fun she had training dogs and doing the agility sport.
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Abbotsford police warn public of gang violence
Abbotsford police have issued a warning of continuing gang conflicts in the Lower Mainland, which they say are affecting public safety.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES 75th anniversary of Japanese-Canadian internment camps echoes as fears of Islamophobia rise
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Mary Kitagawa was only seven years old in 1942, but she remembers the moment a Mountie took her father from her as though it were a movie.
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Survivors from 2011 YVR plane crash granted access to cockpit voice recorder
Survivors of a fiery plane crash just outside Vancouver's international airport have won access to an audio recording of what was happening in the cockpit before their aircraft plummeted from the sky.
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Unconscious biases could be affecting how doctors treat patients
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Ancient survival skills like unconscious biases, which were used to quickly decide if someone is a friend or foe, may currently be affecting patient care in our hospitals.
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'Are you serious?': Hilton employee outraged after family emergency cost him his job
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Joseph Francois says he was unfairly fired from his hotel job after he used a company vehicle to attend to a family emergency.
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Want millennial voters? Conservatives must change, researchers say
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Researchers brought a sobering message to the annual convention of the right-leaning Manning Centre Friday: most voters under 35 aren't connecting with the conservative movement, and if it wants to reach them, more than just messaging needs to change.
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Video How to win your Oscars pool: Insider tips from CBC's film critic
Need some help with your Academy Awards pool? CBC film critic Eli Glasner shares a few tried and true tips to help you pick the winners.
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Businessman from China investing in Vancouver real estate ordered to repay millions
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A Chinese businessman accused of disappearing from China after withdrawing a loan equivalent to $10 million dollars and reappearing in Vancouver in possession of several multi-million dollar properties has been ordered to repay the money in a landmark case.
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Photos 6 photographs from the past news week in B.C.
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A selection of our newsrooms' photographs from across the province.
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Our Vancouver Meet the chef behind Mission Kits restaurant
After competing on Top Chef Canada, Toronto's Curtis Luk moved to Vancouver. After working in collaborative kitchens, he's emerged on his own, and now he's at the B.C. Home and Garden Show this weekend showcasing his unique take on local bistro.
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Whistler Blackcomb enters 60-year deal with B.C. government, First Nations
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Master Development Agreement reach historical landowners
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2nd patient dies after being sent home from Abbotsford Regional Hospital
Fraser Health officials say they will look into a second case in which a patient died not long after being sent home from Abbotsford Regional Hospital.
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Husband arrested in connection with B.C. woman's disappearance in Peru
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Kimberlee Kasatkin's common-law husband has been arrested in connection with her disappearance.
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Health Canada confirms laced chemicals found in illicit drugs in B.C.
Health Canada tests have confirmed the presence of dangerous substances laced into other illicit drugs in two B.C. communities.
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Port Mann continues to lose money but officials say bridge still on track to pay for itself
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Port Mann expected to lose close to $90M this year, and next year, and the next year and the next year.
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5 Vancouver Canucks sidelined due to mumps
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Five players with the Vancouver Canucks are sitting out Saturday's game because they have or are suspected to have the mumps, the team says.
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Thousands of Northern B.C. patients' X-rays, CT scans and ultrasounds may have been misread
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A team of Vancouver radiologists is reviewing thousands of X-rays, CT scans and ultrasounds from a Terrace hospital, over concerns about possible errors.
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6 photographs from the past news week in B.C.
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Port Mann continues to lose money but officials say bridge still on track to pay for itself
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Thousands of Northern B.C. patients' X-rays, CT scans and ultrasounds may have been misread
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'Now is the time to dig deeper into your comedy': Comedian Ali Hassan on Trump, being Muslim and resistance
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'Slow slip' earthquake season raises risk of 'The Big One'
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Battle of will: Local family fights over $57M estate
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New Orleans police charge man after driver plows into Mardi Gras crowd
- Syrian Oscar nominee can't get to ceremony because of passport problem
- In famine-ravaged South Sudan, people eat weeds and water lilies to survive
- Swedes puzzled over Swedish 'security adviser' on Fox News
- Mississauga man sells SUV, travels to Turkey in bid to save family trapped in Libya
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MDs under pressure: U.S. Navy SEAL training adapted to help Canadian doctors fight stress
- Sunrise Records takes over 70 HMV locations in malls
- 'It's nerve-racking': Quiet life of Americans living on Quebec border upended by asylum seekers
- Canadian school boards question trips to U.S. as travel ban debate continues
- High rent could make Toronto a 'generational ghost town'
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Rotting rats, flies: Insurance repair disaster causes 'mega destruction' of dream home
- 'I just want my family': Woman says innocent paperwork error dashes immigration dreams
- Doctor who won't use 'monster' methadone loses right to treat opioid addicts
- 'I can't live like this anymore': B.C. woman requiring home support hasn't had bath in weeks
- Workers may have been exposed to Ebola, HIV and TB at Winnipeg lab, reports reveal
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Do Canada's Conservatives want to join the populism parade?
- Britain's opposition 'in deep trouble' as Conservatives take 1 of 2 byelection seats
- Plenty of budget remedies offered as Liberals prepare prescription for ailing economy: Chris Hall
- Liberal backbenchers, Tory leadership hopefuls among Parliament's biggest dissenters
- 'Feeling squeezed out': Will a move to save Vancouver's housing past compromise its future?
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NDP leadership candidates ready to 'fight like hell,' despite slow start to race
- Finance Canada turning to dial-testing focus group for gut reactions to 2017 budget
- Do Canada's Conservatives want to join the populism parade?
- Goodale rejects former colleague's claim of long waits by Manitoba asylum seekers
- Want millennial voters? Conservatives must change, researchers say
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MDs under pressure: U.S. Navy SEAL training adapted to help Canadian doctors fight stress
- 'Off-label' antidepressant use lacks evidence, and a link between math skills and your health
- What's in your chicken sandwich? DNA test shows Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken
- Publicly funding dental care could help ease the fentanyl crisis, and more
- 3D printer lets surgeons hold a child's heart before surgery starts
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Finding life on 7 exoplanets will be a challenge: Bob McDonald
- New species of gigantic, toothy worm identified in Canadian fossil collection
- Even if scientists could make woolly mammoths de-extinct, should they?
- Radiation may prove more potent than pesticide against pepper pest
- Waymo accuses Uber of self-driving car theft
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'Everything was hurting so bad': How one Muslim man snuck across the U.S. border into Canada
- Obama wanted to improve U.S. image abroad — what went wrong?
- 'It's not such a secret anymore': Check out Episode 8 of Who Killed Alberta Williams?
- CBC goes to the front lines in the battle for Aleppo
- Kept in the dark: The story behind the kidnapping of Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall
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Sudbury tries to win 2021 Canada Games with 'northern hospitality'
- Canada's 150-year celebration doesn't fly here
- 'The barrenlands are not a friendly place,' says N.W.T. trapper after 2 searches in 1 month
- Ottawa's northern representative proposes 'Indigenous protected areas' for Arctic
- OPP investigating death of a man from Mishkeegogamang First Nation