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Ok this one's pretty good. ๐Ÿ˜‚ Submitted by V.I.A. reader Mandy Yu.
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Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively donate $500,000 to Covenant House @VancityReynolds @CovenantHouseBC
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London Drugs is offering up shelf space to local businesses that have had to close their doors because of COVID-19.
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This massive, endangered Leatherback turtle was just spotted off Vancouver Island. It's the size of a small car.
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Do you agree that Canada's grocery store workers should once again get a bump in pay for working in the face of increased risk of catching COVID?
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TOTAL PANDA-MONIUM! 888 pandas have invaded #Vancouver
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#Vancouver photographer Ian Harland snaps stunning image of curious #Grizzly #bears in Northern B.C.
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The English Bay Barge is now available as a custom Lego set!
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Didn't see that coming.
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Frontline workers don't all work in healthcare โ™ฅ๏ธ
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. @Sethrogen wants to do the TransLink voice ads in place of Morgan Freeman
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Richmond artist #KrisWu to be the first Chinese @SuperBowl performer! ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณย  @KrisWuOfficial_ #SuperBowl #SuperBowlLII #Vancouver #RichmondBC
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Our columnist is calling an anti-vaccine rally outside a Vancouver hospital the "Million Moron March."
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The police are being blunt; put others at risk or break the law during a COVID-19-related demonstration and you will be arrested.
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Update: A 13-year-old girl reported missing in South Vancouver was found safe.
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We're one earthquake away from a bingo! ๐Ÿ™ƒ
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Opinion: Anti-vaxxers who crashed Remembrance Day ceremony are an absolute disgrace
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. @TheRock is in #Vancouver ! Here he professes his love for our city, talks of the @CFL and drops some inspiration
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Well now you've done it. #COVID19bc
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8 rehabilitated seal pups were released into Howe Sound by @vanaqua today. LOOK AT THE WAY THIS ONE MOVES ๐Ÿ˜
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WOWZA. @TranBC shared this video of an avalanche they triggered on Hwy1 on the Lanark Avalanche Path, above the snow shed. It resulted in "a dramatic cascade" which triggered the adjacent Twin Path to avalanche as well.
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Prince Harry, wife Meghan visit B.C. this week in one-year lead-up to Invictus Games
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OH, OOPS
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The Chinatown Otter is BACK and we're releasing this t-shirt to celebrate the little critter! Portions of the proceeds will go to the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden to help buy more koi. โค๏ธ
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Did you know the Twitter account that rates the Zoom backgrounds for people in the media got started in a Metro Vancouver condo living room? @ratemyskyperoom
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Vancouver Public Libraryโ€™s breathtaking 40,000 sq ft rooftop opens this week
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Please welcome one of our newest followers! He's an up-and-coming theatre actor who recently graduated from Kitsilano Secondary. Ryan enjoys listening to Spirit of the West, eating at The Patty Shop in Kits, and he once appeared in an episode of the X-Files as Jay โ€œBoomโ€ DeBoom.
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You can help name this adorable killer whale calf in B.C. waters
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Here's what your city and mountains look like, in case you forgot. #bcsmoke
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Seth Rogen will be making your transit ride 'even more awesome'
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22 photos of Vancouver dogs at sunflower festivals to brighten your afternoon
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When your friend tells you theyโ€™re thinking of moving to Calgary
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Bruce Boudreau now has a tangible reminder of the love he received from #Canucks fans after one fan sent him his custom "Bruce, there it is" jersey.
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It is going to feel like -14ยฐC in Metro Vancouver tonight #vancouver #BCstorm
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South Granville, 1895 #VancouverArchives
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It's raining! First person to complain about it gets blocked ๐Ÿ˜‚๐ŸŒงโ˜”
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"The fact he took the time to follow up, to say congrats, to hand-write a card, it's a lovely gesture," says the groom. #vancouver @ianhanomansing
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Georgia and Burrard, 1917 #VancouverArchives
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Man behind Vancouver Indigenous food truck Mr. Bannock wins B.C. business award
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BC Place lights up with rainbow colours for Pride Night match
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Dr. Bonnie Henry honoured as 2021 'Friend of Science World'
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175 new doctors just graduated from UBC. None of them took up B.C. on the $25K signing bonus for a two-year contract to be a family practitioner here.
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Apocalypse, but make it fashion.
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This coffee shop offers a way for women to signal they are in a potentially dangerous situation by ordering a coffee that doesn't exist.
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Prince Harry and Meghan in Vancouver for third day of Invictus Games training camp
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Rescued otters meet for the first time, immediately hug and start playing and grooming โค๏ธ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ’‘๐Ÿ’• Video c/o @vanaqua
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Grizzly bear fight caught on camera in Northern B.C. (VIDEO)
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This epic Vancouver horror festival is playing the scariest films in the world
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Pod of orcas spotted in Deep Cove in North Vancouver (Video)
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"Perhaps the most important difference is Canadaโ€™s response is being driven by public health officials, not by politicians," says @keithbaldrey
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Actor Mark Ruffalo calls for end to old-growth logging in B.C. #vancouver
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Daily Photo #2485 : Backdrops
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The Indigenous B.C. artist who does the Star Wars stuff just designed an enchanting silver coin
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"Entrenched encampments are not a viable solution to the challenges that we have. If they put public safety at risk, we will be taking them down," says Mayor Ken Sim.
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A spectacular full sturgeon moon is set to dazzle Vancouver skies this August
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BREAKING: Clouds return to Vancouver. Look up.
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Hillary is tweeting from #Vancouver . Welcome to our city, Mrs Clinton!
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Tonight, Alabama voters elected a senator who'll make them proud. And if Democrats can win in Alabama, we can -- and must -- compete everywhere. Onward!
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Meet the dogs who work at @yvrairport
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Someone made a life-sized killer whale from sand and snow in B.C.
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Canada is officially banning military-grade assault weapons, effective immediately.
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English Bay, ca. 1930 #VanArchives
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The books are BACK!
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Counter-protesting teens wore masks, held signs, and stood their ground to roughly 1,000 anti-maskers at this past weekend's "freedom rally."
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"No one knows why Year Round Shorts Guys (and theyโ€™re always guys) do what they do... but I can guarantee, if you asked them, theyโ€™ll just tell you, 'Itโ€™s not that cold.'" - Geoff Coates for V.I.A.
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$100,000 fine for trespassing? A "common law" jurisdiction? A Vancouver restaurant can post all the signs they want: they are still bound by the terms of licenses, contracts, leases, and, yes...public health orders. @IRPlawyer breaks it down for us.
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