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Whitecaps, UBC partner on new training centre
The Vancouver Whitecaps are set to announce a multi-million-dollar training centre partnership with the University of B.C., the Province has learned. A press conference this week will reveal the...
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Whitecaps training centre at UBC: rendering
The Vancouver Whitecaps, in partnership with the provincial government and the University of B.C., announced Thursday a $23.5 million “National Soccer Development Centre” on the Point Grey campus....
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Passion for pitching, rocket science launches UBC rookie pitcher Pawlina into...
VANCOUVER — If Bill Lee hadn’t already taken the nickname Spaceman, there wouldn’t be any doubt what Bryan Pawlina’s teammates on the UBC Thunderbirds baseball team would call their eclectic rookie...
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UBC announces hiring of former Scottish Swimmng CEO Howard as new sports boss
VANCOUVER — Described as an accomplished international sport program leader, the UBC Thunderbirds announced Wednesday that Ashley Howard had been hired as the school’s new athletic director. A...
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Randey Brophy: Here’s a bike-path plan that won’t block cars
I have lived in Kitsilano, north of Fourth Avenue, for 28 years. During that time I’ve raised two children, coached 32 teams in youth soccer and baseball and, along the way, was president of the...
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Letters: School prayer, Lord’s Prayer, teachers, stop signs, helmet law,...
No prayers in schools Letter-writer Verne Winder wants us to “say the Lord’s Prayer in school, accept it, or get out!” Has Mr. Winder familiarized himself with something known as the “separation of...
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Letters: Point Grey Road, bike lane, Vision Vancouver, angry voters, royal...
Vision must be defeated The public-consultation process under Vision is a complete sham. The closure of Point Grey Road was about safety? ICBC figures show that there are six times the number of...
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UBC Thunderbirds athletics and rec review could trim team numbers from...
VANCOUVER — The UBC Thunderbirds athletics and recreation department has called it a “grand re-imagining.” Yet as the most nationally decorated school in Canadian Interuniversity Sport continues to...
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Letters: PNE concerts, Cornwall project, cyclists, arts degrees, loud pipes,...
PNE concerts were too loud Mike McDaniel, CEO and president of the PNE, says the concerts at this year’s fair were a success and there are plans to increase the capacity of the amphitheatre, the venue...
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Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg come home to shoot B.C. for Korea in The Interview
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have always wanted to make their movies in their Vancouver hometown and now they’re getting their wish – it’s no accident that their production company is called Point Grey...
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Fresh off NAIA team title, UBC’s Bernard leads blue-and-gold at Canadian XC...
VANCOUVER — Maria Bernard fell in love with the UBC campus when, on her recruiting trip, she was introduced to the seemingly endless miles of running trails that make the Point Grey campus a...
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Letters: B.C. Ferries, Todd Stone, B.C. highways system, Mike Smyth, Gregor...
Transportation Minister is ignorant or a liar Transportation Minister Todd Stone, like so many of today’s politicians, either doesn’t know what he is talking about or is lying through his teeth. Stone...
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Persons Wins 2nd PGA Tour Canada Stop; Allenby Top Canadian
The PGA Tour Canada moved westward this weekend, stopping at Uplands Golf Club in Victoria for the second of twelve events that will lead players on a cross-country road trip throughout the summer. And...
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$37 beer and other things that make Vancouver the most expensive city in Canada
Jennifer Saltman The Province The annual Mercer’s Cost of Living Survey was released this week and Vancouver once again was ranked as the most expensive city in Canada — 96th in the world — in which to...
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Huge homecoming crowd sees its ‘Birds crushed by visiting, No. 2-ranked...
VANCOUVER — If only the stars could have aligned for its homecoming weekend. A sunny Saturday on the UBC campus, the largest Thunderbird Stadium crowd in over a decade packing the stands and spilling...
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A Point Grey ocean view? Or Johnny Depp’s French village — and $4 million...
You know you’ve lost perspective on the Vancouver real estate market when you have to check with a colleague to confirm that $36.8 million is a big price to pay for a home in this crazy city. Turns out...
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UBC Football: Q-&-A with coach Blake Nill on the eve of the ‘Birds clash with...
There are two more sleeps remaining until the start of the Blake Nill-era at UBC. With his first Point Grey fall camp behind him, Nill and his young charges left earlier this week for Laval and...
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UBC football’s coast-to-coast Uteck trek includes time for T-Birds to crack...
VANCOUVER — Playing university football in a country with five times zones is a daunting task, especially when the biggest game of your season happens to be taking place in Nova Scotia and you’re based...
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UBC Rugby speedster Andrew Coe has the wheels and is on Canadian Sevens radar
Andrew Coe is fast. It’s a talent that’s carried him a long way – and it may yet carry him to the Olympics. The 19 year old plays his club rugby at the University of British Columbia, but he’s also...
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UBC freshmen will engineer a delicate balance between the demands of sports...
(Welcome to Day 2 of Head of the Class 2016 Spirit Week. Today, we look at a special group of high school grads set to embark on the UBC campus next season) VANCOUVER — Throughout the first few months...
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