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• Celebrate #BikeDayinCanada @ Civic Plaza 4-6pm TODAY. Group ride, giveaways, bike safety + bike rodeo 4 kids.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-06-2017 23:45 via twitter.com
  Celebrate #BikeDayinCanada @ Civic Plaza 4-6pm TODAY. Group ride, giveaways, bike safety + bike rodeo 4 kids.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Penticton man describes trying to save Jonathan Bacon after shooting

  01-06-2017 23:10 via vancouversun.com
  
  KELOWNA — For what seemed like 20 minutes, Vaughn Smeltzer pumped the chest of a critically wounded Jonathan Bacon, desperately trying to keep him alive.
  Smeltzer was nearby the Delta Grand Hotel on Aug. 14, 2011 with his young son and friend when they saw gunmen open fire.
  At first he thought it was a movie being filmed. Then he realized it was real.
  He told his remarkable story in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday at the trial of three men accused of killing Bacon that day.
  Smeltzer’s
  
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• Ex-youth pastor in Bellingham sentenced for 'unforgivable' serial rape of teen girl

  01-06-2017 23:07 via vancouversun.com
  
  By Caleb Hutton
  BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The ex-youth pastor of a Bellingham church grimaced, wept and struggled to breathe in court Wednesday, as he listened to a teenage girl – standing feet away – describe the lasting harm he caused when he raped her countless times.
  Christopher Lee Trent was sentenced to five years in prison for sexually abusing the girl, who went to Bellingham Baptist Church on Orleans Street when she was under the age of 16.
  Court records describe how he kept
  
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• Beware of scams involving your taxes! bit.ly/2rw1CXC #NorthVancouver

  01-06-2017 23:06 via twitter.com
  Beware of scams involving your taxes!bit.ly/2rw1CXC#NorthVancouver
  
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• From the archives: Vancouver Transit Police help nab Toronto murder suspect in 2006

  01-06-2017 23:03 via vancouversun.com
  
  Earlier today, Transit Police shared a Throwback Thursday tweet of a 2006 front-page story in the Province.#TBT to 2006 when S/Sgt. Applejohn and S/Sgt. Henyecz put #TransitPolice on the front page of @theprovince. #Kudos pic.twitter.com/GbKw5rCEX1
  — Transit Police BC (@TransitPolice) June 1, 2017
  The article was about how Transit Police officers Const. Mark Applejohn and Const. Troy Henyecz – both now staff sergeants – were able to catch murder suspect Jonathan Forder in Vanco
  
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• Don't bother giving up avocado toast, Vancouver millennials, the housing is too expensive anyway

  01-06-2017 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  No matter how you slice it, the story of saving enough money to buy a home in Vancouver has turned into nothing but a dream for many.
  But what about giving up a fancy daily breakfast? Might that give us a chance?
  The BBC has crunched the numbers so you and I wouldn’t have to: one would have to give up 48 years worth of daily avocado toast to save enough dough to put together a down payment for a home. 
  Yes, that’s 17,421 days’ worth. And that’s not even to
  
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• Streamflow advisory issued for Fraser River as water levels swell

  01-06-2017 22:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. River Forecast Centre has issued a high streamflow advisory for the Fraser River.
  A high streamflow advisory means that river levels are rising or expected to rise rapidly, but that no major flooding is expected.  Minor flooding in low-lying areas is possible.
  River levels have been rising in response to hot temperatures and rapid snowmelt in the Fraser River basin.  The runoff is expected to lead to additional rapid rises along the lower Fraser River over the next three
  
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• Search continues for missing Crawford Bay teacher Alvin Dunic

  01-06-2017 22:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  The search for a B.C. teacher who went missing after heading out to check on a location for a class project continued into its fourth day Thursday.
  Alvin Dunic, 57, left Crawford Bay Elementary-Secondary School just before noon on Monday to find a good spot to host a class project. He was to return within 30 minutes but never showed up and was reported missing just before 3 p.m.
  His car was found two kilometres away, at a trail leading to Crawford Creek. Crawford Bay is about 75 kilometres north
  
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• Vancouver mayor calls Downtown Eastside hotel conditions 'disgusting,' vows action

  01-06-2017 22:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver’s mayor slammed the owners of a “disgusting” Downtown Eastside SRO on Thursday while threatening legal action to force them to fix the dilapidated building.
  Over the past year, the Balmoral Hotel at 159 East Hastings has been the subject of several complaints lodged by tenants and activists, including legal battles against its owners, the Sahota family.
  The Sahotas also own the nearby Regent, Astoria and Cobalt single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels. Family members are li
  
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• Missing, murdered women inquiry urged to earn trust of family members

  01-06-2017 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  
  WHITEHORSE — A man who lost his mother, first to the so-called 60s Scoop then to murder, told the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls that the investigation will have to prove it’s worthy of his trust.
  Terry Ladue’s hands shook as he delivered blunt and powerful testimony to the commissioners on the final day of hearings in Whitehorse. He said his mother Jane Dick was beaten to death after he and his siblings were taken from her by child welfar
  
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• Surrey RCMP Most Wanted: Have you seen Stephen Farmer?

  01-06-2017 22:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  Surrey RCMP are re-appealing for the public’s help in locating a Surrey man who is wanted on three arrest warrants for seven different charges.
  Stephen Farmer, 31, was added to the Surrey RCMP’s Top 10 most wanted list in December 2016. Between Dec. 30, 2015 and Nov. 30, 2016, three warrants were issued for his arrest for charges including driving while prohibited (three charges for that), flight from police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, failure to stop at an accident, and
  
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• Get your #CityView eNews: cycling, a scavenger hunt, commuter challenge, new public art, concerts & more.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-06-2017 22:10 via twitter.com
  Get your #CityView eNews: cycling, a scavenger hunt, commuter challenge, new public art, concerts & more.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Are you feeling like this guy today? Don't get out of that saddle just yet. Sun's back next week, of course! #BTWW… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-06-2017 21:09 via twitter.com
  Are you feeling like this guy today? Don't get out of that saddle just yet. Sun's back next week, of course! #BTWW… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• From the archives: Transit Police help nab Toronto murder suspect in 2006

  01-06-2017 18:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  Earlier today, Transit Police shared a Throwback Thursday tweet of a  2006 Postmedia front-page story in the Province.#TBT to 2006 when S/Sgt. Applejohn and S/Sgt. Henyecz put #TransitPolice on the front page of @theprovince. #Kudos pic.twitter.com/GbKw5rCEX1
  — Transit Police BC (@TransitPolice) June 1, 2017
  The article was about how Transit Police officers Const. Mark Applejohn and Const. Troy Henyecz were able to catch murder suspect Jonathan Forder in Vancouver, after stopping him
  
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• Winery owners' arrest a warning for Canadians doing business in China: daughter

  01-06-2017 18:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  OTTAWA — The daughter of two Canadian winery owners being held by Chinese authorities over an alleged customs valuation dispute says the case should serve as a warning for other Canadians hoping to do business in China.
  Amy Chang is in Ottawa this week pleading with federal politicians for help in getting her parents released from custody in Shanghai, where the two were arrested in March 2016 while visiting their business suppliers and agents.
  John Chang and Lan-Fed (Allison) Lu, who own t
  
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• Constable set to shake rust in Abbotsford Challenge Run, but invites '

  01-06-2017 18:27 via vancouversun.com
  
  Ian MacDonald, the cordial constable who could pass for the slimmer, smarter looking twin of Vin Diesel, Bruce Willis or The Rock when he’s not being smacked around by moving cars, is looking forward to the 27th annual Abbotsford Police Challenge Run next week.
  It will mark the first time since last year’s 5K fun run/walk that APD’s high-profile public information officer has laced up his runners. In fact, just six weeks ago he had knee surgery to correct a problem with his sor
  
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• We're celebrating #BikeDay in Canada. Join us for a group ride from Civic Plaza, 4-6pm TODAY.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-06-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  We're celebrating #BikeDay in Canada. Join us for a group ride from Civic Plaza, 4-6pm TODAY.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Real Scoop Live: Kim Bolan at the Jonathan Bacon murder trial

  01-06-2017 17:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Red Scorpion gang leader Jonathan Bacon was shot to death on Aug. 14,  2011, when his vehicle was sprayed with gunfire outside Kelowna’s Delta Grand resort. Injured in the shooting were Hells Angel Larry Amero, Independent Soldier James Riach and companions Leah Hadden-Watts and Lyndsey Black. Charged in the case are rival gangsters Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michael Jones. B.C Supreme Court Justice Allan Betton is presiding over the judge-alone trial. 
  More harrowing st
  
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• B.C. woman seeks Trudeau's help freeing parents held in China

  01-06-2017 17:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  The daughter of two Canadian winery owners held in China for over a year is seeking help from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  Amy Chang says her parents John Chang and Lan-Fed Lu have been tried over a customs valuation dispute.
  
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• Port Mann Bridge eastbound lanes re-opened following police incident Thursday morning

  01-06-2017 17:14 via vancouversun.com
  
  All eastbound lanes on the Port Mann Bridge have been re-opened following a police incident Thursday morning.
  Westbound lanes remained open during the incident, as well as the eastbound through lanes.
  The eastbound lanes, including those that were closed, were fully re-opened around 8:15 a.m. though volume will take some time to come down.
  The police incident was located midspan on the 152 exit lanes, and had closed off those lanes since 7:30 a.m.CLEAR – #BCHwy1 #PortMannBridge Eastbound 1
  
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• Message to our digital subscribers

  01-06-2017 17:10 via vancouversun.com
  
  This morning our subscribers may have received an email that stated that their Vancouver Sun Digital Access account was cancelled. 
  This email was sent in error due to a technical glitch in our systems. The issue has been resolved.  
  Rest assured this issue does not impact any account information or security.  All accounts are still active. 
  We apologize for the inconvenience to our subscribers; further questions can be answered by contacting Subscription Services a
  
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• Daily Poll: Should rural youth sports teams face relaxed eligibility rules?

  01-06-2017 16:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  This week, reporter Nick Eagland shared a story out of Grand Forks about a rural high school girls’ soccer team that was headed for this year’s B.C. provincial tournament, taking place this week.
  After it was found that the Grand Forks Secondary School’s girls A team had recruited players from a different school to play for them, the B.C. School Sports association rescinded the team’s invitation to the tournament and issued them a fine of $200. The two girls had played al
  
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• Development lots in False Creek Flats offered in untendered deal that needs provincial approval

  01-06-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  The last two open lots on a prime False Creek Flats development site owned by four B.C. universities have been offered in a confidential untendered sale to several Vancouver developers, in a deal that must be approved by the B.C. government.
  According to information reviewed by Postmedia News, the confidential sale proposal by the Great Northern Way Trust — a land-development group involving BCIT, SFU, UBC and Emily Carr University — came together in May. Circumstances of the deal, w
  
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• Starbucks in Mount Pleasant the first in Vancouver to serve beer and wine

  01-06-2017 09:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  When you order a cold brew at Starbucks in Mount Pleasant, you’re going to have to be more specific.
  Starbucks has announced that their recently renovated Mount Pleasant location at 2980 Main St., home to Vancouver’s first Starbucks Reserve Bar, won’t simply be the only Starbucks in the city where you can get an affogato (espresso poured over vanilla ice cream). Beginning on June 1, it will also be the first in Vancouver — and the first in Canada outside of Ontario &mdash
  
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• Swimming in False Creek? Council hears motion to clean up water by 2018

  01-06-2017 09:17 via vancouversun.com
  
  Swimming in Vancouver’s notoriously murky False Creek waters has long been a pipe dream for locals. But a recent city council motion aims to realize that dream as early as 2018.
  On Tuesday, councillor Andrea Reimer introduced a motion that seeks to make the water in False Cree and East Vancouver’s Trout Lake swimmable by next summer.
  “Be it resolved that, as a first step,” reads the motion, “the Waterfront Initiative focus on establishing and implementing a series o
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, June 1

  01-06-2017 07:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, June 1.
  John Legend: Darkness and Light Tour 2017
  Vancouver gets a visit from John Roger Stephens, a.k.a. John Legend on Thursday as the international superstar stops by Rogers Arena as part of his 2017 Darkness and Light Tour. Legend is touring in support of his fifth studio album, also named Darkness and Light. You may have already heard the first single, Love Me Now, both on the radio and in your head for
  
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• Revelstoke to repaint 'SCOHOL' zone in front of elementary school

  01-06-2017 07:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  This is one spelling error you can’t claim on autocorrect. A school zone in Revelstoke had drivers slowing down on Tuesday, but not for the usual safety reasons. 
  A line painter contracted by the city had been tasked with spelling SCHOOL on the roadway in front of Revelstoke’s Columbia Park Elementary. Instead, he spelled SCOHOL — which is, of course, incorrect.
  It may be time to go back to “scohol”.
  If you’re wondering how an error like this even happens
  
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• Opinion: This is Canada's time to lead the world in research

  01-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  This is Canada’s moment. Now is the time for us to lead the world in higher education, research and innovation. In an era of closing borders and closing minds, Canada’s universities are reinforcing worldwide connections to ideas, collaborations and expertise. We have the talent, commitment and networks necessary to lead.
  The Advisory Panel on Federal Support for Fundamental Science recognizes this strength. In the highly anticipated report released in April, these eminent Canadi
  
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• Opinion: B.C. joins Washington and Oregon for Orca Awareness Month

  01-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  June is Orca Awareness Month in the Pacific Northwest. Officially declared in Washington State several years, Oregon and B.C. joined unofficially last year, and it’s a good thing they did. Orcas are in serious and life-altering danger, with seven adult southern resident killer whales lost last year, including the 105-year-old matriarch known as Granny.
  It’s undeniable that the waters of the Pacific Northwest are vastly different today than when Granny was born. The changes in the Sal
  
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• Setting B.C. on course to $15 per hour minimum wage on NDP/Green government agenda

  01-06-2017 03:33 via vancouversun.com
  
  Putting British Columbia on course to a $15 minimum wage will be part of the Green-backed NDP government-in-waiting’s agenda, a move that business groups have been wary of as much as labour organizations welcome it.
  On Tuesday, the same day Ontario announced that it will become the next Canadian jurisdiction to aim for the $15 per hour mark, NDP Leader John Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver unveiled their plan to follow suit.
  A new government would “(immediately) establish an at-
  
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• Don't bother giving up avocado toast, Vancouver millenials, the housing is too expensive anyway

  01-06-2017 03:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  No matter how you slice it, the story of saving enough money to buy a home in Vancouver has turned into nothing but a dream for many.
  But what about giving up a fancy daily breakfast? Might that give us a chance?
  The BBC has crunched the numbers so you and I wouldn’t have to: one would have to give up 48 years worth of daily avocado toast to save enough dough to put together a down payment for a home. 
  Yes, that’s 17,421 days worth. And that’s not even to buy a s
  
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• Resident upset about road planned to cut through Surrey park

  01-06-2017 02:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  For someone who lives in an urban centre, Steven Pettigrew has an unusual view from his patio.
  Trees fill the skyline, not houses. Hawks, crows, eagles and thrushes fly overhead, while coyotes and rabbits run through the brush. Pettigrew lives by Surrey’s Hawthorne Park, which he calls “a little sanctuary in the city.”
  “We live right beside the forest and we see the beauty of the forest and of nature all around us. It’s an incredible park we have here,” he sai
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Alliance has two party heads, but one NDP brain

  01-06-2017 02:57 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — There was a telling moment this week when the elected members of the NDP-Green alliance gathered at the B.C. legislature for the signing ceremony to formalize their pact.
  Standing on the platform, awaiting the arrival of party leaders John Horgan and Andrew Weaver, were 40 New Democrats. Surrounded in their midst were two Greens.
  “See they’ve already been absorbed by the NDP,” quipped one press gallery wag.
  Joking aside, the Green agenda was pretty much ov
  
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• Surrey Six Mounties trial delayed yet again. Why? We can’t tell you

  01-06-2017 02:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  The much-delayed trial of four Mounties charged in connection with the Surrey Six murder investigation has been adjourned again for nearly six months — but the reason for the postponement can’t be reported because the matter is covered by a publication ban.
  Following numerous prior adjournments, the trial of the accused had been set to get underway before a jury in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Sept. 25, but has been moved back to March 5, 2018 after a brief court appearance by
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Dramatic encounter before fatal shooting

  01-06-2017 02:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  The trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michael Jones heard more dramatic evidence Wednesday from people who just happened to be in the area when gunman opened fire on an SUV containing gangster Jonathan Bacon.
  Clearly the ordeal was traumatic for so many people. They realized they could easily have been caught in the crossfire.
  Here’s my story:
  More dramatic testimony about fatal gangland shooting in Kelowna
   
  KELOWNA — Judith Jones briefly broke down in B.C. Supreme C
  
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• Grand Forks soccer team cries foul after being booted from tournament

  01-06-2017 02:41 via vancouversun.com
  
  A West Kootenay soccer team is crying foul after being sidelined from a tournament this week over a rule it believes unfairly impacts rural players.
  Grand Forks Secondary School’s Girls A team had earned a coveted spot at this year’s B.C. provincial tournament, taking place Wednesday to Saturday.
  But because of difficulty drafting the necessary 11 players to field a team — plus a few substitutes — at the season’s outset in early April, the Grade 8 to 11 girls a
  
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• Witness to fatal stabbing outside SkyTrain station weeps as she describes attack

  01-06-2017 02:35 via vancouversun.com
  
  A witness wept in court Wednesday as she described an incident in which her good friend was stabbed to death outside a Burnaby SkyTrain station.
  Victoria Heard was testifying at the trial of Taitusi Vikilani, who has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the Feb. 15, 2015, killing of James Enright, 28.
  She told B.C. Supreme Justice Paul Pearlman that the assault happened after she and Enright had driven from her home to the Edmonds SkyTrain station to meet a friend of hers.
  After the friend arri
  
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• Have you started the Walk-bike-ride Scavenger Hunt? Download a passport & solve the clues to win prizes.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-06-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Have you started the Walk-bike-ride Scavenger Hunt? Download a passport & solve the clues to win prizes.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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