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• Transit Police Chief Doug LePard hopes to set example, graduates with master's in criminal justice

  07-06-2017 23:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  Chief Doug LePard has built his 36-year policing career on protecting and serving — and most recently, expanded that to include studying, too.
  LePard, a former deputy chief of the Vancouver Police Department and the current chief of the Transit Police, graduated Tuesday from the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford with a master’s degree in criminal justice. He was also awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal for his near-perfect 4.23 grade point average.
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• Canadian Millennials' connections to country, home and family on the wane

  07-06-2017 23:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  Veteran pollster Angus Reid has spent time studying issues that he believes will shape Canada’s future, and his findings on younger Canadians may raise some eyebrows.
  In an interview Wednesday, Reid explained some of the key themes he will discuss in a Thursday speech in Vancouver, on what he calls, “The New Canada.”
  Reid said after combing through polls completed for the Angus Reid Institute on issues such as immigration, family, faith and morality, he was struck mos
  
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• Vancouver Aquarium releases northern fur seal back into wild

  07-06-2017 23:48 via vancouversun.com
  
  In the first time in its history, the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre has released a rehabilitated northern fur seal back in the wild.
  Flores, a one-year-old northern fur seal, was rescued in January after being found emaciated with an injured eye on a beach on the west coast of Vancouver Island. 
  On Monday, a rescue centre team flew to Ucluelet to release Flores back into the ocean.
  “From the day of his rescue Flores was feisty, and he remained that w
  
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• He collected $224,000 salary from Island district last year for not working

  07-06-2017 23:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  Albert Sweetnam, former head of the Capital Regional District’s now-defunct Seaterra sewage treatment program, continued to be among the top earners at the CRD last year — for not being on the job.
  Sweetnam’s job wrapped up in September 2015, but according to just-released CRD financial documents, he continued to draw $224,121 in salary in 2016. It’s a bit of a drop from 2015, when Sweetnam was paid $283,089.53 in salary and expenses. And taxpayers can take heart —
  
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• State funeral for Social Credit first lady Grace McCarthy held today in Vancouver

  07-06-2017 23:40 via vancouversun.com
  
  Legendary B.C. politician Grace McCarthy was honoured with a state funeral Wednesday at Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral.
  It was a dramatic service, one worthy of the flamboyant McCarthy.
  Her casket entered the cathedral draped in a Canadian flag, followed by everyone singing O Canada.
  Naturally there was a moving version of Amazing Grace, and heartfelt tributes from Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon and Premier Christy Clark.Former politician Grace McCarthy's casket arrives #bcpoli .@Roundhouse9
  
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• Deadline for #IndieFilmmakersLab is June 19. Get your apps in soon #FilmBursary #NorthVan #Youth… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  07-06-2017 23:30 via twitter.com
  Deadline for #IndieFilmmakersLab is June 19. Get your apps in soon #FilmBursary #NorthVan #Youth… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Horses head to Surrey Memorial Hospital to visit patient and longtime volunteer

  07-06-2017 23:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  ShelleyLynn Gardner didn’t take ‘neigh’ for an answer once she had made up her mind she was going to grant a patient’s wish.
  Gardner is a rehab assistant at Surrey Memorial Hospital, and volunteers with the engagement radicals team – or “e-rads”, as she calls it.
  “That’s a group of folks who, off the side of their desk, work to change the culture and really increase engagement in the workplace,” said Gardner. 
  “But I like to
  
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• Spa review: Collective Skincare offers a skin reset

  07-06-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Collective Skincare
  1268 Pacific Blvd, 778-228-4275
  The Treatment: Tata Harper Total Complexion Reset, $70-$195
  Looking for a summer skin reset that’s plant powered? You may want to head to Yaletown.
  Vancouver-based skin care centre Collective Skin Care, which is located on the second floor of the BeautyMark boutique, recently announced the addition of Tata Harper Total Complexion Reset treatments to its spa menu. 
  Available in two iterations — the&
  
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• How much booze can I bring across the border … and other Canadian questions

  07-06-2017 22:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  With summertime nearly here, Canadian visits to the U.S. and other foreign destinations are on the way up.
  Want to bring booze or some other purchase back? The rules are straightforward — but there may still be the occasional surprise. The general rule: the longer you’re away from Canada, the more you can bring back.
  Been away from Canada for less than 24 hours?
  Tough luck. Be ready to declare your purchases and pay duty and taxes on them.
  OK, you made it an overnight trip. Make sure
  
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• Horgan says help is on the way for B.C. families needing child care

  07-06-2017 22:35 via vancouversun.com
  
  NDP Leader John Horgan said help is on the way for families grappling with finding affordable quality child care.
  At a news conference at Trout Lake Community Centre in Vancouver on Wednesday, Horgan reiterated his party’s commitment to working towards a $10-a-day child care program.
  He said the first phase of the 10-year plan will be to create 22,000 new spaces over the next three years and train more early childhood educators.
  By the fifth year, there will be 66,000 additional spaces ava
  
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• Hey Zone 2, please use your new organics and garbage carts as soon as you get them. Here's how to set them out. youtu.be/ZIdkbMM6l2U

  07-06-2017 21:58 via twitter.com
  Hey Zone 2, please use your new organics and garbage carts as soon as you get them. Here's how to set them out. youtu.be/ZIdkbMM6l2U
  
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• It's gonna be another fun summer in the City! #FunCityFestival + Movies in the Plaza are back!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  07-06-2017 21:01 via twitter.com
  It's gonna be another fun summer in the City! #FunCityFestival + Movies in the Plaza are back!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Walk-Bike-Bus Scavenger Hunt wrap-up party June 8 @ #CivicPlaza! Music, giant games, free burgers & fun!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  07-06-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  Walk-Bike-Bus Scavenger Hunt wrap-up party June 8 @ #CivicPlaza! Music, giant games, free burgers & fun!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Kelowna charter Flair Air purchases ticket vendor NewLeaf

  07-06-2017 19:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  Flair Airlines Ltd., the charter carrier operating the flights behind NewLeaf’s low-price tickets, has now become a national airline after buying out the ticket vendor.
  The Kelowna-based charter aircraft company announced Wednesday it had completed the purchase of all NewLeaf’s assets, and was lauding itself as “Canada’s third national airline.”
  “This announcement makes it officially a national scheduled airline,” explained spokeswoman Julie Remple. &ldq
  
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• One-year delay of Site C dam project would cost $630 million: BC Hydro

  07-06-2017 19:18 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The president of BC Hydro says a one-year delay in the Site C hydroelectric dam project would cost $630 million, with construction in limbo as the NDP is poised to form a minority government in British Columbia in the coming weeks.
  The NDP, which has signed a deal with the Green party to bring down Premier Christy Clark’s Liberal government, wants to send the project in northeastern B.C. to the province’s utilities commission to review its economic viability.
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• VSO ends season with Ancestral Voices for Canada's 150th

  07-06-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Titan
  June 10, 12, 8 p.m.; June 11, 2 p.m. | Orpheum Theatre
  Tickets and info: vancouversymphony.ca
  The end-of-season concerts of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra are always designed with a festive or celebratory vibe, and this year is no exception: we get a world premiere for Canada’s 150th birthday, a favourite concerto (Korngold’s Violin Concerto, with Baiba Skride), and Mahler’s spectacular First Symphony.
  Marion Newman.
  This is the last VSO concert before the official
  
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• Decade since disappearance of Prince George youth does not dull the pain

  07-06-2017 18:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  PRINCE GEORGE — It has been ten years since a teenaged boy disappeared in Prince George and his grieving mother hopes someone has information that could solve the mystery.
  Lucas Degerness was just 14 when he vanished on June 7, 2007.
  His mother, Gina Degerness, says he spent the night at a friend’s house and left sometime the following morning but was never seen again.
  Lucas “Luke” Degerness has been missing since June 7, 2007.
  In a news release issued by the Canadian Cen
  
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• Kulvir loves the City because it's so easy to walk, bike or take transit. What do you ❤️? cnv.org/ILoveMyCity… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  07-06-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Kulvir loves the City because it's so easy to walk, bike or take transit. What do you ❤️? cnv.org/ILoveMyCity… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• NDP leader John Horgan to address the future of child care in B.C.

  07-06-2017 17:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  NDP leader John Horgan is set to make an announcement on the future of child care in B.C.Horgan will be speaking to media at Trout Lake Community Centre at 10 a.m. Wednesday.Child care was one of the issues the NDP campaigned on, included in a platform aimed at easing the pressure on the pocket books of British Columbians.During the campaign, Horgan said the NDP is committed to a $10-a-day child care plan, which will be phased in over a period of 10 years.The plan would cost $1.5 billion a year.
  
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• State funeral for Social Credit first lady Grace McCarthy takes place today in Vancouver

  07-06-2017 17:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  The state funeral for Grace McCarthy, the first lady of B.C. Social Credit, will take place Wednesday morning in downtown Vancouver.
  She died May 24 at the age of 89 after battling a brain tumour for some time.
  Nicknamed “Amazing Grace” and the “ultimate Socred,” McCarthy helped to revive the Social Credit party after its defeat by the New Democrats in 1972. She was the first female deputy premier in Canada and was regarded as forever optimistic and positive.
  During her t
  
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• Abbotsford police arrest man charged with sex offences

  07-06-2017 16:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  Police have arrested a man who was the subject of a public notice in Abbotsford this week.
  Jason Stanley Whitford was arrested Tuesday evening by the Surrey RCMP and the Abbotsford Police Department.
  “The APD would like to thank the Surrey RCMP, the media and numerous concerned citizens for their assistance in this investigation,” said police in a media statement.
  Abbotsford police had advised the public to keep an eye out for Whitford in a notice issued Tuesday.
  Whitford, a 37-year-
  
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• Daily Poll: Should construction on Site C be halted while a review takes place?

  07-06-2017 16:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  On Tuesday, Premier Christy Clark traded barbs with B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan over the future of the Site C hydroelectric project.
  The two leaders traded letters, critiquing one another over the handling of the construction, cost and timeline of Site C.
  Horgan – and B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver – want to send the project to the B.C. Utilities Commission to be reviewed, claiming the dam will cost the province unnecessary billions if it goes ahead. The nearly $9-billion project wa
  
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• Canada 150: Chu Lai fought against anti-Chinese discrimination and won

  07-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we are counting down to Canada Day with profiles of 150 noteworthy British Columbians.
  After he died while asleep at home at age 59, the Chinese community in Victoria turned out in huge numbers to say goodbye to one of the country’s pioneers. Chu Lai is not much remembered today, but in his day in the late 19th and early 20th century, he was known for fighting against racism toward Chinese immigrants at a time when it wasn’t popul
  
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• Young man accused in fatal Whistler stabbing found guilty of manslaughter

  07-06-2017 06:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  A young man accused in a swarming attack that killed a Burnaby teen in Whistler has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of the lesser and included offence of manslaughter.
  There was clapping in the courtroom at first as a guilty verdict was announced for Arvin Golic, who was 18 years old when Luka Gordic was surrounded by a group of youths and stabbed to death at the ski resort in May 2015.
  But after it became clear that the accused had been acquitted of second-degree murder and found gui
  
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• Fun run brainchild gets his paws on creating three-day festival vibe

  07-06-2017 05:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  It takes a second getting used to seeing Baxter Bayer in work clothes.
  This is, after all, the blithe brainchild of the highly entertaining Easter and Elf Fun Runs, in which he wears oversized bunny or garish green costumes to enhance festive moods in Stanley Park, while barking out “Paws Up, Paws Down” to giggling kids wearing rabbit ears, or doing his epic Give-A-Gift warm-up routine for laughing adults twisting and stretching in elf or Santa-ish outfits.
  Less than 24 hours before
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Rush job in Site C review won't answer $9B questions

  07-06-2017 04:40 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — As New Democratic Party Leader John Horgan tells it, his proposed review of the $9 billion Site C hydroelectric project on the Peace River doesn’t lack for size, scope and ambition.
  “We would direct the B.C. Utilities Commission to answer specific questions about why the decision was made, what the cost of going forward would be, what the consequences were going to be for Hydro rates in the long term, and what other alternatives were available that were less cos
  
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• Home buyers can't count on cheaper suburbs, unless they look to Chilliwack: report

  07-06-2017 04:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  A new report from a Vancouver credit union says home buyers on British Columbia’s southern coast can no longer turn to the suburbs to find more affordable housing.
  Vancity tracked the markets in 30 municipalities in the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria over a 12-month period that ended on Feb. 28, calculating the median price of housing in each community and comparing that with the median income of residents.
  Vancouver became only marginally less affordable over the period, but Vancity
  
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• Pemberton Music Festival lost tens of millions over three years, trustee says

  07-06-2017 03:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Pemberton Music Festival has been bleeding money from the start, with the financially-troubled companies behind it declaring bankruptcy last month after losses of more than $47 million, according to a bankruptcy report by trustee Ernst & Young obtained by Postmedia. 
  A preliminary evaluation of the Pemberton Music Festival LP and 1115666 B.C. Ltd.’s assets found they had about $3.3 million in cash.
  But as of Tuesday’s creditor meeting, there have been 144 claims filed to
  
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• Awesome prizes & only 10 clues needed to enter the Scavenger Hunt. It's ☀️ so get out there 🚲 #ExploreCNV cnv.org/BTWW #NorthVan

  07-06-2017 03:15 via twitter.com
  Awesome prizes & only 10 clues needed to enter the Scavenger Hunt.It's ☀️ so get out there 🚲 #ExploreCNV cnv.org/BTWW #NorthVan
  
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• So this happened today. Big reveal of new #PublicArt . Mayor @DarrellMussatto , Coast Salish artist John Marston @… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  07-06-2017 02:50 via twitter.com
  So this happened today. Big reveal of new #PublicArt . Mayor @DarrellMussatto ,Coast Salish artist John Marston @… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Clark alleges $600-million Site C delay, NDP responds critique 'unsupported'

  07-06-2017 02:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C. Premier Christy Clark fired back Tuesday at the NDP over its request to suspend the removal of two homes in the Peace River valley, declaring it could result in a $600-million cost increase to the Site-C hydroelectric project.
  In a letter released publicly, NDP Leader John Horgan responded by calling her claims on the additional costs “unsupported.”
  In another, earlier version of the letter, which the NDP said was sent to Clark in error, even stronger language was used.
  In that
  
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• War of words breaks out over Clark letter to NDP, Greens over costs of Site C delays

  07-06-2017 02:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  Premier Christy Clark has given the B.C. NDP and the B.C. Greens four days to decide whether or not they’ll request the government to issue a “tools down” order to workers and halt the construction of the $9-billion Site C dam.
  That June 10 deadline came in a pair of nearly identical letters sent by Clark to NDP Leader John Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver to defend her party’s decision to approve the project and to warn of what she suggests could be a $600-million,
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Sisters caught glimpse of driver in suspect SUV

  07-06-2017 02:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  There were more “civilian” witnesses at the trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Michael Jones and Jason McBride today. These are people who just happened to be near the scene of the Jonathan Bacon murder on Aug. 14, 2011 and are telling Justice Allan Betton what they saw. 
  I expect this phase of the trial will continue for a few more days before the Crown moves into calling police and forensic specialists.
  Here’s my story:
  Sisters testify at Bacon murder trial about seeing driver o
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Are the Canucks ready to trade for Evander Kane?

  07-06-2017 02:17 via vancouversun.com
  
  Can a polarizing left-winger with a scoring touch and checkered past be part of the Vancouver Canucks’ rebuild?
  The answers: Absolutely and absolutely not.
  Mention the possibility of acquiring 25-year-old Evander Kane in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres, who have a new general manager and are still looking to land an established defenceman like Chris Tanev, Jake Muzzin or Alec Martinez from the Los Angeles Kings, and debate in this market understandably rages like a wildfire.
  The Sabres and
  
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• We’ve looked for her & she doesn’t exist. There’s no #PooFairy, so bag & bin it! cnv.org/PooFairy #NorthVan https://t.co/XjRpIsJQS7

  07-06-2017 01:30 via twitter.com
  
  We’ve looked for her & she doesn’t exist. There’s no #PooFairy, so bag & bin it! cnv.org/PooFairy #NorthVan https://t.co/XjRpIsJQS7
  
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• Record-high water levels starting to impact tourism in Okanagan

  07-06-2017 00:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  Flooding in and around the Okanagan has swamped residents and work crews who are battling to protect properties and infrastructure, and it is now putting a damper on at least some tourism-related businesses.
  Lakes have swollen in recent weeks to “unprecedented levels” in the region, according to the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre, and that has put waterfront assets at serious risk of water damage.
  Power boaters have been warned to stay off lakes to prevent large wakes f
  
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• Man convicted of fatal Vancouver stabbing gets life sentence with no parole for 10 years

  07-06-2017 00:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  A man who was convicted of fatally stabbing a taxi passenger at a busy downtown Vancouver intersection has been sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 10 years.
  In November, a B.C. Supreme Court jury found Kenneth Bryson Williams, 26, guilty of the February 2014 second-degree murder of Robert Tyson Smith, 28.
  The fatal stabbing happened following a confrontation between the two men at Georgia and Granville that was witnessed by horrified onlookers in the city’s entertai
  
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• Surrey’s first supervised consumption site set to open

  07-06-2017 00:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  Drug users will start injecting their own heroin or other illicit substances at a new supervised injection site opening this week in Surrey in an effort to curb a crisis in overdose deaths.
  SafePoint will be British Columbia’s first site outside of Vancouver that allows people to shoot up drugs under medical supervision while they are linked up with other health and social services.
  A similar service will be incorporated later this month into an existing clinic in Surrey. The city has had
  
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• Four B.C. people charged after 14-month RCMP drug investigation

  07-06-2017 00:19 via vancouversun.com
  
  A 14-month investigation by the RCMP’s North District Federal Serious and Organized Crime Unit has led to drug charges being laid against four people in three different B.C. communities.
  On June 11, 2016, RCMP executed a warrant in Richmond and seized approximately one kilogram of cocaine, two vehicles and cash from a residence. 
  The raid was the result an investigation into drug trafficking in Prince George and Chilliwack that began in April of 2015.
  The warrants carried out by
  
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• Category 2, open-fire ban issued for coastal B.C.

  07-06-2017 00:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  No Category 2 open fires will be allowed through most of coastal B.C. starting at noon Wednesday. Category 2 open fires include the burning of piles of rubbish, grasslands or stubble.
  It also covers fireworks, firecrackers, burning barrels and sky lanterns.
  Camp fires don’t fall under the category.
  The area affected reaches from White Rock to the central coast on the mainland and as far into the Interior as Manning Park and the land west of the Coast Mountain Range as far north as Twe
  
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• B.C. Ferries hires Dutch-owned shipyard to build two minor vessels

  07-06-2017 00:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  This is an artist’s rendering of a new minor-class vessel scheduled to join the B.C. Ferries fleet in 2020. Damen Shipyards Group has been awarded the contract; the ships will be built in Romania.
  VICTORIA — B.C. Ferries has hired a Netherlands-owned shipyard to build two new minor ferries and Point Hope Maritime in Victoria will be responsible for maintaining them under their warranty.
  None of the Canadian shipyards which were shortlisted for the job submitted bids, B.C. Ferrie
  
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• Abbotsford police looking for man charged with sex offences

  07-06-2017 00:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  Abbotsford police is advising the public to keep look out for Jason Stanley Whitford and call 9-1-1 if you see them.
  Whitford, a 37-year-old man with no fixed address, is currently wanted in connection with four sexual offences involving a child and for trafficking methamphetamine.
  Charges were sworn on Monday but Whitford, who stands six-feet-tall and weighs 220 pounds, has not been located.
  Police say he is known to frequent various cities in the lower Fraser Valley.
  The public is asked n
  
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• Clark tells NDP, Greens that delaying Site C could cost $600 million

  07-06-2017 00:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  Premier Christy Clark has given the B.C. NDP and the B.C. Greens four days to decide whether or not they’ll request the government to issue a “tools down” order to workers and halt the construction of the $9-billion Site C dam.
  That June 10 deadline came in a pair of nearly identical letters sent by Clark to NDP Leader John Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver to defend her party’s decision to approve the project and to warn of what she suggests could be a $600-million,
  
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