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• You could win prizes! Don't forget to drop off your completed passports @ #CityHall by 5pm June 9. #NorthVan… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 23:15 via twitter.com
  You could win prizes! Don't forget to drop off your completed passports @ #CityHall by 5pm June 9. #NorthVan… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Westview Dr/Queens Rd intersection closed tomorrow pm, 10pm-8am for repaving. Detour will be in effect. ow.ly/d8Ue30crnoA #NorthVan

  08-06-2017 23:04 via twitter.com
  Westview Dr/Queens Rd intersection closed tomorrow pm, 10pm-8am for repaving. Detour will be in effect. ow.ly/d8Ue30crnoA#NorthVan
  
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• Happy Birthday, Canada! – Red Serge Bridge Style! bit.ly/2s1kIoL #NorthVancouver https://t.co/odGvEZyua5

  08-06-2017 22:46 via twitter.com
  
  Happy Birthday, Canada! – Red Serge Bridge Style!bit.ly/2s1kIoL#NorthVancouver https://t.co/odGvEZyua5
  
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• Giant water slide returning to North Vancouver | Vancouver Sun - Vancouver Sun

  08-06-2017 22:43 via vancouversun.com
  
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  Now in its third year, Fun City Festival, featuring Slide the City is expected to once again draw thousands from across the region for a unique family-friendly ...and more »
  
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• Giant water slide returning to North Vancouver - Vancouver Sun

  08-06-2017 22:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver Sun
  Giant water slide returning to North Vancouver
  Vancouver Sun
  Now in its third year, Fun City Festival, featuring Slide the City is expected to once again draw thousands from across the region for a unique family-friendly celebration that features a giant waterslide and a huge eight-block street party from the ...and more »
  
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• How to get rid of ants from your house

  08-06-2017 22:09 via vancouversun.com
  
  You’ve got ants.
  It’s nothing to be ashamed of.  
  Every spring in Metro Vancouver, around this time of year, the six-legged scavengers  invade our homes.
  The ants are hungry and have a nest full other ants to feed — and your home is full of food.
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  Ant season in Vancouver: How to win the war against antsAnt scouts enter your home looking for crumbs, spills, oil and grease, and any accessible items in your pantry. Behind them, they leave an invisible trail that w
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: B.C. wine of the week, wine to cellar and calendar items

  08-06-2017 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Hart House Restaurant at Deer Lake will host a special long table dinner on June 23 featuring the wines of Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars.
  The evening begins with a canapé reception on the lawns with Blue Mountain Gold Label Brut. Family member Christie Mavety will be on hand to introduce the sparkler, as well as to speak to the four other Blue Mountain wines paired with Hart House chef Mike Genest’s dinner menu.
  Tickets are $139. More information at harthouserestaurant.com
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• Police investigate after toddler drowns in New Westminster

  08-06-2017 21:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  New Westminster police and the B.C. Coroners service are investigating the drowning death of a two-year-old girl.
  At 11 p.m. Wednesday, police responded to a 9-1-1 call for help in the 300 block of Stanley Street, for a suspected drowning. New Westminster police say a little girl was taken to hospital where she pronounced dead.New Westminster police Sgt. Jeff Scott says although the department’s major crime unit is investigating with the coroner service to determine the cause of
  
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• Fire damages two homes in Surrey

  08-06-2017 21:37 via vancouversun.com
  
  Two homes in the Clayton Heights area of Surrey were damaged by fire early Thursday morning.
  Ron Davis, a music teacher at Panorama Ridge secondary school, and his wife live in one of the houses, in the 18400-block of 63A Avenue.
  “My wife and I are out safely but our house is partly gone. It’s pretty shocking,” Davis said.
  The fire apparently started near a shed between the two houses.
  Fire crews arrived to find the shed fire spreading to both homes and requested a second alarm
  
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• Two Ontario residents hurt in B.C. ultra-light crash

  08-06-2017 21:36 via vancouversun.com
  
  LISTER, B.C. — Two Ontario residents have suffered minor injuries in the crash of an ultra-light aircraft in southeastern British Columbia.
  Creston RCMP say the small plane went down late Wednesday afternoon near the community of Lister, south of Creston.
  The unnamed victims were taken to hospital in Creston and police say they are expected to make a full recovery.
  Officers say witnesses in the area heard what sounded like the aircraft’s engine losing power, followed by the sound of
  
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• Jackie Chan to help launch Hong Kong Airlines' service to YVR

  08-06-2017 21:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  Jackie Chan, the international movie and pop star, will be in Vancouver later this month to help launch Hong Kong Airlines flights to North America.
  Chan, who has appeared in more than 150 movies, will be on board the airline’s first flight from Hong Kong to Vancouver on Friday, June 30. The flight kicks off the carrier’s daily, non-stop service between YVR and Hong Kong International Airport.
  “With nearly 400,000 Canadians travelling to Hong Kong each year, we are thrilled to
  
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• Book review: Exposing the injustices that lie beneath the Canadian dinner table

  08-06-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Farm Workers in Western Canada: Injustices and Activism
  Edited by Shirley A. McDonald and Bob Barnetson
  (The University of Alberta Press , $29.95)In 2007 a van operated by a farm work contractor skidded and rolled over on a B.C. highway. Overloaded, not equipped with safety belts, and inadequately maintained, the van accident (and the cost-cutting poor maintenance on the part of the farm labour contractor that led to it) killed Amarjit Kaur Bal, Sarabjit Kaur Sidhu and Sukhwinder Kaur
  
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• Christy Clark sworn in as B.C. premier of first minority government in 65 years

  08-06-2017 20:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Christy Clark was officially sworn in today as the premier of British Columbia, leading the province’s first minority government in 65 years.
  Legislature clerk Craig James told members of the Liberal caucus that journalists reported on an air of mystery and excitement at the legislature in 1952 and the same can be said about today.
  Voters elected 43 Liberals, 41 New Democrats and three Greens in a provincial election last month, leaving the Liberals one seat shy of a major
  
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• It's #WorldOceansDay 🌊 . You can help keep our oceans clean. Only rain in the storm drain! ow.ly/XXKzY… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  It's #WorldOceansDay 🌊 . You can help keep our oceans clean. Only rain in the storm drain! ow.ly/XXKzY… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Don't forget to bring your completed passports to the wrap-up party 4-6pm at #CivicPlaza today. Lots of fun + free… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 19:57 via twitter.com
  Don't forget to bring your completed passports to the wrap-up party 4-6pm at #CivicPlaza today. Lots of fun + free… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Having some fun finding Scavenger Hunt clues. cnv.org/BTWW #ExploreCNV twitter.com/satak_ki/statu…

  08-06-2017 19:55 via twitter.com
  Having some fun finding Scavenger Hunt clues. cnv.org/BTWW#ExploreCNV twitter.com/satak_ki/statu…
  
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• Last day for the Scavenger Hunt! Bring completed passports to the Wrap-up 4-6pm at Civic Plaza #ExploreCNV… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Last day for the Scavenger Hunt! Bring completed passports to the Wrap-up4-6pm at Civic Plaza #ExploreCNV… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Firefighters are on scene in Lynn Canyon conducting a high angle rescue at Twin Falls. #northvan. https://t.co/zVk0oJUFRL

  08-06-2017 17:39 via twitter.com
  
  Firefighters are on scene in Lynn Canyon conducting a high angle rescue at Twin Falls. #northvan. https://t.co/zVk0oJUFRL
  
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• Rogers-brand flour, sold at B.C. Costcos, added to E. coli recall list

  08-06-2017 17:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  Another brand of flour sold in B.C. has been added to a recall list due to possible E. coli contamination.
  Rogers brand All-Purpose Flour was the subject of a Health Canada recall warning issued Wednesday. It is the latest in a long line of flour products that has been recalled this year in B.C. due to E. coli concerns.
  Rogers brand flour is sold at Costco warehouses across B.C. Affected products include 10 kilogram-size bags, with a manufacture date of Jan. 19, 2017 and a UPC code of 0 60179 10
  
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• Question and answer: Project Limelight's Maureen Webb

  08-06-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Off the Hook
  June 11, 2 and 6 p.m. | Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre at Simon Fraser University’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
  Tickets: $12 at eventbrite.ca
  Project Limelight is a theatre program that pairs kids in the Downtown Eastside with theatre professionals. Each year, students, staff and volunteers put on a show to raise funds for the program. This year, Project Limelight presents Off the Hook, a panto version of the Peter Pan story. We talked to Maureen Webb, co-founder of
  
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• Five reasons to check out Another Window

  08-06-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Another Window
  June 10, 8 p.m. | Progress Lab (1422 William St.)
  Tickets: $15-$20 (sliding scale) at brownpapertickets.com
  1. Amal Rana. A cabaret-style show, Another Window was inspired by Newworld Theatre’s annual showcase of local, below-the-radar talent, Bite of the Underground. “It goes a little bit deeper with certain questions,” said organizer Fay Nass, who promises a diverse lineup in terms of performers as well as pieces. Amal Rana, a queer Muslim feminist poet, hosts.
  
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• Daily Poll: Was the West Vancouver parkland pavilion a good idea?

  08-06-2017 16:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Metro Vancouver Regional District filed a notice of civil claim recently in B.C. Supreme Court, alleging a West Vancouver couple trespassed on park lands adjacent to their home and wrongfully built a pavilion and other structures.
  According to a story written Wednesday by reporter Keith Fraser, the structures affect about 848 square metres of a regional park known as Capilano River Regional Park, which is owned and managed by the district. The claim describes the couple’s actions as&nb
  
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• Harry Styles to bring world tour to Vancouver's Rogers Arena in July 2018

  08-06-2017 16:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  Let’s get those hearts beating faster.
  Vancouver’s long-time One Direction fans and newly converted Harry Styles believers can soon start their one-year countdown to the Brit heartthrob’s show at Rogers Arena on July 6, 2018.
  “Due to overwhelming demand,” Styles has expanded his tour and added 56 new stops to continue touring into 2018. The extended tour dates will take Styles across Europe, over to Australia, Asia, South America, and the United States before poppin
  
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• Opinion: World’s Ocean Day – We must prepare for rising oceans and fight climate change

  08-06-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Today is an opportunity to celebrate the tremendous ecological, cultural and economic value oceans provide as we acknowledge World’s Ocean Day. It’s also a chance to recognize the impacts we’re having on the marine environment, and the urgent need to adjust course.
  In 2013, global average levels of carbon dioxide reached a concentration in our atmosphere not seen in millions of years, and levels are still rising.
  This change has direct impacts on our oceans, most notably acidif
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: SLAPP law likely under NDP-Green government

  08-06-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  A landmark provincial defamation case scrutinizing Big Business’s use of SLAPP suits to suppress passionate environmental dissent may herald a change in the law to protect public discourse.
  Taseko Mines Ltd. is appealing a B.C. Supreme Court decision that tossed out its libel action against the Western Canada Wilderness Committee over harsh criticism of its proposed New Prosperity gold-copper mine near Williams Lake.
  The company initially launched the litigation to douse the committee&rsqu
  
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• Canada 150: Mabel French became B.C.'s first female lawyer

  08-06-2017 09:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we are counting down to Canada Day with profiles of 150 noteworthy British Columbians.
  The first woman to earn a law degree in New Brunswick, Mabel Priscilla Penery French applied for admittance to the bar in 1905. She was told under existing Canadian law that a woman was not a person, and only a person could practice. She went to court. Six judges agreed that, indeed, whatever she was, she wasn’t a person. The chief justice huffed that if women could
  
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• Okanagan Lake level steadies, easing flood concerns in B.C. Interior

  08-06-2017 08:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  KELOWNA — Officials say record volumes of water have rushed into rivers and lakes throughout the Interior this spring, but flooding fears are beginning to ease.
  Dave Campbell of the River Forecast Centre says the inflow to Okanagan Lake in May was about 240 per cent of normal, and about 10 per cent higher than any other year the agency has records for.
  Shaun Reimer, a regional water steward with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, says the lake has received more than 100
  
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• Opinion: Warning signs for our natural world

  08-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  It’s Ocean Awareness Week and yet there are storm clouds hanging over these waters.
  The Paris Accord isn’t the only thing Donald Trump wants out of. He has also proposed eliminating federal funding for climate change, related research and even to museums. These are unprecedented steps to ignore humanitarian and global issues. They’re short-sighted and will endanger the world as we know life on Earth.
  Today, our aquariums, museums and zoos have changed dramatically. Some, like T
  
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• Opinion: Education, interaction key to ocean conservation

  08-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  We’re so lucky to live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, thanks in large part to the Pacific Ocean right at our doorsteps.
  Ask yourself: Why do you love the ocean? Why is the ocean important to you?
  On World Ocean’s Day on June 8, it’s a good time to remember we’re all connected to the oceans no matter where we live — and to step back and evaluate how we’re really doing when it comes to the sustainability of our environment.
  Around eight billio
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: NDP atoning for Site C errors while working to improve tone

  08-06-2017 04:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — For a brief moment this week, it appeared the curtain had been pulled back and John Horgan’s frustrations with Christy Clark were pouring out in an angry letter about the Site C project.
  “Given your record of misstatements and errors,” the NDP leader wrote the premier, “it is impossible to trust anything you say regarding the Site C project schedules and cost.”
  When the text leaked to the news media Tuesday afternoon, the passage came as a surp
  
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• State funeral for Amazing Grace celebrates Socred 'first lady' McCarthy

  08-06-2017 03:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  Grace McCarthy had a lot of flair. So it’s fitting that her funeral Wednesday was every bit as dramatic as the woman it was honouring.
  “I have never been to one like it,” said business leader Jim Pattison. “It was very special.”
  Indeed. McCarthy was given a state funeral, a nearly two-hour affair that was quite religious but brimming with secular stories from the life of one of B.C.’s legendary politicians.
  McCarthy’s casket entered Christ Church Cathedr
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Crime scene video shows shooting carnage

  08-06-2017 03:14 via vancouversun.com
  
  A retired RCMP forensic identification specialist testified Wednesday at the trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michael Jones. Cora Malewski described the work she did collecting evidence over five days outside the Delta Grand.
  Much of the day was somewhat dry as photographs were entered as exhibits. But Malewski’s video of the crime scene was a powerful image of the destruction the killers of Jonathan Bacon caused that day.
  Here’s my story:
  Video of Jonathan Bacon murder s
  
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• Weaver crashes B.C. Hydro media briefing, chastises Hydro over Site C

  08-06-2017 02:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The largest, most expensive project in B.C. history continued to degenerate into a political mess Wednesday, after B.C.’s Green party leader crashed a media briefing on the proposed $9-billion Site C dam and publicly rebuked top B.C. Hydro officials for misleading numbers.
  Green Leader Andrew Weaver said he was shocked and troubled with Hydro’s arguments on the Site C dam after sitting, uninvited, through an hour-long media briefing by CEO Jessica McDonald and other
  
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• #SummerSessions concerts start July 8. Have you checked out this year's lineup yet? It's right here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  #SummerSessions concerts start July 8. Have you checked out this year's lineup yet? It's right here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Time's running out! Have you completed your walk-bike-bus scavenger hunt yet? ow.ly/cnR630clbJD #NorthVan… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 00:30 via twitter.com
  Time's running out! Have you completed your walk-bike-bus scavenger hunt yet? ow.ly/cnR630clbJD #NorthVan… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• We're recruiting for a Temporary Full-Time Maintenance Planner. Click here to apply ow.ly/dZ3J30cpwK3

  08-06-2017 00:13 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a Temporary Full-Time Maintenance Planner.Click here to apply ow.ly/dZ3J30cpwK3
  
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