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• We're recruiting for several Auxiliary Communications Operator 1. Click here to apply ow.ly/EKP730cF8D5

  16-06-2017 23:59 via twitter.com
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• A gentler density for North Vancouver - The Globe and Mail

  16-06-2017 23:57 via theglobeandmail.com
  
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  A gentler density for North Vancouver
  The Globe and Mail
  Urban planners are increasingly using the term “gentle density,” to describe the attempt to increase the number of residents in established neighbourhoods, though often, there's nothing gentle about the process of wholesale change. But North Vancouver ...
  
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  16-06-2017 22:55 via twitter.com
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• Ian Mulgrew: Supreme Court of Canada stands firm on timely trial rights

  16-06-2017 22:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to back away from hard trial deadlines imposed on lower courts last summer and reinforced its message that judges must manage proceedings.
  In a decision Friday that revisited the landmark ruling known as R. v. Jordan, seven justices unanimously emphasized that the current culture of legal complacency must end.
  “This appeal is yet another example of why change is necessary … every actor in the justice system has a responsibility to ensure that
  
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• We're recruiting for a Regular Full-Time Traffic Technician. Click here to apply ow.ly/OqO630cEVRb

  16-06-2017 22:11 via twitter.com
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• Let us know your thoughts on our 2016 Annual Municipal Report. Review & provide comments by 4pm June 19 @… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  16-06-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Let us know your thoughts on our 2016 Annual Municipal Report. Review & provide comments by 4pm June 19 @… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Brian Minter: Garden Days should be celebrated all year in Canada

  16-06-2017 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  As we look forward to celebrating 150 years as a country on July 1, there are numerous activities in which Canadians will be engaged and enjoying the many aspects of our gardens should be one of them! Gardens have always been part of our culture from sustainable food growing to creating beauty both in private and public gardens and parks. Tourism Canada has long recognized that gardens have been a significant visitor attraction from coast to coast. 
  In recent years the Canadian Garden Counc
  
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• Vancouver man found guilty of 2014 murder of his mother

  16-06-2017 21:34 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Vancouver man was found guilty Friday of second degree murder in connection with the 2014 death of his mother.
  Barbara Whitlock, 61, was found dead in the backyard of her Dunbar home on Nov. 8, 2014. 
  Her 28-year-old son Brian Whitlock was arrested the next day at the house at 3171 West 23rd Ave following a lengthy standoff with police.
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  Vancouver man charged with murdering mother later confessed he had killed 'the witch'Man accused of murder deemed low risk for further violen
  
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• We continue to explore options for turf fields in Inter River Park. Come see the latest concepts & share your views… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  16-06-2017 21:15 via twitter.com
  We continue to explore options for turf fields in Inter River Park. Come see the latest concepts & share your views… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Town Talk: B.C. Cancer Foundation event addresses inherited cancers

  16-06-2017 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  Christian Chan donated $600,000 and Dr. Kim Chi spoke about inherited cancer at a B.C. Cancer Foundation Inspiration gala reception.
  SECOND-HAND CANCER: After raising $3.05 million at its 2016 Inspiration gala, the B.C. Cancer Foundation has received a $600,000 pledge for this year’s Nov. 4 event. Christian Chan of the philanthropic family announced that donation to guests at a VanDusen Botanical Garden reception. With millions raised later, it will help fund the B.C. Cancer Agency&rs
  
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• More jail time sought for three convicted in Chilliwack cow abuse case

  16-06-2017 20:59 via vancouversun.com
  
  Crown prosecutors are asking the B.C. Supreme Court to increase the amount of jail time handed down to three men convicted of abusing cattle at Canada’s largest dairy farm.
  In a media release issued Friday, the B.C. Prosecution Service announced it had filed an appeal with the court asking for a new sentence in the case against Travis Keefer, Jamie Visser and Chris Vandyke. The three men had pleaded guilty in April to causing distress to be in distress and permitting animals to be in distr
  
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• B.C.'s top doctor urges parents to talk to kids about opioid overdoses

  16-06-2017 20:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s medical health officer is urging parents to talk to their children about the dangers of potentially deadly illicit opioids before end-of-school celebrations.
  Dr. Perry Kendall has written a letter that will be distributed by schools that says 19 youths between the ages of 14 and 18 have died from overdoses since January 2016.
  Kendall says parents should discuss substance use and the risks of overdose because young people may experiment during the summer
  
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• Canada 150: Malcolm Lowry, the literary 'genius' who lived in a squatter's shack

  16-06-2017 20:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we are counting down to Canada Day with profiles of 150 noteworthy British Columbians.
  On Aug. 1, 1947, The Vancouver Sun ran a story headlined, “Wealthy Squatters Find Rent-Free Beach Haven.”
  “A successful novelist who could write a cheque for thousands is ‘king’ of the beach squatters of Royal Row at Dollarton, 10 miles east of Vancouver,” read the story. “Like hundreds of others in the Vancouver area, Malcolm Low
  
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• Harbour porpoise Daisy, rescued in 2008, dies at Vancouver Aquarium

  16-06-2017 20:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  Daisy the harbour porpoise — one of the Vancouver Aquarium’s three remaining cetaceans — has died, it was announced late Thursday.
  The death comes in the midst of ongoing debate over the future of cetaceans at the facility, and on the same day the aquarium launched a legal challenge against a recently enacted bylaw banning cetaceans like Daisy.
  The porpoise was a month old when she was rescued by the aquarium in August 2008; she would have turned nine this summer. Harbour porpo
  
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• Loud mouths and leather lungs required for Playland scream choir

  16-06-2017 20:18 via vancouversun.com
  
  Playland is looking for a few good screechers.
  Having an ear-piercing scream is no longer an unappreciated and ineffectual talent, Vancouver producer/composer Bob Smart and Playland at PNE are seeking some ‘decibel-ly’ blessed howlers to audition for the world’s first scream choir.To audition, you need to film yourself screaming along with the scream choir’s YouTube guide of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and then uploaded it to either Instagram (tag @pne_playland), Facebook
  
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• Vancouverites invited to chime in on housing affordability and city's efforts

  16-06-2017 20:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  If you’ve ever wanted to give the mayor your two cents on housing in Vancouver, Saturday’s the day.
  The city of Vancouver is hosting a pancake breakfast and roundtable conversation to discuss issues around housing affordability and access this weekend.
  “It’s a critical time to boldly reset our approach to creating housing, with the affordability crisis impacting all incomes and neighbourhoods,” said Mayor Gregor Robertson in a statement released in May when the roun
  
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• Flour power: Franco Pepe’s go-slow pizza touted as world’s best

  16-06-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  On a late spring evening the town of Caiazzo is a little jewel perched high up in the hills just outside the city of Caserta in Italy’s Campania region. In the fading daylight, its quaint little square lit with lamps greets visitors when they reach the entrance to this cobbled-street village. 
  Not far up the road and down a narrow alley is a man who makes magic with flour. His name is Franco Pepe.
  He’s not only famous locally for his unique pizzas — people line up past mid
  
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• A special message from Sir Paul McCartney to us! He’s a big fan of our Meatless Monday proclamation. We’re ‘Amazed’… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  16-06-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  A special message from Sir Paul McCartney to us! He’s a big fan of our Meatless Monday proclamation. We’re ‘Amazed’… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Pop star Lorde to hit Vancouver's Rogers Arena in March 2018 on world tour

  16-06-2017 19:02 via vancouversun.com
  
  Pop star and Taylor Swift squad member Lorde will perform at Vancouver’s Roger’s Arena on March 8, 2018 as part of her Melodrama tour.
  The news came just one day before her latest release, sophomore album Melodrama, which was out Friday and features the lead single “Green Light.”“Oh and North America I would never forget about u – let’s dance,” she tweeted on Friday.
  The New Zealand singer-songwriter was born Ella Yelich-O’Connor and rose to
  
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• If you see these guys on your travels, don't be alarmed! They're spending the summer making our sidewalks safer by… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  16-06-2017 18:49 via twitter.com
  If you see these guys on your travels, don't be alarmed! They're spending the summer making our sidewalks safer by… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• DYK you can book a City park, field, plaza or street for an event? Try our Community Event Booking Guide:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  16-06-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
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• Daily Poll: What do you think of the trespass order issued to the Main Street tent city?

  16-06-2017 17:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  On Thursday, the Lu’ma Native Housing Society issued a notice of trespass to residents at a tent city located at 950 Main St, ordering them gone by 7 a.m. on Friday.
  The lot is slated to be the site of 26 new units of social housing, managed by the society. All of the units are designated for aboriginal households.
  Lu’ma signed a 60-year lease with the city on the property Thursday, the same day the notice of trespass was issued.
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• Ian Mulgrew: Supreme Court stands firm on timely trial rights

  16-06-2017 17:41 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to back away from hard trial deadlines imposed on lower courts last summer and reinforced its message that judges must manage proceedings.
  In a decision Friday that revisited the landmark ruling known as R. v. Jordan, seven justices unanimously emphasized that the current culture of legal complacency must end.
  “This appeal is yet another example of why change is necessary…. every actor in the justice system has a responsibility to ensure that
  
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• Have a valid Class 3 BC driver's licence? We're looking for hard-working team players to join our solid waste crew… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  16-06-2017 17:33 via twitter.com
  Have a valid Class 3 BC driver's licence? We're looking for hard-working team players to join our solid waste crew… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• B.C. Cancer Agency's 'Songcology' choir bringing health workers, patients together

  16-06-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Dr. Michael McKenzie first got the idea for Songcology from a YouTube video.
  After watching a BBC clip on the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir, a group comprising health workers from two U.K. hospitals that pulled a Love Actually and managed a No. 1 single over Christmas 2015, McKenzie decided that the B.C. Cancer Agency should do something similar. 
  “It was a wonderful, morale-building effort and good PR for their two hospitals and also they raised a bunch of money,” McKenzie,
  
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• China-based Hytera returns with matching bid for Vancouver's Norsat International

  16-06-2017 16:18 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Norsat International Inc., the Vancouver tech firm at the centre of duelling acquisition bids, says China-based Hytera Communications has matched a US$67.3 million rival takeover offer from an American fund manager.
  Hytera, which manufactures radio transceivers and radio systems, made its friendly takeover offer for Norsat last year and received clearance under the Investment Canada Act this month.
  But Privet Fund Management LLC — a U.S. company that already owns 17.6 per
  
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• Daisy the harbour porpoise rescued in 2008, dies at Vancouver Aquarium

  16-06-2017 16:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  Daisy the harbour porpoise – one of the Vancouver Aquarium’s three remaining cetaceans – has died, it was announced Thursday.
  The death comes in the midst of ongoing debate over the future of cetaceans at the facility, and the same day the aquarium launched a legal challenge against a recently enacted bylaw banning cetaceans like Daisy.
  The porpoise was a month old when she was rescued by the aquarium in August 2008; she would have turned 9 this summer. Harbour porpoises have a
  
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• Milk products recalled in B.C. due to 'harmful extraneous material'

  16-06-2017 15:35 via vancouversun.com
  
  OTTAWA — Quebec-based dairy giant Agropur is recalling some of its milk products distributed in British Columbia due to what the federal health agency calls “harmful extraneous material.”
  In a news release issued early Friday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency did not elaborate on the type of material that triggered the recall.
  The affected milk is sold under the Island Farms, Lucerne and Natrel names and includes skimmed, one per cent partly-skimmed, two per cent partly-skim
  
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• How New York Institute of Technology is helping to make Vancouver

  16-06-2017 15:18 via vancouversun.com
  
  When New York Institute of Technology opened its Vancouver campus over 10 years ago, the concept of “going green” was still in its infancy.
  Now, energy management has not only become a top priority due to global warming, it’s become an entire industry.
  Vancouver has long been trying to make itself a beacon of sustainability by setting the goal to be the greenest city in the world by 2020, which made offering a Master of Science in Energy Management in Vancouver an easy decision
  
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• Five Things to Know: Vancouver apartments are expensive, Liberals up to 'mischief'

  16-06-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver’s rental market is officially the worst, grocery stores can sell liquor, and B.C.’s political parties are still fighting over who should offer up a Speaker. Here are five things you need to know:
  Vancouver apartment prices are ridiculous
  The average rental price for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver is $1,950, according to PadMapper. That makes Vancouver the most expensive rental market in Canada, with Toronto a close second at $1,790 per month.
  And heaven help you if yo
  
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• Opinion: VSB trustees accountable for toxic work environment

  16-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  With the recent resignation of the Vancouver school board (VSB) superintendent I’ve been asked, “What was really going on at the VSB? I don’t know what to believe.”
  Looking back at the trustees’ behaviour I witnessed and reading the two investigation reports, I believe VSB staff were bullied and harassed. As a newly elected trustee, I stepped into a pre-existing board dynamic that I found overly partisan and very challenging to work in, and didn’t fully realiz
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Suspected overdose victim was gang trafficker

  16-06-2017 06:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  There have been so many over dose victims across the province this year. So it’s not surprising that even mid-level drug traffickers can die from the product they have been peddling.
  Dustin Wadsworth, convicted just last year in a trafficking case, died Tuesday in an east Vancouver apartment.
  Here’s my story:
  Man who died in Vancouver apartment was convicted trafficker
   Drugs seized during an investigation into Dustin Wadsworth’s drug connections.When Dustin Wadsworth was
  
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• Highway 4 near Ucluelet closed overnight after tanker truck crashes, spilling fuel

  16-06-2017 06:34 via vancouversun.com
  
  A tanker truck driving Vancouver Island’s Highway 4 has flipped on its side, spilling fuel and forcing closure of the road in both directions about 33 kilometres east of Ucluelet Junction.
  First responders will be working through the night to contain the spill and coordinate the cleanup.
  The incident occurred near Hydro Hill East and Kennedy Lake. Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade and the RCMP responded just before 3 p.m., said Karla Robison, Ucluelet’s environment and emergency s
  
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• *** Traffic Alert *** Firefighters are on Hwy #1 overpass / Cap. river conducting a technical rescue off the overpass. Avoid the area.

  16-06-2017 06:02 via twitter.com
  *** Traffic Alert ***Firefighters are on Hwy #1 overpass / Cap. river conducting a technical rescue off the overpass.Avoid the area.
  
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• Father's Day: 10 things to do with dad in Metro Vancouver

  16-06-2017 05:57 via vancouversun.com
  
  It’s Father’s Day in Metro Vancouver this weekend (and pretty much everywhere else), and if you’re looking for something to do with dad, we’ve got you covered. Here are 10 special events for the father in your life:
  Vancouver Canadians Annual Father’s Day catch
  The Vancouver Canadians take the field for their home opener on June 20th, but you and your dad can take the field two days prior at the annual Father’s Day Catch. From 1-3 p.m., families are invited to
  
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• Dist. FF’s and WV FF’s are jointly conducting a rope rescue and swift water rescue on the Cap. River under the overpass.

  16-06-2017 05:51 via twitter.com
  Dist. FF’s and WV FF’s are jointly conducting a rope rescue and swift water rescue on the Cap. River under the overpass.
  
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• B.C. contractor exposed to asbestos blows whistle, says government made his life a 'nightmare'

  16-06-2017 05:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  When general contractor Don Garrett was invited to bid on plumbing work in Agassiz’s Kent Prison in 2008, he had no idea that such routine work would expose him to asbestos and touch off a nine-year battle that would cast him on the national stage as a whistleblower, make it impossible to obtain bonding, and cost him future contracts. He says the exposure to asbestos has compromised his health, and the government has made his life a “nightmare”.
  Garrett, a contractor with three
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Friday, June 16

  16-06-2017 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Friday, June 16.
  Science World After Dark
  Yesterday, I extolled the virtues of an adults-only night at the Vancouver Aquarium. Today, I’m doing the same thing with Science World, who will be hosting another of their popular Science World After Dark events. “If you’ve ever wanted to explore our science centre with your friends and without the youngsters around,” says the event’s page, &ldq
  
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• Mike de Jong talks 'stability' as question of Speaker causes confusion

  16-06-2017 04:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  The debate over which party will offer up a member as Speaker continued Thursday, with the B.C. Liberal House Leader saying his caucus won’t sacrifice one of its own to support an NDP-Green alliance.
  On Thursday in Vancouver, Michael de Jong said he’d heard “bizarre commentary” suggesting his caucus would bear the responsibility of providing a Speaker for the Legislative Assembly that would support the opposition NDP-Green alliance, should the alliance form gove
  
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• Submarine hit by naval vessel while docked in B.C., minor damage reported

  16-06-2017 03:57 via vancouversun.com
  
  One of the navy’s four submarines was hit Thursday by another naval vessel while docked at CFB Esquimalt near Victoria.
  A naval spokesman says HMCS Chicoutimi was docked in the harbour when an Orca-class training vessel that was moving at low speed bumped up against the sub.
  Navy Lt. Greg Menzies says no one was injured, and that the two vessels sustained only minor scrapes, though a more detailed damage assessment of the submarine was being conducted.
  The Orca-class are small vessels, abo
  
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• B.C.'s top trial court issues new practice directive aimed at reducing delays for major trials

  16-06-2017 03:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C.’s top trial court has issued a directive aimed at reducing chronic delays for major criminal cases in the province.
  The practice direction of the B.C. Supreme Court, which was posted on the court’s website Wednesday, says the court intends to better manage large or complex cases that show the potential to take a long time or to incur delays.
  It calls for the establishment of a case management judge early in the process and establishes deadlines for such things as the completion
  
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• Police warn Granville Strip drinkers after string of debit and credit card thefts

  16-06-2017 03:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Granville Strip is a popular spot for Vancouver drinkers. But according to police, that’s why it’s also becoming a popular spot for ATM scammers.
  The VPD is warning the public after a string of debit and credit card thefts and frauds targeting intoxicated people in the Granville Entertainment District. According to a news release, there have been nine incidents since January 2017 involving thousands of dollars, and investigators believe more have gone undetected.
  These aren&rsquo
  
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• Aboriginal radio station coming to Vancouver in summer 2018

  16-06-2017 03:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver is getting a new aboriginal radio station next summer.
  CFNR Terrace has been granted an urban aboriginal radio licence for Vancouver by the CRTC, according to a news release. The new venture, CKUR 106.3 FM, plans to launch in Vancouver in the summer of 2018.
  CFNR, which stands for Canada’s First Nations Radio, is one of the most successful aboriginal radio stations in Canada, broadcasting news and aboriginal sporting events to over 70 communities and over 150,000 listeners in Cen
  
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• Musical Tourism: Turning tourists into music experts

  16-06-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Targeting a specific destination with a cool concert ticket included is one thing. Hopping a flight to travel somewhere to get immersed in a scene — from the history to the sounds — separates the mega, from the mere, fan. 
  While there’s nothing wrong with either scenario, only one is music tourism.
  We had experts weigh in and found significant differences between the musical tourist and checking off your “must see” list. Five major themes emerged. These were lo
  
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• Homeless campers ordered to leave Main Street tent city

  16-06-2017 02:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  Residents of Vancouver latest tent city at 950 Main Street have been served a notice of trespass and given just hours to leave the property.
  The campers are required to remove their tents and personal belongings by 7 a.m. Friday.
  On April 28, a locked chain-link fence was breached at the unoccupied city-owned lot on Main Street and a number of people entered the site to establish the tent city.
  A social housing project is planned for the site. The development, run by the Lu’ma Native
  
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• Delayed, but still delicious: Local produce starting to appear on store shelves

  16-06-2017 02:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  Against the odds — including a harsh winter, a cold spring and a series of damaging storms — locally grown fruits and vegetables are beginning to appear on grocery store shelves across B.C.
  “We’ve certainly had a delayed start,” said Brian Faulkner, vice-president of sales and marketing for BC Fresh Vegetables, “but we’re starting to cruise along now.”
  Farmers are harvesting nugget potatoes, peas, carrots and green cabbage, he said, with beets expe
  
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• Lights, camera, action: #IndieLab summer camp. Hands on filmmaking camps for #NorthVan #Youth. Details:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  16-06-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Lights, camera, action: #IndieLab summer camp. Hands on filmmaking camps for #NorthVan #Youth. Details:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Grouse Grind finally set to open for hikers on Saturday, June 17

  16-06-2017 01:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  Impatient hikers can finally quit their grousing and get to grinding.
  Grouse Mountain has announced that the Grouse Grind trail will officially open for 2017 season on Saturday, June 17. Hikers can begin their gruelling climb to the peak of Vancouver beginning at 6:15 a.m. The trail will be open until 7:30 pm. 
  The Grouse Grind was out of service for all of May, due to persisting winter conditions that rendered the trail icy and unsafe. Then, once the snow cleared, the trail remained closed
  
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