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• Four people hurt, horse killed in wagon crash near Williams Lake

  28-06-2017 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  Four people were taken to hospital and a horse was killed after a wagon crashed over a 40-foot embankment near Williams Lake on Tuesday.
  The accident happened near Farwell Canyon during an eight-day wagon train from the Xeni Gwet’in First Nation to Williams Lake.
  The horse-pulled wagon was carrying eight people when it lost control coming down a hill and went off the road, plunging and rolling approximately 40 feet down an embankment.
  RCMP officers from Alexis Creek and Will
  
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• SALUT: Outdoor decor gets a Canadian twist

  28-06-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations are sure to influence outdoor parties this year, from the types of food served to the style of decor. 
  But while dollar-store flags and red cups may suffice for some, there are ways to incorporate Canadiana to a backyard bash or patio party that are altogether more stylish. 
  “If you’re looking to style your home in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, focus on creating a heritage feel rather than purchasing novelty pieces
  
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• B.C. Liberals tout $2.8B surplus, reduced debt on eve of expected defeat

  28-06-2017 22:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s finance minister has painted a rosy picture of the province’s finances a day before his government is expected to be defeated in a confidence vote, saying a $2.8-billion surplus helped support a bevy of new promises in the Liberal throne speech.
  The unaudited fiscal update released by Mike de Jong on Wednesday says the higher-than-expected surplus in the 2016-17 fiscal year helped reduce the province’s taxpayer-supported debt by $1.2 billion,
  
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• Hollywood North: Deadpool spotted hailing cab in Vancouver

  28-06-2017 22:52 via vancouversun.com
  
  Residents and tourist wandering through Gastown on Tuesday caught a glimpse of the merc with the mouth in action as Deadpool 2 shot its first scenes in Downtown Vancouver along Cambie Street.
  Stargazers saw Ryan Reynolds in his red Deadpool suit was spotted hitching a ride in cab No. 42 of the Metro Taxi Service. Those familiar with the original Deadpool will remember that that cab — and its lovelorn driver Dopinder (Karan Soni) — played an integral part in the 2016 Marvel
  
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• Police seek links as trucks slam into businesses in Surrey, Langley and catch fire

  28-06-2017 22:41 via vancouversun.com
  
  After a truck crashed into a Surrey business early Wednesday morning, and both it and the building caught fire.
  It happened around 3 a.m. at 18525 53rd Ave. in Cloverdale. Police say no driver was around when they arrived.
  Surrey RCMP are calling it “suspicious.”
  A witness said the fire was spreading to the inside of the business, but firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze.
  At nearly thesame time there was a similar incident involving a truck driving into a business in the 20
  
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• VIDEO: How are we fixing the access road to Lynn Headwaters Regional Park? Giant nails, of course! Well, sort of ;-) youtu.be/TUq8xT0fd7w

  28-06-2017 22:32 via twitter.com
  VIDEO: How are we fixing the access road to Lynn Headwaters Regional Park? Giant nails, of course! Well, sort of ;-) youtu.be/TUq8xT0fd7w
  
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• SALUT: Top 25 B.C. wines for summer

  28-06-2017 22:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  You don’t want to think too much about summer wines. If they are fresh and clean and served at the right temperature let the moment take over; if you find some electricity in the glass let the wine take over.
  Either way, kick back and relax with any of these 25 picks that shout local and summer. Look for them in select groceries stores, private wine shops or direct from the winery.Bartier Bros. Rosé 2016, Okanagan Valley, $17.49
  A perfect Provençal-style pink with an electric
  
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• SALUT: Think beyond cheddar when buying Canadian cheese

  28-06-2017 22:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Praise cheeses we live in Canada. Although it doesn’t have the centuries of tradition that France does, this country produces hundreds of cheeses including some of the best in the world.
  Sure, there’s plenty of ordinary commercial cheese. But we also make fine cheese from cow, goat, sheep and even buffalo milk, in almost every province, and in almost every style.
  More than 1,050 different cheeses are listed in the Canadian Cheese Directory that’s compiled by the Canadian Dairy
  
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• Lots of activity @ #FootofLonsdale. Street trees were installed last week & construction of the new water feature i… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  28-06-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  Lots of activity @ #FootofLonsdale. Street trees were installed last week & construction of the new water feature i… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Karen Barnaby: Easy, breezy Canada Day meal inspired by Expo 67

  28-06-2017 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  It’s hard to express the magic I felt the year that Canada turned 100 years old. It wasn’t because Canada was a century old, it was everything that went along with Canada becoming that age.
  School that year was a breeze. We rehearsed and performed plays, made scores of centennial symbols out of paper, went to track and field events, and sang songs. All the girls in my class — including me — were crushing heavily on Mr. Cook, our Grade 5 teacher, which made 1967 even bette
  
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• Canada Day Long Weekend: Celebration cookout menu keeps it simple but stunning

  28-06-2017 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Canadians know one thing for sure: Summer is short and sweet, so we need to make the most of it while we can. And that means getting outside and firing up the grill whenever possible.
  The weekend around Canada Day, set as it is bang in the middle of our too-short sunny season, is prime grilling time, whether you cook over gas, propane, charcoal or campfire; whether you go hot and fast or low and slow; whether you keep it casual with burgers or go gourmet with a whole glorious prime rib.
  This yea
  
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• Ashlie Corcoran will replace Bill Millerd as artistic director of Vancouver's Arts Club

  28-06-2017 20:40 via vancouversun.com
  
  Ashlie Corcoran has been named the next artistic director of Vancouver’s Arts Club Theatre Company.
  The White Rock native is replacing longtime artistic director Bill Millerd, who will end his 46-year stint with the Arts Club after the 2017-18 season.
  Currently Artistic Director with Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, Ont., Corcoran will assume the artistic leadership of the Arts Club in October, when she will begin programming the 2018–2019 season.
  “I am ecstat
  
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• Man had been drinking and speeding in crash that killed B.C. Mountie: Crown

  28-06-2017 20:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  COLWOOD — A court has heard that the man who sped his truck through a red light and rammed an RCMP cruiser, killing the officer inside, had been drinking before the crash and was distraught over the recent suicide of a friend.
  Crown attorney Tim Stokes told Kenneth Fenton’s sentencing hearing that the man’s truck was going between 76 and 90 kilometres an hour when it entered the intersection and crashed into Const. Sarah Beckett’s vehicle in April 2016.
  Stokes said Fenton
  
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• Sea otter pup found swimming alone near Vancouver Island rescued

  28-06-2017 20:20 via vancouversun.com
  
  A sea otter pup found swimming alone in open waters off of northern Vancouver Island is now receiving around-the-clock care at the Vancouver Aquarium’s rescue facility.
  The pup is estimated to be between two to four weeks old and was spotted by passersby Sunday; it appears to be healthy but continues to require a high level of care due to its young age.
  According to Marine Mammal Rescue Centre manager Lindsaye Akhurst, sea otter pups typically spend the first six months of their life close
  
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• Lead singer transplants: It's not always a thankless job to replace a famous vocalist

  28-06-2017 20:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  Queen + Adam Lambert
  July 2, 8 p.m. | Rogers Arena
  Tickets: From $49.50, at Ticketmaster.ca
  Nobody expected Queen to continue after Freddie Mercury died from complications of AIDS in 1991.
  Born Farrokh Bulsara in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, Mercury is still regularly voted one of the greatest singers of all time, as well as one of the top entertainers. In 2016, a pan-European research team concluded that he had some of the fastest vocal cords around, and that had a lot to do with his jaw-dropping
  
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• It's PLAY TIME in the City! Patios, Parklets & you name it. #NorthVan See News Release: ow.ly/Hf9v30d2tIz https://t.co/y09P7TByTi

  28-06-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  
  It's PLAY TIME in the City! Patios, Parklets & you name it. #NorthVan See News Release:ow.ly/Hf9v30d2tIz https://t.co/y09P7TByTi
  
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• SALUT: Global movers and shakers in the B.C. wine industry

  28-06-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  One of the more appealing aspects of the wine business is global collaboration and exchange of information.
  When I think about the thousands of wineries I’ve visited around the globe I am always amazed how open and honest winery folks are, and how generous they can be with sharing information.
  The very best often say there are no secrets in wine, and after all these years I have come to think that philosophy usually leads to success.
  What may seem counterintuitive to many businesses (i.e.
  
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• Vancouver Sun to publish both Saturday and Monday over Canada Day weekend

  28-06-2017 19:59 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Vancouver Sun will publish over the holiday weekend on both Saturday and Monday.
  Watch for extensive Canada 150 coverage in Saturday’s Sun, including: the colourful story of British Columbia’s entry into Confederation; a list of the weekend’s notable Canada Day events; a full-page Canada 150 crossword. In sports on Saturday, we’ll look at the top 10 sporting moments in B.C.’s history. 
  
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• Indian Summer Festival gets real with Tales of War and Peace

  28-06-2017 19:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Indian Summer Festival 
  July 6 – 15 | Various venues
  Tickets and info: Indiansummerfest.ca
  War and peace — there is no shortage of distance between the two, and much to learn about each. In choosing “Tales of War & Peace” as the theme for this year’s 2017 Indian Summer Festival, co-founder and artistic director Sirish Rao felt he was reflecting reality.
  “We went to themes a few years back, and if you look around the world right now it seems a time of
  
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• Emma Hansen, advocate and daughter of B.C. icon Rick Hansen, signs book deal

  28-06-2017 18:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  Emma Hansen, an outspoken advocate for those dealing with miscarriages and daughter of B.C. icon Rick Hansen, has signed a book deal.
  Hansen shared the news Monday in an Instagram post.
  “This here in my hands is a contract. Signed and scanned and suddenly all official,” she wrote, along with a photo of herself clutching a stack of papers.
  “So I can finally share the news: I’m writing a book!”There’s no word yet on what the book will be about though Hansen has
  
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• No confusion about your garbage/recycling days when you use our #CityCollect app. Download it today:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  28-06-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  No confusion about yourgarbage/recycling days when you use our #CityCollect app.Download it today:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Story of Vancouver Island red-tailed hawk’s bald eagle family winging its way around globe

  28-06-2017 17:22 via vancouversun.com
  
  The story of a red-tailed hawk fostered by a family of bald eagles in Sidney is reaching beyond the world of bird watchers and wildlife biologists.
  Rare migrant birds often attract enthusiastic hobbyists who will travel great distances to gain another checkmark on their life lists of species spotted.
  But this hawk is different. It’s getting interest from around the world, including the BBC, and from those who normally don’t care about birds.
  Birdwatchers flock to the site of a nest i
  
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• Daily Poll: Would you rather have a new election or see John Horgan as premier?

  28-06-2017 16:46 via vancouversun.com
  
  On Thursday, the B.C. Legislature is expected to head to a confidence vote that will see B.C.’s Liberal government fall, after the party failed to win a majority in last month’s election and which led to Premier Christy Clark delivering a throne speech that seemed to mimic that of the Greens and NDP.
  However, the Greens and NDP – led respectively by Leaders Andrew Weaver and John Horgan – have also had their share of growing pains while navigating the murky waters of thei
  
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• Douglas Todd: Why are Europeans rapidly renouncing their Canadian immigrant status?

  28-06-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Europeans, Britons and Australians are renouncing their Canadian immigrant status at a rapid rate.
  Tens of thousands of Europeans and anglophones are being forced at international airports to weigh their earlier commitment to taking out Canadian citizenship and becoming dual citizens, mostly because of problems they experience with the heightened electronic monitoring by the immigration department.
  Vancouver and Toronto immigration lawyers say people from Germany, Britain, France and Australia w
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: WELL certification standards help retain employees

  28-06-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Commercial property brokerage firm CBRE Group has achieved Vancouver’s first-ever WELL Building certification for its office space at MNP Tower.
  CBRE moved into its new four-floor space at 1021 West Hastings two years ago, but only recently completed the certification process, said Ashley O’Neill, the company’s vice-president of corporate strategy.
  “We decided to embark on a real transformation of our workplace,” she told The Sun in an interview.
  Launched in 2014, t
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: Heritage portion of Exchange Tower to become hotel

  28-06-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  The developers of the Exchange Tower, one of Vancouver’s newest office towers, have announced that the historic section of the building will be turned into a hotel instead of work spaces.
  Executive Hotels & Resorts will operate a 202-room hotel on 10 floors of the circa-1929 heritage portion of the Old Stock Exchange building, which is being restored as part of the newly constructed Exchange Tower project.
  Credit Suisse Asset Management and SwissReal Group are co-developing The Exchang
  
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• Canada 150: Pat McGeer, the world's only basketball star/politician/scientist

  28-06-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we are counting down to Canada Day with profiles of 150 noteworthy British Columbians.
  The McGeer family has been a fixture in Vancouver since the 1880s, when Irish immigrant James McGeer settled in Mt. Pleasant.
  He was known as Big Jim, and had a personality to match his size — he was constantly in the papers arguing over politics.
  He passed on his love of politics to his son Gerry, a fiery orator who was Vancouver’s mayor for several years dur
  
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• B.C.'s official tree is a source of health problems for many in forestry industry

  28-06-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  They are a central part of Northwest Coast aboriginal culture, not to mention the construction industry and provincial economy, but western red cedar trees — B.C.’s official tree — also cause serious lung problems for those who inhale their dust on the job.
  Hans Brezina, 57, knows this too well. The Mission-area man happily worked in the forestry industry for three decades, but had to give it up a few years ago because of serious asthma.
  “I had a mild form of asthma when
  
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• Letters: No one voted for an NDP-Green coalition, reader says

  28-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Who says B.C. doesn’t want another election? Are those the same pollsters that said that Adrian Dix and the B.C. NDP were going to win big and form government in 2013? That’s funny, as election day results proved quite the opposite. Not only did the NDP not win, but they also suffered a huge loss.
  In our last election, voters gave the Liberals the most seats to form government — no one voted for a back-door deal between the NDP and Green Party. As such, if the opposition partie
  
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• TransLink users want distance-based fares for SkyTrain, not zones: survey

  28-06-2017 04:36 via vancouversun.com
  
  Transit users want a fare system that charges by distance, that rewards people for travelling at non-peak times and that is fair no matter which service they use, according to survey findings.
  TransLink has just completed the second phase of a major fare review, during which it asked the public about options for varying fares by distance travelled, time of travel and service type.
  Some 11,587 Metro Vancouverites filled in a survey between Jan. 30 and Feb. 17, while another 1,127 people were invo
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Farnworth downplays dilemma of Speaker's principles, for now

  28-06-2017 04:14 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — After weeks of hints to the contrary, NDP house leader Mike Farnworth announced Tuesday that his party could manage the business of the legislature without changing the long-standing operating rules.
  “We are confident that we will be able to make this house work,” Farnworth told reporters after the B.C. Liberals again expressed doubt that the NDP-Green alliance could manage a one-seat majority.
  “The standing orders have served this province well since 1871
  
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• Man found not guilty of manslaughter after single punch death in Kelowna

  28-06-2017 03:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  KELOWNA — Cory Van Gilder sobbed tears of relief when a Kelowna jury declared him not guilty of manslaughter Tuesday afternoon.
  Van Gilder, 26, was charged in the February 2016 death of 30-year-old Zachary Gaudette outside a Kelowna restaurant.
  The jury began deliberations Monday afternoon, after a one-week trial, and came to a unanimous decision at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
  On Feb. 17, 2016, Van Gilder had been at a Cactus Club with a group of friends, celebrating a birthday.
  Court heard that, u
  
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• Tent city residents pack belongings as homeless advocates storm Vancouver City Hall

  28-06-2017 03:09 via vancouversun.com
  
  Only a few tent city residents packing up their belongings at 950 Main St. will be heading to shelters, which several campers described as having unsafe and undesirable conditions.
  Nobody was saying where they will go next with their air mattresses and sleeping bags stuffed into plastic bags, along with personal items that gave their surroundings of tents and tarps a feeling of home.
  “No (paint) brush at all. I have no time to grab a brush. I paint with five fingers, each one has a differe
  
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• Surrey coyote that startled four-year-old may have to be killed by conservation officers

  28-06-2017 03:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  Conservation officers may have to destroy a coyote in Surrey that startled a four-year-old girl early Monday evening, causing minor injuries.
  Around 6 p.m. Monday, the young girl and her brother were playing in a field beside Mary Jane Shannon elementary school near 144th Street and 108th Avenue when the coyote approached them, according to Murray Smith, Lower Mainland inspector for the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.
  The coyote came within a metre of the children and, as they fled, the girl
  
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• Jason Botchford: If Miller 'Ducks' out, Canucks could have crease crisis

  28-06-2017 02:41 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver needs to start preparing for life without goaltender Ryan Miller.
  Wanted but unsigned, Miller has already been discussing his options with other National Hockey League teams and increasingly insiders believe the start of free agency will mark the end of his career as a Canuck.
  Maybe the Canucks have a final push in them, but the best guess lately has been Miller-to-Anaheim, a team with Stanley Cup aspirations in a city which meets Miller’s desire to stay close to his wife (Nouree
  
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• Bacon murder trial: Getaway vehicle found torched on remote road

  28-06-2017 02:27 via vancouversun.com
  
  A few hours after Jonathan Bacon was shot dead in a gang shooting outside the Delta Grand hotel in Kelowna, the suspected getaway vehicle was found burning on a dirt road between Lake Country and Vernon.
  Jason McBride, Michael Jones and Jujhar Khun-Khun are on trial for the August 2011 slaying of Bacon, along with the attempted murder of four others.
  They have pleaded not guilty on all counts.
  On Aug. 14, 2011, Cpl. David Albrecht was at the scene of the shooting when he was called to attend a v
  
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• By the Numbers: Just how much did all that salt cost Vancouver taxpayers?

  28-06-2017 02:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  Last winter’s out-of-this-world cold snap in Vancouver cost the city a million bucks.
  Thanks to a freedom of information request — filed by Vancouver radio station CKNW — we now know the City of Vancouver spent $1,169,703.86 before taxes in December and January on road salt alone. That’s more than a million dollars more than the previous winter’s expenditure (just under $100,000 before taxes).
  Here are few numbers behind the numbers …
  3 — The city made
  
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• Lawn watering restrictions are in effect. 1 hour/week is all your lawn needs. Check your days/times:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  28-06-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Lawn watering restrictions are in effect. 1 hour/week is all your lawn needs. Check your days/times:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• B.C. Liberals seek clarity on Speaker's role, as legislative defeat looms

  28-06-2017 01:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s Liberal government is seeking clarity on the rules of the legislature just days before it is expected to fall on a confidence vote, in a move political opponents say is designed a encourage a new election.
  The Liberal house leader, Mike de Jong, sent a letter to Speaker Steve Thomson on Tuesday asking him to rule on how a Speaker might break tie votes in the house and manage other procedural problems stemming from a minority parliament.
  The clarification is importan
  
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• B.C. judge sets aside dismissal of Air Canada employee fired for stealing nuts and lotion

  28-06-2017 01:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  A judge has set aside the dismissal of an Air Canada employee who was fired for stealing some nuts and hand lotion from an aircraft in Vancouver.
  “What are discarded nuts and hand lotion left behind by a first-class passenger on an Air Canada flight worth?” asked B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barry Davies in his ruling on the case.
  “For Neena Cheema, an employee with Air Canada, they were worth the job she had worked at for 17 years.”
  The incident that resulted in Cheema&rsq
  
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• North Vancouver school trustees may soon hit Play on live streaming - North Shore News

  28-06-2017 00:52 via nsnews.com
  
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  North Vancouver school trustees may soon hit Play on live streaming
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  North Vancouver parent Shane Nelson raises his video camera outside the Education Services Centre in December 2014 after school administrators threatened to kick him out of a public board meeting for videotaping it. file photo Mike Wakefield. After ...and more »
  
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• TransLink may add earthquake and wind sensors to Pattullo Bridge

  28-06-2017 00:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  TransLink is considering installing wind and earthquake warning systems on the aging Pattullo Bridge.
  The transit authority regularly inspects the 80-year-old bridge and produces reports every quarter. According to the most recent report, the bridge does not meet modern wind-loading and seismic standards and may be vulnerable during an earthquake or hurricane-force winds.
  A wind warning system would watch for approaching storms and measure wind speeds at the bridge. A seismic warning system
  
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