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• Hollywood North: California tax credits lure another TV series away from Vancouver

  29-06-2017 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  California tax credits have lured yet another Vancouver-filmed television series to the Golden State.
  Timeless, an NBC time-travelling drama that shot its inaugural season in British Columbia, is moving Season 2 production to Hollywood where it will receive $9.9 million in production tax credits from the state.
  Timeless joins three other TV series (Lucifer, Legion and Mistresses) to relocate from Vancouver to California under Program 2.0, a film and television tax credit program administered by
  
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• Live: Watch MLAs debate ahead of B.C. non-confidence vote

  29-06-2017 23:18 via vancouversun.com
  
  A confidence vote is expected today in the B.C. Legislature that will likely see the recently elected Liberal minority government fall.
  The B.C. NDP/Green alliance has said it will use its 44 votes in the house to pass a non-confidence amendment to Premier Christy Clark’s throne speech at around 5:30 p.m.
  The Liberals hold 43 seats.
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  B.C. Liberals face historic defeat today in legislatureDaily Poll: Would you rather have a new election or see John Horgan as premier?As Postmedia
  
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• A Canada Day weekend feast you can prepare (mostly) in advance

  29-06-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Canada Day weekend is the first real backyard party opportunity of the summer and hence you should be serving at least two meats with your salads and sides.
  (Three meats, if you include the secret hotdogs you scarf down before your guests arrive.)
  With a three-day weekend in which to plan, prep and execute, we have provided you with a menu that will not only sate your guests but impress them too, without sweating over the food for hours.
  The wine-poached pears in Mario B
  
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• We've got #CityView rolling off the presses just in time for #Canada150 #NorthVan. As always, enjoy:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 21:57 via twitter.com
  We've got #CityView rolling off the presses just in time for #Canada150 #NorthVan. As always, enjoy:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Are you a leader in emergency management and disaster planning? NSEM is looking for a new director:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 21:35 via twitter.com
  Are you a leader in emergency management and disaster planning? NSEM is looking for a new director:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Douglas Todd: Metro Vancouver's rank for 'hygge' factors dropping fast

  29-06-2017 21:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  Second of two parts
  Hygge is the Danish word for one of the biggest lifestyle waves to hit the West.
  Pronounced “hoo-gah,” it describes Scandinavians’ emphasis on creating cosiness, togetherness and equality in an often-hostile world.
  About a dozen new books on this tradition of intimacy and solidarity are hitting bestseller lists in Britain, the U.S. and Canada.
  The world seems hungry for it. The Oxford English Dictionary announced Tuesday that “hygge” will be
  
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• Research ties ocean currents to norovirus outbreak at B.C. oyster farms

  29-06-2017 21:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Researchers with the B.C. Centre for Disease Control may have pinpointed how a mysterious norovirus outbreak spread, forcing the closure of 13 West Coast oyster farms and curtailing operations at others as hundreds of Canadians fell ill.
  An article published in the latest edition of the British Columbia Medical Journal says sewage is often the cause of ocean contamination and contaminants spread by currents affected oyster farms on the east and west coasts of Vancouver Island.
  
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• 'Westward, Ho!' New Vancouver music festival announces expanded lineup for September

  29-06-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Westward Music Festival
  Sept. 14 – 17 | Vogue Theatre, Biltmore Cabaret, The Imperial Theatre, Fox Cabaret, Red Truck Brewery back lot
  Tickets and info: From $99.50  at westwardfest.com
  The inaugural Westward Music Festival takes place across downtown Vancouver at various venues in September. A total of 14 events ranging from all ages to ticketed 19+ performances are planned and the latest crop of artists schedule to appear has just been announced.
  Joining such headliners as Vince Sta
  
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• #NorthVan CONTEST ALERT! Win VIP seats to Movies in the Plaza for July 7 | The NeverEnding Story. To enter, ‘retwe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 20:43 via twitter.com
  #NorthVan CONTEST ALERT!Win VIP seats to Movies in the Plaza for July 7 | The NeverEnding Story. To enter, ‘retwe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Vancouver police identify city's latest murder victim, seek witnesses

  29-06-2017 20:37 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver police are appealing for witnesses following a murder Tuesday in the city’s Downtown Eastside.
  Related
  Man murdered in Vancouver's Downtown EastsideThe VPD says Mark Eriksen, a 51-year-old Vancouver resident, died in hospital after he was found by police on East Hastings near Main Street suffering from a stab wound.
  Anyone with information is asked to contact the VPD’s homicide unit at 604-717-2500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
  
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• Man charged after SUV rammed through Langdale Terminal, launched off ramp and onto docked ferry

  29-06-2017 20:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  Kids, don’t try this stunt at home — or anywhere else.
  A 25-year-old man was arrested and charged following an early morning incident last weekend when he drove an SUV through several locked gates at Langdale Terminal and then launched the vehicle onto a docked ferry.
  Around 1:30 a.m. last Saturday, B.C. Ferries staffers contacted Sunshine Coast RCMP to report a break-in after a driver in an SUV smashed his way through security gates and sped toward the closed ferry terminal.
  The dri
  
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• Man charged with manslaughter after Vancouver wedding turns deadly

  29-06-2017 20:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Richmond man has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a man at a Vancouver wedding celebration.
  On April 15, police and the B.C. Ambulance Service were called to the Fraserview Hall in South Vancouver after 41-year-old Richmond resident Pardeep “Terry” Dulay was found dead by fellow party guests.It was originally believed that Dulay died of natural causes, but police say further information collected at the scene showed the victim had been involv
  
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• B.C. Liberals face historic defeat today in legislature

  29-06-2017 20:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s Liberal government is set to fall to defeat in the legislature Thursday, in what will be a dramatic and historic day in provincial politics.
  An alliance of NDP and Green MLAs has said it will use its 44 votes in the house to pass a non-confidence amendment to Premier Christy Clark’s throne speech, around 5:30 p.m.
  That would topple Clark’s government and force her to visit Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon, where she’d be expected to tender her resignat
  
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• We're excited! 1 wk 2 #LongTableLunch in the Plaza. Bring/buy lunch, meet new friends + have fun!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  We're excited! 1 wk 2 #LongTableLunch in the Plaza. Bring/buy lunch, meet new friends + have fun!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• B.C.: 15 best books of the week, July 1

  29-06-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  1. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate — Discoveries from A Secret World — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books).
  2. Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations — Richard Wagamese (Douglas & McIntyre). 
  3. On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers — Pat Carney (TouchWood Editions).
  4. Hello Humpback! — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd, illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers (Harbour Publishing). 
  5. Stepping S
  
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• Join us TODAY for the official #ChiefDanGeorgePark reopening event @ 10am. Light refreshments provided.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Join us TODAY for the official #ChiefDanGeorgePark reopening event @ 10am. Light refreshments provided.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• VIDEO: North Vancouver wants car crashes cleared faster - Kelowna Capital News

  29-06-2017 18:00 via kelownacapnews.com
  
  Kelowna Capital News
  VIDEO: North Vancouver wants car crashes cleared faster
  Kelowna Capital News
  Waiting for hours as B.C. road crews clear a highway crash could be a thing of the past, if one Lower Mainland community has its way. The District of North Vancouver is getting ready to ask the provincial government to review what it sees as onerous ...and more »
  
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• Police incident disrupts West Coast Express

  29-06-2017 17:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  The West Coast Express commuter train is been disrupted this morning due to what TransLink is calling a police incident at the Main Street overpass.
  TransLink says WCE Train 2 is being held one mile from Waterfront. TransLink say passengers aboard the stopped train were allowed to disembark after nearly an hour.  
  Fire trucks and ambulances are also on the scene.
  Buses have been called in to help passengers to complete their journey.Buses have been organized to transport passengers of train
  
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• Charges expected after hit-and-run involving Burnaby flagger caught on video

  29-06-2017 17:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  Police are investigating a blatant hit-and-run of a Burnaby flagger after a video of the incident was posted online Wednesday evening.
  The video, which was shared to the Vancouver Reddit thread this week, was filmed by a witness sitting nearby inside a vehicle. In the 0:44 second video, a steady stream of single-lane traffic is shown driving westbound on Tenth Avenue, just half a block west of Kingsway.
  A driver in a white Hyundai crossover – whose license plate is visible – can be s
  
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• Book review: The Party by Robyn Harding

  29-06-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver-based author Robyn Harding wrote The Party.
  The PartyBy Robyn Harding
  Scout Press
  It’s every parent’s worst nightmare.
  What begins as a well-planned party for their daughter Hannah’s 16th birthday — think: an evening of pizza, cake and ice cream — quickly devolves into a horrific event for parents Jeff and Kim Sanders. 
  The tale of a seemingly innocent and controlled celebration spiralling terribly out of control is the central storyline of Robyn Hard
  
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• Queen of Nanaimo due to return to service for Gulf Islands today

  29-06-2017 16:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Queen of Nanaimo is due to return to B.C. Ferries service today after several days on the sidelines — just in time for expected heavy traffic on the Canada Day long weekend.
  Loss of the ferry led to hundreds of travellers being stuck in a traffic jam on Sunday as they tried to leave Mayne Island.
  The Queen of Nanaimo is to resume sailings on the Tsawwassen-Southern Gulf Islands route after repairs to deal with propeller issues, a faulty hydraulic valve and other problems.
  This summer a
  
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• B.C. man charged with robbing Calgary sex-trade workers, impersonating police officer

  29-06-2017 16:10 via vancouversun.com
  
  CALGARY — A 33-year-old man from British Columbia has been charged in a police investigation into robberies conducted in Calgary hotel rooms involving a suspect allegedly impersonating an officer.
  Police say a male contacted sex-trade workers through online classified ads and arranged to meet the women at hotels between March and June of this year.
  On arrival, the suspect identified himself as a police officer, handcuffed the women and indicated he had a search warrant.
  The victims were ro
  
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• Supreme Court dismisses two Site C lawsuits from B.C. First Nations

  29-06-2017 16:09 via vancouversun.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s top court won’t hear an appeal from two B.C. First Nations worried that construction of an $8.8-billion hydro-electric dam would violate their constitutionally protected treaty rights.
  Prophet River First Nation and West Moberly First Nation have been fighting the B.C. government in court for more than two years, hoping to halt construction of the Site C project.
  After losses at both the provincial court and Federal Court level, the Supreme Court refused to gr
  
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• Park shooting in Burnaby believed to be targeted: police

  29-06-2017 16:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  Police in Burnaby are investigating a shooting that took place Tuesday evening in Edmonds Park.
  Around 9 p.m. Tuesday, police were called to the park located behind Edmonds Community Centre for a possible shooting. Upon arrival, officers found a 24-year-old Burnaby man suffering non-life threatening injuries. He was taken to hospital for treatment and has since been released.
  Early indications are that the shooting was a targeted incident Investigators say the victim is known to police.
  Anyone w
  
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• Poll shows B.C. voters feeling more favourable toward Liberals

  29-06-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A new poll shows an uptick of support for the B.C. Liberals after last week’s throne speech.
  Whether the promises made in the speech are the cause of the movement isn’t clear, but the change is significant given the tight result of the May 9 provincial election and subsequent polling that suggested B.C. voters were ready for a new face in the premier’s office.
  Mainstreet Research’s poll from June 26-27, done for Postmedia News, suggests support for the Liberals is up seve
  
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• Canada 150: Lui Passaglia, a football career like no other

  29-06-2017 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.
  You can’t properly apply the time-worn cliche “They don’t make guys like that anymore” to legendary B.C. Lions kicker Lui Passaglia.
  First, no one kicked for as long as he did, as well as he did.
  Second, this is a guy who never had to go far to find work as either an amateur or a professional athlete.
  No, his career followed a path that has almost
  
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• Another teen gangster arrested by Abbotsford police after high-speed chase

  29-06-2017 07:57 via vancouversun.com
  
  A 17-year-old male is in police custody after leading Abbotsford police on a dangerous high-speed chase Wednesday.
  The APD Gang Task Force had attempted to pull over the teen along Highway 11, but he made a run for it, running a red light and veering into oncoming traffic at dangerous speeds. He then fled his vehicle and was arrested a short time later.
  The teen has been charged with two counts of trafficking, one count of possession for the purposes of trafficking, dangerous operation of a moto
  
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• De Grasse mobbed by fans after winning 100 metres at Harry Jerome Track Classic

  29-06-2017 07:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  By Megan Stewart
  Metres after crossing the finish line Wednesday night with the nearly mortal 100-metre time of 10.17 seconds, Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse was chased down and swarmed by hundreds of young track athletes.
  Diane Clement, the petite and determined sports pioneer she is, ushered De Grasse through the throng to reach the grandstand where he was interviewed about his victory.
  Even before it all started, the crowd waited patiently but not-so-silently for the final race of The Vanc
  
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• Opinion: Energy industry’s thirst for water threatens First Nations’ rights

  29-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  In early May, evidence emerged that natural gas companies had built dozens of large dams during a poorly regulated building spree.
  As many as 60 large earthen structures were bulldozed into place by fossil fuel companies without first getting the required authorizations from provincial authorities.
  The dams trapped water from numerous sources, including fish-bearing streams, seasonal streams, wetlands and ditches that were cleverly designed to channel their contents into the dams’ reservoi
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Clark schemes, dreams NDP-Green alliance is a flop-in-waiting

  29-06-2017 04:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Most days, B.C. Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon is preoccupied with the viceregal and symbolic roles of an office that is, to be sure, mostly ceremonial.
  This is not one of those days.
  On Thursday, Guichon, the Nicola Valley rancher who has served as B.C.’s 29th lieutenant-governor since 2012, faces one of the tougher judgment calls in the long history of the office.
  Moreover the decision is tougher than it needs to be because of the antics of one of the more cunning partisan
  
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• Sweet and sour: 'Sugar Mountain' tent city in Vancouver raises concern for local businesses

  29-06-2017 04:03 via vancouversun.com
  
  Residents of Vancouver’s newest tent city vow to be good neighbours as local businesses double-lock their doors.
  Nicknamed “Sugar Mountain” because of its proximity to the B.C. Sugar Refinery, the encampment was erected Tuesday evening on an empty, city-owned lot in the Strathcona neighbourhood at 1131 Franklin St.
  Homeless people who were ousted from a tent city at 950 Main St. — where the Lu’ma Native Housing Society was recently granted an injunction to evict the
  
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• Study says Vancouver is world's 17th-best LGBT+ city

  29-06-2017 03:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  A global study says Vancouver is 17th in the world when it comes to being LGBT+ friendly
  Dutch housing site Nestpick conducted polls in 80 countries through social media “and other polling tools.”
  “For a city to rank strongly as an LGBT destination, we determined that it must have a vibrant gay dating scene, a lively alternative nightlife, open minded citizens, and low levels of hate crime,” Nestpick said in a press release.
  Five main areas were focused on “in order
  
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• Clark to tell lieutenant-governor the NDP-Green alliance cannot offer stable government

  29-06-2017 03:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark says she’ll tell B.C.’s lieutenant-governor that the legislature has no hope of functioning properly under an NDP government, advice that could pave the way for another provincial election.
  Clark’s Liberals are expected to be defeated in a confidence vote on Thursday and Clark would immediately visit Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon to hand in her resignation as premier. 
  Clark said she won’t offer the advice unsolicited, but would respo
  
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• Ex-poultry manager loses bid to withdraw guilty plea for stealing $1.9m from employer

  29-06-2017 03:33 via vancouversun.com
  
  The former manager of a Coquitlam poultry company has lost his bid to withdraw his guilty plea to stealing nearly $1.9 million from his employer.
  On March 15, 2016, on the third day of trial, Bruce Steven Arabsky pleaded guilty to one count of theft over $5,000 involving his company, Superior Poultry Processors Ltd. He was also initially charged with fraud.
  While acting as a senior manager for the firm, Arabsky had arranged wire transfers totalling $1.9 million from Superior to a company in Sask
  
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• Vancouver council votes to ban retail pet sales

  29-06-2017 03:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  There will soon be no more doggies in the window, as Vancouver city council voted Wednesday in favour of banning retail sales of furry friends.
  Vancouver councillors voted unanimously Wednesday in favour of a motion directing staff to put forward bylaw amendments to prohibit the sale of cats, dogs and rabbits in city pet stores, with certain exceptions, and to report back to council with the earliest date a ban can be implemented.
  The motion was put forward by Vision Coun. Heather Deal
  
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• Four people hurt, horse put down after wagon crash near Williams Lake

  29-06-2017 02:32 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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• Good Samaritans credited with saving lives of two teens at Vancouver Island lake

  29-06-2017 02:14 via vancouversun.com
  
  Two Japanese foreign exchange students were rescued Tuesday afternoon from Thetis Lake on Vancouver Island by two girls on paddleboards and a man in a fishing float tube.
  The international students were swimming at the sunny-side cliffs, not at the main beach, when they got into trouble, said View Royal Fire Chief Paul Hurst.
  The teenagers are lucky to be alive because their rescuers realized they were in distress, grabbed them and pulled them out of the water onto the paddleboards, said Hurst.
  
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• Convenience of virtual-doctor house calls enticing, especially to younger women: UBC study

  29-06-2017 02:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  On-demand house calls by Internet video teleconferencing are an increasingly popular way for B.C. patients to “see” doctors, especially females with relatively minor medical problems, a first-of-its-kind study on the demographics of such users shows.
  Examining 16,000 invoice billing codes submitted to the government by primary-care doctors who saw patients online over a one-year period in 2014-15, University of B.C. researchers identified the most common medical concerns underlying s
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Bountiful parents to be sentenced Friday for trafficking their 13-year-old daughter

  29-06-2017 02:07 via vancouversun.com
  
  It is hard to imagine what punishment might ever be enough for the parents of a 13-year-old girl who took her out of Canada for a polygamous marriage to a 49-year-old man, knowing that she would subsequently be raped.
  Brandon James Blackmore, 70, and Emily Gail Blackmore, 60, are the parents. At the time, both were living in Bountiful, B.C. and were devoted to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and its prophet, Warren Jeffs.
  Tried in November and convicted in Februar
  
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• Foreign buyers still investing in Metro Vancouver real estate despite B.C. tax

  29-06-2017 01:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  Foreign buyers accounted for six per cent of the value of residential property purchased in B.C. over the past year, according to the latest data released Wednesday by B.C.’s Ministry of Finance.
  The figures show the government took in $102 million in revenue from the foreign buyer tax from Aug. 2, 2016 to March 31, 2017, figures released Wednesday show.
  The government started collecting foreign buyer data in June 2016, and abruptly introduced a 15-per-cent tax on the purchase of residenti
  
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• Seattle-based Microsoft president touts Cascadia Innovation Corridor

  29-06-2017 01:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  The cities of Vancouver and Seattle have been getting some renewed attention in the last year about the things they share — a love of the outdoors, an abundance of rain — and what they could become together: a hub for technology companies and research that would rival the likes of Boston and Tel Aviv.
  On Wednesday, Seattle-based Microsoft president Brad Smith made a renewed pitch, arguing that “mixed reality” companies in Vancouver that develop applications for use in vid
  
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• Jason Botchford: Rebuilding Canucks may need a Nail, or free agents Del Zotto, Gagner, Alzner

  29-06-2017 01:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  You could almost picture it.
  The Vancouver Canucks’ brass are hours, heck days, deep in meetings in their Rogers Arena office boardroom.
  The number $19.5 million is splashed across a whiteboard at the front of the room. Below it a series of National Hockey League names, mostly free agents. Some scratched out — T.J. Oshie? — while others are adorned with question marks and a few still with big green let’s-do-this circles around them.
  “We get these guys, we’re g
  
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• New Arts Club artistic director 'blessed' to carry on Millerd's legacy

  29-06-2017 01:40 via vancouversun.com
  
  White Rock native Ashlie Corcoran feels “blessed” to be named the next artistic director of Vancouver’s Arts Club Theatre Company.
  “I really feel so blessed to be coming back to do what I love where my grandmother, my aunt and uncles, my brother all live,” Corcoran told Postmedia News Wednesday.
  Corcoran replaces longtime artistic director Bill Millerd, who will end his 46-year stint with the Arts Club after the 2017-18 season. 
  “It’s such an honour
  
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• Outdoor patios...we've got 5 of them on Lonsdale S. of Esplanade #NorthVan https://t.co/qoKgbQJU4U

  29-06-2017 01:30 via twitter.com
  
  Outdoor patios...we've got 5 of them on Lonsdale S. of Esplanade #NorthVan https://t.co/qoKgbQJU4U
  
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• Jury finds Burnaby man guilty of Internet harassment of his ex-wife

  29-06-2017 01:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  A jury has found a Burnaby man guilty of conducting a campaign of criminal harassment over the Internet against his former wife.
  The verdict for Patrick Fox, 43, came early Wednesday afternoon following a day of deliberations by the B.C. Supreme Court jury in Vancouver.
  The accused, who has been in custody since his arrest in May 2016, appeared to have little reaction to the verdict.
  The jury also found Fox guilty of possessing firearms in a place where he was not authorized to do so, after he s
  
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