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• Always something awesome going on at our City of #NorthVan Waterfront. Welcome to our Pier, #HMCSRegina !@MARPAC_FM… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-07-2017 23:43 via twitter.com
  Always something awesome going on at our City of #NorthVan Waterfront. Welcome to our Pier, #HMCSRegina !@MARPAC_FM… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Canada's National Police Force 🇨🇦and their volunteers are out enjoying the festivities at Waterfront Park!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-07-2017 22:33 via twitter.com
  Canada's National Police Force 🇨🇦and their volunteers are out enjoying the festivities at Waterfront Park!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Ship ahoy! Free #HMCSRegina ship tours all weekend 10am-3:30pm at #ThePier. ow.ly/401V30dcoYF #NorthVan… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-07-2017 21:00 via twitter.com
  Ship ahoy! Free #HMCSRegina ship tours all weekend 10am-3:30pm at #ThePier. ow.ly/401V30dcoYF#NorthVan… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Daily Poll: What should premier-designate John Horgan work on first?

  01-07-2017 20:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  Now that B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan has been asked to form government and become the next premier, it’s time to get down to work.
  The NDP and Green parties came to a power-sharing agreement soon after the election left B.C. in a state of political uncertainty, highlighting a number of issues to be worked on.
  Among those issues are things such as the multi-billion dollar Site C dam, proportional representation, electoral finance, porverty reduction and the ongoing opioid crisis. Some issue
  
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• DYK buildings across Canada are lit up in #redandwhite today for @Canada150!? We're proudly showing our colours tod… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-07-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  DYK buildings across Canada are lit up in #redandwhite today for @Canada150!? We're proudly showing our colours tod… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Happy #Canada150 ! Joyeuse fête du #Canada150 ! #NorthVancouver https://t.co/zBEx1DcaQR

  01-07-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  
  Happy #Canada150 ! Joyeuse fête du #Canada150 ! #NorthVancouver https://t.co/zBEx1DcaQR
  
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• After the parade, free concert for you w/ local band #PersonsofInterest 11am-1:30pm at #CivicPlaza.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-07-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  After the parade, free concert for you w/ local band #PersonsofInterest 11am-1:30pm at #CivicPlaza.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Makeover: Looking for versatile and functional

  01-07-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Jinnell Gunn recently lost over 50 pounds and wanted to see how a stylist would dress her body. 
  Jinnell describes her style to be easy going and casual. Her usual attire at work is jeans, T-shirts and athletic wear, as there is no strict dress code. She was hoping for a new pair of jeans and a wardrobe that she could work for social outings. My goal was to pull together a wardrobe that is versatile and functional, while showing off her new fit and slender frame.
  We found a great fitting pa
  
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• Beauty Bar: AG Hair Natural Line

  01-07-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  What it is: A hair care collection from the Vancouver-based professional brand AG Hair, the Natural Line featuring “modern minimalist” products.
  The vegan-friendly line’s five products — Balance apple cider vinegar sulfate-free shampoo, Boost apple cider vinegar conditioner, Remedy apple cider vinegar leave on mist, Rosehip Balm dry lotion and Dry Lift texture and volume paste — boast 98-per cent plant derived ingredients. 
  While apple cider
  
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• Let's party! 150 things to do in Metro Vancouver to celebrate Canada Day

  01-07-2017 18:24 via vancouversun.com
  
  July 1, 2017, marks Canada’s 150th anniversary. Gather up your friends and family and celebrate at one of the many events and happenings going on around Metro Vancouver and beyond. Festivals, concerts, outdoor fun, stage performances, parades, fireworks and more — there’s something for everyone.
  This video details the official celebrations in Metro Vancouver municipalities; read the full list of all of the parties here.
   
   
  
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• So much going for #CanadaDay in #NorthVan. We've wrapped up the major events for you in a nifty package.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-07-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  So much going for #CanadaDay in #NorthVan. We've wrapped up the major events for you in a nifty package.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Planning a trip to #DeepCove this weekend in your car? Here's how you can beat the parking crunch.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-07-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Planning a trip to #DeepCove this weekend in your car? Here's how you can beat the parking crunch.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Oh Canada! Happy 150th birthday from the City. cnv.org/CanadaDay #NorthVan #CanadaDay #Canada150 https://t.co/DrXLYR70DB

  01-07-2017 16:00 via twitter.com
  
  Oh Canada! Happy 150th birthday from the City. cnv.org/CanadaDay#NorthVan #CanadaDay #Canada150 https://t.co/DrXLYR70DB
  
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• Happy Canada Day! Lots happening on the North Shore today. Have fun and be safe! #northvan #CANADADAY150 https://t.co/TDynMGYbuT

  01-07-2017 15:57 via twitter.com
  
  Happy Canada Day! Lots happening on the North Shore today. Have fun and be safe! #northvan #CANADADAY150 https://t.co/TDynMGYbuT
  
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• Sold (Bought): Point Grey home sells for more than $10 million in two days

  01-07-2017 15:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  A snapshot of residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  4615 Belmont Avenue, Vancouver
  Type: Four-bedroom, five-bathroom detached
  Size: 4,158 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $8,051,000
  Listed for: $10,988,000
  Sold for: $10,500,000
  Sold on: Feb. 3
  Days on market: Two
  Listing agent: Karley Rice at Macdonald Realty
  Buyers agent: Sydney Deng at Royal Pacific Realty
  The big sell: It is well known that Vancouver’s tony Point Grey neighbourhood comprises some of the most expensive properties i
  
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• The Home Front: Dressing up your digs for Canada's 150th

  01-07-2017 15:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  For the patriotic — and for those who appreciate home decor — a number of Canadian companies have come out with new products in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday. They balance style and pride, as well as practicality, given that they’re designed to last, and be loved, well past today.
  Here’s a look at some of the goods on offer.
  When it comes to iconic Canadian brands, it’s hard to beat the Hudson’s Bay Company. So when they approached Toronto&rsquo
  
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• Aquilini touts value at Pelican Cove in Tsawwassen

  01-07-2017 15:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  With homes starting at under $600,000 in an established, master-planned community, the people behind Pelican Cove in Tsawwassen are confident about the value of their offering: 42 townhomes and 20 duplexes at Tsawwassen Shores.
  “I think the value and the quality of the homes is unprecedented,” said Kevin Hoffman, president of Aquilini, the developers of the project. “I would challenge anyone to find a better deal in the market. We’re only 25 minutes drive into Vancouver,
  
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• Disher House a restored Shaughnessy treasure with great bones, exquisite detailing – and even a secret room

  01-07-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Suggested dek: Arts and Crafts home one of 13 showcased in HGTV show that commemorates Canada’s 150th through our architecture and design
   
  It was love at first site for Murray and Val Nunns. A Calgary businessman, former geologist and self -proclaimed “serial restorer,” Murray Nunns saw the Disher House online when the couple was on holiday in Maui in 2006.
  He immediately put in an offer, then flew to Vancouver to inspect the 1912 granite Arts and Crafts heritage hom
  
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• Creekside Estates geared to the 'move-down buyer'

  01-07-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  When Ignacio Lara-Faure, owner and lead architectural designer for Cutstone Home Designs, was creating his vision for Creekside Estates in Hope, he turned to the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous Prairie style for inspiration.
  While Lara-Faure says he couldn’t use the flat roofs often associated with that architecture because of the area’s snow and rainfall, he believes the designs for the 30-home subdivision on Flood Hope Road present a unique and modern take on the style.
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• Opinion: Railroads are the foundation of modern-day Canada

  01-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Across our great nation today, Canadians will celebrate our country’s 150th anniversary of confederation.
  There are events and activities planned to commemorate this historic day from coast to coast, and CN is proud to be part of this year’s Canada 150 celebrations in communities across the country. Last month, CN hosted a special Fathers of Confederation train trip between Montreal and Ottawa as we welcomed mayors from across Canada to the annual meeting of the Federation of Canadia
  
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• Letters: Critical heart care is great, but chronic cardiac conditions underfunded

  01-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Re: I’m In Trouble: A Harrowing Story From The Heart, June 24
  Jamie Lamb’s personal account highlights the excellent care the B.C. health system provides cardiac patients whose lives are threatened. But what about non-threatening cardiac care?
  Atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat and a non-life-threatening condition, affects about 44,000 people in B.C. When the disease progresses to persistent, an irregular heartbeat lasting more than seven days, our health system is slow in p
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Millennial Métis thug a victim of colonialism?

  01-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Blame the fallout of colonialism for a chronic, violent Métis offender with a metre-long record who must be watched “at every moment” by the RCMP.
  In a decision that is bound to spark controversy, B.C.’s top court has interpreted compassionate principles intended for First Nations offenders to be a veritable automatic sentence reduction.
  It maintained society must share some of the blame for a longtime Kamloops offender, a habitual criminal who does not have official M&e
  
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• Canada 150's legacy? Reconciling Canada's past with our shared future

  01-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Tom Taylor killed Poor Jane by taking her to that terrible country. That country was Canada. Poor Jane was my great-grandmother. And that first sentence was spoken to me almost 30 years ago, within moments of my introduction to Welsh relatives.
  Jane died at age 48, three days before Christmas 1909. She arrived in Canada barely three years earlier with her five children, who ranged in age from 22 to eight (my grandmother).
  Tom — my great-grandfather — was a saddle maker in England, a
  
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• Canada 150: Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister from B.C.

  01-07-2017 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.
  On Sept. 17, 1878, Sir John A. MacDonald was defeated in his bid for re-election in Kingston, Ont.
  But he was still able to claim a seat in parliament, and become prime minister, because he was elected in two ridings out west, Marquette in Manitoba and Victoria, B.C.
  What makes this even weirder is that the so-called “Father of Confederation” had never be
  
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• Opinion: To know Canada, visit our fascinating national archive online

  01-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  So now our imperfect and yet, on the whole, relatively lucky country is 150 years old. Was that a sufficiently measured observation? I wouldn’t want to seem boastful, certainly not in these days of post-colonial comeuppance. But we’ve made it this far nonetheless — still intact, still a vast land mass with a not-too-large population.
  Are we having fun, though, during this sesquicentennial year? Out here on the Pacific Rim, we’re about as removed from Ottawa&rsqu
  
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• Editorial: Despite our problems, we're very blessed to live in Canada

  01-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  It’s easy, if one follows the news, to become overly burdened by the problems in our society. It’s practically an occupational hazard for journalists, who daily must focus on potentially depressing issues such as crime, homelessness, housing affordability, poverty, political disputes, drug abuse, environmental fears, Canada’s damaged relationship with First Nations … the list is long.
  But with Canadians celebrating our nation’s 150th birthday today, it’s a go
  
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• B.C. Parks licence plates raise $500,000 for park enhancement fund

  01-07-2017 06:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  A portion of the sale price of these special licence plates goes to fund B.C. Parks. Sales have exceeded expectations and $500,000 has already been raised, says ICBC. This Kermode bear design has proved the most popular.
  It was expected to take five years, but it only took five months to sell 37,000 commemorative B.C. Parks licence plates, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for a park enhancement fund.
  The B.C. government launched the licence plates on Jan. 29.  According to ICBC
  
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• UBC holds crowdfunding campaign to buy rare Harry Potter first edition

  01-07-2017 06:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  University of B.C. Rare Books and Special Collections librarians know they need more than a magic wand to get their hands on a scarce first-edition Harry Potter book.
  That’s why they’ve whipped up a crowdfunding campaign to raise $25,000 toward buying a U.K. first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone when it goes to auction in London on July 20.
  “If we don’t act now we’ll miss our opportunity to have this book as part of our collection,” s
  
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• Good times @ the City's waterfront tonight. Friday Night Market, #ThePier, Megabench, #HMCSRegina and lots of shiny… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-07-2017 05:29 via twitter.com
  Good times @ the City's waterfront tonight. Friday Night Market, #ThePier, Megabench, #HMCSRegina and lots of shiny… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Horgan beamed up to boss by toppling Liberal 'Klingons'

  01-07-2017 04:40 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Meet the new Boss: John Horgan. 57. Sons Nate, Evan. Married to Ellie, for 33 years.
  Called home from government house Thursday evening. She was in garden so he left message: “This is the premier calling.”
  The Horgans have lived in the Victoria suburb of Langford “in the same little house” for 25 years. Cancer survivor. Bladder. 2008. Clean bill of health since. “Your time here is fleeting. If you believe you can have a positive impact, try to make
  
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• B.C. NDP won't wait for legislature to start moving on promises

  01-07-2017 03:35 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Premier-designate John Horgan says his new government won’t wait for the legislature to return before taking action on key files like electoral reform, Site C and the overdose crisis.
  Horgan said he’ll move quickly after he and his cabinet are sworn in — likely in two to three weeks — to tackle issues that don’t require legislation and can be kick-started before the return of the legislature in September.
  That includes referring the $9-billion Site
  
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• Horgan beamed up to boss by toppling Liberal 'Klingons'

  01-07-2017 03:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Meet the new Boss: John Horgan. 57. Sons Nate, Evan. Married to Ellie, for 33 years.
  Called home from government house Thursday evening. She was in garden so he left message: “This is the premier calling.”
  The Horgans have lived in the Victoria suburb of Langford “in the same little house” for 25 years. Cancer survivor. Bladder. 2008. Clean bill of health since. “Your time here is fleeting. If you believe you can have a posi
  
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• B.C. care card issued without gender; parent fighting for same on birth certificate

  01-07-2017 03:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  A B.C. parent who is fighting to have their child issued a birth certificate with no gender specified has received a gender-neutral health card for the child.
  Kori Doty is a non-binary transgender parent — who prefers to be identified using the pronoun “they” instead of “he” or “she” — of nearly eight-month-old Searyl.
  When Doty registered Searyl’s birth with the Vital Statistics Agency, which tracks and issues certificates for births, deaths
  
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• Tallio case: In 'historic' decision, B.C. man wins right to appeal 1983 murder conviction

  01-07-2017 03:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. Court of Appeal set the stage Friday for Phillip James Tallio, who has spent the last 34 years in prison for killing a child, to appeal his 1983 murder conviction.
  If Tallio’s appeal were to be successful, it would make Canadian legal history as the longest prison sentence served by someone found to be wrongly convicted.
  Friday’s decision, which legal observers are already calling “historic,” allows the appeal to proceed.
  The ruling hinged on the issue of DNA evi
  
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• Canada 150 celebrations come a little early for B.C.

  01-07-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Champagne corks may pop, artillery boom and Canada 150 party balloons waft above five eastern capitals, but out here on the wet, wild, western side of the Rocky Mountains, whatever celebrations may take place, the real birthday won’t come for another four years.
  British Columbia wasn’t even part of Canada 150 years ago. And in 1867, if enthusiasm at the prospect of B.C. joining was mixed here, in newly minted Canada, several months’ travel away, it was downright tepid.
  The Toro
  
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• North Vancouver studies turf fields for Inter River Park - North Shore News

  01-07-2017 02:31 via nsnews.com
  
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  North Vancouver studies turf fields for Inter River Park
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  A design shows the potential for two new artificial turf fields at the District of North Vancouver's Inter River Park. image supplied District of North Vancouver. The District of North Vancouver will soon be deciding on whether Inter River Park should ...
  
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• A look at NDP-Green's calendar for next few months

  01-07-2017 02:20 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. NDP and Green party’s confidence and supply agreement offers a timeline of what the newly formed government hopes to achieve. While the document isn’t a comprehensive list of their policies and plans, it outlines some of what’s expected within the coming months.
  In an interview Friday, premier-designate John Horgan said his team has put the fentanyl crisis, housing, transportation and softwood lumber at the top of its to-do list, and will begin work through regulation
  
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• Indigenous culture advocate and prominent lawyer among B.C. Order of Canada recipients

  01-07-2017 02:02 via vancouversun.com
  
  Growing up, Gloria Cranmer Webster never knew the story of how authorities raided a potlatch hosted by her father, Kwakwaka’wakw hereditary Chief Dan Cramner, at a remote village off of northern Vancouver Island, and seized a trove of some 600 traditional masks, rattles and other treasures.
  That was in 1921, 10 years before she was born, and “no one ever talked about it,” Webster said in a phone interview from her home in Alert Bay.
  Today, however, Webster’s work in helpi
  
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• Big day tomorrow! Pancakes, parade, celebrations, navy ship tours all planned for #CanadaDay in the City.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-07-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Big day tomorrow! Pancakes, parade, celebrations, navy ship tours all planned for #CanadaDay in the City.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Drug-crisis advocate believes change in B.C. gov't may help slow agony

  01-07-2017 01:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  With B.C.’s fentanyl-related overdose crisis showing no signs of slowing down, a top advocate for victims and their families believes a change in government may help finally slow the agony.
  Leslie McBain, founder of Moms Stop the Harm, said she was pleased when premier-designate John Horgan mentioned fentanyl in an address he gave on the steps of Government House, moments after he was asked to form government.
  McBain lost her 25-year-old son, Jordan, to an opioid overdose in 2014 and
  
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• REAL SCOOP: More Abbotsford arrests linked to gang war

  01-07-2017 01:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  Abbotsford gang cops have made more arrests of suspects linked to the regional gang conflict.
  Abbotsford Police Staff Sgt. Judy Bird said in a news release that two young men were picked up for allegedly trafficking fentanyl and other drugs on June 27 after a APD Gang Task Force traffic stop.
  She said the accused, Jonathan Abel Flores, 18, and Cody Anthony McClain, 21, appeared in Abbotsford court Friday on “numerous charges.”
  She said police found that pair with five cell phones, $2
  
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• Empress Hotel owner celebrates $60M renovation

  01-07-2017 01:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — When Nat Bosa paid $48 million for the Fairmont Empress Hotel three years ago, he figured renos would come in at $30 million — or a little more.
  Not so. The tab to completely refresh the 109-year-old property was slightly more than $60 million.
  But it was worth it to Bosa.
  “I did not buy a hotel,” Bosa said this week as he prepared for an official ribbon-cutting celebration and party attended by more than 400 on Wednesday.
  “I bought a national treasure an
  
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• Tues, July 5, Ridgewood Dr btwn Edgemont & Brookridge will close for utility/infrastructure work. Details: ow.ly/Rd0O30dd4s5 #NorthVan

  01-07-2017 01:19 via twitter.com
  Tues, July 5, Ridgewood Dr btwn Edgemont & Brookridge will close for utility/infrastructure work. Details: ow.ly/Rd0O30dd4s5 #NorthVan
  
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• Jackie Chan helps kick off Hong Kong Airline's arrival in Vancouver

  01-07-2017 00:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  Hong Kong Airlines landed its inaugural flight into North America in Vancouver on Friday with action movie star Jackie Chan on hand to help boost the airline’s profile.
  International film star Jackie Chan was in Richmond Friday, June 30, 2017 promoting the inaugural flight of Hong Kong Airlines from Hong Kong to YVR.
  The airline, which will stage daily flights between Vancouver and Hong Kong, has enlisted Chan as its brand ambassador, although he didn’t speak to media or fans who gre
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular, full time Coordinator - Block Watch. Click here to apply: ow.ly/NxuY30dcVYB

  01-07-2017 00:31 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a regular, full time Coordinator - Block Watch. Click here to apply: ow.ly/NxuY30dcVYB
  
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• We're recruiting for a temporary, full time Crisis Intervention Worker. Click here to apply: ow.ly/KjhH30dcVQp

  01-07-2017 00:29 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a temporary, full time Crisis Intervention Worker. Click here to apply: ow.ly/KjhH30dcVQp
  
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• TransLink ridership and revenue numbers up for first half of year

  01-07-2017 00:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  Transit ridership and revenue for the first five months of this year are up compared with 2016, according to the latest figures from TransLink.
  At a meeting of the Mayors Council on Regional Transportation on Thursday, TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond said average weekday boardings are up 6.2 per cent, with 1.26 million for 2017 versus 1.19 million last year. Total boardings were at 165.3 million vs. 157.1 million, a 5.3-per-cent increase.
  “The economy’s driving it, but our service increa
  
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