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• In Collection Zone 2? It's the last week you can put yard waste bags out on their own. Starting next week, they go in your cart! #NorthVan

  04-07-2017 23:00 via twitter.com
  In Collection Zone 2? It's the last week you can put yard waste bags out on their own. Starting next week, they go in your cart! #NorthVan
  
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• Tomorrow: Last day to comment on new proposal for 2 artificial turf fields in Inter River Park. Share your thoughts: ow.ly/B6vG30ddaU6

  04-07-2017 22:27 via twitter.com
  Tomorrow: Last day to comment on new proposal for 2 artificial turf fields in Inter River Park. Share your thoughts: ow.ly/B6vG30ddaU6
  
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• #NorthVan CONTEST ALERT! Win VIP seats to Teen Movie Night in the Plaza July 7 The NeverEnding Story. To enter, ‘r… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  04-07-2017 22:21 via twitter.com
  #NorthVan CONTEST ALERT!Win VIP seats to Teen Movie Night in the Plaza July 7 The NeverEnding Story. To enter, ‘r… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Kamloops RCMP find teen fugitive who jumped in river to elude police

  04-07-2017 22:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Kamloops teen who jumped in the Thompson River to avoid arrest has been located safe and sound in Prince George.
  The 16-year-old girl, who was wanted in connection with a Kamloops RCMP investigation into a bike theft, jumped into the river on June 29 while being taken into custody.
  “The girl escaped custody from police and entered the river prior to being placed in handcuffs,” Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said.
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• Yep, it's true! There's FREE Tai Chi classes in #CivicPlaza Wednesdays @ 12:15pm to July 12.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  04-07-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Yep, it's true! There's FREE Tai Chi classes in #CivicPlaza Wednesdays @ 12:15pm to July 12.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Sears trying to tread water in a sea of retail sharks

  04-07-2017 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  Sears Canada’s shortage of coolness and its middling status in a department store landscape dominated by steep discounters and more luxurious offerings have it on the edge of demise, retail and real estate experts say.
  On June 22, Sears Canada announced it would close 59 stores and shed 2,900 jobs across Canada.
  Here in B.C., the closures include a full-line store at Aberdeen Mall in Kamloops, an outlet store in Abbotsford and hometown Sears stores in Creston, Sechelt and Grand Forks. 
  
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• Q&A: A Queer Love Story, inside the letters of Jane Rule and Rick Bébout

  04-07-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Queer Love Story is a collection of letters written between author Jane Rule and magazine editor Rick Bébout.
  A Queer Love Story: The Letters of Jane Rule and Rick Bébout
  Edited by Marilyn R. Schuster
  UBC Press
  For this fascinating book editor Marilyn R. Schuster waded through 2,700 pages of letters (most from 1981 to 1995) between the vanguard lesbian author and Galiano Island resident Jane Rule and Rick Bébout, an activist and editor with the Toronto-based LGBTQ publicat
  
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• Former inmates to testify in trial challenging indefinite solitary confinement

  04-07-2017 20:46 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — A civil liberties group that won the right to challenge Canada’s indefinite solitary confinement laws says a trial starting in Vancouver today will hear from former inmates who suffered under “an unconstitutional regime.”
  B.C. Civil Liberties Association spokeswoman Caily DiPuma says testimony will come from a woman who spent 3-1/2 years in isolation and a father whose son took his own life in a solitary cell.
  DiPuma says nearly a dozen experts from around the
  
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• Body of missing Smithers cyclist pulled from the Fraser River

  04-07-2017 20:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  SMITHERS — A 45-year-old northwestern British Columbia cyclist who was reported missing on a ride from Smithers to Vancouver Island has been found dead.
  North District RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says the body of Sean Kuntz was pulled from the Fraser River near Lillooet on July 1.
  Kuntz was reported missing in June 18, as he cycled to Saanich on Vancouver Island to visit his mother.
  He was last heard from when he sent a text to his mother as he travelled between Quesnel and Williams Lake.
  
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• The popular #SummerSessions concerts start July 8 @ The Shipyards. Here's Clare to tell you all about it.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  04-07-2017 20:07 via twitter.com
  The popular #SummerSessions concerts start July 8 @ The Shipyards. Here's Clare to tell you all about it.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• TOMORROW; Ridgewood Dr will close btwn Edgemont and Brookridge for about 3 weeks for upgrades. Details: ow.ly/9Lpb30dd7KU #NorthVan

  04-07-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  TOMORROW; Ridgewood Dr will close btwn Edgemont and Brookridge for about 3 weeks for upgrades. Details: ow.ly/9Lpb30dd7KU #NorthVan
  
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• Five reasons to check out this year's Dancing on the Edge Festival

  04-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  29th Annual Dancing on the Edge Festival
  July 6-15 | Various venues
  Info and tickets: dancingontheedge.org
  Beijing Modern Dance Company performs as part of this year’s Dancing on the Edge Festival, which runs from July 6 to 15.
  1. Beijing Modern Dance Company. This year’s Dancing on the Edge Festival features over 80 of the country’s finest dance artists and choreographers. This year’s festival is also showcasing a piece from China’s leading professional modern danc
  
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• Police nab driver racing Ferrari across Lions Gate Bridge at 210 km/hr

  04-07-2017 19:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Ferrari clocked travelling more than 200 kilometres per hour on the Lions Gate Bridge Sunday night has been impounded and its driver charged with excessive speeding.
  West Vancouver police stopped the 2015 Ferrari 458 at the north end of the bridge after obtaining a speed reading of 210 kilometers per hour.
  The posted speed limit on the Lions Gate Bridge is 60 km/h.Driver stopped overnight after hitting 210km on #LionsGateBridge. Car goes to Impound. Driver goes to court. Info at https://t.co/q
  
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• SPCA investigating another case of alleged chicken abuse in Abbotsford

  04-07-2017 19:27 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. SPCA is investigating yet another case of alleged chicken abuse.
  The latest probe was launched after a concerned citizen in Abbotsford filmed footage of a chicken farm, according to a media release from Animal Justice, a legal advocacy group for animal welfare cases.
  On June 28, a woman was walking her dog on a public street early in the morning when she passed a chicken farm and spotted workers picking up chickens upside down and allegedly throwing them into crates and jamming them shu
  
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• Celebrate Canada with a road trip down its Highway to Haven 

  04-07-2017 19:24 via vancouversun.com
  
  For more than 800 kilometers, the Crowsnest Highway ribbons along British Columbia’s border with Washington, Idaho, and Montana. This mostly-single lane highway which is today popular with RVs and summer travellers is the modern incarnation of the Dewdney Trail built by the British during the mid-1800’s gold rush.The pack road was intended to secure sovereignty over the mythic Gold Mountain, the Chinese name for B.C. But it never quite became a yellow-bricked road to riches. In a few
  
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• Crews on scene of burst water main in east Vancouver

  04-07-2017 19:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  A burst water main in East Vancouver forced the temporary evacuation of two nearby homes Tuesday morning.
  The water main at Nanaimo and 27th broke around 1 a.m. Tuesday. Nanaimo remains closed in both directions from 27th to 29th with some access for local traffic and residents, as repair work continues throughout the day.
  “Street crews are working towards having one lane open to traffic in each direction later today,” read a notice from the city.
  TransLink has detoured the #25 bus a
  
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• A reminder that today's your last day to pay your property tax without penalty. Here are the ways you can pay: ow.ly/WSWp30ddavJ

  04-07-2017 19:01 via twitter.com
  A reminder that today's your last day to pay your property tax without penalty. Here are the ways you can pay: ow.ly/WSWp30ddavJ
  
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• VSO Sounds for Summer

  04-07-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions
  July 7, 7 p.m. | Orpheum Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $54, vancouversymphony.ca
  Symphony in the Park
  July 9, 7 p.m. | Deer Lake Park
  Tickets: Free
  The VSO @ Bard
  July 10, 7:30 p.m. | Vanier Park
  Tickets and info: From $21
  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ in Concert
  July 13-14, 7 p.m., July 15, 2 p.m. | Orpheum Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $28
  You might think that the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, fresh from Canada Day events in Whistler, wo
  
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• Flamenco school closure and new era celebrated with Fin de Fiesta show

  04-07-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Fin de Fiesta
  July 8, 8 p.m. | Vancouver Playhouse
  Tickets and info: $25-$35, at brownpapertickets.com 
  Rosario Ancer can’t say exactly how many students have danced their way through her Centro Flamenco school, but if pressed she figures “thousands” have passed before her watchful eye.
  Sadly, that tradition will be coming to an end after 28 years as Ancer is closing the Vancouver school and turning her full focus to her Flamenco Rosario dance company.
  “Centro F
  
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• Beauty Bar: Calvin Klein Eternity Summer eau de parfum

  04-07-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  What it is: A limited-edition fragrance — available in men’s and women’s iterations — that aims to, encapsulate “the serenity experienced by a couple in the middle of a desert; all they can feel is the warmth of the hot sun soaking into their skin mixed with the cool airiness of night fall as they watch the sunset.”
  The floral fragrance features fresh notes mixed with sultry additions to mimic a sun-soaked day. Eternity Summer eau de parfum opens with notes of
  
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• Terrace man charged in months-old Calgary homicide case

  04-07-2017 18:59 via vancouversun.com
  
  CALGARY — A man from British Columbia is facing a murder charge in Calgary’s 16th homicide of last year.
  Police say the body of Calvin Timothy Brooker, who was 57, was discovered in a southeast alley by a passerby on Sept. 1.
  Investigators believe he died in a nearby home before his body was moved.
  They also think Brooker and the suspect were known to one another and that a fight inside the home led to his death.
  Dennis Jan Sorge, a 33-year-old Terrace resident, has been charged with
  
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• Don't forget your property taxes are due today. Pay online or in person. cnv.org/Taxes #NorthVan https://t.co/qse3J7QAVD

  04-07-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  
  Don't forget your property taxes are due today. Pay online or in person. cnv.org/Taxes #NorthVan https://t.co/qse3J7QAVD
  
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• Aaaaand we're back! Hope you had a great holiday. Remember that your garbage collection day changes this week: ow.ly/LhG630dd8aq

  04-07-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Aaaaand we're back! Hope you had a great holiday. Remember that your garbage collection day changes this week: ow.ly/LhG630dd8aq
  
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• At least two dead following accident on Coquihalla

  04-07-2017 16:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  At least two people are dead following a single vehicle accident Tuesday morning on the Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) near Kamloops.
  The accident occurred before 6 a.m. near the Logan Lake turnoff.
  CFJC-TV reports a vehicle hit a deer, went off the road and then down a 30-foot embankment.The section of the Coquihalla near the junction with Highway 97D is closed to traffic. A detour is in place.#BCHwy5 CLOSED at junction with #BCHwy97D at #LoganLake due to vehicle incident, detours ava
  
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• Daily Poll: Would you live in a strata-managed complex?

  04-07-2017 15:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Richmond man who filed a human rights complaint against his townhouse strata corporation for Mandarin-only strata meetings has moved away from the city.
  Andreas Kargut and six other residents had filed a class-action complaint because they, as English speakers, weren’t able to participate in strata meetings where only Mandarin was being spoken by the strata council for the 54-unit complex.
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• Opinion: All it took was one innovative teacher to put me on a better path

  04-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  My father passed away a year ago, and I’ve come to learn that he kept every piece of paper and correspondence that came his way. The other day, I was going through some things with my mom and I came across a form letter from my Grade 5 teacher addressed to my parents.
  It was dated May 1, 1981. “Parent, It has become necessary to inform you of a problem (my name inserted) is causing at school.” It went on to say that the students are supposed to eat lunch in their classrooms wit
  
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• Hair from extinct B.C. woolly dog found in old Coast Salish blanket

  04-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Dogged detective work — and a small tear — have led researchers to a remarkable discovery in a Coast Salish blanket that may have been woven around the time of Canadian confederation 150 years ago.
  The blanket, which is part of a collection at the Burke Museum in Seattle, was recently analyzed by researchers at the University of Victoria who found it contains rare woolly dog hair from an extinct species of dog that was once kept by First Nations people for its hair. The blanket is on
  
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• A dozen Vancouver Islanders per month have opted for assisted death: case review

  04-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Two per cent of dying individuals on Vancouver Island chose medically assisted deaths in the first six months after it was made legal and the rate is climbing, according to a case review. 
  Data collected for the period from June to December 2016 shows there were 72 medically assisted deaths in patients aged 49 to 96, according to the report in the B.C. Medical Journal. Patients were balanced in terms of gender; of the 72 cases, 47 were males and 35 were females.
  Most patients chose their ho
  
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• CFL legend lends support to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s ‘Get Behind Lui’ campaign

  04-07-2017 09:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Win each day.
  That motto surely helped Lui Passaglia on his way to becoming a record-breaking CFL Hall of Famer, but they’ve become words to live by since he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer nearly four years ago.
  “I try to treat every day like it’s a game and win each day,” says the legendary kicker/punter, who has been cancer free for almost four years now. “And thankfully, so far so good.”
  Since his life-changing diagnosis, Passaglia has been on a missi
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Murder charges dropped in gang case

  04-07-2017 07:57 via vancouversun.com
  
  It is very unusual to have murder charges stayed – or dropped – in B.C. But that’s exactly what happened recently  in the case of two Edmonton men who had been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of a man in Richmond almost three years ago.
  NOTE: I will be out of the country for three weeks and unable to monitor the REAL SCOOP so am closing comments tonight until I’m back.
  Here’s my story:
  Crown stays first-degree murder charges in Richmond gang kil
  
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• Opinion: Time to bring epilepsy awareness out of the dark ages

  04-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  It is one of the most common brain ailments, affecting more than 65 million people globally, and yet it remains shrouded in stigma and ignorance. It’s epilepsy, a disease that is as old as civilization itself.
  According to Epilepsy Canada, tablets regarding medical records from Babylonia dating to 2000 B.C. accurately describe the different types of epileptic seizures.
  In Canada, it is estimated that around 139,200 people have epilepsy. The good news is that according to a Statistics Canad
  
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• Crown stays first-degree murder charges in Richmond gang killing

  04-07-2017 05:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  In a rare move, prosecutors have stayed two first-degree murder charges against a pair of Edmonton suspects alleged to have killed a man in Richmond in 2014.
  The charges against Sean Jacob Lee Jennings and David Nguyen were quietly tossed out on June 22, 2017, Crown spokesman Dan McLaughlin confirmed in an email.
  The two had been charged with the first-degree murder of Theoren Gregory Poitras in a gangland shooting near a Richmond elementary school on Oct. 2, 2014. 
  Jennings, 29,
  
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• Five prospects to watch at Canucks development camp

  04-07-2017 04:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  Elias Pettersson
  1. ELIAS PETTERSSON, C, Timra IK (Hockey Allsvenskan), 6-foot, 165 lbs.
  The stats: GP: 43, G:19, A:21, PTS: 40
  The skinny: First pick, fifth overall, in 2017 draft. What intrigued the Canucks in pursuing Pettersson is today’s evolving game. Look at how smaller and swifter players are using speed, imagination and finish to make a big impact in what was always thought to be a big man’s game. It’s not anymore.
  The quote: “I play with a lot of instincts and I
  
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• Missing Prince George dog found with three nails in its skull

  04-07-2017 02:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  A dog that went missing in Prince George was found three days later with nails embedded into its skull. 
  Maureen Yeo’s 2 1/2-year-old dog Kuma disappeared from their Prince George property Sunday morning. He was turned into the SPCA three days later by a woman who found Kuma in her driveway in Hixon, a 30-minute drive from the Yeo’s farm. 
  “I went down there right away,” said Yeo. “As soon as I looked at him, I said, ‘There’s something in his h
  
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• No council meeting tonight. Next meeting July 10. You can access recent minutes, agendas & videos here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  04-07-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  No council meeting tonight. Next meeting July 10. You can access recent minutes, agendas & videos here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Richmond man who fought Mandarin-only meetings moves away

  04-07-2017 01:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Richmond man who took his fight over Mandarin-only strata meetings at his townhouse complex to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has moved away from the city with his family.
  Andreas Kargut and six other residents filed a class-action complaint because they couldn’t participate in a Mandarin-only meeting in the 54-unit complex. They claimed they were being discriminated against by the strata council.
  After the parties reached a pre-settlement last year, things appeared as though they w
  
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• Two for The Show, a lot on the go at Canucks development camp

  04-07-2017 00:49 via vancouversun.com
  
  Of the 36 participants at the Vancouver Canucks development camp this week, only one should make the opening-night roster while another could push for a spot.
  This is actually a good thing.
  There are a dozen prospects at this camp who project as promising future pros. And that’s the instructional focus Tuesday and Wednesday at UBC in advance of a game Thursday before season-ticket holders at Rogers Arena.
  In the short term, it’s about Brock Boeser and Olli Juolevi. In the long term,
  
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• Two men drown in separate incidents over Canada Day long weekend

  04-07-2017 00:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  Two men are dead in separate apparent drownings over the holiday weekend.
  A man who dove off a bridge near Golden and is presumed drowned has been identified as 26-year-old David Gavin, from Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland.
  According to a Facebook post by the Irish Sporting and Social Club of Vancouver, Gavin was a gaelic football player and was on his way to play in the Western Canadian Championship in Calgary.
  He had moved to Canada only a few months ago, the club reported.
  Gavin dove off a br
  
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• We're bringing some major talent to our live music stages @ #FunCityFestival this year. Full line-up here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  04-07-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  We're bringing some major talent to our live music stages @ #FunCityFestival this year. Full line-up here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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