North Vancouver news

• Man dead following targeted stabbing in Surrey Saturday morning

  08-07-2017 23:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  Homicide investigators are in Surrey this weekend after a man was stabbed to death in an attach police called ‘targeted’.
  Just after 2 a.m. Saturday, Surrey RCMP were called to the 8800-block of 144th Street. A male victim was found suffering from serious stab wounds. He was taken to hospital but did not survive.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been called in a police said early indications are the attack was not random.
  The man has been identified but police will not
  
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• #CityFix app – Snap it, Send it! Helping you help us to fix things around the City. cnv.org/CityFix… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-07-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  #CityFix app – Snap it, Send it! Helping you help us to fix things around the City. cnv.org/CityFix… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Animals evacuated as B.C. burns

  08-07-2017 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  A massive forest fire and several road closures have trapped David Edge’s nine horses in a pasture near Lac La Hache.
  Edge was one of dozens of livestock owners scrambling to care for animals Saturday as several forest fires burned out of control across the province. Edge hoped he’d eventually be allowed into the area near the 1,500-hectare Gustafsen wildfire to evacuate the horses, but remained at the mercy of the fire.
  “They could be in danger,” he told Postmedia.
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• Two dead, one hurt in street fight in Chilliwack

  08-07-2017 20:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  CHILLIWACK — Police say two people are dead and another person is injured after a fight at a Chilliwack intersection late Friday.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says RCMP were called to a report of an altercation and when they arrived they found three people with stab wounds.
  Police say two of the three died of their injuries.
  Cpl. Meghan Foster of the homicide team says in a news release that there is limited information about what set off the attack or if the three people wer
  
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• Meet the chef: Cha Le Tea's Darren Brown

  08-07-2017 20:17 via vancouversun.com
  
  From revamping Trader Vic’s in Beverly Hills to being personal chef for Wheel Of Fortune creator Merv Griffin, chef Darren Brown has a wide range of international restaurant experience. Brown has worked as a consultant for the Gansevoort Hotel in New York and the Mandalay Bay Hotel, Alain Ducasse’s Mix Ultra Lounge and Michael Mina’s Strip Steak in Las Vegas. His most recent consulting project is with Cha Le Tea Merchant Cafe + Shop.
  Q. What motivates and inspire
  
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• Head to #TheShipyards for 'Summer Sessions' 5-10pm tonight! 'The Synthetics' take the stage @ 7pm.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-07-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Head to #TheShipyards for 'Summer Sessions' 5-10pm tonight!'The Synthetics' take the stage @ 7pm.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Two men injured, two in custody following double stabbing in Vancouver

  08-07-2017 19:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  Two men were sent to hospital and another two arrested following a double stabbing that stemmed from a massive brawl in downtown Vancouver this weekend.
  On Saturday around 3:30 a.m., Vancouver police were called to the Granville Entertainment District, near Davie Street, for the report of a large fight. Officers arrived to find found two men suffering from stab wounds; the injured pair were rushed to hospital for treatment. Their injuries were described as non-life threatening.
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• 'It feels as if all of B.C. is on fire'

  08-07-2017 19:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  As fire swept through the Bonaparte Indian Reserve north of Cache Creek in B.C.’s Interior Friday, Chaylene Morgan was on the phone, desperately trying to reach her grandmother.
  Morgan, who lives in Williams Lake, was worried after hearing a fire had started in the neighbouring Ashcroft, spread to Cache Creek and was headed toward the Bonaparte reserve. She immediately texted her grandmother, an elder of the band, instructing her to pack the essentials, gather
  
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• Makeover: Saying hello to a new look

  08-07-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Lele Chan is a 37-year-old designer approaching a milestone birthday and is ready say goodbye to her long locks.
  Lele has very long, thick and naturally wavy hair. It was previously lightened and her ends were looking brassy and feeling dry. She was tired of her long, unruly hair so we immediately removed seven inches from her length. To soften her look, I started by shifting her base colour to a dark warm-chocolate brown, as her natural colour felt too dark. For colour balancing, and to tone do
  
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• TUF 25 finale recap: About las Night in Las Vegas

  08-07-2017 18:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  Some of the time, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Other times, however, what happens in Vegas lands on television and people talk about it on the Internet for an undisclosed amount of time.
  This is one of those times where we’re going to talk about what happened.
  Here’s a look back at the action from Friday night’s TUF 25 Redemption Finale.
  Fight of the YearA final thought from @Justin_Gaethje #TUFFinale pic.twitter.com/4BtCMZR9pi
  — UFC (@ufc) July 8, 2017
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• Explore the City w/ the kids this weekend using our fun #KidCityMap. Get map online + @NorthVanCityLib… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-07-2017 18:00 via twitter.com
  Explore the City w/ the kids this weekend using our fun #KidCityMap. Get map online + @NorthVanCityLib… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Want to work with us? Applications are being accepted until July 26. northshorefirerecruiting.ca/2015-fire-recr…. #morethanfire… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-07-2017 17:36 via twitter.com
  Want to work with us? Applications are being accepted until July 26. northshorefirerecruiting.ca/2015-fire-recr…. #morethanfire… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Willie Thrasher ready for his second coming at Vancouver Folk Music Festival

  08-07-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Willie Thrasher at Indigenous Trailblazers, Vancouver Folk Music Festival
  July 14, 4 p.m. | Stage 3, Jericho Beach Park
  Tickets and info: From $45 at thefestival.ticketzone.com
  Willie Thrasher picks up the phone at his Nanaimo home on a hot July day and it’s abundantly clear where the spirit such as Silent Inuit and Wolves Don’t Live by the Rules from his classic 1981 album, Spirit Child (CBC Northern Service) comes from. The Inuit musician from Aklavik, Northwest Territories, is bot
  
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• Sold (Bought): Renfrew Street home attracts multiple offers

  08-07-2017 15:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  A snapshot of residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  199 Renfrew Street, Vancouver
  Type: Three-bedroom, four-bathroom detached
  Size: 2,879 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $1,882,000
  Listed for: $1,998,000
  Sold for: $1,998,000
  Sold on: April 3
  Days on market: 17
  Listing agent: Janette Fricker and Pat Conway at Rennie & Associates Realty
  Buyers agent: Gordon Ho at Multiple Realty
  This home at 199 Renfrew Street in Vancouver sold for $1,998,000. Supplied
  The big sell: Listing agent Janett
  
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• The Home Front: Celebrating simplicity in kids' home design

  08-07-2017 15:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  A desire to keep things simple, to create more space in the homes and on children’s calendars, and to motivate self-directed fun is what drives Vancouver design firms Domestic Objects and Abubilla Design.
  Let your kids be bored, since that will do wonders for their imaginations, says Sarah Jagger, founder of Domestic Objects, which produces handmade play tent teepees, doll- and dog-sized versions, happy camper stuffed campfires, and best-selling play tent canopies.
  “I think ther
  
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• The Commonage the newest phase at Predator Ridge

  08-07-2017 15:20 via vancouversun.com
  
  Predator Ridge’s newest neighbourhood, The Commonage, traces its roots to a time long ago when the land was used for grazing cattle.
  Today, the peaceful grassy lands are drawing retirees from across Canada looking for attractive homes set in the middle of a recreational paradise in the north Okanagan.
  The Commonage will see construction of an estimated 200 single-detached and multi-family homes on the 24,000 acres that make up the Predator Ridge development.
  Several models of the homes off
  
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• Townline's Jasmine completes The Gardens

  08-07-2017 15:07 via vancouversun.com
  
  Jasmine, a 23-unit townhome development, is the final bloom in the bouquet at The Gardens in Richmond.
  The townhomes are the sixth project at the master-planned community, following the low-and mid-rise condo buildings Azalea, Magnolia, Camellia, Calla and Dahlia, all part of Townline’s urban village on the 10-acre site.
  The Gardens borders a 12-acre park that was part of the original 22-acre site before it was gifted by Townline to the city of Richmond. Jasmine is the final release in the
  
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• B.C. wildfires: Province-wide state of emergency declared

  08-07-2017 07:14 via vancouversun.com
  
  Residents of the entire town of Cache Creek, a critical junction of major B.C. highways, were ordered to flee east to Kamloops on Friday as a fast-moving fire raced toward the community from the south.
  The fire was just one of several that have razed buildings, led to evacuation orders in several communities in central British Columbia and forced the province to declare a state of emergency.
  Justine Hunse of the B.C. Wildfire Service said the fire threatening Cache Creek had burned an estimated
  
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• Strike the right balance in regulating Airbnb

  08-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver city council is expected to vote this week on a report recommending a regulatory regime for short-term accommodation rentals, specifically targeting home-sharing platforms like Airbnb. 
  The proposed regulations would legalize short-term rentals of a principal residence (currently, any rental of fewer than 28 days is illegal), but disallow them for investment properties, secondary suites and laneway houses. They would require a host to buy an annual business licence for $49 and imp
  
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• Opinion: Future is bright for B.C. and Canadian economies

  08-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  “Hewers of wood and drawers of water” is the well-known summary of our economic origins and early economic history. We did rely heavily on the exploitation of our diversified, natural-resource endowments. Because of the abundance, quality and diversity of these gifts of nature we were able to prosper, whether from our wildlife, fisheries, forests, rivers and lakes, farms or mineral deposits. We earned significant “economic rents” from these resources (i.e. excess returns
  
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• Instability in East Asia not in Canada's interest

  08-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  It’s a grim situation with no one able to predict what the outcome could be.
  After months of growing international tension caused by North Korea’s insistence on escalating tests of long-range missiles capable of reaching North America, its latest test reportedly demonstrated that a North Korean ICBM missile could theoretically reach Alaska.
  This unsettling breakthrough understandably set off alarm bells not just in the U.S., but also in next-door South Korea and Japan, which have str
  
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• Run Festival delays 'phenomenal' launch,but Cunningham race still a go

  08-07-2017 05:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  Baxter Bayer has a pretty good idea this week of how the furry hammered mammal feels in that popular Whac-A-Mole game.
  Fresh off the high of staging a successful Island Summer Games, Bayer spent the good part of this week dealing with disappointed people who were less than thrilled to learn the freshly minted Vancouver Run Festival — originally planned for Oct. 20-22 to replace the departed Rock ‘N’ Roll Oasis Vancouver — has been postponed and rescheduled for 2018.
  The R
  
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• Three things to do in Vancouver this weekend

  08-07-2017 05:18 via vancouversun.com
  
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for the weekend of July 8-9.
  Khatsahlano Street Party
   
  Vancouver’s largest free music and arts festival returns to the streets of Kits for the seventh consecutive year, and you’d be crazy not to be there. In addition to food trucks — 50 of them! — plus games, shopping, giveaways, and patios, the Khatsalano Street Party boasts a pretty fantastic lineup of musicians across multiple stages. The
  
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• Comox-bound Bruce Cockburn reflects on impact of Rocket Launcher

  08-07-2017 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Bruce Cockburn
  Saturday, July 15, 1 p.m. & 8:15 p.m. | MusicFest 2017, Comox
  Tickets and info: islandmusicfest.com
  It has been 33 years since the release of Bruce Cockburn’s darkly infectious hit, If I Had a Rocket Launcher, a stirring commentary on the injustices the Canadian singer-songwriter experienced during a visit to Central America.
  Today, the song remains as valid — and potentially misunderstood — as ever.
  “A lot of people relate to it currently, in term
  
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• B.C.'s top books, week of July 8

  08-07-2017 03:42 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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• Wildfires destroy buildings, force thousands to evacuate

  08-07-2017 02:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  100 MILE HOUSE — Buildings have been lost and people were told to leave their homes as two fast-growing wildfires threatened communities Friday across central British Columbia.
  Justine Hunse of the B.C. Wildfire Service said a blaze was burning across a seven-square-kilometre area outside Ashcroft, about 100 kilometres west of Kamloops.
  “We have preformed a tactical evacuation in the area, which means that firefighters have gone door-to-door to evacuate folks at very short notice,&rd
  
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• Douglas Todd: Buying fake jobs to immigrate

  08-07-2017 02:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  Canadian employers are creating fake jobs so would-be immigrants can quickly get citizenship.
  Immigration “consultants” often arrange the illicit deals, which frequently result in Canadian business owners being paid to fabricate non-existent jobs.
  Other times, the immigrants perform actual work, while themselves handing cash to the employer under the table to top up their own salary.
  The employers, for their part, devise fraudulent pay stubs so the foreign nationals can “prove&
  
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• Pemberton Music Festival promoter alleges local investors misused fund

  08-07-2017 02:02 via vancouversun.com
  
  The producer behind the cancelled Pemberton Music Festival is slamming a bankruptcy trustee’s report released early last month. 
  The festival, produced by New Orleans firm Huka Entertainment and slated to run July 13-16, was abruptly cancelled May 18 after three years during which it lost millions of dollars. 
  According to a June 6 report by bankruptcy trustee Ernst & Young, Huka forecast profits in 2014 and 2015 and to break even in 2016, but actually lost $47 mill
  
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• Todd: Forgotten struggle for Canadian 'unity' leads to 'silos'

  08-07-2017 02:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  Andreas Kargut moved out of Richmond forever on the weekend that Canada marked its 150th anniversary.
  The effort that Kargut, his immigrant wife and others put into fighting for the right to have their strata council meetings conducted in English, not Mandarin, had caused too much grief.
  Kargut and six others filed a complaint last year with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal because they couldn’t participate in the Mandarin-only meetings in their 54-unit complex.
  Former B.C. premier Ujjal Dos
  
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• #SummerSessions Concerts @ Shipyards kicks off tomorrow night. If you love 80s music this one's for you.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-07-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  #SummerSessions Concerts @ Shipyards kicks off tomorrow night. If you love 80s music this one's for you.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Evacuations underway in Ashcroft as nearby wildfire spreads quickly

  08-07-2017 01:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  Evacuations are underway in Ashcroft due to a wildfire burning out of control to the southwest of the village.
  Property has already been destroyed and, as the fire continues to spread, more structures are threatened.  The blaze, which started Thursday near the Ashcroft Reserve, was estimated at 2.1 hectares as of this morning, then exploded to seven square kilometres by late afternoon. 
  Emergency crews are performing immediate evacuations.In addition to the B.C. Wildfire Service, the A
  
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• Expect Clark to stand pat, at least for the short term

  08-07-2017 00:59 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — After Christy Clark’s poor showing in the election and her failed scheme to persuade the lieutenant-governor to grant a rematch, she was quick to announce that she would nevertheless remain leader of the B.C. Liberals.
  “I’ll stay on as long as my caucus wants me to, and needs me to,” Clark declared, two days after being handed her hat and pointed to the exit of the Premier’s Office by Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon.
  “I intend to stay on as MLA,&
  
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• Q & A with Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read

  08-07-2017 00:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  MAPLE RIDGE — The sun beats down on the scattered tents that make up the Anita Place homeless camp.
  As the temperature rises, the people living on the wooded lot near downtown go about their morning routines, drifting in and out of camp. A woman cooks pancakes on a portable stove.
  Beyond an orange plastic fence, it’s an ordinary Thursday morning in Maple Ridge. Traffic is steady along Lougheed Highway. In a grassy area outside the recreation centre, a children’s camp is about t
  
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• Kelowna massage therapist goes to court over suspension

  08-07-2017 00:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Kelowna massage therapist who was accused of massaging the breasts of a female patient is going to court in a bid to overturn a restriction imposed on his practice.
  The patient filed her complaint against Robert Morgan in May, and in June an inquiry committee of the College of Massage Therapists of B.C. found that there was a risk to the public and ordered that a chaperon be present whenever he treats a female patient.
  In a petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court, Morgan, 40, says that at no time
  
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• Development group warns homebuyers will pay for Metro Van fee increase

  08-07-2017 00:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  A development association is warning that a planned significant increase to a Metro Vancouver development fee will end up being passed on to home buyers.
  Metro Vancouver is reviewing its liquid waste development cost charge which is levied on new development in the region, with few exceptions. The fee funds 99 per cent of the cost of growth-related sewage projects in the region.
  Metro decided in 2014 to review the rates charged, which have not changed in 20 years. Across the region, rates are ex
  
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• #MovieNight, arrive early! Fun starts @ 5pm #CivicPlaza, movie @ 9:30. Bike rodeo, face painting + fun!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-07-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  #MovieNight, arrive early! Fun starts @ 5pm #CivicPlaza, movie @ 9:30. Bike rodeo, face painting + fun!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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