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• With continuing hot weather, #NorthShore Fire Chiefs are banning barbecues in parks and beaches, effective today. ow.ly/ASpm30dE8GY

  14-07-2017 23:51 via twitter.com
  With continuing hot weather, #NorthShore Fire Chiefs are banning barbecues in parks and beaches, effective today. ow.ly/ASpm30dE8GY
  
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• Controversial 105 Keefer Chinatown development re-submitted to council

  14-07-2017 23:34 via vancouversun.com
  
  A controversial development in Chinatown that had divided the community will be put to Vancouver city council again in what’s believed to be the fifth attempt to get the project underway.
  In a statement released Friday, Beedie Living announced it had made changes to its plans and had submitted an amended application for its 105 Keefer Street Chinatown project.
  “This revised version responds to what we heard from City Council and the public over more than four years of community consu
  
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• Looters taking advantage of B.C. fires are typical at natural disaster

  14-07-2017 23:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  As if the risk of losing their homes isn’t enough, wildfire evacuees in British Columbia have faced the additional threat of looters searching through their belongings after they rushed to safety.
  Rob Gordon, a criminologist at Simon Fraser University in Surrey, says looting is an unfortunate but routine part of virtually every natural disaster, from fires to floods, hurricanes to earthquakes.
  “It’s predatory behaviour of the worst kind,” Gordon said, adding that looters
  
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• Girl falls five storeys from Richmond highrise, survives

  14-07-2017 23:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  The RCMP said a young girl’s fall from the seventh floor of a Richmond highrise building is under investigation.
  The child plummeted about 17 metres onto a second-floor gravel-topped canopy on Wednesday and escaped without life-threatening injuries.
  A family living on the second floor discovered the girl, believed to be less than six-years-old, after hearing her hit the canopy.
  The investigation into what happened is still in the early stages and it’s unclear how the girl fell.
  
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• Vancouver overdose deaths reach 25 in June, crews attended 579 calls

  14-07-2017 23:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Police Department reports 25 people died of suspected overdoses last month and first responders responded to 579 overdose calls in the city in June.
  The City of Vancouver released statistics that say the fire and rescue calls to respond to an overdose last month increased by 91 per cent from June last year.
  The city says in a news release that June’s figures are lower than the 667 overdose calls the fire department attended in May this year.
  It says an effor
  
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• TransLink pushes province on Pattullo Bridge replacement

  14-07-2017 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  
  To put a fine point on the need to replace the Pattullo Bridge, TransLink is inviting the media to inspect the aging piece of infrastructure ahead of another weekend closure for maintenance work.
  TransLink’s replacement plans, for an estimated $1-billion new bridge, were thrown into uncertainty by the provincial election results with a Green-party-backed NDP government set to take office next week and the NDP promising to scrap tolls on the new Port Mann Bridge.
  TransLink was betting on to
  
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• Hey Zone 3, delivery of your new wheeled garbage and organics carts with locking lids starts tomorrow. Use 'em as s… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-07-2017 22:12 via twitter.com
  Hey Zone 3, delivery of your new wheeled garbage and organics carts with locking lids starts tomorrow. Use 'em as s… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Attn vendors! Want to be a part of #SummerSessions? There are a few spots open. Apply here: ow.ly/ZfAs30dpSCm… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-07-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  Attn vendors! Want to be a part of #SummerSessions? There are a few spots open. Apply here: ow.ly/ZfAs30dpSCm… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Latin and Indian festivities fill the Roundhouse

  14-07-2017 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  Mozaico Flamenco founder Kasandra (La China) Lea exhibited the passionate Spanish dance form’s international verve and appeal.
  LATIN PRIMER: The Roundhouse community centre hosted international events on two consecutive evenings recently. During the first, Latincouver business-and-culture organization founder-director Paola Murillo premiered a flamenco-and-tango soirée. It was part of Latin American Week that preceded the ninth annual Carnaval del Sol celebration. Mexican-born Rosar
  
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• Tallio Day 4: Mental health professionals debate over Phillip Tallio

  14-07-2017 21:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  Fourth in a seven-part series
  Phillip Tallio was an emotionally troubled teenager with a traumatic past before he was arrested, in April 1983, on the suspicion of having suffocated a 22-month-old girl in Bella Coola. 
  Tallio, then 17, was remanded in Vancouver provincial court for psychiatric assessment, and between the time he was charged and stood trial, the young man spent hours with mental health professionals. Their findings, as set out in hundreds of pages of material filed, differ su
  
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• Watch for expanded detour in #Edgemont today. Ridgewood btwn Edgemont/Ayr is closed for concrete pour. All businesses are OPEN! #NorthVan

  14-07-2017 20:30 via twitter.com
  Watch for expanded detour in #Edgemont today. Ridgewood btwn Edgemont/Ayr is closed for concrete pour. All businesses are OPEN! #NorthVan
  
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• Winning toe heads to Yukon, will be donated for Sourtoe Cocktail

  14-07-2017 20:27 via vancouversun.com
  
  Big toe be damned, this little piggy is headed to Yukon.
  Vancouver resident Kelly Green and her big toe has been selected as the winner of Tourism Yukon’s contest for a free trip to visit Dawson City, where the infamous Sourtoe Cocktail was created at the Sourdough Saloon.
  “I was elated and laughing to myself, giggling about it,” said the 30-something-year-old of learning she had won the contest. She was in an airport security line when she received word she would one day be gi
  
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• Dog days hit Nat Bailey Stadium

  14-07-2017 20:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  The dog days of summer hit Thursday at Nat Bailey Stadium where baseball fans brought their dogs to the park to take in the Vancouver Canadians victory over the Spokane Indians.
  Rosie attends the Dog Days of Summer hosted by the Vancouver Canadians at Nat Bailey Stadium.
  Melanie Bolderson and Kevin Wardrop attend the Dog Days of Summer hosted by the Vancouver Canadians at Nat Bailey Stadium with their dogs (L to R) Jordyn, May and Piper.
  Sharon and Brandy attend the Dog Days of Summer hosted by
  
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• B.C. man gets four years in driving death of Vancouver Island Mountie

  14-07-2017 20:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  COLWOOD, B.C. — A man was sentenced to four years in prison Friday for the death of an RCMP officer who was killed when a truck rammed her cruiser near Victoria last year.
  Kenneth Fenton, 29, has also been banned from driving and prohibited from owning a weapon for 10 years for the death of RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett.
  Provincial court Judge Ronald Lamperson said to his knowledge, it is the first case of drinking and driving causing the death of a police officer in British Columbia.
  He said
  
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• Baby B.C. hawk in care of eagle parents gets special attention

  14-07-2017 20:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  SIDNEY — A birder and wildlife photographer who’s been documenting the strange case of a baby red-tailed hawk being raised by eagles says the adopted little bird is acting like its eagle “siblings” and devouring fish.
  Terry Venables said while red-tailed hawks aren’t known to be fish eaters, this baby hawk likes its fish and is thriving under the care of his much larger parents, who seem to be lavishing attention on the bird to which they’d normally be natural
  
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• Accident closes Highway 1 to westbound traffic in Langley

  14-07-2017 20:19 via vancouversun.com
  
  A multi-vehicle accident involving semi-trucks has closed Highway 1 to westbound traffic from 232 Street to 264 Street in Langley.@AM730Traffic Hwy 1 westbound at 240th is closed pic.twitter.com/1Ttz2aRywp
  — Christine Wagenaar (@ChristineWagena) July 14, 2017
  The Ministry of Highways is advising drivers to plan alternate routes and expect major delays.@NEWS1130 pic.twitter.com/45EjfC20eY
  — Arek (@naturalica) July 14, 2017
  MORE TO COME
  
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• Summer a time for wine fun and refreshment

  14-07-2017 20:15 via vancouversun.com
  
  Summer has always been a fleeting experience on the West Coast, which is why we need to embrace it as quickly as possible before it’s gone.
  Instinctively we stash our sweaters and rain jackets for shorts and sunscreen, but when it comes to wine we seem reluctant to jettison the Cabernets and Chardonnays for something just a little lighter and fresher. Today we look at some summer classics built more for refreshment and fun than contemplation.
  We begin with a Portuguese classic: Vinho Verde
  
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• TransLink pushes province on Pattullo replacement

  14-07-2017 20:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  To put a fine point on the need to replace the Pattullo Bridge, TransLink is inviting the media to inspect the aging piece of infrastructure ahead of another weekend closure for maintenance work.
  TransLink’s replacement plans, for an estimated $1-billion new bridge, were thrown into uncertainty by the provincial election results with a Green-party-backed NDP government set to take office next week and the NDP promising to scrap tolls on the new Port Mann Bridge.
  TransLink was betting on to
  
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• Vancouver man charged after two break-ins through unlocked windows

  14-07-2017 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — A man has been arrested following two break-ins earlier this month on Vancouver’s west side in which he got in through unlocked windows, prompting a reminder for residents to keep their windows and doors locked at night.
  According to Vancouver police, the two break-ins took place on July 2 and July 9, both around 3 a.m. near West 25th Avenue and Dunbar. The suspect allegedly got into the homes by going through unlocked, open windows in both cases.
  During the second break-
  
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• #KidCityMap - explore, have fun & discover new things this summer. Maps @NorthVanCityLib #CityHall +… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-07-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  #KidCityMap - explore, have fun & discover new things this summer. Maps @NorthVanCityLib #CityHall +… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Cooking with booze? Why not

  14-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Cooking With Cocktails by Kristy Gardner book signing 
  July 15; noon-2 p.m. | Indigo Books (2505 Granville St.)
  We can all appreciate a good glass of something to accompany a great meal. But what about alcoholic elixirs — in your food? 
  Vancouver foodie Kristy Gardner is confident the appreciation will translate there, too. 
  Gardner, the author of the popular online food blog SheEats.ca, recently compiled a colourful cookbook of recipes, each featuring some type of spirited
  
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• We're recruiting for a Regular, Full-Time Cashier / Accounting Clerk. Click here to apply: ow.ly/xAyW30dDGTe

  14-07-2017 19:31 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a Regular, Full-Time Cashier / Accounting Clerk. Click here to apply: ow.ly/xAyW30dDGTe
  
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• TONIGHT: Intersection of Westview Dr/W Queens Rd closing 10pm for repaving. Open tomorrow, 8am. ow.ly/LZuN30dDzBH #NorthVan

  14-07-2017 18:36 via twitter.com
  TONIGHT: Intersection of Westview Dr/W Queens Rd closing 10pm for repaving. Open tomorrow, 8am. ow.ly/LZuN30dDzBH #NorthVan
  
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• Here's your weekly roundup of #CityView news! Enjoy: ow.ly/dmig30dDvPu #NorthVan https://t.co/NqVVLalvTl

  14-07-2017 18:30 via twitter.com
  
  Here's your weekly roundup of #CityView news! Enjoy: ow.ly/dmig30dDvPu #NorthVan https://t.co/NqVVLalvTl
  
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• Summer's packed w/ fun in the City. #FunCityFestival, #SlidetheCity, #FamilyMovieNights, #SummerSessions.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-07-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Summer's packed w/ fun in the City. #FunCityFestival, #SlidetheCity, #FamilyMovieNights, #SummerSessions.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Caught on tape: cheque scammers target North Vancouver woman - Globalnews.ca

  14-07-2017 16:35 via globalnews.ca
  
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  Caught on tape: cheque scammers target North Vancouver woman
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  Maryse was issued this cheque with instructions to cash it and send some of the money to a prospective employer. Jeremy Lye/CKNW. What is this? Sponsored content is written by Global News' editorial staff without any editorial influence by the sponsor.
  
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• Man who killed RCMP officer in crash to be sentenced today

  14-07-2017 16:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  COLWOOD, B.C. — A man who killed a mother of two when his truck rammed into her RCMP cruiser while driving drunk and speeding will be sentenced by a court near Victoria today.
  The court heard during Kenneth Fenton’s sentencing hearing that he had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit when he ran a red light, hitting Const. Sarah Beckett’s cruiser broadside.
  Fenton pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death for the April 2016
  
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• Lumber prices see 'big jump' after wildfires in British Columbia

  14-07-2017 16:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — The wildfires in the B.C. Interior that have forced some sawmills to halt operations have resulted in a boost in lumber prices at a time when forestry companies have been squeezed by softwood duties on exports to the U.S.
  By Wednesday, the benchmark price of Western spruce-pine-fir lumber had risen by 5.5 per cent to US$400 per thousand board feet from US$379 last Friday, according to figures from Random Lengths, which tracks lumber and panel prices.
  “It’s a big jum
  
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• Daily Poll: Is this sign poorly worded or a human rights violation?

  14-07-2017 15:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  This week, concerns were raised to Richmond city council over a sandwich board sign outside a local furniture shop that advertised it was hiring for a Chinese sales person.
  The sign outside the Furniture Land outlet on Bridgeport Road read: “Now hiring: We are hiring Chinese sales person.” An unidentified employee at the shop elaborated, saying the company had designed the sign to seek a “Chinese sales person” because they wanted to hire someone who can speak Mandarin or
  
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• Five Things to Know: Jughead battles busker, Grouse Mountain sold

  14-07-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Jughead confronts a busker, we’re all afraid of raccoons now, and you may be looking forward to the weekend, but fire crews in the Cariboo are not. Here are five things you need to know.
  Wildfire update: Fire crews dreading windy Saturday 
  Fires continue to burn all across British Columbia, and while there’s been some good news from the front lines this week, Saturday is shaping up to be a difficult day. 
  Strong winds forecast for Saturday are expected to fan the flames, an
  
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• District of North Vancouver asked to hone B-line bus plan - North Shore News

  14-07-2017 12:38 via nsnews.com
  
  North Shore News
  District of North Vancouver asked to hone B-line bus plan
  North Shore News
  Details of a rapid bus line linking Dundarave with Phibbs Exchange via busy Marine Drive and Third Street are still to be worked out. photo Mike Wakefield. The wheels are turning on a plan for the North Shore to get its first B-line bus service ...
  
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• High-risk sex offender from Vancouver wanted Canada-wide

  14-07-2017 08:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Vancouver police are looking for a high-risk sex offender who failed to return to his residential correctional facility Thursday night.
  Christopher Schafer, 40, is a federal offender with a long criminal history that includes break and enter, sexual offences, uttering threats, robbery and assaulting a peace officer. He was just released from custody on July 10. 
  There is now a Canada-wide warrant out for his arrest.
  Schafer is an Aboriginal man, 5-foot-8, 168 pounds and has black hair a
  
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• VPD wants to talk to Good Samaritans who helped injured motorcyclist

  14-07-2017 06:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Vancouver Police Department is hoping to speak to several Good Samaritans who provided first aid to a man seriously injured in a motorcycle crash.
  The incident occurred on Birch Street at West 6th Avenue on Wednesday, July 5 shortly after 11 p.m. According to police, the motorcycle rider was coming from the area of Cornwall Street and Burrard and made a left turn onto West 4th Avenue before the crash. 
  B.C. Ambulance and the VPD were called to the scene of the single-vehicle mishap. Whi
  
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• Raccoon safety tips: How to keep those cute 'wild animals' at bay

  14-07-2017 05:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  It may be hard to resist their little paws, ringed tails and bandit masks, but feeding those begging raccoons is a recipe for disaster, wildlife experts say. 
  Earlier this week, an east Vancouver resident shared her own cautionary tale after she was viciously attacked by a raccoon in her backyard while trying to save her dog.
  Randy Celinski, president of AAA Wildlife Control, said such behaviour is extremely rare, but typically the result of a raccoon becoming habituated to humans because s
  
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• B.C. Wildfires: Surrounded First Nation stands ground to save community

  14-07-2017 05:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  ANAHAM — The Tl’etinqox First Nation is a community trying to defend itself from fire in almost every direction.
  The community, also known as Anaham, has chosen not to evacuate, and hundreds of people have stayed put to fight fires, build fireguards and provide logistical support, as well as food and supplies.
  To the west, maybe five kilometres or more away across the Chilcotin River, visible from the band office and health centre – which is serving as a staging
  
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• B.C. Wildfires Live: Weekend winds expected to fan flames in Interior

  14-07-2017 05:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  A spate of wildfires in the Interior have led to province-wide state of emergency being declared in British Columbia. Follow along for our latest updates on the efforts to combat the blazes that have forced some 16,000 from their homes.
  Strong winds forecast for Saturday are expected to fan the flames and play havoc with firefighting efforts in B.C.’s Southern Interior.
  There are more than 3,100 B.C. firefighting personnel, along with 392 firefighters and support workers from out
  
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• Richmond sign seeking 'Chinese' sales person sparks debate

  14-07-2017 04:59 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Richmond retailer’s sign advertising for a “Chinese sales person” appears to fly in the face of B.C. human rights law.
  A Furniture Land outlet in Richmond recently erected a large sandwich board in its parking lot that read: Now hiring: We are hiring Chinese sales person.
  Debate about the sign lit up social media and led to complaints to Richmond city council, with commenters wondering whether the advertising is illegal and how it relates to the controversy in Richmond over C
  
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• Bramham: No pot shop for slum landlords, but city must do more

  14-07-2017 04:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  The audacity of the Sahota family is breathtaking. Its patriarchs are notorious slum landlords, who wanted to branch out and run a cannabis shop in the heart of Vancouver’s west side.
  Their licence application was rejected Wednesday as the board of variance refused to bend on the prohibition on pot shops within 300 metres of schools.
  The proposed Herban Legends was 260 metres away from one of the city’s most prestigious private kindergartens, York House Little School.
  You can’t
  
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• Just a friendly reminder to help keep the roads safe. Please don't text and drive! #northvan https://t.co/oOOYYrjaz3

  14-07-2017 03:43 via twitter.com
  
  Just a friendly reminder to help keep the roads safe. Please don't text and drive! #northvan https://t.co/oOOYYrjaz3
  
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• Three things to do in Vancouver on Friday, July 14

  14-07-2017 03:18 via vancouversun.com
  
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Friday, July 14.
  Indiana Jones Trilogy Marathon
  If you’ve ever heard somebody say, “they don’t make action films like they used to,” there’s a pretty good chance they’re comparing today’s action movies to the Indiana Jones films. These are just really good movies. I would argue the Indiana Jones trilogy is one of the best film trilogies ever made, and if you disagree, I would
  
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• Island woman awarded $110,000 after neighbour's new home blocks view

  14-07-2017 03:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  A dispute that generated a great deal of tension and ill will has ended with a judge awarding a Vancouver Island woman close to $110,000 in damages after her neighbours built a home that obstructed her views. 
  Court heard that Li Zhang bought her home in Central Saanich in December 2013 after finding the views to be beautiful, especially the ocean and mountains.
  The property across the street had nothing built on it. However, in 2015 Ben and Erin Davies bought that lot and built a home on i
  
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