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• Vancouver murals by Indigenous artists unveiled for Canada 150+

  22-07-2017 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  A series of murals created by Indigenous artists and teams in honour of Vancouver’s Canada 150+ celebrations were unveiled this week throughout the city.
  Four of the six projects were completed this week and will be featured in a free walking tour offered as part of the Drum is Calling Festival this Sunday, Monday and Wednesday.
  The artists for the six projects were selected from 47 applicants by a panel of Indigenous artists and art professionals; 70 per cent of applicants were applying t
  
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• Port Coquitlam arborist heading to world tree climbing championships

  22-07-2017 23:28 via vancouversun.com
  Certified arborist Kali Alcorn ascends a tree with ropes. Alcorn will be competing in the International Tree Climbing Championships in Washington, D.C. on July 28-30.
  Kali Alcorn aimed and threw, arcing a weighted sack the size of a beanbag and attached to a thin rope over the branch she had targeted, 50 feet above her head.
  It wasn’t some bare branch sticking out all on its lonesome; she hit her target through a crowded canopy of jumbled branches and leaves.
  It’s important she clear
  
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• PoCo arborist heading to world tree climbing championships

  22-07-2017 22:50 via vancouversun.com
  Certified arborist Kali Alcorn ascends a tree with ropes. Alcorn will be competing in the International Tree Climbing Championships in Washington, D.C. on July 28-30.
  Kali Alcorn aimed and threw, arcing a weighted sack the size of a beanbag and attached to a thin rope over the branch she had targeted, 50 feet above her head.
  It wasn’t some bare branch sticking out all on its lonesome; she hit her target through a crowded canopy of jumbled branches and leaves.
  It’s important she clear
  
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• Liberals attack NDP over ICBC following report leak

  22-07-2017 22:18 via vancouversun.com
  The fingerpointing is underway in earnest after a leaked report warned B.C. motorists will get hit with auto insurance rate hikes of almost 30 per cent in the next two years if the government doesn’t massively overhaul ICBC’s basic insurance system.
  The 203-page report by Ernst & Young says drastic measures are needed that could include capping payouts for pain and suffering for minor injuries, re-introducing photo radar, changing red-light cameras so they also catch speeders, bo
  
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• We're having a party @ #RogersPlaza tomorrow 12-2pm. Join the fun w/ games, free ice cream + entertainment.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  22-07-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  We're having a party @ #RogersPlaza tomorrow 12-2pm. Join the fun w/ games, free ice cream + entertainment.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• No injuries as gunfire erupts Friday evening near Surrey banquet hall

  22-07-2017 20:05 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after shots were fired in Surrey near a banquet hall Friday evening.
  Around 11:30 p.m., multiple calls were made to 911 about gunfire erupting in the 12300-block Pattullo Place. Officers who arrived on scene found evidence of shots fired, though no one was injured at the scene and no shooting injuries were reported at local hospitals.
  Investigators are now on the lookout for a black SUV that was spotted speeding away from the area.
  “The investigation is still in it
  
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• Blues/R&B/Rock w/ The Mojo Stars @ #TheShipyards tonight. #SummerSessions eat, play, dance & win prizes!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  22-07-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Blues/R&B/Rock w/ The Mojo Stars @ #TheShipyards tonight. #SummerSessions eat, play, dance & win prizes!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Jason Botchford: Lions fans looking for a good time, whatever that means

  22-07-2017 19:04 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Lions need another Brandon McKewan.
  Actually, thousands more.
  McKewan is a 22-year-old Lions fan who has been coming to Canadian Football League games since he was 12 apples high.
  He loves the team, the stadium and his seats, especially because he paid just $200 for season tickets and they even let him buy those on a payment plan.
  That’s quite the price point for the entertainment the Lions have been pumping out this season, a trend that continued to climb toward electric in Frida
  
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• Makeover: Rediscovering a natural look

  22-07-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Heather Priban is a 35-year-0ld business development manager who was expecting a baby and wanted a style that would be less work and more stylish.
  Heather 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 several inches from her length. To soften her colour, I started by applying weave foils around the hair line and sprinkled a few through the top. I added a
  
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• Weekend Poll: Minority Report? Or just the VPD being innovative?

  22-07-2017 18:54 via vancouversun.com
  This week, the Vancouver Police Department announced it would introduce a new crime-prevention model that could stop crimes before they happen.
  The VPD will be the first in Canada to use the computerized model, which allows officers to forecast the location of property crime and take measures to prevent it. The program was launched following a six-month pilot study last year that contributed to a substantial decrease in residential break-ins.The program uses analytics to identify areas where res
  
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• B.C. transgender inmate wins right to move to a women's prison

  22-07-2017 18:17 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A transgender inmate in British Columbia has won a years-long battle to serve the remainder of her sentence for first-degree murder at a women’s prison.
  Fallon Aubee is one of the first federal prisoners to relocate under policy changes at Correctional Services Canada that allow inmates to transfer facilities based on gender identity and not physical anatomy, said Jennifer Metcalfe, a spokeswoman for the West Coast Prison Justice Society.
  “It’s a really big de
  
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• Granite at McKinley Beach offers best of both worlds

  22-07-2017 17:56 via vancouversun.com
  Granite at McKinley Beach,a project from Acorn Communities, will have 122 residences and be positioned near Kelowna above the waterfront of Okanagan Lake.
  Those who buy a townhome or condo apartment at Granite at McKinley Beach will have the best of both worlds. Their country world is perched on a solid granite hill facing west with panoramic views of Lake Okanagan while the urban world lies just 20 minutes down the road in the bustling, growing city of Kelowna.
  “This is for people who lik
  
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• Come one, come all! Help #CityParkStewards @ #HeywoodPark 9am-noon. Refreshments + no tools/exp needed.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  22-07-2017 17:01 via twitter.com
  Come one, come all! Help #CityParkStewards @ #HeywoodPark 9am-noon. Refreshments + no tools/exp needed.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Marcon's Mirabel at English Bay takes prime position in the West End

  22-07-2017 15:24 via vancouversun.com
  An artist’s rendering of Mirabel, a project from Marcon Developments in Vancouver.
  With livability as a priority for its new residential projects, Marcon Developments focused on this theme for Mirabel at English Bay, side-by-side 18- and 19-storey buildings in Vancouver’s West End, one of the city’s most central and character-filled neighbourhoods.
  Nic Paolella, director of development for Marcon says the two concrete highrises on Davie Street are designed to fit right into the
  
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• ICBC rates to soar unless there are major reforms

  22-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. motorists will get hit with auto insurance rate hikes of almost 30 per cent in the next two years if the government doesn’t massively overhaul ICBC’s basic insurance system, says a confidential report obtained by Postmedia News.
  The 203-page report by Ernst & Young says drastic measures are needed that could include capping payouts for pain and suffering for minor injuries, re-introducing photo radar, changing red-light cameras so they also catch speede
  
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• Jason Botchford: Fans looking for a good time, but Lions must figure out what that means

  22-07-2017 07:38 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Lions need another Brandon McKewan.
  Actually, thousands more.
  McKewan is a 22-year-old Lions fan who has been coming to Canadian Football League games since he was 12 apples high.
  He loves the team, the stadium and his seats, especially because he paid just $200 for season tickets and they even let him buy those on a payment plan.
  That’s quite the price point for the entertainment the Lions have been pumping out this season, a trend that continued to climb toward electric in Frida
  
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• Rate increase should prompt Canadians to reduce their debts

  22-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Bank of Canada raises interest rate for first time in 7 years to 0.75%, July 12 
  Last Wednesday, the Bank of Canada announced its decision to increase its benchmark interest rate, from .5 to .75 per cent. With that, it now costs more to borrow money in Canada.
  Canadians with variable rate mortgages and lines of credit will be impacted right away. As for the rest of us, we will feel it when we apply for credit or renew an existing credit obligation. Mortgages. Personal loans. Car loans.
  
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• Indigenous relationship principles important for all Canadians

  22-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  The principles respecting the Government of Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples recently released by the federal government promise a way forward for Crown-Aboriginal relations. These principles lead me to reflect.  
  I began my legal career in 1982. As was known then, in most of British Columbia the ‘Indian Land Question’ remained unaddressed and assimilation efforts had scorched many communities. Lands and resources throughout the territories of the Indigenous p
  
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• Editorial: The challenges facing the new cabinet

  22-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Premier John Horgan’s mostly fresh-faced gender-balanced cabinet begins it mandate under trial by fire. More than 40,000 British Columbians have been forced from their homes by 152 wildfires burning in B.C.’s interior. One of the incoming government’s first actions was to extend a provincial state of emergency and announce payments, drawn from a $100-million emergency wildfire fund, to evacuees of $600 a household for every 14 days they are unable to return home.  The soci
  
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• Change needed to rental law that works against seniors’ best interests

  22-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Speaking in Victoria last month, B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan said his government would fix loopholes in the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) that favour bad landlords and add supply to address the critical housing shortage for renters in the province. The B.C. Seniors Living Association (BCSLA) urges him to go even further and fix what we believe are RTA deficiencies that are forcing seniors out of their retirement communities.
  Earlier this month, Abbeyfield House, a non-profit retirement home for
  
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• Canada settled with Khadr to respect the rule of law

  22-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Over the past week, there has been much discussion about the $10.5-million settlement paid to Omar Khadr by the federal government.
  Debate still rages over what Khadr did in 2002, along with how he suffered during his decade-long detention in the United States’ Guantanamo Bay prison.
  In 2002, Canadian-born Khadr was a 15-year-old child soldier, who was taken by his father to Afghanistan to fight for the al-Qaida terrorist group. He was captured in July of that year after a firefight with A
  
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• Private long-term care facility snubs Sechelt, locates in Gibsons

  22-07-2017 04:45 via vancouversun.com
  A 135-bed long-term care home originally slated to be built in Sechelt will be built in Gibsons instead, a 30-minute drive away.
  Trellis Seniors Services has been contracted by Vancouver Coastal Health to build and run the facility, while 108 beds at two government-run care homes in Sechelt are to close.
  Originally, the plan was to move the residents from the aging Shornecliffe Intermediate Care Facility and Totem Lodge to a private facility to be built and run by Trellis in Sechelt.
  Howeve
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Horgan goes headhunting to fire, hire Hydro leader

  22-07-2017 04:34 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — On the morning after John Horgan appointed Ken Peterson as chair of B.C. Hydro, the premier’s guy descended on a meeting of the board of directors Friday with marching orders from the boss.
  The fallout was soon circulating to Hydro employees, via a statement sent out over Peterson’s signature at midday.
  “Please be advised that the board of directors has consolidated leadership at B.C. Hydro by ending Jessica McDonald’s employment and appointing Chris
  
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• #LynnCanyon has precarious and dangerous spots along the waterway. Please use caution and reconsider swimming down… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  22-07-2017 03:02 via twitter.com
  #LynnCanyon has precarious and dangerous spots along the waterway. Please use caution and reconsider swimming down… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Burnaby teen's killer still sought by police as memorials planned

  22-07-2017 02:53 via vancouversun.com
  As homicide investigators quietly search for a Burnaby teen’s killer, her family and friends are reeling from the sudden, inexplicable loss of a sweet girl known for her sense of humour and bright personality.
  Marrisa Shen, 13, was reported missing at 11:30 p.m Tuesday and her body was found in the southeast area of Central Park at 1:10 a.m. Wednesday. On Thursday, police revealed that her death was a homicide and that they did not have a suspect or motive for the killing.
  The Integrated H
  
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• Does solar make sense in hydro country?

  22-07-2017 02:46 via vancouversun.com
  If your solar dream is to go off the grid and cock a snook at B.C. Hydro in the process, dream on. 
  For all solar electricity’s advantages, in an environment where electricity is cheap and solar productivity is limited when you need it most, tapping into the sun’s power remains relatively expensive. And you are going to have to accept that you need B.C. Hydro’s help.
  “B.C. Hydro is the big battery you need to get through the winter and that’s unavoidable. We li
  
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• #Northvan firefighters are conducting a high angle rope rescue to extract 3 swimmers from 90' pool in #Lynncanyon.U… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  22-07-2017 02:31 via twitter.com
  #Northvan firefighters are conducting a high angle rope rescue to extract 3 swimmers from 90' pool in #Lynncanyon.U… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Slain Burnaby teen a sweet girl known for humour

  22-07-2017 02:04 via vancouversun.com
  As homicide investigators quietly search for a Burnaby teen’s killer, her family and friends are reeling from the sudden, inexplicable loss of a sweet girl known for her sense of humour and bright personality.
  Marrisa Shen, 13, was reported missing at 11:30 p.m Tuesday and her body was found in the southeast area of Central Park at 1:10 a.m. Wednesday. On Thursday, police revealed that her death was a homicide and that they did not have a suspect or motive for the killing.
  The Integrated H
  
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• Sat nights = Music, dancing, drinks, food trucks + fun. #SummerSessions @ the Shipyards 5-10pm.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  22-07-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Sat nights = Music, dancing, drinks, food trucks + fun. #SummerSessions @ the Shipyards 5-10pm.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Port Coquitlam man who fatally shot wife found guilty of murder

  22-07-2017 01:33 via vancouversun.com
  A Port Coquitlam man who showed up at a police station and confessed that he had shot his wife has been found guilty of second-degree murder.
  Irinel Ghiorghita, 41, claimed at trial that he was in a state of “automatism” at the time he shot and killed his wife Andra, 38, and that his actions were not voluntary but on Friday a judge rejected those arguments and found him guilty as charged.
  “I find that the defence has not met the burden of establishing on a balance of probabilit
  
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• B.C.'s independent police watchdog clears Port Hardy RCMP officer in fatal shooting

  22-07-2017 01:31 via vancouversun.com
  SURREY — An RCMP officer on Vancouver Island has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a fatal shooting two years ago.
  The Independent Investigations Office has issued its report into the July 2015 shooting in Port Hardy.
  It says officers encountered the knife-wielding man after the man had made threatening comments to others in the northeastern Vancouver Island community.
  Investigators say numerous witnesses describe the suspect as “lunging toward” the two officers as they got out
  
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• Metro Vancouver to create portal to help film industry

  22-07-2017 01:22 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver is creating an online portal that’s expected to make it easier for film companies to set up shoots in communities across the region.
  The regional registration portal for filming is part of Metro Vancouver’s regional prosperity initiative, which involves metro’s municipalities working together to promote economic development.
  “Coming up with a system like this to allow your scout managers and the like a one-stop-shop application process is night and day bet
  
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• Vancouver byelection will set tone for 2018 general election

  22-07-2017 01:04 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s political parties are gearing up for a mid-October byelection that is expected to set the tone for the October 2018 general election.
  The byelection is expected to be held Oct. 14 to replace former Vision Vancouver councillor Geoff Meggs, who resigned to become chief of staff for B.C. Premier John Horgan.
  If Vision loses the seat, the party would still hold the balance of power at city hall.
  However, Non-Partisan Association Coun. George Affleck said that if the NPA or Green Pa
  
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• Humans likely caused wildfire that destroyed eight homes: RCMP

  22-07-2017 00:55 via vancouversun.com
  LAKE COUNTRY, B.C. — A fast-moving wildfire in British Columbia’s Okanagan region that quickly engulfed eight homes and damaged 30 other properties is believed to be human-caused, RCMP said Friday.
  More than 900 properties on the shore of Okanagan Lake in the community of Lake Country were evacuated or placed on alert July 15 after the blaze broke out along the side of a road. Officials contained the flames earlier this week and allowed the remaining residents at 58 properties to go
  
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• Two arrested in connection with January homicide at Savoy Hotel

  22-07-2017 00:24 via vancouversun.com
  Two arrests have been made in connection with a January homicide at the Savoy Hotel in Vancouver.
  Stephen Farmer of Vancouver, 31, was arrested Friday afternoon at a home in Surrey on a warrant for second-degree murder, according to the Vancouver Police Department. 
  The arrest was in cooperation with the Surrey RCMP, who were searching for Farmer for outstanding warrants, including three charges of driving while prohibited, flight from police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, failure
  
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• Is a car trip to #DeepCove on your agenda? Here are some easy ways to avoid the usual summer parking challenges:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  22-07-2017 00:24 via twitter.com
  Is a car trip to #DeepCove on your agenda? Here are some easy ways to avoid the usual summer parking challenges:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Vancouver Police say new program could stop crime before it happens

  22-07-2017 00:09 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Police Department says it will be the first in Canada to start using a new crime-prediction model that could stop crimes before they happen.
  The department says the computerized model allows officers to forecast the location of property crime and take measures to prevent it.
  Full-time use of the new program follows a six-month pilot study last year that police say contributed to a substantial decrease in residential break-ins.
  The department says in a news release that the program
  
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