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• Teacher who 'spooned' former student reprimanded

  27-07-2017 22:45 via vancouversun.com
  Two Cowichan Valley teachers have been reprimanded for hosting parties with former students where alcohol was served.
  Married high school teachers Bradley and Alanna Skene held the social gatherings at their home in 2013 and 2014, according to a recent decision by the Teacher Regulation Branch. Alcohol was provided to former students under the age of 19.
  Bradley Skene was also disciplined for engaging in “inappropriate conduct” with a former student in 2010. After a sports
  
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• No immediate plans to log Bowen Island

  27-07-2017 22:39 via vancouversun.com
  The fir, hemlock and cedar trees of Bowen Island are safe for now.
  A week after the mayor of the 50-square-kilometre island just off West Vancouver expressed surprise at discovering government plans to potentially log 30 per cent of the picturesque island, B.C. Timber Sales said the plans have been taken off the table.
  Kerry Grozier, B.C. Timber Sales manager, issued a statement Wednesday.
  “BCTS-Chinook has decided to remove Bowen Island from its current Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP)
  
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• Sweet tunes w/ #AshaDiaz & @TheLiamSturgess, food, friends & fun at #LongTableLunch in #CivicPlaza until 2pm.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  27-07-2017 22:05 via twitter.com
  Sweet tunes w/ #AshaDiaz & @TheLiamSturgess, food, friends & fun at #LongTableLunch in #CivicPlaza until 2pm.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Tons of fun stuff happening in the City this summer! Deets in this week's #CityView e-News: ow.ly/M1Lv30dXUW1… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  27-07-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  Tons of fun stuff happening in the City this summer! Deets in this week's #CityView e-News: ow.ly/M1Lv30dXUW1… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Balmoral Hotel and Sahotas face 60 charges for maintenance infractions

  27-07-2017 21:35 via vancouversun.com
  A total of 60 charges have been filed against the Balmoral Hotel and the Sahota family for violations of building maintenance bylaws.
  In a statement released Thursday, the City of Vancouver said the charges against the dilapidated hotel and its notorious owners related to 18 infractions found during a Jan. 31 inspection and another 42 found during an April 19 inspection.
  The charges stem from things such as failure to keep walls, ceilings and floors to an adequate standard and lack of maintenanc
  
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• Playland ride to be inspected after accident at Ohio fair kills one

  27-07-2017 21:19 via vancouversun.com
  Local organizers have shut down a Playland ride out of precaution after an accident on a similar ride at an American state fair killed one and left several others in critical condition on Wednesday evening.
  Tyler Jarrell, an 18-year-old Columbus, Ohio resident, was declared dead Wednesday at the Ohio State Fair after his bench seat on board an amusement ride fell and dropped him and others several metres to the ground below. Seven others were injured and sent to hospital.
  The ride is called the
  
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• Colouring cards and entry box at #CityHall. ow.ly/Fip230dY06t #NorthVan twitter.com/NVSD44/status/…

  27-07-2017 21:16 via twitter.com
  Colouring cards and entry box at #CityHall. ow.ly/Fip230dY06t #NorthVan twitter.com/NVSD44/status/…
  
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• Theatre review: Master Class a lesson in politics, music and megalomania

  27-07-2017 21:13 via vancouversun.com
  Master Class
  To Aug. 16 | Jericho Arts Centre
  Tickets & Info: $17.50 to $27 at ensembletheatrecompany.ca 
  Should there be any limits on artistic freedom? Is there ever a time when artists should subordinate their personal inspiration to the needs of the state? Do those questions become academic when the very notions of freedom and the state are embodied in a megalomaniacal dictator?
  British playwright David Pownall’s Master Class asks such questions in an imagined 1948 meeting bet
  
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• Update: Vancouver firefighters douse downtown blaze

  27-07-2017 21:09 via vancouversun.com
  UPDATE: The Vancouver Police Department says the fire in the 1000 block of Howe Street has been resolved and traffic has resumed. 
   
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  Vancouver fire crews are battling a fire in the 1000 block of Howe Street.
  Vancouver police are assisting and asking motorists to avoid the area, as Howe Street remains closed between Nelson and Helmcken Street.#VPD is assisting with traffic control for a fire in 1000 blk Howe. Howe is blocked from Nelson to Helmcken. Pls find an alternate route.
  
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• Vancouver's third supervised injection site opens Friday in DTES

  27-07-2017 21:03 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Coastal Health will open the doors to Vancouver’s newest supervised injection site on Friday in the Downtown Eastside.
  The Powell Street Getaway, located near Oppenheimer Park at 528 Powell St., will be the third such facility in Vancouver. The Dr. Peter Centre, an HIV-AIDS clinic, has offered supervised injection along with other services in Vancouver’s West End since 2002, while the Downtown Eastside’s Insite facility was the first sanctione
  
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• Tamil migrants: B.C. court says four accused of human smuggling not guilty

  27-07-2017 20:41 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has found four Sri Lankan men not guilty of human smuggling.
  Justice Arne Silverman said Thursday that while there was evidence of organized crime in the smuggling operation, he wasn’t satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the men were connected to any crime.
  “I have determined that these four accused were asylum seekers and that there is an air of reality to the defence of mutual aid.”
  The accused — Francis Anth
  
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• Teacher who "spooned" former student is reprimanded

  27-07-2017 20:36 via vancouversun.com
  Two Cowichan Valley teachers have been reprimanded for hosting parties with former students where alcohol was served.
  Married high school teachers Bradley and Alanna Skene held the social gatherings at their home in 2013 and 2014, according to a recent decision by the Teacher Regulation Branch. Alcohol was provided to former students under the age of 19.
  Bradley Skene was also disciplined for engaging in “inappropriate conduct” with a former student in 2010. After a sports
  
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• B.C. appmaker brings ride-hailing service to Rwanda's motorcycle taxis

  27-07-2017 20:17 via vancouversun.com
  By Salmaan Farooqui
  In Rwanda, Canadian expat Barrett Nash says you don’t need a morning coffee if you take a taxi to work. That’s because most taxis are motorcycles and riding on one gives you enough adrenaline to wake right up.
  But three years ago, after Nash and his Kenyan colleague Peter Kariuki got in a serious crash while riding a motorcycle taxi, they came up with an idea: an Uber-like business called SafeMotos, with a focus on guaranteeing safe drivers.
  Motorcycle taxis &mdas
  
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• Advocates push for no calf-roping, steer-wrestling at Chilliwack Fair

  27-07-2017 20:16 via vancouversun.com
  Animal welfare advocates are calling on a local fair to put an end to what they’re calling “cruel rodeo events.”
  The Vancouver Humane Society has launched a petition ahead of the 145th Annual Chilliwack Fair, which takes place Aug. 11 to 13, seeking a ban on calf-roping and steer-wrestling. The petition was addressed to Chilliwack city council and asks the Chilliwack Agricultural Society to “voluntarily” drop the two events from the rodeo program.
  The humane society
  
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• ❤️ #CivicPlaza. Join us today 12-2pm #LongTableLunch + #PianointhePlaza launch party. cnv.org/LongTableLunch… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  27-07-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  ❤️ #CivicPlaza. Join us today 12-2pm #LongTableLunch + #PianointhePlaza launch party.cnv.org/LongTableLunch… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Body of missing Crawford Bay teacher Alvin Dunic found in creek

  27-07-2017 18:40 via vancouversun.com
  The body of missing Crawford Bay teacher Alvin Dunic has been found, two months after his disappearance.
  Creston RCMP received a call on Wednesday about a possible body that had been spotted in Crawford Creek. Officers, along with Nelson Search and Rescue and B.C. Ambulance, responded to the scene and pulled a man’s body from the water.
  “At this time the Creston RCMP believe the body to be that of Alvin Dunic, of Crawford Bay, B.C., who went missing on May 29, 2017,” said Cpl.
  
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• Teck Resources second-quarter results boosted by steelmaking coal business

  27-07-2017 18:10 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TECK.B) says its steelmaking coal business helped grow its second-quarter profit to $577 million.
  The company says the profit amounted to $1 per share for the quarter ended June 30, up from $15 million or three cents per share a year ago.
  Revenue in the quarter totalled nearly $2.82 billion, up from $1.74 billion.
  The improvement came as Teck says it set second-quarter steelmaking coal sales and production records of 6.9 million and 6.8 million ton
  
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• Vancouver byelection to fill vacated council seat to be held Oct. 14

  27-07-2017 18:03 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s byelection to fill the council seat vacated by Geoff Meggs will take place mid-October.
  The date for the upcoming byelection was shared this week after city council appointed city clerk Janice MacKenzie as chief election officer. MacKenzie will be responsible for all aspects of the election.
  Meggs resigned after serving three terms as councillor for the City of Vancouver, to become Premier John Horgan’s chief of staff.
  NDP Leader and at the time premier-designate Joh
  
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• Calling all vendors! Don't miss the event of the summer. #FunCityFestival returns Aug 12/13. Apply now!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  27-07-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Calling all vendors! Don't miss the event of the summer. #FunCityFestival returns Aug 12/13. Apply now!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Longshoreman gets 7 years for drug smuggling

  27-07-2017 17:49 via vancouversun.com
  I have written a few stories over the last two years about a trio of longshoremen brothers. Alexis was convicted in California in 2008 of possessing 107 kilos of cocaine. When released, he got his job back at the  Port of Vancouver. Youngest brother Arun, who has no criminal record, just lost his court battle to get a security clearance to work on the waterfront. Now middle brother Alvin has also been sentenced in the U.S. for cross-border smuggling.
  Here’s my story:
  Vancouver longsho
  
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• Country music a family for One More Girl

  27-07-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Carly and Britt McKillip grew up surrounded by music (there dad is a music producer and their mom a songwriter).
  So, it likely came as no surprise when the duo decided to form their own group in their teens. Fast forward more than eight years after the release of their debut album, Big Sky, and the pair have raked up industry awards, music-video views on YouTube and even more fans along the way.
  In advance of their upcoming set at the Rockin’ River Country Music Festival on
  
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• City council approves 57-storey tower in Vancouver's West End

  27-07-2017 16:11 via vancouversun.com
  A 57-storey West End tower has been approved by Vancouver city council.
  The rezoning application for 969 Burrard St. and 1019-1045 Nelson St. was approved Wednesday evening following multiple nights of public hearings.
  The development, which came as a partnership between The First Baptist Church of Vancouver and Westbank Project Corp, will tower over the 48-storey Wall Centre across the street. That building is currently the city’s third-tallest building.#VanCityCouncil approves Unfinished
  
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• John Horgan travels to U.S. to talk softwood with Trump trade reps

  27-07-2017 15:47 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan is set to meet with some of the Trump administration’s top trade officials Thursday in Washington, D.C, where he intends to press to resolve the softwood lumber trade dispute between Canada and the United States.
  Horgan will have meetings with U.S. Trade Secretary Robert Lighthizer, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Dave Reichert, a congressman from Washington State.
  Lighthizer is regarded as Trump’s top official in upcoming Nor
  
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• Daily Poll: Does B.C.'s Coke strike mean a switch to Pepsi?

  27-07-2017 15:39 via vancouversun.com
  Prepare yourselves for the Coke vs. Pepsi challenge.
  Beginning on Monday, 370 members of Teamsters Local 213 working at Coca-Cola Refreshments Canada facilities in Richmond, Coquitlam, Chilliwack and the Sunshine Coast went on strike. Drivers, merchandisers and warehouse and production personnel are among those impacted.
  Related
  Coca-Cola workers go on strike in Lower MainlandThe job action comes after negotiations broke down between the employer and the union; their previous contract had b
  
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• Quebecois food a passion project for chef J.C. Poirier

  27-07-2017 15:19 via vancouversun.com
  St. Lawrence
  269 Powell St. | 604-620-3800
  Open for dinner, Tuesday to Saturday. stlawrencerestaurant.com
  Wow! That’s my monosyllabic response when emotion trumps my thinking brain. Such was the case at St. Lawrence.
  The restaurant, in Vancouver’s historic Japantown, opened on the week of Canada Day celebrations and how apt. It’s a Quebecois restaurant that puts the lie to poutine as a symbol of Quebecois food. Although, chef and owner J.C. Poirier could craft poutine into a wo
  
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• Five Things to Know: Central Park murder a random act, Coke drought

  27-07-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Police say Marrisa Shen’s murder was a random act, a young boy disappeared near the Seawall and was found in New Westminster, and there may be a Coca-Cola drought headed for the Lower Mainland. Here are five things you need to know.
  Wildfire update: New evacuation orders issued
  Fire crews were not looking forward to Wednesday. “These are ideal conditions for fires to start,” B.C. Wildfire Service chief fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek said, referring to the hot, dry fore
  
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• B.C.’s serious infections rates soar to record highs

  27-07-2017 07:25 via vancouversun.com
  Faced with surging numbers of severe, invasive group A streptococcus infections across B.C., mystified provincial public health officials are seeking feedback from Canadian and American counterparts and preparing to publish reports to draw attention to the problem.
  A soon-to-be-released report will show that in 2016 there were 303 confirmed cases of invasive Group A Streptococcal disease (iGAS) in B.C., or 6.4 cases per 100,000 population, the highest rate since 1997 when it became a mandatory r
  
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• Opinion: TPP 11 opportunity will sail into — or past — Vancouver

  27-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  With all attention in Canada on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations scheduled to start in August and the ongoing saga of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), another crucial opportunity — and one that will benefit Vancouver more — is being missed.
  The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is quietly moving toward ratification without the U.S. What was a blessing for Western Canada — Asian markets finally opening — could be even bet
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: LNG warning bells went off despite Clark's push

  27-07-2017 06:25 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Long before the Malaysians pulled the plug on their contribution to developing a liquefied natural gas industry in B.C., there were reasons to think the province was missing the window of opportunity.
  The early warning bells coincided with Premier Christy Clark’s announcement of an “aggressive” goal of establishing three LNG export terminals by 2020 and they have been ringing ever since.
  “We have a very short window,” said then-Shell Canada pre
  
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• Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, July 27

  27-07-2017 06:24 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, July 27.
  La La Land: Waterfront Cinema at Canada Place
  Waterfront Cinema at Canada Place goes every Thursday between now and the end of August. Each week, a free film starring Canadian talent will be screened outdoors, and the series starts off with London, Ontario’s Ryan Gosling in the film that nearly won best picture at last year’s Oscars, La La Land. The ode to the classic Hollywood musi
  
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• Boy who went missing in Stanley Park found safely in New Westminster

  27-07-2017 04:37 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police say they have located Bruneau Fulton, an 11-year-old boy who went missing around noon on Wednesday.
  Fulton has been reunited with his family after being located “safe and sound”, according to police, in New Westminster.
  Before Bruneau went missing, he was last seen biking the seawall with his family near the Second Beach pool beside Stanley Park. He was found by an off-duty member of the New Westminster Police Department. 
  Bruneau told police he biked the w
  
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• North Shore bear thwarted in attempt to eat bees

  27-07-2017 04:35 via vancouversun.com
  A hungry bear looking for a crunchy snack caused a buzz of chaos Sunday night in North Vancouver.
  Hobby beekeeper Carolyn Parr said she got up in the night to open a window because her bedroom was too hot.
  Not long after, she heard a rustling out back. 
  “So I went up to look and I saw this bear looking at me,” she Tuesday from her home in the North Vancouver neighbourhood of Edgemont Village. “I could see his eyes.”
  The bear was getting into the three bee hives she k
  
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• North Shore bear thwarted in attempt to eat bees | Vancouver Sun - Vancouver Sun

  27-07-2017 04:25 via vancouversun.com
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• North Shore bear thwarted in attempt to eat bees - Vancouver Sun

  27-07-2017 04:25 via vancouversun.com
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  North Shore bear thwarted in attempt to eat bees
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  A hungry bear looking for a crunchy snack caused a buzz of chaos Sunday night in North Vancouver. Hobby beekeeper Carolyn Parr said she got up in the night to open a window because her bedroom was too hot. Not long after, she heard a rustling out back ...and more »
  
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• Pacific Reach 'very excited' being new owner of iconic Hotel Georgia

  27-07-2017 03:50 via vancouversun.com
  The historic Hotel Georgia has been sold for $145 million.
  The new owner of the elegant building at 801 West Georgia is Pacific Reach, a Vancouver company that recently sold the seniors care chain Retirement Concepts to a buyer from China for more than $1 billion.
  The Hotel Georgia purchase also includes the penthouse from the 48-storey residential tower next door, along with sixth-floor offices. The price of the total package was just over $160 million.
  “We think it’s the best hotel
  
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• Prevention sites help reduce number of overdose deaths, says Vancouver Coastal Health

  27-07-2017 03:41 via vancouversun.com
  Overdose prevention sites are making a difference in Vancouver’s opioid crisis, say health officials, even in the face of grim figures that suggest the city is on pace to hit 400 deaths in 2017. 
  More than 200 people have died of suspected drug overdose in Vancouver this year to July 2 — that’s almost as many as the 228 deaths recorded in 2016. But officials say the death toll could have been higher.
  “Based on the analysis of experts, the deaths would have
  
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• 'Shady characters' seen coming and going in Burnaby park on night teen slain

  27-07-2017 03:24 via vancouversun.com
  Officials warned the public to be on high alert on Wednesday, after police declared the murder of Marrisa Shen was a random act.
  The 13-year-old’s body was found in bush at Burnaby’s Central Park at 1:10 a.m. last Wednesday, less than two hours after she’d been reported missing.
  “Until we catch this person, everybody should be doubly careful,” Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said. “I was hopeful we would have found a suspect at this point. It’s even more co
  
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• Videos show fire damage to Loon Lake area

  27-07-2017 02:45 via vancouversun.com
  A pair of videos show just how extensive damage caused by wildfires in the Loon Lake area has proven to be.
  The Elephant Hill fire, previously known as the Ashcroft Reserve fire, tore through the area on July 14, burning a number of properties.
  One video, shot on July 22 using a drone by a damage assessment team from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, show the views from the air.The second video shot on July 24 shows the view from Loon Lake Road, which runs along the west side of the lake.Th
  
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• AG Eby promises pipeline opposition within the law

  27-07-2017 02:39 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia’s newly installed government plans to oppose Kinder Morgan’s $7.4 billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
  However, the government’s strategy will not involve artificially delaying the issue of provincial permits for the project.
  On Wednesday, Environment Minister George Heyman reiterated the government’s promise to “use every tool available” in the fight, but acknowledged that the federal government has already approved the project.
  
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• LNG warning bells went off despite Premier Clark's aggressive push

  27-07-2017 02:38 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Long before the Malaysians pulled the plug on their contribution to developing a liquefied natural gas industry in B.C., there were reasons to think the province was missing the window of opportunity.
  The early warning bells coincided with Premier Christy Clark’s announcement of an “aggressive” goal of establishing three LNG export terminals by 2020 and they have been ringing ever since.
  “We have a very short window,” said then-Shell Canada pre
  
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• Bacon murder trial: Accused killer told friend he torched his own car

  27-07-2017 02:38 via vancouversun.com
  Accused killer Michael Jones told a friend he’d burned his own vehicle, the Jonathan Bacon murder trial heard Wednesday. 
  A witness who can’t be named said he asked Jones what had happened to the Ford Explorer he had been driving. 
  “He gave me a short answer,” the witness said. “He told me, ‘It’s gone. I burnt it’.”
  The witness, a friend of Jones who’d engaged in many criminal activities with him, said he didn’t pursue t
  
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• Woman accused in fatal attack outside nightclub pleads guilty

  27-07-2017 02:12 via vancouversun.com
  A  young woman who was charged in connection with the fatal attack of another woman outside a downtown Vancouver nightclub last year has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
  During a brief appearance in provincial court in Vancouver Wednesday, Samantha Nadine Doolan, 30, entered her plea in relation to the slaying of Lauren Lindsay McLellan, 28, near the Caprice Nightclub in the Granville entertainment district.
  Doolan, who arrived at the courthouse pushing a baby stroller with a child in it, we
  
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• Davies a rested development with Caps, who are more patient than fans

  27-07-2017 02:09 via vancouversun.com
  So, you’re excited about Alphonso Davies.
  He’s 16 years old and an emerging star in his sport and his sport is soccer.
  In Canada, that gets you unicorn status.
  The kicker, and this is a fortuitous turn for this city, he plays his Major League Soccer home games in Vancouver and will likely do it for a couple more years.
  But there’s a catch. In Vancouver, there always seems to be a catch.
  Because if you’re expecting to see Davies do the same things here he did playing rock
  
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• TransLink touts ‘terrific’ totals in 2016 transit ridership numbers

  27-07-2017 02:02 via vancouversun.com
  Transit service in Metro Vancouver had record-high ridership in 2016, a trend that is expected to continue this year, according to TransLink’s annual service-performance review and the latest ridership figures.
  Overall ridership growth in 2016 was the largest since 2010, with annual system-wide boardings increasing by 4.5 per cent to a record 384.8 million. Ridership increased on all TransLink services except SeaBus and West Coast Express, which declined 2.8 per cent and three per cent, re
  
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