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• B.C. wildfires have destroyed 300-plus buildings

  01-08-2017 23:49 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — Wildfires continue to burn across the province and officials say flames have now destroyed more than 300 buildings.
  Robert Turner with Emergency Management B.C. says 71 of the buildings were homes, 116 were outbuildings like sheds, three were commercial buildings and 115 have yet to be identified.
  He says the Cariboo Regional District, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the Ashcroft Indian Band have been the hardest hit, but no critical infrastructure has been lost.
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• Vancouver places third for bed bugs in nationwide ranking

  01-08-2017 23:37 via vancouversun.com
  If it bugs you to be third place, then keep reading.
  Vancouver is the third most populous city for bed bugs, according to a new nationwide ranking released this week. Even more overrun are Toronto and Winnipeg, which are first and second place respectively. Peterborough, Ont. was last on the list.
  Other B.C. cities on the creepy-crawly list are Surrey at 20 and Burnaby at 21.
  The ranking of 25 Canadian cities was released by pest-control provider Orkin Canada, based on the number of residen
  
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• Lady Gaga: Live review of Joanne World Tour at Vancouver's Rogers Arena

  01-08-2017 23:13 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia music writer Stuart Derdeyn joins the army of Little Monsters at Rogers Arena as Lady Gaga kicks off her Joanne World Tour in Vancouver.Baby's crazy, Strung out on that John Wayne #JoanneWorldTour Countdown. 9 hrs. pic.twitter.com/9o9Fr4Gmbt
  — xoxo, Gaga (@ladygaga) August 1, 2017
  Released in 2016, sales and streams for Joanne, Gaga’s fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, soared following her dazzling Super Bowl halftime performance in February. Gaga became th
  
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• Please click on the link below to hear a podcast discussing "Selfies, Safety, and Search & Rescue". twitter.com/BC__AS/status/…

  01-08-2017 23:09 via twitter.com
  Please click on the link below to hear a podcast discussing "Selfies, Safety, and Search & Rescue". twitter.com/BC__AS/status/…
  
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• Hearing to be held into claims of misconduct against Vancouver cop

  01-08-2017 23:03 via vancouversun.com
  A public hearing will be held later this month into a Vancouver police officer facing allegations of abusing authority.
  Const. Brian Hobbs of the Vancouver Police Department is facing allegations of professional misconduct after complaints were raised in November 2015.
  The allegations were adjudicated through a disciplinary process, however, the Discipline Authority found that the allegations were not deemed substantiated.
  “The Police Complaint Commissioner has determined that a public hea
  
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• Overcoming adversity helps four B.C. residents win Terry Fox award

  01-08-2017 22:39 via vancouversun.com
  Rabiah Dhaliwal is only 18, but she’s already lived through a very tough period in her life.
  “I had a bit of trouble during my childhood years that I had to witness,” she said. “I developed PTSD and a major depressive disorder, and had some major anxiety issues as well. I was in the hospital for a month-and-a-half.
  “I went back to (Panorama Ridge) school, but things were still kind of hard for me. Later on when I was on a field trip I went through anaphylactic shock
  
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• Attn families! Emmet & the Lego Movie gang will be on the big screen in #CivicPlaza Aug 4th.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-08-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  Attn families! Emmet & the Lego Movie gang will be on the big screen in #CivicPlaza Aug 4th.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• We tried it: Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Gel Touch Foundation

  01-08-2017 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A new gel foundation from the French beauty brand Chanel that improves the overall appearance of skin while also increasing overall radiance.
  The healthy glow booster mineral pigments are combined with “soft-focus powders” to create an ultrafine veil of coverage, while the water-based formula’s lightweight finish creates a “cushion” on skin. The foundation also includes a hyaluronic acid derivative to improve skin’s hydration and comfort throughout
  
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• We're recruiting for a Deputy Director, Engineering. Click here for information and how to apply. ow.ly/epaU30e5wvn

  01-08-2017 21:55 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a Deputy Director, Engineering. Click here for information and how to apply. ow.ly/epaU30e5wvn
  
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• Services lacking for LGBTQ+ newcomers to Surrey, study finds

  01-08-2017 21:12 via vancouversun.com
  Resources do not exist for LGBTQ+ newcomers in Surrey, where 25 per cent of all government-assisted refugees welcomed to B.C. since 2011 have settled, according to a Simon Fraser University study. 
  The study found Vancouver had some resources to support LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer/questioning) newcomers to Canada, including at least one active organization (Rainbow Refugee) specifically in place to support people who have fled persecution based on sexual orientati
  
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• Lions: Late-rounder Maxx Forde making the most of his opportunity

  01-08-2017 20:39 via vancouversun.com
  It doesn’t matter the sport, methods for determining which players are better than others in a draft format never amounted to a perfect science.
  Some highly touted prospects selected with the hopes they will soon have the desired positive, long-lasting impact on their new clubs never match the lofty expectations. Others, far further down the list, rise through the ranks to reach diamond-in-the-rough status, which is always a big win for respective scouting departments.
  When it comes to foo
  
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• Swiss 'Angels' sing Schein

  01-08-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Before Bach: The Fountains of Israel by Johann Hermann Schein
  Aug. 8, 7:30 p.m. | Christ Church Cathedral
  Tickets and info: From $18, earlymusicbc.ca
  As demonstrated by Early Music Vancouver’s Vancouver Bach Festival, J. S. Bach is at the centre of everything in music of the first half of the 18th century.
  No serious listener disputes the extraordinary quality of Bach’s music or the scope of his legacy, but what other talented figures are obscured by his blinding brilliance in the m
  
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• Q&A: Canadian artist Stephanie Anne McKay talks Jergens collab

  01-08-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  After 100 years, we could all use a little bit of a facelift.
  And that’s exactly what beauty and bodycare brand Jergens has done in order to celebrate its centennial in Canada. The brand’s team tapped Toronto-based illustrator and live-sketch artist, Stephanie Anne McKay, to create pretty,limited-edition packaging for a selection of its most iconic moisturizers: the Ultra Care Extra Dry Skin; Vitamin E Moisturizer; Soothing Aloe; and Hydrating Coconut Moisturizer.
  In advance of
  
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• French beauty: The art of embracing aging

  01-08-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  There’s a certain ‘je ne sais quoi‘ about French beauty. 
  Whether it’s a swath of red lipstick on an otherwise-bare face, or the apparent acceptance of fine lines and wrinkles, French women’s approach to skin care, makeup and aging differs dramatically from the one widely held in North America. 
  “The French approach to beauty is very different than our traditional North American way of thinking,” Tayler Rogers, co-owner of BeautyMark boutique i
  
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• Clare's here to tell you about some of the great FREE events happening at the Shipyards this summer. #NorthVan https://t.co/CviaTnitJT

  01-08-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  
  Clare's here to tell you about some of the great FREE events happening at the Shipyards this summer. #NorthVan https://t.co/CviaTnitJT
  
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• B.C. NDP fires Gordon Wilson from lucrative LNG job

  01-08-2017 19:43 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – The new B.C. NDP government has fired former Liberal leader Gordon Wilson from a lucrative job he’d been given to promote a liquified natural gas industry.
  Jobs Minister Bruce Ralston said Wilson was appointed by former premier Christy Clark in October 2013 as “LNG – Buy BC Advocate” and has since been paid $550,000 to promote an industry that has failed to materialize.
  “His contract has been reviewed, we were unable to locate any written reports by
  
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• Former Langley man posing as clergy charged with child exploitation in Edmonton

  01-08-2017 19:21 via vancouversun.com
  EDMONTON — Police officers have laid child exploitation charges against an Edmonton man they say was posing as a member of the Catholic clergy.
  The Internet Child Exploitation unit arrested a 33-year-old man last week after seizing a number of electronic devices containing child pornography images from a home in the city’s north.
  Police say Justin Georges Stephen Coulombe identifies himself as a Catholic clergyman, but doesn’t have any affiliation with any diocese in Canada or
  
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• RCMP officer charged in collision involving motorcycle near Vernon

  01-08-2017 18:59 via vancouversun.com
  An RCMP officer has been charged with driving without due care in an on-duty accident with a motorcycle outside Vernon nearly a year ago.
  Const. Megan Valenta has been charged with one count of driving without due care under the Motor Vehicle Act. She will appear in court on Sept. 14.
  On Aug. 6, 2016, Valenta was on duty and driving an RCMP truck when she collided with a motorcycle on Highway 6 near Vernon.
  The Independent Investigation Office was tapped to investigate and has since submitted a
  
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• Chilliwack Fair to review, vote on future of tie-down rodeo events

  01-08-2017 18:05 via vancouversun.com
  Organizers at the Chilliwack Fair will review their calf-roping and steer-wrestling events before voting in September on the fate of those events in next year’s fair.
  Following pressure from the Vancouver Humane Society, event organizers said in a statement Monday that animal welfare remained a priority and that they would look at the fair’s program to see whether the rodeo displays are “suitable to continue” next year.
  “We care deeply about our animals,” said
  
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• Have you heard? Our #LongTableLunch is back for August, woohoo! See u Thursday. cnv.org/LongTableLunch #PlayCNV… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-08-2017 18:02 via twitter.com
  Have you heard? Our #LongTableLunch is back for August, woohoo!See u Thursday. cnv.org/LongTableLunch #PlayCNV… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Pipeline, opioid crisis likely on agenda as Trudeau meets with Vancouver mayor

  01-08-2017 17:51 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson this morning, but their once-rosy relationship has been threatened by the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  Trudeau’s government approved the $7.4-billion expansion last November despite Robertson’s staunch opposition to the project, which would see a seven-fold increase in the number of tankers in Vancouver-area waters.
  Robertson and Trudeau have long had a friendly rapport, but the
  
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• SkyTrain Expo Line service restored after Tuesday morning track fire

  01-08-2017 16:54 via vancouversun.com
  A guideway fire near Edmonds Station caused delays ahead of rush hour on Tuesday morning.
  No further details were shared on how the fire was sparked, though the delay resulted in single-tracking between Metrotown and 22nd Street Station for the Expo Line. Commuters were told to expect delays of up to 15 minutes.
  The delays were first announced around 6 a.m. and service was restored by 7:30 a.m.
  “It may take a few minutes to clear crowding and properly space train frequency,” said Tra
  
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• Guideway fire causes Expo Line delays ahead of Tuesday AM rush hour

  01-08-2017 16:54 via vancouversun.com
  A guideway fire near Edmonds Station caused delays ahead of rush hour on Tuesday morning.
  No further details were shared on how the fire was sparked, though the delay resulted in single-tracking between Metrotown and 22nd Street Station for the Expo Line. Commuters were told to expect delays of up to 15 minutes.
  The delays were first announced around 6 a.m. and service was restored by 7:30 a.m.
  “It may take a few minutes to clear crowding and properly space train frequency,” said Tra
  
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• Wildfire smoke falls on B.C. coast as heat, air quality advisories continue

  01-08-2017 16:53 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A haze has fallen on the Lower Mainland as winds carry smoke from wildfires in the B.C. Interior to the coast.
  Environment Canada’s special air quality and weather advisories continue for Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, the Sunshine Coast and eastern Vancouver Island as the smoke and a heat wave pose potential health risks.
  The advisories say people with medical conditions should avoid strenuous activity outdoors and it’s suggested infants and the elderly stay i
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support a review of B.C.'s foreign buyers' tax?

  01-08-2017 16:48 via vancouversun.com
  The new provincial NDP government shared this week that it would review the foreign buyers’ tax, introduced by the B.C. Liberals last year.
  B.C.’s new Housing Minister Selina Robinson and Finance Minister Carole James will go over real estate transaction data to decide whether the measures – introduced in an effort to stem the red-hot housing market in the Vancouver area – should be revised or scrapped altogether.
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• Bear believed to be culprit in deaths of Vancouver Island sheep

  01-08-2017 15:16 via vancouversun.com
   
   
  More than a dozen sheep have been killed in Metchosin in recent weeks by what is believed to be a single problem black bear.
  And some say efforts to track it are being hampered by residents who are urging others not to report bear sightings.
  The bear has killed 16 to 20 sheep over the past six weeks, says Tom Henry of Stillmeadow Farm, who discovered a disemboweled ewe on Saturday morning.Henry said he was doing his chores when he noticed the flock was nervous.“They flock rea
  
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• Services needed for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning newcomers in Surrey: study

  01-08-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Resources do not exist for LGBTQ+ newcomers in Surrey, where 25 per cent of all government-assisted refugees welcomed to B.C. since 2011 have settled, according to a Simon Fraser University study. 
  The study found Vancouver had some resources to support LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning) newcomers to Canada, including at least one active organization (Rainbow Refugee) specifically in place to support people who have fled persecution based on sexual orientati
  
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• B.C. Energy and Mines Minister takes on tough portfolio

  01-08-2017 14:55 via vancouversun.com
  Michelle Mungall is a rural MLA from the Kootenays who has experience in social issues. She now takes on a ministry that encompasses economic, First Nation and environmental issues across a vast land base in B.C.
  Mungall, a three-term MLA from Nelson-Creston and former Nelson city councillor, takes on a tough portfolio as major industrial projects involved in mining and energy are high-profile and often controversial. In her first week in office, Pacific NorthWest LNG cancelled its $11.4-billion
  
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• Prominent Richmond realtor fights forgery allegations

  01-08-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  A prominent Richmond realtor has been accused in a lawsuit by her former employer, New Coast Realty, of “forging and concealing” changes made to 11 contracts, and causing the firm to lose listings contracts and commissions. 
  But in her response to the lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court, realtor Wendy Yang alleges “it was common practice” for realtors at New Coast to write their manager’s name on documents submitted to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
  
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• Energy and Mines Minister takes on tough portfolio

  01-08-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  Michelle Mungall is a rural MLA from the Kootenays who has experience in social issues. She now takes on a ministry that encompasses economic, First Nation and environmental issues across a vast land base in B.C.
  Mungall, a three-term MLA from Nelson-Creston and former Nelson city councillor, takes on a tough portfolio as major industrial projects involved in mining and energy are high-profile and often controversial. In her first week in office, Pacific NorthWest LNG cancelled its $11.4-billion
  
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• Opinion: Policies work against sound forest management

  01-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Most people in Metro Vancouver and Victoria fail to appreciate the importance of our province’s vast forests. But those living in more rural settings see things differently.
  Communities like Skidegate on Haida Gwaii, Fort Nelson in B.C.’s distant northeast, and Cranbrook in the east Kootenay may be separated by more than 1,000 kilometres, but their residents know that the health of their communities rests in part on the health of their forests.
  Unfortunately, there is disturbing evid
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Clark wanted to quit sooner, but didn't want to leave a mess

  01-08-2017 05:36 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — As Christy Clark tells it, she realized when the votes were counted in May that resignation was the price she would have to pay for losing the B.C. Liberal majority in the legislature.
  “Looking back, I knew in my heart from election night that it was time for me to leave,” she said Monday in the first media interviews since her decision to throw in the towel.
  Still it took time for her head to catch up with her heart. On the night of June 29, when Lt.-Gov. Judith Gui
  
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• B.C. Ferries turmoil: When full means half-empty

  01-08-2017 04:54 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Ferries is in turmoil on its Southern Gulf Island routes. And travellers’ are paying the price in extra costs and hassles. The situation could grow more tense as this August long weekend approaches.
  The latest: B.C. Ferries is telling would-be customers that certain ferry runs between the Gulf Islands and Vancouver can’t be reserved for cars, since, ostensibly, they’re full.
  But some of those same ferry runs are cruising almost half-empty, as we discovered Sunday night.
  Is
  
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• Anti-poverty advocate Jean Swanson to run for Vancouver councillor

  01-08-2017 04:18 via vancouversun.com
  Longtime anti-poverty advocate Jean Swanson is throwing her hat into Vancouver municipal politics. 
  Swanson is seeking to run for the councillor seat left vacant by former Vision Vancouver councillor Geoff Meggs, who resigned earlier this month after accepting a job in Victoria as NDP premier John Horgan’s chief of staff.
  A by-election is expected to be called for October. 
  Swanson, who will run as an independent, promises to bring a “political revolution,” to city ha
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Surrey RCMP issue warning about 5 involved in conflict

  01-08-2017 03:25 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP have again taken the extraordinary step of releasing the identities of five young men alleged to be involved in a drug trade conflict. Officer-in-charge Dwayne McDonald said Monday that Karman Grewal, 25, Manbir Grewal, 28, Indervir Johal, 23, Harmeet Sanghera, 23 and Ibrahim Ibrahim, 29, have all been targeted in recent shootings in Surrey.
  But none has cooperated with the police investigations nor identified the suspects targeting them.
  Here’s my story:
  Surrey RCMP issue warn
  
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• Surrey RCMP issue warning over suspected gangsters targeted in recent shootings

  01-08-2017 03:19 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP is warning citizens to stay away from five young men linked to the drug trade who have been targeted in recent shootings.
  Asst. Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said the five — Karman Grewal of Vancouver, Manbir Grewal and Ibrahim Ibrahim of Coquitlam, and Indervir Johal and Harmeet Sanghera of Surrey — have refused to cooperate with police despite being victims in recent attacks.
  “They have each been spoken to by investigators and although their lives are in danger, th
  
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• Lower Mainland warnings issued as heat, air quality bring health risks

  01-08-2017 03:05 via vancouversun.com
  Health professionals in the Lower Mainland are warning the public to take extra precautions in the face of an impending heat wave and smoky air quality.
  On Sunday, Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for the south coast region because of a “massive” ridge of high pressure that will build over the area and lead to several days of hot weather this week, starting Tuesday.
  Daytime highs are expected to hit the mid- to upper 30s in the Fraser Valley, Howe Sound-Whistler
  
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• "I feel like I get to be me again": former B.C. Premier Christy Clark

  01-08-2017 02:36 via vancouversun.com
  Christy Clark woke early Friday morning, summoned her old friend and most trusted political adviser to her side and took a long walk along the Penticton waterfront to decide her political future.
  The sun was rising over Okanagan Lake at 5:30 a.m., when Clark said she and former chief of staff Mike McDonald — dressed in shorts, T-shirts and baseball hats — talked through a move she’d been debating since election night: Resigning as B.C. Liberal leader.
  “The sun was beautif
  
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• Taseko Mines' New Prosperity proposal remains centre of contention

  01-08-2017 02:05 via vancouversun.com
  Taseko Mines Ltd.’s much-disputed, twice-rejected New Prosperity mine proposal remains the centre of contention with a federal stop-work order on further exploration and two court actions by First Nations aimed at overturning provincial permits that allow geotechnical work on the property.
  The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) considers that proposed exploration work to be “in connection with carrying out” the mine project the federal government rejected in 2014 a
  
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• FYI, no council meeting tonight. Regular meetings resume September 11th. cnv.org/CouncilSchedule #NorthVan https://t.co/yDSqCqjuWu

  01-08-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  
  FYI, no council meeting tonight. Regular meetings resume September 11th. cnv.org/CouncilSchedule #NorthVan https://t.co/yDSqCqjuWu
  
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• Man convicted of crimes against two children gets 40 months jail

  01-08-2017 01:34 via vancouversun.com
  A man who pleaded guilty to crimes against two children, including an attempted abduction, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison.
  On June 13, 2015, Nathaniel David Jessup, 28, entered the backyard of the home of a five-year-old boy in Surrey and while the boy’s father was distracted having a brief conversation with a neighbour, choked the boy to the point where he was rendered unconscious for a short time.
  The dad found his son limp, his head flopping on his shoulder and his eyes partl
  
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• Surrey RCMP issue warning over five suspected gangsters targeted in recent shootings

  01-08-2017 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey Mounties are warning citizens to stay away from five young men linked to the drug trade who have been targeted in recent shootings.
  Pictured is Ibrahim Amjed IBRAHIM, age 29, from Coquitlam.
  Asst. Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said the five — Karman Grewal of Vancouver, Manbir Grewal and Ibrahim Ibrahim of Coquitlam, and Indervir Johal and Harmeet Sanghera of Surrey, have refused to co-operate with police despite being victims in recent attacks.
  FILE PHOTO An innocent woman was wound
  
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• Foreign buyers' tax, other measures under review: housing minister

  01-08-2017 00:29 via vancouversun.com
  The provincial government is reviewing the foreign buyers’ tax in the Vancouver area and the interest-free loan program to first-time homebuyers to determine whether they’ve been effective in improving affordability, the province’s new housing minister says.
  In an interview Monday, Selina Robinson says she and provincial Finance Minister Carole James will go over real estate transaction data in an effort to decide whether such measures should be kept, revised or scrapped altoge
  
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