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• Surrey woman found in burned car was ready to 'live a normal life'

  05-08-2017 23:32 via vancouversun.com
  Life looked promising for 19-year-old Bhavkiran Dhesi.
  After recovering from a kidney transplant earlier this year, Dhesi was finally able to consider far-off destinations and other travel plans. She had recently gone back to working out at a gym and was determined to get healthy after so many years of being in and out of hospitals. Despite missing classes every other day due to dialysis, she was on track to completing a degree in criminology and graduating from Kwantlen Polytechnic University w
  
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• Escape at Colony Farm psych hospital never reported to public

  05-08-2017 23:11 via vancouversun.com
  A patient escaped from the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam last month, spending the night on the lam before he was recaptured the next morning, Postmedia News has learned.
  But none of the secure facility’s neighbours were warned of the escape.
  The Provincial Health Services Authority confirmed a patient escaped from the fenced-in facility on Colony Farm Road on the evening of July 4.
  “They were picked up the next morning,” said Carol Swan, who speaks for the hea
  
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• Trudeau to paddle Gulf Islands and meet regional and Indigenous leader

  05-08-2017 22:55 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Justin Trudeau is scheduled to paddle a kayak today in British Columbia’s coastal waters as he mixes a splash of sightseeing with business gatherings with regional and Indigenous leaders on Vancouver Island.
  The prime minister will take the kayak voyage at the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve just south of Victoria before heading for Tofino and the remote west coast of Vancouver Island where he will participate in local business meetings.
  Trudeau spent several days this
  
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• The summer heatwave continues. Try to stay cool and hydrated. Find more tips to beat the heat @… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-08-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  The summer heatwave continues. Try to stay cool and hydrated. Find more tips to beat the heat @… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Construction costs rising as fires affect B.C. lumber supply

  05-08-2017 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Fires in the province are driving up the cost of building materials — and there appears to be no price relief in sight, according to industry insiders.
  The staples of home construction — lumber and sheeting materials such as plywood and oriented strand board — have increased by 10 and 40 per cent, respectively, and the pace of price changes appears to be increasing.
  According to Tim Urquhart, president of Slegg Building Materials in Victoria, the company has tr
  
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• Opinion: Vancouver increases density bonusing for rentals

  05-08-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Vancouver continues its relentless crisis capitalism to address the ongoing housing affordability problems that are, in part, its own creation. The recent city proposals are to use a density bonus scheme to create more “affordable” rental housing supply. This looks remarkably like a repackaging of the failed Short Term Incentives for Rentals (STIR) program that was cancelled in 2012 and the subsequent Rental 100 program, but now with more density bonuses.
  At least the cit
  
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• Night Time is the Right Time for #SummerSessions 5-10pm. Ray Charles/James Brown tribute tonight.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-08-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Night Time is the Right Time for #SummerSessions 5-10pm. Ray Charles/James Brown tribute tonight.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Meet the Chef: Jeff Massey of Restaurant 62

  05-08-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Chef Jeff Massey has helped make Restaurant 62 one of the Fraser Valley’s go-to, fine-dining establishments. Massey learned his chops in Yaletown at Cioppino’s Mediterranean and the  Glowbal grills among others, and has since established Abbotsford’s R 62 as a farm-to-fork pioneer.
  Q: What motivates and inspires you as a chef?
  A: I am very inspired by working with the cooks and chefs here at the restaurant. It has been a lot of fun developing them from young
  
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• Makeover: Looking for a natural and soft complexion

  05-08-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Lynda Mills is a realtor and wanted a new look for her headshots.
  Lynda has fine hair, which was previously highlighted. The tonality of her blond was very golden and brassy, and I wanted to brighten and clarify it. I applied full weave foils throughout her hair using a silk infused decolourizer and incorporated lowlights to add contrast and depth to her hair. To refine the colour, I applied a demi-permanent, ammonia-free colour to her hair to create a crisp-champagne finish.
  I shampooed her hai
  
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• Police investigating body found in Langley grass fire Saturday morning

  05-08-2017 19:50 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after a body was found in a grass fire in Langley early Saturday morning.
  Around 2 a.m., the Langley Fire Department called the Langley RCMP to inspect a discovery in a field adjacent to the 6000-block Glover Road. After extinguishing a grass fire, firefighters had found a dead body.
  Langley RCMP’s serious crime unit is now leading the investigation. The surrounding area will be cordoned for the remainder of he day.
  “Police are currently in the evidence gathe
  
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• Police seek high-risk sex offender missing from Vancouver halfway home

  05-08-2017 18:52 via vancouversun.com
  A country-wide warrant has been issued for a high-risk sex offender who did not return to his Vancouver halfway house on Friday evening.
  Rene Troy Cardinal, 40, is a two-time federal offender now serving a five-year sentence for sexual assaults.
  Cardinal was convicted 20 years ago for manslaughter and again in 2011 on two counts of sexual assault. He was found to have manipulated women to get them alone before violently assaulting them. He was transferred to a Vancouver halfway house last weeken
  
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• Man found guilty of sexual assaulting ex-girlfriend gets new trial

  05-08-2017 18:14 via vancouversun.com
  A North Vancouver man who was found guilty of sexually assaulting and assaulting his former girlfriend has had his conviction overturned on appeal.
  In May 2015, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Gail Dickson found Mohammadmahdy Hamzehali guilty of the offences against his ex-girlfriend, who can only be identified by the initials S.M. due to a publication ban.
  The judge concluded that Hamzehali slapped S.M. over the face one day in May 2013, leading her to distance herself from him. She found that Hamze
  
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• OMG so excited! 1 week to #FunCityFestival + #SlidetheCity in #NorthVan. Slide tix available + free fun for all.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-08-2017 18:00 via twitter.com
  OMG so excited! 1 week to #FunCityFestival + #SlidetheCity in #NorthVan. Slide tix available + free fun for all.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Add a tropical touch to your garden with easy-to-grow figs

  05-08-2017 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  The cultivation of figs goes back to ancient times.  They are one of the most interesting fruits we can grow in our gardens, but they can also seem intimidating, especially for novice gardeners.  In reality, they are beautiful, easily cultivated, heat and drought tolerant plants that add a wonderful tropical touch to any garden.  
  Jim Gilbert is a fig guru living in Oregon, who opened the well-known Northwoods Nursery, a wholesale exotic fruit supplier, in the early 1980s.&nb
  
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• Tree poisoning in North Vancouver nets neighbours $25K bill - CBC.ca

  05-08-2017 17:33 via cbc.ca
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  Tree poisoning in North Vancouver nets neighbours $25K bill
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  A B.C. small claims court judge has ordered a couple in North Vancouver to pay $25,000 for poisoning their neighbours' 60-year-old red cedar tree. According to court documents, Gisell and Alfred Jakob drilled holes in the trunk of the 20-metre tree and ...
  
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• Muslim feminist comedian Manzoor gets gritty in Burq Off!

  05-08-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Burq Off!
  Aug. 4-5, 8 p.m. | York Theatre, 639 Commercial
  Tickets and info: From $20 at thecultch.com
  When she was five years old, Nadia Parvez Manzoor looked to the stars with longing. Her father quickly quashed any aspirations to being an astronaut: “Who will cook? Who will clean? Who will feed your husband if you are floating about in space?” 
  This is just one of the stories the Chicago-born, London-raised, Brooklyn-based Pakistani-British Muslim author, playwright and actor
  
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• Monsoon Festival of Martial Arts in Vancouver

  05-08-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  2017 Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts: Welcome the Storm
  Aug. 4-13 | York Theatre & Surrey Arts Centre
  Tickets and info: From $20 at monsoonartsfest.ca
  In India, the seasonal monsoon rains bring life-giving water to the land. The event is widely celebrated with all manner of arts and culture. The Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts was formed by the South Asian Arts Society aiming to provide a similar experience in Vancouver, a place with considerable rainfall, too.
  The South Asian Arts S
  
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• Sold (Bought): Magazine-worthy home goes for well above asking price

  05-08-2017 15:57 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of residential buying trends in Metro Vancouver
  More that 60 groups of potential buyers viewed this Main Street corridor property during the two open houses.
  5418 Prince Edward Street, Vancouver
  Type: Three-bedroom, two-bathroom detached
  Size: 1,629 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $1,730,000
  Listed for: $1,498,000
  Sold for: $1,814,571
  Sold on: May 15
  Days on market: Seven
  Listing agent: Karley Rice at Macdonald Realty
  Buyers agent: Monique Badun at Sotheby’s International Realty Canada
  
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• Homes at Delta Gardens proving to resonate with buyers

  05-08-2017 15:11 via vancouversun.com
  Eventual residents of Delta Gardens may well imagine how incredibly convenient it’s going to be to join a curling team, relax in the outdoor pool or take the grandkids skating without having to move the car from their condo’s secure underground parking.
  After all, the North Delta Recreation Centre is just steps away.
  And it’s not just Vancouverites looking for more affordable housing who are attracted to the area.
  “You may be surprised to learn that it’s people who
  
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• The Home Front: Masterful modern design

  05-08-2017 15:08 via vancouversun.com
  For lovers of modern design, New York’s MoMA — Museum of Modern Art — houses the best of it. When it comes to what we’ll be seeing in home design and decor for fall, MoMA’s retail division, the MoMA Design Store, doesn’t just predict trends; it often sets them.
  Emmanuel Plat is director of merchandising for MoMA Retail, and heads a team of buyers that travels extensively — visiting shows and meeting with designers — to search out the latest, and mo
  
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• Five Things to Know: Horgan's first controversy, Abbotsford drive-by

  05-08-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s provincial state of emergency has been extended, John Horgan’s first controversy as premier has begun, and a teenager has died after a drive-by shooting in Abbotsford. Here are five things you need to know.
  Wildfire update: provincial state of emergency extended
  With B.C. in the midst of a heat wave, wildfire season in full swing, and smoke blanketing Metro Vancouver, it’s little surprise that the provincial state of emergency first declared on July 7 has been extended t
  
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• How resources make B.C. a beacon of responsible prosperity

  05-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s forestry, energy and mining industries are the economic foundation of our province, yesterday, today and tomorrow. They are essential to job creation in every B.C. community.
  Families have been working in the resource economy for generations and they will continue to for generations to come, taking pride in the work they do.
  It’s rewarding, high-technology work that builds strong families and communities. As many as two out of every three dollars in B.C. are generated in the r
  
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• Hiring diversity isn’t just right thing to do, it’s good for business

  05-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s Pride season in Vancouver, which means the days are hotter, the nights are more fun and the city is out in full force celebrating diversity, individuality and love. The social scene feels more festive than usual, but there’s also a noticeable difference at the corporate level. Businesses across Canada are showing their support for Pride and getting more involved in the conversation about diversity.
  As a lesbian and proud member of the LGBTQ community, I’m especially proud
  
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• Editorial: B.C. Utilities Commission has tough job in short time frame

  05-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  The ruling New Democrats have delivered on an election promise to refer the Site C hydroelectric project to the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) for review. Business groups say the additional review after years of environmental assessments, legal rulings and a Joint Review Panel report is unnecessary. Environmental groups and some First Nations applaud the move, seeing it as the major step toward cancelling the project. 
  As Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer reported this week, the gover
  
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• Teen dead after drive-by shooting in Abbotsford

  05-08-2017 06:21 via vancouversun.com
  A teen has died following a Friday afternoon drive-by shooting in Abbotsford.
  Police do not believe the shooting to be random.
  A call to 911 at 3:20 p.m. reported shots had been fired in the 32500-block of George Ferguson Way.
  Reports from the scene suggest the shooting may have occurred around the corner on Oriole Crescent.
  The victim apparently was able to drive his vehicle, a white Chrysler 300, onto George Ferguson Way before crashing into the front yard of a home.
  Abbotsford police spokesma
  
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• Douglas Todd: 10-year visas stoke housing booms in Vancouver, T.O.

  05-08-2017 06:14 via vancouversun.com
  The phenomenal popularity of Canada’s new 10-year visas is a key factor behind the latest housing booms in Vancouver and Toronto, say immigration specialists.
  “I often travel to China, where I see the great pride many take in investing their money in Canada” —­ particularly by taking advantage of 10-year visas to buy real estate, said George Lee, a Burnaby immigration lawyer.
  In 2015, Canadian immigration officials issued 390,000 10-year, multiple-entry visas to resid
  
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• Meet Scott Fraser, B.C.'s new Indigenous relations minister

  05-08-2017 04:49 via vancouversun.com
  Since receiving his mandate letter from Premier John Horgan, Scott Fraser, the new Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, has been busy. “It’s been frantic, and exciting and a little scary too. It’s a big ministry as far as the mandate, and I’m so excited to take on this part of reconciliation.” 
  Why are you the right person to serve as Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation?
  I’ve been an opposition member for 12 years and almos
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Ailing senior can't afford cost of release from U.S. jail

  05-08-2017 04:38 via vancouversun.com
  Anne Bennett chokes back tears.
  Instead of celebrating her 59th wedding anniversary, she’s wondering if her 81-year-old husband will survive in a U.S. prison, where he is struggling with diabetes, recuperating from a hernia operation, has suspected prostate cancer, and suffers hearing loss and blackouts.
  “He has been such a stalwart person ever since we got married,” she said, her voice cracking. “He created numerous jobs for numerous people over the years, and now t
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Ailing octogenarian can't afford to come home from U.

  05-08-2017 04:15 via vancouversun.com
  Anne Bennett chokes back tears.
  Instead of celebrating her 59th wedding anniversary, she’s wondering if her 81-year-old husband will survive in a U.S. prison, where he is struggling with diabetes, recuperating from a hernia operation, has suspected prostate cancer, and suffers hearing loss and blackouts.
  “He has been such a stalwart person ever since we got married,” she said, her voice cracking. “He created numerous jobs for numerous people over the years, and now t
  
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• Man dead after drive-by shooting in Abbotsford

  05-08-2017 03:40 via vancouversun.com
  A man has died following a Friday afternoon drive-by shooting in Abbotsford.
  Police do not believe the shooting to be random.
  A call to 911 at 3:20 p.m. reported shots had been fired in in the 32500-block of George Ferguson Way.
  Reports from the scene suggest the shooting may have occurred around the corner on Oriole Crescent.
  The victim apparently was able to drive his vehicle, a white Chrysler 300, onto George Ferguson Way before crashing into the front yard of a home.
  Abbotsford police spokes
  
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• Roti relief of biblical portions - The Globe and Mail

  05-08-2017 03:29 via theglobeandmail.com
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  Roti relief of biblical portions
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  A Cheap Eats pick, you can dine well for under $30 before alcohol, tax and tip. The four horsemen cometh. Or so it appears in these days of rampant wildfire, as a smoky haze descends over Vancouver, casting the city in an eerie orange glow. I won't ...
  
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• Vancouver Mural Festival an eye-opener for Mount Pleasant residents

  05-08-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Mural Festival
  Aug. 7-12 | Mount Pleasant
  Tickets: Free, vanmuralfest.ca
  If you happen to find yourself out for a stroll through Mount Pleasant with David Vertesi don’t be offended if he seems a bit distracted — he’s busy looking at walls.
  Vertesi is executive director of the Vancouver Mural Festival and he’s always on the lookout for fresh facades.
  “My wife notices that,” said Vertesi about his quest for concrete canvases. “I wasn’t
  
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• #EverythingisAwesome! #MovieNight fun starts @ 7 #CivicPlaza. Bike rodeo, face painting + more!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-08-2017 03:00 via twitter.com
  #EverythingisAwesome! #MovieNight fun starts @ 7 #CivicPlaza. Bike rodeo, face painting + more!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Douglas Todd: Ten-year visas stoke housing booms in Vancouver, Toro

  05-08-2017 02:57 via vancouversun.com
  The phenomenal popularity of Canada’s new 10-year visas is a key factor behind the latest housing booms in Vancouver and Toronto, say immigration specialists.
  “I often travel to China, where I see the great pride many take in investing their money in Canada” —­ particularly by taking advantage of 10-year visas to buy real estate, said George Lee, a Burnaby immigration lawyer.
  In 2015, Canadian immigration officials issued 390,000 10-year, multiple-entry visas to resid
  
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• NDP to probe lack of B.C. charges in Mount Polley dam failure

  05-08-2017 02:53 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. NDP government says it will determine why a deadline to lay provincial regulatory charges was missed in an investigation over Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley tailings dam failure.
  The three-year time limit to lay charges under B.C.’s Environmental Management Act ended Friday.
  The B.C. Conservation Officer Service-led investigation continues in conjunction with Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, but officials have not been able to say when it will be complete.
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Rush review of Site C includes tighter restrictions

  05-08-2017 02:46 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — When the New Democrats pushed for quick answers on Site C this week, they put significant restrictions on what the B.C. Utilities Commission can and cannot do in terms of a review.
  The cabinet directed the commission to identify alternatives that could provide “similar benefits” at “similar or lower cost” to the 100-year supply of hydroelectric power from the dam now under construction at Site C on the Peace River.
  But those options must conform to t
  
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• B.C. Hydro protecting Interior substation from wildfire

  05-08-2017 02:42 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Hydro is taking measures to protect a major substation in the Interior that brings power to the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island as a wildfire burns a few kilometres away.
  The Kelly Lake substation is about 14 kilometres southwest of Clinton, and electricity from the Peace River hydroelectric system is supplied to the Lower Mainland and the Island through the substation.
  The Village of Clinton, which is home to about 650 people, was placed on evacuation alert July 14 and an evacuation wa
  
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• Investigation launched after man injured during Nanaimo arrest

  05-08-2017 02:13 via vancouversun.com
  NANAIMO — B.C. Independent Investigations Office is investigating after a man was injured during an arrest in Nanaimo.
  RCMP say they were called about a man who was allegedly touching women inappropriately and threatening passengers on a bus.
  The man left the bus, but an RCMP officer found him nearby and tried to arrest him.
  Police say the suspect resisted and ended with on the ground.
  They say the man was taken to hospital for treatment of serious injuries, but is now in stable condition.
  
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• Opinion: LNG will be an important part of B.C.'s future

  05-08-2017 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  As supporters of responsible LNG development in B.C., we were saddened to hear of the cancellation of Petronas’ Pacific NorthWest LNG project, and the benefits it promised to First Nations and others.
  We are also alarmed to see a flurry of attacks on social media, directed at Indigenous people and entities who support LNG, and to see gloating by opponents of Petronas project. As civil people, we need a respectful public discourse to discuss these issues. These are serious and controversial
  
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• Have a happy & safe long weekend #NorthVan! #ShipyardsNightMarket starts now w/ Gord Rutherford & Hot Lucy + food t… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-08-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Have a happy & safe long weekend #NorthVan! #ShipyardsNightMarket starts now w/ Gord Rutherford & Hot Lucy + food t… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Vancouver man charged with assault after incident on WestJet flight

  05-08-2017 01:45 via vancouversun.com
  TORONTO — A Vancouver man faces several charges after an incident on a WestJet flight that took off from Toronto’s Pearson airport Friday.
  Peel Regional Police, who are responsible for the airport, say Flight 709 bound for Vancouver had to return to Pearson shortly after takeoff because of mechanical issues.
  Police allege that during the return a passenger became unruly and assaulted a flight attendant and also caused minor damage to the plane’s bathroom.
  Police say 68-year-old
  
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• Driveby shooting in Abbotsford sends man to hospital

  05-08-2017 01:43 via vancouversun.com
  A Friday afternoon drive-by shooting in Abbotsford has put a man to hospital.
  A call to 911 at 3:20 p.m. reported shots had been fired in in the 32700-block of George Ferguson Way.
  Abbotsford police spokesman Const. Ian MacDonald said a man believed to be in his early 20s was found at the scene.
  He was flown to hospital by air ambulance.
  As of 4 p.m., police had no suspects in custody.
  
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• Good Samaritan delivers 2,000 thank yous to Vancouver's finest

  05-08-2017 01:33 via vancouversun.com
  For the first of his 111 random acts of kindness, David McCann donated three works of art worth $1,400 to a Vancouver school for them to auction, with the proceeds going toward school supplies for the students.
  For his 71st such act, McCann on Friday delivered 2,000 Roger’s chocolates to the main station of the Vancouver Police Department, enough for all the officers and staff, his way of saying cheers.
  “It’s a thank you for the VPD’s willingness to change over the past 5
  
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• This Week in History: 1901 Vancouver stages its first street fair and carnival

  05-08-2017 01:18 via vancouversun.com
  The first Vancouver Exhibition (the PNE’s original name) wasn’t held until 1910. But a dry run for a permanent exhibition took place a decade earlier, with the Vancouver Street Fair and Carnival.
  According to a story in The World, street fairs had become popular in the U.S. after an unscrupulous landowner had foreclosed the mortgage on the fairgrounds of “an unpretentious city in northern Ohio.”
  “It was his purpose to extort from the managers of the fair association
  
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• Premier Horgan calls it disturbing no charges filed in Mount Polley disaster

  05-08-2017 01:09 via vancouversun.com
  Premier John Horgan says he was shocked to learn that no provincial charges will be laid in the 2014 collapse of the tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine.
  The disaster at the gold and copper mine was one of the largest in the province’s history and sent 24 million cubic metres of mine waste and sludge into nearby waterways.
  A three-year deadline on charges came Friday amid an ongoing investigation by B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service, but earlier this week the agency’s deput
  
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• North Vancouver phone scam targets Chinese nationals with ... - MetroNews Canada

  05-08-2017 00:18 via metronews.ca
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  Fraudsters are targeting Chinese nationals living in North Vancouver by calling victims and claiming to be a police officer in China, police are warning.and more »
  
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• North Vancouver phone scam targets Chinese nationals with investigation threat - MetroNews Canada

  05-08-2017 00:18 via metronews.ca
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  North Vancouver phone scam targets Chinese nationals with investigation threat
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  Fraudsters are targeting Chinese nationals living in North Vancouver by calling victims and claiming to be a police officer in China, police are warning. According to one person who reported the incident to police, the caller told her he needed ...and more »
  
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• City Hall's closed Monday for the BC Day long weekend. We're back on Tuesday, and always online.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  05-08-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  City Hall's closed Monday for the BC Day long weekend. We're back on Tuesday, and always online.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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