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• No pier strolling today, closed for the Dinner on the Pier event #NorthVan https://t.co/iToht9fSKL

  10-08-2017 23:50 via twitter.com
  
  No pier strolling today, closed for the Dinner on the Pier event #NorthVan https://t.co/iToht9fSKL
  
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• Need we say more... #TBT #ThrowbackThursday. #SlidetheCity + #FunCityFestival + return this weekend. #NorthVan https://t.co/0PjUem4mDI

  10-08-2017 22:30 via twitter.com
  
  Need we say more... #TBT #ThrowbackThursday. #SlidetheCity + #FunCityFestival + return this weekend. #NorthVan https://t.co/0PjUem4mDI
  
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• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson shares life lessons learned from Vancouver

  10-08-2017 22:28 via vancouversun.com
  International action star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is in town and he’s mining his Vancouver memories for life lessons.
  Johnson, who is slated to begin filming his next flick in Vancouver next week, took to Instagram Wednesday evening to share a memory from his time in the west coast city and the things he’s learned from it.
  “Just got to show you guys this view – it is spectacular, of one of my favourite cities in the world: Vancouver, Canada,” he begins
  
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• Today @DNVFRS welcomes participants from @campignitebc, a mentorship program that introduces young women to firefig… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  10-08-2017 22:06 via twitter.com
  Today @DNVFRS welcomes participants from @campignitebc, a mentorship program that introduces young women to firefig… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Maori All Blacks to play in Vancouver in November

  10-08-2017 22:01 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Place Stadium is getting its second-ever rugby haka.
  The New Zealand Maori All Blacks will play against Canada on Nov. 3. Kickoff will be 7 p.m.
  “They celebrate where they come from better than anybody,” Rugby Canada’s Gareth Rees said.
  Tickets, which start at $20, go on sale Aug. 11 through Ticketmaster.
  Chief Wayne Sparrow of the Musqueam Nation said the support from Canadian rugby has been very influential in his community.
  Since the launch of the Canada Sevens in 2015,
  
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• B.C. considers closing wide swath of Cariboo backcountry because of wildfire risk

  10-08-2017 21:52 via vancouversun.com
  WILLIAMS LAKE — British Columbia is considering closing access to a vast section of its backcountry because of the wildfire risk.
  Restrictions on access to all Crown land in the Cariboo fire centre would go into effect at noon on Friday as the province continues to battle what Premier John Horgan has said is the worst fire season since the 1950s.
  There were 150 fires burning in the province on Wednesday.
  A final decision will be made Friday morning and will depend on wind conditions.
  A res
  
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• B.C. joins legal battles against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

  10-08-2017 21:49 via vancouversun.com
  The British Columbia government wants to join the legal fight against the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline as it warned the company behind the project that it cannot begin work on public land until it gets final approval from the province.
  The province’s NDP government has hired former judge Thomas Berger to provide legal advice to the government as it seeks intervener status in legal challenges against the federal government’s approval of the pipeline expansion.
  The NDP has
  
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• Stanley Park Seawall a gem for tourists and locals alike

  10-08-2017 21:44 via vancouversun.com
   
  VANCOUVER — The summer evening is warm and a buzz can be felt along Vancouver’s sun-drenched Stanley Park Seawall.
  A half-dozen men jog by wearing matching Vancouver Fire Rescue shirts, while nearby a man sits hunched over a piece of stone, surrounded by carvings for sale.
  Further along, a couple of helmeted young women stand beside rented bicycles and giggle as they take a selfie near the 15-metre Siwash Rock.
  Elsewhere, a shirtless in-line skater darts along the sandstone cl
  
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• Brief relief from smokey haze expected this weekend due to rain, winds

  10-08-2017 21:26 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for relief from the haze of smoke hanging over the Metro Vancouver region? Get it while you can.
  Light rain showers and winds forecast for this weekend will disperse some of the smoke beginning this Sunday and into next week though it may only be a bit of temporary relief.
  “Enough to disperse the smoke a little bit on Saturday and then on Sunday, we’ll see some good clearing winds from the west,” said Jennifer Hay, meteorologist with Environment Canada.
  Hay said between
  
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• Three B.C. clinics subject to audits to examine billing practices

  10-08-2017 21:06 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says the billing practices of three private health clinics in his province are being audited.
  Dix says the issue of overbilling in British Columbia has been a long-standing concern under the Canada Health Act and the province and Health Canada agreed about the need for the audit.
  He isn’t identifying the clinics being reviewed, but says his ministry is conducting the examination through its billing integrity program.
  Dix says the agreement to conduct the aud
  
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• RCMP settle lawsuit, apologize to West Vancouver woman acquitted of human smuggling

  10-08-2017 21:03 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The RCMP have settled a lawsuit and apologized for making what they describe as improper comments about a West Vancouver woman accused and later acquitted of human smuggling.
  Police spokesman Supt. Sean Sullivan says the RCMP recognize that public statements made against Mumtaz Ladha over the course of the criminal investigation were improper and they apologize unreservedly.
  Ladha settled a lawsuit nearly three weeks ago against the Mounties for negligent investigation and defa
  
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• See this map? Put it on your phone. You’re gonna need it this weekend at #FunCityFestival Aug 12/13. cnv.org/FunCityFestival #NorthVan

  10-08-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  See this map? Put it on your phone. You’re gonna need it this weekend at #FunCityFestival Aug 12/13. cnv.org/FunCityFestival #NorthVan
  
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• Book review: Write! Shoot! Edit! A Complete Guide for Teen Filmmakers by Deborah S. Patz

  10-08-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Write! Shoot! Edit! A Complete Guide for Teen FilmmakersBy Deborah S. Patz
  Michael Wiese Productions
  These days, it seems any kid with a camera can become internet famous. But, of course, it takes a little more work — and imagination — to create a feature film. 
  Local production guru Deborah S. Patz has penned a book to help young videographers do just that with the new release, Write! Shoot! Edit! A Complete Guide for Teen Filmmakers. 
  Much like the title suggests, the how
  
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• B.C. tourism feels effects of wildfires, though cooler weather could bring relief

  10-08-2017 19:56 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Tourism officials are starting to assess the impact of devastating wildfires in British Columbia and have received mixed feedback on the toll so far on the travel sector.
  Maya Lange of Destination B.C., the province’s tourism planning and marketing corporation, said businesses outside the fire zone have complained of cancellations.
  “Unfortunately some of our regions and communities that may be hundreds of kilometres away from the impacted areas have reported ca
  
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• Pear Tree still solid after 20 years, but change is in the air

  10-08-2017 19:55 via vancouversun.com
  Pear Tree
  4120 East Hastings St., Burnaby | 604-299-2772
  Open: For dinner Tuesday to Saturday; peartreerestaurant.net
  Like dogs, if a restaurant lives 12 to 15 years in, it has had a very good run. Beyond that, it’s noteworthy.
  Pear Tree turns 20 this year and is still the top dog in Burnaby. Owner/chef Scott Jaeger still reigns as one of the best chefs in the region; he hasn’t blurred his focus by opening other restaurants, or sitting on his laurels. He puts his heart and soul into
  
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• Police raid Campbell River biker clubhouse in murder probe

  10-08-2017 19:04 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s anti-gang police have raided a Vancouver Island clubhouse of the Devils Army in connection with the murder of a Saanich man in March 2016.
  Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton said the raid happened about 8 a.m. Thursday at 70 Petersen Road in Campbell River. 
  Dillon Brown, 30, was found slain inside his car near the west side of a bridge to Sayward, about 75 kilometres north of Campbell River on March 12, 2016
  Houghton said his murder was t
  
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• Celebrate summer with sweet corn

  10-08-2017 18:45 via vancouversun.com
  As we approach the end of summer, fresh sweet corn is a culinary consolation.
  Today’s hybrid corn is much sweeter than the starchier, deeply corn-flavoured kind of my childhood. You can find that old-fashioned taste in organic sweet corn, which is worth seeking out at farmers markets, but any type of fresh corn will shine in today’s array of recipes.
  Foolproof Corn on the Cob
  Cook’s Illustrated magazine shares this clever method in its September issue. By avoiding overcooking,
  
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• Poppins' Theatre Under Stars production flatters play

  10-08-2017 18:42 via vancouversun.com
  Mary Poppins
  Until Aug. 26 | Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park
  Tickets and info: $30-$49 at tuts.ca 
  A confession: I’ve never liked Mary Poppins. That may be heresy, but there you are. Even theatre critics have their prejudices.
  Although Mary herself is a pretty cool character, I find much of the music cloying and the upper-class twits annoying. Mary’s flying umbrella, like other aerial theatrical effects — the chandelier in Phantom, Miss Saigon’s helicopter — leaves m
  
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• No Supreme Court appeal for refugee living in B.C. who sought Canadian citizenship

  10-08-2017 18:31 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court declined Thursday to hear the case of a refugee hoping to compel the federal government to grant him citizenship in a case that has also raised broader questions about Canada’s asylum system.
  The court was being asked to consider a specific issue related to whether or not the federal immigration minister ought to be able to suspend someone’s application for citizenship if their permanent residency status is in doubt.
  But B.C. resident Nisreen Nilam ha
  
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• Lookin' for a place to eat lunch, listen to sweet music, & draw on the table? Join us in #CivicPlaza TODAY 12-2PM… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  10-08-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Lookin' for a place to eat lunch, listen to sweet music, & draw on the table? Join us in #CivicPlaza TODAY 12-2PM… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Daily Poll: Are you worried about escalating gang activity?

  10-08-2017 17:52 via vancouversun.com
  On Thursday, B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth will sit down with senior RCMP brass and Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner to discuss the ongoing gang violence across the Metro Vancouver region.
  Many of the shootings – three of which took place Tuesday in Surrey – have left bullet holes in nearby homes and cars, at least one teen gangster dead, and three other men with injuries.
  Related
  New Public Safety minister to meet senior Mounties, Surrey Mayor over gangsFarnworth said he
  
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• k.d. lang returns to Canadian roots with new tour

  10-08-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  k.d. lang
  Aug. 16-17 | Orpheum Theatre
  Tickets: $361 at ticketmaster.ca
  k.d. lang laughs when you ask her about touring Canada in winter.
  “Oh my God, yes. I was in a van, we took out the back seat and put some foam down so people could sleep,” said lang about the early days when she was just a 23-year-old cow punk. “We went across Canada. I don’t know if it was the first time, but one of the times we were in Sudbury (Ont.) and there was an ice storm and we parked to
  
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• B.C.'s top reads of the week for Aug. 12.

  10-08-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate — Discoveries from a Secret World — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books).
  2. Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations — Richard Wagamese (Douglas & McIntyre). 
  3. On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers — Pat Carney (TouchWood Editions).
  4. Hello Humpback! — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd, illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers (Harbour Publishing). 
  5. Chilcotin
  
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• No foul play after body found in east Vancouver

  10-08-2017 15:48 via vancouversun.com
  The death of a man found in the middle of an east Vancouver street Thursday morning is not believed to be suspicious.
  First responders were called to the area of East 26th Avenue and Fleming Street Thursday just before 2 a.m. after a man was found on the ground unresponsive.
  “Unfortunately, after attempts to provide emergency medical aid, the 41-year-old man died at the scene,” said Const. Jason Doucette with the Vancouver Police Department.
  Investigators and the B.C. Coroners Office
  
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• Highway 1 reopens after large fire at Abbotsford mill Wednesday

  10-08-2017 15:04 via vancouversun.com
  Roads in and out of Abbotsford were snarled Wednesday evening after a large fire broke out at a mill on the west side of the city. 
  The blaze, which has been extinguished except for a few hot spots, according to Abbotsford fire chief Don Beer, was located at Precision Custom, a lumber yard at the 30500 block of Matsqui Place, just across the freeway from the Highstreet Shopping Centre. 
  Precision Custom specializes in dry wood and had two kiln buildings that were at risk.
  “We wer
  
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• Five Things to Know: Uber sends scouts, whale-watching boat hits whale

  10-08-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Uber is on the way, a whale-watching boat got a little too close, and Surrey residents are on edge after three shootings in one day. Here are five things you need to know.
  Uber begins mapping Vancouver for eventual launch
  Uber has arrived in Vancouver.
  The service hasn’t begun yet — you’ll still have to wait for Vancouver’s one cab alongside everyone else for a little while longer — but on Thursday, the ride-hailing app will be sending 25 vehicles out to c
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Minister to meet RCMP, Mayor over gang violence

  10-08-2017 08:08 via vancouversun.com
  It’s been a ridiculous few days across the Lower Mainland with escalating gang violence. And the new Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth is getting up to speed on the problem and meeting with police and politicians to find solutions.
  I’m curious to know what Real Scoop readers think might help the situation. It just seems sometimes like this violence is never going to end.
  Here’s my story:
  New Public Safety minister to meet senior Mounties, Surrey Mayor over gangs
    
  
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• Opinion: What ails ICBC and how to fix it

  10-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: ICBC is unnecessary, go private; and Will NDP privatize ICBC?, letters, July 29.
  Jim Thornton of Osoyoos and Roger Pratt of Nelson, the authors of the above referenced letters, have very short memories. 
  In the May 2001 election, Gordon Campbell campaigned to privatize ICBC. Once elected, the B.C. Liberals realized that privatization of ICBC is impossible, for two reasons. 
  Firstly, since the early 1990s, under NDP Premier Mike Harcourt, ICBC’s Road Safety Program has provide
  
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• North Van Run no longer the impossible dream for idea man Solovyev

  10-08-2017 06:51 via vancouversun.com
  Shannon Banal, knowing this ’rounded’ blogger has some (Cassiar) tunnel-vision going with the snack-induced PNE Donut Dash 5K on Aug. 20, threw a distracting carrot my way Wednesday.
  The talented West Vancouver photographer, who also happens to run when not minding her family, was pretty stoked when asked about the spanking-new North Van Run, scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 1.
  “It’s a great course, mostly downhill — which you’ll really like,” s
  
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• Three 12-year-olds rescued from chilly water in North Shore canyon

  10-08-2017 06:38 via globalnews.ca
  "The water is something that gets very cold, especially in the canyons where there's not any direct sunlight and the water's not being warmed."
  
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• Squirrel starts fire, spoiling 82,000 litres of milk in Burnaby

  10-08-2017 06:21 via vancouversun.com
  A squirrel went bad in Burnaby on Tuesday, causing about 82,000 litres of milk to do the same at a local cheese factory.
  They say it’s no use crying over spilled milk, but they’re usually referring to a small amount. It’s a little more reasonable to cry over 21,000 gallons of spilled milk.
  Emergency crews were called to Scardillo Cheese at 7865 Venture Street in Burnaby just after 9 a.m. for what turned out to be a hydro pole on fire. According to B.C. Hydro, the blaze was spar
  
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• Highway 1 reopens after large fire at Abbotsford mill

  10-08-2017 06:21 via vancouversun.com
  Roads in and out of Abbotsford were snarled Wednesday evening after a large fire broke out at a mill on the west side of the city. 
  The blaze was located at Precision Custom Lumber, according to reports, at the 30500 block of Matsqui Place, just across the freeway from the Highstreet Shopping Centre. Multiple structures appear to be damaged.The blaze couldn’t have sprung up in a more inconvenient place for Lower Mainland commuters, as the flames were close enough to impact both Highwa
  
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• Vancouver political race slowly heating up for vacant council seat

  10-08-2017 05:51 via vancouversun.com
  Veiled in the hazy days of this Vancouver summer are several strategic efforts to capitalize on the council seat left empty when Geoff Meggs joined the new provincial NDP government as Premier John Horgan’s chief of staff last month.
  While at least four political parties are gearing up to contest for the seat in the Oct. 14 byelection, organizers continue to keep details of their plans close.
  Names of prospective candidates have trickled out for several parties, including that of Park Boar
  
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• Hippie nemesis Abe Snidanko dies at 79

  10-08-2017 03:59 via vancouversun.com
  In the 1960s, the name Abe Snidanko sent chills up the spine of every hippie in Vancouver. Snidanko worked undercover with the RCMP drug squad, and busted numerous longhairs for pot and other drugs.
  Snidanko’s fame went international when former Vancouverite Tommy Chong used him as the inspiration for Sgt. Stadanko, the opening track on Cheech and Chong’s 1973 comedy album Los Cochinos.
  The fictional Sgt. Stadanko also appeared in the Cheech and Chong films Up in Smoke and Nice Dream
  
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• New Public Safety minister to meet senior Mounties, Surrey Mayor over gangs

  10-08-2017 03:55 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth will meet Thursday with senior RCMP officers and Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner to find ways to deal with escalating gang violence terrorizing Metro Vancouver residents.
  Farnworth told Postmedia News that he is “extremely disturbed” by a rash of public shootings in recent days that have left a teenage gangster dead, three men injured and Metro Vancouver residents on edge.
  “It is appalling what is taking place,” Farnworth said. “
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Panel to pursue narrow scope for rushed Site C review

  10-08-2017 03:50 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. Utilities Commission on Wednesday appointed a four-member panel to conduct the cabinet-ordered review of Site C, under guidelines for public participation that reflected the tight time frame and narrow scope of the exercise.
  For starters, the commission won’t be extending formal recognition to expert witnesses, persons with a particular stake in the project and other interveners, as happens with longer-term project reviews.
  Given the six- to 12-week schedule
  
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• Trans Mountain: B.C. government to make announcement Thursday on pipeline expansion

  10-08-2017 02:53 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Two key British Columbia cabinet ministers are expected to outline the government’s next steps Thursday on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion after campaigning against the project.
  No details have been provided about the announcement by Attorney General David Eby and Environment Minister George Heyman, but the future of the $7.4-billion project has been heavily scrutinized since the NDP government came to power.
  Premier John Horgan promised on the campaign trail earlie
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Missing women inquiry in chaos; Buller should step aside

  10-08-2017 02:29 via vancouversun.com
  The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is dying a death of a thousand cuts, and it’s high time the chief commissioner stepped aside.
  Former Provincial Court Judge Marion Buller was a well-intentioned, well-meaning choice, but she lacks the managerial competence for the captain’s job.
  In the latest of a slew of top staff departures, Waneek Horn-Miller has quit as director of community engagement.
  The former Olympian joined an exodus — exec
  
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• Nyrstar to reopen Myra Falls mine, restore jobs on Vancouver Island

  10-08-2017 02:17 via vancouversun.com
  Swiss-headquartered firm Nyrstar has struck a plan to reopen the Myra Falls zinc, copper and lead mine west of Campbell River on Vancouver Island, restoring almost 300 jobs that were lost nearly two years ago when the company idled the facility during the commodity doldrums.
  Nyrstar said Tuesday that the company’s board of directors made the decision to reopen Aug. 1, which is contingent on meeting provincial permit requirements, “negotiating positive commercial relationships”
  
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• Delta school playground torched

  10-08-2017 02:08 via vancouversun.com
  The fire that burned down a Delta school playground could have been far more devastating, a neighbour warns.
  Tracy Schroeder awoke just before 4 a.m. on Wednesday to discover the play structure at Chalmers Elementary School in North Delta was engulfed in flames.
  “It’s been a bit of a long morning,” Schroeder said. She grew up in North Delta; her kids are grown, but they went to Chalmers and then to neighbouring Burnsview Secondary.
  Tracy Schroeder was awoken by bright flames af
  
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• Are u gettin' excited to SLIDE? Only 3 more sleeps 'til @slidethecity + #FunCityFestival!!! Tix available.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  10-08-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Are u gettin' excited to SLIDE? Only 3 more sleeps 'til @slidethecity + #FunCityFestival!!! Tix available.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Two Vancouver doctors sanctioned by College of Physicians and Surgeons

  10-08-2017 01:57 via vancouversun.com
  An orthopedic surgeon and a family physician — both Vancouver doctors — are the latest to face disciplinary action by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C.
  Dr. John Arnold Fuller has been reprimanded for prescribing controlled medications from time to time, over a number of years, to someone who was not a patient, but rather, a friend. The College has made a point of reminding doctors that it is unethical and potentially hazardous to prescribe medications to family members o
  
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• B.C. tourism feels affects of wildfires, though cooler weather could bring relief

  10-08-2017 01:44 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — Tourism officials are starting to assess the impact of devastating wildfires in British Columbia and have received mixed feedback on the toll so far on the travel sector.
  Maya Lange of Destination B.C., the province’s tourism planning and marketing corporation, said businesses outside the fire zone have complained of cancellations.
  “Unfortunately some of our regions and communities that may be hundreds of kilometres away from the impacted areas have reported cancella
  
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• Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, August 10

  10-08-2017 01:40 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, August 10.
  Vancouver Queer Film Festival
  The Vancouver Queer Film Festival kicks off its 11th year on Thursday. There are over 50 films, with seven visiting filmmakers, 19 local directors, plus musical artists and free events. The whole thing gets started with a screening of I Dream in Another Language, about a young linguist and his research with the last three surviving speakers of the Indigenous language
  
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• Group opposed to abortion loses bid to advertise on Vancouver-area buses

  10-08-2017 01:18 via vancouversun.com
  A group opposed to abortion has lost a Charter of Rights challenge to have its ads displayed on the outside of TransLink buses after a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled they could cause harm to women and children.
  The South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority had rejected the ads, saying the graphic display of fetuses and the message “Abortion Kills Children” left the impression that most abortions were preformed after 16 weeks gestation.
  The authority also argued the ad from The Canadi
  
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• Uber begins 'significant investment' of mapping in Metro Vancouver

  10-08-2017 01:13 via vancouversun.com
  It could be a while before Uber ventures into B.C., but the company is banking on a future here by doing its research and upgrading its maps.
  Beginning Thursday, the ride-hailing tech company will send 25 vehicles out on the road to collect mapping imagery for its app in anticipation of the service’s eventual launch on Canada’s West Coast. The cars will not be doing pickups and drop-offs are for collecting mapping information.
  Data collected here will be used to enhance maps and offe
  
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