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• Record fire years sow seeds of severe future fires, scientists say

  21-08-2017 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  The increasing frequency of record-breaking fire seasons playing out in B.C. is sowing the seeds for severe fire seasons to come, according to the co-author of a recent study.
  Each successive fire and the carbon released leads to more drought, crippling the ability of forests to absorb and sequester carbon, said David Galvez, a former researcher at the University of B.C. and University of Alberta.
  This year’s forest inferno is being mirrored on every continent, according to the new study e
  
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• Black bear chased, punched and shot after invading Sunshine Coast home

  21-08-2017 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  Sunshine Coast RCMP shot and killed a black bear Sunday after the animal terrified a Gibsons family after it strode into their home and refused to leave without a fight.
  Elery Froude was at home with her two young sons, Camden and Ivany, when the bear walked through an open sliding glass door and into their Franklin Beach home. 
  A black bear paws at the door of a Gibsons family home.
  “When she heard two-and-half year-old Ivany yell ‘mom look,’ Elery turned in time to see t
  
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• Hollywood North: Summer of blockbusters in Vancouver

  21-08-2017 23:03 via vancouversun.com
  There is no shortage of A-list talent in town right now with seven feature films currently shooting in Vancouver.
  The biggest star in our midst — both literally and figuratively — is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The world’s highest paid actor, who earned $64.5 million in 2016, started filming his latest, Skyscraper, Aug. 14 in Vancouver.
  Co-starring Neve Campbell, the movie is billed as an action-thriller about a skyscraper security expert who must rescue his family f
  
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• Hollywood North: Summer of blockbusters in Vancouver | Vancouver ... - Vancouver Sun

  21-08-2017 22:53
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  There is no shortage of A-list talent in town right now with seven feature films currently shooting in Vancouver. The biggest star in our midst — both literally and ...and more »
  
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• Hollywood North: Summer of blockbusters in Vancouver - Vancouver Sun

  21-08-2017 22:53
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  Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds poses with Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan on the set of Deadpool 2 Monday. Twitter photo. Share Adjust Comment Print. There is no shortage of A-list talent in town right now with seven feature films currently ...and more »
  
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• Vancouver overdose deaths so far this year exceed 2016 total

  21-08-2017 22:13 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — More people have fatally overdosed in Vancouver so far this year than in all of 2016, the city says.
  It says 232 overdose deaths have been recorded since the beginning of the year. The B.C. Coroners Service reported 231 fatalities for Vancouver last year, many involving the opioid painkiller fentanyl.
  The numbers suggest more than 400 deaths are anticipated by the end of the year, the city said in a news release Monday.
  Mayor Gregor Robertson called the rising number of overdos
  
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• Come over and play in #CivicPlaza. We have lounge chairs, 'grass' to sink your toes into, tables/chairs, a piano.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-08-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Come over and play in #CivicPlaza. We have lounge chairs,'grass' to sink your toes into, tables/chairs, a piano.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• UPDATED: Solar eclipse dazzles on North Vancouver waterfront - North Shore News

  21-08-2017 21:33
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  UPDATED: Solar eclipse dazzles on North Vancouver waterfront
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  Visiting from LA Tammy Wood and her dog Leroy with locals Karen Firus and her mother Molly at the Burrard Dry Dock Pier, enjoying the solar eclipse. photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News. • North Shore News •. Solar eclipse dazzles on North Vancouver ...
  
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• Solar eclipse dazzles on North Vancouver waterfront - North Shore News

  21-08-2017 21:33
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  Solar eclipse dazzles on North Vancouver waterfront
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  Visiting from LA Tammy Wood and her dog Leroy with locals Karen Firus and her mother Molly at the Burrard Dry Dock Pier, enjoying the solar eclipse. photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News. There's a sun and there's a moon and rarely the twain shall ...
  
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• Eclipse 2017 Live: Huge crowd at H.R. Macmillan Space Centre viewing party

  21-08-2017 21:26 via vancouversun.com
  The H.R. Macmillan Space Centre hosted a solar eclipse viewing party on Monday. This eclipse marks the first time in 99 years that a total solar eclipse crossed the entire continent. Vancouver was one of the better viewing spots in the country, with an 86 per cent totality.
  The partial eclipse began in Vancouver at 9:10 a.m., reached its maximum at 10:21 a.m. and will ended at 11:37 a.m.
  Postmedia reporter Cheryl Chan was among those with her (protected) eyes to the skies:If you missed it, worry
  
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• Green Leader Andrew Weaver pushes to legalize Uber in B.C.

  21-08-2017 21:06 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver says he will re-introduce legislation in the fall to legalize ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft.
  Weaver has twice introduced his Ridesharing Enabling Act in the B.C. legislature, once in April 2016 and again in February 2017.
  His private member’s bill calls for all ride-hailing drivers to undergo a background check, pass a vehicle inspection and possess the necessary insurance.
  “The government cannot stick its head in the sand whe
  
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• City of North Vancouver to collect higher fees from denser developments - Western Investor (subscription)

  21-08-2017 20:44
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  City of North Vancouver to collect higher fees from denser developments
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  That's the message in the City of North Vancouver where rates for community amenity contributions – which tend to be levelled on developers who exceed density guidelines – are set to rise 35 per cent in the city centre and 52 per cent on the outskirts ...and more »
  
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• Andrew Weaver: Why I’m introducing ride-sharing legislation this fall

  21-08-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  We are in an unprecedented era of technological innovation. Just a decade after the launch of the iPhone, three quarters of Canadians now have a smartphone in their pockets. Last year, new installations of emissions-free power surpassed fossil fuel for the first time. We are only three years away from millions of self-driving cars hitting our streets.
  While it can be tempting to view such dramatic technological shifts as either thrilling or terrifying, the truth is the effects of new technology
  
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• Ferrari driver charged with doing 210 km/h across Lions Gate Bridge

  21-08-2017 19:55 via vancouversun.com
  A 22-year-old Ferrari driver, who was clocked doing more than 200 kilometres an hour across the Lions Gate Bridge, has been charged with excessive speeding.
  Yihao Wang of West Vancouver is scheduled to make his first appearance in North Vancouver Provincial Court on Sept. 13.
  Wang was pulled over on July 4 after West Vancouver Police spotted a 2015 Ferrari 458 racing northbound on the bridge and obtained a speed reading of 210 km/hr in a 60 km/hr zone.
  The car was initially impounded f
  
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• Lots of folks out taking in the solar eclipse in #CivicPlaza. #NorthVan https://t.co/H1AishuD7s

  21-08-2017 19:39 via twitter.com
  
  Lots of folks out taking in the solar eclipse in #CivicPlaza. #NorthVan https://t.co/H1AishuD7s
  
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• From the California sun to your table: The Journey of the Almond

  21-08-2017 19:35 via vancouversun.com
  Eating healthy has never been more confusing.  Between fad diets that don’t work and buckets of bad nutrition advice floating around cyberspace, the world is bombarded with conflicting information that can make anyone’s head spin.  
  As a registered dietitian, I have a lot of respect for the fact that nutrition isn’t ‘one size fits all.’ However, among the many nutrition recommendations that I stand behind, eating more plants and knowing where your foo
  
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• City Community Grants. See if your group is eligible for a grant & apply soon #NorthVan ow.ly/iHRk30esulC https://t.co/hFZeih7hmm

  21-08-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  
  City Community Grants. See if your group is eligible for a grant & apply soon #NorthVan ow.ly/iHRk30esulC https://t.co/hFZeih7hmm
  
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• Seven things to do this week, Aug. 24-31

  21-08-2017 19:15 via vancouversun.com
  Game of Thrones season 7 finale
  Aug. 27, 9 p.m. | HBO Canada
  Info: Hbocanada.com
  Only one more season remains of the global TV phenomenon that is Game of Thrones. As fans will attest, the push to the finish is tightening up as all the major players are lining up to see who, if any, will remain standing at the end. With a shorter season for Season 7, there has been some grumbling that the series has become beholden to the fan chatter, with everything from internet memes making the scripts, to bec
  
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• Wildfires combine to create largest blaze in B.C.

  21-08-2017 18:18 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — Several large wildfires have combined into what the B.C. Wildfire Service says is the largest blaze burning in the province.
  The wildfire service says at least six fires in an area west of Quesnel in central B.C. have burned together to create a single fire that is about 4,700 square kilometres in size.
  Until Sunday, the wildfire service said the largest fire covered 2,270-square kilometres and was burning about 60 kilometres west of Williams Lake.
  Fire officials reported 137 bl
  
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• #CityParkStewards Blackberry Bake-of August 26. There's a prize for the best treat. You in? cnv.org/CityParkStewar…… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-08-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  #CityParkStewards Blackberry Bake-of August 26. There's a prize for the best treat. You in? cnv.org/CityParkStewar…… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Green Leader Andrew Weaver to make announcement on ride sharing

  21-08-2017 17:44 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver has scheduled an 11 a.m. press conference Monday where he is expected to make an announcement relating to the ride-sharing industry in B.C.
  The Greens said in their platform that they would act to facilitate “modal switching,” which includes ride hailing, car sharing and “other co-operative transportation initiatives.”
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  Ride-hailing still coming to B.C., but NDP, Greens offer few detailsIn May, prior to being sworn in as premier in M
  
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• Daily Poll: Are you excited about the solar eclipse?

  21-08-2017 17:03 via vancouversun.com
  Some will be donning welder’s goggles while others will just be pulling the blinds.
  What will you be doing during today’s solar eclipse?
  The partial eclipse, which will block out 85 per cent of sun, will begin in Vancouver at 9:10 a.m., reach its maximum at 10:21 a.m. and end at 11:37 a.m.
  Whatever you do, don’t stare at it with the naked eye.
  “Even though the sun will be 85-, 86-per-cent obscured, it’s very important that people do not look at the eclipse with
  
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• Odessa making a difference in one community providing better-built homes for families

  21-08-2017 16:35 via vancouversun.com
  A typical new home in Metro Vancouver has air leakage rates of five to six times per hour. Nathan Stone, co-founder of Odessa Group, is building homes with half that — or 2.5 air changes per hour — thus meeting stringent energy efficiency standards, but at minimal extra cost to the homeowners.
  Instead of using ultra-high performance mechanical systems or materials, Stone is relying mainly on quality building techniques and support from BC Hydro to achieve his goals. As a result, Phas
  
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• Vancouver Sun music reviews

  21-08-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Queens of the Stone Age: Villains (Matador): Four years in various projects, particularly time spent in Them Crooked Vultures, really seems to have put the spirit of Led Zeppelin into Josh Homme — because the opening track, Feet Don’t Fail Me, and The Evil Has Landed both sound like lost tracks from the Physical Graffiti sessions. Ditto the complete ZZ Top homage of The Way You Used to Do. But don’t worry, while the sound has changed — and a lot of that goes to the clean
  
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• Conservation officers kill more small bear cubs than take to rehab centres, new stats reveal

  21-08-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Provincial conservation officers so far this year have destroyed 70 per cent more small black bear cubs than they have taken to rehabilitation centres for release back to the wild, Ministry of Environment statistics reveal.
  The statistics, compiled at the request of Postmedia News, show that from April 1 to August 8 conservation officers destroyed 22 black bear “cubs of the year” compared with 13 cubs taken to rehab facilities. The ministry notes that an unspecified nu
  
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• Amazon's ambitions big boost to Vancouver's tech sector

  21-08-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Online retail and technology giant Amazon has been coy about its ambitions for growth in Vancouver, but the careers section of its Canadian website tells part of the story — more than 300 employment postings for skilled tech-sector jobs in the city.
  It hints at a significant expansion of one of Vancouver’s bigger tech players, at the same time the city’s startup sector is gaining momentum and trying to draw the same types of skilled workers.
  However, key voices in the sector vi
  
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• Rob Shaw: NDP fast on announcements, sloppy on details

  21-08-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s new NDP government launched itself out of the gate with remarkable speed, using its first 30 days in power to enact and announce a flurry of policies it had promised during the election campaign. 
  A hike to the minimum wage. B.C.’s new human rights commission. Welfare and disability rate increases. The return of free adult basic education. A review of the Site C dam. Legal challenges against the Kinder Morgan pipeline. A ban on grizzly bear trophy hunting
  
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• Glazey Days of summer sprinkled with hole lot of fun at PNE Donut Dash

  21-08-2017 10:36 via vancouversun.com
  Just call them the “glazey” days of summer.
  Why else would runners of all ages flock to the Fair at the PNE wearing modified inner tubes, costumes and comical buffs, stopping to eat mini-donuts, Oreo churros and other tasty treats while trying to complete a 5K course before the main gates, and rides, opened to the public.
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  The third annual PNE Donut Dash cranked up the fun factor on a clear Sunday morning, adding treat stations, musicians and c
  
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• SFU research finds that salmon are in steep decline

  21-08-2017 10:00 via vancouversun.com
  Canada has one of the world’s most robust wild-salmon conservation policies, but has largely failed to execute its plan even as many B.C. salmon populations have fallen into crisis, according to a new study.
  The Wild Salmon Policy was hailed as “transformative and timely” when it was introduced in 2006, said lead author Michael Price, a biologist at Simon Fraser University. 
  But 12 years in, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is unable to determine the health or threat
  
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• Enjoy the eclipse but protect your eyes and be safe. You will be able to see the eclipse from about 9-11 am, peakin… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  21-08-2017 07:58 via twitter.com
  Enjoy the eclipse but protect your eyes and be safe. You will be able to see the eclipse from about 9-11 am, peakin… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Opinion: Deliberative polling a route to electoral reform

  21-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  The new NDP government is committed to “making democracy work for people” as the first order of business this fall under the terms of its agreement with the Green party caucus. That deal promises a referendum in the fall of 2018 concurrent with municipal elections and an agreement to “work together in good faith to consult British Columbians on the type of proportional representation (PR)” to be proposed.
  Referendums pose two significant challenges to electoral reformers.
  
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• Opinion: Beware of oil lobbyists asking for gifts

  21-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  As the new NDP government in B.C. considers further support for the natural-gas industry, it should take a long, hard look at the results of the previous Liberal government’s eagerness to please the oil and gas lobby.  
  We all know that the promised liquefied natural-gas (LNG) boom never materialized, but to get a sense of what else is at play it’s worth reading the 26-page memo sent by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) to B.C.’s deputy minister of nat
  
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• Letters: Storage is the problem with solar power

  21-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Solar can replace power from Site C, Letters, Aug. 16
  The proposal to replace Site C with solar panels on people’s roofs glosses over one important issue — power storage. Solar panels don’t produce electricity when it’s needed, only when it’s light and most when the sun shines.
  If you want to charge your electric car overnight, solar panels don’t help. They produce less power in the winter with shorter days, less sunshine and snow covering the panels &mdas
  
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• Obituary: Veteran political scientist Norman Ruff dies at age 78

  21-08-2017 05:25 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — One of B.C.’s most respected political scientists, whose classes influenced a generation of politicians and whose commentary shaped decades of media coverage, has died.
  Norman Ruff, a professor emeritus at the University of Victoria, died Saturday evening from esophageal cancer at a hospice facility in Victoria. He was 78.
  Ruff spent 36 years as a professor of political science at UVic, barely slowing down after his retirement in 2005. His classes, including undergraduate
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Unlocking a long-held secret reunites a family — and saves a man's life

  21-08-2017 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  This story spans more than three-quarters of a century and includes a deeply hidden family secret that was discovered just in time to turn a tragedy into a miracle.
  At the centre of it is 33-year-old Patrick Hennessy, who has a rare, genetic disease called X-linked Alport syndrome that almost inevitably leads to kidney failure. Hennessy’s maternal uncle died from it, which is how the family found out that it is in their genes.
  “I had a biopsy done when I was 23 that confirmed I had A
  
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• Independent review of Site C to include a contractor's receivership

  21-08-2017 02:45 via vancouversun.com
  The independent review of the $8.9 billion Site C hydroelectric project, ordered by the B.C. government to determine the dam’s viability, will also assess the effect on one of the three prime construction contractors going into receivership.
  The company — Calgary-based Petrowest Corp., which holds a 25-per-cent stake in the construction partnership — was forced into court-ordered receivership this week by its banking syndicate, which had demanded immediate repayment of all amou
  
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• Mel Gibson spends a day at the PNE

  21-08-2017 01:09 via vancouversun.com
  Mel Gibson spent Saturday at the PNE.
  Gibson and his daughter were escorted around the grounds by local producer Howard Blank and Blank’s wife.
  “They had a good time,” Blank said. 
  It was a day away from the set for Gibson. The movie star is in town to shoot a locally-produced film, “Dragged Across Concrete.”
  Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Carpenter are among Gibson’s co-stars; Look to the Sky Films is the production company.
  According to Blank, the Gibso
  
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• Vancouver teacher suspended after profanity-laced tirade in classroom

  21-08-2017 01:07 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver high school teacher who delivered a profanity-laced tirade in the classroom was suspended for three days. 
  On April 3, Maple Fun Sun Low was teaching a Grade 12 English class in an unnamed school in the Vancouver school district when he noticed five female students playing cards before class started. 
  Believing the girls were still playing when he was handing out papers to the class, Low went off on one of the students in the class. 
  “Turn around so that you
  
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• Casey Brown talks girls on bikes at Crankworx

  21-08-2017 00:34 via vancouversun.com
  When Casey Brown first started riding bikes, she didn’t stop to think about being a girl in a boy’s world. 
  “For me, it has never been an issue being a girl because I’ve never gotten on my bike and felt like, ‘Oh, I’m different from these guys,’ ” she says. “I’ve always gotten on my bike and gone, ‘Oh, I’m just going for a bike ride.’
  “We’re all the same.”
  While the Revelstoke resident refus
  
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• Harrison Lake boaters impeding firefighting efforts

  21-08-2017 00:27 via vancouversun.com
  Efforts to contain a small wildfire burning east of Harrison Lake near Slollicum Creek are being impeded by boaters, officials say.
  B.C. Wildfire Service chief information officer Kevin Skrepnek said Sunday that police have been called in to get boaters out of the way of aircraft looking to use the lake to scoop water.
  The fire is about 12 kilometres east of the lake, just north of Sasquatch Provincial Park.
  “There have been some issues,” Skrepnek said about why the RCMP and official
  
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• Don't forget fires & BBQ's are banned in all parks across the North Shore #NorthVan https://t.co/mid0vdaCZ3

  21-08-2017 00:15 via twitter.com
  
  Don't forget fires & BBQ's are banned in all parks across the North Shore #NorthVan https://t.co/mid0vdaCZ3
  
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