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• North Vancouver yachtsman racing for his nation - North Shore News

  29-08-2017 23:58
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  North Vancouver yachtsman racing for his nation
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  North Vancouver's Peter Wealick takes a break from preparations for the International 6 Metre Class World Championship sailing race scheduled for Sept. 15-21 in Vancouver. When the racing begins Wealick will become the first First Nations skipper in ...
  
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• B.C. Liberals open leadership race and set the rules

  29-08-2017 22:05 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s Liberal party has set the rules for electing a new leader, allowing a longer race, a higher spending cap and a different way to validate the identity of voting Liberal members.
  The party announced Tuesday it has opened the race to elect a new leader at a Feb. 4, 2018, convention, following the July 28 resignation of former leader and premier Christy Clark. The timing means the leadership race will be six weeks longer than it was in 2011, when Clark won.
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• Got a fruit tree? Pick ripe fruit & keep ground clear. Need help picking your fruit? Contact… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-08-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Got a fruit tree? Pick ripe fruit & keep ground clear. Need help picking your fruit? Contact… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Air quality advisory issued for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

  29-08-2017 21:27 via vancouversun.com
  Smoke from fires burning along the U.S. west coast  have drifted over the border and have led to Metro Vancouver issuing an air quality advisory for the Lower Mainland.
  The smoke, which contains high concentrations of fine particulate matter, is coming from wildfires burning in North California, Oregon and Washington state and is now impacting the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley air shed.Concentrations of ground-level ozone are also expected to reach advisory levels in eastern parts
  
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• Barcelona soccer stars host grandson of Vancouver man killed in terror attack

  29-08-2017 21:24 via vancouversun.com
  The grandson of Ian Moore Wilson, the Vancouver man killed in the Aug. 17 terrorist attack in Barcelona, was given the VIP experience at the training facility of FC Barcelona on Friday.
  Duncan Bates, a 14-year-old Vancouver soccer player who is currently attending a soccer camp in Spanish city, witnessed the attack in Las Ramblas that killed his grandfather. 
  In total, 13 people were killed in Barcelona, while another died in a separate attack in the nearby town of Cambrils. As ma
  
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• Hot Vancouver sets new summer power consumption record

  29-08-2017 20:25 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouverites must have had their air conditioners on high Monday as B.C. Hydro says the city set a new summer power consumption record.
  B.C. Hydro says peak hourly demand – the hour that customers use the most electricity – reached 7,851 megawatts on Monday night, breaking the previous record of 7,468 megawatts set on Aug. 11, 2014.
  It is the second power consumption record broken this year. On Jan. 3, in the middle of the city’s longest cold snap in 30 years, B.C. Hydro
  
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• We’re recruiting for a Regular Full-time Disclosure Reviewer. Click here to apply: ow.ly/fUIv30eLsxy

  29-08-2017 20:24 via twitter.com
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• Are you a non-profit with a great idea for a project, but need some $$? Apply for a Community Grant:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-08-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  Are you a non-profit with a great idea for a project, but need some $$? Apply for a Community Grant:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Meet the new Vancouver accessories brand you need to know about

  29-08-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver presents some interesting sartorial challenges thanks to it’s mercurial weather.
  From pelting rain to blazing sunshine, the spectrum of weather locals encounter throughout the year can make dressing for the weather an interesting endeavour.
  Paul Ismirnioglou wanted to make getting ready — and getting around town — just a little bit easier when he helped dream up the new accessories line Taikan.
  The company’s the co-founder and brand director chatted with Postmed
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Pride float against Sharia law a go in '11, no in '17

  29-08-2017 19:40 via vancouversun.com
  Shawn Shirazi is angry about cultural relativism and the growing unwillingness of people here to criticize radical Islam for fear of being labelled racist or Islamophobic.
  Born in Iran, Shirazi immigrated to Vancouver where he became a founding member of Cirque de So Gay, an activist group of gay and transgender Middle Eastern men. For several years, the group marched in the Pride Parade and even won an award for their originality. But this year, its application was rejected as “culturally
  
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• Go coastal to get the West Coast vibe

  29-08-2017 19:39 via vancouversun.com
  Tofino, B.C. – Getting here is more than half the fun when you take the slow boat(s) to Vancouver Island’s wild west coast.
  Sure, you can make it from Vancouver in a day filled with a ferry across the Georgia Strait, a Nanaimo-to-Parksville highway slog and a two-and-a-half-hour Highway 4 swerve to surfing’s “Tough City” – but there’s a mellower, more West Coast way to go. 
  It starts with a good ride. I was testing a snazzy 2017 Honda Ridgeline for
  
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• B.C. wildfires could leave bears hungry as berries and grasses charred: expert

  29-08-2017 18:59 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — Wildlife experts are warning British Columbia’s severe wildfires could make bears even more troublesome as they fatten up before hibernation.
  Wildsafe B.C. provincial co-ordinator Frank Ritcey says there is always increased conflict between bears and humans in autumn, as the bruins search for food.
  He predicts this fall will be particularly challenging because huge swaths of the province have been charred by wildfires, killing the berries and grasses bears rely on.
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• Vancouver police make arrest during Olympic Village drug raid

  29-08-2017 18:57 via vancouversun.com
  One person was arrested after Vancouver police executed a drug-related search warrant in Olympic Village on Monday.
  Vancouver fire department’s hazardous materials response team was also called in after police discovered unknown substances inside a suite in the area of Columbia Street and 1st Avenue.
  VPD Sgt. Jason Robillard says two VPD officers were taken to hospital as a precaution and were released shortly after.Full Hazmat gear at #OlympicVillage @VanFireRescue @VancouverPD clearly no
  
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• Two-year sentence for B.C. gymnastics coach who filmed students using toilet

  29-08-2017 18:50 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA — A gymnastics coach who secretly filmed his young athletes using the toilet has received a two-year sentence for making and possessing child pornography.
  Angelo Despotas, 48, betrayed the trust of the students he was supposed to be teaching, guiding and inspiring, provincial court Judge Jim Threlfall told a sentencing hearing in Kelowna.
  “The damage done to the victims is incalculable,” Threlfall said.
  “Many of the victims had trained with him for years.”
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• Looking to book a public space or venue in the City? All the info you need is right here: ow.ly/Qzap30eGAEQ… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-08-2017 18:02 via twitter.com
  Looking to book a public space or venue in the City? All the info you need is right here: ow.ly/Qzap30eGAEQ… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Young man rescued from Lynn Canyon after cliff jumping

  29-08-2017 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  Another person has been hurt while cliff jumping in Lynn Canyon on Vancouver's North Shore.
  
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• Kamloops bull takes horns, hooves and hot temper for unauthorized adventure

  29-08-2017 17:23 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — China shops, beware — a bull is on the loose in British Columbia’s southern Interior.
  RCMP say the 635 kilogram bull escaped last week from the B.C. Livestock Yard in Kamloops, about 350 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.
  It was spotted on the weekend, just east of Kamloops, but a news release from Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says it could have travelled some distance since then.
  The tan-coloured bull does not have any markings or brands, but it’s unlikely to be confused
  
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• From tolls to mobility pricing: Motorists will still pay more to drive

  29-08-2017 17:10 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia’s new NDP government will scrap tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges on Sept. 1, but motorists should enjoy the free ride while it lasts.
  That’s because a commission is investigating mobility pricing options for transportation, which could include bridge tolls and other road usage fees.
  The NDP government is now championing the phrase “Toll Free B.C.” — and Transportation Minister Claire Trevena denied in an interview Friday that this slog
  
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• Daily Poll: Are you in favour of a mobility pricing system for Metro Vancouver?

  29-08-2017 17:10 via vancouversun.com
  While bridge tolls are soon to be a thing of the past, Metro Vancouver motorists may eventually be hit with new fees through a mobility pricing system.
  In June, the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation and the TransLink established the mobility pricing independent commission to examine scenarios where drivers must pay a fee for every kilometre they travel or a tax for entering downtown.
  Mobility pricing systems have been previously introduced in London, Stockholm, Singapore
  
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• Breaching Orca gives Vancouver Island kayaker a thrill (video)

  29-08-2017 16:41 via vancouversun.com
  A Courtenay man got up close and personal with an orca Saturday night .
  When Ken Heinrich and his two daughters spotted a pod of killer whales breaching in the waters off Gartley Beach, they grabbed their cameras and hopped into their kayaks to get a better look.
  “We were simply drifting when the pod came towards us and at one point circled around to the shore side of us. The most amazing animal experience of my life,’ Heinrich wrote on YouTube posting. “These incredible creat
  
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• Investors embrace North Vancouver's Marine Drive - North Shore News

  29-08-2017 13:09
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  Investors embrace North Vancouver's Marine Drive
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  North Vancouver's Marine Drive at the intersection of MacKay Avenue, where recent property deals signal possible redevelopment. photo supplied Rob Kruyt. The future seemed within sight when the District of North Vancouver adopted its new official ...
  
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• Dr. Brian Day: Access to health care is a Constitutional right

  29-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Our constitutional challenge against government laws that ban private insurance for medical services will resume later this year. In authoritarian regimes, citizens’ rights can be ignored. Canadians might believe that our constitution offers protection against such oppression, believing Ayn Rand’s statement, “The government was set to protect man from criminals — and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government” applies in Canada. In practice, the
  
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• Crime takes heavy toll on small businesses in the heart of Surrey

  29-08-2017 05:37 via vancouversun.com
  Mohamed Bhamjee grew up in Whalley and has seen the neighbourhood deteriorate over the years, plagued by homelessness and drug addiction issues.
  His parents’ grocery store on King George Boulevard, a neighbourhood fixture since 1980, abuts the notorious Whalley strip, a two-block stretch of 135A Street between 106 and 108 Avenues. The location has taken its toll. 
  “We’ve had broken windows. We have an alarm system, so that’s not too bad, but there’s been vandal
  
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• Life returning to normal in Kamloops as wildfire evacuees head home

  29-08-2017 05:14 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Looking around the deserted plaza in front of the Sandman Centre arena in Kamloops on Monday, it’s hard to believe that last month it was crammed with thousands of people who were looking for help after being forced from their homes by wildfires.
  “It was crazy,” Kamloops acting mayor Arjun Singh said of the scene at the arena, which has served as an evacuee reception centre for the past six weeks. “The speed and scale of what happened took everybody
  
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• Vancouver pleads for citizen help in watering drought-stricken trees

  29-08-2017 04:43 via vancouversun.com
  A long dry summer is putting some of Vancouver’s forest canopy in jeopardy at the same time the city is trying to increase it.
  Trees, particularly those recently planted, are withering in drought-like conditions for the second time in three years, prompting a plea from the Vancouver Park Board for citizens to help water thirsty stems and protect some of the city’s $6.3-million annual investment in its urban forest.
  “We are definitely seeing some stresses on younger ones planted
  
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• After psych review, serial North Vancouver tire slasher gets probation

  29-08-2017 04:08 via vancouversun.com
  A Squamish man who slashed the tires of 150 North Vancouver vehicles in one night has been handed a conditional sentence, a suspended sentence and probation.
  Shane Nendick, 35, was found guilty of 24 counts of mischief last March in North Vancouver Provincial Court for the Dec. 4, 2014 spree near Capilano University, which left about 200 flat tires in all.
  DNA samples from blood found on the tires was then used to connect Nendick to a trio of other crimes in 2015, which added up to convictions f
  
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• After psych review, serial North Vancouver tire slasher gets ... - Vancouver Sun

  29-08-2017 04:04
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  After psych review, serial North Vancouver tire slasher gets ...
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  A Squamish man who slashed the tires of 150 North Vancouver vehicles in one night has been handed a conditional sentence, a suspended sentence and ...
  No jail time for North Vancouver tire-slasher - NEWS 1130News1130
  Man sentenced in North Vancouver tire-slashing spree, arsonGlobalnews.caall 4 news articles »
  
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• After psych review, serial North Vancouver tire slasher gets probation - Vancouver Sun

  29-08-2017 04:04
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  After psych review, serial North Vancouver tire slasher gets probation
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  A Squamish man who slashed the tires of 150 North Vancouver vehicles in one night has been handed a conditional sentence, a suspended sentence and probation. Shane Nendick, 35, was found guilty of 24 counts of mischief last March in North Vancouver ...
  Man sentenced in North Vancouver tire-slashing spree, arsonGlobalnews.ca
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• PNE film festival gives a voice to First Nations and immigrant youth

  29-08-2017 03:36 via vancouversun.com
  While you munch on a snack at the PNE food court, take note of the action on the big screen at the Celebration Plaza.
  Three times a day, a series of short films portray how young people feel “about living in Canada and their vision for Canada,” the film festival’s director said Tuesday.
  “We really encourage the youth to make the films about what they care about,” Zoe Miles, programs manager for Reel Youth, said.
  “(The films) are simple but they’re r
  
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• Pop-up pot dispensary an 'outside the box' approach to opioid crisis

  29-08-2017 03:02 via vancouversun.com
  Chatter was spreading online and through the Downtown Eastside on Sunday and Monday, a rumour about cops “busting” an unlicensed pop-up cannabis dispensary.
  The dispensary in question is different from the roughly 60 unlicensed pot shops running in Vancouver, many of which are slick commercial operations. The High Hopes Foundation, a small booth which opened this summer in the Downtown Eastside, is run by the people behind the Overdose Prevention Society and works toward the same goa
  
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• Aldergrove animal sanctuary dealing with unexpected litter of piglets

  29-08-2017 02:25 via vancouversun.com
  When Diane Marsh agreed to foster two abused pot-bellied pigs for the SPCA, she didn’t know they would be bringing along extra house guests.
  The two female pigs — Lulu and Lily — and 17 neglected dogs were rescued from a home in Maple Ridge two and a half months ago. The SPCA asked Marsh to put them up at Happy Herd, her four-acre Aldergrove home and sanctuary for animals in need of homes.
  The pigs were scared of people and would “scream” if anyone came near th
  
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• Police warn about sex offender set to live in Vancouver

  29-08-2017 02:07 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are warning the public about a sex offender who is planning to live in the city.
  Brendan Dominic Billy was released on parole Monday, after completing a 15-year sentence.
  Billy was convicted of break-and-enter and the sexual assault of two women inside their Squamish seniors’ home in 2001.
  The Correctional Service of Canada has assessed him as high risk for violence and sexual re-offending. 
  Billy, who said to be a Vancouver resident at the time of his arrest, is a 43
  
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• Man sentenced to prison term in 2016 Chilliwack shooting death

  29-08-2017 02:05 via vancouversun.com
  A man who plead guilty to manslaughter in a 2016 shooting death of a Chilliwack man was sentenced to a six-year prison term on Monday.
  Daniel Joseph Fabas had plead guilty in May for his involvement in the death of Dave Williams on April 18, 2016. 
  Williams was shot outside a residence in a housing complex in the 46000-block Princess Avenue in Chilliwack.  He died at the scene.
  According to a media release, after an 11-day investigation by Chilliwack RCMP and the Integrated Homicide In
  
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• The #WalkCNV team has been out & about this summer – walking/talking! Find out how you can get involved:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-08-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  The #WalkCNV team has been out & about this summer – walking/talking! Find out how you can get involved:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Firefighters are responding to a high angle rescue in #lynncanyon at 90ft pool. Stay safe when enjoying the outdoor… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-08-2017 01:59 via twitter.com
  Firefighters are responding to a high angle rescue in #lynncanyon at 90ft pool. Stay safe when enjoying the outdoor… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Surrey Six lawyer critical of Crown deals with former gangsters

  29-08-2017 01:54 via vancouversun.com
  A lawyer who represented one of the Surrey Six killers is concerned over some of the deals prosecutors cut with murderous gangsters who agreed to testify in the case.
  Brock Martland, whose client Matthew Johnston was convicted in 2014, has written in a new book that there should be more public discussion about such “deals with the devil.”
  “One remarkable feature of the case was the willingness on the part of the Crown and police to make a deal with a murderer,” Martland w
  
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• Police seize six sport bikes for street racing in North Vancouver - North Shore News

  29-08-2017 00:37
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  Police seize six sport bikes for street racing in North Vancouver
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  North Vancouver RCMP prepare to impound six sport bikes on the Cut Sunday afternoon. photo supplied. A group of throttle-happy bikers have had their crotch rockets impounded after being caught treating the Upper Levels Highway like a drag strip.
  North Vancouver Teen Hit In 'Serial' Egging Suffers Major Eye InjuryHuffington Post Canada
  6 motorcyclists charged after street racing in North Vancouver
  
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