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• Riverdale star Lili Reinhart calls out Vancouver fan over awkward interaction

  06-09-2017 23:57 via vancouversun.com
  A star on the Vancouver-filmed CW series Riverdale has called out a local woman for an awkward fan interaction.
  A Twitter user, whose account has since been set to private, tweeted earlier this week about an interaction that took place over the weekend when she encountered stars Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse in downtown Vancouver. Reinhart plays Betty Cooper and Sprouse stars as Jughead Jones on the popular CW teen drama.
  “So guys listen to this I’m so annoyed,” the woman said
  
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• In collection zone 4? Your new carts are coming! Delivery starts September 13th. Pls use 'em as soon as you get 'em… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-09-2017 23:45 via twitter.com
  In collection zone 4? Your new carts are coming! Delivery starts September 13th. Pls use 'em as soon as you get 'em… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Nadia Albano Makeover: Okanagan restaurant owner ready for a refresh

  06-09-2017 23:32 via vancouversun.com
  Faith Leung, 31, is a restaurant owner in the Okanagan who was ready for a hair refresh.
  Faith has medium textured hair, which was previously coloured, with 4 inches (10 cm) of regrowth.  Her natural hair colour is dark black-brown, and I wanted to lighten and warm it up for her.  I applied highlight foils throughout her hair using a colour controlling silk infused decoloriser.  I then applied her background foundation colour in a warm chocolate-brown shade, to balance out her pre
  
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• Join us for the official re-opening of the #FenBurdett Stadium @ #MahonPark Sept 16. ow.ly/TLAS30eQDf6… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-09-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Join us for the official re-opening of the #FenBurdett Stadium @ #MahonPark Sept 16. ow.ly/TLAS30eQDf6… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Restaurant review: Spacca Napoli serves up pizza, straight outta Naples

  06-09-2017 21:29 via vancouversun.com
  Spacca Napoli
  2801 St. Johns Street, Port Moody | 604-939-5800
  pizzeriaspaccanapoli.com
  Port Moody’s cool quotient is rising, what with Murray Street lined with craft breweries and the picturesque setting.
  And now, there’s a BFF for the breweries. Spacca Napoli arrived with a bear hug from Napoli and its famous Neapolitan pizzas. Chef Marco Cresciullo is from Naples, trained in pizzerias there. Owners, brothers Danny and Paolo Pero and friend Davide Di Giovanni, all have Neapolitan p
  
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• Five female-fronted Fringe shows to catch

  06-09-2017 21:20 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Fringe Festival 2017
  Sept. 7-17, various times | Various venues on Granville Island and Vancouver
  Tickets and info: From $14 at vancouverfringe.com
  The annual Vancouver Fringe Festival packs in over 700 performances in its 11-day run. Obviously, there is no way to see everything. There isn’t even a way to see all the offerings falling under a specific category, such as comedy.
  That said, you do need to pick your plays.
  Here are five female-fronted shows that run the gamut of cont
  
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• And … it's getting worse: Metro air quality starts improving Thursday

  06-09-2017 21:04 via vancouversun.com
  While you can feel it coming in the air tonight, it’s not likely you’ve been waiting for this moment for all your life.
  The wildfire-induced haze across Metro Vancouver skies was expected to get worse before it gets better, with an air quality health index (AQHI) of 7 expected Wednesday afternoon and evening, before dropping to 6 on Thursday. As of Wednesday morning, the northeast and northwest sectors of Metro Vancouver were registered as having an index of 7, while the southeast an
  
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• Diego Cardona named Vision council candidate in October by-election

  06-09-2017 21:03 via vancouversun.com
  A Colombian refugee and former foster child will be Vision Vancouver’s candidate for the city council by-election taking place Oct. 14.
  Mayor Gregor Robertson called Diego Cardona “a young, diverse and progressive voice that understands first-hand the challenges facing our city” in his announcement Wednesday.
  “Diego’s story is impressive — he has overcome incredible hardship, and now works to make Vancouver a welcoming and inclusive city,” said Robertson
  
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• Three-in-four Metro Vancouver residents want Massey Tunnel replaced

  06-09-2017 20:37 via vancouversun.com
  The majority of Metro Vancouver residents would support the replacement of the Massey Tunnel with a bridge, according to a recent Angus Reid survey.
  Three-in-four respondents said they would like to see a higher-capacity bridge be built to replace the aging tunnel underneath the Fraser River, according to the survey which was conducted on behalf of the Association of Consulting Engineers of B.C. and the B.C. Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association.
  The 58-year-old tunnel has long been a
  
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• Fast and easy pickles add flair to any meal

  06-09-2017 20:16 via vancouversun.com
  House pickling has hit its stride in Canadian restaurants.
  “Everything is better with pickles,” says Derek Dammann, executive chef of Montreal’s Maison Publque and co-author of True North: Canadian Cooking from Coast to Coast.
  “My mom was big on canning, so we always had a variety to choose from, and there were always jars of pickles on the table to go with every meal,” says Dammann, who grew up in Campbell River. “I don’t really go the canning route &md
  
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• Two dead after runaway dump truck causes multi-vehicle crash in Coquitlam

  06-09-2017 20:10 via vancouversun.com
  Two people are dead after a runaway dump truck caused a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday on Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam.
  A man in his 30s and a woman in her 60s died and the B.C. Coroners Service is now investigating, spokesman Andy Watson said. No other details about their deaths were available Wednesday morning.
  The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. at Como Lake and Pitt River Road on Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam RCMP said in a release.
  According to witnesses, the truck was seen rolling down th
  
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• Feedback wanted! What do you think about expanded dining patios at the Foot of Lonsdale? Quick survey:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-09-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Feedback wanted! What do you think about expanded dining patios at the Foot of Lonsdale? Quick survey:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• New trees have these green bags. We fill the bags, but if you see a bag looking empty, please top it up with water. #ThankYou #NorthVan

  06-09-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  New trees have these green bags. We fill the bags, but if you see a bag looking empty, please top it up with water. #ThankYou #NorthVan
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support the ICBC rate hikes?

  06-09-2017 17:26 via vancouversun.com
  On Tuesday, B.C. Attorney General David Eby announced ICBC would be applying to the B.C. Utilities Commission to hike their insurance rates.
  The Crown corporation will be seeking a basic rate increase of 6.4 per cent, and optional extended coverage rate increase of 3.1 per cent for the first quarter, with quarterly increases of 2.2 per cent to a maximum of 9.6 per cent.
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  ICBC rate hike will cost average driver $130 per yearAccording to reporter Jen Saltman’s story, that works out to
  
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• B.C. driver stung with a ticket; says a bee caused her to crash

  06-09-2017 17:07 via globalnews.ca
  A driver in North Vancouver was issued a $196 ticket and six demerit points after she drove on to the sidewalk and hit a telephone pole on Capilano Road at Mt. Crown Road on Tuesday.
  
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• Backdrop design studio creates stylish knitwear in Vancouver

  06-09-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  If there’s one thing Vancouverites know, style-wise, it’s the importance of good knitwear. 
  A great sweater not only makes a style statement — if it boasts the perfect balance of chic-and-cosy — it can quickly usurp all other wardrobe items to become a seasonal go-to. 
  That mix of fashion and function is a big part of the ethos of the Vancouver-based brand Backdrop. Chris Hoe, the company’s director of operations, chatted with Postmedia News about be
  
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• Soaring rents force students to take on more debt or jobs

  06-09-2017 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Caitlin McCutchen needs to find a new place to live, but it’s a problem she’s trying to ignore. 
  “I am trying not to think about it because it’s honestly stressing me out,” said the fourth-year political science student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
  “I’m looking right now, which is actually terrible timing, because all students are looking for housing,” said McCutchen, also the chair of the Alliance of British Columbia Students.
  In the t
  
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• Edmonton man wanted on warrant arrested in Vancouver homeless shelter

  06-09-2017 15:58 via vancouversun.com
  EDMONTON — Police in Vancouver say they have apprehended a man who was the subject of a Canada-wide warrant in the death of a woman from Montreal.
  Late Tuesday night, Edmonton police issued a news release saying their counterparts in Vancouver arrested Gregory Christopher Tessman, 49, at a homeless shelter on East Hastings Street.
  Tessman is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Valerie Maurice, 29, whose body was found last Thursday inside the Edmonton apartment where he lived
  
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• Midnight at the Oasis singer Maria Muldaur loves turning people on to Memphis Minnie

  06-09-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Maria Muldaur
  Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. | Rio Theatre
  Tickets: $40 at roguefolk.bc.ca/Highlife Records/Tapestry Music or call 604-736-3022
  Barring a pop-music miracle, Maria Muldaur will forever be known for a hit single 40 years ago. But although the soft-rock song Midnight at the Oasis (described by one writer as “so sensual and evocative that it… may be responsible for the most pregnancies from a record during the mid-‘70s”) catapulted her to stardom, Muldaur (b. Maria Grazi
  
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• Choirs give back at ReSounding Ryerson Benefit

  06-09-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  ReSounding Ryerson Benefit
  Sept. 16 | Dunbar-Ryerson United Church
  Tickets and info: $35.
  Vancouver may seem to be blessed with a diverse selection of venues for classical music. But the matchup between location, sound, and audience capacity is tricky to get right. All the more reason that our choral community is prepared to go to such lengths to protect and improve Dunbar-Ryerson United Church, a much favoured and greatly appreciated space for music making.
  “ReSounding Ryerson” is a
  
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• Five Things to Know: Runaway dump truck, The Rock meets real hero, too many cats

  06-09-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  A runaway dump truck caused mayhem on the Lougheed Highway, The Rock met a heroic young boy, and a Victoria home with 56 cats got all of its cats confiscated.Here are five things you need to know.
  Runaway truck injures six on Lougheed Highway
  A runaway dump truck caused a multi-vehicle collision Tuesday on the Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam, sending six to the hospital.
  Witnesses reported seeing a truck roll down the hill from a work site, chased by a worker who was reportedly run over when he tr
  
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• Declining school enrolments in Vancouver, Richmond linked to housing affordability crisis

  06-09-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  The number of students in Vancouver and Richmond’s public elementary schools has declined over the past five years, even as the region saw an overall increase in elementary school enrolments, according to a new study. 
  Andy Yan, director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program, analyzed and mapped full-time enrolment figures for public elementary schools in Metro Vancouver over a period of five years from 2011-12 to 2016-17. 
  What emerged was a story of two regions.
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• Seniors set pace for this September schedule filled with speed, soul

  06-09-2017 10:51 via vancouversun.com
  Astronomers were scratching their heads here Monday night trying to determine if the mysterious bright light that lit up the sky in parts of Alberta and B.C. was a fireball or meteor.
  Even though they said the combination of blazing speed and a loud crash were puzzling, it certainly isn’t rare from this jogger-blogger ‘s vantage point — each time I enter a Lower Mainland road race with elite athletes, you get that same reaction!
  I’ll be “crashing” at least thr
  
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• North Vancouver Driver Stung With a Ticket bit.ly/2gFnd9b #NorthVancouver

  06-09-2017 10:20 via twitter.com
  North Vancouver Driver Stung With a Ticketbit.ly/2gFnd9b#NorthVancouver
  
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• Opinion: Recognizing land as a legal person could help solve native land claims

  06-09-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Could extraordinary developments occurring in New Zealand offer a way to break the impasse over treaty negotiations in Canada? Over the past decade, negotiations between the indigenous Maori and the New Zealand government over unresolved land ownership disputes have produced previously unimaginable outcomes — new laws recognizing that nature has legal rights.
  The Maori possess a distinctive worldview in which people are deeply intertwined with nature, rather than s
  
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• Richmond RCMP launches new anti-gang initiative

  06-09-2017 06:17 via vancouversun.com
  The Richmond RCMP has launched a new initiative aimed at clamping down on gang activity in the area.
  According to a news release, officers from the Organized Crime Unit will be partnering with general duty officers for “proactive gang patrols” throughout the city, focusing on areas being frequented by potential gang members.
  In addition to enhancing the anti-gang operations already taking place, Richmond RCMP hopes the added pressure of this new initiative will deter gangs from
  
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• Runaway dump truck causes multi-vehicle crash on Lougheed Highway

  06-09-2017 06:09 via vancouversun.com
  Six people were taken to hospital Tuesday after a runaway dump truck caused a multi-vehicle crash on the Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam.
  According to witnesses, the truck was seen was rolling down the hill from a nearby work site, driverless. One worker was reportedly run over when he tried in vain to stop the truck before it careened onto the highway, striking three vehicles and forcing one over an embankment.
  The Coquitlam RCMP are on scene. WorkSafe BC has been called to the scene as well
  
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• Ocean Wise names two B.C. kelp species as sustainable seafood options

  06-09-2017 05:58 via vancouversun.com
  Two wild B.C. kelp species have been recommended by the Ocean Wise program as sustainable seafood options. 
  On Tuesday, Ocean Wise put its sought-after stamp of approval on two species of seaweed: giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) and bull kelp (Nereocystis leutkeana), both of which are farmed along the B.C. coast.
  “This assessment is a first for the Ocean Wise Seafood program, and we continue to expand our scope to include less conventional, but in-demand, seafood items and now
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Wednesday, September 6

  06-09-2017 05:33 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Wednesday, September 6.
  The Georgia Straight Fringe-For-All
  The Vancouver Fringe Festival gets underway Thursday on Granville Island, but one of the festival’s best events actually happens the night before: I’m talking about Fringe-For-All, where casts from the various productions come together to give you short, snappy, two-minute previews of what you’ll see if you choose to attend their full show.
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Murder victims in Langley and Chilliwack identified

  06-09-2017 05:22 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide investigators provided updates Tuesday on recent murders in Langley and Chilliwack.
  Brandy Petrie, 34, of Burnaby, and Surrey resident Avery Levely-Flescher, 20, were found with fatal gunshot wounds inside a vehicle near 232 Street and 64 Avenue in Langley about 5:30 a.m. Friday.
  Mounties found a male suspect near the scene and arrested him.
  Langley resident Travis MacPhail, 21, appeared in Surrey Provincial Court Tuesday charged with two counts of second-degree murder,  one o
  
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• Canucks' prospect Jonathan Dahlen to miss Young Stars tournament with mono

  06-09-2017 05:01 via vancouversun.com
  Top Canucks prospect Jonathan Dahlen has mono, and will miss the 2017 Young Stars Classic in Penticton, the Canucks announced Tuesday.
  Many believe that Dahlen, who was acquired in the trade that sent Alex Burrows to the Ottawa Senators, has a big future with the Canucks. Fans were excited to see the skilled winger in person, especially since they likely won’t get many more chances this year — Dahlen is expected to spend the season in Sweden, and that seems even more likely now that
  
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• Evander Kane delivers pizzas to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

  06-09-2017 03:58 via vancouversun.com
  Evander Kane may ply his trade in Buffalo these days, but Vancouver will always be his home. 
  The NHL winger, who grew up in East Vancouver, was back in the area on Tuesday delivering pizzas to those in need.
  “Decided to take some lunch to the very appreciative people of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside,” the 26-year-old tweeted, along with a video montage of his tour through the neighbourhood, delivering an armful of Little Caesars pizzas.  Decided to take some lunch to
  
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• Gang prevention program expands to Surrey elementary schools amid Metro Vancouver violence

  06-09-2017 03:04 via vancouversun.com
  As preteens march off to elementary schools in Surrey this week, a group of elder peers is making plans to steer them away from the deadly path to gang life.
  Yo Bro | Yo Girl, a program for youth at risk, is expanding to protect children as young as 11 from entering a violent lifestyle that is claiming the lives of young men on Surrey’s streets.
  This year, for the first time, the program will run in 12 Surrey elementary schools while expanding to 12 secondary schools, up from 10 last year.
  
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• Bacon murder trial: Crown tries to tie cellphone activity to accused killers

  06-09-2017 02:59 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA, B.C. — A gangster connected to the Jonathan Bacon killing used his phone to text a young woman in the summer of 2011, a Kelowna court heard Tuesday. 
  Holly Nordal described how she exchanged texts with a man she knew only as Stephen, and had two lunch dates with him. 
  Shown a picture of Leone by Crown counsel, Nordal said she believed him to be the same person she briefly dated. 
  Leone was in Kelowna with other gangsters affiliated with the late Sukh Dhak on Aug. 14
  
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• The Rock meets 10-year-old hero Jacob O'Connor in Vancouver

  06-09-2017 02:47 via vancouversun.com
  One week after watching San Andreas, the 2015 disaster film that stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a heroic Los Angeles Fire Department Air Rescue pilot, 10-year-old Jacob O’Connor had a hero moment of his own.
  After discovering his younger brother drowning in a pool, O’Connor pulled the two-year-old from the water, then immediately began performing CPR, just as he’d seen The Rock do in the film.
  “The movie just popped up in my head and I started thinkin
  
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• Competing efforts emerge to track escaped Atlantic salmon in B.C.

  06-09-2017 02:26 via vancouversun.com
  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ Atlantic Salmon Watch (ASW) wants to hear from anglers and fishers who have caught salmon that escaped from a damaged Washington State salmon farm, but so does one of the farm industry’s most ardent critics.
  To date, the DFO’s long-standing ASW has tracked 27 reports of Atlantic salmon believed to have escaped from the Cooke Aquaculture farm at Cypress Island in the San Juan Islands. The fish have been found as far afield as Tofino on the
  
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• New Emily Carr University campus part of Great Northern Way transformation

  06-09-2017 02:24 via vancouversun.com
  Five years ago, when Equinox Gallery moved from South Granville into a former Finning International industrial building by Great Northern Way, the area was on its way to becoming the city’s new art gallery district.
  But as far as being a neighbourhood with a sense of community, it had a long way to go. There wasn’t even a café within walking distance to get a decent latte or espresso.
  That has all changed with the opening of the new $122.6-million Emily Carr University of Art
  
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• VSB official trustee Dianne Turner on the first day of school

  06-09-2017 02:04 via vancouversun.com
  The uncertainty around hiring more teachers to meet B.C.’s new class-size rules led to some frustrating changes to a number of Vancouver high school timetables, but no elementary or secondary class was without a teacher for the first day of school Tuesday.
  “The hiring process is still underway. We have 342 full-time (positions) that we were given additionally for the Vancouver School Board, and we are very close to completing that task. But this morning I can tell you there is a teac
  
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• Garbage is the # 1 bear attractant in residential areas. Find tips on managing 🐻 attractants here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-09-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Garbage is the # 1 bear attractant in residential areas. Find tips on managing 🐻attractants here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Home-schooled students may not be getting best education

  06-09-2017 01:43 via vancouversun.com
  Not every British Columbian child is heading back to school this week. For more than 2,300 of them, there will be no new teacher and no old friends to get reacquainted with.
  For these kids, school is home and home is school.
  Over the past five years, the number of kids being taught at home by their parents has risen by almost 11 per cent and now outpaces the rate of enrolment increases in private schools.
  Of course, the numbers are nowhere near as large. This year, 83,497 children will be educat
  
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• Horgan supports taking feds to court for ignoring oil spill risks

  06-09-2017 00:11 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. NDP government joined the court challenge to twinning Trans Mountain pipeline Friday, via a last-minute filing that accused Ottawa of failing to weigh the risk of oil spills on the B.C. coast.
  The Justin Trudeau government’s approval of the controversial project should therefore be set aside, B.C. argued in submission deposited with the Federal Court of appeal just before the filing deadline.
  The narrow-focus brief was a far cry from the wide-ranging applicat
  
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• 56 cats removed from Vancouver Island house in animal hoarding case

  06-09-2017 00:02 via vancouversun.com
  A Victoria animal shelter removed 56 cats from a home in one of the worst animal hoarding cases it has seen in years.
  The B.C. SPCA’s Victoria branch is now providing medical care for the rescued cats, which were found covered in their own feces and urine.
  “It’s pretty heart-breaking,” said branch manager Annie Prittie Bell. “It’s unusual for us to be bringing in such large numbers at one time. This is the largest I’ve ever seen in my four years here.&rd
  
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• Want more benches, crosswalks & public art? #WalkCNV Open House Sept 9th | 11AM - 1PM in #CivicPlaza… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-09-2017 00:01 via twitter.com
  Want more benches, crosswalks & public art? #WalkCNV Open House Sept 9th | 11AM - 1PM in #CivicPlaza… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Langley man charged with second-degree murder in double killing

  06-09-2017 00:00 via vancouversun.com
  A 21-year-old man is facing two counts of second-degree murder in connection with Friday’s double killing in Langley.
  Just after 5:30 a.m. on Friday, Langley RCMP responded to a report of shots fired at 232nd Street and 64th Avenue in Langley. Police found a man and woman suffering gunshot wounds. Neither survived.
  The female victim has been identified as 34-year-old Brandy Petrie of Burnaby and the male victim is 20-year-old Avery Levely-Flescher of Surrey.
  A male suspect was located near
  
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