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• NDP budget increases takes on wealthy, spends money on education, housing

  11-09-2017 23:29 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – B.C.’s New Democrat government will hike taxes on the wealthy, corporations and polluters, while pumping more money into education, homelessness, rental housing and the overdose crisis, according to the new government’s first budget update.
  Finance Minister Carole James said the budget follows through on some of the party’s priority issues, as a first step before New Democrats can table a full budget in February 2018.
  “I am a big believer that a budget do
  
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• Expedition to the Arctic

  11-09-2017 23:15 via vancouversun.com
  Three years ago, my wife and I travelled on the Ortelius Expedition ship to Antarctica. The Ortelius sails in Antarctica during November to March until the seas completely freeze over, before which, it heads North to the Arctic for the remaining 8 months of the year, and specifically to Svalbard, which is a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole and is one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas.  This is my journal from our trip with the Ortelius to the
  
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• New West man who assaulted landlord gets 6 months less a day jail

  11-09-2017 23:11 via vancouversun.com
  A New Westminster man who assaulted his landlord following a dispute over his rent has been sentenced to six months less a day in jail.
  In March, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Paul Walker found Shawn Ricardo White-Bynoe, 43, guilty of the Dec. 18, 2015 attack on Michael Rowe, 58, and Rowe’s son, Blaine Dunn, 29.
  On the day of the incident, Rowe and Dunn were standing outside the apartment building in the 400-block of 8th Street when White-Bynoe came out through the front door and walked in be
  
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• SeaChoice raises red flags about eco-certified seafood

  11-09-2017 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  The eco-certified fish in your fridge may not be as virtuous as you think, according to a study released by SeaChoice.
  Only 15 per cent of Canadian fisheries certified by the Marine Stewardship Council have met conditions to reduce by-catch and damage to eco-systems by changing fishing practices, according to Shannon Arnold, co-author of What’s Behind the Label.
  MSC certifies 36 Canadian fisheries — including B.C. sockeye, pinks, halibut and albacore tuna — representing about 6
  
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• 13 stranded by rising B.C. river rescued as heavy rains lash Kitimat

  11-09-2017 22:54 via vancouversun.com
  KITIMAT — More than a dozen people had to be rescued Monday after heavy weekend rains caused a river in northern British Columbia to overflow its banks.
  The RCMP say search and rescue crews picked up 13 people in Kitimat who had been stranded by rising water levels.
  Joanne Monaghan, a former mayor of Kitimat, measures rainfall for Environment Canada and says more than 15 centimetres of rain fell over a 24-hour period ending Monday.
  Observers say the Kitimat River rose by more than four met
  
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• Traditional craftsman bungalow? Funky mid-century gem? No matter the style, we've got grants for #heritage owners:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-09-2017 22:38 via twitter.com
  Traditional craftsman bungalow? Funky mid-century gem? No matter the style, we've got grants for #heritage owners:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Know an organization doing good in the City? We've got Community Grants available. Apply by Sept 15:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-09-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  Know an organization doing good in the City? We've got Community Grants available. Apply by Sept 15:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Saturday, explore beautiful #LynnValley natural setting and celebrate the opening of LINK, a series of trails that… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-09-2017 21:38 via twitter.com
  Saturday, explore beautiful #LynnValley natural setting and celebrate the opening of LINK, a series of trails that… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Four-year sentence for man found guilty of smuggling Tamil migrants to B.C.

  11-09-2017 21:23 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A Sri Lankan man found guilty of smuggling Tamil migrants to Canada has walked free after receiving a four-year prison sentence.
  Kunarobinson Christhurajah smiled as a British Columbia Supreme Court judge asked him to stand after announcing his sentence, saying the man won’t be serving any more time beyond the seven years he has spent behind bars awaiting trial.
  Justice Catherine Wedge says Christhurajah was himself an asylum seeker aboard the MV Sun Sea, which was interc
  
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• Ex-MLA Tyabji’s son gets new trial date on fentanyl importation charges

  11-09-2017 21:19 via vancouversun.com
  CALGARY — A new trial date has been set for a former B.C. MLA’s son who was accused of importing drugs after border guards found fentanyl in a parcel addressed to a Calgary address.
  Kasimir Tyabji-Sandana of Calgary was arrested in July 2015, not long after Canadian Border Services Agency officers in Vancouver intercepted the package from China.
  A five-day trial, that had been scheduled to begin Monday, will now begin next April.
  Tyabji-Sandana, who is 29, remains out on bail.
  His mo
  
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• Theatre review: Gruesome serious fun at the Fringe

  11-09-2017 20:52 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Fringe Festival
  To Sept. 17 | Various venues
  Tickets & info: $14 at vancouverfringe.com
  Fringing is part science, part art and lots of luck. You read reviews, note the shows your friends are in, listen to the buzz, go with some crazy titles. But with 100 shows to choose from, there will be surprises no matter how due your diligence.
  That’s part of the Fringe fun. It’s like buying tickets for a lottery where you’re guaranteed to win … something.
  Comedy is th
  
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• Think Of Me. Leave Your Phone Alone. (Press Conference) bit.ly/2w2hIvw #NorthVancouver

  11-09-2017 20:31 via twitter.com
  Think Of Me. Leave Your Phone Alone.(Press Conference)bit.ly/2w2hIvw#NorthVancouver
  
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• Regular Council meetings resume tonight at 7pm. Tonight's meeting includes a vote on the proposed hen bylaw. Agenda: ow.ly/hxIP30f4B0K

  11-09-2017 20:24 via twitter.com
  Regular Council meetings resume tonight at 7pm. Tonight's meeting includes a vote on the proposed hen bylaw. Agenda: ow.ly/hxIP30f4B0K
  
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• Want an easy way to stay up to date w/ City news & events? #CityView e-news is the answer! Sign up here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-09-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Want an easy way to stay up to date w/ City news & events? #CityView e-news is the answer! Sign up here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ontario-based Andrew Peller to buy three B.C. wineries for combined price of $95 million

  11-09-2017 19:25 via vancouversun.com
  GRIMSBY, Ont. — Andrew Peller Ltd. has signed deals to acquire three B.C. wineries for a combined price of $95 million.
  The Ontario-based wine producer says it has signed definitive agreements to acquire Black Hills Estate Winery and Gray Monk Estate Winery and a letter of intent to acquire Tinhorn Creek Vineyards.
  Black Hills Estate is located on the Black Sage Bench region near Oliver, B.C., and is the producer of Nota Bene, a premium red wine. Gray Monk is located north of Kelowna, B.C.
  
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• Douglas Todd wins first prize for religion commentary

  11-09-2017 18:07 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Sun’s Douglas Todd has won first prize for commentary from the Religion News Association.
  Atheist Rev. Gretta Vosper at her West Hill United Church, in Toronto.
  Todd received the award for three columns from 2016: A Canadian perspective on priestly sex abuse as highlighted in the Academy-awarding-winning movie, Spotlight; a probe of atheist clergywoman Gretta Vosper’s understanding of theology and a reflection on academia’s blind spot in regards to spiritual matte
  
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• The expanded dining patios at the #FootofLonsdale are a hit! Lots of great feedback so far. Have your say:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-09-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  The expanded dining patios at the #FootofLonsdale are a hit! Lots of great feedback so far. Have your say:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Never forget those lost on 9/11 including the 343 members of @FDNY who gave their lives to help others. #NeverForget https://t.co/CuzJSHx09q

  11-09-2017 17:25 via twitter.com
  
  Never forget those lost on 9/11 including the 343 members of @FDNY who gave their lives to help others. #NeverForget https://t.co/CuzJSHx09q
  
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• Daily Poll: Should the Sedins retire as Vancouver Canucks?

  11-09-2017 16:36 via vancouversun.com
  Canucks stars Henrik and Daniel Sedin, who are getting ready for their 16th NHL season, say they won’t play anywhere else but Vancouver.
  The Sedins will be unrestricted free agents following the 2017-18 campaign — meaning they can sign anywhere — but according to an open letter to Vancouver posted on The Players’ Tribune, the twins say they no intention of playing anywhere else.
  “But obviously we are not 26. We’re 36. And with one year left on our co
  
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• New North Vancouver wastewater plant design meets tight footprint - Journal of Commerce

  11-09-2017 12:07 via journalofcommerce.com
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  New North Vancouver wastewater plant design meets tight footprint
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  On a site near Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver builders are commencing work on what will be the city's $525-million wastewater treatment plant. But unlike most treatment plants that are spread over large properties, the new facility will be on a tight ...
  
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• Dan Fumano: With B.C.'s renter aid agency 'overwhelmed,' non-profits step up

  11-09-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Part 2 of 2
  With B.C.’s renter protection agency stretched thin and “overwhelmed” by many accounts, groups of renters have recently been organizing to fill the gap as Vancouver’s housing crisis shows no signs of easing.
  The work done by B.C.’s Residential Tenancy Branch, which mediates disputes between landlords and tenants, is “crucial” during a housing crisis, particularly in Vancouver where a majority of households rent, said Marie-Noel Campbell,
  
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• Opinion: The death of us — how we sell out our kids

  11-09-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  We are in the vortex of an epidemic, and a generation is dying. But you won’t read a Centre for Disease Control or Public Health announcement declaring it so. At least not until it’s too late. While fentanyl deservedly gets the acute alarm that growing numbers of corpses usually evokes, the non-physical and less-quantifiable mental and emotional dying of our young from the addictive relationship with technology receives a shrug of the shoulders. One reason is that with fentanyl we do
  
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• Opinion: B.C. finance minister must manage expectations in budget update

  11-09-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  There are a lot of expectations for B.C. Finance Minister Carole James’ upcoming budget update.
  Supporters and critics will be watching to see how the NDP keep their campaign promises on housing, education, transit, poverty reduction, environment and job creation while sticking to a balanced budget.
  James’ challenge is to find the sweet spot between tackling the social and environmental deficit left behind by 16 years of B.C. Liberal administration and demonstrating good fiscal manag
  
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• Surrey family worries about son in St. Maarten after Irma wrecks the island

  11-09-2017 04:41 via vancouversun.com
  The Canadian government should be doing more to help medical students stranded on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten after Hurricane Irma, say family members of a Surrey student. 
  Manpreet Takhi moved to the island last week to start his first year of medical studies at the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine.
  Manpreet set up his apartment with the help of his parents and brother last weekend. Orientation was last Monday and his family departed the day before.
  Aman Takh
  
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• Blind hikers conquer North Vancouver's arduous Grouse Grind - CBC.ca

  11-09-2017 04:32 via cbc.ca
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  Blind hikers conquer North Vancouver's arduous Grouse Grind
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  A group of blind hikers set out to prove their potential by tackling one of the hardest urban hikes in the Vancouver area: the Grouse Grind. The nine young hikers were accompanied by individual guides up the 2.9-kilometre trail up the face of Grouse ...and more »
  
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• What we learned from the Canucks' 6-2 loss to the Flames at Young Stars

  11-09-2017 03:08 via vancouversun.com
  Juolevi could be, uh, better
  So Trent Cull thinks Juolevi played better today.
  Sure hope he’s wrong.
  The Canucks prized defenceman has done nothing hear to help stall the oncoming “They should have drafted KellerZzzz!!” train.
  And ultimately it’s Penticton and Young Stars so who cares.
  Although Troy Stecher sure cared here last year on every shift. Haven’t seen much of that from these Canucks and certainly not today.
  It was the start of July when Benning was boastin
  
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• Salt Spring Island votes against becoming a municipality

  11-09-2017 03:04 via vancouversun.com
  Salt Spring Island residents have voted against turning their idyllic island — the largest of the southern Gulf Islands — into a municipality. 
  Preliminary results showed close to 62 per cent of voters opted to maintain the status quo in a referendum on Saturday: 3,930 people cast a ballot against incorporation, while 2,419 people voted in favour. 
  The issue has divided the residents of the island, which has a population of about 10,000, although that figure doubles in the
  
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• Come celebrate #RiversDay with us at our Creek to Creek Festival Sept 24. Passport fun 4 all.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-09-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Come celebrate #RiversDay with us at our Creek to Creek Festival Sept 24. Passport fun 4 all.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Federal NDP leadership hopefuls make final pitch for support in Vancouver

  11-09-2017 01:56 via vancouversun.com
  Federal NDP leadership hopefuls lined up Sunday to take shots at rival Jagmeet Singh during the eighth and final debate in the campaign to replace outgoing Leader Tom Mulcair.
  Singh, an Ontario legislator, is the only one of the four candidates who is not a federal politician, and he bore the brunt of the attacks in what was otherwise a relatively congenial faceoff between rivals whose campaigns overlap more than they diverge.
  Manitoba MP Niki Ashton, who appeared by live feed because of flying
  
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• Blind hikers tame the Grouse Grind

  11-09-2017 00:55 via vancouversun.com
  So you see North Vancouver’s Grouse Grind hiking trail as a challenge.
  Try doing it blind.
  That’s what nine young people set out to do early Sunday morning, led by Shawn Marsolais, the founder of the Blind Beginnings Society, who has less than two per cent of her vision. Each were assisted by sighted guides.
  Marsolais has hiked the Grind before. She did it 16 years ago, and recounted that experience Sunday before again taking on the 2.9-kilometre trail that Grouse Mountain calls &ldq
  
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• Baertschi learned from younger Horvat how to handle contract season

  11-09-2017 00:53 via vancouversun.com
  Sven Baertschi benefited from a critical crash course on how to handle adversity, expectation and the unknown last season.
  His mentor was the younger and unflappable Bo Horvat, who demonstrated on a daily basis that a drive to prove his franchise worth to the Vancouver Canucks was more than just carefully crafted words. He walked the walk.
  Rewarded with a six-year, US$33 million contract extension, the future captain’s ability to adapt to a bigger workload as an emerging centre and lead th
  
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• Coquitlam committee to mull rainbow crosswalk Monday

  11-09-2017 00:01 via vancouversun.com
  A Coquitlam woman will ask her city council Monday to install the Tri-Cities’ first rainbow crosswalk and make hers the first city in B.C. to have a transgender-pride crosswalk, too.
  Nicola Spurling, a board member of the newly-formed Tri-Cities Pride Society, will ask council Monday to install one crosswalk painted with the rainbow stripes of the LGBT-pride flag, the other with the blue, pink and white stripes of the transgender-pride flag.
  In June, Whitehorse became the first Canadian ci
  
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• Have you been taking advantage of increased #SeaBus service? Reminder sailings now depart every 15 minutes, 7 days/… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-09-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  Have you been taking advantage of increased #SeaBus service? Reminder sailings now depart every 15 minutes, 7 days/… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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