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• Single lane alt traffic at #Montroyal bridge will end at 5pm today (not 8pm, as previously scheduled).

  13-09-2017 23:52 via twitter.com
  Single lane alt traffic at #Montroyal bridge will end at 5pm today (not 8pm, as previously scheduled).
  
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• Vancouver Park Board to mull motion on banning balloons in parks

  13-09-2017 23:09 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Park Board is being asked to consider sticking a pin in the presence of latex and plastic balloons in city parks.
  The board, which is responsible for all activities in parks and community centres, will consider a motion at its next regular meeting to ban balloons.
  The motion — tabled by commissioner Stuart MacKinnon — says balloons are non-renewable, clog landfills and should not be permitted.
  It says the colourful inflatables pose a risk to birds, sea turtles, dolphins
  
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• Details of severance payments to former B.C. Liberal government staffers revealed

  13-09-2017 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  Details about the severance payments made to government appointees fired after the NDP assumed power in early July have been revealed.
  Following a freedom of information request by Postmedia, details are now available on many of the lump sums paid out to 133 people this summer.
  In all, $11.3 million was paid out. 
  On average $85,000 has been paid out per person.
  The top five payments are led by Christy Clark’s former deputy minister, Kim Henderson, who received $540,955. Athana Mentse
  
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• RCMP drug unit investigates townhouse explosion in Aldergrove

  13-09-2017 22:55 via vancouversun.com
  Two men are in hospital following an explosion and fire at an Aldergrove townhouse on Wednesday morning.
  Police and fire crews responded to a report of an explosion at Creekside Estates in the 27100 block of 31 A Avenue just after midnight.Langley RCMP says three residences were on fire when they arrived and two men suffering from severe burns were found in the middle garage.
  One of the men was transported to hospital by air ambulance and the other by ground ambulance. 
  Police bel
  
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• Former U.S. vice president Joe Biden to speak in Vancouver next month

  13-09-2017 22:23 via vancouversun.com
  Former U.S. vice president Joe Biden will be in Vancouver next month to headline The Art of Leadership conference.
  Biden leads off a lineup that includes Bloomberg TV Canada anchor and journalist Amanda Lang, author and former executive creative director of Cirque du Soleil Welby Altidor, and New York Times bestselling authors Dr. Tasha Eurich and Vince Molinaro.
  Biden was the 47th vice president of the United States alongside former president Barack Obama.
  Since leaving the White House, Biden h
  
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• Students at Queen Mary School say: "#eyesfwbc #thinkofme" #NorthVan @NVSD44 @icbc https://t.co/EwtOfCCY4q

  13-09-2017 21:42 via twitter.com
  
  Students at Queen Mary School say: "#eyesfwbc #thinkofme" #NorthVan @NVSD44 @icbc https://t.co/EwtOfCCY4q
  
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• Are these your wedding photos? Surrey RCMP is looking for you

  13-09-2017 21:42 via vancouversun.com
  If there’s one thing every married couple knows, it’s “get a good photographer.”
  No one ever thinks, “don’t get your wedding pics stolen.”
  Unfortunately, it seems one couple is out there, somewhere, desperately hoping their photos turn up.
  Surrey RCMP are hoping to find the owner of a camera that’s filled with photos of a wedding.
  At the end of April, Mounties found “numerous pieces of lost or stolen property” inside a vehicle that was
  
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• B.C. Crown wants four years for man who created revenge website against ex-wife

  13-09-2017 21:05 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A Crown prosecutor is asking a British Columbia judge to deliver a sentence of up to four years to a man convicted of criminally harassing his ex-wife through a revenge website.
  Mark Myhre says Patrick Fox should be sentenced to two to three years for criminal harassment, plus six to 12 months for a conviction for illegally possessing firearms.
  After accounting for time served, Fox would be incarcerated for two years less a day, plus three years of probation the Crown is also s
  
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• Honey Donuts in Deep Cove gets titanic shoutout from Kate Winslet

  13-09-2017 21:04 via vancouversun.com
  Peering with intensity into a camera on the paparazzi-lined red carpet at the Toronto Film Festival, Kate Winslet had something very important to tell the world.
  “I pine for Honey’s Donuts in Deep Cove. I pine for Honey’s Donuts in Deep Cove,” the Titanic star repeated for emphasis.
  Physically Winslet was attending the premiere of The Mountain Between Us, the mountain survival movie she filmed with Idris Elba in British Columbia last year, but her mind was in the sce
  
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• Pacific salmon star in new round of Hinterland Who's Who

  13-09-2017 20:38 via vancouversun.com
  The Canadian Wildlife Federation has released a new set of three videos starring the Pacific salmon in the memorable style of Hinterland Who’s Who.
  The public service announcements are timed to promote awareness of a research project designed to explain the persistently poor returns of Chinook salmon in the Yukon River.
  “We wanted to focus on species that are both iconic and important in Canada’s history and Pacific salmon is one of those,” said Annie Langlois, the H
  
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• Q&A: New exhibition highlights innovation in Coast Salish Art

  13-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Untitled by Tracy Williams.
  Intangible: Memory and Innovation in Coast Salish Art
  Sept. 13 to Dec. 10 | Bill Reid Gallery (639 Hornby St., Vancouver 
  Tickets and info: Billreidgallery.ca
  You can tell a lot about a culture by the art of its people.  
  From family history to language — and virtually everything in between — art creations tell a unique story of the lives of individuals and the communities they reside in. A new exhibition titled Intangible: Memory and Innova
  
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• Author Q&A: Matt Price talks Engagement Organizing

  13-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ignite Campaigns — #IgniteYVR
  Sept. 21, 7:30-9:30 p.m. | Anza Club, 3 West 8th Ave., Vancouver
  Tickets and info: Free; bit.ly/2gHul4J
  We live in a time when people are ready to DO something. 
  But there’s a difference between doing and accomplishing — and the latter is something Matt Price is hoping to help people with via his new release Engagement Organizing: The Old Art and New Science of Winning Campaigns.
  Price recently chatted with Postmedia News about his n
  
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• Growth across the board in B.C. income and households: Stats Can

  13-09-2017 19:35 via vancouversun.com
  There has been considerable growth in household incomes across the board in British Columbia since 2005, according to the latest 2016 Census data on income.
  The median household income in B.C. was $69,995 in 2015, a 12.2 per cent growth from the median income of $62,372 British Columbians reported in 2005. The median is the level of income at which half the population made more and half made less. Nationally, the median income was $70,336, a 10.8 per cent increase.
  The B.C. community with the hi
  
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• Theatre review: Sometimes it's hard to be a woman

  13-09-2017 19:25 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Fringe Festival
  To Sept. 17 | Various venues
  Tickets & Info: $14 at vancouverfringe.com
  Women definitely rule at the 2017 Fringe but not all their stories end happily. This day’s fringing took me to three shows by and about women facing challenges of various kinds.
  Almost a Stepmom at Arts Umbrella
  Keara Barnes moved to Ireland where she fell in love with Joe, a self-described Man United-aholic. She also fell in love with Joe’s sweet six-year-old daughter, Aoife. S
  
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• We're going 'Creek to Creek' Sept 24 to celebrate Rivers Day. Have a listen. More info at cnv.org/RiversDay… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-09-2017 19:24 via twitter.com
  We're going 'Creek to Creek' Sept 24 to celebrate Rivers Day. Have a listen. More info at cnv.org/RiversDay… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Have you seen this newly AWESOME alley at 106 W. 1st St? #StudiointheCity youth created this fun, inviting space!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-09-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Have you seen this newly AWESOME alley at 106 W. 1st St? #StudiointheCity youth created this fun, inviting space!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today & tomorrow, #Montroyal bridge will be single lane alternating traffic between 7am and 8pm. ow.ly/Xov830f7Uzf

  13-09-2017 17:48 via twitter.com
  Today & tomorrow, #Montroyal bridge will be single lane alternating traffic between 7am and 8pm. ow.ly/Xov830f7Uzf
  
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• Daily Poll: Are you OK with artists locking your phones up during concerts?

  13-09-2017 17:40 via vancouversun.com
  Comedian Chris Rock is making fans stow their smartphones away in lockable pouches during his performance Thursday night at UBC’s Doug Mitchell Arena.
  Rock is using a service called Yondr.
  Related
  Chris Rock to bring phone-locking service to Vancouver for the first timeUpon entering the venue, all smartphones, cameras, recording devices and smart watches will be locked in individual Yondr pouches and returned to the guest. Fans, who paid $150 to see Rock, will only be able to acc
  
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• Vancouver police to crack down on unsafe commercial vehicles

  13-09-2017 16:49 via vancouversun.com
  Of the 75 commercial vehicles randomly checked by Vancouver police on Tuesday, none were able to drive off scot free.
  The Vancouver Police Department launched a campaign targeting unsafe commercial vehicles this week and by checking trucks and vans at five random locations throughout the city on Tuesday.
  “The vast majority of commercial vehicles are operated safely and are well maintained,” said Sgt. Jason Robillard in a media release.
  “Inspectors will be focusing on trucks tha
  
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• Dinner in the Sky Canada suspends over North Vancouver - Western Investor (subscription)

  13-09-2017 16:18 via westerninvestor.com
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  Dinner in the Sky Canada suspends over North Vancouver
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  A new dining experience began this summer in Vancouver, but you'll be craning your neck to find it. In July, Dinner in the Sky Canada (DITSC) launched its first sky-dining experience in British Columbia. Suspended from a crane, attendees were served ...
  
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• Harbour Air flights imminent between downtown Vancouver and Seattle

  13-09-2017 14:55 via vancouversun.com
  Harbour Air is expected to start offering direct seaplane service between downtown Vancouver and downtown Seattle next year — a move that would create a long-desired transportation link between the two urban cities and boost Vancouver’s emerging reputation as a technology hub. 
  Starting in early spring, Harbour Air and Washington-based Kenmore Air plan to offer four flights daily between downtown Vancouver’s Coal Harbour and Lake Union in downtown Seattle, near Amazon
  
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• Maple Ridge greenhouse heralds age of green cannabis production

  13-09-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  The slender green shoots of Tantalus Labs’ first medical marijuana crop are just beginning to sprout to a recognizable form in the bright, airy confines of the company’s Maple Ridge greenhouse at a fortuitous time.
  Vancouver-headquartered Tantalus is set to become the first industrial-scale cannabis greenhouse at the same time all of Canada is expecting a multi-billion-dollar market for legal, recreational weed to open up by next Canada Day.
  And the company’s spic-and-span, sta
  
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• C's make the most of limited offence to trip Eugene 2-1, win NL title

  13-09-2017 08:12 via vancouversun.com
  It was Logan Warmoth’s turn to play hero. And Norberto Obeso, too.
  The Vancouver Canadians’ playoff run, which has seen various players take starring roles, came to an end Tuesday night at Nat Bailey Stadium, as the Toronto Blue Jays’ short-season single-A farm club beat the Eugene Emeralds 2-1 to win the best-of-five Northwest League title in four games.
  It’s the C’s first league banner since they won their third in a row in 2013. Vancouver beat the Boise Hawks tha
  
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• Opinion: Would we use Site C's electricity?

  13-09-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  There are valid reasons not to build the Site C dam. There are also valid reasons to build it. One of the latter is the rapid increase in clean electricity needed to reduce B.C.’s greenhouse gas emissions from burning natural gas, gasoline, diesel and other harmful fossil fuel products.
  Although former Premier Christy Clark casually avoided near-term emissions targets, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set Canadian targets for both 2030 and 2050. Studies by my research group at Simon Frase
  
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• Group visits North Vancouver firehall to thank firefighters who saved them from Capilano River globalnews.ca/news/3731536/g…

  13-09-2017 05:29 via twitter.com
  Group visits North Vancouver firehall to thank firefighters who saved them from Capilano River globalnews.ca/news/3731536/g…
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: 'Champion of child care' Carole James omits funding increase

  13-09-2017 05:19 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — One of the surprises in the budget update this week was that Finance Minister Carole James had not provided any increase in funding for the NDP’s ambitious child care program.
  Not only did the party platform promise a hefty injection of dollars for the current year, but no provincial politician has been more closely tied to the commitment to universal child care than James herself.
  • Jan 21, 2001: James makes her formal entry into the provincial political arena w
  
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• Police investigating shooting in south east Vancouver

  13-09-2017 03:36 via vancouversun.com
  Gunfire that erupted Monday afternoon has Vancouver has police investigating.
  A media release from the VPD said no reports of injuries had been received but investigators do not think the shots were fired randomly.
  Just before 2 p.m., shots were fired near the intersection of 33rd Avenue and Argyle Street in south eastern Vancouver. That stretch of 33rd, between Knight Street and Victoria Drive, is often slow going at that time of day.
  Police are hoping witnesses or anyone with information will
  
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• Dan Fumano: What can Vancouver learn from Airbnb's battle with its hometown?

  13-09-2017 03:23 via vancouversun.com
  Soon, you may need to register for a licence if you want to rent out your Vancouver home to vacationers via Airbnb. But whose responsibility will it be to make sure you’re not renting out seven different unlicensed apartments for short-term rentals, removing them from the city’s housing stock in violation of the city’s new regulations?
  With the city is in the midst of a housing crisis, advocates are applauding Vancouver’s move to regulate short-term rentals, but they say
  
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• Five things to know about Fairbnb's report on Vancouver's proposed regulation of Airbnb

  13-09-2017 03:22 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Vancouver is working on regulations aimed at curbing short-term rentals, which have exploded in recent years on platforms like Airbnb and Expedia. 
  As the contentious issue heads to a public hearing this fall, a report released Tuesday by the Fairbnb coalition says the city’s proposed measures lack teeth and are doomed to fail.
  Here are five things to consider. 
  The proposed new rules: 
  In July, the city released proposed regulations which allow homeowners or ren
  
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• B.C. Greens push reforms to NDP childcare promises

  13-09-2017 03:10 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s Green leader is dismissing the voter pressure growing on the NDP government to fulfill its $10-a-day childcare plan, saying promises made by New Democrats in the election are now inconsequential.
  Andrew Weaver said he is pleased that the NDP didn’t include its marquee election promise of $10-a-day childcare in the government’s first budget update on Monday, because the Greens don’t support the idea as is, and it isn’t part of the power-sharin
  
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• B.C. man who created revenge website targeting ex-wife remains unrepentant

  13-09-2017 02:58 via vancouversun.com
  A Burnaby man who was found guilty of criminally harassing his former wife remained unrepentant during his sentencing hearing Tuesday, defending the website posts that had resulted in his conviction.
  In June, a B.C. Supreme Court jury returned the guilty verdict for Patrick Fox, 43, in connection with an attempt by Fox to destroy the reputation of Desiree Capuano through a series of emails and the website he had created.
  On Tuesday, Crown counsel Mark Myhre asked Fox in cross-examination whether
  
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• B.C. tax hikes won't take big bite out of economy, economists say

  13-09-2017 02:52 via vancouversun.com
  Tax hikes for the wealthy and on corporations introduced in Finance Minister Carole James’ budget update Monday are unlikely to put an immediate dent in the economy but could dampen future investment, according to economists.
  The 2.1 per cent increase in B.C.’s top marginal personal income-tax rate to 16.8 per cent and a one per cent increase in the corporate income-tax rate to 12 per cent will take effect Jan. 1.
  The changes were telegraphed as B.C. NDP election campaign promises we
  
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• Duplex Study Open House Sept 14th 4-8pm @ City hall. Check out the concepts based on your survey input.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-09-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Duplex Study Open House Sept 14th 4-8pm @ City hall. Check out the concepts based on your survey input.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• HELP WANTED: Williams Lake needs workers after wildfire evacuees don’t return

  13-09-2017 01:53 via vancouversun.com
  When Paul Eckersley returned to Williams Lake in mid-July, four days after his town was evacuated in advance of an approaching wildfire, his store was in rough shape.
  The power had gone out at the Save-On-Foods where he works as a manager, and aisles full of refrigerated food had gone bad.
  Compounding the problem, Eckersley returned to the shop short-staffed. By the time the store reopened — earlier than any other grocer in town, residents noted with a sense of gratitude — only about
  
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• Daphne Bramham: The price of DIY law is too high for everybody

  13-09-2017 01:20 via vancouversun.com
  From gowned judges and “learned friends” to the highly ritualized proceedings, Canada’s courtrooms can be intimidating places at the best of times.
  But most people are there at the worst of times, especially if the reason they are there is to sort out custody and access to their children.
  In a perfect world, lawyers are their navigators. But increasingly, even middle-class Canadians are in court without them because the costs are beyond their reach.
  To get an idea of how expens
  
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• Q&A: Vancouver Fashion Week brings international style to city

  13-09-2017 00:59 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Fashion Week
  Sept. 18-24 | 50 E Pender St., Vancouver
  Tickets and info: From $30; vanfashionweek.com
  These days, you don’t have to jet off to New York, Paris or Milan in order to catch a runway fashion show.  
  Jamal Abdourahman, the founder of Vancouver Fashion Week has done his best to make sure of that. For the past 30 seasons, Abdourahman and his team have worked to put together a seasonal showcase of local and international designers that has grown considerably
  
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• North Vancouver hair salon gets OK to raise a glass - North Shore News

  13-09-2017 00:36 via nsnews.com
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  North Vancouver hair salon gets OK to raise a glass
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  Zazou Salon and Academy president Bruce Peters gives stylist Heather Hui a trim over a glass of Okanagan Chardonnay. Zazou got the go-ahead from District of North Vancouver council Monday to become the North Shore's first salon to offer alcohol in ...and more »
  
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• Keeping with 2017's trend, Vancouver overdose numbers remain way up in August

  13-09-2017 00:32 via vancouversun.com
  The latest statistics from Vancouver emergency services show the overdose rate remains well above those from a year ago.
  According to data released by the city Tuesday,  Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services were called out on overdose 499 times in August, an increase of 46 per cent from 2016.
  That is slightly down from July 2017, when the fire department responded to 568 calls.
  But despite that dip in overdose calls, Vancouver police say the total number of death believed to be caused by over
  
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• Microsoft sees growth potential in Vancouver, president says

  13-09-2017 00:30 via vancouversun.com
  SEATTLE — Microsoft is “very bullish” on Vancouver and is lobbying the federal and provincial governments to make increased investments in what it sees as a city with a bright future as a technology hub, the company’s president said Tuesday.
  “We have made clear that we think of Vancouver as a second home,” Microsoft president Brad Smith said in an interview at the Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference in Seattle.
  “We’re growing and I would hope t
  
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