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• Sex offender pleads guilty to 2014 murder of Surrey teen

  14-09-2017 23:12 via vancouversun.com
  A man who told his parole board hearing that he feared harming someone if he was released from prison has now pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of a Surrey teenager.
  Raymond Caissie, 43, entered the plea Thursday before Justice Gregory Bowden in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster.
  Caissie served his entire 22-year sentence for a violent sexual assault and kidnapping in Abbotsford, and had been out of prison for just 18 months in September 2014 when he was charged with the slaying of
  
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• Hey Zone 4, your new garbage and organics carts are being delivered as we speak. Here's how to set them out youtu.be/ZIdkbMM6l2U

  14-09-2017 22:50 via twitter.com
  Hey Zone 4, your new garbage and organics carts are being delivered as we speak. Here's how to set them out youtu.be/ZIdkbMM6l2U
  
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• Raise-a-Reader: Literacy program in South Vancouver leads to career options for mom

  14-09-2017 22:02 via vancouversun.com
  The first time Joselyn Cortado brought her daughter to the literacy program at South Vancouver Neighbourhood House, there was no doubt about it: little Khloe loved the whole experience.
  Despite being the first time the three-year-old was with a group of strangers, she didn’t hold back at all. She loved playing with new friends and listening to stories read from a book. She loved eating fruit during snack time and drawing art.
  “She was never scared,” Joselyn said about Khloe.
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• Man faces drug charges following string of overdoses in Delta

  14-09-2017 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  A 21-year-old man is facing drug trafficking charges in connection with a string of fentanyl overdoses that occurred earlier this month in Delta.
  In a 20-minute span on Sept. 1,  Delta police received separate reports overdoses from four separate locations. Delta firefighters and ambulance attendants treated a total of nine people, who were all experiencing respiratory breathing problems. One person was suffering a full cardiac arrest.
  Naloxone, a drug used to reverse the eff
  
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• Here's this week's #CityView e-News packed w/ all the latest City news and events: ow.ly/3dfy30fa07G #NorthVan https://t.co/WArF2YOkKm

  14-09-2017 21:30 via twitter.com
  
  Here's this week's #CityView e-News packed w/ all the latest City news and events: ow.ly/3dfy30fa07G #NorthVan https://t.co/WArF2YOkKm
  
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• Partners pull plug on Aurora LNG project near Prince Rupert for economic reasons

  14-09-2017 21:23 via vancouversun.com
  CALGARY — The partners developing the $28-billion Aurora LNG project pulled the plug on the project Thursday after four years of examination, dealing another setback for B.C.’s liquefied natural gas export industry.
  Nexen Energy, a Calgary-based subsidiary of Chinese oil giant CNOOC Ltd., said it has decided with Japanese partner INPEX Gas British Columbia Ltd. to stop work on a feasibility study on the proposal.
  The company said in a statement posted on its website that the current
  
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• Average rental cost for one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver is $2,020

  14-09-2017 21:14 via vancouversun.com
  The average rental price of a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver has gone up yet again in what some might call the least surprising piece of news this week.
  The cost of a one-bedroom rental in Vancouver in August was $2,020, up 1.5 per cent from the previous month, according to the latest rankings released by PadMapper. Meanwhile, the rent for a two-bedroom apartment actually went down 4.3 per cent to $3,160.
  That’s little solace for most renters in Vancouver, which held on to its top spot
  
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• Woman fights off attacker in Surrey park

  14-09-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP is investigating an assault on woman in Buckley Park on Wednesday evening.
  The woman was out walking her dogs along a trail near 19600 block of 48th Avenue at around 6:15 p.m. when a man attempted to assault her. She told police she was able to fight the attacker off and retreat to safety.
  The man was last seen leaving the area on foot.
  “The woman was not physically injured but she is understandably upset by the incident,” Surrey RCMP Staff Sgt. Dale Carr s
  
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• Review: The Sound of Music is still great after all these years

  14-09-2017 20:58 via vancouversun.com
  The Sound of Music
  Sept. 12 — Sept. 17 | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: $30.50-$145, ticketmaster.ca
  The first act of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1959 masterpiece The Sound of Music packs in so many classic show tunes that you could leave after it and still be fully entertained. The second act is key to the story, but with the exception of Edelweiss, the song offerings are almost all reprises of the first act’s mega hits. 
  That you’re quite happy to hea
  
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• Dad ordered to pay $522,408 in retroactive support to Vancouver Island daughters

  14-09-2017 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  A Langley man who failed to disclose his soaring income has been ordered to pay more than $500,000 in retroactive child support for his two Vancouver Island daughters.
  The man, who did not show up in court, failed to report dramatic increases in income over many years, Justice Barbara Young said in a decision released in B.C. Supreme Court in Courtenay this week. Names were not published in the decision.
  “It is clear to me that the respondent [father] in this case is guilty of blameworthy
  
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• Experience the freedom of urban country lifestyle

  14-09-2017 20:36 via vancouversun.com
  The prestigious collection of eight single-family homes comprising the new McCleery & Magee development by TCD Group is Vancouver’s last subdivision, and an opportunity for owners to experience the freedom of an urban country lifestyle.
  That’s because the homes are located in Southlands, the equestrian-oriented community with quiet streets, riding rings and trails — genuine country in the middle of the city. “McCleery & Magee is a unique project for us,” say
  
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• How do I know if I have mumps? Health authority warns of outbreak

  14-09-2017 20:20 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re between the ages of 18 to 33, live in a dorm or with roommates, or enjoy making out — be on the lookout for mumps.
  The Vancouver Coastal Health authority is warning of a possible mumps outbreak, after recording 13 new cases in the VCH region in the last month. All recently reported cases were in individuals between the ages of 18 and 33, with the average age of 25.
  To date, there have been 80 cases since February of this year, compared to 86 for all of 2016. Previously, VCH
  
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• This whimsical and fun public art along the #GreenNecklace is sure to make you smile. ow.ly/oYVq304vLIX… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-09-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  This whimsical and fun public art along the #GreenNecklace is sure to make you smile. ow.ly/oYVq304vLIX… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Opinion: Megaprojects like Site C bankrupt power utilities

  14-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  While the recently elected NDP government has kicked the controversial Site C hydro dam to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for review, the project is part of a larger disease afflicting public power utilities: megaprojects. If the track record of megaprojects is anything to go by, B.C. electricity customers should be very nervous.
  The Site C dam exhibits many of the same traits afflicting other megaprojects: an undermining of the regulatory system that was explicitly put in plac
  
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• Miraj Hammam: Vancouver spa stays true to tradition

  14-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  On the south side of the Granville Street Bridge, nestled in the street-level floor of a multi-purpose brick-and-concrete building, there’s a Middle Eastern-inspired establishment that will leave your skin glowing, your soul relaxed — and your body, well, a whole lot happier than it was when you walked in. 
  Dubbed the Miraj Hammam, the unassuming establishment has long been a local favourite, renowned for its fair prices, fabulous service and friendly staff. Oh, and its also ho
  
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• Fab 5: Major blazer

  14-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Checked blazer, $69.90 at Zara, zara.com.
  No matter your age, or even how many years it’s been since you graduated, September always signals the start of something new — it’ll forever be ‘back to school’ time. Style speaking, for us grown-ups, this means a new 9-to-5 wardrobe, and for once, thanks to the resurgence of blazers as a fun fashion item, we’re not groaning inside. Whether you like oversized, mannish cuts or prefer more feminine, fluid shapes, R
  
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• 10 BC events for the fall

  14-09-2017 19:41 via vancouversun.com
  Fall in B.C. may be the best time to explore the province. The trees turn brilliant colours, the salmon run attracts wildlife to rivers, and festivals celebrate B.C.’s bounty of food, drink, and fun. Here are some upcoming events worth planning an autumn trip around.
  Teams compete to rebuilt Barkerville in an amazing race.
  1. The Amazing Race to Rebuild BarkervilleBarkerville, September 16, 2017
  Watch as teams race through a series of challenges in an attempt to rebuild Bark
  
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• #GotPoop? Don't toss that doggy doo in the garbage! Use the red bins located our 3 off-leash dog parks.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-09-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  #GotPoop? Don't toss that doggy doo in the garbage! Use the red bins located our 3 off-leash dog parks.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Seven things to do, Sept. 15-21: Vince Staples, Salman Rushdie, Taeyang and more

  14-09-2017 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vince Staples
  Sept. 16, Doors at 6:30 p.m. | The Vogue Theatre
  Tickets and info: ticketfly.com
  Vince Staples is at the top of his game right now. The Long Beach rapper gave us his second album, Big Fish Theory, on June 23, 2017, and it’s one of the best hip hop albums of the year so far. Now he’s touring in support of the release: The Life Aquatic Tour brings him to Vancouver, where he’ll be spitting bars at The Vogue along with guests Charlotte Day Wilson, Busty and
  
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• Restaurant review: Delhi 6 serves up Indian food with a light touch

  14-09-2017 17:52 via vancouversun.com
  Delhi 6 Indian Bistro
  1766 West 7th Avenue | 604-742-3311
  Open: daily for lunch and dinner; delhi6.ca
  Two winters ago, I ate at Indian Accent in New Delhi, voted the best restaurant in India by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
  It involved a Keystone Cops cab ride taking an hour and a half to go a half kilometre in gridlocked traffic; the driver couldn’t read our phone map or any map at all and started asking random strangers for directions, taking us to and fro and back and forth and
  
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• B.C. home sales stayed strong in August but experts predict change is coming

  14-09-2017 17:52 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The association representing realtors in British Columbia says home sales remained healthy across the province in August, but it expects to see a change over the coming months.
  The B.C. Real Estate Association says 9,162 residential properties were sold in August.
  That’s a 2.4 per cent increase compared with the same period last year.
  The total dollar value of all sales climbed significantly to $6.2 billion, a 22 per cent jump from August 2016, while the association says
  
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• Warrant issued for man charged following hit-and-run crash

  14-09-2017 17:45 via vancouversun.com
  An arrest warrant has been issued for a Langley man involved in a hit and run earlier this year.
  Mark Sameer Batraki, a 42-year-old Langley man, is wanted in relation to an April 6 hit-and-run crash in South Langley. He has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm and theft of a vehicle.
  Batraki is described as a Middle Eastern man, about 5-foot-10 and 190 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.
  He was last known to be living in Kelowna, but his current whereabouts are unknown.
  
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• How Canadian craft products are making their mark on the business world

  14-09-2017 17:27 via vancouversun.com
  There’s a revolution going on in Canadian industry and small business, and it’s taking the world by storm. It’s the craft revolution, and by making quality products and using the Internet’s reach to market them, young and creative entrepreneurs like Métis Sean McCormick and the beer-making Beauchesnes are carving a new niche in Canada’s industrial landscape.
  McCormick started Manitobah Mukluks out of Winnipeg a decade ago. Its core product is not only quintes
  
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• Japanese nuclear disaster didn't affect fish or human health: B.C. oceanographer

  14-09-2017 15:38 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Radioactive contamination following a nuclear power-plant disaster in Japan never reached unsafe levels in the north Pacific Ocean for either marine life or human health, says a British Columbia scientist.
  Chemical oceanographer Jay Cullen of the University of Victoria has monitored levels of contamination from radioactive isotopes, used in cancer therapies and medical imaging, since the meltdown of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2011 following a tsunami trigg
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support a ban on balloons in Vancouver parks?

  14-09-2017 15:38 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Park Board is set to decide whether to ban latex and plastic balloons in the city’s parks on Monday.
  The motion was tabled by commissioner Stuart MacKinnon and notes that balloons could clog landfills and injure animals that try to eat the deflated balloons.
  Related
  Vancouver Park Board to mull motion on banning balloons in parksBalloons are frequently spotted in parks where they are used as decorations for picnics and celebrations. Balloons that escape later deflate and beco
  
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• Remixer RAC drops guest-laden Ego, performing Sept. 17

  14-09-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  RAC
  Sept. 17, 8 p.m. | Imperial, 319 Main
  Tickets and info: $25 at livenation.com
  When RAC picked up the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Remix Recording for his thumping version of Bob Moses’ Tearing Me Up, it reinforced to the in-demand producer/musician/songwriter that he was pursuing the right path. RAC (Remix Artist Collective) began in 2007 in Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois. Founded and coordinated by then senior music business program student André Allen Anjos, 32, RAC
  
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• Five Things to Know: Bike lane usage up, B.C. sees income growth, Park Board mulls balloon ban

  14-09-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Here are five things you need to know.
  Hot summer leads to increase in bike lane usage, city says
  Nobody wants to spend a sweltering summer day in a hot car, so it should probably come as little surprise that Vancouverites hit the bike routes in huge numbers this summer.
  According to the City of Vancouver, five of the ten “fully protected” bike lanes in Vancouver saw record use in July. The biggest increase, Postmedia’s Patrick Johnston reports, was from the tracker at Science
  
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• Five reasons to check out the other VIFF (the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival)

  14-09-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver International Flamenco Festival
  Until Sept. 24 | Various venues
  Tickets and info: vancouverflamencofestival.org
  1. La Moneta. This year’s festival, the 27th, marks the local debut of La Moneta. Hailing from Granada, Spain, Fuensanta “La Moneta” is a master of the intricate flamenco rhythm known as compás. La Moneta the ensemble consists of dancer/choreographer Fuensanta, singers (“cantaors”) Juan Ángel Tirado and Sergio Gómez, and guit
  
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• Opinion: Proposed Pebble Mine a non-starter for Alaska

  14-09-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  By now, Alaskans have come to the unfortunate realization that the proposed Pebble Mine — a potentially massive gold and copper mine owned by a Vancouver company — is not dead. A new administration in Washington, D.C. that is taking a vastly different approach to resource management is giving fresh life to a proposal to build a mine in an ecologically sensitive and economically important area of the state.
  For many in the Bristol Bay region in southwest Alaska, timing of the Pebble L
  
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• Letters: Antidote to technology overload — go outside

  14-09-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Stunted Development, Opinion, Sept. 11
  Thank you for publishing the opinion piece Stunted Development. The points that Calvin White makes regarding the manner in which technology is destroying the intellectual and emotional functions of humans, particularly our youth, was timely. His comparison of this issue to the fentanyl crisis illustrates how society focuses on the urgent matters that face us, often to the detriment of the longer-term important matters that face us — such as the th
  
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• A church schism leads to questions of faith, friendship in The Christians

  14-09-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Christians
  Sept. 15 to Oct. 7 | Pacific Theatre
  Tickets and info: $20 to $36.50 at pacifictheatre.org
  At first (and second) glance, The Christians doesn’t seem like the kind of edgy work that appeals to the off-Broadway crowd.
  It’s not a post-Rapture fantasy like HBO’s The Leftovers. Nor is it a slightly subversive musical, like The Book of Mormon. Instead, it’s about actual nuts-and-bolts doctrine. But although a play that revolves around soteriology (the doctrine of
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Weaver uses minority muscle to negotiate with NDP

  14-09-2017 06:23 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — As Andrew Weaver tells it, the power-sharing agreement with the New Democrats does not oblige the Greens to support every spending item in an NDP budget, just the overall budget itself.
  The Green leader’s interpretation came to the fore this week after the NDP decision to leave out election promises of $10-a-day child care and a $400 renters grant from the budget update.
  The exclusions were convenient for Finance Minister Carole James as she had used up all of the spe
  
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• Harrison Mooney: Canucks open training camp in search of a playoff spot — as they should be

  14-09-2017 06:23 via vancouversun.com
  If you think the Vancouver Canucks, who kicked off training camp Wednesday at Rogers Arena, are going to make the playoffs this season, you’re safely in the minority.
  If you think the Canucks should try to make the playoffs this season, you might be in the minority there as well.
  Canucks fans find themselves in a strange position these days. Recent history shows that the best way to go from bottom to the top is to lose, often for several years, collecting all sorts of high-end talent
  
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• B.C. state of emergency to be lifted as wildfire season winds down: official

  14-09-2017 04:53 via vancouversun.com
  An official says B.C.’s provincial state of emergency is expected to be lifted soon as the record-breaking wildfire season begins to wind down.
  Chris Duffy with Emergency Management B.C. says he believes the state of emergency will be lifted by the end of day Friday because fire conditions have improved across much of the province.
  The declaration was originally made in early July as aggressive wildfires ballooned in the province’s Interior, devouring large swaths of land and forcing
  
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• B.C. health officials hope there's no repeat of last fall's overdose spike

  14-09-2017 03:18 via vancouversun.com
  Health officials say that while they can’t predict whether they’ll face another deadly spike in overdoses this fall, their warning remains the same — don’t use alone. 
  Last November, the arrival of the toxic opioid carfentanil in the street-drug supply contributed to a spike in illicit-drug overdoses that killed 137 people, up from 74 the previous month. 
  B.C. paramedics responded to a staggering 2,378 overdose and poisoning calls that month, up from 1,681 in Oc
  
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• B.C.'s boom not pulling people out of poverty

  14-09-2017 02:43 via vancouversun.com
  When it comes to B.C.’s low-income earners, the latest census figures tell a tale of stagnation and a lack of progress in reducing inequality despite an economic boom.
  According to Statistics Canada, 15.5 per cent of the B.C. population, or 694,960 people, were in what it called “low income” levels in 2015, about the same as 2005’s 15.4 per cent. 
  But at a time when B.C.’s real GDP per capita posted a 12.2 per cent increase over the same time period, the statis
  
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• Radical disconnect as average Metro Vancouver earner reaps $72,000 a year, pays $1.4 million for home

  14-09-2017 02:40 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver, one of the world’s more expensive housing markets, lags far behind other Canadian cities in wage earnings according to latest Statistics Canada figures.
  The census stats, released Wednesday, underline a radical disconnect between local wages and skyrocketing home prices in Metro Vancouver, according to Simon Fraser University urban expert Andy Yan.
  The median total income for households in Metro Vancouver was $72,662 (15th for census metropolitan regions across Canada) in
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Bountiful mother appeals her conviction for unlawful removal daughter from Canada

  14-09-2017 02:33 via vancouversun.com
  Emily Ruth Gail Blackmore, currently in jail for taking her 13-year-old daughter to the United States to be placed in a polygamous marriage, is asking the B.C. Court of Appeal to overturn both her conviction and her sentence.
  Last month, the 60-year-old mother was handcuffed and led out of a Cranbrook courtroom to begin a seven-month jail term after being found guilty of unlawfully removing of a child from Canada for a sexual purpose in 2004. The maximum penalty for the offence is five years in
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, September 14

  14-09-2017 02:14 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, September 14.
  Chris Rock: Total Blackout Tour
  Comedy legend Chris Rock has a brand-new tour with brand-new material, and on Thursday, the Total Blackout Tour comes to Vancouver. This is Rock’s first major world tour in nine years, but from the reviews, he hasn’t lost a step at all. Rock remains one of the most incisive, intelligent comics working today, and with all that’s going on in Ameri
  
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• Next time you're near City Hall, stop by and tell us what you ❤ about the City. We've got pencils + paper waiting.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-09-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Next time you're near City Hall, stop by and tell us what you ❤ about the City. We've got pencils + paper waiting.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hot summer leads to record bike lane use, City of Vancouver says

  14-09-2017 01:50 via vancouversun.com
  This summer’s fine weather has been a boon to cyclists — and the city of Vancouver says they’ve got the numbers to prove it.
  According to data recorded by the city, five of the ten “fully protected” bike lanes in Vancouver saw record use in July.
  The biggest increase was from the tracker at Science World, which recorded 227,000 trips in July 2017, an increase of 23,000 over July 2016. 
  In an emailed statement, city officials noted, “Science World regularl
  
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• Liberals and NDP spar over reform on political donations in B.C.

  14-09-2017 01:37 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s Liberal party has re-introduced a bill to ban corporate and union political donations in an attempt to embarrass the New Democrat government into rushing its election promise to reform political financing.
  The high-profile election issue roared to life again in the legislature Wednesday, with both parties accusing each of hypocrisy — the Liberals for flip-flopping on their past opposition to a donation ban, and the NDP for delaying promised legislation while h
  
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• B.C. court overturns denial of Air Canada flight attendant's benefits after scary incident

  14-09-2017 01:19 via vancouversun.com
  A decision denying an Air Canada flight attendant workplace benefits arising from a scary incident on board an aircraft has been overturned by the B.C. Supreme Court.
  On May 25, 2012, Kelly Zechel was working as a service director aboard a flight from Tokyo to Vancouver when an acrid smell was detected in the cabin of the aircraft about two hours from Vancouver.
  The source of the smell but could not be found and the flight was given priority landing status. An emergency response unit was dispatc
  
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• We're recruiting for an Auxiliary Client Services Technician. Click here to apply: ow.ly/4h4C30f8BrB

  14-09-2017 01:16 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for an Auxiliary Client Services Technician. Click here to apply: ow.ly/4h4C30f8BrB
  
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• Duplex Study Open House TOMORROW 4-8pm City Hall Atrium. Come check out the concepts based on your survey input.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-09-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  Duplex Study Open House TOMORROW 4-8pm City Hall Atrium. Come check out the concepts based on your survey input.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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