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• Stuff You Should Know: Vancouver hosts wildly popular podcasters

  24-09-2017 23:46 via vancouversun.com
  Chuck Bryant and Josh Clark want you to know they’re not experts.
  The hosts of Stuff You Should Know, the second-most popular podcast in the world, prefer to be thought of as researchers. It’s a strategic choice.
  “I think one of the things that has allowed us to make it through to almost 1,000 episodes is, from the get-go, we have made clear that we’re not experts in anything, that we’re just researchers,” said Clark. “People like to take down exper
  
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• Dianne Watts announces she'll run for leader of B.C. Liberals

  24-09-2017 23:05 via vancouversun.com
  Former Surrey mayor and Conservative MP Dianne Watts announced her candidacy for the leadership of the B.C. Liberal Party on Sunday. 
  Watts’ candidacy had been widely speculated upon and, in a packed Surrey hotel banquet room, she made it official. 
  “Today we embark on a journey together, a journey to create a vision for B.C.,” she told supporters. “All of us have one common goal: To bring our province back from a coalition government that is not only unstable,
  
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• Opposition grows to proposed quarry beside Sumas park

  24-09-2017 22:23 via vancouversun.com
  A park is no place for a mine, say opponents of a proposed rock quarry on Crown land adjacent to Sumas Mountain Interregional Park.
  On Friday, the Metro Vancouver board voted to join the growing opposition to a lease application submitted to the provincial Mines Ministry by a numbered company planning to develop a quarry for aggregate and decorative rock on the mountain. The company is seeking the removal of 59,000 tonnes each year for 10 years from a 10-hectare slice of land just outside the pa
  
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• Legal cannabis tops packed agenda at annual meeting of B.C.'s municipal leaders

  24-09-2017 22:19 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Municipalities in British Columbia are clamouring to have a say in the marijuana policies they believe will fall largely on their shoulders to enforce when pot becomes legal next summer.
  Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang, who is also the city’s point person on marijuana, said municipalities have largely been ignored by the federal government, which has so far taken a “father-knows-best approach.”
  “I think it’s a bit of snobbery or haughtiness on the part
  
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• REAL SCOOP: More shootings in Surrey minutes apart Sunday

  24-09-2017 22:09 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP is investigating two shootings minutes apart early Sunday morning.
  The first shooting took place about 5:10 a.m. in the 8400-block of 121A Street. No victims were located.  “Officers are conducting neighbourhood canvassing and speaking with witnesses to obtain further information. The investigation is still in its early stages,” Staff Sgt. Murray Hedderson said in a news release.
  Just 21 minutes later, police were called to the 14700-block of 30th Avenue fo
  
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• Heads up Council Meeting attendees. No meeting Sept 25 | Next meeting is October 2. See Schedule:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  24-09-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Heads up Council Meeting attendees. No meeting Sept 25 | Next meeting is October 2. See Schedule:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• B.C. municipalities eager for finance reform breakthrough under new government

  24-09-2017 20:26 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A years-long crusade to get big money out of British Columbia’s municipal elections may finally make headway now that a new provincial government is overhauling its own reputation as the campaign finance ne’er-do-well of the western world.
  Local government politicians say the time has come to rein in lax laws around political fundraising and spending, while the B.C. government moves to ban union and corporate donations and limit individual donations to $1,200 at the
  
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• Why are City Hall & Civic Plaza flags at half-mast? In honour of Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  24-09-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Why are City Hall & Civic Plaza flags at half-mast? In honour of Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver police issue Canada-wide warrant for high-risk sex offender

  24-09-2017 19:58 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a high-risk sex offender who failed to return to his Vancouver halfway house.
  Vancouver police are searching for high-risk sex offender Gerald Richard McLean.
  Gerald Richard McLean is a two-time federal offender serving a long-term supervision order after completing a two-year sentence for sexual assault, police say.
  McLean is 48, white, five-foot-seven and weighs 175 pounds. He has a tattoo of an eagle on his left upper arm, a skull on
  
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• RCMP on scene as shots fired at two locations in Surrey

  24-09-2017 19:47 via vancouversun.com
  RCMP are at two locations in Surrey investigating reports of shots being fired.
  At about 5:10 a.m. Sunday, Surrey RCMP responded to a report of shots fired in the 8400 block of 121A Street in Surrey.
  Then at about 5:21 a.m. Sunday, police responded to a report of shots fired in the 14700 block of 30th Avenue in Surrey.
  No victims were located in either incident.
  Officers are canvassing the area and speaking with witnesses.  
  Anyone with more information is asked to contact th
  
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• Hey peeps: Extra stuff-ing on Turkey Trot, North Van Run, BMO Marathon

  24-09-2017 19:24 via vancouversun.com
  True story: About 30 minutes before last year’s Granville Island 10K Turkey Trot, Carol, Ric and Susan Hyslop tapped me on the shoulder and asked who made “my amusing tuque.”
  That was kind of funny considering the three polite peeps, who I didn’t know until that moment, were wearing chic turkey hats, complete with drumsticks and wings.
  Informed them that Postmedia web editor Almas Meherally was the creative brains behind my cuckoo cap, albeit the stuffing under it was hom
  
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• Rain or shine #RiversDay Creek to Creek Festival TODAY 12-4pm. FREE family fun 4 all. cnv.org/RiversDay… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  24-09-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Rain or shine #RiversDay Creek to Creek Festival TODAY 12-4pm. FREE family fun 4 all. cnv.org/RiversDay… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• MLA Andrew Wilkinson launches Liberal leadership

  24-09-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Former cabinet minister Andrew Wilkinson will launch his campaign to lead the B.C. Liberal party on Monday, with a surprisingly large amount of rural support, a concerted push to remake his image and an early focus on tackling the provincial overdose crisis.
  Wilkinson will unveil his leadership campaign in Vancouver, joining what’s expected to be a crowded field of candidates to lead the party, including MLAs Sam Sullivan, Mike de Jong, Mike Bernier, Todd Stone and Michael
  
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• Canucks in China: Team reaches out to old and new fans at home and across China

  24-09-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  They played two exhibition games in Shanghai and Beijing against the Los Angeles Kings, visited the Great Wall of China, and now the Canucks have returned home.
  Up next, as the NHL seeks new supporters of hockey in China’s rising middle class — including mainland Chinese who travel and spend money overseas — many eyes will be on how the Canucks capitalize on Vancouver’s ties to these potential fans.
  “Hockey has the ability to be the thing that ties people toget
  
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• Vancouver man in critical condition after police shooting

  24-09-2017 06:38 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver man in his early 30s is in critical condition after being shot by Vancouver Police on Saturday.
  According to a news release, VPD officers encountered the individual, “who confronted them with a weapon,” just after 4:30 p.m. near West 18th Avenue and Manitoba Street. 
  A witness says the man was brandishing an axe.
  Officers say they attempted to negotiate with the man, and “used less-lethal options to disarm him”, including firing several warning shots
  
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• Shoes are 'modern-day baseball cards' at Vancouver show

  24-09-2017 04:15 via vancouversun.com
  Time was, people bought sneakers just to wear them, and did so until they wore them out. But a new generation of sneaker aficionados recommend a different approach: flex and flip.
  Flex, in this context, means to show off your fresh kicks, either on your Instagram page or in real life. But not too many times, lest you ruin their resale value with a scuff or a crease. Then, once you’ve flexed, you flip the shoes, often for a tidy profit.
  Sneakers have become “modern-day baseball cards,
  
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• Vancouver byelection: Council candidate pitches 'mansion tax'

  24-09-2017 02:53 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver council candidate proposing a “mansion tax” wants to take $174 million from the rich each year and give it to the poor.
  On Saturday, longtime anti-poverty activist Jean Swanson pitched two special property-tax brackets for high-value homes at a rally in Vancouver’s Point Grey neighbourhood, where listings for detached homes range from $2 million and up.
  “Chip in, Chip!” her supporters shouted as they marched down to the sprawling, $75.8-million wate
  
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• ‘I looked down and he was gone:’ Vancouver Island woman recalls husband’s fatal fall

  24-09-2017 02:12 via vancouversun.com
  As he tumbled over a 250-metre cliff to the water below, Saanich’s Joe Lescene called out his wife’s name. That’s the last time Sarah Jones Lescene heard the voice of the love of her life and her partner of 11 years. 
  “It happened so quickly,” said Sarah, who, almost two weeks after the accident, still can’t comprehend how a moderate hike along the Oregon coast turned fatal for the 51-year-old.
  “I looked down and he was gone.”
  The couple
  
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• Duplex Study Open House feedback needed! Your input will help us develop options to present to Council.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  24-09-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Duplex Study Open House feedback needed! Your input will help us develop options to present to Council.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Surrey Central SkyTrain station and bus loop re-opened following fire

  24-09-2017 00:38 via vancouversun.com
  The Surrey Central SkyTrain station and bus loop has re-opened after being closed earlier on Saturday due to thick smoke from a fire nearby.
  “Surrey Fire Department has released the scene and trains are stopping at Surrey Central again,” said TransLink spokeswoman Jill Drews around 2 p.m.
  The fire, in the 10000-block of City Parkway, sent thick, dark smoke billowing into the sky, obscuring the Surrey Central SkyTrain station platform. So TransLink closed the station, with trains allo
  
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• Site C dam project draws criticism at Vancouver public input session

  24-09-2017 00:35 via vancouversun.com
  Critics of an $8.8-billion dam project in British Columbia voiced concerns over the long-term costs of the project during the first in a series of public input session.
  The province’s new NDP government directed the BC Utilities Commission to review the economic viability of the Site C hydroelectric dam project that was initiated by the former Liberal premier Christy Clark.
  Galen Armstrong with the Sierra Club BC says although the dam will be located on the Peace River in the northeast reg
  
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• Open House alert! Join us Sept 26 4-7pm at #JBCC to help shape plans for #SemischPark improvements.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  24-09-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  Open House alert! Join us Sept 26 4-7pm at #JBCC to help shape plans for #SemischPark improvements.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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