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• Breaking: Vancouver police investigate suspicious deaths in Marpole

  27-09-2017 23:50 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are investigating what they are calling the suspicious deaths of two people at a residence in the area of West 64th Avenue and Hudson Street.Detectives from VPD’s homicide unit have been called to the scene to take over the investigation.
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• Gord Downie announces new album

  27-09-2017 22:18 via vancouversun.com
   
  Gord Downie is preparing his new double album Introduce Yerself for release on Arts & Crafts. The albums feature 23 new songs from the multiple JUNO Award-winning Tragically Hip vocalist.
  Kevin Drew produced the new record.The Broken Social Scene member first collaborated with Downie on the Polaris Prize shortlisted album Secret Path. Drew and Downie recorded over two four-day sessions in January 2016 and February 2017. Many of the songs to make the final album are first takes.
  
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• Winter work stoppage at Site C dam prompts layoffs: B.C. Hydro

  27-09-2017 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Hydro confirms about 200 workers at the Site C dam construction project in northeastern British Columbia have been laid off by the consortium that holds the main civil works contract.
  A spokeswoman with the provincial Crown corporation says the Peace River Hydro Partners announced it is stopping some work over the winter season.
  A statement issued by B.C. Hydro says that while such fluctuations are normal in a construction project, it believes work can continue into early winter and has ask
  
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• Murderer of security guard allegedly assaulted inmate: Ruling

  27-09-2017 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  A man who stabbed a Prince George security guard to death and is serving a life sentence for murder has allegedly slashed an inmate in prison, according to a recent court ruling.
  The inmate assault allegation against Gerry Joseph Leiding was revealed in a ruling that dismissed his challenge to a decision by corrections officials to transfer him to a medium-security prison.
  Court heard that Leiding, who was convicted of the January 1999 second-degree murder of Dale Statham and sentenced to life w
  
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• Planning improvements or maintenance for the exterior of your heritage property? We can help! Apply for a grant:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-09-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
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• Join us for an #ArtistTalk w/ @LarissaBlokhuis TOMORROW at #CityHall| 12:15-12:45pm. cnv.org/AtriumGallery… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-09-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Join us for an #ArtistTalk w/ @LarissaBlokhuis TOMORROW at #CityHall| 12:15-12:45pm. cnv.org/AtriumGallery… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Half of British Columbians skip lunch once a week due to work: poll

  27-09-2017 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  No time for lunch? You’re not alone.
  About 49 per cent of British Columbians say they skip lunch at least once a week due to work or other commitments, according to a new Insights West poll.
  A third of respondents (33 per cent) skip breakfast at home at least two times a week, while another 42 per cent of respondents say they miss dinner at home at least once a week.
  Those between the ages of 18 to 34 are most likely to skip breakfast at home than those aged 35 to 54 and those aged 55 and
  
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• Two boys suspected of smashing up Coquitlam school

  27-09-2017 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  Coquitlam RCMP say two 13-year-old boys could face criminal charges in connection with a vandalism spree at Montgomery Middle School earlier this month.
  The school, at 1900 Edgewood Ave., was broken into on the night of Sept. 17. Police say vandals smashed windows, damaged computer equipment, broke a vending machine, and walked off with some fire extinguishers.
  Physical evidence gathered near the scene and witness statements pointed RCMP investigators towards a pair of teen suspects.
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• ‘Survey Says’….Drivers Are Still Driving Distracted bit.ly/2wX9jFv #NorthVancouver

  27-09-2017 21:19 via twitter.com
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• Considering hens for your back yard? You can now review the requirements and apply for a permit on our website:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-09-2017 21:16 via twitter.com
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• Q&A: Whale in the Door: Protecting Howe Sound author Pauline Le Bel

  27-09-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  Whale in the Door: Protecting Howe Sound
  Pauline Le Bel | Caitlin Press, 216pp $24.95Although George Vancouver dismissed Howe Sound centuries ago as a “dreary and comfortless region,” Pauline Le Bel think it’s “a beautiful, desirable place to live and work” as well as a haven of “wild beauty.”
  In Whale in the Door: Protecting Howe Sound, she also describes the “patchwork of municipalities and communities tied together by a unique geography” a
  
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• Former Olympic rower Harold Backer pleads not guilty to fraud in Victoria securities case

  27-09-2017 20:58 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — An investment dealer and former Olympic rower who went missing for nearly 18 months has pleaded not guilty to two fraud charges.
  Harold Backer was not in B.C. provincial court during a hearing Wednesday in Victoria, but his lawyer entered the not guilty plea on his client’s behalf.
  Backer has elected to be tried by judge alone in a trial that is expected to last up to two weeks.
  He was charged with two counts of fraud over $5,000 after he turned up at the Victoria Police D
  
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• Summer's back for a short visit, so get out and enjoy! Maybe a picnic at the park? The BBQ in North Shore parks has… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-09-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  Summer's back for a short visit, so get out and enjoy! Maybe a picnic at the park? The BBQ in North Shore parks has… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Small business reveals big life in followup to Empire of the Son

  27-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  1 Hour Photo
  Oct. 3-15 | Cultch Historic Theatre
  Tickets and info: from $22 at tickets.thecultch.com
  It all started with a coffee mug.
  When Tetsuro Shigematsu spied the receptacle emblazoned with the words “Japan Camera” at the home of his producer Donna Yamamoto, his curiosity was perked. When he found out that the Yamamoto family business had been the one-hour photo finishing franchise of the same name, the performer/writer behind the 2015 hit Empire of the Son thought he might ha
  
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• Pedestrian dies following hit and run in Surrey

  27-09-2017 19:59 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP say a man struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning in Guildford has died from his injuries.
  The 28-year-old man was unconscious suffering head injuries when he was found lying in the street by a passerby near the 14300 block of 92nd Avenue at 7:20 a.m.
  The victim, whose name has not been released, later died in hospital.
  “No one had witnessed what led to the man’s injuries and it wasn’t readily apparent what had transpired or how long he had been injured,&rdquo
  
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• B.C. wildfires cost $127 million in insured damages, figure could grow

  27-09-2017 19:58 via vancouversun.com
  The two largest wildfires in B.C. this summer caused more than $127 million in insured damage.
  According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, the wildfires around Williams Lake caused close to $100 million in damage to insured homes, vehicles and businesses, while the Elephant Hill wildfire caused more than $27 million in damage to insured property.
  Nearly 50,000 people were also evacuated throughout the summer, relocated across B.C. while crews on the ground fought the fires.
  According to Aaron S
  
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• Global crackdown nets fake drugs, including fentanyl

  27-09-2017 19:06 via vancouversun.com
  A global operation to tackle fake pharmaceuticals found that 97 per cent of counterfeit and illegal drugs ordered online are for erectile disfunction.
  Canada Border Service Agency, the RCMP, Interpol and authorities in 123 countries mounted their tenth annual crackdown on dangerous health products that are peddled online. More than 4,500 packages were intercepted coming into Canada the week ending September 19.
  About $1.76 million worth of fake and unlicensed drugs were seized coming into Canada
  
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• Q & amp; A: Bowen Island author Pauline Le Bel

  27-09-2017 19:05 via vancouversun.com
  Whale in the Door: Protecting Howe Sound
  Pauline Le Bel | Caitlin Press, 216pp $24.95Although George Vancouver dismissed Howe Sound centuries ago as a “dreary and comfortless region,” Pauline Le Bel think it’s “a beautiful, desirable place to live and work” as well as a haven of “wild beauty.”
  In Whale in the Door: Protecting Howe Sound, she also describes the “patchwork of municipalities and communities tied together by a unique geography” a
  
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• Open house TONIGHT 5-7pm #GreenNecklace Lonsdale-Grand. Review preliminary design plans & give feedback.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-09-2017 18:02 via twitter.com
  Open house TONIGHT 5-7pm #GreenNecklace Lonsdale-Grand. Review preliminary design plans & give feedback.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Accidental shooting victim on Salt Spring Island mourned as teen with a big heart

  27-09-2017 17:23 via vancouversun.com
  The teenager who died after an accidental shooting on Salt Spring Island had a big heart and loved to make others laugh, friends say.
  Alistair Hayne, 16, died after a friend accidentally shot him with a firearm early Sunday morning. It’s unclear if alcohol or drugs were involved.
  Vani Engel, 18, met Hayne in middle school when Hayne was a chubby kid who wanted to hang out with the older kids at the skate park.
  The two eventually became friends, and Engel said he discouraged Hayne from hang
  
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• Daily Poll: Thoughts on John Horgan as 2nd most popular premier?

  27-09-2017 17:06 via vancouversun.com
  According to the Angus Reid Institute, B.C.’s own John Horgan is the second most popular premier in Canada.
  Horgan, whose NDP-Green coalition ousted the Liberals’ 16-year reign this spring, has an approval rating of 48 per cent among B.C. residents, the second highest approval rating across Canada.
  He comes second only to outgoing Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, who will retire after a successor is chosen in January. Wall’s approval rating sits at 49 per cent.
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• Whistler Craigslist ad offers free rent in exchange for girlfriend

  27-09-2017 16:26 via vancouversun.com
  Dating is hard. Finding affordable housing is harder. So why not combine the two?
  That seems to be the logic behind a peculiar Craigslist ad posted last week under the housing section for Whistler, B.C. “Free rent for a girlfriend,” proclaims the title of the ad, which proposes free housing in exchange for the right girl.
  It’s unclear if the ad is legitimate or if it was posted as a joke. A message sent to the email attached to the post has not yet received a response.
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• Acquitted B.C. ISIS supporter fights to stay in Canada

  27-09-2017 14:59 via vancouversun.com
  Days after being acquitted of terrorism charges, Othman Hamdan appeared before the Immigration and Refugee Board on Tuesday to begin his fight to stay in Canada.
  The Canada Border Services Agency is investigating whether Hamdan should be allowed to remain here after Facebook posts supporting the Islamic State and an admission he was once involved in an international hashish smuggling ring.
  A Jordanian citizen, Hamdan came to B.C. from the U.S. in 2002 and made a successful refugee claim based on
  
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• North Vancouver school board to live-stream board meetings - North Shore News

  27-09-2017 12:39 via nsnews.com
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  North Vancouver school board to live-stream board meetings
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  North Vancouver parent Shane Nelson first advocated for the school district to live-stream its public meetings three years ago. file photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News. Move over Game of Thrones. The North Vancouver School District board meetings ...
  
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• District of North Vancouver council trashes garbage reform - North Shore News

  27-09-2017 12:39 via nsnews.com
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  District of North Vancouver council trashes garbage reform
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  Garbage bins await collection in the District of North Vancouver. photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News. District of North Vancouver council is leaving a proposal to reform its controversial garbage collection system at the curb.
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Is the decline in drivers driving rural unemployment?

  27-09-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Getting a driver’s license was once a rite of passage, and practically even part of the high-school curriculum. Yet, for three decades, the number of young North Americans with driver’s licenses has been declining.
  That is partly because the population is increasingly urban, which means it is easier and cheaper to walk, ride, take taxis or transit. But the declines aren’t just in urban areas, as Postmedia reported earlier this year.
  Another contributor to the decline may be eff
  
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• South Korea a leader in medical tourism

  27-09-2017 09:00 via vancouversun.com
  Next year, the eyes of the world will be on Pyeongchang, when the 2018 Winter Olympics descend on South Korea. And while tourists have long flocked to the Northeast Asian nation for its historic sites, ultra-modern cities, beguiling culture and delicious food, increasingly, visitors are choosing South Korea for its medical services.
  These travelers are, in large part, coming from nations where wait times or ballooning health-care costs have made people look abroad for health-related solutions; m
  
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• The sharing economy enables entrepreneurship

  27-09-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Barely a two-hour flight from San Francisco, Vancouver is often dubbed as Silicon Valley North — attracting tech and entrepreneurial talent from around the world.
  But with local governments across Canada, including in Ontario and Quebec, moving quickly to embrace the sharing economy, Vancouver and B.C. risk being left behind.
  We are still the only province in Canada that continues to ban ride-sharing. And just the other week, Quebec announced a ground-breaking tax deal with lead home-shari
  
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• Danny Glover brings Airbnb's empowerment message to Vancouver

  27-09-2017 04:38 via vancouversun.com
  Long before he was a world-famous actor, Danny Glover was working for his community.
  And in Airbnb, the oft-criticized, home-rental service, he sees a community-building opportunity.
  While a student at San Francisco State University in the 1960s — after he helped to lead a five-month-long student strike on campus — he was a community worker for the City of San Francisco.
  He had grown up in the city, but it wasn’t until he started working for his community that he realized how t
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: B.C. Hydro's Site C promises ring hollow

  27-09-2017 03:53 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. Hydro was nine per cent over budget and already dipping into contingency funds from day one on the main construction contract at Site C, according to the uncensored version of a report to the B.C. Utilities Commission.
  The troubles continue to the present day, with the $1.8 billion main civil works contract having run through three quarters of its contingency budget with only one quarter of the work being done.
  Those and other disturbing details are contained in a report fr
  
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• Don't become complacent about overdose crisis: Panel

  27-09-2017 03:23 via vancouversun.com
  Karen Ward’s appeal was simple: We cannot allow hundreds of British Columbians dying each year from drug overdoses to become the new normal.
  “This is not an individual issue,” Ward, a board member of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, told attendees at a Union of B.C. Municipalities conference session on Tuesday. “This is a social and political crisis. The implications are profound, and they affect us all and they implicate us all.”
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• NDP government stacks jobs with partisan insiders

  27-09-2017 03:05 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s NDP government has stacked its new offices, and the province’s communications branch, with dozens of former party workers and partisan loyalists in the kind of patronage hiring spree that it used to decry under the previous Liberal government.
  The new NDP administration has awarded lucrative taxpayer-paid government jobs to numerous party campaign managers, field organizers, digital communications specialists, financial agents and constituency assistants, acco
  
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• Vancouver city officials, developers discuss housing affordability

  27-09-2017 02:51 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s lack of affordable housing is critical and will get worse without “transformational” changes — including more private-sector rental stock — the city’s top housing official told B.C.’s building industry on Tuesday.
  The lack of affordability for working families has grown worse over the past decade and the challenges “are not going to let up anytime soon,” Gil Kelley, Vancouver’s general manager of planning, urban design and s
  
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• B.C. Transit, TransLink work on link between Sea-to-Sky, Vancouver

  27-09-2017 02:18 via vancouversun.com
  The head of B.C. Transit says his organization is working on a plan to connect Sea-to-Sky corridor residents to Vancouver using the transit system.
  President and CEO Manuel Achadinha was one of three presenters on a transit-focused panel Tuesday at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities conference.
  He said integrating B.C. Transit’s system with TransLink’s is part of a long-term transit plan developed by communities in the Sea-to-Sky area, including Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, th
  
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• Acquitted ISIS supporter fights to stay in Canada

  27-09-2017 02:06 via vancouversun.com
  Days after being acquitted of terrorism charges, Othman Hamdan appeared before the Immigration and Refugee Board on Tuesday to begin his fight to stay in Canada.
  The Canada Border Services Agency is investigating whether Hamdan should be allowed to remain here after Facebook posts supporting the Islamic State and an admission he was once involved in an international hashish smuggling ring.
  A Jordanian citizen, Hamdan came to B.C. from the U.S. in 2002 and made a successful refugee claim based on
  
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• North Shore #CultureDays this weekend. FREE events + hands-on fun 4 the artist in everyone! nvrc.ca/CultureDays… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-09-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  North Shore #CultureDays this weekend. FREE events + hands-on fun 4 the artist in everyone! nvrc.ca/CultureDays… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Pilot narrowly avoids crash with glider on Vancouver-to-Chicago flight

  27-09-2017 01:52 via vancouversun.com
  A passenger aboard a flight from Vancouver to Chicago says there were some tense moments as the pilot swerved to avoid crashing into a smaller aircraft.
  Callum Snape was flying on a United Airlines plane on Monday afternoon when he felt the right wing drop and the aircraft do a hard right turn before speeding up.
  “I was definitely panicking because I knew whatever happened wasn’t meant to happen,” he said.
  The Vancouver-based photographer was seated in an aisle near the back of
  
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• North Vancouver tow truck scammer jailed, police seek more victims - North Shore News

  27-09-2017 01:32 via nsnews.com
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  North Vancouver tow truck scammer jailed, police seek more victims
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  North Vancouver RCMP say a man scamming people out of money by begging for help getting his car out of an impound lot has been impounded himself. Related. North Van RCMP warning of tow-truck scam. George Bradford Wilson, 54, was sentenced to 30 ...
  
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• North Vancouver tow truck scammer jailed, police seek more victims

  27-09-2017 01:32
  
  North Vancouver RCMP say a man scamming people out of money by begging for help getting his car out of an impound lot has been impounded himself.
  
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• North Vancouver Mountie wins honour in drunk driving fight - Vancouver Sun

  27-09-2017 01:21 via vancouversun.com
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  North Vancouver Mountie wins honour in drunk driving fight
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  Const. Jasvir Dosanjh of the North Vancouver RCMP detachment received the Terry Ryan Memorial Award for excellence in police service. Submitted / MADD. Share Adjust Comment Print. Good cop, MADD cop. North Vancouver RCMP Const.and more »
  
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• MADD: North Van Mountie honoured for impaired driving arrests

  27-09-2017 01:21 via vancouversun.com
  Good cop, MADD cop.
  North Vancouver RCMP Const. Jasvir Dosanjh was honoured on the weekend with a national award for reducing the number of impaired drivers on the road.
  Dosanjh received the Terry Ryan Memorial Award, given annually for excellence in police service by Mothers Against Drunk Driving of Canada.
  “Jasvir has a passion for prevention and interception before a crash occurs,” said Tracy Crawford, chapter services manager for MADD in Western Canada.
  The constable was unavaila
  
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• Let's talk #SemischPark improvements. Open house underway @ #JBCC 'til 7. Come share your thoughts.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-09-2017 01:00 via twitter.com
  Let's talk #SemischPark improvements. Open house underway @ #JBCC 'til 7. Come share your thoughts.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Affordability crisis worsens homelessness in Metro Vancouver: report

  27-09-2017 00:58 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver’s affordability crisis is driving up the number of homeless people in the region, according to the latest homeless count.According to the final 2017 Homeless Count report, 3,605 people in the region are homeless, an increase of 30 per cent, or 828 people, compared to the 2014 survey.“Metro Vancouver’s affordability crisis is a key factor in the worsening issue of homelessness across the region,” said Mike Clay, chair of the Metro Vancouver Housing Committe
  
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• Michael Lee tosses hat into crowded field of B.C. Liberal leadership hopefuls

  27-09-2017 00:56 via vancouversun.com
  “My name is Michael Lee and I want to change the future of British Columbia by seeking the leadership of the B.C. Liberal party.”
  And with that declaration to a loud and cheering crowd of some 200 at the Bill Reid Gallery in downtown Vancouver on Tuesday, Lee’s public campaign began.
  But who is Michael Lee, some may ask.
  For that they may be forgiven, because Lee is a newcomer to political office, having won his first seat in the legislature in May. The question won’t bot
  
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• Vancouver could be right fit for Amazon HQ2, says Colliers

  27-09-2017 00:52 via vancouversun.com
  Quality of life and a more accommodating immigration regime are two reasons why Colliers International can see Amazon deciding to locate its new headquarters north of the border.
  Amazon announced earlier this month that it is hunting for a site for a new US$5 billion headquarters in North America, in addition to its sprawling Seattle campus.
  To stand a chance at landing the 100-acre Amazon HQ2, a city must have a metro population of more than one million, and be able to offer development si
  
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• Bad behaviour from public on the rise in B.C. civic politics

  27-09-2017 00:20 via vancouversun.com
  Twice last week, Lake Cowichan councillor Bob Day was working at a local grocery store when a placard-toting man came in and followed him around while making defamatory comments and threatening to ruin his political career.
  Day said that kind of behaviour by constituents doesn’t happen often, but when it does, “It sort of grinds on you because we’re not all in this to piss people off. Anything I do in politics is around getting along with everybody, appreciating everybody, even
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: Indochino exponential growth means brand new digs

  27-09-2017 00:10 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver-based bespoke suit maker Indochino is riding a sales and personnel growth wave that has necessitated a new, larger global headquarters at the corner of Robson and Granville streets.
  The made-to-measure menswear company also plans to add another showroom, with an announcement coming next month, said company CEO Drew Green.
  The new Vancouver head office will comprise two floors and 14,700 square feet, more than double the size of their previous location at Homer near Nelson.
  Green told P
  
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