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• Last call to join a volunteer advisory committee... deadline is today. Come share your experience & knowledge… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-10-2017 23:42 via twitter.com
  Last call to join a volunteer advisory committee... deadline is today. Come share your experience & knowledge… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Langley boy hit by speeding car allegedly leaving scene of theft

  04-10-2017 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  A 12-year-old Langley boy was sent to hospital after he was struck by a speeding car while riding his bike Tuesday evening.
  Langley RCMP say the boy was struck by a Mazda Tribune at around 6 p.m. in the intersection of 204th Street and 40th Avenue.
  The boy remains in hospital and is listed in critical condition.
  Police say the two men in the Mazda were fleeing the scene of a construction site where some toolswere stolen.
  According to an RCMP press release, a man in a Ford pickup truck chased aft
  
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• B.C. begins to set rules for electoral reform referendum

  04-10-2017 23:13 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A promised referendum on changing B.C.’s electoral system will be done by mail-in ballot next fall rather than being linked to the 2018 municipal elections.
  Attorney General David Eby introduced legislation Wednesday to authorize the vote, which will be held “before the end of November 2018,” according to a news release.
  The bill will allow for more than one question. If multiple types of electoral systems are proposed, voters would rank their choices in a pref
  
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• TransLink and Surrey officials speak on future of transit for South Fraser

  04-10-2017 23:12 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond and Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner spoke to the Surrey Board of Trade Wednesday morning about the future of transit for South Fraser.
  The pair shared details on “the vision for South Fraser transportation needs, including the anticipated Light Rail Transit system in Surrey.”
  Reporter Jennifer Saltman was in attendance..@SBofT's @anitahuberman calls light rail planned for Surrey an "innovative, city building transportation project."#transit
  — Jennifer Salt
  
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• Got Poop? Look for one of these! #NorthVan #GotPoop https://t.co/rbSXYT4uhb

  04-10-2017 23:00 via twitter.com
  
  Got Poop? Look for one of these! #NorthVan #GotPoop https://t.co/rbSXYT4uhb
  
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• Survey: Parents, students reap benefits of out-of-school programs

  04-10-2017 22:54 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re worried that after-school programs might interfere with your child’s homework or classroom performance, there’s no need to, according to a poll of parents.
  A large majority of parents in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley — 79 per cent — say their children aged six to 12 perform better in school because of enrolment in out-of-school programs, according to a poll by Insights West.
  And fully 93 per cent said out-of-school programs have allowed their kids
  
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• A guided tour of India's delights

  04-10-2017 22:51 via vancouversun.com
  We could have easily chosen to see India alone as English is the official language and widely spoken; however my wife and I chose to book a 2-week tour, and I am glad we did.
  My tour started off in New Delhi and then headed south to Jaipur. The “Pink City”, as Jaipur is also known as, comes from the many buildings that are constructed using the pink colored rocks and clay that surrounds the city. The color and architecture of this beautiful city give it a very exotic appearance. I li
  
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• Watermain break, William Ave btwn Weymouth & E26th. Water in area shut off while repair underway. Expect single lane alt traffic during work

  04-10-2017 22:50 via twitter.com
  Watermain break, William Ave btwn Weymouth & E26th. Water in area shut off while repair underway. Expect single lane alt traffic during work
  
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• The Lost World of Genghis Khan

  04-10-2017 22:27 via vancouversun.com
  For weeks, the heat has been building across central Asia. The days smoulder like a wet fuse. Desert mirages send distant mountains airborne, and form phantom lakes amid the Gobi bleakness. There’s something in the air now, some threat that drives the grey cranes south and sets the Buddhist prayer flags riffling. August has turned to September in Mongolia, and the great wheels of nature are in motion.
  And one million Mongolian herders — one of the world’s largest remaining noma
  
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• WOW, new public art just unveiled at 13th & Lonsdale. #PublicArt #NorthVan @NVArtsCouncil https://t.co/HrPWZrgCFW

  04-10-2017 22:22 via twitter.com
  
  WOW, new public art just unveiled at 13th & Lonsdale. #PublicArt #NorthVan @NVArtsCouncil https://t.co/HrPWZrgCFW
  
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• We've been busy celebrating Walk & Wheel at City Schools. Keep up the good work kids. 👍#NorthVan @HASTeBC @NVSD44 https://t.co/7rLKSe3GOu

  04-10-2017 22:15 via twitter.com
  
  We've been busy celebrating Walk & Wheel at City Schools. Keep up the good work kids. 👍#NorthVan @HASTeBC @NVSD44 https://t.co/7rLKSe3GOu
  
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• Vancouver police remind eligible daters to be wary of online predators

  04-10-2017 22:12 via vancouversun.com
  The person on the other side of your dating app may seem like your soulmate but they’re still a stranger.
  That’s the reminder the Vancouver Police is putting out there in their new safety campaign that seeks to arm eligible singles with tips on approaching the world of online dating.
  In recent years, police have noticed an increase in online dating as the reason for initial contact in sexual assault and fraud cases, spurring the campaign announced Wednesday.
  “Particularly on da
  
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• ROAD ADVISORY: Tomorrow at #Montroyal bridge, extended hours for single lane alternating traffic (7am-8pm) in effect ow.ly/b4sn30fE2DV

  04-10-2017 22:12 via twitter.com
  ROAD ADVISORY: Tomorrow at #Montroyal bridge, extended hours for single lane alternating traffic (7am-8pm) in effect ow.ly/b4sn30fE2DV
  
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• Three people killed in head-on collision near Grand Forks

  04-10-2017 21:50 via vancouversun.com
  Three people were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision Tuesday on Highway 3 near Grand Forks.
  Grand Forks RCMP say a westbound 2012 Hyundai Tucson with three occupants crossed the centre line and collided head-on with an eastbound 1996 Ford pick-up truck with two occupants.
  The two-vehicle accident occurred at around 3 p.m..
  The 37-year-old female driver of the Hyundai and the 40-year-old male driver of the Ford truck along with a 37-year-old woman in the Hyundai were pronounced
  
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• B.C. Wildfire Service tally exceeds $500 million after disastrous summer

  04-10-2017 21:40 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia has spent more than $500 million battling dozens of wildfires during the 2017 forest fire season.
  Fire information officer Kevin Turcott says total suppression costs to date amount to almost $548 million.
  He says that’s nearly nine times the original budget of $63 million and far above the $382 million spent in 2009, which officials say was the previous highest cost.
  Hundreds of wildfires have been recorded in the province since April 1 as B.C. endured its worst-ever fire
  
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• ART SEEN: Black women drawn in fabric in powerful exhibition at Unit/Pitt

  04-10-2017 21:27 via vancouversun.com
  An exhibition of portraits at Unit/Pitt does something unusual, at least in Vancouver: it brings strong black women into the house of art.
  The portraits are a wonderful combination of craft and concept. They’re made with thread and different kinds of coloured, patterned material most often used by women in the home. They’re not the kinds of materials traditionally used to make art. 
  Several of the women in We All Know Each Other by Gio Swaby are drawn in black thread. In other p
  
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• NEW BLOG POST: Meet the team responsible for saving $275,000 in energy costs while raising $2.2 million in funding:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-10-2017 21:19 via twitter.com
  NEW BLOG POST: Meet the team responsible for saving $275,000 in energy costs while raising $2.2 million in funding:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• It’s a fact. Doors can be dangerous. Shoulder check first, then #LookThinkGo #NorthVan youtu.be/l1gx4HCW_qI #LookThinkGo #NorthVan

  04-10-2017 21:01 via twitter.com
  It’s a fact. Doors can be dangerous. Shoulder check first, then #LookThinkGo #NorthVan youtu.be/l1gx4HCW_qI #LookThinkGo #NorthVan
  
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• Petronas puts land, gas plants and pipelines up for sale after killing LNG project in B.C.

  04-10-2017 19:50 via vancouversun.com
  BMO Capital Markets says it has been hired by Progress Energy to assist with the sale of production lands, gas plants and an extensive pipeline network in Alberta.
  A sale of assets would be the latest retreat from Canada for Petronas, a Malaysian state-owned energy company that bought Progress Energy in 2012.
  Petronas announced in July that it no longer planned to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in British Columbia due to changed market conditions.
  BMO Capital’s website says it&rsqu
  
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• Vancouver police to launch online dating safety campaign

  04-10-2017 19:31 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Police will be launching an online dating safety campaign in hopes of preventing lonely hearts from becoming victims of scams and sexual assault.
  Police will host a press conference Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. to share details on their new campaign.
  Const. Anne-Marie Clark and Det. Const. Michelle Grandbois of the VPD Sex Crimes Unit are expected to speak.More to come.
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• Celebrating some newly minted Canadian citizens here at City Hall yesterday. #CanadianCitizenshipCeremony #Northvan https://t.co/G9NelfRiya

  04-10-2017 19:01 via twitter.com
  
  Celebrating some newly minted Canadian citizens here at City Hall yesterday. #CanadianCitizenshipCeremony #Northvan https://t.co/G9NelfRiya
  
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• Last day for input on #SemischPark improvements & #GreenNecklace Lonsdale to Grand. Surveys close today. cnvsurveys… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-10-2017 18:02 via twitter.com
  Last day for input on #SemischPark improvements & #GreenNecklace Lonsdale to Grand. Surveys close today. cnvsurveys… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Langley boy hit by speeding car allegedly fleeing scene of theft

  04-10-2017 17:59 via vancouversun.com
  A 12-year-old Langley boy was sent to hospital after he was struck by a speeding car while riding his bike Tuesday evening.
  Langley RCMP say the boy was struck by a Mazda Tribune at around 6 p.m. in the intersection of 204th Street and 40th Avenue.
  The boy remains in hospital and is listed in stable condition.
  Police say the two male occupants of the Mazda were fleeing the scene of a construction site where they allegedly stole some tools.
  According to an RCMP press release, a man in a Ford pick
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you think the NDP will ever allow Uber?

  04-10-2017 17:58 via vancouversun.com
  The NDP government has slowed down its promise to bring Uber and Lyft to B.C., citing safety and regulatory studies that are underway.
  Transportation Minister Claire Trevena said Tuesday the government isn’t stalling on its election promise to bring ride-sharing and ride-hailing apps to B.C., but that it was consulting with stakeholders.
  “We want to make sure whatever we’re doing, we’re doing it safely, we’re doing it judiciously,” she said. “We’re
  
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• TransLink and Surrey officials to speak on future of transit

  04-10-2017 16:48 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink and Surrey’s mayor are expected to speak Wednesday about the future of public transit in Surrey.
  TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond and Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner will be at the Surrey Board of Trade later today. According to a schedule for the meeting, the pair will share details on “the vision for South Fraser transportation needs, including the anticipated Light Rail Transit system in Surrey.”
  The event begins around 11:30 a.m. at Surrey’s Eaglequest Golf Course, wit
  
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• Early morning fire engulfs commercial building near Olympic Village

  04-10-2017 16:47 via vancouversun.com
  Crews are on the scene of a massive second-alarm fire near Olympic Village in Vancouver on Wednesday morning.
  Not much is known about the fire at this time, though early morning commuters are advised to steer clear of the area near Olympic Village. It’s believed the fire started around 5 a.m. in a single-storey building housing a metal fabricator.
  Several explosions rocked the building after the flames were spotted, but a cause of the blasts isn’t known. As of 7 a.m., multiple crews
  
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• Parent’s pain, children’s gain: Finding money tough but worth it to save for kids’ education

  04-10-2017 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Space was always tight in Adrienne and Blaine Neufeld’s two-bedroom condo in South Surrey.
  “And it’s a little bit squishier now that we have Kash,” says Adrienne, 29, about arrival of their first child.
  Elbow room isn’t the only thing scarce these days. Money’s tight, too.
  Blaine, 30, works full-time managing and coaching the Surrey Eagles junior hockey team while Adrienne stays home with their 15-month-old son.
  After the mortgage and other expenses, the
  
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• Kasey Wilson: Some great ideas for Thanksgiving leftovers

  04-10-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  By some measures, the first Thanksgiving dinner I hosted as a married woman was a disaster, but it gave me a lifelong appreciation for holiday leftovers. Like my mother, I invited a houseful of rowdy relatives, but unlike her, I hadn’t mastered the organization and timing that are crucial to a successful feast.
  The turkey took forever, and at about 10:30 p.m. my Uncle Brian quipped, “Were we invited to brunch?” I laughed along with my starving guests and raided the freezer for
  
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• Speeding Doctor Fails To Smarten Up

  04-10-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Some people just don’t realize when they have been given a break — consider Dr. Benham Beheshti, who was caught speeding in downtown Vancouver along Pender Street.
  The Vancouver physician didn’t dispute the ticket until it was too late and, after getting special dispensation to plead his case, was fined only a nominal sum and told to smarten up.
  But he didn’t heed the good advice.
  Again ignoring legal deadlines, Beheshti appealed the minimal punishment to the province&rsq
  
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• RCMP casino money laundering probe uncovered alleged 'terrorist financing' links

  04-10-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  An RCMP investigation into underground banking and alleged laundering of drug cash in B.C. casinos revealed suspicions of “terrorist financing,” a B.C. government document obtained by Postmedia alleges.
  As Postmedia has exclusively reported, RCMP investigators and B.C. government documents allege that Paul King Jin and his associates used an illegal money transfer business in Richmond to lend suspected drug-dealer cash to high-roller Chinese gamblers recruited from Macau who, with tr
  
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• Burnaby’s “Sea to River” bikeway has charming name, but grim mid-section

  04-10-2017 07:01 via vancouversun.com
  First thing: Kudos to Burnaby for creating the Sea to River bikeway, which runs more than 10 kilometres from Burrard Inlet to the Fraser River. And the good thing is it’s not Burnaby’s only bikeway, which is important.
  But there’s a second thing: What’s with the mini-disaster that is the mid-section of the Sea to River bikeway?
  On a recent cycle from Vancouver to New Westminster, I was pleasantly surprised, as I moved along the Central Valley bikeway, to for the first tim
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Eby's crackdown on lobbying filled with puzzling cracks

  04-10-2017 05:03 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Attorney-General David Eby pulled out all of the rhetorical stops this week in trumpeting an NDP government bill to toughen regulation of lobbying.
  The bill was “unprecedented,” Eby declared. Also “sweeping” “aggressive,” “significant” and “urgent.”
  The more Eby talked about the bill, the more grandiose were his testimonials, until one had to wonder whether the poor little thing could bear the weight of the ministe
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Two charged after major drug seizure at port

  04-10-2017 04:07 via vancouversun.com
  Interesting news release from the RCMP today about a major drug shipment intercepted 18 months ago in a container at the Port of Vancouver. Two people are not charged. While the police are saying they are linked to an international organized crime group, they don’t identify any specific group.
  I haven’t posted in a few days as I’m working on a feature to mark the 10th anniversary of the Surrey Six murders, which is coming up.
  And I was back in the immigration hearing of the ISI
  
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• Two charged after police intercept cocaine shipped through Port of Vancouver

  04-10-2017 04:05 via vancouversun.com
  Two Metro Vancouver residents will be back in court later this month on drug charges after police seized 132 kilograms of cocaine from a shipping container from Brazil.
  Yan Chau (Andrew) Lam, 48, and Sok Wai (Gertrude) Cheong, 43, were arrested in February 2016 after a joint investigation between U.S. law enforcement agencies and the RCMP.
  The RCMP was first alerted to the illicit shipment 18 months ago after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in California discovered three roller suitc
  
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• North Vancouver man grows great pumpkin

  04-10-2017 03:13 via vancouversun.com
  Growing huge pumpkins, it turns out, is a bit like why you own a race horse. The victories are great, but the real money is in the next generation.
  Take the pumpkin Belgium’s Mathias Willemijns grew last year: it weighed in at more than 2,600 pounds. That set a new world record, and won Willemijns great acclaim.
  But forget all that: let’s talk about the seeds.
  Willemijns yielded more than 1,000 seeds out of his giant and may have sold each seed for $150.
  That’s what North
  
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• Surrey pastor and his wife charged with 28 sex offences

  04-10-2017 03:12 via vancouversun.com
  The pastor of a Surrey church and his wife are facing more than two dozen charges of sexual assault.
  Samuel Emerson
  The couple were arrested in May but charges have only just been filed, which cover a period from 2015 to 2017.
  They were released after their arrest by Surrey RCMP but under strict conditions.
  Madelaine Emerson
  According to a media release from the police, Samuel Emerson, 34, is a pastor at Cloverdale Christian Fellowship Church and has been charged with 13 counts of sexual as
  
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• Letters: A high demolition tax could save heritage buildings

  04-10-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Downtown Vancouver Landmark prepares to stop its slow spin, John Mackie column, Sept. 28.
  Vancouver is fast becoming a city without a soul — a tasteless city of never-ending highrises. When a 44-year-old landmark is to be torn down so developers can make uber millions, there is a problem. Tourists flock to the beautiful cities in Europe, beautiful because of their gorgeous old buildings and human-scale skyline.
  We don’t do enough to preserve buildings of historic significance in
  
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• Vancouver real estate developer tries to avoid receivership, faces lawsuit over private jet dispute

  04-10-2017 02:55 via vancouversun.com
  Real estate developer Mark Chandler is fighting this week to keep his troubled Metro Vancouver condo project out of receivership, as his creditors attempt to recover millions of dollars they allege they’re owed.
  Meanwhile, Chandler simultaneously faces a number of other ongoing legal challenges, and court documents filed in connection with some of those matters describe where the longtime Vancouver condo developer allegedly spent his money in recent years, including an American private jet
  
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• Colon cancer screening test suspended due to manufacturing defect

  04-10-2017 02:55 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Cancer Agency is suspending stool sample collection testing, which could mean the delayed diagnosis of a number of colorectal cancers in B.C. Delays can have negative effects, even raising deaths from such cancers. 
  Testing has been suspended because of a manufacturing problem affecting the accuracy of fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) that detect blood in the stool.
  The tests, distributed by a company called Alere, are central to the colorectal cancer screening program that was int
  
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• Champion racer and MLA Michelle Stilwell loses gold medal at legislature

  04-10-2017 02:45 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — When B.C.’s Liberal government was toppled this summer, not only did MLA Michelle Stilwell lose her cabinet job, she also lost a priceless personal memento.
  Stilwell, one of Canada’s most decorated Paralympic athletes, has been unable to locate a world championship gold medal she had stored in her office as B.C.’s Minister of Social Development.
  When her ministerial office was cleared to make way for the new NDP provincial government in July, the box conta
  
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• Keeping up is keeping CEOs awake at night

  04-10-2017 02:32 via vancouversun.com
  It may be hard to feel the plight of corporate fat cats with six- or seven-figure salaries and cushy bonuses.But being at the helm of companies when there is such volatile change in the way we all live isn’t a picnic. Apparently, there is much keeping chief executive officers up at night these days.Only 16 per cent of CEOs in a survey of more than 200 leading ones in Canada feel they excel at mastering their time. The numbers in areas such as thinking big (38 per cent), predicting the futu
  
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• Furry Creek golf course sold to Chinese company

  04-10-2017 02:26 via vancouversun.com
  The Furry Creek Golf and Country Club is being sold to a Chinese company, Fine Peace Holdings.
  “They have considerable experience in the development of resort-oriented residential communities in China, golf course communities,” said Michael Geller, a property developer who is consulting with Fine Peace.
  “Their intention here is to significantly upgrade the golf course and clubhouse, and build a mix of housing along the waterfront. There’s up to 250 homes that could be bui
  
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• DYK, distracted driving causes more fatalities on BC roads than impaired driving. #EyesFwdBC #NorthVan https://t.co/elm3N1CsN0

  04-10-2017 01:40 via twitter.com
  
  DYK, distracted driving causes more fatalities on BC roads than impaired driving. #EyesFwdBC #NorthVan https://t.co/elm3N1CsN0
  
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• North Vancouver man grows great pumpkin - Vancouver Sun

  04-10-2017 01:36 via vancouversun.com
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  North Vancouver man grows great pumpkin
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  Jeff Pelletier with his pumpkin he figures weighs over 1000lbs at his home in North Vancouver, B.C., October 3, 2017. Pelletier grows huge pumpkins. He won an award recently for "prettiest pumpkin" and will show off the one pictured here. Arlen Redekop ...
  
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• Seven elementary expansions on North Vancouver school district wish list - North Shore News

  04-10-2017 01:04 via nsnews.com
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  Seven elementary expansions on North Vancouver school district wish list
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  Classroom space inside a modular portable building at Ridgeway Elementary. photo Kevin Hill, North Shore News. New limits to classroom sizes are adding to expansion pressures on schools in North Vancouver that could cost the province over $22 million ...
  
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• B.C. police chief struck by deer while riding bike

  04-10-2017 00:52 via vancouversun.com
  OAK BAY — Oak Bay Police Chief Andy Brinton has undergone surgery for a broken clavicle and ribs after he was attacked by a deer.
  Deputy chief Ray Bernoties said Brinton was riding his bicycle on Salt Spring Island on Sunday when a deer came charging out of the forest.
  Bypassers helped the chief, whose helmet was dented when he went flying off his bike on a paved road, Bernoties said.
  He said Brinton had surgery Monday night and was in pain Tuesday but is expected to make a full recov
  
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• Injuries sustained at mass shootings covered by travel insurance

  04-10-2017 00:49 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian travellers injured in mass-casualty events such as Sunday’s shooting in Las Vegas could face financial devastation without travel insurance.
  Six Canadians were among more than 500 people who were injured in the deadly attack Sunday night, including 21-year-old Sheldon Mack of Victoria. Mack was in intensive care Monday after he was shot twice and suffered a ruptured colon and broken forearm.
  Also injured were Jan Lambourne of Teulon, Man., Jody Ansell of Stonew
  
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• Health care assistants experience highest number of workplace injuries in B.C.

  04-10-2017 00:46 via vancouversun.com
  When most people think of dangerous jobs in B.C., it’s probably a safe bet that a health care assistant isn’t on their radar.
  According to workplace statistics, it should be. The women and men working as frontline caregivers in residential care homes and hospitals have a workplace injury rate of 8.7 per 100 workers — four times the B.C. average of 2.1 for all workers.
  Outdoor work in the forestry industry remains the province’s most dangerous occupation, with an injury ra
  
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