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• Plans to build bridge, clear land in 'Heart of the Fraser' raises serious fish concerns

  09-10-2017 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  Plans to build a bridge and semi-permanent road, along with land-clearing on two islands in the productive “Heart of the Fraser,” are raising the alarm for critical spawning habitat of threatened white sturgeon and other fish stocks, including pink salmon and oolichan.
  Major conservation groups and high-profile authorities on fish and rivers have written the B.C. and federal governments demanding a “full and comprehensive review” of development plans for Herrling and
  
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• Want your glass collected? Make sure to #SortitRight. All glass bottles/jars go in grey bin.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-10-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Want your glass collected? Make sure to #SortitRight. All glass bottles/jars go in grey bin.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Cowichan Valley man charged with 1990 murder in California

  09-10-2017 20:42 via vancouversun.com
  A Cowichan Valley man is facing extradition to the U.S. in connection with a 27-year-old homicide in California. 
  Anthony Michael Kubica is charged with murder in the death of 78-year-old Marie Darling, whose body was found in the Coachella Valley desert on June 28, 1990.
  Darling’s feet were bound with duct tape. Her body was placed inside a sleeping bag and covered in what looked like cat litter. An autopsy showed she died of blunt-force trauma to the head, which caused multiple skul
  
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• B.C. attorney general says ’serious’ lack of sheriffs involves low pay

  09-10-2017 20:34 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Taxpayers are footing the bill to fly sheriffs around British Columbia as the province grapples with a chronic shortage of the courtroom staff and frustrated judges speak out about delayed and stayed cases.
  Attorney General David Eby said the government is working to train more sheriffs to provide courtroom security while dealing with the problem of police forces luring recruits with higher pay.
  “We have a very serious issue with a shortage of sheriffs in the province and
  
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• Oh Susanna writes a love letter to a disappearing Vancouver

  09-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Oh Susanna: A Love Letter to Vancouver
  Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. | WISE Hall
  Tickets and info: $25/30 at ohsusanna.com
  She now lives in Toronto, but on her new album Oh Susanna (a.k.a. Suzie Ungerleider) chronicles her life as a Westside kid exploring Vancouver’s music scene in the 80s. Her seventh record, A Girl in Teen City may also be her best, which is saying something for the acclaimed, Juno-nominated artist. We talked to Ungerleider about life as a self-proclaimed Westside brat “in a s
  
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• Karen Barnaby: Sweet potatoes don't have to be sweet to be good

  09-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Sweet potatoes were a vegetable I came to enjoy in adulthood. They weren’t served at my family dinner table and when served elsewhere they were terrifyingly sweet.
  There were marshmallows on top, or heaps of brown sugar and pecans. Marshmallows were for Rice Krispie squares, roasting on the end of a stick, or bobbing on hot chocolate. To experience them on top of a vegetable was just plain weird because dessert is supposed to come later, not along with the meat. No offence meant to all mar
  
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• Five reasons to check out A Little Night Music

  09-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  A Little Night Music
  Oct. 12-21 | Gateway Theatre
  Tickets and info: from $29 at gatewaytheatre.com
  1. Infatuation, jealousy, true love — with a sharp edge. A Little Night Music is a romantic comedy, but one that the Broadway musical’s original director described as “whip cream with knives!”
  2. Send in the Clowns. Not only does A Little Night Music feature a score by Stephen Sondheim, but it features one of the Broadway composer’s most-loved, best-known songs, Send i
  
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• Bike to Work week is coming up Oct 23-29. The City encourages you to use your bike to commute.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-10-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Bike to Work week is coming up Oct 23-29. The City encourages you to use your bike to commute.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Union Gospel Mission to dish up 3,000 Thanksgiving dinners on Monday

  09-10-2017 19:26 via vancouversun.com
  Some 3,000 meals are expected to be served by volunteers at the Union Gospel Mission on Monday for Thanksgiving.
  Among those who will be volunteering is a man identified only as Tim. As a former mortgage broker, the successful 52-year-old man lost everything after he pressures of life and work drove him to drink.
  “Thanksgiving was tough because there was not much gratitude for my life,” said Tim. “I can’t say it was a happy time, it emphasized everything that was wrong in
  
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• Happy Thanksgiving! We're spending time with family, too. City Hall is closed today. We're back tomorrow at 8:30am.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-10-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Happy Thanksgiving! We're spending time with family, too. City Hall is closed today. We're back tomorrow at 8:30am.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Rafe Mair, B.C. radio host and former politician, dies at 85

  09-10-2017 17:50 via vancouversun.com
  Prominent radio broadcaster, politician and environmental advocate Rafe Mair has died. He was 85 years old.
  Early word of his death was confirmed via a brief post to his official website and his Twitter account on Monday morning. No further details have been shared yet.RIP Rafe Mair 1931-2017
  — Rafe Mair (@RafeMair) October 9, 2017
  The popular radio host was born in Vancouver and had studied at the University of B.C. He became a lawyer and practiced in Vancouver before moving to Kamloops w
  
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• Why won't young workers take jobs in Vancouver?

  09-10-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  North Vancouver’s iconic Tomahawk Barbecue has closed for dinner four nights a week while owner Chuck Chamberlain tries to find kitchen help.
  In three months since losing several longtime cooks, his ads have drawn just 12 applicants and plenty of no-shows. The two that showed up for their scheduled interview were hired on the spot.
  One new hire was scheduled to start a week ago on Saturday morning, but hasn’t shown up yet.
  “Most of my chefs had been here more than 30 years, so
  
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• Shots fired at West Vancouver home early Sunday morning

  09-10-2017 00:11 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after shots were fired at a house party in West Vancouver early Sunday morning.
  West Vancouver Police responded to a home in the 2600-block of Finch Hill around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, after multiple shots were fired at and struck a home. The suspects, who have not yet been identified, fled prior to police arrival and have not yet been located.
  Damage was sustained to the outside and inside of the home, but there were no injuries despite there being several people inside the h
  
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• It won't take you long, but it might just save your family. Check your smoke alarms every month.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-10-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  It won't take you long, but it might just save your family. Check your smoke alarms every month.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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