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• Transit cops receive barrage of insults during Surrey traffic stop

  16-10-2017 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  A pair of Metro Vancouver transit officers are being commended for their restraint after a video surfaced showing the two unnamed officers on the receiving end of a verbal thrashing while issuing a speeding ticket in Surrey.
  The video, which was uploaded to YouTube and circulated on Reddit, was recorded by someone inside a Jeep SUV during a traffic stop at 88th Avenue and King George Highway on Oct. 12 In the video, both the driver and a passenger of the Jeep get irate when the officer
  
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• B.C. restaurant staffing crisis: Low wages, small workforce leaves booming eateries without chefs

  16-10-2017 23:06 via vancouversun.com
  The restaurant industry may be booming in British Columbia, but a combination of the high cost of living, tight profit margins and a shrinking workforce has made it difficult for kitchens to find enough staff.
  Eric Pateman, president of Edible Canada, said the company’s restaurant on Vancouver’s popular tourist destination Granville Island has been short anywhere from two to five chefs at a time for more than two years. That’s meant scaling back the restaurant’s hours or
  
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• Did you know it's #wastereductionweek. Today's theme is The Circular Economy. Learn more here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-10-2017 23:00 via twitter.com
  Did you know it's #wastereductionweek. Today's theme is The Circular Economy. Learn more here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Rental cost of one-bedroom apartments in Vancouver jump up to $2,120

  16-10-2017 21:41 via vancouversun.com
  It’s not a treat and it’s no trick either: October’s median asking price for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver has climbed up to a scary $2,120 a month.
  PadMapper’s latest Canadian rent report was released Monday and shows the asking price for Vancouver rental listings have gone up again, keeping the city in the top spot as the country’s most expensive rental market.
  A one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver now goes for the median asking price of about $2,120, a 5 pe
  
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• Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the area. Two fall storms are on the way: ow.ly/s5Uh30fUUQ2 #BCStorm

  16-10-2017 21:35 via twitter.com
  Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the area. Two fall storms are on the way: ow.ly/s5Uh30fUUQ2 #BCStorm
  
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• B.C. junior hockey team in Kimberley scores multimillion-dollar donation

  16-10-2017 21:32 via vancouversun.com
  CALGARY — Mike Gould’s love of family and hockey was behind the Alberta man’s decision to make a multimillion-dollar donation to a hockey club in southeastern B.C.
  Giving $7.5 million to the Junior B Kimberley Dynamiters of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League will help the team in a number of ways, Gould said in an interview Monday.
  “They’re going to get a new bus, I do know that for a fact,” Gould said from Calgary. “It is going to help out
  
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• B.C. pharmacists call for immediate expansion of services to remote communities

  16-10-2017 21:28 via vancouversun.com
  The head of the B.C. Pharmacy Association says chronic opioid users in rural and remote communities should have access to supervised injectable treatment that is already available in the Vancouver area.
  Geraldine Vance says the overdose epidemic demands immediate involvement by community pharmacists and up to 20 pilot projects should be started in under-served parts of British Columbia.
  Vance says there’s already a pilot study in Vancouver to expand on injectable treatment provided at the
  
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• Don't tell Dina Del Bucchia what to do

  16-10-2017 20:56 via vancouversun.com
  Dina Del Bucchia’s new book of short fiction is titled Don’t Tell Me What To Do.
  True Confessions and Tall Tales at the Vancouver International Writers Fest
  Oct. 20, 8:30 p.m. | Revue Stage, 1601 Johnston St., Vancouver
  Tickets and info: $20, writersfest.bc.ca 
  When Dina Del Bucchia’s new book of short fiction, Don’t Tell Me What To Do (Arsenal) came out this fall, the author was prepared to make some noise about it herself — but she didn’t
  
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• Whales show brains, social interaction go together: study

  16-10-2017 20:50 via vancouversun.com
  The rich social interaction and highly evolved brains of some whales are linked in a kind of evolutionary feedback loop, a newly published paper suggests.
  The research, largely done at the University of British Columbia, sheds new light on similarities between whale and human evolution.
  “Similar pressures and possibilities in the environment can select for a similar outcome,” said Kieran Fox, now a post-doctoral student at California’s Stanford University and co-author of the n
  
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• Hollywood North: The Rock charms Surrey before moving to downtown Vancouver

  16-10-2017 20:50 via vancouversun.com
  Has there ever been a friendlier movie star than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson?
  The Hollywood action hero is proving he really is the “people’s champion” with the personal interactions he’s having with Vancouver fans while filming his latest blockbuster, Skyscraper.
  Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson meets with fan in Surrey on Oct. 14.
  Johnson, who was still in makeup following a grueling shoot near Surrey’s city hall, waded into a crowd of star-gazers l
  
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• Transportation minister to update efforts to bring ride sharing to B.C.

  16-10-2017 20:43 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — British Columbia is expected to provide more details today on its plans to bring ride-hailing to the province.
  Transportation Minister Claire Trevena has scheduled a news conference to discuss the government’s next moves.
  The New Democrats promised during last spring’s election campaign to bring services like those offered by Uber and Lyft to B.C. by the end of this year.
  But Trevena recently suggested more work needs to be done, especially on safety issues and under
  
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• Tonight's regular Council meeting starts at 7pm. Here's the agenda (PDF; 15MB): ow.ly/H8d130fUNPP #NorthVan

  16-10-2017 20:20 via twitter.com
  Tonight's regular Council meeting starts at 7pm. Here's the agenda (PDF; 15MB): ow.ly/H8d130fUNPP #NorthVan
  
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• Abbotsford police seeking suspect in bank robbery

  16-10-2017 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  Police have released security footage in an effort to track down a man who robbed a bank in Abbotsford on Sunday.
  Abbotsford Police were called to the 32900-block of South Fraser Way on Sunday around 12:25 p.m. after a report of a robbery in progress.
  A man had entered the bank and handed a teller a note demanding money. When the teller did not comply, the man jumped over the counter, held a knife to her neck and forced her to hand over some cash.
  Abbotsford Police are seeking a suspect in
  
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• Kick off #WasteReductionWeek by cleaning out your junk drawer & recycling old electronics. Learn more:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-10-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Kick off #WasteReductionWeek by cleaning out your junk drawer & recycling old electronics. Learn more:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support this school's ban on Halloween costumes?

  16-10-2017 18:16 via vancouversun.com
  A school in Winnipeg has banned Halloween costumes and instead, will replace the usual Oct. 31 festivities with four dress-up days the same week.
  Ecole Sage Creek School principal Marc Poirier said the decision was made following a length discussion with staff and a student committee. Some of the reasons for the costume ban was to avoid the possibility of scary or gory costumes and prop weapons, or other costumes that are cultural insensitive or inappropriate.
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• It’s #ShakeOutBC week! Take time to update your emergency plan & kit. Get helpful tips from @PreparedBC:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-10-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  It’s #ShakeOutBC week! Take time to update your emergency plan & kit. Get helpful tips from @PreparedBC:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Pair of storms forecast to hit B.C. south coast this week

  16-10-2017 17:56 via vancouversun.com
  Get your rain boots ready.
  Two storm systems are expected to hit the B.C. south coast this week, with more than 100 millimetres of rain expected by the end of the week.
  The first of two storms will hit on Monday, according to a special weather statement issued by Environment Canada. That storm will see heavy rain and winds throughout the Sea-to-Sky region, Metro Vancouver and the North Shore, with up to 70 millimetres expected in some regions by Tuesday.
  The rain will taper off Tuesday but retur
  
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• Vancouver Sun music reviews: Oct. 16, 2017

  16-10-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  P!nk: Beautiful Trauma (Sony Music): Five years since The Truth About Love and three since the You+Me project with City and Colour, P!nk returns with an album that shows her largely keeping the course with upbeat, electro-tinged material that packs in some edge. Working with hitmaker Jack Antonoff (Taylor Swift, fun), songs such as What About Us are the arena-friendly, EDM-tinged type of song that Swift dropped on 1989. This makes tracks such as the title tune, Revenge, and a few others certain
  
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• Canadians trips to the US have been in decline for five years

  16-10-2017 15:04 via vancouversun.com
  Incidents of mass violence and racial rhetoric from the White House are discouraging some Canadians from travelling to the United States.
  “I’m choosing not to go because it’s not a safe choice for my family,” said Vancouver market researcher Barb Justason. “There’s a lot of gun violence, you don’t know who is carrying and who is not and you don’t know who is crazy.”
  The mass shootings at Sandy Hook, where 20 six- and seven-year-old children w
  
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• B.C. casinos knowingly accepted 'banned' cash: report

  16-10-2017 15:02 via vancouversun.com
  River Rock Casino in Richmond knowingly accepted millions in suspicious cash that was provided to VIP gamblers by lenders who were banned from B.C. casinos, an internal audit obtained by Postmedia News alleges.
  The June 2016 audit by the B.C. gaming policy and enforcement branch suggests that River Rock staff in 2015, for some reason, allowed high-rollers to buy chips with funds from Richmond private lenders who were under B.C. Lottery Corp. anti-money-laundering restrictions and who were subjec
  
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• Casinos knowingly accepted 'banned' cash: report

  16-10-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  River Rock Casino in Richmond knowingly accepted millions in suspicious cash that was provided to VIP gamblers by lenders who were banned from B.C. casinos, an internal audit obtained by Postmedia News alleges.
  The June 2016 audit by the B.C. gaming policy and enforcement branch suggests that River Rock staff in 2015, for some reason, allowed high-rollers to buy chips with funds from Richmond private lenders who were under B.C. Lottery Corp. anti-money-laundering restrictions and who were subjec
  
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• Fire engulfs West Broadway building, knocks out power in Mt. Pleasant

  16-10-2017 10:26 via vancouversun.com
  A large fire in Vancouver destroyed a West Broadway building Sunday night.
  Vancouver firefighters were able to contain the blaze to just one building, the African Arts and Percussions building at 163 West Broadway.
  Staff at Martini’s Restaurant, which is next door, said about 50 diners and staff were in the restaurant where the fire started, sometime after 9:30 p.m.
  They said there appeared to be no damage to their building.
  Just after 10 p.m., B.C. Hydro crews cut power to the surrounding
  
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• Fire engulfs West Broadway building, knocks out power

  16-10-2017 09:20 via vancouversun.com
  A large fire in Vancouver destroyed a West Broadway building Sunday night.
  Vancouver firefighters were able to contain the blaze to just one building, the African Arts and Percussions building at 163 West Broadway.
  Staff at Martini’s Restaurant, which is next door, said about 50 diners and staff were in the restaurant where the fire started, sometime after 9:30 p.m.
  They said there appeared to be no damage to their building.
  Just after 10 p.m., B.C. Hydro crews cut power to the surrounding
  
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• Opinion: We must act now to save the heart of a mighty river

  16-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Fraser River is B.C.’s largest and most ecologically diverse waterway and, at its very heart between the towns of Hope and Mission, is a meandering section that is widely known as one of the most productive stretches of river anywhere in the world.
  Often referred to as the Heart of the Fraser, this part of the river is a complex, ever-changing landscape of floodplains, side channels, wetlands and backwaters, screened by cottonwoods and cedars and hidden far from the constant din of Hig
  
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• Opinion: NDP should bring in total ban on grizzly bear hunting

  16-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  I recently had the pleasure of visiting grizzly bear country, inside the traditional Bute Inlet territory of the Homalco Nation. Deep in the dense forest, with impossibly massive bears fishing the shores of a salmon-packed river, it was a page out of National Geographic. We saw nine grizzlies, including a female with her spring cubs, and a newly independent juvenile gamely trying to catch his lunch.
  I come often to see family and friends in B.C. I also come, as do so many fro
  
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• Vancouver byelection reflects a rising sense of frustration

  16-10-2017 05:48 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s first civic byelection in 25 years revealed a rising sense of frustration among the public, according to both upstart politicians and longtime rivals who gained ground on the reigning Vision Vancouver party — as well as Vision’s own mayor.
  It may be hard to draw too many conclusions about what the weekend’s results mean for next year’s general municipal election, considering the byelection drew only a 10.99 per cent voter turnout to fill one council seat
  
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• Apples, apples, everywhere at UBC festival celebrating the humble fruit

  16-10-2017 04:01 via vancouversun.com
  Growing apple trees and producing apples in an urban garden is a challenge, especially in the Lower Mainland with our wet climate. But UBC’s pomologist-in-residence wouldn’t have it any other way.
  “It’s complicated,” says Richard Hallman. “That’s why I like it.”
  Hallman, sporting a holster with a pair of clippers, was on hand at UBC’s Botanical Garden on the weekend for their annual apple festival to advise apple lovers on the art of espalier
  
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• Review: Vancouver Opera's Turandot is triumphant

  16-10-2017 02:55 via vancouversun.com
  Turandot
  Oct. 19 and 21, 7:30 p.m. | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: vancouveropera.ca
  Vancouver Opera returned to what amounts to a conventional season with a staging of Turandot, Puccini’s last opera on Friday night at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
   During last spring’s Opera Festival, performances were gilded with lavish add-ons: lectures, ancillary concerts, workshops, and the like. Turandot boasted similar bells and whistles as Chinese instrumental ensembles serena
  
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• Person thrown from vehicle in five-car Surrey collision

  16-10-2017 02:54 via vancouversun.com
  A car collision in Surrey on Sunday saw one person thrown from a vehicle and has drawn the eyes of police.
  The crash happened just before 2 p.m. at the intersection of 64th Avenue and 124 Street, and involved five vehicles.
  According to a media release from Surrey RCMP, the person who was thrown from their vehicle has been taken to hospital, where they are listed in critical condition. 
  Four others were taken to hospital with what police believe are minor injuries.
  The intersection was clos
  
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• Ghosts, goblins and others parade for Halloween in Vancouver

  16-10-2017 02:49 via vancouversun.com
  Boo! Nearly 100,000 spectators were expected to show up in downtown Vancouver Sunday where ghosts and goblins galore participated in the annual Vancouver Halloween Parade.
  The parade, hailed as “the world’s largest cosplay stage”, featured performers in costume as well as musical acts winding their way north from Drake and Howe before turning south onto Granville Street.
  The event took place on the last day of the Vancouver Halloween Expo, which began Friday and ended Sunday at
  
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• MEC Langley revved up its trail fun factor for Speedway runners Sunday

  16-10-2017 02:29 via vancouversun.com
  LANGLEY — Kathie Schellenberg admitted to some jet lag Sunday morning, having just returned home a few days ago from a European vacation that included running in the 45th BMW Berlin Marathon.
  Yeah, and she did a whole lot of intense cycling there, too, perhaps saving the beach-and-sandal thing for another time when “relaxing” becomes in vogue.
  MEC Langley race director is all smiles while cutting timing chips off of running shoes on Sunday morning at Campbell Valley Regional Pa
  
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• Get amped 4 #WasteReductionWeek! If it had plug or battery can be recycled for FREE! metrovancouverrecyles.org.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-10-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Get amped 4 #WasteReductionWeek! If it had plug or battery can be recycled for FREE! metrovancouverrecyles.org.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Past mistakes, soul-searching feature in first B.C. Liberal debate

  16-10-2017 01:45 via vancouversun.com
  SURREY  — Six of the candidates running to lead British Columbia’s Liberals laid out their ideas to rebuild the party today in a debate that included a fair amount of soul-searching on what went wrong in last spring’s election.
  The field of candidates includes three members of Christy Clark’s cabinet going into the election and former transportation minister Todd Stone.
  He said while the Liberals did a good job of balancing five consecutive budgets, they must do bett
  
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• Business is booming for Abbotsford company that turns containers into swimming pools

  16-10-2017 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  How well is Paul Rathnam’s company Modpools doing converting shipping containers into swimming pools?
  Well, he recently did a promotion with Walt Disney for its new cable TV series Siren. A mermaid swam in one of its pools at Comic-Con in New York.
  Plus, Modpools did a shoe launch with Nike — also in New York.
  “Next week, I’m going to a guy in Fresno who has a rescue centre for wild cats — the big kind that eat you,” Rathnam said.
  “He wants one for his j
  
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• Rob Shaw: NDP face tough road ahead on Uber promises

  16-10-2017 00:03 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s New Democrats will begin the delicate process on Monday of climbing down off the fence its MLAs have been sitting on quite comfortably these past few months over the controversial issue of ride-for-hire services like Uber.
  The NDP government will unveil what Transportation Minister Claire Trevena called a “path forward” on how to approve ride-hailing, while trying to maintain a fair set of rules to allow the traditional taxi industry to compete.
  “W
  
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• Our online Community Events calendar is the resource for local events big & small. Find + submit events:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-10-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  Our online Community Events calendar is the resource for local events big & small. Find + submit events:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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