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• Opinion: B.C. has second chance to get climate plan right

  24-10-2017 23:44 via vancouversun.com
  Under past premier Christy Clark, the B.C. government gave a panel of business, academic, civil society, government and First Nations leaders a daunting task: come to consensus on a path to maintain our climate leadership, achieve our targets for curbing carbon pollution and grow the economy.
  Admirably, the Climate Leadership Team did just that, submitting a strong package of recommendations in 2015 that would have put B.C. back on track to its climate targets. Unfortunately, the provincial gove
  
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• Last night, staff updated Council on the #Maplewood community plan. View the summary and draft Implementation Plan:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  24-10-2017 23:32 via twitter.com
  Last night, staff updated Council on the #Maplewood community plan. View the summary and draft Implementation Plan:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• A&W chief executive retiring next February, COO Susan Senecal to assume top job

  24-10-2017 23:02 via vancouversun.com
  A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. will get a new CEO next year when its current top executive retires after 13 years on the job.
  The North Vancouver-headquartered company says president and chief operating officer Susan Senecal will take over the role on Feb. 16, 2018 — the same day that current chief executive Paul Hollands retires.
  Senecal, who has been with the burger chain for 25 years, will also replace Hollands as CEO of the A&W Royalties Income Fund.
  Hollands said in a statem
  
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• Vancouver signs global fossil-fuel-free streets declaration

  24-10-2017 22:45 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Vancouver has joined 11 other global cities in signing a pledge to transition to fossil-fuel-free streets by 2030.
  Mayor Gregor Robertson signed the C40 Fossil-Fuel-Free Streets Declaration along with the mayors of Paris, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Mexico City, Seattle, Cape Town, London, Milan, Quito and Auckland. 
  The declaration carries a commitment to only buy zero-emission buses by 2025 and ensure the “major areas” of their cities are free of fossil-fuel emissions
  
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• Santa Claus Parade secures last-minute sponsor to save event

  24-10-2017 22:34 via vancouversun.com
  It looks like Santa Claus is a Telus customer now.
  The telecom giant has stepped in to save Vancouver’s Santa Claus Parade, after organizers made a public plea seeking more sponsors to sign on and help save the parade.
  Earlier this month, it was announced the annual event was in jeopardy due to a budget shortfall of about $150,000 this year. It typically costs $400,000 to put on the parade, with the majority of the costs going toward policing, float construction and parade production.
  On T
  
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• New B.C. Children's Hospital opens family immunization clinic

  24-10-2017 22:11 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Children’s Hospital, this morning, opened a new family immunization clinic on the hospital grounds, a first-of-its-kind effort aimed at increasing immunization rates among children.
  The new clinic, part of the re-developed Children’s Hospital, is the first in Canada to be placed within a hospital, will help in the immunization of children with complex medical conditions and be a hub for research and support to physicians around the province.
  The clinic was financed through a $15
  
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• Cease the grease, folks. See what happens when you pour grease down the drain...yuck: vimeo.com/237786775… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  24-10-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  Cease the grease, folks. See what happens when you pour grease down the drain...yuck: vimeo.com/237786775… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Metro Vancouver's Mobility Pricing Independent Commission to launch public engagement

  24-10-2017 21:47 via vancouversun.com
  The commission that is examining the possibility of introducing mobility pricing in Metro Vancouver will begin its public engagement process on Wednesday.
  The Mobility Pricing Independent Commission has scheduled a media briefing to provide details about how it will carry out research and invite feedback from the public and stakeholders during the next few months.
  The commission will also release its first research report on local traffic and transportation and the findings of a public opin
  
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• Miss last night's Council meeting or workshop? Video of both meetings is now up on our website ow.ly/cFMp30g6nD4 #NorthVan

  24-10-2017 20:47 via twitter.com
  Miss last night's Council meeting or workshop? Video of both meetings is now up on our website ow.ly/cFMp30g6nD4 #NorthVan
  
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• North Van Police at motor vehicle accident - W Queens & Westview Dr. Trailer lost hitch from truck, hitting multiple vehicles Expect delays.

  24-10-2017 20:40 via twitter.com
  North Van Police at motor vehicle accident - W Queens & Westview Dr. Trailer lost hitch from truck, hitting multiple vehicles Expect delays.
  
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• Musical pays tribute to legendary pop duo Simon and Garfunkel

  24-10-2017 20:37 via vancouversun.com
  The Simon & Garfunkel Story
  Nov. 2, 8 p.m. | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver, Coquitlam
  Tickets: $50, at ticketmaster.ca
  Like a lot of people, Ryan M. Hunt had some bad hair days when he was growing up.
  But you can bet that most people’s unruly locks didn’t come in handy for a job a couple of decades later.
  Well, lucky for Hunt his did.
  The Evansville, Ind., native is currently singing the Art Garfunkel parts in the musical The Simon & Garfunkel Story. Taylor Bloom rounds out
  
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• Montreal, Vancouver among world's most elegant cities. Toronto? Nah

  24-10-2017 20:24 via vancouversun.com
  You might not associate poutine and orange traffic cones with elegance, but Montreal is Canada’s most elegant city, according to a new global ranking released by the fashion retailer Zalando.
  It ranked 31st overall. Vancouver, the only other Canadian city to make the list, finished 46th.
  The short list of 80 cities, which was topped by Paris, was reportedly winnowed down from “a list of 400 cities known for their affiliation with either fashion or architecture.&rd
  
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• B.C. among Canada's top Halloween enthusiasts: Insights West

  24-10-2017 20:23 via vancouversun.com
  For kids who love Halloween candy, British Columbia is among the best places to live for trick-or-treating, but not quite as good as neighbouring Alberta, according to the latest survey by the polling firm Insights West.
  Some 65 per cent of British Columbian respondents to the survey said they would reward trick-or-treaters with Halloween treats, somewhat less than the 72 per cent of Albertans, but they both shattered the national average of 54 per cent.
  In the field of overall festiveness, howe
  
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• WeWork's New York deal sends waves through Vancouver commercial real estate sector

  24-10-2017 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  Commercial real estate firm WeWork’s $1-billion purchase of the Hudson’s Bay Co.’s flagship Lord and Taylor store is making waves in New York and will send ripples through Vancouver’s commercial real-estate market.
  The deal will see WeWork, which packages shared office space for short-term users, gain access to upper-floor office space in the Hudson’s Bay’s historic Granville Street store in downtown Vancouver, which could be a bit of a relief valve for the fi
  
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• This Just In: Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter Duo, Physicians Formula Hypoallergenic Lipstick and more

  24-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Fenty Beauty by Rihanna
  Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter Duo 
  They say: A collection of long-wearing, weightless “cream-to-powder” highlighter formulas that are designed to work with all skin tones. 
  We say: This compact highlighting duo features a more subtle shade for light application, as well as a sparkle-infused option that provides a megawatt shine. Our tester was impressed with the colour payoff — a little goes a long way — as well as the easy blend-abilit
  
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• Masculinity under scrutiny in Morphed

  24-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Morphed
  Oct. 27 & 28 at 8 p.m. | Vancouver Playhouse
  Tickets and info: from $35, dancehouse.ca
  In Morphed, Finnish choreographer Tero Saarinen wanted to say something about masculinity. Specifically, he wanted to question the assumptions and expectations of male dancers, both on the audience’s part, and those of the dancers themselves.
  “There was this need to talk about this preoccupation,” Saarinen said. “Are we preoccupied with stereotypical ways of thinking? And so
  
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• It's the last of the Pollinator Project Workshop Series on Oct 28 | 9AM - Noon. Not to be missed!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  24-10-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  It's the last of the Pollinator Project Workshop Series on Oct 28 | 9AM - Noon. Not to be missed!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Canadian design talent Amanda Hamilton sets up shop in Vancouver

  24-10-2017 19:53 via vancouversun.com
  If you haven’t yet heard of Amanda Hamilton — you may want to look her up.
  The Canadian design talent has made a name for herself in the interior design industry by specializing in unique (and often awe-inspiring) decor for her clients.
  Hamilton recently chatted with Postmedia News about launching her services in Vancouver, her home accessories collection, and why being right-brained worked out for her. 
  Q. When and why did you first get into interior design?  
  A. As l
  
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• Attn #NorthVan: Water leak, 800 Block Marine Drive. City Waterworks will be in attendance shortly.

  24-10-2017 19:25 via twitter.com
  Attn #NorthVan: Water leak, 800 Block Marine Drive. City Waterworks will be in attendance shortly.
  
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• Chilliwack school trustee blasted for linking gender inclusivity policy to child abuse

  24-10-2017 18:40 via vancouversun.com
  CHILLIWACK — A British Columbia school trustee says an educational resource aimed at creating inclusive public schools by supporting LGBTQ students has become a “weapon of propaganda” and is “nothing short of child abuse.”
  Chilliwack School District trustee Barry Neufeld made the comments in a Facebook post.
  He wrote the sexual orientation and gender identity program was “instigated” by the former B.C. Liberal government to combat bullying but has become
  
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• Look-Listen-Be Seen bit.ly/2gFSfSq #NorthVancouver

  24-10-2017 18:31 via twitter.com
  Look-Listen-Be Seenbit.ly/2gFSfSq#NorthVancouver
  
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• Look! Think! Go! See how 'sharrows' work for bikes & cars. ow.ly/pns230g4JQL #BTWW #SharetheLane… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  24-10-2017 18:02 via twitter.com
  Look! Think! Go! See how 'sharrows' work for bikes & cars.ow.ly/pns230g4JQL #BTWW #SharetheLane… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Wrongfully convicted North Vancouver man faces civil lawsuit - North Shore News

  24-10-2017 17:58 via nsnews.com
  North Shore News
  Wrongfully convicted North Vancouver man faces civil lawsuit
  North Shore News
  Five women have launched a civil lawsuit against Ivan Henry, claiming he sexually assaulted them in the 1980s. file photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News. A North Vancouver man who received $8 million from the province after being wrongfully convicted ...
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support Surrey or the Clayton Height landlords?

  24-10-2017 17:14 via vancouversun.com
  Who’s in the right?
  The city of Surrey says the Clayton Heights neighbourhood has had chronic issues with illegal secondary suites and a parking shortage, citing some 400 complaints in recent years.
  Last month the city sent letters to 175 property owners in Clayton Heights who have illegal suites, asking them to remove them by Jan. 31, 2018, or face fines and legal action.
  Surrey’s bylaws allow for one secondary suite in conjunction with a single-family home in each zone that has a s
  
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• Vancouver finds out today if Santa Claus Parade will be saved

  24-10-2017 15:36 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver will find out today if it’s been naughty or nice – and if the annual Santa Claus Parade has been saved.
  Organizers for the parade will host a news conference Tuesday afternoon at 1 p.m. to announce the outcome of their plea earlier this month for more sponsors to sign on and help save the parade.
  It was announced the 13th annual event was in jeopardy due to a budget shortfall of about $150,000 this year. It typically costs $400,000 to put on the parade, with the majority of
  
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• Illegal gaming unit killed in 2009 due to BCLC 'funding pressure'

  24-10-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s illegal gambling task force was shut down in 2009 due to urgent “funding pressure” on the B.C. Lottery Corp., according to a confidential B.C. government memo obtained by Postmedia News.
  The March 2016 memo for then finance minister Mike de Jong, is the first known document indicating the illegal gambling task force was disbanded by B.C. officials for financial reasons.
  Also, the document suggests, in the aftermath of the unit’s closure, organized crime in B.C. has
  
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• Home-equity loan risks explode on Chilliwack man

  24-10-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Cliff Forrest and his horse Mr. Mulliner. Forrest was left homeless when the bank foreclosed on his home after he took out a home-equity loan he could not afford.
  Cliff Forrest readies for another lonely winter in a sparse in-law suite at the back of a house owned by former Chilliwack neighbours, cursing those who persuaded him to take out a home-equity loan.
  “It’s awful,” he said.
  “I have no money. I haven’t gone anywhere or done anything for years. Pretty well my
  
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• Emily Carr painting offers rare view of the old Kitsilano Indian Reserve

  24-10-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  The big ticket item at this fall’s Heffel auction of Fine Canadian Art is a Lawren Harris painting of the Rockies that could fetch millions of dollars.
  But for Vancouverites, the most interesting painting might be a small watercolour Emily Carr painted in 1908 or 1909.
  It’s called Indian Encampment, Vancouver, and offers a rare, perhaps even unique view of the old Kitsilano Indian Reserve on the south side of False Creek.
  It depicts a busy First Nations scene on the shoreline just we
  
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• Opinion: New learning partnership a path to reconciliation

  24-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  When Sheldon Scow recounts his path to a university education, it is a story of tenacity and hard-won courage. A third-year First Nations Studies student at Vancouver Island University, Sheldon dropped out of university twice before returning for a third time.
  “I didn’t trust educational institutions and I didn’t trust my professors,” explains Sheldon. “Vancouver Island University awakened my passion for my culture, and every day, I am learning to trust this institu
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Time to reel in Popham's ministry for fish file review

  24-10-2017 04:44 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Once again Monday, Agricultural Minister Lana Popham was accused of intimidation in her handling of a dispute over fish farming off the north coast of Vancouver Island.
  Last week it came out that Popham served written notice to Marine Harvest Canada, the company at the heart of the dispute, that it could lose its operating tenures when they expire next June.
  She linked the threat to a request that the company cease restocking one of its fish farms and said it should begin l
  
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• Too early to know if badly burned Shaughnessy mansion can be saved

  24-10-2017 03:34 via vancouversun.com
  Police and fire investigators suspect arson in a blaze early Sunday morning that did serious damage to a Shaughnessy heritage home.
  “It was definitely suspicious,” Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services spokesman Jonathan Gormick said.
  The police and fire departments responded to a house fire at 3737 Angus Drive just before 2:30 a.m. The house was vacant and no one was injured.
  A fire destroyed a mansion at 3737 Angus Drive in Vancouver, B.C., October 22, 2017.
  The home was built in 1910
  
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• Fears rise as 5 women missing in B.C. area where human remains found

  24-10-2017 03:34 via vancouversun.com
  Along the 75-kilometre stretch between Vernon and Sicamous, at least five women have vanished in the last 20 months.
  And in the centre of that South Okanagan area, on a rural road outside Enderby, police are searching a farm where human remains have been found.
  The search by the RCMP Southeast District Major Crimes Unit has been unfolding for several days. Police first arrived at 2290 Salmon River Rd. on Thursday.
  According to B.C. Assessment records, the property is owned by Evelyn Ru
  
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• Surrey's illegal suite owners say they are being targeted by city

  24-10-2017 03:22 via vancouversun.com
  Some Surrey homeowners who have been ordered to shut down their illegal secondary suites believe they are being targeted because they registered their suites with the city.
  The homeowners live in the Clayton Heights neighbourhood, which has chronic issues with illegal secondary suites and a parking shortage, and they are skeptical of the city’s claim that it is simply responding to complaints because they have not been notified of complaints and can’t find any registered with the cit
  
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• Opinion: Reaching renewable community targets takes commitment

  24-10-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  As we witness the human suffering and catastrophic losses caused by flooding throughout Canada and around the world, forest fires here in B.C., a devastating hurricane season in the Atlantic and other disasters that have swept across the globe this year, it’s clear climate change is playing a role in both the frequency and severity of extreme-weather events.
  It’s encouraging then to see British Columbians supporting important humanitarian relief efforts, while also taking local actio
  
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• Education minister sticks to promise to eliminate Surrey portables

  24-10-2017 02:39 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s NDP government is still clinging to an election promise that it can eliminate portables in Surrey within four years, but admits it will involve fast-tracking approvals, changing certain funding requirements, and allowing for overbuilding of schools.
  Education Minister Rob Fleming said it remains possible for the NDP to honour the four-year portable plan, which was a high-profile campaign promise that helped the party win three Surrey ridings from the Liberals i
  
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• We. Can't. Wait. #AmazingWaterfront #NorthVan https://t.co/aPAhKY6ACV

  24-10-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  
  We. Can't. Wait. #AmazingWaterfront #NorthVan https://t.co/aPAhKY6ACV
  
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• RCMP warn about falsified kidnappings targeting Chinese nationals

  24-10-2017 01:43 via vancouversun.com
  Lower Mainland RCMP are renewing their warning about a scam that targets newly arrived Chinese immigrants trying to convince them a loved one has been kidnapped in order to extort money from their families.
  RCMP spokeswoman Staff Sgt. Annie Linteau said police have had three new cases reported to them in the first week of October, the first since police became aware of the scam in July and since forming a task force to investigate the activity.
  The RCMP issued their first warning in July after s
  
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• Police step in for arrest of Vancouver man on securities charges

  24-10-2017 00:52 via vancouversun.com
  The British Columbia Securities Commission has initiated the arrest of a Vancouver man, who has used multiple aliases, on charges including failure to comply with conditions of his release related to other investigations.
  The BCSC, with the assistance of Vancouver police, on Oct. 2 arrested 37-year-old Ayaz Dhanani, also known as Alex Dhanani, Azim Virani, Michael Lee, Alex Nebris, Paul Dhanani, Samuel Ramos or Rahim Jiwa following an investigation by the BCSC’s criminal branch.
  The Commis
  
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• Vancouver woman, 20, charged with West End murder

  24-10-2017 00:36 via vancouversun.com
  A 20-year-old Vancouver woman has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the killing of Marline Mars.
  Mars, a 34-year-old Vancouver resident, was found dead inside a West End apartment near Jervis and Harwood streets on Oct. 13 just before 4 p.m.
  Paramedics at the scene called police after they found Mars inside the home, along with other injured people who were considered witnesses.
  Police believed the attacker fled before first-responders arrived.
  Brooklyn Amira Golar has be
  
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• Duke Point ferry terminal closed due to hydraulic-fluid spill

  24-10-2017 00:11 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Ferries has closed its Duke Point terminal south of Nanaimo due to a hydraulic-fluid spill from the Coastal Inspiration.
  Frank Camaraire, director of fleet engineering for B.C. Ferries, said about 120 litres of hydraulic fluid leaked into the water.
  “A hydraulic system opens and closes the bow doors at the end of the vessel,” said Camaraire. “There was a failure on that system.”
  The leak occurred at 9:30 a.m. Camaraire says the cleanup was completed by earl
  
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• Council will be getting started at little early tonight, Meeting starts at 5:30pm. See agenda here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  24-10-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  Council will be getting started at little early tonight, Meeting starts at 5:30pm. See agenda here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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