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• Langley fire torches 'lifetime collection' of classic, muscle cars

  25-10-2017 23:48 via vancouversun.com
  LANGLEY — A multimillion-dollar collection of vehicles was destroyed Wednesday when fire raced through a building in Langley.
  Alyn Edwards, columnist who writes about classic cars and a good friend of the owners Garry and Darlene Cassidy, says they are devastated by their loss.
  Edwards says the Cassidy’s are on their way back home from the United States after learning of the fire.
  He says Garry Cassidy was in tears when he spoke with him on the phone over the loss of about 40 classic
  
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• Independent commission focuses on road-pricing, starts consultation

  25-10-2017 23:36 via vancouversun.com
  Decongestion charging, also known as road pricing, is the kind of mobility pricing a commission will consider to deal with traffic and pay for transportation projects in Metro Vancouver.
  Wednesday marked the beginning of the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission’s public engagement and research project, called “It’s Time,” during which it will consult with the region’s residents and narrow its focus to research how distance- or time-based fees, congestion fees and
  
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• Queensborough Bridge northbound lanes reopened following fire

  25-10-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Officials have partially reopened the Queensborough Bridge in time for the afternoon rush hour after an early morning electrical fire shut down the span connecting New Westminster with Queensborough and beyond.
  The city of New Westminster reopened northbound lanes just after 1:30 p.m.
  The Queensborough Bridge is now open to northbound traffic. Pedestrian access is available on the east side of the bridge only. #NewWest
  — New_Westminster (@New_Westminster) October 25, 2017There was sti
  
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• Vancouver Coun. Andrea Reimer won't seek re-election

  25-10-2017 22:53 via vancouversun.com
  Andrea Reimer, a four-term councillor at Vancouver City Hall, will not seek re-election next November.
  Reimer, who first gained a seat on council in 2008 after a term on the Vancouver school board, made the announcement in a Facebook posting Wednesday. The Vision Vancouver councillor said she hopes some young people with new voices will step up to replace her.
  “There is a movement of young, Indigenous and racialized Vancouverites who have struggled to be seen and heard on their own terms b
  
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• Stop by our #BTWW Celebration Station tomorrow morning. Free refreshments, prizes & mechanic services.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  25-10-2017 22:40 via twitter.com
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• Live: RCMP investigators truck heavy equipment, living supplies into Sagmoen farm

  25-10-2017 22:38 via vancouversun.com
  Heavy equipment and living supplies were trucked into a rural property near Salmon Arm on Wednesday as police expand the search of a farm where human remains were found last week.
  Officers from the RCMP’s Southeast District Major Crimes Unit are combing the 25-acre farm at 2290 Salmon River Road in  the Silver Creek region following the grim discovery on Oct. 17.
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• B.C. man who sexually assaulted nieces sentenced to 11 years

  25-10-2017 22:32 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. man who was convicted of sex offences against five young girls, four of them his nieces, has been sentenced to 11 years in jail.
  The Crown applied to have the accused, who is only referred to by the initials T.L.P. to protect the victims, designated a dangerous offender but the trial judge, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barry Davies, declined to do so.
  Instead, the judge handed T.L.P. a 10-year long-term supervision order.
  In his ruling, Davies said the most significant difference between a
  
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• Bunny yoga takes the stress off midterms at Simon Fraser University

  25-10-2017 22:27 via vancouversun.com
  Hop to it, yogis.
  Bunny yoga returned to Simon Fraser University this week, with special guests from the Small Animal Rescue Society of B.C. The two Hatha yoga classes with bunny socialization were held Tuesday afternoon at the SFU campus.
  “What we do is we bring in a couple bunnies from the Small Animal Rescue Society and partner with the recreation program and we offer a yoga class for our students, staff, faculty up here on campus but also the general community,” said Nick Sirski,
  
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• Trans-Canada between Revelstoke, Golden reopens after rock slide cleared

  25-10-2017 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The Trans-Canada Highway has reopened between Golden and Revelstoke after an earlier rock slide in southeastern British Columbia.
  The rocks came down Tuesday evening and the highway reopened just before 1 p.m. Wednesday.
  Highways officials have not said exactly where the slide occurred along a 147 kilometre stretch between Revelstoke and Golden.
   
  
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• Planning to celebrate Halloween with #fireworks? Permits are now available to purchase on our website:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  25-10-2017 20:56 via twitter.com
  Planning to celebrate Halloween with #fireworks? Permits are now available to purchase on our website:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Officials hope to partially reopen Queensborough Bridge by afternoon

  25-10-2017 20:56 via vancouversun.com
  Officials hope to have the Queensborough Bridge partially reopened in time for the afternoon rush hour after an early morning electrical fire shut down the span connecting New Westminster with Queensborough and beyond.
  That closure caused rush hour madness across the Lower Mainland during Wednesday morning’s commute, with many forced to scramble for alternate routes. 
  New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote said crews were still on site assessing the damage around noon, nearly 12 hou
  
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• Chilliwack school trustee apologizes to those 'hurt' by LGBTQ comments

  25-10-2017 20:27 via vancouversun.com
  Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld has offered an apology to those “who felt hurt” by the comments in a Facebook post he shared earlier this week.
  Neufeld’s statement was shared on Wednesday, two days after his post comparing allowing a child to determine their own gender to “child abuse” was shared to Facebook. The post was panned by fellow educators both in his own school district and across B.C., with many calling for his resignation.
  “My post on Faceb
  
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• You didn't think we'd get through an entire fall #BTWW with no rain did you? Dry rides in the forecast for the rest… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  25-10-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  You didn't think we'd get through an entire fall #BTWW with no rain did you? Dry rides in the forecast for the rest… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tegan and Quin The Con X: Tour

  25-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Tegan and Sara The Con X: Tour
  Oct. 28, 8 p.m. | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $33 at ticketmaster.ca
  Ten years ago, Tegan and Sara recruited Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla to produce the duo’s fifth album. The group formed by identical twins Tegan Rain and Sara Keirsten Quin was already a growing force in global indie pop. But the Con took the group to the next level. 
  Tegan admits that the album contributed to the progress of the duo and is pumped to be out
  
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• Classical: Monteverdi’s landmark opera Orfeo comes to Chan Centre

  25-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Monteverdi’s Orfeo
  Oct. 29, 3 p.m. | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  Tickets and info: from $18, earlymusicbc.ca
  There’s a nice symmetry to it.
  On November 3 one of the world’s newest operas premieres at the East Side’s York Theatre: City Opera Vancouver’s Missing, the tale of missing and murdered Indigenous women along B.C.’s Highway of Tears tragedy put into words and music by Marie Clements and Brian Current.
  Just a few days before Early Music Vancouver
  
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• One more week to share your thoughts on legalizing marijuana

  25-10-2017 19:09 via vancouversun.com
  We’ve got one more week to weigh in on weed.
  B.C.’s public consultation on non-medical marijuana use ends at 4 p.m. on Nov. 1. The online survey asks British Columbians to share their thoughts on what the age and personal possession limits should be, whether public consumption and personal growing should be allowed, how and were cannabis should be sold and more.
  Information collected during the consultation period, which began in late September, will guide the province in building re
  
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• Regular phone service at District Hall has now been restored. Thanks for your patience. #NorthVan

  25-10-2017 18:57 via twitter.com
  Regular phone service at District Hall has now been restored. Thanks for your patience. #NorthVan
  
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• Vancouver holds public hearing to regulate short-term vacation rentals

  25-10-2017 18:36 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Many proponents of the home sharing platform Airbnb called on Vancouver to loosen terms of proposed regulations on the industry, but renters advocates and condominium boards say tight rules are exactly what is needed.
  The city hosted a public hearing Tuesday on its proposed bylaw for short-term rentals including Airbnb and Expedia that would require hosts to hold a licence and only allow them to rent out their primary residence.
  The city says more than 6,000 illegal short-term
  
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• Don’t be a space invader! 1 meter = the amount of room to give cyclists when passing. #NorthVan #BTWW #LookThinkGo https://t.co/ORma1ih2uF

  25-10-2017 18:20 via twitter.com
  
  Don’t be a space invader! 1 meter = the amount of room to give cyclists when passing. #NorthVan #BTWW #LookThinkGo https://t.co/ORma1ih2uF
  
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• District Hall regular phone # is down temporarily. For now, pls call us at 604.998.3030. We hope to have our reg # restored soon #NorthVan

  25-10-2017 18:18 via twitter.com
  District Hall regular phone # is down temporarily. For now, pls call us at 604.998.3030. We hope to have our reg # restored soon #NorthVan
  
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• Police warn public of high-risk sex offender residing in Vancouver

  25-10-2017 17:46 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are alerting the public of the presence of a high-risk sex offender James Ernest Armbruster who is currently residing in a Vancouver halfway house. 
  Armbruster, who has been granted a one-chance statutory release, was convicted of rape and robbery, at knifepoint, of an Abbotsford vitamin-store clerk in 1998.
  The crime occurred just five days after he was released from a medium-security prison after serving two-thirds of a sentence for numerous robberies and break-
  
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• Latest Census data explores immigration, housing and Aboriginal people

  25-10-2017 17:34 via vancouversun.com
  The latest set of data from the 2016 Census has been released.
  Topics covered by the Wednesday release include immigration and ethnocultural diversity, housing, and Aboriginal Peoples. Here are a few quick highlights from the most recent Statistics Canada information.
  Nearly record percentage of landed immigrants 
  According to the 2016 Census data, 21.9 per cent of Canada’s population are landed immigrants or permanent residents. That figure is nearly on par with the 1921 Census,
  
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• Rock slide closes Trans-Canada between Revelstoke, Golden, until further notice

  25-10-2017 17:22 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Geotechnical engineers have arrived at the site of a rock slide that has closed the Trans-Canada Highway in southeastern British Columbia.
  The rocks came down Tuesday evening.
  Highways officials have not said exactly where the slide occurred along a 147 kilometre stretch between Revelstoke and Golden.
  They say no alternate route is available.
  An anticipated opening time for the highway will be determined after engineers assess the extent of the slide and whether there is a poss
  
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• District Hall phone system is currently down (for incoming calls). We are investigating and will update shortly.

  25-10-2017 17:13 via twitter.com
  District Hall phone system is currently down (for incoming calls). We are investigating and will update shortly.
  
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• Queensborough Bridge closed Wednesday due to fire, power outage

  25-10-2017 15:55 via vancouversun.com
  The Queensborough Bridge as well as nearby schools are closed Wednesday morning due to a power outage.
  The bridge is expected to be closed for up to 10 hours, as crews remain on site working to fix the outage.
  A high voltage cable failure sparked an electrical fire sometime early Wednesday morning, causing power to go out on the bridge connecting New Westminster and Queensborough and beyond.
  The Queensborough Bridge as seen from a DriveBC camera.
  “Effectively immediately, and until further
  
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• More new rental buildings needed in Metro Vancouver even as fresh projects are in the pipeline: report

  25-10-2017 15:19 via vancouversun.com
  Not enough new rental buildings are being constructed in Metro Vancouver even though there are signs that more fresh projects are in the pipeline than in recent years, according to a local commercial realtor.
  The latest Goodman Report, published by Vancouver-based HQ Commercial, points to various reasons for the rental shortage, including that more people are looking to rent because they feel owning a home is out of reach.
  It also blames the City of Vancouver’s approval process for slowing
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: 'Sustainable' tenant demand driving office tower construction downtown

  25-10-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Mark Trepp takes a moment to look through several years of Vancouver office market data for confirmation. Indeed, Vancouver’s downtown class-A vacancy rate hasn’t been this low since just before the 2008 financial crisis, says the senior vice-president with Jones Lang LaSalle Real Estate Services (JLL) in Vancouver.
  “According to our stats, at the end of quarter three of 2017, the vacancy rate for A-class product downtown was 4.9 per cent,” he told Postmedia recently. &ld
  
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• Fumano: Vancouver, already inhospitable to independent businesses, bucks national trend by shifting tax burden

  25-10-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Jeff Dion’s family has run an industrial signage business for 12 years in the area around Clark Drive and Powell Street, and although they have a good relationship with their landlord, they don’t know how much longer they’ll be able to stay in the building, or the neighbourhood, or the city.
  The property’s assessed value has more than doubled year-over-year for two years running, Dion said, and the family worries next year’s property tax bill hike will be the one th
  
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• North Van developer says the industry needs to do more to help with the housing crisis

  25-10-2017 07:24 via globalnews.ca
  This is coming from a guy who offered a woman six months of free rent.
  
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• Embattled BCNU president grappling with cancer, complaints and chaos

  25-10-2017 07:07 via vancouversun.com
  Days after she was acclaimed for a second, three-year term as president of the 47,000-member B.C. Nurses’ Union in May, Gayle Duteil was diagnosed with breast cancer. After completing intense treatment, she was all set to go back to work this month.
  Except she couldn’t because of “serious allegations” that have triggered multiple legal actions and investigations. And put Duteil on a forced administrative leave as the BCNU recently informed its members. Duteil ha
  
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• Opinion: Build Site C, with a Peace River Trust

  25-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) will soon report to the government on the consequences of terminating, suspending or completing the Site C dam. It is an understatement to acknowledge the passionate differences of opinion on what should be done.
  Opponents say Site C isn’t needed and there are better sources if and when B.C. Hydro requires additional power to meet the demand for electricity in the province. B.C. Hydro points out that abandoning Site C will force it to write off over $3
  
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• Congrats to #northvan Capt. Carla Penman and the rest of Team Canada on breaking the women's world record in the Co… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  25-10-2017 04:47 via twitter.com
  Congrats to #northvan Capt. Carla Penman and the rest of Team Canada on breaking the women's world record in the Co… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver park board report sees good in dogs on transit

  25-10-2017 04:32 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver park board may not have any bite when it comes to transit rules, but they’ve still got an interesting bone they’d like to chew on.
  A report, the People, Parks & Dogs Strategy — discussed and approved Monday evening by the park board — notes that most dogs, even good boys and girls, aren’t allowed on public transit in the city, but if they were, more dogs would likely be seen in the city’s dog parks.
  Dave Hutch, the park board’
  
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• Search intensifies at Salmon Arm farm where human remains found

  25-10-2017 04:06 via vancouversun.com
  The six-day search of a Salmon Arm-area farm where human remains have been found is expected to intensify, as police plan to bring in more equipment and resources to help look for evidence on the rural property.
  “There will be a visible increase at the site in the next couple of days,” said Cpl. Dan Moskaluk, spokesman for the RCMP Southeast District.
  On Tuesday, three investigators donned latex gloves to search in and around a horse trailer near the entrance of the property at 2290
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Popham tangled up in confusing, changing fish tales

  25-10-2017 03:53 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — For the second day running, Agriculture Minister Lana Popham assured the legislature that a review of provincial lab research on fish farming was prompted by the federal government.
  “So, first of all, I want to emphasize that it was the department of fisheries and oceans who called some of our data into question,” said Popham. “We would take that very seriously because these are the partners that we work with as we look at fish pathology.”
  She was respond
  
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• B.C. auditor takes aim at inadequate management of grizzly populations

  25-10-2017 03:08 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Hunters in British Columbia kill up to 300 grizzly bears every year, but it is habitat loss that is actually the greatest threat to the imposing predators, says auditor general Carol Bellringer in a report.
  Growing communities, roads created to expand the forest industry, and oil and gas development in remote areas pose larger dangers to the overall health and growth of the species, says the report released Tuesday.
  Bellringer’s audit of the B.C. government’s gr
  
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• Wickaninnish Inn chef gets to know his ingredients through foraging in forests and beaches

  25-10-2017 02:43 via vancouversun.com
  ABOARD THE MV POLAR PRINCE — As executive chef at the Wickaninnish Inn, Warren Barr is not content with buying local. He insists on foraging local, too, gumbooting through the rainforests and along the beaches and becoming intimate with his ingredients.
  “I like to bring the outside in,” Barr explains. “You’re going to cook better if it’s something you have a connection to.”
  In the forests around Tofino, on Vancouver Island’s west coast, he regularl
  
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• Embattled B.C. Nurses' Union president grappling with cancer, complaints and chaos

  25-10-2017 02:12 via vancouversun.com
  Days after she was acclaimed for a second, three-year term as president of the 47,000-member B.C. Nurses’ Union in May, Gayle Duteil was diagnosed with breast cancer. After completing intense treatment, she was all set to go back to work this month.
  Except she couldn’t because of “serious allegations” that have triggered multiple legal actions and investigations. And put Duteil on a forced administrative leave as the BCNU recently informed its members. Duteil ha
  
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• Hey #NorthVan, how's your Bike to Work Week going #BTWW? Share your experience with us! https://t.co/dHAEPb4GPh

  25-10-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  
  Hey #NorthVan, how's your Bike to Work Week going #BTWW? Share your experience withus! https://t.co/dHAEPb4GPh
  
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• Direct Vancouver-Seattle floatplane flights expected next year

  25-10-2017 01:44 via vancouversun.com
  Direct floatplane flights connecting downtown Vancouver and Seattle are expected to be running regularly by next spring, but Vancouver’s mayor says the service can’t come soon enough.
  And with hundreds of North American cities and regions currently vying to host a new second headquarters for tech giant Amazon, the folks behind Vancouver’s bid hope increased connectivity — including floatplanes as well as more futuristic modes of transport — along the so-called
  
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• More new rental buildings needed even as fresh projects are in the pipeline: report

  25-10-2017 01:32 via vancouversun.com
  Not enough new rental buildings are being constructed in Metro Vancouver even though there are signs that more fresh projects are in the pipeline than in recent years, according to a local commercial realtor.
  The latest Goodman Report, published by Vancouver-based HQ Commercial, points to various reasons for the rental shortage, including that more people are looking to rent because they feel owning a home is out of reach.
  It also blames the City of Vancouver’s approval process for slowing
  
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• Homicide detectives release name of Surrey murder victim in targeted attack

  25-10-2017 01:31 via vancouversun.com
  A 28-year-old Surrey man has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting in early Monday morning.
  Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Cpl. Meghan Foster said Nicholas Khabra died in a targeted attack that also wounded his female companion.
  “Mr. Khabra and the female victim are known to each other and were together at the time of the shooting,” Foster said in a news release. “The investigation to date leads police to believe that Mr. Khabra’s homicide was a target
  
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• Burglars bite, scratch West Vancouver homeowners during violent break-in

  25-10-2017 01:16 via vancouversun.com
  A 43-year-old woman was arrested after a residential break-in turned violent in West Vancouver on Monday night.
  West Van police say a home under renovation in the 1100-block Crestline Road was broken into at around 9 p.m.
  The homeowners, who weren’t at home, were alerted to the break-in by checking a surveillance system. Instead of calling police, cops say the couple returned to their house where they confronted two female intruders inside.
  Police say a violent struggle followed
  
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• Ottawa denies B.C. minister's claims about fish farm complaint

  25-10-2017 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham’s claim that a complaint by the federal government prompted her to launch an investigation of provincial scientists is not accurate, according to information from Ottawa.
  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada issued a denial Tuesday that it was the source of concerns raised about the quality of provincial fish farm research and scientists, as Popham has told the legislature repeatedly.
  “Fisheries and Oceans Canada (D
  
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• Chilliwack school trustee slammed for comments about LGBTQ youth

  25-10-2017 00:23 via vancouversun.com
  Local educators are calling for a longtime Chilliwack school trustee to step down after he compared allowing children to determine their own gender to “child abuse.”
  Barry Neufeld, who has been a school trustee for more than 20 years, took to Facebook on Monday to criticize B.C.’s LGBTQ-friendly policies and curriculum, and to call gender theory a “fad.”
  “If this represents the values of Canadian society, count me out! I belong in a country like Russia, or Par
  
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• Man who killed mom should get 12-15 years parole ineligibility: Crown

  25-10-2017 00:20 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver man who murdered his mother should spend between 12 and 15 years in prison before he can apply for parole, a prosecutor argued Tuesday.
  In June, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Joyce DeWitt-Van Oosten found Brian Whitlock, 30, guilty of the November 2014 second-degree murder of his mother, Barbara Whitlock, 61.
  The main issue at a sentencing hearing for Whitlock on Tuesday was how Whitlock’s mental illness should be assessed in arriving at a fit sentence.
  In his sentencing submissio
  
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