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• Douglas Todd: Can Canadians learn from world's largest Muslim country?

  27-10-2017 23:55 via vancouversun.com
  JAKARTA, Indonesia ­— When Canadians think about the Islamic world, they tend to focus on quasi-dictatorships in the Middle East, like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran.
  But the world’s most populous Muslim nation is actually Indonesia.
  This equatorial Southeast Asian country is home to 260 million people, 87 per cent of whom are Sunni Muslims.
  It’s been a democracy for two decades, a rarity among Muslim-majority countries.
  Canada is a much different country, obviously. Our nati
  
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• Brian Minter: The real terrors living in the bottom of your garden

  27-10-2017 23:45 via vancouversun.com
  In recognition of Halloween and all things scary, I thought it might be interesting to explore some of the not-so-nice plants that could be hanging out in many gardens — plants like those in author Agatha Christie’s garden that served as inspiration and as accessories to murder in several of her mystery novels. American author Amy Stewart has written a fun and informative book called Wicked Plants: Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanic
  
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• Looks like it's going to be a PERFECT weekend for admiring fall colours! We'll get you started: here's a Japanese m… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-10-2017 22:33 via twitter.com
  Looks like it's going to be a PERFECT weekend for admiring fall colours! We'll get you started: here's a Japanese m… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Father's fears deepen over missing Okanagan teen; digging continues

  27-10-2017 22:09 via vancouversun.com
  One of the five Okanagan women who vanished recently was in Vernon the same day as a man who lives on the farm where police are searching for human remains, court records show.
  Traci Genereaux, 18, was last seen in Vernon on May 29, and legal documents indicate Curtis Wayne Sagmoen was also in Vernon that same day.
  “It could mean nothing, but it could also mean quite a bit,” Traci’s emotional dad, Darcy Genereaux, said Thursday.
  “I just hope she’s safe and happy som
  
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• Attn families! You’re invited to #KidsintheHall Nov 18th. Free family event. cnv.org/KidsInTheHall @NVSD44… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-10-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Attn families! You’re invited to #KidsintheHall Nov 18th.Free family event. cnv.org/KidsInTheHall@NVSD44… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• High-risk sex offender goes missing again in Vancouver

  27-10-2017 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  For the second time this year, a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for convicted sex offender Christopher Schafer for failing to return to his Vancouver halfway house.
  Being the subject of Canada-wide warrants is a regular occurrence for Schafer. On July 18, he was arrested by Vancouver police, five days after failing to return to his residential correctional facility. The federal offender also prompted Canada-wide warrants in 2016, 2013 and 2010 for walking away from his halfway house.
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• B.C. local governments, police want money to enforce new pot laws

  27-10-2017 21:26 via vancouversun.com
  Police departments and local governments are asking British Columbia for a cut of marijuana revenues as the province crafts regulations for legalized pot.
  The provincial government asked for public input last month as it develops new rules. Submissions are posted online and will be accepted until Wednesday.
  Feedback so far includes recommendations from Port Coquitlam and View Royal, on Vancouver Island, for pot profits to be directed to municipalities to address costs associated with enforcement
  
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• South Okanagan park reserve plans revived by First Nations, B.C., Ottawa

  27-10-2017 21:12 via vancouversun.com
  OSOYOOS — The federal and B.C. governments as well as members of the Okanagan Nation have agreed to resume work to establish a new national park reserve in the south Okanagan.
  Plans for the park have been under discussion for almost 15 years but little has been done since 2012 when members of the Osoyoos and Lower Similkameen bands completed a feasibility study and issued a final report.
  Joe Foy, national campaign director of the Wilderness Committee, says in a news release his members are
  
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• Planning an outdoor event at a City venue in 2018? Don't delay, book your event now @ cnv.org/EventBookingFo….… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-10-2017 21:10 via twitter.com
  Planning an outdoor event at a City venue in 2018? Don't delay, book your event now @ cnv.org/EventBookingFo….… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Canada C3 expedition looks to future at end of 150-day voyage along nation's coastlines

  27-10-2017 20:59 via vancouversun.com
  ABOARD THE MV POLAR PRINCE — In B.C., they walked amongst the ghostly teetering totems of Haida Gwaii, brushed shoulders with white Spirit Bears foraging for salmon on Gribbell Island, and worked with aboriginals to symbolically carve a western red cedar canoe in Powell River.
  Now, as Canada C3’s 72-metre icebreaker finishes its 150-day, 23,000-kilometre voyage around Canada’s Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific coastlines, it’s time to discern what it all meant and how to set a
  
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• Adventure and loss part of Gordon Smith's 'black paintings'

  27-10-2017 20:14 via vancouversun.com
  Gordon Smith: The Black Paintings
  Until Feb. 4, 2018 | Vancouver Art Gallery
  More info: vanartgallery.bc.ca
  Gordon Smith’s black paintings are, not surprisingly, predominantly black. But for Smith, black isn’t necessarily about dark and destructive emotions.
  Many of his black paintings are associated with the years he spent in the Second World War as an intelligence officer drawing maps from photographs. As a result, the black in his black paintings came to be seen as evoking feeling
  
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• Kamloops Mounties searching for man with gun near trailer park

  27-10-2017 20:09 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — Traffic on Highway 5 North is backed up near Sun Rivers as a Mounties hunt for a man with a gun who may have shot at nearby construction workers.
  There are many police vehicles in the area of the G&M Trailer Park at the corner of Highway 5 North and G&M Road, while a police plane circles overhead.
  A few minutes earlier, a series of police vehicles, including an armoured truck, were seen speeding through Valleyview.
  There has also been a large police presence reported on
  
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• Town Talk: Polygon Gallery a reality on North Van waterfront - Vancouver Sun

  27-10-2017 20:01 via vancouversun.com
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  Town Talk: Polygon Gallery a reality on North Van waterfront
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  Kelly Townsend chaired the first Vancouver running of the Boobyball M.J. DeCoteau founded to raise funds for breast-cancer programs. Malcolm Parry / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. SHIER DELIGHT: Anticipating its official opening Nov. 17, the ...and more »
  
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• Town Talk: Polygon Gallery a reality on North Van waterfront

  27-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  SHIER DELIGHT: Anticipating its official opening Nov. 17, the 25,000-square-foot Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver held an art auction chaired by board president Iain Mant and artist Stan Douglas. The waterfront facility’s name recognizes Polygon Homes, whose founder, Michael Audain, and CEO, Neil Chrystal, were greeted by gallery director Reid Shier. Audain launched the project by donating $4 million from Polygon Homes and his and wife Yoshiko’s foundation. North Vancouver, Victori
  
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• Thinking of booking a community event, trail race, or other celebration in a park or plaza? This info is for you. twitter.com/NorthVanRC/sta…

  27-10-2017 19:46 via twitter.com
  Thinking of booking a community event, trail race, or other celebration in a park or plaza? This info is for you.twitter.com/NorthVanRC/sta…
  
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• Bulls & Bears: Baseball isn't making inroads with younger fans

  27-10-2017 18:44 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the week
  It isn’t the classic Big Enchilada of television ratings that would have been produced by a showdown between the two biggest North American media markets, and two of the most storied franchises in the history of sport, — the Big Apple’s New York Yankees and Hollywood’s Los Angeles Dodgers — but the 2017 World Series between L.A. and Houston is certainly holding its own for FOX Sports south of the border.
  After Game 1 delivered the second best openi
  
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• Kinder Morgan appeals to energy board over Burnaby permit delays for pipeline expansion

  27-10-2017 18:21 via vancouversun.com
  Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. wants the National Energy Board to clear the way for work on the Burnaby portion of its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
  A statement released by the company says it wants a determination from the board allowing the work to begin, even though it has failed to obtain municipal permits from the City of Burnaby.
  Kinder Morgan says Burnaby’s “failure to act in a timely manner raises serious issues of jurisdiction” related to the $7.4-billion pipel
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you agree with Catalonia's declaration of independence from Spain?

  27-10-2017 18:17 via vancouversun.com
  Catalonia declared independence from Spain Friday, after a week of failed negotiations between Madrid and Barcelona. Catalan MPs backed the motion 70-10 in a ballot boycotted by the opposition., according to the BBC. After the declaration, Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy tweeted a call for tranquility, saying the rule of law will restore legality in Catalonia.  Do you agree with Catalonia’s declaration to split with Spain?Take Our Poll 
  
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• Help @EvergreenBC & @the_egp with the Pollinator Project SAT Oct 28 9am-noon @ #LoutetFarm. More:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-10-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Help @EvergreenBC & @the_egp with the Pollinator Project SAT Oct 28 9am-noon @ #LoutetFarm. More:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• B.C. man shot in Las Vegas faces threats online

  27-10-2017 17:25 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. man who survived after he was shot in the head in the Las Vegas massacre has been tormented online.
  Like many of the victims saddled with U.S. medical bills and unexpected travel costs after the shooting, Braden Matejka from Lake Country, B.C., started a GoFundMe campaign with a goal of $25,000.
  He says on the page that the money will help cover his required time off work and other recovery costs after being shot in the back of the head.
  But it quickly turned hateful, and he has become th
  
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• SUCCESS effort celebrates a million warm welcomes to YVR

  27-10-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Before arriving in Vancouver from Zimbabwe, Remy Kasongo Mutambayi’s impression of the Canadian border experience came from episodes of the law-enforcement reality show Border Security.
  “We had seen how tough it is to be in Canada at the border,” he said. “We were a little bit worried, a little bit afraid.”
  Instead, besides Customs and Border Services, Mutambayi and his wife Pamela Zenda were greeted by officers of the Community Airport Newcomers Network, (CANN) &md
  
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• Opinion: Innovation isn't a magic bullet, it requires a work plan

  27-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s always tempting, when you’re wrestling with a problem, to seek a single solution — like a software patch that will update your phone or restore your computer. Yet, the global economy is no simple organism. And innovation is no magic patch. Rather, it’s a process of discovery, invention, engagement and application that demands multiple solutions to achieve optimal results.
  I raise the matter as a caution — and encouragement — in anticipation of two confere
  
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• Believe it or not, there's a Vancouver connection to the JFK assassination investigation

  27-10-2017 05:47 via vancouversun.com
  Thursday’s reveal of the remaining documents from the U.S. government’s archives of investigations made into the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy has at least one surprising Vancouver connection.
  Buried among the thousands documents is a telegram sent by one Henry A. Gourley to the Bellingham Police Department. There’s a report on an interview made by Vancouver police of Gourley on behalf of the Bellingham police, as well as notes on further interviews
  
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• North Vancouver's Maplewood redevelopment plan nears vote - North Shore News

  27-10-2017 05:05 via nsnews.com
  North Shore News
  North Vancouver's Maplewood redevelopment plan nears vote
  North Shore News
  An artist's rendering of Maplewood village centre shows a tech-focused “innovation district” with live-work lofts and a mix of retail, office and warehouse space. Industrial design features include roll-up doors at street level and a curbless street ...
  
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• Father's fears deepen over missing Okanagan teen

  27-10-2017 04:27 via vancouversun.com
  One of the five Okanagan women who vanished recently was in Vernon the same day as a man who lives on the farm where police are searching for human remains, court records show.
  Traci Genereaux, 18, was last seen in Vernon on May 29, and legal documents indicate Curtis Wayne Sagmoen was also in Vernon that same day.
  “It could mean nothing, but it could also mean quite a bit,” Traci’s emotional dad, Darcy Genereaux, said Thursday.
  “I just hope she’s safe and happy som
  
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• B.C. Liberals fail to save secretive international tax rebate program

  27-10-2017 03:36 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s Opposition Liberals tried but failed Thursday to save a contentious international tax rebate program that had attracted criticism for its secretive nature but advocates said helped encourage foreign investment.
  Liberal finance critic Shirley Bond attempted to amend the NDP government’s budget bill to prevent the cancellation of the International Financial Activity Program program until at least 2018 so it could be studied to determine if its benefits justified
  
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• Emily Carr University's Big Reveal offers hands-on art experiences

  27-10-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Emily Carr University of Art + Design is holding an open house Friday and Saturday to show the community what it does in its new $122.6 million campus.
  Called The Big Reveal, the open house is meant to showcase the kind of work done in art, media and design by faculty and students at the university, said Chantale Lavoie, executive director of university advancement and events.
  “We want people to experience the different disciplines at Emily Carr, and discover behind-the-scene elements that
  
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• Conversations that Matter: Robert Lewis-Manning

  27-10-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Every year the Western Canada’s gateway generates over 21 billion dollars in economic activity.
  Each year thousands of ships transit B.C.’s coastal waterways bringing cargo in and taking it out. The new Oceans Protection Plan lays out a number of issues the federal government is requiring the shipping industry to meet.
  Tougher regulations that require working with First Nations and Indigenous communities to identify environmentally sensitive areas of cultural, social and economic imp
  
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• B.C. government moves to protect renters by closing fixed-term 'loophole'

  27-10-2017 02:34 via vancouversun.com
  Tenant advocates welcomed the B.C. government’s move Thursday to close a long-derided “major loophole” abused by some landlords, but said there’s more work needed to strengthen protections for the province’s renters.
  The B.C. government announced Thursday it was introducing legislation to close the loophole, meaning “renters will now be protected against massive rent hikes at the end of a lease.”
  Representatives of both tenants and landlords announced th
  
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• Sagmoen farm: Curtis Sagmoen makes second court appearance

  27-10-2017 02:33 via vancouversun.com
  VERNON — The man linked to a farm where human remains were discovered last week made his second appearance in court Thursday morning via teleconference. 
  Curtis Sagmoen
  Curtis Wayne Sagmoen, 36, wore an orange jumper during his brief appearance on-screen inside Vernon provincial court, which was scheduled as an arraignment and bail hearing, crown attorney Juan O’Quinn told reporters outside. 
  O’Quinn said the hearing served as an “update” to Sagmoen&r
  
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• Help improve opportunities for local kids. What's your K-7 child doing before/after school? Short survey:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-10-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Help improve opportunities for local kids. What's your K-7 child doing before/after school? Short survey:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Whitecaps' fans pumped up for historic playoff battle with Seattle

  27-10-2017 01:49 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Whitecaps fans are ready to do battle with Seattle when the MLS club’s home-and-home playoff round gets underway this Sunday afternoon.
  “I was really hoping that our match against San Jose would be an absolute thumping, which it was,” said John Knox, vice-president of the Southsiders, the Caps’ official supporters group. “The team is getting hot at just the right time and it has energized everybody.”
  The Caps notched their first MLS playoff victory w
  
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• Deadly bat fungus 'within a couple hundred kilometres of Vancouver'

  27-10-2017 01:48 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian scientists are racing to test a remedy that they hope will save bats from a deadly fungus that has already killed millions of the winged mammals across the continent.
  “We are feeling a real sense of urgency because that fungus is within a couple hundred kilometres of Vancouver,” said Cori Lausen, a biologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada. “It’s very likely that that disease will show up there this spring.”
  White Nose Syndrome, already found
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Horgan's work as premier tops first 100 days for NDP

  27-10-2017 01:21 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — One hundred days into the life of the first new B.C. government in 16 years, some positives stand out and some not-so-positive things as well.
  The first and most obvious plus for the New Democrats is Premier John Horgan himself.
  Not so long ago, Horgan’s chippy, frustrated performance as leader of the Opposition raised doubts about whether he would stick around long enough to fight an election. Today, the transformation is remarkable.
  On the public platform the p
  
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• B.C. coast killer whales to get 200-metre protection zone from boats: Ottawa

  27-10-2017 01:04 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc says there will be regulations in place before the spring to ensure no boat comes within 200 metres of southern resident killer whales in Canadian waters.
  LeBlanc told reporters outside the House of Commons he heard loud and clear from scientists at a symposium on the whales in B.C. earlier this month that more needs to be done — not just to protect them but also to help recovery efforts to boost the population.
  There are only about 78 sout
  
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• Remember that you need a permit to purchase and set off fireworks in the #DNV on Halloween. Get it online now.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-10-2017 00:50 via twitter.com
  Remember that you need a permit to purchase and set off fireworks in the #DNV on Halloween. Get it online now.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Brazilian free-tailed bat discovered within Salt Spring Island nature reserve

  27-10-2017 00:39 via vancouversun.com
  ABOARD THE MV POLAR PRINCE — Its name is reminiscent of steamy South American jungles. But through determination and an amazingly swift flight, the Brazilian free-tailed bat has made its way to Salt Spring Island — a Canadian first — and in doing so is also shedding light on climate change.
  Participants on the final leg of the Canada C3 150-day, 23,000-kilometre voyage around Canada’s three coastlines learned of the medium-sized bat during a series of presentations Thursd
  
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• The best garbage find, ever: Homeless man salvages 1870s magazines from China

  27-10-2017 00:33 via vancouversun.com
  Don Stewart of MacLeod’s Books sometimes buys material from street people who find stuff in the garbage. Recently, a homeless man dropped by to tell him about some books he’d found in a Burnaby alley. But there was a problem.
  “He said he’d left them in the room of a friend whose stuff was seized by the landlord,” said Stewart. “He had to talk the landlord into giving him back his stuff.
  “It’s a testimony to the kind of difficulty that these folks h
  
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• ‘No ill feelings towards the minister’: B.C. fish scientist speaks out

  27-10-2017 00:06 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A B.C. government fish pathologist, whose research into fish farms has put him at odds with environmentalists and sparked a politically charged review of the entire provincial lab, says he is surprised to find himself at the centre of a political firestorm involving Agriculture Minister Lana Popham.
  Gary Marty, the senior provincial fish pathologist at the Animal Health Centre, said he holds no ill will toward Popham despite being initially targeted by her as part of an investig
  
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• Recognize this car? Vancouver police think it was used in drive-by shooting

  27-10-2017 00:00 via vancouversun.com
  A smashed up silver Honda Civic may not look pretty, but Vancouver police consider it a valuable piece of evidence in their investigation into a drive-by shooting.
  The VPD is asking the public for information about q car they believe was used in a Aug. 29 shooting in East Vancouver.  No one was injured when a home near Rupert Street and Grandview Highway was peppered with bullets at 11:30 p.m. 
  Related
  REAL SCOOP: VPD investigating eastside shootingPolice say an older model Honda
  
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• Don't get out of the saddle just yet 🚲. Good news! ☀ for the rest of #BTWW. Happy riding! #TBT #ThrowbackThursday… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-10-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  Don't get out of the saddle just yet 🚲. Good news!☀ for the rest of #BTWW. Happy riding! #TBT #ThrowbackThursday… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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