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• 5 key facts about the Site C report

  01-11-2017 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Utilities Commission released its report into the Site C dam on Wednesday. The previous Liberal government started construction on the dam near Fort St. John in 2015, but the new NDP government has threatened to cancel it. Here are five things to know:
  1) The project is overbudget. Instead of the proposed $8.335-billion, completion costs may be in excess of $10 billion, even come in as high as $12.5 billion.
  2) Site C is not on time. The commission said it was “not persuaded&rdquo
  
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• Watchdog investigating Halloween collision involving Burnaby RCMP

  01-11-2017 23:49 via vancouversun.com
  A collision in Burnaby between a van and a police truck has drawn the attention of the Independent Investigation Office.
  Just after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday night, a van travelling eastbound on Dorset Street collided with a police truck, which had been travelling northbound on Macpherson Avenue, Burnaby RCMP say in a media release.
  According to eyewitness reports, the truck sustained serious damage to its front end and the van flipped, coming to a rest on its roof.
  The male driver of the van was taken
  
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• Vancouver man who murdered mom gets life with no parole for 12 years

  01-11-2017 23:49 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver man who brutally beat his mother to death has received a sentence of life in prison with no parole eligibility for 12 years.
  In June, Brian Whitlock, 30, was found guilty of the November 2014 second-degree murder of his mother, Barbara Whitlock, 61.
  Whitlock, who had mental health issues, beat his mother over the head, fracturing her skull multiple times, and also inflicted injuries to her neck.
  He dragged her down a set of stairs and left her on the cement patio of the backyard. On
  
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• B.C. government reveals name of George Massey Tunnel reviewer

  01-11-2017 23:45 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has hired a professional engineer to conduct the promised technical review of the George Massey Tunnel, and released the terms of reference for the review.
  Stan Cowdell, president of Westmar Project Advisors Inc., has been chosen to lead the review, and the ministry will recruit other experts as needed in the fields of geotechnical, tunnel, bridge and road construction, and traffic engineering and transportation planning.
  On Sept. 6, Minister of Transportation and Infrastruct
  
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• 'Old school' B.C. ski resort sets crowdfunding record in quest to fend off Vail

  01-11-2017 23:37 via vancouversun.com
  A tiny Canadian ski resort forged by Scandinavian miners chasing an 1890s gold rush has become the unlikely recipient of a record equity crowdfunding raise, tapping into powder hounds’ quest to fend off a wave of consolidation led by Vail Resorts Inc.
  Investors are lining up to buy a piece of Red Mountain Resort in Rossland, B.C., drawn by its rebellious pitch of “Fight the Man, Own the Mountain.” The web-based campaign, the first by a ski resort, appears to have struck a chor
  
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• B.C. government chooses PwC to conduct ICBC review

  01-11-2017 23:32 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has hired PwC Canada to lead an operational review of the province’s public automobile insurer.
  In September, Attorney General David Eby announced the review of the Insurance Corp. of B.C., along with a variety of short-term changes to deal with the insurer’s financial issues and increases to the basic and optional insurance rates.
  “This is one of the many actions we are taking so that the people of B.C. can have confidence in and continue to benefit from IC
  
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• Textile industry needs 'major rethink' to cut down on waste

  01-11-2017 23:22 via vancouversun.com
  The textile industry is the next dirty frontier when it comes to the need to recycle and reduce the amount of clothing that finds its way into landfills and oceans, a Zero Waste conference sponsored by Metro Vancouver heard Wednesday.
  The question is what to do about it.
  Metro Vancouver announced in 2016 it planned to look at a potential ban on textiles at disposal sites in the region, but for now has decided against it.
  “It’s complicated,” Karen Storry, a regional zero-waste s
  
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• On the home stretch for Mosquito Creek / Spirit Trail Connection. Learn more at: ow.ly/7dEy30ghX1j #NorthVan https://t.co/T9uZFMcdC3

  01-11-2017 23:10 via twitter.com
  
  On the home stretch for Mosquito Creek / Spirit Trail Connection. Learn more at: ow.ly/7dEy30ghX1j #NorthVan https://t.co/T9uZFMcdC3
  
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• RCMP Youth Academy applications now being taken! bit.ly/2lF6c4G #NorthVancouver

  01-11-2017 21:29 via twitter.com
  RCMP Youth Academy applications now being taken!bit.ly/2lF6c4G#NorthVancouver
  
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• DYK that many City buildings, such as City Hall, the library & the fire hall are connected to our district energy s… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-11-2017 21:05 via twitter.com
  DYK that many City buildings, such as City Hall, the library & the fire hall are connected to our district energy s… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Student information hacked at University of the Fraser Valley

  01-11-2017 21:02 via vancouversun.com
  The University of the Fraser Valley is investigating after 29 students’ personal information was hacked.
  The school learned about the incident on Monday after some students received a suspicious email containing information such as their name, phone number, email, street address, grade point average, course credits and financial information.
  According to a news release, the university has contacted the affected students and is working with the police, an external investigator and the Offic
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada to rule in B.C. case involving Indigenous spirituality

  01-11-2017 20:52 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is to release a decision Thursday in a case that hinges on freedom of religion and how Indigenous spirituality should be protected under the Charter of Rights.
  The Ktunaxa Nation appealed to Canada’s highest court after courts in British Columbia refused to stop a proposed ski resort at the foot of Jumbo Mountain and Jumbo Glacier, 55 km west of Invermere in southeastern B.C.
  The Ktunaxa consider the land sacred and say construction of the resort
  
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• UBC journal retraction raises controversial question: Can an activist who writes an anti-vaccine study be a scientist?

  01-11-2017 20:48 via vancouversun.com
  In an interview with the University of British Columbia student newspaper nearly 20 years ago, research scientist Chris Shaw said the last thing an academic wanted was to be “associated with something iffy.”
  Reminded of that quote recently, Shaw said: “I guess I should’ve taken my advice.”
  Shaw is a professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences whose research revolves around the causes of neurological diseases. He recently came under scrutiny after members of the s
  
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• Train derailment in East Vancouver

  01-11-2017 20:42 via vancouversun.com
  Crews are in East Vancouver where a Canadian Pacific train has derailed.
  Jeremy Berry, a spokesman for CP Rail, says the derailment happened at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday.
  He says three loaded grain cars derailed west of the Commissioner Street overpass near the eastern entrance to the Vancouver part of the port.
  He says there are no injuries and no dangerous goods involved.
  “CP immediately implemented its emergency response protocols and mobilized teams to the site,” Berry said, in an emai
  
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• Vancouver's Edgewater Casino to auction off gambling gear

  01-11-2017 20:38 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s waterfront Edgewater Casino will hold an auction after it closed its doors to become part of a larger development.
  Able Auctions says it will auction off poker tables, roulette tables, office furniture and more at 750 Pacific Boulevard in Vancouver on Tuesday. Internet bidders can sign up online at http://bit.ly/BidOnlineAccount. 
  The Edgewater closed to make way for the $600-million Parq Vancouver casino development. Parq, which opened its doors this fall, is adjacent to
  
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• Police recover 1930s Stanley Cup championship ring stolen in Nanaimo

  01-11-2017 20:36 via vancouversun.com
  Have you lost a Stanley Cup championship ring from the 1930s in Nanaimo?
  RCMP say they have seized the ring after thieves broke into at least a dozen cars on Friday along Summerhill Place near Dufferin Crescent.
  Among the stolen items police recovered is a Stanley Cup championship ring from the 1930s for one of the original six teams playing in the National Hockey League.
  Police have withheld the team name engraved on the ring so the owner can identify it to investigators. Anyone who believ
  
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• Done with your carved pumpkins? Put them in your #GreenCan, where they will live on and on. cnv.org/GreenCan… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-11-2017 19:01 via twitter.com
  Done with your carved pumpkins? Put them in your #GreenCan, where they will live on and on. cnv.org/GreenCan… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Site C dam project not on time or on budget, says regulator

  01-11-2017 18:12 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – B.C.’s independent power regulator released its highly-anticipated report into the Site C dam project Wednesday, though whether the megaproject is cancelled by Premier John Horgan’s government won’t be known yet for several months.
  The B.C. Utilities Commission was mandated in August by the new NDP government to review the project’s finances. Horgan has said his government will consult with local First Nations, gather more information, and make a dec
  
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• Toxic green drug linked to seven non-fatal overdoses in Vancouver

  01-11-2017 18:09 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Coastal Health has issued a warning about a green substance linked to seven overdoses in Vancouver.
  The agency says there have been reports of a “toxic” drug circulating in the city’s Downtown Eastside.
  Gavin Wilson, a spokesman for VCH, says at least seven people overdosed at the Maple Overdose Prevention Site in the Downtown Eastside Tuesday after injecting a green substance believe to be an opioid. He says none was fatal.
  Wilson says heroin and other opioid an
  
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• Thousands without power in Langley

  01-11-2017 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  More than 20,000 B.C. Hydro customers are without power in Langley.
  B.C. Hydro says the problem relates to a wire down and crews are on site.
  More to come
  Update: A crew is on site now investigating a wire down in #LangleyBC. Thanks for your patience. https://t.co/eKQHjCpxnY
  — BC Hydro (@bchydro) November 1, 2017
  
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• Metro Vancouver in for a blast of winter weather

  01-11-2017 17:59 via vancouversun.com
  It looks like Metro Vancouver is in for its first blast of winter weather.
  Environment Canada posted a special weather statement Wednesday morning, saying snow is possible for Thursday night and Friday morning on the south coast.
  The agency says an arctic front will arrive on the coast late Thursday, bringing much cooler air. It will also bring snow or mixed rain and snow to many areas.
  By Friday morning, small snowfall accumulations are possible for Fraser Valley and Howe Sound.
  Howev
  
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• Want to book a City park, field, plaza or street for an event? Use our Community Event Booking Guide:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-11-2017 17:01 via twitter.com
  Want to book a City park, field, plaza or street for an event? Use our Community Event Booking Guide:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Woman lucky to survive after clinging to life ring for 5 hours after jumping from B.C. ferry

  01-11-2017 16:33 via vancouversun.com
  A woman who jumped from a B.C. ferry was found clinging to a life ring after spending five hours in the cold waters of the Strait of Georgia
  The woman was lucky to have survived that many hours in the ocean, said Jason van der Valk, director of operations for Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue.
  “Five hours is a long time,” he said Tuesday.
  Parks Canada warns that even in summer, Pacific Ocean water temperatures range from 7 C to 14 C, and says the “maximum survival time i
  
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• Vancouver's Edgewater Casino to auction off gaming gear

  01-11-2017 15:50 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s waterfront Edgewater Casino will hold an auction after it closed its doors to be part of a larger development.
  Able Auctions says it will auction off poker tables, roulette tables, office furniture and more at 750 Pacific Boulevard in Vancouver on Tuesday. Internet bidders can sign up online at able auctions.ca. 
  The Edgewater closed to make way for the $600 million Parq Vancouver casino development. Parq, which opened its doors this fall, sits adjacent to B.C. Place.
  The
  
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• Vancouver's Edgewater Casino to auction off gaming tables

  01-11-2017 15:41 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s waterfront Edgewater Casino will hold an auction after it closed its doors to be part of a larger development.
  Able Auctions says it will auction off poker tables, roulette tables, office furniture and more at 750 Pacific Boulevard in Vancouver on Tuesday. Internet bidders can sign up online at able auctions.ca. 
  The Edgewater closed to make way for the $600 million Parq Vancouver casino development, which opened its doors this fall, sits adjacent to B.C. Place.
  The city s
  
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• MEDICINE MATTERS: A 12-year old crossword puzzle ignites doctor's bittersweet memories

  01-11-2017 15:30 via vancouversun.com
  The anniversary of his father’s death was also his late father’s birthday.
  Dr. Bill Cavers, Victoria physician and former president of Doctors of BC
  And that got a sentimental Dr. Bill Cavers nostalgic for the last time he saw his dad – James Kennedy Cavers – alive.
  It was the autumn of 2005 but it still feels like yesterday, the Victoria doctor (former president of Doctors of B.C.) told me:
  “My father was hospitalized in Comox that weekend with end-stage COPD
  
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• Man stabbed on Halloween night in New Westminster

  01-11-2017 15:23 via vancouversun.com
  One man is in serious condition after a targeted stabbing in New Westminster on Halloween night.
  New Westminster police say at around 11:30 p.m. officers were called to the area of 8th Street and Columbia Street for a report of an assault with a weapon, believed to be a knife.
  When they arrived, officers found one injured male. He was transported to a local area hospital with a serious injury.
  Police arrested two suspects, who were found nearby.
  The NWPD Major Crime Unit and the Forensic Id
  
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• Kasey Wilson: Breakfast bounty from The Okanagan Table

  01-11-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  The picky eaters — 10-year-old twins Mia and Julien — are coming for the weekend.
  Breakfast is going to be easy because they both like pancakes (but not waffles), and the recipe for World-Famous Pancakes from chef Rod Butters’ fresh, approachable new cookbook, The Okanagan Table: The Art of Everyday Home Cooking (Figure. 1, 2017), “is simply the best,” Butters says.
  “I’ve been making them since I was seven years old, and everyone loves them.”The ch
  
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• Daily Poll: Are Canada's drone laws fair?

  01-11-2017 14:36 via vancouversun.com
  A controversial video was posted to YouTube on Tuesday showing a drone making a first person view dive down the side of B.C.’s Alex Fraser Bridge. But earlier this year, Canada introduced tougher laws banning drones close to vehicles and people, making such a bridge drive illegal. Do you think the laws are fair?Take Our Poll 
  
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• Opinion: The future is female — what's to become of the boys?

  01-11-2017 06:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ontario Grade 12 student Erica Brown made the CBC News recently when she wore a T-shirt to her high school with the slogan, “The Future is Female.”
  A female teacher suggested Brown’s message might make some boys at the school feel uncomfortable and asked if she thought it would be appropriate for a male student to wear a T-shirt with the slogan, “The Future is Male.” She wasn’t told to remove the shirt, but to simply “think about it.”
  Brown thought
  
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• North Vancouver mansion hits market with record $36.2 million asking price

  01-11-2017 05:25 via vancouversun.com
  West Vancouver is more known for its luxe mansions, but the owners of a North Vancouver estate-style property off Indian River Crescent in Deep Cove are vying for some attention listing theirs for sale at $36.2 million.
  It would be a reputed record price for North Vancouver on the Multiple Listing Service, according to listing realtor Sotheby’s International, and the asking price tops anything listed in West Vancouver, or all of Metro Vancouver for that matter.
  Although Joseph and Rosalie
  
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• District of North Vancouver moves towards “locals first” policy for condo pre-sales - North Shore News

  01-11-2017 05:02 via nsnews.com
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  District of North Vancouver moves towards “locals first” policy for condo pre-sales
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  Site work is underway in Horseshoe Bay where a new condo development is being built by Westbank. That project was sold under a 'locals first' policy. photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News. When it comes to the selling of new condo and townhouse units ...
  
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• District of North Vancouver trashes compost plan for Mount Seymour - North Shore News

  01-11-2017 04:01 via nsnews.com
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  District of North Vancouver trashes compost plan for Mount Seymour
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  Eric Andersen, a Blueridge resident, urged council on Monday to reject the industrial composting proposal for Mount Seymour. photo Lisa King, North Shore News. District of North Vancouver council members have turned their noses up at a proposal to ...
  
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• Watchdog raids offices of Canadian grocery retailers in price-fixing probe

  01-11-2017 03:22 via vancouversun.com
  TORONTO — The Competition Bureau says it has raided the offices of certain companies in a criminal investigation tied to alleged price-fixing following statements released by some of the country’s largest grocery chains.
  The bureau says the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa granted search warrants based on evidence that there are reasonable grounds to believe that certain individuals and companies have engaged in activities contrary to the Competition Act.
  Spokeswoman Marie
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: NDP face possible lose-lose outcome in Site C decision

  01-11-2017 03:02 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — With decision day approaching on Site C, the project team at B.C. Hydro has posted one of its fortnightly updates on what is happening at the most controversial construction site in the province.
  The latest construction schedule covers the period Oct. 30 to Nov. 13, flanking Wednesday’s release of the B.C. Utilities Commission findings on Site C as well as the start of NDP cabinet deliberations on whether to complete, cancel or pause the project.
  As befits a work site wher
  
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• Entrepreneur launches Robot Lawyer chatbot in four Canadian cities

  01-11-2017 02:23 via vancouversun.com
  Joshua Browder is a 20-year-old British computer science student at Stanford University who has gained attention for inventing the Robot Lawyer.
  The technology has helped offenders in the U.S. and U.K. overturn some 400,000 parking and traffic tickets since it was launched two years ago.
  “Everyone hates parking tickets, it turns out,” says Browder. “But I realized there are other disputes. Making claims for delayed flights, lost luggage. Arguing with landlords.”
  He create
  
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• Can you eat for $19/week? Dozens in B.C. set to take on Welfare Food Challenge

  01-11-2017 02:20 via vancouversun.com
  For the sixth year in a row, poverty activists are organizing an event to raise awareness about the struggle to live on welfare in Vancouver.
  Beginning on Wednesday, participants are will try to eat for a week on a budget of just 19 dollars.
  “It’s pretty much impossible,” organizer Kell Gerlings said of what the challenge’s point to prove is.
  The $19 figure is based on what’s left over from the monthly welfare payment of $710 ($375 of which is earmarked fo
  
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• Number of foreign homebuyers up slightly in Metro Vancouver

  01-11-2017 01:18 via vancouversun.com
  The latest property transfer data released by the British Columbia government shows the percentage of sales involving foreign nationals in Metro Vancouver inched up between April and September.
  The data shows five per cent of the 6,105 property transfers in September involved foreign nationals, up from 2.5 per cent in April.
  That remains far below the percentage of foreign nationals buying homes before the former Liberal government implemented a 15 per cent foreign buyers tax in August 2016 in a
  
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• Dad of missing woman says police took DNA to test against B.C. farm remains

  01-11-2017 01:12 via vancouversun.com
  The father of a missing woman says police told him his DNA would be tested against remains found on a farm in British Columbia that is the subject of a large-scale search.
  Darcy Genereaux said he was asked to give blood last week as part of the investigation into the disappearance of his daughter, Traci Genereaux, who was 18 when she was last seen in May in Vernon.
  As he was giving his blood, he said a constable told him the coroner would test it to see if his DNA matched remains found on a nort
  
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• NDP gov't quietly starts review of George Massey Tunnel

  01-11-2017 01:06 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s NDP government has quietly begun a promised review into solving traffic gridlock at the George Massey Tunnel, two months after it cancelled a replacement-bridge project in favour of further study.
  Transportation Minister Claire Trevena sidestepped questions at the legislature Tuesday about what the Opposition Liberals dubbed her “phantom review” into the tunnel, which appeared to have neither begun nor have any terms of reference, according to her answer
  
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• Vancouver singer wondering 'what if' after terror attack in New York

  01-11-2017 01:01 via vancouversun.com
  Marie Hui was one company policy away from being at the site of Tuesday’s terrorist attack near the World Trade Center memorial in New York City.
  The Vancouver singer and her friends are on vacation in the Big Apple. They had signed up for a Monday bike tour with Get Up and Ride, a company which offers bike tours in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, but were pushing to change their date to Tuesday instead because of bad weather that morning.
  “If it was up to us, we would have changed the
  
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• Vancouver imam urges sending weapons to Palestinians to fight 'Zionists'

  01-11-2017 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  The imam of a Vancouver mosque is under fire for calling on Muslims to send “money, weapons and expertise” to Palestinians to fight “Zionists” in Israel.
  B’nai B’rith Canada, a Jewish organization, on Tuesday released videos in which an imam at a Kingsway mosque, Tarek Ramadan, is seen referring to Israelis as “an impure gang” and Zionists as the “worst of mankind.”
  Recorded this summer, the video shows Ramadan calling on his congregati
  
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• Attn: Ridgeway School Parents, give extra time for commute Nov 1- 3 & Nov 6 - 8 as filming at Sam Walker Park may… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-11-2017 00:38 via twitter.com
  Attn: Ridgeway School Parents, give extra time for commute Nov 1-3 & Nov 6 - 8 as filming at Sam Walker Park may… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Surrey Six Mountie wants charges tossed due to lengthy trial delay

  01-11-2017 00:32 via vancouversun.com
  A lawyer for one of four RCMP officers accused of misconduct in connection with the Surrey Six murder investigation wants to have the case against his client thrown out due to an unreasonable delay in getting the matter to trial.
  The development in the much-delayed case comes as the trial in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver was adjourned yet again Tuesday.
  Special prosecutor Chris Considine and lawyers for the accused made a brief appearance Tuesday before Justice Arne Silverman to set a new date
  
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• Opinion: 105 Keefer is a bigger conversation about culture in Vancouver

  01-11-2017 00:28 via vancouversun.com
  You might not know it from the outside, but pockets of Chinatown are a hive of activity these days. Most Saturdays, you’ll find seniors teaching young people how to play mahjong, a popular Chinese tile game, outside on Pender Street, and classes teaching people how to buy groceries and dim sum in Cantonese. There’s no music, no paint, no stages or costumes, or anything that even resembles what comes to mind when you think of arts and culture, but Chinatown embodies living and breathi
  
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• Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson makes teens' wishes come true in Vancouver

  01-11-2017 00:23 via vancouversun.com
  Three young people travelled thousands of kilometres to Vancouver to have their wish to meet movie star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson fulfilled on Tuesday.
  Make-A-Wish B.C. & Yukon did what’s called a “wish assist,” helping the fans from the United States and Europe come to Vancouver, where Johnson is filming an action movie called Skyscraper.
  Emily, 16, flew in from New Jersey, 15-year-old Maria came from Spain and Murat, 19, travelled from the Netherlands.
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• The transformation of Aeryon Ashlie, from bulimia to balance

  01-11-2017 00:16 via vancouversun.com
  At least with alcoholism or drug addiction, abstinence is possible. But someone recovering from bulimia can’t just stop eating.
  “I ask myself, ‘Am I hungry?’ ” Aeryon Ashlie said. “Probably not. Am I hungry or am I sad? Am I upset and just trying to fulfil something with food?”
  Ashlie, a recovering bulimic, is sharing her story at the Vancouver Health Show this weekend. It will be the latest of many public appearances she’s made since deciding to d
  
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