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• Teddy Ruxpin, ReBoot producer files lawsuit over hip-hop film

  03-11-2017 23:22 via vancouversun.com
  Hey, ‘80s kids, remember the cartoon The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin, based on the animatronic storytelling toy bear?
  The show’s executive producer, Christopher Brough, is suing a film writer, a business man and a production company after the production of a B.C.-shot hip-hop film stalled.In a notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver last month, Brough said that Demi Zhang, a writer, director and actress, approached him in 2015 about producing a hip-hop movie thr
  
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• REAL SCOOP: 856 gangsters admits guilt in Bob Green slaying

  03-11-2017 23:22 via vancouversun.com
  Accused killer Jason Wallace was supposed to have a preliminary hearing starting in Surrey provincial court this month on a second-degree murder charge in the Oct. 16, 2016 death of Hells Angel Bob Green.
  Instead Wallace pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter with a firearm. He was sentenced to six years in jail.
  Here’s my story so far:
  Hells Angels slaying: 856 gang member pleads guilty in Langley shooting
  A member of the 856 gang has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Site C panel dismisses some critics claims

  03-11-2017 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — While doing serious damage to the credibility of B.C. Hydro this week, the utility commission review of Site C also raised doubts about some positions taken by critics of the controversial hydroelectric project.
  The four-member panel discounted the oft-repeated claim – by activist turned cabinet minister Lana Popham among others – that the dam would flood enough land “to feed one million people in perpetuity.”
  The commissioners determined that the cl
  
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• Top female talent join forces for ELLEvate TogetHER dinner in Whistler

  03-11-2017 23:15 via vancouversun.com
  ELLEvate TogetHER dinner
  Nov. 12; 6 p.m. | Fairmont Chateau Whistler
  Tickets and info: $279 per adult, plus taxes; whistlercornucopia.com
  For Isabel Chung, food is filled with happy memories. 
  “As a child I remember weekends in the kitchen with my mom and dad as a real treat,” she recalls. “My mother had a great love for baking, and often on Sunday afternoons she and I would work together on some nostalgic treat from her childhood in Singapore.
  “I fondly th
  
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• Remember last winter? The forecast for this winter is snow. Lots of it. Are you ready? More tips @… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-11-2017 23:00 via twitter.com
  Remember last winter? The forecast for this winter is snow. Lots of it. Are you ready? More tips @… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Cornucopia shines spotlight on Whistler's food and beverage stars

  03-11-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Cornucopia
  Nov. 9-19 | Various venues, Whistler
  Tickets and info: whistlercornucopia.com
  Twenty-one years ago, Whistler came up with the idea of throwing a big party in November to liven up the lull between summer and ski season. It would feature food and wine, and be called Cornucopia.
  Over the years, Cornucopia has expanded from one weekend to two, and then the week in between. More dinners were added, along with more lunches, seminars and speakers, as well as grand tastings, beer, spirits and
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: B.C. wineries set for Supreme Court fight

  03-11-2017 22:43 via vancouversun.com
  It’s been a tumultuous year for Canadian wine, leaving the industry with more questions than answers about its future and no single voice speaking out about what can be done.Earlier last month we let you know that five small B.C. wineries were petitioning the Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in an appeal of the Comeau case regarding a New Brunswick man fined $292.50 for violating the New Brunswick Liquor Control Act that limits personal liquor importation to 12 pints of beer or one bot
  
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• Brian Minter: Stunning maples provide an eye-catching fall colour show

  03-11-2017 22:30 via vancouversun.com
  At this time of year, as we drive by parks, home gardens and even tree-lined medians, it’s difficult to keep our eyes on the road with all the stunning fall colours on display everywhere. Maybe that’s just my problem, but what a show to enjoy — and it’s free.
  When I choose a tree for a landscape, its autumn colour is a big factor on my list of must-have attributes. In B.C. we see beautiful yellow-toned trees on our mountains and hillsides, but we’re missing the bril
  
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• This Week in History: 1917 The Bolsheviks seize power in Russia

  03-11-2017 22:20 via vancouversun.com
  On Nov. 7, 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries seized power in Russia.
  “New Government Will Seek Immediate Peace and Hand Land Over to Peasants,” read the banner headline in the Nov. 8 Vancouver World. “Petrograd Garrison Assists in Epoch-Making Coup d’Etat Which was Carried Out Without Bloodshed — Some of the Ministers Arrested and Preliminary Parliament Dissolved.”
  It was the second stage of the Russian Revolution, which marks its 100th anniversary this yea
  
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• Conversations That Matter: Discourse that makes Vancouver interesting

  03-11-2017 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  For more than a decade Interesting Vancouver has been addressing issues that challenge us, make us unique, make us uncomfortable, and make us talk to one another.
  Interesting Vancouver is about dialogue, it’s about rolling your sleeves up and digging into conversations with other people who invite you into a world that is new to you, people who introduce you to a Vancouver you didn’t know existed.
  It’s about admitting you don’t have the answers, but you&rsq
  
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• REAL SCOOP: 856 gangster admits guilt in Bob Green slaying

  03-11-2017 20:58 via vancouversun.com
  Accused killer Jason Wallace was supposed to have a preliminary hearing starting in Surrey provincial court this month on a second-degree murder charge in the Oct. 16, 2016 death of Hells Angel Bob Green.
  Instead Wallace pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter with a firearm. He was sentenced to six years in jail.
  Here’s my story so far:
  Hells Angels slaying: 856 gang member pleads guilty in Langley shooting
  A member of the 856 gang has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal
  
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• Hells Angels slaying: 856 gang member pleads guilty in Langley shooting

  03-11-2017 20:57 via vancouversun.com
  A member of the 856 gang has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal shooting of prominent Hells Angel Bob Green at a Langley party last year.
  Jason Francis Wallace, 28, turned himself in to police immediately after the Oct. 16, 2016 death of Green outside a building used by the 856 as a makeshift clubhouse.
  On Friday, Wallace pleaded guilty to manslaughter with a firearm in Surrey Provincial Court. The second-degree murder charge he originally faced was stayed.
  He was sentenc
  
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• Cannabis activists say they still have work to do after legalization

  03-11-2017 20:55 via vancouversun.com
  Cannabis activists say that while they’ve succeeded in helping to push for marijuana legalization across the country, their work is far from over.
  The federal government has committed to making recreational cannabis legal by July 1, 2018, but has tasked provincial governments with establishing their own business and regulatory models that will make the new legislation a reality.
  Activists say they need only look at the early versions of provincial plans to find targets for future campaigns
  
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• Vancouver police investigating woman's death at Spanish Banks

  03-11-2017 20:33 via vancouversun.com
  A woman found in medical distress at a Vancouver beach early Friday has died.
  Vancouver police say they are investigating after they discovered a woman in serious condition at 7:30 a.m., near the concession area at Spanish Banks.
  The woman was taken to hospital where she died a short time later.
  Police are trying to determine whether the death is suspicious. Anyone with information is asked to call the VPD.
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• Snow falls in Metro Vancouver, Grouse Grind closed

  03-11-2017 20:28 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver was hit with its first blast of winter early Friday, as temperatures dipped below zero and snow accumulated in some areas.
  Grouse Mountain was forced to close the popular Grouse Grind hiking trail because of snow and ice causing hazardous conditions. There are other trails open at Grouse, but the mountain recommends hikers wear spikes on their boots.
  #GrouseGrind Trail currently CLOSED due to snow, ice & hazardous conditions.
  Hikers can still use #BCMCTrail. Microspikes recom
  
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• Gas prices continue to go up in Metro Vancouver

  03-11-2017 20:02 via vancouversun.com
  If you are unhappy with gas prices in Metro Vancouver hitting $1.45 per litre, you really won’t like Saturday’s prices, says GasBuddy petroleum analyst Dan McTeague.
  Thanks to a supply crunch, he predicts the cost of gas will spike again overnight in Metro Vancouver, hitting $1.47.9 per litre.
  McTeague says gas has steadily gone up 15 cents a litre in one month, and notes that the region hasn’t seen gas prices this high in three years.
  He says the reason has to do with low supp
  
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• We're working on a new Child Care Strategy and we'd like to hear from parents. Survey closes Nov 20th.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-11-2017 19:01 via twitter.com
  We're working on a new Child Care Strategy and we'd like to hear from parents. Survey closes Nov 20th.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Lucy Sager quits B.C. Liberal leadership race, throws support to Dianne Watts

  03-11-2017 17:58 via vancouversun.com
  TERRACE — The field of hopefuls for the leadership of British Columbia’s Liberal party has been cut by one.
  Businesswoman Lucy Sager from Terrace has dropped out of the race and says she is throwing her support behind federal Conservative member of Parliament and former Surrey mayor Dianne Watts.
  A news release issued by Sager says she wants to focus on her family and is suspending her campaign due to a number of “recent personal setbacks.”
  It says she decided to run beca
  
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• Giving prostate cancer the finger

  03-11-2017 17:49 via vancouversun.com
  Michael Izen has been subjected to frequent probing over the past six years, but he is still alive and giving the finger to cancer.
  Izen — who was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer at 45 and even penned a book about his experience — is not your average cancer survivor.
  Nor does he have your average cancer.
  The hereditary BRCA2 gene mutation is most commonly associated with breast and ovarian cancer in women, meaning the drug therapy that saved his life recently isn&rs
  
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• Amazon to add 1,000 new tech jobs in B.C. by 2020

  03-11-2017 17:28 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Premier John Horgan and e-commerce giant Amazon have announced that the Seattle-based company will double its workforce in the province to 2,000 by 2020.
  “We’re growing a strong, sustainable economy that benefits everyone, by bringing good-paying jobs to B.C. and investing in training the workforce of tomorrow,” Premier John Horgan said following the announcement in Vancouver on Friday morning. “We will build on Amazon’s plans to bring 1,000 new jobs to B.C. by
  
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• Mon, Nov 6, Dreamweaver Trail on #MountFromme will close at Mission Creek bridge for most of month, for constructio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-11-2017 17:27 via twitter.com
  Mon, Nov 6, Dreamweaver Trail on #MountFromme will close at Mission Creek bridge for most of month, for constructio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #DNVsnow team reports no issues from overnight snow. They'll be out salting priority routes until 10am. Morning commute is clear.

  03-11-2017 17:09 via twitter.com
  #DNVsnow team reports no issues from overnight snow. They'll be out salting priority routes until 10am. Morning commute is clear.
  
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• Love your City #NorthVan? Want to #Volunteer ? Join a City Committee. Find out more here: ow.ly/8C4K30gjDsD https://t.co/TNGMoN4b9w

  03-11-2017 17:01 via twitter.com
  
  Love your City #NorthVan? Want to #Volunteer ? Join a City Committee. Find out more here: ow.ly/8C4K30gjDsD https://t.co/TNGMoN4b9w
  
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• Track issue, problem train cause SkyTrain delays in Metro Vancouver

  03-11-2017 16:35 via vancouversun.com
  SkyTrain commuters experienced major delays Friday morning because of a track issue and a problem train in Burnaby and New Westminster.
  Service was disrupted between Edmonds and 22nd Street on the Expo Line from shortly before 6 a.m. until about 8:20 a.m., when service was finally restored. By then, however, the damage had been done.
  There was a problem train at New Westminster and there is also a track issue at Edmonds Station causing delays in service.^kv
  — TransLink BC (@TransLink) Nove
  
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• Daily Poll: How long were you delayed on SkyTrain Friday morning?

  03-11-2017 16:28 via vancouversun.com
  Commuters were faced with delays on SkyTrain Friday morning, just as Metro Vancouver got its first blast of winter weather. TransLink says there was a problem with a train and a track issue. So we’re polling transit users to see how long they were delayed.Take Our Poll
  
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• Snow blankets some areas of Metro Vancouver

  03-11-2017 14:40 via vancouversun.com
  If you live in the higher elevations of Metro Vancouver, you may be scraping snow off your car this morning.
  Reports of snow in Vancouver, Burnaby, Port Moody, Coquitlam, and North Vancouver, and in the Fraser Valley began Thursday afternoon.
  Snow at #SFU Burnaby! pic.twitter.com/OLxcGWeSFu
  — SFU Alumni (@SFUalumni) November 2, 2017It’s snowing in Burnaby! #Snow pic.twitter.com/5Z1XvW6RXl
  — Christine Ray (@ChristineR26) November 2, 2017Environment Canada posted snowfall warning
  
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• Vancouver mountain film festival fall series is back

  03-11-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival Series
  Nov. 7-10, 7:30 p.m.| Rio and Centennial Theatres
  Tickets: $17 online at vimff.org
  Revelstoke-based professional skiers Greg Hill and Chris Rubens make their living on snow-covered mountains so as you can imagine climate change is something they are very concerned about.
  With that in mind the pair decided it was high time they walked the walk and or rather skied the ski and reduced their own carbon footprints.
  Their environmentally enlig
  
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• More than a third of seniors who experience financial abuse don't tell anyone: Vancity report

  03-11-2017 13:01 via vancouversun.com
  It is one of the more chilling statistics in a new report about the financial abuse of seniors: in almost 40 per cent of incidents across Canada, the perpetrator is not a stranger or a company, but rather a family member such as an adult child or grandchild.
  Most of the time, “no one sets out to abuse elders,” says Catherine Ludgate, manager of community investment at Vancity.
  Instead, patterns settle over time, she says. “It might start with buying mom’s groceries and sl
  
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• Five Things to Know: Millionaire Lottery, racist posters at UVic, West End oak tree

  03-11-2017 13:00 via vancouversun.com
  Andrew Cho is walking again after a burst blood vessel in his spine left him paralyzed, UVic has condemned antisemitic posters that appeared on campus Thursday, and people really care about marijuana legalization. Here are five things you need to know.
  Vancouver man fundraises for Millionaire Lottery after paralysis scare 
  Six months after breaking a blood vessel in his spine and suffering instant paralysis, Andrew Cho ran a half-marathon.
  The former professional cyclist’s rapid recov
  
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• LETTER: City of North Vancouver steps up to task of building better - North Shore News

  03-11-2017 10:45 via nsnews.com
  North Shore News
  LETTER: City of North Vancouver steps up to task of building better
  North Shore News
  A laneway house on West 28th Street is built in accordance with B.C. Energy Step Code. file photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News. Dear Editor: Re: CNV Raises Building Standards in Bid to Raze GHGs, Oct. 13 news story. article continues below ...and more »
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Friday, Nov. 3

  03-11-2017 05:29 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Friday, Nov. 3.
  Render Music Video Festival
  Music videos don’t always get their due as the art that they are. Maybe it’s because you rarely see them on the big screen, where everything just seems a little more artistic. Fortunately, that’s not a problem at Render, Canada’s only music video festival, which goes Friday night at Vancity Theatre. “Render’s focus is on innovative and cut
  
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• Woman sexually assaulted in east Vancouver, VPD warns public

  03-11-2017 05:16 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are warning the public after a sexual assault in east Vancouver last Sunday night.
  According to a news release, a 20-year-old woman was attacked just after 10 p.m. after getting off a transit bus.
  As she walked near Victoria Drive and East 64th Avenue, a man grabbed her from behind and indicated that he had a weapon, police say. The suspect repeatedly groped her and made sexual comments before running away towards Victoria Drive.
  The woman was not physically harme
  
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• 'It was someone's kid': Friend pleads for public to help police bring justice for dead Vernon teen

  03-11-2017 05:12 via vancouversun.com
  VERNON — Standing beneath gentle snowfall Thursday, Bob Zimmerman broke down in tears in the lane where he last saw his young friend Traci Genereaux.
  Hours after remains found on a farm near Salmon Arm were identified as those of the missing Vernon teenager, Zimmerman, 51, described meeting her. It was in spring 2016, after he drove past her standing on a curb in his neighbourhood.
  Zimmerman, a mill worker who lives in an apartment block near 26th Avenue and 37th Street in Vernon, met
  
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• A double miracle: Andrew Cho's iron will saved his life and got him back on his feet

  03-11-2017 03:01 via vancouversun.com
  Andrew Cho had been bothered by a sore neck for hours. He arrived home feeling dizzy, his arms and legs were numb and cold. He got into bed, then decided to get up and unlock his front door in case he needed help.
  “Just as I stood up, I guess that’s when my blood pressure shot up and the blood vessel that had been bleeding completely burst,” he said. “I became completely paralyzed and I fell face down on the ground right there.”
  Cho, a former professional cyclist, h
  
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• Softwood lumber dispute in a 'Groundhog Day loop,' says Horgan

  03-11-2017 02:11 via vancouversun.com
  The softwood lumber dispute has hit a “bit of a Groundhog Day loop,” Premier John Horgan said Thursday, as the U.S. Department of Commerce issued its final determination for punitive duties against Canadian lumber imports.
  Horgan said Canada and the U.S. had a narrow window to reach a trade agreement, but negotiations couldn’t get past protectionist interests in the U.S. industry.
  That kept the American trade litigation on track for Thursday’s decision on tariffs, which&n
  
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• Opinion: Economists, media fuel confusion on Canada’s economy

  03-11-2017 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  As the old joke goes, why did God create economists? To make weatherman look good. At times like this, nothing could be closer to the truth (full disclosure, we’re economists).
  On Monday, Statistics Canada released its August economic growth numbers, which showed the economy contracted. Low and behold, economists and the media reacted immediately: “Canada’s shrinking economy signals slowdown could be worse than feared,” proclaimed the lead article on The National Pos
  
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• Former Vancouver city manager hired to advise on St. Paul's Hospital project

  03-11-2017 01:52 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s former top bureaucrat has been hired to a contract position with the provincial government, two years after she was ousted from city hall.
  Penny Ballem has been hired by the Ministry of Health and tasked with “analyzing and advising on the status and next steps needed” for the redevelopment of Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital.
  Ballem’s contract is for up to $24,000 for work between Sept. 26 and Jan. 31, 2018, said Ministry of Health spokeswoman
  
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• Vancouver to apply for UNESCO World Heritage Site designation for Chinatown

  03-11-2017 01:24 via vancouversun.com
  Chinatown is a designated heritage district at all three levels of government — municipal, provincial and federal.
  Now the city wants to make it a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  “There are literally hundreds and hundreds of these designated sites all over the world,” said UBC history professor Henry Yu. “In essence the designation recognizes that this spot is important and significant, basically in human history.”
  Yu is part of an advisory committee that has worke
  
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• We're recruiting for a Temporary Full-time Engineering Development Technician 2. Click here to apply. ow.ly/6ZY130gjUMH

  03-11-2017 01:16 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a Temporary Full-time Engineering Development Technician 2. Click here to apply. ow.ly/6ZY130gjUMH
  
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• 'Road trip time machine' photolog takes a drive down memory lane

  03-11-2017 01:14 via vancouversun.com
  A new video from the provincial Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure takes a drive down memory lane — or in this case, memory highway.
  The video, which is the latest in a series called B.C. Road Trip Time Machine, is comprised of images taken in 1966 during a drive from Horseshoe Bay to New Westminster.That summer, the ministry, then known as the Highways Department, began a photo log to create a visual record of 9,000 of B.C.’s roads, from Fort St. John to Vancouver Island.
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Columbia River Treaty interesting option as NDP ponders Site C

  03-11-2017 01:13 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Tucked into the back pages of the B.C. Utilities Commission review of Site C is an intriguing discussion of a replacement source of electricity that wouldn’t require B.C. to build anything.
  The option, laid out in a seven page annex, would see B.C. reclaim its entitlement to a share of the power generated on the US side of the border under the 50-year-old Columbia River Treaty.
  Essentially, B.C. (standing in for Canada) agreed to build a series of dams on our side of the b
  
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• Snow is falling intermittently at higher levels. Crews are out salting priority 1 & 2 routes and school zones. Pls drive carefully! #DNVsnow

  03-11-2017 01:10 via twitter.com
  Snow is falling intermittently at higher levels. Crews are out salting priority 1 & 2 routes and school zones. Pls drive carefully! #DNVsnow
  
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• We may be in for our first taste of winter weather ❄️... @environmentca weather statement: ow.ly/Lhci30gjDlU… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-11-2017 01:00 via twitter.com
  We may be in for our first taste of winter weather ❄️...@environmentca weather statement: ow.ly/Lhci30gjDlU… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver strata files class action lawsuit against Airbnb

  03-11-2017 00:57 via vancouversun.com
  A downtown Vancouver strata corporation has filed a class-action lawsuit against Airbnb, the online property rental business.
  The strata, located in the city’s Yaletown neighbourhood, claims that Airbnb has rented out properties throughout B.C. and Canada without the consent of the rightful owners and has profited from the unauthorized rentals without any compensation to those owners.
  Polina Furtula, a lawyer representing the strata, said Thursday that the lawsuit is not just being filed o
  
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• Tomorrow, watch for single lane alternating traffic at 400 block Montroyal Blvd (east of bridge), 7am-7pm, with potential delays #DNVtraffic

  03-11-2017 00:52 via twitter.com
  Tomorrow, watch for single lane alternating traffic at 400 block Montroyal Blvd (east of bridge), 7am-7pm, with potential delays #DNVtraffic
  
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• Fraser River pink salmon run half of prediction

  03-11-2017 00:52 via vancouversun.com
  Salmon returns just keep getting worse on the Fraser River. 
  End-of-season estimates show that fewer than 3.6 million pink salmon have returned to the Fraser, less than half the median pre-season forecast of 8.7 million fish and not enough for a commercial or sport fishery. 
  There was a one-in-10 chance that the pink returns would be as low as 4.4 million, but the results were even worse.
  “It was much less, obviously much poorer than expected,” Mike Lapointe, chief biologis
  
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• Energy minister leery about any time-of-use Hydro pricing

  03-11-2017 00:28 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s energy minister is not rushing to embrace a suggestion by the B.C. Utilities Commission that the province introduce time-of-use electricity pricing as part of any alternative to the Site C dam.
  Michelle Mungall said Thursday said she’s concerned that pricing based on the time of day that people use electricity would unfairly drive up bills.
  “When would you actually increase rates in terms of time of use? Would you do it over peak times when everybody is
  
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• B.C. and Amazon to make joint announcement Friday – but it's not HQ2

  03-11-2017 00:22 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Premier John Horgan and e-commerce giant Amazon are set to make a joint announcement on Friday – but it’s not about HQ2.
  “Members of the media are invited to join Premier John Horgan and representatives from Amazon and the Government of Canada for an announcement that will benefit British Columbians,” read a media advisory shared Thursday afternoon.
  The announcement is set to take place at the Telus Garden building in downtown Vancouver on Friday at 9 a.m.
  When asked
  
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