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• Trudeau met by protesters at UN peacekeeping conference in Vancouver

  15-11-2017 23:15 via vancouversun.com
  Two Vancouver activists interrupted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and confronted him on his government’s approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project.
  The brief confrontation happened at a news conference at the  2017 United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial conference on Wednesday, when a woman stood up and stated “we are here as youth who are scared for our future because of climate change.”
  The protesters were escorted out of the Vancouver Conven
  
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• Vancouver police ticket driver with iPhone, tablet fastened to steering wheel

  15-11-2017 22:44 via vancouversun.com
  This guy took distracted driving to a whole new level.
  The VPD’s traffic unit issued a distracted driving ticket on Wednesday to a multi-tasking motorist caught with both an iPhone and an electronic tablet fastened to his steering wheel with string.
  Can't make it up. Guy had iPad and cell phone attached by strings on steering wheel while driving! Yes, that's his ticket he's holding. pic.twitter.com/h5WoA2ac87
  — @VPDTraffic (@VPDTrafficUnit) November 15, 2017The Lexus driver presumabl
  
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• Restaurant review: Find beers, burgers and a neighbourly welcome at Bells and Whistles

  15-11-2017 22:44 via vancouversun.com
  Bells and Whistles
  3296 Fraser Street | 604-620-7990
  Open: For lunch and dinner, daily; bellsandwhistlesyvr.ca
  Once I lived in an apartment in Kitsilano. At that time, I paid $800 a month for a two-bedroom with an ocean view, and the landlord didn’t wear raise-the-rent kick-ass jackboots. No, he gave me a teary hug when I left.
  It was a time when I went out for meals even more than I do now as a restaurant critic. I liked the contact with the earth beneath me and to escape the boxed in fee
  
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• We bet the sewer system rarely comes up in regular conversation (unless you're talking about creepy clowns). That's… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 22:08 via twitter.com
  We bet the sewer system rarely comes up in regular conversation (unless you're talking about creepy clowns). That's… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Exciting news just in, City of North Vancouver Working with Developer for Harry Jerome Neighbourhood Lands. See NR:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 22:03 via twitter.com
  Exciting news just in, City of North Vancouver Working with Developer for Harry Jerome Neighbourhood Lands. See NR:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Just a few more sleeps 'til the Kids In the Hall event. Lot of free family fun happening #NorthVan #CNV4ME. More at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Just a few more sleeps 'til the Kids In the Hall event. Lot of free family fun happening #NorthVan #CNV4ME. More at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Book review: Fighting for Space tackles Vancouver's overdose crisis

  15-11-2017 21:41 via vancouversun.com
  Fighting for Space book launch and discussion
  Nov. 16, 7 p.m. | Beaumont Studios 
  Tickets and information: Free; facebook.com/events/1486231068111952
  Fighting for Space: How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City’s Struggle with Addiction
  By Travis LupickArsenal Pulp PressTravis Lupick’s Fighting for Space argues for harm reduction, celebrates the advocates and organizers who fought for it in Vancouver
  Vancouver is ground zero in Canada’s current opioid overd
  
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• B.C. real estate watchdog bans controversial practice of 'dual agency,' despite industry objections

  15-11-2017 21:26 via vancouversun.com
  Against objections from the industry, B.C.’s real estate watchdog will prohibit the controversial practice of “dual agency” — where realtors represent both the seller and buyer on a transaction — in order to improve transparency and protect consumers.
  The dual agency ban comes Wednesday as part of the first major new rules to be introduced by B.C.’s Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate since the provincial government ended self-regulation of the re
  
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• Did you lose an envelope full of cash in Coquitlam?

  15-11-2017 21:09 via vancouversun.com
  If you dropped an envelope full of cash at the Coquitlam Centre Mall, the RCMP want you to know that they have it and it’s yours to claim.
  The money was found at the Coquitlam Centre Mall by a Good Samaritan and turned over to the police on Sept. 21, but Coquitlam RCMP says no one has come forward to claim the loot.
  “When someone turns in an envelope full of cash, with no expectation of reward or credit, that shows the kind of community we live in, ” said RCMP Cpl. Mi
  
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• Court sides with filmmaker who took on Vancouver aquarium's captivity practice

  15-11-2017 21:05 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia’s Appeal Court has ruled in favour of a filmmaker whose documentary criticized the Vancouver Aquarium’s practice of keeping beluga whales and dolphins in captivity.
  It says a lower court judge erred in ordering the filmmaker to remove 15 segments of his documentary that the aquarium said could cause the facility irreparable harm.
  Justice Mary E. Saunders says in a written ruling that the evidence does not support claims that Gary Charbonneau’s one-hour document
  
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• Whistler Blackcomb to open Friday

  15-11-2017 20:58 via vancouversun.com
  Whistler Blackcomb has confirmed it will open a week early on Friday.
  The freezing weather over the last few weeks has allowed crews to step up the snow-making process, said Chris McLeod, a spokesman for the ski and snowboard resort. 
  Mother Nature has apparently helped out as well. McLeod said Wednesday morning that the resort had received 86 centimetres of new snow in the last 24 hours.  
  “It’s a winter wonderland up here with a ton of snow in the valley. So we are really
  
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• Hollywood North: Littlefinger searches for UFOs in Vancouver

  15-11-2017 20:56 via vancouversun.com
  Irish actor Aidan Gillen, best known for playing the conniving Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish on Game of Thrones, will star as a UFO investigator in the TV drama Blue Book that begins shooting in Vancouver next month.
  The show, which has Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis serving as executive producer, chronicles the real top secret United States Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena known as Project Blue Book.
  The 10-episode show, produced by A+E Studi
  
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• Junior hockey team in B.C. still waiting for $7.5 million donation

  15-11-2017 20:47 via vancouversun.com
  KIMBERLEY — A junior hockey team in southeastern British Columbia says it has yet to receive a multimillion-dollar donation it was promised last month, but the man behind the pledge says it will be in the team’s hands in 10 days.
  The board of directors of the Kimberley Dynamiters posted a statement Monday on Facebook thanking fans for their support and explaining that it had yet to receive the $7.5 million.
  The junior B team said Mike Gould of Calgary was giving the organization the
  
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• City approves 218 new rental homes in Vancouver

  15-11-2017 20:46 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver city council has approved two development projects that it says will provide 218 rental homes.
  One is a six-storey building on Victoria Drive in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, which will include 153 rental units. The other is a 65-unit rental building on Laurel Street in Marpole.
  The projects were approved Tuesday night at a city council meeting.
  With its near-zero vacancy rate, Vancouver “desperately” needs new rental housing, said Mayor Gregor Robertson in a statement Wednesda
  
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• DYK, napkins can go in your in your #GreenCan #Foodscraps container. Hooray! #NorthVan https://t.co/FmrH9xZwCR

  15-11-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  
  DYK, napkins can go in your in your #GreenCan #Foodscraps container. Hooray! #NorthVan https://t.co/FmrH9xZwCR
  
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• Pianist and composer Uri Caine doesn't let genres become barriers

  15-11-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver New Music Parallel 01: Uri Caine + Ensemble
  Nov. 25, 8 p.m. | The Roundhouse, 181 Roundhouse Mews
  Tickets and info: From $15 at brownpapertickets.com
  Uri Caine is the kind of talent that isn’t concerned with the boundaries genre classification puts on art.
  For decades, the New York City-based musician has lent his chops to everything from classical music to some of the most outside jazz sounds around. Over his 30 albums as a leader, he’s even managed to mash up genres to pr
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Get your tickets early for Vancouver International Wine Festival

  15-11-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  You can save money on Vancouver International Wine Festival tickets until Dec. 15, or while quantities last. Only a limited number of tickets are available at the advance rate for each of the four tasting sessions, namely Thursday and Friday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ($80. regular $89), the Saturday matinee from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. ($70, regular $79) and Saturday evening from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ($95, regular $99). All ticket prices include wine, food samples, service charges and taxes. Spai
  
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• Counting down the daze to Christmas: Pot advent calendar on sale in Canada

  15-11-2017 19:08 via vancouversun.com
  Deck the halls with boughs of…marijuana? 
  Adult advent calendars, for example in craft beer or wine bottles, are popular this season. Now, a Vancouver-based medical pot business is jumping on that trend and selling cannabis calendars for the holidays.
  Coast to Coast Medicinals is taking orders for its twist on the classic Christmas advent calendar, but at between $200 and $230, the price may be a little high for some users.
  But founder of the online shop, Lorilee Fedler, says there&r
  
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• Last call! Have you had a chance yet to share your thoughts on how we could make #bike riding in the District more… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 18:55 via twitter.com
  Last call! Have you had a chance yet to share your thoughts on how we could make #bike riding in the District more… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• There has been a watermain break in the Lynn Valley Rd / Hoskins Rd area. Water along Kilmer -- between Hoskins and… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 18:12 via twitter.com
  There has been a watermain break in the Lynn Valley Rd / Hoskins Rd area. Water along Kilmer -- between Hoskins and… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Register now for North Shore Emergency Management FREE Disaster Response & You workshop Nov 20. Learn what you need… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Register now for North Shore Emergency Management FREE Disaster Response & You workshop Nov 20. Learn what you need… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Q&A: Club Habana's Miguelito Valdes adds a Cuban twist to Canadian classics

  15-11-2017 17:52 via vancouversun.com
  Club Habana Celebrates Canada’s 150+
  Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. | Vancouver Playhouse
  Tickets and info: from $32, at brownpapertickets.com, Highlife Records, Honey’s Doughnuts
  For the third year in a row, Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre is presenting a concert by Club Habana. The Vancouver-based ensemble is made up of Latin American-Canadian musicians led by trumpet player Miguelito Valdes. To mark Canada’s 150th anniversary, the concert features new and classic Canad
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you agree British Columbians should be allowed to grow their own pot?

  15-11-2017 17:04 via vancouversun.com
  Doctors of B.C. is asking the provincial government to consider banning individuals from growing recreational pot at home when it becomes legal in July, according to a story in The Victoria Times Colonist. Under federal Bill C-45, adults would be allowed to grow up to four cannabis plants per household. But the group says there are potential health risks with home cultivation, such as high humidity and temperatures, risk of fire and pesticide use.
  Do you think people should be allowed to grow th
  
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• Loblaw closing 22 stores, launching home delivery in Vancouver, Toronto

  15-11-2017 16:59 via vancouversun.com
  BRAMPTON, Ont. — Loblaw Companies Ltd. says it has finalized a plan that will result in the closure of 22 unprofitable stores across a range of its banners and formats.
  The decision comes as the retailer plans to bring home delivery services to two of the country’s biggest cities in the next several months.
  Loblaw is partnering with California-based Instacart to deliver food and other pantry staples from Loblaws, Real Canadian Superstore, and T&T locations to customers in Toronto
  
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• Weather warnings lifted, power still out for thousands in Metro Vancouver

  15-11-2017 16:51 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has lifted the rain and wind warnings that were issued for Metro Vancouver on Tuesday.
  The agency said strong winds gusting up to 90 km/h were expected in the coastal areas Tuesday night. By Wednesday morning, the agency said no alerts were in effect, but the weather will likely remain windy throughout the day.
  Rainfall warning ended for #northvan #westvancouver #pittmeadows #poco. Metro Van currently under a subsident break as seen on radar. Should start up soon as the front
  
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• Vancouver rentals 44th most expensive in world: report

  15-11-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Rents for one-bedroom apartments in the Vancouver area are the priciest in Canada, but they’re not anywhere close to the most expensive in the world.
  An international study of 100 cities by Nestpick, a meta search engine, ranks Vancouver with the 44th highest rents in the world.
  But $914 for a small one bedroom that Nestpick says is typical for a suite between 420 and 485 square feet will likely be hard to find.
  That was at least $100 lower than average rents published by the Canada Mortga
  
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• Opinion: True or False: Canada Falling Behind on Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

  15-11-2017 05:10 via vancouversun.com
  The latest international climate change meeting is underway in Bonn, Germany. There is the usual concern about insufficient progress in tackling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and finger pointing at countries seen as not doing their part. Some of this criticism is warranted. In certain quarters, Canada is once again chastised for being a laggard: not doing enough, fast enough, while the United States, which has withdrawn from the Paris Accord, is taking credit for big reductions in emissions. &n
  
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• Obit: Longtime Province reporter John Colebourn passes away after fight with cancer

  15-11-2017 04:08 via vancouversun.com
  You meet a lot of characters in the newspaper business. But there was never anybody quite like John Colebourn, who died Sunday from esophageal cancer.
  Colebourn, 59, was a legend at The Province, a gifted writer equally adept at hard news and bizarre tabloid stories.
  “It’s almost like the more ridiculous the story, the more he enjoyed it,” said assistant city editor Lora Grindlay.
  “He told some serious stories, and helped a lot of people in difficult situations. But he ha
  
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• Dan Fumano: 'A daily game of Russian Roulette' — lessons from Vancouver's last overdose crisis

  15-11-2017 04:02 via vancouversun.com
  The human toll of the overdose epidemic currently devastating Vancouver and B.C. can get lost in numbers and statistics. But data, along with a bit of history, are crucial if you want at least to try to understand the scope of what’s going on in our city.
  In the 1990s, Vancouver was rocked by twin public-health crises; drug-overdose deaths surged, while simultaneously, HIV/AIDS-related deaths soared along with infection rates among intravenous drug users. Between 1991 and 1993, the combine
  
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• River Rock Casino files court challenge of document release to Postmedia

  15-11-2017 03:21 via vancouversun.com
  The corporation that operates River Rock Casino in Richmond has filed a last-minute court action seeking to block the release to Postmedia News of government documents concerning allegations of money laundering in B.C. casinos.
  The documents were scheduled to be disclosed to Postmedia on Tuesday under B.C.’s freedom of information laws. However, a petition filed by Great Canadian Gaming Corp. on Nov. 9 in B.C. Supreme Court asks a judge to bar any further document disclosures related
  
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• StructureCraft expands B.C.'s base for engineered timber production with new plant

  15-11-2017 03:20 via vancouversun.com
  StructureCraft built its business designing and constructing beautiful timber buildings, but is now taking a bigger leap into manufacturing its own engineered wood material, which it unveiled Tuesday at a major conference on wood design in Vancouver.
  StructureCraft has always made its own custom-designed components, such as the unique wood-wave panels in the Richmond Olympic speedskating oval or the distinctive roof trusses of the Guildford Aquatic Centre in Surrey.
  The idea of manufacturing mor
  
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• Land values and condo prices constrain purpose-built rental units, say developers

  15-11-2017 03:12 via vancouversun.com
  Developers, including some who have been reaping the gains of skyrocketing pre-sale condo prices across Metro Vancouver, say more rental stock needs to be built.
  City planners, the lenders who finance projects and, of course, would-be tenants all agree adding purpose-built, rental units can temper the housing crisis.
  But escalating land values as well as conflicting and competing housing policies are conspiring to make this a challenge, according to a panel moderated by Cynthia Jagger of HQ Comm
  
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• Metro Vancouver moves to new Metrotown offices

  15-11-2017 03:05 via vancouversun.com
  After more than a year of preparation and three busy weekends of moving, the employees of Metro Vancouver are settling into a new head office.
  Until this week, the regional district, which provides services such as drinking water, liquid and solid waste disposal, regional planning, regional parks and affordable housing, was located in adjacent buildings (4330 Kingsway and 5945 Kathleen Ave.) in Burnaby.
  Metro’s new office space is in Metrotower III, about a kilometre away.
  “I think w
  
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• Opinion: Vancouver should abandon costly bike-share program when contract up

  15-11-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  In July 2016, the City of Vancouver launched Mobi, a bike share program designed to increase daily bicycle use and “fill a gap in the transportation system” while moving toward the greater goal of a “green” city, as Mayor Gregor Robertson put it. And, while Mobi may appear to deliver benefits, the mayor’s vision for clean two-wheeled transit may not be all that it seems. It turns out that those benefits come with a high price tag and high risk.
  The City of Vancouver
  
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• Missing Person Found bit.ly/2ms9pVB #NorthVancouver

  15-11-2017 02:37 via twitter.com
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• Controversial Gastown proposal reduced, by three feet

  15-11-2017 02:11 via vancouversun.com
  On the heels of the controversy over 105 Keefer in Vancouver’s Chinatown, the city has another hot potato on its hands in a heritage neighbourhood.
  Last year, a proposal to redevelop the historic Stanley and New Fountain Hotels was rejected by the Gastown community.
  The plan called for the Stanley and New Fountain to be demolished, except for their facades, and three new structures built in their place, with a mixture of social and market rental housing. One of the buildings woul
  
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• Swimmers race to save Vancouver pools

  15-11-2017 01:45 via vancouversun.com
  A proposal to drain and shutter a pair of neighbourhood pools in Vancouver has whipped up a wave of angry opposition ahead of a looming Park Board vote.
  In early December, board commissioners will debate then vote on whether to approve an aquatics strategy that in its latest form calls for the closure of Lord Byng and Templeton Park pools. 
  Park board staff are revising their so-called VanSplash strategy ahead of the vote, but declined an interview on the topic until after the decision
  
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• Ribbon cutting and public grand opening at 10am - Saturday, November 18, for the new Polygon Gallery. Who's going… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 01:45 via twitter.com
  Ribbon cutting and public grand opening at 10am - Saturday, November 18, for the new Polygon Gallery. Who's going… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Protesters ordered off Midsummer Island fish farm

  15-11-2017 01:21 via vancouversun.com
  First Nations protesters have been ordered to vacate their camp on a fish farm near Midsummer Island for 30 days while they prepare for a court date on Marine Harvest’s application for an injunction that would see them permanently removed from the site.
  Protesters from the Musgamagw and Namgis First Nations have been occupying a shelter attached to the fish farm, southeast of Port McNeill, since early September, demanding that Marine Harvest shut down operations in their traditional territ
  
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• This Thursday and Friday, traffic going north on Edgemont to Ridgewood will be detoured along Crescentview and Ayr,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 01:17 via twitter.com
  This Thursday and Friday, traffic going north on Edgemont to Ridgewood will be detoured along Crescentview and Ayr,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Style in the City: Jessica Luxe

  15-11-2017 01:05 via vancouversun.com
  Name: Jessica Luxe
  Occupation: Style blogger and digital entrepreneur 
  Personal style in one word: Edgy
  Get social: @jessicaluxe on Instagram
  Love Jessica’s look? Here are a few pieces to pick up to help you recreate it. The coat
  Jessica’s look is centred around her fabulous wool coat. From the duster length, to the chic waterfall collar, this Mackage Mai Wool Coat (the actual one worn by our blogger above — but in black) ups the style factor of any winter look.
  
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• Tonight's 5pm Council workshop agenda includes proposed artificial turf sports fields for Inter River Park. > Ov… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 00:13 via twitter.com
  Tonight's 5pm Council workshop agenda includes proposed artificial turf sports fields for Inter River Park.> Ov… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Heywood Park needs some TLC before City Park Stewards go into hibernation. Come join Nov 25 | 9AM - Noon at Heywood… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-11-2017 00:01 via twitter.com
  Heywood Park needs some TLC before City Park Stewards go into hibernation. Come join Nov 25 | 9AM - Noon at Heywood… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Be sure to tune into the next Council Meeting Nov 20 | 6PM cnv.org/CouncilMeeting… #NorthVan https://t.co/ZDpCWzsXxx

  15-11-2017 00:01 via twitter.com
  
  Be sure to tune into the next Council Meeting Nov 20 | 6PM cnv.org/CouncilMeeting… #NorthVan https://t.co/ZDpCWzsXxx
  
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