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• Vaughn Palmer: Mighty Hughes was a watchdog with integrity, noted bite

  17-11-2017 23:56 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — During a break in the partisan follies at the legislature recently, MLAs, officials and staffers gathered in the foyer of the library to honour a great watchdog — Ted Hughes.
  B.C.’s first conflict commissioner. Inquiry commissioner. High court judge in Saskatchewan. Advocate for First Nations here and elsewhere. Six decades of public service in all.
  The occasion was the publication of a book about Hughes, written by my friend Craig McInnes, former Victoria burea
  
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• Great news, #MountFromme trail users... Construction on the bridge over Mission Creek has been completed two weeks… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-11-2017 23:24 via twitter.com
  Great news, #MountFromme trail users... Construction on the bridge over Mission Creek has been completed two weeks… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• ART SEEN: Gesture leaks out in works by Jeremy Hof at Monte Clark Gallery

  17-11-2017 23:12 via vancouversun.com
  They look like coloured blocks of concrete left over from a construction site or maybe rocks used in some industrial process. In fact, they’re leftovers from making traditional sculptures out of materials such as soapstone. They’re distinctive because of their unusual combination of rough and smooth surfaces.
  What’s particularly striking are the colours: they’re in several pastel shades that include yellow, mauve, and olive.
  They started out as found objects but they&rsqu
  
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• Fernie rink still closed as RCMP investigation continues into deaths of three men

  17-11-2017 22:55 via vancouversun.com
  FERNIE — There’s no word on when residents of the southeastern B.C., community of Fernie will have access to the rink where three men died of an ammonia leak a month ago.
  Police have been investigating at the Fernie Memorial Arena, and a post on the City of Fernie’s website says members of the Elk Valley detachment are now at the site before WorkSafeBC will begin its investigation there.
  The city says in the statement that it and other agencies won’t have access to the ar
  
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• This week, crews finished another critical piece of flood risk reduction infrastructure: a debris basin at Thames C… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-11-2017 22:49 via twitter.com
  This week, crews finished another critical piece of flood risk reduction infrastructure: a debris basin at Thames C… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Greens' Weaver convinced NDP will support Site C, as dam decision looms

  17-11-2017 22:36 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The future of the Site C hydroelectric dam is the subject of pointed questions from labour unions, environmental groups, Indigenous Peoples and high-ranking civil servants with the B.C. government who want answers about the projected costs of scrapping the $8.3-billion project.
  The New Democrat government says it will decide by the end of the year whether to cancel the megaproject or continue construction, but one opponent already senses the government will complete Site C.
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• Death of man who fell out of ambulance an accident, coroner's jury finds

  17-11-2017 22:33 via vancouversun.com
  PRINCE GEORGE — A coroner’s jury has deemed an accident the death of a Quesnel man who fell out of the back of an ambulance and has issued recommendations to prevent a similar event from happening in the future.
  Ebony Aaron Wood, 36, died on Nov. 7, 2016, two days after the incident.
  He had been involved in a motor vehicle incident and reportedly walked a short distance from the scene to ask someone to call 911.
  RCMP attended the scene and Wood was subsequently placed in the back of
  
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• Family of six escapes house fire in Surrey

  17-11-2017 22:25 via vancouversun.com
  A family of six in Surrey escaped a raging house fire unharmed early Friday.
  Surrey Fire battalion chief  Reo Jerome says four adults and two kids were woken up in the middle of the night by a huge bang, and then fire spreading rapidly through the house.
  The two-storey house, in southeast Newton at 14120 Sunridge Place, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived sometime after midnight.
  All members of the family made it out safely, and no one was treated for injuries.
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• Federal documents reveal repeated cases of pigs dying en route to Langley slaughterhouse

  17-11-2017 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  Federal access-to-information documents reveal that 46 pigs died — some displaying necrotic hues of green and purple — in seven separate incidents last year involving transport to a Langley slaughterhouse.
  One case detailed in Canadian Food Inspection Agency documents obtained by Postmedia shows that a trailer with 275 market pigs was loaded on the morning of April 20, 2016, in Alberta and unloaded late the same day at Donald’s Fine Foods (Britco Pork) on Fraser Highw
  
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• Vernon flagger seriously injured, hospitalized after being hit by vehicle

  17-11-2017 22:09 via vancouversun.com
  VERNON — A road flagger has been hit by a vehicle and seriously injured near this north Okanagan city.
  First responders say the woman was working at a site just east of the city when she was struck.
  Lavington Fire Chief Marty Wright says the flagger was airlifted to hospital with undetermined injuries.
  He says the driver of the car remained at the scene.
  An RCMP investigation is underway.
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• We're preparing a new Child Care Strategy, and we'd like to hear from parents in our community. Survey closes Nov 2… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-11-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  We're preparing a new Child Care Strategy, and we'd like to hear from parents in our community. Survey closes Nov 2… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Douglas Todd: Who decides the land is 'sacred'?

  17-11-2017 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  Ktunaxa elder Chris Luke Sr. lives in B.C.’s Purcell Mountains, about 1,000 kilometres east of Vancouver. He doesn’t speak English and he knows how to keep his silence.
  Still, Luke is a powerful man.
  For eight years, the elder’s religious vision has seized the attention of Canada’s top courts, demanding the focus of hundreds of lawyers, judges, civil servants and politicians.
  Their work became necessary because Luke said he had an epiphany in 2004 — which he did not
  
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• It's the icing on the cake... Today, crews working on the new artificial turf field in #KirkstonePark are hot gluin… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-11-2017 21:14 via twitter.com
  It's the icing on the cake... Today, crews working on the new artificial turf field in #KirkstonePark are hot gluin… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Point of Sale (POS) Terminal Fraud on the Increase! bit.ly/2zcDaQ4 #NorthVancouver

  17-11-2017 21:12 via twitter.com
  Point of Sale (POS) Terminal Fraud on the Increase!bit.ly/2zcDaQ4#NorthVancouver
  
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• B.C. government announces new mental health and addiction centre at Riverview lands

  17-11-2017 20:56 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government will reopen the Riverview psychiatric hospital in Coquitlam as a 105-bed mental health and addiction wellness centre. 
  Premier John Horgan says the $101 million centre will create “a new beginning” for wellness and healing at the Riverview lands.  
  Horgan was joined Friday morning by Mental Health and Addictions Minister Judy Darcy, and Housing Minister Selina Robinson, as well as First Nations members, at the site of the now closed Riverview Hospital in
  
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• Adopt-A-School: Vancouver Sun Children's fund distributed $604,000 in emergency funds last year

  17-11-2017 20:46 via vancouversun.com
  Today marks the start of the seventh annual Adopt-A-School campaign during which we are again appealing to readers to consider the plight of children coming to school unfed, improperly dressed and suffering the psychological effects of living in poverty.
  We are not talking about a few children. We are talking about thousands. And they are found in every school district in this province, no exceptions.
  Last year The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund which administers AAS distributed $604,000 in
  
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• Lost and The 100 actor Henry Ian Cusick turns his hand to online storytelling

  17-11-2017 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  When the TV sensation Lost blew up over a decade ago, one of its stars kind of missed the whole must-see TV hullabaloo that surrounded the one-hour drama.
  “Because I lived in Hawaii we were sort of cut off from the rest of the world,” said Henry Ian Cusick, who played Desmond Hume on Lost and is in Vancouver shooting the CW sci-fi drama series The 100.
  “It was my first show in the States, so I just assumed that this is how it was for all of the shows. I didn’t really know
  
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• Brian Minter: Container ideas to brighten your winter

  17-11-2017 20:15 via vancouversun.com
  Our brief introduction to winter in early November certainly ended our outdoor container displays of annuals.  Instead of looking at tired, empty pots, why not create something exciting to enjoy during the winter months ahead?
  By making the right choices for colour and hardiness, you’ll be surprised how great winter planters can look, adding life and vibrancy to any patio and balcony.
  The usual considerations go out the window at this time of year. With the short days of winter and th
  
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• Fab 5: Boot up

  17-11-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ankle boots are no longer just reserved for the cooler months, and if there’s anything the recent SS18 fashion weeks demonstrated, it’s that they’re not going anywhere. A true wardrobe essential, it can be hard to determine exactly what kind of ankle boots you need: a more fashion-forward pair, or something more day-to-day? From glittery or velvet styles to your new 24/7 staple, Rebecca Tay shows you five pairs that will step up your look:
  GIDDY UP
  Looking for the ideal partner
  
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• Attn Supergirl fans! Need another reason to attend Kids in the Hall? Kids (yes kids only) can enter to win an autog… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-11-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Attn Supergirl fans! Need another reason to attend Kids in the Hall? Kids (yes kids only) can enter to win an autog… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Time to start planning your holiday host gifts

  17-11-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Stress is big part of the holidays for many, so this week we want to help lower your stress levels with some simple planning.Many of you will attend at least one, if not several holiday parties over the next few weeks so why not prepare now while you have the time? Today we talk about the mysterious host gift.
  A host gift is hardly obligatory, but during the holidays there is something to be said for not showing up empty-handed. That’s where wrapping up a wine or a wine book, or even a win
  
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• Movie minute: Wonder

  17-11-2017 19:46 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia movie critic Dana Gee and Arts and Life editor Aleesha Harris talk about the new Julia Roberts and Jacob Tremblay film Wonder.
  
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• This Week in History: 1909 The Red Widow is acquitted of murder in Paris

  17-11-2017 19:43 via vancouversun.com
  Marguerite Steinheil was one of the most famous women in France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Much to her chagrin.
  Steinheil was implicated in two great scandals, the death of French president Felix Faure in 1899 and the murder of her husband and mother in 1908. The press gave her a nickname, the Red Widow.
  Steinheil was supposedly having sex with Fauve when he had a cerebral hemorrhage and died on Feb. 16, 1899. But any connection between the two was kept out of the press until her
  
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• Traffic gridlock top topic at business breakfast with North Vancouver MLAs - North Shore News

  17-11-2017 19:14 via nsnews.com
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  Traffic gridlock top topic at business breakfast with North Vancouver MLAs
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  North Shore MLAs Ralph Sultan, Bowinn Ma and Jane Thornthwaite discuss issues at a North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting moderated by Capilano University president Paul Dangerfield. photo Jane Seyd. Traffic gridlock was the ...
  
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• Hundreds of millions of penalties issued by B.C. Securities Commission going unpaid

  17-11-2017 18:02 via vancouversun.com
  In March 2015, the B.C. Securities Commission handed out one of its biggest penalties ever.
  Michael Lathigee and Earle Pasquill were each slapped with a $15-million fine and ordered to pay back $21.7 million raised fraudulently in 2008 from nearly 700 investors.
  They were also banned from B.C.’s investment markets.
  A judicial panel of the commission — which holds hearings and makes rulings on violations of B.C.’s Securities Act — found the pair had raised millions without
  
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• You know recycling your food scraps is the right thing to do. Get #GreenBin tips for apartments & condos:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-11-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  You know recycling your food scraps is the right thing to do. Get #GreenBin tips for apartments & condos:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Roadwork in #Edgemont Village continues today until 8pm. Cars traveling northbound on Edgemont Blvd to Ridgewood Dr… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-11-2017 17:36 via twitter.com
  Roadwork in #Edgemont Village continues today until 8pm. Cars traveling northbound on Edgemont Blvd to Ridgewood Dr… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Conservation service to free B.C. deer with purple hammock twined in its antlers

  17-11-2017 17:35 via vancouversun.com
  PRINCE RUPERT — Help is on the way for Hammy, the northwestern British Columbia buck whose unusual antler adornment has endeared him to area residents and turned him into an internet sensation.
  The Conservation Officer Service says part of a purple hammock entangled in the deer’s antlers could endanger him, or another deer, as mating season gets underway and male deer butt heads to establish mating rights.
  Conservation officers did not originally plan to intervene, saying the problem
  
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• Family of six escape massive house fire in Surrey

  17-11-2017 17:22 via vancouversun.com
  A family of six in Surrey escaped a major house fire unharmed early Friday.
  Surrey Fire battalion chief  Reo Jerome says four adults and two kids were woken up in the middle of the night by a huge bang, and then fire spreading rapidly through the whole house.
  The two-storey house, located in southeast Newton at 14120 Sunridge Place, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived sometime after midnight.
  All members of the family made it out safely, and no one was treated for injuries
  
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• Daily Poll: Are double-decker buses a good idea for Metro Vancouver?

  17-11-2017 16:37 via vancouversun.com
  Beginning next week, TransLink is testing out two double-decker buses on three highway routes. So we’re asking do you think these buses, popular in Britain, are a good idea for Metro Vancouver?Take Our Poll 
   
  
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• Pedestrian struck by SUV in North Vancouver - Globalnews.ca

  17-11-2017 16:36 via globalnews.ca
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  Pedestrian struck by SUV in North Vancouver
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  A 68-year-old man is recovering in hospital after being struck in a crosswalk at Delbrook Avenue and Evergreen Place just after 5 p.m. Thursday in North Vancouver. Mounties say he was struck by a Mercedes SUV and ended up with bone fractures and other ...
  
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• Pedestrian struck by SUV in North Vancouver

  17-11-2017 16:29 via globalnews.ca
  Officials say the pedestrian suffered serious injuries, including several bone fractures.
  
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• Calgary judge dismisses charges against Vancouver pot activist Dana Larsen

  17-11-2017 16:26 via vancouversun.com
  CALGARY — A Calgary judge has dismissed all charges against a well-known Vancouver marijuana activist who had been accused of trafficking and drug possession.
  Dana Larsen was arrested following a public appearance in Calgary in April 2016.
  He was charged after he handed out marijuana seeds to the audience as part of his Overgrow Canada tour.
  The tour was aimed at distributing one million pot seeds to be planted in public places.
  Police also seized marijuana, cannabis oil and resin from his
  
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• Five Things to Know: Double-decker buses, Proud Boy punched, really big fish

  17-11-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Double-decker buses are coming, a member of the Proud Boys was assaulted at a Vancouver bar, and you have to see this giant salmon. Here are five things you need to know.
  Soon you’ll be able to go upstairs on Vancouver buses
  Are you ready for the double-decker bus era in Metro Vancouver? Because it has arrived. Two double-decker buses will make their debut next week as part of a three-month pilot project. Soon, you’ll be able to live your dream of going upstairs on a Vancou
  
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• Pedestrian in Serious Condition After Being Struck by SUV bit.ly/2mAWVLq #NorthVancouver

  17-11-2017 13:52 via twitter.com
  Pedestrian in Serious Condition After Being Struck by SUVbit.ly/2mAWVLq#NorthVancouver
  
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• Staff threatened after member of controversial Proud Boys club assaulted inside Vancouver bar

  17-11-2017 06:13 via vancouversun.com
  A member of a controversial right-wing men’s group, the Proud Boys, was hospitalized last weekend after an assault inside a bathroom at a Vancouver bar.
  Josh, a 27-year-old from Langley, said he and two other members of the Vancouver chapter of the B.C. Proud Boys were having pints at the Astoria on Hastings Street on Saturday night — their third visit to the pub since the spring — when he was attacked by up to four people.
  Josh asked that he only be identified by his first nam
  
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• Vancouver Island University accused of failing to deal with fetishist student's infantilism

  17-11-2017 05:49 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Island University has found itself embroiled in a human rights complaint over an adult male student who favoured diapers, the writings of Beatrix Potter and baby talk. 
  The human rights complaint was filed by Katrin Roth, VIU’s former director of human rights and workplace safety.
  In it, she alleges the Nanaimo university failed to adequately support and protect professors, staff and students who were threatened by the middle-age man’s infantilist sexual fetishes.
  One
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Witness claims Vallee confessed to murder

  17-11-2017 05:11 via vancouversun.com
  The slow and sometimes painful direct examination of Witness A continued Thursday. As has been his pattern over the last several days, many of his answers to prosecutor Elizabeth Rennie were “I don’t know,” “I don’t remember” and “I’m not sure.”
  But he did provide some evidence against accused UN gang hitman Cory Vallee, saying Vallee was involved in both the conspiracy to kill the Bacons and admitted a role in the murder of Kevin LeClair.
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• Orpheum marks 90th birthday with return performance by 1940s organist

  17-11-2017 03:14 via vancouversun.com
  Next Friday, a 96-year-old musician is performing at the 90th birthday celebration of the Orpheum Theatre.
  Yes, the musician is older than the theatre.
  The musician is Betty Haswell. She used to play the Mighty Wurtlizer organ in the theatre when she made a living as a performer with her husband Terry Forbes in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
  Haswell played the organ for many years at weekly variety shows hosted by Ivan Ackery, the Orpheum manager from the 1930s to the 1960s.
  Back then, playing
  
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• Tourism Chilliwack removes billboard showing improper handling of threatened sturgeon

  17-11-2017 03:12 via vancouversun.com
  A Tourism Chilliwack billboard depicting fun-loving sports fishermen holding a huge threatened white sturgeon out of the water — in violation of official guidelines — was removed Wednesday near Cultus Lake.
  “We didn’t want to create any issues in the community with regards to what we are advocating — and that’s best fishing practices,” Allison Colthorp, the tourism organization’s executive director, said in an interview. “It’s so import
  
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• Opinion: Science is alive and thriving at Simon Fraser University

  17-11-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  I was recently talking with someone who should have known better, and was taken aback when they said to me, “There’s science at SFU?”
  Stifling the urge to say something snide like, “You’re kidding, right?,” I took a deep breath and replied that, yes, there is indeed science at Simon Fraser University.
  Of the eight faculties at SFU, four have the word “science” in their name: Arts and Social Science, Applied Science, Health Sciences and (drum roll,
  
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• TransLink's double-decker test buses hit the streets next week

  17-11-2017 02:06 via vancouversun.com
  Two double-decker buses will make their debut on Metro Vancouver streets next week as part of a three-month pilot project.
  “These buses are wrapped and ready to go,” TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond said at a launch event Thursday.
  Press conference about to start for the @TransLink double decker bus pilot project. The star of the show has arrived. #transit pic.twitter.com/8TSjPlptTi
  — Jennifer Saltman (@jensaltman) November 16, 2017TransLink has received two buses, supplied free of
  
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