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• Fentanyl detected in most of 1,208 B.C. overdose deaths up to October

  11-12-2017 22:52 via vancouversun.com
  Illicit overdoses have claimed 1,208 lives in British Columbia between January and October this year.
  The B.C. Coroners Service says the latest figure compares with 683 deaths during the same period last year.
  The service says fentanyl was detected in 999 of the confirmed and suspected deaths so far in 2017, an increase of 136 per cent from the same period last year.
  It says the presence of fentanyl, an opioid painkiller, alone or in combination with other drugs, has steadily increased among tho
  
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• Fabian Dawson: A Metrotown solution to our affordable housing crisis

  11-12-2017 22:50 via vancouversun.com
  Normally, when developers want to tear down the low-rises on their property and replace them with high-density towers, chances are placards and protests go up.
  Those being displaced generally add to the growing affordability housing crisis that is plaguing the Lower Mainland.
  But this is not the case at one project in Burnaby’s Metrotown area, often the epicentre of our affordable housing debates.
  Here, a unique solution has taken hold, leaving about 100 long-time residents facing eviction
  
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• Three Red Scorpion associates charged in Kamloops drug bust

  11-12-2017 22:37 via vancouversun.com
  Three Red Scorpion associates have been charged in a Kamloops drug trafficking probe, police announced Monday.
  Charges were laid on Nov. 30, following a months-long targeted investigation that included multiple raids and operations.
  As part of the investigation that began in October 2016 and wrapped in March 2017, police conducted several raids and seizures, including a high-profile search of a Kamloops gym in January 2017. During that search, police found a large amount of cash, drugs and a fir
  
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• Public input alert! Let us know what you think about the #HarryJeromeNeighbourhood Lands Redevelopment. Review opti… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-12-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Public input alert! Let us know what you think about the #HarryJeromeNeighbourhood Lands Redevelopment. Review opti… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Delta company investigating carbon monoxide exposure that affected 43 greenhouse workers

  11-12-2017 21:31 via vancouversun.com
  DELTA — A company says it is investigating to determine if changes are needed in its operations after dozens of workers were exposed to carbon monoxide at one of its farms in Delta on the weekend.
  Windset Farms says workers were using gas-powered pressure washers in a greenhouse on Saturday when an employee reported feeling unwell.
  It says in a statement that 43 workers received medical evaluation and treatment, and everyone was released from hospital by Saturday night.
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• NDP government decides to continue construction on Site C dam

  11-12-2017 21:24 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – B.C.’s New Democrat government will continue building the Site C dam, choosing to finish the contentious project started by the previous Liberal government rather than pull the plug during mid-construction.
  Premier John Horgan made the announcement in the legislature’s library Monday, the same location almost three years earlier that Liberal premier Christy Clark first announced the province would proceed with the $8.9-billion dam.
  At the same time, Horgan revealed t
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support the province's decision to complete Site C?

  11-12-2017 21:22 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Premier John Horgan announced Monday morning that the province would complete the controversial Site C project started by the previous Liberal government.
  Horgan also said the previously $8.9-billion dam would now cost an estimated $10.7-billion due to several contracts being over budget.
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• Blanket of heavy fog lifts across Metro Vancouver Monday

  11-12-2017 20:21 via vancouversun.com
  A blanket of heavy fog across Metro Vancouver finally lifted late Monday morning.
  A fog advisory issued by Environment Canada around 9:30 a.m. said the fog was expected to stick around in the southeast and southwest areas of Metro Vancouver, which extend to Surrey and Langley, and Richmond and Delta.
  “Dense fog persists over the far southern sections of Metro Vancouver,” read the updated advisory. “Web cameras suggest the communities of south Delta, Tsawwassen, south Surrey and
  
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• Barred owl now recovering after being rescued in downtown Vancouver

  11-12-2017 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  A barred owl suffering from injuries was rescued in downtown Vancouver on Monday morning.
  The owl was found with injuries to its left side including a swollen left eye, damaged feathers on its left wing and blood pooling in its mouth.
  “Due to the nature of the injuries it appears the owl was hit by a car,” said Wildlife Rescue spokesman Sam Smith.
  The owl has since been moved into the care of the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta to continue its recovery.
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• Look out for your 2018 City Collection Guide being delivered soon. It's packed w/ helpful info. Also online:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-12-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Look out for your 2018 City Collection Guide being delivered soon. It's packed w/ helpful info. Also online:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Charges laid against former owner of dog who nearly died due to fleas

  11-12-2017 19:18 via vancouversun.com
  Charges have been laid against the former owner of a dog who nearly died due to a horrific flea infestation.
  Gary Kenneth Bob, a Lantzville, Vancouver Island resident, has been charged with one count of animal cruelty under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act after his dog, a senior terrier named Rascal, was found to have lost about 85 per cent of its blood and was close to death.
  After the terrier was seized, it was rushed to a veterinarian where it received emergency blood transfusions. R
  
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• Wayward summer tanager makes first appearance on record in Vancouver

  11-12-2017 19:08 via vancouversun.com
  A wayward summer tanager is being observed for the first time in Metro Vancouver — and is attracting a throng of birders from around the region.
  This particular summer tanager is an immature male and should be wintering in much warmer climes to the south, but it showed up Saturday morning in Wendy Kahle’s backyard is southwest Vancouver.
  The colourful bird has only been recorded six times in B.C. and never before in Metro Vancouver, according to the B.C. Rare Bird Alert website.
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• REAL SCOOP: Murder victim charged in Vancouver last summer

  11-12-2017 19:07 via vancouversun.com
  A young man shot to death in Langley last week was before the courts in  Vancouver at the time he was shot.
  Details of the charges laid in August against Dai Duong Duong, 21, were under a publication ban. But it was supposed to be back in court in January. 
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  Duong, an Abbotsford resident, was shot to death on Dec. 7  just after 10:30 p.m. in a townhouse complex in the 8100-block of 204 Street.   
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said officers resp
  
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• Attn Contractors & Designers! Get info on the new BC Energy Step Code and changes coming to how residential homes a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-12-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
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• Vancouver Christmas Market offers family fun, food and gift ideas

  11-12-2017 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for a different or unusual gift for someone special this holiday season? The eighth annual Vancouver Christmas Market, located around the Olympic Cauldron at Jack Poole Plaza, is in full swing and drawing visitors and participants from all over the world.This year’s market offers a wide selection of entertainment,food, fun and gift ideas for the entire family. Vancouver Christmas Market President Malte Kluetz is excited about this year’s collection of 75 vendors who have come
  
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• Stephen Quinn to replace Rick Cluff as CBC radio host

  11-12-2017 17:24 via vancouversun.com
  Stephen Quinn will be taking over The Early Edition, CBC radio One’s flagship morning show starting on January 2, 2018. He replaces longtime host Rick Cluff who announced his retirement last week after 21 years on the morning mic. 
  Quinn, 54, said he is much more comfortable behind the mic than being interviewed, but he couldn’t hide his excitement about being named the new morning show host. This is his dream job. “It starts the conversation, sets the agenda and fuels the
  
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• Stephen Quinn to replace Rick Cluff on The Early Edition at CBC

  11-12-2017 17:20 via vancouversun.com
  Stephen Quinn will be taking over The Early Edition, CBC radio One’s flagship morning show starting on Jan. 2, 2018.
  He replaces longtime host Rick Cluff, who announced his retirement last week after 21 years on the morning mic. 
  Quinn said this is his dream job.
  “It starts the conversation, sets the agenda and fuels the debate throughout the day.”
  He’s also a little nervous despite his 24 years in broadcast journalism, including nine years at the helm of the top-rat
  
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• Music reviews: Dec. 11, 2017 — Kevin Breit, Diablo Swing Orchestra, and Redi Hasa and Maria Mazzotta

  11-12-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
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  Acclaimed guitarist Kevin Breit digs deep into his vault of country, blues and even ’60s soundtrack styles for this 11-track gem of an instrumental album. Well-known for his work with such singers as Norah Jones and k.d. lang, or for assorted with more avant-garde projects, this is a side of the guitarist not as often heard. The artist that many might immediately think of hearing a song such as C’mon, Let Go, with it
  
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• Average Canadian to spend $723 on gifts this holiday season: survey

  11-12-2017 16:55 via vancouversun.com
  Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-ka-ching! The average Canadian will spend about $723 on gifts this holiday season, according to a new national survey.
  While that figure may seem high to some, it’s still 18 per cent less than last year’s figure which saw the average Canadian shopper spending $884 on gifts during the same season, notes the survey results released Monday by the Chartered Professional Accounts of Canada.
  The number of people who open up their wallets more frequently has also gone
  
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• Heavy fog blankets Metro Vancouver Monday morning

  11-12-2017 16:08 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has issued a heavy fog advisory for the Metro Vancouver area on Monday morning.
  The fog is expected to lift later in the morning.
  “Near zero visibility in fog is expected or occurring,” read the advisory issued Monday around 5 a.m. “Dense fog persists over much of Metro Vancouver.
  “Travel is expected to be hazardous due to reduced visibility in some locations.”
  More to come.
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• Daily Poll: Have you ever had a package stolen from your front door?

  11-12-2017 15:48 via vancouversun.com
  As more people shop online for Christmas gifts, police are also warning residents to be on the lookout for parcel delivery theft.
  Reporter Randy Shore spoke to a resident this week who was targeted by a thief trailing a courier truck.
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  Christmas parcel predators tail couriers, spot, steal packages on your doorstepThe alleged thief slowly followed the courier to check if a package had been deposited at resident Greg Parslow’s doorstep before parking the car, slipping out to retrieve
  
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• B.C. wilderness tourism operators vow to risk arrest to defend their investments

  11-12-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  CHILKO LAKE — Wilderness tourism operators in the Chilcotin say they are disgusted with the failure of senior governments to defend their financial investments, and vow to risk arrest rather than allow a First Nation to put them out of business.
  “All of the lodge operators will be operating in 2018, with or without permits,” Brian McCutcheon of ROAM Adventures and Bear Camp on Chilko Lake stated in a letter to federal and provincial ministers.
  “We will challenge to have o
  
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• Better stay healthy because doctor supply is about to get worse

  11-12-2017 06:59 via vancouversun.com
  Patients having trouble finding doctors — or waiting too long to see specialists and get treatment — haven’t seen anything yet, suggests a study by B.C. researchers that was published Monday.
  That’s because about 40 per cent of B.C. doctors are at — or near — the average age that doctors retire, 65.1. And to exacerbate things, the study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows that 40 per cent of doctors reduce their workload at least 10 per cent
  
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• Site C decision to come down Monday morning

  11-12-2017 06:24 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The NDP government’s long-awaited decision on the fate of the Site C dam will come down Monday.
  Premier John Horgan will make the announcement at 11:30 a.m. in the library rotunda at the B.C. legislature, the same location where former Premier Christy Clark announced Site C’s approval in December 2014.
  Horgan’s announcement will be preceded by an hour-long “lock-up” style technical briefing for media with government staff, the premier’s office
  
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• Candidates campaign down to the wire in Monday's South Surrey-White Rock byelection

  11-12-2017 04:40 via vancouversun.com
  On the eve of Monday’s federal byelection in the riding of South Surrey-White Rock, the two front-runners in what is expected to be a tight race made their last-minute pitches to voters. 
  Both the Liberals’ Gordon Hogg and the Conservatives’ Kerry-Lynne Findlay campaigned down to the wire ahead of the byelection — one of four across Canada that could indicate which way federal political winds are blowing.
  “We are going to work very hard to deliver every vote,&r
  
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• Opinion: The negative impacts of forced gender identification

  11-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Discriminating on the basis of gender has been against the law in Canada since 1977. Yet our governments still mandate the collection and public display of gender information on virtually all forms of personal identification.
  Why? That’s a key question to ask in light of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s apology last week for decades of discrimination against Canadians who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or queer. Long-standing laws prohibiting sex discrimination aside, allow
  
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• Opinion: Canada must change course on nuclear disarmament

  11-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Sunday, Japanese-Canadian Setsuko Thurlow was recognized at the award ceremony for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. But rather than celebrating this momentous occasion, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has dismissed the effort for which the prize is being awarded: the creation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, also known as the Ban Treaty. The treaty bans the development, production, possession, use, and threat of use of nuclear weapons and was adopted by 122 countries at
  
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• Voting rights pioneer Tomey Homma honoured in Burnaby

  11-12-2017 02:57 via vancouversun.com
  Tomey Homma’s impact on the voting rights of modern Canadians was substantial — and his granddaughter figures he would be embarrassed to get any credit for it.
  On Sunday, a Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque was unveiled in Homma’s honour in Burnaby, recognizing his fight for the rights of Indigenous and Asian Canadians to vote in the first half of the last century.
  Homma’s granddaughter Tenney Homma said her grandfather would probably have been emba
  
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• It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. City Hall has been decorated inside and out for the holiday season.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-12-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. City Hall has been decorated inside and out for the holiday season.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• More delays, cost overruns hit Vancouver electronic health project

  11-12-2017 01:51 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The largest information technology project in B.C. government history, intended to handle the records of more than one million Vancouver-area medical patients, is again beset by delays, has ballooned massively over-budget, and is now eating up money that should be used for front-line health care services.
  Health Minister Adrian Dix said he’s so worried about the problems with the Clinical Systems Transformation Project that he’s called in the former London Drugs
  
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• Vancouver taxi companies gear up for seasonal rush

  11-12-2017 00:53 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver taxi companies have added nearly 100 vehicles to their weekday service under temporary permits to cope with the December rush.
  “That’s in addition to the 175 new licences the government granted last spring, so we have about 860 cars on the road,” said Carolyn Bauer, spokeswoman for the Vancouver Taxi Association. “Last year, at this time, we were operating about 700 taxis.”
  There are 99 extra cars on the road that normally operate on Friday and Saturday ni
  
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• Christmas parcel predators tail couriers, spot, steal packages on your doorstep

  11-12-2017 00:34 via vancouversun.com
  If you shop online for gifts this month, you may be a target for thieves who tail couriers as they deliver packages to your doorstep.
  Greg Parslow’s hidden camera caught video of a man as he made off with a package ordered by his daughter and delivered by FedEx to his Langley home.
  “They came in behind the courier’s van and drove very slowly to see if there was a package at the door,” he said. “It’s pretty clear they were following FedEx looking for something
  
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• Teachers wanted: B.C. at ’crisis’ point in effort to fill jobs

  11-12-2017 00:30 via vancouversun.com
  Teachers have their pick of jobs in British Columbia, but the head of their union warns that some students are going without their specially trained educators who are covering substitute positions that districts haven’t been able to fill.
  B.C. Teachers Federation president Glen Hansman said students requiring one-on-one attention or support in small groups from special education teachers are shouldering the burden of staffing issues.
  “The bulk of the time, it’s the child who&rs
  
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• This year be a #GreenAngel. Give shared experiences & gifts made to last. Here's some ideas:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-12-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  This year be a #GreenAngel. Give shared experiences & gifts made to last. Here's some ideas:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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