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• Adopt-A-School: Pre-kindergarten helps children get school-ready

  12-12-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  When Henry Peters arrived this year as principal of South Vancouver’s John Henderson Elementary, one thing he noticed was that some children entering kindergarten weren’t as prepared for school life as they should have been.
  “I see the kindergarteners every week and I could just tell at the beginning of the year that there was something missing in the basics — recognizing letters, sounds, colours, numbers — some of the things we take for granted in childre
  
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• Strong economy behind high demand for housing sales in B.C., report says

  12-12-2017 22:40 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Real Estate Association says a strong economy has pushed up demand and prices for housing in the province compared with last year.
  The association’s latest report says 7,731 sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service in November, a 20.4 per cent increase from November 2016.
  The average price was $723,112, up 15.5 per cent from the same period last year.
  The association’s chief economist, Cameron Muir, says demand for houses is being supported by a large number of mi
  
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• Two charged following probe sparked by five OD deaths in one day

  12-12-2017 22:33 via vancouversun.com
  Abbotsford police have seized a massive quantity of drugs and cash in an investigation that was launched this October following the suspected overdose deaths of five individuals within 10 hours.
  On Oct. 27, five people, all between the ages of 40 to 67, were found dead inside their Abbotsford homes as a result of suspected drug overdoses. Police then launched a probe into high-level traffickers in the area who provide fentanyl and other drugs to local dealers.
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• Commercial Real Estate — NAFTA likely here to stay: David Frum

  12-12-2017 22:20 via vancouversun.com
  Commercial real estate stakeholders and observers heard recently in a packed Vancouver ballroom what most of them would probably consider some good news. And they also heard some bad news.
  They were gathered for an address by David Frum, the former George W. Bush speechwriter and now senior editor of The Atlantic. He was in town last month to deliver his insights on the U.S. political climate and its effects at the opening of the Vancouver Real Estate Strategy and Leasing Conference at the Vanco
  
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• North Vancouver police seeking masked break-and-enter suspect

  12-12-2017 22:19 via vancouversun.com
  Police are seeking a burglar who broke into a North Vancouver apartment complex and fled after a resident unmasked him.
  Around 6 p.m. on Monday, North Vancouver RCMP were called to an apartment complex near East 13th Street and St. Andrews Avenue for a break and enter.
  A masked man had entered a ground floor apartment through an unlocked patio door and was found inside by a woman. The female resident screamed for help before snatching the mask from the man’s face when he tried to conf
  
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• Man charged in Surrey/Delta border shooting that injured one

  12-12-2017 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  A man has been charged after a shooting last month that resulted in injuries to one man and a lockdown at a local school.
  The shooting occurred around 8:40 a.m. Nov. 23  near 96th Avenue and 116th Street near the Surrey-Delta border.
  Police who responded that day found a 33-year-old Surrey man suffering from a gunshot wound and, as a precaution, ordered Royal Heights Elementary to be put on lockdown.
  The attacker fled before police arrived but was quickly identified.
  Trevor Robert McKay, 27
  
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• Bev Ellis was at the City Atrium Gallery last week installing the latest exhibit, Together: Broken. #NorthVan. More… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-12-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  Bev Ellis was at the City Atrium Gallery last week installing the latest exhibit, Together: Broken. #NorthVan. More… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• North Vancouver police seeking masked burglar - Vancouver Sun

  12-12-2017 21:07 via vancouversun.com
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  North Vancouver police seeking masked burglar
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  The masked man entered a ground-floor apartment through an unlocked patio door but was chased away by the resident he encountered inside. PNG files. Share Adjust Comment Print. Police are seeking a burglar who broke into a North Vancouver apartment ...and more »
  
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• North Vancouver police release sketch of masked burglar in breakin - Vancouver Sun

  12-12-2017 21:07 via vancouversun.com
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  North Vancouver police release sketch of masked burglar in breakin
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  The masked man entered a ground-floor apartment through an unlocked patio door but was chased away by the resident he encountered inside. PNG files. Share Adjust Comment Print. Police are seeking a burglar who broke into a North Vancouver apartment ...and more »
  
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• Blackmore wants guilty verdict in polygamy trial stayed, B.C. court hears

  12-12-2017 20:47 via vancouversun.com
  CRANBROOK — Winston Blackmore wants the guilty verdict in his polygamy trial stayed, claiming that he was unfairly prosecuted, his marriages to multiple women were “induced” by the B.C. attorney general’s failure to prosecute and that his conduct “does not merit punishment” because his multiple marriages were done out of religious belief and not criminal intent.
  The former bishop of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was found guilt
  
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• Police Seek Break & Enter Suspect bit.ly/2jCbZaP #NorthVancouver https://t.co/E9jwYB7RXK

  12-12-2017 20:29 via twitter.com
  
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• Style Q&A: Woods launches street-style approved line

  12-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Woods is one of those quiet Canadian brands that boasts a long, rich history. It just doesn’t do a whole lot of shouting about it. 
  Over a 130-year span, the company’s outdoor products have been used on virtually every type of adventure, from professional expeditions to weekend camping trips. Among Woods’ most recognizable products are its outwear items including parkas, sweaters, vests and more for men and women.
  And the company recently announced the launch of an exclusi
  
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• Song, storytelling, and even some poetry come together for Christmas Presence

  12-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Christmas Presence
  Dec. 19-23 | Pacific Theatre, 1440 West 12th Ave., Vancouver (also Dec. 17 at the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium in Abbotsford)
  Tickets and info: $20-$36.50 at 604.731.5518 or pacifictheatre.org
  Pacific Theatre’s Christmas Presence has become an annual tradition. But the celebration has its origins in a time when there almost was no Pacific Theatre.
  “We cancelled our season and we were without programming,” Pacific Theatre artistic director Ron Reed said recen
  
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• Reminder: Dog licence renewal deadline is coming. Tags expire Dec 31. Renew in person or online.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-12-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Reminder: Dog licence renewal deadline is coming. Tags expire Dec 31. Renew in person or online.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man who promised millions to B.C. junior hockey team charged with fraud, forgery

  12-12-2017 19:40 via vancouversun.com
  A Calgary man whose highly publicized promise to donate millions of dollars to a B.C. junior hockey team has so far gone unfulfilled has been charged with fraud and forgery stemming from a celebratory banquet he held at a restaurant.
  In mid-October, Mike Gould, 38, announced at a pre-game ceremony his intention of donating $7.5 million to the Dynamiters hockey team in his hometown of Kimberley.
  The following night, he threw a banquet for the team at the Northwest Grill in nearby Cranbrook,
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Crown appeals Bacon ruling on murder charges

  12-12-2017 19:33 via vancouversun.com
  After a devastating week imagining that Jamie Bacon might soon be free, Eileen Mohan received some good news Monday – the Crown has filed an appeal of the decision to stay murder charges against the Red Scorpion gangster.
  Meanwhile, my colleague covered charges laid in Kamloops against Red Scorpion associates.
  Here’s my story:
  Jamie Bacon in 2010
  Crown files appeal of Jamie Bacon’s stay of proceedings The B.C. attorney-general will appeal a controversial court ruling earli
  
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• Kate Winslet back for a snack at Honey's Doughnuts in North Vancouver - CTV News

  12-12-2017 19:33 via bc.ctvnews.ca
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  Kate Winslet back for a snack at Honey's Doughnuts in North Vancouver
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  Three months after the Hollywood A-lister raved on the red carpet about her love of a local eatery, Kate Winslet was back in North Vancouver stocking up on some of her favourite baked goods. The owner of Honey's Doughnuts in Deep Cove posted a photo of ...
  
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• Surrey police seek suspect from alleged convenience store robbery

  12-12-2017 19:22 via vancouversun.com
  Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect who allegedly pulled out a knife and robbed a convenience store in Surrey’s Cloverdale neighbourhood last month.
  Around 3:10 a.m. on Nov. 12, a man entered a convenience store int he 17600-block 60th Avenue and brandished a knife. He allegedly threatened the store’s staff. Police have not said what was taken from the shop.
  No one was injured during the incident.
  Police have now released surveillance footage showing t
  
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• When you're shopping for Christmas gifts, remember shopping at a local business means almost 1/2 your $ is recircul… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-12-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  When you're shopping for Christmas gifts, remember shopping at a local business means almost 1/2 your $ is recircul… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Beluga whale genome sequenced for the first time in Vancouver

  12-12-2017 17:20 via vancouversun.com
  The legacy of Qila and Aurora lives on.
  After the mother and daughter beluga whales died at the Vancouver Aquarium late last year, researchers were able to sequence the beluga whale genome for the first time ever.
  It’s believed to be “one of the most complete mammalian genomes in the scientific world,” according to Dr. Steven Jones, head of bioinformatics at B.C. Cancer’s Genome Sciences Centre. The discovery could help boost conservation efforts of the species in a signi
  
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• Daily Poll: What's your holiday shopping strategy?

  12-12-2017 15:58 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re not already, you’d better be making those lists and checking them twice.
  According to a new poll release this week, the average Canadian will spend about $723 on gifts this Christmas.
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  Average Canadian to spend $723 on gifts this holiday season: surveyAnd not just that, about a quarter wait until the last minute to do their shopping.
  How does anyone deal with that stress? For many, online shopping is the solution. Some 65 per cent said they expected to do more online
  
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• Climate change and backyard pools: Our top five social videos of 2017

  12-12-2017 15:26 via vancouversun.com
  One of the most popular Vancouver Sun and Province social videos of the year featured an Abbotsford company that makes swimming pools out of shipping containers.
  Fitting, since another of most-watched social videos discussed climate change’s impact on Metro Vancouver, which will see temperatures exceed those of present-day Southern California in the coming decades. With a heatwave on the way, it’s little surprise, then, that locals are suddenly very interested in affordable back
  
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• Style in the City: Carlle Chatten 

  12-12-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Name: Carlle Chatten 
  Occupation: Content creator
  Personal style in one word: Moody
  Get social:@carllecarllecarlle on Instagram 
  Love Carlle’s look? Here are a few pieces to help you recreate it. The coat
  The puffer coat is this year’s ‘It’ outerwear item. But while pretty much any puffy version will do, there are a few elements that will up the style factor significantly such as a cool, muted hue and a cropped cut like the one Carlle is wearing above
  
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• Kasey Wilson: Cookies worth saving room (and calories!) for

  12-12-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  We associate cookies with the holidays, but I’m a year-round fan.
  When perusing restaurant dessert lists, I’m always on the lookout for sweets sided with a cookie. When I find one, I ask for a plate of cookies for the table — the perfect ending to a meal. Today’s Almond Crescents and Mini-Chocolate Chip Shortbread fit the bill.
  We also think of cookies as sweets, but they have their savoury side, too. You’ll enjoy today’s Smoky, Cheesy Cocktail Cookies with a
  
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• Holiday sparkle: Six chic accessories to help celebrate the season in style

  12-12-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  The holidays are the one time of year when it’s entirely appropriate — nay, encouraged — to wear as much sparkle and glitter as possible. 
  Shimmer-flecked eyeshadow? A must. Glittering fingernails? Go for it. Rhinestone-encrusted accessories? Practically a requirement.
  With this preference for all things shiny in mind, we’ve rounded up six stylish outfit add-ons that are sure to fit seamlessly into your holiday outfit planning.   
  Prepare to get noticed.&nb
  
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• Holiday hair: From braid crowns to polished top knots, this season's top styles get lifted

  12-12-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Sure, wearing your hair in your go-to style this holiday season is easy. But what about if you want to look a little #extra?
  Well, if that’s the case, local hair pro Leonardo Redavid says you’re going to want to try an updo of some kind. 
  “Some of the hottest trends we’ve seen this season are the braided crown, twisted ponytail, double buns, mohawk ponytail braid, and the low rolled-updo,” Redavid, the founder of the Vancouver-based hair care brand REDAVID Salo
  
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• Gordie Hogg delivers South Surrey-White Rock to federal Liberals in byelection

  12-12-2017 07:29 via vancouversun.com
  After four decades in municipal and provincial politics representing his Surrey community, Gordie Hogg is headed to Ottawa.
  Hogg was declared the winner in Monday’s byelection for the riding of South Surrey-White Rock, beating Conservative candidate Kerry-Lynne Findlay by about 1,600 votes.
  He held a slim but steady lead and maintained it late into the evening, winning about 47.5 per cent of the vote in a riding that has traditionally swung Conservative.
  Findlay, a former MP for Delta-Rich
  
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• It's a long road to $10 child care, says think-tank report

  12-12-2017 06:01 via vancouversun.com
  It could take 10 years or more for B.C.’s New Democrat government to implement a plan to offer child care for $10 a day, according to an economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
  Vancouver parents pay a median monthly fee of $1,292 for full-time toddler care, second only to Toronto, while parents in Burnaby and Richmond pay $1,200, according to CCPA’s new report Time Out: Child Care Fees in Canada.
  Parents of infants pay even more, about $1,360 in Vancouver.
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• BC Ferries adds extra sailings — and cheaper sailings — for holiday season

  12-12-2017 03:28 via vancouversun.com
  BC Ferries has added 176 sailings between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island for the busy travel window between Dec. 21 and Jan. 2.
  The Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay route alone accounts for 130 of those sailings; the other 46 are on the Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay service.
  There are also eight additional sailings between Horseshoe Bay and Departure Bay during that same period.
  In a media release, BC Ferries says they expect Dec. 23 to be the busiest pre-Christmas day and Dec. 26 to 28 all seeing h
  
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• Hoarding random gifts all year to give away now: Smart or rude?

  12-12-2017 03:22 via vancouversun.com
  Do you stash gifts you buy for no one in particular in a closet like a squirrel saves nuts in a tree, rooting through them on a special occasion to find that perfect something for that special someone?
  Judy Zaichkowsky.
  If so, Simon Fraser University business professor Judy Zaichkowsky wants you to think about whether that may be cheapening the custom of gift-giving to show your love and appreciation, much like fast food degrades eating out.
  Those who stock up on items on sale or otherwise acqui
  
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• Keep your pets safe over the holidays #northvan with these tips from the IAFF https://t.co/y2WUdZxAlT

  12-12-2017 03:04 via twitter.com
  
  Keep your pets safe over the holidays #northvan with these tips from the IAFF https://t.co/y2WUdZxAlT
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Getting to Site C yes driven by debt-for-nothing status

  12-12-2017 02:54 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan and the NDP cabinet weighed five main concerns in deciding the fate of Site C during three cabinet meetings spread over nine hours earlier this month.
  Fifth on the list, taking the criteria in reverse order, was the flooding of agricultural land behind the Site C reservoir and the potential impact on food security in B.C.
  It’s an emotional issue for New Democrats because the province’s first NDP government created the agricultural land reserve. Bu
  
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• Horgan's Site C promise bridges no divides between applauding supporters and opponents left feeling ignored

  12-12-2017 02:50 via vancouversun.com
  Premier John Horgan’s promise for a “turnaround” in proceeding with what is now projected as B.C. Hydro’s $10.7 billion Site C hydroelectric dam bridged none of the divides that have followed the development from its start.
  Business groups and construction unions applauded what they acknowledged was a difficult but necessary decision for long-term economic growth and to help B.C. meet its commitments under the Paris Climate Accord.
  Environmentalists and landowners, howeve
  
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• Vancouver council to vote Tuesday on budget with 3.9 per cent tax hike

  12-12-2017 02:31 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver council is set to vote Tuesday on the city’s 2018 budget, which includes a 3.9 per cent property tax increase and a 7.9 per cent hike for utility fees. 
  As examples, if the budget is approved, the owner of a median single family home in Vancouver, assessed at $1.823 million, would face a property tax increase amounting to an extra $87 annually on an estimated property tax bill of $2,312. For the owner of a median strata unit, that would mean a $29 property tax increase
  
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• A good boy goes home: American dog lost far from home in northern B.C. reunited with his family

  12-12-2017 02:12 via vancouversun.com
  After 21 days, some spent denned near a rest stop, Yukon the dog is finally back with his Alabaman-Alaskan family.
  Yukon was travelling north to Alaska with his owner, Jeff Hayes, and his owner’s brother-in-law last month. 
  Hayes, an American soldier and a father of four, had been transferred from Alabama to a base in Alaska.
  On Nov. 9, the trio took a break on their trek at the Mile 80 rest stop on the Alaska Highway, northwest of Fort St. John.
  Before Hayes or his brother-in-law kne
  
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• Don't miss it... last council meeting before the Christmas break! Meeting starts at 6pm. Here's the agenda:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-12-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Don't miss it... last council meeting before the Christmas break! Meeting starts at 6pm. Here's the agenda:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man who had loaded gun on Vancouver street avoids jail sentence

  12-12-2017 01:44 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver man who was arrested with a loaded gun outside a pawn shop on Granville Street has avoided a jail sentence.
  Kristopher Richard Rubner, who pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a loaded prohibited firearm, has received a conditional sentence of two years less a day to be served in the community.
  He was high on drugs and intending to pawn a ring to support his drug habit when he entered the shop in the 1000-block of Granville on the morning of Dec. 15, 2015.
  But after getting i
  
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• Crown files appeal of Jamie Bacon's stay of proceedings

  12-12-2017 01:39 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. attorney-general will appeal a controversial court ruling earlier this month to stay murder and conspiracy charges against gangster Jamie Bacon in the Surrey Six slayings.
  The B.C. Prosecution Service announced Monday that it has filed documents with the B.C. Court of Appeal to set aside the Dec. 1 decision of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker.
  Ker released very few details about why she stayed the charges after an in-camera application by Bacon’s legal team. She cited the n
  
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• Pivotal 1911 Emily Carr painting to hang in Whistler's Audain Art Museum

  12-12-2017 01:31 via vancouversun.com
  A painting by Emily Carr that signalled her early greatness as an artist is going to the Audain Art Museum in Whistler.
  Called Le Paysage, the painting was bought for just under $1 million by the family foundation of philanthropist Michael Audain. The rarely seen painting will be among 26 other works by Carr on permanent display at the museum.
  Audain said in an interview that he believes the recognition Le Paysage received in France in 1911 would have been an immense boost to Carr, who was strug
  
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• We watched them dig the same hole over and over — Vancouver business owner

  12-12-2017 01:08 via vancouversun.com
  The owner and staff at a local cycling shop have lost their patience with the City of Vancouver over road construction outside their downtown business that includes a major overhaul of key bike lanes.
  And they’re not alone, with other local business owners and shopkeepers agreeing the construction at and around Burrard and Pacific streets has caused parking shortages, traffic jams, inconvenience and lost revenue for far too long.
  For their part, city staff say bad weather is to blame for d
  
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• Can't make tonight's Council workshop (5pm) or regular meeting (7pm)? Don't forget... you can watch them online fro… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-12-2017 00:53 via twitter.com
  Can't make tonight's Council workshop (5pm) or regular meeting (7pm)? Don't forget... you can watch them online fro… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Body found after fire destroys three homes in Cumberland

  12-12-2017 00:41 via vancouversun.com
  A body has been located following a fire that ripped through three homes in a residential neighbourhood in Cumberland early Saturday. Comox Valley RCMP Const. Rob Gardner confirmed Monday that a body was found and the investigation is now in the hands of the coroner and the Cumberland Fire Service.
  The man who lived in the house at 2753 Penrith Ave. where the fire started could not be immediately located after the fire. A body has now been found. The owners of the home, according to B.C. As
  
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• Crown appeal of sentence for Vancouver piano teacher dismissed

  12-12-2017 00:39 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed the Crown’s appeal of the sentence for a piano teacher convicted of sex offences against five of his female students.
  In February, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray found David Chen, 69, guilty of nine counts relating to the crimes that occurred in the piano studio of his Vancouver home.
  The offences committed by Chen, a well-known and highly regarded piano teacher, involved girls between the ages of 11 and 19 and occurred over a 19-year per
  
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• Queen Mary Student Choir will be at Civic Plaza Dec 14 | 1:30 - 2PM. Come & take in some festive spirit #NorthVan https://t.co/Fw16YVG7gB

  12-12-2017 00:01 via twitter.com
  
  Queen Mary Student Choir will be at Civic Plaza Dec 14 | 1:30 - 2PM. Come & take in some festive spirit #NorthVan https://t.co/Fw16YVG7gB
  
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