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• Nanaimo drops lawsuit against own mayor

  28-12-2017 22:48 via vancouversun.com
   A Vancouver Island city has dropped a lawsuit against its mayor, who councillors have accused of leaking confidential information to an employee.
  The City of Nanaimo said in a statement released Wednesday that council voted to discontinue legal proceedings against Bill McKay, in part because of concerns over delays.
  Statement on Discontinuance https://t.co/S4SMWCQqP6
  — City of Nanaimo (@cityofnanaimo) December 27, 2017The city filed the lawsuit a year ago and said it would have neede
  
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• Test your knowledge of news on the North Shore (part two)

  28-12-2017 22:08
  
  The second of a two-part 2017 news quiz
  
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• Milk/eggnog containers, cookie tins, aluminum foil/trays, plastic trays/tops can all go in blue box/containers cart… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Milk/eggnog containers, cookie tins, aluminum foil/trays, plastic trays/tops can all go in blue box/containers cart… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• TransLink to offer free rides on New Year's Eve and other ways to get home

  28-12-2017 21:43 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re heading out to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Metro Vancouver, make sure your first resolution for 2018 is to get home safely.
  Here’s a rundown of transit schedules and last train times, reminders for how to party safely on a party bus, and cab company contact info.
  Public transit
  TransLink will offer free rides on buses, SkyTrains and SeaBuses beginning at 5 p.m. on Dec. 31 and ending at 5 a.m. on Jan. 1. Compass fare gates will remain open and there is no need to
  
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• Nanaimo drops lawsuit against own mayor citing high legal costs

  28-12-2017 21:34 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Nanaimo has dropped a lawsuit against its own mayor.
  The city said in a statement it has discontinued legal action against Bill McKay, who was accused of leaking confidential information to an employee.
  Statement on Discontinuance https://t.co/S4SMWCQqP6
  — City of Nanaimo (@cityofnanaimo) December 27, 2017McKay said in an interview he is disappointed he won’t get the chance to defend himself in court, but he hopes the end of the lawsuit means council can get back to
  
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• Call of the wild: Volunteers needed to count eagles in Squamish

  28-12-2017 20:38 via vancouversun.com
  Organizers of a yearly bird tally in Squamish are searching for volunteers to help in the 32nd annual winter eagle count.
  The Squamish Environment Society says as many as 60 volunteers are needed for the Jan. 7 count, which relied on 54 people last year when 475 adult bald eagles and 209 juveniles were counted.
  “Some routes in the Upper Squamish were accessed by cross country skiing and snowshoe in 2017,” says the society’s online post seeking volunteers.
  “Some were surve
  
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• Plenty of rain in the forecast today. Please clear snow and debris from storm drains to help prevent flooding.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  Plenty of rain in the forecast today. Please clear snow and debris from storm drains to help prevent flooding.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Cheers to the New Year: Champagne cocktail recipes to toast 2018

  28-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ringing in the New Year is about bidding adieu to the past 356 days, and ushering in a new calendar year of opportunities.
  It’s about letting go of the negative, embracing the positive, surrounding yourself with loved ones — oh, and it’s also about enjoying a good drink.
  While we can’t help you with your list of #goals for 2018, or cleanse your karma, we can offer these stellar recipes for sips and nibbles that will, at the very least, have your taste buds kicking off 201
  
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• Beauty Bar: Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Mattemoiselle Plush Matte Lipstick

  28-12-2017 19:39 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A long-wearing matte lipstick formula from the buzzworthy beauty brand Fenty Beauty by Rihanna.
  Dubbed Mattemoiselle Plush Matte Lipstick, the formula promises to provide a “petal-soft matte finish” that won’t feather or fade. 
  “Lipstick is all about having fun and expressing your mood at any given moment,” Rihanna said in a news release. “This collection makes it easier than ever because there’s a colour for everyone.” 
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• Freezing rain in Fraser Valley Thursday likely to leave ice for Friday

  28-12-2017 19:37 via vancouversun.com
  Here’s a present you can’t re-gift.
  Winter storm conditions continue throughout the Fraser Valley, with freezing rain expected in Abbotsford throughout Thursday.
  The latest winter storm warning issued by Environment Canada on Thursday morning forecast “hazardous winter conditions,” due to a strong Pacific frontal system that will move into the region today.
  “Warmer air aloft has spread across the region this morning while brisk northeast winds maintain the cool air
  
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• Father of slain Oak Bay girls had financial strains

  28-12-2017 19:15 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Child protection authorities were contacted about the safety of two girls after electrical service in their father’s Oak Bay apartment was cut off, the Victoria Times Colonist has learned.
  Chloe Berry, 6, and Aubrey Berry, 4, were found dead inside the ground-floor apartment at 1400 Beach Dr. around 5 p.m. on Christmas Day. Major crime investigators are calling the deaths homicides.
  Andrew Berry, 43, the father of Chloe and Aubrey, is in hospital with self-inflicted wounds
  
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• Vancouver police make 25 arrests for 'theft from auto'

  28-12-2017 18:59 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police arrested 25 people and are recommending more than 80 charges as part of their month-long theft-from-vehicle crackdown in downtown Vancouver.
  After noticing a surge in reports of items stolen from vehicles in November (1,238 in 2017 compared to 892 in November 2016), VPD assigned a group of officers to focus on parking locations known to be targeted by thieves during the weeks leading up to Christmas.
  “This project focused on parking lots in the downtown core where we&rsquo
  
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• British Columbia court grants injunction to fish farm, ending protests

  28-12-2017 18:40 via vancouversun.com
  First Nations activists who lost a legal battle to continue protesting at a fish farm off British Columbia’s coast say the decision hasn’t dissuaded them from bringing an end to aquaculture on their territory.
  A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted an injunction to Marine Harvest Canada’s Midsummer Island farm, which is located amid a series of islands in the Broughton Archipelago, about 50 kilometres east of Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.
  The court’s decision was releas
  
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• Seen the holiday lights at Park & Tilford Gardens yet? Hi-Light Festival is still twinkling 5-9pm!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Seen the holiday lights at Park & Tilford Gardens yet? Hi-Light Festival is still twinkling 5-9pm!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Poll: Will you be regifting any of your Christmas presents?

  28-12-2017 17:58 via vancouversun.com
  You may be stuck with grandma’s fruitcake, but you don’t have to keep the rest of your unwanted Christmas presents.
  For some folks, regifting is a great way to clear your closets of gifts that were either duds or duplicates.
  “I think the consensus is that regifting is fine as long as you’re not giving away junk or something that was personalized for you,” Dilys D’Cruz, vice-president community banking at Meridian credit union told the Canadian Press.
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• Passenger dead following three-vehicle collision near Revelstoke

  28-12-2017 17:14 via vancouversun.com
  One person is dead and four more are in hospital following a three-vehicle collision on Highway 1 near Revelstoke on Wednesday.
  Revelstoke RCMP say the accident happened at around 11:25 a.m. near Summit Lake, about 40 kilometres west of Revelstoke.
  Police say a vehicle with Manitoba plates was westbound when it crossed the centre line and collided with two vehicles in the eastbound lane.
  A passenger in the westbound vehicle was pronounced dead on the scene, while the driver and remaining three p
  
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• First Nations look to grow marijuana industry for economic highs

  28-12-2017 17:05 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Canada’s marijuana industry is expanding rapidly and some First Nations are looking to cash in on the emerging economic opportunities.
  Phil Fontaine, an Indigenous politician turned marijuana executive, has spent the last year travelling the country and talking to First Nations about jobs, wealth and training opportunities the burgeoning marijuana business could bring.
  “Everywhere we’ve been, it’s been the same reaction, interest, excitement. First Natio
  
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• Dissatisfied nail salon customer tops B.C.'s worst 911 caller list

  28-12-2017 16:53 via vancouversun.com
  A caller who phoned 911 to complain that a nail salon wouldn’t change their nail colour is No. 1 on E-Comm’s top 10 nuisance calls list of 2017.
  Christie Duncan, the 911 operator who fielded the call, says nuisance calls occur more often than you’d think and they tie-up 911 lines meant for emergencies.
  “Spending time on calls like these takes me away from being available to help someone who is a serious emergency situation,” Duncan said in a release.
  
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• Turkey time is over, ring in Resolution races to launch a busy January

  28-12-2017 16:03 via vancouversun.com
  Fundraising, once the raison d’être for bikini car washes, firemen’s calendars, raffles and bake sales, have become fixtures on the B.C. running circuit.
  It is extremely rare for a Lower Mainland road race to not have a charity partner, or a great cause to promote.
  Earlier this month, for example, the third annual Big Elf Run at Stanley Park raised funds for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. The expanded Whistler Half Marathon, which I plan to crawl in on June 2, continues
  
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• 7 things to do this week in the Lower Mainland from Dec. 29 to Jan. 4

  28-12-2017 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Arctic Oasis
  Through Jan. 7, daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. | Bloedel Conservatory, Queen Elizabeth Park
  Tickets and info: From $3.31 at the gate or online at vancouverparks.ca
  There is nothing quite as invigorating as a bit of tropical weather in the midst of Winter’s cold. But it’s not always easy or affordable to get away to the southern climes for many. That’s where the awesome climate controlled environment of the Bloedel Conservatory comes in extra handy. Take in exotic birds, g
  
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• The 10 best live concerts in Vancouver in 2017

  28-12-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  There is always going to be disagreement among music lovers as to what constitutes a great live show. So any year end list of the 10 best concerts of 2017 will naturally be contentious. Such is the nature of personal taste.
  I made a promise to myself on Jan. 1, 2017, to compile my list of best gigs of this year and I’ll share it with you because it differs from year’s passed. These were my five checklist points in assessing my final picks:
  Spectacle:
  Clearly, the entertainment factor
  
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• Parks Canada opens two early January dates for booking popular, West Coast camping sites

  28-12-2017 08:08 via vancouversun.com
  It may be hard to think of the joys of camping in the great outdoors just yet.
  But Parks Canada has set two dates in early January when it’ll be taking the first of online and phone bookings for popular West Coast camping sites.
  On Wednesday, Jan. 3, at 8 a.m., booking begins for the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, which has a mix of drive-in campgrounds and backcountry ones, including sites by the ocean at Sidney Spit and on Pender and Saturna islands.
  In 2017, there was a 22-per-cent
  
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• Oak Bay grieves for girls killed in double homicide

  28-12-2017 05:32 via vancouversun.com
  Leaders of Christ Church Cathedral School and the church offered grief counselling and support Wednesday following the deaths of Chloe and Aubrey Berry.
  Chloe was in Grade 1 at Christ Church Cathedral School in Victoria. Aubrey was at St. Christopher’s Montessori School in Oak Bay, which offers preschool and kindergarten.
  Speaking in front of the cathedral on Quadra Street at the corner of Rockland Avenue, Christ Church principal Stuart Hall said counsellors and ministers were inside the c
  
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• Neighbours in Oak Bay apartment mourn slain girls

  28-12-2017 05:30 via vancouversun.com
  The ground-floor apartment overlooking Oak Bay Marina in which two young girls were found dead on Christmas Day remained behind police tape Wednesday.
  Bouquets of flowers were left on the front lawn.
  The bodies of Chloe Berry, 6, and Aubrey Berry, 4, were found inside the apartment at 1400 Beach Dr. around 5 p.m. on Dec. 25.
  Crime investigators are calling their deaths homicides.
  Their father, Andrew Berry, 43, remains in hospital with self-inflicted wounds.
  Chloe Berry, 6, left, and her four-ye
  
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• Opinion: Do 'wants' of Canadian millennials trump 'needs' of millennials in Asia

  28-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Millennials get a lot of flak from media and critics. As a millennial, I am constantly bombarded with news articles telling me that my peers and I are entitled, narcissistic, and lazy snowflakes. At the same time, we are said to be non-materialistic experience-seekers, and socially conscious purpose workers.
  Millennials grew up mostly in American hegemonic peacetime, with the exceptions being 9/11 and the 2008 financial fallout. Now with the world order unraveling, Western powers becoming more i
  
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• Letters: Whale sanctuary will require care and cooperation

  28-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Creating a Sanctuary Is Not as Easy as It Sounds, Opinion, Dec. 21
  Casey Chiu and Kai Chan are correct in saying that a seaside sanctuary for whales is a “complicated project.” Taking animals from the wild and putting them in concrete tanks is relatively easy compared to taking them out of those tanks and giving them a new life at a sanctuary.
  That is why the Whale Sanctuary Project includes experts in every related field, from veterinary medicine to regulatory policy, and from e
  
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• Avalanche warning could rise following this week's snow storm

  28-12-2017 02:54 via vancouversun.com
  Snow blanketing the Lower Mainland is great news for skiers and riders, but those heading into the backcountry should use extra caution, as the snowfall is expected to raise avalanche risk.
  As of Wednesday afternoon, the avalanche danger rating for the south coast region, which includes the North Shore Mountains, was low to moderate, or “fairly benign,” said Avalanche Canada public avalanche forecaster Joe Lammers.
  However, Lammers said that some mountain areas in the Lower Main
  
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• Father-involved violent family homicides in B.C.

  28-12-2017 02:34 via vancouversun.com
  • Jacob Daniel Forman, 34, was charged with three counts of second-degree murder after the bodies of his wife and their two daughters, ages 7 and 8, were found in their Kelowna home last week.
  • Randy Janzen, 50, of Chilliwack, took his own life in May 2015 shortly after confessing on social media that he had shot and killed his sister-in-law, wife and 19-year-old daughter, who suffered from migraines. “Now she is migraine free and floating in the clouds on a sunny afternoon, her
  
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• Surrey student passionate about getting out blood-donation vote

  28-12-2017 02:18 via vancouversun.com
  Joban Bal is 19, with a bright, open smile and a demeanour that seems beyond his years. He spent most of the day Wednesday standing in the sleet at the corner of Dunsmuir and Burrard waving down cars and passersby, encouraging them to visit a blood-donor clinic around the corner. 
  For Bal, working to bring new blood — ethnically diverse blood — to Canadian Blood Services has become something of an obsession, both literally and figuratively.
  The University of B.C. biology student
  
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• Foreign ownership data released so far just the 'tip of the iceberg': StatsCan director

  28-12-2017 02:13 via vancouversun.com
  Last week’s government data release, which was the most comprehensive study to date of foreign ownership of Canadian real estate, was just “the tip of the iceberg,” says the director of Statistics Canada’s new housing program.
  The new year will bring the release of more data providing a deeper, broader, and “much more nuanced” look into Canadian property ownership, said Haig McCarrell, director of the Statistics Canada division overseeing the Ca
  
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• Wondering what day's what for your next collection. Check out the CAL: cnv.org/collection #NorthVan #ZeroWaste https://t.co/wJws2eibRW

  28-12-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  
  Wondering what day's what for your next collection. Check out the CAL: cnv.org/collection #NorthVan #ZeroWaste https://t.co/wJws2eibRW
  
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• B.C. animal advocate seeks spy with strong stomach

  28-12-2017 01:45 via vancouversun.com
  Intestinal fortitude, ability to handle intense manual labour, and preparedness to witness cruelty.
  Those are among the qualities Mercy for Animals — an organization known for uncovering animal abuse at factory farms and slaughterhouses — is seeking in a new volunteer job posting for an undercover investigator in Vancouver.
  The successful applicant will apply for work in the animal agriculture industry with unwitting potential employers. Once hired, they will labour alongside their n
  
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• Yoga for detained B.C. youths helps those living with trauma trust their bodies

  28-12-2017 01:39 via vancouversun.com
  The yoga for youths in a Metro Vancouver detention centre may not look exactly like the yoga you’d find in a studio in Kitsilano.
  But despite the outward differences, it’s the kind of yoga that’s proving to be effective in helping incarcerated teenagers feel safe in their bodies.
  During a yoga session, for example, yoga mats are placed side by side rather than in front of each other. That’s done because youngsters who have experienced trauma such as physical or sexual abu
  
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• Animal advocate seeks spy with strong stomach

  28-12-2017 01:39 via vancouversun.com
  Intestinal fortitude, ability to handle intense manual labour, and preparedness to witness cruelty.
  Those are among the qualities Mercy for Animals — an organization known for uncovering animal abuse at factory farms and slaughterhouses — is seeking in a new volunteer job posting for an undercover investigator in Vancouver.
  The successful applicant will apply for work in the animal agriculture industry with unwitting potential employers. Once hired, they will labour alongside their n
  
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• Panel finds West Vancouver realtor committed professional misconduct

  28-12-2017 01:27 via vancouversun.com
  One of B.C.’s top realtors deceived a client by telling him he wouldn’t be presented a full-price offer for his home unless he paid $100,000 to another realtor as a bonus, a Real Estate Council of B.C. disciplinary panel has ruled.
  West Vancouver realtor Shahin Behroyan faced seven professional misconduct allegations in the case, and was found to have committed five, including failing to act in the best interests of his client.
  The most serious allegations of deception and conflict o
  
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• Photo of 'snow car' Surrey RCMP's most-shared of 2017 — and it carries a safety message

  28-12-2017 01:04 via vancouversun.com
  A photo of a car encased in snow — save for a small viewing hole, carved out on the windshield by the driver — is Surrey RCMP’s most-shared photo from 2017.
  Taken last January, the driver apparently didn’t understand the incredible safety hazard they were presenting for themselves or for other drivers.
  The Motor Vehicle Act says “no person shall drive or operate on a highway a motor vehicle the windshield or any window of which is in such condition that the vision o
  
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• Time to clean up the XMAS aftermath. Remember most of your Christmas wrap can be recycled in your #yellowbag. Check… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-12-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  Time to clean up the XMAS aftermath. Remember most of your Christmas wrap can be recycled in your #yellowbag. Check… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Parks Canada opens two early January dates for booking popular, West Cost camping sites

  28-12-2017 00:00 via vancouversun.com
  It may be hard to think of the joys of camping in the great outdoors just yet.
  But Parks Canada has set two dates in early January when it’ll be taking the first of online and phone bookings for popular West Coast camping sites.
  On Wednesday, Jan. 3, at 8 a.m., booking begins for the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, which has a mix of drive-in campgrounds and backcountry ones, including sites by the ocean at Sidney Spit and on Pender and Saturna islands.
  In 2017, there was a 22-per-cent
  
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