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• Endangered south Selkirk caribou get pen protection in West Kootenay

  04-01-2018 23:55 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Indigenous groups on both sides of the Canadian and U.S. border are working with the B.C. government and others to save a critically endangered species of woodland caribou.
  The Kalispel Tribe in Washington state is among those leading a project building a caribou maternal pen on land owned by the Nature Conservancy of Canada in the mountains of B.C.’s West Kootenay.
  Tribe spokesman Mike Lithgow says the eight-hectare pen is being built where it’s expected about six s
  
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• No charges against Vancouver cop whose police dog injured suspect during arrest

  04-01-2018 22:15 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s prosecution service has announced no charges will be laid against a Vancouver police officer who deployed his police service dog during the arrest of a suspect.
  The service says in a release that the man suffered serious injuries to his arm when the dog bit him in March 2016.
  It says the available evidence does not meet the standard for approving any charges against the officer.
  The Independent Investigations Office, which investigates all serious injuri
  
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• 'Looking for a miracle': Girl, 11, hit by SUV before Christmas remains in coma

  04-01-2018 22:04 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — An 11-year-old girl struck by a vehicle in front of her Vancouver Island home just before Christmas remains in critical condition and her family is “looking for a miracle.”
  Leila Bui was struck by an eastbound SUV at the intersection of Ash Road and Torquay Drive in Saanich on the morning of Dec. 20. She was crossing in the crosswalk to get a ride to Arbutus Middle School with a fellow student.
  Leila remains in a medically induced coma, grandfather Andy Bui said this
  
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• We're working with @CityOfNorthVan to improve safety along E. 29th St. for pedestrians, people on bikes, transit us… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-01-2018 21:27 via twitter.com
  We're working with @CityOfNorthVan to improve safety along E. 29th St. for pedestrians, people on bikes, transit us… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ship grounding off Tofino attributed to poor planning, no lookout: TSB

  04-01-2018 21:16 via vancouversun.com
  RICHMOND — The Transportation Safety Board says insufficient planning contributed to a tourist vessel running aground off Tofino in October 2016.
  Twenty-six passengers and two crew members had to be rescued after the Stellar Sea hit a rock during a bear-watching excursion organized by Jamie’s Whaling Station.
  Nine of the passengers were picked up soon after the vessel grounded in Warn Bay, but a falling tide forced the remaining 17 passengers to abandon the ship and wait on a nearby
  
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• Fernie Mayor wants arena reopened after deadly ammonia leak

  04-01-2018 21:08 via vancouversun.com
  FERNIE — The mayor of Fernie says an immediate priority for her East Kootenay city is to reopen the local arena months after three men were killed there.
  Fernie Memorial Arena has been closed since Oct. 17, when two city workers and a contractor from Calgary were killed by ammonia gas as they worked on the ice rink’s refrigeration unit.
  Mayor Mary Giuliano says the city would like the arena to return to normal operations as soon as possible.
  RCMP and WorkSafeBC, the organization that
  
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• This just in. Deadline to apply extended to Jan 11. Small grant opportunity to activate a public space on Jan 27. M… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-01-2018 20:50 via twitter.com
  This just in. Deadline to apply extended to Jan 11. Small grant opportunity to activate a public space on Jan 27. M… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• A reminder that the Montroyal Blvd closure originally scheduled for next Wednesday night (Jan 10) has been postpone… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-01-2018 19:28 via twitter.com
  A reminder that the Montroyal Blvd closure originally scheduled for next Wednesday night (Jan 10) has been postpone… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man in hospital following early morning shooting in Cloverdale

  04-01-2018 18:48 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP say a man is in hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries following an early morning shooting in Cloverdale.
  Police responded to a report of shots fired in the 17400 block of 64th Avenue at 3:30 a.m. Thursday. The male shooting victim was found inside a parked vehicle.
  The shooter, or shooters, fled the scene before police arrived.Surrey RCMP say there are no suspect descriptions available at this time but officers are canvassing the neighbourhood and speaking with
  
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• Christmas Tree recycling! Get your tree chipped Jan 6 @NVCFD Xmas Tree Chip-Up, Jan 6 at Park & Tilford Rona.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-01-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Christmas Tree recycling! Get your tree chipped Jan 6 @NVCFD Xmas Tree Chip-Up, Jan 6 at Park & Tilford Rona.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Taking down the Christmas tree this weekend? Here are some options for disposing of it in an environmentally friend… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-01-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Taking down the Christmas tree this weekend? Here are some options for disposing of it in an environmentally friend… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Daily Poll: Was raising B.C. homeowner grant threshold a good idea?

  04-01-2018 17:05 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government israising the 2018 homeowner grant threshold to $1.65 million.
  The tax relief, designed to help property owners deal with sharp increases in assessment, offers $570 to owners of properties worth less than $1.65 million.
  The threshold is up from $1.6 million last year and $1.2 million in 2016.
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  Province ups homeowner grant alongside rising property assessments
   However, Tom Davidoff, director of the UBC Centre for Urban Econo
  
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• Five reasons to check out the Nat Bailey farmers market

  04-01-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Nat Bailey Winter Market
  Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., until April 21 | Nat Bailey Stadium
  Info: eatlocal.org
  1. Fresh and tasty: Local produce generally disappears from grocery stores around November. And, in the winter, the produce that is available often isn’t as fresh. For instance, it can be difficult to find decent-tasting carrots before the spring. At the Nat Bailey Winter Market, however, greens, fruit and other winter produce are available all winter long.
  2. Seventy-plus vendor
  
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• Vancouver rocker charged with smuggling $7 million worth of drugs into Japan

  04-01-2018 16:44 via vancouversun.com
  A 44-year-old Vancouver musician is facing jail time after being arrested for smuggling $7 million worth of drugs into Japan last month.
  Japan Today reported that Daniel Burton Whitmore, a punk rock and heavy metal musician who performs under the name Dan Scum, was arrested Dec. 11 at Narita International Airport in Tokyo. Japanese police say they found 9.8 kilograms of stimulant drugs beneath a false bottom of a guitar case and in multiple tea canisters.
  Whitmore. who arrived in Japan on a
  
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• Spotlight on the UBC Symphony’s Jonathan Girard

  04-01-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  To judge from what’s become the new normal, 2018 should be quite the year for conductor Jonathan Girard and the UBC Symphony Orchestra. Girard, who has a doctorate from Rochester’s famed Eastman School of Music, came to UBC on July 1, 2012. Since then he has been building on the heritage of the UBCSO, but in his own affable way, stretching the ensemble and redefining it.
  Actually, it’s all going according to plan. “One of the things I did when I applied for this job was t
  
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• Local filmmaker's documentary about ancient caves comes to the Italian Film Festival

  04-01-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Shepherds in the Cave 
  Jan. 7 at 5 p.m. (screening as part of the Italian Film Festival) | VIFF Vancity Theatre
  Tickets: $13 at viff.orgIn a history-laden area of Italy, local shepherds and cheesemakers mingle with international archaeologists and art restorers on the site of ancient caves. The caves are home to centuries-old religious frescoes. Shepherds in the Cave, a new documentary by Vancouver filmmaker Anthony Grieco, looks at the work of the art restorers, and the traditions of the l
  
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• Demand doubles for addictions program protecting construction workers

  04-01-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  They climb high buildings, bend steel and do dangerous jobs with little room for error.
  And while sounding a bit like superheroes, many are actually flying under the radar as they struggle with mental health and addiction problems.
  Demand on a construction industry program that offers additional services and mental health treatment has more than doubled in the past year, mainly driven by the fentanyl overdose epidemic and the organization’s efforts to reach more workers.
  “It is frigh
  
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• Surrey RCMP find missing girl, 15

  04-01-2018 07:47 via vancouversun.com
  UPDATE: Megan Shields has been found safe.
  PREVIOUSLY: Surrey RCMP is asking for the public’s help to find a missing 15-year-old girl.
  Megan Shields was reported missing by her parents, who last saw her at around 10:30 p.m. on January 2nd in Cloverdale, specifically around 180th Street.
  Megan was also seen on surveillance video leaving the Tim Horton’s at 176th Street and 64th Ave. in Surrey at 3:52 a.m. on January 3rd. She has never gone missing in the past and her family and friend
  
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• Letters: City must address rent increases caused by tax hikes

  04-01-2018 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Small businesses are bracing for incoming ‘double whammy’, Jan. 3
  I have known Karen Tennant for over 35 years. I watched her work two jobs to save the money to open her store, which has provided employment and personal service to the West End community for three decades. To read Councillor Louie state that he considers “a way to support small business owners” is to lecture them about “being very careful about signing on to these triple-net leases” must fe
  
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• Craving for carving: new work draws on artist's lifetime of experience

  04-01-2018 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Dempsey Bob: New Work
  Until Jan. 13 | Equinox Gallery
  Info: equinoxgallery.com
  Dempsey Bob began carving in 1969. Today his work is in the collections of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, UBC’s Museum of Anthropology, the Smithsonian Institution, and many other venerable galleries and museums, as well as the Vancouver International Airport.
  In 2013 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. Besides carving, Bob is also a senior adviser at the Freda Diesing School of Northwest C
  
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• Surrey RCMP looking for missing girl, 15

  04-01-2018 05:01 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP is asking for the public’s help to find a missing 15-year-old girl.
  Megan Shields was reported missing by her parents, who last saw her at around 10:30 p.m. on January 2nd in Cloverdale, specifically around 180th Street.
  Megan was also seen on surveillance video leaving the Tim Horton’s at 176th Street and 64th Ave. in Surrey at 3:52 a.m. on January 3rd. She has never gone missing in the past and her family and friends are concerned. She may be avoiding communication with
  
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• Opinion: Denunciations, dismissals and the excesses of revolutions

  04-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  It is disheartening to see most of western society approve the new reign of terror against alleged sexual delinquents and the termination of careers on the basis of bare accusations, all in the name of a new culture of gender equality.
  Gender equality is undoubtedly one of the greatest ideals of recent decades, but what is happening now is more akin to the excesses that all revolutions, even positive ones, tend to bring about and which are not conducive to enhancing equality. In fact, most exces
  
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• Opinion: Beijing's heavy-handed approach to Taiwan, Hong Kong misguided

  04-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  With his country’s power and influence reaching new heights globally, President Xi Jinping has made it clear that both Hong Kong and Taiwan need to embrace “mother China.” Yet taking an assertive approach is counter-productive.
  Beijing is worried about Hong Kong because of the appearance of a demand among its young people for self-determination, which is regarded as a nascent independence movement. Any such movement is deemed an assault on the “core national interest.&rdq
  
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• Fog advisory issued for South Coast

  04-01-2018 04:56 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada is warning people that some areas of Metro Vancouver, eastern Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast and the Southern Gulf Islands could find fog so heavy visibility is near zero.
  “Moisture trapped under a strong temperature inversion will continue to give fog and areas of poor visibility tonight. The fog is forecast to dissipate Thursday morning as a Pacific frontal system approaches the coast,” they said in a statement.
  Fog and Stratus continue to plague the Strait
  
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• John Davidson's name added to UK police memorial wall

  04-01-2018 03:45 via vancouversun.com
  Const. John Davidson, the Abbotsford police officer killed last November, has been recognized by his former police service in the United Kingdom.
  On Friday, a service was held in Wallsend, England, by Northumbria Police to honour Davidson and to unveil his name on the service’s memorial wall at the Middle Engine Lane police station.
  “When you join Northumbria Police you became a member of the Force family and that doesn’t change when you move on,” Temporary Chief Constabl
  
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• Province ups homeowner grant alongside rising property assessments

  04-01-2018 03:03 via vancouversun.com
  The ink was barely dry on British Columbia’s 2018 property assessments before the province announced a three-per-cent increase to its homeowner grant threshold, a key property-tax break for the majority of property owners.
  The B.C. Ministry of Finance on Wednesday announced it would raise the threshold to receive the full grant to $1.65 million in 2018 from $1.6 million in 2017, while property assessments climbed anywhere from one to 30 per cent, according to B.C. Assessment.
  The grant has
  
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• West Vancouver volunteer heads to South Korea for third Winter Olympics

  04-01-2018 02:36 via vancouversun.com
  Who, wondered Carl XVI Gustaf, looked after Jenny Hippel’s children in West Vancouver while she volunteered at the Sochi Olympics in Russia in 2014?
  He wondered in Swedish, of course, being the King of Sweden.
  “There was King Carl and Queen Silvia,” Hippel said. “I had a little chat with them, the two of them and myself.
  “It was such an honour, and what was really neat was they have grandchildren just a little older than my kids, and King Carl asked who was looking
  
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• Woman sues Douglas College for "Mickey Mouse" certificate

  04-01-2018 02:32 via vancouversun.com
  A former Douglas College student is suing the New Westminster school because she said she was misled into believing an Aboriginal studies program would earn her an official certificate, not the “Mickey Mouse” sheet of paper she received.
  Agnes Tong took the college to small claims court in New Westminster alleging breach of contract to force the college to present her with an official certificate or refund her $1,732 tuition plus pay her damages of twice that. The case was heard on W
  
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• Runny nose, headache, cough and fever mark arrival of peak flu season in Metro Vancouver

  04-01-2018 02:26 via vancouversun.com
  Anyone with flu symptoms such as aches and sniffles won’t take much consolation from medical experts who say the 2017-2018 season’s outbreak of influenza isn’t as severe as last season.
  Dr. Mark Lysyshyn.
  During the next couple of weeks, Metro Vancouver will be entering the annual peak period for outbreaks of influenza, said Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, medical health officer for Vancouver Coastal Health.
  “We’re seeing an increasing number of flu cases and outbreaks,” s
  
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• Vancouver Island father charged in double homicide of daughters

  04-01-2018 02:16 via vancouversun.com
  The father of two young girls found dead on Christmas Day in Oak Bay has been charged.
  Andrew Berry, 43, has been released from hospital and is now charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of his daughters Aubrey, 4, and Chloe, 6. The charges were announced Wednesday afternoon.
  The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit are still investigating the double homicide.
  No further information has been released.
  “From the moment the Vancouver Island Inte
  
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• It's a wee bit foggy out there so make sure to #LookThinkGo #NorthVan https://t.co/aj4VWxT3WA

  04-01-2018 02:00 via twitter.com
  
  It's a wee bit foggy out there so make sure to #LookThinkGo #NorthVan https://t.co/aj4VWxT3WA
  
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• B.C. Iranian-Canadians to hold a rally Saturday following deadly protests

  04-01-2018 01:38 via vancouversun.com
  From the safety of her Burnaby home, Golsa Golestaneh had watched helplessly as protests and violent clashes roiled across Iran, leaving at least 21 people dead and hundreds jailed. 
  Now she is taking a stand, organizing a rally outside the Vancouver Art Gallery on Saturday to support the tens of thousands of protesters who have taken to the streets in the largest demonstration in Iran since the 2009 election. 
  “I haven’t been sleeping for nights,” said the 20-year-ol
  
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• Board of Trade bringing Michelle Obama to Vancouver

  04-01-2018 01:17 via vancouversun.com
  Three years after the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade brought Hillary Clinton to Vancouver to speak, the business group has announced another big-name American political figure is coming to town.
  Michelle Obama will speak Feb. 15 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Board of Trade president Iain Black announced Wednesday afternoon on CBC Radio’s On The Coast.
  “We have decades of history of promoting women’s leadership,” Black told the CBC’s Gloria Mackarenko.
  “We
  
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• Trial over Vancouver oil spill should go ahead without ship operator: Crown

  04-01-2018 00:42 via vancouversun.com
  The prosecution of a Greek shipping firm accused of operating a vessel that leaked thousands of litres of bunker fuel into Vancouver’s English Bay should be allowed to take place whether or not the company participates, the Crown said Wednesday.
  Crown attorney Jessica Lawn dismissed an argument by Alassia NewShips Management Inc. that it had not been properly served a summons in the case.
  “It’s very clear that notice of the proceedings has been brought to Alassia,” she to
  
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• Former Mountie loses appeal of firearms convictions

  04-01-2018 00:30 via vancouversun.com
  A former Mountie has lost his appeal of a conviction for possessing two firearms without a licence and a registration certificate.
  David Matthew Clarke was employed as a constable in the RCMP when he was charged after a semi-automatic rifle and a semi-automatic handgun were seized in October 2010 from a Chilliwack home where he lived part-time with his then-partner.
  The trial judge, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Arnold-Bailey, heard that the gun seizure happened after Clarke’s partn
  
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• Prince George, Vanderhoof slapped with poor air quality advisories

  04-01-2018 00:04 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Air quality advisories have been issued for Prince George and Vanderhoof in north-central B.C., as a ridge of high pressure keeps air from moving out while more pollutants are being added.
  The Environment Ministry and the Northern Health authority say in a joint release that the advisories will remain in effect until further notice.
  They say fine particulate matter from industry and residential wood burning is contributing to poor air quality, which may not improve until Friday
  
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• No confusion about your garbage/recycling days when you use our #CityCollect app. Download it today:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-01-2018 00:00 via twitter.com
  No confusion about your garbage/recycling days when you use our #CityCollect app. Download it today:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Canadian music icon Ian Tyson says voice is gone at 84, but the show continues

  04-01-2018 00:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ian Tyson and Corb Lund
  Jan. 11; 7 p.m. | Vogue Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $42.50; Ticketmaster.ca Life hasn’t been the same for 84-year-old Ian Tyson since open-heart surgery two years ago in Calgary.
  “It changed everything, basically,” he says from his ranch in Longview, Alberta. “My balance is gone. I’m not a cowboy anymore, thank goodness, because I wouldn’t be able to handle it.”
  “Shit happens. You must have discovered that,
  
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