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• Work to begin on Surrey highway overpass damaged by truck

  16-01-2018 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  Crews are set to being work on repairing the 152nd Street overpass, which was damaged last month when a truck travelling north on Highway 99 hit it.
  According to a news release from the provincial Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, the repairs will begin “in the coming weeks.”
  Damaged girders will be replaced beginning in February. Further, the deck over the damaged area will be demolished and replaced.
  Work is expected to continue until April.
  “The ministry thanks
  
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• #NorthVan rec centre users are lovin' all the #ZeroWaste recycling options. Check them out on your next visit. More… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-01-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  #NorthVan rec centre users are lovin' all the #ZeroWaste recycling options. Check them out on your next visit. More… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver's Eco Fashion Week is no more

  16-01-2018 22:47 via vancouversun.com
  After eight years and 12 seasons of promoting sustainable initiatives and designers in the fashion industry, Vancouver’s Eco Fashion Week will cease operations.
  While the event’s organizers had worked to expand the fashion event to include more than 160 sustainable fashion designers, 100 speakers, 80 vendors — as well as Eco Fashion Week “pop-up” events in Toronto and Seattle — they say it is no longer financially viable to organize and run.
  “Eco Fa
  
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• Trutch Street: Use of racist politician's name under fire in Victoria, Vancouver

  16-01-2018 22:15 via vancouversun.com
  A community-led initiative to rename Trutch Street will be debated at a public meeting in Victoria tonight.
  Trutch Street was named for Joseph Trutch, a 19th-century politician known for his racist views and poor treatment of First Nations.
  “I do think that there is a growing consensus that now is the time to rename Trutch Street, both here in Victoria as well as in Vancouver,” said Reuben Rose-Redwood, chairman of the University of Victoria Committee for Urban Studies, which is spon
  
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• Recruit firefighters spent the morning working on advancing hose and proper water application. #northvan @IAFFCanada https://t.co/xmvAkhovoR

  16-01-2018 21:37 via twitter.com
  
  Recruit firefighters spent the morning working on advancing hose and proper water application. #northvan @IAFFCanada https://t.co/xmvAkhovoR
  
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• Another gorgeous photo Gwen! The tarp is up while the concrete base cures, which will be the base of our new water… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-01-2018 21:28 via twitter.com
  Another gorgeous photo Gwen!The tarp is up while the concrete base cures, which will be the base of our new water… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• We're recruiting for a Regular Full-Time Clerk Typist-Finance. Click here to apply. ow.ly/HR5v30hOIFo

  16-01-2018 21:01 via twitter.com
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  16-01-2018 20:59 via twitter.com
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• Jann Arden and Bob Rock to co-host 2018 JUNO Songwriters' Circle

  16-01-2018 20:44 via vancouversun.com
  SOCAN presents 2018 JUNO Songwriters’ Circle
  March 25, 12-2 p.m. | Orpheum Theatre
  Tickets and info: On sale Jan. 19, 10 a.m. $39.50 at ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-5000. 
  Dubbed the “Jewel of JUNO Week,” the 2018 JUNO Songwriters’ Circle presented by SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers) will be co-hosted by eight-time Juno Award-winner Jann Arden and Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Bob Rock.
  The event benefits the charity MusiCoun
  
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• Surrey RCMP warns residents of thief posing as Mountie

  16-01-2018 20:33 via vancouversun.com
  A man impersonating a RCMP officer talked his way into at least two Surrey homes last month and walked out with a handful of stolen goods.
  Surrey RCMP are warning the public about a pair of incidents that occurred on Dec. 2 and 19 in which a man claimed to be a police officer to gain entry into two homes. Once inside, the suspect stole cash and credit cards before fleeing the scene.
  Police can’t confirm if the same man committed both crimes but both suspects were described as being a clean
  
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• This Just In: CHANEL Blue Serum Eye, BITE Beauty Prismatic Multistick and BareMinerals Invisible Glow Powder Highlighter

  16-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  CHANEL
  Blue Serum Eye
  They say: A luxury eye serum addition to the Chanel beauty Blue Serum line, this product is formulated to reduce puffiness and darkness in the eye area, while energizing the eyes.  
  We say: Our tester found this serum to be a true treat for tired eyes. Used after toner and moisturizer, it gave skin an extra pep that left the eye area looking more awake and feeling much more smooth and hydrated. 
  $90 | Nordstrom; Hudson’s Bay
   
   
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• A love letter to one of B.C.’s magical, lesser-known regions

  16-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Everything Shuswap: A Geographic Handbook, Volume 1
  Jim Cooperman | Shuswap Press
  $35, 240 pagesEvery year, the sockeye return to the Adams River in the Shuswap region of B.C.’s Interior, churning the water with their scarlet bodies as they swim home to spawn.
  This year promises to be one of the “dominant” years for the run, and ecotourists will no doubt visit the Shuswap region this fall to see the largest run in the four-year cycle.
  U.S.-born environmental activist Jim Cooper
  
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• Stem-cell-based treatment aims to reverse Type 1 diabetes

  16-01-2018 19:57 via vancouversun.com
  Ten British Columbians with Type 1 diabetes will be surgically implanted with packets containing lab-grown cells that are coaxed into behaving like true insulin-producing pancreatic cells in hopes of reversing their disease.
  The first patient to receive the implants is keen to exchange his regime of daily pinprick blood tests and insulin injections for a “handful” of pills for immune suppression.
  “My blood sugar can go down all day without my noticing, so I’m always at ri
  
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• Concert Announcement: Jack White includes Vancouver stop on 2018 tour

  16-01-2018 19:50 via vancouversun.com
  Rocker Jack White will stop in Vancouver as part of his just announced Boarding House Reach word tour.
  The former White Stripes frontman will play Rogers Arena on Aug. 12 during the tail end of his 34-date tour in support of his third solo album, Boarding House Reach.
  The tour starts April 19 in White’s hometown of Detroit and is scheduled to wrap up Aug. 23 in Las Vegas.
  Tickets, which haven’t been priced yet, will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Jan. 26 through TicketMaster. There wi
  
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• Adopt-a-School: OpenRoad opens its heart to feed hungry children

  16-01-2018 19:28 via vancouversun.com
  It was a combination of wanting to give back to the community and hearing stories of children in need that touched the charitable heart of the OpenRoad organization.
  It began with a companywide fundraising golf tournament several years ago, when the OpenRoad Auto Group — comprising 18 car dealerships representing 20 automobile brands in B.C. — decided to donate funds to the Make-a-Wish Foundation, which arranges experiences for seriously ill children.
  OpenRoad then expanded its large
  
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• Did you miss last night's Council meeting? Video of the meeting is now available on our website… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-01-2018 19:26 via twitter.com
  Did you miss last night's Council meeting? Video of the meeting is now available on our website… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Community Grant deadline Jan 31. Continue your group’s good community work with a little help from us.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-01-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Community Grant deadline Jan 31. Continue your group’s good community work with a little help from us.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver Island mayors cheer widening of Highway 4 to Tofino

  16-01-2018 17:52 via vancouversun.com
   Ucluelet and Tofino mayors are cheering provincial government plans to fix and widen the most notorious stretch of Highway 4, the route to Vancouver Island’s southwest coast.“These improvements are the best that could be done on that whole particular stretch of highway, from Port Alberni right through to the west coast,” said Tofino mayor Josie Osborne in a telephone interview.
  “It’s a bad, bad section,” said Ucluelet Mayor Dianne St. Jacques. “It&
  
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• Mobility pricing commission considers congestion, distance tolling

  16-01-2018 17:16 via vancouversun.com
  Charging drivers for each kilometre they drive and tolling congestion points are the two primary types of mobility pricing an independent commission is considering for Metro Vancouver.
  Mobility Pricing Independent Commission members Joy MacPhail and Allan Seckel in traffic in Vancouver on Monday.
  The two policy approaches are outlined in a report released on Tuesday by the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission, a group of 14 people from across the region who are tasked with making recommendati
  
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• Lord of the Rings star is a fan of East Vancouver crow Canuck

  16-01-2018 17:16 via vancouversun.com
  Canuck the crow, the East Van bird who rides Skytrains when he’s not meddling in crime scenes, now finds himself flying in Hollywood circles.
  Canuck and I, a 2017 documentary that details the special bond between the crow and Vancouver resident Shawn Bergman, will be screened at the Snowtown Film Festival, Jan. 27, in Watertown, New York.
  Bergman was told that Watertown native Viggo Mortensen, the Academy Award-nominated actor best known for playing the hero Aragorn in the Lord o
  
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• Style Q&A: B.C. clothing brand We are Stories focuses on 'slow fashion'

  16-01-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Tracy Fillion is a big fan of ‘slow fashion.’ And she’s not alone.
  The growing movement toward locally made, more thoughtfully consumed fashion creations has been gaining momentum in communities worldwide — including here in B.C.
  Fillion is looking to further the perspective with her line, We are Stories. Taking a brief break from her role as the brand’s designer/creator, Fillion chatted with Postmedia News about fabrics, weaving and building a small brand in the ho
  
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• Overnight a single veh incident at 2260 Capilano Road. Off road right with 2 female occupants injured. Alcohol may be causality in crash.

  16-01-2018 16:56 via twitter.com
  Overnight a single veh incident at 2260 Capilano Road.Off road right with 2 female occupants injured. Alcohol may be causality in crash.
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you still feel safe in Vancouver?

  16-01-2018 15:31 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police chief Adam Palmer says Vancouver is a safe city despite a gang shootout Saturday that left a 15-year-old teen dead.
  The boy was riding in his parents car and headed back home to Coquitlam when he was struck by a stray bullet as shots were fired between at least two people. He died Monday in hospital.
  The shooting happened early Saturday evening on Broadway near Ontario Street.
  One of the shooters, 23-year-old Kevin Whiteside, a criminal with a history of weapons and drug co
  
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• Stem cell implant trial aims to reverse Type 1 diabetes

  16-01-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ten British Columbians with Type 1 diabetes will be surgically implanted with stem cells that are coaxed into behaving like true insulin-producing pancreatic cells in hopes of reversing their disease.
  The first patient to receive the implants is keen to exchange his regime of daily pinprick blood tests and insulin injections for a “handful” of pills for immune suppression.
  “My blood sugar can go down all day without my noticing, so I’m always at risk for passing out among
  
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• Coquitlam condo owner floored by 100-per-cent bounce in property assessment

  16-01-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Katherine Munro knew the assessment on her Coquitlam condo was going to rise but was floored in December to get a warning from B.C. Assessment that the increase would be over 100 per cent.
  Munro’s building, part of the Glenborough on 2915 Glen Drive, was heavily damaged by a massive fire that made local newscasts in February 2015, and is just now in the finishing stages of a $12-million restoration.
  “It was quite a shock,” said Munro, a 57-year-old speech language pathologist.
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Innocent teen bystander dies after gang shootout

  16-01-2018 07:30 via vancouversun.com
  A Coquitlam family is in mourning after a 15-year-old boy died from injuries he sustained from a gunshot as his parents drove along Broadway in Vancouver Saturday night.
  Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer said he is heart-broken about the fatal shooting of an innocent bystander in the city.
  It is a devastating story that everyone is reacting to this evening. including Mayor Gregor Robertson.Here’s my story:Innocent teen bystander dies following gang shootout in Vancouver
   More than 50
  
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• Vision Vancouver reaches out to other parties ahead of election

  16-01-2018 06:42 via vancouversun.com
  Vision Vancouver, which has been hammered by a series of impending exits by a number of high-profile leaders including Mayor Gregor Robertson, will be seeking to collaborate with other left-leaning progressive parties going into the October election.
  “This is a progressive city,” Robertson told the more than 100 party faithful who packed a room at SFU Harbour Centre Monday night for Vision’s annual general meeting.
  “We want to see people who will walk the talk on the prog
  
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• What effect does collapse of U.K.-based Carillion have on B.C.-based Rokstad Power?

  16-01-2018 06:29 via vancouversun.com
  In the immediate aftermath of the announced liquidation of global construction and services giant Carillion PLC, it is unclear what the effect will be on its Canadian operations, including local Rokstad Power.
  Darcy Leach, Rokstad’s corporate and legal affairs director, said Monday the B.C.-based company is monitoring the situation closely but does not at this time know what will happen or when.
  However, Leach said from the information they have been able to glean, they believe the liquida
  
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• Opinion: Teachers must expose students to more than one perspective

  16-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  There’s a fine line between teaching and brainwashing. Teaching informs students about the world around them and helps them become critical thinkers. In contrast, brainwashing provides students with heavily skewed information that leads to one predetermined conclusion.
  It’s easy to mix these two things up if we aren’t careful.
  People who work in schools are called teachers rather than brainwashers for very good reason — there’s a world of difference between teaching
  
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• Innocent teen bystander dies following gang shootout in Vancouver

  16-01-2018 02:57 via vancouversun.com
  More than 50 Vancouver Police officers are hunting for a suspect after a teenage bystander was killed in a gang shootout that also left one of the suspects dead.
  VPD Chief Adam Palmer said Monday that he is heartbroken that a 15-year-old Coquitlam boy was killed after being struck by a bullet while riding in his parents’ car.
  “Every time criminals decide to exchange gunfire on our streets, they endanger the lives of everybody around them,” Palmer said. “The events of Satu
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: With interim leader's backing, de Jong stands by B.C. Liberal record

  16-01-2018 02:50 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — When Rich Coleman endorsed his longtime B.C. Liberal colleague Mike de Jong for the party leadership Friday, the two war horses straightaway indulged in a round of mutual self-congratulation.
  “Mike’s track record makes him the best choice to continue to make sure we can grow our free-enterprise coalition and to harness the benefits that flow from a strong economy to making life better for all British Columbians,” said Coleman, the veteran of 22 years in the leg
  
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• Food industry explores ways to reduce shortage of B.C. chefs and cooks

  16-01-2018 02:28 via vancouversun.com
  Understanding millennials and the different ways they want to work is one of the ways a Metro Vancouver burger chain is adapting to a shortage of chefs and cooks.
  Romer’s Burger Bar has implemented averaging agreements for its kitchen staff, which means working four days of 10-hour shifts rather than the traditional five days of eight hours a shift.
  The different timetable means everyone knows in advance that they have three days off in a row, said Kelly Gordon, a partner in Romer’s.
  
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• Judge in Canada Day terror plot wrong to acquit: Crown

  16-01-2018 02:13 via vancouversun.com
  Federal lawyers have launched an all-out attack on the factual findings of the B.C. Supreme Court justice who acquitted the 2013 Canada Day terror plot bombers and called the scheme a police-manufactured crime.
  In the opening of three days of arguments at the B.C. Court of Appeal in Vancouver Monday, prosecutors insisted Justice Catherine Bruce was wrong on nearly ever count and made “palpable and over-riding” errors that must be overturned.
  “The thrust of the submission is the
  
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• Man accused of murdering mother-in-law and 13-year-old son in Richmond fire goes on trial

  16-01-2018 02:10 via vancouversun.com
  A Richmond man accused of murdering his mother-in-law and teenage son after the two family members died in a fire was at the time angry and jealous following a breakup with his wife, says the Crown.
  On Monday, Surjit Dosanjh pleaded not guilty to the April 2015 second-degree murder of Elaine Leznoff, 66, and the second-degree murder of Kalvin Leznoff-Dosanjh, 13.
  In her opening statement Monday, Crown counsel Andrea Spence said that before the fire, Dosanjh and his wife, Liane Leznoff, had an at
  
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• Reminder: Council's back in session tonight at 6PM. Join in person or watch live from the comfort of your home. Age… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-01-2018 02:00 via twitter.com
  Reminder: Council's back in session tonight at 6PM. Join in person or watch live from the comfort of your home. Age… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The tale of Frank Palmer making Palmer Jarvis into a Canadian advertising giant

  16-01-2018 01:56 via vancouversun.com
  Let’s Get Frank
  By Robin Brunet | Douglas & McIntyre
  223 pages, $29.95
  The acknowledgments page of business writer/biographer Robin Brunet’s study of legendary Canadian advertising executive Frank Palmer thanks the book’s subject for showing the author “you can be thirty-nine forever.” The back page seems a weird place to start a book review. But it’s quite fitting for Vancouver-based Palmer, a man known to do things in exactly the opposite direction as hi
  
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• Province announces $62.3 million for rebuild of North Vancouver's Handsworth Secondary - North Shore News

  16-01-2018 01:49 via nsnews.com
  North Shore News
  Province announces $62.3 million for rebuild of North Vancouver's Handsworth Secondary
  North Shore News
  Education Minister Rob Fleming announced the province will provide $63.2 million to replace the 57-year-old Handsworth Secondary, which had previously been deemed at significant seismic risk. photo Cindy Goodman. Another new high school will soon be ...
  Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver to be replacedCBC.caall 4 news articles »
  
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• Abbotsford police arrest woman after stabbing at mall

  16-01-2018 01:14 via vancouversun.com
  A 71-year-old man is in hospital and a 36-year-old woman is in police custody following a stabbing Monday afternoon at a mall in Abbotsford.
  According to a release from Abbotsford police, officers responded just before 12:30 p.m. to a report of a woman uttering threats to stab people at the Sevenoaks Shopping Centre on South Fraser Way.
  When officers arrived, witnesses directed them to the mall’s food court, where they found the woman stabbing the man. They were able to stop the woman and
  
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• Fab 5: Oil change

  16-01-2018 01:07 via vancouversun.com
  Skin less than stellar? Considering our high-tech society, you would think that dry, flaky skin would be a thing of the past. Unfortunately, as many of us will know, it’s not — we do have skin science technology to thank for the formulations behind some highly effective oils. Looking to put your best face forward? Rebecca Tay presents five face oils your mug will love right now.
  KONICHIWA
  In truth, A Spring in Tokyo is actually a serum, not a face oil, but it contains oil from the ra
  
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• We're recruiting for auxiliary Police Clerks. Click here to apply. ow.ly/iTPK30hNnQj

  16-01-2018 01:06 via twitter.com
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• Brew-haha over proposed pub in Stanley Park

  16-01-2018 00:56 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver residents opposed to a planned brew pub in Stanley Park say the new pub will bring noise, increased alcohol consumption in a no-alcohol park, and potentially affect a nearby heron colony.
  Stanley Park Brewing has applied for a 50-person liquor primary license with an adjoining 53-person patio at the site of the former Fish House restaurant.
  Maria Morlin of Stanley Park Advocates say it’s the wrong spot for a pub. 
  ”You’d expect to see a pub on Denman or Davie, bu
  
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• UK-based Carillion collapses – fallout on Rokstad Power?

  16-01-2018 00:38 via vancouversun.com
  In the immediate aftermath of the announced liquidation of global construction and services giant Carillion PLC, it is unclear what the effect will be on its Canadian operations, including local Rokstad Power.
  U.K.-based Carillion has 43,000 employees worldwide, including 6,000 in Canada. About 600 people are employed by Rokstad Power, a Coquitlam-based company that builds and maintains power lines.
  Carillion collapsed Monday after creditors and the U.K. government refused to bail out a fir
  
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• Teen bystander on life support following fatal shooting in Vancouver

  16-01-2018 00:36 via vancouversun.com
  A 15-year-old boy is on life support and not expected to survive after being caught in the crossfire of a weekend gunfight that left one  shooter dead.
  On Saturday at around 9:15 p.m., police were called to East Broadway and Ontario in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood for a report of shots fired.
  Related
  Three injured, including innocent teen, in Mount Pleasant shooting
  Three people were hurt, including a 15-year-old Coquitlam boy who was in a vehicle passing through the area
  
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• Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver to be replaced - CBC.ca

  16-01-2018 00:15 via cbc.ca
  CBC.ca
  Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver to be replaced
  CBC.ca
  The provincial government is providing $62.3 million to replace Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver. The brand new school is expected to be completed by September 2021. (School District 44). The provincial government has committed $62.3 ...
  Province announces $62.3 million for rebuild of North Vancouver's Handsworth SecondaryNorth Shore Newsall 4 news articles »
  
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