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• Catch up on all the latest City news & happenings, in this week's #CityView eNews: ow.ly/aMJh30hRRVE #NorthVan https://t.co/I19G1zOFYS

  18-01-2018 23:15 via twitter.com
  
  Catch up on all the latest City news & happenings, in this week's #CityView eNews: ow.ly/aMJh30hRRVE #NorthVan https://t.co/I19G1zOFYS
  
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• UPDATE: We will be closing Montroyal Blvd overnight between Skyline Drive and Glencanyon Drive, starting at 8pm on… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-01-2018 22:36 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: We will be closing Montroyal Blvd overnight between Skyline Drive and Glencanyon Drive, starting at 8pm on… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man who threatened to stab SkyTrain attendant arrested and charged

  18-01-2018 21:59 via vancouversun.com
  A man who threatened to stab a SkyTrain attendant with a used syringe has been arrested and charged.
  On Dec. 11, 2017, a woman and her two children were on board a westbound SkyTrain at Broadway and Commercial when a man with a bicycle boarded. When the train neared the Main Street-Science World station, the woman noticed that the man, who had been crouched next to her, had a needle with blood and a white substance in his arm.
  The woman then got off the train and notified an attendant who boarde
  
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• ART SEEN: Artist residency next stage for The Blue Cabin

  18-01-2018 21:50 via vancouversun.com
  Crammed in one tiny hole in the floor was a page torn from a 1960s Playboy magazine. There was no image but lots of text about the ‘Space Age’ and how you should aim to be a manager by the time you’re 40 years old.
  The Blue Cabin, the former squatter’s home of artists Al Neil and Carole Itter, has been fully restored and remediated by Jeremy and Sus Borsos. During the process, they became urban archaeologists who found numerous bits and pieces from Vancouver’s past
  
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• Uber and McDonald's enter Vancouver's crowded food delivery market

  18-01-2018 21:49 via vancouversun.com
  You don’t know real shame until you have had an Egg McMuffin and coffee delivered to your condo by a person on bicycle.
  Uber Eats, the ride-hailing giant’s food platform, joined a crowded field of food delivery apps —Door Dash, Skip The Dishes, Foodora and Just Eat — already serving Vancouver when it launched in December.
  Uber, in true competition-squashing fashion, is muscling its way through the pack by charging a nominal delivery fee of 18 cents for the month of J
  
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• No arrests six months after Burnaby girl's murder

  18-01-2018 21:43 via vancouversun.com
  It has been six months since the body of a 13-year-old Burnaby girl was found in a park, and still no arrests have been made.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team held a news conference Thursday in Surrey to provide an update into the investigation into the homicide of Marrisa Shen.
  IHIT Cpl. Frank Jang confirmed that no arrests have been made and no one has been criminally charged in connection with the homicide. Investigators continue to believe the attack was random.
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• Five things about the Barenaked Ladies and the return of Steven Page

  18-01-2018 21:39 via vancouversun.com
  It’s been one week – and a few years – since Steven Page has joined the Barenaked Ladies on stage but a one-time reunion will take place this March when the band and Page are inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame at the 2018 Junos.
  The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and CBC announced Thursday morning that Page would be inducted alongside current BNL members Ed Robertson, Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn and Tyler Stewart. The reunited bandmates will make a one-time
  
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• #TBT February 2010 Olympic fever hits #NorthVan. #ThrowbackThursday https://t.co/Oyt6B8LzFu

  18-01-2018 20:45 via twitter.com
  
  #TBT February 2010 Olympic fever hits #NorthVan. #ThrowbackThursday https://t.co/Oyt6B8LzFu
  
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• No arrests on six-month anniversary of homicide of 13-year-old girl

  18-01-2018 19:28 via vancouversun.com
  It has been six months since the body of a 13-year-old Burnaby girl was found in a park, and still no arrests have been made.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team will hold a news conference at 11:30 a.m. in Surrey to provide an update into the investigation into the homicide of Marissa Shen.
  IHIT Cpl. Frank Jang says no arrests have been made and no one has been criminally charged in connection with the homicide of Marrisa Shen. 
  In August, IHIT said surveillance video showed Sh
  
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• Vancouver Aquarium bows to pressure to ban whales, dolphins

  18-01-2018 19:05 via vancouversun.com
  Visitors will no longer be able to see whales or dolphins at the Vancouver Aquarium after the popular tourist site announced it is voluntarily but reluctantly adopting a ban against cetaceans in captivity.
  The about-face in policy comes after the Ocean Wise Conservation Association, which runs the aquarium, filed a legal action against the ban passed by the Vancouver park board last spring.
  CEO John Nightingale told Postmedia News the decision to accept the ban was made by senior leadership and
  
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• Doing good in your 'hood? The City supports that. See if your group is eligible for a grant to do more:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-01-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Doing good in your 'hood? The City supports that. See if your group is eligible for a grant to do more:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Do not use the term 'hero' - BC News castanet.net/news/BC/216550…

  18-01-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Do not use the term 'hero' - BC News castanet.net/news/BC/216550…
  
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• Vancouver doesn't make short list for second Amazon headquarters

  18-01-2018 17:17 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver won’t be home to the Amazon’s second headquarters.
  A list of 20 finalist cities has been released by Amazon, and most are located in the United States.  Vancouver, which submitted a joint bid with Surrey, and backed by the provincial government, did not make the cut. Neither did the southern Vancouver Island city of Langford .
  The only Canadian city to make the list is Toronto. 
  Today we are announcing the communities that will proceed to the next step in th
  
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• Daily Poll: How do you feel about Vancouver losing Amazon HQ2 bid?

  18-01-2018 17:09 via vancouversun.com
  Amazon on Thursday released its short list of 20 candidates for the second Amazon headquarters. And despite much anticipation Metro Vancouver did not make the cut. So in today’s poll, we’re asking how readers feel about that decision.Take Our Poll
  
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• Cheap eats in Metro Vancouver: Dine in style without breaking the bank (with map)

  18-01-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  It seems a few of you were very generous with Christmas gift giving. At least that’s my read on your emails responding to my column with the best new restaurants in 2017. All well and good, but how about a list of cheap eats that don’t bust budgets, you said.
  No problem. I love cheap eats and this city’s very well endowed in that regard — thanks partly to contributions from many cultures making up Vancouver cuisine. And let’s not forget Dine Out Vancouver begin
  
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• Chilliwack teachers say education board has created 'toxic' environment

  18-01-2018 15:57 via vancouversun.com
  Chilliwack teachers are taking a stand against trustees who oppose the province’s gender identity and sexual orientation curriculum, saying they’ve created a toxic environment.
  At a meeting Tuesday, the Chilliwack Teachers’ Association passed a motion of non-confidence against the Chilliwack Board of Education after controversial comments made by school trustee Barry Neufeld. 
  The association claims Chilliwack trustees have failed to take a strong stance against
  
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• Five Things to Know: New bike lane, solitary confinement, declawing cats

  18-01-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Good morning. Here are five things you need to know.Lane for cars to become lane for bikes
  Move over, cars. There’s a new vehicle on the road. It’s bikes!
  And I mean that literally — move over. Vancouver city council voted on Wednesday to approve a $600,000 pilot project that would repurpose one of the three southbound lanes on the Cambie Bridge into a bike lane.
  “This is a simple, common-sense, cost effective way of making the Cambie Bridge safer,” Mayor Grego
  
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• Thousands of B.C. Children's Hospital ultrasound tests affected by technical glitch

  18-01-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  An automatic computer system feed that is supposed to send ultrasound results to doctors at B.C. Children’s Hospital was inadvertently disabled nearly a year ago.
  The glitch was only recently discovered and has not yet been addressed with a permanent fix.
  The problem has meant radiologists at the hospital must do a retrospective medical chart review for thousands of cases to find out if the error delayed and impaired the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis for any children who had ultr
  
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• B.C. veterinarians on alert after dog flu shows up in Ontario

  18-01-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Animal-care experts say it’s only a matter of time before canine influenza will make its way to B.C. after the first Canadian cases showed up in Ontario last week.
  “We’re all bracing for when it hits here,” said Dr. Rebecca Ledger, an animal behaviour and welfare scientist, and Vancouver Sun columnist. “That’s a concern for sure.”
  The two greyhounds that brought the highly contagious H3N2 strain of dog flu to Canada were rescued from South Korea by a Det
  
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• Opinion: Mining’s revival powered, in part, by the clean energy revolution

  18-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  The transition to clean energy is now here, and it’s giving B.C.’s key mining and minerals sector a lift. Vancouver has always been a hotbed for exploration, investment and fundraising in minerals such as gold, silver and copper and a source of global mining expertise. But now we are seeing more and more activity around cobalt, lithium and nickel: essential ingredients powering the clean energy transition.
  This is not a short-term blip in the market. The momentum behind the clean ene
  
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• B.C. SPCA calls for veterinarians to enact ban on declawing cats

  18-01-2018 04:42 via vancouversun.com
  Feline declawing may be good for your furniture, but it’s bad for your cat, says the B.C. SPCA.
  The organization is calling on the College of Veterinarians of British Columbia to enact a ban on the practice, which they say causes unnecessary pain and suffering for cats.
  “For nearly two decades the B.C. SPCA has been on record opposing procedures such as declawing, tail docking, ear cropping, and devocalization that impact an animal’s ability to experience good welfare and to ex
  
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• B.C. criminals still have easy access to firearms, former cop says

  18-01-2018 04:37 via vancouversun.com
  Across Metro Vancouver Wednesday, at least a dozen people accused of firearms crimes appeared in provincial courthouses.
  Four of them were in Vancouver courtrooms on charges that included possession of a firearm without a licence, possession of a firearm contrary to a court order and attempted murder with a firearm.
  Three others appeared in Surrey on counts that included robbery with a firearm and possession of a loaded restricted gun. Two more were on the court list in North Vancouver for firea
  
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• Thank you Harrison! nsnews.com/lifestyle/son-…

  18-01-2018 04:28 via twitter.com
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• A treasure from the Sun's past unearthed at a Langley scrapyard

  18-01-2018 03:51 via vancouversun.com
  The workers at Mac’s Traders scrap metal yard in Langley sometimes find cool stuff in the tons of recyclables people bring in.
  “We find a lot of different brass ornaments,” explains Mac’s Erin Black. “We’ve found brass instruments like trumpets and saxophones. We have them up on our wall as a display.”
  Recently they found something quite unusual — a brass plaque for a Vancouver Sun “Buried Treasure Hunt.”
  It features an old Sun log
  
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• Liberals directed Brian Bonney, but not to break the law: Defence

  18-01-2018 03:28 via vancouversun.com
  Numerous senior Liberal government officials, including cabinet ministers and members of former premier Christy Clark’s office, knew about and directed the activities of Brian Bonney in connection with the Quick Wins scandal, but wouldn’t have believed they were encouraging him to break the law, Bonney’s lawyer said Wednesday.
  Ian Donaldson, a lawyer for Bonney, said that emails and other documents prove that his client reported to people in the premier’s office, includin
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Crown says evidence should convict in Pouyan shooting

  18-01-2018 03:09 via vancouversun.com
  There has been virtually no media coverage of the Thomas Duong attempted murder trial in Richmond, which ran through December.
  I was there for the Crown’s closing arguments this week.
  It is an interesting case. Police were following Duong, 22, and his missing co-accused Sahand Askari, 33, the day they are alleged to have attempted to kill Matin Pouyan – their former associate. But no one actually witnessed the shooting inside Dover Park. Crown Joe Bellows said the circumstantial evid
  
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• B.C. criminals still have easy access to firearms, former cops says

  18-01-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Across Metro Vancouver Wednesday, at least a dozen people accused of firearms crimes appeared in provincial courthouses.
  Four of them were in Vancouver courtrooms on charges that included possession of a firearm without a licence, possession of a firearm contrary to a court order and attempted murder with a firearm.
  Three others appeared in Surrey on counts that included robbery with a firearm and possession of a loaded restricted gun. Two more were on the court list in North Vancouver for firea
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Horgan's hands full with weed, Weaver, real estate, LNG

  18-01-2018 02:42 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — With the NDP government approaching the six-month mark of its term, Premier John Horgan met with reporters this week to lay out his goals for the year ahead.
  The federal government-imposed deadline for cannabis legalization will take up the bulk of the legislative time in the coming session of the house, starting Feb. 13.
  “We have an awful lot of work to do,” Horgan conceded. “But I made a commitment to the prime minister that B.C. was going to meet the ti
  
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• Vancouver city council approves new bike lane for Cambie Bridge

  18-01-2018 02:35 via vancouversun.com
  Love them or hate them, Vancouver is getting another separated bike lane.
  Vancouver city council voted Wednesday to approve a $600,000 pilot project to repurpose one of the three southbound lanes on the Cambie Bridge into a bike lane and reallocate a section of the southbound exit ramp heading towards 2nd Avenue to cyclists. 
  Construction on the new bike lane — likely the last one under Mayor Gregor Robertson’s watch — is slated to be completed by the summer. 
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• Parrots rescued from atrocious conditions at Vancouver Island bird sanctuary now face eviction from Vancouver home

  18-01-2018 02:22 via vancouversun.com
  There is no such thing, alas, as squawkers’ rights.
  There are 95 birds facing “demoviction” come Feb. 28 and the Greyhaven Exotic Bird Sanctuary is desperate for a new home where they can roost until they’ve been adopted.
  “We’re trying to get the word out there,” Greyhaven’s Jan Robson said. “Ideally, we’d need about 3,000 square feet on the main floor in a building that’s zoned for this type of thing.”
  For the past 20 month
  
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• Billionaire philanthropist asks what is war good for, pleads for support of veterans

  18-01-2018 02:07 via vancouversun.com
  Bullets whizzing overhead, buddies killed before your eyes, all the terrible things that war entails, Joe Segal has rarely talked about publicly.
  Until now.
  With a documentary crew in town to talk to him ahead of next year’s 75th anniversary of Juno Beach, the 93-year-old Calgary Highlander veteran was willing to open up to Postmedia News before filming began.
  “It was an experience that I don’t think anybody wants to live through again,” the billionaire businessman and hu
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, Jan. 18

  18-01-2018 02:05 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, Jan. 18.Jim Byrnes CD release party
  Vancouver’s resident blues legend Jim Byrnes celebrates the release of his newest album, Long Hot Summer Days, with a performance at St. James Hall. If you don’t know who Byrnes is at this point, where have you been? The Missouri-born bluesman has been releasing albums since the ’80s, and living in Vancouver since the ’70s. Fortunately, he’s s
  
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• Things to do in Metro Vancouver this week: Vancouver Motorcycle Show, Adam Sandler, Shawn Farquhar, and more

  18-01-2018 02:02 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do? Check out our list of concerts, plays and family activities happening around Metro Vancouver between Jan. 18-24.
  OUR PICKS:
  1. The Vancouver Motorcycle Show
  Jan. 19-21, various times | Tradex, Abbotsford
  Tickets and info: From $11, vancouvermotorcycleshow.ca
  B.C. is a hotbed of motorcycle enthusiasts and the motorcycle lifestyle. For riders looking for the latest products, add-ons and two-wheeled tech, this annual trade show is loaded with products, entertainmen
  
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• Blind B.C. woman's access to audiobooks threatened by political flap

  18-01-2018 01:58 via vancouversun.com
  A woman who is legally blind has launched a petition to try to get the provincial government to fund an online audiobook library that she will no longer have access to at the end of this month.
  Taeshim Youn, 31, has collected 100 signatures at change.org to try to maintain access for her and other print-disabled British Columbians to a collection of 540,000 audiobook titles at the Centre for Equitable Library Access.
  That includes The Books of Pellinor fantasy series that she’s listening t
  
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• Forecast calls for rain, rain & more rain! See an issue? Use #CityFix app to report it: cnv.org/CityFix… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-01-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Forecast calls for rain, rain & more rain! See an issue? Use #CityFix app to report it: cnv.org/CityFix… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• We are pleased to announce that Brian Hutchinson has been appointed Chief of @DNVFRS. Chief Hutchinson was most rec… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-01-2018 01:26 via twitter.com
  We are pleased to announce that Brian Hutchinson has been appointed Chief of @DNVFRS. Chief Hutchinson was most rec… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police investigating body found in water near Ladner Harbour Park

  18-01-2018 01:02 via vancouversun.com
  Police pulled a body out of the Fraser River Wednesday morning.
  According to a media release from the Delta Police Department, a body was pulled from Ladner slough, just south of the South Arm Marshes. A dog-walker had spotted the body around 9:45 a.m.
  Delta firefighters and a boat from the New Westminster police assisted in the recovery.
  Investigators are working to identify the body. They aren’t sure if it’s a suspicious death or not, but are treating it as such until they determin
  
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• Former PM Kim Cambell to speak at Surrey business awards for women

  18-01-2018 00:43 via vancouversun.com
  Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell will be the keynote speaker at the Surrey Board of Trade’s Surrey Women in Business awards this spring.
  It was announced Wednesday that Campbell, who was Canada’s only female Prime Minister, will speak at the March 8 event.
  She currently serves as the chairperson for Canada’s Supreme Court Advisory Board, and was recently honoured as a Global Woman of Vision.
  “Attendees will be inspired by her unique experience in the political arena, th
  
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