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• Real estate 'headwinds' could slow retail, construction sales: BCBC

  19-01-2018 23:54 via vancouversun.com
  The province’s economy, which enjoyed a robust year in 2017, is expected to downshift in 2018, according to the Business Council of B.C.
  The residential real estate industry has driven so much growth across the B.C. economy in recent years. Now, with so-called “policy headwinds” in sight, there will also likely be an accompanying impact on retail sales and construction, says BCBC chief economist Ken Peacock, whose group analyzes economic prosperity and competitiveness.
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• Town Talk: Kabul's neurosurgical loss may be Vancouver's gain

  19-01-2018 23:49 via vancouversun.com
  AFTER KABUL: Ajmal Zemmer was six years old when he, his father Assadulah and his mother Shakilla left a Kabul café one evening. Minutes later, a rocket killed several patrons. Days later, Ajmal was urging university pharmacy teacher Shakilla that negotiations with a neighbour would make him late for kindergarten, when another rocket demolished a nearby gas station. Then Assadulah ran in, “paler than I had ever seen him,” to say that a third rocket had killed four children and
  
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• Half of British Columbians concerned about housing, poverty: poll

  19-01-2018 23:02 via vancouversun.com
  The number of British Columbians who think poverty and affordable housing is the main issue in the province is on the rise, according to a new poll.
  The Insights West surveyed 829 B.C. adults from Jan. 15 to 17 for its annual B.C. government report card, released on Friday.
  Of those respondents, 50 per cent say housing, poverty and homelessness are the most important issues in the province.
  Just five years ago that number was only 16 per cent for the same question. The figure has stead
  
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• Know a fantastic coach? Amazing official/volunteer/team? Nominate them for a North Shore Sport Award by Jan 26.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 23:01 via twitter.com
  Know a fantastic coach? Amazing official/volunteer/team? Nominate them for a North Shore Sport Award by Jan 26.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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  19-01-2018 22:42 via twitter.com
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• VPD to hold pop up this weekend for witnesses of two homicides

  19-01-2018 21:56 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police will set up a mobile command centre on Saturday in a bid to find witnesses to two homicides last week.
  Investigators believe there were lots of people in the area last Saturday near Ontario Street and East Broadway where innocent bystander 15-year-old Alfred Wong, and a 23-year-old drug dealer, Kevin Whiteside, were shot dead.
  They think some of those people have not yet spoken with police, and say any information could be critical to the investigation. 
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• Douglas Todd: Why most suburban Metro Vancouver politicians are mum on foreign ownership

  19-01-2018 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  Why have the great bulk of Metro Vancouver’s suburban politicians stayed quiet about the impact of foreign capital on the over-heated housing market?
  After the announced retirement of City of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, many commentators said the calamity of his otherwise useful decade in office has been his failure to solve the housing affordability crisis.
  But what does that say about the almost complete inaction of the more than 140 suburban mayors and councillors in Metro Vancouv
  
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• Theatre review: The Events attempts to find meaning in horror

  19-01-2018 21:28 via vancouversun.com
  The Events
  When: To Jan. 28
  Where: Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Ave. Vancouver
  Tickets/info: From $29; pushfestival.ca
  How does a mass murderer justify his actions? Can a deeply traumatized survivor of such horror ever understand the killer’s motivation? And how might those of us at a distance process and digest events like these without becoming damaged ourselves?
  Scottish playwright David Greig takes on these weighty questions in The Events. First performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, with st
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Surrey teen found dead in Vancouver

  19-01-2018 21:28 via vancouversun.com
  A Surrey teen who went missing last week was found dead in the trunk of a car parked in Vancouver Thursday.
  Sachdeep Singh Dhoot, 18, is Vancouver’s third murder victim of the year.
  Vancouver Police Const. Jason Doucette said officers were called to the area of Fairmont Street and Vanness Avenue just after 3 p.m. Thursday to investigate the discovery of a stolen vehicle.
  “Officers found Dhoot’s body in the trunk of the vehicle,” he said in a news release.
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• Teen found in trunk of car is Vancouver's third murder victim of 2018

  19-01-2018 21:25 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police have identified 18-year-old Sachdeep Singh Dhoot of Surrey as the city’s third homicide victim of 2018.
  Dhoot’s body was found Thursday afternoon inside the trunk of a stolen vehicle that had been abandoned in the area of Fairmont Street and Vanness Avenue.Dhoot had been reported missing to the Surrey RCMP. He was last seen alive on Jan. 9 in Newton.
  Last week, Surrey RCMP said  Dhoot may be associated to a four-door blue 2004 Pontiac Sunfire with
  
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• B.C. education minister, Chilliwack school board, call on Barry Neufeld to resign

  19-01-2018 21:20 via vancouversun.com
  The Chilliwack school board and B.C.’s education minister on Friday called on trustee Barry Neufeld to resign over controversial “child abuse” remarks about transgender students.
  The move follows a motion of non-confidence in the board, passed earlier this week by the Chilliwack Teachers’ Association.
  In a statement Friday, the Chilliwack superintendent of schools, Evelyn Novak, said the board has passed a motion calling for Neufeld to resign because of a loss in con
  
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• Upcoming Council business: Agendas for next week's Council meeting (Jan 22, 7pm), Council workshop (Jan 23, 5pm), a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 21:09 via twitter.com
  Upcoming Council business: Agendas for next week's Council meeting (Jan 22, 7pm), Council workshop (Jan 23, 5pm), a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• This week Mayor @DarrellMussatto participated in the North Vancouver Transportation Summit, where 3 levels of gover… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  This week Mayor @DarrellMussatto participated in the North Vancouver Transportation Summit, where 3 levels of gover… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver ranked North America's #2 film city by MovieMaker magazine - Vancouver Sun

  19-01-2018 20:02 via vancouversun.com
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  Vancouver ranked North America's #2 film city by MovieMaker magazine
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  Vancouver is the second best city in North America for filmmakers to live and work, according to MovieMaker magazine. The magazine, which scored each city based on film activity, film infrastructure in place, population size, ease of transportation ...
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• Douglas Todd: Here's how to end migration scams by the global rich in Canada

  19-01-2018 19:30 via vancouversun.com
  Canada could crack down in many ways on the scams performed by “ghost immigrants” who avoid paying their share of Canadian taxes while driving up housing prices in Vancouver and Toronto.
  Immigration and tax lawyers are pressing Ottawa to adopt numerous proposals they believe would put an end to widespread illegitimate migration schemes, such as those employed by two rich families from China, whose tactics were exposed this month in B.C. Supreme Court. 
  The case of Fu versus Zhu
  
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• Half of British Columbians anxious about housing, poverty: poll

  19-01-2018 19:22 via vancouversun.com
  The number of British Columbians who think poverty and affordable housing is the main issue in the province is on the rise, according to a new poll.
  The Insights West surveyed 829 B.C. adults from Jan. 15 to Jan.17 for its annual B.C. government report card, released Friday.
  Of those respondents, 50 per cent say housing, poverty and homelessness are the most important issues in the province.
  Just five years ago that number was only 16 per cent for the same question, and has steadily cl
  
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• Bitcoin Cannot Pay Your Taxes! bit.ly/2rpyva6 #NorthVancouver https://t.co/9wJAeRLrxq

  19-01-2018 19:16 via twitter.com
  
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• Ex-foster kids in B.C. flock to college after tuition fees waived

  19-01-2018 19:14 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The number of ex-foster kids getting a free education at B.C. colleges and universities jumped 20 per cent after the NDP government waived tuition fees last fall, statistics show.
  A total of 229 ex-foster kids received tuition waivers from September to December compared with 189 for the entire 2016-17 school year, the government said.
  The province has spent $443,000 on the program to date to cover tuition and mandatory fees at 17 post-secondary schools.
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• Bulls & Bears: DeRozan has emerged as a true NBA superstar

  19-01-2018 19:02 via vancouversun.com
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  • DeMar DeRozan and the Toronto Raptors continue to impress in the battle for eastern conference supremacy in the NBA, with the shooting guard validating his ascendancy among the sport’s emerging superstars with a starting nod in the upcoming All-Star Weekend in his hometown of Los Angeles.• Meanwhile, the Vegas Golden Knights may have Army challenging their name and logo in trade mark filings, but that hasn’t slowed the NHL expansion franchise down where
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Keeping a special bottle of wine? What are you waiting for?

  19-01-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  When a civil defence siren sounds a bit like on old train you tend to dismiss it, especially when you are a half asleep, non-resident.
  But when your phone and your watch keep vibrating, buzzing and ringing at the same time, you start to take notice. Upon reading the following message: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL”, you get moving quick — but to where, and for what purpose?
  Locals were scurrying for shelter seemingly wi
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support the ban on cetaceans at the Vancouver Aquarium?

  19-01-2018 18:07 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Aquarium has reluctantly agreed to a ban imposed by the park board on cetaceans. The aquarium plans to continue with an expansion, but one that will no longer include belugas or dolphins. CEO John Nightingale said most of the staff are disappointed with the decision. What do you think?Take Our Poll
  
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• Man beaten with a shotgun at Richmond pub

  19-01-2018 18:04 via vancouversun.com
  It was a tense night at a pub in Richmond last night, where witnesses describe a masked man barging in and assaulting a patron with the back-end of a shotgun. 
  Police cars surrounded the Pioneer’s Pub on No. 3 Road around 8 p.m., after reports of a man wearing a balaclava targeted a man inside the pub, according to freelance photographer Shane MacKichan.
  The victim was struck in the head by the end of the shotgun and the suspect fled in a car with three others. The victim was transpor
  
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• Got poop? Good news, we've added 20 more dog waste bins around the City, including Grand Blvd, Victoria Park & Lowe… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Got poop? Good news, we've added 20 more dog waste bins around the City, including Grand Blvd, Victoria Park & Lowe… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Fire crews fighting fire at sawmill in South Vancouver

  19-01-2018 16:48 via vancouversun.com
  Fire crews are battling a massive blaze at a sawmill in South Vancouver.
  Vancouver Fire and Rescue says the fire broke out early Friday morning at Mainland Sawmills on Yukon Street.
  Witnesses are posting photos on social media showing heavy smoke filling the air.
  A fire spokesman heading to the scene did not have any details about what happened, but said it is a three-alarm fire.
  So far, there are no reports of injuries.
  If you're wondering why the city smells like campfire, it's because the Mai
  
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• Five Things to Know: No more belugas and no Amazon, but lots of conventions

  19-01-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Good morning. Here are five things you need to know.Aquarium bows to pressure, agrees to cetacean ban
  The Vancouver Aquarium caved to public pressure Thursday and announced that they would no longer keep belugas and dolphins captive.
  I don’t mean that to sound like a slight. They were right to cave to public pressure. The cetacean debate in Vancouver was turning the Aquarium into villains, and that’s crazy. They save seal pups and certify seafood. We should like them. Simply from a p
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Closing arguments in Cory Vallee murder trial

  19-01-2018 08:24 via vancouversun.com
  The closing arguments began yesterday in the long-running Cory Vallee murder trial. On the first day, one of the prosecutors discussed case law she wants the judge to rely upon when she is evaluating the former gang members turned Crown witnesses.
  I went back today to hear some of the evidence the Crown is arguing proves Vallee’s role not only in the conspiracy to kill the Bacon brothers, but also the February 2009 murder of their associate Kevin Eclair.
  Here’s my story:Other evidenc
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Street level criminals have easy access to firearms

  19-01-2018 08:05 via vancouversun.com
  In November, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth released the first report of the B.C. Task Force on Illegal Firearms. Some of the recommendations from that report are now in the works, including a new unit with the anti-gang Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit to come up with strategies to deal with guns in the hands of criminals.
  In the meantime, there are still a lot of illegal firearms being used even by low-level criminals. Richmond RCMP arrested a man Jan. 16 allegedly breaking into
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Friday, Jan. 19

  19-01-2018 06:41 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Friday, Jan. 19.Dine Out Vancouver
  There may not be a better local event for foodies than Dine Out Vancouver, a 17-day celebration of the city’s culinary scene, with special menus at more than 250 participating restaurants, not to mention tastings, workshops and classes. The whole thing gets started Friday, and while the opening grand tasting event is already sold out, there are a few other options for your
  
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• Suing for sexual assault: Look before you leap

  19-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  In the Jan. 15 edition of The Vancouver Sun, Howard Levitt, a well-known lawyer specializing in employment law, outlined all the advantages to an alleged victim of sexual assault who sues the alleged perpetrator civilly rather than making a criminal complaint. Everything Mr. Levitt wrote was true, but as the saying goes, it was not the whole truth. There are at least three reasons why someone may not want to sue on a civil basis for sexual assault:
  He said/she said — the onus of proof
  As M
  
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• Letters: China’s new aviation routes threaten aviation safety in Taiwan Strait

  19-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Reneging on a previous agreement with Taiwan, the People’s Republic of China unilaterally launched the northbound M503 flight route and three east-west extension routes (W121, W122, and W123) in the Taiwan Strait on Jan. 4. M503 is just 7.8 km from the median line of the Taiwan Strait and close to the Taipei Flight Information Region. The above mentioned three W flight routes risk interfering with air transportation between Taiwan and its outlying islands of Matsu and Kinmen.
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• Langley RCMP seek Surrey man wanted for impersonating police officer

  19-01-2018 04:17 via vancouversun.com
  Langley Mounties are asking for the public’s help in locating a man charged with impersonating a police officer.
  A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Bryce Telford, 21, of Surrey. 
  Police said in a news release that on Dec. 2, 2017, they received a call from a woman who was a passenger in a vehicle being followed. The woman told officers that a black Chevrolet Tahoe had pulled her vehicle over in the Brookswood area using what appeared to be police emergency lights in the
  
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• Police investigate body found in East Van vehicle

  19-01-2018 03:56 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after a dead body was found in a parked vehicle in East Vancouver on Thursday.
  The car was parked on Fairmont Street near Vanness Avenue.
  Detectives from the Vancouver Police Department are on scene.
  Police say they are “very early” in their investigation.
  Vancouver police investigate a body found in a parked car at Euclid and Fairmont, Vancouver, January 18 2018.
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: NDP up to speed on blacktop politics

  19-01-2018 03:50 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan was well into a lengthy media scrum this week when he fielded a question that hit him right where he lives — the state of the main road through his own riding in the provincial capital region.
  “Thanks for the question,” Horgan told the reporter and proceeded to make some headlines. “We’re going to be making an announcement later in the week on some preliminary steps for safety improvements, and there’ll be much more wo
  
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• TransCanada forges ahead on $2 billion gas pipeline,

  19-01-2018 03:07 via vancouversun.com
  TransCanada is forging ahead with a revamped plan to build a $1.4-billion North Montney Mainline gas pipeline despite the death of the LNG project in northwest B.C. that had underpinned its construction.
  The pipeline project — now aimed at the North American market — enters National Energy Board hearings next week.
  Following the hearings in Calgary and Dawson Creek, scheduled to end on Feb. 1, the NEB can take about three months to make a decision.
  Calgary-based TransCanada says the
  
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• Opinion: After Hawaii, it's time to dust off that VCR

  19-01-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s Nov. 20, 1983. Across North America, children are up past their bedtimes with their parents, glued to the TV set. Of an estimated 100 million television viewers — 10 times the number of people who tuned in for The Voice’s season 1 finale — most stay up past the “main event” to watch former secretaries of the U.S. government debate nuclear policy with astronomer Carl Sagan. ABC and other networks open temporary psychological counselling hotlines to assist
  
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• Metro Vancouver's developers brace for NDP policy, changes on municipal councils

  19-01-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Inside Metro’s development sector, there is nervous optimism.
  After years of record-breaking sales, developers are bracing for action from the new NDP provincial government, shifts expected in fall elections in the makeup of some municipal councils, and the need to respond to public scrutiny of development projects.
  “Change is in the wind,” said Ward McAllister, president of Ledingham McAllister Properties, at a downtown Vancouver luncheon hosted by the Urban Development Instit
  
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• Vancouver gears up for its busiest convention year ever

  19-01-2018 02:58 via vancouversun.com
  As Vancouver gears up for its busiest convention year ever, the local tourism industry is celebrating the city’s success in competing with top destinations from around the world. 
  Vancouver will host 33 citywide conventions and events in 2018, an increase from 28 in 2017 and, more importantly, the highest number the city has ever hosted in a single year. 
  The tourism industry defines a “citywide” convention or event as one that attracts 1,000 or more out-of-
  
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• Other evidence at Vallee trial backs unsavoury witnesses, Crown says

  19-01-2018 02:51 via vancouversun.com
  When the United Nations gang was hunting the Bacon brothers and their fellow Red Scorpions a decade ago, it was not your average murder conspiracy, a prosecutor said in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday.
  In fact, shootings and murders that went on for months could more accurately be described as a war, Crown Alex Burton said in closing submissions at the Cory Vallee murder trial.
  “We have an unusual set of circumstances here. We essentially have a war going on between these two groups,”
  
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• No arrests six months after death of Burnaby teen Marrisa Shen

  19-01-2018 02:30 via vancouversun.com
  Marrisa Shen walked into Tim Hortons on Central Blvd. near McKay Ave. in Burnaby’s busy Metrotown area at 6:09 p.m. on July 18. 
  She was wearing typical teenage garb — black T-shirt, denim shorts, black runners, ear phones — and held the door open for a man in a reflective vest leaving the coffee shop. 
  The 13-year-old stayed at the Tim Hortons for an hour and a half. She was seen heading for the exit at 7:37 p.m., carefully sorting her trash into the proper receptacl
  
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• Wife of man accused in double murder testifies about threats

  19-01-2018 02:29 via vancouversun.com
  A Richmond woman testified Thursday that her husband threatened to kill her in the days prior to a house fire in which two people died.
  Liane Leznoff was testifying at the trial of her husband, Surjit Dosanjh, who has pleaded not guilty to the April 2015 second-degree murders of her mother, Elaine Leznoff, 66, and a teen who cannot be identified due to a publication ban.
  She told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Peter Voith that during their relationship, she had become increasingly concerned about th
  
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• Four months after bridge tolls removed, drivers owe millions in unpaid bills

  19-01-2018 02:06 via vancouversun.com
  Just over four months have passed since the provincial government made it free to cross the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges, but drivers still owe more than $40 million in unpaid tolls.
  Following through on an election promise, tolls were removed from the bridges on Sept. 1 with the goal of promoting fairness for people living south of the Fraser River.
  Although tolls were no longer charged after midnight that day, Transportation Investment Corp. (TI Corp.), which oversees the Port Mann, and T
  
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• Vancouver expanding free public Wi-Fi network

  19-01-2018 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver residents looking to save a few dollars on their smartphone bills may be pleased to hear the city is expanding its free public Wi-Fi network.
  The expanded network will be among the largest in North America, the city said in a news release Thursday. Representatives from the city and Shaw Communications will announce details Friday morning.
  Vancouver first began installing free Wi-Fi in 2015 at six community centres and golf courses before expanding to 43 civic sites. Telus won
  
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• Planning an outdoor event at a City venue in 2018? Don't delay, book your event now @ cnv.org/EventBookingFo…… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-01-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Planning an outdoor event at a City venue in 2018? Don't delay, book your event now @ cnv.org/EventBookingFo…… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 40% of North Vancouver businesses considering leaving: Survey - North Shore News

  19-01-2018 01:04 via nsnews.com
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  40% of North Vancouver businesses considering leaving: Survey
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  North Vancouver's business community is warning our daily transportation problems aren't just a nuisance that make us late for dinner – they're an existential threat to the local economy. The . . .and more »
  
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• Abbotsford police seeking suspect and witnesses in sex assault

  19-01-2018 00:46 via vancouversun.com
  Abbotsford police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man wanted in a sexual assault that occurred Wednesday evening.
  Abbotsford Police Sgt. Judy Bird said the teen victim was cutting through the grounds of John Maclure elementary school around 6 p.m. Wednesday when a man approached her from behind.
  The suspect then pushed her down but the teen was able to escape and run toward a nearby business to get help.
  Police are now seeking a suspect described as a white man with a scruff
  
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• Cops find loaded .357 Magnum handgun during Richmond car theft bust

  19-01-2018 00:39 via vancouversun.com
  A man arrested on Tuesday for the theft of a car from a Richmond business was also carrying a loaded handgun, say police.
  RCMP allege that Richard James Harris broke into the property of a business in the 2000-block of No. 4 Road in Richmond just after 3 p.m. on Tuesday.
  An employee at the business told RCMP that a man drove away from the site in a company vehicle. The vehicle was quickly located and officers followed the suspect into Vancouver.
  The vehicle was stopped and a suspect arrested jus
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Vancouver Aquarium takes a step into the future

  19-01-2018 00:26 via vancouversun.com
  During the late 1800s, humans were among the living creatures featured in zoos across Europe and in at least three in the U.S.
  All of them were Indigenous people, including Inuit ‘collected’ in 1880 for display in Hamburg. For a while, the displays were wildly popular. But times changed — albeit slowly. It was well into the 20th century when human zoos were banned. 
  Just as keeping humans in captivity under the guise of gaining a better understanding how other sapiens live
  
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