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• Tonight's Council workshop at 5pm will include an update from staff on their work to address the #housing needs of… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-01-2018 23:54 via twitter.com
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• Tsunami scare a 'useful exercise' in emergency preparedness: Expert

  23-01-2018 23:42 via vancouversun.com
  Tuesday’s short-lived tsunami warning was the closest thing to an emergency response practice without actually being a practice for many B.C. coastal communities.
  A tsunami warning for the coastal areas of B.C. has been cancelled after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Alaska. The warning was issued early Tuesday, shortly after 1:30 a.m. However, at 4:30 a.m., an urgent message from Emergency Management B.C. said all warnings for coastal B.C. had been cancelled.
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• TransLink unveils accessible fare-gate program for SkyTrain, SeaBus

  23-01-2018 23:37 via vancouversun.com
  For the two years he’s lived in Vancouver, Omar Al-azawi has been an avid transit-user.
  As a student at the B.C. Institute of Technology and Emily Carr University, the 25-year-old takes SkyTrain to get to class from his East Vancouver home, and uses buses, SeaBus and HandyDart to get to and from appointments and commitments.
  “It’s a lifestyle, it’s not just transportation,” said Al-azawi.
  Al-azawi has found transit easy to use, with one exception: He has quadriplegi
  
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• Majority of overdose deaths occur indoors, affect men disproportionately: Fraser Health

  23-01-2018 22:54 via vancouversun.com
  The opioid overdose crisis is disproportionately affecting men and often takes place away from the public eye, according to a new Fraser Health report that attempts to shed light on the people most affected by what it called a “hidden epidemic”. 
  The Opioid Overdose Emergency in Fraser Health found that 85 per cent of overdose deaths in the region are among men, with 30- to 39-year-olds being the most at risk. 
  The vast majority of overdose deaths — 90 per cent &mdash
  
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• B.C. doppelgangers found with Google Arts & Culture app

  23-01-2018 22:52 via vancouversun.com
  There is only one thing our smartphone-addicted populace enjoys more than fine art — and that’s selfies, so it’s not surprising that Google Arts & Culture has become the most viral must-have app since Pokemon Go. 
  Originally released in 2016, Google Arts & Culture recently became the No. 1 app for both Android and iPhone, surpassing Instagram and YouTube, with the addition of a feature that allows users to match a selfie with art from the collection of museums incl
  
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• TransLink unveils accessible transit fare gate program for SkyTrain, SeaBus

  23-01-2018 22:51 via vancouversun.com
  For the two years he’s lived in Vancouver, Omar Al-azawi has been an avid transit user.
  As a student at the B.C. Institute of Technology and Emily Carr University, the 25-year-old takes SkyTrain to get to class from his East Vancouver home, and uses buses, SeaBus and HandyDART to get to and from appointments and commitments.
  “It’s a lifestyle, it’s not just transportation,” said Al-azawi.
  Al-azawi has found transit easy to use, with one exception: He has quadriplegi
  
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• #GreenNecklace urban walk coming up Jan 31 | 11:45am-12:45pm. Meet in Civic Plaza, outside the Library. More detail… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-01-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
  #GreenNecklace urban walk coming up Jan 31 | 11:45am-12:45pm. Meet in Civic Plaza, outside the Library. More detail… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• We're developing a plan to lower our carbon emissions while helping to reduce energy costs, improve community healt… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-01-2018 21:07 via twitter.com
  We're developing a plan to lower our carbon emissions while helping to reduce energy costs, improve community healt… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Our eNews comes out every Thursday but if you missed it, here it is again: ow.ly/q53b30hX8Do #CityView… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-01-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Our eNews comes out every Thursday but if you missed it, here it is again: ow.ly/q53b30hX8Do#CityView… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Five people face charges after police bust Vancouver pot market

  23-01-2018 20:04 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are recommending 11 criminal charges by laid against five people in connection with Sunday’s police bust of an open-air marijuana market Vancouver’s Robson Square.
  VPD Deputy Chief Howard Chow says four people were arrested — and another is pending — after police descended upon the block on Robson between Hornby and Howe late Sunday evening.
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  Marijuana market in Robson Square shut down by Vancouver police
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• Style Q&A: B.C. brand takes on the Grammy Awards

  23-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s not every day a new brand gets the opportunity to take part in the epic Grammy Awards gifting process. 
  But that’s exactly what’s about to happen for the Vancouver-based company, MYO Cosmetic Cases.
  Suzanne Carter, the brand’s founder and inventor, chatted with Postmedia News about her unique cases, the Grammy Awards, and where she plans to go from here.  
  Suzanne Carter, the founder of the Vancouver-based company MYO Cosmetic Cases.
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• Style in The City: Arielle Berze

  23-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Name: Arielle Berze
  Occupation: Community Engagement Manager
  Personal style in one word: Girlie
  Social media: Instagram on @casualncouture
  Love Arielle’s look? Here’s how to recreate it. The coat 
  When it’s chilly outside, you simply can’t beat a cosy faux-fur coat. The plush toppers are warm — as well as impossibly chic. While we love the wild, woolly coat Arielle’s sporting above, we’re equally enamoured with a multicoloured s
  
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• Stephen Fearing takes up songwriter’s tools against a Blowhard Nation

  23-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Stephen Fearing
  Jan 27 at 7:30 p.m. | Massey Theatre
  Tickets: $35 adult/$25 students and seniors/$15 children under 12 at ticketsnw.ca  
  Stephen Fearing’s new album is called Every Soul’s a Sailor. It’s the ninth solo album in his 30-year career. That run includes albums with the blues-rock band Blackie and the Rodeo Kings as well as the duo (with Andy White) Fearing & White. We talked to Fearing, who is now based in Victoria, about growing up in Dublin, tools of
  
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• Five reasons to check out Taboo … the naughty but nice sex show

  23-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Taboo … the naughty but nice sex show
  Feb. 2-4 | Vancouver Convention Centre
  Tickets and info: $20 at the door/$15 in advance at tabooshow.com/Vancouver
  1. The Fictionals Comedy Co. Now in its 17th year, the annual Taboo sex show is shaking things up with some improv comedy. Vancouver’s own Fictionals troupe will bring some (intentional) laughs to the three-day event. The troupe is promising three shows, including the Comedy Cupid Show. Group member Daniel Chai describes it as &ldqu
  
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• Classical music: VSO principal oboe Roger Cole and his Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra in the concert spotlight

  23-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Fantastique!with Roger Cole and the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra
  When: Jan. 27, 8 p.m.
  Where: Orpheum Theatre
  Tickets and info: from $18.75, vancouversymphony.caThe Vancouver Symphony will end January with a blockbuster concert, a grandiose project featuring Berlioz’s “sex and drugs” saga Symphonie Fantastique. (Think I’m kidding? Berlioz says the music’s about “a young musician of morbidly sensitive temperament and fiery imagination poisons hi
  
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• Lake Louise ice-carving festival provides perfect backdrop for winter vacation

  23-01-2018 19:36 via vancouversun.com
  The ice carvers gather before sunrise in the warmth of the Poppy Brasserie in Lake Louise’s Fairmont Chateau.
  Outside, it is snowing and minus eight, the perfect temperature for their trade.
  There are ten pairs of sculptors who each have 34 hours over three days to turn ten, 300 pound blocks of ice into works of art that capture the essence of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
  When the artists get to work at 8 a.m. that morning, the only sounds are the whirr of small electric chainsaws and scr
  
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• 'Island of congestion' choking North Shore businesses

  23-01-2018 19:36 via vancouversun.com
  When engineering consulting firm COWI was searching for a new office, it seriously considered leaving North Vancouver, in spite of its more than 40-year history there.
  The main issue was transportation — transit connections on the North Shore can be tricky, and the streets have steadily grown more congested.
  “It’s increasingly challenging to get here, and it’s challenging to settle here,” said Efrosini Drimoussis, director, projects and development for COWI, formerl
  
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• A reminder that a stretch of Montroyal Blvd (Skyline Dr to Glencanyon Dr) will close tonight at 8 so we can haul si… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-01-2018 18:59 via twitter.com
  A reminder that a stretch of Montroyal Blvd (Skyline Dr to Glencanyon Dr) will close tonight at 8 so we can haul si… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Missed last night's council meeting? Not a problem we've got a video: ow.ly/ALCc30hX8jW #NorthVan https://t.co/lt9dcABQ95

  23-01-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  
  Missed last night's council meeting? Not a problem we've got a video:ow.ly/ALCc30hX8jW #NorthVan https://t.co/lt9dcABQ95
  
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• Vancouver's tsunami risk low but that doesn't mean we can't be hit by big wave

  23-01-2018 17:38
  
  An earthquake could trigger a mudslide that could generate massive upsurge in water
  
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• Fire at Port Coquitlam rail yard forced closure of Lougheed Highway

  23-01-2018 16:55 via vancouversun.com
  A large fire broke out at a rail yard in Port Coquitlam and forced the closure of Lougheed Highway late Monday evening.
  According to a Canadian Pacific Railway spokesperson, a train operating on the railway’s Port Coquitlam yard was involved in a collision with a fuel truck near the yard’s northern entrance.
  CP crews worked with Coquitlam RCMP and the Port Coquitlam Fire Department to secure the area and put out the fire. Hours later, after the fire had been put out and crews packed
  
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• Tsunami warning cancelled for coastal B.C. after large 7.9 earthquake in Alaska

  23-01-2018 16:53 via vancouversun.com
  A tsunami warning for the coastal areas of B.C. has been cancelled following a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Alaska.
  The warning was issued early Tuesday, shortly after 1:30 a.m., and Emergency B.C. was warning anyone in affected areas to evacuate. However, at 4:30 a.m., an urgent message from Emergency Management B.C. stated that all warnings for coastal B.C. had been cancelled.
  “No zones of coastal British Columbia are at risk.  Repeat, no zones of coastal British Columbia are at risk
  
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• TransLink to unveil accessible transit fare gate program for SkyTrain

  23-01-2018 16:37 via vancouversun.com
  Almost two years after the fare gates closed across Metro Vancouver’s transit system, TransLink is launching its hands-free gate access technology for people with disabilities.
  A news conference is scheduled for Tuesday morning for the announcement. It’s expected that politicians from the provincial and federal governments will be in attendance, along with a representative from Disability Alliance B.C.
  The Universal Fare Gate Access Program involves installing long-range Radio Freque
  
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• The answer to asthma may be in dirty diapers

  23-01-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Childhood asthma has been rising for decades and local researchers think the answer to why is in dirty diapers
  “We’ve seen a tripling in the rates of asthma and other allergic diseases,” said lead investigator Stuart Turvey, a pediatrician at B.C. Children’s Hospital and a professor at UBC. “Our genetics haven’t changed in one or two generations … so it points to something in the environment that these kids are growing up in.”
  Or somethi
  
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• B.C. research aims to create new tools in the fight against cancer

  23-01-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. researchers are developing powerful new genomic tools to personalize cancer treatment, providing guidance about what drugs will work best and even figuring out which treatments might do more harm than good.
  Christian Steidl, Marco Mara and David Scott of the B.C. Cancer Research Centre are focused on creating new diagnostic tests for cancers that maddeningly morph into different and more aggressive versions on each relapse.
  Lymphoid cancers start in the immune system, and even after success
  
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• Daily Poll: Are you equipped and ready if an emergency hits?

  23-01-2018 15:53 via vancouversun.com
  While most B.C. residents were asleep, a tsunami warning was issued for costal areas following a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Alaska early Tuesday morning.
  The warning was issued around 1:30 a.m. but cancelled a short while later around 4:30 a.m.
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  Tsunami warning cancelled for coastal B.C. after large 7.9 earthquake in Alaska
  The earthquake initially struck 278 kilometres southeast of Kodiak, Alaska at a depth of about 10 kilometres. The original tsunami warning covered the coast of B.C. f
  
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• Beauty Bar: Caudalie Premier Cru collection

  23-01-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: An anti-aging skin care collection that’s suitable for all skin types. 
  The collection includes The Serum, The Eye Cream, The Rich Cream, The Precious Oil and The Cream, each blended with exclusive, “high-performance” ingredients. 
  The range of products, which features a “refined scent of vine roses smoked in an oak barrel,” work to correct the signs of aging such as loss of firmness, wrinkles, dark spots and dryness in “a single ste
  
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• Tsunami warning cancelled for coastal B.C. after large earthquake in Alaska

  23-01-2018 13:42 via vancouversun.com
  A tsunami warning for the coastal areas of B.C. has been cancelled following a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Alaska.
  A tsunami warning was issued early Tuesday, shortly after 1:30 a.m., and Emergency B.C. was warning anyone in affected areas to evacuate. However, at 4:30 a.m., an urgent message from Emergency Management B.C. stated that all warnings for coastal B.C. had been cancelled.
  The warning covered the coast of British Columbia from Vancouver Island north to Haida Gwaii and the North Coast
  
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• Liberals scrubbed 2014 report into ICBC financial crisis

  23-01-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — An independent review of the Insurance Corp. of B.C. three years ago recommended caps on minor injury claims and premium hikes for high-risk drivers — moves that could have helped stave off a growing financial crisis in the Crown auto insurer but were instead quietly removed from the final report by the then Liberal government.
  A draft of a Dec. 23, 2014, report by consultant Ernst & Young, obtained by Postmedia News, contained seven pages outlining changes that were d
  
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• YVR accelerates expansion on soaring passenger count that hit 24.1 million in 2017

  23-01-2018 09:01 via vancouversun.com
  The passenger count at Vancouver International Airport broke through 24 million in 2017 prompting the facility to speed up some of its capital projects and rewrite its projections for growth.
  Riding a boom in tourism that has seen an increasing number of new airlines and existing airlines, particularly Air Canada which has turned YVR into a full trans-Pacific hub for its operations YVR saw passenger numbers rise by 8.4 per cent in 2017 compared with 2016.
  “That’s 1.9 million more pas
  
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• Fire burning at Port Coquitlam rail yard forces closure of Lougheed Hwy.

  23-01-2018 07:11 via vancouversun.com
  A large fire has broken out at a rail yard in Port Coquitlam and has forced the closure of Lougheed Highway.
  According to a Canadian Pacific Railway spokesperson, a train operating on the railway’s Port Coquitlam yard collided with a fuel truck near the yard’s northern entrance.
  CP crews are working with Coquitlam RCMP and the Port Coquitlam Fire Department to secure the area.
  “We have evacuated the immediate area in a radius of several hundred metres,” said Cpl. Michael
  
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• Fire burning at Port Coquitlam rail yard forces closure of Lougheed Highway

  23-01-2018 07:11 via vancouversun.com
  A large fire has broken out at a rail yard in Port Coquitlam and has forced the closure of Lougheed Highway.
  According to a Canadian Pacific Railway spokesperson, a train operating on the railway’s Port Coquitlam yard was involved in a collision with a fuel truck near the yard’s northern entrance.
  CP crews worked with Coquitlam RCMP and the Port Coquitlam Fire Department to secure the area and put out the fire.
  “We have evacuated the immediate area,” said Cpl. Michael McL
  
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• Majority of overdose deaths occur indoors, affects men disproportionately: Fraser Health

  23-01-2018 06:39 via vancouversun.com
  The opioid overdose crisis is disproportionately affecting men and often takes place away from the public eye, says a new Fraser Health report, which attempts to shed light on the people most affected by what it called a “hidden epidemic.” 
  The Opioid Overdose Emergency in Fraser Health found that 85 per cent of overdose deaths in the region are among men, with 30- to 39-year-olds having the highest number of OD deaths. 
  The vast majority of overdose deaths — 90 per c
  
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• Opinion: Will Ottawa undermine B.C.'s marine industry?

  23-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  A distant but dark cloud hangs over an otherwise bright future for B.C. as a global marine powerhouse.
  Surprisingly, the potential for stormy weather is blowing in from Ottawa.
  At issue is Bill C-49, an omnibus piece of legislation informally known as the air passenger rights bill. Buried deep within it is a provision to give port authorities — which are federal government agencies — access to financing from the $35-billion federal Infrastructure Bank.
  This would provide the Vancouve
  
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• Opinion: Dementia doesn’t define a person

  23-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, and people across Canada are standing up and saying, “I live with dementia. Let me help you understand.”
  A recent Leger-conducted online survey showed that almost 50 per cent of British Columbians would not want others to know if they were diagnosed with dementia. While awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is growing, the stigma experienced by the individuals and families who are affected remains a reality.
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• Letters: Horgan right to be cautious on mobility pricing

  23-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Horgan not sold on mobility pricing, Jan. 17
  Thank you premier John Horgan for not jumping on the “mobility pricing” bandwagon! I think charging drivers by the distance they drive or through pinch points stinks. This is unfair to truck drivers and those who drive a lot, and I will never support this.
  What we need is more rapid transit (not streetcars in Surrey), more bridges, and especially improved access to the North Shore.
  I believe the best way to raise the funds is through p
  
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• Two dead near Campbell River, thrown in creek while riding ATV

  23-01-2018 03:31 via vancouversun.com
  CAMPBELL RIVER — A father and his 15-year-old daughter are dead after fast-moving water pushed their all-terrain vehicle over in Woods Creek south of Campbell River on Sunday.
  The father’s body was found about 9:15 a.m. Monday, just over an hour after the search resumed at first light, said Daryl Beck, search manager for Campbell River Search and Rescue. The man’s body was found trapped against a log about 100 metres from where the ATV toppled.
  His teenage daughter’s
  
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• Judge questions publication ban on witnesses at double-murder trial

  23-01-2018 03:20 via vancouversun.com
  A judge questioned an unusual publication ban imposed on the identities of all witnesses testifying at a double-murder trial in Vancouver on Monday.
  Crown counsel Daniel Porte told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Peter Voith that the ban in relation to the trial of Surjit Singh Dosanjh was initially imposed by the Richmond Provincial Court on April 20, 2015, a week after a deadly house fire claimed the lives of Dosanjh’s mother-in-law, Elaine Leznoff, and a teen who cannot be named because of a
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Slain teen's brother addresses the media

  23-01-2018 03:08 via vancouversun.com
  A very poised Wilfred Wong told reporters at the Vancouver Police Department’s Cambie office Monday about how much he and his parents loved his younger brother Alfred. And he spoke of how shocked they were to lose the 15-year-old teen to a bullet from a gang shootout.
  VPD Chief Adam Palmer updated us on the investigation. He said much evidence has been gathered. And he also said the gang violence is as bad right now as it was a decade ago.
  If you have information about this shooting, call
  
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• Kitsilano residents cool on pool plan

  23-01-2018 03:05 via vancouversun.com
  A shiny, new $75-million destination pool is something most city residents would positively yearn for.
  But not in Kitsilano, where some locals are decrying proposed plans for such a facility in Connaught Park on West 12th near Arbutus. For these residents, the problem is two-fold: not only has the city’s park board failed to adequately consult people about the idea, but to go ahead with construction would do irreparable harm to a key piece of the community.
  Rebecca Lockhart is among many w
  
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• White Rock to hold open house for new water treatment plant

  23-01-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  White Rock residents who want to find out more about how the city plans to remove arsenic and manganese from their drinking water will have their chance at an open house planned for Thursday.
  “We’re very excited that we’re moving forward on a water treatment process that will see our water dramatically improve in terms of its quality,” said chief administrative officer Dan Bottrill.
  White Rock is one of the few communities in Metro Vancouver that does not receive its wate
  
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• 'Shaping up to be a great year' on North Shore mountains

  23-01-2018 02:41 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouverites got a peek Monday afternoon at the aftermath of this weekend’s snow storm on the North Shore mountains and those that have been up there confirm it’s as good as it looks.
  “Yeah, big dump. It’s been great,” Cypress Mountain Ski Resort sales and marketing director Goffrey Koeman said.
  The westernmost of the North Shore’s three ski hills has seen 95 centimetres of snow fall over the four or five days, including 20 since early Sunday. Grouse Mountain
  
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• We're recruiting for a temporary full-time Assistant Supervisor, Operations - Sewer. Click here to apply: ow.ly/ei6U30hWi0Z

  23-01-2018 02:14 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a temporary full-time Assistant Supervisor, Operations - Sewer. Click here to apply: ow.ly/ei6U30hWi0Z
  
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• We’re recruiting for a temporary full-time GIS Technician. Click here to apply: ow.ly/H43e30hWhYI

  23-01-2018 02:12 via twitter.com
  We’re recruiting for a temporary full-time GIS Technician. Click here to apply: ow.ly/H43e30hWhYI
  
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• Start of route hearings for $7.9-billion Trans Mountain oil pipeline

  23-01-2018 02:02 via vancouversun.com
  Private land owners and the municipalities of Burnaby and Coquitlam started National Energy Board hearings this week on their opposition of the planned route of the $7.9-billion expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline.
  Final approval of the route is a key remaining hurdle that the Houston-Tx.-based Kinder Morgan must overcome before construction can begin on portions of the mega-project where the route is disputed. About 40 per cent of the planned route is approved already.
  The project &mda
  
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• Shooting victim Alfred Wong's death 'leaves void' in family's heart

  23-01-2018 01:05 via vancouversun.com
  The brother of 15-year-old Alfred Wong, the teen who was killed by a stray bullet in Mount Pleasant last week, says the death has left a void in his family’s heart.
  Alfred Wong was struck by a stray bullet while riding in his parents’ car after a family night out in Vancouver on Saturday, Jan. 13  He died in hospital two days later after his family made the decision to take him off life support. 
  “The 15 years we had with Alfred were far too short but w
  
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• Surrey bylaw staff remove signs protesting golf course development

  23-01-2018 00:48 via vancouversun.com
  City of Surrey bylaw officers have taken down five signs erected to protest a proposed development at Coyote Creek golf course in Fleetwood.
  The removals happened on Saturday morning, two days before the proposal was expected to be introduced at a Surrey city council meeting.
  “We were quite surprised they pulled that,” said Ken McBain, co-chair of the Coyote Creek Action Committee, which put up the signs.
  Surrey’s manager of public safety operations Jas Rehal said the city rece
  
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• Council meets tonight at 7pm. This evening's agenda includes 2018 social service grants, and an update on the Commu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-01-2018 00:33 via twitter.com
  Council meets tonight at 7pm. This evening's agenda includes 2018 social service grants, and an update on the Commu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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