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• This Week in History: 1924 The Devonshire Hotel ushers in a new era downtown

  02-02-2018 23:37 via vancouversun.com
  It took a few years for the Vancouver economy to recover after the First World War. But things started to pick up in the fall of 1923, when the Vancouver World ran a banner headline across the front page, “Prosperity Begins For City.”
  “The news of the day is crowded with cheerful announcements relating to the return of prosperity to Canada, British Columbia and Vancouver,” said the Sept. 12, 1923 World.
  “Work ordered to start on Second Narrows Bridge to cost $1,450,
  
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• Bulls & Bears: Veteran sports icons Beckham, Federer court success

  02-02-2018 23:30 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  A slow-moving, five-year roller-coaster of on-again, off-again ups and downs finally arrived at the announcement that the David Beckham Major League Soccer ownership group was ready to officially unveil plans for its long-awaited expansion franchise in Miami.
  It’s a bullish play for Beckham, who brought star power to MLS in 2007 and was gifted franchise rights for US $25 million as part of his five-year deal with the L.A. Galaxy. With MLS entry fees now pegged at US$150 m
  
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• Richmond RCMP investigate late-night, suspected targeted, shooting

  02-02-2018 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  Richmond RCMP are investigating a Thursday night shooting they believe was targeted.
  Mounties were called to Richmond Hospital shortly before 10:30 p.m., where a 20-year-old Surrey man was being treated for what appeared to be gunshot wounds. He was still being treated Friday, Cpl. Dennis Hwang said in a news release.
  Investigators then launched a search in the 6200-Block of Lynas Lane for evidence related to the shooting, which police believe was targeted, said Cpl. Shawn Hazell of the ser
  
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• Pet Therapy: Euthanasia and palliative care at home in growing demand

  02-02-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Choosing to have my 15-year-old spaniel euthanized at home was a no-brainer. I wanted Pippa to be out of pain, and to die surrounded by her family in a familiar place where she felt safe.
  Euthanasia — which translates from its Greek origin as a ‘good death’ — is never great but in this case I felt it was the best we could make it.
  According to Vancouver-based veterinarian Dr. Jeffrey Berkshire, a growing number of pet owners are looking to end the lives of their pets in a
  
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• Hollywood North: Vancouver abides some Jeff Bridges sightings - Vancouver Sun

  02-02-2018 22:48 via vancouversun.com
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  Hollywood North: Vancouver abides some Jeff Bridges sightings
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  As a federal politician who rubs elbows with Canada's who's who on Parliament Hill, Bob Zimmer isn't one to get star-struck — but an unexpected encounter with 'The Dude' can change all that. “Being in the public eye myself, I know people don't really ...
  
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• Brian Minter: Plant traditions an integral part of Lunar New Year

  02-02-2018 22:30 via vancouversun.com
  Lunar New Year (the Year of the Dog begins Feb. 16.) is an important cultural event, and it is celebrated with plants and flowers that have significant historical meanings.  
  In the horticultural industry, we tend to think plants of Asian origin such as bonsai, lucky bamboo and money plants are relevant and important to mark this occasion, but that isn’t necessarily so.
  For some clarification, Postmedia news talked to Richmond experts Ming Wu of Garden in Gardens Nursery and Paul
  
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• Todd Stone campaign admits to fake email membership allegations

  02-02-2018 22:22 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Todd Stone’s campaign admits it had to cancel 1,349 memberships it signed up with improper email addresses after concerns raised by auditors within the Liberal party.
  Stone campaign co-chair Peter Fassbender said Friday that a social media marketing company the campaign had contracted, called AggregateIQ, created domain names and email portals to attach email addresses to new members, who were mainly non-English speaking Chinese residents
  
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• Douglas Todd: Why illicit foreign casino cash often goes straight into Vancouver housing

  02-02-2018 22:04 via vancouversun.com
  It’s almost hard to believe the dismaying stories that Postmedia investigative reporter Sam Cooper has been producing about the laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars of East Asian cash through Metro Vancouver casinos and the funnelling of much of it into the city’s pricey real estate.
  Yet Cooper continues to clearly map out, using impeccable high-level sources, the trans-national connections between Chinese drug traffickers, B.C. casinos and the city’s housing market. H
  
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• Vancouver releases Arbutus Greenway design jam sketches

  02-02-2018 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  From hammocks and meditation zones to bike lanes and bee hives, Vancouverites have a lot of ideas for the Arbutus Greenway.
  On Friday, the city of Vancouver released some of the sketches from the 110 residents who took part in the Arbutus Greenway Design Jam last fall.
  During the weekend-long workshop, the residents brainstormed ideas for the greenway, a  nine-kilometre, 42-acre corridor which goes from False Creek to Vancouver’s west side. 
  The city also held five open houses on
  
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• Join our panel of experts from @thehappycity, @sustainCapU, @DeepGreenEng and more, as we talk climate action, carb… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 21:49 via twitter.com
  Join our panel of experts from @thehappycity, @sustainCapU, @DeepGreenEng and more, as we talk climate action, carb… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Pipeline documentary drills deep at Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival

  02-02-2018 21:30 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival
  When: Feb. 9-17
  Where: Various venues
  Tickets and info: vimff.orgAbout six years ago Zack Embree decided that he needed to lend his voice to the discussion of climate change, so he picked up a camera and went about making his first movie.
  The result of that decision is the 75-minute documentary Directly Affected looking at the impact of pipelines on communities across the country.
  His quest for knowledge began in Burnaby with the oil spill of 2
  
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• Opinion: The 'Internet of Things' explained

  02-02-2018 21:25 via vancouversun.com
  For many people, the phrase “Internet of Things” will produce nothing more than a blank stare. Expand on the phrase with such things as “Industry 4.0” and “smart manufacturing” and you can imagine how much more confused people become. Yet everyone needs to learn more about these concepts as they are already fundamentally changing our lives everyday — and will have even more of an impact in the years ahead.
  At its simplest, the Internet of Things (IoT) is
  
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• Want #CityMAP to go? We’ve got it. Look up addresses, get property details & more on the go. Try CityMAP Lite for m… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 21:20 via twitter.com
  Want #CityMAP to go? We’ve got it. Look up addresses, get property details & more on the go. Try CityMAP Lite for m… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Meet the chef: Qualicum's naturally effervescent Mandolyn Jonasson

  02-02-2018 20:40 via vancouversun.com
  Mandolyn Jonasson is not your typical chef and may not even be your typical farmer. But she brings those worlds together at Island SodaWorks, which is not your typical soda shop. Naturally fermented soda is among her many naturally created concoctions, a creation that earned her a shot on Dragon’s Den.
  Q: What motivates and inspires you as a chef?
  A: Food is what connects us to the Earth and to each other. Celebrating good food and good food stewardship, which includes demanding ethical an
  
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• Huge B.C. money-laundering investigation pivots to drugs and guns

  02-02-2018 20:38 via vancouversun.com
  In December 2015, a new leg of the RCMP’s E-Pirate money-laundering investigation delved into Metro Vancouver’s underworld of fentanyl labs, gun sales and violent dial-a-dope gangs.
  It started with undercover officers tracking the movements of a Burnaby man named Ge ‘Gary’ Wang.
  The offshoot investigation, code-named Prophet, grew from extensive surveillance of the many alleged employees of E-Pirate’s primary target, Paul King Pao Jin. In E-Pirate, the RCMP and B.C.
  
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• Simple suppers: Vancouver chef Trevor Bird dishes on healthy meals, meal plans

  02-02-2018 20:24 via vancouversun.com
  Making dinner can be stressful.
  First there’s the planning. Then there’s the procuring. Finally there’s the preparation. And, if you’re lucky enough to make it seamlessly through these steps, you’re likely then faced with the following: picky eaters. 
  It’s enough to have anyone reaching for that creased, well-loved takeout menu on the regular. 
  Chef Trevor Bird.
  But, according to chef Trevor Bird of Fable Kitchen in Vancouver — who is also
  
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• Metro Vancouver Transit Police seek SkyTrain sexual assault suspect

  02-02-2018 20:24 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver Transit Police have released a photo of man wanted in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a SkyTrain.
  The incident occurred on a Millenium Line train at 2:30 a.m on Jan .1.
  Transit police say three women reported being harassed by three men after boarding a SkyTrain at the Broadway station.
  “The three men attempted to converse with the women in a manner that made the women feel uncomfortable,” Transit police spokesperson Anne Drennan said in a release. &
  
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• Avalanche risk high for B.C. Coastal and Interior mountains

  02-02-2018 20:18 via vancouversun.com
  Outdoor enthusiasts heading to B.C.’s Coastal and Interior mountains this weekend are being warned there is a high avalanche risk.
  The warning from Avalanche Canada Friday comes just days after an Alberta snowmobiler died following a slide in east central B.C.
  The man, in his 50s, was snowmobiling in the Clemina Creek area south of the village of Valemount Tuesday when the avalanche hit. He was transported to hospital, where he died from his injuries.  
  The B.C. Coroners Service confi
  
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• North Vancouver RCMP investigating stabbing of two hikers on Mount Seymour - Straight.com

  02-02-2018 20:14 via straight.com
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  North Vancouver RCMP investigating stabbing of two hikers on Mount Seymour
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  North Vancouver RCMP are investigating what happened to two men who were found stabbed on Mount Seymour. On February 1 at 5:09 a.m., an injured male hiker on Dog Mountain Trail on Mount Seymour called 911 for help. Emergency Services found him on a ...
  
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• Q&A: Hong Kong Exile's Milton Lim tackles the meaning of the mall

  02-02-2018 19:50 via vancouversun.com
  No Foreigners
  When: Feb. 7-17, 8 p.m. 
  Where: Vancity Culture Lab
  Tickets and info: From $27, tickets.thecultch.comSince arriving on the Canadian arts scene in 2011, Vancouver’s interdisciplinary arts company Hong Kong Exile has presented acclaimed works such as the music/dance festival Ascension (2012) and premiered work at Toronto’s CanAsian Kickstart Festival (2014), the Seattle International Dance Festival, and elsewhere.
  The members are presently Artists-In-Residence at the
  
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• Alberta snowmobiler dies after being caught in avalanche near Valemount

  02-02-2018 18:39 via vancouversun.com
  An Alberta snowmobiler died after being swept up in an avalanche Tuesday in east central B.C.
  The man, in his 50s, was snowmobiling in the Clemina Creek area south of the village of Valemount when the the slide hit. He was transported to hospital, where he died from his injuries.  
  The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed it is investigating the the man’s death but would not release his identity.
  Avalanche Canada says the risk of avalanche is high in the alpine and considerable in the tree
  
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• ☔ Umbrella weather continues... See a problem? Help us fix things faster. Use #CityFix app to report issues.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 18:32 via twitter.com
  ☔ Umbrella weather continues... See a problem? Help us fix things faster. Use #CityFix app to report issues.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Note to our Vancouver Sun print subscribers

  02-02-2018 18:31 via vancouversun.com
  Many Vancouver Sun subscribers did not receive today’s newspaper as a result of electrical problems that disrupted production at our printing facility. Anyone who does not receive the paper today will have it delivered with Saturday’s Sun. We apologize for the inconvenience.
  
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• Hedley kicks off Cageless tour in hometown Abbotsford

  02-02-2018 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  Hedleywith Shawn Hook and Neon Dreams
  When: Feb. 5, 6 p.m. 
  Where: Abbotsford Centre
  Tickets and info: From $39, ticketmaster.com
   Far removed from the wild partying rockstars of yore, Hedley is a band driven by an almost lockstep work schedule.
  Lead singer and founder Jacob Hoggard says the two-year new album cycle that the Abbotsford band sticks to is on purpose.
  “As far as the creative process goes for us, I’ve always made it my mandate to stay quite prolific because I f
  
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• Douglas Todd: B.C. mayors start targeting speculators to cool housing prices

  02-02-2018 17:11 via vancouversun.com
  The province’s mayors and councillors brought a sharp new focus Thursday to finding effective ways to cool intense foreign and domestic speculation in housing.
  The Union of B.C. Municipalities announced 32 recommendations designed to fix the home ownership and rental crises that have devastated many residents of Metro Vancouver.
  “B.C.’s housing policies are no longer working,” said Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore, chair of the Metro Vancouver regional district. He emphasi
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you agree with the UBCM that more needs to be done to curb speculation in Vancouver's real estate market?

  02-02-2018 16:22 via vancouversun.com
  The Union of B.C. Municipalities has published a report with a list of recommendations to help cool Metro Vancouver’s over heated real estate market by going after speculators. Some of the suggestions include expanding the tax on foreign buyers to include pre-sale contracts for condos, and  expanding the tax to other regions such as the Fraser Valley and Victoria. The report also says there is a need to close a range of tax-avoidance schemes, and recommends the province
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books of the week, Jan. 27

  02-02-2018 16:15 via vancouversun.com
  1. Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food — Shelley Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd).
  2. The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief and Compassion — Surprising Observations of a Hidden World — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books). 
  3. Hello Humpback! — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd, illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers (Harbour Publishing).  
  4. Opportunity Knox: Twenty Years of Award-Losing Humour Writing — Jack Knox (Heritage House)
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week for Jan. 27

  02-02-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. The Woman in the Window — A.J. Finn  
  2. City of Endless Night — Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child   
  2. Iron Gold — Pierce Brown  
  4. Origin — Dan Brown  
  5. The Rooster Bar — John Grisham
  6. Little Fires Everywhere — Celest Ng 
  7. The Immortalists — Chloe Benjamin 
  8. Before We Were Yours — Lisa Wingate 
  9. The Wife Between Us — Hendric
  
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• Mulgrew: Surrey municipal corruption case was minimized

  02-02-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  A Surrey municipal corruption scandal was minimized and presented as a one-time bribe taken by a bad apple, even though the city knew other developers were involved and the wrongdoing stretched back years.
  Kelly Rayter, assistant city solicitor, told Postmedia the municipality has collected some of the money from the developers who cheated but would not say how much or how many were involved.
  Rayter said internal and external audits in 2010 revealed the extent of the scheme — which in
  
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• Vancouver police probe first traffic fatality of 2018

  02-02-2018 09:00 via vancouversun.com
  A pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle Thursday night, marking the first traffic fatality in Vancouver this year.
  The pedestrian, a 55-year-old male, was walking in a marked crosswalk on Inverness St. at King Edward Ave. when he was struck by a pick-up truck. He was rushed to hospital with serious injuries but later died.
  The driver remained at the scene and was co-operative with police.
  Investigators believe low light conditions and rain were contributing factors to the crash. Speed and a
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Gangster convicted of attempted murder in failed hit

  02-02-2018 06:47 via vancouversun.com
  Before Richmond Provincial Court Judge Bonnie Craig started reading out her verdict in an attempted murder case Thursday, she handed a copy of it to accused Thomas Duong, as well as his lawyer and the Crown prosecutor.
  Duong no doubt flipped to the end to learn that she had convicted him of trying to kill his former associate Matin Pouyan on Aug. 21, 2015. He didn’t show any obvious reaction to what he read.
  The rest of us in the courtroom had to listen for more than 90 minutes to hea
  
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• Sea lion spotted swimming through flooded Duncan parking lot

  02-02-2018 06:25 via vancouversun.com
  A sea lion sighting in a flooded Duncan parking lot has raised several questions for residents of the southern Vancouver Island community.
  Among them: what’s it doing all the way out here? And: how did it get here?
  The sea lion was spotted swimming through a lot near the Somenos Marsh Conservation Area, right beside the Trans-Canada Highway. It’s nowhere near the ocean, roughly seven kilometres from Cowichan Bay, the closest saltwater bay, via the highway, which the large sea mammal
  
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• Ta da! City Hall is pretty in purple for Eating Disorders Awareness Week. We support #Purple4PEDAW @loveourbodies… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-02-2018 05:37 via twitter.com
  Ta da! City Hall is pretty in purple for Eating Disorders Awareness Week. We support #Purple4PEDAW @loveourbodies… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Douglas Todd: UBCM starts targeting speculators to cool real estate market

  02-02-2018 05:23 via vancouversun.com
  The province’s mayors and councillors brought a sharp new focus Thursday to finding effective ways to cool intense foreign and domestic speculation in housing.
  The Union of B.C. Municipalities announced 32 recommendations designed to fix the home ownership and rental crises that have devastated many residents of Metro Vancouver.
  “B.C.’s housing policies are no longer working,” said Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore, chair of the Metro Vancouver regional district. He emphasi
  
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• Ministry orders probe of North Vancouver school board - North Shore News

  02-02-2018 05:01 via nsnews.com
  North Shore News
  Ministry orders probe of North Vancouver school board
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  An outside expert will report back to the Ministry of Education with recommendations to help the North Vancouver School Board work through interpersonal problems. file photo Cindy Goodman. A consultant brought in by the Ministry of Education to review ...
  
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• Opinion: Key to B.C.'s success is talent

  02-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia is poised for success. We enjoy low unemployment and Canada’s leading economic growth. Yet our greatest potential rests with our people.
  Nowhere is this more apparent than in B.C.’s high-tech sector. Expanding at twice the rate of the provincial economy — and growing faster than anywhere else in the country — the B.C. tech sector is an innovation engine. It employs more than 100,000 people in fields ranging from digital animation and gaming to life scienc
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Friday, February 2

  02-02-2018 04:45 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Friday, Feb. 2.17th Annual Taboo…The Naughty but Nice Sex Show
  This Friday night, go to a sex convention. The 17th annual Taboo… The Naughty but Nice Sex Show goes all weekend at the Vancouver Convention Centre, and if you want to see the latest in weird sex toys and kink, this is your place. In their own words, Taboo “provides an upscale adult playground dedicated to enhancing lifestyles, encourag
  
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• Freighter adrift off Haida Gwaii

  02-02-2018 04:26 via vancouversun.com
  A commercial shipping vessel is adrift off Haida Gwaii after a fire in its engine room.
  The MOL Prestige was en route from Vancouver to Japan when the fire broke out somewhere west of Haida Gwaii. The ship departed Roberts Bank on Monday.
  The crew was able to put out the fire but several crew members were injured. They have been transported to hospital in Queen Charlotte City by an Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter.
  The ship is now “dead in the water,” running only on internal powe
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Slick politics, threats over transport of oil to B.C.

  02-02-2018 04:16 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — When the New Democrats made their move this week against the increased transport of heavy oil from Alberta to the B.C. coast, the accolades soon followed.
  “Additional measures being developed to protect B.C.’s environment from spills,” read the news release from Environment Minister George Heyman at 10:02 a.m. Tuesday.
  Eight minutes later, Green leader Andrew Weaver welcomed the promised appointment of an independent scientific panel to assess the risks an
  
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• B.C. now Canada's leading province for film and TV production: report

  02-02-2018 03:51 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia has become Canada’s leading province for film and television production, surpassing Ontario for the first time, according to a new report from Canadian Media Producers.
  B.C. has long been known as Hollywood North, but in truth, despite a nickname that makes it seem like the giant of Canada’s film and TV industry, it has never been the busiest province when it comes to media production. Ontario has always led the way, with B.C. vying with Quebec, the home to Cana
  
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• UBCM seeks measures to cool real estate speculation in B.C.

  02-02-2018 03:21 via vancouversun.com
  The province’s municipal politicians brought a sharp new focus Thursday to finding effective ways to cool intense foreign and domestic speculation in housing.
  The Union of B.C. Municipalities announced 32 recommendations designed to fix the home ownership and rental crises that have devastated many residents of Metro Vancouver.
  “B.C.’s housing policies are no longer working,” said Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore, chair of the Metro Vancouver regional district. He emphasiz
  
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• Surrey RCMP unveil anti-gang 'outreach vehicle'

  02-02-2018 02:53 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey police unveiled a new “outreach vehicle” Thursday which they will use to remind gangsters of the cost of their violence and dissuade youth from deadly gang life.
  The Surrey RCMP’s Gang Enforcement Team displayed the like-new Range Rover SUV, on a two-year loan from the province’s civil-forfeiture office, outside Queen Elizabeth Secondary School. The luxury SUV has been marked “seized vehicle” and wrapped with anti-gang messages, including an image
  
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• Prince George's Tabor Mountain ski lodge destroyed in overnight fire

  02-02-2018 02:41 via vancouversun.com
  PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — The main lodge at northern B.C.’s Tabor Mountain Ski Resort was destroyed on Wednesday night, but the resort’s owner said the ski hill could reopen within two weeks.
  The Ferndale Tabor Volunteer Fire Department received the first call reporting the fire from a passing truck driver at around 11:40 p.m., and Prince George RCMP were on the scene shortly after midnight. Once officers arrived, they found the lodge engulfed in flames.
  An RCMP media release said
  
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• Commission releases Metro Vancouver mobility pricing maps

  02-02-2018 02:37 via vancouversun.com
  The independent commission studying mobility pricing in Metro Vancouver has released maps showing what decongestion charging could look like in the region.
  The seven maps were posted online Thursday to kick off the next phase of the commission’s work, which includes another round of public and stakeholder consultation and a final report to be presented to TransLink’s Mayors’ Council and board of directors.
  “People can look at that and see how it could impact them,&rd
  
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• North Vancouver mayors talk condos, commutes, congestion - North Shore News

  02-02-2018 02:32 via nsnews.com
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  North Vancouver mayors talk condos, commutes, congestion
  North Shore News
  City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto and District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton speak to chamber of commerce members at Wednesday's annual Mayors' Luncheon. photo PAUL MCGRATH, North Shore News. North Vancouver's two mayors met at ...
  
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• Hepatitis C sufferers from blood sandal urged to come forward

  02-02-2018 02:27 via vancouversun.com
  The administrators of a class action settlement for people infected with hepatitis C during Canada’s tainted blood scandal are appealing for people who missed a deadline for compensation to come forward and make a claim.
  Thousands of Canadians were infected with the liver disease after receiving tainted blood transfusions or blood products between 1986 and 1990.
  Under a class-action settlement approved by the courts in 1999, potential claimants to compensation were given a deadline of June
  
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• Movie Minute: Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

  02-02-2018 02:23 via vancouversun.com
  This week Postmedia film critic Dana Gee and Arts & Life editor Aleesha Harris review the new movie Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool. Based on English actor Peter Turner’s memoir about his relationship with American film star Gloria Grahame in 1970s Liverpool. The film stars Annette Bening and Jamie Bell. 
  
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• Judge convicts young gangster in 2015 Richmond park shooting

  02-02-2018 02:17 via vancouversun.com
  A young gangster was convicted Thursday in the August 2015 attempt to kill his own associate in Richmond’s Dover Park.
  Richmond Provincial Court Judge Bonnie Craig said the circumstantial evidence at trial proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Thomas Duong participated in the near-fatal shooting of Matin Pouyan on the night of Aug. 21, 2015.
  Craig agreed with the defence that there was no apparent motive behind the murder plot and that Duong and Pouyan had been seen hanging out together on
  
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• Fear of dying drives bottled water sales: study

  02-02-2018 01:35 via vancouversun.com
  A fear of dying plays a role in our decision to buy bottled water, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo.
  Researchers found that most bottled-water advertising campaigns target a “deep psychological vulnerability in humans,” possibly leading Canadians to buy billions of litres of water each year despite knowing it may not be good for the environment.
  “Bottled water advertisements play on our greatest fears in two important ways,” says Stephanie Cote, wh
  
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