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• Graduating this year? Heading to university, college, or a training program in the fall? Check out the City's Youth… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  Graduating this year? Heading to university, college, or a training program in the fall? Check out the City's Youth… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Do you live in collection zone #5? Due to today's heavy snow, we are rescheduling this weekend's recycling of old g… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 22:56 via twitter.com
  Do you live in collection zone #5? Due to today's heavy snow, we are rescheduling this weekend's recycling of old g… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Mark Milke: Utopian green policy and freezing Chinese citizens

  23-02-2018 22:31 via vancouversun.com
  The problem with a perfectionist end accompanied by inflexible methods and pursued by linear thinkers is how real people suffer. Last October, 28 cities in northern China promised to cut particulate pollution by 15 per cent. Beijing countered by demanding a 25-per-cent reduction.
  As Bloomberg reported, when the artificial reductions were scrapped in December, “a well-meaning anti-pollution push turned into a debacle.” The policy “had the inadvertent but
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Classes cancelled, Canada Line disrupted due to snow

  23-02-2018 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER – A winter storm has closed post-secondary school and caused chaos on local transit.
  A snowfall warning remains in effect for Metro Vancouver.  
  Environment Canada said up to 10-20 centimetres would fall in parts of Metro Vancouver with 25 centimetres of snow is possible near the North Shore mountains. Areas near the water were expected to see lower amounts as the snow becomes wet or mixed with rain this afternoon and tonight. 
  Simon Fraser University has
  
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• Metro Vancouver demands public hearing for controversial Hazelmere development in south Surrey

  23-02-2018 22:16 via vancouversun.com
  The Metro Vancouver regional board on Friday said the public should have the right to speak at a public hearing on a controversial residential development proposal in the rural Hazelmere area of south Surrey.
  Metro Vancouver staff had recommended against the City of Surrey’s request to amend the Metro 2040: Shaping our Future land-use designation map in order to accommodate the development proposal.
  The amendment would create a “23.7-hectare non-contiguous extension” of the Met
  
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• Put some funk in your lunch: Fermenting foods is easier than you think

  23-02-2018 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  If you are under 60 years of age, there’s a good chance you’ve never eaten a properly fermented pickle.
  I’m not talking about a giant dill steeped in a jar of vinegar and polysorbate 80 produced in a factory in New Jersey. No, my friend. 
  Maybe you are the kind of food fan who seeks out chefs doing really old school recipes, which is increasingly a thing. Maybe you have bubbling crocks of veggies in your basement right now.
  Maybe you are about to become that person.
  The 20
  
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• TransLink speeding up purchase of 28 new SkyTrain cars

  23-02-2018 21:44 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink is accelerating the purchase of 28 additional SkyTrain cars for the Expo and Millennium Lines.
  TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond says the additional cars will be in service by early 2019, three years earlier than originally planned.
  Desmond says the additional cars will result in a total of 8,200 additional spaces during peak hours, both directions, on all three SkyTrain lines and  help relieve rush-hour crowding through more frequent service and higher capacity.
  “Transit rid
  
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• Town Talk: Chinese community raises $3,371,688 for B.C. Children's Hospital

  23-02-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  EXTRA CARE: Stella Chan and Jane Young’s Chinese New Year resolution duplicated 2017’s: Make a ton of money for the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation. They nailed it. The For Children We Care gala they co-chaired and that Young’s brother Ben Yeung’s Peterson Group sponsored reportedly raised $$3,371,688 — up $836,404 from 2017. The money will aid the $12 million required to fund the hospital’s Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children Enhancement Initiativ
  
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• Salut!: Say si to sangria, Spain’s thirst-quenching sipper

  23-02-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s a hot, sunny day in Barcelona and after a day of rambling along La Rambla, it’s time for some refreshment. What are you going to sip? Sangria, of course.
  The refreshingly fruity wine punch is perhaps Spain’s most famous export after Penelope Cruz.
  But if you think sangria has had its day, it’s time to give it a rethink, especially with Spain and Portugal as the theme regions for this year’s Vancouver International Wine Festival (Feb. 24 to March 4, vanwinefest.
  
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• Douglas Todd: Chinese 'ethnic economies' alive and well in Metro Vancouver

  23-02-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  A Scandinavian restaurant wants to hire a Scandinavian server. Vietnamese immigrants specialize in nail salons from New York City to Burnaby. South Asians tend to predominate in Metro Vancouver’s trucking and taxi industries.
  Welcome to the realm of “ethnic economies,” an umbrella term for an expanding phenomenon in North America and Europe in which informal economies, from small to vast, are built and sustained by certain immigrant and ethnic groups.
  Ethnic economies don&rsquo
  
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• Conversations That Matter: The role of 'independent' media

  23-02-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  Some newspapers dig. Some newspapers are a constant embarrassment to the powerful. Some manage to be entertaining, provocative and fair all at the same time. There are few such newspapers in Canada.
  That’s from a report written in 1970’s by the Special Senate Committee on Mass Media. Were they right then, are they right now?
  Mainstream media tries to report all the news that’s fit to print, but the reality is it can only cover a handful of sto
  
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• We have discontinued today's collection of organic waste due to the snow. If your organics cart was not emptied tod… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 20:59 via twitter.com
  We have discontinued today's collection of organic waste due to the snow. If your organics cart was not emptied tod… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hollywood North: Magical time for Vancouver TV production

  23-02-2018 20:57 via vancouversun.com
  The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, an upcoming Netflix series based on the Sabrina the Teenage Witch comic books, starts production next month in Vancouver with Mad Men’s Kiernan Shipka in the role of the young conjurer.
  Like Riverdale, this new Archie Comic companion series will explore darker themes than the 90s Sabrina sitcom that starred Melissa Joan Hart as the teen witch.
  The series, which has a two-season, 20 episode commitment from Netflix, will revolve around a 16-year-old Sabrin
  
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• SNOW UPDATE: City Crews are asking people to stay off the roads unless necessary & allow extra time for travel. If… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 20:46 via twitter.com
  SNOW UPDATE: City Crews are asking people to stay off the roads unless necessary & allow extra time for travel. If… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• SNOW UPDATE: Snow accumulations throughout the City are creating very slippery conditions. Crews are focusing on pr… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 20:33 via twitter.com
  SNOW UPDATE: Snow accumulations throughout the City are creating very slippery conditions. Crews are focusing on pr… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• A graphic facilitator captured some of your great suggestions at our #MagneticNorthVan Ideas Fair. Got ideas? Share… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  A graphic facilitator captured some of your great suggestions at our #MagneticNorthVan Ideas Fair. Got ideas? Share… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Looks like a good day to recap our snow clearing priority system. Watch this brief video to learn how #DNVsnow crew… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 19:53 via twitter.com
  Looks like a good day to recap our snow clearing priority system. Watch this brief video to learn how #DNVsnow crew… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The snow is sticking to all the roads on the North Shore! Drive safely - according to the road conditions - not the posted speed limits.

  23-02-2018 19:46 via twitter.com
  The snow is sticking to all the roads on the North Shore! Drive safely - according to the road conditions - not the posted speed limits.
  
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• LIVE: TransLink speeding up purchase of 28 new SkyTrain cars

  23-02-2018 19:45 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink is accelerating the purchase of 28 additional SkyTrain cars for the Expo and Millennium Lines.
  TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond says the additional cars, which will be in service by early 2019, will help relieve rush-hour SkyTrain crowding through more frequent service and higher capacity, at a time when transit use is reaching an all-time high in Metro Vancouver.
  By 2020, TransLink said 80 new cars will be available for use on the system that was set out in Phase One of the Mayors’ C
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Expect up to 20 cm of snow

  23-02-2018 19:41 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER – Friday’s weather features a snowfall warning for Metro Vancouver with accumulations of between 10-20 centimetres of snow.
  Environment Canada says snow will develop over all areas of the south coast this morning as a Pacific frontal system approaches from the northwest. As much 25 centimetres of snow is possible near the North Shore mountains
  Areas near the water will see lower amounts as the snow becomes wet or mixed with rain this afternoon and tonight. 
  There
  
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• Have you submitted your Youth Award nomination yet? Deadline is March 9! Help us recognize exceptional young people… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 19:18 via twitter.com
  Have you submitted your Youth Award nomination yet? Deadline is March 9! Help us recognize exceptional young people… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Salut! Treat yourself (or any other wine lover) with these 5 vino-themed items

  23-02-2018 19:15 via vancouversun.com
  Think your appreciation of wine has to begin and end with the bottled libation? Think again.
  There’s a fully stocked range of vino-themed items to add to your home, whether you’re best-described as a casual sipper or an expert sommelier. 
  From chic wine-bottle organizers, to eye-catching wall prints, here are a few handy items to pick up now that are sure to elevate your love for all things grape.  
  Cheers!  Get racked
  There are wine racks — and then th
  
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• #CNV crews have been prepping roadways since last night so luckily snow is not sticking. Salting priority on #1 / #… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 19:08 via twitter.com
  #CNV crews have been prepping roadways since last night so luckily snow is not sticking. Salting priority on #1 / #… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Surrey RCMP search for suspect after taxi driver robbed at knife-point

  23-02-2018 18:48 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP have released surveillance photos of a man wanted in connection with the robbery of a taxi driver earlier this month in South Surrey.
  The incident happened at 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 1.
  Police say a passenger, who was picked up in the 2200 block of 160th Street, pulled a knife on the cab driver, stole his money and then fled on foot in the area around 160th Street and 20th Avenue.
  The driver was unharmed.
  The suspect is a described a white man, who stood 5-feet-8 with a medium build. He w
  
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• Information about Surrey gunman at Trudeau dinner passed to Canadian officials earlier this month

  23-02-2018 18:34 via vancouversun.com
  Canada’s spy agency was provided information by a concerned citizen last week about the optics of convicted gunman Jaspal Atwal attending events with the prime minister in India, Postmedia has learned.
  The tipster, who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation, confirmed speaking to an agent from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service on Feb. 17, hoping to alert the Canadian government to Atwal’s criminal history.
  The person said to the CSIS agent that “this is an
  
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• Volunteers needed! Help our #CityParkStewards at #MosquitoCreekPark tomorrow 9-noon. Help remove invasive species.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Volunteers needed! Help our #CityParkStewards at #MosquitoCreekPark tomorrow 9-noon. Help remove invasive species.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Book review: Canadian Ginger: An Anthology of Poetry & Prose By and About Redheads

  23-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian Ginger: An Anthology of Poetry & Prose By and About Redheads
  Edited by Kim Clark and Dawn Marie Kresan
  Oolichan Books, $18.95
  Who knew that Napoleon, Oliver Cromwell and Custer had red hair? David Fraser, a Vancouver Island poet, calls them “natural-born killers” in his poem, Strawberry Blonde. The poem, as well as other poems, essays, short stories and drama excerpts, make up Canadian Ginger, an anthology that explores the meaning and myths of being a “ginger.&rdq
  
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• There's a snowfall warning in effect, and we're ready: Roads and school zones have been pre-salted, we've topped up… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 16:46 via twitter.com
  There's a snowfall warning in effect, and we're ready: Roads and school zones have been pre-salted, we've topped up… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Heavy snow is on the way

  23-02-2018 16:36 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER – Friday’s weather features a snowfall warning for Metro Vancouver with accumulations of between 10-20 centimetres of snow.
  Environment Canada says snow will develop over all areas of the south coast this morning as a Pacific frontal system approaches from the northwest. As much 25 centimetres of snow is possible near the North Shore mountains
  Areas near the water will see lower amounts as the snow becomes wet or mixed with rain this afternoon and tonight. 
  There
  
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• Vancouver police say shots were fired near Langara Thursday night

  23-02-2018 16:08 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police were called out to the area of Cambie and West 48th Avenue near the Langara Canada Line station on Thursday night after receiving a report of shots fired.Police say there were no reports of any injuries and officers determined the incident took place at least 45 minutes prior to the first 911 call at 8:30 p.m.
  Investigators from the VPD’s forensic identification unit are processing the scene while other officers continue to investigate what happened.
  
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• Daily Poll: Are you upset Canada was unable to win Olympic hockey gold?

  23-02-2018 16:01 via vancouversun.com
  For the first time since 1998, Canada will not win a gold medal for hockey at the Olympics Games.
  Team Canada fell 4-3 to Germany in the men’s hockey semifinal Friday at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
  Related
  Dark day for Canadian hockey: Men's Olympic team loses to Germany in semifinals
  Germany advancs to play in Saturday’s gold medal game against the Olympic Athletes of Russia, while Canada meets the Czech Republic for bronze.
  Team Canada, a squad made u
  
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• TV show UnREAL exposes the reality of powerful women

  23-02-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  UnREAL Season 3
  When: Feb. 26, 10 p.m.
  Where: LifetimeWhen someone mentions the reality TV shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette feminism is probably not the first thing that comes to mind.
  But tune into Lifetime’s UnREAL, a scripted show about the making of a reality dating show, and you’ll find the F-word is front and centre.
  The focus of the Vancouver-shot UnREAL is showrunner Quinn (Constance Zimmer) and producer Rachel (Shiri Appleby). They are tough, ambitious and completely
  
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• Movie Minute: Annihilation

  23-02-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  This week’s Movie Minute has Postmedia movie critic Dana Gee and Lifestyle Editor Aleesha Harris talk about the new sci fi’ish thriller that sees a group go on a secret (they’re the worst) expedition where things end up not making a lot of sense. Based on Jeff VanderMeer’s best-selling Southern Reach Trilogy, Annihilation stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny and Oscar Isaac. It was written and directed by Alex Garland.
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week for Feb. 17

  23-02-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. The Great Alone — Kristin Hannah
  2. The Woman in the Window — A.J. Finn
  3. Dark in Death — J.D. Robb
  4. Still Me — Jojo Moyes
  5. Look for Me — Lisa Gardner 
  6. The Masterpiece — Francine Rivers
  7. Fall From Grace — Danielle Steel
  8. An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club Edition) — Tayari Jones
  9. Little Fires Everywhere — Celest Ng 
  10. Origin — Dan Brown
   
  H
  
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• City of North Vancouver clamps down on short-term rental offering - North Shore News

  23-02-2018 13:36 via nsnews.com
  North Shore News
  City of North Vancouver clamps down on short-term rental offering
  North Shore News
  A Central Lonsdale apartment complex has been advertising units available for short-term rentals, despite short-term rentals like Airbnb not being permitted in the City of North Vancouver. In . . .and more »
  
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• You've got to hand it to Watson Gloves as family company turns 100 years old

  23-02-2018 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  If you’ve ever worked as a section hand or oil rigger, felled trees or welded, if you’ve ever roped a calf, gardened or driven a motorcycle, chances are you’ve worn a pair of Watsons.
  Watson Gloves turns 100 this year, a success story that began in 1918 in a two-storey building on 2nd Avenue between Main and Quebec: Legend has it a bordello and bootlegger occupied the second floor.
  The Watson Gloves factory in 1925, with company founder John Watson at far left and Dinty Moore (
  
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• Vancouver Film School announces new Mumbai campus

  23-02-2018 06:48 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Film School announced this week that they will be opening a new campus in Mumbai, India.
  The new campus, which is scheduled to open in July of this year, will be housed at the Mackichan complex of Wilson College in Mumbai, the most populous city in India.
  Students who attend the new program will also have the option of transferring to the Vancouver campus upon the successful completion of the VFS Mumbai offerings, allowing them to bring their new skills to a city with connections in bo
  
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• Information about gunman passed to Canadian officials earlier this month

  23-02-2018 05:35 via vancouversun.com
  Canada’s spy agency was provided information by a concerned citizen last week about the optics of convicted gunman Jaspal Atwal attending events with the prime minister in India, Postmedia has learned.
  The tipster, who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation, confirmed speaking to an agent from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service on Feb. 17, hoping to alert the Canadian government to Atwal’s criminal history.
  The person said to the CSIS agent that “this is an
  
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• Vancouver renters' advocates fear city underestimates danger of Cobalt SRO hotel

  23-02-2018 05:05 via vancouversun.com
  A renters’ advocacy group fears City of Vancouver staff are in for a surprise once the Downtown Eastside’s most notorious landlords begin repairs on one of their crumbling buildings.
  The Sahota family has been ordered by the city to fix the first floor of the Cobalt at 917 Main St., home to a single-room occupancy hotel and a popular bar. But the Vancouver Tenants Union believes the building’s problems don’t end there.
  For decades, the Sahotas have been criticized for all
  
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• Opinion: LNG in B.C. on First Nations’ terms

  23-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s time for activists, who paint First Nations as overwhelmingly opposed to LNG and natural-resource development, to allow First Nations to speak for ourselves. 
  Indeed, it’s dismaying to find that some environmental activists are trying to control First Nations territories, just as governments and corporations have done in the past, and by using the same old divide-and-conquer tactics.
  We at the First Nations LNG Alliance recognize that not all First Nations leaders, peoples
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Notley ends wine boycott saying Horgan 'blinked' on oil

  23-02-2018 04:42 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The anatomy of a backdown:
  • Jan. 30: With Premier John Horgan out of the province on an Asian trade mission, Environment Minister George Heyman announces B.C. will restrict increased shipments of heavy oil from Alberta via an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline.
  “The province will create an independent scientific advisory panel to help address the scientific uncertainties about diluted bitumen,” says the fifth and final point of Heyman’s plan of action.
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• Canadians evenly split over which province they support, B.C. or Alberta, in bitumen battle

  23-02-2018 04:09 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government’s stance on Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion project is so compelling that half the country has taken its side.
  The other half? It’s backing Alberta.
  That perfect 50/50 split is among the main findings of a new public opinion poll by Angus Reid Institute on the high-stakes pipeline debate that has transformed into a trade war. 
  Shachi Kurl, an executive director at the institute, said the escalating dispute has come to dominate the national conv
  
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• Plumbing van catches fire outside of Postmedia offices

  23-02-2018 03:47 via vancouversun.com
  Traffic has been brought to a crawl along one of Vancouver’s major east-west thoroughfares after a plumbing van caught fire at the corner of Broadway and Renfrew.
  A team of dedicated Postmedia journalists was on the scene quickly, as the fire blazed right outside of our offices at Broadway Tech Centre. Normally we have to chase the news — this time it came to us.
  The thick black smoke was visible from the building’s office window, and as it poured out of the van, journalis
  
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• Reused shipping containers’ ‘potential for explosion significant’: WorkSafeBC

  23-02-2018 03:46 via vancouversun.com
  Designed to transport goods across international waters, shipping containers have become darlings of the DIY world, linked with buzzwords like “pop up” and “upcycling.”
  They’ve also attracted the attention of B.C.’s workplace safety authority.
  A new WorkSafeBC video campaign warns that reusing or repurposing shipping containers can “create unseen risks to workers and the public.”
  “The potential for explosion is quite significant,”
  
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• B.C. housing taxes could put recent buyers underwater on mortgages

  23-02-2018 03:46 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — British Columbians who bought homes last year in an attempt to borrow before a federal tightening of mortgage rules could be most at risk if the NDP government’s new housing taxes leads to a drop in prices.
  Finance Minister Carole James reiterated Thursday her desire to “moderate” B.C.’s housing market with a new speculation tax unveiled this week, as well as an expanded foreign buyer tax, and a tax hike on home sales and school taxes for properties worth
  
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• Probationary FFs spent the day training in a highrise incorporating forcible entry, fire behaviour and other skills… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 02:29 via twitter.com
  Probationary FFs spent the day training in a highrise incorporating forcible entry, fire behaviour and other skills… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Alberta suspends ban on B.C. wine after Horgan seeks court ruling on bitumen

  23-02-2018 01:42 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia is taking its proposed ban on expanded bitumen shipments through the province to the courts, seeking a legal opinion on its jurisdiction to even suggest it, Premier John Horgan said today.
  And doing so was enough to defuse the threat of an all-out trade war with Alberta over the measure, with Premier Rachel Notley later saying her government will suspend sanctions against B.C. wine, declaring that “B.C. has stepped back from the brink.”
  Horgan said he is sure a court
  
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• City to increase enforcement on False Creek polluters

  23-02-2018 01:35 via vancouversun.com
  Marinas in False Creek have until next January to provide sewage pump-out facilities for boat owners, and Vancouver is backing its bylaw with a stiff $1,000 fine for non-compliance.
  The city will spend $75,000 to bring back a free mobile pump-out service to service liveaboard and recreational boaters — probably from May to September — to discourage sewage dumping and promote awareness of practices that have long fouled the waters of False Creek.
  The changes expand the city’s ab
  
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• #TBT Thankfully our crews will not be using this 1920s era snow plow to clear the roads if it snows!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-02-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  #TBT Thankfully our crews will not be using this 1920s era snow plow to clear the roads if it snows!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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