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• Mayor @DarrellMussatto joined students from the Sutherland family of schools for a kindness march followed by a fla… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-02-2018 22:18 via twitter.com
  Mayor @DarrellMussatto joined students from the Sutherland family of schools for a kindness march followed by a fla… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Makeover: New look and style for retired pharmacist

  28-02-2018 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  Marybeth Dirauf, 68, is a retired pharmacist looking for a style update.
  Marybeth has naturally wavy hair which was previously highlighted.  It was feeling flat and shapeless, and she wanted a style to compliment her face shape. I placed foil highlights throughout her hair in a pivoted diagonal forward placement around the front of her face to brighten and soften her complexion.  For her background foundation colour, I selected a warm copper brown to add depth and to enhance her hazel-
  
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• Did you miss this week's Council workshops or regular meetings? Video from all is now available on our website.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-02-2018 22:07 via twitter.com
  Did you miss this week's Council workshops or regular meetings? Video from all is now available on our website.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Let's talk about child care in the City. We'd love your input to help us create a new Child Care Strategy that work… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-02-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  Let's talk about child care in the City. We'd love your input to help us create a new Child Care Strategy that work… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hewitt vs. Hamelin? Classical piano lovers spoiled for choice

  28-02-2018 21:45 via vancouversun.com
  Marc-André Hamelin
  When: March 4, 3 p.m. 
  Where: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  Tickets and info: from $25, tickets.ubc.ca
  Angela Hewitt
  When: March 7,  7:30 p.m. (pre-concert talk at 6:45)
  Where: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  Tickets and info: from $18, tickets.ubc.caThe Guardian newspaper called Angela Hewitt “the pre-eminent Bach pianist of our time.” The Telegraph newspaper countered “there are virtuoso pianists, and there is Marc-André Ha
  
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• Women in Metro Vancouver receiving threatening phone calls

  28-02-2018 21:39 via vancouversun.com
  Mounties are warning that women across Metro Vancouver have been receiving a series of threatening phone calls believed to be linked.
  RCMP say the calls started last year, with a male caller accurately identifying the woman by name and address, and then claiming he has been watching her through cameras installed inside her home.
  The caller then demands the woman engage in sexually explicit conversation with him, or the victim or a family member would be killed. Investigators say women have descr
  
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• Vancouver skier dies in Okanagan backcountry

  28-02-2018 21:23 via vancouversun.com
  A 51-year-old Vancouver man died earlier this week while on a cat-ski tour in the backcountry near Vernon.
  Vernon North Okanagan RCMP say they received a call on Monday that a backcountry skier had become separated from his cat-ski group of 14 people on a ski run near Keefer Lake Lodge. 
  RCMP say the skier, a 51-year-old Vancouver man, fell into a tree well and was found by the ski group shortly after the report made to the RCMP. The man was unresponsive and was airlifted to a nearby m
  
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• Week 5: Nearing the home stretch

  28-02-2018 20:58 via vancouversun.com
  As we enter week 5, I am confronted by two very important facts:I am not a morning person.
  Sun Run clinic leaders NEVER cancel training runs.Vancouver’s recent snowmageddon threw us a bit off track last week, literally. Ice and snow on the False Creek seawall made it too risky to run outside. Our Saturday morning run was cancelled and I got the rare opportunity to sleep in. I secretly did a little dance, drank a shake and then headed for the relative warmth of the gym.
  Unlike me, my husban
  
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• BBB's Top 10 scams of 2017

  28-02-2018 20:46 via vancouversun.com
  If it sounds too good to be true it probably is.
  That’s the advice once again from the Better Business Bureau, as on Wednesday it released its annual Top 10 scams of 2017. 
  Topping the list last year were online purchase scams, followed by wire fraud, and online dating scams. The year before, employment scams topped the list but that now sits at No. 4.  The BBB says millennials are most likely to fall for the fake job offers.
  Danielle Primrose, president of BBB serving
  
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• Rocker Sam Roberts headlines Surrey's Earth Day party

  28-02-2018 20:34 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian rocker Sam Roberts will headline the city of Surrey’s eighth annual Party for the Planet, B.C.’s largest Earth Day celebration, at Surrey Civic Plaza on April 14.
  The five-time Juno award winner will take the stage for a matinée performance at 3:15 p.m.“We are excited to host Canadian music icon Sam Roberts as our first ever matinee headliner at Party for the Planet,” said Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner. “This year we have scheduled our headline act so it
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Storekeeper - Buyer 2. Click here to apply. ow.ly/FK6N30iFWOD

  28-02-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a regular full-time Storekeeper - Buyer 2.Click here to apply. ow.ly/FK6N30iFWOD
  
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• #PinkShirtDay at City Hall. Mayor @DarrellMussatto & City staff take a stand against bullying. Say something nice a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-02-2018 20:01 via twitter.com
  #PinkShirtDay at City Hall. Mayor @DarrellMussatto & City staff take a stand against bullying. Say something nice a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Help celebrate the IAFF's 100th anniversary on February 28 and our century of unity and progress. #IAFF100years thndr.me/CcUnAv

  28-02-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Help celebrate the IAFF's 100th anniversary on February 28 and our century of unity and progress. #IAFF100years thndr.me/CcUnAv
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Storekeeper - Buyer 1. Click here to apply. ow.ly/j3ax30iFTGH

  28-02-2018 19:41 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a regular full-time Storekeeper - Buyer 1.Click here to apply. ow.ly/j3ax30iFTGH
  
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• Reminder: TODAY is the final day to get a 5% discount on your utility bill. cnv.org/UtilityRates #NorthVan https://t.co/onbJLhh5Qr

  28-02-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  
  Reminder: TODAY is the final day to get a 5% discount on your utility bill. cnv.org/UtilityRates #NorthVan https://t.co/onbJLhh5Qr
  
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• Kayakers find body in Victoria’s Gorge Waterway

  28-02-2018 17:59 via vancouversun.com
  A body was found in the Gorge Waterway Tuesday, sparking a significant police presence adjacent to the Selkirk Waterfront.
  The body was placed on a wharf under a tarpaulin at the Fairway Gorge Paddling Club for about two hours during the afternoon. Witnesses said the body was spotted by kayakers, who towed it to shore.
  Victoria police said only that they responded to a report of a deceased person in the early afternoon near the Selkirk Trestle. No further details were available.
  Forensics office
  
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• Future and Kygo to headline Surrey's urban music festival FVDED

  28-02-2018 17:21 via vancouversun.com
  American rapper Future and Norwegian DJ Kygo will headline this summer’s FVDED in the Park, billed as Western Canada’s largest urban music festival.   
  The festival, which takes place in Holland Park in Surrey on July 6 and 7, will also feature American house music DJ Kaskade.
  Norwegian DJ Kygo performing in Miami in 2016. Getty Images.
   
  Kaskade [PNG Merlin Archive]Organizers Blueprint and Live Nation Canada say last year more than 40,000 people attended the festival,
  
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• City of North Vancouver investigates electrocution of dog on street - North Shore News

  28-02-2018 17:20
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  City of North Vancouver investigates electrocution of dog on street
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  The City of North Vancouver is investigating how a dog came to be fatally electrocuted on a sidewalk in Lower Lonsdale on Friday. North Vancouver City Fire Department and RCMP were called to the . . .and more »
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you fill up your gas tanks south of the border?

  28-02-2018 15:40 via vancouversun.com
  Many British Columbians are crossing the border to Washington to fill up their tanks with cheaper gas, as Metro Vancouver has some of the highest fuel prices in North America.
  Read Gord McIntyre’s story here.
  Is this something you would consider doing, especially in the summer when gas prices are expected to rise even more? Do you cross the border now in search of cheap gas? Take our poll and leave your comments.Take Our Poll
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Rainy, but sunny weekend ahead

  28-02-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – It looks like a return to typical seasonal weather for Metro Vancouver after last week’s cold snap, with plenty of rain and mild temperatures in the forecast. Environment Canada says there’s a 60 per cent chance of showers Wednesday, with highs of 6 C. The rainy weather is expected to last until the end of the week, and then the weekend looks sunny and a bit warmer, with highs of 11 C on Saturday and 10 C on Sunday. Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
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• Karen Barnaby: The wonders of bread culture

  28-02-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  I’m a great admirer of good breads and the people who create them. Bread culture has developed in amazing ways, from using the super-hydration technique to create a supple, chewy loaf, to the people who reestablished heritage wheat such as Red Fife, and the keepers of sourdough culture.
  There’s a whole other bread movement, I suppose you could call it “alternative bread” because we’re so used to the white and wheaty stuff. These breads are grain and seed packed, gen
  
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• Documents show B.C. government was worried that letter to fish farm sounded threatening

  28-02-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. government officials expressed concern that a letter from Agriculture Minister Lana Popham to a coastal fish farm might be construed as a threat to the company’s ability to continue operating in B.C. waters, according to documents obtained by Postmedia News.
  Political staff urged changes to Popham’s letter just three hours before it was sent to coastal fish farm company Marine Harvest on Oct. 13, 2017, emails released under the Freedom of Information Act request
  
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• Parent Talk podcast is on the air in North Vancouver - North Shore News

  28-02-2018 06:46
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  Parent Talk podcast is on the air in North Vancouver
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  Heather Fox and Genevieve Kyle are the hosts of ParentTalk, a 30 to 45 minute weekly podcast intended to create a community among Lower Mainland parents. The show is recorded every Monday night. photo supplied. Once a week at a small sushi spot in Lynn ...
  
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• Harrison Mooney: Are Canucks fans the real problem in Vancouver?

  28-02-2018 06:17 via vancouversun.com
  Why are the Canucks so bad? Is it because Jim Benning and Trevor Linden have assembled a very weak team, failed to reinvigorate the lineup with the speed and skill necessary in today’s NHL, and done little to instil confidence in their rebuild among the fanbase?
  Some would say yes. But in saying so, perhaps over and over again on Twitter, are you part of the problem? 
  On Tuesday, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman implied as much, suggesting the vitriol the management group is facing
  
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• Website search function for a doctor dropped due to outdated information

  28-02-2018 05:31 via vancouversun.com
  The College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. will on Thursday delete a function on its website that was the only one of its kind in Canada for helping patients find family doctors accepting new patients.
  The problem? It was no longer living up to its billing.
  College registrar Dr. Heidi Oetter said the website tool was offered many years ago as a public service, but it became increasingly apparent over the past few years that information on the site wasn’t current and therefore inac
  
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• MEC ponders requests to stop selling wares from US gun manufacturer Vista Outdoor

  28-02-2018 05:27 via vancouversun.com
  Pressure is mounting on Mountain Equipment Co-op to stop carrying outdoor gear brands owned by Vista Outdoor, a Utah-based gun and ammunition company.
  The Vancouver-based company said it is exploring its options after hearing from about 5,500 members on whether to pull Vista Outdoor brands, including CamelBak, Bolle, Bushnell, Camp Chef and Jimmy Styks, from its shelves. But its slow pace was met with frustration by some customers. 
  “They don’t seem to be doing very mu
  
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• Iglika Ivanova: How technology affects workers is up to us

  28-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  While many workers of our parents’ generation expected to spend their entire careers in a permanent full-time job with one or two employers, younger workers today are increasingly faced with project-based or limited-term employment options. The very structure of what a job looks like is changing as technology unbundles traditional occupations into smaller tasks that can be performed by workers located anywhere in the world.
  Unlike the industry giants of the 20th century that employed large
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Documents link Kinder Morgan Strategy Group to militant environmental activists

  28-02-2018 04:25 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — At first hearing, the Action Hive sounds like something out of a kid’s role-playing game or perhaps the handle for a particularly aggressive group of beekeepers.
  But lately it has figured prominently in the B.C. Liberal challenge to Environment Minister George Heyman for dining out with anti-pipeline activists on Jan. 30, the very day he launched his regulatory drive against the Kinder Morgan project.
  In an effort to embarrass Heyman for getting cosy with the self-styled K
  
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• B.C. MP responsible for Atwal invite fiasco steps down as B.C. caucus chair

  28-02-2018 04:01 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey Liberal MP Randeep Sarai is stepping down as chair of the Pacific Caucus after inviting a would-be assassin to a dinner reception with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in India. 
  Sarai has taken responsibility for inviting Jaspal Atwal — a B.C. Sikh convicted of the attempted murder of an Indian cabinet minister in B.C. in 1986 — to an event during Trudeau’s recent trip to India. 
  “I want to again apologize for my role in recent unfortunate events,” sa
  
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• We're pretty in pink in support of anti-bullying and #PinkShirtDay. Say something nice #PinkitForward.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-02-2018 04:00 via twitter.com
  We're pretty in pink in support of anti-bullying and #PinkShirtDay. Say something nice #PinkitForward.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Wednesday, Feb. 28

  28-02-2018 03:59 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Wednesday, Feb. 28.Superchunk
  American indie rock group Superchunk visits the Ricksaw Theatre on Wednesday in support of their new record What a Time to Be Live.
  The album, Superchunk’s 11th studio release, was just released — it will be two weeks old this week. It’s their first album in five years, but don’t worry about rust — What a Time has been very well-reviewed. Pitchfork calle
  
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• North Vancouver RCMP arrest man after blocking Trans Canada Highway

  28-02-2018 03:54 via globalnews.ca
  The suspect is known to police. No charges have been laid.
  
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• Lawyer and offshore investor petition for private hearing on Chinese bistro-case settlement

  28-02-2018 03:53 via vancouversun.com
  A prominent Richmond lawyer and a wealthy offshore investor accused of “systematic tax evasion” in a court battle over a Chinese bistro have petitioned to prevent the public from accessing a B.C. Supreme Court hearing regarding the case.
  Postmedia News reported last week that a last-minute settlement halted a trial that would have spotlighted the banking and accounting records of a high-end Chinese restaurant in Richmond and its principal investor, Cheng-Hsiung Huang, and his lawyer,
  
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• Motorists flocking to Washington state to flee Metro Vancouver gas prices

  28-02-2018 03:48 via vancouversun.com
  The traffic, the roads, the border lineup, nothing stops a significant number of drivers from crossing into Washington state to fill up their tanks with cheap American gasoline.
  “I’d say 90 per cent of the B.C. plates driving through are coming for gas,” a member of U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday. “Some of them say they’ve driven for 40 minutes and then they’ve been idling for an hour (waiting to pass through customs).”
  It’s always
  
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• Federal budget 2018: B.C. wants to see more action on child care, transit and housing

  28-02-2018 03:46 via vancouversun.com
  The federal budget unveiled Tuesday aligns with B.C.’s values and priorities, but is lacking when it comes to specific commitments that benefit the province, according to B.C.’s finance minister.
  Gender equality, housing, the opioid crisis and reconciliation with First Nations peoples were among the areas that Finance Minister Carole James was pleased to see mentioned. However other topics, including child care and transit, were given little or no attention.
  “On the first look
  
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• Man Arrested for Firearms Offence Following Vehicle Stop on Highway 1 W in North Vancouver bit.ly/2F7jFuB #NorthVancouver

  28-02-2018 03:09 via twitter.com
  Man Arrested for Firearms Offence Following Vehicle Stop on Highway 1 W in North Vancouverbit.ly/2F7jFuB#NorthVancouver
  
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• Canada's first 'dementia village' to open in Langley next year

  28-02-2018 01:58 via vancouversun.com
  Canada’s first community designed specifically for people with dementia is opening next year in Langley.
  It’s called The Village. Comprised of six, single-storey cottage-style homes and a community centre, The Village will be home to 78 people with dementia, an umbrella term that includes people suffering from Alzheimer’s and other degenerative brain diseases associated with aging. Care will be provided by 72 specially trained staff.
  Project leader Elroy Jespersen said The
  
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• Electric-assisted, pedal-powered vehicle sharing comes to UBC

  28-02-2018 01:57 via vancouversun.com
  A ride-sharing service like none other was unveiled at UBC on Tuesday.
  Vancouver’s VeloMetro Mobility launched its initial fleet of five Veemo electric-assisted, three-wheeled velomobiles for public use at the University of British Columbia.
  A velomobile is not really a bike, but it’s not quite a motor vehicle either.
  Veemo’s vehicles are fully enclosed and outfitted with bicycle handlebars, pedals, hand brakes, power windows and navigation unit. The solar-powere
  
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• Police in Sicamous search for driver who threw full beer can at flag person

  28-02-2018 01:52 via vancouversun.com
  Sicamous RCMP are seeking the public’s help in identifying a driver who they say threw a full can of beer at a flag person on Monday.
  According to a news release, the incident occurred shortly after 9 a.m. on Highway 1 west of Sicamous as the flag person was busy setting up a caution sign. Police say the suspect threw the beer can from a passing vehicle, striking the flagger in the head.
  Fortunately, the victim was wearing a hard hat and glasses, preventing serious injury. The blow knocked
  
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• Jarrod Bacon wins parole appeal with unique argument

  28-02-2018 01:47 via vancouversun.com
  Convicted cocaine trafficker Jarrod Bacon has won an appeal of his 2017 parole revocation by arguing that he never should have been released in the first place.
  The lawyer for the middle gangster brother argued that the Parole Board of Canada had miscalculated Bacon’s statutory release date, letting him out 16 months too early.
  Most federal prisoners get statutory release after serving two-thirds of their sentence.  
  Bacon got out in February 2017, and was ordered to live in a halfway
  
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• B.C. College of Midwives seeks court injunction against two 'death midwives'

  28-02-2018 01:41 via vancouversun.com
  The College of Midwives of B.C. wants a court injunction to stop two B.C. women from advertising that they are “death midwives”.
  The college, which regulates the profession of midwifery in the province, says that Pashta MaryMoon of Victoria and Patricia Keith of Surrey are not registered with the college and are illegally using the term “midwife”.
  In a petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court, the college says that MaryMoon describes herself as a “death midwife” o
  
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• We're recruiting for auxiliary Crisis Intervention Workers. Click here to apply. ow.ly/m4vM30iER4Z

  28-02-2018 01:32 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for auxiliary Crisis Intervention Workers. Click here to apply. ow.ly/m4vM30iER4Z
  
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• Open house: Zoning Bylaw Livability Review Feb 28 4-8pm @ City Hall. We'd love to hear your ideas. More info:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-02-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Open house: Zoning Bylaw Livability Review Feb 28 4-8pm @ City Hall. We'd love to hear your ideas. More info:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• North Vancouver protest targets Kinder Morgan projects - North Shore News

  28-02-2018 01:16
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  North Vancouver protest targets Kinder Morgan projects
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  Squamish Nation activist Clarissa Antone leads a group of protesters down Lower Capilano Road on Feb. 22. The group was targeting both the Trans Mountain pipeline as well as a proposed expansion of diesel storage at the existing Kinder Morgan terminal ...
  
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• Suspect arrested in armed, high-risk takedown in North Vancouver - North Shore News

  28-02-2018 01:02
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  Suspect arrested in armed, high-risk takedown in North Vancouver
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  North Vancouver RCMP have one man in custody following a high-risk takedown on the Upper Levels Highway Tuesday afternoon. Agassiz RCMP requested assistance from their North Vancouver . . .
  North Vancouver RCMP arrest man after blocking Trans Canada ...Globalnews.caall 2 news articles »
  
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• Snowstorm whites out weather records in North Vancouver - North Shore News

  28-02-2018 00:58
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  Snowstorm whites out weather records in North Vancouver
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  The Big Snow has already melted into history, but not before Friday's whiteout caused widespread traffic headaches and dumped enough snow to challenge the record books. Parts of North Vancouver . . .and more »
  
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• Delta police wade into ocean to save man in distress

  28-02-2018 00:31 via vancouversun.com
  Two Delta police officers and a reserve constable are being lauded for their bravery after wading into the ocean to rescue a man in distress on Saturday.
  After the man’s family had called police to report that he was in crisis, officers spotted the man driving to the end of 34th Street at Goose Bay in Ladner, where he got out of his car and ran into the ocean.
  Delta police say the officers waded about 600 to 700 metres into the water to save him.
  “Our constables were in the wate
  
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• Two children, daycare operator are victims of sheep attack in Nanaimo

  28-02-2018 00:29 via vancouversun.com
  Two young children and a daycare operator escaped serious injury Tuesday morning following a wild and woolly encounter with a vicious sheep in Nanaimo.
  Nanaimo RCMP say a two-year-old sheep named Moses attacked the three — knocking them to the ground — after escaping its pen.
  Const. Gary O’Brien says the three managed to escape the animal, and the daycare operator then called 911 for help.
  A B.C. Ambulance Service crew attended and transported the three to hospital for a p
  
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• You have the power to give life. Blood Donor Clinic Feb 28 1-8pm @pipeshop_venue. Book your appointment now @… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-02-2018 00:00 via twitter.com
  You have the power to give life. Blood Donor Clinic Feb 28 1-8pm @pipeshop_venue. Book your appointment now @… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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