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• Horses belong on farms, not pulling carriages in Victoria: City Councillor says

  11-03-2018 23:58 via vancouversun.com
  Horse-drawn carriages have no place in an urban environment such as downtown Victoria and should be phased out, says Coun. Ben Isitt.
  “I don’t think horse-drawn carriage operations are an appropriate use of animals for commercial purposes — essentially for entertainment,” Isitt said, while discussing bylaw amendments that would require operators to clearly identify horses and operators.
  Isitt said the changes just “scratch the surface” in terms of what&rs
  
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• Why is so much parking clearance needed around hydrants? It’s not

  11-03-2018 23:55 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver’s engineers and fire chiefs are offering a partial solution to the parking shortage that’s particularly affecting Surrey and Coquitlam, where increased densification in some neighbourhoods means not enough room for all the extra cars.
  They say the answer to creating several hundred additional on-street parking spots is hiding in plain sight: By cutting the no-parking clearance around hydrants in half, there would be room for more cars on streets.
  The city engineers, t
  
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• Richmond man's death 'suspicious' after he was pulled from water in Steveston

  11-03-2018 23:21 via vancouversun.com
  Richmond Mounties are investigating after the death of a man found in the water at Steveston.
  Just before 8 a.m. on Saturday, officers were called to the 7000-block Dyke Road, near London Landing, for a report of a man in the water.
  The male, a Richmond resident in his 70s, was taken out of the Fraser River and given first aid before he was transported to hospital. He later died.
  Richmond RCMP say the circumstances surrounding the man’s death are suspicious. He wasn’t known to police
  
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• No injuries after Sunday morning shooting in Surrey's Newton area

  11-03-2018 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after several shots were fired Sunday morning in a Surrey neighbourhood.
  According to Surrey RCMP’s Sgt. David MacDonald, the call in around 10:50 a.m. of possible shots fired in the 6800-block 121st Street in Newton.
  “On police arrival, it was determined that several shots had been fired from a moving vehicle,” MacDonald told Postmedia. “The vehicle fled the area and there are no reported injuries or victims.”
  Investigators were on scene Su
  
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• Attn grads! Need $ for secondary ed this fall? We've got 5 x $1000 youth scholarships. Hurry applications close Mar… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-03-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  Attn grads! Need $ for secondary ed this fall? We've got 5 x $1000 youth scholarships. Hurry applications close Mar… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• University of Victoria student given temporary medication reprieve by U.S. drug company

  11-03-2018 22:02 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A University of Victoria student fighting for the province to pay for an expensive, but life-enhancing, drug to treat her cystic fibrosis has received compassionate coverage from the drug’s manufacturer.
  Lilia Zaharieva was on her last week’s supply of Orkambi, a $250,000-a-year medication that aims to treat a rare strain of cystic fibrosis called Double Delta F508, when she found out the American pharmaceutical company Vertex would give her the drug free o
  
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• Outside-of-B.C. owners push back against proposed speculation tax

  11-03-2018 21:31 via vancouversun.com
  Cindy Meston was born and grew up in Abbotsford and Vancouver, and bought her downtown Vancouver condo 19 years ago.
  She estimates she uses it for about five months a year when she returns from Austin, Texas, where she lives and works as a professor. Three months in the summer. One month at Christmas. Another during spring break.
  And there begins her reasoning, and a range of others as well, against what the B.C. NDP government is proposing with its so-called speculation tax.
  They each have vary
  
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• Aboriginals and whites leaving Metro Vancouver

  11-03-2018 21:11 via vancouversun.com
  Aboriginals and whites are leaving Metro Vancouver for other regions of B.C., particularly to live in the Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island and the Okanagan, according to Statistics Canada.
  A net total of 9,345 whites and 460 Indigenous people left Metro for other parts of the province in the one-year period ending July, 2016, according to newly released Statistics Canada data.
  Two other demographic groups that are tending to say goodbye to Metro Vancouver are those who are born in Canada and thos
  
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• Council to vote on bylaw requiring electric vehicle charging points

  11-03-2018 21:04 via vancouversun.com
  City council will vote this week on a bylaw amendment that would require all parking spots in new condos be equipped for electric vehicle charging.
  If approved, developers will be required to install an electric vehicle (EV) charging point at each residential parking spot in a new building. The requirement would not extend to visitor parking.
  Currently, the city requires at least 20 per cent of parking spots in new developments be equipped with EV charging infrastructure.
  “Our goal is to b
  
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• No injuries following garage fire near Cambie and 17th on Sunday

  11-03-2018 19:24 via vancouversun.com
  There are no injuries following a fire in Vancouver on Sunday morning near Cambie Street and West 17th Avenue.
  The fire was located in the 400 block of West 17th Avenue, just east of Yukon Street.
  VANCOUVER, BC., March 11, 2018 — Vancouver Fire Department extinguish a fire in a garage on the 400 block of W 17th Ave in Vancouver, BC., March 11, 2018. No injuries were reported in the blaze.
  According to Vancouver Fire and Rescue, the blaze was reported around 9 a.m. and knocked down just ove
  
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• You did you remember to #SpringForward today, right? Don't forget to check the batteries in your smoke alarms and c… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-03-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  You did you remember to #SpringForward today, right? Don't forget to check the batteries in your smoke alarms and c… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver police searching for mother in alleged parental abduction

  11-03-2018 17:38 via vancouversun.com
  Police are searching for a Vancouver woman who has allegedly abducted her own son contrary to a court custody order.
  According to Vancouver police, Shawana Chaudhary has allegedly taken her 9-year-old son, Emerson Cusworth, and may be travelling with him and her six-year-old daughter.
  Police say there are signs Chaudhary “made plans to be away from home for an extended period” and is likely to be in the company of her two children and one or two dogs. Police do not believe that eithe
  
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• Vancouver firefighters on scene of working fire near Cambie and 17th

  11-03-2018 17:22 via vancouversun.com
  Firefighters are on the scene of a working fire near Cambie and 17th on Sunday morning.
  The fire is located in the 400 block of West 17th Avenue, just east of Yukon Street.
  Working fire 400blk West 17th. #vanworkingfire pic.twitter.com/luX3SIWh1J
  — Vancouver Fire (@VanFireRescue) March 11, 2018It remains unclear what caused the fire or where it is located, though the area is a residential neighbourhood consisting of detached single-family homes.
  Northbound traffic on Cambie Street is close
  
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• Vancouver weather: Sun across the region to welcome time change

  11-03-2018 17:03 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: March 11, 2018 – Sunday’s weather is set to be sunny and clear so if you’re wanting to enjoy the weather, today’s the day. The sun will stick around on Monday but after that, it will be a few days of rain before sun returns on Friday.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mainly sunny with temperatures of 12 degrees, 16 inland.
  Tonight: Clear with a low of plus 4.
  Tomorrow: Sunny with a high of 13, 19 inland. Clouds to return in the evening, with a low of plus 5
  
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• The North Shore Arts Crawl continuues today 10am - 5pm. Stop 38 is #FunAlley 106 W 1st. ow.ly/u6JG30iRDSc… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-03-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  The North Shore Arts Crawl continuues today 10am - 5pm. Stop 38 is #FunAlley 106 W 1st. ow.ly/u6JG30iRDSc… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Diver reunites long-lost purse with Victoria woman after finding under White Rock pier

  11-03-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  A woman and her purse were reunited after eight months apart thanks to an Abbotsford scuba diver who found it beneath the White Rock pier.
  It’s not the first time Mike Bertness has pulled up treasure from the deep. He estimates he’s found five or six other purses and wallets — not to mention a pair of Gucci sunglasses — since he began diving eight years ago.
  “I always seem to find interesting stuff,” he said Thursday. “It’s remarkable what gets los
  
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• Deep divide between anti- and pro-pipeline rallies in Metro Vancouver

  11-03-2018 06:04 via vancouversun.com
  In Burnaby, thousands warned the Trans Mountain expansion would destroy the environment. In Vancouver, hundreds said blocking the pipeline would destroy the economy.
  More than 5,000 people gathered at the Lake City Way SkyTrain station in Burnaby on Saturday morning, where First Nations leaders spoke before elders from across Canada led the march up Burnaby Mountain. 
  ‘‘Our spiritual leaders today are going to claim back Burnaby Mountain,’’ Reuben George, of the Nort
  
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• Hilary Statton: Paying a living wage makes business sense

  11-03-2018 05:27 via vancouversun.com
  The provincial government’s recent announcement that it will gradually raise British Columbia’s minimum wage to $15.20 by 2021 was, understandably, met with mixed feelings. The B.C. Federation of Labour (BC Fed) wants a shorter time span, while some businesses believe the hikes will undermine profitability and threaten jobs.
  What’s not in dispute is the need for workers in B.C. to earn wages they can live on, and for Metro Vancouver that’s currently a minimum of $20.62 an
  
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• "Seamless" shopping will have huge impact on jobs, social contact

  11-03-2018 04:12 via vancouversun.com
  In the future of retail, it is likely that bricks-and-mortar stores and online commerce will merge into a seamless and convenient entity, says Vancouver tech entrepreneur Igor Faletski. 
  As CEO of the Vancouver-based online-commerce platform Mobify, Faletski has had a front-row view of the trend toward using technology to create a “frictionless transaction” that maximizes convenience for consumers while minimizing the amount of time they spend waiting in line.
  “The days of
  
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• 'Amazing atmosphere:' HSBC Canada Sevens rugby tournament draws a crowd

  11-03-2018 02:47 via vancouversun.com
  They came to watch rugby and to party. In no particular order.
  More than 35,000 fans — many of them in costume — gathered for the first day of this year’s HSBC Canada Sevens rugby tournament Saturday at B.C. Place.
  Dressed as a sunflower with a green tulle skirt, green Converse and a halo of yellow petals encircling her face, former Simon Fraser University rugby player Sharon Thompson said she was excited about the “amazing atmosphere,” not to mention the action on
  
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• Major-crime unit called to incident in Victoria

  11-03-2018 02:27 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit has been called in to investigate a “serious incident” on Hillside Avenue in Victoria.
  Victoria Police cordoned off the 1400-block between Belmont Avenue and Gosworth Road and warned that there will be traffic disruptions for the rest of the day.
  Three forensics officers in white suits were scanning the pavement in the middle of Hillside, while uniformed officers searched the grass outside an apartment at the corner of Hillside and Gos
  
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• Psst - Don't forget #DaylightSavings starts tomorrow. Turn your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-03-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Psst - Don't forget #DaylightSavings starts tomorrow. Turn your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver police searching for man who left halfway house

  11-03-2018 00:34 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are searching for 42-year-old Kevin Jerome Holden, a parolee who failed to return for his curfew at a Vancouver halfway house.
  The VPD says a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Holden’s arrest. 
  He is serving a five-year sentence for a 2013 hostage taking and has 34 convictions for breach of trust, violence, and property related offences.
  Holden is described by police as white, six-feet tall, and weighs 160 pounds. He has short blonde hair, blue ey
  
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• Pardip Brar, 23, killed in targeted shooting in Surrey Friday night

  11-03-2018 00:32 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide detectives have identified the man killed in a targeted, gang-related shooting in Surrey on Friday night as 23-year-old Pardip Brar of Delta.
   Pardip Brar. Photo released by RCMP Surrey on April 14, 2015.  
  Surrey RCMP say that shortly after 7 p.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 6500-block of 137A Street.  
   
  A man suffering from gunshot injuries on the street was taken to hospital, where he died from his injuries.Investigators w
  
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