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• Vancouver Island neighbours worried about plans for 100 chickens

  16-03-2018 23:54 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Chantal Meagher and Phil Calvert stand on the back deck of their Rockland home and watch construction workers erect a third chicken coop in their neighbour’s backyard.
  There were only five hens ambling about in the sunshine on Thursday but their neighbour, Wei Tu, told the Victoria Times Colonist she plans to bring in 100 by Saturday.
  “A few chickens is not a big deal,” Calvert said. “But 100 is a problem.”
  Meagher worries the chickens will bri
  
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• ART SEEN: Takao Tanabe funds new award for young artists at National Gallery

  16-03-2018 23:45 via vancouversun.com
  Takao Tanabe has established an award for young painters at the National Gallery in Ottawa.
  They get $15,000 each and the cachet of saying they have a work in the National Gallery. He gets the satisfaction of knowing he’s helped out young artists.
  “It’s a purchase prize,” he said.
  “They get to say they have a painting in the collection of the National Gallery which gives them a boost. For a young artist, that’s a great coup.”
  Long part of the visual arts
  
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• Summer computer camp at SFU designed to increase women in AI

  16-03-2018 23:39 via vancouversun.com
  Angelica Lim is getting some surprising responses to the introduction to computer science course she teaches at Simon Fraser University.
  Lim, a professor in computer science, says the young women in the course are giving her feedback along the lines of: “’Why didn’t I hear about this before? It turns out I love computer science.’”
  The problem, Lim believes, is that computer science was never marketed as an option to them as girls. Instead, they were more likely to h
  
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• Death of father of four in Victoria a homicide: police

  16-03-2018 23:23 via vancouversun.com
  The death of a man last weekend in Victoria is being investigated as a homicide, major crime investigators have confirmed.
  The man died after a confrontation in the 1400 block of Hillside Avenue just before 5 a.m. Saturday.
  Family have identified the man as 35-year-old Joe Gauthier and said he died after being stabbed, but police have not confirmed that.
  The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit is investigating and has so far been tight-lipped about the case.
  “Investigators co
  
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• Firefighters spent today in Lynn Canyon training to serve #northvan. Interested in seeing more? Check out @GlobalBC… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-03-2018 23:15 via twitter.com
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• North Vancouver's Deep Cove losing its magic, say residents - North Shore News

  16-03-2018 23:10
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  North Vancouver's Deep Cove losing its magic, say residents
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  The Cove has lost its magic. That was the message a delegation representing residents and merchants in Deep Cove brought to District of North Vancouver council Monday. Deep Cove resident and . . .and more »
  
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• Last day of school for @NVSD44 students! Parents, check our community events calendar for local Spring break fun:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-03-2018 22:09 via twitter.com
  Last day of school for @NVSD44 students! Parents, check our community events calendar for local Spring break fun:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• City of North Van to consider 18-storey highrise for 13th Street

  16-03-2018 22:02
  
  Council divided on benefits and drawbacks of high-density 13th Street development
  
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• Douglas Todd: Five reasons opponents of proportional representation are wrong

  16-03-2018 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  Get ready for another tidal wave of over-heated opinions about proportional representation in British Columbia.
  This year is certain to include more high-profile nay-saying from the well-funded opponents of proportional representation. They seemed omnipresent during B.C. referendums in 2005 and 2009, when the possibility of electoral reform fell less than three percentage points short of the 60 per cent threshold needed then to change the polarized way we do partisan politics in this province.
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• The lieutenant-governor will see you now

  16-03-2018 21:33 via vancouversun.com
  The confidence vote that toppled Christy Clark’s government on June 29, 2017, was one of the most extraordinary evenings in B.C.’s political history. As the province waited, Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon deliberated behind closed doors on whether B.C. would plunge into a new election, or John Horgan would get a chance to govern. The inside story of what happened at Government House has remained untold, until now. In a new book,  A Matter of Confidence: The Inside Story of the Politica
  
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• B.C. spending $300k to study ultra-high-speed rail linking Vancouver, Seattle and Portland

  16-03-2018 21:26 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government will chip in $300,000 towards a Washington State-led business case study that will examine the economic feasibility of building and operating an ultra-high-speed rail service connecting Vancouver with Seattle and Portland.
  No more news on cost or timeline for high speed rail, but @jjhorgan says he wants to take part to answer those questions on BC side. pic.twitter.com/s1xYzsfGqE
  — Derrick Penner (@derrickpenner) March 16, 2018Premier John Horgan, joined by Washington G
  
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• TOMORROW, come join us as we tackle invasive plants in Windridge Park! We'll meet at the pathway off Browning Place… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-03-2018 21:11 via twitter.com
  TOMORROW, come join us as we tackle invasive plants in Windridge Park! We'll meet at the pathway off Browning Place… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Check out this ultra-modern Hollywood-style house for $10.8M (PHOTOS)

  16-03-2018 21:00
  
  One movie theatre not enough? This luxury West Vancouver home has two…
  
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• Bulls & Bears: March Madness, Tiger a smash; Vancouver, United 2026 crash

  16-03-2018 20:39 via vancouversun.com
  Sorting out the major winners and losers of this week — with a bottom-line twist — in the world of sports:
  Bulls of the week
  Despite all of the issues and unrest facing the NCAA across all sports — most notably the recent scandals in basketball — the fan engagement machine that is March Madness shows no signs of letting up.
  Fuelled by the feverish “bracket mania” that is a byproduct of this digital and social era, it is remarkable to note how at least two gene
  
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• Town Talk: Bridge to S.U.C.C.E.S.S. raises $650,000 for social-service programs

  16-03-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  SWEET SMELL OF: S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation’s recent 40th annual Bridge to S.U.C.C.E.S.S. gala reportedly raised $650,000 to benefit programs and social services unaided by government funding. Walter Soo, Jeffrey Chan and Timothy Hsia chaired the Air Canada-sponsored event with 800 enjoying a banquet-concert at the Westin Bayshore Hotel. Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon attended, as did the traditional crop of politicians. Foundation chair Brandon Hui and CEO Queenie Choo welcomed Premier John Horgan
  
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• Conversations That Matter: the ugly truth about supplements

  16-03-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Do you take supplements?
  If you do, it’s probably because you want to be healthier. And if you take supplements there’s a good chance you pay attention to the food you buy and eat. More and more of us are turning to organic foods because we care about what we consume.
  We’re doing a good job of checking labels to for information on GMOs, additives and nutritional value. But do you examine the ingredients in the supplements you’re tossing back with a smoothie
  
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• Restored North Vancouver church ready to shine - North Shore News

  16-03-2018 19:31
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  Restored North Vancouver church ready to shine
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  The iconic twin spires of St. Paul's went up in 1909. photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News. chapel. The original building on the site where St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church now stands. photo supplied North Vancouver Museum and Archives. church. A ...
  
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• Update: Military medals found at Surrey bus stop returned to war hero

  16-03-2018 19:21 via vancouversun.com
  Update: Surrey RCMP have located the owner of the Indian military medals found at a bus stop on Remembrance Day.
   Original: Surrey RCMP are looking to reunite some found military medals and decorations with their owner.
  Police say the medals, believed to be Indian military honours, were found at a bus stop around 72nd Avenue and 148th Street, last Remembrance Day. They were turned in to the Surrey RCMP last month.
  Police have been unable to locate the owner and are now asking
  
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• Speculation tax ‘should be eliminated’ in current form, says Nanaimo

  16-03-2018 18:37
  
  Regional District of Nanaimo follows West Kelowna in asking province to be excluded from new tax – or scrap it entirely
  
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• Concert Announcement: Country star Keith Urban plays Vancouver on Sept. 25

  16-03-2018 18:33 via vancouversun.com
  Keith Urban Graffiti U World Tour with Lindsay Ell
  When: Sept. 25, 6 p.m.
  Where: Rogers Arena
  Tickets and info: On sale March 23, 10 a.m., at ticketmaster.ca and 1-855-985-5000
  Keith Urban’s ninth studio album is titled Graffiti U and his Graffiti U World Tour of Canada finishes up in Vancouver on Sept. 25. Tickets go on sale for the Rogers Arena date on March 23 at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster outlets.
  Multiple CCMA Award-nominee Lindsay Ell has the honour of being the opening act for th
  
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• Man sets himself on fire at McDonalds in East Vancouver, investigation launched

  16-03-2018 18:25 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s police watchdog has been called in to investigate an incident in East Vancouver Thursday night, in which a man set himself and part of a McDonalds restaurant on fire.
  The IIO, which investigates incidents involving police officers, confirmed early Friday that staff had been deployed to Commercial Drive. 
  Vancouver police were called out shortly after 9 p.m. to negotiate with a distraught man in his 30s, who had entered a McDonalds restaurant near Commercial Drive and East
  
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• Police warn of unprovoked attacks in Vancouver's west side

  16-03-2018 18:23 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are searching for a man wanted in connection with a series of random, unprovoked assaults that occurred last month in the city’s west side. 
  The first two assaults occurred at around 5 p.m. on Feb. 5, and were followed by two similar attacks on the evenings of Feb. 22 and Feb. 24.
  Vancouver police are warning about unprovoked assaults on Vancouver’s West Side. The suspect was described as black, in his 20s, 5-feet-9, with a medium build, and was clean-shave
  
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• North Vancouver hosts BC Junior All-Native basketball tournament - North Shore News

  16-03-2018 18:06
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  North Vancouver hosts BC Junior All-Native basketball tournament
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  North Vancouver will be the main host city for the BC Junior All Native 2018 basketball tournament running March 18-23 at several local gyms. Capilano University, Carson Graham Secondary, Seycove Secondary, Sutherland Secondary, Chief Joe Mathias ...
  
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• TransLink to announce funding for Metro Vancouver transit projects

  16-03-2018 18:04 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink is expected to reveal today how it will cover a gap in regional funding for its 10-year transit plan, which includes major projects such as rapid transit lines in Vancouver and Surrey.
  An announcement is scheduled to take place this afternoon, with representatives from TransLink, the Mayors’ Council and the provincial government on hand.
  For months, TransLink and the Mayors’ Council have been negotiating with the provincial government to come up with mechanisms to cover an
  
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• B.C. CEO charged with conspiring to sell unhackable phones to criminals

  16-03-2018 17:46 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver businessman alleged to have sold encrypted BlackBerrys to international drug-trafficking organizations has been charged in the U.S.
  On Thursday, Vincent Ramos, who owns Phantom Secure, and four international associates were indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington for conspiring with global drug traffickers by providing encryption services to evade law enforcement.
  Ramos and the four others — Kim Augustus Rodd, Younes Nasri, Michael Gamboa and Christopher Poquiz — a
  
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• B.C. Hydro seals trio of Site C contracts worth more than $1.6 billion

  16-03-2018 17:44 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Hydro has signed contracts related to the construction of the Site C dam’s generation station, spillways and substation.
  Friday morning, the utility confirmed they’ve signed a $1.6 billion contract with Aecon-Flatiron-Dragados-EBC Partnership  for the generating station and spillways. In a statement, B.C. Hydro said this “includes the delivery of civil works associated with the powerhouse, penstocks, spillways and power intakes.”
  The previously estimated cost fo
  
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• Congratulations to @bobmuckle and all of our Heritage Award recipients! Learn more on our website:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-03-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
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• Today's the LAST day to nominate awesome youth (10-24) in the City! Award categories: Rise Up | Give Back | Kind H… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-03-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  Today's the LAST day to nominate awesome youth (10-24) in the City! Award categories: RiseUp | Give Back | Kind H… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Juno Awards eats: Your viewing-party menu — made easy

  16-03-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Awards-show season is the perfect time to throw a viewing party for friends and family. And the Juno Awards are no exception. 
  But, aside from the selection of cool company, the next absolutely essential element of any great get-together is undoubtedly the food (OK, and drinks). 
  “Easy finger-foods, canapés and sharing boards that can be left out for a couple of hours and don’t require you to be in the kitchen are perfect,” Shannon Boudreau, the sales
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you want an ultra-high-speed train connecting Vancouver to Seattle, Portland?

  16-03-2018 15:46 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Premier John Horgan will be joined in Downtown Vancouver this afternoon by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to make an announcement regarding ultra-high-speed train service connecting Vancouver with Seattle and Portland. The news conference comes as the Washington state legislature  votes Monday on moving forward on further study of high-speed rail in the region.
  Advocates say the trip from Vancouver to Seattle would take 40 to 50 minutes, while the Seattle to Portland leg would take 30 minu
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Mainly sunny heading into the weekend

  16-03-2018 14:29 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. –  Friday’s weather in Metro Vancouver will be sunny with highs of 10 C. And some good news heading into the weekend – Environment Canada has changed its earlier rainy forecast for Saturday to mainly sunny with a few clouds. Some rain is still expected on Sunday, however, with highs of 8 C.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Sunny. High 10 C except 14 C inland.
  Tonight: A few clouds. Low 3 C.
  Tomorrow: Mainly sunny. High 10 C except 14 C inland.
  
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• Man sets himself on fire at McDonalds in East Vancouver, IIO called in to investigate

  16-03-2018 14:07 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s police watchdog has been called in to investigate after an incident in East Vancouver Thursday night, in which a man set himself and part of a McDonald’s restaurant on fire.
  The IIO, which investigates incidents involving police officers, confirmed early Friday that staff had been deployed to Commercial Drive. 
  Vancouver police say they were called out shortly after 9 p.m. to negotiate with a distraught man in his 30s, who had entered a McDonalds restaurant near Comm
  
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• Confidential report: Anti-money-laundering measures will significantly reduce BCLC casino revenue

  16-03-2018 11:30 via vancouversun.com
  A confidential report commissioned by B.C. Lottery Corp. estimates that B.C. casinos could lose up to $88 million in revenue each year if the government bans large cash transactions by VIP gamblers at high-limit betting tables.
  An October 2017 report by HLT Advisory, obtained by Postmedia News, estimates financial effects that could follow if B.C. Lottery Corp. restricts VIPs from buying chips with over $10,000 in cash a day. The report points to significant financial ramifications for B.C.
  
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• B.C. doctor suspended for a sixth time

  16-03-2018 11:00 via vancouversun.com
  A family physician has been suspended by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. for the sixth time in 18 years, but in a highly unusual step, the nature of Dr. Patrick Nesbitt’s conduct is not being made public.
  Nesbitt, who has been working at a busy West Vancouver walk-in clinic, has been investigated by the College numerous times in the past 20 years, mostly for inappropriate conduct with patients. For several years, the College has limited his practice to men only. He has also
  
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• Tim McMillan: Energy investment could make Canada a world leader

  16-03-2018 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  Canada is falling behind in the fierce global competition for energy investment — the very investment that spurs the crucial innovation that our growing world needs to produce more energy with less impact.
  Energy-producing countries such as the U.S. and others — with lower environmental standards than Canada — are attracting more energy investment, while in Canada capital investment for energy is in decline. And that means energy is being produced around the world under less-ro
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Friday, Mar. 16

  16-03-2018 03:24 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Friday, Mar. 16.Beyond Words: Tanya Tagaq and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory
  Polaris Prize-winning throat singer Tanya Tagaq and Greenlandic mask dancer Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory come together for a special performance Friday night at the Chan Centre. You guys: This. Sounds. Amazing. The event is described thusly: “Together, these groundbreaking Canadian performers delve into the darkness and emerge into the li
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: The that-was-then, this-is-now NDP

  16-03-2018 03:09 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Green MLA Adam Olsen used his party’s segment of question period on Thursday to challenge the New Democrats for their recent almost-$4.5-million blitz of government advertising. 
  “There is no bigger critic in this legislature of the B.C. Liberal approach to government-funded partisan advertising than the B.C. NDP,” he began, neatly underscoring the that-was-then, this-is-now hypocrisy of the New Democrats.
  “They regularly, and rightly, levelled
  
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• Victoria realtor gets tepid response to speculation-tax home-selling ad

  16-03-2018 03:07 via vancouversun.com
  A Victoria realtor who wants people to sell their homes now, in order to avoid a proposed NDP speculation tax that would come into effect this taxation year, said he’s had a tepid response so far.
  Ron Bahrey said he’s only received “a couple of calls” since an ad appeared in the Times Colonist on Wednesday.
  “I thought I’d get more calls,” Bahrey said in a phone interview Thursday.
  “It hasn’t turned out the way I thought it would.”
  The a
  
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• Vancouver to Seattle ultra-high-speed rail announcement scheduled for Friday

  16-03-2018 02:34 via vancouversun.com
  A fast train to Seattle looks to be a step closer to reality.
  On the heels of the Washington state legislature voting to move forward on further study of high-speed rail in the region, the B.C. government has announced Premier John Horgan will be joined in Downtown Vancouver on Friday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to make an announcement regarding ultra-high-speed corridor service connecting Vancouver with Seattle and Portland.
  The legislature voted Monday to approve the study, which will examin
  
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• Kelowna latest municipality to raise the alarm about 'damaging' B.C. speculation tax

  16-03-2018 02:33 via vancouversun.com
  The provincial government’s controversial real estate speculation tax is facing increasing opposition as elected officials in affected municipalities and regions across B.C. field hundreds of angry calls flowing in from a broad swath of affected individuals and groups such as the construction industry and developers.
  Local politicians across the province are reacting by appealing to the NDP government to exempt their regions — or cancel the tax outright — because it has such si
  
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• Kennedy Jr. takes bullish stand on e-revolution fast overtaking oil

  16-03-2018 02:29 via vancouversun.com
  Expect peak oil production to arrive in something more like five years than the 50 years forecast by much of the energy industry, environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday.
  It won’t be because the world is running out of oil, but because that’s how fast he’s betting innovations in cheap renewable power, batteries and electric vehicles will start to overtake traditional oil and internal combustion engines, Kennedy told the Globe 2018 conference on sustainable business
  
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• Hare, hare now: Big Bunny Run all ears meeting running families' needs

  16-03-2018 01:31 via vancouversun.com
  Forgive Baxter Bayer when he asks what day it is. The Vancouver man has a ton on the go and on his mind, including if the hare-style name on his Big Bunny Run bib is spelled correctly.
  “Thumpidity-B, yep that’s right,” laughs the president of Running Tours Inc., who is excited to launch his new Big Fun Run Series on Saturday, March 31 at Jericho Beach, with, you guessed it, the Big Bunny Run 10K, 5K and 1K kids’ run.
  But, before we go there, know this: Bayer just purchase
  
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