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• Fraser Highway re-opens after serious collision

  21-03-2018 23:34 via vancouversun.com
  Update: The Fraser Highway has now been re-opened in both directions.A serious collision at 232 Street has closed Fraser Highway in both directions east of Murrayville
  Langley RCMP were called to the two-vehicle accident at 7 a.m. Police say each vehicle only had one occupant.
  One driver was taken to hospital by air ambulance with what police called potentially life-threatening injuries, while the other driver is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.“At this time, all t
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP catch potential thief on camera

  21-03-2018 23:25 via vancouversun.com
  “Have you seen this man?”
  Chilliwack RCMP are hoping to identify a man who allegedly broke into a bait car last month.
  According to a media release, the man was captured on Feb. 5 about 3 a.m., when he “triggered the surveillance camera and alarm of a police bait car parked in the area of Spadina Avenue.”
  A search of the area failed to locate him.
  “Police park Bait cars containing Bait property in areas identified as high risk for auto crime,” Cpl. Jay Schofie
  
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• Former B.C. radio host and Kelowna councillor Barrie Clark dies

  21-03-2018 23:08 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA — Shortly after he was re-elected as a Kelowna city councillor in 2002, Barrie Clark blasted the 75 per cent of voters who hadn’t bothered to cast a ballot. 
  “They are totally irresponsible, lazy and apathetic,” Clark thundered at a council meeting, deploying the former broadcaster’s baritone voice he’d use to mesmerize, entertain and infuriate during a long and successful career in radio.
  Insulting the people you represent in such a strident
  
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• The #SpiritTrail Heywood to Sunrise Park section is nearing completion. This new trail provides a gentle, accessibl… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-03-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  The #SpiritTrail Heywood to Sunrise Park section is nearing completion. This new trail provides a gentle, accessibl… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Lower Capilano townhouse project moves forward

  21-03-2018 22:29
  
  Proposed 150-unit development to go to public hearing
  
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• More #Montroyal bridge progress! Here's a shot of crews pouring the new concrete deck surface. At a later date, a w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-03-2018 22:01 via twitter.com
  More #Montroyal bridge progress! Here's a shot of crews pouring the new concrete deck surface. At a later date, a w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Second B.C. suspect identified in Ontario attack on helpless man

  21-03-2018 21:22 via vancouversun.com
  Parmvir Singh Chahil, 21.
  A second suspect in what police call a “vicious” Ontario attack on a helpless man with autism has been identified as a 21-year-old B.C. man.
  Parmvir Singh Chahil, 21, is believed to be one of three suspects in the March 13 attack that took place at a bus station in Mississauga, Ont., according to Peel Regional Police.
  A country-wide warrant has now been issued for Chahil’s arrest, alongside Ronjot Sing Dhami, 25, who was identified by police a day earl
  
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• Vancouver invited to explore Ready Player One virtual reality exhibit

  21-03-2018 21:18 via vancouversun.com
  It might look similar but no, it’s not the latest modular housing development in Vancouver.
  Those container stacks you see in downtown Vancouver are actually part of a virtual reality exhibit open this weekend to promote the grim sci-fi action flick Ready Player One that opens later this month.The “massive experiential set” includes three towers of shipping containers which, according to the world inside the film, are the new living standard for civilians in 2045. The set comes
  
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• Canada’s best and worst cities to buy home on single income (INFOGRAPHIC)

  21-03-2018 20:36
  
  No prizes for guessing where the country’s least affordable city is…
  
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• B.C. attorney general headed to Ottawa to talk money laundering

  21-03-2018 20:25 via vancouversun.com
  Attorney General David Eby is hoping to raise awareness of the transnational money laundering issues plaguing B.C. and ask for federal support when he is in Ottawa next week.
  Eby is scheduled to speak before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, which is receiving input on amendments to the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Act.
  “I think the main request that I’m going to be making to this committee is they think about life on the other side of the Rockies, in B
  
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• If you live on E 29th St or use it, we're looking for your feedback on proposed safety improvements. Review options… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-03-2018 20:14 via twitter.com
  If you live on E 29th St or use it, we're looking for your feedback on proposed safety improvements. Review options… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Park board commissioner John Coupar seeks Vancouver mayor's chair

  21-03-2018 19:38 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver park board commissioner John Coupar has announced he will be running for mayor of Vancouver.
  Coupar, a member of the Non-Partisan Association (NPA) who has been twice elected to Park Board and previously served as chair, announced his candidacy at the Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park
  He said he chose the location for the announcement because it is a special place for him.His City of Vancouver biography says he is “well-known for his successful effort to keep
  
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• Kasey Wilson: Savoury crepes are endlessly versatile

  21-03-2018 19:28 via vancouversun.com
  When cookbook author Pam Anderson and her husband, a minister, moved to a new community, they decided to host an open house on two consecutive nights. By the time all the RSVPs were in, nearly 250 people were expected.
  Most of us would panic, but not Anderson. Needing an inexpensive, do-ahead dish that was substantial enough for a meal yet light enough for those just dropping in, she settled on chicken-mushroom crepes. She purchased 500 crepes at the supermarket (look for them in the produce sec
  
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• Here are the best places in Canada to buy a home on one income

  21-03-2018 18:04 via vancouversun.com
  If you ever dreamed of buying property on your own – without a partner, without a co-ownership arrangement, without family support – Greater Vancouver is definitely not the place to do it.
  Greater Vancouver is the least affordable place in Canada to buy property on a single income, according to a new study conducted by Toronto-based real estate brokerage Zoocasa.
  The most affordable? Saint John or Greater Moncton in New Brunswick, or Trois Rivieres in Quebec.
  Using February 2018 home
  
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• Spraying to fight gypsy moth outbreak scheduled for north Surrey

  21-03-2018 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  Small low-flying planes could soon be spraying a biological insecticide over a 46.5-hectare residential area of north Surrey to combat the latest outbreak of the introduced pest, the gypsy moth.
  The province says Btk bacteria contained within Foray 48B is commonly found in soil and is harmful to caterpillars but not to bees, reptiles, amphibians or mammals, including humans, but also warns it may potentially cause minor irritation to the eyes, ears, nose and throat.
  To reduce the risk of such ir
  
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• 2018 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival announces Vogue and Pyatt Hall Series

  21-03-2018 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  The 2018 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival continues to roll out its summer offerings with announcements of its Vogue Theatre and Pyatt Hall concert series, as well as the addition of Grammy Award-winner Macy Gray | June 28, 8 p.m. | QET | Tickets: From $50.
  Below are the shows and dates. Tickets are on sale today at coastaljazz.ticketfly.com or by calling 1-888-732-1682:
   
  VOGUE SERIES:Dirty Projectors | June 22, 8 p.m. | Tickets: $41
  Spanish Harlem Orchestra (with Ru
  
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• Plan for a 1 hour #PowerFree zone March 24 @ 8:30PM to celebrate #EarthHour. More info: cnv.org/EarthHour… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-03-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  Plan for a 1 hour #PowerFree zone March 24 @ 8:30PM to celebrate #EarthHour. More info: cnv.org/EarthHour… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• B.C. Premier John Horgan has highest approval rating in Canada: poll

  21-03-2018 16:29 via vancouversun.com
  It appears the honeymoon isn’t over yet for Canada’s two newest premiers.
  B.C. Premier John Horgan and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe share Canada’s highest job performance approval rating among premiers, both tied at 52 per cent.
  According to the latest Angus Reid Institute poll, Horgan’s approval rating has increased three points in the last quarter to reach 52 per cent, while Moe’s rating fell one point to match Horgan.
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: MARCH 21, 2018 – B.C
  
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• Serious collision closes Fraser Highway in both directions

  21-03-2018 16:08 via vancouversun.com
  A serious collision at 232 Street has closed Fraser Highway in both directions east of Murrayville
  Langley RCMP were called to the two-vehicle accident at 7 a.m. Police say each vehicle only had one occupant.
  One driver was taken to hospital by air ambulance with what police called potentially life-threatening injuries, while the other driver is in hospital with non-life threatening injuries.“At this time, all that is know is the collision was high-speed. Police will be looking t
  
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• Karen Barnaby: Dip into the tasty world of meatballs

  21-03-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Meatballs are one of those tasty items that can be found almost everywhere in the world. There’s Middle Eastern kofta, Dutch meatballs, Chinese “lion’s head” (that resemble the heads of stone guardian lions), Russian kotleti, Japanese chicken tsukune, Italian meatballs, ablondigas from the Latin and Philippine worlds, and Hong Kong fish and meat balls. I love them all.
  Meatballs have a specific architecture. Most western recipes contain bread or breadcrumbs, sometimes soa
  
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• Canada’s 'top-tier' detached home buyers shifting sights to Montréal

  21-03-2018 15:00
  
  Metro Vancouver’s detached market seeing slowdown while Québec’s metropolis sees $1 million-plus real estate boom, finds report
  
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• Vancouver weather: Cloudy with possible rain and it might get worse

  21-03-2018 14:27 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: March 21, 2018 – Wednesday’s weather says spring but Thursday’s forecast says winter isn’t ready to go yet.
  The sky will be mostly cloudy with chances of rain throughout the day, but the good stuff comes on Thursday when some wet snow is expected in parts of the Lower Mainland. Wind will be accompanied by falling temperatures as well.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mainly cloudy, 30 per cent chance of showers during the day. High of 12.
  Tonight: Cloudy wi
  
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• Norman Armour, head of Vancouver's popular PuSh festival, stepping down

  21-03-2018 05:11 via vancouversun.com
  Norman Armour is stepping down as artistic and executive director of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.
  He helped found the popular Vancouver cultural festival in 2003 and has been the festival’s leader ever since. He will leave the post officially on April 27.
  “In the early beginnings of PuSh, co-founder Katrina Dunn and I wanted to effect change with  the creation of a vibrant festival for the contemporary performing arts. We envisioned Vancouver artists forging
  
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• Tourism Vancouver says 2017 was a record year for visitors

  21-03-2018 04:49 via vancouversun.com
  More than 10.3 million people visited Vancouver in 2017, according to Tourism Vancouver’s data.
  That’s a new record, the fourth year in a row our city has seen a new record, the agency said Tuesday in a media release.
  Last year’s total of 10,345,867 people was an increase of 3 per cent over 2016, they say.
  Visitors from Australia grew 20.4 per cent year over year (there were 238,823 in 2017), the biggest such single-country increase. China was the second-biggest riser, up 7.1 p
  
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• Warrant issued for B.C. suspect in attack on helpless, autistic man in Ontario

  21-03-2018 04:07 via vancouversun.com
  Police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a Surrey man in a vicious assault on a helpless, autistic man in Mississauga, Ont.
  Ronjot Singh Dhami, 25, of Surrey, is believed to be on the lam with two unidentified accomplices, who wore hoodies over their heads during the incident.
  And thanks to tips from law enforcement and the public on the West Coast, investigators are confident they will soon identify two other suspects.
  The March 13 assault involving three suspects took place around 10:45 p.
  
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• Stewart Muir: Delays in Trans Mountain pipeline expansion costs B.C. up to $40m every day

  21-03-2018 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  On March 10 about 500 people from a dozen groups and First Nations gathered at Vancouver’s Jack Poole Plaza to send a message to the B.C. government that it’s time to get on with the critical Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
  I won’t use this space to go into the arguments that were covered in the media after our event and one held the same day by pipeline opponents. I would, however, like to bring to light something worrisome going on behind the scenes.
  One of our spe
  
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• Derek Nighbor: Int'l Day of Forests: A reason for pride in Canada

  21-03-2018 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  In Canada, the forest industry has been part of our lifeblood and a cornerstone of the economy for decades. The issue of how we manage our forests has also been the topic of healthy debate for generations.
  However, what is often overlooked is Canada’s global leadership in sustainable forest management and the positive role Canadian forests and the forest products industry play in addressing climate change and providing socio-economic benefits.
  As we celebrate the sixth annual UN-declared I
  
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• Critics up in arms after Howe Sound gravel mine wins environmental assessment certificate

  21-03-2018 03:33 via vancouversun.com
  Burnco Rock Products is a step closer to building a gravel mine at McNab Creek, on the western shore of Howe Sound, after the provincial environment ministry granted an environmental assessment certificate on Tuesday.
  George Heyman, environment minister, and Michelle Mungal, mining minister, both signed off on the decision.
  “Having considered the Environmental Assessment Office’s Assessment Report and the recommendation of the executive director of the EAO to issue a certificate, the
  
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• Expense claims of former Fraser Health boss and top managers exposed in report

  21-03-2018 03:25 via vancouversun.com
  A forensic accounting probe shows some unusual expense claims paid to former Fraser Health chief Dr. Nigel Murray, who is facing a fraud investigation in New Zealand over expenses there.
  The newly released 2014 report, obtained by Postmedia through a freedom of information request, shows that ambiguous policies meant Murray and other Fraser Health managers submitted claims for expenses that have since been prohibited. Expense claim policies were tightened up after the report by KPMG Fo
  
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• Another dozen arrested at Trans Mountain expansion protest

  21-03-2018 02:51 via vancouversun.com
  A 17-year-old high school student, West Vancouver seniors and an environmental engineer who once worked for Trans Mountain stepped forward Tuesday to be arrested in opposition to expansion of the pipeline.
  “This seemed something like I could do today, because my heart is breaking,” said Andrea Miller of West Vancouver, a self-described lifelong environmentalist who volunteered to be arrested though she is recovering from a broken hip.
  Twelve people stayed inside the five-metre no-go
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Clark's final days as premier not her proudest moments

  21-03-2018 02:43 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — On the day the New Democrats and Greens announced their power-sharing agreement last year, Premier Christy Clark called a pre-emptive press conference to say how the B.C. Liberals would respond to the threat to bring down her government.
  “We have a duty to meet the house and to test its confidence and I intend to do that in very short order,” the premier told reporters on May 30.
  “Should the government fail the test of confidence in the house, as seems lik
  
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• Judge orders defiant Kinder Morgan protester to remain in jail

  21-03-2018 02:37 via vancouversun.com
  A judge has ordered a man who was arrested on Monday while protesting Kinder Morgan’s controversial Trans Mountain pipeline project to remain in jail until a contempt of court hearing in April.
  Suntree Johnson Larue was one of three people who were arrested at the Burnaby site on Monday and held in custody until an appearance in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Tuesday.
  Lawyers for Trans Mountain wanted the contempt hearing to proceed immediately, but a lawyer for one of the protesters s
  
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• Park board commissioner John Coupar to make 'announcement' Wednesday in Vancouver

  21-03-2018 01:44 via vancouversun.com
  Could a new hat be set to land in the ring for Vancouver’s mayoral race?
  John Coupar, Non Partisan Association commissioner on the Vancouver park board, says he’s making an announcement at the Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park on Wednesday. What it is, he won’t say. (When asked Tuesday by a Postmedia reporter, he declined to comment on what the announcement might be about.)
  But it appears to be something: “Media are invited to attend this announcement where the
  
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• New lieutenant-governor hopes to promote gender equality, diversity

  21-03-2018 01:32 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s incoming lieutenant-governor says she’ll use the high-profile job to continue championing the causes of gender equality, child development and reconciliation, but also isn’t afraid to wade into constitutional matters if required.
  Janet Austin, CEO of the Metro Vancouver YWCA, said she intends to make full use of her five-year term as the Queen’s representative in B.C. when she assumes the role officially later this spring.
  “Obviously, it&rsqu
  
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• Speculation tax will hurt rural B.C. and should be withdrawn: former senator Pat Carney

  21-03-2018 01:26 via vancouversun.com
  Pat Carney is spitting mad about the provincial government’s proposed speculation tax.
  The former Conservative senator and cabinet minister has written Premier John Horgan about the damage she expects the tax will level on people who live in rural B.C. and also have properties in the Lower Mainland or the Greater Victoria area.
  “Your proposed tax misses the target of limiting real estate speculation by foreign investors in specific regions of the province and lands a bull’s eye
  
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• Questions leave child care providers leery of B.C. fee reduction plan

  21-03-2018 01:21 via vancouversun.com
  Many child care providers will delay opting in to the new B.C. government program to reduce daycare fees and others are opting out altogether because they have questions about the program.
  The fee reduction is part of the province’s new billion-dollar child care plan, announced in last month’s budget.
  The program will cut daycare costs by up to $350 a month for each child, depending on the age of the child and whether they are in a licensed family or a group daycare. The mo
  
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• Accused in murder-conspiracy case had rights violated by police: Judge

  21-03-2018 01:09 via vancouversun.com
  A judge has found that a man accused of conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder had his rights violated following his arrest by Vancouver police.
  Knowah Ferguson, 21, was taken into custody along with two other young men when a suspected stolen vehicle they were in was pulled over by cops near Main Street and East 10th Avenue on June 14, 2015. When police searched the vehicle, they found firearms and ammunition, including three handguns, an AK-47 assault rifle and a silencer.
  Ferguson o
  
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• Robyn Allan: Trans Mountain’s expansion will raise pump prices

  21-03-2018 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  Higher gasoline prices for Lower Mainland residents are concerning. Recently the price at the pumps has skyrocketed to over $1.50 a litre. The price spike has led to renewed questions about how local consumers can protect themselves from what appears to be unfair pricing practices. 
  One hypothesis reported in The Vancouver Sun on March 19 (Twinning Kinder Morgan pipeline will lead to big drop in gas prices, expert says) is that the Trans Mountain expansion will bring relief.  Dan McTea
  
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• Sea lion near Vancouver Island rescued, cut free from nylon rope

  21-03-2018 00:34 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Aquarium’s marine rescue team successfully freed a sea lion on Saturday from a piece of nylon that had become tangled around its neck and was digging into its flesh.
  Another sea lion, however, was too quick for rescue crews, pulling out a sedative dart and disappearing into the water before crews could get closer to help.
  “We’re happy we were able to save the female,” said head veterinarian Martin Haulena with the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Res
  
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• Come one, come all! #CityParkStewards community planting event @ #HeywoodPark Sat March 24 9am-noon. Refreshments +… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-03-2018 00:30 via twitter.com
  Come one, come all! #CityParkStewards community planting event @ #HeywoodPark Sat March 24 9am-noon. Refreshments +… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver gears up to host its fourth Juno Awards Sunday at Rogers Arena

  21-03-2018 00:01 via vancouversun.com
  If Michael Buble can’t come to the Junos, the Junos will come to Michael Buble.
  The Burnaby crooner had to opt out of hosting last year’s Junos in Ottawa, but will host this Sunday’s gala at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
  “That’s funny, that’s sort of what Michael said,” Allan Reid, president and CEO of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) said Tuesday as work began putting everything together at the arena for Sunday’s Junos.
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