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• Vancouver's newest work of public art is a teeter-totter bus bench

  05-04-2018 23:37 via vancouversun.com
  This piece of art is for those who live their lives on the edge of their seats.
  The city of Vancouver’s newest work of interactive public art is SeeSawSeat, a teetering bench located in Sunset Park. The piece is part bus bench and part teeter-totter, designed by Germaine Koh.
  SeeSawSeat encourages people “not just to talk, but to engage and work together.”
  “Waiting for the bus is transformed from a passive pause into a modest social activity,” reads a news release a
  
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• B.C. chefs ask gov't to stop open-net salmon farming

  05-04-2018 23:06 via vancouversun.com
  A group of more than 50 B.C. chefs is telling the provincial government to stop salmon-farming leases in a bid to protect wild salmon.
  The chefs, along with environmental crusader David Suzuki, held a news conference in Vancouver on Thursday to urge B.C. to terminate 20, open net-pen, salmon-farm tenures coming up for renewal in June in the Broughton Archipelago, a wild-salmon migratory route. 
  The group has written a letter outlining its concerns to Doug Donaldson, the B.C. minister of for
  
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• Police investigate stolen car at Kitsilano Beach revealed by low tide

  05-04-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  A mysterious sight appeared at Vancouver’s Kitsilano Beach on Thursday afternoon when the low tide revealed a stolen truck in the water.
  According to Vancouver Police, the tide pulled back on Thursday and revealed an unoccupied, stolen pick-up truck in the water.
  Const. Jason Doucette said police were around 12:30 p.m. after a passerby spotted tire marks in the sand leading into the water at Kitsilano Beach, near the basketball courts.
  “Officers were able to determine the truck was u
  
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• 'Don't be a Butthead', E 3rd St improvements, Skate Plaza plans ... all this and more in week's #CityView eNews:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-04-2018 22:55 via twitter.com
  'Don't be a Butthead', E 3rd St improvements, Skate Plaza plans ... all this and more in week's #CityView eNews:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• We sure are! 🚬 Don’t smoke. But if you do, please keep your butts off the streets and sidewalks. #DontBeAButthead… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-04-2018 22:25 via twitter.com
  We sure are! 🚬Don’t smoke. But if you do, please keep your butts off the streets and sidewalks.#DontBeAButthead… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• We're recruiting for a temporary full-time Environmental Technician - Environmental Sustainability Specialist. Cli… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-04-2018 22:16 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a temporary full-time Environmental Technician - Environmental Sustainability Specialist.Cli… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Whole Foods Market in North Vancouver to open this month - North Shore News

  05-04-2018 22:13
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  Whole Foods Market in North Vancouver to open this month
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  Whole Foods Market will open their North Vancouver store on April 26. The store will be the 14th in Canada for the Austin, Texas-based premium grocery chain. The 40,000-square-foot space is located in The Omni Group's CentreView multi-use development ...and more »
  
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• Vancouver gas line upgrades to close part of East 1st Avenue this summer

  05-04-2018 22:03 via vancouversun.com
  Summer is road work season in Vancouver with a major gas line upgrade planned for 1st Avenue and 15 kilometres of road upgrades set to snarl traffic as the temperature rises.
  At a news conference Thursday morning, Vancouver engineering manager Jerry Dobrovolny announced the city’s summer construction plans, in addition to a FortisBC project to upgrade a major gas line between Vancouver and Coquitlam.
  From late June to late August, East 1st Avenue will be closed from Clark Drive to Nanaimo
  
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• North Vancouver's Scott Morgan helps Canada score silver at Commonwealth Games - North Shore News

  05-04-2018 21:44
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  North Vancouver's Scott Morgan helps Canada score silver at Commonwealth Games
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  North Vancouver's Scott Morgan (left) celebrates with the rest of Canada's men's gymnastics squad after they claimed silver in the team competition at the Commonwealth Games today in Australia. photo Scott Morgan/Twitter. North Vancouver's Scott Morgan ...
  
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• Vancouver lawyer's photo exhibit to benefit Rohingya refugees

  05-04-2018 21:05 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver photographer is doing his part to bolster international aid for Rohingya Muslims fleeing horrific violence in Myanmar.
  Lawyer Marco Francesco first visited Southeast Asia more than a decade ago to see a friend who was reporting for Reuters in Cambodia and then travelled to Myanmar in 2010. Francesco became enamoured with the country, returning twice more over the next five years and taking photos the whole time, he said. 
  “The people are incredible,” he said. “
  
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• Top 5 priciest homes for sale in the Lower Mainland

  05-04-2018 20:52
  
  With the record $36.2 million North Vancouver estate now off the market, where does that leave the region’s most expensive listings?
  
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• B.C. chefs pen letter to government to stop salmon farming

  05-04-2018 19:56 via vancouversun.com
   A group of more than 50 B.C. chefs is asking the provincial government to stop salmon farming leases in a bid to protect wild salmon.
  The chefs, along with environmental crusader David Suzuki, held a news conference in Vancouver Thursday to urge B.C. to terminate 20 open net-pen salmon farm tenures theatre coming up for renewal in June the Broughton Archipelago, a wild salmon migratory route. 
  The group has written a letter outlining its concerns to B.C. Minister of Forests, Land
  
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• Vancouver road construction to impact traffic this summer

  05-04-2018 19:55 via vancouversun.com
  Gas line upgrades and road construction will impact traffic in Vancouver, Burnaby and Coquitlam this summer.
  City of Vancouver engineering manager Jerry Dobrovolny and representatives from Fortis will provide an update on summer construction projects Thursday morning in Vancouver.
  More to come.
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• Young woman dies after being struck by car in east Vancouver

  05-04-2018 19:34 via vancouversun.com
  A 23-year-old woman has died in hospital after a collision in a crosswalk Wednesday in east Vancouver.
  At about around 9:15 p.m. the woman and her friend were in a crosswalk on East 12 Avenue and Clark Drive when she was struck by a white Honda Civic turning west from Clark, according to Vancouver police.
  Paramedics took the pedestrian to hospital with what was believed to be minor injuries. However, police say her condition deteriorated and she died early Thursday.VPD spokesman Const. Jason Dou
  
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• What does 'heritage' mean to you? Come tell us! twitter.com/NorthVanMuseum…

  05-04-2018 18:45 via twitter.com
  What does 'heritage' mean to you? Come tell us! twitter.com/NorthVanMuseum…
  
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• Firefighters battle blaze on party boat in Vancouver marina

  05-04-2018 18:21 via vancouversun.com
  Firefighters battled a blaze that erupted Thursday morning on an 18-metre party boat docked at a Vancouver marina.
  No one was on the boat when the fire broke out shortly before 7 a.m near the Westin Bayshore hotel in Coal Harbour, said Vancouver Fire and Rescue public information officer Capt. Jonathan Gormick.
  Huge plumes of acrid smoke filled the air, and there was significant damage done to the vessel, he said. Firefighters had to wait for the smoke to clear before entering the boat.
  At this
  
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• One Eagle Soaring takes counting to creative heights

  05-04-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  One Eagle Soaring
  Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd | Harbour Publishing
  $9.95
  The newest addition to the First West Coast Book series follows on the bestselling Hello Humpback, also by Roy Henry Vickers and Robert (Lucky) Budd. Similar to its predecessor, the children’s book is a simple, visually exciting and tough board book that will take years of handling you would expect babies and toddlers to put a book through.
  Whether deconstructing the text as a possible teething aid or really ind
  
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• Meet the Residents, again

  05-04-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Residents in Between Dreams
  When: April 11, 9 p.m.
  Where: Imperial
  Tickets and info: $25 at ticketweb.ca
  Meet the Residents was released in 1974. “The First Album by North Louisiana’s Phenomenal Pop Combo” by San Francisco-based art collective the Residents featured an augmented image of the Meet the Beatles cover. The Fab Four’s faces were covered with collage cut-outs and graffiti. EMI and Capitol threatened legal action.
  A second cover featuring four figures attir
  
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• Harbour Air's promised Vancouver to Seattle 'nerd bird' set to take flight

  05-04-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Daily seaplane service linking downtown Vancouver’s burgeoning tech sector with downtown Seattle’s massive tech-industry hub, is ready to take flight starting April 26, say the seaplane operators who will fly the route.
  B.C.’s Harbour Air and Seattle’s Kenmore Air promised the much-anticipated service from Coal Harbour in Vancouver and Seattle’s Lake Union last fall at the Cascadia Conference, aimed at strengthening business ties between the cities.
  The “
  
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• Daily Poll: Where will you watch the farewell game tonight for the Canucks' Sedin twins?

  05-04-2018 16:03 via vancouversun.com
  Longtime Vancouver Canucks hockey stars Daniel and Henrik Sedin will play their final game for the team in Vancouver Thursday against the Arizona Coyotes. Even Vancouverites who don’t watch much hockey will likely know how important the Sedin twins have been to the Canucks. The pair has played 17 seasons in the NHL and, as Harrison Mooney points out, it’s hard to imagine a Canucks team without them. So tonight’s game is expected to be a grand affair with tributes to the Swedish
  
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• Dan Fumano: 'Bridge-builder' Shauna Sylvester launches bid to become Vancouver mayor

  05-04-2018 15:42 via vancouversun.com
  As a young girl, Shauna Sylvester had diverse career ambitions. She wanted to be either a nun or the prime minister.
  She studied for a time, as a teenager, with nuns at a Vancouver convent, but didn’t pursue the calling. More recently, Sylvester’s been approached over the years about running for political office, either municipally or federally, but she didn’t.
  And in the decades since she left the convent, Sylvester’s pursued other endeavours: She’s attended Cold W
  
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• Blind Tiger Comedy students scratch improv itch

  05-04-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Blind Tiger Comedy
  When: April 6, 6 p.m.
  Where: Little Mountain Gallery
  Tickets: From $5 at the door
  Why learn comedy? 
  It’s the first question asked on Blind Tiger Comedy’s website and one that the company founded by the acclaimed improv groups The Sunday Service and Hip. Bang! seeks to answer through its improv intensive classes. Taught by such well known local stars as Ryan Beil — well recognized as the hapless hamburger helper in those popular A&W ads — or E
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Up to 20 millimetres of rain expected Thursday

  05-04-2018 14:52 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Thursday’s weather in Metro Vancouver is going to be wet, so you might want to keep that umbrella handy.  Environment Canada is forecasting up to 20 millimetres of rain, with another 10 millimetres overnight. The temperature is looking a little chilly too with highs reaching only about 8 C. The sun may make an appearance on Friday, although the federal weather agency is calling for mostly clouds and a 40 per cent chance of rain. Looking ahead to the weekend, mo
  
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• Dan Fumano: 'Bridge-builder' launches bid to become Vancouver mayor

  05-04-2018 09:05 via vancouversun.com
  As a young girl, Shauna Sylvester had diverse career ambitions. She wanted to be either a nun or the prime minister.
  She studied for a time, as a teenager, with nuns at a Vancouver convent, but didn’t pursue the calling. More recently, Sylvester’s been approached over the years about running for political office, either municipally or federally, but she didn’t.
  And in the decades since she left the convent, Sylvester’s pursued other endeavours: She’s attended Cold W
  
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• Dorrance Dance taps into a truly American experience

  05-04-2018 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Dorrance Dance
  When: April 13 & 14, 8 p.m.
  Where: Vancouver Playhouse
  Tickets: From $35
   
  Michelle Dorrance is both a hoofer and a historian.
  As the founder of Dorrance Dance and a celebrated American tap dancer and choreographer, Dorrance steps up whenever she is asked about the uniquely American art form she represents.
  “I think it is growing and people are more opened minded than ever before. People are interested in being educated about it I think, which is a very different cu
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, Apr. 5

  05-04-2018 06:44 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, Apr. 5.Night Shift: Quantum Futures
  Sometimes I recommend events I know nothing about because they just sound really cool. That’s definitely the case with Quantum Futures, the most recent instalment of the Museum of Anthropology’s Night Shift cabaret. Co-hosted with Curiosity Colliders, Quantum Futures invites you to “dive deep into quantum physics through hands-on activities, dance, spoken
  
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• Vancouver man arrested after day-long standoff in West End

  05-04-2018 05:57 via vancouversun.com
  A 34-year-old man has been arrested after a day-long standoff in Vancouver’s West End.
  According to police, the incident began around 4 a.m. Wednesday morning, when VPD were called to a disturbance at an apartment on Hornby near Drake Street. There, investigating officers located two men and a woman, along with drugs and a firearm.
  They proceeded to arrest two of the three — a 29-year-old Coquitlam man and a 25-year-old Whistler woman — but the third individual managed to
  
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• Josh Gordon: Speculation tax is essential for housing affordability

  05-04-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  The announcement of a “speculation tax” in the provincial budget has generated considerable debate in the media. One initial concern was that the tax might apply to cabins in rural or vacation areas, such as the Gulf Islands or Parksville. Others wondered about the fairness of taxing vacant second homes in urban areas, if they were being used part-time by individuals undergoing medical treatment.
  These concerns have now been addressed. The NDP clarified last week that only the main u
  
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• Greg D'Avignon: Trade deal good for B.C. and province's forestry industry

  05-04-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  For over 250 years, British Columbia’s entrepreneurs, skilled workers and communities have contributed to a growing and successful forestry industry. B.C.’s renewable timberland resource has generated economic wealth and improved our collective prosperity for generations, while setting the global benchmark for sustainable forestry practices. Only one per cent of B.C. forest land is harvested annually, with three trees planted for each one that is harvested. Today, the sector is also
  
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• Lower Mainland condo prices soar but there are signs of softness at the top end

  05-04-2018 04:43 via vancouversun.com
  Prices for condos are on a tear across the Lower Mainland but there are signs of an emerging peak at the top end of the market.
  The $1 million figure has earned a place in Vancouver real estate vernacular for being when observers give up on any semblance of prices being affordable. It’s been mostly reserved for describing detached homes, but that’s changing.
  A few weeks ago, an analysis by David Taylor, senior vice-president at Colliers International, of inventory on the Multipl
  
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• Extra-billing doctors could be prosecuted under new B.C. laws aimed at private surgery clinics

  05-04-2018 03:44 via vancouversun.com
  Doctors and private clinics that break tough laws meant to stop private billing at surgery and diagnostic imaging clinics could be prosecuted, perhaps even hit with criminal fraud charges.
  The NDP cabinet is activating changes to the Medicare Protection Act on Oct. 1. The amendments, passed in 2003 under the Liberals but not brought into force, allow fines of up to $20,000 when doctors and private clinics extra bill patients for expedited care.
  Extra billing is the term government uses when a pa
  
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• B.C. government to probe daycares that hiked fees just as rate relief program launched

  05-04-2018 03:30 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government says it will investigate licensed child care providers that hiked fees just before the launch of a provincial program aimed at saving parents money.
  The move follows complaints from parents, upset that they won’t receive those savings after some daycare providers raised their tuition before the April 1 launch.
  Under the child care fee-reduction program, part of the province’s billion-dollar child care plan promised in the 2018 budget, parents were told they c
  
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• No joke: Delta resident wins $7 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot

  05-04-2018 03:19 via vancouversun.com
  Christina Sevenoaks described how she can live her dream after winning the 6/49 jackpot, part of said dream being buying her first house and her son a dog.
  “I think he wants a blue heeler,” she said. “I don’t even know what that is.”
  It’s an Australian cattle dog, Christina. You may see one when you and your husband, Tim, take that adventure trip Down Under with a slice of the $7 million you won.
  “My first reaction was I had to phone my husband,” s
  
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• Abbotsford police arrest man after woman dragged into vehicle

  05-04-2018 02:31 via vancouversun.com
  Abbotsford police say a 22-year-old man is under arrest after reports that a woman had been assaulted and dragged inside a vehicle shortly after noon on Wednesday.
  Police allege the man drove off from the 33300-block of Hawthorne Avenue in a red 2005 Chevrolet Malibu with the woman inside, after police responded to the call. Officers pursued for a short distance while others used a spike belt, boxing in the fleeing suspect and his vehicle at Wheel Avenue and Townline Road.
  Police allege in a new
  
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• Burnaby Green Party calling on mayor to vote against Metro pay hike

  05-04-2018 02:22 via vancouversun.com
  Burnaby Green mayoral candidate Joe Keithley on Wednesday called on Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan to vote to reverse last month’s Metro Vancouver board decision to give pay raises and provide a retroactive retirement allowance to its directors.
  The second vote, spurred by a public outcry over the pay hike plans, is planned for the end of this month.
  Corrigan has defended the pay hike, saying he believes that wages for local politicians have been kept artificially low.
  A vote on March 23 gav
  
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• Niqabs, Trudeau and the media – a poetic perspective

  05-04-2018 01:41 via vancouversun.com
  I appreciate poetry that is not afraid of politics. And that’s what we get to enjoy in a new book of poetry published by B.C.’s Ronsdale Press.
  Passageways, by UBC political scientist emeritus Philip Resnick, explores the power of Greek mythology and the death of his late wife, but also stands out for its section on politics, titled “In Troubled Times.”
  In the poem, In The Age of Justin, Resnick wonders about the influence millennials had in the 2015 election of young Pri
  
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• Surrey recruiting Canadian drivers for Washington road pricing pilot project

  05-04-2018 01:37 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Surrey is recruiting 200 Canadian drivers to participate in Washington state’s road pricing pilot project.
  The goal for the road usage charge pilot is to test how a new system of paying for state transportation projects will work across the international border and affect Lower Mainland residents who regularly go stateside.
  “I think it’s going to be fascinating for people,” said Don Buchanan, transportation planner for the City of Surrey.
  The project has been
  
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• North Vancouver woman loses $6K to bitcoin tax scam - Vancouver Courier

  05-04-2018 01:33
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  North Vancouver woman loses $6K to bitcoin tax scam
  Vancouver Courier
  It's April, which means the taxman cometh. But the taxman is not going to ask you to pay your tax bill in bitcoin or any other form of cryptocurrency.and more »
  
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• Downtown Vancouver salon hosting city's first Gender Free Haircut Club

  05-04-2018 01:04 via vancouversun.com
  A downtown Vancouver salon will host the city’s first Gender Free Haircut Club for queer youth.
  On May 6, the stylists at Studio 209 will volunteer their time to provide free haircuts to marginalized youth who identify as LGBTQ+. It is the first time the Toronto-launched event has made its way to the west coast.
  Gender Free Haircut Club was spearheaded by the Toronto-founded Dress Code Project, an alliance of salons across the country that have committed to providing safe spaces for the qu
  
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• Vancouver Pride Week's Davie Street Party cancelled due to rising costs

  05-04-2018 00:59 via vancouversun.com
  This year’s Davie Street Party, one of the key events of Vancouver Pride Week, has been cancelled.
  Vancouver Pride Society pulled the plug on the block party, which featured multiple stages, food vendors and a beer garden, as a cost-saving measure after the society posted a deficit of $136,000 in the 2017 fiscal year.
  “The Davie Street Party is our most expensive event to produce. The City of Vancouver and regulatory costs for this event are approximately $79,500 with policing/s
  
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• Survivors of 'near-death' plane crash near Kelowna sue pilot

  05-04-2018 00:49 via vancouversun.com
  Three people who survived what they describe as a “near-death” plane crash near Kelowna nearly two years ago are suing the pilot for damages.
  Kimberley Anne Stefanski, Kelly Dean Mulzet and Gracemary Stevens hired pilot Brent Miskuski to fly them from Lake Havasu, Arizona to Kelowna on May 31, 2016.
  After stopping at Boise Airport in Idaho, the plane took off again and on its way to Kelowna, its left engine shut down. A short time later, its right engine shut down, leaving the aircra
  
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• With gas in Vancouver north of $1.50 a litre, an electric car turns out to be even cheaper than you might think

  05-04-2018 00:48 via vancouversun.com
  No matter where you live in Canada, gasoline prices are doing nothing but going up.
  Blame refinery and pipeline capacity, taxes or our oil-thirsty neighbours to the south — whatever it is, gas prices have done nothing but rise over the past four years and there’s little reason to think that trend is going to turn around.
  So … a suggestion from some of your local neighbours: Break free from the grip of the mighty oil companies and go electric:
  Zac Goodman and his Kia Soul EV.
  Z
  
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• Vision Vancouver considering not running a candidate for mayor in 2018 election

  05-04-2018 00:34 via vancouversun.com
  Vision Vancouver, which has held the city’s mayor’s chair since 2008, has suggested it may not be running a candidate for mayor in this fall’s election.
  “At this time, Vision is not formally opening a nomination process for the mayoral race,” the party said Wednesday in a media release.
  In the release, party co-chair Sheena Sargeant raised the possibility that Vision might endorse an independent candidate for mayor, rather than nominate their own candidate. It&rsquo
  
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• We're working to manage our valuable heritage resources: homes, structures, parks, landscapes, and community spaces… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-04-2018 00:28 via twitter.com
  We're working to manage our valuable heritage resources: homes, structures, parks, landscapes, and community spaces… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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