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• Lower Fraser River, Strait of Georgia hazardous to navigate due to wood debris

  16-05-2018 21:48 via vancouversun.com
  A relentless torrent of wood debris being swept downstream by the fast-flowing Fraser River is creating severe navigational hazards for recreational boaters, including in the Strait of Georgia.
  Bob Pearson has lived and worked on the Fraser River for 50 years, and owns two commercial marine businesses on Canoe Pass downstream of Ladner.
  “It’s unbelievable, just solid,” he said Wednesday. “One of my boats had to go over to Active Pass and he said all the way across the Gul
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you hear Laurel or Yanny?

  16-05-2018 21:28 via vancouversun.com
  An audio clip posted on social media has divided the Internet. 
  Related
  The internet is losing its mind over whether the word being said in this clip is 'Laurel' or 'Yanny'
  Listen to the sound clip embedded in this Tweet from Cloe Feldman and tell us what you hear. Some people hear a voice say “Laurel,” while others swear they hear “Yanny.” 
  Some strange people insist they hear both words.
  What do you hear?! Yanny or Laurel pic.twitter.com/jvHhCbMc8I
  — Clo
  
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• Have you lost your Apple Watch? This one has been turned in to the North Vancouver RCMP. If this is yours call the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-05-2018 21:20 via twitter.com
  Have you lost your Apple Watch? This one has been turned in to the North Vancouver RCMP.If this is yours call the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Lost your Apple Watch? This one was turned in to the North Vancouver RCMP. If the rightful owner can identify the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-05-2018 21:19 via twitter.com
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• Have you lost your Apple Watch? This one was turned into the North Vancouver RCMP as found property. If you can id… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-05-2018 21:19 via twitter.com
  Have you lost your Apple Watch? This one was turned into the North Vancouver RCMP as found property.If you can id… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• If Kinder Morgan bails, feds would back new Trans Mountain investors: Morneau

  16-05-2018 21:16 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — If Kinder Morgan wants to abandon plans to build the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, there are plenty of other investors out there willing to take up the cause — and they will have the backing of the federal Liberal government, Finance Minister Bill Morneau says.
  The government is willing to “provide indemnity” to any investors, be they the project’s original architects or otherwise, to ensure the controversial Alberta-B.C.. project is able to proceed, M
  
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• Have you lost your Apple watch? This one has been turned into the North Vancouver RCMP Detachment. If this is yours… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-05-2018 20:34 via twitter.com
  Have you lost your Apple watch? This one has been turned into the North Vancouver RCMP Detachment. If this is yours… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Have you heard? The #Shipped Waterfront Festival is coming to #TheShipyards Aug 11. There'll be live music stages f… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-05-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Have you heard? The #Shipped Waterfront Festival is coming to #TheShipyards Aug 11. There'll be live music stages f… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Severe gash to back of humpback whale in Howe Sound prompts warning to boaters

  16-05-2018 20:21 via vancouversun.com
  A severe gash on the back of a humpback in Howe Sound is prompting a warning to boaters to take extra caution when travelling in the presence of whales.
  Photos taken this week of the gash at the whale’s dorsal fin suggest it was hit by a boat, Jackie Hildering, education director with the Marine Education and Research Society, said Wednesday.
  The whale was first sighted uninjured feeding in the waters of Howe Sound on April 6.
  It’s hard to say whether the injury will ultimately
  
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• West Coast Express train skips station in Port Moody because of bear

  16-05-2018 20:12 via vancouversun.com
  There were some delays on a West Coast Express train Wednesday morning because of a bear sighting in Port Moody.
  TransLink says Train 4 did not stop at Moody Centre Station because of passenger safety concerns. 
  The black bear was spotted near the platform for the West Coast Express at Moody Centre Station early in the morning.
  “To ensure customers’ safety, we shut the gates temporarily to keep people from accessing the WCE platform until the bear moved on. Customers taking SkyT
  
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• Lots of horsing around to happen in downtown Vancouver parking lot

  16-05-2018 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  After 75 years as a bus depot and a parking lot, Vancouver’s Larwill Park will be home to some live horsepower as the equestrian sports of show jumping and polo canter into the downtown site on Sunday, May 20.
  The inaugural Vancouver Grand Prix show jumping event will showcase 30 horse and rider pairs. Free to the public, the afternoon of equine action also includes a Vancouver Polo Club-sponsored three-on-three polo match. There will be free pony rides for kids, food trucks and a 500-pers
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland, May 18-24: Fever Ray, Next Music From Tokyo: Vol. 12, and more

  16-05-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Fever Ray
  When: May 22, 7 p.m.
  Where: Vogue Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $39.50, ticketfly.comSwedish electronic art-pop artist Karin Dreijer dropped her debut as Fever Ray in 2009 to universal acclaim. The solo work from one half of The Knife was compared to everything from early The Cure to Madonna and more, and her song If I Had A Heart has become well known as the theme to the historical drama series Vikings. None of which will prepare you for the zaniness found on Plunge. The second
  
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• Kasey Wilson: Colour your world with modern crudités

  16-05-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Back in the ‘70s, crudités (raw vegetables) were the thing to bring out when your dinner guests arrived.
  My mother used a crinkle cutter to flute carrots, cucumbers and zucchini; fashioned radish “fans” by thinly slicing them not quite through and popping them into ice water until they opened; and cut turnip slices into daisy shapes with a cookie cutter. She arranged them all — plus cherry tomatoes and broccoli florets — in a lettuce-lined wicker basket, stir
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Senior Building Inspector. Click here to apply. ow.ly/iEHI30k26FG

  16-05-2018 19:42 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a regular full-time Senior Building Inspector.Click here to apply.ow.ly/iEHI30k26FG
  
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• The #LynnCanyon suspension bridge is closed today, tomorrow, and Friday (May 16-18) for ongoing maintenance. If you… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-05-2018 19:24 via twitter.com
  The #LynnCanyon suspension bridge is closed today, tomorrow, and Friday (May 16-18) for ongoing maintenance. If you… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• DYK @MetroVancouver revised the rules for lawn watering this summer? During Stage 1 (which is now), you can water y… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-05-2018 18:51 via twitter.com
  DYK @MetroVancouver revised the rules for lawn watering this summer? During Stage 1 (which is now), you can water y… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Feds announce new national housing fund

  16-05-2018 18:31
  
  Through new fund, CMHC will work with partners to create up to 60,000 affordable units across Canada and renew up to 240,000 more
  
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• Update: Vancouver police say missing 86-year-old man has been found

  16-05-2018 18:20 via vancouversun.com
  Update (05/16/2018) — Vancouver police say Peter Fung, the 86-year-old man reported missing Tuesday afternoon, has been located “safe and sound.”Vancouver police have issued a plea for the public’s help in locating an 86-year-old man who has been missing since noon Monday.
  He was last seen near his residence in the area of West 68th Avenue and Granville Street.
  Peter Fung was supposed to meet up with a friend and catch a flight out of Vancouver International Airport last
  
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• West Coast Express Train skips station because of bear in Port Moody

  16-05-2018 18:11 via vancouversun.com
  There were some delays on the West Coast Express train Wednesday morning because of a bear sighting in Port Moody.
  TransLink says Train 4 did not stop at Moody Centre Station because of passenger safety concerns. 
  The black bear was spotted near the platform for the West Coast Express at Moody Centre Station early in the morning.
  “To ensure customers’ safety, we shut the gates temporarily to keep people from accessing the WCE platform until the bear moved on. Customers taking Sk
  
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• Vancouver’s Aboriginal relations manager resigns to run Ian Campbell’s mayoral campaign

  16-05-2018 18:04
  
  Ginger Gosnell-Myers resigned in March as the city’s first-ever Aboriginal relations manager to run the mayoral campaign of Squamish Nation hereditary chief Ian Campbell.
  
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• B.C. Flooding: Evacuation alert issued for Barnston Island in Surrey

  16-05-2018 17:55 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver issued an evacuation alert Wednesday for Barnston Island over fears of flooding on the Fraser River.
  About 100 residents of Barnston Island, located in the Fraser River between Surrey and Pitt Meadows, have been told they should prepare for the possibility of an evacuation order.
  Officials say Barnston Island is now restricted to residents, businesses and those with a family connection. Barnston Island Regional Park is also closed.
  Metro Vancouver staff say they are monitoring Fr
  
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• Jeff Lee: 12 reasons Canadians should do world a favour by building pipelines

  16-05-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Anti-pipeline activism has turned contentious, with emotions flaring and politicians scrambling.
  To be sure, pipeline projects put a disproportionate burden on certain First Nations and municipalities. But from a national interest, economic, humanitarian, and even environmental standpoint, there is a strong case for Canadian pipelines. This includes establishing a natural-gas export corridor from Prince George to Prince Rupert, completing the Trans Mountain loop and Keystone expansion, and freez
  
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• Rejected NPA Vancouver mayoral hopeful alleges rival candidate 'manipulated' party board

  16-05-2018 16:23 via vancouversun.com
  A political rival has alleged, in a letter publicly released Wednesday morning, that a candidate for the Non-Partisan Association’s mayoral nomination has successfully “manipulated” the board of the city’s oldest civic party.
  It’s the latest salvo in an increasingly contentious back-and-forth between the Non-Partisan Association and its own sitting caucus member, Coun. Hector Bremner, after the NPA board voted last week to reject the rookie councillor’s bid to
  
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• Vancouver Weather: A light drizzle then mostly cloudy

  16-05-2018 15:38 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – After a week-long stretch of hot weather, it looks like the next two days will be a little cooler in Metro Vancouver. Environment Canada says Wednesday will be mainly cloudy, with some drizzle in the morning. The rain should clear by the afternoon, but with mainly cloudy skies and highs of 19 C. The agency warns that despite the cloud cover, the UV index remains at level 8, or “very high.” A similar weather pattern with scattered light rain is forecast for Thu
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Man killed in targeted Langley shooting

  16-05-2018 08:53 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide investigators have been called in after a man was shot to death at a gas station just off the highway at 232 Street in Langley Tuesday evening.
  Police also found another torched vehicle several kilometres away – which has become a hallmark of Lower Mainland gang shootings of late.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has not released any information yet. But reporters at the scene say a dark Range Rover has bullet holes in it.
  MORE TO COME…
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• Commercial Real Estate: ALR land should be made available for cannabis cultivation: Colliers

  16-05-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  The provincial government should make parts of Metro Vancouver’s agricultural land reserve (ALR) available for the soon-to-be-legalized cultivation of recreational cannabis, says Colliers International.
  Using greenhouses on portions of the least-arable ALR land would provide a viable alternative to Metro Vancouver’s scant industrial land for cannabis production, the property brokerage said in a recent white paper.
  Doing so would allow for a viable recreational cannabis production ind
  
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• Family of dead cyclist appalled that accused gets fine and driving ban

  16-05-2018 04:58 via vancouversun.com
  The mother of a cyclist killed in a collision with a vehicle in Richmond says that she is “appalled” that the accused in the case has been handed an $1,800 fine and a one-year driving ban.
  On Tuesday, Michael Fan, 21, pleaded guilty to one count of driving without due care and attention in relation to the November 2016 accident that claimed the life of cyclist Bradley Dean, 33.
  After hearing submissions from the Crown and defence, Richmond provincial court Judge Steven Merrick impose
  
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• Data, 'most important resource,' ripe for theft, B.C. Tech Summit speaker warns

  16-05-2018 03:34 via vancouversun.com
  The next world war may be a cyber war and internet users need to protect against online viruses as they would with bugs that threaten their personal health, a top Google executive warned in a talk on data security that opened the B.C. Tech Summit on Tuesday.
  By 2020, computing devices will be twice as plentiful as the world’s population and their ubiquity increases the vulnerability of personal data, Jared Cohen, CEO and founder of Jigsaw, an arm of Google started to tackle threats to onli
  
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• Terry Lake: Comprehensive national climate action plan will take time

  16-05-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Climate action, much like the challenge it seeks to address, is a rate of change problem. Closed systems do not like rapid change as it throws off equilibrium and all sorts of consequences occur, many of which are entirely predictable.
  Think about that small home aquarium you got for your kids when you thought they needed to learn some responsibility. They promised they would feed the fish every day, but not too much. They would clean the tank regularly to keep Nemo and the gang healthy and happ
  
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• Dan Fumano: Critics question Vancouver councillor's cannabis motion

  16-05-2018 02:58 via vancouversun.com
  People from the worlds of cannabis law, policy and business are questioning the purpose, practicality and timing of a Vancouver councillor’s motion seeking to increase scrutiny of cannabis dispensaries.
  Non-Partisan Association Coun. Melissa De Genova has a motion on the agenda this week which seeks, among other things, to direct city staff to change requirements for city-licensed cannabis businesses “to include annual audited financial statements,” and to “obta
  
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• Waters continue to rise as southern B.C. on the brink of more flooding

  16-05-2018 02:49 via vancouversun.com
  Melted snow brought on by unseasonably hot weather and sporadic rain is streaming into the Granby River at about four times the average rate, 30 to 40 millimetres per day. 
  At the crossroads of the Granby and Kettle Rivers is Grand Forks. It’s geography is one of the factors that makes it one of the province’s worst-hit areas this spring. The steams converge and compound in the city of almost 5,000 residents, damaging homes and infrastructure. 
  “If all those rive
  
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• Development costs and regulations driving up home prices in Vancouver

  16-05-2018 02:49 via vancouversun.com
  Government regulations and development charges have driven up house prices in Metro Vancouver to the tune of $644,000 per new house, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
  The report shows that in Vancouver, after factoring in a profit for the developer, close to half of the price of a new detached home is due to government fees and regulations.
  The report, released Tuesday, found the cost of barriers to housing supply in Canadian municipalities — such as zoning regulation
  
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• TD Bank discounts 5-year variable rate as competition heats up

  16-05-2018 02:17
  
  TD Bank joins BMO in offering highly discounted variable mortgage rate, following recent fixed-rate rises
  
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• B.C. Premier's office staff improperly mass deleted emails

  16-05-2018 01:35 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Several of Premier John Horgan’s top staff improperly deleted all of their sent emails for months, leaving confusion over publicly-accessible records during the busy first months of the new NDP government.
  The mass deletion, which mirrors the records management controversies of the previous Liberal government, involved at least five officials in Horgan’s office: Kate Van Meer Mass, director of operations; Layne Clark, director of liaison and coordination; Suzanne Chr
  
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• Surrey city hall reception area to get $250,000 renovation

  16-05-2018 01:30 via vancouversun.com
  Just four years after Surrey’s city hall was opened, the building’s lobby is getting a $250,000 upgrade.
  The city has issued a request for quotations for the work, which will involve demolishing and relocating the reception and security desks.
  It’s expected the renovations will begin on June 18 and should be complete by the end of September. The work will take place outside of business hours.
  The city’s general manager of planning and development said the upgrade is being
  
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• Attn budding filmmakers ages 14-19! #IndieLab summer camp this July. Wanna go, but can't afford it? Apply for a bur… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-05-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Attn budding filmmakers ages 14-19! #IndieLab summer camp this July. Wanna go, but can't afford it? Apply for a bur… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• More than 2,300 people have their say on B.C. farmland's future

  16-05-2018 01:13 via vancouversun.com
  Make big moves to save B.C. farmland. That’s the sentiment behind many of the messages sent to the provincial government during its review of the Agricultural Land Reserve.
  Between February and the end of April, more than 2,300 people made submissions to a nine-person independent committee tasked with making recommendations to the government on how to “revitalize” the ALR.
  “We have to get serious about saving farmland or we’re going to lose it,” said Kwan
  
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• Palmer: Electoral reform suspiciously smells like a blank-cheque vote

  16-05-2018 01:03 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Earlier this year, the president of the B.C. NDP outlined a sneaky plan to get British Columbians to vote for proportional representation without telling them what they were voting for exactly.
  “The ballot question should be simple,” wrote NDP president Craig Keating in a letter to Attorney General David Eby, the alleged “neutral arbiter” of the coming referendum on electoral reform.
  “To ensure that as many people in B.C. can participate in the
  
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• Sunshine Coast renters face 'severely unaffordable' market

  16-05-2018 00:50 via vancouversun.com
  If Cassandra Pettman finds a new place to live, her rent will probably triple.
  The single mother of four is squeezed into a subsidized unit in Sechelt, paying less than $600 a month as a percentage of her income.
  Everyone renting on the Sunshine Coast is feeling the pressure. The number of people spending more than half their income on rent is 40 per cent higher on the Sunshine Coast than the B.C. average.
  As a result, the Canadian Rental Housing Index rates the Sunshine Coast as “severely
  
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