North Vancouver news

• B.C. mushroom picker found, but search officials expect a busy season

  03-06-2018 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  A mushroom picker rescued after getting lost in the B.C. Interior is likely the first of many such calls in what is expected to be a busy mushroom picking season, said Kamloops Search and Rescue.
  The out-of-province man was reported missing around noon Saturday in the area of Loon Lake, about 130 kilometres northwest of Kamloops.
  Kamloops Search and Rescue responded to the call and were joined by volunteers from other SAR teams, including the South Cariboo and Nicola Valley, Barriere, Logan
  
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• Ottawa takeover of Trans Mountain Pipeline not necessarily disruptive: experts

  03-06-2018 23:24 via vancouversun.com
  As the Trudeau government prepares to take over the controversial $7.4-billion Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion, project management experts say it is critical that government oversight is handled properly.
  But the takeover of the project does not necessarily mean the public should be alarmed, according to those experts.
  A recent poll by Research Co. suggests a jittery public — three-quarters of those surveyed — is uncomfortable that the federal government is using taxpayer money to
  
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• Live: NPA set to pick its mayoral candidate in nomination meeting tonight

  03-06-2018 22:35 via vancouversun.com
  The Non-Partisan Association of Vancouver is set to host its mayoral nomination meeting on Sunday, where party members will vote for the candidate that will represent the NPA in this fall’s municipal election.
  The candidates include:
  • John Coupar, a two-term NPA park board commissioner• Ken Sim, a local entrepreneur and founder of Nurse Next Door and Rosemary Rocksalt• Glen Chernen, who works in finance and previously ran against the NPA
  Postmedia’s Dan Fumano will be
  
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• Delta mayor frustrated by lack of improvement at smelly compost facility

  03-06-2018 22:35 via vancouversun.com
  East Ladner residents who have spent the past year dealing with increasingly foul smells from a local compost facility and turf farm could soon see a resolution.
  On Friday, Metro Vancouver, which regulates air quality for the region, planned to deliver two drafts of air-quality management permits to Enviro-Smart Organics, the odorous offender.
  One would allow the facility, which accepts up to 150,000 tonnes of organic waste per year for composting, to continue operating if it makes significant f
  
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• B.C. Flooding: Okanagan Lake level still high, officials warn to stay vigilant

  03-06-2018 21:19 via vancouversun.com
  Flood warnings and advisories for Central Okanagan creeks are over, but Okanagan Lake is still very much at risk.
  “The situation has stabilized, especially when it comes to the region’s creeks and streams,” said Central Okanagan emergency operations centre director Jim Zaffino.
  “However, when it comes to lakeshore areas, the situation is not yet over and we cannot afford to let down our guard.”
  As such, this week saw crews installing log booms at Peachland’s S
  
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• #SummerSessions, our free waterfront concert series returns this summer. Enjoy great music, food trucks, an artisan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-06-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  #SummerSessions, our free waterfront concert series returns this summer. Enjoy great music, food trucks, an artisan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• It’s 12pm and #DeepCove parking is already at capacity. Please help us reduce severe impacts to the village by park… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-06-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  It’s 12pm and #DeepCove parking is already at capacity. Please help us reduce severe impacts to the village by park… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• UK dancer/model/video-blogger dons fairy wings in A Midsummer Night's Dream

  03-06-2018 20:13 via vancouversun.com
  A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  When: June 8 at 8 p.m.
  Where: Surrey Arts Centre
  Tickets: $40/30 seniors/students at tickets.surrey.ca
  Coastal City Ballet Company is closing its 2017/18 season with A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The piece is a remount of a work by Irene Schneider, former artistic director of Germany’s Magdeburg Ballet. Among the dancers is Sophie Duncan, who has relocated from England to Vancouver. Duncan is also an in-demand model and a budding YouTuber who posts makeup
  
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• Burnaby house fire forces residents out of their homes

  03-06-2018 19:47 via vancouversun.com
  Several people have been displaced after a fire in Burnaby on Saturday evening destroyed a duplex.
  It remains unclear what caused the fire but Acting Asst. Chief Stew Maltman said the home was “fully involved” by the time firefighters arrived to the fire, located in the 5600-block of Royal Oak Avenue and reported around 11:30 p.m.
  A total of 32 firefighters, five engines, two ladders and a command vehicle were on site to battle the blaze. The fire took about 45 minutes to knock down.
  
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• Vancouver weather: Yes, those are raindrops

  03-06-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: June 3, 2018 – After the driest May on record, the Lower Mainland and its gardens and trees are getting some much needed moisture today.
  The watering, courtesy of Mother Nature, is expected to continue until about 5 pm, after which Environment Canada says there will only be a chance of showers until midnight.
  It will be cloudy Sunday, and between 15 to 25 mm of rain will fall. The high temperature will reach 15 C.
  B.C.’s hot spot today is in Osoyoos, which was 17.8 C
  
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• See something in need of TLC around the City? Download our #CityFix app & report it: cnv.org/CityFix… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-06-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  See something in need of TLC around the City? Download our #CityFix app & report it: cnv.org/CityFix… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• NPA sets direction with next mayoral candidate

  03-06-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Former NPA councillor Gord Price says NPA members will decide on whether the party is in favour of gratuitous disruption or stability.
  Read Dan Fumano’s feature on the NPA leadership race here.
  
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• New campaign finance rules could force elected officials to grant access

  03-06-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Former NPA councillor Gordon Price says new campaign finance rules could force elected officials at the municipal level to raise funds from more sources and in turn grant access to those donors.
  Read Dan Fumano’s feature on the NPA leadership race here.
  
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• Former realtor linked to B.C. gangs facing money laundering charges in U.S.

  03-06-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  A former Metro Vancouver realtor who has been leasing luxury properties to B.C. gangsters is behind bars in the U.S. charged with international money laundering.
  Omid Mashinchi, 35, appeared in a Boston courtroom last month and was ordered held pending trial.
  U.S. authorities allege that he wired hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug money over several months last year to banks in Massachusetts through one of his company’s accounts.
  The indictment in the case says that Mashinc
  
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• When the Vancouver Sun newsroom did the Harlem Shake

  03-06-2018 01:56 via vancouversun.com
  #SpotlightSaturday: Do you remember when the Harlem Shake meme went viral on the web? Thousands of videos started popping up on YouTube at the time. Not to be left behind and joining in the fun, the Vancouver Sun newsroom did their own version of the popular video. Enjoy!Follow and share breaking news, business, sports, entertainment and developing news stories on Flipboard. Check out our magazine News As It Happens: http://flip.it/a3XMqrCLICK HERE to report a typo.Is there more to this sto
  
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• Are you ready to slide? #FunCityFestival w/ 1,000 foot #SlidetheCity waterslide returns to #NorthVan July 21 & 22.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-06-2018 01:00 via twitter.com
  Are you ready to slide? #FunCityFestival w/ 1,000 foot #SlidetheCity waterslide returns to #NorthVan July 21 & 22.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Thank you Save-On-Foods for the generous support to Cops For Cancer fund raising efforts! Great food! @tourdecoast https://t.co/QLzSan85MM

  03-06-2018 00:47 via twitter.com
  
  Thank you Save-On-Foods for the generous support to Cops For Cancer fund raising efforts! Great food! @tourdecoast https://t.co/QLzSan85MM
  
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• Fentanyl test strips sell for $1.25 at Vancouver dollar store

  03-06-2018 00:03 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver dollar store is selling fentanyl test strips for $1.25, something harm reduction activists say is a good idea.
  Sarah Blyth, a volunteer at the Overdose Prevention Society, said the group discovered the selling of the strips, which resemble a take-home pregnancy test and are made by Rapid Self Test Inc., when a volunteer went to the Dollar Tree to buy cups.
  Blyth, a former Vancouver park board commissioner, said they tested several different types of illicit street drugs on Satur
  
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