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• Shocking video surfaces of Abbotsford woman later presumed dead in Peru

  17-06-2018 23:52 via vancouversun.com
  “She’s speaking out from the grave to tell her story.”
  That’s how Abbotsford mother Kathy Kasatkin described a recently released video of the daughter she hasn’t seen in two years.
  “The only way I can bear to watch it is to know that she is telling her story,” she said.
  Kasatkin’s daughter Kimberlee was last seen in November 2016. The 41-year-old mother of two was born and raised in B.C., but moved to Peru about four years ago with her common-
  
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• Sea-to-Sky Highway re-opened following collision Sunday afternoon

  17-06-2018 22:45 via vancouversun.com
  The Sea-to-Sky Highway has been re-opened following a collision near Brunswick Beach on Sunday afternoon.
  Initially, the route was closed in both directions before gradually re-opening each lane.
  According to Drive BC, the collision was located just south of Brunswick Beach, which is about an hour-long drive north of Vancouver.
  #BCHwy99 #SeaToSky Closed due to vehicle incident South of Brunswick Beach. Assessment in progress. https://t.co/boITXda9U4 #LionsBay
  — Drive BC (@DriveBC) June 17,
  
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• Sea-to-Sky Highway closed Sunday northbound due to collision

  17-06-2018 21:56 via vancouversun.com
  The Sea-to-Sky Highway is closed northound Sunday afternoon due to a collision near Brunswick Beach.
  Just one lane southbound remains open at this time.
  According to Drive BC, the collision is located just south of Brunswick Beach, which is about an hour-long drive north of Vancouver.
  An assessment is currently in progress though the current estimate is that the route will re-open around 2:30 p.m.
  There is no detour available.
  More to come.
  #BCHwy99 #SeaToSky Closed due to vehicle incident South
  
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• It’s 12:30 pm and #LynnCanyon is full. If you are arriving by vehicle please make your way directly to the gravel s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-06-2018 21:31 via twitter.com
  It’s 12:30 pm and #LynnCanyon is full. If you are arriving by vehicle please make your way directly to the gravel s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 'It’s a memory I can’t forget': 60th anniversary of the Second Narrows Bridge collapse

  17-06-2018 21:14 via vancouversun.com
  It has been 60 years since the massive steel girders in the northern section of the Second Narrows Bridge broke and tumbled into the churning waters of Burrard Inlet, taking with them 79 workers.
  All it takes is a warm day, a view of the inlet and the sound of ambulances to bring Gary Poirier back to that afternoon on June 17, 1958, when he survived the worst industrial accident in Vancouver’s history.
  “It’s never going to go away,” said Poirier, tears in his voice.
  
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• Reminder: New lawn watering regulations are now in effect. Lawn watering permitted 2x/week on designated days betwe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-06-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Reminder: New lawn watering regulations are now in effect. Lawn watering permitted 2x/week on designated days betwe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Mural festival expands to include Capilano University's 50th anniversary

  17-06-2018 20:21 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Mural Festival is expanding to include Capilano University this year.
  To commemorate the university’s 50th anniversary, the school has teamed up with the popular Mount Pleasant-centred art festival to search for artists who can paint murals at the school’s North Vancouver campus and at kálax-ay, its Sunshine Coast campus.
  There will be 10 murals located at the North Vancouver campus and one at kálax-ay.
  Applications are now being accepted for art
  
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• It’s 10:30 am and parking is already at capacity in #DeepCove. Consider taking transit, riding your bike, or parkin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-06-2018 19:32 via twitter.com
  It’s 10:30 am and parking is already at capacity in #DeepCove. Consider taking transit, riding your bike, or parkin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The City wishes all you dads out there a Happy Father's Day. #NorthVan https://t.co/kddyWD2vJv

  17-06-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  
  The City wishes all you dads out there a Happy Father's Day. #NorthVan https://t.co/kddyWD2vJv
  
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• Warmer weather prompts safety reminders for motorcyclists after Burnaby crash sends two to hospital

  17-06-2018 17:43 via vancouversun.com
  As warmer weather brings out more motorcyclists, police are reminding riders and drivers to be mindful of speed limits after a collision late Saturday sent two people to hospital.
  Just before 5 p.m. on Saturday, a motorcyclist travelling southbound collided with a Mini Cooper in the intersection of Griffiths Drive and 18th Avenue.
  The 28-year-old motorcycle rider was “thrown” from the bike and remains in hospital in serious condition. On Saturday evening, police said the rider’
  
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• Vancouver weather: If you complain about the sun now, don't complain when it rains

  17-06-2018 17:18 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: June 17, 2018 – My friends, the time has come. Sunday’s weather kicks off Vancouver’s annual ‘hot weather debate’ season in which friends are turned enemies as they debate whether it’s too hot or if this is the Vancouver summer we’ve been waiting for.
  Throw in a dash of ‘you’ll regret this when it’s raining again’ and that’s how friendships in Vancouver are built. The heat wave will last throughout the
  
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• Pushing fun factor: Cries to not specialize amplifying in youth sports

  17-06-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Marshmallow Test, pioneered by Stanford University psychologist Walter Mischel, was designed to understand the benefits of delaying gratification.
  A marshmallow is placed in front of a child, with the promise of another if he or she can resist eating it for 15 minutes. The results were said to predict a child’s future life outcome, a controversial hypothesis that’s been hotly debated in the 50 years since the test’s inception.
  If youth sports is the adult version of the tes
  
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• 60th anniversary of the Second Narrows Bridge collapse

  17-06-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  It has been 60 years since the massive steel girders in the northern section of the Second Narrows Bridge broke and tumbled into the churning waters of Burrard Inlet, taking with them 79 workers.
  All it takes is a warm day, a view of the inlet and the sound of ambulances to bring Gary Poirier back to that afternoon on June 17, 1958, when he survived the worst industrial accident in Vancouver’s history.
  “It’s never going to go away,” said Poirier, tears in his voice.
  
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• North Vancouver fire survivor: 'I wish they got out instead of me' - Vancouver Sun

  17-06-2018 09:00
  North Vancouver fire survivor: 'I wish they got out instead of me'  Vancouver SunFourteen-year-old Sohail Koshkoye Delshad describes escaping the North Vancouver apartment fire that killed his mother and brother.
  
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• First heat wave of the season hits Metro Vancouver

  17-06-2018 05:10 via vancouversun.com
  Time to shed the layers, Metro Vancouver. It looks like the first major heat wave of the summer season is set to roll across the region.
  Environment Canada on Saturday posted a special weather statement, saying a major shift in the weather pattern is going to see the temperatures spike into the 30s.
  The agency says starting Saturday, the cool, rainy weather will give way to a strong and persistent ridge of high pressure.
  By Sunday, on Father’s Day, the temperatures inland are expected to h
  
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• Vancouver civic party OneCity announces Council, School Board nominees

  17-06-2018 03:49 via vancouversun.com
  Following a nomination meeting on Saturday afternoon, left-leaning Vancouver civic party OneCity has announced its candidates for the 2018 municipal elections.
  Five names have been put forward — two for Vancouver City Council, and three for the Vancouver School Board, according to a news release.
  For council, OneCity members elected Christine Boyle, a community organizer and United Church minister, and Brandon Yan, a non-profit director and community advocate, as their nominees.
  
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• Search for missing Tofino boaters scaled back, handed over to RCMP

  17-06-2018 02:50 via vancouversun.com
  TOFINO — Jae Valentine woke to the sound of wolves howling and cries for help early Friday morning after a boat sank off the coast of Tofino, prompting an exhaustive search for three missing men that has now been scaled back.
  The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre reduced rescue efforts 18 hours after responding to the call for help and has handed the case over to Tofino RCMP, which is treating it as a missing persons case.
  Two of the five people aboard the tin boat were rescued within two
  
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• East-West philosophy, China and the ecological crisis: Upcoming Vancouver talks

  17-06-2018 02:05 via vancouversun.com
  It’s hard to classify the approach to planetary issues that philosopher Philip Clayton will be taking during his four days in Vancouver from Monday, July 9 to Thursday 13, speaking on the University of B.C. campus and in downtown Vancouver.
  On one hand the acclaimed American interdisciplinary thinker will focus on East-West dialogue and make a presentation, full of hope, about China’s potential to become an “Ecological Civilization,” a possible model for how the rest of t
  
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• Italy's absence doesn't stop World Cup excitement on Commercial Drive

  17-06-2018 01:19 via vancouversun.com
  Not since 1958 has Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup but Commercial Drive, usually Metro Vancouver’s hub for the soccer team, still hosted plenty of international fanfare on Saturday.
  Outside Toscani Coffee Bar, Peru supporters in red shirts waved team scarves with pride despite having just lost to Denmark 1-0. Ana Maria Tsougrianis and her husband Nick joined a dozen more Peru supporters for the 9 a.m. match, outnumbering a handful of Denmark fans. Despite Peru’s 1-0 lo
  
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• Wondering what's on tap for Monday's Council Meeting? ✅ Public Hearing: Harry Jerome Neighbourhood Lands Join us in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-06-2018 01:00 via twitter.com
  Wondering what's on tap for Monday's Council Meeting? ✅ Public Hearing: Harry Jerome Neighbourhood Lands Join us in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C. killer whale believed dead, dropping southern resident population to 75

  17-06-2018 00:54 via vancouversun.com
  Researchers say they believe another endangered orca has died off British Columbia’s coast.
  The Center for Whale Research, based in Friday Harbor, Wash., says a southern resident killer whale known as L92 is presumed dead.
  The loss of L92 brings the total number of southern resident killer whales down to 75, which is the lowest count since the early 1980s.
  The population has dropped by eight members since 2016, despite a baby boom at that time that gave some resear
  
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• B.C. government strikes another deal with a public sector union

  17-06-2018 00:42 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has reached a tentative deal with support workers in B.C. public schools, days after reaching deals with four other large public sector unions.
  The deal, reached Thursday but announced Saturday, was with the K-12 President’s Council, which represents the various unions representing 34,000 workers, including janitors, maintenance workers, educational assistant,and clerical, accounting and IT workers.
  Friday, three agreements were announced:
  • Two agreements wer
  
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• #DeepCove is extremely busy. The only parking available is at Seycove High School. All other lots are completely fu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-06-2018 00:02 via twitter.com
  #DeepCove is extremely busy. The only parking available is at Seycove High School. All other lots are completely fu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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