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• Life-saving equipment inadequate, says mother of B.C. teen in fatal accident

  29-06-2018 23:10 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A grieving mother whose disabled son died last week after he was dropped while being hoisted from a sailboat says there didn’t appear to be enough life-saving equipment available at the dock.
  “I think they just seemed really stunned and shocked that this happened,” Carrie Pollard said of the three staff members who tried to help her 16-year-old son Gabriel after the fall.
  “They didn’t bring out any safety equipment, let’s just put it that
  
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• Ship ahoy! Free #HMCSCalgary ship tours Saturday & Sunday 9am-4pm at #ThePier. ow.ly/A3js30kJABv #NorthVan https://t.co/5CDnrNfnYg

  29-06-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  
  Ship ahoy! Free #HMCSCalgary ship tours Saturday & Sunday 9am-4pm at #ThePier. ow.ly/A3js30kJABv #NorthVan https://t.co/5CDnrNfnYg
  
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• Former B.C. premier Christy Clark appointed to Shaw board of directors

  29-06-2018 21:23 via vancouversun.com
  Christy Clark has nabbed another post-politics appointment.
  The former B.C. premier has been appointed to the board of directors of Shaw Communications.
  “We are very honoured to have Christy join us as a board member. She brings to our board a breadth and depth of relationships across Canada, both from politics and business, particularly in British Columbia, including in our largest single market, the greater Vancouver area,” said J.R. Shaw, executive chair of the Calgary-based commu
  
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• Bored kids? Here are 20 things to do for under $20 in Metro Vancouver

  29-06-2018 21:23 via vancouversun.com
  As that last school bell rings signalling the start of of summer vacation, no doubt kids will be amped and eager to play. But after a week, maybe sooner, parents will inevitably begin to hear the dreaded “I’m bored” wail.
  Some experts say that boredom is good for young people (though noticeably absent from scientific study is the affect it has on parents’ sanity.) But if all that whining has you reaching for the wine, it might be time to do something else.
  The good news i
  
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• Spending Canada Day long weekend across the border? Here are some tips to ease your crossing

  29-06-2018 20:53 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re planning to cross the border into the United States this Canada Day long weekend, be prepared for a long wait in both directions. The Canada Border Services Agency is anticipating high volumes at its ports of entry. Here are some tips from the CBSA to facilitate your border crossing:
  New Surtax:
  Starting this Canada Day, a new surtax will be applied to certain goods from the U.S. (including steel, aluminium and some household products) if you exceed your personal exemption.
  
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• Next Tuesday is the last day to pay your property taxes without penalty, and District Hall is closed on Monday for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-06-2018 20:38 via twitter.com
  Next Tuesday is the last day to pay your property taxes without penalty, and District Hall is closed on Monday for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Map out your summer fun with our #KidCityMap. Find playgrounds, trails, public art + fun places to discover & explo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-06-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Map out your summer fun with our #KidCityMap. Find playgrounds, trails, public art + fun places to discover & explo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver Island investigators say two B.C. sailors’ deaths not random

  29-06-2018 20:29 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Investigators on Vancouver Island are treating the deaths of two sailors reported missing last month as homicides.
  The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit confirmed Friday that human remains found near Ucluelet earlier this month were those of Ryan Daley and Daniel Archbald.
  Archbald and Daley arrived by boat in Ucluelet on May 13 after an eight-week voyage from Panama and were last seen at the Ucluelet dock on May 16.
  The major crime unit said their deaths were not ran
  
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• This Week in History: 1936 — Vancouver marks its Golden Jubilee with colourful poster

  29-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver turned 50 years old in 1936, so the city decided to throw a big party from July 1 to Sept. 7.
  To kick things off, the city had Bullman Brothers produce a giant Golden Jubilee poster that was 24-inches wide by 36-inches deep.
  It’s a classic, touting “a joyous festival of gaiety, carnival and pageantry,” with “spectacular fetes of sea, air and land,” along with “melody, drama, (and) historic scenes re-invoked before you.”
  Eighty-two years later,
  
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• Style Q & amp; A: Diving deep withThe Saltwater Collective's Camilla James

  29-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Still searching for the perfect swimsuit this summer season? You may want to check out Canadian brand The Saltwater Collective.
  Featuring stylish suits largely in monochromatic shades, the range is built on the idea that everybody — and therefore every body — deserves to find the perfect swimsuit.
  Camilla James, the Toronto-based brand’s founder and designer, talked with Postmedia News about making a splash in the swimwear industry (sorry, we had to), what makes her company dif
  
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• Salut: The spirited Fraser Valley, and its growing distillery scene

  29-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The coolest cocktail lounge in the Fraser Valley isn’t a bar, hotel or restaurant, but a stylish space at Central City Brewers & Distillers in Surrey.
  It’s here that Christos Kalaitzis, the distillery’s award-winning mixologist and brand ambassador, creates beautifully hand-crafted cocktails from Central City’s gin and whisky.
  But the lounge is a rarity in region that is yet to catch up with the cocktail revolution that has swept Vancouver and Victoria.
  The cocktail l
  
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• Salut: Planning a staycation? Consider Abbotsford for food, wine and fun

  29-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re looking for a summer getaway this season that doesn’t require an hours-long drive or flight, well, you might want to look just a little bit east.
  The Fraser Valley has become a destination for vacation-worthy activities — from wine tastings to farm experiences, not to mention first-class eateries and breweries — meaning there are plenty of reasons to stop, sip and stay in this locale.
  And the best part? These epic attractions are only about an hour from downtown
  
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• Salut: Fraser Valley winery owners aim to change how people think about local wines

  29-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  When it comes to B.C. wine regions, the Okanagan undoubtedly is first to mind.
  The area has long been celebrated for its booming wine industry, and with good reason. It’s home to more than 80 per cent of the province’s wine production and boasts a wide variety of wineries, spanning boutique spots to expansive, first-class operations.
  But while the Okanagan is the undisputed epicentre of B.C. wine, there are a few other hotspots popping up around the province worthy of taking note of.
  
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• Salut: Five fun and funky wine-themed items every vino lover should have

  29-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Want to take your wine obsession to a whole new level? Well, you’re in luck. 
  We’ve rounded up five vino-themed items spanning summertime wearables to kitchen essentials — several of which are sourced from local brands and retailers — that are sure to up your overall appreciation for the good grape. Guaranteed. 
  So, go ahead, feel good that you are joining the #shoplocal movement, while also showcasing your love for all things wine. Sweet sweater
  This
  
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• Salut: Anthony Gismondi's guide to winery day trips from the Lower Mainland

  29-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  If you asked most British Columbians about the local wine scene the talk would quickly turn to the Okanagan Valley and rightfully so, given its vast number of wineries and vineyards.
  But B.C. wine country is quietly expanding to other regions with a little help from Mother Nature and a lot of hard work by some evangelical wine growers.
  In this edition of Salut we take a sweeping look at some of the wineries you can visit that don’t require an overnight stay, or a three-day round trip to ge
  
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• Salut: 12 wines from Lower Mainland day trip wineries

  29-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Sun wine critic Anthony Gismondi selects his top 12 summer sips from day trip wineries:Averill Creek Somenos Series Pinot Noir, Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, $38
  Winemaker Andy Johnson’s “best Pinot Noir batches” make it into Somenos, an Averill Creek terroir wine reminiscent of earth, leather, cherries and plums with exotic orange flecks.Blue Grouse Estate Pinot Noir, Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, $27
  Fresh bright cherry/dark raspberry fruit mixes effortles
  
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• Want to know more about our proposal to permit short-term rentals in some circumstances? Pop by and see us this aft… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-06-2018 19:38 via twitter.com
  Want to know more about our proposal to permit short-term rentals in some circumstances? Pop by and see us this aft… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• To all the students and staff of the schools in North Vancouver; congratulations on the completion of another schoo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-06-2018 18:37 via twitter.com
  To all the students and staff of the schools in North Vancouver; congratulations on the completion of another schoo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Calling all David Bowie fans! Watch Labyrinth movie on the BIG screen under the stars, plus enjoy live DB tunes bef… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-06-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Calling all David Bowie fans! Watch Labyrinth movie on the BIG screen under the stars, plus enjoy live DB tunes bef… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Lower Mainland real estate 'refugees' head to Vancouver Island for better home values, quality of life

  29-06-2018 17:39 via vancouversun.com
  For Peter and Shelagh Kouwenhoven, life has never been better — or more unexpected.The couple sold their 25-year-old townhouse in Walnut Grove in north Langley for $700,000 and, last December, bought a new 2,000-square-foot home, including basement, on a compact lot in the Cowichan Valley, near Duncan on Vancouver Island, for $432,000.They pocketed the difference and packed their bags — with no regrets.“We couldn’t fail to take that money off the table,” said Shelag
  
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• Town Talk: Building a beautiful home that meets its own energy needs

  29-06-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  PASSIVE ACTION: CORE Energy Recovery Solutions CEO James Dean knew all about heat exchangers and in-structure climate control when he considered building a passive house. Those Swedish/German-developed airtight buildings are energy-efficient enough to pump electrical power into a utility rather than vice-versa. But when wife Janet Allan said, “They’re all ugly,” Dean decided to go for it. By specifying huge triple-glazed windows, weighing up to 567 kg each, the BattersbyHowat A
  
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• Conversations That Matter: In Vancouver, a real estate tragedy unfolds

  29-06-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  The tax upon tax upon tax that was implemented to make housing in B.C., and in Vancouver in particular, affordable is having the opposite effect. It all started with the City of Vancouver’s empty home tax which was designed to bring up to 10,000 empty homes into the rental market.
  The prediction appears to have significantly missed the mark. Currently the City of Vancouver has devoted more than $10 million to a program that may turn a few hundred empty or under-utilized homes int
  
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• Family says remains found near Ucluelet are those of missing men

  29-06-2018 15:25 via vancouversun.com
  Family members say they’ve been told the remains of two people found near Ucluelet this month are those of missing men Dan Archbald and Ryan Daley.
  The information was confirmed to CHEK News Thursday night by Ryan Daley’s sister, Lauren Glynn.
  RCMP said the remains were found the week of June 10 by a woman walking her dog in an area near Ucluelet.
  Archbald, 37, of Squamish and Daley, 43, of Jordan River, were last seen at the Ucluelet Small Craft Harbour on May 16 after returning fro
  
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• Vancouver Weather: A soggy long Canada Day weekend

  29-06-2018 15:01 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – It looks like it’s going to be a fairly wet and cool Canada Day long weekend in Metro Vancouver. Environment Canada is forecasting a rainy start to the weekend, with a chance of showers throughout the day Friday and a high of 18 C. The rain continues on Saturday, with a high of 17 C. The sun may make an appearance on Sunday, for Canada Day, but with a chance of showers also in the forecast. If you are staying up to watch the fireworks on Canada Day, you may want to
  
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• 5 things to know about Yukon Blonde Critical Hit

  29-06-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Yukon Blonde: Critical Hit (Dine Alone)
  Vancouver-based Yukon Blonde has really come a long way in a short time.
  Since relocating from Kelowna around a decade ago, the group comprised of Jeff Innes, Brandon Scott, Graham Jones, James Younger and Rebecca Gray has been acclaimed by major media with bigger buzz after each album.
  Something of a seismic shift took place on 2015’s album On Blonde which included the breakout hit Saturday Night. That single took off and saw the group become in-dem
  
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• Salut: A Fraser Valley food tour

  29-06-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s not as if we city dwellers don’t know there are delicious things to eat and drink in the Fraser Valley. We just don’t always know where to find them.
  It helps if you venture off Highway 1 and meander along the country roads to the local farm-gate shops, markets, wineries and breweries. It helps even more if you have Angie Quaale as your guide.
  Well, now that she’s published her cookbook-slash-guidebook Eating Local in the Fraser Valley (Appetite by Random House), you
  
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• Low cloud hampers search for aircraft with two on-board missing between Hope and Merritt

  29-06-2018 09:09 via vancouversun.com
  Low clouds hampered a search on Thursday for a missing Cessna with two souls on-board last seen departing the Springbank Airport near Calgary at 10 a.m.
  According to a release, the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Victoria, an Electronic Locator Transmitter from the Cessna 182 was activated at 11 a.m., 170 kms north east of Vancouver.
  The plan was bound for Nanaimo, flying to Kelowna, Hope and Boundary Bay along the way. It’s believed to have gone down between Merritt and Hope
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Friday, June 29

  29-06-2018 05:49 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Friday, June 29.Drip Audio Night
  Drip Audio Night is a presentation of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival that will see four intriguing acts take over the Imperial on Friday night for what will probably be a very weird show. I’m especially fond of the headlining act, Fond of Tigers, a seven-piece avant-rock band from Vancouver that reminds me a little of Godspeed! You Black Emperor. I’d go for them
  
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• Expect delays: Late-night SkyTrain rail work begins Monday

  29-06-2018 04:44 via vancouversun.com
  Maybe you’ve heard this one before: expect late-night delays on the SkyTrain next week, and for the foreseeable future.
  TransLink will begin work on Monday to replace six km of rail and 11,000 rail pads on the Expo line in downtown Vancouver and near Main Street-Science World Station.
  Work will run Monday through Thursday this week, from 9:30 p.m. until end of service, and Sunday to Monday every week after that until the work is completed.
  Commuters are advised to give themselves an e
  
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• Canada Day, The Playlist is two hours of essential holiday CanCon

  29-06-2018 03:58 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for the perfect soundtrack for your Canada Day shenanigans? Look no further.
  Canada Day, The Playlist is two hours of carefully curated Canadian content, featuring 31 tracks from some of the best musical artists this country has to offer. We’ve got The Hip. We’ve got The Band. We’ve got The Log Driver’s Waltz. It’s all here, in a playlist that spans the history of Canadian music from 1944 to the present (with a slight bias towards the turn of the century, be
  
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• Injunction sought to halt B.C. proportional representation vote

  29-06-2018 03:13 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Supreme Court has been asked to stop the provincial referendum on proportional referendum because the process and questions are too vague and there are too many restrictions on those who want to take part in the public debate.
  In a 49-page request for an injunction, filed on Thursday, the Independent Contractors and Business Association, the Canada West Construction Union and its director of labour relations, Kenneth Baerg, argue the NDP cabinet approved a process that violates precondi
  
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• Polygamy sentences a wake-up call to Bountiful or a win for the cult

  29-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Social media has been flooded with reaction to two B.C. polygamists having been sentenced to house arrest with no time in jail.
  Winston Blackmore, 61, was sentenced to six months of house arrest, while James Oler, 54, was given three months. Both men must also do community service and serve probation.
  Blackmore has been married to 24 women. Nine were under 18 and two were only 15. Oler had five wives, whom he married including two who were under age. Both men, former bishops in the Fundamentalis
  
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• Editorial: Finally, some concrete action on dirty money

  29-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The most shocking thing about Peter German’s independent report into money laundering in Lower Mainland casinos, released Wednesday, isn’t that so-called “dirty money” was flowing by the millions through the casinos. The most shocking thing is that multiple, at times squabbling, public agencies knew about it but didn’t do enough to eliminate the problem.
  As German said:  “For many years, certain Lower Mainland casinos unwittingly served as laundromats for
  
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• Charles Lugosi: TWU decision sets to stage to oust Christians from the professions

  29-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The latest victim in the war against the rule of law and the supremacy of God are Christian faith-based Canadian universities whose graduates require professional licensing by an administrative agent of the government. To understand the significance of the recent Trinity Western University Supreme Court law society decisions, B.C. and Ontario, the context must be understood.
  Canada was once a Christian nation. Judicial activism since the adoption of the Constitution Act
  
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• Bob Friedland: Are they condo owners or indentured servants?

  29-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  You may have seen a large, hand-written, 300-year-old document on the wall of your lawyer’s office. Quite likely, there may also have been ribbons and red seals appended to it. There was almost certainly a bite taken out of a corner. For this is an indenture of servitude, and the missing bite of parchment identified the servant.
  Before 1800, about 500,000 white Europeans bought their passage to North America by selling themselves into a form of slavery, unpaid labour, for a term of years.
  
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• Regent Hotel rooming house in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside now empty, tenants relocated

  29-06-2018 02:26 via vancouversun.com
  All tenants of the derelict Regent Hotel in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside have been relocated.
  The city had deemed the hotel, owned by the Sahota family, unsafe and had ordered its closure last week, setting June 28 as the deadline for all occupants to leave.
  In an update shared Thursday, the city said that all 92 tenants of the Regent had been relocated to other housing as of 1:45 p.m., with the majority moving into the Jubilee Rooms. The Jubilee is a renovated property owned by the provi
  
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• Chinatown plan goes to public hearing as developers and city planner spar

  29-06-2018 02:08 via vancouversun.com
  There are almost 70 speakers slated to address Vancouver city council heading into a public hearing Thursday about proposed zoning changes for Chinatown.
  With more than half signing up in the last two days, and others who could register or join in last-minute to speak, it could be a long night that might go into a second session before there is a decision on whether to adopt amendments to preserve the area’s “special qualities,” including “smaller buildings with narrow st
  
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• North Vancouver delays decision on massive new 'innovation district' - Business in Vancouver

  29-06-2018 01:37
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  North Vancouver delays decision on massive new 'innovation district'
  Business in Vancouver
  It may be the largest single development project to come before District of North Vancouver council in decades but for now, it's stuck in procedural purgatory. Council was set to vote on first reading for massive proposal by Darwin Properties and the ...
  
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• Did you miss last night's Semisch Park Open House? We'd like to hear from you. Review display boards & take survey:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-06-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Did you miss last night's Semisch Park Open House? We'd like to hear from you. Review display boards & take survey:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Funding for specialist teachers restored in North Vancouver school district budget - North Shore News

  29-06-2018 01:04
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  Funding for specialist teachers restored in North Vancouver school district budget
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  North Vancouver school trustees passed a revised $190.4 million budget Wednesday night that restored funding for existing learning support teachers, and even added some cash for additional specialist teacher positions. Wednesday night's unanimous 11th ...
  
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• Vancouver 'media room' celebrates a decade of giving homeless kids a place to create

  29-06-2018 00:55 via vancouversun.com
  All it took was 12 strings and a determined volunteer to launch a Vancouver program that has awakened creativity in hundreds of youth in need.
  Since 2008, the Directions Youth Services Centre on Burrard Street has welcomed homeless, street-involved and at-risk youth into its EA Media Room to create film, music and other forms of art. Earlier this month, the media room, supported by local video-game giant Electronic Arts’ outreach program, celebrated its 10th anniversary.
  Colin Ford, co-ord
  
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• Congratulations Peter! You make the District of North Vancouver Firefighters very proud! twitter.com/BCBurnFund/sta…

  29-06-2018 00:55 via twitter.com
  Congratulations Peter! You make the District of North Vancouver Firefighters very proud! twitter.com/BCBurnFund/sta…
  
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• A heads-up that a @FortisBC crew is working at Mountain Hwy and E.8th St until about 7pm. Expect single lane altern… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-06-2018 00:49 via twitter.com
  A heads-up that a @FortisBC crew is working at Mountain Hwy and E.8th St until about 7pm. Expect single lane altern… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Commuters told to avoid Port Mann Bridge eastbound on Thursday evening

  29-06-2018 00:37 via vancouversun.com
  Headed home on Thursday evening? Avoid the Port Mann Bridge.
  An eastbound “vehicle incident” has the right-hand through lanes and 152nd exit completely blocked on Thursday afternoon.
  Commuters are being warned of “heavy delays” while a clean up is underway.
  More to come.
  UPDATE – #BCHwy1 EB Vehicle incident east of #PortMann has the right thru lane andthe 152 exit lanes are completely blocked for vehicle recovery,Clean up in progress, expect heavy delays #SurreyBC #
  
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• Plays, trains and a keyboard: Dream summer job takes intern to 19 ballparks by rail

  29-06-2018 00:29 via vancouversun.com
  Quaint associations with a more innocent past tie together baseball games, train travel and old-school journalism.
  They’re also what Jacob Wallace is being paid to do as a summer job.
  The 21-year-old American journalism student will visit Nat Bailey Stadium for a Vancouver Canadians game against the Wenatchee AppleSox on June 30 as the penultimate stop on a 40-day. 19-stadium journey that began in Miami, Fla., on May 23 and that will wrap up on Canada Day at Safeco Field when the Seattle M
  
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• South Cariboo community helping support girl badly burned by science project

  29-06-2018 00:18 via vancouversun.com
  An 11-year-old girl from 100 Mile House has been receiving treatment at a Vancouver hospital for nearly two weeks, after a faulty science experiment left her with severe burns to her body.
  Presley Peterson’s mother Karen said she’s choosing to speak to the media about her daughter to highlight that there is hope in the face of adversity.
  Despite preparations, a handmade project at home involving gunpowder caused an explosion that has left Presley with extensive second-degree burns. P
  
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• District of North Vancouver mayoral candidate Roger Bassam. photo supplied - North Shore News

  29-06-2018 00:08
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  District of North Vancouver mayoral candidate Roger Bassam. photo supplied
  North Shore News
  District of North Vancouver council veteran Roger Bassam is seeking the office of mayor in this October's municipal election. Bassam, who has served three terms on council since 2008, said he was inspired to seek the top job, in part, because of his ...
  
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