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• Ian Mulgrew: Teen seeking to join divorce battle rebuffed

  13-07-2018 23:44 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s top court has nixed a judge’s appointment of a publicly funded “amicus curiae” because a 17-year-old wanted to join her parents’ high-conflict divorce proceedings and dodge spending time with her dad.
  The B.C. Court of Appeal on Friday rejected the pleadings from the teen (identified only as “S.”) which relied heavily on the 1989 U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, saying it “does not go so far as to guarantee children a right t
  
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• Sea loving folk & the like should come on down to the waterfront this weekend as the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise is c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-07-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  Sea loving folk & the like should come on down to the waterfront this weekend as the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise is c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Government must step up to save rural Canada

  13-07-2018 22:35 via vancouversun.com
  Once upon a time, governments stepped in to fill gaping holes in services deemed essential to citizens.
  It’s how we started out. The government called it nation building and paid for a railway that connected East to West. Various provincial governments set up companies to provide electricity, telephones, television, insurance and buses.
  Except for the vestigial companies, those days seem to be gone as politicians run for cover after Greyhound’s announcement that it is pulling out of
  
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• Brian Minter: Most garden insects are friends, not foes

  13-07-2018 21:23 via vancouversun.com
  Whenever I have an insect question, I always turn to Dr. David Gillespie, a retired entomologist.  He kindly puts up with me requesting identification of an incredible range of insects brought in by homeowners who are worried about the potential damage to their homes and gardens. Recently, we had an interesting conversation about his unique career and the important roles insects play in nature.
  Gillespie has been widely recognized for his contributions to agriculture and biological control,
  
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• Delta police officer wins review after ticketing drivers for offences that didn't happen

  13-07-2018 21:22 via vancouversun.com
  A Delta police officer who ticketed drivers for offences that didn’t happen has won a review of the suspension and demotion proposed by the province’s police complaint commissioner.
  Const. Byron Ritchie was seeking a public hearing after a misconduct hearing upheld 11 allegations of deceit committed under the Police Act, in 2016.
  Ritchie was seconded that year to the Greater Vancouver Integrated Road Safety Unit when a driver complained she had been pulled over while on her cellphone
  
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• B.C. says local governments can regulate marijuana growth on agricultural land

  13-07-2018 21:16 via vancouversun.com
  Local and Indigenous governments in British Columbia will be permitted to prevent marijuana production in their communities on land that is part of the Agricultural Land Reserve, but with conditions.
  The Ministry of Agriculture says in a release that the regulatory change is effective immediately and gives governments the right to prevent industrial-style, cement-based and cannabis-production bunkers in their communities.
  However, the ministry says pot production can’t be prohibited if it&
  
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• The Lions Gate Bridge is now open and clear for all traffic. The police incident has been resolved.

  13-07-2018 21:12 via twitter.com
  The Lions Gate Bridge is now open and clear for all traffic. The police incident has been resolved.
  
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• Patrick Condon no longer seeking nomination for Vancouver mayor

  13-07-2018 21:03 via vancouversun.com
  UBC professor Patrick Condon says he will no longer seek the nomination for mayor of Vancouver, citing health concerns.
  An important announcement from 'Patrick Condon For Mayor' here: https://t.co/WAT6oE0Th3
  — Patrick Condon (@pmcondon2) July 13, 2018He says he had a stroke on Tuesday while on vacation in the U.S., and has been advised by his doctor to focus on his health.
  Condon said he looks forward to making a full recovery and will continue to speak out about issues that he is passiona
  
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• B.C. 15 bestselling books of the week of July 7

  13-07-2018 20:54 via vancouversun.com
  1. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act — Bob Joseph (Page Two Strategies)
  2. 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia — Stephen Hui (Greystone Books).3. Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food — Shelley Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd.).4. One Eagle Soaring — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing).
  5. E.J. Hughes Paints Vancouver Island — Robert Amos (TouchWood Editions).
  6. The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grie
  
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• Firefighters battling wildfire near Kamloops brace for high winds

  13-07-2018 20:51 via vancouversun.com
  Firefighters battling a rapidly-spreading wildfire near Kamloops were bracing for high winds Friday afternoon.
  The B.C. Wildfire Service said Friday that the East Shuswap Road fire had grown to 500 hectares, or five square kilometres, up from 3.5 square kilometres on Thursday evening. It is classified as an out of control fire.
  Fire officials are concerned about strong winds in the forecast on Friday afternoon, and say firefighters are expecting increased fire activity.
  On Friday, authorities di
  
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• Your summer just got sunnier thanks to Shell and AIR MILES

  13-07-2018 20:42 via vancouversun.com
  Summer comes around only once a year and once it does, you’re nipping at its heels, welcome mat unfurled, flip-flops at the ready and sun-kissed activities organized down to the very last detail.
  Yep, summertime and the living is easy, as they say. That is, until you see your bills. Whether heading northward, family in tow, for some well-deserved respite at the cottage, taking a weeklong drive along the Cape Breton Trail, or simply planning a day trip, you quickly come to realize that summ
  
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• B.C. real estate prices, sales down from last year: association

  13-07-2018 20:39 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Real Estate Association says tighter mortgage rules and lower demand are bringing the provincial housing market into balance.
  The association says 7,884 units were sold within the Multiple Listing Service across the province in June, a 32.5 per cent decrease from the same month last year.
  The average residential price was down 1.3 per cent from June of 2017 for a total sales value of $5.6 billion.
  Brendon Ogmundson, the association’s deputy chief econ
  
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• Here's the roundup of last night's community events in your City. Long Table Lunch, Live & Local, Movie Night & Hot… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-07-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  Here's the roundup of last night's community events in your City. Long Table Lunch, Live & Local, Movie Night & Hot… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bulls & Bears: Even in defeat Ronaldo steals the headlines

  13-07-2018 20:27 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the week
   It’s been a bullish week for the soccer economies of France and Croatia and the soccer economy that is Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese star who transferred from Real Madrid of the Spanish Primera Liga to Juventus of the Italian Serie A.
  Ronaldo and Portugal could not replicate the magic of their 2016 Euro Cup championship and were eliminated in the round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup in Russia.Yet that didn’t stop him from making soccer headlines around the wo
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Savvy shopping for wine will save you cash

  13-07-2018 20:25 via vancouversun.com
  What’s your wine buying IQ?
  Do you need help selecting wine or just finding the wine you selected? These are good questions, and ones that keep me awake many nights when I’m writing this column. Today we illustrate the challenges — and perhaps some solutions — to finding the wine you want with a minimum amount of fuss.
  Let’s begin with a wine I ordered at The Beach House in West Vancouver last weekend. It was a warm night, my wife and I ordered a tuna poke dish, and
  
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• Fire in North Vancouver apartment displaces 7 - CTV News

  13-07-2018 20:17
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  Seven people are out of their homes after a fire tore through a North Vancouver apartment building Thursday night. The flames broke out just before midnight in the 1500 block of Woods Drive, and firefighters rushed to the scene. "[We] found heavy ...
  
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• ROAD WORK ADVISORY: Keith Road will be closed between Lynnmouth Ave and Brooksbank Ave from 9am on Fri, July 20 unt… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-07-2018 20:01 via twitter.com
  ROAD WORK ADVISORY: Keith Road will be closed between Lynnmouth Ave and Brooksbank Ave from 9am on Fri, July 20 unt… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Q&A: Too Many Zooz sax player Leo Pellegrino talks being Subway Gawdz

  13-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Too Many Zooz
  When: July 19, 8 p.m.
  Where: The Imperial
  Tickets and info: $23, at ticketfly.comNew York City trio Too Many Zooz has gained worldwide fame for its self-described “brass house” sound.
  The heavy driving skwonk and honk delivered by baritone saxophonist Leo Pellegrino, Matt “Doe” Muirhead (trumpet) and David “King of Sludge” Parks (drums) first caught the world’s attention when a passerby recorded one of their performances at Union Square sta
  
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• See Something Suspicious? Call The Police! bit.ly/2uuEuIT #NorthVancouver https://t.co/JeLxcICMBg

  13-07-2018 19:48 via twitter.com
  
  See Something Suspicious? Call The Police!bit.ly/2uuEuIT#NorthVancouver https://t.co/JeLxcICMBg
  
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• Puh-lenty of sun in the forecast, so a quick reminder: We're at Stage 1 water restrictions, which limits your lawn… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-07-2018 18:48 via twitter.com
  Puh-lenty of sun in the forecast, so a quick reminder: We're at Stage 1 water restrictions, which limits your lawn… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Half of British Columbians blame addiction and mental illness for crime: poll

  13-07-2018 18:17 via vancouversun.com
  Half of British Columbians blame addiction and mental illness for an increase in crime in their communities, according to a new poll.
  The Research Co. survey asked respondents which factors deserve “a great deal” of the blame for crime in their community, and 51 per cent said addiction and mental health issues were the cause, while 40 per cent identified gangs and the illegal drug trade as the problem.
  Other factors to blame were an inadequate court system (36 per cent) and
  
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• Bulls & Bears: Even in defeat Ronald steals the headlines

  13-07-2018 18:13 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the week
   It’s been a bullish week for the soccer economies of France and Croatia and the soccer economy that is Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese star who transferred from Real Madrid of the Spanish Primera Liga to Juventus of the Italian Serie A.
  Ronaldo and Portugal could not replicate the magic of their 2016 Euro Cup championship and were eliminated in the round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup in Russia.Yet that didn’t stop him from making soccer headlines around the wo
  
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• Lions Gate Bridge remains closed to traffic due to police incident. All feeder routes to and from the North Shore a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-07-2018 18:09 via twitter.com
  Lions Gate Bridge remains closed to traffic due to police incident. All feeder routes to and from the North Shore a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Busy commute to the NorthShore this AM. #NorthVan twitter.com/VancouverPD/st…

  13-07-2018 18:03 via twitter.com
  Busy commute to the NorthShore this AM. #NorthVan twitter.com/VancouverPD/st…
  
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• Apparently she's got a tick to ride, do you? Guess what, you're in luck, Summer Sessions starts this weekend featur… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-07-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  Apparently she's got a tick to ride, do you? Guess what, you're in luck, Summer Sessions starts this weekend featur… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Daily Poll: How do you keep cool at home in the summer?

  13-07-2018 16:40 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Hydro says the number of residents using air conditioners to beat the heat is on the rise. But with that reliance on AC comes a skyrocketing energy bill, and environmental costs. The agency is also predicting that the number of air conditioners will continue to increase as temperatures rise due to climate change.
  Read Stephanie Ip’s story here.
  So we’re asking, how do you plan to keep cool at home this summer? Will you buy an air conditioner or try other methods such as fans? Wi
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada rules B.C. does not have to disclose health data to tobacco firm

  13-07-2018 16:33 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says British Columbia does not have to give a tobacco company access to detailed provincial health databases to ensure the fairness of a multibillion-dollar damages trial.
  In a ruling today, the high court says the province cannot legally allow Philip Morris International to see raw data from the information banks.
  The decision is the latest development in a 17-year-old effort by B.C. to recoup smoking-related health-care expenditures from tobacco compa
  
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• Town Talk: Free rock concert raises $600,000 for YWCA

  13-07-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARD ACT TO FOLLOW: That was the free Malkin Bowl rock concert that Ryan and Cindy Beedie threw for 3,000 friends and colleagues in 2016. But lightning struck again recently when BrandLive producers Paul and Catherine Runnals staged the Bangles, Dear Rouge, Fitz & The Tantrums, Goo Goo Dolls and Loverboy at a seven-hour hoedown for Beedie guests. None went hungry or thirsty as chow lines, food trucks and name-your-poison bars kept the fare coming. VJ Monika Deol kept concert-goers informed,
  
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• Conversations That Matter: On cannabis, can we learn from Washington state

  13-07-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Oct. 17, Canada will become the second country, after Uruguay, to legalize marijuana.
  In doing so, Canada steps stepped outside its commitment to the United Nations to restrict the use of Schedule 1 controlled substances. To date, the UN and other nations have not responded negatively to Canada’s new legislation.
  Perhaps they are waiting and watching before determining if a response is required. Perhaps we can establish national protocols that will become an international stan
  
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• B.C. residents with disabilities demand a say on proposed accessibility law

  13-07-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  For Amanda Reaume, acquiring a disability meant awakening to a civil rights movement in a way made possible only through lived experience.
  Last year, the 33-year-old writer suffered a brain injury that left her with balance problems and having to relearn how to walk and talk at the same time. She returned to work in Vancouver six months later but with a new, invisible disability.
  “Becoming disabled, it really makes me consider accessibility a lot more, and the ways in which
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Warm and breezy

  13-07-2018 15:09 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Friday’s weather in Metro Vancouver is forecast to be warm and breezy near the water, with sunny skies and a high of 23 C and 28 C inland. The mercury is set to spike on the weekend, however, with temperatures reaching a high of 31 C inland on Saturday and Sunday. Residents are encouraged to limit sun exposure and wear sunscreen as Environment Canada says the UV index is going to remain “very high” over the next few days. And, it looks like that hot, dry
  
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• Mia Stansby: Healing through food, the Indigenous way

  13-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  I’m humbled chatting with Indigenous chef and former Top Chef Canada contender Rich Francis about reconciliation through sharing and connecting with Indigenous food. To me, it sounds more like acts of forgiveness.
  Francis “cooks for reconciliation” in pop-ups and dinners across the country, has a TV show called Red Chef Revival and is writing a cookbook/memoir called Closing The Gap: Truth And Reconciliation Through Indigenous Foods.
  “It’s connecting through food, m
  
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• Home values in Vancouver highest after Silicon Valley, while incomes just ahead of Columbus

  13-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Median home values in Vancouver are known to be the highest in Canada, but it’s a whole other stratosphere to see them come in third in North America, up there with the economic powerhouses of Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
  And then, it’s a dramatic shift of the eye to see that median household incomes in Vancouver are near the bottom of a list of 51 North American metropolitan areas, sandwiched between two much sleepier places: Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Columbus, Ohio,
  Van
  
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• 5 Things to know about Joey Stylez The Star Chief

  13-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Joey Stylez is a First Nations-Métis hip hop artist from Saskatoon who has lived and toured all across North America. Once Vancouver-based, he has been active since the early 2000s on a number of different fronts from recording to visual arts and even fashion design.
  His 2009 album, The Blackstar, scored three Aboriginal Peoples Choice Awards including Best Music Video (Sugarcane), Best Pop Album and Songwriter of the Year. Following this, the artist veered away from music into visual art
  
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• Number of B.C. households relying on air conditioners growing: B.C. Hydro report

  13-07-2018 09:01 via vancouversun.com
  You’ll need to chill out with the air conditioner if you want your hydro bill to cool down.
  According to a new report by B.C. Hydro, British Columbians are becoming increasingly reliant on air conditioners – and with temperatures on the rise due to climate trends, that reliance is going to get much more expensive.
  Since 2001, the number of B.C. households that own an air conditioning unit has tripled, from just 10 per cent to last year’s recorded figure of 34 per cent. Still an
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Friday, July 13

  13-07-2018 05:15 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Friday, July 13.Vancouver Folk Music Festival
  The Vancouver Folk Music Festival kicks off Friday at Jericho Beach Park, and you should be there, especially for opening night. This year’s lineup boasts all sorts of great acts — Alex Cuba, Dawn Pemberton and Skye Wallace, to name a few — but for my money, the can’t-miss show is Friday night’s headliner, Neko Case. She’s the best, and
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: New B.C. watchdog needs to flesh out bite to match the departed Denham

  13-07-2018 04:37 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — From the United Kingdom came more evidence this week of the impressive job Elizabeth Denham has been doing in that country’s version of the information watchdog position she held in B.C. for six years.
  “Facebook fined for data breaches, lack of transparency, failing to protect users’ information,” read the combined headlines Wednesday in the Guardian newspaper.
  The fine, the equivalent of $875,000 Canadian, was the largest allowed under the legislati
  
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• Great turnout of families here at Civic Plaza for #LiveandLocal Culture Series. Free hip hop, Chinese ribbon or Mid… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-07-2018 04:33 via twitter.com
  Great turnout of families here at Civic Plaza for #LiveandLocal Culture Series. Free hip hop, Chinese ribbon or Mid… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Judge declines extra security after home of witness' parents shot at

  13-07-2018 03:15 via vancouversun.com
  A judge on Thursday declined to order extra security measures at the trial of six men accused of kidnapping and involvement in two fatal shootings, after the home of the kidnap victim’s parents was shot at early Wednesday.
  On Wednesday, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Arne Silverman was advised of the shooting incident linked to the key Crown witness, who had begun his testimony at the Vancouver trial on Monday.
  The Crown requested that consideration be given to having the sheriffs outside the
  
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• Mark Angelo: New funding needed to protect and restore B.C. waterways

  13-07-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. is blessed with an amazing river heritage, perhaps the finest in the world. Our waterways have immense natural, cultural, recreational and economic value and, when one reviews historic settlement patterns that have occurred for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, it becomes evident that rivers have done much to influence and shape who we are as British Columbians.
  Yet, despite their many attributes, our waterways continue to face an array of pressures and threats. These range from po
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of July 7

  13-07-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. The President is Missing — James Patterson and Bill Clinton.
  2. All We Ever Wanted — Emily Griffin.
  3. The Perfect Couple — Elin Hilderbrand.
  4. The Outsider — Stephen King
  5. Tom Clancy: Line of Sight — Mike Maden.
  6. Shelter in Place — Nora Roberts.
  7. When Life Gives You Lululemons — Lauren Weisberger.
  8. There There — Tommy Orange. 
  9. The Fallen — David Baldacci.
  10. Before We Were Yours — Lisa Wingat
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Putting faces to the millions who desperately need help

  13-07-2018 02:29 via vancouversun.com
  There are 68.5 million people in the world seeking safety and shelter after being forcibly displaced from their homes by famines, floods and wars.
  With more than double Canada’s population searching for a new place to call home, it’s hard to put faces, let alone names, to them. But for a while in 2015, we did.
  There was a steady stream of images of exhausted women, crying children and even bodies of Syrians washing ashore in Greece.
  Europeans and Canadians responded with generosity a
  
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• Student whose throat was slashed in UBC dormitory alleges negligence in lawsuit

  13-07-2018 01:51 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A young woman whose throat was slashed inside a University of British Columbia student residence has filed a lawsuit against the school alleging negligence.
  The notice of civil claim says Mary Hare was inside her room in Salish House in October 2016 when international student Thamer Almestadi entered carrying a knife.
  Almestadi’s trial heard he knocked on the 19-year-old’s door, slit her throat and started choking her before other students pulled him off.
  University
  
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• The NDP says it now knows how to end poverty in B.C., but you'll have to wait until October for a detailed plan

  13-07-2018 01:35 via vancouversun.com
  While the findings of a new government report on poverty — housing is expensive, wages are low, and families struggle to feed their kids — may be predictable, the extent of these challenges across so many B.C. communities is an eye-opener, says the politician in charge of making this province more affordable.
  “There is often a focus on Metro Vancouver, South Island, urban areas, and this report clearly identifies that issues of poverty and people struggling with the vulnerabili
  
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• 'Yes' side in electoral referendum has early advantage on spending

  13-07-2018 01:33 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Advocates in favour of changing B.C.’s electoral system have an early spending advantage in this fall’s referendum.
  Six of the eight organizations registered Thursday as third-party advertisers in the referendum are in favour of changing B.C. to proportional representation, meaning the “yes” side has the potential to outspend the “no” side in the opening stages of the campaign.
  The Opposition B.C. Liberals, who oppose proportional representati
  
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• Firefighters battling fast-spreading grass fire near Kamloops

  13-07-2018 01:29 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Wildfire Service has dispatched 49 firefighters, air tankers and a helicopter to a grass fire near Kamloops that has grown rapidly.
  The wildfire, burning in the Shuswap Road area, is pushing smoke towards Kamloops and is highly visible from Highway 1. It had burned about 0.6 square kilometres by mid-afternoon on Thursday.
  UPDATE: the fire east of Shushwap Road is currently now estimated at 60 hectares. Air support continues to work on the fire, with ground crews focused on securing the
  
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• Fatal death cap mushroom may ultimately be a life-saver

  13-07-2018 01:28 via vancouversun.com
  A deadly fungus that took the life of a three-year-old boy in B.C. two years ago may yet yield a life-saving cure.
  Among the unique compounds found in the death cap mushroom is one that can be used to kill some kinds of cancer cells. The toxin α-amanitin, applied to pancreatic tumours, cured 60 per cent of mice with cancer, in a 2012 study.
  The death cap — Amanita phalloides — has a sinister history. A boy in Victoria died after eating a death cap while foraging for edible
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular part-time Communications Operator 2. Click here to apply. ow.ly/RoCT30kVMXD

  13-07-2018 01:23 via twitter.com
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• Officer who used police dog on 'unpredictable' suspect had no choice: B.C. Crown

  13-07-2018 01:23 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s prosecution service says a police officer who deployed a service dog during an arrest was not charged with any offence because he had no other way to deal with an unpredictable suspect.
  The service announced in January that no charges would be approved against the Vancouver police officer, but it withheld those reasons until Thursday because a related case was before the courts.
  It says in a statement that on March 16, 2016, a dog handler in an unmarked
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Supervisor, Parks (Turf). Click here to apply: ow.ly/uzP430kVMDC

  13-07-2018 01:12 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a regular full-time Supervisor, Parks (Turf). Click here to apply: ow.ly/uzP430kVMDC
  
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