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• Woman found dead along Coquihalla Highway near Merritt

  24-07-2018 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  A woman was found dead along the Coquihalla Highway Sunday.
  Merritt RCMP attended a motor vehicle collision near Mine Creek Road and Highway 5 about 20 minutes south of Merritt.
  The collision caused the highway to be closed to northbound traffic for a period of time.
  During that time, a motorist got out of his vehicle to stretch his legs when he discovered a dead woman on the side of the road, said Sgt. Lorne Wood.
  Police attended the scene, but because it was late at night, a full-scene examina
  
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• Opinion: Would more corporate HQs ease Metro Vancouver’s housing-income gap?

  24-07-2018 23:35
  
  Our region has possibly North America’s biggest median-home-price-to-income chasm, so surely having more highly paid jobs would help – right?
  
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• Tickets for North Vancouver's Dinner on the Pier are selling out fast - Daily Hive

  24-07-2018 23:29
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  Tickets for North Vancouver's Dinner on the Pier are selling out fast
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  Vancouver's most charming outdoor event is returning for its fourth summer in a row on Thursday, August 9. Dinner on the Pier is a beautifully quaint experience where you can enjoy a four-course meal followed by a majestic sunset. The night is driven ...
  
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• As sun and warm temps continue, don't forget lawn watering is now only permitted 2x/week on designated days between… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-07-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• Do some good in your 'hood this Saturday. Help #CityParkStewards & #EdibleGardenProject from 9am-noon at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-07-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
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• B.C.'s North Shore Search and Rescue concerned about commercial guided weed hikes

  24-07-2018 21:34 via vancouversun.com
  One of B.C.’s busiest rescue teams is warning backcountry hikers not to get high on their hike.
  Curtis Jones with North Shore Search and Rescue said the statement issued on the agency’s website is an attempt before marijuana legalization this October to make sure hikers are aware of the dangers of experimenting with drugs in rough terrain.
  Jones said a fellow search and rescue teammate sent him an article about a group that spoke about the benefits of outdoor activities paired with c
  
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• Daphne Bramham: It's time to face up the unavoidable costs of addictions

  24-07-2018 21:06 via vancouversun.com
  It would be terrible enough if Canada’s and British Columbia’s only addiction problem were people dying from poisoned street drugs. But it’s not.
  People are dying because they can’t get treatment when they need it. They’re dying because recovery services are difficult to find, expensive to access and not well regulated.
  They’re dying because what little increases in government funding there have been for addictions have mostly been funnelled — by necessi
  
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• Do you have questions about the upcoming election? Whether you're a voter, a potential candidate, or someone intere… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-07-2018 20:45 via twitter.com
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• Color Me Badd singer arrested for assaulting bandmate on stage

  24-07-2018 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  Color Me Badd, the ’90s vocal group best known for their hit I Wanna Sex You Up, is scheduled to perform next month at the PNE, but the band’s future is in doubt after an onstage scuffle in New York.
  Singer Bryan K. Abrams was arrested for misdemeanour assault on Sunday for shoving bandmate Mark Calderon during a concert at the Del Lago Casino in Tyre, New York.The band had just finished their signature song when the burly Abrams blindsided Calderon with a two-handed shove
  
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• Surrey councillor Bruce Hayne to run for mayor

  24-07-2018 20:34 via vancouversun.com
  Two-term city Coun. Bruce Hayne is the latest person to enter the race for the mayor’s seat in Surrey.
  Last month Hayne, a Cloverdale resident and past president of the Surrey Board of Trade, announced he was leaving the reigning Surrey First party because of he was unhappy with how the city engaged the public on major issues.
  Hayne now sits as an independent councillor. Surrey First candidates won all of the seats on council and school board in the last election.
  “I was looking at b
  
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• B.C. 15 bestselling books for the week of July 21

  24-07-2018 20:31 via vancouversun.com
  1. Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food — Shelley Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd.).
  2. One Eagle Soaring — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing).
  3. 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia — Stephen Hui (Greystone Books). 4. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act — Bob Joseph (Page Two Strategies).
  5. E.J. Hughes Paints Vancouver Island — Robert Amos (TouchWood Editions).
  6. The Haunting of Vancouver Island: S
  
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• Instead of donation bins, here's where you can drop off clothing in Vancouver

  24-07-2018 20:29 via vancouversun.com
  On Monday, a woman died after she became trapped inside a clothing donation bin at a Vancouver community centre.
  It’s not the first death related to standalone donation bins. The structures are designed to keep clothing in which means it’s difficult to get in or out if a person becomes trapped. The bins are also a magnet for dumping when they become full, an annoyance for residents living nearby.
  Instead of donation bins, here’s where you can drop off donations in Vancouver.
  Co
  
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• Miscarriage of justice? 'Threads of circumstantial evidence' convicted man in 1992 Creston murder

  24-07-2018 20:28 via vancouversun.com
  First in a five-part series
  Duray Bentley Richards feared police “would stoop to anything” to keep his first-degree murder conviction from returning to court, government records dating back to April 2002 show.
  By that time, the inmate of Bowden Institution in Alberta was a decade through his life sentence for the brutal 1992 murder of 21-year-old Carrie Louise Marshall in Creston, B.C., and he had formally applied to access records from his case for the purpose of a late appeal
  
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• Five reasons to check out this year's Celebration of Light

  24-07-2018 20:27 via vancouversun.com
  Celebration of Light
  When: July 28, Aug 1, Aug 4
  Where: English Bay (starting at 10 p.m.), plus performances etc. on Second Beach
  Tickets: Free
  1. The competition. Who celebrates light the best? Returning Celebration of Light winners (2004 and 2005) Sweden (Aug. 1) take on South Africa (July 28) and South Korea (Aug. 4) in a pyrotechnic winner-take-all.
  2. Music. As in past years, Celebration of Light offers plenty of (free) musical performances on Second Beach. Among this year’s performer
  
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• Burnaby paves way to halt displacement with rental-only zoning

  24-07-2018 19:29
  
  Motion passed Monday could lead to bylaw ensuring evicted tenants have a new home to move into
  
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• Vancouver continues enforcement of Airbnb and other short-term rental operators

  24-07-2018 19:15 via vancouversun.com
  A total of 1,556 licenses have been issued by the city of Vancouver to short-term rental operators, according to the latest round of data.
  The figures illustrate the city’s ongoing efforts to enforce regulations, introduced earlier this year, surrounding Airbnb, VRBO and other short-term home-sharing platforms.
  Another 2,181 listings have been investigated, including 223 listings that were advertised using duplicate or invalid business licenses.
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  So you want to rent your home o
  
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• Burnaby first in B.C. to use rental-only zoning laws

  24-07-2018 19:07 via vancouversun.com
  Burnaby will be the first city in the province to implement B.C.’s new rental-zoning law, Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said Tuesday.
  “Burnaby has been a consistent advocate with asking provincial governments to invest in low-cost housing and give municipalities zoning for rental housing as a method to increase and protect the supply of rental housing in our community,” Corrigan said, in a statement.
  In May, the B.C. government enacted legislation to give municipalities the
  
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• Surrey Coun. Bruce Hayne to run for mayor

  24-07-2018 18:58 via vancouversun.com
  Two-term city Coun. Bruce Hayne is the latest person to enter the race for the mayor’s seat in Surrey.
  Last month Hayne, a Cloverdale resident and past president of the Surrey Board of Trade, announced that he was leaving the Surrey First party because of he was unhappy with how the city engaged the public on issues such as crime, housing and transit.
  Hayne now sits as an independent councillor. Surrey First candidates won all of the seats on council and school board in the last election.
  
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• Surrey Election: Here's who's running for city council in 2018

  24-07-2018 18:43 via vancouversun.com
  It’s an election year and with the Surrey council is due for a shakeup. At least two longtime councillors and the mayor are not running for re-election, and the governing party Surrey First, which won all council seats in the last election, is in flux.
  Here’s a list, in alphabetical order, of those fighting to move into municipal hall in Surrey City Centre following the Oct. 20, 2018 municipal election.
  As candidates are announced, they’ll be added to this list. Are we missing
  
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• Want to work with us? Make sure you have your application in by This Friday. See northshorefirerecruiting.ca for more i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-07-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
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• We're looking for new members to join the North Shore Advisory Committee on Disability Issues. Apply here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-07-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  We're looking for new members to join the North Shore Advisory Committee on Disability Issues. Apply here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Erickson-designed, Chinese-inspired house listed for $5.49M (PHOTOS)

  24-07-2018 16:00
  
  Four-bedroom Hwang House was designed in Soo Chow tradition of northern China
  
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• Wildfires 2018: Highway 1 reopened, evacuation order lifted for wildfire near Spences Bridge

  24-07-2018 15:53 via vancouversun.com
  An evacuation order for a wildfire near Spences Bridge in the B.C. Interior has been lifted, after a grass fire forced officials to close Highway 1 and evacuate three properties Monday.
  Thompson-Nicola Regional District, which issued an evacuation order for three homes on Monday evening and an evacuation alert for dozens of others, says there is no longer an imminent threat to people and property.
  Firefighters made progress on the Spencer Bridge blaze overnight, prompting officia
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support the city's permit fee increases for builders?

  24-07-2018 15:36 via vancouversun.com
  The city of Vancouver plans to hike the fees it charges to issue rezoning, development and building permits.
  The increases would range from 12 per cent to 35 per cent and begin in January 2019. The hope is that an extra $7.9 million would be generated to recover city costs of processing the permit applications.
  Some fees would go up by just a few dollars (for example, permits for minor repairs to a heritage building would rise to $71.70 from $64), but others would see increases in the thousands
  
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• B.C.'s North Shore Search and Rescue concerned with commercial guided weed hikes

  24-07-2018 15:13 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — One of British Columbia’s busiest rescue teams is warning backcountry hikers not to get high on their hike.
  Curtis Jones with B.C.’s North Shore Search and Rescue said the statement issued on the agency’s website is a proactive attempt before marijuana legalization this October to make sure hikers are aware of the dangers of experimenting with drugs in rough terrain.
  Jones said a fellow search and rescue teammate sent him an article about a group that spoke ab
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Heat warning in effect

  24-07-2018 15:01 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – A heat warning is in effect for Metro Vancouver Tuesday, with the mercury climbing to 30 C inland. Environment Canada says a prolonged stretch of well above normal temperatures is expected to persist into early next week or longer.
  On Tuesday, the forecast calls for sunny weather and a high of 25 C, and 30 C inland. That same weather pattern will likely continue through the week, with temperatures expected to rise on Saturday to a high of 32 C inland and 26 C by the
  
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• This Just In: CHANEL Paris-Biarritz eau de toilette, Vichy Aqualia Thermal Riche and It Cosmetics Superhero Liner

  24-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  CHANEL
  Paris-Biarritz eau de toilette
  They say: Part of the French brand’s Les Eaux de Chanel fragrance collection, this scent is inspired by the coastal resort town Gabrielle Chanel frequented on France’s Basque coast.
  We say: This fragrance is fresh and citrusy — without being too sweet or acidic. Our tester sprayed this on during a hot summer’s day and was impressed with both the staying power of this eau de toilette, as well at its ability to transport.
  $149 | Chanel.
  
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• Wildfire closes Highway 1 near Spences Bridge in B.C. interior

  24-07-2018 06:01 via vancouversun.com
  A grass fire near Spences Bridge in the B.C. interior has closed Highway 1 in both directions and is threatening nearby residences.
  Thompson-Nicola Regional District, which issued an evacuation order for three homes on Monday evening and an evacuation alert for dozens of others, says the fast-moving fire poses an imminent threat to people and property.Drive B.C. says a section of Highway 1, about five kilometres east of Spences Bridge, has been closed to traffic in both directions
  
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• Woman's death in Vancouver clothing donation bin sparks calls for safer design

  24-07-2018 05:54 via vancouversun.com
  A woman’s death inside a clothing donation bin at a Vancouver community centre Monday morning has pointed attention to a string of similar deaths and has renewed calls to make the bins safer.
  The Vancouver Police Department and the B.C. Ambulance Service were called to a “sudden death” in the parking lot of the West Point Grey Community Centre just after 4 a.m. 
  The woman, in her 30s, was found dead in the donation bin at the scene, prompting an investigation by the corone
  
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• Color Me Badd singer arrested for assaulting band mate on stage

  24-07-2018 04:01 via vancouversun.com
  Color Me Badd, the 90s vocal group best known for their hit I Wanna Sex You Up, is scheduled to perform next month at the PNE but the band’s future is in doubt after an on-stage scuffle in New York .
  Singer Bryan K. Abrams was arrested for misdemeanour assault on Sunday for shoving band mate Mark Calderon during a concert at the Del Lago Casino in Tyre, New York.The band has just finished their signature song when the burly Abrams blindsided Calderon with a two-hand shove that se
  
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• 'Threads of circumstantial evidence' convicted man in 1992 Creston murder

  24-07-2018 03:26 via vancouversun.com
  First in a five-part series
  Duray Bentley Richards feared police “would stoop to anything” to keep his first-degree murder conviction from returning to court, government records dating back to April 2002 show.
  By that time, the inmate of Bowden Institution in Alberta was a decade through his life sentence for the brutal 1992 murder of 21-year-old Carrie Louise Marshall in Creston, B.C., and he had formally applied to access records from his case for the purpose of a late appeal
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Stakes couldn't be higher in Site C injunction case

  24-07-2018 03:22 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — After years of budget overruns, construction delays and political controversy with Site C, B.C. Hydro is back in court this week, fighting a legal challenge that seeks to stall the project for months or even years.
  Seeking what amounts to a stop work order on construction of the giant hydroelectric dam is the West Moberly First Nation, which says Site C will do irreparable harm to the band’s traditional territory and rights.
  In an action that began Monday in Vancouver
  
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• Psychoactive herb kratom on radar of B.C. doctors and poison control centre

  24-07-2018 02:44 via vancouversun.com
  Side-effects of an unauthorized herb now gaining popularity in B.C. are causing hospitalizations and reports of adverse effects.
  Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), a psychoactive with both stimulating and sedating effects, is said by its backers to be a less lethal substitute for opioids (narcotics) and a decent remedy for anxiety and pain, among other conditions.But Health Canada says there’s evidence that kratom, derived from an Asian plant and usually consumed as a finely ground powder, can p
  
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• Vancouver seeks steep permitting fee increases

  24-07-2018 02:38 via vancouversun.com
  City of Vancouver staff want to significantly hike the fees they charge for rezoning, development and building permits.
  The increases would range from 12 per cent to a whopping 55 per cent starting Jan. 1, 2019. The extra $7.9 million the fee hikes would rake in would help recover city costs to process permit applications, according to a staff report headed to council on Tuesday.
  “Given the continuing gap between city costs to process applications and the revenues generated by these p
  
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• New Westminster police believe missing woman flew to Saskatoon

  24-07-2018 02:32 via vancouversun.com
  New Westminster police say a 58-year-old woman who was reported missing last week may now be in Saskatchewan.
  Kathleen Stimson was last seen July 20, at 2 p.m., near Moody Park at 7th Avenue and 10th Street in New Westminster.
  She was without her medication that she takes three times a day, and police say she may be confused or disoriented about her whereabouts.
  New Westminster police believe Stimson has since flown to Saskatoon and are working with police agencies in Saskatchewan in attemp
  
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• 🚗🚙🚕🏍🚚 Slow going on Bewicke. 2nd to Copping closed due to 🌲 on hydro wires. Use Fell overpass to Harbourside. #NorthVan

  24-07-2018 02:21 via twitter.com
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• Kelowna man accused of killing his wife, two daughters wants a new lawyer

  24-07-2018 02:11 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA — A Kelowna man accused of killing his wife and two daughters days before Christmas last year wants a new lawyer.
  Thirty-four-year-old Jacob Forman is charged with murdering his wife of 12 years, Clara Soledad Forman, and their two daughters, seven-year-old Karina and eight-year-old Yesenia.
  Forman appeared in a Kelowna court briefly on Monday via video where a hearing was to confirm a pre-trial conference, instead Forman’s lawyer Glenn Verdurmen said he had been informed tha
  
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• B.C. Greens frustrated at NDP's ride-hailing and union-only construction announcements

  24-07-2018 02:11 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver says he is frustrated with the NDP government’s decisions on ride-hailing and union-only construction rules, and will raise his concerns with Premier John Horgan at a meeting this week.
  Weaver said he does not support the government’s delaying of ride-hailing for another year nor its new policy that workers on major government projects like the Pattullo Bridge replacement must join unions to be eligible.
  Horgan and Weaver mee
  
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• Wilkinson calls speculation, school taxes 'class warfare'

  24-07-2018 01:44 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson’s answer to the Lower Mainland’s affordability crisis: more supply, particularly condos and townhouses.
  To encourage more construction — and densification, which is the purview of municipalities — the province could reward municipalities that increase housing and densification, Wilkinson told the Vancouver Sun and Province editorial board on Monday.
  “I think there is a significant role for incentives for developers. The province
  
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• No charges in death of North Vancouver man killed in crash - North Shore News

  24-07-2018 01:38
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  No charges in death of North Vancouver man killed in crash
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  North Vancouver RCMP say there will be no charges in a fatal collision between a cyclist and a dump truck driver. On June 1, Brian Hughes was riding south on St. Andrews Avenue when he collided with a northbound dump truck near Second Street, killing ...
  
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• Last Council meeting before summer break today @ 6PM. See you there or follow online @ cnv.org/CouncilMeetings… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-07-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
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• Sentencing hearing continues for three youths in Luka Gordic slaying

  24-07-2018 01:27 via vancouversun.com
  Two of the young men who were convicted in the swarming attack that killed Luka Gordic in Whistler should spend between four and six years behind bars, a prosecutor said Monday.
  In October, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Terence Schultes found the accused, who cannot be identified because they were under the age of 17 at the time, guilty of manslaughter in connection with the May 2015 fatal stabbing of the Burnaby teen.
  A third young man, who also cannot be named due to a publication ban, was found
  
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• 'Threads of circumstantial evidence' convicted man in 1992 murder

  24-07-2018 01:19 via vancouversun.com
  First in a five-part series
  Duray Bentley Richards feared police “would stoop to anything” to keep his first-degree murder conviction from returning to court, government records dating back to April 2002 show.
  By that time, the inmate of Bowden Institution in Alberta was a decade through his life sentence for the brutal 1992 murder of 21-year-old Carrie Louise Marshall in Creston, B.C., and he had formally applied to access records from his case for the purpose of a late appeal
  
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• We’re recruiting for a regular full-time Clerk - Court Documentation. Click here to apply: ow.ly/SR3330l5p3M

  24-07-2018 01:02 via twitter.com
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• Hoo boy... it's going to be a hot week! Remember, we're in Stage 1 watering restrictions. Does your home have an od… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-07-2018 00:59 via twitter.com
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• Obituary: Martin Collacott was first Canadian ambassador to Cambodia after genocide and war

  24-07-2018 00:26 via vancouversun.com
  Canada lost one of its great diplomats when Martin Collacott died peacefully at Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock on July 18, a former colleague says.
  “He was one of those great journeyman foreign service officers,” said Gordon Longmuir, who replaced Collacott as ambassador to Cambodia in 1995. “He was a brilliant analyst, did his homework, very engaging, humourous guy who worked very, very hard at whatever he did.
  “Martin had so many dear friends, just a great all-around
  
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