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  25-07-2018 23:56 via twitter.com
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• TransLink to extend service hours for Celebration of Light on July 28, Aug. 1 and 4

  25-07-2018 23:52 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink will increase the frequency of its buses and trains and extend service hours for the Celebration of Light.
  The modified service will be in effect on July 28, Aug. 1 and 4. On those evenings, riders are reminded that bikes are not allowed on SkyTrains after 10 p.m. until crowds have cleared, while some train stations will also have modified access to manage crowd flow.
  Besides transportation, here’s everything else you should know about watching the Celebration of Light.
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• Victim's family still feeling pain of 25-year-old murder

  25-07-2018 23:38 via vancouversun.com
  Third in a five-part series
  In Fairy Marshall’s experience, time doesn’t heal the kind of wound a parent suffers when their child is murdered. In her words: “You only learn to live with it.”
  Marshall’s daughter Carrie was killed at age 21, her body found off a logging road outside Creston, B.C., in December 1992.
  “She was a warm, loving person with a four-and-a-half-year-old son … (she) was stalked, abducted, brutally murdered and dumped on a mount
  
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• Vancouver Island man facing 70 charges for threatening and indecent calls

  25-07-2018 23:35 via vancouversun.com
  A Qualicum Beach man is facing 70 charges related to multiple threatening, harassing, and indecent phone and video calls made to women across British Columbia.
  The RCMP says the calls, which occurred between November 2017 and April 2018, targeted mostly woman living in the Lower Mainland.
  Police say they made an arrest on May 16 following “complex and technical investigation.”
  On July 17, Crown Counsel approved 70 charges against 33-year-old Joel Perry, including:
  • 31 counts of
  
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• Second ballot needed in vote for chief of Assembly of First Nations

  25-07-2018 23:17 via vancouversun.com
  None of the five candidates for the position of chief of the Assembly of First Nations won the 60 per cent of votes needed for a victory, so there will be a second ballot Wednesday at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
  One-term incumbent Perry Bellegarde, a former chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Chiefs, won 53 per cent of the votes, well ahead of the other candidates, but it was not enough for a first-win ballot.
  Of the 548 chiefs or their proxies registered to vote, 538 did so on Wednesda
  
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• Roadwork alert! Expect delays 100-300 Block W. 17th St as crews work on road surface repairs.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-07-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  Roadwork alert! Expect delays 100-300 Block W. 17th St as crews work on road surface repairs.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: Vancouver launches Zero Emissions Buildings Exchange

  25-07-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Vancouver has launched a zero-emissions building support network that the local construction industry says is essential to help them meet Vancouver’s ambitious clean-building targets.
  The city and its partners launched the Zero Emissions Buildings Exchange, or ZEBx, during an event at the Segal Centre on July 18.
  The centre will occupy an office at The Hive co-working space in Gastown and will also include a website. It aims to increase knowledge, interest and capacity for effe
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland, July 27-Aug. 2: Celebration of Light, Centre of Gravity and more

  25-07-2018 22:59 via vancouversun.com
  Honda Celebration of Light
  When: July 28, Aug. 1, Aug. 4, from 2 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
  Where: English Bay and surrounding area
  Tickets and info: hondacelebrationoflight.com
  It’s an annual tradition that draws more than 100,000 people to the downtown core to take in music, food and fireworks from some of the finest pryotechnicians on the planet. Each year, viewers are exposed to different countries’ ways of approaching things that go up, go boom and make us go “ahhhhh, oooohhh.&rdq
  
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• Miscarriage of justice? Duray Richards' reputation for violence against women preceded him

  25-07-2018 22:44 via vancouversun.com
  Second in a five-part series
  Duray Bentley Richards had a bad reputation.
  By the time he was picked up in 1992 for the murder of Carrie Louise Marshall in Creston, B.C., Richards had already been arrested, charged and convicted several times in connection with violent crimes against women in Calgary, and police in that city perceived him to be a possible “serial killer,” in the words of his legal advocates.
  Marshall was still a missing person when Mounties first arrested Richard
  
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• Come have lunch with us tomorrow. We'll have live music with @TheLiamSturgess, lots of shady places to chill + gian… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-07-2018 22:40 via twitter.com
  Come have lunch with us tomorrow. We'll have live music with @TheLiamSturgess, lots of shady places to chill + gian… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• $237-million iconic aquatic and recreation centre approved for North Vancouver (RENDERINGS) - Daily Hive

  25-07-2018 22:01
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  $237-million iconic aquatic and recreation centre approved for North Vancouver (RENDERINGS)
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  Earlier this week, the City of North Vancouver approved a new landmark aquatic and recreational centre that will effectively replace the existing Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre (HJCRC). The $237-million project, largely funded by a single ...
  
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• RCMP identify body found off highway near Merritt

  25-07-2018 21:49 via vancouversun.com
  The RCMP have identified the body of woman discovered Sunday beside the Coquihalla Highway, south of Merritt.
  The remains, which were found by a motorist who was stretching his legs during a lengthy accident-caused highway closure, have been identified as those of a 27-year-old First Nations woman from the Northwest Territories, who had connections in the South Okanagan.
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  Woman found dead along Coquihalla Highway near Merritt
  Her name was not being released until relative are no
  
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• Vancouver water parks, outdoor pools open longer during heat wave

  25-07-2018 21:41 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver park board says it will extend the hours of several outdoor pools and water parks during the heat wave to help people cool off.
  Second Beach, New Brighton, Maple Grove and Hillcrest outdoor pools will open an hour earlier at 9 a.m. Kitsilano Pool opens at 7 a.m.
  The park board says 14 water parks will also be open longer from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Normally the water parks operate daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  Last year, all water parks were modified to push-button operations to conserve
  
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• B.C. property buyers must give more details in measure aimed at tax evasion

  25-07-2018 21:37 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is closing a loophole in an effort to avoid tax evasion in real estate.
  It says buyers, including real estate speculators, will have to disclose more complete information when they purchase a property through a corporation or trust.
  Starting Sept. 17, the new property transfer tax will require people to report additional information, including their name, citizenship and social insurance number, if they purchase through a corporation or trust.
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• Bolt cutters used to steal poodle from Vancouver SPCA shelter

  25-07-2018 21:09 via vancouversun.com
  Mickey the poodle has been dognapped.
  The B.C. SPCA says the teacup poodle was stolen from its Vancouver shelter sometime on Tuesday night.
  Someone used bolt cutters to rip through the outer gate of the facility and then again through the kennel door to swipe the tiny dog.
  Lorie Chortyk, general manager of community relations for the B.C. SPCA, says Mickey was one of six teacup poodles that the SPCA took in on July 14 after receiving a complaint about their well-being.
  She says Mickey, who
  
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• Restaurant review: Insanely fresh fish, bold flavours trump missteps at Tofino's Wolf in the Fog

  25-07-2018 20:57 via vancouversun.com
  Wolf in the Fog
  Where: 150 Fourth St., Tofino
  Open: Daily, 10 a.m. to midnight
  Info: 250-725-9653, wolfinthefog.com”I’ve seen wolves up here. The first time, I saw one walking into town on a foggy night, walking parallel with me down the street.”
  For chef Nick Nutting, that embodies Tofino’s allure. So guess what he named his restaurant. I’m sure you’ve heard of Wolf in the Fog; accolades flowed in soon after opening in 2014, including top spot
  
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• Andrew Gage: Taxpayers, future generations need a law to hold fossil-fuel polluters accountable

  25-07-2018 20:20 via vancouversun.com
  In 1997, facing mounting health-care costs from cigarette-related death and illness, B.C. did something unexpected. It became the first Canadian province to enact a Tobacco Damages Recovery Act, setting the rules for lawsuits against Big Tobacco to recover health-care dollars. Instead of continuing to pass on cigarette-related, health-care costs to taxpayers, the provincial government took action to hold international tobacco companies accountable.
  Fast-forward to 2018. Thanks to a thickening bl
  
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• Ammonia leak at Fernie ice rink linked to aging equipment: report

  25-07-2018 20:17 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A report by an organization that oversees the safe installation of technical equipment in British Columbia pinpoints aging equipment and a decision to continue its operation for an ammonia leak at an ice rink in Fernie that killed three workers last year.
  Jeff Coleman, the director of risk and safety knowledge for Technical Safety BC, says ammonia was used to chill liquid at the Fernie Memorial Arena and traces of the gas were found in the liquid as early as the summer of 2017.
  
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• Popular North Vancouver ice cream parlour announces new location - Daily Hive

  25-07-2018 20:05
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  Popular North Vancouver ice cream parlour announces new location
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  North Vancouver's Welcome Parlour has announced they are opening a new location in 2019. The 277 East 8th Street sweet spot first opened last spring and it quickly gained popularity for its mix and match natural ice cream scoops in take-home pints.
  
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• New endangered southern resident killer whale dies soon after birth off Victoria

  25-07-2018 20:01 via vancouversun.com
  SEATTLE — A new orca has died soon after being born to the endangered killer whales that frequent the coastal waters of B.C. and Washington state.
  Ken Balcomb with the Center for Whale Research says the dead calf was seen Tuesday being pushed to the surface by her mother just a half hour after it was spotted alive in waters off the coast of Victoria.
  Balcomb says the mother was observed propping the newborn on her forehead and trying to keep it near the surface of the water.
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• Art installation lets you change the lights on Science World

  25-07-2018 20:01 via vancouversun.com
  Fans of the orb at False Creek that lets you change the lights on Science World will get another chance to use it this summer.
  Tangible Interaction and Science World are bringing back OH!, a free interactive art installation that allows participants to control the lights at night on the iconic dome.
  The installation opens at 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 3., and runs every Friday that month except Aug. 31.
  A free interactive art installation will allow participants to control Vancouver’s night skyline
  
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• The It List: Ikea Eneby Speaker

  25-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The product: Ikea Eneby Speaker
  Why we love it: Good speakers at a decent price can be tricky to find. Especially if you’re looking for somethings that’s not … well, hideous.
  This new speaker from Ikea boasts some seriously decent sound quality (especially given the less than $100 price tag), plus, it’s chic enough that you won’t mind leaving it out on display in your home.
  Available in two colours (black and grey) and two sizes (20 inches by 20 inches and 30
  
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• Restaurant review: Insanely fresh fish, bold flavours trump mis-steps at Tofino's Wolf in the Fog

  25-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Wolf in the Fog
  Where: 150 Fourth Street, Tofino, 
  Open: Daily, 10 a.m. to midnight;
  Info: 250-725-9653, wolfinthefog.com”I’ve seen wolves up here. The first time, I saw one walking into town on a foggy night, walking parallel with me down the street.”
  For chef Nick Nutting, that embodies Tofino’s allure. So guess what he named his restaurant. I’m sure you’ve heard of Wolf in the Fog; accolades came knocking soon after opening in 2014 inclu
  
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• Kasey Wilson: Beat the heat with dessert for dinner

  25-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Our recent heat wave brought to mind a summer supper I put together for my son and daughter when they were ages 8 and 6. I was low on energy and their dad was out of town, so I decided to surprise them with ice cream, sherbet, ice cold watermelon wedges and fresh cherries for dinner.
  I wish I’d had a camera to capture the expressions of shock and delight on their faces.
  “I’ll never forget walking into the kitchen and seeing dessert on the table as a main course,” says my
  
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• Classical music: Early Music Vancouver celebrates Bach with diverse festival

  25-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Bach Festival 2018
  When: July 30 to Aug. 10
  Where: Christ Church Cathedral and Chan Centre
  Tickets and info: from $18, earlymusic.bc.caEarly Music Vancouver’s big summer project is its third Bach Festival, which fills the late July, early August days and nights with an increasingly diverse assortment of works.
  No group has done more to establish a beachhead in the authentic instruments/informed performances turf than Early Music Vancouver. Yet, artistic director Matthew Whit
  
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• Beauty Bar: Kat Von D 10th Anniversary Eyeshadow Palette

  25-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A new eyeshadow palette from the makeup brand by tattoo artist Kat Von D. This colourful release is part of the line’s limited-edition 10th Anniversary Eyeshadow Palette.
  The collection, which includes lipsticks, brush kits, highlighter and more, is an extra glam offering thanks to gilded packaging.
  This particular palette includes 16 “bold, blendable shades” ranging from chocolate brown and peachy orange, to mustard yellow and cobalt blue. Each shade is inspir
  
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• B.C. government closes in on real estate tax evaders

  25-07-2018 20:00
  
  New property transfer tax form for buyers using corporation or trust will ask more probing questions
  
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• We're recruiting for auxiliary Labourer 1s. Click here to apply. ow.ly/jaoL30l7mrF

  25-07-2018 19:46 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for auxiliary Labourer 1s.Click here to apply. ow.ly/jaoL30l7mrF
  
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• It’s official. Construction on our new Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre starts in 2020, completion in ‘23.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-07-2018 18:55 via twitter.com
  It’s official.Construction on our new Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre starts in 2020, completion in ‘23.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver council OKs 400-foot tower that partially blocks North Shore views

  25-07-2018 18:19
  
  Vancouver council allows infringement on designated view cones, but requires entire tower to be 'secured market rental housing'
  
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• Huge Squamish mixed-use development takes next step

  25-07-2018 17:01
  
  Residential-commercial project on Squamish Nation land with 1,215 homes and landslide barrier passes third reading at council
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you agree with Vancouver's decision to allow towers that block views?

  25-07-2018 16:42 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver city council has approved a new rental-only tower that will block part of a long-protected view of the North Shore from the slopes that descend down to the south shore of False Creek. Critics argue that it is important to preserve Vancouver’s view corridors, while those in favour say Vancouver has a desperate need for rental housing and towers are the way to solve the problem.
  Read Patrick Johnston’s story here.
  What do you think? Does Vancouver need to do a better job of p
  
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• Fernie ice rink ammonia deaths report released today

  25-07-2018 15:44 via vancouversun.com
  The public will learn more today about three deaths from an ammonia leak last year at an ice rink in southeastern B.C.
  Technical Safety B.C. will hold a news conference in Vancouver at 10 a.m. to present its findings into the ammonia release at the Fernie Memorial Arena on October 17.
  The agency says it will provide an overview of the incident, the scope of the investigation, and key findings regarding contributing factors, as well as recommendations to prevent similar incidents from happening a
  
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• Style in the City: Clinton Chan

  25-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Meet stylish Vancouverite, Clinton Chan.
  Name: Clinton Chan
  Occupation: Engineer
  Personal style in one word: Eclectic
  Social media: Instagram @clintclifestyle
  Love Clinton’s look? Here are a few items to help you recreate the outfit for yourself.The watch
  A chic watch like the one Clinton sports above is a timeless addition to any man’s wardrobe. This Longines Men’s Record Watch boasts classic style details such as a clean face, elegant bracelet and an easy-to-read display &mda
  
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• Letters: Feds should buy Greyhound as they did with pipeline

  25-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  The sad and disgraceful news that Greyhound will be ceasing operations in Western Canada at the end of October this year will mean hardship and inconvenience for people in the Interior, especially seniors and those unable to drive to medical appointments or other important engagements. Why don’t the western premiers pressure the Trudeau government to buy the bus line and run it just like they did with Kinder Morgan when it suited them.
  Richard Welch, Langley
  Vision Vancouver suffocati
  
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• Family-friendly Squamish music festival spreads love with yoga, First Nations teachings and bass

  25-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Blessed Coast
  When: July 27-30
  Where: Cheekye Ranch, Squamish
  Tickets: day pass/$80 full weekend w/ camping/$275 at blessedcoast.tickit.ca
  Now in its third year, Blessed Coast mixes First Nations teachings, yoga and martial arts, and bass — lots and lots of bass.
  “It’s a unique gathering in how we’ve incorporated Indigenous teachings and a full schedule of workshops,” founder Kala Siddha said.
  Officially established in 2015, the festival began as a casual gathe
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Heat wave continues, highs of 31 C inland

  25-07-2018 14:57 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – It’s going to be another toasty one, Metro Vancouver. Environment Canada is forecasting highs of 31 C inland, and 26 C closer to the water. A heat warning remains in effect, as a prolonged stretch of of well above normal temperatures continues on the South Coast. Environment Canada said Wednesday that the period of hot weather is expected to persist into early next week.
  Health officials are reminding people to take precautions to protect themselves from the heat, i
  
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• Eight sent to hospital as North Vancouver seniors home burns

  25-07-2018 06:46 via vancouversun.com
  A fire has heavily damaged a seniors home in North Vancouver, leaving dozens homeless for the time being.
  Firefighters from across the North Shore were at the Lions Manor Seniors’ Home in Deep Cove for much of Tuesday afternoon, battling a blaze that caused part of the roof to collapse and left fire and water damage elsewhere.
  Deputy Fire Chief Wayne Kennedy from the District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services said the fire started just before 1 p.m. and eight hours later, th
  
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• Eight sent to hospital as North Vancouver seniors home burns - Vancouver Sun

  25-07-2018 06:44
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  Eight sent to hospital as North Vancouver seniors home burns
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  A fire has heavily damaged a seniors home in North Vancouver, leaving dozens homeless for the time being. Firefighters from across the North Shore were at the Lions Manor Seniors' Home in Deep Cove for much of Tuesday afternoon, battling a blaze that ...
  Fire tears through seniors' home in North VancouverCTV News
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• Vancouver council votes to hike development-related fees

  25-07-2018 05:12 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver city council voted Tuesday to endorse a staff recommendation to significantly hike the fees they charge for rezoning, development and building permits.
  Staff have said the costs to process permit applications have not been recovered by fees. In essence, work that developers should be paying for was being paid for by taxpayers, Coun. Raymond Louie said.
  Louie said after Tuesday’s council meeting there simply was no other alternative, given that construction isn’t s
  
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• Sechelt waterfront project gets final zoning approval

  25-07-2018 04:00
  
  Council passes zoning amendments for The Strand, which was reduced to 20 units
  
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• North Van green-lights $237 million Harry Jerome recreation centre replacement - Vancouver Sun

  25-07-2018 03:26
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  North Van green-lights $237 million Harry Jerome recreation centre replacement
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  The City of North Vancouver has approved a $237-million replacement for the community's aging Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre. The decision came in a split vote and the possibility of scaling it back will probably be a key issue in the fall ...
  
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• North Van green-lights $237 million Harry Jerome recreation centre replacement

  25-07-2018 03:25 via vancouversun.com
  The City of North Vancouver has approved a $237-million replacement for the community’s aging Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre.
  The decision came in a split vote and the possibility of scaling it back will probably be a key issue in the fall municipal election.
  Coun. Rod Clark, one of the project’s supporters, is considering a run for mayor to make the mayoral race a de facto referendum on the project. “Democracy is best served when there is a clear choice, and the
  
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• Vancouver approves tower that will block part of city's protected view of mountains — as long as it's all-rental

  25-07-2018 03:22 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver city council approved a plan Tuesday for a new downtown tower that opponents say will block part of a long-protected view of the North Shore from the slopes that descend down to the south shore of False Creek.
  In an amendment presented just before Tuesday’s final vote, Coun. Raymond Louie from Vision Vancouver called for the tower to be approved only if it is 100 per cent rental housing.
  Vision councillors said they were wary of the original plan for the tower, but Louie’s
  
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• Steven Globerman: Protectionism on the rise as NAFTA talks stall

  25-07-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The contentious (and sometimes very public) NAFTA negotiations between the Trump administration, the Trudeau government and Mexico have likely become more complicated with the election of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (known as AMLO) as the new president of Mexico.
  While AMLO says he wants a successful outcome to the NAFTA talks, he is an outspoken critic of U.S. President Donald Trump. He also has a political history as a populist who, like Trump, believes protecting jobs in industries challenged
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: New model for land management takes shape with northern First Nation

  25-07-2018 02:49 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Back in April, the B.C. government was headed for yet another courtroom showdown in yet another dispute over land and resource use with yet another group of Indigenous people.
  Blueberry River, a First Nation of about 500 people in northeastern B.C., claimed infringement of treaty rights owing to the cumulative impact of timber harvesting, natural gas extraction, roads, pipelines and other development within its traditional territory.
  But then something unusual happened.
  Ins
  
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• Daphne Bramham: It's time to face up to the unavoidable costs of addictions

  25-07-2018 02:24 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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