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• Whalley's all-stars off to Williamsport after winning Little League Canadian championships

  11-08-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Mercy, mercy, Team B.C. is off to Pennsylvania.
  The Whalley Little League Major Allstars put a four-inning, 11-0 mercy-rule whipping on Glace Bay N.S. at the Little League Canadian championship on Saturday morning in Mirabel, Que.
  The win gave the Surrey-based squad the Canadian crown and a berth in the Little League World Series in Pennsylvania with their first game scheduled for Friday, Aug. 17 against Panama in Williamsport, Pa.
  WORLD SERIES BOUNDWhalley, BC defeats Glace Bay, NS 11
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Heat warning and air quality advisory lifted

  11-08-2018 22:37 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Environment Canada has lifted the heat warning, as temperatures cooled down Saturday. A poor air quality advisory was in effect early Saturday because of smoke from the Surrey barge fire but that has also been rescinded. Metro Vancouver said in a statement that the air quality had improved because of clean marine air pushing smoke out of the region.
  On Saturday, the weather is expected to be cloudy, with a chance of showers and possible thunderstorms in the afternoon and
  
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• Police identify victim of Vancouver road rage shooting as Willis Charles Hunt

  11-08-2018 22:23 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police have identified the victim of a suspected road rage shooting early Friday as 33-year-old Willis Charles Hunt of Vancouver.
  Shortly after 1:30 a.m., the VPD received a call about a man shot near Bridgeway Street, which runs beneath the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge off-ramp. A short time later police found Hunt suffering from gunshot wounds. He could not be saved and died.
  A 32-year-old woman believed to be in the same vehicle as Hunt suffered minor injuries and was treated at hos
  
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• B.C. Wildfires 2018: Evacuation orders expanded in Cariboo region

  11-08-2018 20:51 via vancouversun.com
  Evacuation orders were expanded on Saturday, while some highways and provincial parks closed, as 489 wildfires burn across the province.
  Of those, 39 are considered wildfires of note, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service.
  The Cariboo Regional District on Saturday expanded an evacuation order for 901 properties in Tsacha Lake area, and a reception centre has been set up for evacuees in Prince George.
  #Evacuation Order expanded by @CaribooRD due to #BCwildfire https://t.co/cflhZqFG6a
  — Eme
  
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• Something for all ages at today's #ShippedFestival noon to 10pm. Live bands and DJ’s, roving entertainers, food tru… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-08-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Something for all ages at today's #ShippedFestival noon to 10pm. Live bands and DJ’s, roving entertainers, food tru… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Metro Vancouver's best burger: And the winner is …

  11-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s a universal fact that most people love burgers. But Metro Vancouverites, well, it turns out we’re downright passionate about them.
  When we asked our readers to tell us where to find the best burger in and around the city, we were overwhelmed with responses.
  Some people pointed to Hawksworth, while others cast votes for Monarch Burger on Main. But it was Uli’s beside the beach in White Rock that was the runaway winner. By a long shot.
  “Best burger I’ve
  
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• Makeup and hair trends: Try this look for a fresh, modern bride

  11-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Wedding season is in full swing and our 2018 brides are looking more beautiful than ever.  It’s been a year of effortless, romantic and sophisticated bridal beauty.
  Here’s a look I created for a recent bride, Trisha, showcasing one of this season’s most requested bridal trends.  It’s fresh and modern, and offers a timeless feel.The chignon:  The chignon in one of the most requested bridal styles of all time.  It’s a classic upstyle that is tradit
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Heat warning lifted, but air advisory in effect

  11-08-2018 18:55 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Environment Canada has lifted the heat warning, as temperatures cooled down Saturday. However, a poor air quality advisory is in effect for Metro Vancouver because of the smoky skies from a barge fire in Surrey on Friday and from several wildfires.
  The agency says high concentrations of fine particulate matter were in the air from the barge fire, and possibly from a wildfire in West Vancouver, and wildfires burning in California, Oregon and Washington. Health of
  
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• Whalley's allstars off to Williamsport after winning Little League Canadian championships

  11-08-2018 18:53 via vancouversun.com
  Team B.C. has won the Little League Canadian championships, and will now get a shot at the Little League World Series in Pennsylvania.
  Surrey’s Whalley Little League Major Allstars beat Glace Bay N.S. 11-0, as the championships wrapped up Saturday in Quebec.
  The Canadian title moves Whalley into second spot all-time with six national Little League championships.
  British Columbia has won the Canadian title 26 times since the national championship began in 1958, and Whalley has won five
  
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• Today. We bring you.....SHIPPED. ⚓️🎼🎤 #NorthVan https://t.co/4wbCrK58d8

  11-08-2018 18:24 via twitter.com
  
  Today.We bring you.....SHIPPED. ⚓️🎼🎤 #NorthVan https://t.co/4wbCrK58d8
  
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• Vancouver, Burnaby, and North Vancouver have majority of Top 10 crash intersections in Lower Mainland - Straight.com

  11-08-2018 18:12
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  Vancouver, Burnaby, and North Vancouver have majority of Top 10 crash intersections in Lower Mainland
  Straight.com
  This week, I wrote a column questioning whether ICBC is discriminating against newcomers to B.C. with a plan to ding them with higher insurance rates for three years. RELATED STORIES. A B.C. NDP government revisits targeting newcomers to the province, ...
  
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• This #ShippedFestival site map will come in handy today. Tons of music and fun happening at the Shipyards TODAY noo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-08-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  This #ShippedFestival site map will come in handy today. Tons of music and fun happening at the Shipyards TODAY noo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Douglas Todd: B.C. economist in grim battle against deceptive scholarship

  11-08-2018 17:25 via vancouversun.com
  We’ve all heard about fake news. Now we have deceptive scholarship.
  A determined B.C. economics professor has journeyed into the heart of a dark world where academics seeking to advance their careers have had hundreds of thousands of their articles published for a fee in journals that either deserve suspicion or are outright phoney.
  In academia, where the admonition to “publish or perish” is not an empty threat, it is often difficult for scholars to have their research publishe
  
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• This Week in History: 1931: Vancouver becomes Canada's third-largest city

  11-08-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Civic boosters often predicted Vancouver would become western Canada’s biggest city after it was incorporated in 1886. But it took awhile for the population to catch up to the hype.
  It finally happened on Aug. 13, 1931, when Vancouver passed Winnipeg to become the third-largest city in Canada.
  According to that year’s federal census, Vancouver’s population was 245,307, while Winnipeg’s was 217,687.
  In the 1921 census, Vancouver’s population was 163,220, which meant
  
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• Sold (Bought): Langley townhome fetches more than listed price

  11-08-2018 15:41 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  Amenities at this Langley townhome include an outdoor swimming pool, a hot tub, gym and a club house.
  64 – 20875 80 Avenue, Langley
  Type: Four-bedroom, three-bathroom townhouse
  Size: 1,582 sq.ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $485,000
  Listed for: $599,888
  Sold for: $605,000
  Sold on: May 14
  Days on market: Seven
  Listing agent: Mike Giesbrecht at Royal LePage Sussex
  Buyers agent: Atul Bhardwaj at Team 3000 Realty
  The big sell:
  
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• At Coquitlam’s Dwell24, it’s all in the details

  11-08-2018 15:27 via vancouversun.com
  Discerning buyers in B.C.’s Lower Mainland often look for something out of the ordinary in a new home. With the quality of the units on offer at Dwell24 – a new townhouse development in Coquitlam – Epix Developments and the Circadian Group are aiming to deliver just that.
  Epix Developments has a business model that is different from many developers. Derek DiMartile, the company’s president, likes to work with independent builders and in the case of Dwell24, Tony Russo of
  
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• The Home Front: How postal codes can reflect our design preferences

  11-08-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  South Surrey residence built by Square One Homes.
  Where you live doesn’t always reflect who you are, but there’s a good chance there’s some consistent interior design trends happening in your neighbourhood, says Kendall Ansell, of Kendall Ansell Interiors, who recently expanded her Vancouver Burnaby practice to include an office in Surrey.
  “We’ve made more of a commitment to going to the South Surrey, Surrey, White Rock area, just based on the amount of need in the
  
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• Terry Moist and Leslie Welin: Effective models of social health should be supported

  11-08-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  When looking for a model for improving social health, the B.C. Integrated Youth Services Initiative: The Foundry is a terrific place to start.
  Thirteen B.C. communities have Foundry centres, serving youth aged 12 to 24 with an array of health and wellness services. It’s a new approach for the provincial government and 100-plus community partners with a stake in the initiative, building on the concept of a “one-stop shop” to provide health services, social workers, counselling,
  
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• Marigold: Saanich Peninsula location 'an opportunity to do something really special'

  11-08-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Marigold Lands, a $138 million project to build 250 homes on former nursery land on the Saanich Peninsula, had an improbable start, by developer Tim Hackett’s account.
  “I went to the (former) Marigold Nursery to buy some African daisies for my wife,” says Hackett, “and I came back with the daisies and the (eight-acre) nursery.”
  While there, he fell into a conversation with Ray Smith, the nursery’s owner, who had supplied plants to Hackett’s previous hous
  
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• Goretti Guibault and Brian Cochrane: Community Benefits Agreements needed to fix 16 years of mishandling apprenticeships and training

  11-08-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Much has been written recently about whether British Columbia’s new Community Benefits Agreements process for major public construction projects are a good thing.
  But what hasn’t been much discussed is why. Community Benefits Agreements are needed. It’s pretty simple: Because apprenticeship training was mishandled for 16 years in B.C. and the number of skilled workers being trained dramatically deteriorated.
  The facts prove it.
  Statistics Canada found that in 2016 B.C. had
  
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• Big hair, power houses and Miss Fruit and Vegetables: Dick Oulton's photo legacy

  11-08-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Dick Oulton did a little bit of everything to pay the bills.
  “He was a working commercial photographer,” said Diane Evans, of the Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver. “He did whatever came in the door.”
  He did, whether it was taking beauty shots of aspiring models, architectural photos of restaurant interiors or shots of big watermelons at the B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association annual convention.
  In 1953 he photographed the construction of the Kemano generating station
  
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• Douglas Todd: B.C. economist locked in grim battle against deceptive scholarship

  11-08-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  We’ve all heard about fake news. Now we have deceptive scholarship.
  A determined B.C. economics professor has journeyed into the heart of a dark world where academics seeking to advance their careers have had hundreds of thousands of their articles published for a fee in journals that either deserve suspicion or are outright phoney.
  In academia, where the admonition to “publish or perish” is not an empty threat, it is often difficult for scholars to have their research publishe
  
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• Food grows where North Shore industry used to thrive - Vancouver Sun

  11-08-2018 09:00
  Food grows where North Shore industry used to thrive  Vancouver SunBig Pete has seen a lot of change on Lower Lonsdale in the 28 years he's run his comic book emporium between First and Second streets in the city of North ...
  
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• Three-year agreement for thousands of B.C. government workers

  11-08-2018 08:23 via vancouversun.com
  Thousands of British Columbia public service workers have ratified a three-year contract agreement giving them an annual two-per-cent wage increase.
  The agreement covers workers who provide social, environmental and public safety services, as well as Liquor Distribution Branch employees and some of those who work at the B.C. Pension Corp.
  The deal covers 26,500 workers and includes additional funds to help staffing shortages for child-protection workers, deputy sheriffs and corrections officers.
  
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• Vancouver Jazz Fest founder Ken Pickering dies after cancer battle

  11-08-2018 07:53 via vancouversun.com
  Ken Pickering, the co-founder and longtime artistic director of the renowned Vancouver International Jazz Festival, has died.
  His partner Christine Medina broke the news on Facebook, saying Pickering had stopped cancer treatments recently and passed away peacefully Friday morning.
  “I lost the love of my life, my soulmate, my everything, my dear sweet Ken in the early hours of this morning,” Medina wrote.
  “Sadly the cancer had spread to the point where treatment was no longer po
  
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• Letters: Reporter's story on flight with Horgan exposed human side of leader

  11-08-2018 04:18 via vancouversun.com
  Re: My unexpected seven-hour chat with the premier of B.C., Larry Pynn column, Aug. 8
  I would like to thank you for your article on John Horgan by Larry Pynn. I have voted Liberal and NDP in the past. I enjoyed Mr. Pynn’s point of view and it gave readers a non-political, human side to Mr. Horgan. Keep up the good work to you both.
  Fritz Dengler, Richmond
  Choice of beer raises questions of loyalty 
  Shame on Horgan and Pynn for drinking an American craft beer (Goose Island IPA from Chi
  
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• Baths in action: 22 years later, Bathtub Race returns to Vancouver

  11-08-2018 04:12 via vancouversun.com
  It has been 22 years since the bathtubs washed up on Kitsilano Beach and on Saturday they’ll make their triumphal return.
  Each summer from 1967 to 1996, competitors in the historic Bathtub Race would cross the Strait of Georgia from Nanaimo to Vancouver, a gruelling journey through choppy waters that left racers with backaches and wobbly legs. Saturday, after approval by the Vancouver park board, the historic race (and all the aches) comes back, at least to Kitsilano.
  Organizers
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Police say gang arrests will reduce violence

  11-08-2018 03:53 via vancouversun.com
  At a news conference Friday, police announced the results of the major gang investigation started last year and reported on in today’s newspaper.
  Here’s my latest story:Metro Vancouver cops send ‘strong message’ with
  Project Territory gang roundup
  Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said the arrest of 14 gangsters linked to the Red Scorpions and the Kang group “sends a very strong message” to those caught up in organized crime in B.C.
  Farnworth praised the w
  
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• B.C. judge OK's Burnaby call to tear down 'Camp Cloud' pipeline protest site

  11-08-2018 03:15 via vancouversun.com
  A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has granted the city of Burnaby an injunction to force pipeline protesters to take down their camp outside a Kinder Morgan terminal.
  Justice Geoffrey Gomery said all structures, shelters and vehicles must be removed from the site known as Camp Cloud within 48 hours of the order issued on Friday afternoon. He also ordered that a sacred fire burning under very dry conditions and near a Shell aviation fuel tank farm must be extinguished.
  However, peaceful
  
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• Editorial: You won't pay less for auto insurance, but system is fairer

  11-08-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government’s restructuring of auto insurance rates charged by the Insurance Corp. of B.C. modernizes a system that has been in place for 30 years, but drivers shouldn’t be under any illusion that they will be paying any less than they are today.
  The move to a “driver-based model”, as Attorney-General David Eby called it at a news conference this week, shifts responsibility for at-fault crashes from the owner to the operator of a vehicle. Under the existing model,
  
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• Dan George: Court case threatens Indigenous benefits

  11-08-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  First Nations’ successes in more than 200 court cases across Canada have established, defined or expanded our title and rights when it comes to resource development on our unceded territories.
  They have, for one thing, established our right to consultation and accommodation. The parameters of consultation and accommodation, the concept of “free, prior and informed consent” from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will continue to evolve through th
  
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• 'Reality has not set in yet': Family recounts losing home in Telegraph Creek fire

  11-08-2018 02:05 via vancouversun.com
  On her drive home from her parents’ place with her kids in the car on the night of Aug. 1, Heidi Hebb saw a large plume of smoke above her property in the distance, prompting her to immediately turn the car around and alert fire officials.
  “That’s where it all started,” she said. “It was such a small fire to begin with, but it was so close to our house.”
  The next morning, the family was home, loading as much as they could into three vehicles and a trailer with
  
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• B.C. judge OK's Burnaby move to tear down 'Camp Cloud' pipeline protest site

  11-08-2018 01:49 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted the City of Burnaby an injunction forcing pipeline protesters to leave their camp outside a Kinder Morgan terminal.
  Justice Geoffrey Gomery says all structures, shelters and vehicles must be removed from the site known as Camp Cloud within 48 hours of an order being issued, which could occur as early as today.
  The judge also ordered that a sacred fire burning under very dry conditions and near several fuel tank farms must be extinguished.
  However, the judge
  
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• Metro Vancouver cops send 'strong message' with Project Territory gang roundup

  11-08-2018 01:42 via vancouversun.com
  Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said the arrest of 14 gangsters linked to the Red Scorpions and the Kang group “sends a very strong message” to those caught up in organized crime in B.C.
  Farnworth praised the work of the Vancouver Police Department and other agencies Friday after 92 charges were laid against the gangsters, including participating in a criminal organization, drug trafficking, conspiracy and possession of firearms and even explosives.
  “This sends a very str
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Director, Community Services Department. Click here to apply. ow.ly/Rpm730lmsmu

  11-08-2018 01:38 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a regular full-time Director, Community Services Department. Click here to apply. ow.ly/Rpm730lmsmu
  
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• Fridays = #ShipyardsNightMarket 5-10pm. Yeah! Food trucks, fun & entertainment. See you there. #NorthVan https://t.co/r0MD4SdDuX

  11-08-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  
  Fridays = #ShipyardsNightMarket 5-10pm. Yeah! Food trucks, fun & entertainment. See you there. #NorthVan https://t.co/r0MD4SdDuX
  
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• Cheap and abusive bosses need to adapt to a new B.C. economy

  11-08-2018 01:09 via vancouversun.com
  If you expect a long line of eager prospective employees to show up for your minimum wage job posting, it might be time to rethink your business model and your attitude.
  When labour is in short supply, it should create upward pressure on wages, but B.C. businesses don’t seem to be getting the message, says Mark Thompson, a professor emeritus at UBC’s Sauder School of Business.
  “People will take low-skill jobs if you pay them enough, but you have to make it worth their whil
  
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• Food grows where North Shore industry used to thrive

  11-08-2018 00:34 via vancouversun.com
  Big Pete has seen a lot of change on Lower Lonsdale in the 28 years he’s run his comic book emporium between First and Second streets in the city of North Vancouver.
  The latest change in the fast-forward development taking place on the former industrial and shipping neighbourhood now known as The Shipyards is sidewalk garden boxes, urban micro-plots growing food for passersby and the food bank.
  “The development here is good, absolutely good,” Pete Turcotte, owner of
  
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• Ailing orca successfully dosed with antibiotics in emergency bid to save her life

  11-08-2018 00:21 via vancouversun.com
  An international team of experts has successfully administered antibiotics to ailing young orca J50 in an emergency effort to save her life, an apparent first for an orca in the wild.
  Three-and-a-half-year-old “Scarlet” is underweight and suffers from periods of lethargy.
  “Having not laid eyes on her personally before, it was dramatic how thin she is,” said Dr. Marty Haulena, the Vancouver Aquarium’s head veterinarian. “She has been thin for a while, so t
  
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• B.C. judge to rule on Burnaby's injunction filed against 'Camp Cloud' protest site today

  11-08-2018 00:10 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. Supreme Court judge says he will make a decision this afternoon about whether to grant the City of Burnaby an injunction to remove a pipeline protest camp outside one of Kinder Morgan’s terminals.
  The city has said the camp, known as Camp Cloud, poses a fire hazard and there are safety concerns that include a sacred fire that burns around-the-clock, a two-storey wooden structure and makeshift shower facilities.
  Burnaby lawyer Gregory McDade told the judge that while the city support
  
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