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• Ian Mulgrew: Injunction-itis in Kinder Morgan debate gives rule of law a black eye

  15-08-2018 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  Once again, with the regularity of clockwork it seems, the B.C. Supreme Court is back at the old game of ordering police to do their job and of insulating politicians from accountability.
  Usually, it’s to remove First Nations from some logging or mining road. This time it is to get rid of Camp Cloud, which was established to oppose the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.
  Last week, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Gomery granted Burnaby an injunction ordering all structures, shelters
  
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• Conference resolutions reflect B.C. municipalities' cannabis concerns

  15-08-2018 23:55 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. municipalities’ preoccupation with cannabis ahead of legalization in October is evident in the more than a dozen resolutions up for consideration at this year’s Union of B.C. Municipalities conference.
  “Legalization of cannabis is going to impact all communities across the province, and some at different levels than others, so communities are uncertain about how and what the impacts will be,” said UBCM president Wendy Booth.
  The federal Cannabis Act, which will legal
  
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• Appeal challenges discharge of Mt. Polley mine effluent to Quesnel Lake

  15-08-2018 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Environmental Appeal Board will hear a challenge of a provincial permit that allows Imperial Metals’ Mt. Polley mine to discharge mine effluent into Quesnel Lake.
  An amended permit was issued by the B.C. Environment Ministry in April of 2017 to allow the discharge of mine waste water that has been treated at a filtering plant as part of a long-term water management plan at the Interior B.C. gold and copper mine.
  The long-term plan is a requirement of the mine operating after a dam
  
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• Burnaby kids escape sleepover for transit adventure using hand-drawn map

  15-08-2018 23:50 via vancouversun.com
  Two Burnaby kids were returned home without harm this week after they slipped out of a sleepover and attempted to go on a transit adventure using a hand-drawn map.
  The incident has prompted Transit Police to share a reminder that if transit users see something unusual, they should report it.
  According to Transit Police, two girls, age 10 and 12, boarded a bus in Burnaby Monday evening just before midnight.
  The driver, Ed Boleak, found it strange and contacted Transit Police, who sent two officer
  
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• A reminder of the dangers firefighters are facing across the province as they battle the #BCWildfires. Be safe out… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-08-2018 23:40 via twitter.com
  A reminder of the dangers firefighters are facing across the province as they battle the #BCWildfires. Be safe out… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• More FREE yoga coming your way tonight on Burrard Dry Docks | 6:30 - 7:30PM. Please bring your own mat! #NorthVan #… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-08-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  More FREE yoga coming your way tonight on Burrard Dry Docks | 6:30 - 7:30PM. Please bring your own mat! #NorthVan #… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Book review: Equestrian Tik Maynard highlights horses, horsemanship in new book

  15-08-2018 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  In the Middle are the Horsemen 
  By Tik Maynard
  Trafalgar Square Books | $24.95 (USD)Tik Maynard found himself at a crossroads.
  After battling a few personal hardships, the then 26-year-old had to make a decision about where he wanted to take his life.
  His final decision, was horses.
  In his first book, In the Middle are the Horsemen, Vancouver-born and raised equestrian Tik Maynard takes riders on a journey that follows him from that pivotal point of deciding where he wanted to go with his l
  
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• Have you lost your cane? Police found this cane today at the intersection of St. Georges & 17 Street, North Vancouv… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-08-2018 22:29 via twitter.com
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• We're restoring important fish and wildlife habitat in #Maplewood Creek Park, and need your help! This Saturday, 10… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-08-2018 21:42 via twitter.com
  We're restoring important fish and wildlife habitat in #Maplewood Creek Park, and need your help! This Saturday, 10… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver council candidate Jean Swanson receives seven-day sentence for Kinder Morgan protest

  15-08-2018 21:22 via vancouversun.com
  City council candidate Jean Swanson and former B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Susan Lambert were among half-a-dozen pipeline opponents who were sentenced today in B.C. Supreme Court to seven days in jail for defying a court imposed injunction at Kinder Morgan’s construction site on June 30.
  Inside a packed courtroom in downtown Vancouver, Swanson and her co-accused took turns speaking of their opposition to the federal government’s recent purchase of the Trans Mountain pip
  
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• Human remains found in Fraser River identified as 23-year-old Chilliwack woman

  15-08-2018 21:21 via vancouversun.com
  Chilliwack RCMP say human remains found in the Fraser River on July 25 have been identified as those of Laura Clark, a 23-year-old Chilliwack woman who was reported missing on Aug. 3.
  Clark was last seen walking near the Agassiz Bridge on the evening of July 15.
  Police want to speak to anyone who may have seen her between July 15 and 25.
  “As part of our investigation police are looking to retrace Ms. Clark’s steps leading up to her disappearance,” says RCMP Cpl. Mike Rail.
  
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• Want to send your child to school riding in a fire truck? That's one of the great giveaways you can win at the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-08-2018 20:41 via twitter.com
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• Magical Family Movie Night in the Plaza this Friday. Featuring 'A Wrinkle in Time' on the big screen under the star… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-08-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Magical Family Movie Night in the Plaza this Friday. Featuring 'A Wrinkle in Time' on the big screen under the star… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Live: State of emergency declared across B.C. as 566 fires burn

  15-08-2018 20:18 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has declared a provincial state of emergency due to the ongoing wildfires.
  The declaration is in effect for two weeks from the time it is issued and may be extended or rescinded as the situation develops. It gives the authority to various levels of government and policing to do whatever is necessary to fight the fires and protect people.
  Solicitor General and Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth made the announcement Wednesday morning in a statement.
  “Public safety
  
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• Metro Vancouver real estate prices are 65% overvalued: Economist

  15-08-2018 20:13
  
  Global index rates Canada as third most overvalued country for home prices
  
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• Vancouver punk legend Randy Rampage of DOA dies

  15-08-2018 20:09 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver punk legend Randy Rampage died Tuesday night. He was 58.
  As the original bassist in DOA, Rampage was one of the founding fathers of Vancouver’s alternative music scene. With his peroxide blond hair and ever-present black leather jacket he was a riveting onstage presence, prone to leaping into the air and doing the splits in the middle of a song.
  He quit and rejoined DOA a few times over the years, which inspired the title of a 2017 autobiography he wrote with Chris Walter, I Surv
  
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• Tapathetically speaking, oral tradition is a big part of this year's Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival

  15-08-2018 20:06 via vancouversun.com
  2018 Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival
  When: Aug. 20-26
  Where: Orpheum Annex and Frankie’s Jazz Club
  Tickets: vantapdance.comThe 2018 Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival includes a gala premiere performance, #Tap, two improvisational Social Tap Jazz Jams, and a five-day Tap Dance Musicianship Residency. Guests include Sarah Reich, who tours internationally with Postmodern Jukebox; tap legend Heather Cornell; and Juno Award-winning musical director Nick Fraser, among others.
  
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• In and out of the trenches with Josh Ramsay

  15-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Marianas Trench
  When: Aug. 25, 8:30 to 10 p.m.
  Where: PNE Amphitheatre
  Tickets and info: free with Fair admission pne.ca
  With the release of We Should Be Friends, Josh Ramsay has his first official solo release. This may come as a surprise to those familiar with the prolific output of the lead singer/songwriter for Marianas Trench.
  The song is taken from the film Adventures in Public School, produced and co-written by Josh Epstein. It’s one of those signature Ramsay tunes; an acoustic
  
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• Five reasons to check out Alice Cooper

  15-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Alice Cooper
  When: Aug. 20 at 8 p.m.
  Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets: $45 to $99.50
  1. Classic shows. Before there was GWAR, KISS, and myriad copy-cat acts, there was Alice Cooper. The original shock-rocker, Cooper’s shows are a spectacle, and include (but are not limited to) fireworks, clowns, and executions.
  2. Classic tunes. Only Women Bleed, School’s Out, Billion Dollar Babies, No More Mr. Nice Guy, I’m Eighteen — the shockmeister born Vincent Furnier has more
  
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• Classical music: Kessler Academy delivers innovation, quality and commitment

  15-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Kessler Academy String Orchestra
  When: Aug. 30, 7:30 p.m.
  Where: Pyatt Hall
  Tickets: $10-$29, at musiconmain.caMusic education programs are an intrinsic, if occasionally overlooked, part of the summer months, with choices ranging from grand programs like the VSO’s Orchestral Institute at Whistler to a number of small-scale grassroots projects.
  A relatively new endeavour is the Kessler Academy for Strings, an innovative project produced by the Microcosmos String Quartet in co-operation
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Feast of Fields celebrates a connection to the land

  15-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Feast of Fields is FarmFolk CityFolk’s annual celebration/fundraiser, focusing on the contributions chefs, restaurants, farmers, ranchers, fishers, food artisans, vintners, brewers and distillers make to our local food economy.
  It emphasizes their connection to the land to support the regional economy and create delicious local, seasonal, sustainable flavours.
  The final Feast of Fields for 2018 runs Sept. 9 at UBC Farm in Vancouver. Guests will taste and sip local, zero waste creations fro
  
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  15-08-2018 19:38 via twitter.com
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• B.C. Wildfires 2018: State of emergency declared across province as 566 fires burn

  15-08-2018 18:27 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has declared a provincial state of emergency due to the ongoing wildfires.
  The declaration is in effect for two weeks from the time it is issued and may be extended or rescinded as the situation develops. It gives the authority to various levels of government and policing to do whatever is necessary to fight the fires and protect people.
  Solicitor General and Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth made the announcement Wednesday morning in a statement.
  “Public safety
  
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• Jean Swanson and others to be sentenced today for Kinder Morgan protest arrest

  15-08-2018 18:24 via vancouversun.com
  Activist Jean Swanson, who is running for Vancouver city council, is among those being sentenced Wednesday morning for a blockade of a Kinder Morgan facility.
  Swanson will speak at a press conference outside the B.C. Supreme Court in downtown Vancouver at 9:15 a.m. before heading inside.
  Activist Jean Swanson, who is running for Vancouver city council, is among those being sentenced Wednesday morning for a blockade of a Kinder Morgan facility.
  Court proceedings are expected to run from 9:45 a.m.
  
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• Opinion: Should B.C. follow New Zealand’s foreign buyer ban?

  15-08-2018 18:18
  
  New Zealand government has imposed a ban on non-resident buyers for resale homes – but will it help curb runaway prices?
  
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• Be #BearAware. Freeze or refrigerate meat, fish, bones & food scraps until the morning of collection.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-08-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Be #BearAware. Freeze or refrigerate meat, fish, bones & food scraps until the morning of collection.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Good morning! A reminder that today is the last day to share your thoughts on our proposal to permit short-term re… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-08-2018 17:47 via twitter.com
  Good morning! A reminder that today is the last day to share your thoughtson our proposal to permit short-term re… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Squamish oceanfront development moving forward

  15-08-2018 17:24
  
  Reconfigured development partnership hopes to begin construction of waterfront park by late summer, 2019
  
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• West Van’s iconic Beachhouse Restaurant seeks a new look

  15-08-2018 17:06
  
  District owns site where business has been booming since 1913
  
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• Ledcor readies to lift sunken tug from mouth of Fraser River

  15-08-2018 16:48 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A large crane and barge, along with specialized crews, are expected to go to work today in the Fraser River to lift a capsized tug from the muddy bottom.
  The George H. Ledcor, a barge-hauling tug operated by the Ledcor Group, went down Monday night between Vancouver and Richmond, although the reason is still unclear.
  An update issued on social media by the Canadian Coast Guard says its vessels stayed at the scene through the night and will remain in command while salvage effort
  
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• Vancouver weather: Temperature holds steady while wildfire haze persists

  15-08-2018 15:33 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Aug. 15, 2018 – An air quality statement remains in effect for Wednesday’s weather forecast across Metro Vancouver.
  The statement points to fine particulate matter from the B.C. wildfires as the reason why a haze can be seen over the region. Those with breathing or medical issues, the elderly, infants and those with heart or lung disease should take care to spend time inside with air conditioning.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Sunny. Fog patches turn to smoke t
  
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• Seven things to do in Metro Vancouver Aug. 17-23

  15-08-2018 15:18 via vancouversun.com
  Ayumi Goto and Peter Morin: how do you carry the land?
  When: Until Oct. 28, various times
  Where: Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby
  Tickets and info: Vanartgallery.bc.ca
  What happens when two artists — one a Japanese diasporic woman and the other a Tahltan First Nation man — reflect on how their bodies and experiences are shaped by the legacy of colonialism. Using history, philosophy, cultural practices and more, the artist’s work attempts to convey voices and ideas that are oft
  
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• Restaurant Review: Simple food, made farmer style

  15-08-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Sopra Sotto Pizzeria
  1510 Commercial Drive, 604-251-7586
  Open daily for lunch and dinner. soprasottovancouver.com
  Well, there goes my hunch that Italians would be the last to succumb to gluten intolerance.
  Enrico Fratoni, chef at the newish Soppa Sotto Pizzeria is Italian; he loves pizza and he loves pasta and bread. But as he puts it, “I’ve got a gluten problem. I notice, if I overdo it, I get eczema but I’m still eating small quantities of pizza and pasta. It’s so sad.&
  
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• Mia Stainsby: Michelin on the Road leaves mark in Vancouver

  15-08-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Michelin on the Road
  Putting the rubber to the road, the arbiters of restaurant stardom, Michelin, operates exclusive events called Michelin on the Road, bringing Michelin chefs to cities not covered by the Michelin guide — like Vancouver. I was thrilled to be invited when chef Ryan McCaskey of two-star Acadia in Chicago teamed up with chef Hector Laguna of Botanist at Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel last week. It was the second such foray into Vancouver, the first being a hook-up earlier this
  
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• John Grant and Fiona MacDonald: Worried about the alt-right? Be the anti-right

  15-08-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  One year since the violent alt-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and months since the Toronto van attack, Canadians can legitimately worry about increased political violence. The images of angry white men marching openly in Nazi regalia loom large alongside the revelation that some men are organizing groups driven by views of natural male dominance and fears that it is disappearing.
  So what can be done? The best way to reduce the possibility of more alt-right inspired violence is to conf
  
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• 5 things to know about new recording Explosion from Cory Weeds Little Big Band

  15-08-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Cory Weeds Little Big Band: Explosion
  Explosion | Cellar Live
  Vancouver tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds is no stranger to unique projects.
  From his funky Let’s Groove: The Music of Earth Wind & Fire to the bop-heavy It’s Easy To Remember with the Cory Weeds Quintet with David Hazeltine, he has a track record of making things happen and producing excellent sounding albums on his Cellar Live imprint. The label has been a consistent vehicle for traditional and mainstream artists from V
  
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• REAL SCOOP: More charges against Red Scorpions announced

  15-08-2018 08:57 via vancouversun.com
  Delta Police have released the results of an undercover operation that has led to even more charges against the Red Scorpion gang, infamous for the brutal Surrey Six slayings.
  Here’s my latest story:
  Delta Police announce more charges against Red
  ScorpionsDelta Police announced 94 charges have been laid against the Red Scorpion gang for running drug lines that provided cocaine and fentanyl
  KIM BOLAN
  Updated: August 14, 2018The charges are mounting against members of the Red Scorpion gang a
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Jody York charged after golf club beating

  15-08-2018 08:46 via vancouversun.com
  Jody York hasn’t been on the Real Scoop for years, but I certainly reported on him starting about a decade ago when his Langley house was shot up. Then I followed his prosecution in the U.S.
  Now the 43-year-old is facing a new charge after a brutal beating at an north Okanagan lake.
  Here’s my story:
  B.C. gangster charged with aggravated assault after
  lakeside beatingJody Archie York was charged after the attack at Monte Lake, between Vernon and Kamloops.
  KIM BOLAN
  Updated: August 14,
  
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• GGIQ Has Commenced the Development Process of LYNNCROWN in LynnCreek, North Vancouver - PR Newswire (press release)

  15-08-2018 08:14
  GGIQ Has Commenced the Development Process of LYNNCROWN in LynnCreek, North Vancouver
  PR Newswire (press release)
  NORTH VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Graham Gordon Alexander of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is pleased to announce that the first deposit cheque in securing one of the five residential lots on this latest ...
  GGIQ Has Commenced the Development Process of LYNNCROWN ...Markets Insiderall 4 news articles »
  
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• Sculptor calls for restoration of Sir John A. Macdonald statue

  15-08-2018 05:15 via vancouversun.com
  Thirty-seven years ago Montreal sculptor John Dann was commissioned to do a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald. It was installed in Victoria on Canada Day, 1982.
  “Peter Pollen was the mayor at the time, and we arranged to put the piece in front of city hall,” said Dann, who now lives in Vancouver.
  “I liked it, because it enclosed the sculpture, made it much more intimate. I don’t like putting people on pedestals, but I really liked that intimate kind of setting, so peop
  
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• The smoke was so thick in one part of Northern B.C. that mid-afternoon was darker than midnight

  15-08-2018 05:08 via vancouversun.com
  It was so dark on Hwy. 27, you had to slow down just to be sure you didn’t hit any animal fleeing a wildfire to the west.
  Kiff Woolnough was driving home to Vanderhoof from Fort St. James on Tuesday afternoon.
  When he left Fort St. James, the skies had actually cleared. After days of smoky haze, the sky was blue.
  After finishing up work for the day just before 4 p.m. he was driving south when the skies started to fill again with smoke.
  A black, thick smoke, blown east from the massive Shov
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: David Eby ducks and dives on ICBC file

  15-08-2018 03:47 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — When the New Democrats announced the latest moves on auto insurance last week, they could not have asked for a more wrong-footed response from the B.C. Liberals had they drafted it themselves.
  “NDP blames B.C. drivers instead of fixing a broken system,” declared the release from Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson after the announcement Thursday from Attorney-General and cabinet minister for ICBC David Eby.
  This from the leader of a party that had custody of ICBC for 16
  
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• 'We had never seen anything like it,' says survivor of Cache Creek mudslide that swept car off road

  15-08-2018 03:43 via vancouversun.com
  Survivors of a mudslide caused by a violent thunderstorm near Cache Creek are grateful to be alive.
  But one of the group of friends who set out for a pleasant weekend drive to the Interior is still missing after the slide swept her vehicle off the highway and down an embankment.
  A sudden and violent thunderstorm near Cache Creek on Saturday blackened the skies and sent logs, boulders, mud and water rushing across Highway 99, changing what was supposed to be a leisurely scenic ride into a nightma
  
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• Thousands of worldwide gamers flock to Vancouver for massive eSports tournament

  15-08-2018 03:18 via vancouversun.com
  There’s more than $24 million waiting to be won in a tournament that holds the largest prize pool of any eSports championship — and it’s on Canadian soil for the first time.
  “This is kind of like the Super Bowl,” said Peter Anders, referring to The International Dota 2 Championships tournament that kicks off at Rogers Arena on Wednesday.
  “You get these absolute diehard fans that are running around with their countries’ flag, or have the T-shirts of the d
  
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• B.C. wildfire smoke spreads to Alberta, prompting air-quality warnings

  15-08-2018 03:10 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. and the Pacific Northwest have the worst air quality in North America due to wildfires blanketing the region in smoke and haze, reducing visibility and posing potential health risks for seniors and kids.
  On Tuesday, a real-time air-quality map by Berkeley Earth, a California-based non-profit climate organization, showed “unhealthy” and “very-unhealthy” levels of air pollution in most of B.C., as well as parts of Washington state and Oregon, including Seattle and Port
  
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• Judge reserves decision in B.C. sasquatch tracker's court case

  15-08-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The provincial government has asked a B.C. Supreme Court judge to dismiss a sasquatch tracker’s lawsuit alleging the province has breached its stewardship responsibility in relation to the fabled primate, calling the suit frivolous.
  “There is no reasonable claim because the claim lacks an air of reality,” said Ministry of Attorney General articled student Marina Goodwin during an appearance in a New Westminster courtroom Tuesday afternoon.
  Justice Kenneth Ball, who heard the pr
  
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• Burnaby RCMP arrest four at Kinder Morgan marine terminal protest

  15-08-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Four people who were blocking access to Kinder Morgan’s Westridge Marine Terminal on the shore of Burrard Inlet were arrested Tuesday by police.
  In a news release, the Burnaby RCMP say the group were arrested in the 7000-block Bayview Drive, which has an entrance to the terminal. They were in violation of a court injunction “which stated that they could not obstruct, impede or otherwise prevent access to Trans Mountain Facilities,” police allege.
  “Despite being asked to l
  
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