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• Angling closed on two B.C. rivers because of low steelhead returns

  31-08-2018 23:26 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — All angling is being closed on the Thompson River below Kamloops Lake, as well as on portions of the Fraser River, because of low steelhead returns.
  The closure will be in effect from Oct. 1, 2018, to May 31, 2019.
  The provincial government says angling will be closed on the Thompson River downstream from signs at the Kamloops Lake outlet to the confluence with Fraser River.
  Angling on the Fraser River will be closed from the bridge on Highway 99 at Lillooet downstream to B.C. H
  
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• This Week in History: 1948: Nat King Cole hits Vancouver in the wake of 'Nature Boy'

  31-08-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Seventy years ago, jazz great Nat “King” Cole came to town for a two-week gig at the Palomar Supper Club.
  Cole was so big at the time that The Sun dispatched a writer to meet him when he arrived at the Great Northern train station.
  “Usually we come here on a one-night stand,” said Cole on Aug. 31, 1948. “This time, we’ll get a chance to see what Canada looks like.”
  His Palomar appearance came soon after one of his biggest hits, Nature Boy. It had sold on
  
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• Good news for your long weekend picnic plans! The fire hazard rating has been lowered from extreme to high, so prop… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  Good news for your long weekend picnic plans! The fire hazard rating has been lowered from extreme to high, so prop… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bulls & Bears: Humble Henderson wears women's golf crown like true pro

  31-08-2018 22:57 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  You know you’ve had a great week on the golf course when your age is less than the number of strokes you finish under par.With a nod to Vancouver comedian Torben Rolfsen for pointing it out, that’s exactly where Brooke Henderson found herself Sunday in the final round of the $2.25-million CP Canadian Women’s Open at Regina’s Wascana Country Club.
  The pride of Smiths Falls, Ont. not only became the first homegrown player to win the national Open since Joc
  
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• Conversations That Matter: Putting Canada on the drug global stage

  31-08-2018 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  Canadians invent many things that go on to be globally significant. Drugs or pharmaceuticals is an area of research that we do very well in, especially when it comes to developing cures and treatments for a wide range of health issues.
  While we do a good job conceiving of treatments and doing the research, we don’t do a good job of bringing those products to the market. By the time the research has finished, ownership of the intellectual property frequently leaves Canada and moves to its n
  
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• Trans Mountain expansion could be delayed for years by court decision: experts

  31-08-2018 21:08 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Experts say the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision to quash Canada’s approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will likely delay the project for years.
  The decision means the National Energy Board must conduct a new review of the impacts of increased tanker traffic on the marine environment and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government must consult more meaningfully with First Nations.
  University of Victoria law professor Chris Tollefson says the ener
  
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• Are you creating opportunities for youth in the City? See if you are eligible for a Child & Youth Grant:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Are you creating opportunities for youth in the City? See if you are eligible for a Child & Youth Grant:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Five things to know about This Could Be the One by Karin Plato

  31-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Karin Plato
  This Could Be the One | karinplato.com
  Since she decided to seriously pursue a career as a jazz singer, Vancouver-based Karin Plato quickly established herself as an exciting artist with the kind of phrasing and tone that grab listener’s ears. From her collection of jazz standards titled Pastiche to her swinging Christmas recording Snowflake Season, she has hit increasingly higher standards.
  Nominated for Canadian Jazz Vocalist of the Year at both the 2003 and 2004 National Jaz
  
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• Fab 5: Take a walk on the wild side

  31-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s been well documented by now that leopard print is a neutral, at least in the fashion world. This fall, however, the animal print trend extends beyond big cats, to giraffes, zebras, and even Dalmatians.
  Be prepared for a season of animal print dresses, coats, separates and more, but for now, dip just a toe into the trend with a pair of animal print shoes.
  From sneakers and sandals perfect for transitioning into fall to heels and boots you’ll wear all season long, Rebecca Tay show
  
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• Exploring the ambiguities of face and class

  31-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Finding Mr. Wong
  Susan Crean | Talon Books
  $19.95, 248 pp.Award-winning Canadian author Susan Crean grew up in an upwardly mobile Irish family in Toronto. One of the markers of her grandfather’s social climb was the fact that he could employ a Chinese servant, Mr. Wong, who worked for the Creans from 1928 until 1965.
  “I grew up in Mr. Wong’s kitchen,” Susan Crean says early on in this elegantly written and fiercely felt account of a love that crossed the boundaries of rac
  
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• Cute cakes: Vancouver baker makes cakes that are beyond adorable

  31-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Coco Cake Land byBy Lyndsay Sung
  Roost Books | $33.95Lyndsay Sung’s cakes make people happy. And not just because they’re delicious.
  The self-taught, Vancouver-based baker’s creations are cute enough to make even the most curmudgeonly among us crack a smile. No, really.
  One quick scroll through Sung’s Instagram feed, where she shares artfully created imagery of her even more artfully crafted cakes for her more than 88,000 followers to enjoy, yields smiling, happy faces of
  
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• B.C. Ferries cancels four Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay sailings after workers injured

  31-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Ferries has cancelled four sailings between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay after two ferry workers were injured during a rescue drill early Friday morning.
  The four sailings aboard the Spirit of Vancouver Island that have been cancelled are the 7 a.m and 11 a.m. trips from Swartz Bay and the 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. departures out of Tsawwassen.
  B.C. Ferries blamed the cancellations on an “incident involving one of the ship’s rescue boats,” but the union representing ferry worker
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: The best red wines for fall

  31-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  There’s still three weeks of official summer left but few would argue with Labour Day looming the end of the long, warm days is near.
  To prepare for the inevitable cool evenings of autumn and to celebrate the roots of Labour Day, we take a spin through our updated, annual list of workhorse reds you can enjoy and drink all fall.
  A workhorse red should be widely available, tasty, comforting and affordable — no easy task in the modern wine business, where direct sales and exclusive deal
  
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• The aggressive bear alert in #LynnHeadwaters Regional Park continues... twitter.com/MetroVancouver…

  31-08-2018 19:33 via twitter.com
  The aggressive bear alert in #LynnHeadwaters Regional Park continues... twitter.com/MetroVancouver…
  
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• Town Talk: Canucks go fishing to aid autistic kids

  31-08-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  HOOKED: Participants in the Canucks Autism Foundation’s 13th-annual Fishing For Kids tournament gathered in a different locale this year. Not for the actual fishing, which was at Langara Island’s West Coast Fishing Club again. That’s the facility Ontarians Brian Legge and Rick Grange began assembling in 1992 after Grange landed a 62.5 pound fish on six-pound-test line there. Before tournament contestants, who paid $13,500 each to enter, flew north this year, they and guest
  
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• 98 new modular homes near Queen Elizabeth Park approved by the City of Vancouver

  31-08-2018 18:18 via vancouversun.com
  The city of Vancouver has approved the development of 98 new temporary modular homes that will give homeless Indigenous people first priority.
  In a news release, the city says the focus on Indigenous homelessness is needed after it’s annual homeless count revealed that 40 per cent of Vancouver’s homeless population are of First Nation descent.
  The Lu’ma Native Housing Society was chosen by the city as the not-for-profit operator of the two proposed buildings, which will be buil
  
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• Got a fruit tree? Pick ripe fruit & keep ground clear. Need help picking your fruit? Contact… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 18:15 via twitter.com
  Got a fruit tree? Pick ripe fruit & keep ground clear. Need help picking your fruit? Contact… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The fire hazard rating is now HIGH. While propane BBQs are permitted, charcoal (briquette) BBQs — along with fires… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 17:59 via twitter.com
  The fire hazard rating is now HIGH. While propane BBQs are permitted, charcoal (briquette) BBQs — along with fires… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Lululemon hits record high as yoga-wear maker just keeps beating Wall Street’s expectations

  31-08-2018 17:16 via vancouversun.com
  Lululemon Athletica Inc. investors don’t seem to mind the yoga-wear maker’s stretched valuation — trading at a P/E ratio of about 44 times, more than twice the S&P 500’s. The Vancouver-based company has beaten all sorts of Wall Street estimates over the past two years: net sales in each of the past eight quarters; adjusted per-share earnings in six consecutive reporting periods; comparable sales on a constant currency basis in the last five quarters.
  Shares are up as
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you agree with the Trans Mountain pipeline ruling?

  31-08-2018 16:30 via vancouversun.com
  On Thursday, the Federal Court of Appeal quashed the approval of the $9.3-billion Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion.
  The court found that Canada had not adequately consulted each of six First Nations that had challenged the project’s approval. It also found the National Energy Board’s environmental assessment of the project was also fatally flawed because it ignored the potential impact of increased tanker traffic off British Columbia’s coast.
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• B.C. Ferries cancels four Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay sailings due to faulty life boat

  31-08-2018 16:19 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Ferries has cancelled four sailings between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay this morning due to an incident involving one of the ship’s rescue boats.
  The four sailings aboard the Spirit of Vancouver Island that have been cancelled are the 7 a.m and 11 a.m. trips from Swartz Bay and the 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. departures out of Tsawwassen.
  The Friday before the Labour Day weekend is traditionally one of the ferry corporation’s busiest weekend on the Vancouver to Victoria route.
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• Vancouver Weather: Perfect weather for last weekend of PNE

  31-08-2018 15:38 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Aug. 31, 2018 – Environment Canada says we’re in for a long weekend of mostly sunshine with no rain in the forecast.
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  PNE 2018: Here's what you need to know
  There’s no excuse not to hit up the PNE and stuff yourself full of mini-donuts. Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mix of sun and cloud. High 20. UV index 6 or high.
  Tomorrow: Cloudy. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud in the afternoon. High 20.
  Sunday: A mix of sun and cloud. High 18.
  Monday: Su
  
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• Why is Drake wearing a Hells Angels support hoodie in this photo?

  31-08-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s top gang cops say they’re concerned about the message Toronto rapper Drake is sending his fans by wearing the support gear of a violent motorcycle gang.
  In a photo posted Aug. 21 to U.S. rapper Travis Scott’s Instagram account, 31-year-old Drake, whose full name is Aubrey Drake Graham, can be seen sitting beside Scott wearing a dark-coloured hoodie with ‘Toronto’ emblazoned across the chest above a circular logo bearing the slogan ‘Support Downtown
  
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• Politicians celebrate ground breaking on new $700M North Vancouver sewage plant - North Shore News

  31-08-2018 09:00
  Politicians celebrate ground breaking on new $700M North Vancouver sewage plant  North Shore NewsPoliticians dug in their shovels to celebrate the official start of construction on the new $700-million sewage treatment plant for the North Shore Friday, vowing ...
  
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• District of North Vancouver mayoralty hopeful Roger Bassam pulls out of race - North Shore News

  31-08-2018 09:00
  District of North Vancouver mayoralty hopeful Roger Bassam pulls out of race  North Shore NewsDistrict of North Vancouver Coun. Roger Bassam announced Friday he is pulling out of the race for mayor. In a statement released late Friday afternoon, Bassam ...
  
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• Students are heading back to class, but is the B.C. school system ready for them?

  31-08-2018 08:59 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Parents looking for dramatic change in B.C.’s school system this year may instead find progress being made more slowly than expected on the promises of lower class sizes, more teachers, better equipment and fewer portables.
  Teachers, school boards and the provincial government say they’ve made big strides toward the goal of 3,700 new teachers, following a hiring spree last year that was the result of the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that restored class size and com
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Horgan stops short of gloating, points to pipeline project flaws, laws

  31-08-2018 04:27 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — When Premier John Horgan met with the news media following the Federal Court of appeal ruling against the pipeline Thursday, he had every reason to cheer the outcome.
  Horgan had taken much political heat for his opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline twinning before, during and after the last provincial election.
  His stance provoked an ugly trade war with Alberta, got him branded a bad Canadian in some quarters, and was blamed for Ottawa having to bail out the project an
  
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• Young Australians can now work in Canada until they are 35

  31-08-2018 04:00
  
  New agreement raises the age limit from 30 in both countries; businesses hope it means more Australians will help fill local job shortage
  
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• Worst of B.C. wildfire season likely over — for a few months

  31-08-2018 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  The worst of this year’s wildfire season is likely over, but some experts say burning forests and smoky skies could be the new reality in B.C. for summers to come.
  In his daily media briefing Thursday afternoon, B.C. Wildfire Service chief fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek said it was “probably safe to say the worst is over,” although several large fires were still burning across the province and more than 1,000 properties remained under evacuation orders.
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• 'Victory for all of us': Federal Court of Appeal quashes approval of $9.3-billion oil pipeline expansion

  31-08-2018 03:59 via vancouversun.com
  As First Nations and environmentalists celebrated Thursday’s Federal Court of Appeal decision to quash approval of the $9.3-billion Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion, one thing is clear: More delay and higher costs if the project does go ahead.
  In a unanimous decision, the court found that Canada had not adequately consulted each of six First Nations that had challenged the project’s approval.
  The three-judge court, in its 263-page decision written by judge Eleanor Dawson, also f
  
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• Public inquiry into B.C. casino money laundering still a possibility, AG David Eby says

  31-08-2018 03:56 via vancouversun.com
  In a wide-ranging interview Thursday, Attorney General David Eby discussed everything from what kind of rate hikes the province’s drivers can expect to the possibility of a public inquiry into money laundering in B.C. casinos.
  The decision on whether to mount a full public casino inquiry could largely hinge on the results of a meeting next month with the province’s former top cop on illegal gambling, Eby told the editorial board of The Vancouver Sun and Province.
  Money launderin
  
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• Class is in session: What to expect this school year in B.C.

  31-08-2018 03:53 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Parents looking for dramatic change in B.C.’s school system this year may instead find progress being made more slowly than expected on the promises of lower class sizes, more teachers, better equipment and fewer portables.
  Teachers, school boards and the provincial government say they’ve made big strides toward the goal of 3,700 new teachers, following a hiring spree last year that was the result of the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that restored class size and com
  
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• UGM expands 'mobile mission' for homeless in the suburbs

  31-08-2018 03:48 via vancouversun.com
  The Union Gospel Mission has expanded its “mobile mission” to meet the growing needs of the homeless throughout Metro Vancouver.
  Homelessness has been on the rise in most municipalities, according to a recent homeless count. That’s something the Vancouver-based non-profit is seeing on the ground after doubling the service level of its mobile missions from two to four times a week.
  “We immediately began to see that there was a massive need,” said Union Gospel Mi
  
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• B.C.'s First Nations divided on Kinder Morgan ruling

  31-08-2018 03:45 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s First Nations communities expressed divided opinions Thursday about a federal court ruling that overturned approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline project.
  Aboriginal leaders who championed the court challenge, as well as political advocacy groups like the First Nations Summit and Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, celebrated the ruling as a victory for indigenous rights, reconciliation and coastal environmental protection. Others, including First Nations that had signed community benefit
  
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• Tara Houle: Government meddling is eroding education in B.C.

  31-08-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan once famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Nowhere is that more relative than in today’s local school.
  Once upon a time, government allowed common sense, knowledgeable teachers, and school administrators to handle the day to day duties of educating our students, and to follow strong, fundamental principles outlined in school curricula. Now we have
  
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• Elizabeth Murphy: City's high housing growth rate making homes less affordable

  31-08-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  After more than a decade of high levels of growth in the city of Vancouver, we can now see what that is achieving. The results are record homelessness, an affordability crisis, inflated land values and unsustainable demolitions. But on top of that we are only now being given a peak under the hood at what the costs of servicing that growth will be. And it is enormous.
  In July, the city approved a report on city-wide utilities financing growth strategy and a Cambie corridor utilities servicing pla
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Friday, Aug. 31

  31-08-2018 02:24 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Friday, Aug. 31.Hootenanny: Songs of Peace and Social Justice
  It’s a hootenanny! Not only is hootenanny one of my favourite words, it’s one of my favourite types of event. And this promises to be a good one, as a group of musicians, all who identify as living with a disability, provide an evening of music, peace and inclusion at The Cultch. Acts include blues legend Jim Byrnes, as well as Carole Cote, Digg
  
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• Duncan man files class-action suit against credit-monitoring service

  31-08-2018 02:23 via vancouversun.com
  A Duncan man has filed a class-action lawsuit against Equifax after a cyber attack on the credit-monitoring service in 2017 breached the private information of thousands of Canadians.
  Daniel Thalheimer, 46, says he was a client with Equifax and got a letter from the company in October last year informing him that his personal data and information had been compromised, a situation he fears leaves him open to the ongoing risk of identity theft and fraud.
  The company didn’t say exactly which
  
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• OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma responds to B.C. opioid lawsuit

  31-08-2018 02:19 via vancouversun.com
  Purdue Pharma says it has followed all of Health Canada’s regulations, including those governing marketing, after British Columbia filed a lawsuit this week trying to recoup the health-care costs of the opioids crisis.
  The lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court names the OxyContin-maker and other major drug manufacturers.
  Purdue Pharma (Canada) also says it has adhered to the code of ethical practices as a member of Innovative Medicines Canada, a pharmaceutical industry organization that work
  
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• Class is in session: What to expect this school year

  31-08-2018 02:16 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Parents looking for dramatic change in B.C.’s school system this year may instead find progress being made more slowly than expected on the promises of lower class sizes, more teachers, better equipment and fewer portables.
  Teachers, school boards and the provincial government say they’ve made big strides toward the goal of 3,700 new teachers, following a hiring spree last year that was the result of the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that restored class size and com
  
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• 'Be responsible this weekend': B.C. Wildfire Service asks for caution ahead of Labour Day weekend

  31-08-2018 02:12 via vancouversun.com
  With the wildfire risk in the province still high, the B.C. Wildfire Service is reminding the public to be careful this coming long weekend.
  “The 2018 fire season is far from over. While temperatures have dropped, various levels of rainfall are occurring, and the smoke has cleared throughout most of the province, the risk of wildfires remains high,” the service said in a Thursday news release.
  Campfire bans remain in effect for most of the province and the public should exercise caut
  
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• Bear warning issued for Lynn Headwaters park after dog killed, runner chased

  31-08-2018 01:43 via vancouversun.com
  Conservation officers have set up a trap and are warning visitors to be alert of a bear that’s been spotted in Lynn Headwaters Regional Park.
  According to David Karn, a spokesperson for the B.C. Conservation Officers’ Service, a runner was chased by a black bear in the popular North Shore park at about 6:40 a.m. Thursday. The runner was able to find safety in a park building.
  The bear has been spotted in the area for at least a week.
  Metro Vancouver spokesperson Sarah Lusk said the b
  
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• #TBT #BacktoSchool back in the day. Kids start back to school next week, please slow down in school zones and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  #TBT #BacktoSchool back in the day. Kids start back to school next week, please slow down in school zones and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Pro BMX riders jump into picture at PNE

  31-08-2018 01:05 via vancouversun.com
  The first time pro BMX rider Zach Newman watched his sport live as a youngster was at the Kentucky State Fair.
  Now Newman, who is fresh off a bronze-medal-winning performance at X Games Minneapolis, Minn., is on a roster of riders piquing interest among the next generation during daily performances at this year’s Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver. 
  “That’s what really got me hooked. Yeah, you can watch it on TV, it blows you away and it’s really
  
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• New school projects will be announced for Surrey this year: education minister

  31-08-2018 01:03 via vancouversun.com
  Seven thousand Surrey students will attend classes in portables this September, but the education minister said Thursday that could soon change — hinting at significant new school construction projects to be announced during the 2018-19 school year.
  “We hope we can build more schools more quickly, and I expect we will have a lot of announcements in the very near future in Surrey that are going to help a backlog situation that we inherited (from the previous government),” Educat
  
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• Considering running for mayor, councillor, or school trustee in the election on October 20? The candidate nominatio… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 00:39 via twitter.com
  Considering running for mayor, councillor, or school trustee in the election on October 20? The candidate nominatio… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Five things about the Trans Mountain pipeline ruling

  31-08-2018 00:36 via vancouversun.com
  The Federal Court of Appeal on Thursday released its long-anticipated decision on the Kinder Morgan Trans Canada pipeline. The ruling pleased environmentalists and other anti-pipeline protesters, and shocked proponents of the project such as business and trade organizations. Here are five key details:
  What happened
  The Federal Court of Appeal quashed approval of the $9.3-billion Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion on two grounds. First, the court found Canada had inadequate consultation with F
  
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• Highlights from week's #CityView eNews include: best routes to school, park improvements and restoration, Election… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-08-2018 00:32 via twitter.com
  Highlights from week's #CityView eNews include: best routes to school, park improvements and restoration, Election… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Child-care report reveals unique challenges for parents in rural communities

  31-08-2018 00:31 via vancouversun.com
  Parents in B.C.’s small, rural and remote communities have unique challenges when it comes to finding child care, according to a survey conducted by the Union of B.C. Municipalities and child care advocates.
  While lack of spaces and high prices are issues felt across the province, those outside urban areas have trouble finding more flexible child care, transportation can be difficult and there is an urgent shortage of qualified child care staff.
  “This puts more of a fine point on wha
  
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