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• Did you know? Commuters from Lions Bay and Squamish make up only a small portion of the traffic entering the North… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 23:34 via twitter.com
  Did you know? Commuters from Lions Bay and Squamish make up only a small portion of the traffic entering the North… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Man accused of stabbing Abbotsford teen says he hears voices 'every hour of the day'

  06-09-2018 23:31 via vancouversun.com
  A man with schizophrenia accused of fatally stabbing a 13-year-old girl inside her Abbotsford high school says he’s eager to face the charges against him but he still hears voices constantly.
  Gabriel Klein, 22, mumbled short answers to questions during a review board hearing at a forensic psychiatric hospital to determine his mental fitness to stand trial.
  He wants to have a trial as soon as possible, he said, but added court is “stressful” and he has trouble concentrating beca
  
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• #CityView eNews recaps all the latest City news & events. This week: 2018 Election, back to school, Mahon Park open… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  #CityView eNews recaps all the latest City news & events. This week: 2018 Election, back to school, Mahon Park open… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Man arrested, illegal Vancouver gambling house shut down following year-long investigation

  06-09-2018 22:53 via vancouversun.com
  An illegal gambling house in Vancouver has been shut down following a year-long police investigation.
  B.C.’s anti-gang police, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, said in a news release that the province’s gaming policy enforcement branch passed along information in May, 2017. The CFSEU’s illegal gambling team then began looking into an illegal gaming house called Se7enhaus.
  Following months of investigation, the CFSEU, helped by Vancouver officers, searched a commerc
  
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• Woman, man injured in separate falls from cliffs in North Vancouver, Nanaimo

  06-09-2018 22:32 via vancouversun.com
  Two British Columbia residents are recovering after separate falls from cliffs on the south coast.
  In North Vancouver, a young woman suffered injuries to her back after slipping from rocks and falling awkwardly into the water while cliff jumping in Lynn Canyon Park.
  Two British Columbia residents are recovering after separate falls from cliffs on the south coast. One of the warning signs at the pool near the twin Falls bridge in the at the Lynn Canyon Park.
  A park ranger saw the accident and cal
  
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• Please be aware that a @FortisBC crew is working in the northbound lanes of Capilano Rd (near Edgewood Rd) to repai… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 21:42 via twitter.com
  Please be aware that a @FortisBC crew is working in the northbound lanes of Capilano Rd (near Edgewood Rd) to repai… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• New road treatment for 10 high crash areas of Metro Vancouver

  06-09-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government hopes a new $3.9 project will reduce crashes in 10 high collision zones in Metro Vancouver.
  This month, Ministry of Transportation crews will be applying a high-friction surface treatment to 14 areas — 10 in Metro Vancouver and four on Vancouver Island — to help drivers stop faster. The ministry says the goal is to reduce rear-end collisions.
  The surface treatment is made of a specialized aggregate and resin to help vehicles come to a full stop more quickly.
  The f
  
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• Lydia Miljan: Proportional representation voting systems breed unstable governments

  06-09-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  Some see the upcoming referendum on electoral reform — specifically, whether British Columbia should switch to a proportional representation (PR) voting system — as a blatant attempt by the B.C. Green party to secure more power. While it’s clear that under any form of PR, the Greens would theoretically increase their seat share, there would also be more single-issue parties vying for seats in the legislature.
  In B.C.’s current first-past-the-post voting system, it’s
  
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• They Might Be Distracted – So Make Sure You’re Not! bit.ly/2M4yVYD #NorthVancouver https://t.co/ttafX9f3wP

  06-09-2018 20:57 via twitter.com
  
  They Might Be Distracted – So Make Sure You’re Not!bit.ly/2M4yVYD#NorthVancouver https://t.co/ttafX9f3wP
  
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• We're acting to reduce human-bear interactions in the District, which can have tragic consequences for bears. Learn… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 20:50 via twitter.com
  We're acting to reduce human-bear interactions in the District, which can have tragic consequences for bears. Learn… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Air quality advisory back on for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

  06-09-2018 20:49 via vancouversun.com
  An air quality advisory has been issued for the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley.
  While the worst is generally over, wildfires continue to burn in parts of B.C. and the western United States. As a result, the Metro Vancouver authority has issued an air quality warning due to fine particulate matter in the air.
  An air quality advisory has been issued for the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley.
  “Levels of fine particulate matter are lower than those experienced during the wildfire smoke even
  
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• B.C. getting $71 million to increase access to treatment for substance abuse

  06-09-2018 20:48 via vancouversun.com
  The province hardest hit by what health officials consider a national opioid crisis is receiving tens of millions of dollars to increase access to treatment for substance abuse.
  The federal government says it is giving British Columbia $71.7 million as part of a bilateral agreement signed today.
  A man walks past a mural about the fentanyl and opioid overdose crisis in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver in December.
  The federal health minister, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, said the money was part of
  
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• Rare Pacific Northwest artifacts lost in Brazil museum fire

  06-09-2018 20:46 via vancouversun.com
  Dozens of rare Pacific Northwest artifacts are believed destroyed after fire tore through a museum in Brazil Sunday, says a UBC curator, with some dating back to the 1700s.
  Karen Duffek, a curator at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology and expert in Pacific Northwest artifacts, says one of the 42 Pacific Northwest pieces lost when the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro burned down Sunday was a set of wooden armour made by Indigenous people on the North Coast.
  The Tlingit armour, which was cra
  
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• Did you know? North Shore drivers use Hwy 1 much more than people from other Greater Vancouver communities for loca… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Did you know? North Shore drivers use Hwy 1 much more than people from other Greater Vancouver communities for loca… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: SkyTrain construction soars to $500M per Km, but why is 'confidential?'

  06-09-2018 20:25 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — At first glance the report on the Broadway SkyTrain extension posted on the transportation ministry website holds out the hope of shedding light on how construction costs have soared to half a billion dollars per kilometre.
  “Cost report,” it says, followed by a comprehensive statement of purpose: “This document details the preliminary cost estimate of the reference concept design for the Millennium Line Broadway extension project.”
  But the first indi
  
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• Mother bear electrocuted on Whistler Mountain

  06-09-2018 20:15
  
  A mother bear was killed on Whistler Mountain on Aug. 31 after climbing a power pole and getting electrocuted.
  
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• Man arrested, illegal Vancouver gaming house shut down following year-long investigation

  06-09-2018 20:11 via vancouversun.com
  An illegal gaming house in Vancouver has been shut down following a year-long investigation.
  In May 2017, the Gaming Policy Enforcement Branch forwarded information to B.C.’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, prompting an investigation. The CFSEU’s illegal gaming team then began looking into an illegal gaming house called Se7enhaus.
  Following months of investigation, the CFSEU, with the help of the Vancouver Police, executed a search warrant on a commercial property in the 12
  
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• Style in the City: Cam Lee

  06-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Name: Cam Lee
  Occupation: Content creator and yoga teacher
  Personal style in one word: Airy
  Social media: @camillia_lee and @camleeyoga on Instagram
  Love Cam’s look? Here are a few items to help you re-create it for yourself. The topper
  A chic robe coat like the one Cam is wearing here can be worn year-round thanks to its lightweight feel that’s perfect for layering. If you already have a cool khaki option like Cam’s consider picking up a slightly unexpected hue like this
  
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• Delicious Vancouver Island fast becoming a Canadian food destination

  06-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Is there something in the water? The soil? The air? Or simply the kitchens?
  Whatever the magical ingredient is, it seems that Vancouver Island — from Victoria to Tofino to the surrounding Gulf Islands — has suddenly become a national culinary powerhouse.
  Take this year’s enRoute Magazine nominations for Canada’s best new restaurants. Two Island restaurants made the list of 30: Victoria’s chicly French-accented The Courtney Room and the casual smoke-scented 1909 Kitc
  
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• New Westminster sees Canada’s highest growth in homeownership rates

  06-09-2018 19:44
  
  Royal City is bucking nationwide trend of declining homeownership, finds new Census study, while Vancouver is ranked 11th of 100 for growth
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Director, Community Services. Click here to apply. ow.ly/RvjH30lIkGQ

  06-09-2018 19:32 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a regular full-time Director, Community Services.Click here to apply. ow.ly/RvjH30lIkGQ
  
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• Douglas Todd: AG targets foreign capital to ease housing crunch

  06-09-2018 19:16 via vancouversun.com
  The housing crisis is the top issue for British Columbians, but incomplete information and exaggerated rhetoric sour its discussion.
  This is not to say there is nothing to debate in the B.C. NDP’s 30-point plan to ease the devastation of unaffordability, which it inherited from the laissez-faire Liberals’ 16 years in power. But it takes time to put together a complete picture.
  Even as a journalist who for five years has covered the way extreme prices are crushing the hopes
  
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• Over 1,100 new dwellings to tower near Brighouse Station

  06-09-2018 19:04
  
  The historic shops and restaurants on No. 3 Road, across the street from Richmond Centre, will soon be all gone and replaced by nine new towers and a major "bus mall."
  
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• Vancouver votes in favour of Arbutus Corridor sale back to CP Rail for $1

  06-09-2018 18:08 via vancouversun.com
  The city of Vancouver has voted in favour of a decision that would allow Canadian Pacific Railway to buy back .62 hectares of the Arbutus Greenway for $1.
  Council voted on Wednesday night 6-2 in favour of the proposal. Councillors Adriane Carr and Melissa De Genova voted against the proposal, while Mayor Gregor Robertson, and councillors Andrea Reimer and Elizabeth Ball were absent, city staff confirmed.
  Staff say the decision is a required step in the city’s $55 million purchase in 2016 o
  
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• We've Got Grants for Do'ers and Helpers! If your non-profit org. helps our community by improving the quality of li… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  We've Got Grants for Do'ers and Helpers! If your non-profit org. helps our community by improving the quality of li… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Passive building key to one Coquitlam development

  06-09-2018 17:58
  
  Townhouse complex to be super energy efficient
  
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• Some footage of last nights rescue. Thank you to #LynnCanyon Park Rangers for their quick response and assistance. twitter.com/dnvfrs/status/…

  06-09-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Some footage of last nights rescue. Thank you to #LynnCanyon Park Rangers for their quick response and assistance. twitter.com/dnvfrs/status/…
  
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• Woman, man injured after separate falls from cliffs in North Vancouver, Nanaimo

  06-09-2018 16:36 via vancouversun.com
  Two British Columbia residents are recovering after separate falls from cliffs on the south coast.
  In North Vancouver, a young woman suffered injuries to her back after slipping from rocks and falling awkwardly into the water while cliff jumping in Lynn Canyon Park.
  A park ranger saw the accident and called for help, while another cliff jumper pulled the injured woman to shore, and firefighters used ropes to lift her up to a waiting ambulance.
  A Nanaimo man tumbled nearly 20 metres late Wednesda
  
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• B.C. backpack maker Herschel eyes expansion abroad, morphs into lifestyle brand

  06-09-2018 16:21 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Canada’s backpack makers are experiencing a boon beyond the traditionally busy back-to-school season as students and consumers with all types of carryall needs flock to their designs.
  That demand is pushing homegrown names like Herschel Supply Co. and Matt & Nat to scale up and open flagship stores, expand their bricks-and-mortar footprints and release products beyond just schoolbags.
  The back-to-school lead-up is “hot, hot, hot, hot,” said Manny Kohil, CE
  
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• Douglas Todd: B.C. attorney general targets foreign capital to ease housing crunch

  06-09-2018 16:06 via vancouversun.com
  The housing crisis is the top issue for British Columbians, but incomplete information and exaggerated rhetoric sour its discussion.
  This is not to say there is nothing to debate in the B.C. NDP’s 30-point plan to ease the devastation of unaffordability, which it inherited from the laissez-faire Liberals’ 16 years in power. But it takes time to put together a complete picture.
  Even as a journalist who for five years has covered the way extreme prices are crushing the hopes
  
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• 2018 B.C. wildfires: B.C. Wildfire Service says some campfire bans could be gone by the weekend

  06-09-2018 16:03 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — The B.C. Wildfire Service says cooler, wetter weather in the forecast means some of the campfire bans in effect across British Columbia could be lifted soon.
  The wildfire service says it is evaluating which bans are still necessary and expects to release more details soon.
  A tweet posted by the service says campfire bans currently in place for the Prince George, Cariboo and Kamloops fire centres will likely be rescinded before this weekend, while bans in other parts of the provi
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny with a few clouds

  06-09-2018 15:02 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Thursday’s weather is expected to be mainly sunny and warm, with a high of 25 C inland, or 22 C closer to the water. Metro Vancouverites may want to enjoy some time outdoors today, as a stretch of rainy weather is in the forecast, according to Environment Canada. The agency says there is a chance of rain on Friday, and then showers predicted for both Saturday and Sunday. The temperature will likely cool as well, with predicted highs of 18 C on Friday, followed by hi
  
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• Palmer: SkyTrain construction soars to $500M per Km, but why is 'confidential?'

  06-09-2018 14:56 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — At first glance the report on the Broadway SkyTrain extension posted on the transportation ministry website holds out the hope of shedding light on how construction costs have soared to half a billion dollars per kilometre.
  “Cost report,” it says, followed by a comprehensive statement of purpose: “This document details the preliminary cost estimate of the reference concept design for the Millennium Line Broadway extension project.”
  But the first indi
  
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• Indigenous literature expert critical of poll showing majority of Canadians opposed to removal of John A. Macdonald statue

  06-09-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  A week after Victoria mayor Lisa Helps apologized for the way she handled the removal of a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from the front of Victoria’s city hall, Angus Reid has released a poll suggesting the “vast majority” of Canadians support keeping John A. Macdonald’s image in public view.
  The poll showed that 55 per cent of Canadians were opposed to the removal of the John A. Macdonald statue, 37 per cent said it should be restored to its original spot, 13 per
  
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• Palmer: SkyTrain construction soars to $500M per K, but why is 'confidential?'

  06-09-2018 06:55 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — At first glance the report on the Broadway SkyTrain extension posted on the transportation ministry website holds out the hope of shedding light on how construction costs have soared to half a billion dollars per kilometre.
  “Cost report,” it says, followed by a comprehensive statement of purpose: “This document details the preliminary cost estimate of the reference concept design for the Millennium Line Broadway extension project.”
  But the first indi
  
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• SkyTrain construction soars to $500M per K, but why is 'confidential?'

  06-09-2018 05:13 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — At first glance the report on the Broadway SkyTrain extension posted on the transportation ministry website holds out the hope of shedding light on how construction costs have soared to half a billion dollars per kilometre.
  “Cost report,” it says, followed by a comprehensive statement of purpose: “This document details the preliminary cost estimate of the reference concept design for the Millennium Line Broadway extension project.”
  But the first indi
  
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• Good work from our firefighters performing a technically challenging rescue. Years of constantly challenging the no… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 03:56 via twitter.com
  Good work from our firefighters performing a technically challenging rescue. Years of constantly challenging the no… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver says short-term rental enforcement system has cut active listings more than 40 per cent

  06-09-2018 03:38 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s chief licensing inspector says the city saw a 43 per cent drop in active short-term rentals in the months leading up to its registration deadline, and said staff will continue to rely on complex software and old-fashioned tipsters to hunt down and fine operators flouting bylaws.
  New regulations for short-term rentals like Airbnb and VRBO came into effect Saturday, after the city approved regulating the services last fall and launched a permitting process in April.
  Kathryn Holm,
  
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• Metro residents want their mayor, council candidates to focus on housing, transportation: survey

  06-09-2018 03:23 via vancouversun.com
  Housing continues to be a top issue for most municipal election voters — but some residents want more affordable options and others want less development, which will require some “strategic” ideas from candidates running for office, says a new survey.
  “Residents’ concerns about affordable housing were most pronounced in the City of Vancouver, the North Shore and Burnaby/New Westminster,” says a new report VoteLocal, based on a recent survey by the Mustel Group
  
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• Procurement begins for Surrey-Newton-Guildford light rail project

  06-09-2018 02:47 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink has begun its search for a contractor to build the $1.65-billion light rail line that’s planned for Surrey.
  “This is a very big day for the region, for TransLink and for this project. This is a day we’ve been working toward for, literally, about 10 years,” said Sany Zein, TransLink’s vice-president of engineering and infrastructure management.
  On Wednesday, a day after it was announced that the business case for the Surrey-Newton-Guildford light-rail proje
  
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• No Shock Here. Best IPO of 2018 is a two-month-old B.C. pot purveyor

  06-09-2018 02:40 via vancouversun.com
  Less than two months after going public, a B.C. cannabis stock has surpassed nearly 200 other companies to become the year’s best performing initial public offering on U.S. exchanges.
  Nanaimo-based Tilray Inc. has outperformed its marijuana-related peers amid a sector-wide rally this summer. Shares traded above $93 on Wednesday, up 447 percent from their $17 IPO price in July. The North American Marijuana Index, or NAMMAR, has gained 31 percent over that same period.
  Tilray’s 26 perc
  
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• Mountie who fatally shot man in 2014 sues police watchdog

  06-09-2018 02:06 via vancouversun.com
  A Mountie who fatally shot a man in southeastern B.C. is suing the police watchdog that cleared the officer of wrongdoing, but took more than three years to reach its conclusion.
  In October 2014, RCMP Cpl. Brian Burke was engaged in a search for Peter de Groot after an incident in which — according to an Independent Investigations Office of B.C. report — it was alleged there was an exchange of gunfire between de Groot and RCMP officers.
  Four days after the incident, Burke located de
  
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• Dräger DrugTest will be a dud, predicts Vancouver lawyer

  06-09-2018 01:52 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver lawyer Paul Doroshenko has added to his extensive collection of alcohol-detection devices by acquiring a Dräger DrugTest 5000, as the federal government gives the go-ahead for the pot-testing device.
  Doroshenko’s firm, Acumen Law Corp., has had the operating manual for the German device for a year and acquired a model six weeks ago to test its reliability.
  Doroshenko has since determined the device’s procedure, unlike roadside alcohol breathalyzers, is lengthy and intr
  
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• North Vancouver fire crews now conducting water rescue in Lynn Canyon

  06-09-2018 01:42 via vancouversun.com
  North Vancouver firefighters are currently out in Lynn Canyon conducting a water rescue.
  On Wednesday afternoon, the District of North Vancouver Fire Department shared an update online that said its crews were on site in Lynn Canyon responding to a water rescue in a 90-foot pool.
  District of North Vancouver Fire Crews are currently responding to a water rescue at 90' pool in Lynn Canyon. Please avoid the area and allow emergency crews responding to the park room to operate.
  — DNV Fire Depa
  
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• There is a gas leak in the 4400 block of Capilano Rd (near Edgemont Blvd). A@FortisBC crew is on the scene and is a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 01:33 via twitter.com
  There is a gas leak in the 4400 block of Capilano Rd (near Edgemont Blvd). A@FortisBC crew is on the scene and is a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• We've got an old horseshoe club area in Mahon Park that needs re-purposing. Drop by Mahon Park on Sept 20 & share y… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  We've got an old horseshoe club area in Mahon Park that needs re-purposing. Drop by Mahon Park on Sept 20 & share y… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Surrey First unveils its 2018 municipal election slate

  06-09-2018 01:22 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey First has unveiled a slate of candidates for the Oct. 20 municipal election — two-thirds of them new to the party.
  The party won all seats on Surrey’s city council in the last election. But three members are retiring from municipal politics this fall and three others left the party to run together on a new slate.
  “Yes, two-thirds of our 2018 Surrey First team are new — fresh faces, fresh voices, fresh perspective and new ideas,” Tom Gill, the mayoral candidat
  
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• Bus drivers in different cities face varying plans for cannabis-testing

  06-09-2018 01:13 via vancouversun.com
  With less than two months before spoking pot becomes legal, Metro Vancouver bus drivers have no idea how the new law will impact their jobs.
  TransLink spokesman Chris Bryan told Postmedia News that while the transit provider was drafting a policy to prepare for the Oct. 17 legalization date, there were no further details to share.
  “Canadian law does not support random testing unless an employer can demonstrate a ‘general problem’ with use or abuse of alcohol or drugs in their w
  
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• Classical music: Vancouver Opera season has much in store

  06-09-2018 01:05 via vancouversun.com
  City Opera presents Nigredo Hotel
  When: Sept. 20 to 22, 8 p.m.
  Where: The Cultch
  Tickets and info: from $22.25. thecultch.com
  Vancouver Opera’s season starter, Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow, is still a few weeks away. But both City Opera Vancouver and the Turning Point Ensemble are right off the mark with 2018/19 productions. Turning Point begins its year with the premiere of Victoria-based Rudolf Komorous’s Dada opera The Mute Canary, September 14/15/16 at SFU
  
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