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• Vision Vancouver will not field a mayoral candidate in municipal election

  14-09-2018 23:52 via vancouversun.com
  Vision Vancouver, the civic party that has dominated the city council chamber for the last decade, will not run a mayoral candidate in the Oct. 20 municipal election.
  Vision made the announcement Friday, the final day for candidates to submit their nomination forms and four days after its mayoral candidate Ian Campbell decided against entering the race.
  “After considering all the options, and listening carefully to party members and progressive voters, Vision Vancouver has decided we will
  
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• Traffic woes driving City of North Vancouver mayoral candidates to campaign on solutions - CBC.ca

  14-09-2018 23:50
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  Traffic woes driving City of North Vancouver mayoral candidates to campaign on solutions
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  Each week until election day, CBC's The Early Edition looks at a key issue in different municipalities. Clare Hennig · CBC News · Posted: Sep 14, 2018 12:47 PM PT | Last Updated: September 14. Congestion has become a major election issue in the City of ...and more »
  
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• Remains found in Whitehorse identified 9 years later as B.C. man

  14-09-2018 23:33 via vancouversun.com
  WHITEHORSE — It took nine years, but Mounties in Whitehorse have been able to identify human remains found on a local trail as those of a British Columbia man.
  Police say a mountain biker travelling along a trail off Long Lake Road discovered a human head in 2009, but a search of the area by officers and a police dog couldn’t find anything else.
  In September 2016, two other mountain bikers in the same area were off course in a very steep incline when they found a backpack and decayed
  
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• Large turnout for Vancouver court appearance of man accused in Marrisa Shen's murder

  14-09-2018 23:27 via vancouversun.com
  Several dozen people showed up in court Friday for the first appearance of the man accused in the murder of 13-year-old Marrisa Shen.
  The proceedings for Ibrahim Ali, who is charged with the first-degree murder of the Burnaby girl, were initially delayed to await the arrival of an Arabic interpreter.
  When the interpreter arrived, Danny Markovitz, the accused’s lawyer, told Provincial Court Judge Harbans Dhillon that he’d just received a small package of Crown disclosure and requested
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Canada should learn from, but not copy, Portugal's drug policy

  14-09-2018 23:23 via vancouversun.com
  In the 1990s Portugal was in the throes of a national crisis, averaging 360 drug overdose deaths a year in a country of 10 million. Today, it has one of Europe’s lowest rates of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and the number of overdose deaths in 2016 was 26. In a weeklong series from Portugal, Vancouver Sun columnist Daphne Bramham looks at the lessons to be learned from the country’s radical approach to addiction treatment. 
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• Would bus-only lanes on the North Shore bridges help to reduce congestion? Learn why it is better to focus on the b… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-09-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  Would bus-only lanes on the North Shore bridges help to reduce congestion? Learn why it is better to focus on the b… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vigils held outside Vancouver courthouse as alleged killer of Marrisa Shen makes appearance

  14-09-2018 22:48
  
  28-year-old Ibrahim Ali is facing first-degree murder charges
  
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• Great weather for a good turnout at our “Pop Up Detachment” at Parkgate Plaza. Nice to meet so many locals and visi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-09-2018 22:27 via twitter.com
  Great weather for a good turnout at our “Pop Up Detachment” at Parkgate Plaza. Nice to meet so many locals and visi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver police dog assists in arrest of convicted sex offender

  14-09-2018 22:20 via vancouversun.com
  A convicted sex offender who failed to return to a Vancouver halfway house on Monday night is back behind bars.
  Vancouver police dog Griffin.
  Vancouver police arrested James Allan Pike, 46, Thursday night in the city’s West End.
  The VPD says Pike ran from officers after being spotted near Jervis Street and Nelson Street. Officers, with the help of VPD service dog Griffin, later found Pike hiding in a nearby parkade.
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• Andrea Reimer not running for Vancouver mayor

  14-09-2018 21:13 via vancouversun.com
  Longtime Vancouver city councillor Andrea Reimer has decided not to run for mayor.
  Reimer, who had decided against running for re-election to council and had planned to attend Harvard University this fall, told Postmedia earlier this week she was mulling a mayoral bid for Vision Vancouver after Ian Campbell dropped out of the race.
  However, on Friday Reimer said that she needs to take some time away from service and public life.
  “It feels terrible to say that as I’ve always
  
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• Canada Line service resumes after track issues on SkyTrain

  14-09-2018 21:10 via vancouversun.com
  The Canada Line on SkyTrain has resumed service after a track issue caused delays early Friday.
  TransLink says the issue between Bridgeport and YVR and Richmond-Brighouse stations has been resolved.
  Riders during the Friday morning commute had to transfer at Bridgeport Station.
  Millennium and Expo Line were unaffected.
  The transit authority says additional security and Transit Police were at the stations to ensure passenger safety and crowd control.
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• Our North Vancouver RCMP “Pop Up Detachment” is all set for you to come down to Parkgate Plaza (beside the library… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-09-2018 20:57 via twitter.com
  Our North VancouverRCMP “Pop Up Detachment” is all set for you to come down to Parkgate Plaza (beside the library… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Union of B.C. Municipalities considers wide range of resolutions

  14-09-2018 20:40 via vancouversun.com
  Union of B.C. Municipalities delegates considered more than 50 resolutions on a variety of topics on Friday, the last day of their annual conference.
  • The first, a late resolution, came from the District of Houston and asked the UBCM to lobby the federal government and the province to have military personnel trained in wildfire suppression so they can help in wildfire events across Canada, and that wildfire suppression become part of all basic training. The resolution was endorsed.
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• TOMORROW! Help us improve Hastings Creek fish and wildlife habitat by removing invasive plants and planting native… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-09-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  TOMORROW! Help us improve Hastings Creek fish and wildlife habitat by removing invasive plants and planting native… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Guess Who's Turning 10? Our City Library is having a birthday party tomorrow and you're invited. Come celebrate wit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-09-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Guess Who's Turning 10? Our City Library is having a birthday party tomorrow and you're invited. Come celebrate wit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The It List: Anita Massage Sports Tights

  14-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The product: Anita Massage Sport Tights
  Why we love it: These tights are seriously supportive. Almost like a well-fitted bra — but for your lower body.
  Referred to in the brand’s press material as “the iPhone of Activewear,” these athletic leggings feature innovative textured fabric that massages the skin while also providing compression to the skin and lymphatic system. The textile also transports moisture away from skin to help keep you dry.
  The leggings were
  
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• Rainbow of raincoats: Step out in style with these 10 colourful coats

  14-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  You peak outside your window to check the morning weather. Only to find it’s raining. Again.
  Rainy days are an all-too familiar weather woe for Canadians during the fall and winter months. But, thankfully, this season’s outwear options for wet weather are a whole lot sunnier than they’ve been in the past. (Think: far fewer basic beige and black toppers.)
  In fact, there is a veritable rainbow of colour options on offer for outerwear this year — at every price point. And we
  
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• Fab 5: Florals for fall

  14-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Florals for fall may be just as groundbreaking as florals for spring — that is to say, not groundbreaking at all — but that doesn’t mean we don’t love them. And after a summer of basket bags, Little House on the Prairie dresses and block-heeled cowboy boots, our closets are truly ripe for a floral piece or three. Whether you opt for a pretty posy or something with a darker, gothic edge, Rebecca Tay presents five floral pieces you need right now.
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• Brian Minter: Persimmons are trees of the future

  14-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  About a year ago, I wrote about edible figs, and Jim Gilbert of Northwoods Nursery in Oregon was a great source of information. At the time, he said if I ever did an article on persimmons, I was to count him in.
  So, I called him recently, and we had a conversation about persimmons and why they continue to grow in popularity and are now pretty much mainstream.
  Gilbert said that once you’ve eaten a persimmon, it’s very easy to acquire a taste for them. Not only that, but they are, perh
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Italian winemakers evolve with the times

  14-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Spending a couple of weeks in Italian wine country is the perfect tonic for anyone jaded by the business of wine. Most any foreign wine producing country will do, but the longer they have been making wine the better your experience will be in my estimation.
  European wine folks have a way of looking at life that is very foreign to ours. They seldom talk in days or months or even years, but decades or generations. When you ask about a new vineyard or a new clone of grape they are only thinking abo
  
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• Measles warning issued in Vancouver for Skookum, SkyTrain, restaurant and more

  14-09-2018 19:31
  
  An individual who attended those locations has been confirmed to have the highly-contagious disease
  
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• Due to the recent rainfall and cooler temperatures, the fire hazard rating has been reduced to LOW. Fires and BBQs… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-09-2018 19:25 via twitter.com
  Due to the recent rainfall and cooler temperatures, the fire hazard rating has been reduced to LOW. Fires and BBQs… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Male Arrested For Multiple Battery Thefts bit.ly/2OmmdX8 #NorthVancouver https://t.co/XBDuC1A350

  14-09-2018 19:09 via twitter.com
  
  Male Arrested For Multiple Battery Theftsbit.ly/2OmmdX8#NorthVancouver https://t.co/XBDuC1A350
  
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• IHIT searching for man wanted on murder charge

  14-09-2018 18:57 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. homicide detectives are searching for a man wanted on a first-degree murder charge.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is asking for help to locate and arrest 27-year-old Brandon Nathan Teixeira.
  On Sept. 6, Teixeira was charged with first degree murder in connection to the shooting death of 28-year-old Nicholas Khabra last October in Surrey.
  A warrant was issued for his arrest. He is believed to be somewhere in the Lower Mainland of B.C.Investigators say Teixeira has associate
  
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• Today is the last day to get your papers in if you're planning to run in the Oct 20 election. The nomination period… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-09-2018 18:31 via twitter.com
  Today is the last day to get your papers in if you're planning to run in the Oct 20 election. The nomination period… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Five things to know about measles in B.C.

  14-09-2018 17:56 via vancouversun.com
  Health officials issued another warning about measles in B.C. on Thursday, saying anyone who attended the Skookum festival in Stanley Park on the weekend might have been exposed to the highly infectious disease.  A week ago, Vancouver Coastal Health issued a similar alert about a traveller with measles on a B.C. Ferries sailing to Mayne Island. The case was related to a student attending Maple Ridge Secondary School. In Europe, where the disease was at an all time low a few years
  
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• No more time to procrastinate on your Community Grant application. Deadline is TODAY at 4pm ⏰.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-09-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  No more time to procrastinate on your Community Grant application. Deadline is TODAY at 4pm ⏰.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Crews on Haida Gwaii place booms, monitor air quality around grounded barge

  14-09-2018 17:07 via vancouversun.com
  QUEEN CHARLOTTE — Booms have been placed around a grounded fishing lodge barge so contaminants that may be seeping from its hull don’t foul beaches on the east coast of Haida Gwaii.
  The Council of the Haida Nation has provided an update on efforts to assess and salvage the barge, which grounded on Lina Island, near the village of Queen Charlotte, B.C., after breaking away from its mooring in high winds last weekend.
  The council’s news release says the booms were placed Thursday
  
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• Canada Line delayed because of track issues

  14-09-2018 16:47 via vancouversun.com
  SkyTrain commuters travelling on the Canada Line this morning might want to budget extra time.
  TransLink says there are delays between Bridgeport and YVR and Richmond-Brighouse stations because of a track issue.
  Riders travelling in either direction will have to transfer at Bridgeport Station.
  Millennium and Expo Line are unaffected, says TransLink.
  The transit authority says additional security and Transit Police are at the stations to ensure passenger safety and crowd control.
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• Town Talk: Auto fans greet supercars and a book about them

  14-09-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  HOTTER WHEELS: There are top-quality furnishings and accessories aplenty in Niels and Nancy Bendtsen’s Inform furnishings store. But nothing to match the price of exotic cars that parked in the backroom on one recent Friday. After tax and insurance,  two alone would have left little change from $10 million. They were a 750-horsepower Pagani Huayra BC and 1,500 horsepower Bugatti Chiron. The average price per horsepower would have Honda Civics cost close to $1 million.
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• Conversations That Matter: Waste water to the rescue

  14-09-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Imagine, if you will, a world in which waste water — the stuff you drain out of your sink, shower, dishwasher and toilet — could provide you with the energy you need to power your home. It sounds like a line from The Twilight Zone, but it’s real.
  Enter SHARC, a Coquitlam-based company that is changing the way buildings around the world are using what was considered wastewater. Reusing grey water, the water from everywhere but the toilet, is one thing; repurp
  
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• Burnaby homeowner ordered to fill illegal basement suite with sand

  14-09-2018 15:21
  
  “This is just wrong,” says owner, who built suite so his children's grandmother could live in home and help care for kids
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Cloudy, rainy, rinse, repeat

  14-09-2018 15:17 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – It might be time to plug in the sun lamp, Metro Vancouver. The weather looks very grey for the next week. It’s also starting to get a bit chilly, especially overnight as the temperature dips down to around 12 C. Environment Canada says expect Friday to be mainly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the morning, and then rain in the afternoon, and a high of 16 C. The weekend looks slightly cooler with showers on both Saturday and Sunday, and highs of 15 C and 14
  
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• Man accused of killing Burnaby teen Marissa Shen lived in her neighbourhood

  14-09-2018 15:17 via vancouversun.com
  The three-storey Burnaby walk-up apartment where Ibrahim Ali lived when he was arrested for the killing of Marissa Shen was shuttered and silent on Thursday.
  On Wednesday, at the building where the Ali family rents two apartments, a man answered the door, confirmed he was a relative of Ibrahim Ali, the Syrian refugee accused of the 13-year-old’s murder, but declined to comment further.
  On Thursday there was no response to knocking. The windows at the back of the apartment were hung with sh
  
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• Battery boosting thief in North Vancouver kept going and going and going - North Shore News

  14-09-2018 09:00
  Battery boosting thief in North Vancouver kept going and going and going  North Shore NewsThroughout August, dozens of North Vancouver truck drivers tried to start their rigs only to find batteries were not included. The cause, according to police, was a ...
  
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• Vancouver Coastal Health issues measles warning to Skookum festival goers

  14-09-2018 05:24 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Coastal Health is warning anyone who the attended Skookum music festival, an event that attracted 50,000 people to Stanley Park on the weekend, about a possible measles exposure.
  An individual who attended the festival on Saturday, as well as other events and locations in Vancouver over the past week, has been confirmed to have measles, therefore potentially having exposed others.
  Health officials are advising members of the public who were at any of the following locations during the
  
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• "No Chance": Expert gives up hope that ailing whale will be found alive as search continues

  14-09-2018 04:55 via vancouversun.com
  SEATTLE — A scientist says there is “no chance” a sick killer whale at the centre of an international effort to provide the orca with medical treatment will be found alive.
  Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research in Washington state said the southern resident killer whale known as J50 hasn’t been seen for several days and he believes she died between last Friday and Monday.
  “I know that she is gone for a week and deceased,” he said Thursday. “There
  
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• Lions Bay may acclaim mayor and council, barring last-day entries

  14-09-2018 03:44 via vancouversun.com
  With one day before the nomination period closes for this fall’s municipal election, and just enough candidates to fill its council seats, the Village of Lions Bay could end up with an all-acclaimed council.
  Earlier this week Mayor Karl Buhr, who is not running for re-election, became  concerned that there were only three people nominated for four council positions, two of whom are incumbents.
  A fourth person submitted their papers on Thursday afternoon.
  Buhr wasn’t sure what to
  
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• Italian brand Max Mara releases limited-edition handbag for Vancouver

  14-09-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  When it comes to luxury fashion, two things are coveted most: chic design and exclusivity. And a new handbag from the Italian fashion house Max Mara has both.
  The handbag, which was created exclusively for the Vancouver market, boasts unique design elements such as fur and suede, plus, it’s very limited. As in, only 35 numbered pieces exist in the world.
  Max Mara has been a fashionable presence in the city for more than 30 years, during which it has cultivated a dedicated customer base. Th
  
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• Caroline Dickson and Kevin James: Five tips to help students settle into post-secondary life

  14-09-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s September and post-secondary students are settling into the fall term at colleges and universities all over Canada. As college instructors, we’ve taught thousands of students and we know that the first few weeks each year can be especially challenging for some. Despite talent and ability, young people often struggle to navigate the complex web of new relationships, independence and demands of student life.
  In his recent message to parents of new University of B.C. students, univ
  
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• Will Weaver huff and puff or bring speculation tax down to his liking?

  14-09-2018 02:43 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. Liberal Andrew Wilkinson stepped up his attacks on the NDP government’s proposed speculation tax Thursday, echoing what Green leader Andrew Weaver has been saying against the levy as well.
  “The speculation tax has nothing to do with speculation, it’s a tax on retirement homes and family cabins, plain and simple,” declared Wilkinson on social media, following his address earlier in the day to delegates at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conventi
  
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• Richmond man convicted in fatal fire should get 18 years: Crown

  14-09-2018 02:39 via vancouversun.com
  A Richmond man who was convicted of killing his son and mother-in-law after setting the family home on fire should receive an 18-year jail term, a prosecutor argued Thursday.
  In July, Surjit Singh Dosanjh, 40, was found guilty of the April 2015 manslaughter of his 13-year-old son, who can only be identified by the initial K due to a publication ban, and of his mother-in-law, who is identified as E.L. in a court ruling.
  In his sentencing submissions, Crown counsel Daniel Porte told B.C. Supreme C
  
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• Man accused of killing Burnaby teenager lived in her neighbourhood

  14-09-2018 02:10 via vancouversun.com
  The three-storey Burnaby walk-up apartment where Ibrahim Ali lived when he was arrested for the killing of Marissa Shen was shuttered and silent on Thursday.
  On Wednesday, at the building where the Ali family rents two apartments, a man answered the door, confirmed he was a relative of Ibrahim Ali, the Syrian refugee accused of the 13-year-old’s murder, but declined to comment further.
  On Thursday there was no response to knocking. The windows at the back of the apartment were hung with sh
  
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• Municipalities ask province for help to deal with politicians facing criminal charges

  14-09-2018 02:09 via vancouversun.com
  WHISTLER — When Pitt Meadows councillor David Murray was charged and later jailed for sexual offences involving a teenager, the city had no way of removing him from his position.
  It was an experience that Pitt Meadows coun. Bill Dingwall said no other local government should have to endure.
  “It can’t be just business as usual at council,” Dingwall said on Thursday at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference in Whistler. “We need to protect the image and reputatio
  
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• Man accused of killing teenager lived in her neighbourhood

  14-09-2018 01:58 via vancouversun.com
  The three-storey walk-up apartment where Ibrahim Ali lived when he was arrested for the killing of Marissa Shen was shuttered and silent on Thursday.
  On Wednesday, at the building where the Ali family rents two apartments, a man answered the door, confirmed he was a relative of Ibrahim Ali, the Syrian refugee accused of the 13-year-old’s murder, but declined to comment further.
  On Thursday there was no response to knocking. The windows at the back of the apartment were hung with sheets and
  
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• An upside to the recent rain? The fire danger rating has been dropped to LOW, and that means BBQs (both propane and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-09-2018 01:49 via twitter.com
  An upside to the recent rain? The fire danger rating has been dropped to LOW, and that means BBQs (both propane and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Raise-a-Reader: Canuck Troy Stecher’s love of reading a gift from parents

  14-09-2018 01:39 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Canucks defenceman Troy Stecher credits his parents’ love of reading for his own daily reading habits — and among the books his mother read to him at bedtime was a series called Brady Brady, because it was all about hockey.
  The books, including Brady Brady and the Great Rink and Brady Brady and the Puck on the Pond, were written by an Ottawa-area mother who wrote them to encourage her hockey-obsessed son to read.
  “It’s a routine we had together, it was a nice th
  
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• Report says there is no single solution to North Shore traffic congestion

  14-09-2018 01:33 via vancouversun.com
  There is no single solution to addressing traffic gridlock on the North Shore, according to a long-awaited report on improving access and transportation in the region.
  The report rejected the idea of a wider bridges, saying a new span would simply fill with more traffic in a few years. Its number-one recommendation was to reduce reliance on the Trans-Canada Highway for local trips by “creating more east-west travel options.”
  “There is not one single cause of traffic congestion
  
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