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• Great weather to support a much needed reminder and message to all motorists! Thanks everyone for coming out! twitter.com/icbc/status/10…

  19-09-2018 23:58 via twitter.com
  Great weather to support a much needed reminder and message to all motorists! Thanks everyone for coming out! twitter.com/icbc/status/10…
  
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• B.C. man named Gardian Angel gets one year in prison for sex acts with a minor

  19-09-2018 23:58 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — A middle-aged Kamloops man who had sex with a 14-year-old boy he met on a hookup app has been ordered to spend a year in prison.
  Gardian Angel was handcuffed and taken into custody after his sentencing hearing at the Kamloops Law Courts on Wednesday. He had been free on bail following his arrest in 2016.
  Angel was convicted in May of sexually touching a person under 16 years of age after a trial in front of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Len Marchand, who said he found the accused&r
  
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• VIDEO: B.C. truckers lose it in road rage fight

  19-09-2018 23:57
  
  We've all heard of 'trucker mouth' but this is something else...
  
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• Vancouver police say DTES marijuana seizure was not a raid

  19-09-2018 23:50 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Police Department says last week’s seizure of marijuana from an opioid-replacement kiosk was not a raid, but a “very fair and balanced approach” to deal with trafficking of illegal substances in public spaces.
  On Friday, Sarah Blyth, a Vancouver city council candidate and founder of the front-line Overdose Prevention Society, said VPD officers entered the site at 62 East Hastings Street and took all the cannabis that was on display at the 
  
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• Join City Park Planners on a 3km Urban Walk on the Green Necklace Trail Sept 26 12-1pm. Meet your neighbours, learn… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-09-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  Join City Park Planners on a 3km Urban Walk on the Green Necklace Trail Sept 26 12-1pm. Meet your neighbours, learn… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C. home sales forecast to slide further next year

  19-09-2018 22:13
  
  Contradicting the provincial association’s recent predictions, national real estate body is less optimistic about B.C.’s home sales recovery in 2019
  
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• Vancouver Fashion Week highlights local, international design talent

  19-09-2018 22:11 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver has become a hot spot for fashionable brands and designers in recent years.
  And, this week, a few of those talents — as well as a full roster of international names, will take to the runway to show their Spring/Summer 2019 collections at Vancouver Fashion Week.
  In addition to runway shows from designers such as Artemisia Wang and Sarah Kosinski, the event includes a Global Fashion Collective, a Fashion Camp and more. The event runs Sept. 17-23 under the white tents on the Va
  
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• Their marriage has gone to pot, but who gets the grow-op money?

  19-09-2018 22:03 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. couple who ran a lucrative but illegal marijuana growing business for two decades found themselves in a tricky situation when their marriage went to pot.
  During a bitter divorce battle, they tried to divvy up their illicit weed assets.
  The Smiths were married for 30 years but separated five years ago, according to B.C. Supreme Court documents filed this week in Vancouver. They have two daughters, one who is a teacher and the other a lawyer.
  The court says the Smiths were engaged in a
  
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• UBC installs ancient 'sea monster' in Earth Sciences Building

  19-09-2018 22:02 via vancouversun.com
  The newest resident of the University of B.C.’s Earth Sciences Building measures 13-metres long and is about 80 million years old.
  UBC’s Pacific Museum of Earth installed a full-sized skeletal cast of an Elasmosaurus — a Plesiosaur, an ancient marine reptile — in the building’s glass atrium last weekend.
  UBC’s Pacific Museum of Earth has installed a 13-metre-long cast skeleton of an Elasmosaurus –an ancient marine reptile — in the gl
  
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• We're considering changes to our coach house application process, including new or simplified permitting requiremen… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-09-2018 21:16 via twitter.com
  We're considering changes to our coach house application process, including new or simplified permitting requiremen… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver residents divided over duplexes replacing single-family homes

  19-09-2018 21:08
  
  Councillors prepare to make decision on rezoning neighbourhoods, as lively public hearing reveals sharply divided opinions
  
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• Mia Stainsby: Side Dishes/Dr. Peter fundraiser and sake night

  19-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Passionate affair
  Now in its 15th year, Passions carries on its tradition of putting on the ritz to fundraise for a worthy cause: Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation. The annual event has raised $1.4 million. The Dr. Peter Centre serves 80,000 meals a year and provides 24-hour licensed care residence, supportive housing and a day health program.
  Passions 2018 takes place September 26 at Performance Works on Granville Island with 20 of the city’s best restaurants at the food stations (includes B
  
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• Mia Stainsby: Edible remedy for crashing your bike in Squamish

  19-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Backcountry Brewing
  1201 Commercial Way, Squamish | backcountrybrewing.com
  Open for lunch and dinner dailyI wasn’t in the best of shape or mood. I’d crashed on my bike when a wheel caught on a wooden bridge on the Squamish Valley Road. I rode into Squamish a wreck and with a very sore rib. I couldn’t laugh and didn’t feel there was much to smile about either.
  So thank you Backcountry Brewing for nudging me to buck up and enjoy life; the refreshing brews on tap helped as d
  
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• Kasey Wilson: VIFF offers up opportunity for a twist on a ballpark classic

  19-09-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The three-week Vancouver International Film Festival, which begins Sept. 27, is a highlight of my year. I look forward to friends dropping by for a quick meal between screenings as we work our way through the amazing menu of movies.
  This year I’m planning a twist on a ballpark classic with a dish from Chef Rod Butters’ first book, The Okanagan Table: The Art of Everyday Home Cooking.
  Butters’ “Dog,” a gourmet interpretation of the humble hotdog, was inspired by a st
  
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• North Vancouver athlete completes five Ironman Triathlons in five days - North Shore News

  19-09-2018 19:50
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  North Vancouver athlete completes five Ironman Triathlons in five days
  North Shore News
  For those rare few of you out there who have actually raced a full Ironman Triathlon, how did you feel the next day? It's a swim of about four kilometres, a 180 km bike ride, and then a full marathon run. If you did that, what would you be up for the ...
  
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• Man in custody after shots fired in Abbotsford

  19-09-2018 19:48 via vancouversun.com
  Abbotsford police have a man custody following a shooting incident in a residential neighbourhood Tuesday night.
  Police were called to the 2900 block of Flagman Place, a cul-de-sac near Station Road and the Fraser Highway, at 7:30 p.m. in response to numerous calls reporting shots fired.While offices on route, a man phoned police to report that when he arrived at a residence on Flagman Place, an individual exited the residence and fired a gun at his vehicle.
  With the assistance of the Munic
  
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• 86 per cent of Canadians want to restrict the sale of vaping products to youth

  19-09-2018 19:40
  
  A recent poll conducted by the Angus Reid Institute asked Canadians whether vaping does more harm than good.
  
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• Come along on a photographic walking tour of the North Vancouver waterfront - North Shore News

  19-09-2018 19:10
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  Come along on a photographic walking tour of the North Vancouver waterfront
  North Shore News
  This week was one that made me realize how incredibly lucky I am to live in this beautiful place. I biked, jogged and walked home from work, and I couldn't stop taking pictures of all the cool, kooky, amazing sights along the way. Let me show you ...
  
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• Making walking, cycling, and transit more accessible is just one of many priorities identified in the INSTPP report… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-09-2018 18:59 via twitter.com
  Making walking, cycling, and transit more accessible is just one of many priorities identified in the INSTPP report… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Daily Poll: What is the most important issue in the municipal election?

  19-09-2018 18:51 via vancouversun.com
  Not surprisingly, a majority of Vancouverites, or 67 per cent, believe housing is the biggest issue to consider when electing a mayor and council, according to a new Research Co. poll. Transportation seems to be the second area of concern followed by poverty and economic development.
  Read our story on the poll here.
  What is the biggest problem in your municipality? Is it housing like Vancouver, or maybe transportation? What about environmental issues? Take our poll and share your thoughts o
  
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• Wet weather brings relief: Restrictions lifted in two B.C. fire centres

  19-09-2018 18:27 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — All restrictions on fires or forest use are being lifted in two of B.C.’s six fire centres for the first time since early summer.
  The Ministry of Forests says open burning prohibitions will be rescinded Wednesday in the Coastal and Kamloops fire centres.
  Campfires, open fires no larger than two metres by three metres, and all types of forest use will be allowed in each centre, along with tiki torches, burn barrels, fireworks, sky lanterns and exploding targets used in fire
  
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• There are so many ways Municipal government affects your day to day life. Jill says get in the know about who's up… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-09-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  There are so many ways Municipal government affects your day to day life. Jill says get in the know about who's up… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Kennedy Stewart in lead for Vancouver mayor: poll

  19-09-2018 17:29 via vancouversun.com
  Independent candidate Kennedy Stewart is pulling ahead in the race for Vancouver’s top job, following Ian Campbell’s departure, according to the latest poll.
  The Research Co. found that 36 per cent of respondents say they will vote for Stewart in next month’s election, up 11 points since the last Research Co. poll in July.
  The poll shows Stewart with a 23-point lead over the NPA’s Ken Sim, in a second place at 25 per cent.
  Sim is followed by independent candidate Sha
  
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• Duplexes in Vancouver single-family-home zones? Dozens speak up at city hall hearing

  19-09-2018 16:33 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver is considering allowing duplexes in most areas of the city currently restricted to single-family homes, and the plan has prompted a lengthy public hearing that is far from over.
  The city clerk says 73 people signed up to speak at the hearing that began early Tuesday evening and adjourned hours later with 34 speakers still waiting.
  Some call the proposed bylaw change long overdue and an part of a comprehensive housing solution, but critics worry single-family homes will be targeted by s
  
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• Garibaldi Springs housing development all but a certainty

  19-09-2018 16:31
  
  Controversial 310-home plan for former golf course in Squamish has passed biggest hurdle
  
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• One man injured in suspicious car fire in Pitt Meadows: report

  19-09-2018 15:32 via vancouversun.com
  Police in Pitt Meadows are investigating a suspicious car fire late Tuesday night, in which one man was sent to hospital with minor burns, according to a report.
  Pitt Meadows RCMP were called out at around 9 p.m. to the 2100-block of 191B Street, after an SUV burst into flames when the man opened the door, according to Global News.
  The report says the man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and that police consider the fire suspicious.
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• Vancouver Weather: Early fog, then sunny and cloudy

  19-09-2018 15:04 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Wednesday’s weather in Metro Vancouver will likely be quite pleasant, with a little fog rolling out in the morning and then a mix of sun and cloud and a high of 17 C. There’s a slight chance of rain later in the afternoon or early evening, and then rain in the forecast on Thursday and Friday, according to Environment Canada, with slightly cooler temperatures of around 16 C. Looking ahead to weekend, the rain continues on Saturday for fall equinox. Then, t
  
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• Richmond mayoral candidate Hong Guo probed for professional misconduct

  19-09-2018 05:53 via vancouversun.com
  Lawyer Hong Guo is running for mayor of Richmond despite a slew of professional misconduct allegations by the Law Society of B.C. in relation to the disappearance of $7.5 million from her firm’s trust account.
  Guo, who has been under investigation by the law society since April 2016 after she reported the missing funds, said she is confident she will be exonerated.
  On Sept. 4, the society outlined more than 30 allegations against Guo, dating from the period 2014 to 2016 and including breac
  
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• City Hall is lit purple in celebration of Big Brothers Big Sisters Day. #NorthVan #bbbsday @BigBrothersYVR @bbbsc https://t.co/unLWilwVUD

  19-09-2018 04:45 via twitter.com
  
  City Hall is lit purple in celebration of Big Brothers Big Sisters Day. #NorthVan #bbbsday @BigBrothersYVR @bbbsc https://t.co/unLWilwVUD
  
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• Dan Fumano: Robertson gavels in the end of an era at Vancouver city hall

  19-09-2018 04:04 via vancouversun.com
  In many ways, Tuesday was business as usual at Vancouver city council.
  There were many familiar elements.
  Non-Partisan Association Coun. Melissa De Genova commented, as she has more than once during this council term, that she rarely agrees with Vision Coun. Andrea Reimer.
  A protest from the Our Homes Can’t Wait Coalition on the steps of city hall resulted in a security lockdown for the building, a result the group has achieved more than once this term.
  During the morning meeting, council
  
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• OneCity endorses Kennedy Stewart for Vancouver mayor

  19-09-2018 03:49 via vancouversun.com
  Left-leaning civic party OneCity is throwing its support behind independent Vancouver mayoral candidate Kennedy Stewart.
  OneCity, which is running two city council candidates and three school board candidates in the Oct. 20 municipal election, will formally endorse Stewart at the party’s campaign office Wednesday morning.
  Stewart, a two-term member of Parliament, gave up his federal seat in Burnaby-South last Friday, the same day he filed his nomination papers with the city of Vancouver.
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• In a post-Sedins world, Canucks promise more fun, music, entertainment for fans in stands

  19-09-2018 03:30 via vancouversun.com
  We can’t tell you when a ceremony to honour the retired Sedin twins will be held, but we can tell you the Canucks hope to announce a date soon.
  It may be later this year or early next, Jeff Stipec, chief operating officer of Canucks Sports and Entertainment, said Wednesday. Ticket-holders will know as soon as the Canucks have finalized details, he said.
  “It’s going to be the first time in 18 years (with no Sedins in the lineup),” Stipec said of the season-opener Oct. 3, a
  
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• B.C. behind the curve on retailing recreational cannabis on eve of legalization

  19-09-2018 03:30 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia will miss an opportunity to start crowding out the black market for marijuana by not having legal retailers open by the Oct. 17 legalization date, according to a couple of experts.
  However, for hopeful merchant Fire & Flower, which is working through B.C.’s licensing process, “it’s most important to us that it’s done right, than done fast,” said company executive Trevor Fencott.
  And “done right,” has to include dealing with existing
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Dr. Brian Day's character, credibility broadsided in court attack

  19-09-2018 03:05 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Government continued a savage attack Tuesday on the credibility and character of its chief opponent in the long-running constitutional challenge to Medicare policies.
  Ignoring the central issues of the case, lawyer Jonathan Penner focused his cross-examination on discrediting Dr. Brian Day as little more than a money-motivated, disingenuous scofflaw.
  Penner unleashed a barrage accusing Day of posting fabricated or misleading information on internet pages, making inappropriate and inaccu
  
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• Rodger Hamilton: B.C. shouldn't allow burning of dirty old rail ties to produce electricity

  19-09-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Are waste rail ties treated with creosote and/or pentachlorophenol a “clean or renewable resource” suitable for burning to generate electricity in B.C.? This is a question B.C. Hydro will address over the next year.
  The biomass power plant in Williams Lake currently burns clean wood waste to produce electricity that it sells to B.C. Hydro under an electricity purchase agreement. However, in an effort to move to a cheaper fuel supply, the plant’s owners obtained government appro
  
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• Raise-a-Reader: Couple from China get parenting respite along with English classes

  19-09-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Parents Ivy Choy and Kelvin Yang look forward to their weekly literacy classes at Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House for more than just the chance to improve their English skills.
  Choy, 32, who has lived in Canada since 2010, and her husband, Yang, also 32, since 2013, attend the East Vancouver community centre on Saturday mornings to each work with a tutor.
  Yang had no English when they immigrated from Guang Zhou and Choy “a little.”
  “Yes, very easy to learn English because it
  
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• B.C. government readies speed cameras, but few details available

  19-09-2018 02:46 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. is getting ready to roll out its first intersection speed cameras, but municipalities still aren’t sure if they’ll be getting a share of the ticket revenue.
  Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said a promised fall launch of the program that will activate existing red-light intersection cameras and use them to catch speeders does not necessarily mean the system will go online this month, and it could be as late as December.
  “It’s probably more likely to
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Horgan takes to pulpit to evangelize for proportional representation

  19-09-2018 02:34 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – Premier John Horgan will be using all the persuasive power of his office to campaign for proportional representation, the electoral system that he believes will improve the re-election chances of his NDP-Green alliance.
  “I’m going to campaign as hard as I can in the next month to convince other British Columbians to join with me and take a leap of faith on a change that works in jurisdictions around the world,” declared Horgan in an address to municipal leaders
  
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• Vancouver artist hopes to hitch a ride to the moon with Japanese billionaire

  19-09-2018 01:33 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver artist thinks his skills make him an excellent candidate to go on a space ship to the moon.
  Michael Markowsky said his practice as an artist is all about working in extreme conditions — whether it’s painting in -40 C in the far north or travelling at close to twice the speed of sound in a fighter jet.
  “A lot of people can make art standing in a studio, which I have downstairs,” he said in his home near Cambie Street. “It’s a whole other thing to do
  
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• A bear has recently been spotted in the Eastview Park area. Got a fruit tree? Please make sure you're picking ripe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-09-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  A bear has recently been spotted in the Eastview Park area. Got a fruit tree? Please make sure you're picking ripe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Wai Young says she received distracted-driving ticket by mistake

  19-09-2018 01:16 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver mayoral candidate who has vowed to crack down on “lawless” cyclists and pedestrians failed to appear at a scheduled hearing Friday over a ticket she received last year for using an electronic device while driving.
  When asked about the ticket Tuesday, Wai Young said the officer who issued it to her had mistaken her makeup compact for an electronic device.
  “My compact … is about the same size as an iPhone or a phone. So I was stopped at a red lig
  
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• Tslihqot'in receive injunction to halt Taseko Mines' drilling pending court decision

  19-09-2018 01:14 via vancouversun.com
  A temporary injunction has been granted to the Tsilhqot’in Nation to stop an exploratory mining program in the B.C. Interior meant to resurrect the $1.5-billion New Prosperity mine.
  The injunction will remain in place pending a decision by the B.C. Court of Appeal on a lower court decision that found the $15-million exploratory program could continue because provincial permits were properly issued following adequate Aboriginal consultations, consideration and accommodation by the province.
  
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• Reward offered for identifying who paid for pro-Bremner ads

  19-09-2018 00:36 via vancouversun.com
  A reward has been offered for information about the people behind the veiled entity that is running an ad campaign in support of Vancouver mayoral candidate Hector Bremner.
  The mystery group rented space on roadside billboards for ads that feature Bremner’s photo and a re-worded version of his campaign slogan. The mystery group claimed in its ads to be Vancouverites for Affordable Housing, but that existing group of grassroots housing advocates says it has nothing to do
  
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• Mother of toddler killed in daycare accident files negligence suit

  19-09-2018 00:25 via vancouversun.com
  The mother of a 16-month-old boy who died last year in an unlicensed Vancouver daycare filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging negligence by the people responsible for keeping him safe.
  Macallan Wayne Saini died Jan. 18, 2017, at the Olive Branch Daycare at 1732 Kitchener St. In a notice of civil claim filed Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court, his mother, Shelley Sheppard, alleges negligence by Vancouver Coastal Health, the Ministry of Children and Family Development, the daycare operator Yasmine
  
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