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• Ex-premier Gordon Campbell tells Calgary to go for 2026 Winter Olympics

  01-10-2018 23:48 via vancouversun.com
  CALGARY — The man who was the premier of B.C. when Vancouver and Whistler hosted the 2010 Winter Games says Calgary should throw its hat into the ring for 2026.
  Gordon Campbell spoke to Calgary’s chamber of commerce about the benefits of hosting a Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
  Calgary has yet to decide whether it wants to host another Winter Games after the 1988 Olympics in the city.
  A plebiscite is scheduled for Nov. 13 asking Calgarians if they want the games again.
  Campbell, wh
  
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• Humpback whale cracks boat window with its head off Comox

  01-10-2018 23:08 via vancouversun.com
  COMOX — Two humpback whales that circled a boat in the waters off Comox were a curious sight — until one of them got too close and cracked a window on the vessel with a bang of its head.
  Peter Hamilton, director of the animal-rights group Lifeforce, was on the boat last Thursday, and says the experience with the bus-sized whales was a bit unsettling.
  He posted a video of the close encounter on YouTube, and it shows the whales checking out the boat before one of them leaps into the ai
  
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• Theatre review: Les Belles-soeurs a revolutionary sixties' take on women in Quebec

  01-10-2018 22:31 via vancouversun.com
  Les Belles-soeurs
  When: To Oct. 6
  Where: Gateway Theatre, Richmond
  Tickets and Info: From $29 at gatewaytheatre.com
  Michel Tremblay’s Les Belles-soeurs premiered in Quebec in 1968. That same year Celine Dion was born, the youngest of 14 children. Until the 1960s, Quebec had the western world’s highest birthrate. Within a generation it would have the lowest, and its strict Catholicism would give way to an intense secularism. This was the Quiet Revolution.
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• Ian Mulgrew: No penalties for private clinics as Government agrees to Medicare injunction

  01-10-2018 21:57 via vancouversun.com
  The NDP Administration won’t level tough new penalties against doctors and private clinics that were to come into force Monday threatening hundreds of surgery cancellations.
  Victoria stridently accused the clinics of being scofflaws in B.C. Supreme Court last week and adamantly urged Justice Janet Winteringham to reject their injunction application because it would allow them to continue ignoring the Medicare Protection Act.
  The government changed its mind, though, and told the clinics lat
  
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• Your #NorthVancouver firefighters support the fight against #breastcancer #IAFFinPink #breastcancerawareness https://t.co/rFR7lBw8Qz

  01-10-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
  
  Your #NorthVancouver firefighters support the fight against #breastcancer #IAFFinPink #breastcancerawareness https://t.co/rFR7lBw8Qz
  
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• Owner cited for building five illegal residential suites at his North Vancouver commercial property - Vancouver Is Awesome

  01-10-2018 21:41
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  Owner cited for building five illegal residential suites at his North Vancouver commercial property
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  The District of North Vancouver has slapped a notice on title of a commercial property on West 14th Street to warn prospective buyers about construction of illegal residential units in the building that were built without a permit. Council voted Sept ...
  
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• Additional voting locations added to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

  01-10-2018 21:39 via vancouversun.com
  More than two dozen special voting locations in and around the Downtown Eastside have been added for the Vancouver municipal election.
  A total of 32 additional voting stations will be set up at social-service centres and homeless shelters from Oct. 9-19, bringing the total of special voting locations up to 90. During the previous election, there were 51 special voting facilities.
  The city’s election bylaw was updated earlier this spring to allow for the expansion of the program that allows
  
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• Council meets tonight at 7pm at District Hall. The agenda includes: ◾️ Final report from the OCP Implementation Mo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-10-2018 20:57 via twitter.com
  Council meets tonight at 7pm at District Hall. The agenda includes:◾️ Final report from the OCP Implementation Mo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• North Van Run ignores rain as 850 racers storm the streets, Shipyards

  01-10-2018 20:52 via vancouversun.com
  Three minutes before the second annual North Van Run on Sunday morning, as we joked around in a gathering of 30-minute 5K hopefuls, two members of B.C. Special Olympics extended their hands and while shaking them said it was an honour to run with us.
  No mention of rain, wet clothes or the awaiting challenges. Just happiness and smiles. Their enthusiasm was contagious as people danced, posed for last-second photos and adjusted their Garmins, Fitbits and stopwatches. The vibe was electric, th
  
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• Priest navigates moral pros and cons of word "inappropriate"

  01-10-2018 20:35 via vancouversun.com
  After the appearance of my recent column, Why say ‘inappropriate’ when we mean ‘wrong?,’ one of the more intriguing responses came from a Canadian Anglican priest now serving a parish in Portland.
  Rev. Martin Elfert prepared a sermon on the word, “inappropriate,” and how its current use and abuse relates to concepts such as love and justice. While the astute priest regrets the way the word is being handled these days – to suggest moral viewpoints are not
  
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• Come see the latest exhibit in our Atrium Gallery. Salish Sea, J35 less 1 by Debbie Westergaard Tuepah.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-10-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Come see the latest exhibit in our Atrium Gallery. Salish Sea, J35 less 1 by Debbie Westergaard Tuepah.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland Oct. 5 — 11: Jeremy Dutcher, Next Music From Tokyo Vol. 13, more

  01-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Next Music From Tokyo Vol. 13
  When: Oct. 10, 8 p.m.
  Where: Biltmore Cabaret
  Tickets and info: From $14.99 at ticketfly.com
  Take into account that the Tokyo metro area has around the population of Canada and it explains why this annual tour of underground indie rock acts from Japan is up to Volume 13. However, a break with tradition this year sees one band from the (also) burgeoning music scene in Taiwan. That would be the math rocking Elephant Gym from Kaohsiung which makes its Canadian premiere
  
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• Cirque du Soleil stages re-imagined favourite Corteo in arena setting

  01-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Cirque du Soleil: Corteo
  When: Oct. 10-14, various times
  Where: Pacific Coliseum
  Tickets and info: $55.85-$175.70, at cirquedusoleil.comIn 1967, Ray Davies documented the final days of a circus performer in a melancholic bit of music titled Death of a Clown. In Cirque du Soleil’s show Corteo, a clown who has taken his final bow watches his own funeral procession pass.
  To say it’s a lively wake would be a gross understatement.
  The show had its premiere in 2007 in Montreal and tou
  
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• Surrey Election: Have you been approached about your absentee voting ballot?

  01-10-2018 19:23 via vancouversun.com
  A Surrey anti-crime group alleges an absentee-ballot election fraud scheme is taking place in advance of the Oct. 20 municipal elections.
  The scheme involves a political party or parties coordinating 600 “poll captains” to each make a list of 25 voters, collecting personal information from each person in order to obtain, fill-out and submit their mail-in ballots on their behalf.
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  Surrey anti-crime group alleges absentee-ballot election fraud scheme
  The result is that an estima
  
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• North Vancouver City Library celebrates 10th anniversary at Civic Plaza location - North Shore News

  01-10-2018 19:18
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  North Vancouver City Library celebrates 10th anniversary at Civic Plaza location
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  Four year old Ben Pecjo picks a book prize as the City of North Vancouver Library celebrated it's 10th anniversary at it's present Civic Plaza location on Saturday September 15th. Library staff donned pirate costumes and over 200 children received ...
  
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• We're working to reduce carbon emissions in the District and become a more energy efficient community. Please revie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-10-2018 19:17 via twitter.com
  We're working to reduce carbon emissions in the District and become a more energy efficient community. Please revie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• DYK we're now just TEN DAYS away from the first day of advance voting? Visit our website to get all the info you ne… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-10-2018 18:21 via twitter.com
  DYK we're now just TEN DAYS away from the first day of advance voting? Visit our website to get all the info you ne… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• It’s a great week to get where you’re going on transit – K-12 students ride the bus FREE from October 1-5 for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-10-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  It’s a great week to get where you’re going on transit – K-12 students ride the bus FREE from October 1-5 for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Slide near Site C dam in northeastern B.C. cuts road, prompts limited evacuation

  01-10-2018 17:02 via vancouversun.com
  FORT ST. JOHN. — A landslide in northeastern B.C. near a gate to the Site C hydroelectric project has damaged a road, isolated a small community and forced the evacuation of two properties.
  Social media posts from the Ministry of Transportation say the Old Fort Road, just south of Fort St. John, is closed until further notice after the hillside shifted early Sunday.
  The ministry says geotechnical crews are on the scene but it could take several days before the earth stops moving.
  There is
  
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• Vancouver weather: Wake up because September has ended

  01-10-2018 16:35 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Oct. 1, 2018 – Monday’s weather kicks off a  new month with rain and showers.
  Environment Canada still has an rainfall warning in effect for Metro Vancouver and the North Shore, with 30 to 50 millimetres of rain expected by this morning. Residents are being warned to keep an eye out for flash floods and water pooling on roads.
  You’d better bundle up and start brainstorming about what kind of Halloween costume will look good under a rain jacket.Weather
  
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• Snow tire season now in effect as B.C. highway sees snowfall warning

  01-10-2018 16:23 via vancouversun.com
  Snow tire season is now in effect, as snowfall warnings are issued for some of B.C.’s highways.
  Beginning Monday, winter tires are required for all vehicles traveling certain B.C. highways this season. Those include highways in Northern B.C., the Interior, the South Coast— including the Sea-to-Sky Highway — and on Vancouver Island’s Malahat and highways 4, 14 and 28.
  The tire regulations begin as snowfall warnings are in effect for the Trans-Canada Highway from Eagle Pass
  
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• Rob Shaw: Legislature resumes but opposition partnership on LNG and taxes remain unlikely

  01-10-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s legislature returns for its fall session today and, in theory, there’s never been a better time for the Greens and Liberals to co-operate and change the governing NDP’s agenda.
  The Greens have broken with their NDP power-sharing partners on climate change, threatening to bring the government down over the pollution to be caused by a new liquefied natural gas plant in Kitimat by LNG Canada. And both the Liberals and Greens support demands from local mayor
  
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• North Vancouver strata seeks contempt of court ruling against townhouse-turned-hostel owner - Global News BC

  01-10-2018 09:00
  North Vancouver strata seeks contempt of court ruling against townhouse-turned-hostel owner  Global News BCA North Vancouver townhouse owner who has turned her home into a 14-bed hostel is being taken back to court by her strata.
  
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• North Vancouver gets a sewage plant after opposing bus depot and Costco - Daily Hive

  01-10-2018 09:00
  North Vancouver gets a sewage plant after opposing bus depot and Costco  Daily HiveOnce upon a time, not too long ago, an industrial site near the North Vancouver waterfront was considered the location of a much-needed new bus depot.
  
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• PTSD dog among the graduating class of assistance dogs in Burnaby

  01-10-2018 04:32 via vancouversun.com
  In over a decade as an RCMP officer, Juliet Walden used to arrest drunk drivers, break up fights at homes and apprehend kids deemed to be at risk.
  But it was after she dealt with her third female suicide victim in a two-month period that she started getting a niggling feeling in the pit of her stomach.
  “I was used to dealing with violent situations, including de-escalating situations with men twice my size, drug addicts and gang members,” said Walden, 54, who was working at the Surre
  
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• RCMP investigating after dog poisoned in North Van park - CTV News

  01-10-2018 03:54
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  RCMP investigating after dog poisoned in North Van park
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  When Hutch the Australian Shepherd arrived at North Burnaby Clinic on Saturday, he was not doing well. He wasn't eating, had a slow heart rate and had trouble lifting his legs and head. The dog became sick and had a seizure after on Friday after a walk ...
  Vet nurse warns dog owners after alleged dog poisoning in North VancouverSurrey Now-Leader
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• John Egan: An ex-patriate British Columbian’s thoughts on electoral reform

  01-10-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Six years ago, we relocated to Auckland, New Zealand from Vancouver. In several ways, Auckland is 10 to 15 years behind B.C. Developing housing density, embracing multiculturalism and building mass transit are all areas where Auckland would do well to emulate B.C.
  In terms of politics, two things surprised me about New Zealand. First, voting is not limited to New Zealand citizens. Anyone who has a resident visa is eligible to vote after one year of residence. Second, in New Zealand parliamentary
  
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• George Salamis: Proportional representation is bad for B.C., but very bad for B.C. mining

  01-10-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Canada’s ability to compete in global markets is under threat from all sides. Why? Bad policy. It’s that simple.
  Every day we are hearing from Canadian business leaders that policy decisions — or policy inaction — are hampering our competitiveness and are likely to have long-term negative impacts on our economy. We are all well aware of the continued uncertainty of NAFTA negotiations and the escalating trade tensions on a global scale. On top of that, there is our collect
  
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• Longtime animal lawyer takes her canine co-teacher to Vancouver school for class on empathy

  01-10-2018 02:27 via vancouversun.com
  Press paws, then hit play.
  Brontë the English field spaniel, chewy toy in mouth, joined her human co-educator Victoria Shroff in school on Wednesday to teach a group of Grade six and seven kids at Hudson Elementary in Kitsilano about picking up on the feelings of others in a pilot program called Paws of Empathy.
  The idea formed nine years ago after Shroff heard the Dalai Lama speak at the Orpheum Theatre and mention the Roots of Empathy program, in which schoolchildren explore the deve
  
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• Huge LNG plant in Kitimat gets the green light, reports say

  01-10-2018 02:18 via vancouversun.com
  KITIMAT — People in this North Coast town are looking forward eagerly to the boom that will come with construction of a $40-billion megaproject to export liquefied natural gas to Asia.
  LNG Canada’s partners — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd, Mitsubishi Corp., PetroChina Co. and Korea Gas Corp. — have approved the final investment decision, people with direct knowledge of the plans told Bloomberg on Sunday on the condition they not be na
  
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• Organizers of Lower Mainland tent cities for the homeless lend a hand on Vancouver Island camps

  01-10-2018 01:48 via vancouversun.com
  Tent cities that have sprung up in Metro Vancouver, Greater Victoria, and Nanaimo in recent years have something in common: the guiding hand of Surrey-based Alliance Against Displacement.
  The roots of DisconTent City in Nanaimo illustrate the role of the Alliance, an advocacy organization formed in 2013 that describes itself as “anti-capitalist, anti-colonial.”
  In March, a group of people started to live in tents on the lawn of Nanaimo City Hall to call attention to homelessness. The
  
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• We're putting the finishing touches on the final section of our #GreenNecklace. Join us Thursday, October 4th for t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-10-2018 01:00 via twitter.com
  We're putting the finishing touches on the final section of our #GreenNecklace. Join us Thursday, October 4th for t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Lenny and Learie, identical Trinidadian twins, a daily double at Hastings Park this race season

  01-10-2018 00:38 via vancouversun.com
  One wears a pink jockey’s cap, one a blue one, so people can tell Lenny and Learie Seecharan apart.
  The problem is, almost no one remembers which one wears which (the odds favour it being Learie in pink).
  The brothers are Hastings Racecourse’s newest daily double, identical 22-year-old twins from Trinidad: Lenny arrived last summer and Learie joined him for the 2018 race season.
  “I’m really happy I came here, I’m really getting a shot,” Lenny said. “It&r
  
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• Burnaby animal hospital issues warning over suspected dog poisoning

  01-10-2018 00:26 via globalnews.ca
  Seven-year-old Australian Shepherd Hutch suffered seizures after licking a substance veterinarians believe may have been poison.
  
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• U.S. travel bans not hurting B.C. government hiring of cannabis workers

  01-10-2018 00:00 via vancouversun.com
  Despite concern that a gig in Canada’s legal cannabis industry could lead to a lifetime ban on travel to the U.S., British Columbians are snatching up government pot jobs in time for legalization.
  The B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch says it is hitting hiring targets while the B.C. Government Employees Union says its members haven’t reported a reluctance to fill cannabis job openings, despite news reports earlier this month indicating that U.S. border agents may refuse entry to any Ca
  
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