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• Thursday = #CityView eNews. Catch up on all the latest City news right here: ow.ly/Wj2L30mcn7c #NorthVan https://t.co/eXToFq2Hok

  11-10-2018 23:28 via twitter.com
  
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• When you vote in the local election, you’ll be asked to vote on two non-binding questions. One is about reunificati… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
  When you vote in the local election, you’ll be asked to vote on two non-binding questions. One is about reunificati… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Pipeline explosion in Northern B.C. not criminal: RCMP

  11-10-2018 22:22 via vancouversun.com
  Mounties in Prince George say the natural gas pipeline explosion in northern B.C. late Tuesday wasn’t criminal.
  The RCMP said in a news release Thursday that after reviewing known information by all stakeholders, there are “no indications that the explosion was criminal in nature.”
  The investigation has now been turned over to the Transportation Safety Board, the National Energy Board and Enbridge.
  Meantime, the University of B.C. on Wednesday issued an “urgent
  
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• Douglas Todd: British Columbians’ houses are not really their ‘castles’

  11-10-2018 22:18 via vancouversun.com
  “A man’s house is his castle.”
  — The Institutes of the Laws of England, 1628Should Canadians have total control over their dwellings? Or is housing a public good, a social benefit to be somehow supported and shared by all members of society?
  That is the contentious question under the surface of the housing debate in Metro Vancouver and Toronto and other sought-after gateway cities, where unprecedented high prices are squeezing generations of people, especially the young,
  
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• 'People want to blame me': Outgoing Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson reflects on 10 years in office

  11-10-2018 22:14 via vancouversun.com
  After 10 years leading British Columbia’s largest city, Gregor Robertson is preparing to step away from the helm.
  Whatever the outgoing mayor set out to achieve for Vancouver has largely been overshadowed by his role piloting the city through some of its greatest trials.
  Sitting in the ceremonial room where he has hosted countless meetings, Robertson said he’s comfortable with any lens people choose to view his performance.
  “Collectively we’ve achieved a lot of great succ
  
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• Movie review: Movie Minute First Man

  11-10-2018 21:53 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia film critic Dana Gee and Arts & Life editor Aleesha Harris blast off this week with a look at Ryan Gosling as astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon back in 1969. The film is directed by Damian Chazelle and also stars Claire Foy, Kyle Chandler and Jason Clark.
  
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• Are you a @FortisBC customer? Fortis asks you to continue limiting your use of natural gas while they manage the im… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 21:29 via twitter.com
  Are you a @FortisBC customer? Fortis asks you to continue limiting your use of natural gas while they manage the im… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C. real estate forecast still bullish, despite dismal September home sales

  11-10-2018 21:21
  
  BCREA reports that home sales plummeted across province last month, but says activity is levelling off on a seasonal basis and is expected to recover
  
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• LNG decision sparks 'unreasonable' real estate prices, bidding wars in Kitimat

  11-10-2018 21:13
  
  "The light is suddenly on" – LNG Canada approval creates flurry of residential price hikes as property owners look to cash in, while others refuse to sell in hopes of even higher values
  
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• How can you help us create a healthier, more liveable community? Take a few minutes to review our proposed approach… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 20:45 via twitter.com
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny skies to last through weekend

  11-10-2018 20:32 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. –  It looks like another sunny day for Metro Vancouver Thursday, with a high of 18ºC inland, and 15ºC closer to the water.
  The sunshine is likely to stick around through to the weekend, and then continue until at least Wednesday, according to Environment Canada.
  Friday’s forecast calls for a mix of sun and cloud, with a high again of 15ºC. Then on the weekend, Saturday looks sunny and clear, with a high of 15ºC, while Sunday will be partly clo
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of Oct. 6

  11-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. Vince Flynn: Red War — Kyle Mills
  2. Juror #3 — Patterson/Allen
  3. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing — Hank Green
  4. Lethal White — Robert Galbraith
  5. Transcription — Kate Atkinson
  6. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (signed ed.) — Hank Green
  7. Shadow Tyrants — Cussler/Morrison
  8. In His Father’s Footsteps — Danielle Steel
  9. Where the Crawdads Sing — Della Owens
  10. Leverage in Death — J.D. Robb
   
  HARDCOVER
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books of the week of October 6

  11-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. A West Coast Summer — Caroline Woodward, illustrated by Carol Evans (Harbour Publishing).
  2. The Hidden Life of Trees: Illustrated Edition — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books).
  3. Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography — Andrea Warner (Greystone Books).
  4. One Eagle Soaring — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing).
  5. The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief and Compassion — Surprising Observations of a Hidden World — Peter Wohlleben
  
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• Vancouver Election: Where the leading contenders stand on 8 hot topics

  11-10-2018 19:52 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver residents will choose a new mayor and council in the Oct. 20 election. To help voters choose among an unusually high number of candidates, city columnist Dan Fumano has compiled brief summaries on where they stand on key issues facing the city. The following responses were submitted by seven top mayoral candidates (presented in alphabetical order) and four parties running council candidates, and have been edited for clarity and length.
  Clockwise from top left: David Chen, Hector Bremne
  
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• Letters, Oct. 11: High-rise towers are making Vancouver ugly, reader argues

  11-10-2018 19:41 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Highrise living.
  The proliferation of design-lacking high-rise towers in both Vancouver and Burnaby has caused me to refer to our otherwise beautiful part of the world as “the uglification of our cities.”
  This was confirmed to me by a visiting architect from overseas who, having heard that our area is so “beautiful,” came here to have a look and confirmed my comment.
  When I get reincarnated, I shall return as a green-glass manufacturer. There are millions of dollars t
  
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• Sparky's been acting out... in #FirePreventionWeek fire safety plays all week at local elementary schools.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 19:39 via twitter.com
  Sparky's been acting out... in #FirePreventionWeek fire safety plays all week at local elementary schools.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Western Canada deemed commercial real estate ‘hot spot’ for cannabis industry

  11-10-2018 19:38
  
  Kelowna and Edmonton in particular expected to see considerable increase in retail and industrial sales post-legalization, says report
  
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• We're recruiting for a temporary full-time Planning Assistant - Transportation. Click here to apply. ow.ly/v5eT30mcdov

  11-10-2018 19:36 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a temporary full-time Planning Assistant - Transportation.Click here to apply. ow.ly/v5eT30mcdov
  
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• Class-action suit won't proceed against Vancouver slum hotel owners, court rules

  11-10-2018 19:31 via vancouversun.com
  A proposed class action lawsuit against the owners of Vancouver’s most notorious single-resident occupancy hotels suffered a setback Thursday morning, as the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled that the case could not proceed as proposed.
  The court granted an appeal Thursday made by the Sahota family, ruling that the Residential Tenancy Act dispute cannot be brought forward as a class action proceeding.Immediately after the ruling was handed down, Jason Gratl, the lawyer for the plaintiff Jack Gate
  
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• We're recruiting for three (3) regular full-time Communications Operator 2 positions. Click here to apply: ow.ly/2ATL30mcaRy

  11-10-2018 18:49 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for three (3) regular full-time Communications Operator 2 positions. Click here to apply: ow.ly/2ATL30mcaRy
  
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• Union Gospel Mission, UBC release report on homelessness and affordability

  11-10-2018 18:13 via vancouversun.com
  In the wake of a new report that shows the affordability crisis is rapidly spreading to Metro Vancouver’s suburban cities, the Union Gospel Mission is urging the region’s residents to vote with housing and homelessness in mind.
  The report, titled No Vacancy, was co-authored by the mission and Penny Gurstein from the University of B.C.’s School of Community and Regional Planning. It was released to the public on Thursday, just over a week before the municipal election.
  “Gi
  
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• Have you made it to a @DNVFRS open house yet? The next one is tonight, 6:30-8pm, at Fire Hall #4 Deep Cove (3891 Mt… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 18:04 via twitter.com
  Have you made it to a @DNVFRS open house yet? The next one is tonight, 6:30-8pm, at Fire Hall #4 Deep Cove (3891 Mt… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Get ready for #BTWW. Polish up your loading skills on our rack & ride in #CivicPlaza. cnv.org/Cycling… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Get ready for #BTWW. Polish up your loading skills on our rack & ride in #CivicPlaza. cnv.org/Cycling… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Evacuation alert for part of Fort St. John as nearby hillside continues to move

  11-10-2018 17:51 via vancouversun.com
  FORT ST. JOHN — A slumping hillside that is threatening dozens of homes in northeastern British Columbia has prompted an evacuation alert for part of the city of Fort St. John.
  The alert was issued on Wednesday for a section of the city’s southernmost outskirts at the top of the steep hill overlooking the Peace River and the riverbank community of Old Fort.
  The slowly moving landslide began more than 10 days ago and has gradually torn up the only road down to Old Fort, toppled power
  
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• UBC issues alert about potential natural gas shortage

  11-10-2018 17:31 via vancouversun.com
  The University of B.C. on Wednesday issued an “urgent community alert” asking the community to curtail non-essential use of natural gas following a pipeline rupture and fire in Northern B.C.In the alert posted on its website, UBC says heat, hot water and cooking equipment are considered essential, but community members are asked to reduce their usage.
  “Anyone using natural gas for other purposes, such as research, is asked to take steps immediately to stop that use,”
  
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• October 9th our members and @DNVFRS and @NVCFD chief officers attended the #LODD service for West Kelowna Fire Cpt… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 17:18 via twitter.com
  October 9th our members and @DNVFRS and @NVCFD chief officers attended the #LODD service for West Kelowna Fire Cpt… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Enbridge restores smaller natural gas pipeline in B.C., after main line blast

  11-10-2018 16:50 via vancouversun.com
  PRINCE GEORGE — The company that shut down its main natural gas pipeline through British Columbia following an explosion and fire Tuesday night says it has restarted a smaller line running beside the damaged pipe.
  Enbridge says it has received National Energy Board approval Wednesday night to restart its 76-centimetre line, which was shut down as a precaution because it is in the same path as the 91-centimetre line that ruptured and exploded near Prince George.
  The Calgary-based energy sup
  
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• Lions Bay looks to add one single-family, residential lot to limited stock

  11-10-2018 16:13 via vancouversun.com
  The Village of Lions Bay, north of West Vancouver, only has 554 single-family, residential lots.
  Now, the compact municipality that sits tightly against a mountainside overlooking Howe Sound is hoping to do the somewhat novel thing of adding one more single-family lot to its count.
  Recently, a portion of an off-ramp where the Sea to Sky Highway meets Kelvin Grove Way was closed. Out of this, Lions Bay saw a chance to carve out a triangular-shaped chunk of land and make a new home lot.
  The munici
  
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• Daily Poll: Will you grow your own pot when it becomes legal next week?

  11-10-2018 15:30 via vancouversun.com
  This time next week smoking and growing your own cannabis for recreational use will be legal. But cultivating pot in your apartment might cause some problems with the neighbours, unless the proper techniques for growing are used.
  Read Nick Eagland’s story here.
  What do you think? Will you try growing your own “B.C. bud” when it’s legal? Or are you hoping the strong smell won’t be drifting into your home from your neighbour’s house? Take our poll and leave your
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny weather to last through weekend

  11-10-2018 14:58 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. –  It looks like another sunny day for Metro Vancouver Thursday, with a high of 18 C inland, and 15 C closer to the water. The sunshine is likely to stick around through to the weekend, and then continue until at least Wednesday, according to Environment Canada. Friday’s forecast calls for a mix of sun and cloud, with a high again of 15 C. Then on the weekend, Saturday looks sunny and clear, with a high of 15 C, while Sunday will be partly cloudy, with a high of
  
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• Race to Watch: Wide open contests as pair of 4-term North Vancouver mayors bow out

  11-10-2018 13:02 via globalnews.ca
  Two long-time mayors are bowing out on the North Shore, leaving both the City and District of North Vancouver in for a change.
  
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• New West police ask for help locating man who entered hospital with rifle

  11-10-2018 04:56 via vancouversun.com
  Police in New Westminster are asking the public to help them locate a man who was spotted entering the Royal Columbian Hospital with a long gun.
  According to a news release, late in the evening on Oct. 9, the New Westminster Police Department began receiving reports from the Sapperton Station area about a man carrying a rifle.
  While police received information that the man was attempting to sell the rifle, additional reports indicated that the man still had the gun, and he had entered
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Sons of ex-Angel charged with assaulting cop

  11-10-2018 04:34 via vancouversun.com
  My colleague Scott Brown had written a story about the beating of a Vancouver Police officer after a Durango was pulled over on Robson Oct. 9.
  Then I heard from a source that two of those charged are the sons of original East End chapter Hells Angel Lloyd Robinson so added in those details to Scott’s report.
  Here’s our story:
  Sons of original East End Hells Angel linked to assault of
  Vancouver police officerPolice officer was taken to hospital Tuesday night after he was beaten during
  
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• Allegations of sexual misconduct made against former Vancouver priest

  11-10-2018 04:24 via vancouversun.com
  Allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against a former associate pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Vancouver.
  Father Peter Hung Cong Tran has been working in Alberta since 2003, and has been suspended from his post by Bishop William McGrattan of Calgary while a church investigation is conducted. His name was made public by Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith at a news conference on Wednesday.
  The allegations were recently made by two women in Vancouver, one of whom may have been a mino
  
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• So you want to grow your own cannabis? Here's the gear you'll need to start

  11-10-2018 04:12 via vancouversun.com
  When federal legalization comes Oct. 17, adults in most provinces will be allowed to grow up to four cannabis plants per residence for personal use.
  Justin Cooper, the owner of Pacific Northwest Garden Supply, expects some of them to come to one of his eight stores in B.C. for a grow setup.
  Cooper, 45, has been running his hydroponics and garden supply business for 25 years, since the boom of “B.C. Bud” in the early ’90s.
  While his clients tend to be large-scale producers &mdas
  
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• Timber poaching a growing problem on Vancouver Island

  11-10-2018 04:06 via vancouversun.com
  Magnificent trees that are hundreds of years old are being poached by timber thieves, sometimes just to turn a quick buck by reducing old-growth Douglas fir to firewood.
  B.C.’s natural resource officers are always on the lookout for poachers but are also asking the public to report any suspicious activities they witness while hiking or riding on Crown land.
  Timber poachers are becoming more of a problem on Vancouver Island where they under the cover of darkness enter Crown land and chop do
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, Oct. 11

  11-10-2018 03:27 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, Oct. 11.VSO: A British Serenade
  Class up your Thursday afternoon with A British Serenade, courtesy of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. At this special teatime event, (where tea and cookies are actually served in the lobby one hour before the concert), VSO Concertmaster Nicholas Wright will take on The Lark Ascending and the VSO will celebrate British classicists Elgar, Vaughan Williams, and Gustav Hols
  
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• B.C. government to register migrant workers and their employers and recruiters

  11-10-2018 03:06 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government is establishing a registry for migrant workers designed to protect them from exploitation by employers and recruiting agents.
  “Temporary foreign workers are vulnerable to abuse in the workplace, and it can be difficult for them to get help,” said B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains in an emailed response to criticism that B.C. lags behind other provinces in safeguarding migrant workers.
  The goal of the new program is to protect migrant workers from issues like u
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018

  11-10-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Highrise living.
  The proliferation of design-lacking high-rise towers in both Vancouver and Burnaby has caused me to refer to our otherwise beautiful part of the world as “the uglification of our cities.”
  This was confirmed to me by a visiting architect from overseas who, having heard that our area is so “beautiful,” came here to have a look and confirmed my comment.
  When I get reincarnated, I shall return as a green-glass manufacturer. There are millions of dollars t
  
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• Take a walk on the Gothic side with Lost Souls of Gastown

  11-10-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Lost Souls of Gastown
  When: Oct. 16-31 at 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m.
  Where: Gastown (tours meet at Cathedral Square, Dunsmuir and Richards)
  Tickets and info: $28 at forbiddenvancouver.ca
  The Woman in the Well, the Great Fire, the smallpox outbreak — whether you know the stories about these Vancouver figures and events, October is the right time to take a trip on the Gothic side. Based on documented accounts from the city archives, Lost Souls of Gastown is a walking tour that weaves true-life stori
  
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• Dr. Fabio Rossi and Dr. Judy Illes: A consensus is building on how to move forward on stem cells

  11-10-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Sept. 26, a small group representing both these communities from Canada and the U.S., as well as the government, gathered in Vancouver to identify common values in the arena of stem-cell therapies, and agree on principles to move forward.
  This historic moment recognized that patients who seek health solutions to their chronic, unmet medical needs deserve our attention and collaborative efforts. It demonstrated that a meeting-of-minds between researchers, clinicians, ethicists, entreprene
  
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• Cause of second barge fire in Surrey still unknown

  11-10-2018 02:48 via vancouversun.com
  Several agencies are keeping a close eye on the investigation into a fire aboard a barge loaded with scrap cars and old appliances Tuesday that sent billowing plumes of smoke over Surrey.
  Questions are being raised about what caused the blaze — the second in the same location in six weeks. As the barge burned on the banks of the Fraser River, social media lit up with comments from witnesses of both fires, with some speculating on possible causes.
  “The cause of the fire is unknown at
  
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• B.C. pipeline rupture causes natural gas shortage, soaring gasoline prices

  11-10-2018 02:48 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbians should brace for possible loss of natural gas service and soaring gasoline prices after an Enbridge natural gas line ruptured north of Prince George.
  Natural gas supplier FortisBC has asked one million customers to lower their thermostats and limit other gas use as much as possible while the damage is repaired. About 700,000 homes in northern B.C., the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island could temporarily lose gas service altogether.
  The pain will extend to the gasoline pumps
  
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• Vancouver Island company outfitting six Boeing 737s to fight wildfires

  11-10-2018 02:35 via vancouversun.com
  A half-dozen Boeing jets bought by a Port Alberni company last year will still be ferrying passengers after they’ve been retrofitted by the family-owned firm, but the planes will also be putting out wildfires.
  The Coulson Group, a three-generation business started in 1960 by Cliff Coulson as a forest products company, is keeping 50 employees busy outfitting the 737-300s in Port Alberni.
  Once they’re ready — and the first one will fly out in 10 days — the planes will head
  
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• Bike thieves target UBC students at start of school year

  11-10-2018 02:24 via vancouversun.com
  It was on Liliana Henriksson’s birthday, and the night before an exam, that the first-year University of B.C. student’s new road bike was stripped for parts while locked outside on campus.
  Henriksson is among scores of people who have lost their bicycles — or parts of them — to theft at UBC over the last two months after a jump in theft that coincided with the start of the fall semester. 
  Sgt. Eric Baskette of the RCMP’s UBC detachment said the levels
  
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• Speed limit hikes by former B.C. government led to vastly more fatalities, injuries, crashes: study

  11-10-2018 02:21 via vancouversun.com
  An increase in fatalities, injuries, crashes and insurance claims on some B.C. roads is linked to a 2014 decision by the former provincial government to raise speed limits on the rural highways, according to a new study.
  “Our evaluation found increases in fatalities, injury, and total crashes on the road segments where speed limits were increased,” according to the report, published in a journal called Sustainability. The study was led by Vancouver General Hospital emergenc
  
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• IMPORTANT: We’re helping @FortisBC spread the word. Due to ruptured pipeline, natural gas needs to be rationed by… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 02:04 via twitter.com
  IMPORTANT:We’re helping @FortisBCspread the word. Due to ruptured pipeline, natural gas needs to be rationed by… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• This fire has been upgraded to a 2nd alarm with firefighters from the District and City of #NorthVan attending. Sta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 01:53 via twitter.com
  This fire has been upgraded to a 2nd alarm with firefighters from the District and City of #NorthVan attending. Sta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• We're helping bring #MentalHealth into the conversation. We'll #LightUpPurple tonight for #WorldMentalHealthDay.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  We're helping bring #MentalHealth into the conversation. We'll #LightUpPurple tonight for #WorldMentalHealthDay.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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