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• Shake out don't freak out on October 18. The Great BC shakeout is coming up so register at ShakeOutBC.ca… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  Shake out don't freak out on October 18. The Great BC shakeout is coming up so register at ShakeOutBC.ca… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Artist Zube Aylward found dead following a report of kidnapping near Lillooet

  15-10-2018 23:13 via vancouversun.com
  The RCMP’s South District major-crimes unit is investigating the “suspicious death” of a 71-year-old man whose body was found near Lillooet on Saturday.
  The body was discovered by Mounties at 1:36 p.m. on a remote road outside of Seton Portage, a rural community and historic provincial park about 25 kilometres west of Lillooet.
  RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says Lillooet RCMP were responding to a report of a kidnapping and suspicious death.
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• 2018 municipal elections: United Steelworkers endorse Mike Hurley for Burnaby mayor

  15-10-2018 22:46 via vancouversun.com
  The United Steelworkers is backing Burnaby mayoral candidate Mike Hurley in his effort to unseat the incumbent Derek Corrigan, who has served as the city’s mayor since 2002.
  “People who get up every morning and go to work need a Mayor on their side. They need a mayor who understands their issues and will go to bat for them. Mike Hurley will be that Mayor,” Stephen Hunt, United Steelworkers director, said in a press release.
  “Working families are finding it harder and
  
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• Man, 71, dead following a report of kidnapping near Lillooet

  15-10-2018 22:14 via vancouversun.com
  The RCMP’s South District major-crimes unit is investigating the “suspicious death” of a 71-year-old man whose body was found near Lillooet on Saturday.
  The body was discovered by Mounties at 1:36 p.m. on a remote road outside of Seton Portage, a rural community and historic provincial park about 25 kilometres west of Lillooet.
  RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says Lillooet RCMP were responding to a report of a kidnapping and suspicious death.The man’s n
  
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• Vancouver's average rental price for one-bedroom apartment jumps to $2,100

  15-10-2018 22:09 via vancouversun.com
  The average rental price for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver jumped 2.4 per cent last month to $2,100 per month, according to the latest Canadian rankings released by PadMapper.
  Toronto, with a median asking rental price of $2,230, is the most expensive city in Canada to rent a one-bedroom apartment, followed by Vancouver, Burnaby ($1,580), Montreal ($1,410) and Barrie, Ont. ($1,360).PadMapper says the average asking price for a two-bedroom apartment in Vancouver rose 3.1 per cent last mont
  
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• Are you a dog owner? Be aware that some wild mushrooms may be toxic to dogs. Please keep your dog in sight or on le… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 21:55 via twitter.com
  Are you a dog owner? Be aware that some wild mushrooms may be toxic to dogs. Please keep your dog in sight or on le… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• At our Bi Annual Awards Ceremony Captain Doug Beckett was awarded the 2018 FF of the year. When a large fire broke… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 21:12 via twitter.com
  At our Bi Annual Awards Ceremony Captain Doug Beckett was awarded the 2018 FF of the year. When a large fire broke… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C. suggests private marijuana stores shutter until licensed

  15-10-2018 20:36 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – Private businesses that hope to get new government licenses to sell marijuana would be well advised to sell off their existing supply of cannabis and shut down by Wednesday until they receive official permission to operate, says the province’s marijuana minister.
  Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said he’d recommend these businesses, currently operating in a legal grey area, close down after cannabis is legalized Oct. 17 until they get a new operating license from the
  
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• It’s #WasteReductionWeek! Help keep harmful chemicals out of our environment. If it has a battery/plug, you can rec… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  It’s #WasteReductionWeek! Help keep harmful chemicals out of our environment. If it has a battery/plug, you can rec… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Shirtless and underground, Chris Griffin brings his storytelling chops to the Biltmore

  15-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Chris Griffin: I’m Not Your Family Guy
  When: Oct. 18 at 7 and 9:30 p.m.
  Where: Biltmore Cabaret
  Tickets: $14.99 at ticketfly.com
  After selling his business, Chris Griffin moved from Calgary to Vancouver to pursue standup comedy full-time. The move has paid off, if not in riches, then awards and recognition, including such resume-building accomplishments as becoming the only Canadian comic in over 40 years to reach the finals at the San Francisco International Comedy Competition and wi
  
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• Blast from the past was Dino-mite, but didn't saur to Langley victory

  15-10-2018 19:20 via vancouversun.com
  LANGLEY — While groups of runners did variations of the Shimmy Shimmy Shake trying to stay warm Sunday morning in chilly Campbell Valley Regional Park, Richard MacLachlan stood out like a ‘saur thumb — so to speak.
  Yep, the man who ran the half-marathon here in 2016 while dressed in a wild green lizard suit was back — this time in a purple dinosaur costume, posing for pictures on the Historic Langley Speedway oval that served as the starting and finishing area for the fou
  
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• B.C. receives 173 cannabis shop applications but only one store opening on Wednesday

  15-10-2018 19:20 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s public safety minister says the government has received 173 applications for cannabis retail outlets, but only one approved store will open Wednesday when marijuana sales become legal in Canada.
  Mike Farnworth says other outlets will follow the approved store in Kamloops.
  Farnworth says more cannabis shops will open in the coming but there are no firm timelines for when that will happen.
  He says of the 173 applications received so far, 62 have been reviewed and subm
  
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• Good morning... advance voting is available today at District Hall (355 West Queens Rd) until 8pm. After today, you… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  Good morning... advance voting is available today at District Hall (355 West Queens Rd) until 8pm. After today, you… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Awwwwww: Vancouver firefighters save baby skunk

  15-10-2018 17:39 via vancouversun.com
  They rescue cats from trees, why not skunks from dumpsters?
  On Sunday, firefighters from Vancouver Fire Rescue’s downtown Hall 7 used rescue tools to assist a wildlife rescue crew from saving a young skunk found stuck in a dumpster drainage hole.
  “The team used rescue tools and completed rescue without critter injury or the need for tomato juice,” said fire chief Darrell Reid.
  Tomato juice is an old home remedy for getting rid of skunk stench.  The SPCA says washing with a
  
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• 🚧 #Roadwork alert! Expect delays 1500 block Chesterfield Ave Oct 15 & 16. Crews are installing water service, and s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 17:01 via twitter.com
  🚧 #Roadwork alert! Expect delays 1500 block Chesterfield Ave Oct 15 & 16. Crews are installing water service, and s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver leads Canada’s first home sales decline in five months

  15-10-2018 16:47 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian home sales declined for the first time in five months as activity in Vancouver and Toronto weakened.
  Sales in Vancouver fell by 1.5 per cent in September and benchmark prices declined 1.2 per cent, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday. In Toronto, the nation’s biggest city, sales fell 0.5 per cent and benchmark prices rose 0.1 per cent.
  Activity across the country fell by 0.4 percent, bringing the 12-month decline to 8.9 percent, according to the Ottawa-based realtor g
  
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• Temporary access allowed for residents of landslide-threatened Old Fort

  15-10-2018 16:08 via vancouversun.com
  FORT ST. JOHN — Some residents of the northeastern B.C. community of Old Fort are being allowed to briefly return to their homes after they were ordered out last week because of a slow-moving landslide.
  The Peace River Regional District says on its website that residents with homes in the eastern portion of Old Fort, furthest from the slumping hillside, will be ferried up the Peace River to their properties, beginning at noon.
  The district says areas of access to the community of about 54
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you plan to vote in B.C.'s municipal elections?

  15-10-2018 15:53 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbians head to the polls on Saturday to elect new civic governments.
  During the 2014 municipal elections, voter turnout hovered well below 50 per cent in most of B.C.’s major cities.
  According to CivicInfoBC, turnout was 32.86% in Surrey, 39.31% in Victoria, 32.52% in Kelowna, 37.03% in Prince George, 27.3% in Burnaby, 31.26% in Richmond and 42.32% in Vancouver.
  Will voter numbers be higher this year?
  What do you think?Take Our Poll
  
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• Condo flipping was never the culprit behind Vancouver's home price spikes

  15-10-2018 15:43 via vancouversun.com
  Condo flipping was never pervasive in the Vancouver and Toronto housing booms and that sliver of the market has faded over time, suggesting tougher measures to curb speculators won’t make those cities more affordable.
  Just 3.4 per cent of Vancouver condominiums sold between April and June were units that had already been sold over the previous year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg from Teranet Inc.’s land and housing registry. The share of “paired sales” is close
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny and warm all week

  15-10-2018 15:15 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Oct. 15, 2018 – Great big globs of sunshine. I hope that’s what you ordered, because that’s what you’re getting.
  Environment Canada says Metro Vancouver can expect sunny skies and mild-to-warm temperatures all week.Today, Vancouver should hit a high of 16 C, with the mercury rising to 21 C further inland. Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Sunny. High 15 except 20 inland.
  Tuesday: Sunny. High 16 except 21 inland.
  Wednesday: Sunny. High 17 except 21 inla
  
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• Activist says 'relocation specialists' speeding tenant dislocation in Metrotown

  15-10-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Developers are using relocation services to pressure Metrotown-area tenants out of their rental properties early, an anti-poverty group is alleging.
  Murray Martin, with the group ACORN, said his organization started noticing a lot of tenants moving out of buildings where development proposals haven’t been finalized, including locations where Burnaby city council put a hold on public hearings for re-zoning.
  “The problem with this, No. 1, is it’s in the middle of a housing crisis
  
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• ‘Dysfunctional’ North Vancouver school board started in 2014: internal emails - Vancouver Sun

  15-10-2018 09:00
  ‘Dysfunctional’ North Vancouver school board started in 2014: internal emails  Vancouver SunIn response to a Freedom of Information request, the North Vancouver school board has released hundreds of pages of internal emails that show several ...
  
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• ‘Dysfunctional’ North Vancouver school board started in 2014: internal emails - The Province

  15-10-2018 09:00
  ‘Dysfunctional’ North Vancouver school board started in 2014: internal emails  The ProvinceIn response to a Freedom of Information request, the North Vancouver school board has released hundreds of pages of internal emails that show several ...
  
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• Douglas Todd: Will the new leader of Quebec kill its immigrant-investor program?

  15-10-2018 06:24 via vancouversun.com
  The new premier of Quebec has promised to reduce immigration to his province by 20 per cent, require newcomers to learn French in three years and restrict some public servants from wearing religious symbols.
  Premier-designate Francois Legault won a majority on Oct. 1 in large part because he professed to be committed to better “integrating” newcomers into the francophone province. But so far Legault has not hinted at ending Quebec’s divisive immigrant-investor program, one of t
  
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• Study finds no evidence of riskier sex after HPV vaccine introduced

  15-10-2018 06:01 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. public health experts say they now have evidence to refute concerns of people who worried the HPV vaccine would lead to promiscuity among youth.
  When the vaccine against the cancer-causing, sexually transmitted human papillomavirus became publicly funded for Grade 6 and Grade 9 girls in 2008, some religious leaders and parents said it was akin to condoning sexual activity and would lead youth to have sex earlier, with more partners and without protection. Since 2011
  
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• Richmond Centre redevelopment should be mostly rentals, says candidate

  15-10-2018 03:27 via vancouversun.com
  An independent candidate for councillor is calling on Richmond to use a new provincial law to require most housing units at the proposed Richmond Centre mall redevelopment be designated as rentals.
  John Roston said the city would be squandering a “golden opportunity” to tackle the housing crisis if it doesn’t make changed to the proposed project, slated for a public hearing on Monday.
  The plan by owner Cadillac Fairview and developer SHAPE is to build 2,000 units in 12 new buil
  
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• Rob Shaw: NDP's draft gag order could limit public dissent on party positions

  15-10-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s governing New Democratic Party has crafted new rules that could prevent some members and officials from publicly criticizing the decisions of Premier John Horgan’s government.
  A draft of an internal NDP code of conduct, obtained by Postmedia News, shows it would require members of the party’s provincial executive and committees to sign non-disclosure agreements that forbid them from publicly disagreeing with party or government policies.
  “Individua
  
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• Dennis Rogoza: SCRAP-IT program is part of the solution to B.C.'s climate goals

  15-10-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  In the last several days, there has been a great deal of media coverage about the establishment of an LNG terminal on B.C.’s North Coast. Much of the commentary has referenced this initiative as the largest single private investment in Canadian history along with the significant economic and employment benefits that will flow to B.C. However, this project will also result in millions of tonnes of added carbon emissions.
  As Premier John Horgan has stated, all sectors of the economy now need
  
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• We’ve been doing our part to lower natural gas use. Our City buildings have reduced heat supply 40% by lowering tem… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 01:00 via twitter.com
  We’ve been doing our part to lower natural gas use. Our City buildings have reduced heat supply 40% by lowering tem… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cannabis dispensaries purge stock ahead of legalization

  15-10-2018 00:24 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. cannabis dispensaries are clearing their shelves so they can stay in the government’s good books when Canada legalizes recreational pot next week.
  After the federal Cannabis Act comes into force on Oct. 17, dispensaries carrying grey-market, non-medical cannabis will remain illegal. Licensed private cannabis stores in B.C. will only be allowed to carry products shipped from the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch bearing an excise stamp.
  While dispensary operators await provincial and mun
  
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• B.C.'s small town commuters wonder what they'll do when Greyhound leaves

  15-10-2018 00:16 via vancouversun.com
  Valerie Peters is dreading the day the last Greyhound bus pulls out of Quesnel on Oct. 31.
  The inter-city bus company, which announced last month it was discontinuing all bus routes within Western Canada, is cutting off the only way Peters has of getting to her job in Vancouver.
  Since she lost her full-time job in the oilpatch and has had to go on to a disability pension, she takes work as she can get it in the film industry.
  “I had an accident and for medical reasons I can’t work at
  
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