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• The agenda for next Monday's 7pm Council meeting is now online. Agenda items include an amendment to the smoking by… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-10-2018 23:51 via twitter.com
  The agenda for next Monday's 7pm Council meeting is now online. Agenda items include an amendment to the smoking by… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bulls & Bears: Hot Red Sox touch 'em all in basepath to greatness

  26-10-2018 23:32 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week 
  There’s no question it’s a bull market for baseball in Boston. The Red Sox are coming off a 108-win regular season and have been nothing less than impressive in dispatching the New York Yankees and Houston Astros before starting strong in their fourth World Series appearance in 15 years.
  Boston is such a great talking point for baseball given the history of the Red Sox. They won a World Series in their second year of existence in 1902 and then added four World
  
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• Hey, you’re too close! Give cyclists at least 1 metre when passing. Don’t be a space invader.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-10-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  Hey, you’re too close! Give cyclists at least 1 metre when passing. Don’t be a space invader.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Metro Vancouver taxes, fees to go up an average of $28

  26-10-2018 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  Infrastructure expansion and replacement projects are behind a 5.5-per-cent increase in the taxes and fees Metro Vancouver residents will pay next year for regional services.
  Metro Vancouver’s board of directors approved the 2019 budget and five-year financial plan at a meeting on Friday.
  The tax and fee increase works out to a $28 hike for the average household, based on an assessed home value of $1.2 million. Once again, the majority of the increase ($19) will pay for major sewage projec
  
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• Do you have a pedestrian reflector for the coming rainy dark days? Come to Lonsdale Quay Seabus Terminal on Monday… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-10-2018 22:50 via twitter.com
  Do you have a pedestrian reflector for the coming rainy dark days? Come to Lonsdale Quay Seabus Terminal on Monday… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Fines shoot up for shoddy party buses

  26-10-2018 22:37 via vancouversun.com
  Fines will quadruple for party buses and commercial vehicles that do not meet inspection safety standards, the NDP government announced Friday.
  Fines will rise from $81 to $318 for any of these vehicles that do no display decals indicating they have passed a safety inspection. They will be the highest penalties in western Canada, and are expected to be in place early next year, transportation minister Claire Trevena said in a statement.
  “For a long time, the party bus industry has been ign
  
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• Our map of public works, infrastructure, and building projects that could impact traffic has been updated for the w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-10-2018 22:13 via twitter.com
  Our map of public works, infrastructure, and building projects that could impact traffic has been updated for the w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Metro Vancouver board approves TransLink gas tax request

  26-10-2018 22:13 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink will receive $142 million in federal gas tax money to expand and modernize its bus fleet.
  Metro Vancouver’s board of directors approved the expenditure at a meeting on Friday.
  In its application to Metro, the regional transit authority outlined five projects to which the gas tax funding would be applied.
  TransLink plans to order 25 double-decker diesel buses, 62 60-foot hybrid buses, six 40-foot battery-electric buses, 52 HandyDART vehicles, and nine community shuttles.
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• Get your FREE ICBC safety reflector - they will be handed out until 1pm in #CivicPlaza. @icbc #NorthVan https://t.co/ZdkI2rg6Sh

  26-10-2018 21:48 via twitter.com
  
  Get your FREE ICBC safety reflector - they will be handed out until 1pm in #CivicPlaza. @icbc #NorthVan https://t.co/ZdkI2rg6Sh
  
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• Deportation order issued for B.C. man who 'glorified' terrorism on Facebook

  26-10-2018 21:31 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. faces deportation from Canada for being a security risk based on his Facebook posts in support of the Islamic State group.
  Othman Hamdan is a Jordanian national who was acquitted of terrorism-related charges by a B.C. Supreme Court judge last year, but immigration authorities arrested him and decided at multiple detention reviews that he poses a danger to the public.
  Now, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada has decided Hamdan should be deported.
  The board says in its written decis
  
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• Halloween 2018: Everything you need to know to have a spooktacular time

  26-10-2018 21:27 via vancouversun.com
  Haunted houses, scary costume ideas, recipes, party playlists, where the treat action is at — Postmedia News has everything you need to enjoy Halloween in 2018:
  One of the haunted houses at Fright Nights, Playland Vancouver.
  • Stephanie Ip has put together an interactive map of haunted houses in the Metro Vancouver area. Not listed? It is not too late, follow the link to add yours now.
  • Need music for your ghoulish gathering? Stuart Derdeyn’s Top 10 Halloween playlist 
  
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• Here's a cool bird's-eye view of the new Montroyal Bridge, which was completed in September. Thanks to you all for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-10-2018 21:09 via twitter.com
  Here's a cool bird's-eye view of the new Montroyal Bridge, which was completed in September. Thanks to you all for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• What to do with all those fall leaves? Here's a few ideas: 🍂 Spread them as protective mulch on your garden 🍃 Compo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-10-2018 20:45 via twitter.com
  What to do with all those fall leaves? Here's a few ideas: 🍂 Spread them as protective mulch on your garden 🍃 Compo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• This Week in History: 1889 — A classic Victorian hotel goes up downtown

  26-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  There was boundless optimism in Vancouver in 1889, when the city was only three years old and was expanding at an explosive rate. So Joseph Couture thought it was a good time to build a new, “first-class” hotel at Howe and Dunsmuir streets.
  It was called Manor House, probably to try to give the impression that it was the kind of place blue bloods would stay.
  “It is a large, commodious and fashionably built house, with all the most modern conveniences, specially adapted for the
  
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• Theatre review: A grim end to the blue-collar American dream in Sweat

  26-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Sweat
  When: To Nov. 18
  Where: Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
  Tickets and Info: From $29 at artsclub.com
  If you want to understand how Donald Trump got elected, see Lynn Nottage’s Sweat. But be warned: if you find the current state of the American nation clinically depressing, Sweat could send you right over the edge.
  Nottage’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner presents a grim account of the end of the blue-collar American dream. Its setting, the steel town of Reading, Pennsylva
  
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• Recipe: Spooky Halloween chocolate eyeballs

  26-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Sure, you could head to the store this Halloween for treats. Or, you could make your very own edible eyeballs (don’t worry, they’re made of chocolate) at home.
  We asked Christophe Bonzon, the mastermind of Chez Christophe in Vancouver, to share a spook-tacular recipe for Halloween Eyeballs, that are sure to give all who encounter them a slight, albeit sweet, scare.
  While creating these ghoulishly good chocolates requires patience and a few advanced ingredients, they’re sur
  
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• Fab 5: Do the polka

  26-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  We could wax lyrical about polka dots — their intrinsic playfulness; their universal appeal; the fact that they can make even the most boring T-shirt shape interesting. Whether you go high fashion or cheap and cheerful, there’s a polka-dot style for everyone and every occasion — Rebecca Tay presents five for right now.
  BOLD & BRIGHT
  There’s nothing like a sunshine-hued top to stand out from the crowd and bring some happiness to your day (and everyone else’s
  
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• Brian Minter: Decorative fall pumpkins are delicious, too

  26-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  In most parts of the world, this is the time of year when pumpkins make their presence known in a big way.
  I would venture to say the pumpkin’s primary use today is for autumn decor.  From table centrepieces to porch displays, it’s hard to imagine a more colourful, long-lasting and resilient vegetable that adds such great value to our fall decorating.
  Native to Central America and Mexico, pumpkins were used by Indigenous peoples for food and medicine.  According to The Magi
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: 2018 harvest has potential for greatness

  26-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  If you had been enjoying the fabulous weather in early October just imagine if you were a grape. The bunches are slowly reaching peak ripeness packing on dream amounts of sugar (soon to be alcohol) basking in mid-day temperatures in the high teens and low 20 degrees Celsius.
  Meanwhile, night temperatures are in the low single digits allowing for an all-important acid adjustment to ensure a lifetime of freshness in the bottle and the glass. It’s a win-win scenario for winemakers.
  The 2018 h
  
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• Swoop resuming flights to U.S. from Abbotsford after receiving final operating approval

  26-10-2018 18:57 via vancouversun.com
  CALGARY — Swoop is resuming all scheduled flights to the U.S. after receiving its final operating approval.
  The discount subsidiary of WestJet Airlines says flights that have been cancelled will resume starting Saturday.
  The affected flights were from Hamilton, Ont., and Abbotsford to Las Vegas and various cities in Florida. An inaugural flight from Edmonton to Mesa, Ariz., will take off Saturday as originally scheduled.
  Swoop apologized to the thousands of travellers who have been inconve
  
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• Good advice for a dark and rainy morning (or any morning, really...) twitter.com/icbc/status/10…

  26-10-2018 18:28 via twitter.com
  Good advice for a dark and rainy morning (or any morning, really...) twitter.com/icbc/status/10…
  
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• Canada Post strikes spread to Vancouver, two other regions

  26-10-2018 18:23 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — Vancouver and Niagara Falls, Ont., were added to the list of cities hit by postal disruptions this week as more Canadian Union of Postal Workers members walked off the job as part of rotating strikes.
  About 3,400 CUPW members in Vancouver walked off the job early Friday, joining Canada Post employees in the Niagara and Sudbury regions of Ontario, and Saint John, N.B., who launched job action to back contract demands.
  CUPW members have been conducting rotating walkouts across the c
  
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• Need to bike/bus during Bike to Work Week? Not sure how to use a bus bike rack? You can practice on our rack & ride… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-10-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Need to bike/bus during Bike to Work Week? Not sure how to use a bus bike rack? You can practice on our rack & ride… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Roads reopen, business resumes in Langley following ammonia leak

  26-10-2018 17:58 via vancouversun.com
  LANGLEY — All roads have reopened around an industrial park in the Township of Langley, south of Vancouver, almost two days after an ammonia leak forced an evacuation of the area.
  RCMP say roads around the industrial park reopened around midnight to allow employees in affected businesses to get back to work.
  The area was evacuated early Wednesday when a refrigeration system failed at a dog food manufacturing company in Gloucester Industrial Estates.
  Some ammonia leaked, but fire officials
  
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• Evan Dunfee race walks 25K for 25 days to raise money for KidSport BC

  26-10-2018 17:50 via vancouversun.com
  Evan Dunfee can’t imagine his life without race walking.
  So the 28-year-old from Richmond has spent the past 25 days walking in hopes to help other kids realize the transformative power of sport.
  Dunfee, who was fourth in the 50-kilometre race walk at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has walked 25 kilometres each day for the past 25 days to raise money for KidSportBC, an organization that provides financial assistance for children’s sports registration fees and equipment.
  “Their mission
  
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• Vancouver pizza chain owner urges PM to stop Saudi arms deal

  26-10-2018 17:34 via vancouversun.com
  The owner of a local pizza restaurant chain is taking a slice out of the Canadian government for a planned arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
  Ray Russell, president of Vancouver’s Freshslice Pizza, has written a letter on behalf of all his franchise owners to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging him not to go ahead with a sale of Canadian-made military equipment to Saudi Arabia following the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
  In his letter, which is posted on the company&rsquo
  
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• Town Talk: Record $1.5 million raised for Canuck Place Children's Hospice

  26-10-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  GIFT INDEED: Chaired by Shanni Eckford, Karley Rice and Merideth Schutter, the 14th annual Gift of Time gala reportedly raised a record $1.5 million for the Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. Its title had special significance for Cherie Ehlert, a support worker at the posAbilities Association of B.C. that serves those with development disabilities. In her case, the gift of time applies to daughter and Canuck Place occupant Charlie, who contracted spinal muscular atrophy at age six months. &
  
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• Conversations That Matter: Southern resident orcas are picky eaters

  26-10-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  The southern resident orca whale population is front and centre in the fight against increased tanker traffic.
  The majestic toothed whale is a member of the oceanic dolphin family. They are also known as killer whales because as a species they will hunt and eat fish, marine mammals, they’ve been known to attack baleen whale calves and even sharks and adult whales.
  While, this is true of other orca populations it is not so with the southern resident population that spends time in
  
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• Check out this unique $8.9M Whistler house built into cliff (PHOTOS)

  26-10-2018 16:00
  
  Jaw-dropping home is accessed by elevator via a tunnel in the cliff – and has its own waterfall
  
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• Wildlife group files complaint against B.C. conservation service for bear death in Whistler

  26-10-2018 15:41 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The death of a female black bear that fell from a tree after being darted with a tranquilizer has prompted a wildlife group to file a complaint with the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service.
  A spokeswoman for the animal advocacy group The Fur-Bearers says an officer from the service responded to a complaint that a bear and her three cubs were eating berries in a residential area in Whistler.
  When the officer arrived, the group’s Lesley Fox says the sow was in the
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Rainy, then partial sun in the afternoon

  26-10-2018 14:47 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Happy Friday, Metro Vancouver! The morning looks rainy but the wet weather should clear up this afternoon for a mix of sun and cloud, and a high of 15 C.  Looking ahead to the weekend, it appears that earlier forecast of sunshine and clear skies has now changed to possible rain and cooler temperatures, according to Environment Canada. The agency says there’s a 60 per cent chance of rain on Saturday, with a high of 12 C, and then on Sunday more rain and a high o
  
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• Nine in 10 B.C. Hydro customers leave heat, lights on for their pets, one in five records a show for their critters

  26-10-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  When it comes to saving money and energy conservation, an overwhelming majority of pet owners will choose their furball’s comfort instead.
  It could be costing them as much as $400 a year, according to B.C. Hydro.
  In a survey commissioned by Hydro, 90 per cent of respondents said they were conscientious energy conservers, turning off unused lights and electronics when they left home.
  But 90 per cent also said they leave on the heat for their pets in winter. In summer, 57 per cent leave on t
  
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• Vandal smashes 16 windshields in North Vancouver - North Shore News

  26-10-2018 09:00
  Vandal smashes 16 windshields in North Vancouver  North Shore NewsNorth Vancouver RCMP are hoping witnesses will come forward after an early morning vandal smashed the windshields of more than a dozen cars in Lower ...
  
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• North Vancouver student vote mirrors adult choice - North Shore News

  26-10-2018 09:00
  North Vancouver student vote mirrors adult choice  North Shore NewsThe apple does not fall far from the tree when it comes to political decision-making in North and West Vancouver. Results of a recent student vote project ...
  
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• Vancouver election: Meet your new city council

  26-10-2018 06:26 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s 2018 municipal election is over, and all the votes have been counted. That means it’s time to meet your new city council.
  It’s a council dominated by women this time around, with eight women and two men. It also boasts a relatively even political split, with five members of the right-leaning NPA, and five councillors from more left-leaning parties: the Greens, OneCity and COPE.
  Here’s a list, in order of votes received, of the 10 people who will be workin
  
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• Harrison Mooney: Goop summit in Vancouver seeks volunteers, because only suckers pay staff

  26-10-2018 04:50 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re hoping to attend this Saturday’s In Goop Health Summit, but you’d like to waste your time rather than your money, boy howdy, are you ever in luck: the Gwyneth Paltrow-headed lifestyle brand’s organizers are in need of some free labour.
  The sold-out event, which costs $400 to attend even though Paltrow won’t be there, has posted an online form advertising a “volunteer opportunity” at this weekend’s Goop wellness event, the first outside th
  
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• B.C. cannabis dispensaries too deep-rooted to ditch post-legalization

  26-10-2018 03:51 via vancouversun.com
  Business experts say B.C.’s deep-rooted cannabis culture is making pot users more reluctant than those in other provinces to ditch their dealer or dispensary for Canada’s legalized recreational system.
  In the first 24 hours after opening Oct. 17, B.C. Cannabis Stores made close to 10,000 sales online and at its only store, in Kamloops, but sales took a steep drop, down to about 3,100 on Oct. 18, followed by 8,700 spread over the next five days.
  Meantime, in Ontario, whose popula
  
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• Halloween Safety PSA: Jack O'Lanterns youtu.be/_JtSOQonYww via @YouTube

  26-10-2018 03:29 via twitter.com
  Halloween Safety PSA: Jack O'Lanterns youtu.be/_JtSOQonYww via @YouTube
  
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• Gordon Gibson: Voting reform process 'dishonest, misleading and wide open to down-the-road manipulation'

  26-10-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  I was born in B.C. a bit more than 81 years ago and have spent most of my life here. It has been a great privilege to live in this province and, like many, I have done what I could to give back.My method was via politics. I ran five times, elected twice as an MLA. I was executive assistant to Pierre Trudeau and then leader of the B.C. Liberal Party in the 1970s. I contested that position again in the 1990s, losing to Gordon Campbell. I have since been non-partisan.
  In the last election, the reco
  
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• Concert announcement: Ariana Grande bringing Sweetener tour to Vancouver

  26-10-2018 02:28 via vancouversun.com
  Pop superstar Ariana Grande has included a Vancouver stop as part of her just announced Sweetener World Tour.
  The first leg of the tour will bring the newly single Grande to Rogers Arena on April 27. The singer will also make Canadian stops in Montreal (April 1), Toronto (April 3) and Edmonton (April 25).
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  Smokey Robinson attacks Ariana Grande for wearing mini-dress to Aretha Franklin’s funeralPete Davidson talked about his split with Ariana Grande during a super-awkward s
  
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• Anti proportional representation side defends ad that uses goose-stepping soldiers

  26-10-2018 02:19 via vancouversun.com
  The anti-proportional representation campaign has launched a provocative advertisement in the first week of referendum voting, saying a vote for proportional representation is a vote for extremism and neo-Nazis.
  British Columbians are being asked whether they want to keep the existing first-past-the-post voting system, where majority governments usually rule with less than 50 per cent of the popular vote, or switch to a proportional system where parties get seats in proportion to the popular vot
  
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• SFU health emergency call added minutes to paramedic response

  26-10-2018 02:13 via vancouversun.com
  An Oct. 17 emergency call to Simon Fraser University campus security rather than 911 for a cardiac arrest appears to have added six minutes to paramedics’ response time.
  The first call from the scene of the emergency on Burnaby Mountain was made at 7:24 p.m. to campus security, in keeping the instructions on SFU’s emergency information web pages.
  Campus security officers called 911 for assistance while they were en route to the patient, at 7:30 p.m.
  Six campus security officers went
  
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• Liberals call for release of B.C. government's LNG Canada agreement

  26-10-2018 02:06 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. government should make public the details of a tax agreement it has with the companies building the $40-billion LNG Canada project in Kitimat, say the Opposition Liberals.
  Finance Minister Carole James said her government is finalizing an “operating performance payment agreement” with the LNG Canada consortium, though very little is known about the deal, which has not been made public.
  James said Thursday the agreement centres on how government has agreed to
  
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• Prices easing but Vancouver's housing market still 'highly vulnerable': CMHC

  26-10-2018 01:41 via vancouversun.com
  Home sales and prices are coming down in Vancouver, but it is still an overheated market, according to a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s latest look at stability in real estate markets across the country.
  “Metro Vancouver’s housing market remains highly vulnerable despite softening prices in the resale market,” said Eric Bond, CMHC’s Vancouver-based analyst.
  “There are imbalances even though prices are declining for properties in different segments,
  
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• Metro Vancouver regional board faces big turnover next month

  26-10-2018 01:27 via vancouversun.com
  Following last weekend’s municipal election, the regional body that makes decisions about drinking water, sewers and garbage for Metro Vancouver is on the verge of significant change.
  On Friday, Metro Vancouver’s board of directors will meet for the last time before at least 25 of its 40 members — including the chair and vice chair — are replaced.
  “I don’t know if we’ve ever seen this across the region, at local council tables or at Metro,” said Po
  
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