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• Some cry foul over Delta mayor-elect's plan to consider charging non-residents more at city rec centres

  28-10-2018 23:18 via vancouversun.com
  If elected, George Harvie pledged to put “Delta families first.” But as the mayor-elect prepares to take office, some are wondering who he’ll be putting second — and if his plans could be discriminatory.
  During the election campaign, Harvie pledged to “look at a user fee structure” that is higher for out-of-Delta residents who use the city’s recreation facilities. In a recent interview with The Delta Optimist, he singled out people from Surrey, Richmond
  
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• Where are the seeds? Cannabis stores across Canada face shortages

  28-10-2018 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  Licensed cannabis producers have put filling Canadians’ pot demands ahead of their desire to fill pots.
  With federal legalization of recreational cannabis on Oct. 17, Canadians the age of majority in most provinces (19 in B.C.) gained the right to grow up to four plants per household, yet there is no legal means to obtain seeds or seedlings. None of the online government cannabis stores for B.C., Ontario, Alberta have listings for starting materials, and it is unclear when they will.
  
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• Update: Snowy Coquihalla reopened between Hope and Merritt

  28-10-2018 22:44 via vancouversun.com
  Update: The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt, closed earlier Sunday due to winter conditions, has been reopened in both directions.
  UPDATE – #BCHwy5 #Coquihalla is now fully OPEN in both directions, expect delays and drive to conditions
  — Drive BC (@DriveBC) October 28, 2018
  Original: A huge dump of snow is causing traffic chaos on the Coquihalla Highwa
  According to Drive B.C., winter conditions and a vehicle incident have closed the Coquihalla (Highway 5) in both directio
  
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• More than a 'war play,' Vimy explores national identity and memory

  28-10-2018 22:33 via vancouversun.com
  Vimy
  When: Nov. 2-3
  Where: Grosvenor Theatre (1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver)
  Tickets: From $29 at kaymeek.com
  Over a decade ago, James McDonald directed the world premiere of Vern Thiessen’s Vimy. Set in the First World War, it’s a play about, among other things, memory. So what does MacDonald remember about the play?
  “It had a tremendous emotional impact on people,” MacDonald said. “It is a war play but it’s more about humanity and relationships and peopl
  
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• Downtown, Gastown and New West host haunted tours for Hallows' Eve

  28-10-2018 22:22 via vancouversun.com
  Poor John Bray, whether he had it coming we’ll never know, but he probably never saw it coming.
  Bray’s story is just one that you’ll hear on the Lost Souls of Gastown walking tour, one of many ‘haunted tours’ in Vancouver.
  “I think people are curious about wandering down Gastown’s alleys, but maybe wouldn’t do it on their own,” Will Woods, chief storyteller at Forbidden Vancouver, said. “There’s something unique about being w
  
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• We've got a few simple safety precautions to ensure you and your family have a fun and safe Halloween:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-10-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  We've got a few simple safety precautions to ensure you and your family have a fun and safe Halloween:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Langdale ferry sailing cancelled following diesel spill

  28-10-2018 19:35 via vancouversun.com
  A diesel spill from a commercial vehicle caused B.C. Ferries to cancel sailings between Langdale and Horseshoe Bay on Sunday morning.
  B.C. Ferries says a truck driving off the Queen of Surrey at the Langdale terminal spilled 50 litres of diesel into the ocean after one of the vehicle’s support legs snagged the ship’s apron and caused the truck’s fuel tank to rupture.
  The accident happened at around 9 a.m.
  Cleanup booms were placed in the water by ferry crews and an environ
  
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• Snowy Coquihalla closed both directions between Hope and Merritt

  28-10-2018 19:14 via vancouversun.com
  A huge dump of snow is causing traffic chaos on the Coquihalla Highway.
  #BCHwy5 CLOSED in both directions due to winter conditions, alternate routes via #BCHwy1 and #BCHwy3 https://t.co/RMrBP4uV4O
  — Drive BC (@DriveBC) October 28, 2018According to Drive B.C., winter conditions and a vehicle incident have closed the Coquihalla (Highway 5) in both directions for a 109-kilometre stretch between Hope and Merritt.
  Drivers are advised to take alternate routes, either Highway 1 or Highway 3.
  
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• Snowy Coquihalla closed between Hope and Merritt due to accident

  28-10-2018 19:03 via vancouversun.com
  A huge dump of snow is causing traffic chaos on the Coquihalla Highway.
  #BCHwy5 CLOSED in both directions due to winter conditions, alternate routes via #BCHwy1 and #BCHwy3 https://t.co/RMrBP4uV4O
  — Drive BC (@DriveBC) October 28, 2018According to Drive B.C., winter conditions and a vehicle incident have closed the Coquihalla (Highway 5) in both directions for a 109-kilometre stretch between Hope and Merritt.Drivers are advised to take alternate routes, either Highway 1 or Highway 3.
  
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• Rob Shaw: Proportional Representation debate off to a sad, misleading start

  28-10-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Pity the ordinary British Columbian trying to understand B.C.’s debate on proportional representation as ballots begin to arrive in the mail.
  Either our province is at risk of devolving into a dystopian future of goose-stepping neo-Nazi soldiers on every street corner, or we’re just one vote away from a utopian paradise in which all your social and economic problems are solved by elected officials who co-operate transparently as they hold hands and plot world peace a
  
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• A ghastly North Shore trail race with 'Sedinery' that had us at Hallow

  28-10-2018 18:11 via vancouversun.com
  A last-minute, things you need-to-know email from enthusiastic organizers of Saturday’s Hallow’s Eve Trail Race in North Vancouver contained items I should have known long before entering the toughest race of my adult life!
  Don’t get me wrong, the scenic event put the wow in Hallow, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat, but finding out Thursday that the course was 44.6 per cent uphill, with a zillion stairs and that you had to duck for incoming airplanes at the highest poin
  
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• Memorial held in Vancouver for victims of Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

  28-10-2018 17:44 via vancouversun.com
  A memorial will be held Sunday at Vancouver’s Jewish Community Centre for the 11 people murdered in a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday.Robert Gregory Bowers killed eight men and three women inside the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday during worship services before a tactical police team tracked him down and shot him, authorities said in state and federal affidavits.
  “I just want to kill Jews,” Bowers told an officer, according to one of the documents.
  Bower
  
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• Extreme cuteness alert! Watch for a pink, pint-sized zombie flash mob invading #TheShipyards today at 11am. Please… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-10-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  Extreme cuteness alert! Watch for a pink, pint-sized zombie flash mob invading #TheShipyards today at 11am. Please… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Birds, squirrels and other animals put zap on B.C. Hydro power supply

  28-10-2018 16:15 via vancouversun.com
  Birds and animals are a problem for B.C. Hydro.
  At its power substations, crows land on exposed switches, squirrels gnaw through wires and 25 to 30 times a  year, such wildlife incursions knock out power to customers, a technologically plugged-in lot that is increasingly impatient about the interruptions.
  And the unfortunate animals are most often, quite literally, toast.
  So the utility has put out a call looking for contractors to help deploy “animal mitigation materials,” tech
  
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• Vancouver Weather: A risk of a thunderstorm Sunday

  28-10-2018 15:38 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Oct. 28, 2018 – We have a dreary week ahead of us weather-wise, Vancouver.
  Environment Canada says we can expect a full week of cloud and showers.Expect showers and high winds Sunday with a chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon. We could see as much a 15 mm of rain today and a high of 12 degrees. A further 10 mm of rain is expected to fall overnight
   
   Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Showers with risk of a thunderstorm. Amount 10 to 15 mm. Windy. High 12
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• Comment: Scales tipping against B.C. homeowners

  28-10-2018 08:02
  
  Many owners of second homes don't have money to upgrade properties to rental standard, or pay speculation or empty homes tax bill
  
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• Inside the In Goop Health Summit in Vancouver

  28-10-2018 05:04 via vancouversun.com
  Regardless of whether or not you’re a fan of Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle website and brand, the fact of the matter is, it’s popular.
  Its readers — educated, wealthy and predominantly white women, if the Vancouver event was any indication — are willing to spend seemingly whatever amount on whichever moisturizers, tinctures, books, sex toys … you name it, that the brand’s editorial team deems worthwhile.
  And Vancouver, according to the brand’s
  
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• 'Hot Dog Water' vendor makes a splash at Vancouver Goop wellness summit

  28-10-2018 03:07 via vancouversun.com
  A man in a hot dog suit tried to storm the Goop wellness summit Saturday to provide samples of his “restorative” hot dog water to participants.
  Artist Douglas Bevans said he hoped to inspire critical thinking about how companies use health claims to increase sales, advertising bottles of his homemade Hot Dog Water (including the wiener) for $37.99 outside the Stanley Park Pavilion where Goop’s first Canadian summit was held.
  The lifestyle brand, headed by actress Gwyneth Paltro
  
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• Duelling campaigns in B.C. electoral reform referendum take to streets

  28-10-2018 02:31 via vancouversun.com
  Duelling campaigns in the debate over B.C.’s electoral reform referendum took to the streets Saturday to inform and sway the opinions of voters.
  Since last week, British Columbians have been receiving mail-in ballots asking them to choose between keeping first-past-the-post or switching to a system of proportional representation.
  On Saturday, local MLAs and volunteers supporting both systems held rallies and phoned and knocked on the doors of thousands of voters urging them to send in ball
  
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• 🚴 Bike to Work week is coming up Oct 29-Nov 4. The City encourages you to use your bike to commute.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-10-2018 01:00 via twitter.com
  🚴 Bike to Work week is coming up Oct 29-Nov 4. The City encourages you to use your bike to commute.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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