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• New dog park, stairs and trails improve public access to Renfrew Ravine

  30-10-2018 23:58 via vancouversun.com
  The $1 million restoration of Renfrew Ravine means a lot to Carmen Rosen.
  She’s the artistic director of the annual Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival which takes place along the ravine in East Vancouver.
  When Rosen moved to the neighbourhood, neither the natural wildness of the ravine, nor Still Creek as the longest visible creek in Vancouver, were well known. The ravine, however, was known for one thing: as a place to dump garbage.
  What could an artist do to support such a beautiful place? Ros
  
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• Failed mayor, council candidates want a judicial recount in West Vancouver

  30-10-2018 23:54 via vancouversun.com
  West Vancouver’s second-place mayoral candidate and the council hopeful who missed a seat by just 20 votes will ask for a judicial recount.
  The court application was filed Monday by former mayor Michael Smith, who did not run for re-election, on behalf of the man he endorsed to replace him, lawyer Mark Sager, who lost to former councillor Mary-Ann Booth by just 21 votes.
  The application, which will be heard Wednesday in North Vancouver provincial court, was also filed on behalf of Jim Fink
  
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• Tomorrow is Halloween. Just a reminder that you'll need a permit if you're planning to purchase or set off firework… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-10-2018 23:52 via twitter.com
  Tomorrow is Halloween. Just a reminder that you'll need a permit if you're planning to purchase or set off firework… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Luxury B.C. Children’s prize home still on market for $1.95 million (PHOTOS)

  30-10-2018 23:00
  
  Ultra-modern custom house in Squamish was listed three weeks after it wasn’t chosen in May prize draw, but is still for sale at $1.95 million five months later
  
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• Granville Island eliminating free parking during peak hours

  30-10-2018 22:41 via vancouversun.com
  Starting next summer, you’ll have to pay up to park at Granville Island during peak hours.
  The popular Vancouver attraction is implementing a new parking system that will include all public parking stalls on the Island.
  Pay parking will be in effect between 11 a.m and 6 p.m. with a winter-time rate (Oct. 1-April 30) of $2 per hour and a summer-season rate of $3 per hour.
  Currently, 60 per cent of the 1,200 public parking stalls on Granville Island are free, with the remaining 40 per c
  
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• 🎃 We know you're thinkin' spooky 👻, but don't forget about safety! Halloween fire safety, costume and trick or trea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-10-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  🎃 We know you're thinkin' spooky 👻, but don't forget about safety! Halloween fire safety, costume and trick or trea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Peter Wylie: Seats for sale at UBC — but not to Canadian students

  30-10-2018 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  Do you think it is fair that international students, if they pay $36,600 a year in tuition compared to $5,200 for Canadian students, get into the University of B.C. with lower grades than required of Canadian students? That can’t be true, can it? Yes it can.
  The UBC Senate, the academic governance body of the university, when it first brought in differential tuition fees for international students in 1996, stated that the number of international students in any undergraduate program could
  
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• Seniors aren't the only ones diagnosed with dementia. 10,000 people living with dementia in B.C. are under the age… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-10-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
  Seniors aren't the only ones diagnosed with dementia. 10,000 people living with dementia in B.C. are under the age… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C. implements most recommendations that followed Health Ministry firings: report

  30-10-2018 21:44 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s government has implemented the majority of 41 recommendations that were made in a report last year on the firings of eight workers who were involved in a drug policy investigation for the Health Ministry.
  Ombudsperson Jay Chalke says he’s heartened by the progress made on his recommendations, which includes offering apologies and providing payments to the people involved.
  The report, called “Misfire,” found that seven workers and a cont
  
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• Kelly Ellard, killer of B.C. teen Reena Virk, has day parole extended

  30-10-2018 21:19 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia woman who brutally beat and drowned 14-year-old Reena Virk near a Victoria-area bridge in 1997 has been granted an extension to her day parole.
  Thirty-five-year-old Kelly Ellard was convicted of second-degree murder in 2005 and the Parole Board of Canada granted her conditional day parole last November.
  The board extended her day parole for another six months in late July, but the decision was only provided to media on Tuesday.
  The decision says Ellard now go
  
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• London Drugs family gives $6.5 million for cardiac wing in new St. Paul's Hospital

  30-10-2018 20:40 via vancouversun.com
  The cardiac centre at the new St. Paul’s Hospital will be named the Tong Louie Cardiac Wing in recognition of a $6.5-million donation from the Vancouver family that owns London Drugs, it was announced Tuesday.
  Two charities — the London Drugs Foundation and Tong and Geraldine Louie Family Foundation — are contributing the sum for the new hospital near Main Street and Terminal Avenue. The 124-year old hospital on Burrard Street is to be demolished after construction on the
  
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• In one fell swoop, we're reducing the District's greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 30 tonnes per year! How is that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-10-2018 20:36 via twitter.com
  In one fell swoop, we're reducing the District's greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 30 tonnes per year! How is that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Lots of people are excited about this new Community Woodworking Studio. Join us at the official opening Nov 1st 5-7… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-10-2018 20:25 via twitter.com
  Lots of people are excited about this new Community Woodworking Studio. Join us at the official opening Nov 1st 5-7… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Dan Mangan looks back to move forward with More Or Less

  30-10-2018 20:25 via vancouversun.com
  Dan Mangan‘s fifth album is out this week. Titled More Or Less, the collection showcases the singer’s return to straight-ahead songwriting after 2015’s experimental Club Meds.
  That critically acclaimed album and subsequent tour with the incredible band Blacksmith was an experience he says he’ll never forget. But rather than employ the who’s who of Canada’s top improvising musicians once again, Mangan wanted to strip it back to basics and sing. Along the way, h
  
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• Douglas Todd: Bogus Vancouver academic conference erupts with outrage and police

  30-10-2018 20:14 via vancouversun.com
  All hell broke loose at an academic conference in Vancouver when legitimate scholars realized they were being exploited by deceptive organizers.
  Angry academics demanded their money back, forcing the organizer of the pseudo-technology conference to flee the event. The confrontation occurred when some scholars realized they had paid large sums of money to attend a suspicious symposium organized by the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET).
  The highly respected British publi
  
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• Bogus Vancouver academic conference erupts with outrage and police

  30-10-2018 19:01 via vancouversun.com
  All hell broke loose at an academic conference in Vancouver when legitimate scholars realized they were being exploited by deceptive organizers.
  Angry academics demanded their money back, forcing the organizer of the pseudo-technology conference to flee the event. The confrontation occurred when some scholars realized they had paid large sums of money to attend a suspicious symposium organized by the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET).
  The highly respected British publi
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland, Nov. 2-8: Drake, Vancouver Tea Festival, and more

  30-10-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Drake
  Aubrey and the Three Amigos Tour
  When: Nov. 3, 4, 7 p.m.
  Where: Rogers Arena
  Tickets and info: Ticketmaster.caDrake, perhaps you’ve heard of him? The Toronto rapper is not only one of the biggest artists in the world right now, he’s also out on the road in support of his fifth album Scorpion. This 25-track magnum opus covers everything from hidden parenthood, seduction (naturally), and the usual assortment of things that get under the artist’s skin that he wants to share
  
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• Restaurant review: Riding the coattails of El Bulli at La Terraza del Casino

  30-10-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  La Terraza del Casino
  Where: Casino de Madrid, Alcala 15, Madrid, Spain
  Reservations: 34 915 211 735; casinodemadrid.esOn a recent trip to Spain, I explored Madrid (thank you, Prado Museum!) and Granada (headliner, the Alhambra palace fortress) and Seville (blown away by flamenco!) before moving on to Morocco.
  I planned, and succeeded, to overdose on jamon Iberico de bellota, the beautiful cured ham from Iberico pigs flavoured up on acorns in the wild. It’s very expensi
  
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• Mangan looks back to move forward with More or Less

  30-10-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Dan Mangan‘s fifth album is out this week. Titled More Or Less, the collection showcases the singer’s return to straight-ahead songwriting after 2015s experimental Club Meds.
  That critically acclaimed album and subsequent tour with the incredible band Blacksmith was an experience he says he’ll never forget. But rather than employ the who’s who of Canada’s top improvising musicians once again, Mangan wanted to strip it back to basics and sing. Along the way, he found
  
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• B.C. leaders to debate electoral reform Nov. 8

  30-10-2018 18:58 via vancouversun.com
  A date has been set for B.C. Premier John Horgan and B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson to debate electoral reform ahead of the November referendum.
  Proportional representation focuses on cooperation and puts people at the centre of our politics. Tune in Nov 8 at 7pm on CBC & Global networks to watch me debate #prorep with @wilkinson4bc. #pr4bc #bcpoli
  — John Horgan (@jjhorgan) October 30, 2018The two political leaders will take part in a 30-minute debate, which will air at 7 p.m. on
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you manage your kids' Halloween candy?

  30-10-2018 18:56 via vancouversun.com
  Tomorrow is Halloween and kids will be out in droves attempting to fill their sacks to the brim with sugar-laden treats. While most kids are no doubt counting down the hours, parents are dreading the sugar highs and lows, the meltdowns and tantrums, that inevitably come with eating too much candy.
  For more on what to do on Halloween in Vancouver visit here.
  When it comes to the sweets, some parents think ‘hey it’s once a year so why not?’ while others feel it is way too much pr
  
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• Letters, Oct. 30: PR could lead to parties like a Save the Taxi Party to fight Uber, reader says

  30-10-2018 18:54 via vancouversun.com
  One has to admire Green party leader Andrew Weaver for his political honesty in pointing out that the NDP’s latest delay on ride-hailing is because they are “worried about three seats south of the Fraser and there’s a lobby group of owners who don’t want ride-sharing.”
  However, if Weaver gets the proportional representation system he covets, we may never get ride-hailing. If he is correct that the taxi lobby controls three seats in the legislature, then it is easy e
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Manager, Bylaw Services. Click here to apply. ow.ly/Bzn730mqSW6 #NorthVan

  30-10-2018 18:17 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a regular full-time Manager, Bylaw Services.Click here to apply. ow.ly/Bzn730mqSW6 #NorthVan
  
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• One order, some evacuation alerts lifted in landslide-threatened Old Fort

  30-10-2018 17:51 via vancouversun.com
  FORT ST. JOHN — Most residents of a northeastern British Columbia community threatened by a slowly moving landslide are still waiting to find out when they can return home, but a handful have received positive news.
  More than 50 properties in Old Fort, just south of Fort St. John, were ordered evacuated Oct. 7, one week after a steep hillside above the homes had begun to slump, which ripped out the only road and cut power.
  The Peace River Regional District has lifted an evacuation order co
  
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• Drug resistant sea lice 'out of control' on B.C. coast: report

  30-10-2018 17:33 via vancouversun.com
  Sea lice are “out of control” at salmon farms on the west coast of B.C. this year because they have become drug resistant, says a new report by two environmental groups.
  The groups, Living Oceans and Raincoast Research, also claim that industry regulators have failed to protect wild juvenile salmon and other fish from the parasites.
  The report, “Lousy Choices,” released Tuesday, says sea lice at fish farms on Clayoquot Sound have evolved a resistance to SLICE, an emm
  
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• B.C. leaders to debate electoral reform on Global, CKNW

  30-10-2018 17:21 via vancouversun.com
  A date has been set for B.C. Premier John Horgan and B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson to debate electoral reform ahead of the November referendum, according to Global BC.
  The news organization says the two political leaders have agreed to take part in a 30-minute debate, which will air at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8., on Global BC, CKNW radio and globalnews.ca.
  British Columbia Premier John Horgan and B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson will debate electoral reform on Global.
  Elections B.C. says ballo
  
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• It's Bike to Work Week, so watch for more cyclists on the road. Always remember to #LookThinkGo.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-10-2018 17:01 via twitter.com
  It's Bike to Work Week, so watch for more cyclists on the road. Always remember to #LookThinkGo.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Opinion: Our unnerving real estate market – are you scared yet?

  30-10-2018 15:00
  
  What’s frightening is how many people are relying on their home equity windfall to fund their retirement
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Mainly cloudy, with a slight chance of rain

  30-10-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Tuesday’s weather is expected to be mainly cloudy, with a high of 11 C. There could be some sunny breaks, and a slight chance of showers in the morning, according to Environment Canada. The rain will likely pick up again tonight and continue with light rain on Wednesday for Halloween. The forecast for Halloween night looks cold and wet, with periods of rain, and a high of 10 C. The rainy weather is expected to continue through the week and on the weekend. On Saturda
  
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• Fourteen Vancouver Sun/The Province journalists win big at the Jack Webster Awards

  30-10-2018 06:12 via vancouversun.com
  It was a near sweep of the 2018 Jack Webster Awards for the more than a dozen Vancouver Sun/The Province reporters and photographers up for prizes on Monday night, as the two Postmedia newspapers won three high honours at the annual gala.
  The awards celebrated the best in B.C. journalism across all platforms in 12 categories at a ceremony at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Vancouver.
  Investigative reporter Sam Cooper won the Webby for Excellence in Feature/Enterprise print/text-based online catego
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Drug kingpin released on day parole

  30-10-2018 05:13 via vancouversun.com
  Yong Ye has served a decade behind bars after pleading guilty in 2008 to leading an international drug trafficking organization. At his sentencing hearing in December 2008, the Crown described just a few months in 2007 when his gang moved “over $4 million between Toronto and Vancouver” using couriers flying on commercial flights with packages containing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  Some of that cash was intercepted by police, who opened luggage at Vancouver airport, photogr
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018

  30-10-2018 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  One has to admire Green party leader Andrew Weaver for his political honesty in pointing out that the NDP’s latest delay on ride-hailing is because they are “worried about three seats south of the Fraser and there’s a lobby group of owners who don’t want ride-sharing.”
  However, if Weaver gets the proportional representation system he covets, we may never get ride-hailing. If he is correct that the taxi lobby controls three seats in the legislature, then it is easy e
  
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• Darielle Lim: Musings of a Gen Z Cyborg

  30-10-2018 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  I straddle the year between what it means to be a Millennial and someone in Gen Z. This (obviously) means I am narcissistic, impatient, naïve and directionless. I live with my head in the clouds and have the attention span of a goldfish. My big dreams are just that — foggy ideas with no work ethic to back it up. Oh, and because of the amount of technology I depend on, I’m a cyborg. My brain is nothing but a conduit of hashtags, memes and Instagram stories.
  In the typical day as
  
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• New bus operators step in to replace 83 per cent of Greyhound's lost routes in B.C.

  30-10-2018 01:50 via vancouversun.com
  The restoration of inter-city bus service in British Columbia will stop short of Princeton once Greyhound ceases western Canadian operations, which the small town’s mayor said Tuesday was a “ludicrous” situation.
  Service between Hope and Princeton, then locations beyond such as Keremeos and Penticton, is one of a handful of former Greyhound routes that Transportation Minister Claire Trevena said private operators had not stepped forward to propose an alternative.
  “We don&
  
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• Elections B.C. confident referendum safe from fraud

  30-10-2018 01:33 via vancouversun.com
  Not all of the voter packages mailed out for this fall’s elections referendum are making it into the hands of the voter on the address label, but Elections B.C. says the odds are against voters committing fraud.
  Some of the three million brown envelopes containing a chance to vote on future provincial voting systems — maintain the “first past the post” or adopt a new proportional representation — mailed out between Oct. 22 and this Friday, have been seen piling up i
  
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• B.C. securities regulator seeks another $7.2 million in assets in fraudster case

  30-10-2018 01:31 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Securities Commission has filed additional claims against Vancouver fraudster Earle Douglas Pasquill and his wife, increasing the value of assets it is seeking to $20 million.
  The securities commission, which opened a claim in B.C. Supreme Court in August, is now seeking access to seven properties in Vancouver as part of an effort to collect millions in penalties and repayments owed by Earle Pasquill.
  Initially, the BCSC filed claims against five properties, listed wholly or partly in t
  
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• Experts weigh in on the costs of SkyTrain vs. LRT in Surrey

  30-10-2018 01:23 via vancouversun.com
  A decision to ditch light rail transit plans in Surrey in favour of a SkyTrain extension would give up on a vision to grow the city and come with a price tag that is ‘magnitudes higher,’ experts say.
  Doug McCallum, that city’s mayor-elect, told Postmedia News this weekend that a SkyTrain extension from King George station to Langley City could be completed for $1.65 billion — the same price as a planned LRT system that would connect Surrey City Centre to Guildford and New
  
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• Canadian conceptual art pioneer remembers all the names he has known

  30-10-2018 01:14 via vancouversun.com
  One of Canada’s conceptual art pioneers is working on a continuation of a project started in the 1970s of remembering all the names of people he has known.
  Garry Neill Kennedy is writing the names on a wall of an art gallery on Main Street. Using a pencil, Kennedy prints or writes the names of artists, curators, friends, and classmates he remembers.
  Sometimes he recalls only a first name, so that’s all he writes.
  Kennedy’s art project is made more poignant because he has been d
  
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• Incumbent Peachland mayor wins election decided by pulling name from box

  30-10-2018 00:59 via vancouversun.com
  The winner of the mayor’s race in Peachland has been decided by pulling a name from a box because the top two candidates remained tied after a judicial recount Monday.
  Provincial court Judge Ellen Burdett oversaw the manual count of the vote, which was tied at 804 votes each for incumbent Cindy Fortin and challenger Harry Gough.
  In keeping with Peachland’s election procedures, Burdett drew a name out of the box and declared that Fortin was selected for a four-year term.
  The race in t
  
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• No Council Meeting tonight. The newly elected members of Council will be sworn in at their Inaugural Meeting on Mon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-10-2018 00:30 via twitter.com
  No Council Meeting tonight. The newly elected members of Council will be sworn in at their Inaugural Meeting on Mon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Former international drug kingpin now a painter, parole documents say

  30-10-2018 00:06 via vancouversun.com
  When Yong Long Ye was arrested almost 11 years ago, police described him as the “head of the snake” of an international trafficking gang who owned luxury properties and moved tens of millions in drugs and cash.
  Since getting day parole earlier this year, he has been living a less glamorous life, staying in a halfway house and working as a painter, parole documents state.
  The Parole Board of Canada ruled Oct. 15 that Ye, now 51, could remain on day parole because he no longer presents
  
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• Mark Rabin: How renewable power is enabling and speeding up disaster relief

  30-10-2018 00:03 via vancouversun.com
  As the recent IPCC report highlighted, now more than ever, we need to aggressively cut carbon emissions. As Tesla did for the motor industry, we established our company to electrify the portable power sector — a fossil fuel-reliant industry that is set to grow to US$27.2 billion by 2023. Identifying this industry as a prime target for electrified portable power, Portable Electric was first to market with its battery-electric power stations.
  When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, how
  
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