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• Thieves swipe excavator from Kelowna construction site

  22-11-2018 23:18 via vancouversun.com
  The RCMP is asking the public to keep their eyes open for a bright yellow excavator that was stolen from a Kelowna construction site on Sunday.
  Someone swiped the piece of a heavy machinery, a John Deere Model 26, from a job site at the corner Dilworth Drive and Enterprise Way.
  Kelowna RCMP says an employee overseeing the site left the area between 10 a.m. and 2:50 p.m. The excavator was missing when he returned to work.
  “Our investigators would appreciate if area businesses woul
  
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• FortisBC warns B.C. industry still under threat of disruption until pipeline at full capacity

  22-11-2018 23:01 via vancouversun.com
  Natural gas supplies to FortisBC’s major industrial customers remain under threat of curtailment until Enbridge can bring the major northern transmission pipeline that ruptured Oct. 9 back up to full capacity, the utility said Thursday.
  Enbridge has increased flows on that now-repaired 91-centimetre pipeline to 85-per-cent of its rated pressure, Fortis CEO Roger Dall’Antonia said, and the utility has increased its gas purchases on its southern system.
  “While the risk has d
  
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• Warner Bros. and Netflix settle Satanist lawsuit over statue used on Vancouver-filmed TV series

  22-11-2018 22:57 via vancouversun.com
  A lawsuit filed against Netflix and Warner Bros. by the Satanic Temple over use of the group’s goat-headed statue in the Vancouver-filmed TV show The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has been settled out of court, according to the group.
  In a statement posted here, the Satanic Temple says it “is pleased to announce that the lawsuit it recently filed against Warner Bros. and Netflix has been amicably settled.”
  The temple filed the suit in New York alleging copyright viol
  
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• Vancouver rapper SonReal tackles cyberbullying in latest song

  22-11-2018 22:36 via vancouversun.com
  Ask any artist and they’d likely tell you: there’s no easy road to fame. Even in the age of social media.
  As the online appetite for more photos and videos grows, artists have the ability to release their creations directly to their fans — and, also, their foes. And this often means coming face to face with an unwelcome, not to mention unfiltered, dose of hurtful words and hate.
  Vancouver rapper SonReal (offstage name, Aaron Hoffman) is no stranger to this new reality. That&rsq
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Hells Angel terrified before shootout

  22-11-2018 22:15 via vancouversun.com
  As police work to find a motive in the Nov. 18 murder of Hells Angel Chad Wilson, I thought I should take a closer look at the 2006 shootout in which he injured five people connected to the Outlaw Motorcycle Club.
  I obtained transcripts of his testimony and pieced together this story:Hells Angel Chad Wilson recalled ‘terror’ he felt before
  shootout with rivalsKIM BOLAN
  Updated: November 22, 2018Hells Angel Chad Wilson got nervous when he noticed the ball cap of “a big burly dud
  
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• PM to call Burnaby South byelection early in the new year

  22-11-2018 22:05 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will call three byelections, including in the B.C. riding where NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh hopes to win a seat in Parliament, early in the new year for votes in early February.
  A fourth riding may yet be added to the mix but a fifth riding, due to be vacated on Jan. 22 by Montreal Liberal MP Nicola Di Iorio, is likely to remain without representation until the general election due next October.
  Trudeau was criticized last month when he called one byelec
  
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• B.C. Ferries outlines $3.9-billion capital plan to upgrade fleet and terminals

  22-11-2018 22:04 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. Ferries has filed with the B.C. Ferry Commission the largest capital plan in its history, according to the corporation’s financial results released Wednesday.
  The capital plan, which covers projected spending between 2019 and 2030, was one of five reports included in the corporation’s “Performance Term Five Submission” filed at the end of September.
  The plan says B.C. Ferries is in a solid financial position, and outlines intentions to invest more th
  
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• B.C. residents approve of school tax on homes over $2 million but not under: poll

  22-11-2018 21:42 via vancouversun.com
  Many British Columbians are concerned about the possibility of a new tax on real estate being expanded to include lower priced properties, a new poll has found.
  The provincial government introduced the additional school tax of 0.2 per cent on the value of homes between $3 million and $4 million, and a tax rate of 0.4 per cent on the portion of a home’s value that exceeds $4 million.
  But Research Co. poll found that 70 per cent of respondents believe the government will expand the tax
  
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• REVIEW: Human foibles are the gift under the tree in this holiday treat

  22-11-2018 21:10 via vancouversun.com
  Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
  When: Until Dec. 30
  Where: Granville Island Stage
  Tickets: from $29 at artsclub.com
  It’s hard to imagine a more perfect holiday confection than Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley.
  Written by Lauren Gunderson (“the most produced living playwright in America,” the playbill assures us) and Margot Melcon, the 2016 play is a sequel of sorts to Pride and Prejudice. The script is clever, self-aware, contemporary, and, finally, heartwarming. In the
  
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• Koi-munching otter still on the loose in downtown Vancouver garden

  22-11-2018 20:38 via vancouversun.com
  The hungry otter that’s been munching through the prized koi at Vancouver’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden has managed to elude capture.
  No new carcasses were spotted Thursday morning, leaving the koi count so far at six.
  “We haven’t found any new bodies, but then we don’t know,” said Debbie Cheung, marketing and communications manager for the garden. “The pond is pretty big. If the otter got another koi, we wouldn’t know if it’s stuck underneath the
  
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• This Just In: Riversol Exfoliating Glycolic Peel, American Crew Tech Series Boost Spray and This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray

  22-11-2018 20:34 via vancouversun.com
  Riversol
  Exfoliating Glycolic PeelThey say: A weekly peel for all skin types that features four per cent Glycolic Acid and is dermatologically developed for sensitive skin, this product promises to instantly brighten, restore radiance and gently exfoliate skin without irritation.We say: You get what you need out of this product. If you have sensitive skin, then this is the product for you. Our tester reported there was absolutely no discomfort, tingly sensation or redness during this t
  
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• It's true. Glass gets VIP treatment. Recycle your glass bottles and jars in your grey box or multi-family glass car… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  22-11-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  It's true. Glass gets VIP treatment. Recycle your glass bottles and jars in your grey box or multi-family glass car… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The next scheduled Council meetings will be held this coming Mon, Nov 26. There's a Council workshop at 5pm, follow… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  22-11-2018 20:21 via twitter.com
  The next scheduled Council meetings will be held this coming Mon, Nov 26. There's a Council workshop at 5pm, follow… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The It List: Swarovski Remix Collection

  22-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The product: Swarovski Remix Collection.
  Why we love it: A collection of customizable bracelets from the Austrian accessories brand Swarovski.
  The award-winning collection features crystal-embellished “carrier” bracelets (some of which can also be worn as choker-style necklaces too) in metal finishes, including rose gold, silver and gold — each one with the ability to be mixed and matched with various charms and baubles, at an additional cost.
  While we’re loving the full
  
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• Style Q&A: Franco-Korean beauty brand JOWAÉ lands in Canada

  22-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Korean beauty — or K Beauty — has changed the way many people view skin care.
  Involving a multi-step, scientifically advanced approach to taking care of one’s skin, the movement has landed, en masse, in Canada in recent years thanks to the arrival of several new brands and products.
  One such company to arrive this year, is Jowaé.
  We caught up with Layla Vanessa Fadous, the brand manager for Jowaé in Canada, to chat about what makes this line different, h
  
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• Movie review: Movie Minute Green Book

  22-11-2018 19:53 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia News film critic Dana Gee and Arts and Life editor Aleesha Harris talk about the Green Book in this week’s Movie Minute video review. Based on a true story, the film stars Viggo Mortensen as a racist tough guy who gets a job driving a refined African-American pianist played by Mahershala Ali on a concert tour of the southern U.S. The film won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, but does it please our people? Check ou
  
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• B.C. Electoral Reform Referendum 2018: 5 things to know as deadline looms

  22-11-2018 19:44 via vancouversun.com
  Elections B.C. is reminding voters participating in the province-wide referendum on electoral reform that the deadline to ask for a voting package is Friday.
  But with Canada Post in its fifth week of rotating strikes by thousands of unionized workers, there may be some confusion as to where to get a ballot or whether it will arrive if you mail it this week.
  So here’s five things to know so far about the mail-in referendum:
  BC Premier John Horgan and Andrew Wilkinson, Leader of the BC Liber
  
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• B.C. electoral reform option designed by University of Alberta student

  22-11-2018 19:30 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The first time he was old enough to vote in an election, Sean Graham says he realized the system was flawed.
  His hometown riding in northern Alberta was a secure seat for a party that he didn’t support, so voting for anyone else under the first-past-the-post system felt like a wasted ballot.
  “That to me was a significant problem. Regardless of where someone lives, their vote should matter,” Graham said from Edmonton.
  Only a few years later as an undergraduate
  
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• Speaker tried to appoint friend as new sergeant-at-arms for B.C. legislature

  22-11-2018 19:16 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – Speaker Darryl Plecas came under renewed fire Thursday after it was alleged he tried to appoint his friend and political operative as the legislature’s new sergeant-at-arms after engineering the suspension of top officials at the legislature.
  Plecas told a meeting of house leaders from the Liberals, Greens and NDP that his friend and political advisor, Alan Mullen, should be named the new head of legislature security at a Nov. 19 meeting that preceded the suspension of cle
  
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• Don’t Let Your Vehicle Be The Place Thieves Do Their Christmas Shopping! bit.ly/2AekQnz #NorthVancouver https://t.co/d3GjCgjbFK

  22-11-2018 19:08 via twitter.com
  
  Don’t Let Your Vehicle Be The Place Thieves Do Their Christmas Shopping!bit.ly/2AekQnz#NorthVancouver https://t.co/d3GjCgjbFK
  
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• White Rock must respond faster to information requests: Report

  22-11-2018 19:05 via vancouversun.com
  The City of White Rock takes too long to respond to access to information requests, according to a report from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.
  The report, which was released on Thursday morning, found that in 2016 and 2017, White Rock failed to meet legislated time lines to respond to information requests in 46 per cent of sampled files. When late, the city took an average of 16 business days past the legislated time line to respond.
  Recurrent applicants, of which the cit
  
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• Vancouver Sun archives digitized, Province to follow

  22-11-2018 18:34 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Sun’s archives are now online.
  Subscribers to the website Newspapers.com are now able to search every issue of The Vancouver Sun since it started publishing in 1912, up to within a month of the current publishing date. That’s 2,127,738 pages of stories, advertisements and classifieds, a veritable history of Vancouver.
  Search “Marie Moreau” and “Fidel Castro,” for example, and up pops a legendary paper from Feb. 5, 1959, when The Sun’s
  
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• Winter storm warning in effect for Coquihalla Highway

  22-11-2018 18:32 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt.
  The weather agency is advising travellers to expect some hazard road conditions with heavy snow — as much as 20 to 30 centimetres — to fall south of the summit Thursday night.
  “Rapidly accumulating snow could make travel difficult over some locations. Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions. Visibility may be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow,&rdq
  
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• A fun #LookThinkGo video, produced by local film students. Reminding us that unless you're on a secret mission, 💡 b… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  22-11-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  A fun #LookThinkGo video, produced by local film students. Reminding us that unless you're on a secret mission, 💡 b… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver-born animator brings the web to life in 'Ralph Breaks the Internet'

  22-11-2018 17:12 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Animating “Ralph Breaks the Internet” not only entailed summoning bold imagination to bring the World Wide Web to life — it also meant tapping into fond memories to recreate beloved Disney characters.
  The film includes a hilarious sequence featuring classic princesses, and Vancouver-born animator Benson Shum got to meet the actress who voices Mulan in order to draw his favourite cartoon warrior.
  “There was a lot of pressure to make that character come to
  
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• Netflix settles Satanist lawsuit over statue used on Vancouver-filmed TV series Sabrina

  22-11-2018 17:08 via vancouversun.com
  A lawsuit filed against Netflix and Warner Bros. by the Satanic Temple over use of the group’s goat-headed statue in the Vancouver-filmed TV show The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has been settled out of court, according to the group.
  In a statement posted here, the Satanic Temple says it “is pleased to announce that the lawsuit it recently filed against Warner Bros. and Netflix has been amicably settled.”
  The temple filed the suit in New York alleging copyright viol
  
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• Love craft beer? Grab a designated driver and head to Calgary

  22-11-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s a snowy, drizzly Sunday afternoon in Calgary, but inside the Dandy Brewing Company, the atmosphere is warm and friendly. The tables are filled, and the air has that sweet delicious aroma that can only be found when someone is making beer.
  We pick out a couple — my favourite is Theatre and Mythomania, a Belgian-style strong ale made with hibiscus — and continue on our journey, after taking some Instagram-worthy pics of the quirky art by local artist Kelsey Fraser.
  “So
  
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• Douglas Todd: Living in a supercar capital is bad for your health

  22-11-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  In Iran, the people revolted. In Metro Vancouver, the people merely shake their heads.
  The ordinary people of Iran this year took to the streets en masse to protest the way the children of the wealthy were showing off their outrageous toys and decadent lifestyle in the streets and on social media.
  Iran erupted in countrywide protests over rich millennials who fail to keep their privilege in check, including on showy, indulgent social media sites such as Instagram’s therichkidsoftehran. Whe
  
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• Daily Poll: Will you do less Christmas shopping online because of the postal strike?

  22-11-2018 15:18 via vancouversun.com
  A postal strike continues in Canada, with a massive backlog in delivering letters and packages already being reported. The federal government has given notice that they’re prepared to legislate Canada Post employees back to work.
  Read The Canadian Press story here.
  How has the postal strike affected you? With the holiday shopping season upon us, will the strike change the way you shop? Will you head to the mall or take your chances with online shopping and delivery? Perhaps you have d
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Cold, wet, and windy

  22-11-2018 14:50 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Thursday’s forecast is a little bleak. On the plus side, it’s perfect for staying in with a cozy blanket and a good book. It’s going to be wet out there, with up to 10 millimetres of rain expected and a high of 9 C, according to Environment Canada. Expect fairly strong winds as well. The agency says the region will see gusts up to 30 km/h this morning, and 50 km/h near the water this afternoon. Heavy rain will likely continue overnight, with up to 2
  
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• Wind warnings lifted for west, north Vancouver Island and Greater Victoria - CHEK

  22-11-2018 09:00
  Wind warnings lifted for west, north Vancouver Island and Greater Victoria  CHEKGreater Victoria, north Vancouver Island and west Vancouver Island are all currently under a wind warning.
  
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• VIDEO: Watch this mountain biker shred the famous North Shore trails - Vancouver Is Awesome

  22-11-2018 09:00
  VIDEO: Watch this mountain biker shred the famous North Shore trails  Vancouver Is AwesomeA new video posted by Red Bull Bike offers 100 seconds of pure North Shore mountain biking glory starring a local rider.
  
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• Missing New Westminster man found safe, police say

  22-11-2018 06:46 via vancouversun.com
  A New Westminster man missing since Tuesday night has been found safe.
  New Westminster Police announced Wednesday evening that Cameron Whyte, 47, had been located.
  “He is currently being checked by medical personnel to ensure his well-being,” said Sgt. Jeff Scott.
  Whyte left his home in the 500 block of Amess Street at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday without his cellphone, wallet, keys, and vehicle and had not returned home by Wednesday morning, prompting police to appeal to the public for
  
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• Possible fraud and theft of public funds led to removal of two senior officers of the B.C. leg, sources say

  22-11-2018 05:32 via vancouversun.com
  Two senior officers of the B.C. legislature who were publicly escorted out of the building in Victoria this week amid a criminal probe are being investigated for possible fraud and theft involving public funds, two sources told Postmedia News Wednesday.
  The investigation is being handled by the financial integrity unit of the B.C. RCMP, and more specifically its sensitive investigations branch, which looks into allegations of government misbehaviour and corruption, one of the sources said.
  The s
  
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• 12 days of cannabis: A guide to the perfect Christmas stash box

  22-11-2018 04:39 via vancouversun.com
  On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
  A box for my cannabis needs:
  Looking for the perfect holiday gift for the recreational cannabis user in your life? How about a stash box?Cannabis users tend to be a little scattered, after all. A box to store all their cannabis and cannabis accessories (their stash, as it were) will be greatly appreciated. Consider something that will obscure the smell of what’s inside — cannabis has a very distinct odour. And if there are young
  
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• New record set for E.J. Hughes painting at Heffel auction

  22-11-2018 04:25 via vancouversun.com
  The E.J. Hughes painting Fishboats, Rivers Inlet sold for $2.041,250 at a Heffel auction in Toronto Wednesday, shattering the previous record for the late British Columbia artist.
  But the 1946 painting didn’t bring the top price at the auction, which was $2,881,250 for Jean Paul Riopelle’s intense 1953 abstract Jouet.
  Both prices include a buyer’s premium on top of the live “hammer” price. The overall sale brought in $22,746,250 for 120 lots.
  The small but exquisite
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Humiliating handling of ousted officials requires further explanation

  22-11-2018 04:02 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — While leaders of the three provincial political parties maintain a cone of silence about this week’s ouster of two senior officials at the legislature, one key player has stepped out of the shadows to provide some telling details.
  He’s Alan Mullen, who is both senior political adviser to Speaker Darryl Plecas and, by his own account, an experienced investigator.
  He maintains that he and Plecas have been on the case since the beginning of the year.
  “The spe
  
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• Speaker Darryl Plecas behind investigation of senior legislature staff

  22-11-2018 03:32 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — An RCMP investigation into the senior staff at B.C.’s legislature started in the office of Speaker Darryl Plecas, who began conducting his own quasi-police probe into concerns he had personally identified almost ten months ago.
  Plecas, the MLA for Abbotsford South, continued to refuse interview requests Wednesday and has not made himself available to speak to what has turned into an unprecedented parliamentary crisis at the legislature.
  However, his new political
  
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• Kamloops leads race to open legal cannabis stores

  22-11-2018 03:17 via vancouversun.com
  With the approval of two more government cannabis stores in Kamloops this week, the city is on track to be home to five stores, meaning B.C. has at least eight stores in total now operating or in the final stages of licensing.
  Kamloops city council gave the government stores unanimous approval Tuesday, after the city had already become the first in the province to have a B.C. Cannabis Store, which opened when Canada legalized recreational cannabis on Oct. 17. Council has also approved two applic
  
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• Andrew Petter: Investing in homegrown talent will benefit British Columbia

  22-11-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia faces two challenges — one that threatens the future of our economy and another that threatens the future of our youth. There is, however, a single solution that can address both.
  The first of these challenges is our shortage of talent.
  A recent report from the Business Development Bank of Canada found that nearly half of B.C.’s small- and medium-sized businesses had difficulty recruiting new employees during the last 12 months.
  This has serious economic consequences
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, Nov. 22

  22-11-2018 02:22 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, Nov. 22.The White Album Revisited
  This November marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ acclaimed White Album, and you’d better believe there’s a concert. (What Beatles anniversary doesn’t get a concert? And if any anniversary deserves one, it’s the 50th.) On Thursday night at St. James Hall, an incredible lineup of Vancouver’s funkiest musicians  — Andy
  
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• Sex doll rentals licensed in Kamloops, doll brothel opens in Vancouver

  22-11-2018 02:20 via vancouversun.com
  Kristen Dickson always wanted to own a brothel, but her new sex doll escort service creates fewer legal issues.
  In fact, her Kamloops-based rental service House of Dolls has a license from the City to operate as a home-based rental business for adult novelty toys.
  Rather than using the dolls in her place of business, her customers interact with them at home.
  Kristen Dickson is the owner of House of Dolls in Kamloops.
  Dickson abandoned the brothel business model because Kamloops forbids so-called
  
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• Vancouver cop from storied family suspended without pay, demoted

  22-11-2018 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver cop from a storied police family has been suspended without pay for six days and demoted in rank after an investigation into allegations that he assaulted a civilian while off-duty.
  Const. David Stewart, a grandson of former Police Chief Bob Stewart, intervened in a dispute being dealt with by two on-duty colleagues outside a restaurant on Granville Street in Downtown Vancouver on March 23, 2014.
  Harvy Dhudwal, who had been engaged in a conversation with the two uniformed officers, c
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Despair, not drugs, the deeper factor in youth overdoses

  22-11-2018 01:48 via vancouversun.com
  Stemming a rising tide of overdose deaths and substance-related critical injuries among children and youth isn’t as simple as providing a supervised injection site, clean needles, teaching kids about safer drug use or even early interventions and better access to treatment and recovery services.
  Among the kids using drugs, a small but significant number are self-medicating for trauma they’ve suffered when adults haven’t done enough to keep them safe.
  In 2017, there were 24 chil
  
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• Hells Angel Chad Wilson recalled 'terror' he felt before shootout with rivals

  22-11-2018 01:43 via vancouversun.com
  Hells Angel Chad Wilson got nervous when he noticed the ball cap of “a big burly dude” entering the convenience store where he was looking at souvenir fridge magnets.
  The hat said “F — k the other team” and he knew right away that the man was from the rival Outlaw motorcycle gang.
  The message on the hat was “directed towards us,” Wilson would later testify at his trial for attempted murder. “It’s about the Hells Angels.”
  Wilson, who was
  
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• We're in the movies 🌟💗. Can you can spot the City location in this year's Hallmark Christmas movie trailer?… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  22-11-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  We're in the movies 🌟💗. Can you can spot the City location in this year's Hallmark Christmas movie trailer?… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver man suffers serious injuries in West End assault

  22-11-2018 00:41 via vancouversun.com
  A 36-year-old man was sent to hospital with serious injuries following an early morning assault in Vancouver’s West End.
  Vancouver police say the man called 911 just after 3 a.m. Wednesday to report he had been assaulted during an altercation near Davie Street and Burrard Street.  He was located minutes later near the intersection and taken to hospital. Police say he is being treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
  VPD Const. Jason Doucette said it’
  
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• Whistler Blackcomb to host partial opening on Thursday due to minimal snowfall

  22-11-2018 00:39 via vancouversun.com
  Whistler Blackcomb will host a partial opening this Thursday as it welcomes skiers and snowboarders to its newest chairlift for the first time.
  The ski resort’s 2018-19 season will kick off with the launch of the new Emerald 6 Express lift, which can carry six people on a chair at a time and will move 3,600 per hour.
  The lift is one of several on-hill upgrades being introduced at Whistler Blackcomb this season, part of a $66-million investment that will also see a new gondola for Blackcomb
  
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• City of Vancouver outlines winter preparedness plan for 2018-19 season

  22-11-2018 00:26 via vancouversun.com
  Are you read for winter? Because the City of Vancouver says it is.
  The city is outlining its winter preparedness plan for the 2018-19 winter season and reminding residents to do the same.
  Working with a meteorologist, city staff use Vancouver-specific forecasts to ensure severe weather events are staffed appropriately. There also have staff on hand 24 hours a day to respond to sudden weather incidents.
  “By working with a meteorologist to give us specific weather reports for Vancouver, we a
  
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• Vancouver police arrest Prince George man for 'historical sexual offences'

  22-11-2018 00:09 via vancouversun.com
  A 46-year-old Prince George man, arrested in Vancouver on Monday, faces numerous charges in connection with what police are calling historical sexual offences involving a young girl.
  Kevin Alexander Roberts has been charged with sexual assault, sexual interference, sexual assault with a weapon, invitation to sexual touching, assault, and assault causing bodily harm for offences allegedly committed in Vancouver and Prince George.
  Police say they can not reveal the years in which the all
  
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