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• Most Vancouverites believe Uber drivers should require a Class 4 licence: Poll

  26-11-2018 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  A majority of Vancouver residents believe people wanting to drive for Uber, Lyft or other ride-hailing services should require a Class 4 driver’s licence that requires more training, a Research Co. poll has found.
  The NDP government introduced legislation last week to allow ride hailing companies to operate in B.C., likely by the fall of 2019.
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  B.C.'s Class 4 licence requirement could deter ride-hailing drivers
  The legislation, which would require all ride-hailing drivers
  
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• Our crews have started planting 60 new street trees along the 300 block of West 4th & the 400 block of West 6th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-11-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  Our crews have started planting 60 new street trees along the 300 block of West 4th & the 400 block of West 6th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Woman arrested after newborn baby found in Mission dumpster

  26-11-2018 23:25 via vancouversun.com
  A newborn baby found abandoned in a dumpster outside a Mission daycare centre remains in hospital listed in critical condition.
  The baby girl was found early Friday afternoon in the 3300 block of Prentis Avenue near the Heritage Park Childcare Centre.
  Mission RCMP Inspector Annette Fellner says a 21-year-old woman was arrested but later released.
  “No charges have been laid at this time,” said Fellner. “This was an isolated incident and there is no threat to public safety.&
  
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• Judge in pipeline case declines to step aside over alleged bias

  26-11-2018 23:14 via vancouversun.com
  The judge who has been handling the case of the protesters arrested at Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has declined to step aside over an allegation he has been biased.
  Two of the protesters arrested at the Burnaby work site applied last week for B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Affleck to recuse himself, arguing that the judge had shown a “reasonable apprehension” of bias since he began hearing the case.
  In March, the judge imposed an injunction pre
  
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• ART SEEN: Only British bone china allowed for Buffalo Bone China

  26-11-2018 22:53 via vancouversun.com
  To prepare for showing Buffalo Bone China, artist Dana Claxton smashed a lot of china.
  It wasn’t just any kind of china. It had to be British bone china to represent the china made from bones of the buffalo. That was important because in the 19th century, the U.S. military and government officials stood by and allowed millions of buffalo to be killed by ranchers and other private individuals knowing it would destroy the animal that provided the livelihood of indigenous people of the Great
  
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• Suspended top B.C. legislature officials proclaim innocence

  26-11-2018 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. legislature’s two highest-ranking officials, who were suspended amid unknown allegations of wrongdoing last week, reiterated their innocence at their first press conference Monday and said they’ve been deeply humiliated by how they were treated.
  Clerk Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz said they still don’t know what allegations are against them, and reiterated a call for MLAs to restore them to their job while the RCMP and two specia
  
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• We’ve got some flooding on Marine Drive. Crews are on it. Meanwhile, just one lane eastbound between Fell & Bewicke… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-11-2018 21:54 via twitter.com
  We’ve got some flooding on Marine Drive. Crews are on it. Meanwhile, just one lane eastbound between Fell & Bewicke… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Missing high-risk teenager in Surrey located safely

  26-11-2018 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  Updated: The missing teenager has been located and is safe.Surrey RCMP is seeking the public’s help locating a missing high-risk teenage girl.
  Irene Dan, 13, was last seen around 8 p.m. on Sunday in the 17600-block 104th Avenue in Surrey. She hasn’t been seen or heard from since.
  Dan is an Aboriginal teen girl, about 5-feet tall and weighing approximately 90 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a grey hoodie with Aboriginal art designs, pants, a black
  
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• Suspended top legislature officials proclaim innocence

  26-11-2018 21:32 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. legislature’s two highest-ranking officials, who were suspended amid unknown allegations of wrongdoing last week, reiterated their innocence at their first press conference Monday and said they’ve been deeply humiliated by how they were treated.
  Clerk Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz said they still don’t know what allegations are against them, and reiterated a call for MLAs to restore them to their job while the RCMP and two specia
  
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• B.C. budget on track, province to lead country in growth, finance minister says

  26-11-2018 21:14 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Finance Minister Carole James says British Columbia’s economic growth remains “strong and stable” and the budget is on track to record a surplus in the 2018-19 fiscal year.
  James says the operating debt, which builds up when tax or other revenue misses spending pledges made in a budget, has been reduced to zero for the first time in four decades.
  She says the province’s second quarter results for this fiscal year show a projected surplus of $1.35 billion.
  
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• Victim identified in Vancouver's 15th homicide of 2018

  26-11-2018 21:08 via vancouversun.com
  The victim of Vancouver’s 15th homicide of the year has been identified.
  Elizabeth Poulin, 87, was found dead in her east Vancouver apartment on Saturday morning by a family member, who then called 911.
  On Sunday, police were stationed outside Poulin’s apartment near Kingsway Avenue and Kerr Street as investigators combed the scene for evidence.
  “This investigation is a top priority for the police. Based on the information collected so far, investigators do not believe that the
  
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• RCMP spokesman during Dziekanski death suffered from depression, inquest hears

  26-11-2018 20:50 via vancouversun.com
  A lawyer says an officer who became a key public figure for the RCMP when Robert Dziekanski died after a confrontation at Vancouver’s airport struggled with anxiety, depression and anger.
  A coroner’s inquest began today into the death by suicide of Pierre Lemaitre, who was a sergeant with the Mounties when he died in July 2013.
  Inquest counsel John Orr says the jury will hear from Lemaitre’s widow, Sheila Lemaitre, about challenges her 55-year-old husband faced arising from his
  
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• It's a wet one out there! Please help us get all this rain water where it needs to go by clearing your local catch… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-11-2018 20:45 via twitter.com
  It's a wet one out there! Please help us get all this rain water where it needs to go by clearing your local catch… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C. chief tells NEB pipeline hearings his people are responsible for their land

  26-11-2018 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — First Nations leaders from British Columbia told a National Energy Board hearing in Victoria that there are serious concerns about the potential impacts of an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline on their homelands.
  Two leaders representing the Fraser Valley’s Sto:lo Tribal Council say protection of the Fraser River’s salmon, animals and surrounding lands is their eternal responsibility and the pipeline poses risks that could harm their homes and culture.
  But Chief Tyron
  
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• Yep, it's fall and it's raining again. You can help prevent flooding by keeping storm drains clear. See an issue? R… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-11-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Yep, it's fall and it's raining again. You can help prevent flooding by keeping storm drains clear. See an issue? R… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: Tenants' rights square off against needs for renovation

  26-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  When tenants Sarah Mayer and Lorna Allen learned the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) ruled in their favour over a renovation eviction dispute with their landlord in Vancouver’s West End, they thought the decision would mark the end of one of the most stressful periods of their lives.
  Mayer and Allen thought the ruling meant they could stay in their homes while the landlord’s renovations took place around them.
  But a few weeks after the Oct. 1 ruling, the landlord, VS Rentals, served
  
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• Opinion: Mortgage mathematics not adding up for older generations in B.C.

  26-11-2018 19:54
  
  Is the older generation as comfortable in homeownership as generally perceived?
  
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• Liberals call for emergency debate on legislature crisis

  26-11-2018 19:48 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s Opposition Liberals have called for an emergency debate in the legislature over whether MLAs had the appropriate information necessary when they voted to suspend the clerk and sergeant-at-arms last week.
  Liberal MLA Mike de Jong said a unanimous vote of MLAs last Tuesday to suspend clerk Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz was made without knowledge that Speaker Darryl Plecas had been conducting a secret investigation of the two men, or that he intended
  
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• Landlords the winners as Metro Vancouver housing sales slump

  26-11-2018 19:20
  
  Rising interest rates and a potential construction slump could be tough for renters, who can expect increased competition for units and increased rents
  
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• B.C. Supreme Court grants big win to private health clinics

  26-11-2018 19:00
  
  Private health clinics in British Columbia were handed a victory by the B.C. Supreme Court on Friday, Nov. 23, when the court granted an injunction that would prevent clinics from having to close their doors.
  
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• Simon Fraser University to build new 12,000-square-foot art museum

  26-11-2018 18:51 via vancouversun.com
  Simon Fraser University will receive a new 12,000-square-foot art museum, thanks to a “significant gift” from the family of former faculty member and gallery director, the late Edward Gibson.
  “This new facility will be an exciting addition to the Burnaby campus and will enrich the cultural landscape of Metro Vancouver,” said SFU president Andrew Petter.
  “This visionary gift from the Marianne and Edward Gibson Trust and family will enable students, scholars and the p
  
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• Lost ring has been returned to the rightful owner! On Saturday, a women came to the NV RCMP with a news article fro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-11-2018 18:44 via twitter.com
  Lost ring has been returned to the rightful owner! On Saturday, a women came to the NV RCMP with a news article fro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Wondering what's on the agenda for tonight's Council Meeting? ✅ Report: Economic Partnership North Vancouver ✅ Re… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-11-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Wondering what's on the agenda for tonight's Council Meeting?✅ Report: Economic Partnership North Vancouver✅ Re… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Canada Post workers on strike across Lower Mainland as legislation looms

  26-11-2018 17:42 via globalnews.ca
  The entire Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) went on strike as of 12:01 a.m. Monday.
  
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• Where to eat in London: From afternoon tea pub fish & chips

  26-11-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  We head to London to sample a selection of culinary establishments with a traditional and historic flavour. From afternoon tea to fish and chips, old-fashioned pubs and elegant dining rooms, there is something for everyone …
  Cafe Society
  Sometimes described as “caffs” or “greasy spoons,” London cafés have been part of the cityscape for more than half a century and these snug, warm havens beloved of workmen and famed for their all-day breakfasts, are microcos
  
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• Vancouver weather: Rainfall warnings issued for south coast

  26-11-2018 16:38 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Nov. 26, 2018 – Monday’s weather calls for rain, wind, possible King tides in some places and a whole lot of drying off by the end of the day.
  Wind and rainfall warnings have been issued for the Metro Vancouver, North Shore, Sunshine Coast and Fraser Valley regions, with rain expected to increase this morning and continue for most of the day.
  Up to 80 millimetres of rain is expected to fall by Tuesday morning across the region, while areas near the Coast Mountains co
  
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• Monday's weather calls for rain, wind, possible King tides

  26-11-2018 15:59 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Nov. 26, 2018 – Monday’s weather calls for rain, wind, possible King tides in some places and a whole lot of drying off by the end of the day.
  A wind and rainfall warning has been issued for the Metro Vancouver and North Shore region, with rain expected to increase this morning and continue for most of the day. Up to 80 millimetres of rain is expected to fall by Tuesday morning across the region, while areas near the Coast Mountains could see up to 120 millimetres.
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• Surrey RCMP seek public's help locating missing high-risk teenager

  26-11-2018 15:35 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP is seeking the public’s help locating a missing high-risk teenage girl.
  Irene Dan, 13, was last seen around 8 p.m. on Sunday in the 17600-block 104th Avenue in Surrey. She hasn’t been seen or heard from since.
  Dan is an aboriginal teen girl, about 5-feet tall and weighing approximately 90 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a grey hoodie with aboriginal art designs, pants, a black backpack and running shoes.
  Police say it is out of charact
  
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• Kids need more green time, less screen time, says new report

  26-11-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  A report released on Cyber Monday by Nature Canada is telling parents to give their kids “more green time (and) less screen time.”
  Report author Jill Sturdy studied existing research on screen time, which showed that “when our parents told us to go play outside, they were actually giving us great health advice.”
  Sturdy, who is a mother herself, looked at both the physical and mental health effects of sitting indoors in front of a screen.
  “When I put it all together
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Reforming the Senate by stealth

  26-11-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  These days, it’s proportional representation that most Canadians, especially British Columbians, think about if they think about democratic reform at all.
  There’s the provincial referendum and before that the federal Liberals’ briefly toyed with getting rid of first-past-the-post before jettisoning the idea.
  Yet, three decades ago, Senate reform was such a hot topic that it fuelled Western separatism and eventually was a factor in dividing the conservative movement.
  Nobody talk
  
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• 'Keep up those snow dances': Snowfall recorded on Vancouver's North Shore mountains - Vancouver Is Awesome

  26-11-2018 09:00
  'Keep up those snow dances': Snowfall recorded on Vancouver's North Shore mountains  Vancouver Is AwesomeGet excited, it's finally snowing on the North Shore mountains! Cypress, Grouse and Seymour have all recorded snowfall this week.
  
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• Farm owners push back against B.C. plan to curb mansions on ALR land

  26-11-2018 02:23 via vancouversun.com
  A newly-formed association of B.C. farm owners gathered Sunday to voice its displeasure with the provincial government’s proposal to restrict house sizes on properties in the Agricultural Land Reserve.
  The B.C. Farmland Owners Association said Bill 52, the provincial government’s amendment to the Agricultural Land Commission Act, was made with inadequate consultation with farm owners and will negatively affect them.
  “There was a lack of consultation on this,” said sp
  
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• 'Sensitive' Santa gives kids with autism a Christmas experience

  26-11-2018 01:58 via vancouversun.com
  Five-year-old Mason Lorenz approached the strange man with the twinkling blue eyes and big red suit with some trepidation.
  It took some gentle cajoling — an offer of a book and an extended hand — and Mason eventually sat for photos with Santa alongside sister Gemma, 6.
  “This is good for him,” said mom Courtney Lorenz, watching from the sidelines as dad Brandon snapped some photos. “Before he wouldn’t even go near. This is much easier.”
  For many families,
  
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• Richmond residents call on city and police to help tent dwellers

  26-11-2018 01:56 via vancouversun.com
  A single tent remains at a homeless encampment in east Richmond’s Hamilton neighbourhood, but locals say they won’t stop calling on city government for help until every last resident has found a safer place to live.
  Pitched between the Westminster Highway and Queensborough Connector, the tent rests atop wooden pallets in a clearing surrounded by thick blackberry bushes and adjacent to a bike path. The camp is a short walk from the Hamilton Community Centre and was home to a trio
  
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• Just in case you're wondering how many days 'til XMAS we've got a countdown for ya here + holiday happenings in the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-11-2018 01:00 via twitter.com
  Just in case you're wondering how many days 'til XMAS we've got a countdown for ya here + holiday happenings in the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Inquest to begin into suicide of RCMP spokesman for Dziekanski case

  26-11-2018 00:58 via vancouversun.com
  A coroners inquest beings Monday into the death of the B.C. RCMP officer in charge of media relations when Robert Dziekanski was fatally stunned with a Taser at the Vancouver airport
  Pierre Jean Dabe Lemaitre was 55 when he died on July 29, 2013 of self-inflicted injuries in Abbotsford. An inquest is held when the chief coroner has reason to believe there is public interest in being informed about the circumstances surrounding a death, or if the death resulted from a dangerous practice or c
  
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