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• Vernon fire department employees fired after hidden camera catches them having sex

  30-11-2018 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  Two employees of the fire department in Vernon are battling to keep their jobs after a videotape showed them having sex in the interim fire chief’s office.
  The pair, who were not named, were fired two days after the incident earlier this year, but their union is grieving the dismissals.
  It argued the camera was hidden and its footage amounts to “an illegal collection of personal information” that should not be used against the employees.
  “The union does not deny the two e
  
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• Hello Mayor @LindaCBuchanan… PM @JustinTrudeau calling to chat about housing,transportation & your vision for City… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  Hello Mayor @LindaCBuchanan… PM @JustinTrudeau calling to chat about housing,transportation & your vision for City… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• SFU prof's blowfly evidence clears woman imprisoned 16 years for murder

  30-11-2018 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  There were no witnesses to the 2001 murder of a homeless man in Las Vegas, not even a single blowfly.
  Yet it was precisely the absence of blowflies that would ultimately exonerate the woman who was wrongfully convicted of his murder.
  But it would take nearly 17 years in prison before she was cleared thanks to the work of several agencies and a Simon Fraser University expert in how the tiny insects “colonize” a corpse.
  Gail Anderson, a criminology professor at SFU and entomologis
  
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• This Week in History: 1961: The province takes over Black Ball Ferries

  30-11-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Dec. 1, 1961, the B.C. government announced it had taken over Black Ball Ferries, an American company that had runs from Horseshoe Bay to Gibsons and Nanaimo.
  “The government will pay $6.7 million for all Black Ball’s assets,” Bill Fletcher reported in The Vancouver Sun. “This is made up of $4.6 million for five ships and $2.1 million for seven terminals and land.”
  The purchase of Black Ball was the final stage in the creation of B.C. Ferries.
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• North Vancouver RCMP searching for man missing without cellphone or wallet - Straight.com

  30-11-2018 22:57
  North Vancouver RCMP searching for man missing without cellphone or wallet
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  Police are seeking assistance in locating a North Vancouver man who has not been seen for two weeks. James Warren, who is 30 years of age, was last seen at his residence on St. Andrews Avenue in North Vancouver on November 15. According to a ...
  
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• North Vancouver RCMP searching for 30-year-old man missing without cellphone or wallet - Straight.com

  30-11-2018 22:57
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  North Vancouver RCMP searching for 30-year-old man missing without cellphone or wallet
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  Police are seeking assistance in locating a North Vancouver man who has not been seen for two weeks. RELATED STORIES. Surrey RCMP searching for missing 25-year-old woman · West Vancouver police search for missing Edmonton man after vehicle ...and more »
  
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• SkyTrain service resumes in Vancouver after lightning-caused problem

  30-11-2018 21:43 via vancouversun.com
  A train problem, believed to have been caused by lightning, that affected SkyTrain service on the Expo Line has been fixed.
  TransLink says it will take a few minutes for trains to return to normal spacing and frequency.
  “We believe the issue with the problem train was caused by a large lightning strike in the area of New Westminster Station. The train was not hit, but the lightning appears to have caused a spike in power which affected the propulsion system on the train,”  said
  
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• Urban Development Institute: Tiny homes equal big potential

  30-11-2018 21:20 via vancouversun.com
  Imagine you’ve saved up enough money for a down payment on your first car. You visit the car lot that features new sub-compact and economy car choices that are both within your $25,000 budget.
  You test drive each car, loving its gas efficiency, loaded features and easy parking ability. Then the salesperson tells you that unfortunately you can’t buy either car—you can only rent it.
  Thankfully, that’s not reality in the new-car industry. However, that is what we face in the
  
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• Get home safely this holiday season with @ORNNorthShore. Volunteers can give you + your car a safe ride home. On Fr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 21:10 via twitter.com
  Get home safely this holiday season with @ORNNorthShore. Volunteers can give you + your car a safe ride home. On Fr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Earthquake rocks Anchorage, but no tsunami warning for B.C.

  30-11-2018 20:46 via vancouversun.com
  An earthquake northeast of Anchorage Friday has prompted a tsunami warning for southern Alaska, but is not expected to affect British Columbia, according to the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Centre.
  Emergency Management BC says there is no threat to the B.C. coast.
  No tsunami threat to #BC https://t.co/BMD646Bord
  — Emergency Info BC (@EmergencyInfoBC) November 30, 2018#Tsunami #Warning in effect for Cook Inlet Area and Southern Kenai Penninsula in Alaska following M7.0 near #Anchorage, Ala
  
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• SkyTrain delays in Vancouver because of train problem

  30-11-2018 20:43 via vancouversun.com
  A train problem has caused a delay to SkyTrain service between Gateway and Joyce-Collingwood stations.
  TransLink says trains are being held at stations longer than usual as a result.
  The Millennium and Canada Line trains are running normally.
  TransLink says crews are working hard to restore the problem.
  Riders seeking alternative routes to SkyTrain are encouraged to consult the Trip Planner at http://tripplanning.translink.ca.
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• Gifts for fitness enthusiasts: 12 presents to get people moving

  30-11-2018 20:01 via vancouversun.com
  We all know Canadians love to keep moving. Yes, even if it means braving the snow, wind and rain during the wintertime.
  That means, odds are, you’re likely shopping for a fitness enthusiast this holiday season.
  From yoga regulars to spin fanatics, and even casual outdoor stroll-ers, there’s an endless list of options this gifting season that are perfect for people who live for, or even just like, to get their sweat on.
  With active activities in mind — or even just for athleisur
  
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• Style Q&A: Nick Steward's Gallivant Perfume isn't your average scent story

  30-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  If the idea that you can’t judge a book by its cover is true. Then, the same can definitely be said for a bottle of perfume.
  The simple casings containing the scents created by perfumer Nick Steward for his London-based perfume company, Gallivant, tell little about the intoxicatingly unique elixirs inside. Inspired by global cities that hold a place in Steward’s heart, the glass bottles give away the name of each inspiration city — but very little about the nuanced scent inside
  
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• Local authors tackle the problems and opportunities of just transition from a fossil-fuel economy

  30-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Total Transition: The Human Side of the Renewable Energy Revolution
  Savannah Carr-Wilson and Sandeep Pai (Rocky Mountain Books)
  $22 | 222ppTotal Transition: The Human Side of the Renewable Energy Revolution.
  No one can say we haven’t been warned.
  In October of this year, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sounded yet another dire alarm. If major reforms in energy production and greenhouse gas emissions are not made in the next dozen years, the experts said, our av
  
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• Elliot the Littlest Reindeer offers plenty of horsing around for the holidays

  30-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  A chance encounter with a bunch of miniature horses got Victoria filmmaker Jennifer Westcott thinking and now a decade later her new animated feature Elliot the Littlest Reindeer stars a petite pony and is set to hit theatres.
  “I grew up on a farm for the first 10 years of my life,” said Westcott, who was raised in the Ottawa Valley. “We had a horse but I didn’t know miniature horses existed at all. Then we lived in Dallas Texas for a year. My husband was teaching at a un
  
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• Dana Claxton uses beauty to tell difficult truths about colonialism

  30-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Dana Claxton’s art is subversive. What you first see are visually beautiful images that use traditional pictorial building blocks such as colour and form to lead you into the work. But once you’re in, you realize you’re experiencing something inspired by the harsh legacy of colonialism.
  Many of her works are about both the losses experienced by Indigenous people and how we, the descendants of Europeans and other immigrants, played a role in those losses. She binds the two in a
  
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• Brian Minter: Cut greens

  30-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  It is delightful that an ancient winter tradition is now recurring in a significant manner. Right across our country, more and more folks are decorating their homes and patios, and even their dining room tables, with fresh-cut outdoor greens.
  Whether it is a porch pot of cut evergreens (complemented by birch branches, cones and red-berried deciduous holly), a cedar garland, a stunning wreath or a winter hanging basket created with soft, flowing boughs, outdoor green décor is very much her
  
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• Books are back: Indigo CEO talks the future of book stores, new Robson Street store

  30-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Throughout her career, Heather Reisman has bet a lot on books.
  Yes, even while being well aware that the digital revolution is continually threatening most major print industries, book publishing and sales included.
  “There is no doubt that where we are absorbing content is changing,” she says matter-of-factly. “Does binge-watching affect us? You bet. Do we get affected by the fact that people are spending all their time glued to (their phone)? Yes, we do. We are 100 per cent af
  
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• Have you seen James Warren? bit.ly/2AyRqAs #NorthVancouver https://t.co/1ZHHcOhjSr

  30-11-2018 19:56 via twitter.com
  
  Have you seen James Warren?bit.ly/2AyRqAs#NorthVancouver https://t.co/1ZHHcOhjSr
  
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• Opinion: What Vancouver’s impressive Empty Homes Tax revenue tells us

  30-11-2018 19:53
  
  Not even the City’s seemingly optimistic projections had predicted this much revenue – but does that make the tax a success?
  
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• Revised plan for hotel at Coquitlam's Hard Rock Casino approved

  30-11-2018 19:36
  
  Although it's been more than seven years after first proposed, construction start not determined
  
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• Coquitlam considers hiking development fees on new homes

  30-11-2018 19:33
  
  Costs of servicing are going up, says city’s finance GM, which means cost to build new homes must rise too
  
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• Quizam Forms Quantum 1 Cannabis Corp and Applies for North Vancouver Dispensary License - GlobeNewswire

  30-11-2018 19:30
  Quizam Forms Quantum 1 Cannabis Corp and Applies for North Vancouver Dispensary License  GlobeNewswireVANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quizam Media Corporation (“the Company”) (C: QQ) is pleased to announce that it ...
  
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• Quizam Forms Quantum 1 Cannabis Corp and Applies for North Vancouver Dispensary License - GlobeNewswire (press release)

  30-11-2018 19:29
  Quizam Forms Quantum 1 Cannabis Corp and Applies for North Vancouver Dispensary License
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  VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quizam Media Corporation (“the Company”) (C: QQ) is pleased to announce that it formed a 100% wholly owned subsidiary in BC called Quantum 1 Cannabis Corp. (Q1C). Quantum 1 ...and more »
  
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• Here's Mrs. Claus to remind you about the City Christmas Festival TOMORROW night 4-7pm @ the Shipyards. Tons of FRE… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 18:20 via twitter.com
  Here's Mrs. Claus to remind you about the City Christmas Festival TOMORROW night 4-7pm @ the Shipyards. Tons of FRE… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• ICBC launches telematics pilot for new drivers

  30-11-2018 17:47 via vancouversun.com
  The Insurance Corporation of B.C. is launching another pilot project that uses telematics to track the way new drivers behave on the road.
  ICBC is inviting up to 7,000 drivers with less than five years of experience to take part in the pilot in a bid to determine whether the technology can improve their driving and make roads safer.
  ICBC says new drivers are 5.6 times more at risk of getting into a crash than those with 20 years of driving experience.
  Results from the first telematics
  
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• The 8 best B.C. holiday-season getaways to deliver the Christmas spirit

  30-11-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  The holiday season can be a great time to have a mini-vacation with the family and spend some time reconnecting. Or commit to a reclusive and romantic weekend before the full-on family drama. Here are eight picks to inject a little holiday magic.
  1. Manning Park
  Ge a hit of snow at Manning Park Resort during the holiday season.
  Pack up the kids for a unique holiday experience at this resort, which offers stay and play packages with all the amenities for winter fun. There are five new cabins that
  
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• Town Talk: Frank Giustra's sun-raised olive oil best kept in the dark

  30-11-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  MIDNIGHT OIL: Open a $65 stainless-steel bottle of Domenica Fiore Novello di Notte extra-virgin olive oil and its 500-ml contents should blink. That’s because three varieties of olives therein were harvested from an Italian hillside in the cool of night, promptly cold-pressed, and kept in the dark ever since.
  Domenica Fiore president Anna Wallner and owner Frank Giustra cooked Italian meatballs at a 2017 benefit for the B.C. Cancer Foundation.
  “Olive oil’s big enemy is light,&r
  
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• Conversations That Matter: The legacy of a B.C. Nobel winner

  30-11-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  It was 25 years ago that the Nobel committee named Michael Smith of UBC as the winner in chemistry for his work in site-directed mutagenesis. In other words, making specific changes to the DNA sequence of a gene – a process that he developed even before the human genome was fully mapped.
  He was a remarkable scientist and a remarkable man who went to great lengths in attracting research talent to B.C. He donated his entire prize money to research and thus played a vital role
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Mainly cloudy, but sunny weekend ahead

  30-11-2018 14:58 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Friday’s weather looks mainly cloudy, with a good chance of showers throughout the day. The region may even see some sunny breaks and a high of 9 C.  After a couple of weeks of rainy, grey weather, the region is about to be bathed in sunlight for at least a week. The federal weather agency is predicting clear skies, sunshine and highs of 7 C and 6 C on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. The temperature is expected to drop down to freezing at night as we head in
  
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• Despite switch to LED lights, Christmas hydro usage climbing in B.C.

  30-11-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  The amount of electricity used for Christmas lights has gone up significantly in the past seven years even though two-thirds of British Columbians have ditched energy-sucking incandescent lights for LEDs.
  The increase can be blamed on oversized blow-up seasonal yard art, Clark Griswold and possibly people replacing incandescent strands with a larger number of LED light strings, says B.C. Hydro.
  And about one-third of hydro users are sticking with the old-fashioned incandescent lights to decorate
  
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• Five years on, North Vancouver grandfather's murder still unsolved - North Shore News

  30-11-2018 13:36
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  Five years on, North Vancouver grandfather's murder still unsolved
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  Rostam Poulad was a 69-year-old grandfather and a fixture in the Persian arts community. He had no known enemies and no criminal ties. It's why his murder, five years on, remains one of the most baffling cold cases on IHIT's books. During the early ...
  
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• Quizam Forms Quantum 1 Cannabis Corp and Applies for North Vancouver Dispensary License - Stockhouse

  30-11-2018 09:00
  Quizam Forms Quantum 1 Cannabis Corp and Applies for North Vancouver Dispensary License  StockhouseVANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quizam Media Corporation (“the Company”) (C: QQ) is pleased to announce that it ...
  
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• Magnitude 4.5 earthquake strikes near Fort St. John

  30-11-2018 04:08 via vancouversun.com
  A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck Fort St. John and the Peace region on Thursday evening.
  According to Earthquakes Canada, the quake struck about 22 kilometres east-southeast of Fort St. John just before 5:30 p.m.
  It was felt by the residents there, as well as some in Taylor, Chetwynd and Dawson Creek. 
  Residents say on social media they felt the tremors around 5:30 p.m.
  One Twitter user in Fort St. John says she felt her “entire apartment building shake like the top floor was go
  
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• Adopt-A-School: 30 kids are fed every day at Surrey elementary school

  30-11-2018 03:59 via vancouversun.com
  The coats and school bags pile up in the hallway discarded in a heap by children arriving at school an hour before classes start, hungry and needing to be fed.
  Inside the multipurpose room — now operating as a cafeteria — the porridge is cooked, and the milk, fruit, yogurt and whatever else on today’s menu is waiting for them.
  This is business as usual at James Ardiel Elementary school at 137th and 112th Ave and some variations of the scene can be found in dozens of other inner
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Friday, Nov. 30

  30-11-2018 03:40 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Friday, Nov. 30.Portobello West 2018 Holiday Market
  With Christmas just around the corner, now is the time to load up on seasonal decor and weird crafts. To that end, I recommend the Portobello West 2018 Holiday Market, taking place this weekend at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre. Shop from over 70 local artisans doing fashion, jewelry, art, home accessories , gourmet treats, baby & k
  
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• Otter full on prized fish gets away as security tightened at Vancouver's Sun-Yat Sen garden

  30-11-2018 03:26 via vancouversun.com
  An otter that dined on prized fish at a classical Chinese garden in downtown Vancouver seems to have dashed as the facility takes steps to ensure the unwelcome critter doesn’t come back.
  Howard Normann, director of park operations for the city, said automatic closers will be installed on two gates and plates attached to the bottom of them so the river otter can’t return to Dr. Sun-Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden.
  Two surveillance cameras will also be placed around a pond that was ho
  
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• Squamish First Nation makes 'difficult decision' to back Woodfibre LNG worth $1.1 billion in benefits

  30-11-2018 03:04 via vancouversun.com
  It wasn’t an easy decision for the Squamish First Nation to approve the $1.6 billion Woodfibre LNG proposal, according to a spokesman, but it came with potential benefits amounting to $1.1 billion in land and cash.
  The Squamish First Nation council approved three economic benefit agreements last week — one each with Woodfibre, FortisBC and the province, but “contingent on the environmental conditions being met, according to a news release issued Thursday.
  Qualified with the ter
  
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• David Hutniak: Vacancy controls ultimately harm renters

  30-11-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vacancy control would tie rent controls to a unit rather than the tenant. Currently, rental owners have the flexibility to adjust rents between tenants to account for building and unit upgrades and other increased costs like property taxes, insurance and utilities.
  Vacancy control would remove this ability. If rent is tied to the unit, the incentive for a rental owner to ensure necessary upgrades, including seismic and energy efficiency standards are completed to aging buildings, is severely com
  
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• College of Midwives seeks ban on woman using title "death midwives"

  30-11-2018 02:22 via vancouversun.com
  The College of Midwives of B.C. was in court Thursday seeking to ban a Victoria woman from using the term “death midwife” to describe her work helping people who are dying and their families.
  In 2016, the organization that regulates the province’s midwives sent Pashta MaryMoon a letter asking her to stop using the term, but she declined to do so.
  The college then filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court seeking a permanent injunction against her.
  On Thursday, Lisa Fong, a lawyer
  
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• Jury recommends mental health education for RCMP members following B.C. inquest

  30-11-2018 02:17 via vancouversun.com
  A coroner’s inquest jury is recommending that the RCMP make changes to mental health programs for its officers and their families after the death by suicide of a sergeant in 2013 who was involved in a high-profile case in B.C. that resulted in criticism of the department.
  The inquest heard three days of testimony before the recommendations were made Thursday, much of it focused on Pierre Lemaitre’s role as the RCMP’s media spokesman after the death of a man who was in a confron
  
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• Federal organized crime ministry refuses comment on stayed B.C. money-laundering charges

  30-11-2018 02:07 via vancouversun.com
  Federal prosecutors and the RCMP should provide at least some details on why charges were stayed in B.C.’s biggest money laundering case, a criminology expert said Thursday.
  “RCMP secrecy is just astonishing to my mind. I understand the need to protect the integrity of these investigations … but you don’t go into a hole in the ground and say, ‘Sorry, I am not going to talk to you at all’,” said Simon Fraser University criminology professor Rob Gordon.
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• Vaughn Palmer: Fall a lovely time of the year for B.C.'s premier

  30-11-2018 01:55 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Wrapping up the fall session of the legislature, Premier John Horgan said it went so well he’d like to do this every year.
  “As long as I’m leader of the government, I’m going to want to have fall sessions,” said the NDP leader, who felt so strongly about the idea that he included it in his election platform.
  Even with the messy ending to this year’s session, “I’m proud of this place,” said the premier, this year marking his 1
  
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• Street Thug Barbers fundraise to replace lost gear, continue free cuts

  30-11-2018 01:37 via vancouversun.com
  Cameron Sterling is quick to admit he made a mistake Saturday night when he hailed a cab from his Gastown barbershop and then hopped out, leaving his black backpack behind.
  The backpack was stuffed with clippers, scissors and other shop tools but also gear used by volunteers with his Street Thug Barbers, who spend a few hours each Sunday at Oppenheimer Park in the Downtown Eastside giving free haircuts to people in need.
  Losing the bag would make it difficult to keep up his perfect attendan
  
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• What happens when you realize the City #ChristmasFestival is only 2 sleeps away! cnv.org/ChristmasFesti… #NorthVan https://t.co/ATK6h7HMdk

  30-11-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  
  What happens when you realize the City #ChristmasFestival is only 2 sleeps away! cnv.org/ChristmasFesti… #NorthVan https://t.co/ATK6h7HMdk
  
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• 20-year-old promise honoured as B.C. pledges gambling revenue share for First Nations

  30-11-2018 01:24 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has pledged to share some of the pie and more of the power with Indigenous communities across the province.
  All B.C. First Nations will receive a share of provincial gambling revenues, Premier John Horgan announced Thursday as he opened the annual gathering between B.C.’s cabinet and First Nations leaders.
  “This is a promise made over 20 years ago that has not yet been fulfilled until now,” Horgan told the gathering in Vancouver.”
  Horgan and the First
  
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• Vancouver Island communities top voter participation in electoral referendum - North Island Gazette

  30-11-2018 01:03
  Vancouver Island communities top voter participation in electoral referendum  North Island GazetteVancouver Island voters have some serious opinions when it comes to the electoral referendum, casting the most ballots to date of any municipalities in the ...
  
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• Otter full on prized fish gets away as security tightened at Vancouver garden

  30-11-2018 00:59 via vancouversun.com
  An otter that dined on prized fish at a classical Chinese garden in downtown Vancouver seems to have dashed as the facility takes steps to ensure the unwelcome critter doesn’t come back.
  Howard Normann, director of park operations for the city, said automatic closers will be installed on two gates and plates attached to the bottom of them so the river otter can’t return to Dr. Sun-Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden.
  Two surveillance cameras will also be placed around a pond that was ho
  
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