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• New drivers change their habits when a sensor is on board

  05-12-2018 23:48 via vancouversun.com
  New drivers will change their behaviour behind the wheel to get better driving scores when a wireless monitoring system is installed in the car.
  Drivers in a three-month study on driving sensor systems said the experience was like having a “personal driving coach in the car with them,” said ICBC program manager Mark Milner.
  Drivers with less than five years experience are five times as likely to suffer a crash, but more than 40 per cent of the 125 new drivers who had a sensor in
  
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• Red Cross donates $1 million to stop invasive plants in wildfire ravaged B.C.

  05-12-2018 23:39 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — More than a year after a huge wildfire, the Thompson Nicola Regional District is still cleaning up and will be so for the next three years.
  The District has received $1 million from the Red Cross to help treat and prevent the spread of invasive plants following the hugely destructive Elephant Hill wildfire, which burned in an “interface” or quasi-rural area with buildings.
  “With fires, as well as in the action of fighting fires, there’s a lot of disturban
  
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• B.C. Hydro doing good job managing billions in capital assets, says auditor

  05-12-2018 23:31 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A report by British Columbia’s auditor general says B.C. Hydro is doing a good job managing the province’s dams, generating stations and power lines.
  Carol Bellringer says in the audit that B.C. Hydro’s assets are valued at more than $25 billion and even though some generating facilities are more than 85 years old, they continue to operate near full capacity.
  The report says about 80 per cent of Hydro’s assets are dams, generators, power lines, poles, sub
  
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• Police officers needed in Greater Victoria schools, teachers say

  05-12-2018 23:14 via vancouversun.com
  Greater Victoria teachers are calling for the return of police liaison officers to their schools, saying vulnerable students are at risk because of their removal to save money.
  “Already this school year there have been multiple incidents of police being called to our schools,” Jason Gammon, president of the Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association, said in a letter to Esquimalt council.
  “Often these calls are in response to students in crisis. To a child, there is a pr
  
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• Mounties probe distribution of secret recordings made at Lantzville municipal hall

  05-12-2018 23:08 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Covert recordings of a private staff meeting at Lantzville’s municipal hall have been distributed by email by a person using what appears to be a fake name. Police have been called to investigate.
  Former Lantzville councillor Dave Scott describes the situation as “strange” and “disconcerting.”
  Four audio clips from a fall 2017 meeting between senior staff were emailed to members of the district’s official community plan committee, he said. The
  
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• The Lady is all decked out for the holiday season 🎅. How about you? #NorthVan #PublicArt #TheLady @northvanarts… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  The Lady is all decked out for the holiday season 🎅. How about you? #NorthVan #PublicArt #TheLady @northvanarts… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C.'s clean climate plan targets natural gas and oil sector

  05-12-2018 22:56 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Premier John Horgan unveiled details Wednesday of the NDP’s long-awaited plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which includes aggressive reductions targeted at industry and transportation.
  The reductions estimates outlined bring the province 75 per cent of the way to meeting its 2030 target. The remaining 25 per cent of the reductions will be rolled out in the next 18 to 24 months.
  “The low-carbon economy we build together will bring opportunities and jobs throughout the prov
  
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• Reports: Gas station blast north of Rome kills 2 - Vancouver Sun

  05-12-2018 22:34
  Reports: Gas station blast north of Rome kills 2  Vancouver SunROME — Italian news reports say an explosion at a gas station has killed two people and injured several others.Rieti police chief Antonio Mannoni tells the ...
  
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• Highway 3 closed east of Hope because of rock slide

  05-12-2018 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  Highway 3 is closed in both directions 11 kilometres east of Hope because of a rock slide Tuesday night.
  The Ministry of Transportation says there are rocks on the road between First Avalanche Gate and Sunshine Valley.
  There were no injuries or vehicle damage in the slide, which happened at around 6:30 p.m.
  A section of rock about 50-metres long, eight-metres high and four-metres wide, slid down, according to the ministry.
  Ministry staff conducted assessments Tuesday night and began a geote
  
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• If you leave a holiday celebration this season feeling a little too... uh... *cheerful*, @ORNNorthShore is the bes… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 21:41 via twitter.com
  If you leave a holiday celebration this season feeling a little too... uh... *cheerful*,@ORNNorthShore is the bes… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women bit.ly/2AXgrWb #NorthVancouver https://t.co/jbZ2uaZyvG

  05-12-2018 21:18 via twitter.com
  
  National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Womenbit.ly/2AXgrWb#NorthVancouver https://t.co/jbZ2uaZyvG
  
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• Two North Vancouver women earn BC's Medal of Good Citizenship - North Shore News

  05-12-2018 21:11
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  Two North Vancouver women earn BC's Medal of Good Citizenship
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  Two North Vancouver women were among the 19 British Columbians recently awarded the province's Medal of Good Citizenship for outstanding community service. Lois Nahirney and Sylvie (Silvakantie) Pather were given the medal, first awarded in 2015, ...and more »
  
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• New Vancouver council moves to ban 'renovictions' - North Delta Reporter

  05-12-2018 21:01
  New Vancouver council moves to ban 'renovictions'  North Delta ReporterReport says 56 rental buildings with 2456 units were sold in Vancouver from January to October.
  
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• UBC professor proposes innovative property tax system to help housing affordability

  05-12-2018 20:36
  
  New calculation model could help renters, says Thomas Davidoff of UBC Sauder School of Business
  
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• Join #CityParkStewards for a Holly Walk in Tempe Heights Park this Saturday. Help to remove invasive holly + take s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Join #CityParkStewards for a Holly Walk in Tempe Heights Park this Saturday. Help to remove invasive holly + take s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Voter turnout reaches 40 per cent in B.C. electoral reform referendum

  05-12-2018 20:14 via vancouversun.com
  Voter turnout has reached 40 per cent in the province’s electoral reform referendum.
  Elections B.C. reported Wednesday that it had received 1,315,000 packages, which reflects approximately 40 per cent returned.
  This does not include packages that have been received by Canada Post but not yet transferred to Elections B.C.
  In a statement Wednesday, the B.C. NDP called on B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson to respect the referendum outcome. Wilkinson had expressed concern for the process if
  
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• Just a reminder about potential traffic impacts today due to work in Lions Gate Village twitter.com/NVanDistrict/s…

  05-12-2018 20:03 via twitter.com
  Just a reminder about potential traffic impacts today due to work in Lions Gate Village twitter.com/NVanDistrict/s…
  
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• What happens when 'the worst kids in the history of the world' take over the annual Christmas pageant?

  05-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
  When: Dec. 6-16
  Where: Havana Theatre
  Tickets: $24/18 (seniors) at showpass.com
  The six Herdman kids are nothing but trouble. But when they discover church (there are snacks) and the upcoming annual Christmas pageant they decide to get involved — in their own way. That’s the situation in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, a play written by Barbara Robinson, adapting her 1971 novel (itself spun off from a story she wrote for McCall’s magazine) of th
  
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• Restaurant review: Bet on biscuits, as something good to chew on comes your way

  05-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Chewie’s Biscuit Company
  2822 West Fourth Ave., Vancouver
  604-336-9996
  Open 9 to 7, Tuesday to Saturday; to 5 on Sunday. chewiesbiscuitco.comA modicum of human engineering isn’t a bad thing in restaurants. It’s subtle at Chewie’s Biscuit Company — if you find yourself chatting to a neighbouring diner (like I did), you’ve likely been manipulated.
  The owner and namesake Richard Chew, an industry veteran, placed napkins on every second table so people conversed i
  
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• ART SEEN: Seeing and hearing Acoustic Anvil in Leg-In-Boot Square

  05-12-2018 19:20 via vancouversun.com
  Acoustic Anvil sits on its feet like an ancient, rusting artifact left by giants. Solid and mostly red with streaks of brown and orange, it stretches from a ship-like prow on one side to a blunt, stubby end on the other.
  It’s a work that’s a combination of opposites: at four metres by 7.5 metres, its big size holds its own as a public art work by the False Creek seawall but it also has a more intimate side that reveals itself if you get close enough. Acoustic Anvil refers both to the
  
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• Mid-Century home to go to highest bidder – in Hong Kong (PHOTOS)

  05-12-2018 18:50
  
  Super-retro Vancouver home joins Whistler lakeside estate at live auction December 19 in Hong Kong, targeted at Chinese buyers
  
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• Highway 3 closed east of Hope because of rockslide

  05-12-2018 18:39 via vancouversun.com
  Highway 3 is closed in both directions 11 kilometres east of Hope because of a rockslide.
  Drive BC says there are rocks on the road between First Avalanche Gate and Sunshine Valley.
  It is not known when the road will reopen. A detour is in effect via Highway 5 and 5A.
  A geotechnical assessment is planned for Wednesday morning.
  [email protected]
  More to come…
  Highway 3 is closed in both directions 11 kilometres east of Hope because of a possible rockslide.
  Highway 3 is closed i
  
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• Hey #NorthVan. It's time to dust off your snow shovels and make sure you've got enough salt. Things could get messy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  Hey #NorthVan. It's time to dust off your snow shovels and make sure you've got enough salt. Things could get messy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Daily Poll: Would calorie counts on restaurant items affect what you order?

  05-12-2018 18:13 via vancouversun.com
  A new Research Co. survey found that most British Columbians want to see calorie counts on restaurant items.
  Read Harrison Mooney’s story here.
  Would you still order the fish and chips at a restaurant if you knew how many calories it had?
  But if you saw how many calories were in a plate of fish and chips, for example, would you still order it? Or would you rather be blissfully unaware of how much fat and sugar you consume while you dine on nachos and margaritas. Perhaps you would prefer to
  
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• B.C. to introduce clean climate plan as carbon-emitting LNG industry grows

  05-12-2018 18:08 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia is poised to announce its plan to fight climate change while it accommodates the carbon polluting liquefied natural gas industry.
  Premier John Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver are expected to introduce the government’s long-term strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a wide-ranging provincial transition to a low carbon economy.
  Environment Minister George Heyman, Energy Minister Michelle Mungall, Weaver and Horgan have scheduled a noon n
  
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• The best Christmas wreath of Lower Lonsdale? You be the judge of that. Ours is up at the Community Policing Office… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 18:04 via twitter.com
  The best Christmas wreath of Lower Lonsdale? You be the judge of that. Ours is up at the Community Policing Office… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Best pubs in Dublin, Ireland: 8 places to relax and enjoy a pint

  05-12-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  “A good puzzle would be to cross Dublin without passing a pub,” wrote the famous Irish novelist James Joyce in Ulysses.
  Little has changed since Joyce penned his classic novel in 1922, and despite the increase in European-style cafés and restaurants, Dublin‘s eight hundred or so pubs are still the hub of social life; a place to meet friends, to relax and enjoy a pint. Dubliners sum it all up in one word — the “craic.”
  Many pubs remain outstanding e
  
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• Good advice and warning for all pet owners! twitter.com/bcrcmp/status/…

  05-12-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  Good advice and warning for all pet owners! twitter.com/bcrcmp/status/…
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny and frosty

  05-12-2018 15:20 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – The sunny but cold weather continues Wednesday for Metro Vancouver, with a high of 5 C. The temperature is expected to go below zero again this evening, with an overnight low of – 4 C, but Environment Canada says with the wind chill that’s going to feel more like – 6 C. Thursday and Friday look sunny and clear again with a high of 4 C both days. The overnight Friday there is a chance of snow. The federal weather agency says there is a 60 per cent ch
  
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• Highway 3 closed east of Hope because of possible rockslide

  05-12-2018 14:50 via vancouversun.com
  Highway 3 is closed in both directions 11 kilometres east of Hope because of a possible rockslide.
  Drive BC says there are rocks on the road between First Avalanche Gate and Sunshine Valley.
  It is not known when the road will reopen. A detour is in effect via Highway 5 and 5A.
  A geotechnical assessment is planned for Wednesday morning.
  [email protected]
  More to come…
  
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• British Columbians want to see calorie counts in restaurants

  05-12-2018 06:30 via vancouversun.com
  An overwhelming majority of British Columbians think restaurant menus should provide nutritional guidelines, a new poll has found.
  According to the poll from Vancouver’s Research Co. conducted online, 81 per cent or four out of five B.C. respondents say they would like to see regulations similar to Ontario’s, which requires all restaurant menus to display calories.
  Young people are particularly eager to see rules like this, but not by much. Eighty-five per cent of
  
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• Vancouver council strengthens renter protections but key measures sent for study

  05-12-2018 06:01 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver council voted Tuesday to strengthen protection for the city’s renters, many of whom face precarious tenure in a pricey city with a near-zero vacancy rate — a decision celebrated by renters and advocates as a win.
  Councillor Jean Swanson’s motion, intended to protect tenants from “renovictions and aggressive buyouts,” drew 56 speakers over two nights and a large crowd that rallied outside council chambers before the vote on Tuesday.
  “We are in di
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Wednesday, Dec. 5

  05-12-2018 05:59 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Wednesday, Dec. 5.Yukon Blonde & The Zolas
  A show from either one of these bands would earn a recommendation from me, but a double bill? Yes and yes. The two Canadian indie rock bands will be playing the Commodore Ballroom on Wednesday night. If you like rock music at all, you probably already knew about this show. And if you didn’t, you’re welcome, because you are going to love it.
  Where: Commodore Ba
  
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• Yup. @hallmarkchannel ‘s ‘Mingle All the Way’ was filmed here in Civic Plaza. 🎅🏼 twitter.com/bc_filmindustr…

  05-12-2018 05:22 via twitter.com
  Yup.@hallmarkchannel ‘s ‘Mingle All the Way’ was filmed here in Civic Plaza. 🎅🏼 twitter.com/bc_filmindustr…
  
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• North Vancouver high school locks washrooms to stop student vaping - Times Colonist

  05-12-2018 04:57
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  North Vancouver high school locks washrooms to stop student vaping
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  The mother of a North Vancouver teen says she's unimpressed with a decision by Seycove Secondary to lock two out of three school washrooms in response to student vaping. Parent Janet McCairns said she first heard about the issue when her 16-year-old ...
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Kelowna HA made changes before clubhouse inspection: witness

  05-12-2018 04:56 via vancouversun.com
  The Hells Angels civil forfeiture case is continuing with long-time Ontario biker cop Len Isnor on the stand. He retired last year but is testifying as a witness for the director of civil forfeiture. His evidence is currently part of a voir dire – or a trial within trial – after which Justice Barry Davies will decide whether to qualify him as an expert on the Hells Angels. He has been qualified as an expert in B.C. before in cases like in the Dane Philips case, the Fred Widdifield tr
  
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• Civic Plaza. Dressed in holiday style... 🎶 🎄 https://t.co/2I6gES3Gak

  05-12-2018 04:44 via twitter.com
  
  Civic Plaza. Dressed in holiday style... 🎶 🎄 https://t.co/2I6gES3Gak
  
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• B.C. fights trade headwinds on forestry sales mission to Asia

  05-12-2018 03:14 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. forest minister’s trade mission to Asia has become something of an annual tradition that, this year, has an air to it of battling back against tough markets that have crimped the province’s exports of forest products.
  In past years, the event heralded B.C.’s breakthrough into the Chinese market, which rapidly took over as the province’s No. 2 export market after the U.S. for lumber.
  This year, however, as Forest Minister Doug Donaldson leads about 40 company exec
  
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• Fisheries officers train to save beached whales on Vancouver Island - North Island Gazette

  05-12-2018 03:04
  Fisheries officers train to save beached whales on Vancouver Island  North Island GazetteAbout a dozen Fisheries and Oceans Canada officers spent the better part of Tuesday morning at Nanaimo's Departure Bay Beach with an inflatable pilot whale ...
  
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• Vancouver Island mountain biker nearly freefalls down tree trunk bike ramp - North Island Gazette

  05-12-2018 03:01
  Vancouver Island mountain biker nearly freefalls down tree trunk bike ramp  North Island GazetteBear Mountain's mountain bike course designer Jordie Lunn tests his limits.
  
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• Steve Cornish: Horgan government must take bold action to tackle climate change

  05-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Last month, the world was served an urgent wake-up call on the need for a massive scale-up of climate efforts if we wish to protect our planet now and into the future. A United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report called for action to limit warming to 1.5 C to reduce the risk of increasingly severe weather events, species loss and increasing climate refugees, ultimately enabling us to better protect human health and community resilience.
  The prescription was tough but truthfu
  
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• Dr. Julio Montaner and Robert Hogg: Clear evidence of political failure in worldwide resurgence of AIDS

  05-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  As we mark the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day, we need to come to grips with a devastating reality — the end of AIDS may fail to materialize. As global leaders gathered in Buenos Aires last week, AIDS did not appear to be on their radar, let alone the agenda.
  Complacency, apathy, budget cuts, combined with climate change and political unrest — and the resulting disruption in treatment access and continuity of services — are moving us toward an HIV rebound.
  In just thre
  
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• Impasse between Fraser Health and hospice continues as dying patients are shuffled around

  05-12-2018 02:38 via vancouversun.com
  A year after Fraser Health told hospices and other care facilities to stop transferring clients for medically assisted deaths, the Delta Hospice Society continues to openly defy the edict.
  Operators of many palliative care hospices — even those that are non-denominational — refuse to provide medical assistance in dying (MAiD) because they contend it conflicts with their principles that death shouldn’t be hastened.Freedom of information documents (FOI) obtained by Dying With Dig
  
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• Lawsuit accuses ex-social worker of tapping into youth’s funds

  05-12-2018 02:33 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA — A former youth in care is suing the B.C. government and a former social worker accused of stealing funds designated for children entrusted to his care.
  As a ward of the Ministry of Children and Family Development, K.L. bounced between foster and group homes in the Kelowna area throughout his childhood before being assigned to social worker Robert Riley Saunders.
  In a civil claim filed in Supreme Court in Kelowna on Monday, K.L. alleges that, in early 2008, Saunders pulled him fro
  
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• Crown urges judge to accept evidence of boy who witnessed two murders

  05-12-2018 02:25 via vancouversun.com
  The Crown is urging a judge to accept the evidence of a four-year-old boy who witnessed two fatal shootings in a Vancouver home.
  The boy, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, was present in the home on Dieppe Place in September 2016 when Xuan Van Vy Ba-Cao and Samantha Le were murdered.
  A third person in the home at the time, who also cannot be identified due to a publication ban, was abducted after the shootings and taken to a home in Surrey where he was tortured and maimed before
  
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• Retired biker cop testifies about Hells Angels at B.C. civil forfeiture trial

  05-12-2018 01:49 via vancouversun.com
  The retired head of the Ontario Provincial Police Biker Enforcement Unit testified in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday that Hells Angels paraphernalia and “knick knacks” on display at clubhouses are there to intimidate those who visit.
  Len Isnor, who retired last year, prepared a report on the biker gang for the B.C. Director of Civil Forfeiture to be used in his efforts to get clubhouses in Nanaimo, East Vancouver and Kelowna forfeited to the provincial government as alleged instrument
  
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• Kelowna man files lawsuit against former social worker

  05-12-2018 01:35 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA — A former youth in care is suing the B.C. government and a former social worker accused of stealing funds designated for children entrusted to his care.
  As a ward of the Ministry of Children and Family Development, K.L. bounced between foster and group homes in the Kelowna area throughout his childhood before being assigned to social worker Robert Riley Saunders.
  In a civil claim filed in Supreme Court in Kelowna on Monday, K.L. alleges that, in early 2008, Saunders pulled him fro
  
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• Help make this a special xmas for kids in need. Drop off new unwrapped toys at @NVCFD until Dec 18. Don't forget g… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Help make this a special xmas for kids in need. Drop off new unwrapped toys at @NVCFDuntil Dec 18. Don't forget g… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Tomorrow (Dec 5) from 10am to 6pm, water will be shut off to Woodcroft to accommodate work on a waterline in the ar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  05-12-2018 01:13 via twitter.com
  Tomorrow (Dec 5) from 10am to 6pm, water will be shut off to Woodcroft to accommodate work on a waterline in the ar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Daphne Bramham: The missing harm-reduction measure? Regulating mental health professionals

  05-12-2018 01:06 via vancouversun.com
  Anyone in British Columbia can build a website and sell their services as an “interventionist” promising to rescue people from the throes of addiction and get them into care.
  In fact, without government regulation, anyone can claim to be a mental health professional, use the name “counsellor” or “therapist”, set up a private practice and charge whatever they want.
  The problem has festered for at least two decades. But now, it has taken on more urgency as the p
  
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