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• Bulls & Bears: Seattle's sport market success has us green with envy

  07-12-2018 23:49 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  There was no real estate in the business of sport hotter this week than the Emerald City. In what has been preordained for months, the NHL Board of Governors voted unanimously to welcome Seattle as its 32nd franchise on Tuesday.
  Getting into Seattle now is a very good move by Gary Bettman and the NHL. Those questioning how viable an NHL market it will be haven’t been paying attention to how successful the even less traditional hockey market of Las Vegas has been in creati
  
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• Diplomats: US postpones meeting on North Korea human rights - Vancouver Sun

  07-12-2018 23:25
  Diplomats: US postpones meeting on North Korea human rights  Vancouver SunThe United States postponed a Security Council meeting scheduled for Monday to discuss human rights in North Korea because it couldn't get enough support ...
  
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• Vancouver's binners need of warm clothing

  07-12-2018 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  As Vancouver’s weather turns frosty, the need for warm clothing becomes more urgent among Vancouver’s homeless and binners.
  Vancouver Regional Recycling, SPUD.ca, the Binner’s Project, and Working Gear have again teamed up to collect clothing donations at the Vancouver recycling depot at 960 Evans Ave. from now until Dec. 15.
  SPUD.ca’s weekly bin program will also be accepting donations.
  Throughout the Gift of Warm event, binners, people who make their living from pu
  
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• This Week in History: 1918: The boss of Prohibition in B.C. is busted for booze

  07-12-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Walter C. Findlay seemed like the perfect guy to enforce the “dry laws” when Prohibition came into effect in B.C. in 1917.
  Findlay was the secretary of the People’s Prohibition Movement, one of the most prominent organizations fighting to rid the province of alcohol.
  When B.C. Attorney-General J.W. Farris asked “the Prohibition people” who should be commissioner of the Prohibition act, they recommended Findlay. So he got the job.
  Imagine the shock, then, when the ma
  
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• Need some holly for your holiday decorating? Join #CityParkStewards SATURDAY for a festive invasive pull in Tempe H… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  Need some holly for your holiday decorating? Join #CityParkStewards SATURDAY for a festive invasive pull in Tempe H… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Chance of wet snow and risk of freezing rain overnight and early Saturday. #NorthVan twitter.com/ECCCWeatherBC/…

  07-12-2018 22:48 via twitter.com
  Chance of wet snow and risk of freezing rain overnight and early Saturday. #NorthVan twitter.com/ECCCWeatherBC/…
  
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• Editorial: Climate plan a good start, but costs must be limited

  07-12-2018 22:46 via vancouversun.com
  It’s said the devil is in the details, which may explain why the NDP’s climate plan released Wednesday is long on aspirations about cutting B.C.’s greenhouse-gas emissions but short on many specifics about how that will be done — especially what it will cost average British Columbians.
  The plan calls for large cuts to emissions, especially in industry, transportation and housing that is expected to achieve three-quarters of the targeted reductions. But how to achieve the
  
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• Sorry about the four-letter word, but seems there's a chance of SNOW early Saturday. ❄️ #DNVSnow crew has trucks re… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 22:41 via twitter.com
  Sorry about the four-letter word, but seems there's a chance of SNOW early Saturday. ❄️ #DNVSnow crew has trucks re… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Oceanside home fit for James Bond listed at $18.88M, comes with jet skis (PHOTOS)

  07-12-2018 21:50
  
  Ultra-luxe West Vancouver home also has waterfront infinity pool and three fire pits, and is the week’s priciest new listing
  
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• Huawei executive wanted for extradition appears in Vancouver court for a bail hearing

  07-12-2018 21:35 via vancouversun.com
  Wanzhou Meng, the high-ranking executive at Huawei Technologies who is at the centre of a firestorm of controversy over her arrest in Vancouver, is in B.C. Supreme Court Friday for a bail hearing.
  Dressed in a dark green sweatshirt and sweatpants, she shook hands with her lawyer, David Martin, and smiled at him after she was led into court by a sheriff.
  The U.S. is seeking the extradition of Wanzhou Meng, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co., after convincing Canada to arrest her o
  
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• B.C. halts northeast fracking operations while it investigates earthquakes

  07-12-2018 21:31 via vancouversun.com
  FORT ST. JOHN — The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission is shutting down oilfield fracking operations in an area in the northeast part of the province for at least 30 days while it investigates earthquakes that occurred there on Nov. 29.
  The regulator says the seismic events measuring between 3.4 and 4.5 magnitude took place near hydraulic fracturing operations being conducted about 20 kilometres southeast of Fort St. John by Calgary-based Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
  It says the company immedi
  
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• Planning to hit a holiday party (or two) this weekend? Here's how to play it safe! #NorthVan twitter.com/ORNNorthShore/…

  07-12-2018 21:17 via twitter.com
  Planning to hit a holiday party (or two) this weekend? Here's how to play it safe! #NorthVan twitter.com/ORNNorthShore/…
  
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• Fan Expo Vancouver will feature Star Trek actor George Takei

  07-12-2018 21:14 via vancouversun.com
  Fan Expo Vancouver announced Friday that next year’s event will feature an appearance by Star Trek actor and activist George Takei.
  Takei is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek television series, a role he reprised in six Star Trek films.
  He recently appeared on Broadway in Allegiance, a musical based on his life experiences in Japanese American internment camps during WWII. He is also a well-known activist for human rights and f
  
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• Police seek missing man from Vancouver Island - North Island Gazette

  07-12-2018 21:04
  Police seek missing man from Vancouver Island  North Island GazetteMark Istephan, 47, was last seen Nov. 30 when he discharged himself from a hospital in the Lower Mainland.
  
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• Property assessments to rise again on Vancouver Island - North Island Gazette

  07-12-2018 21:03
  Property assessments to rise again on Vancouver Island  North Island GazetteSome areas could see their assessments spike as much as 20 per cent.
  
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• How the only man to explore this enormous B.C. cave made his 'once in a lifetime' milestone descent

  07-12-2018 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  He spends his time on the clock below the surface of the earth, but Lee Hollis’ subterranean exploits have also helped him see the world, from his native land, England, to his present-day home in British Columbia and beyond.
  A caver whose years in the profession recently surpassed the three-decade mark, Hollis has delved far below ground in Thailand, Ireland, Wales and Spain. He ventured into the belly of France’s Gouffre Berger, once thought to be the world’s deepest cave, for
  
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• 🎄 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around City Hall. We've decorated inside and out for the holiday seas… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 20:50 via twitter.com
  🎄 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around City Hall. We've decorated inside and out for the holiday seas… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Entertaining with wine for the holidays

  07-12-2018 20:22 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re the type who puts off your Christmas shopping lists and wine buying to the last minute our holiday Salut edition, focused on wines for entertaining and gift gifting, may be just what you’ve been waiting for to get through the season with ease.
  Our advice, as always, is to get started early and more importantly, finish early before the madness of the those mid-to late December shopping days arrive. Whether you are time challenged or wine challenged today we offer a range of
  
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• Salut: Five holiday gifts for the wine lover

  07-12-2018 20:20 via vancouversun.com
  A bottle of wine is always a wonderful gift idea.
  But, if you’re looking to branch out beyond the bottle, consider gifting something that’s inspired by all things wine — without being a literal liquid.
  From a metallic-accented sweatshirt by the Vancouver-based brand Brunette the Label, to a chic decanter set crafted from hand-blown glass, here are five gift ideas fit for any wine lover on your holiday shopping list:Match set
  Elevate the libation station in any home with this Fi
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: 10 stellar bottles for holiday gifting

  07-12-2018 20:16 via vancouversun.com
  This year we searched for a unique selection of wines that would make suitable gifts ranging from under $50 to $500. Each has a strong personality and story to tell and without exception could easily be cellared for another decade. Simply choose a bottle from the price range you are looking for, wrap it up and you are done.
  Descendientes de J. Palacios Pétalos 2015, Bierzo, Castilla-Leon, Spain $36.99
  Descendientes de J. Palacios Pétalos 2015, Bierzo, Castilla-Leon, Spain $36.99 [P
  
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• Salut: Sweetness of the season

  07-12-2018 20:13 via vancouversun.com
  Dust off the KitchenAid and hang on to your toque: It’s holiday baking time!
  Is there any better way to shake off the stress of the season than by spending the dreary days of December in a warm, vanilla-scented kitchen, happy in the knowledge that sweet treats are on the way? Of course not.
  Over the last few years, there’s been a slow but steady renaissance in home baking. Perhaps we’re honing our skills in hopes of appearing on The Great Canadian Baking Show. Or maybe we&rsquo
  
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• A very vegan Christmas: Vancouver chefs cook up vegan dishes for holiday entertaining

  07-12-2018 20:10 via vancouversun.com
  If it seems like more and more people in your sphere are embracing a vegan — or, at least, a more plant-based diet — these days, don’t worry. You’re not alone.
  “Education has been key to this,” Shannon Boudreau, the events director at the Vancouver-based catering company The Lazy Gourmet, explains of the green-eating movement. “I think most of us were programmed from a young age that a balanced diet is meat, starch, vegetable and with the foodie and
  
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• Commercial real estate sales down across all sectors: REBGV

  07-12-2018 19:59
  Sales slowed nearly 20 per cent overall, with land sales posting the largest decrease quarter-over-quarter
  
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• North Vancouver student receives Pacific Salmon Foundation education bursary - North Shore News

  07-12-2018 19:46
  North Vancouver student receives Pacific Salmon Foundation education bursary  North Shore NewsNorth Vancouver's Haley Crozier was the recipient of a 2018 Pacific Salmon Foundation education bursary in the amount of $2500. Crozier received the award ...
  
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• Wet snow, rain expected on Vancouver Island this weekend - North Island Gazette

  07-12-2018 19:02
  Wet snow, rain expected on Vancouver Island this weekend  North Island GazetteEnvironment Canada issued a special weather statement on Dec. 7.
  
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• Last call, folks! twitter.com/ElectionsBC/st…

  07-12-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  Last call, folks! twitter.com/ElectionsBC/st…
  
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• Aerial treatment planned for gypsy moth in North Surrey next year - Vancouver Sun

  07-12-2018 18:55
  Aerial treatment planned for gypsy moth in North Surrey next year  Vancouver SunVANCOUVER — The B.C. government says it has to take to the air in another attempt to wipe out the gypsy moth in Surrey.The Ministry of Forests, Lands and ...
  
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• Poll shows an 'extremely' close race in B.C.'s electoral reform referendum

  07-12-2018 18:25 via vancouversun.com
  A new poll released Friday, the last day for voters to deliver their electoral reform referendum packages, shows the race remains tight.
  The Insights West poll shows an “extremely close” race between keeping the current First Past The Post voting system and changing to a Proportional Representation system.
  Of those who have already voted, the poll found just under half (49 per cent) say the province should maintain our First Past The Post system, while the other half (48 per cen
  
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• Vancouver's binner community in need of warm clothing

  07-12-2018 18:23 via vancouversun.com
  As Vancouver’s weather turns frosty, the need for warm clothing becomes more urgent among Vancouver’s homeless and binning community.
  So once again, Vancouver Regional Recycling, SPUD.ca, the Binner’s Project, and Working Gear have teamed up to collect clothing donations at the Vancouver recycling depot at 960 Evans Avenue from now until Dec. 15.
  SPUD.ca’s weekly bin program will also be accepting donations.
  Throughout the Gift of Warm event, binners, people who make
  
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• Costs to B.C. households of climate plan still to be tallied

  07-12-2018 18:03 via vancouversun.com
  Under the B.C. government’s climate plan unveiled Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of British Columbians are going to be paying more for gasoline, have to switch to electric heat and eventually buy an electric vehicle.
  Calculating the cost to a B.C. household isn’t an easy task as it involves upfront and operating costs for energy switches, rebates for which the amounts aren’t known yet, behavioural changes and tax implications, agree experts — and advocates and critics o
  
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• Get into the festive spirit in Civic Plaza 4:30-5:30pm TODAY. The Christmas Revelers will be performing seasonal fa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  Get into the festive spirit in Civic Plaza 4:30-5:30pm TODAY. The Christmas Revelers will be performing seasonal fa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Public washrooms coming to Metro Vancouver transit system

  07-12-2018 17:55 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink customers looking for public restrooms on Metro Vancouver’s transit system could soon find relief.
  The transit authority’s board of directors on Thursday approved a recommendation from management to increase the number of washrooms available for public use.
  “This is a very big change from where we’ve been in the past, and I’m really pleased to see us moving in this direction,” said board member Larry Beasley.
  Public washrooms have been a hot-button t
  
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• Carbon monoxide poisonings in B.C. prompt warning about detectors

  07-12-2018 15:05 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A senior paramedic in British Columbia is encouraging homeowners to buy carbon monoxide detectors and inspect their appliances following a spike in poisonings in the past week.
  Leon Baranowski, paramedic practice leader with B.C. Emergency Health Services, says the colourless and odourless gas can be emitted from fuels including wood, gasoline, coal and propane when they don’t burn completely.
  “At this time of year, as people start to turn on their water heaters, th
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Alert in effect for snow or freezing rain

  07-12-2018 14:52 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. –  It looks like Friday will be the final day of this long stretch of sunny but frosty weather in Metro Vancouver before a week of rain begins. Environment Canada says Friday will be mainly sunny and cold with a high of 3 C. The federal weather agency has posted a special weather statement for tonight and Saturday, as there is a chance of wet snow or freezing rain.
  The agency says a ridge of high pressure that gave the south coast a cool, sunny stretch of weather this
  
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• North Vancouver man gets 5-year animal ban for kicking his dog - Vancouver Is Awesome

  07-12-2018 09:00
  North Vancouver man gets 5-year animal ban for kicking his dog  Vancouver Is AwesomeA North Vancouver man who kicked his elderly dog in public and dragged it down the street by the leash when the dog had difficulty walking has been handed a ...
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Another B.C gangster gunned down in Mexico

  07-12-2018 06:55 via vancouversun.com
  As Real Scoop readers noted last night, there were reports out of Mexico about the brutal slaying of another Canadian. I confirmed it was former Vancouver resident Jodh Manj.
  Here’s my story:Another B.C. gangster shot to death in MexicoKIM BOLAN
  Updated: December 6, 2018RCMP Sgt. Brenda Winpenny of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. KIM BOLAN / PNG
  SHAREADJUSTCOMMENTPRINTFor the third time this year, a Metro Vancouver gangster has been shot to death in Mexico.
  Jodh Singh Manj, 3
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Killer denied faint hope hearing

  07-12-2018 04:14 via vancouversun.com
  It was just just last week that killer Robbie Soomel’s lawyer tried to convince a B.C. Supreme Court Justice George Macintosh that his client was a changed man and should be able to apply for parole before serving 25 years of his life sentence.
  But Macintosh ruled Thursday that despite Soomel’s improved behaviour in prison, a jury was not likely going to vote to lower his parole ineligibility period. Too bad Soomel can’t come clean on the Tara Hayer murder and get a break on th
  
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• The Balvenie Fifty: Rare and pricey whisky hits the shelves in Vancouver

  07-12-2018 03:39 via vancouversun.com
  One of the world’s rarest whiskies made its Canadian debut Thursday, as the The Balvenie Fifty: Marriage 0962 was unveiled at JAK’S Beer Wine Spirits in Vancouver.
  The single malt is described as “rich,” and you’ll probably need to be as well if you’re hoping to procure a bottle: it retails for between $75,000 and $100,000 a bottle.
  That’s because it’s very special, and sourced from some very old, very valuable materials. This summer, Scottish
  
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• Huawei executive arrested at YVR appears to have family ties to Vancouver homes

  07-12-2018 03:31 via vancouversun.com
  Huawei chief financial officer Wanzhou Meng’s family appears to have connections to at least two pricey Vancouver homes including one in the exclusive Shaughnessy neighbourhood, property records show.
  Meng, who also goes by the name Sabrina, was arrested by Canadian police while changing planes at Vancouver International Airport Dec. 1 on a warrant issued under the Extradition Act at the request of U.S. authorities.
  She is due to appear in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver Friday mornin
  
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• Another B.C. gangster shot to death in Mexico

  07-12-2018 03:10 via vancouversun.com
  For the third time this year, a Metro Vancouver gangster has been shot to death in Mexico.
  Jodh Singh Manj, 31, was gunned down after leaving a gym in a commercial complex in the Mexico City neighbourhood of Santa Fe.
  He was getting into a vehicle in the building’s parking lot with his wife when masked gunmen opened fire about 1:30 p.m. local time Wednesday.
  His Colombian wife was not injured.
  Manj, who grew up on Vancouver’s south slope, is a member of the United Nations gang and ha
  
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• Mark Marissen: YIMBYs will dominate future Vancouver politics

  07-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s housing crisis is the “new normal.” This has profound political implications, which have already shaken up Vancouver’s politics.
  Prior to the crisis, successful municipal politicians usually catered to the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) crowd, those reflexively opposed to building new housing.
  Since the 1920s, Vancouver has reserved more than 75 per cent of its residential land for single-family homes to keep the NIMBYs happy.
  This zoning was originally designed
  
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• John Paul Fraser: Salmon farming can help meet B.C.’s drive to a low-carbon economy

  07-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Last week’s agreement between the provincial government and the B.C. Business Council to make the province a low-carbon economy leader is a powerful statement of our values — and a huge economic opportunity.
  Here in B.C. we are already setting the example with farmed salmon — one of the world’s best brain-smart foods raised with very small greenhouse gas emissions.
  B.C. salmon farmers emit only 2.2 kilograms of carbon dioxide for every kilogram of edible fish produced. Th
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of Dec. 1

  07-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Fire and Blood, by George R.R. Martin
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. Fire & Blood — George R.R. Martin
  2. Target: Alex Cross — James Patterson
  3. Look Alive Twenty-Five — Janet Evanovich
  4. Every Breath — Nicholas Sparks
  5. The Reckoning — John Grisham
  6. Long Road to Mercy — David Baldacci
  7. Past Tense — Lee Child
  8. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven — Mitch Albom
  9. Beauchamp Hall — Danielle Steel
  10. Nine Perfect Strangers
  
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• Dr. Charles Shaver: Ottawa needs to allow more private care, medical tourism, to save health system

  07-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  “We don’t need more taxes, we need results. … New Brunswick needs better service from political leaders.” — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs.If only other politicians would heed his words. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the premiers should take several concrete actions when they meet in Montreal today for their first ministers meeting.
  In his fall economic statement, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced the deficit this year would be $18.1 billion — m
  
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