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• Daphne Bramham: Urgent need to improve B.C.'s child protection laws; make practitioners more accountable

  13-12-2018 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  The litany of failures revealed in the report Alone and Afraid, about a starved, naked and uncommunicative autistic child, is a scorching indictment of British Columbia’s child protection system.
  Starting in 2006, “Charlie” was the subject of eight formal reports to the Ministry of Children and Family Development about his well-being, and four separate child protection assessments. Yet, not one child protection social worker ever laid eyes on Charlie until 2016, nine years
  
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• ART SEEN: Ian Thom on daring to ask and other lessons learned in a life as a curator

  13-12-2018 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  After 33 years as curator at The Vancouver Art Gallery, Ian Thom retired June 30.
  During his career, he was involved with curating more than 100 exhibitions at the VAG and other art museums across the country. His numerous accomplishments include being a top scholar on Emily Carr and an authority on the 12,000 works in the gallery’s permanent collection.
  The former senior curator – historical has curated one final exhibition for the VAG. It’s called A Curator’s View: Ian
  
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• Holiday celebrations galore! twitter.com/NorthVanRC/sta…

  13-12-2018 23:44 via twitter.com
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• Man guilty in Kamloops trailer park murder

  13-12-2018 23:43 via vancouversun.com
  Relief overcame the sisters of a slain Kamloops man after a jury returned its verdict in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday.
  Stephen George Fraser, 58, was found guilty of second-degree murder in connection with the Feb. 11, 2017, death of 26-year-old Cody Foster.
  Fraser stabbed Foster to death while visiting him at his home in a trailer park. Foster sustained multiple stab wounds and lacerations to his face and neck, as well as a broken jaw, nose and skull.
  Foster’s sisters breathed sighs of
  
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• B.C. man, two companies face 38 charges of harming chickens

  13-12-2018 23:31 via vancouversun.com
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has laid 38 charges of causing undue suffering to chickens against a man from Chilliwack and two companies.
  The agency alleges that Dwayne Dueck, Elite Farm Services Ltd. and Sofina Foods Inc. unlawfully harmed chickens during a loading or unloading process.
  The charges were laid under the Health of Animals Regulations, which say no person shall beat an animal being loaded or unloaded in a way likely to cause injury or undue suffering.
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• Multiple Okanagan businesses receive bomb threats

  13-12-2018 22:40 via vancouversun.com
  A series of bomb threats have been reported in B.C.’s Okanagan.
  Businesses in Vernon, Penticton, Kelowna and Kamloops all reported receiving threats on Thursday afternoon.
  In Vernon, RCMP are investigating threats to an engraving shop at on Kalamaka Lake, a Ford Dealership on Parkway Place and a commercial building on 24th Street.
  Multiple bomb threats were received to three businesses in the 500 block of Duncan Avenue W. in Penticton.
  A business at 2062 Harvey Ave. in Kelowna was eva
  
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• Here's the final #CityView eNews of 2018. It's wrapped with care and packed with holiday cheer:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
  Here's the final #CityView eNews of 2018. It's wrapped with care and packed with holiday cheer:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police respond to alleged bear-spray threats in Vancouver Island park - North Island Gazette

  13-12-2018 22:27
  Police respond to alleged bear-spray threats in Vancouver Island park  North Island GazetteA number of Comox dog owners have reported their off-leash dogs being threatened with bear spray.
  
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• North Vancouver's "Rad-Chad" Bentley comes full-circle - Triathlon Magazine Canada

  13-12-2018 22:13
  North Vancouver's "Rad-Chad" Bentley comes full-circle  Triathlon Magazine CanadaIf you are like most triathletes, you probably did a sprint and a standard distance race before doing a half-Ironman, however, North Vancouver's Chad Bentley is ...
  
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• Still have some Christmas shopping to do? Try giving differently this year with sustainable, locally made gifts. Ge… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 22:08 via twitter.com
  Still have some Christmas shopping to do? Try giving differently this year with sustainable, locally made gifts. Ge… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Tiki Bar at the Waldorf reopens with new team and menu Saturday

  13-12-2018 21:06 via vancouversun.com
  The torch is being re-lit at Vancouver’s retro Tiki Bar at the Waldorf Hotel.
  Sixty years after it first opened, the Polynesian-inspired bar is set to reopen Saturday with a new menu and Instagram-ready cocktails.
  Tike Bar at the Waldorf in East Vancouver is set to reopen on Saturday with a new food and cocktail menu.
  The bar, located at 1489 East Hastings Street, never officially closed down, but has undergone a major renovation. It is relaunching under a new management and bar team.
  The
  
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• ‘Don’t Drink & Drive’ bag program launched. Thanks to BC Liquor Stores (Capilano Mall) in supplying the bags and st… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 21:06 via twitter.com
  ‘Don’t Drink & Drive’ bag program launched. Thanks to BC Liquor Stores (Capilano Mall) in supplying the bags and st… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Regulator schedules hearings for B.C. LNG natural gas pipeline challenge

  13-12-2018 21:04 via vancouversun.com
  CALGARY — The National Energy Board is scheduling hearings over the next three months to consider a jurisdictional challenge of the approval of a pipeline needed to supply natural gas to the recently sanctioned $40-billion LNG Canada project.
  But planning for construction to begin early next year will continue based on the $6.2-billion Coastal GasLink Pipeline’s provincial approvals and permits, said a spokeswoman for the project.
  The NEB hearings will consider only the question of w
  
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• Washington governor proposes $1.1B to help starving orcas

  13-12-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  OLYMPIA, Wash. —Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing $1.1 billion in spending — and a partial whale-watching ban — to help support the recovery of Puget Sound’s critically endangered orcas.
  Inslee detailed the plans as part of his announcement Thursday of his priorities for the 2019-2021 state budget cycle. He says the money will go toward protecting and restoring habitat for salmon, the orcas’ favoured prey; boosting production from salmon hatcheries; storm-wate
  
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• Health officials predict flu 'epidemic' over holidays in B.C.

  13-12-2018 20:59 via vancouversun.com
  Health officials are predicting an “epidemic” of influenza over the Christmas and New Years holidays in B.C.
  In a news release Thursday, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control warned British Columbians that influenza activity is increasing heading into the holidays.
  They say high-risk individuals and their close contacts should be vaccinated as soon as possible.
  “Our monitoring suggests the influenza epidemic will coincide with the festive period in a couple of weeks,” said
  
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• No increase in 2019 for new fixed-rate mortgages: BCREA forecast

  13-12-2018 20:43
  
  With a recent decline in bond yields, lenders have pushed interest rates as high as they will go for a year, predicts association
  
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• Help make a child's Christmas a little brighter. The North Van City Fire Department is collecting unwrapped toys fo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Help make a child's Christmas a little brighter. The North Van City Fire Department is collecting unwrapped toys fo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• This Just In: Redken Colour Extend Blonde Shampoo and Conditioner, House of Teeth Sea Salt & Anise Toothpaste and Gillette Limited Edition Fusion ProShield razor

  13-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
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  Colour Extend Blonde Shampoo and Conditioner
  They say: A shampoo and conditioner with a “triple acid protein” complex to help strengthen and brighten strands. The ultra-violent pigments help keep undertones on the down-low, in turn giving your colour the help it needs to go the distance between hair appointments. The conditioner helps detangle dry, processed hair.
  We say: The products are strong entrants into the purple shampoo market as they leave your hair bright, smoot
  
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• The It List: Kindle Paperwhite E-reader

  13-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The product: Kindle Paperwhite E-reader
  Why we love it: A new electronic e-reader from Amazon.
  Dubbed the Paperwhite, the compact device’s screen boasts twice as many pixels as previous models, so it has a clearer, more readable display. The e-reader’s, well, readability is also said to be improved by its “Bookerly” font, which is exclusive to the Kindle reader and is designed to provide less eye strain.
  The glare-free screen has day and evening light settings, making it
  
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• Style in the City: Lyndi Barrett

  13-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Name: Lyndi Barrett
  Occupation: Fashion marketing instructor and Style Blogger
  Personal style in one word: Ladylike
  Social media: @StyleCalling on Instagram
  What you love about this look: “Metallics are the perfect was to add a little sparkle to your outfit this holiday season.”
  Love Lyndi’s look? Here are few items to help you recreate it. The dress
  Shine bright this party season with a sparkly dress. This Banana Republic Pleated Metallic Faux-Wrap Dr
  
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• Holiday Gift Guide 2018: Brian Minter's favourite books for gardeners

  13-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  My go-to gardening book is the Sunset Western Garden Book, by the editors of Sunset.
  It is one of the most useful reference books with well vetted information, and includes hardiness zones, references plants for difficult situations like wet areas and drought locales, and even lists the most deer resistant plants.
  Recently I had the opportunity to review several new gardening books, and I discovered some very interesting and unique gems. Here are some of the best:
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• Anthony Gismondi: 2016 Portuguese vintage port set to write history

  13-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  As winter sets in, it’s appropriate that we turn our attention to heart and body warming port, specifically Portuguese vintage port.
  When it comes to port styles there’s little doubt the greatest of all is the one they declare “vintage.”
  If you are of the mind that it’s the simple ideas that are the best, so it is with vintage port, whose straightforward and uncluttered production process yields an extraordinarily rich and complex wine that challenges all your sense
  
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• It's never too soon to learn about fire safety! twitter.com/DNVFRS/status/…

  13-12-2018 18:36 via twitter.com
  It's never too soon to learn about fire safety! twitter.com/DNVFRS/status/…
  
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• 🌧️☔ Rainfall warning continues. More heavy rain today with total rainfall amounts of 70-90mm by Friday morning. Ple… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 18:15 via twitter.com
  🌧️☔ Rainfall warning continues. More heavy rain today with total rainfall amounts of 70-90mm by Friday morning. Ple… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Douglas Todd: Will building more housing solve migration demand?

  13-12-2018 18:10 via vancouversun.com
  Second of two parts
  It’s the multi-billion-dollar question: Can B.C. developers supply enough new homes fast enough to satisfy demand, including from new migrants, and lower housing prices?
  The province’s rancorous housing debate — which often pits those emphasizing building more supply against those calling for reducing demand — is taking place in a complex real-estate market in which prices are slowly softening as a result of government measures to restrain global specu
  
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• Daily Poll: Should oil and gas companies share climate change costs?

  13-12-2018 18:07 via vancouversun.com
  The municipality of Whistler, B.C., is asking the oil and gas industry to chip in for budget costs related to climate change.
  Whistler’s Mayor Jack Crompton says residents are paying 100 er cent of the costs associated with climate change event such as drought, flooding, and extreme weather.
  More than a dozen B.C. municipalities have sent letters to fossil fuel companies since 2017, asking producers to help safeguard against climate change events through funding contributions.
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• Premier says no additional money for Surrey SkyTrain

  13-12-2018 17:18 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan says there’s no additional provincial money available for Surrey if it needs more to pay for Mayor Doug McCallum’s election promise to switch to SkyTrain.
  Horgan said he’s spoken with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and both governments will only fund the amount they’d previously agreed to — roughly 40 per cent each — for Phase 2 two of Metro Vancouver’s transit expansion plan.
  Originally, that plan included a $1.65-bil
  
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• Winter in B.C.'s Wine Country: One of the Okanagan Valley's best-kept secrets

  13-12-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  I didn’t plan to enjoy Christmas dinner at a hotel.
  But when a trip to see the in-laws in the Okanagan Valley didn’t quite go as planned, my family and I found ourselves without groceries or a kitchen, stuck in a snowstorm in Vernon on Christmas Day.
  Not even the Chinese take-out place a few blocks away was open.
  But the Prestige Hotel Vernon staff knew just how to make things better. Within minutes, they’d made reservations for us at their on-site restaurant. By 8 pm that nigh
  
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• Vancouver, Toronto most 'vulnerable' to interest rate hikes: CMHC

  13-12-2018 16:15 via vancouversun.com
  TORONTO — Canadians living in two of the country’s largest cities may find themselves more “vulnerable” to interest rate increases as personal debt levels in Toronto and Vancouver continue to hit record-levels, warns a report by Canada Mortgage Housing Corp.
  The housing agency says the debt-to-income (DTI) ratio for those living in Vancouver climbed to 242 per cent in the second quarter, which ended June 30.
  That means that for every $1 of disposable income, $2.42 is owed
  
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• Dropping honour roll may lead to better results for students, says school district - CBC.ca

  13-12-2018 07:09
  Dropping honour roll may lead to better results for students, says school district  CBC.caThe North Vancouver school district is continuing its gradual elimination of the honour roll but said academic achievement will still be recognized.
  
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• Saint Nicked: Coquitlam thief caught on camera stealing eight-foot, inflatable Santa

  13-12-2018 05:11 via vancouversun.com
  Another Metro Vancouver thief has been captured on home surveillance footage making off with an item left unattended on a resident’s front porch.
  But this crime is different. Rather than stealing a small item sitting on the doorstep — a potential gift from Santa, perhaps — a Coquitlam thief went big, nicking Santa himself.
  Coquitlam resident Dave Kamachi has shared surveillance footage of a thief snatching the eight-foot, inflatable Santa erected at his front door. It’s a
  
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• REAL SCOOP: No details yet about why E-Pirate charges stayed

  13-12-2018 04:16 via vancouversun.com
  I was back at B.C. Supreme Court Wednesday to hear Charter arguments from lawyers presenting the two people formerly accused of money laundering in the massive E-Pirate investigation.
  While there was a whole day of arguments from defence lawyers, a federal Crown and a lawyer representing the B.C. Attorney General about what should happen to $2 million seized in the case, there was no information about the underlying police investigation and why charges were stayed last month. Hopefully that info
  
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• Lawyers for former accused in court to get millions returned

  13-12-2018 03:23 via vancouversun.com
  Federal prosecutors are delaying the return of millions seized in a money laundering investigation so that the B.C. director of civil forfeiture can file a claim against the cash, lawyer Matthew Nathanson said Wednesday.
  Nathanson argued in B.C. Supreme Court that his client Caixuan Qin, who had charges against her stayed last month, was entitled to have more than $2 million returned immediately.
  He told Justice Janet Winteringham that the federal Crown’s position that the money would be r
  
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• Stopping renovictions tops B.C.'s rental housing recommendations

  13-12-2018 03:02 via vancouversun.com
  A call to stop renovictions was first among 23 recommendations in a B.C. government task force report issued Wednesday and described as the first comprehensive review of the province’s tenancy legislation in 16 years.
  Renoviction is the practice of landlords evicting long-term tenants from their homes to renovate and then find new residents at significantly higher rents. The word, not in use 16 years ago when B.C.’s Residential Tenancy Act was last overhauled, has become commonp
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018

  13-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Premier John Horgan should immediately declare that the electoral reform referendum results are invalid and halt the vote counting to stop wasting more time and money.
  With the final date for voting having passed, and substantially fewer than half of eligible voters casting a ballot, any perceived outcome is insufficient to act upon. Surely, he will not proceed when more than 50 per cent of the electorate clearly stated that they do not care about electoral reform. For the NDP to change our voti
  
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• Torrance Coste, Gary Fiege, Ben Parfitt and Joie Warnock: B.C. coastal forests and forest industry are at a tipping point

  13-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Thanks to the ongoing cutting of old-growth forests, export of huge numbers of raw logs, and the failure of governments of all political stripes to act, we are running out of time to turn things around.
  Anyone who knows the trends understands what we must do: conserve more of our rapidly diminishing older forests. We must invest in new mills to reverse decades of job losses. And we must ensure that those mills utilize wood from smaller logs from second-growth forests.
  The good news is that one c
  
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• Sex assault of 6-year-old girl has parents calling for more school supervision

  13-12-2018 02:56 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Police Department is investigating the sexual assault of a six-year-old girl who was lured away from her school playground in south Vancouver.
  Police said it happened on Dec. 5 near Sexsmith Elementary School on Columbia Street and West 59th Avenue.
  Const. Jason Doucette said the girl was playing in the school’s playground when she was approached by a stranger, police said. He lured her away from the school and took her to a location close by where the assault took place.
  He
  
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• Huawei CFO orders pizzas for media camped outside her Vancouver house

  13-12-2018 02:52 via vancouversun.com
  A pizza delivery to the Vancouver home of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou turned into an unexpected lunch on Wednesday for members of the media camped outside.
  When six pizza were delivered to Meng’s house the delivery driver was instructed to take four of them to reporters and photographers who were stationed on the sidewalk in the Dunbar area.
  Meng made a brief appearance at the front door earlier when she said goodbye to three people who left in a car with diplomatic licence plates.
  Meng
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Baking the taste of Christmas past is a reminder of our good fortune

  13-12-2018 02:38 via vancouversun.com
  In our overly connected world, the news is often overwhelming. There seems so little peace, so little joy that for the past couple of weekends, I’ve ignored it all and retreated to the warm comfort of the kitchen.
  I pulled out the shortbread recipe that has been used for at least a century, maybe more. It’s the one my Grandma, my mother and my favourite cousin have all used. So simple with only three ingredients, but the taste is divine.
  As I cut a pound of butter into a cup of icing
  
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• Investigators seeking information on two vehicles believed to be involved in Kiran Dhesi murder

  13-12-2018 02:36 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide investigators have identified two vehicles they believe were involved in the 2017 murder of Bhavkiran (Kiran) Dhesi, the 19-year-old Kwantlen Polytechnic University student whose body was found in a burnt-out SUV.
  Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Wednesday that police are looking for the owners of a dark grey Audi Q7 and a dark grey Dodge Ram truck they believe are linked to her murder.
  “IHIT continues to actively investigate Bhavkiran’s mur
  
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• Vancouver activates departmental operations centre for anticipated heavy rainfall

  13-12-2018 02:22 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Vancouver has activated its departmental operations centre, due to the danger of drainage systems being overwhelmed and flooding after heavy rain forecast by Environment Canada,
  The DOC brings together crews from normal duties, such as waste collection or construction, to deal with flash floods.
  The city hasn’t been waiting idly for heavy rains to arrive: Throughout the fall it swept streets and added extra leaf pickup days. And before heavy rains, the city clears catch basins
  
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• The Latest: Officials reduce North Carolina storm death toll - Vancouver Sun

  13-12-2018 02:07
  The Latest: Officials reduce North Carolina storm death toll  Vancouver SunRALEIGH, N.C. — The Latest on severe weather in North Carolina (all times local):8 p.m.Officials in North Carolina have revised downward the death toll from ...
  
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• Christmas came a little early for e-bike enthusiasts this year. Council gave thumbs up to an e-bike share pilot pro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Christmas came a little early for e-bike enthusiasts this year. Council gave thumbs up to an e-bike share pilot pro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• We're recruiting for a temporary full-time Information Technology Support Clerk. Click here to apply. ow.ly/8g4730mXX3O #NorthVan

  13-12-2018 00:52 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a temporary full-time Information Technology Support Clerk.Click here to apply. ow.ly/8g4730mXX3O #NorthVan
  
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