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• Want to brighten up your day? Check out the #Laneway45 mural, created by our talented #StudiointheCity11 crew this… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-12-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
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• Cougar attacks two-year-old boy in Cascade Falls Regional Park

  18-12-2018 22:40 via vancouversun.com
  Cascade Falls Regional Park near Mission is closed after a cougar attacked a two-year-boy Monday afternoon.
  The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says the boy was attacked around 4 p.m. while walking the park’s trail with an adult and other children.The conservation service says the boy suffered minor injuries, including scratches on his back and a puncture wound on his arm.
  The Fraser Valley Regional District says the park will remain closed until further notice.
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• Province breaks ground on next phase of North Vancouver highway project - North Shore News

  18-12-2018 22:01
  Province breaks ground on next phase of North Vancouver highway project  North Shore NewsNorth Vancouver politicians marked the next phase of the massive Lower Lynn highway interchange improvement project Monday with shovels at the ready, ...
  
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• New off-leash dog park approved for East Vancouver

  18-12-2018 22:01 via vancouversun.com
  Dogs will soon have another place where they can run free in East Vancouver.
  The Vancouver Park Board has approved the addition of a new off-leash area (OLA) next to Pandora Park.The new fenced .25 hectare space for dogs to run free will be located in the northwest area of the park, located at Pandora and Nanaimo streets, and will open next year. The park board says it will include a looped path, access to drinking water, shade trees, and seating areas.
  “The Board considers all park users
  
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• Vancouver International Airport welcomes its 25 millionth passenger

  18-12-2018 21:26 via vancouversun.com
  When Linda Keating stepped through the arrival gate at Vancouver International Airport on Tuesday morning, something 24,999,999 passengers had done before her this year, she wasn’t expecting a welcoming party.
  The best most air travellers have to look forward to when they land is a speedy arrival of checked bags on the baggage carousel.
  Keating, who flew in from Toronto to visit her daughter — a student at UBC, was greeted with confetti, balloons, smiling dignitaries and an oversized
  
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• Vancouver overdose crisis: Emergency task force calls for safe supply of drugs

  18-12-2018 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s mayor says he will direct staff to look for sites where drug users can access safe opioids to prevent overdoses as part of a plan recommended by an emergency task force calling for more services for people who are dying alone.
  Kennedy Stewart says the number of overdose deaths has remained about the same as last year despite the best efforts of front-line workers, first responders and health professionals who seem to be fighting a losing battle.
  The sites where hydromorphone ma
  
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• To the folks at ‘Evergreen Seniors House’ in North Vancouver the North Vancouver RCMP wish you a Merry Christmas an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-12-2018 21:01 via twitter.com
  To the folks at ‘Evergreen Seniors House’ in North Vancouver the North Vancouver RCMP wish you a Merry Christmas an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 'Subdued' housing market predicted in B.C. through 2021: Central 1 Credit Union

  18-12-2018 20:59 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Another dismal forecast for British Columbia’s housing market, one day after the Canadian Real Estate Association predicted home sales will continue to dip in the province next year.
  Central 1 Credit Union, which provides services to more than 300 credit unions across Canada, says in its housing forecast for 2018 to 2021 that B.C. experienced a “mild provincial housing recession” this year.
  The report points to the federal government’s mortgage stress te
  
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• CSIS gathered info on peaceful groups, but only in pursuit of threats: Watchdog

  18-12-2018 20:47 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — A federal watchdog says Canada’s spy service collected some information about peaceful anti-petroleum groups, but only incidentally in the process of investigating legitimate threats to projects such as oil pipelines.
  The newly disclosed report from the Security Intelligence Review Committee acknowledges a “chilling effect” on environmental groups, stemming from a belief the Canadian Security Intelligence Service was spying on them.
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• Our events calendar is looking pretty festive. Check out what's going on in & around the City. Don't see your event… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-12-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Our events calendar is looking pretty festive. Check out what's going on in & around the City. Don't see your event… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• New condos at Oakridge Centre development do not come cheap

  18-12-2018 20:26
  
  Prices for market condos in a pair of towers being built as part of the Oakridge Centre redevelopment start at more than $800,000 and soar as high as $4.3 to $5.7 million.
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Mayor concerned about Hardside clubhouse

  18-12-2018 19:27 via vancouversun.com
  Just a few years ago, former Surrey top cop Bill Fordy pledged to stop the Hells Angels from opening a clubhouse in that city. Yet, the bikers’ newest chapter did move into a clubhouse some time in the last year. And the new mayor didn’t know the Hells Angels were in town.  
  Here’s my story:
  Surrey mayor says he was unaware of new Hells Angels
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  Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum says he had no idea that the Hells Angels had opened a clubhouse in his city, even after
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books of the week of December 15.

  18-12-2018 19:25 via vancouversun.com
  1. On the Rocks with Jack Knox: Islanders I Will Never Forget — Jack Knox (Heritage House Publishing).
  2. Shoelaces Are Hard: And Other Thoughtful Scribbles — Mike McCardell (Harbour Publishing).
  3. Iron Road West: An Illustrated History of British Columbia’s Railways — Derek Hayes (Harbour Publishing).
  4. Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography — Andrea Warner (Greystone Books).
  5. Don’t Never Tell Nobody Nothin’ No How: The Real Story of
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of December 15.

  18-12-2018 19:24 via vancouversun.com
  The Reckoning, a novel by John Grisham.
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. The Reckoning — John Grisham
  2. Of Blood and Bone — Nora Roberts
  3. Fire & Blood — George R.R. Martin
  4. Every Breath — Nicholas Sparks
  5. Target: Alex Cross — James Patterson
  6. Long Road to Mercy — David Baldacci
  7. Past Tense — Lee Child
  8. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven — Mitch Albom
  9. Look Alive Twenty-Five — Janet Evanovich
  10. Tom Clancy: Oath of Offic
  
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• Alleged serial bank robber charged after Vancouver arrest - North Delta Reporter

  18-12-2018 19:06
  Alleged serial bank robber charged after Vancouver arrest  North Delta ReporterDarwin McGrath, 50, was arrested by plainclothes officers.
  
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• Wilderness Committee preparing new legal challenge to stop pipeline

  18-12-2018 18:42 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — A Vancouver-based environment charity is readying itself to go back to court if — or they believe when — the federal government re-approves the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion next year.
  The Wilderness Committee returned $25,000 in participant funding to the National Energy Board last month citing the short timeline for the board’s new review on the marine impacts of the proposed expansion.
  Peter McCartney, climate campaigner for the committee, says the timelin
  
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• Vancouver police arrest man in connection with bank robbing spree

  18-12-2018 18:40 via vancouversun.com
  A man, who Vancouver police believe is connected to 11 recent bank robberies, was caught mid-heist Sunday by a pair of plain-clothes officers.
  The two VPD officers, who were aware of the recent rash of robberies, had been patrolling the few banks in the downtown core that are open on Sunday when they spotted a man enter a bank and commit a robbery.
  The man was quickly apprehended outside the bank and the stolen money was recovered.
  Darwin McGrath, 50, of Vancouver has been charged with one
  
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• Watch for your 2019 City Collection Guide being delivered soon. It's packed w/ helpful info. Also online:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-12-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Watch for your 2019 City Collection Guide being delivered soon. It's packed w/ helpful info. Also online:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Meet the Santas: Inside the holly jolly world of professional Kriss Kringles

  18-12-2018 17:18 via vancouversun.com
  Saint Nick isn’t the only white-bearded man gearing up for the holidays.
  Across Canada, hundreds of professional Santas don the big red suit at malls, parties and private houses — inhabiting not only the clothes but the mystique of the magical man who delivers gifts to many millions of children around the world in a single night.
  The appropriately named Ted Carroll, a Santa-for-hire based out of Halifax, says nothing beats seeing the smile on children’s faces when they see the
  
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• LETTER – Recent accident shows need for improved cell service on north Vancouver Island - Comox Valley Record

  18-12-2018 17:01
  LETTER – Recent accident shows need for improved cell service on north Vancouver Island  Comox Valley RecordDear editor,. A group of concerned Sayward residents have recently begun circulating a petition to the Honorable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, ...
  
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• Best vintage clothing stores in L.A.: Where to find one-of-a-kind scores

  18-12-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  The store clerk doesn’t have a full-length mirror at home, so when she threw together her outfit that morning — shiny metallic boots, jeans, T-shirt and jaunty blue velvet cap — she wasn’t really sure it worked.
  “I just dress for how I feel in the morning,” says Kate Whitney, an actor and screenwriter moonlighting in retail until her next creative project comes together. Like her head-to-toe pre-owned outfit, she just knows it will work out. “Los Angeles
  
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• Daily Poll: Is a $30 plan for 1 GB data good enough for you or do we need more innovative service providers?

  18-12-2018 16:58 via vancouversun.com
  The country’s three national wireless carriers have agreed to offer a “broad range” data-only plans through their second- and third-tier brands, including $30-per-month plans with more megabytes than previously suggested, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced Monday.
  “Connectivity is not a luxury — it’s essential. And affordable plans are critical to ensuring that everyone in Canada is able to participate in our digital soci
  
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• Wicked weather, including heavy snow, rainfall, hammers southern B.C.

  18-12-2018 16:10 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Winter storm or snowfall warnings are in effect in many parts of British Columbia’s southern Interior, making travel through the region challenging.
  Environment Canada has posted winter storm warnings for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt and for Highway 3 from the Paulson Summit to Kootenay Pass.
  The weather office says as much as 35 centimetres of snow could blanket higher elevations of Highway 3, while 20 centimetres is expected along the Coquihalla.
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• B.C. ferry crew plucks boater from sinking vessel off Vancouver Island

  18-12-2018 15:33 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. ferry crew members helped save a life Monday evening as they rescued a man from his storm-tossed, sinking pleasure boat.
  Capt. Amanda Lauder with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre says the boater issued a distress call at around 6:30 p.m. as his seven metre craft took on water in extremely rough seas just north of the Swartz Bay ferry terminal on Vancouver Island.
  The ferry Coastal Celebration was approaching the terminal on its regular sailing from Tsawwassen and was a
  
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• Tilray, Sandoz have new agreement for developing market for medical cannabis

  18-12-2018 15:32 via vancouversun.com
  NANAIMO, B.C. — Marijuana company Tilray Canada Ltd. has signed a new agreement to collaborate with Sandoz AG, part of the Novartis pharmaceutical group.
  The companies say they will work together to increase the availability of high quality medical cannabis products across the world.
  They say it’s an evolution of an existing alliance between Tilray and Sandoz Canada. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.
  Under the new agreement, Sandoz may support Tilray’s commercialization
  
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• Richmond council limits ALR homes to 400 square metres

  18-12-2018 10:34
  
  A public hearing went late into the night, as frustrated farmland owners argued against further reducing the size of homes
  
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• The Lower Mainland’s top five priciest home sales of the year

  18-12-2018 10:15
  Curious about the fanciest homes that sold on the region’s MLS in 2018 – and for how much less than asking? Here’s our rundown
  
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• B.C. housing market in 'mild recession' likely thru 2021: Report

  18-12-2018 10:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. is in a “mild” housing market recession, with the Lower Mainland shifting from a seller’s market to a “mild” buyer’s market, according to a new housing forecast report.
  A recession is usually used to describe a period of significant decline in the economy, but that term also applies to a B.C. housing market marked by a sharp decline in home sales, eroding prices, and a slowdown in housing starts, said Bryan Yu, deputy chief economist of Central 1 Credit U
  
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• Man rescued from sinking boat off the coast of Vancouver Island - North Island Gazette

  18-12-2018 09:01
  Man rescued from sinking boat off the coast of Vancouver Island  North Island GazetteA man is safe after being rescued by BC Ferries after his vessel started to sink in the waters off Vancouver Island, between Morseby and Portland Islands ...
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018

  18-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  I recently settled an injury claim with ICBC. I read with concern Attorney-General David Eby’s suggestion that lawyers are driving up costs. In my experience, ICBC mishandled my claim and drove up costs.
  Through no fault of my own, I was injured in a motor vehicle accident in 2013. I was off work for about six weeks. When I returned, I struggled with physical pain, debilitating headaches and dealing with the emotional impact of the accident.
  I dealt with ICBC on my own for over a year, at
  
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• Stuart Chambers: Meet radical feminism’s cheerleaders

  18-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  To understand just how cynical, divisive and mean-spirited radical feminism has become, look no further than the commentary section of Feminist Current.
  An article written by Meghan Murphy, the website’s Vancouver-based founder and editor, provides a scathing critique of Dennis Hof, the now deceased owner of the Moonlite BunnyRanch, a legal brothel in Nevada. Hof gained notoriety on HBO’s Cathouse, a reality television series about his business. From Murphy’s perspective, howev
  
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• Surrey mayor says he was unaware of new Hells Angels clubhouse

  18-12-2018 02:49 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum says he had no idea that the Hells Angels had opened a clubhouse in his city, even after a pledge from police several years ago that the biker gang would not be allowed to set up there.
  McCallum, who was elected in October, said on Monday that the Hells Angels are “not welcome” in Surrey.
  After a service this past Saturday service for murdered Hells Angel Chad Wilson, his fellow bikers gathered at the HA’s Hardside chapter clubhouse, which is on a sma
  
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• Vancouver council asked to declare Carnarvon Street property a nuisance and a danger

  18-12-2018 02:31 via vancouversun.com
  City councillors are expected to consider this week declaring a construction crane and excavation pit at a notable residential property on Vancouver’s West Side a danger and nuisance.
  The property at 6289 Carnarvon St. is the subject of a 2016 claim in B.C. Supreme Court that its owner, Jin Fang Li, filed against her ex-husband, Sheng Yun Dong, and several other parties that include the City of Vancouver itself.
  The construction zone is the former site of a modernist home designe
  
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• B.C. Liberals hit back after new report slams previous plan for 10-lane Massey bridge

  18-12-2018 02:18 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government will begin consultations with Metro Vancouver municipalities and First Nations early next year about what kind of crossing should replace the George Massey Tunnel.
  On Monday, the province released a consultant’s report that recommended the province conduct a feasibility study to decide whether it should relieve congestion at the tunnel by building a shorter, smaller bridge, or a new tunnel.
  The B.C. NDP government cancelled construction of a 10-lane, $3.5-billion bridge
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Whistler politicians intent on biting the hands that feed them

  18-12-2018 02:17 via vancouversun.com
  The tone-deafness and hypocrisy of Whistler politicians is almost as breathtaking as the mountain scenery and the ski resort’s 1,530-metre vertical drop.
  Little more than a year ago, former mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden stirred up trouble with her comments about day-trippers from Vancouver adding nothing but garbage to the mountain culture. Tourism Whistler CEO Barrett Fisher chimed in that the town’s focus should be on attracting the “right guests.”
  But that’s nothing
  
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• North Vancouver hit-and-run suspect may be deported - North Shore News

  18-12-2018 02:14
  North Vancouver hit-and-run suspect may be deported  North Shore NewsNorth Vancouver RCMP say the driver who struck a pedestrian on Lonsdale Avenue Friday evening and fled the scene is now facing an impaired driving ...
  
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• Richmond home decorated with 17 Christmas trees, with another nine in the backyard

  18-12-2018 02:12 via vancouversun.com
  Goose eggs and Santas in shiny tin cars, baubles of blown glass and custom-made stars; purses and apples and birds with red wings, these are a few of her favourite things.
  These and so many others, all ornaments, all decorations on themed trees inside and outside Joyce Wilson’s Richmond home: Twenty-six trees — 17 in, nine out — decorated for the season with unique ornaments she has collected over the years.
  Joyce Wilson, left, and her daughter Lori-Ann Keenan share a moment in
  
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• Council meetings have wrapped up for 2018. The next meeting is Monday, January 15 at 6pm. cnv.org/CouncilMeetings… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-12-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Council meetings have wrapped up for 2018. The next meeting is Monday, January 15 at 6pm. cnv.org/CouncilMeetings… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Travis Scott to kick off North American tour in Vancouver - Daily Hive

  18-12-2018 01:25
  Travis Scott to kick off North American tour in Vancouver  Daily HiveGet ready, Vancouver --Travis Scott is bringing his Astroworld Tour to Vancouver this winter. He will be playing at Rogers Arena on January 25.
  
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• Concert announcement: Travis Scott visits Vancouver's Rogers Arena in January

  18-12-2018 01:18 via vancouversun.com
  Hip hop superstar Travis Scott, who is currently touring to promote his wildly successful third album Astroworld, will kick off the second leg of his world tour in Vancouver at Rogers Arena on Jan. 25.
  Tickets for his Rogers Arena show will go on sale to the public on Thursday, 10 a.m., through Ticketmaster. Pre-sale tickets for American Express card members will be made available from 10 a.m. on Tuesday to 10 p.m. on Wednesday.
  Astroworld, which features guests Kid Cudi, Frank Ocean,&
  
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• Act of generosity in downtown Vancouver inspires friend group to pay it forward

  18-12-2018 01:16 via vancouversun.com
  A tableful of women in their 70s and 80s who recently stopped for dinner before a choir performance in downtown Vancouver was left feeling shocked and grateful after a young family of strangers quietly covered the women’s tab, then slipped out the door before they could be thanked.
  It was an act of kindness that has inspired the group of seven friends to pay it forward this holiday season, said Burnaby resident Louise Meville, one of the diners.
  “I’m telling you, for seven
  
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• Sexsmith Elementary School PAC seeks security improvements after girl, 6, sexually assaulted

  18-12-2018 00:34 via vancouversun.com
  The Sexsmith Elementary School parent advisory council is requesting security improvements be made at the school after a six-year-old girl was lured off school property and sexually assaulted earlier this month.
  In a statement released on Monday, the Sexsmith PAC says the assault, which occurred during school hours on Dec. 5 near the school on Columbia Street and West 59th Avenue, has left the school deeply shaken.
  “We wish to express our deepest sympathies to the little girl and her
  
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• City of Vancouver writes to province to repeal ‘school tax’ on $3M-plus homes

  18-12-2018 00:03
  
  Mayor pens letter to Premier after council vote, even though he voted to keep the tax in place
  
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