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• Time is running out for B.C. Lotto 6/49 winner to collect $1 million

  19-12-2018 23:52 via vancouversun.com
  Somewhere out there — maybe in a glove box, a jacket pocket or perhaps crumpled and forgotten inside a desk drawer — is an unclaimed Lotto 6/49 $1-million winning ticket purchased in Victoria that will soon be worthless.
  The ticket was a 10-digit match (18923844-07) in the Jan. 3 Lotto 6/49 Guaranteed Prize Draw
  Since lottery winners have 52 weeks from the draw date printed on their ticket to claim their prize, the ticket holder has until the end of the business day on Jan. 3, 2
  
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• Habitat protection widened for endangered killer whales off Vancouver Island

  19-12-2018 23:43 via vancouversun.com
  Two new areas off Vancouver Island have been designated by the federal government as protected for critical habitat for resident killer whales.
  Fisheries and Oceans Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the decision means key foraging locations for the endangered whales are protected from destruction.
  The government is increasing the amount of protected habitat from about 6,400 square kilometres to roughly 10,700 square kilometres.
  In this Jan. 18, 2014, file photo, an endangered female orca leaps fr
  
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• The road to nowhere: Powell River ordered to tear up subdivision road

  19-12-2018 23:42 via vancouversun.com
  The Agricultural Land Commission has ordered Powell River to remove a road built on protected agricultural land without permission, which could end up costing the city nearly $600,000.
  Hemlock St. runs through and adjacent to Timberlane Estates, a 33-parcel subdivision in which Mayor Dave Formosa has an ownership stake.
  While the road occupies less than a hectare of land, the ALC ordered the road removed by next September after the city’s proposal for retroactive approval for non-farm
  
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• North Vancouver man physically restrains thief he catches rifling through his car - Daily Hive

  19-12-2018 23:40
  North Vancouver man physically restrains thief he catches rifling through his car  Daily HiveA would-be thief in North Vancouver was caught in the act and restrained by the person whose car he was trying to steal from, early on Wednesday morning.
  
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• YWCA offers extra Christmas support for single parents

  19-12-2018 23:38 via vancouversun.com
  Every morning Princess Sarcol gets up early to put her eldest son Miguel to bed via FaceTime. He tells her a story about his day or plays a song for her, then she watches as he falls asleep.
  Miguel, 11, lives half a world away in the Philippines. Sarcol lives in Vancouver with her second child, Nathan, 3.
  On Christmas Eve, the Vancouver mother will log on to FaceTime to spend Christmas morning with Miguel. “Not being with him will be the hardest part of Christmas,” said Sarcol, who c
  
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• Labatt partners with B.C.-based cannabis producer Tilray to create research joint venture

  19-12-2018 23:34 via vancouversun.com
  The parent company of Labatt Breweries of Canada has struck a research deal with Tilray Inc. that’s expected to result in the creation of a variety of non-alcoholic beverages containing some of the active ingredients found in cannabis.
  Tilray chief executive Brendan Kennedy says the B.C.-based cannabis producer and the Canadian arm of brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev will set up a joint venture to build on the expertise of their respective businesses.
  Each partner has committed to provid
  
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• Province wants to consult parents, public on recommended changes to fix education funding

  19-12-2018 23:29 via vancouversun.com
  The independent panel that reviewed British Columbia’s education funding made 22 recommendations on how to redistribute the province’s $6-billion education budget more fairly, but it will be at least 2020 before any changes are made.
  Education Minister Rob Fleming wants to consult with working groups made up of parents, teachers, administrative staff and other interest groups before making any decisions.
  Those working groups will be established in early 2019 and report back to govern
  
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• Kamloops family mourns son who died after fentanyl overdose

  19-12-2018 23:17 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Darren Robinson had turned his life around.
  The 38-year-old met a woman, found faith, planned to attend culinary school and passed on his passion for skateboarding to his girlfriend’s son.
  “The last time I talked to him, he was on Cloud 9,” mom Karen Juergens said. “He was just so thrilled he finally found somebody who cares for him and all this, right? When I think what probably happened was it was just one more time to celebrate life. That’s
  
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• Edible gifts make a delicious zero waste option! Try baking cookies, making jam, granola or a holiday nut mix and p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  Edible gifts make a delicious zero waste option! Try baking cookies, making jam, granola or a holiday nut mix and p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Citizen Catches Thief Rifling Through His Vehicle bit.ly/2V0yaoS #NorthVancouver https://t.co/yo2PVrZVJc

  19-12-2018 22:04 via twitter.com
  
  Citizen Catches Thief Rifling Through His Vehiclebit.ly/2V0yaoS#NorthVancouver https://t.co/yo2PVrZVJc
  
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• Provincial leaders hear conflicting advice on strata rentals

  19-12-2018 21:47
  
  Rental task force recommends allowing all strata condo units to be rented, while industry group argues this would fuel speculation
  
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• B.C. Court of Appeal: Couple convicted in Victoria terror case entrapped by RCMP

  19-12-2018 20:54 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s Appeal Court has upheld a lower court finding of RCMP entrapment for a couple accused of plotting to bomb the provincial legislature.
  In a unanimous 142-page ruling released Wednesday, Justice Elizabeth Bennett says for the three-judge panel that while the trial judge made some errors, she did not err in finding that John Nuttall and Amanda Korody were manipulated by the Mounties.
  “In this case, the police eventually knew Mr. Nuttall and Ms. Korody had little to no ability to
  
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• ICBC says there are 35 crashes every hour over the holidays

  19-12-2018 20:43 via vancouversun.com
  The Insurance Corporation of B.C. has released some sobering statistics in hopes that British Columbians will take precautions and stay safe on the roads this holiday season.
  The statistics, based on five years (2013-2017) of ICBC data, show that on average 510 people are injured and two people are killed in 1,890 crashes that occur during the Christmas holidays (Christmas Eve to Boxing Day) and New Year’s every year in B.C.
  That’s 35 crashes and nine people injured every hour.
  
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• Want to give back this holiday season? @ORNNorthShore is looking for more volunteers December 21, 22 & 31. Voluntee… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Want to give back this holiday season? @ORNNorthShore is looking for more volunteers December 21, 22 & 31. Voluntee… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Hundreds of Vancouver property owners flouting Airbnb rules

  19-12-2018 20:30
  
  Many owners still operating short-term rentals without licence or by breaking rules
  
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• Transport truck loaded with parcels destroyed by fire near Revelstoke

  19-12-2018 20:13 via vancouversun.com
  REVELSTOKE — A transport truck loaded with parcels has gone up in flames in southeastern B.C.
  The RCMP say the truck was fully engulfed when crews reached it east of Revelstoke at about 8:30 p.m.
  It was hauling parcels for courier company UPS, but police say the cab and trailer were reduced to little more than charred metal and nothing could be saved.
  The driver told police he saw sparks coming from under the dash of the cab before the flames broke out.
  He said he jumped from the still-mov
  
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• North Vancouver RCMP releases its top three naughty list! bit.ly/2PLyTXv #NorthVancouver

  19-12-2018 20:13 via twitter.com
  North Vancouver RCMP releases its top three naughty list!bit.ly/2PLyTXv#NorthVancouver
  
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• Vancouver City Crow Calendar makes supermodels of murder members

  19-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Marvin may be a bird, but he’s also a pin-up model. Along with his mate Mavis and a host of characters such as Mr. Fluffy Pants, Marvin graces the cover of East Vancouver artist June Hunter’s 2019 City Crow Calendar. A member of the 6,000-plus member murder that descends nightly on a block-and-a-half space around Still Creek in Burnaby, Marvin has been visiting Hunter’s yard for years.
  An avid photographer and visual artist, Hunter has parlayed her passion for our unique p
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland: Dec. 22 — 27, 2018: Funk Hunters, Hansel and Gretel, more

  19-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Hansel, Gretel and the Strolling Players
  When: Dec. 21 — 30, various times
  Where: Surrey Arts Centre, 13750 88th Ave., Surrey
  Tickets and info: From $20 at 604 501-5566 at tickets.surrey.ca
  When: Jan. 4 — 5, 2019, various times
  Where: Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St., New Westminster
  Tickets and info: From $20 at 604 521-5050 or ticketsnw.ca
  In the town of Understrudel, young Hansel and Gretel live with their dad. Times are tough. The apple crop has failed repeatedly and the town is un
  
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• News, science, art stories played for laughs in TheatreSports Year in Review

  19-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  TheatreSports Year in Review
  When: Dec. 26-31.
  Where: Improv Centre, Granville Island.
  Tickets: from $10.75 at vtsl.comWhat was the biggest news story of 2018? People will disagree, but some of your faves (or least-faves) are sure to come up at TheatreSports’ annual Year in Review. We talked to creator/host/improviser Brian Anderson about self-shredding art, Lego heads and loose chickens.
  Q: How has the format changed over the years?
  A: It’s evolved a little bit. It’s always be
  
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• Five reasons to check out Anvil Centre this holiday season

  19-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Winter Celebrations at Anvil Centre
  When: until Dec. 29
  Where: Anvil Centre
  Info: anvilcentre.com (all events free)
  1. Global Harmony Pairings. The pairings feature local musicians, including Cassius Khan (tabla/voice) and David Hodgson (sax); Lan Tung (erhu) and Marina Hasselberg (cello); and mandolin player John Reischman and fiddle player Patrick M’Gonigle. (Dec. 19-22 between 5:30-6:30 p.m.) On Dec. 23, at 7 p.m., the Return of Light Concert features the pairs of musicians performing i
  
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• A Venetian Vespers for Christmas

  19-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Festive Cantatas: A Monteverdi Christmas Vespers
  Where: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  When: 3 p.m., Dec. 23
  In the last days before the holidays, Early Music Vancouver has long offered spectacular music from the Baroque era in its popular Festive Cantatas project. At first, it was all about J.S. Bach, whose hundreds of cantatas provided seemingly endless opportunities. But more recently the emphasis has changed. Two seasons ago, David Fallis, the Toronto-based music director of Opera
  
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• Drums a healing comfort in North Vancouver classrooms - North Shore News

  19-12-2018 19:42
  Drums a healing comfort in North Vancouver classrooms  North Shore NewsFirst Nations cultural workers would like to see a drum in every classroom in the North Vancouver School District and, on Nov. 29, teachers at Sherwood Park ...
  
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• 🎄 🎶 Last day to enjoy upbeat, festive music with a Latin American vibe in Civic Plaza today from 4:30-5:30pm. Court… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  🎄 🎶 Last day to enjoy upbeat, festive music with a Latin American vibe in Civic Plaza today from 4:30-5:30pm. Court… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Winter travel deals: How to escape 8 cold Canadian cities on the cheap

  19-12-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Think of it as self-medicating: a lengthy dose of Vitamin D from sunshine for Canadians who can be sun starved in winter. We love our escapes to sandy beaches, which explains why we are the second-largest tourism market for Mexico. We also want it to be economical and January is a great month for this type of travel. Prices increase in February, so if you can book a week off with little notice, just do it. Prices are per person unless otherwise specified. Here are some top destination deals from
  
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• Preliminary hearing set for sex assault case of Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard

  19-12-2018 16:43 via vancouversun.com
  A preliminary hearing has been set for July in the sex assault case of Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard.
  Hoggard, 34, was not in a Toronto courtroom on Wednesday when the hearing was set for July 11 and 12.
  Toronto police arrested the singer over the summer and charged him with one count of sexual interference and two counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm.
  They say the charges relate to three separate incidents involving a woman and a girl under the age of 16 that allegedly occurred in the T
  
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• Opinion: Will tenancy act changes bring a halt to renovictions?

  19-12-2018 16:05
  
  The fact that modernization of tenancy law has taken so long is scary, considering how different the rental market is from 16 years ago
  
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• B.C. Court of Appeal to rule in Victoria terror case that centres on RCMP conduct

  19-12-2018 16:02 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s Appeal Court is scheduled to release a decision today on a couple whose guilty verdict over plotting to blow up the provincial legislature was thrown out by a lower court judge.
  The Crown argued at an appeal hearing in January that B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bruce had no basis to conclude the RCMP manipulated John Nuttall and Amanda Korody into planting explosive devices around the legislature.
  In June 2015, a jury found Nuttall and Korody guilty of conspiring to commit mu
  
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• Burnaby tenants fear demoviction despite new mayor's promises

  19-12-2018 15:17
  
  Tenants of buildings in a multimillion-dollar land assembly fearful of their future, as the mayor they voted for works hard to reassure them
  
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• North Vancouver NDP nominates Justine Bell for 2019 - North Shore News

  19-12-2018 15:00
  North Vancouver NDP nominates Justine Bell for 2019  North Shore NewsNew Democrats in North Vancouver have acclaimed Justine Bell as their candidate to run in the 2019 federal election. Bell ran unopposed for the nomination ...
  
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• 5 Non-Seasonal things to do over the holidays

  19-12-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Believe it or not, plenty of people are less than enthusiastic about this time of year. From awkward office parties to seemingly endless plates of snowperson cookies, it seems inescapable. Even the most diehard will eventually succumb to the need to get away from canned playlists of the same old songs, weird old bearded dudes in red suits asking you to sit on their laps and all those freaking elves everywhere.
  Can we just cut to Christmas already?
  It seems an almost impossible goal as even activ
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Wind and rain alert in effect

  19-12-2018 14:42 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Wednesday’s weather is expected to be mainly cloudy, with a chance of showers this morning, and a high of 9 C. Also, Environment Canada has posted a special weather statement to alert Metro Vancouver of another rain and wind storm moving in to the region on Thursday.
  The federal weather agency says a developing low pressure system over the Pacific will intensify rapidly tonight as it tracks towards the B.C. coast, although when it will land in Metro Vancouver is unc
  
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• Vancouver council approves 2019 budget

  19-12-2018 07:20 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s new mayor and 10-member council approved the $1.5 billion 2019 budget late Tuesday night, as well as a capital project budget of $371 million.
  Most of the faces around Vancouver council’s chambers are new since the October election, and for mayor Kennedy Stewart and eight of 10 councillors, this marks their first city budget.
  #VanCityCouncil approves the 2019 Capital and Operating Budget with amendments.
  — Vancouver City Clerk (@VanCityClerk) December 19, 2018A
  
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• TV show based on Vancouver podcast The Black Tapes in development

  19-12-2018 04:38 via vancouversun.com
  The Black Tapes, a popular podcast hosted by two Vancouver men, is headed to network television.
  Deadline reports that NBC is developing a supernatural drama based on the podcast, created by Vancouver’s Paul Bae and Terry Miles, which tells spooky tales and builds complex mysteries upon the history and locations of Vancouver and Seattle.
  It’s a recipe for success, and Bae and Miles have seen plenty since launching the creative, eerie program. With 4
  
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• VSB seeking security protocol review following sex assault at Sexsmith elementary

  19-12-2018 04:20 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver School Board is seeking a review of supervision and security protocols at elementary schools after a six-year-old student at J.W. Sexsmith Elementary School was lured away from the playground and sexually assaulted.
  On Monday, trustees unanimously supported a motion asking staff to conduct a comprehensive review of current supervision and security protocols at elementary schools in Vancouver.
  The review would look at the number of supervision aides, fencing of gates, and identify &
  
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• Dan Fumano: Vancouver mulls climate cost-recovery from fossil fuel companies

  19-12-2018 04:18 via vancouversun.com
  City of Vancouver staff are investigating the possibility of recovering climate change-related costs from fossil fuel companies.
  City staff have been holding in camera meetings to review their legal options, Vancouver’s city manager told council Tuesday at their 2019 budget meeting, in response to a councillor’s question. And Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart, who made headlines earlier this year for his arrest, charge and guilty plea for his part in a climate protest, said Tuesda
  
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• Vancouver council considers 2019 budget

  19-12-2018 03:26 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s new mayor and 10-member council spent all day Tuesday considering a proposed operating budget for 2019 of $1.5 billion and new capital project budget of $371 million.
  Most of the faces around Vancouver council’s chambers are new since the October election, and for mayor Kennedy Stewart and eight of 10 councillor’s, this marks their first city budget. Mayor Stewart has already indicated he plans to support the 2019 budget, but at least some new councillors had e
  
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• PayPal's Xoom makes move on Canada's $24.5-billion international remittance market

  19-12-2018 03:03 via vancouversun.com
  New immigrants and migrant workers often pay a high price to send money to families back home, which is helping draw new players to what is about a $24.5 billion US per-year market for the estimated eight million people in Canada using such services.
  Xoom, a subsidiary of PayPal, is the latest entry to Canada offering to slash the cost of making such transfers by almost half, on average, based on World Bank figures, using its PayPal-based digital platform.
  “We know there is a very large im
  
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• Rare tornado rips roofs off homes in Seattle area near Port Orchard, Wash.

  19-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  SEATTLE — A tornado tore through a neighbourhood near Port Orchard, Wash., Tuesday afternoon, ripping roofs off of buildings and pulling trees to the ground, authorities said.
  One home’s roof was torn off completely, revealing its second-storey rooms to news helicopters above. Twenty homes were evacuated after a possible gas leak.
  “Based on radar imagery and images we’ve seen from social media, it looks a tornado touched down near Port Orchard around 2 p.m.,” said K
  
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• John Bergeron: Opening Pandora’s Box: Gene editing and its consequences

  19-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The scientific community is aghast at the prospect of gene editing to create “designer” humans. Gene editing may be of greater consequence than climate change, or even the consequences of unleashing the energy of the atom.
  CRISPR is an acronym for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. This is the immune system that bacteria developed to protect themselves from infections by bacteriophages — the most abundant life form on the planet.
  Bacteriophages were disc
  
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• Comment: Animal rights increasingly being recognized by the courts

  19-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ever since I was a girl growing up in Montreal, I have loved, and fought for the protection of, animals. Actually, love may be the wrong word.
  We know that people have fought for the rights of women, African Americans and human rights generally. They did not usually say they fought for these rights because they loved women or African Americans. They fought for these rights because to deny these groups rights was simply wrong.
  Similarly, I advocate the protection of animals in my legal work, not
  
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• Pot-poisoned PADS puppy points to dangers of discarded weed, especially edibles

  19-12-2018 02:04 via vancouversun.com
  Unresponsive hind legs, utter lethargy and a foggy, zonked-out look were among the symptoms that caused Gaia’s handlers to fear there was something severely wrong with their 10-week-old assistance dog-in-training last Sunday.
  After a little sleuthing, it turned out that Gaia, one of the Pacific Assistance Dogs Society‘s latest prospects, had sniffed out and eaten marijuana that had been discarded or left in a Vancouver park. The yellow lab had become the latest entrant into a pa
  
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• Surrey acquires 142 acres of land from province for conservation

  19-12-2018 01:59 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Surrey announced Tuesday that it had acquired 142 acres of land for biodiversity conservation.
  Located at 18793 32nd Ave. in South Surrey, the land deal is the result of a collaboration between the city and the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.
  The acquisition is part of Surrey’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, which prioritizes land conservation and management. 
  “Protecting our greenspaces as Sur
  
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• Fortis B.C. says customers can resume normal gas use following pipeline fire

  19-12-2018 01:51 via vancouversun.com
  The company that supplies natural gas to homes and businesses around British Columbia says customers can go back to normal use after an explosion and fire in a pipeline that forced a plea for conservation.
  Fortis B.C. had asked consumers to turn down the thermostat as supplies were limited to 50 to 80 per cent of normal levels during some of the coldest months of the year.
  A blast in early October shut down the Enbridge natural gas pipeline about 15 kilometres northeast of Prince George.
  A news
  
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• Metro businesses, mayors upset at Massey Tunnel replacement delays

  19-12-2018 01:39 via vancouversun.com
  Business groups and some Metro Vancouver mayors are decrying a lack of urgency when it comes to dealing with traffic gridlock related to the George Massey Tunnel.
  This week, the B.C. government released a report prepared by engineer Stan Cowdell after the NDP cancelled plans for a $3.5-billion, 10-lane bridge project to replace the tunnel between Delta and Richmond.
  The report called on government to examine a six- to eight-lane bridge or a second tunnel of up to eight lanes as options for
  
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• Reversing Vancouver's duplex zoning could cost $175,000

  19-12-2018 01:33 via vancouversun.com
  The cost of amending a bylaw to remove duplex houses from most of Vancouver’s residential neighbourhoods would range from $65,000 to $175,000, according to a city report.
  The estimated costs vary depending on the level of public engagement, including open houses and advertising, as well as staff time.
  The cost of fully integrating duplex housing in residential zones into the city’s regulatory and permitting system is estimated at $200,000. That change was approved by the previous cou
  
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• Dementia is not just about losing your memory. It can affect thinking communicating + doing everyday activities. Le… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Dementia is not just about losing your memory. It can affect thinking communicating + doing everyday activities. Le… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• UBC salmon tracking studies find mortality hotspots, migration bottlenecks

  19-12-2018 01:01 via vancouversun.com
  Scientists are using high-tech to identify and locate the gauntlet of threats facing wild salmon, particularly in the fresh water environment.
  Fewer than 10 per cent of juvenile salmon even make it out of the river to live their adult lives, according to research from Scott Hinch’s lab at UBC.
  Young researchers there are combining tiny sophisticated tracking devices, underwater telemetry and health diagnostics to find the hotspots where Pacific salmon are dying and to learn why.
  Bull trout
  
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• The It List: Blue Ruby x Cause We Care collection

  19-12-2018 00:31 via vancouversun.com
  The product: Blue Ruby x Cause We Care holiday collection
  Why we love it: The holidays may officially be over, but that doesn’t mean the opportunities to give — and give back — are.
  Case in point: the Blue Ruby x Cause We Care holiday collection.
  The two Vancouver institutions, Blue Ruby Jewellery and the Cause We Care Foundation, have again teamed up for their jewelry collection partnership. But don’t let the ‘holiday’ name fool
  
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