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• Crown tells jury to accept undercover confession of B.C. girl's murder

  03-01-2019 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The confession and later statements of a British Columbia man leave no reasonable doubt he abducted, sexually assaulted and killed a 12-year-old girl in 1978, a Crown counsel told jurors Thursday in British Columbia Supreme Court.
  Gordon Matei said in closing arguments that Garry Handlen’s detailed admission to an undercover RCMP officer in Minden, Ont., in November 2014 was not coerced and was motivated by his belief he would escape prosecution.
  “He was relieved to
  
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• Not-for-profits serving #NorthVan residents, see if you're eligible for a Community Grant. Deadline to apply Januar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-01-2019 23:00 via twitter.com
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• Vancouver home sales fall to lowest yearly total in 18 years, detached home prices drop

  03-01-2019 22:23 via vancouversun.com
  In 2018, Metro Vancouver home sales were the lowest in 18 years, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.
  The REBGV report, released Thursday, says sales of detached, attached and apartment properties reached 24,619 on the Multiple Listing Service, representing a 31.6 per cent decrease from the 35,993 sales recorded in 2017.
  Last year’s sales were the lowest since 2000, and were 25 per cent below the region’s 10-year sales average, according to the report.
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• Avalanche risk closes part of Trans-Canada Highway in B.C.

  03-01-2019 22:04 via vancouversun.com
  A high avalanche risk has forced officials to close the Trans-Canada Highway between Revelstoke and Golden.
  The Ministry of Transportation says Highway 1 will be closed in that area with no detour until around 8 p.m. on Thursday.
  A winter storm has walloped the southern Interior with more than 40 centimetres of snowfall, with up to 30 more centimetres expected throughout the day. Rogers Pass could see up to 50 centimetres.
  The ministry says avalanche control work is taking place in four differen
  
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• Family recovering after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in car in Abbotsford

  03-01-2019 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  A mother and her young children spent new years in hospital after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning during a Boxing Day traffic incident in Abbotsford.
  Emergency crews attended a single-vehicle accident in the 33700-block of Clayburn Road at 8:23 p.m. on Dec. 26. A woman and her two children, aged three and five, were found unresponsive inside a Toyota Corolla. They were transported to hospital in critical condition.Abbotsford police said it initially appeared to be a single-veh
  
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• 2018’s Metro Vancouver home sales lowest in 18 years

  03-01-2019 21:23
  
  West Vancouver detached prices see region's biggest annual drop, down 13.5 per cent
  
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• This Just In: Revlon PhotoReady Rose Glow Primer (and more!)

  03-01-2019 21:08 via vancouversun.com
  Matrix Biolage 
  Smoothproof Shampoo and Conditioner
  They say: A shampoo and conditioner from Biolage that promises to combat frizz and boost volume. The paraben-free formulas feature the “same kind of water-resistant properties found in the camellia flower” so your strands stay smooth for up to 72 hours. Suitable for colour-treated hair.
  We say: Our tester battles big-time frizz, so she was excited to try this collection. Unlike some anti-frizz products, which prove to weig
  
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• Enough rain now to go sailing on our third floor balcony! Let’s hope it does not get too windy again. Be safe out… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-01-2019 20:41 via twitter.com
  Enough rain now to go sailing on our third floor balcony! Let’s hopeit does not get too windy again. Be safe out… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Motorist and two children suffer carbon monoxide poisoning in Abbotsford

  03-01-2019 20:34 via vancouversun.com
  A mother and her young children spent New Years in hospital after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning during a Boxing Day traffic incident in Abbotsford.
  Emergency crews attended a single vehicle accident in the 33700 block of Clayburn Road at 8:23 p.m. on Dec. 26.
  A woman and her two children, aged 3 and 5, were found unresponsive inside a Toyota Corolla. They were transported to hospital in critical condition.Abbotsford police said it initially appeared to be a single-vehicle co
  
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• Vancouver Coastal Health denies allegations made after toddler's death at daycare

  03-01-2019 20:17 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Coastal Health says it did nothing to contribute to the death of a 16-month-old boy at an unlicensed daycare, calling what happened a “tragic incident” in its response to a civil lawsuit launched by the boy’s parents.
  The health authority filed its response to the statement of claim in B.C. Supreme Court in early December.
  Macallan (Mac) Saini, was found dead in the Olive Branch Daycare in east Vancouver on Jan. 18, 2017.
  The lawsuit filed by the toddler’s mothe
  
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• Please note that the regular Council meeting scheduled for Monday, Jan 7 has been cancelled. Upcoming public Counci… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-01-2019 20:07 via twitter.com
  Please note that the regular Council meeting scheduled for Monday, Jan 7 has been cancelled. Upcoming public Counci… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver's Cross returns to TV with CBC's Coroner

  03-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  A busy actor for two decades, Roger Cross has had recurring roles on shows like Taken, The L-Word, The X-Files, 24, Continuum, and Arrow, to literally name just a few.
  Now, Cross can be seen as Det. “Mac” McAvoy in CBC’s new TV drama Coroner, which debuts Jan. 7 at 9 p.m. and stars another Vancouver actor, Serinda Swan.
  The series wrapped in late November, so Cross had a bit of time recently to answer some questions.
  Q: Do you still have family in Vancouver?
  A: Most o
  
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• This Just In: Matrix Biolage Smoothproof Shampoo and Conditioner, Revlon PhotoReady Rose Glow Hydrating + Illuminating Primer and The Body Shop Fuji Green Tea Shower Gel

  03-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Matrix Biolage 
  Smoothproof Shampoo and Conditioner
  They say: A shampoo and conditioner from Biolage that promises to combat frizz and boost volume. The paraben-free formulas feature the “same kind of water-resistant properties found in the camellia flower” so your strands stay smooth for up to 72 hours. Suitable for colour-treated hair.
  We say: Our tester battles big-time frizz, so she was excited to try this collection. Unlike some anti-frizz products, which prove to weig
  
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• 🌧️☔ Rainfall warning continues, expecting rainfall amount up to 90mm near the mountains. Please clear your storm dr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-01-2019 20:00 via twitter.com
  🌧️☔ Rainfall warning continues, expecting rainfall amount up to 90mm near the mountains. Please clear your storm dr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Great conservation efforts, everyone! twitter.com/FortisBC/statu…

  03-01-2019 19:41 via twitter.com
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• Metro Vancouver gas prices to see 4 cent per litre hike tomorrow

  03-01-2019 19:32
  
  Metro Vancouver gas prices are expected to see a significant hike tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 4.
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books of the week of December 20

  03-01-2019 18:53 via vancouversun.com
  1. On the Rocks with Jack Knox: Islanders I Will Never Forget — Jack Knox (Heritage House Publishing).
  2. The Hidden Life of Trees: Illustrated Edition — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books).
  3. E.J. Hughes Paints Vancouver Island — Robert Amos (TouchWood Editions).
  4. Iron Road West: An Illustrated History of British Columbia’s Railways — Derek Hayes (Harbour Publishing).
  5. Don’t Never Tell Nobody Nothin’ No How: The Real Story of West Coas
  
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• International: 25 overall bestselling books for the week of Dec. 29

  03-01-2019 18:48 via vancouversun.com
  Becoming, is the top selling book written by former First Lady Michelle Obama.
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  1. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  2. The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 13) by Jeff Kinney
  3. The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith
  4. Homebody by Joanna Gaines
  5. Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
  6. The Reckoning by John Grisham
  7. The Point of it All by Charles Krauthammer (
  8. Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines
  9. Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin
  10. Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks
  11. Whose Boat is
  
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• Letters, Jan 3: Why do politicians push greater density when they can't keep up with current demand?

  03-01-2019 18:47 via vancouversun.com
  I read with interest New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote’s letter on the need to keep increasing transit options and that ridership has increased dramatically at five to seven per cent annually.
  Why is it, then, with all these people now taking transit that the traffic on the roads is so much worse? In Vancouver in particular, and all the arteries and bridges leading in an out of the city, it is a constant log jam. I commute by bike when I can but whenever I do need the car it is always a
  
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• YVR expansion, Western Canada’s rail plan brighten cloudy transportation forecast

  03-01-2019 18:40
  
  For 2019, the eyes of the transportation industry in B.C. and Western Canada will be trained on issues ranging from the Canadian domestic rail capacity crunch to the potential of chilled trade relations with China.
  
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• Two more southern resident killer whales predicted to die by summer

  03-01-2019 18:05 via vancouversun.com
  SEATTLE — Two more Salish Sea orcas are ailing and probably will be dead by summer, according an expert on the critically endangered population of killer whales that live in the waters of the Pacific Northwest.
  Drone photography taken this past September showed the ailing population of orcas known as the southern residents went into the winter thinner than they were when the whales arrived in the San Juan Islands last summer.
  They also are thinner than the so-called northern resident popul
  
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• Christmas Tree recycling! Get your tree chipped Jan 5 @NVCFD Xmas Tree Chip-Up, Jan 5 at Park & Tilford Rona.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-01-2019 18:00 via twitter.com
  Christmas Tree recycling! Get your tree chipped Jan 5 @NVCFDXmas Tree Chip-Up, Jan 5 at Park & Tilford Rona.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Daily Poll: Are you taking part in Dry January?

  03-01-2019 17:48 via vancouversun.com
  After imbibing cocktails and bottomless wine over the holiday party season, many people take a break from booze in January. About five million people in Britain abstain from alcohol in what has become known as Dry January, according to this Telegraph story.
  The report, however, quotes a liver specialist, who cites concerns about the month-long detox.  Dr. Mark Wright, a consultant at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, said it might act as a “decoy” for permane
  
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• The @ECCCWeatherBC rainfall warning continues for today. Expect heavy downpours at times, with up to 90mm of rain f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-01-2019 17:17 via twitter.com
  The @ECCCWeatherBC rainfall warning continues for today. Expect heavy downpours at times, with up to 90mm of rain f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver home prices in 2018, and where they might go in 2019

  03-01-2019 16:45 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s home prices remain dizzyingly high, but after a spectacular run lasting several years, they started to cool off in 2018.
  The turn has would-be buyers and sellers heading into 2019 wondering how long this period will last and whether prices will hold or tumble.
  Trying to call the timing and degree of a market correction is usually a mug’s game.
  After all, when prices were rising by double-digit percentages with no seeming end, experts were baffled, quarter after quarter.
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• Assessed values of detached homes fall 12% in West Vancouver - North Shore News

  03-01-2019 09:00
  Assessed values of detached homes fall 12% in West Vancouver  North Shore NewsAssessed values for detached homes continued to fall on the North Shore last year, with houses in West Vancouver registering the biggest drop in the Metro ...
  
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• Norovirus outbreak at Vancouver Island hospital - North Island Gazette

  03-01-2019 07:11
  Norovirus outbreak at Vancouver Island hospital  North Island GazetteFirst suspected case came to West Coast General in Port Alberni on Dec. 31.
  
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• Winter storm warning issued for Sea to Sky and Coquihalla highways

  03-01-2019 04:40 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has warned drivers to stay off the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt on Thursday due to potentially hazardous conditions, unless the travel is essential.
  The winter storm warning was issued late Wednesday afternoon due an intense Pacific system moving across the south coast that is expected to dump as much as 30 centimetres of snow at the Coquihalla summit. To make things worse, on Thursday morning and early in the afternoon the snow is expected to turn onto freezing
  
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• Vancouver's 5 most expensive areas, and their most valuable homes

  03-01-2019 03:56 via vancouversun.com
  A search through the B.C. Assessment Authority’s list of the most valuable homes in B.C. is dominated, naturally, by the City of Vancouver.
  Kitsilano
  • At the top of the pile is Chip Wilson’s Kitsilano manse. The $73.12 million grey concrete structure was built across four waterfront lots in 2008 and is listed at 15,694 square feet (curiously, the most spacious of the three floors is in the basement — a.k.a. a monstrous flat screen and a big, big gym). The address is 3085
  
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• 'Impossible' for rat to get into soup bowl undetected, owner of Gastown restaurant says

  03-01-2019 03:42 via vancouversun.com
  The owner of a Gastown restaurant where a customer was filmed spooning an intact rat from her bowl of chowder said it would have been “impossible” for the animal to get into the food undetected by staff.
  Contessa Choe’s friend posted the unappealing image to Instagram social media, and it went viral, causing the Crab Park Chowdery to lose 75 per cent of its customers overnight. People since have been discussing whether or not it was a hoax by the two women or a hygiene breach a
  
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• Assessment authority shows high value homes throughout B.C.

  03-01-2019 03:13 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Assessment Authority has released its list of the 500 most valuable residential properties in British Columbia and not surprisingly most are in the City of Vancouver. But there’s multi-million dollar homes throughout the province and here’s a list of the most valuable homes in the Gulf Islands, Burnaby, Whistler, Langley and Surrey.
  James Island near Vancouver Island is owned by Seattle billionaire Craig McCaw. It’s valued at $57.76 million.
  James Island
  • The sit
  
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• Stewart Beck: Negotiating the Canada-China divide

  03-01-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Understandably, being caught in the middle of a changing global reality is a very unhappy place to be for Canada. For the last 400 years the West has emerged to dominate, both technologically and politically, through the evolution of rule of law and liberal democratic principles. Before that, China and India were economic powerhouses in their own rights with cultural traditions and political structures very different than those in the West.
  India and China dropped the shackles of colonialism at
  
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• Obituary: David Sinclair, a musician's musician

  03-01-2019 02:55 via vancouversun.com
  Guitarist David Sinclair wasn’t a household name. But he quietly put together one of the most impressive resumés in Canadian music.
  Some might recall him as the guitarist and singer in 1980s hit-makers Straight Lines and Body Electric. But he also had long stints with Sarah McLachlan and k.d. lang, played on a staggering number of recording sessions and performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
  Sinclair died Dec. 18, 2018, at his Burnaby home after a battle with cancer. He wa
  
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• New Westminster police seek help locating missing woman

  03-01-2019 02:43 via vancouversun.com
  New Westminster police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing woman who hasn’t been heard from since Boxing Day.
  Jenessa Smith, 29, lives in New Westminster but was due to arrive in Chase, B.C., on Christmas Eve to visit with family. She had initially planned to travel using a ride-share program but missed her ride and did not arrive in Chase, which is about 40 minutes east of Kamloops.
  She last spoke to her boyfriend on Dec. 26. Her boyfriend, who was in Winnipeg at
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Promising everything in Nanaimo ahead of significant byelection

  03-01-2019 02:36 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The official call for the Nanaimo byelection had just gone out Wednesday morning, when NDP candidate Sheila Malcolmson weighed in with a reminder of the stakes for the Jan. 30 vote.
  “Today is the start of the most significant byelection campaign we’ve ever had in B.C.,” said the statement from her campaign.
  “The stakes are high and the choice is clear — we can continue to build a strong future with John Horgan and the B.C. NDP, or we can r
  
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• Crown urges jury to convict Garry Handlen of Monica Jack murder

  03-01-2019 02:17 via vancouversun.com
  The Crown has urged a jury to accept a confession by Garry Taylor Handlen to the murder of Monica Jack as evidence he committed the heinous crime.
  In final submissions, Crown counsel Mark Sheardown told the jury on Wednesday that the trial of the accused, who has pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder, boiled down to a “fairly simple” question.
  “Was Mr. Handlen telling the truth when he confessed to abducting, raping and killing Monica Jack?” said Sheardow
  
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• Burnaby man files lawsuit after alleging vape pen exploded in his mouth

  03-01-2019 02:07 via vancouversun.com
  A young Burnaby man has filed a lawsuit claiming he suffered injuries after a vaporizer pen exploded in his mouth.
  Shelby Hare says that he was using the electronic cigarette Dec. 30, 2016, when it suddenly and without warning exploded in his mouth, causing flaming material to land on his leg.
  In a notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court, he claims that the explosion was caused by a defect in the vape pen. He says he suffered a broken jaw and broken teeth, as well as burns to his face
  
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• B.C. task group to seek a fix for deadly donation bins

  03-01-2019 01:55 via vancouversun.com
  A task group is forming to find an immediate retrofit design to make clothing donation bins safer, after a man died in a bin on the weekend.
  British Columbia’s coroner is investigating four such deaths since 2015.
  UBC-Okanagan engineering professor Ray Taheri is recruiting other professors, students and bin manufacturers to come up with a life-saving fix and hopes to have the group together “in the next 24 hours.”
  Ray Taheri, UBC Okanagan engineering professor, is recruiting co
  
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• Water main repair for W Grand Blvd btw 13th St & 12th scheduled for Thursday January 3, 2019. Water will be shut-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-01-2019 01:53 via twitter.com
  Water main repair for W Grand Blvdbtw 13th St& 12th scheduled for Thursday January 3, 2019. Water will be shut-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• If you have any hatches, you may want to consider battening them down. twitter.com/NorthShoreEMO/…

  03-01-2019 01:36 via twitter.com
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• Attn #NorthVan: Rainfall warning in effect, expect up to 80mm by Thursday evening. More at ow.ly/GBKq30naywT https://t.co/CzSIEzb0Mq

  03-01-2019 01:33 via twitter.com
  
  Attn #NorthVan: Rainfall warning in effect, expect up to 80mm by Thursday evening. More at ow.ly/GBKq30naywT https://t.co/CzSIEzb0Mq
  
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• We're recruiting for a temporary full-time Environmental Technician. Click here for more information and to apply: ow.ly/Dfut30nayiT

  03-01-2019 01:16 via twitter.com
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• ICBC's 6.3 per cent rate hike approved for April 1 on interim basis

  03-01-2019 01:08 via vancouversun.com
  ICBC’s application for a 6.3-per-cent rate hike on basic insurance has received interim approval, with the increase coming into effect this spring.
  The Insurance Corporation of B.C. announced Wednesday that the B.C. Utilities Commission had granted interim approval for the increase. The increase will affect all new and renewed policies effective April 1 onwards.
  The BCUC will now undertake a public review process to seek feedback on ICBC’s application. As part of that process, the pu
  
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• Vancouver's 5 most expensive neighbourhoods, and their most valuable homes

  03-01-2019 00:45 via vancouversun.com
  A search through the B.C. Assessment Authority’s list of the most valuable homes in B.C. is dominated, naturally, by the City of Vancouver.
  $73.12 million
  • At the top of the pile is Chip Wilson’s Kitsilano manse. The $73.12 million grey concrete structure was built across four waterfront lots in 2008 and is listed at 15,694 square feet (curiously, the most spacious of the three floors is in the basement — a.k.a. a monstrous flat screen and a big, big gym). The address is
  
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• Vancouver police seek federal offender who did not return home on NYE

  03-01-2019 00:25 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are seeking a federal offender who did not return to his halfway house on New Year’s Eve.
  Chad Patrick Poitras, 33, was serving a 2.5-year-long sentence at a Corrections Canada community residential facility in Vancouver but did not return on New Year’s Eve.
  Poitras was previously convicted on weapons, drugs and assault charges, as well as several driving offences.
  The 33-year-old is an indigenous man, standing about 5-foot-10 and weighing 220 pounds. He has short, r
  
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• Peace bond hearing withdrawn for B.C. couple cleared in legislature terror plot

  03-01-2019 00:24 via vancouversun.com
  Canada’s prosecution service has withdrawn a peace bond application for a British Columbia couple whose guilty verdict for plotting to bomb the provincial legislature was tossed out of court.
  The reversal means John Nuttall and Amanda Korody will no longer have to obey conditions such as having to stay away from the Victoria buildings, Canadian Forces Base in Esquimalt and any synagogue or Jewish school.
  Last month, the B.C. Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge’s 2016 ruling that t
  
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• Gas prices likely to rise in ‘wild, bumpy’ 2019: fuel expert

  03-01-2019 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  There's a gas war taking place in B.C.’s South Okanagan.
  
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• B.C. government to develop 24/7 mental health resource for students

  03-01-2019 00:13 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has announced plans to develop a 24/7 virtual resource for post-secondary students dealing with mental health and addiction challenges.
  The program will include phone, online chat, text and email support for young adults available around the clock, including confidential virtual counselling sessions.
  The province will be posting a procurement notice to B.C. Bid in mid-January to seek proposals from parties interested in working with the B.C. government to develop the support
  
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