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• Sheesh... if you thought we had a lot of rain yesterday, you weren't wrong. It was the rainiest January 3rd in 35 y… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 23:55 via twitter.com
  Sheesh... if you thought we had a lot of rain yesterday, you weren't wrong. It was the rainiest January 3rd in 35 y… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C. government reduces or eliminates deductibles for many Pharmacare clients

  04-01-2019 23:32 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. has eliminated Pharmacare deductibles for families earning less than $30,000 and reduced deductibles for families earning between $30,000 and $45,000.
  Low-income seniors and individuals will see co-payments eliminated, meaning their prescriptions will be fully instead of partially paid by the plan, if they qualify, said Health Minister Adrian Dix.
  Before the new rules kicked in Jan. 1, families that qualified for Pharmacare would have to pay some of their prescription costs out of pocket be
  
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• Surrey woman says jackpot win an 'amazing blessing'

  04-01-2019 23:29 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A woman from Surrey has claimed a Lotto Max prize of $39.5 million and is thinking about a trip to Rome.
  Michelle De Roma purchased her ticket at the Tsawwassen Mills Shopping Centre and says when she heard someone in the area won, she scanned her ticket and $39 million popped up on the screen.
  De Roma, who’s a mother of three, says her husband didn’t believe her so he checked online for himself, shouted “Wow,” then gave her a kiss.
  She says she’d
  
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• We're recruiting for several auxiliary Communications Operator 1s. Click here to apply: ow.ly/n5uO30nceO7 #NorthVan

  04-01-2019 22:54 via twitter.com
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• Child sex-offender's day parole suspended for two months

  04-01-2019 22:41 via vancouversun.com
  A pedophile who was convicted of sex crimes against children had his day parole suspended for two months after he was caught browsing the internet for information about a former child actor.
  James Cardno, 54, is serving a nine-year sentence for multiple counts of printing or publishing child pornography, sexual interference and sexual exploitation.
  Between 1995 and 2008, the former Surrey resident sexually abused 10 boys between the ages of seven and 14, and took photos of his victims and up to
  
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• B.C. fuel up 4 cents a litre, more hikes due as 'bumpy' year looms

  04-01-2019 22:25 via vancouversun.com
  Extreme volatility in oil markets has resulted in a price jump for gasoline of four cents a litre in Metro Vancouver and an analyst predicts a further hike within days.
  Dan McTeague, a senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy.com, says Vancouver residents will be the “poster children” for what he expects will be a wild year for gas prices Canada-wide.
  He says the four-cent increase is the culmination of a series of events, including the explosion of the Enbridge natural gas pipeline in O
  
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• Get a new toy for Christmas? Learn how to get the most out of it! twitter.com/nvdpl/status/1…

  04-01-2019 22:06 via twitter.com
  Get a new toy for Christmas? Learn how to get the most out of it! twitter.com/nvdpl/status/1…
  
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• Extreme avalanche risk in B.C., Alberta leads to warnings from Parks Canada

  04-01-2019 22:04 via vancouversun.com
  BANFF, Alta. — Heavy snowfall, warm temperatures and high winds have led to an extreme avalanche risk in Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Jasper national parks.
  The daily avalanche bulletin for the mountain parks in Alberta and B.C. says they have received between 25 and 45 centimetres of snow in the past few days and it’s overloading a weak layer from mid-December.
  Officials say the danger rating forecast for today is extreme, which means people should avoid all avalanche terrain because n
  
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• What to do with old electronics and small appliances? If they're in good condition consider selling or donating the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 21:40 via twitter.com
  What to do with old electronics and small appliances? If they're in good condition consider selling or donating the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Memoir of a medical rebel: A conversation with Dr. Michael Klein

  04-01-2019 21:16 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver-based medical maverick Dr. Michael Klein has released an autobiography, Dissident Doctor: Catching Babies and Challenging the Medical Status Quo, describing his five decades in medicine.
  Klein graduated from medical school at Stanford University in 1966, doing practical training in pediatrics and maternity care in Mexico and Ethiopia, before fleeing to Montreal with his wife Bonnie Sherr Klein to avoid being drafted in the Vietnam War.  
  After heading the department of family medi
  
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• Yep, it really was that wet! #NorthVan weather watcher: 130mm. 😲 twitter.com/ECCCWeatherBC/…

  04-01-2019 21:08 via twitter.com
  Yep, it really was that wet! #NorthVan weather watcher: 130mm. 😲 twitter.com/ECCCWeatherBC/…
  
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• Comment: Metro Vancouver just one city in global real estate slowdown

  04-01-2019 20:56
  
  If you think we’re the only ones experiencing declining sales and prices, think again
  
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• Small businesses feel crunch after rise in Metro Vancouver land values

  04-01-2019 20:52 via vancouversun.com
  A mom-and-pop produce store in Burnaby might have to shutter its doors due to a large spike in the assessed value of its leased retail space.
  Pacific Sun Produce on Kingsway, near Metrotown, in Burnaby, has been a neighbourhood fixture for 22 years, a go-to place for Latin American products sourced by owners Susan Sung and Richard Cheung after years of living in Venezuela.
  But a 37 per cent hike in their lease obligations — largely due to rising property values, the cost of which is often
  
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• Pet detective finds Vancouver woman's dog, missing more than a month, in Richmond

  04-01-2019 20:40 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver woman will be reunited with her dog, missing for five weeks, Friday afternoon thanks to social media support and a pet detective.
  Since early December, Jocelyn Aspa, 34, has been scouring the streets of Vancouver and posting on Facebook and Twitter in hopes of finding her beloved dog named Littlefoot.
  Littlefoot, a 1.5-year-old mixed breed rescue dog from Thailand, went missing after her boyfriend took him for a walk on Dec. 2 near their home at Prince Edward and East 10th Avenue.
  He
  
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• B.C. government reduces or eliminates deductibles for many Fair Pharmacare clients

  04-01-2019 20:36 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. has eliminated Fair Pharmacare deductibles for families earning less than $30,000 and reduced deductibles for families earning between $30,000 and $45,000.
  Low-income seniors and individuals will see co-payments eliminated, meaning their prescriptions will be fully covered by the plan, if they qualify, said Health Minister Adrian Dix.
  Before the new rules kicked in Jan. 1, families that qualified for Fair Pharmacare would have to pay some of their prescription costs out of pocket before rec
  
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• RECIPE: Winter vegetables with a little zing

  04-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The holidays are over and it’s high time you got back to eating healthy. Thanks to Dorie Greenspan’s Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook, it can taste good, too.
  Pasta with Cabbage, Winter Squash and Walnuts
  ½ pound (227 grams) winter squash
  ¼ cup (60 mL) extra-virgin olive oil
  Fine sea salt and freshly ground pepper
  2 tbsp. (30 mL) cider vinegar
  1½ tsp. (7.5 mL) honey
  ½ lb. (227 grams) linguine or other long pasta
  ¼ cup (30 grams) dried cranberries
  &fra
  
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• Fab 5: New year, new smart skin care

  04-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  So you’ve got your new gym gear and membership, have updated your résumé in order to start looking for that new job — now it’s time to upgrade your skin care regimen. Forget lotions and potions, though: this year, why not take a more advanced approach to beauty? From ancient tools that still work wonders to devices that help your tried-and-true products deliver even better results, Rebecca Tay explores five beauty gadgets that will kickstart your skin care routine
  
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• Chic-and-cosy: 10 sweaters to wrap up in this winter

  04-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The holiday gifting season likely saw at least one or two gift cards sent your way. So, we thought you might like a little help spending them.
  A stylish knit is always a safe bet during the cold-weather season — especially when you call Canada home.
  We asked Verna Ursua Brown, the director of product for the Vancouver-based company Aritzia, if there can ever be too many sweaters in one’s closet.
  “Definitely not,” she says. “Particularly living here in Cana
  
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• Brian Minter: It's time promote a stronger connection and better understanding of nature

  04-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Moving into a new year and with a fresh gardening season ahead, it’s very interesting to consider how the world of gardening is changing.
  As a garden writer, I have access to resources that identify major trends that are occurring or are about to occur as ‘spotters’ pick up on evolving habits, emerging areas of interest and ongoing concerns. The Garden Media Group (GMG), an excellent marketing company grounded in the lawn and garden industry, produces a report on trends each ye
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Robert Mondavi was a true visionary

  04-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Anthony Gismondi paid a visit to Napa Valley’s famed To Kalon Vineyard to look back at Robert Mondavi’s (above) legacy.
  Before we get to deep into 2019 I wanted to share a couple of thoughts from two highly memorable visits in 2018 that left an impression on this writer.
  A midsummer visit to Napa Valley’s famed To Kalon Vineyard to look back at Robert Mondavi’s legacy left me more impressed than ever with Mondavi’s vision and the impact his revolutionary, roadside w
  
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• Police trying to find teenage girl from the Island - North Delta Reporter

  04-01-2019 19:05
  Police trying to find teenage girl from the Island  North Delta ReporterPolice in Nanaimo are continuing their investigation into finding Brianna Fisher, 17, who left her central Nanaimo home Dec. 14 and has not returned.
  
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• Ready to give your Christmas tree the old heave-ho? Come have it chipped for charity this weekend! Proceeds go to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 18:51 via twitter.com
  Ready to give your Christmas tree the old heave-ho?Come have it chipped for charity this weekend! Proceeds go to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver's first B.C.-licensed pot shop to open Saturday after delay

  04-01-2019 18:38 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s first provincially-licensed pot shop will open Saturday, following a delay over the holidays.
  Evergreen Cannabis Society was set to unlock its doors Dec. 29 but delayed its grand opening until Jan. 5 because of holiday timeline issues at city hall.
  Mike Babins, who owns the Kitsilano shop along with Maria Petrucci, said Friday morning that the supply had arrived, everything was in order, and they were excited to open on Saturday.
  Babins said the delay had “absol
  
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• Goodbye Christmas, hello New Year. Don't miss the @NVCFD Tree Chip-Up tomorrrow 8:30am-4:30pm Park & Tilford Rona.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 18:15 via twitter.com
  Goodbye Christmas, hello New Year. Don't miss the @NVCFD Tree Chip-Up tomorrrow 8:30am-4:30pm Park & Tilford Rona.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Have you lost your silver bracelet in North Vancouver? A kind person turned it in to the RCMP. If you can provide m… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 17:45 via twitter.com
  Have you lost your silver bracelet in North Vancouver? A kind person turned it in to the RCMP. If you can provide m… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• CP Rail says freight train derailed in Yoho National Park

  04-01-2019 17:09 via vancouversun.com
  FIELD — Clean-up work is under way at the scene of a Canadian Pacific Railway train derailment just east of Field in Yoho National Park, near the Alberta boundary.
  CP Rail says in a statement that there were no injuries when 16 cars in the freight train went off the tracks Thursday around 11:10 a.m. MST, about eight kilometres east of the community.
  The company says it was a mixed-manifest freight, meaning it was carrying a variety of commodities, but there were no hazardous goods involved
  
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• Where to stay in luxury Cabo San Lucas

  04-01-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  From the mid-1970s, the southern tip of the Baja peninsula was steeped in low-end tourist bonanzas that pulsed with a girls-gone-wild crowd with the motto, “Save Water, Drink Beer.”
  But in 2014 Hurricane Odile devastated this tiny coast between the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez. In the aftermath, Cabo San Lucas, the neighbouring resort-city San Jose del Cabo and the corridor that links the two were all granted a tabula rasa of sorts—a blank slate to reinvent themselves as a des
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Rain warning ended, but more showers Friday

  04-01-2019 16:08 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Environment Canada lifted the rain warning for Metro Vancouver on Friday after Thursday’s rainstorm brought more than 100 millimetres of rain to some parts of the region. Friday still looks wet and windy, though. The agency is forecasting showers and a high of 9 C. The weekend is also expected to be soggy. Saturday will likely be cloudy in the morning, and then there’s a chance of rain late in the afternoon, ad a high of 9 C. Then, more rain on Sunday and
  
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• Conversations That Matter: Building companies of value

  04-01-2019 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  According to the Business Development Bank of Canada, the coming decade will belong to employees.
  The laws of supply and demand will put employees in charge of who they will work for, because there will be more jobs than appropriate talent. Companies will be in search of talented staff.
  The most effective way to attract the best and brightest will be to provide workplaces that embrace and stay current with technology, are socially and environmentally responsible, are inclusive, that pr
  
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• Mudslide near White Rock, B.C., blocks Amtrak between Vancouver and Seattle - North Shore News

  04-01-2019 09:00
  Mudslide near White Rock, B.C., blocks Amtrak between Vancouver and Seattle  North Shore NewsVANCOUVER — A mudslide near White Rock, B.C., has halted Amtrak's passenger train *service* between Vancouver and Seattle for two days. BNSF Railway ...
  
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• Mounties investigating senior's death following Kelowna care home confrontation

  04-01-2019 04:11 via vancouversun.com
  Mounties in Kelowna are investigating after a 90-year-old woman died the day after a confrontation with another resident at her care home.
  The incident occurred on Dec. 18, 2018, police said, and while further details of the confrontation were not provided, the woman was taken to hospital, where she spent the night.
  The senior, who has not been identified, died shortly after her release from hospital on Dec. 19, prompting an investigation by Kelowna RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Services.
  No furthe
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Weaver downplays PR loss, but some Greens see it as tremendous setback

  04-01-2019 03:52 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Though the Greens would gain the most from a switch to proportional representation, party leader Andrew Weaver downplays the significance of the defeat for PR in last fall’s referendum.
  “People still don’t understand the B.C. Greens if they continue to think that this is all about power for us,” he told reporters after the 61 to 39 per cent rout was announced Dec. 20.
  This week he was at it again, suggesting the New Democrats had a bigger stake in th
  
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• Bridgitte Anderson: We must protect journalists so they can guard our democracies

  04-01-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  2018 was a year of unprecedented violence against journalists. According to Reporters Without Borders, 80 journalists were killed last year, 348 are in prison and 60 are being held hostage. These aren’t just statistics. They’re stories of courageous people who were targeted for doing their job — for their pursuit of truth and for holding people in power to account.
  These alarming figures can’t be taken lightly. Journalism is a basic principle of our democracy and recent a
  
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• Second Vancouver pot shop receives its provincial licence

  04-01-2019 02:51 via vancouversun.com
  A second Vancouver cannabis outlet has received its provincial licence, making it just the fifth dispensary in B.C. to do so.
  City Cannabis Company, which operates a dispensary at 610 Robson St. that’s already open for business, has received the first licence of 2019 — but not for the downtown Vancouver location. 
  Rather, the licence is for a location at 7289 Fraser St. that does not yet have a projected opening date.
  City Cannabis Co.’s flagship location at Robs
  
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• Langley trampoline park refuses entry to autism-trained service dog

  04-01-2019 02:50 via vancouversun.com
  After a Langley trampoline park refused entry to a government-licensed guide dog trained for a boy with autism, management told a guide dog expert it wants to meet with him to develop better admittance policies.
  Bill Thornton, chief executive officer of B.C. Guide Dog Services, said the incident took place at Extreme Air Park. When a boy with profound autism accompanied by his dog and his adult sister arrived with purchased tickets, they were told that they could come in but the boy’s dog
  
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• Cooling Metro Vancouver condo market at odds with gains in property assessment

  04-01-2019 02:41 via vancouversun.com
  Condominium owners in Metro Vancouver are opening up 2019 property-assessment notices showing increases in value from a year ago. But much has changed in property markets since B.C. Assessment set those values on July 1.
  Across most of Metro Vancouver, condo prices are down 6.4 per cent since July to a benchmark prices $664,100, according to figures released Thursday by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. The benchmark is based on the average price, adjusted to reflect “typica
  
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• Monica Jack murder: Crown prosecutor urges jury to accept Handlen's confession

  04-01-2019 02:29 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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• Extreme avalanche risk in the North Shore mountains - Vancouver Is Awesome

  04-01-2019 02:18
  Extreme avalanche risk in the North Shore mountains  Vancouver Is AwesomeAvalanche risk in the alpine area of the North Shore mountains is considered high to extreme heading into the weekend and will remain.
  
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• Monica Jack murder: Crown urges jury to accept Handlen's confession in closing statements

  04-01-2019 02:10 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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• West Van seals clothing donation bins, Vancouver to consider ban

  04-01-2019 01:52 via vancouversun.com
  West Vancouver has sealed clothing donation bins on public and private property after a man died on the weekend, and Vancouver may be poised to take similar action.
  West Vancouver has ordered all clothing donation bins to be closed and district staff have placed metal straps on bins on both public and private property to stop people from using them.
  A 34-year-old man died Sunday in a Community Living Society bin in West Vancouver. Last July, a woman perished in a Developmental Dis
  
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• WestJet flight delayed after collision with catering van on YVR tarmac

  04-01-2019 01:49 via vancouversun.com
  A WestJet flight was delayed Thursday at Vancouver airport after a collision between the aircraft and a catering vehicle.
  According to the airline’s spokeswoman Morgan Bell, WestJet flight 1722 from Vancouver to Palm Springs “made contact” with the vehicle while backing up from its gate, damaging the aircraft and forcing it out of service.
  Rather than taking to the air, bound for the sunny skies of SoCal, the Boeing 737-800 returned immediately to the gate.
  On social media
  
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• Three-day payment delay leads to Christmas crisis for some B.C. daycares

  04-01-2019 01:46 via vancouversun.com
  Daycare owner Amanda Worms spent part of her Christmas break scrambling to pay her lease after the province was three days late with a $22,000 fee reduction payment.
  “It’s impossible to run a business this way,” the Okanagan daycare operator said Thursday. “If the government truly wants to move to universal child care, they need to get their act together.”
  In April, the province began the child care fee reduction initiative, which cuts daycare costs by up to $350 a
  
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• #TBT You may not feel happy about the weather, but this #HAPPY video produced by City residents is bound to make yo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-01-2019 01:30 via twitter.com
  #TBT You may not feel happy about the weather, but this #HAPPY video produced by City residents is bound to make yo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: First Nations criminal advocate much needed

  04-01-2019 00:31 via vancouversun.com
  Samantha Dawson was called to the B.C. bar last month and surprisingly learned she would be the only First Nations lawyer practicing criminal law in the province.
  There are Métis criminal lawyers such as Terry La Liberté of La Liberté Cronin and Company and Kyla Lee of Acumen Law. And there have been First Nations defence lawyers in the past.
  “But to my knowledge, I’m the only one at the moment,” the 29-year-old Dawson said self-consciously, addin
  
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• North Shore mayors in key roles with Metro Vancouver - North Shore News

  04-01-2019 00:30
  North Shore mayors in key roles with Metro Vancouver  North Shore NewsThe North Shore's three mayors have all been appointed to positions of leadership with Metro Vancouver's 14 committees. District of West Vancouver Mayor ...
  
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