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• Mother and uncle sent to India to face conspiracy charges in B.C. woman's death

  24-01-2019 23:38 via vancouversun.com
  The federal government says two B.C. residents have been extradited to India to face conspiracy charges after they allegedly hired men to kill a young woman and her new husband in that country nearly 20 years ago.
  The Justice Department says Malkit Kaur Sidhu and her brother, Surjit Singh Badesha, were escorted to India by the RCMP and arrived there early Thursday.
  It says the pair met with Canadian consular officials in Delhi before being turned over to police in Punjab.
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• Thursday = Latest edition of #CityView is ready for you. Catch up on City news right here: ow.ly/Ic9i30nrpUI… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-01-2019 23:35 via twitter.com
  Thursday = Latest edition of #CityView is ready for you. Catch up on City news right here: ow.ly/Ic9i30nrpUI… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Soldier identified from remains held by North Korea - Vancouver Sun

  24-01-2019 23:06
  Soldier identified from remains held by North Korea  Vancouver SunWASHINGTON — The remains of a U.S. soldier believed to have been captured by Chinese forces in North Korea in December 1950 and who later died in a ...
  
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• Sprawling, resort-style estate relisted for $16.78 million (PHOTOS)

  24-01-2019 22:10
  
  Massive 19-acre property in Richmond back on market for only $20K below previous price, despite not selling in 2018
  
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• Plecas report: Itemized list from B.C. Speaker's investigation into legislature spending

  24-01-2019 21:47 via vancouversun.com
  The report by Darryl Plecas, B.C.’s speaker for the legislative assembly, on allegations of misconduct by Craig James and Gary Lenz, senior officers of the assembly, included scores of expenses that have raised eyebrows.
  Plecas characterized in his 76-page report some of those expenses as “purchases which are difficult to reconcile with a legitimate business purpose.” Other expenses he characterized as being expensive, or having been claimed concurrently wit
  
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• Recap: B.C. Premier John Horgan speaks on legislature spending scandal

  24-01-2019 20:41 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Premier John Horgan spoke Thursday during a weekly teleconference.
  His media availability followed a scathing report released Monday by Darryl Plecas, speaker of the legislative assembly, in which clerk Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz are accused of overspending taxpayer money on lavish overseas trips, vacation and retirement payouts and more.
  Related Eight things: Some of the more disturbing allegations in the Plecas report
  Recap our Twitter stream of the teleconference here:
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• Final days to nominate an athlete, coach, team, official or volunteer for a North Shore Sport Award. Deadline Jan 2… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-01-2019 20:30 via twitter.com
  Final days to nominate an athlete, coach, team, official or volunteer for a North Shore Sport Award. Deadline Jan 2… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The last hoorah! Rock legends say farewell in 2019

  24-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day — KISSThe sentiment expressed in the chorus of Rock and Roll All Nite kicked AM radio’s ass in 1975. And, in 2019, it’s just another classic rock hit certain to make the set list of The Last KISS Farewell Tour. The band who claims to put on “the greatest show on Earth” pulls into Rogers Arena on Jan. 31 with full makeup and pyrotechnic regalia. Founding members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley hang up their seven-inch
  
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• Style in the City: Ceilidh Millar

  24-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Name: Ceilidh Millar.
  Occupation: TV host and reporter.
  Personal style in one word: Classic.
  Social media: @ceilidhmillar_cheknews on Instagram.
  What she loves about this look: “From onscreen to off-air, this versatile outfit can be dressed up or down. Best of all, every item was purchased from a local thrift store!”
  Love Ceilidh’s look? Here are a few items to help you recreate it. The coat
  While we all likely own a wool-blend coat in black, grey and camel
  
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• Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson calls for review of legislature spending

  24-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson is calling for a thorough review of legislature spending and an end to political squabbling, following explosive report Monday alleging flagrant overspending in the legislative assembly.
  “We need to completely clean house,” Wilkinson told reporters in Victoria Thursday.
  He proposed three steps that could be taken immediately. Those include that all legislative assembly expenses be posted online, a ban on foreign travel unless approved by the legis
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of January 19

  24-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Turning Point by Danielle Steel [PNG Merlin Archive]HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. Turning Point by Danielle Steel
  2. Where the Crawdads Sing by Della Owens
  3. The New Iberia Blues by James Lee Burke
  4. The Reckoning by John Grisham
  5. Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin
  6. Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks
  7. Verses for the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  8. Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci
  9. Target: Alex Cross by James Patterson
  10. The Winter
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books of the week of January 19

  24-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act — Bob Joseph (Page Two Strategies).
  2. On the Rocks with Jack Knox: Islanders I Will Never Forget — Jack Knox (Heritage House Publishing).
  3. The Hidden Life of Trees: Illustrated Edition — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books).
  4. One Eagle Soaring — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing).
  5. Iron Road West: An Illustrated History of British Columbia’s Railways — Derek Hayes (Harbou
  
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• Agenda for Council's next workshop (Mon, Jan 24, 5pm) is now available. Main agenda item is the Official Community… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-01-2019 19:54 via twitter.com
  Agenda for Council's next workshop (Mon, Jan 24, 5pm) is now available. Main agenda item is the Official Community… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• MMA champ BJ Penn coming to opening of UFC Gym North Vancouver Saturday - Vancouver Courier

  24-01-2019 19:41
  MMA champ BJ Penn coming to opening of UFC Gym North Vancouver Saturday  Vancouver CourierA big name in MMA will be trying out a new North Shore octagon for the grand opening of UFC Gym North Vancouver. Former UFC welterweight and lightweight ...
  
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• MMA champ BJ Penn coming to opening of UFC Gym North Vancouver Saturday - North Shore News

  24-01-2019 19:41
  MMA champ BJ Penn coming to opening of UFC Gym North Vancouver Saturday  North Shore NewsA big name in MMA will be trying out a new North Shore octagon for the grand opening of UFC Gym North Vancouver. Former UFC welterweight and lightweight ...
  
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• Great coordinated effort by RCMP, ICBC, and NV By-Laws in keeping our school zones safe. Educating drivers on dropp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-01-2019 19:20 via twitter.com
  Great coordinated effort by RCMP, ICBC, and NV By-Laws in keeping our school zones safe. Educating drivers on dropp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• More than 3,000 advanced votes cast in Nanaimo byelection

  24-01-2019 19:18 via vancouversun.com
  More than 3,000 people cast ballots during the first two days of advanced voting for the provincial byelection in Nanaimo.
  Election B.C. says 1,532 people voted  on Tuesday and further 1,655 voted on Wednesday at two advanced polling stations.
  The byelection, which was called for Jan. 30, is being held to fill the vacant seat left by NDP MLA Leonard Krog, who stepped down after winning the city’s mayoral race in October.
  The fate of the NDP government could hang in
  
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• The next phase of Hwy 1 improvements through the Lower Lynn interchanges will be getting underway soon! You can get… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-01-2019 18:57 via twitter.com
  The next phase of Hwy 1 improvements through the Lower Lynn interchanges will be getting underway soon! You can get… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Lots of activity in #CivicPlaza today, but City Hall, @NorthVanCityLib and Laziza are all open for business.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-01-2019 18:45 via twitter.com
  Lots of activity in #CivicPlaza today, but City Hall, @NorthVanCityLib and Laziza are all open for business.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Paul McCartney coming to Vancouver July 6 for concert at B.C. Place

  24-01-2019 18:34 via vancouversun.com
  Live Nation Concerts has announced the Paul McCartney Freshen Up tour will come to Vancouver on July 6.
  This will be McCartney’s only Canadian concert in 2019.
  According to Live Nation, the 76-year-old McCartney kicked off the tour in Quebec City last September and performed in the U.S., Japan and across Europe, finishing the year in London with a performance that included another former Beatle, Ringo Starr, and Ronnie Wood from the Rolling Stones.
  Details of ticket sales will announced la
  
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• Douglas Todd: Surprise, rising equality is accentuating male and female differences

  24-01-2019 18:30 via vancouversun.com
  I’m one of those who support more government-subsidized daycare for the young children of struggling millennial parents in Canada.
  But even if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau increases parental benefits for dads and moms, we should prepare for a big surprise: The cultural consequence of more financial aid for parents is not likely to be what people expect in regards to gender norms, especially in the U.S. and Canada.
  The main social benefit behind the idea of subsidizing daycare is to give m
  
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• Paul McCartney to make Vancouver stop on Freshen Up tour - North Island Gazette

  24-01-2019 17:08
  Paul McCartney to make Vancouver stop on Freshen Up tour  North Island GazettePaul McCartneys's band is on the run – to Vancouver later this year. The former Beatle's guitar player will gently weep at B.C. Place July 6 – the only upcoming ...
  
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• Why you can get great deals for Whistler accommodation right now

  24-01-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Since Whistler Blackcomb was purchased in 2016 by Vail Resorts, Whistler locals — and Lower Mainlanders — were wary. Vail modified the popular Edge Card for B.C. and Washington residents and replaced it with EpicDay tickets. You could purchase the Edge Card, but only before Sept. 3 last year. If you book the dates in advance now, you can save, but if you want to ski one day, it will cost you about $149 if you reserve seven days in advance. Previously, the Edge card could be loaded th
  
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• U.S. Wine Market Growth Leads Demand for North American Glass - Vancouver Sun

  24-01-2019 16:30
  U.S. Wine Market Growth Leads Demand for North American Glass  Vancouver SunARLINGTON, Va. — The market for organic, sustainable and biodynamic wines will continue to grow, according to the recent IWSR forecast. This is especially ...
  
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• RCMP shoot, wound man outside Kelowna shopping mall

  24-01-2019 16:30 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA — RCMP shot a man and closed part of Kelowna’s biggest mall during a high-stakes takedown Wednesday afternoon.
  Shoppers outside Orchard Park mall and people waiting at a nearby bus stop were horrified to hear police fire at least four shots outside the front entrance of the CIBC branch at Cooper Road and Harvey Avenue.
  A man was seen running toward Harvey Avenue before officers brought him down just after 3 p.m.
  The wounded man was taken to hospital w
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you agree with Darryl Plecas that questionable legislature spending should be repaid?

  24-01-2019 15:50 via vancouversun.com
  Speaker of the B.C. legislative assembly Darryl Plecas, who alleges spending misconduct by two key legislative assembly executives, wants the money to be repaid. Plecas says the situation is “outrageously complicated” and that there is more to come. He also says he would like to get to a place where “we get our money back.”
  Read David Carrigg’s story here.
  None of the allegations has been tested in court.
  Do you agree that some or all of the money highlighted i
  
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• Metro Vancouver voters value issues more than ethnicity - North Shore News

  24-01-2019 15:00
  Metro Vancouver voters value issues more than ethnicity  North Shore NewsByelection campaigns can be extremely complex events. Voter turnout tends to be lower than in a regular electoral contest, when all the seats in a particular ...
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Mainly cloudy with a chance of drizzle

  24-01-2019 14:41 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Thursday’s weather in Metro Vancouver is expected to be mainly cloudy, with a chance of drizzle and a high of 8 C. Environment Canada says there may be some fog to start out the day, but that should lift later in the morning. Friday’s weather looks similar, with a high of 7 C, clouds, drizzle, and fog dissipating near noon. Then overnight Friday and continuing Saturday, the region will likely see the fog roll in, with a chilly 2 C overnight and 6 C on Saturday
  
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• North Korea's leader orders preparations for 2nd Trump meet - Vancouver Courier

  24-01-2019 14:36
  North Korea's leader orders preparations for 2nd Trump meet  Vancouver CourierSEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered preparations for a second summit with President Donald Trump, saying he'll "wait ...
  
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• Hurricanes head into All-Star break with win in Vancouver - North State Journal

  24-01-2019 13:03
  Hurricanes head into All-Star break with win in Vancouver  North State JournalVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Alex Nedeljkovic's first NHL start could not have gone much better. The young goalie made 24 saves and Nino ...
  
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• Indonesian in North Korea trial wins appeal for statements - Vancouver Sun

  24-01-2019 07:56
  Indonesian in North Korea trial wins appeal for statements  Vancouver SunPUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — An Indonesian woman jointly accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader won an appeal Thursday to obtain ...
  
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• Help the VPD choose its bike theft prevention video: poll

  24-01-2019 06:27 via vancouversun.com
  In an effort to combat the bike theft epidemic in Vancouver, where approximately 2,000 bicycles are stolen every year, police are encouraging students to register their wheels.
  To that end, the VPD has partnered with undergraduates from Emily Carr University to raise awareness of the city’s bike theft prevention program, Project 529, which makes it easier to reconnect owners with their stolen bicycles through an app.
  VPD Const. Rob Brunt, who’s in charge of Project 529, recently task
  
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• Plecas calls for money to be repaid in legislature spending scandal

  24-01-2019 04:39 via vancouversun.com
  Darryl Plecas, the man behind a report released Monday that alleged misconduct by two key legislative assembly executives, wants the money to be repaid.
  Plecas, the Speaker of the legislative assembly, met reporters on Wednesday at the opening of a pedestrian and cycling bridge over Highway 1 in Abbotsford. Plecas is the MLA for Abbotsford South.
  “I want to get to a place where we get our money back,” Plecas said.
  The 76-page Plecas report contains several accusations against the cle
  
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• Independent investigators probe police shooting of Kelowna man

  24-01-2019 04:32 via vancouversun.com
  Independent investigators are looking into a police-involved shooting that sent a Kelowna man to hospital, Mounties said Wednesday.
  According to a B.C. RCMP news release, police fired shots just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, as officers attempted to arrest a man known to police near Kelowna’s Orchard Park Shopping Centre at Cooper Road and Harvey Avenue.
  In the course of the arrest, the man was injured, police said. He has been transported to hospital with injuries that are believed not
  
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• Analysis: B.C. MLAs wrestle with their role in spending scandals at legislature

  24-01-2019 03:38 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. MLAs who are supposed to oversee the legislature’s finances face a choice after this week’s report into alleged misspending: Do they want to start getting their hands dirty in the day-to-day management of the building.
  MLAs representing the NDP, Liberal and Green parties are on a committee that is supposed to monitor legislature finances, but is left scrambling to figure out its role after Speaker Darryl Plecas released a report into spending involving the suspe
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Plecas pours sober thoughts into culture of entitlement at 'the ledge'

  24-01-2019 03:21 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — It was the first day on the job for Speaker Darryl Plecas and he was getting an early glimpse of the culture of entitlement at the B.C. legislature.
  Plecas was being shown around his office by a veteran staffer on Sept. 8, 2017 when his attention was drawn to a hefty wooden cabinet along one wall.
  “I opened the cabinet and saw that it was full of liquor,” wrote Plecas in a report made public this week.
  “Looking at the bottles, I recognized one of them and
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019

  24-01-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The NDP’s speculation and vacancy tax will do nothing to make homes more affordable. If you think about who can afford to leave homes empty, it is wealthy people, whether they be foreigners or Canadians. The multi-million-dollar homes are not going to be accessible to low- or middle-income renters if they are sold.
  The tax is also not comparable to the homeowners grant, as the NDP have been arguing. Failure to declare the grant on time and the homeowner will pay $570 more in taxes versus t
  
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• She tried to donate a kidney to save him, then they found the cancer

  24-01-2019 02:45 via vancouversun.com
  Tracy took Richard Stuart to be her husband 22 years ago on New Year’s Day, in sickness and in health, until death do they part.
  When the Nanaimo couple discovered Richard needed a kidney, Tracy was first in line to be the donor. Then doctors found the cancer.
  The Stuarts met in Prince George in 1995 while working at a Sears store, where he was a loss-prevention manager and she led the sales department.
  Last summer, a doctor told Richard, 57, who has Type 2 Diabetes, that hi
  
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• Man arrested, baby recovered after tense standoff at Richmond apartment

  24-01-2019 02:23 via vancouversun.com
  A 29-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after a lengthy, tense standoff with Mounties at an apartment complex in Richmond.
  Richmond RCMP said the incident began at 11:30 a.m., when officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at a residence in the 8000 block of No. 2 Road.
  There were reports of a weapon possibly on the premises, so heavily-armed officers surrounded the building and ordered the neighbouring Blundell Elementary School to use its hold-and-secure procedure as a
  
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• Liberal MLA and former speaker Linda Reid on hot seat over Plecas report

  24-01-2019 01:12 via vancouversun.com
  Both the NDP and Green parties are calling for answers from Liberal MLA and former speaker Linda Reid, among growing allegations of inappropriate expense claims at the B.C. legislature.
  Green Leader Andrew Weaver said, in response to a former employee directing financial wrongdoing allegations toward Reid, that she should step aside as assistant deputy speaker to restore public trust in the legislature.
  “I feel strongly that it is inappropriate for MLA Reid to continue to serve as assistan
  
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• Former VSB trustee Ken Clement among 47 nabbed in VPD teen sex sting

  24-01-2019 01:12 via vancouversun.com
  Former Vision Vancouver school board trustee Ken Clement is among the seven people charged in a Vancouver police sting targeting men willing to pay for sex with teen girls.
  Vancouver police announced this week that 47 men were arrested as part of a two-month covert investigation last year, known as Project Serrated and Project Steadfast.
  “The goal of this operation was to combat the exploitation of the most vulnerable segment of our society: our youth,” said Deputy Chief Const. Laure
  
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• Campaign to recall Darryl Plecas forges ahead despite bombshell report

  24-01-2019 01:09 via vancouversun.com
  The organizer of a campaign to recall Darryl Plecas says he still intends to submit paperwork to remove the speaker from office despite his bombshell report alleging misconduct by two senior legislature officials.
  Robin Roy, a Langley resident who runs a computer consulting firm, oversees the BCrecall2018 Facebook page and the website bcrecall.ca, where he is calling for the recall. Plecas was elected MLA for Abbotsford South in 2017 and had his membership to the B.C. Liberal party revoked after
  
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• Fake 'Dr. Lip Job' gets suspended sentence for posing as a physician

  24-01-2019 01:03 via vancouversun.com
  A woman who forged a medical licence so she could buy pharmaceuticals like Botox to then inject into duped customers has been given a 30-day suspended sentence and two years’ probation in B.C. Supreme Court.
  Rajdeep Kaur Khakh’s digressions included contempt of court and passing herself off as a doctor so she could inject Botox into facial wrinkles and filler material into lips or other facial areas. Only licensed and trained doctors, dentists, registered nurses (or nurse practitione
  
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• Vancouver family donates $40 million to build new art gallery

  24-01-2019 00:59
  
  Donation is largest-ever single private donation to a B.C. arts and culture organization. The Vancouver Art Gallery now has to secure $150 million from governments.
  
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• Water main break floods downtown street and pours into Vancouver Harbour

  24-01-2019 00:51 via vancouversun.com
  Thousands of litres of water from a broken water main have flooded Waterfront Road and poured into Vancouver Harbour.
  Vancouver police are at the scene behind 200 Granville Street, between Canada Place and Waterfront Station, diverting traffic while Vancouver firefighters and city crews work to mop up the site.
  The Vancouver Fire Department says “small amounts of road contaminants” were washed into the harbour and containment is underway.
  Waterfront Road west of Crab Park is closed t
  
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• Rush decision to remove Victoria's John A. Macdonald statue was nine months in the making: document

  24-01-2019 00:47 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A decision to remove the statue of John A. Macdonald from the steps of Victoria City Hall was made nine months before the idea became public, blindsiding a majority of city councillors, according to a just-released email.
  But the email doesn’t tell the whole story, said Mayor Lisa Helps, noting that an advisory body wrestled with the decision for months before approaching city council.
  City councillors were surprised last August when Helps gave them three days’ notic
  
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• Video: New Westminster police search for hit and run driver

  24-01-2019 00:41 via vancouversun.com
  Video has emerged showing a disturbing hit and run accident in New Westminster on Dec. 29, 2018.
  New Westminster Police Department spokesman Sgt. Jeff Scott said the incident occurred at 10:40 p.m. as a 67-year-old woman crossed 6th Avenue at the intersection with 7th Street.
  Scott said the driver fled the scene before police arrived, but a passerby offered aid to the woman. He said another vehicle, a white Cadillac CTS, also stopped at the scene but the driver left before they could be intervie
  
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• Plecas report: A look at key players in the explosive document on parliamentary misconduct (UPDATED)

  24-01-2019 00:13 via vancouversun.com
  Speaker of the legislative assembly Darryl Plecas’ bombshell report alleging misconduct by two senior legislature officials has set off a string of reactions, including an audit of legislature spending, a review of workplace conditions in the legislature and a demand that the two men accused of misconduct (Craig James and Gary Lenz) respond to the allegations by the end of the month.
  Here is a look at the key players in Plecas’ 76-page report.
  Related Eight things: Some of the more d
  
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