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• Five things about Nanaimo's new NDP MLA, Sheila Malcolmson

  31-01-2019 23:48 via vancouversun.com
  Sheila Malcolmson won the Nanaimo byelection on Wednesday, helping the B.C. NDP hold onto their power in the legislature.
  She earned nearly half of the votes and beat Liberal challenger Tony Harris by 1,900 votes. However, the margin of victory was a much tighter than in the 2017 provincial election, when former NDP MLA Leonard Krog defeated Liberal Paris Gaudet by more than 3,800 votes.
  Here are 5 things you should know about the former NDP MP for Nanaimo-Ladysmith:PERSONAL LIFE: Malc
  
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• Learn about Marine-Main B-Line, get sorted with new CitySort game, Thingery Launch Party + much more! All in this w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-01-2019 23:05 via twitter.com
  Learn about Marine-Main B-Line, get sorted with new CitySort game, Thingery Launch Party + much more! All in this w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Transit officer shot at SkyTrain station in Surrey released from hospital

  31-01-2019 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  The 27-year-old Metro Vancouver Transit police officer who was shot at a SkyTrain station in Surrey on Wednesday is recovering at home with his wife, who is expecting the couple’s first baby this spring.
  Const. Josh Harms was released from hospital late Wednesday night after being treated for gunshot wounds to his arms, as a massive manhunt for the shooter continued Thursday.
  Harms, who has worked for the force for three years, was shot shortly after 4 p.m. at Scott Road SkyTrain Station w
  
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• First responders gather in B.C. to call for end to stigma in jobs full of trauma

  31-01-2019 21:53 via vancouversun.com
  Eighteen years as a firefighter had exposed Greg Gauthier to endless trauma but a call involving a tour bus hitting a family triggered his descent into mental illness as intrusive thoughts and sleepless nights became his daily existence.
  Gauthier, 48, could no longer function at work but the stigma of asking for help in a job where chaos is the norm initially prevented him from reaching out.
  “I knew something was wrong right after that call,” he said of the August 2017 incident when
  
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• Coquitlam hospital hit with huge fine for failing to provide workplace safety

  31-01-2019 21:49 via vancouversun.com
  WorkSafeBC has levied a huge fine, the highest in its history, on a Coquitlam hospital for failing to provide safety at the workplace.
  The Forensic Psychiatric Hospital was slapped with a $646,304.88 administrative penalty for two separate assaults last spring involving nurses. The hospital failed to maintain a safe workplace and assess and control the risk of violence.The assaulted nurses remain physically and mentally traumatized and violent attacks on members and staff still occur a
  
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• Special prosecutor investigated theft of funds from Chilliwack MLA's constituency office

  31-01-2019 21:46 via vancouversun.com
  Nearly two years after Liberal MLA John Martin reported the theft of tens of thousands of dollars in public funds from his Chilliwack constituency office, the B.C. Prosecution Office has revealed a special prosecutor has been assisting RCMP investigation.
  On March 2, 2017, Martin announced that he had fired an assistant after discovering a large sum of cash had gone missing from his constituency office.
  “I’m profoundly disappointed in what has happened,” said Martin,
  
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• Side Dish: Lonely Planet's guide to food trucks

  31-01-2019 21:31 via vancouversun.com
  Lonely Planet, the enabler that gets us around the globe safely and soundly, has ears to the ground in terms of traveller delights.
  In March, it will show us the way to food trucks far from home in Around the World in 80 Food Trucks. Should you be in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania, North America or South America, you might find a quick and fun meal in this collection of meals on wheels.
  Should you be more homebody than traveller, the book includes a recipe from each of the food t
  
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• Still for sale: Historic ‘Kew House’ relisted again at $13.75M (PHOTOS)

  31-01-2019 21:00
  
  Storied oceanview home listed for $15 million in February 2018, reduced to $13.75 million in July, and just re-listed at same price
  
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• KISS in Vancouver: 5 things to know before you go to their farewell show

  31-01-2019 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  KISS open their End of the World tour in Vancouver.
  KISS End of the the Road Tour
  When: Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m.
  Where: Rogers Arena
  Tickets: From $62 at ticketmaster.ca
  Kiss played its first Manhattan concert in 1973. Mixing the shock rock theatre of Alice Cooper with a dumbed-down take on the glam rock coming out of the U.K., the band comprised of bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons and rhythm guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley, drummer Peter Criss and guitarist Ace Frehley released its self-titled debut in
  
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• DYK @NorthVanCityLib has a digital media recording booth and editing station that's free to use with your library c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-01-2019 20:20 via twitter.com
  DYK @NorthVanCityLib has a digital media recording booth and editing station that's free to use with your library c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Feds paid near top dollar for Trans Mountain pipeline, spending watchdog says

  31-01-2019 18:38 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — Canada’s parliamentary budget watchdog says the Liberal government paid the “sticker price” when it bought the Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan for $4.4 billion.
  Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux estimates the Trans Mountain pipeline and planned expansion project are worth between $3.6 billion and $4.6 billion, so taxpayers paid the high end of the project’s total calculated value.
  “If it was a car, we would say they paid sticker pric
  
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• We’re breaking the stigma and working to help first responders with the challenges of responding to trauma and trag… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-01-2019 18:30 via twitter.com
  We’re breaking the stigma and working to help first responders with the challenges of responding to trauma and trag… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver's PNE looking for new food vendors

  31-01-2019 18:29 via vancouversun.com
  Have you got a flair for wacky food creations or know how to make the perfect drink to slake the thirst of fairgoers?
  This might be for you. Vancouver’s Pacific National Exhibition, which runs for 15 days at the end of the summer, has put a call out for new food vendors for this year’s fete.
  PNE spokesperson Faizzal Fatehali said, in a statement Thursday, that the fair at the PNE is an icon of Vancouver’s culture and food.
  Mini donut popsicles.
  Last year, the PNE celebrate
  
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• Vancouver could see snow after all, with flurries forecast for Sunday

  31-01-2019 17:55 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouverites have mostly been spared the unspeakable cold in recent weeks, apart from icy glares from Canadians further east.
  A recent forecast, however, suggests that freezing temperatures are finally coming to the region: The Weather Network is calling for snow in Vancouver on Sunday.
  While the long-term forecast in the region suggests Vancouver will continue to enjoy the early spring weather that have seen flowers blooming already, the polar vortex expanding southward is expected to swing ou
  
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• Douglas Todd: Growing foreign student numbers causing inequality, division: BCTF official

  31-01-2019 16:13 via vancouversun.com
  The upsurge of international students into B.C. public schools is contributing to inequality, social division and confusion about the content that ought to be taught in Canadian classrooms, says a research director of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation.
  Larry Kuehn, a veteran social justice advocate, has written a report and book chapter that maintains the five-fold increase in foreign-student fees that has flooded into B.C. public schools since 2001 has exacerbated inequalities between urban a
  
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• No-waste Vancouver grocery store not a garbage idea to help tackle food waste

  31-01-2019 16:11 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Customers at a boutique Vancouver grocery store won’t find racks of individually packaged goods or rolls of plastic bags in which to lug their food home.
  The missing plastic and packaging isn’t an oversight. A carefully constructed supply chain allows Nada to sell hundreds of food products without single-use packaging and add little waste to landfills.
  The store’s owner is part of a wave of environmentally conscious entrepreneurs who are opening no-waste marke
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Mainly cloudy, chance of showers

  31-01-2019 14:44 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Thursday’s weather is expected to be mainly cloudy with possible sunny breaks and a 40 per cent chance of showers. Environment Canada says the temperature should reach around 8 C. Tonight, the rain returns with up to 20 millimetres expected overnight. On Friday, up to 20 millimetres more rain is on the way, with a high of 7 C. The heavier rain should ease off on Saturday, with the federal weather agency calling for mainly cloudy skies, a slight chance of showers, an
  
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• Firefighter who lost nine fingers opens up about depression, healing, and his new hand - Vancouver Sun

  31-01-2019 09:00
  Firefighter who lost nine fingers opens up about depression, healing, and his new hand  Vancouver SunErik Bjarnason battled his way back to work after losing his fingers, but has also battled depression and stigma. After seeking help from a support program, the ...
  
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• Nanaimo Election Results: NDP tightens grip on power with byelection win

  31-01-2019 08:18 via vancouversun.com
  NDP candidate Sheila Malcolmson celebrates with Premier John Horgan after winning the byelection in Nanaimo, B.C., on Wednesday, January 30, 2019.
  NANAIMO — B.C.’s minority NDP government has survived a serious threat to its future, winning a byelection in Nanaimo and preserving its slim hold on power at the legislature.
  NDP candidate Sheila Malcolmson held the riding for her party on Wednesday evening.“Apparently government’s don’t often win byelections,” Pre
  
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• What people are saying after Sheila Malcolmson's Nanaimo byelection victory

  31-01-2019 07:48 via vancouversun.com
  Sheila Malcolmson won the Nanaimo byelection Wednesday, holding the riding for her party and preserving the B.C. NDP’s slim margin in the legislature.
  Pollsters had predicted a fight to the finish, but in the end, the election didn’t appear to be as close as many had prognosticated. Media outlets began to call the election in Malcolmson’s favour with little over half of ballot boxes reporting, as the B.C. NDP candidate’s lead ballooned to over 1,000 votes.
  Malcolmson
  
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• Nanaimo Election Results: NDP lead in byelection race

  31-01-2019 06:37 via vancouversun.com
  NANAIMO — Early results are appearing in a crucial byelection in Nanaimo.
  With roughly half the 111 ballot boxes reporting, the BC NDP have a slim lead in a relatively close race. Meanwhile, the BC Greens are trailing badly, with fewer than half their share of the popular vote in the last election. Live Elections BC results are here. However, not enough ballots have been counted to declare a winner.
  Polls closed at 8 p.m. in the high-stakes byelection in Nanaimo where voters are deciding t
  
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• Surrey RCMP search for gunman after transit cop shot

  31-01-2019 06:28 via vancouversun.com
  Mounties in Surrey are hunting for a person who shot a Transit Police officer on the Scott Road SkyTrain station platform on Wednesday afternoon.
  Surrey RCMP received 911 calls reporting a shooting around 4:20 p.m., Assistant Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said at a news conference late Wednesday.
  At the same time Metro Vancouver Transit Police informed the RCMP that one of their officers had been shot on the plaform at the Scott Road SkyTrain Station.
  According to an employee at the nearby Hertz
  
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• Sending our best wishes for a full recovery for the transit police officer shot this afternoon in Surrey. Thank you… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-01-2019 05:02 via twitter.com
  Sending our best wishes for a full recovery for the transit police officer shot this afternoon in Surrey. Thank you… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Sending our best wishes for a full recovery for the transit police officer shot this afternoon in Surrey. Thank you for your dedicated service to the community. @TransitPolice.

  31-01-2019 05:02 via twitter.com
  Sending our best wishes for a full recovery for the transit police officer shot this afternoon in Surrey. Thank you for your dedicated service to the community. @TransitPolice.
  
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• Dan Fumano: Connecting the region to the 'behemoth' that is UBC

  31-01-2019 04:15 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver city council considered a plan Wednesday with major regional implications: How to link the broader region to what Vancouver’s chief engineer called “the behemoth at the end of the line.”
  That “behemoth” is the University of British Columbia. Council heard it is now not only an educational institution, but a growing community with a daily population approaching the size of municipalities like Kamloops and Nanaimo.
  UBC is also B.C.’s third largest empl
  
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• REAL SCOOP: $100,000 reward for arrest of UN gang boss Conor D'Monte

  31-01-2019 04:12 via vancouversun.com
  Conor D’Monte’s name has come out frequently in trials I have covered over the last several years. Most recently, details of his alleged role in the Kevin LeClair murder came out at the trial of convicted UN hitman Cory Vallee. But D’Monte has not has his day in court as he has remained a fugitive over the last eight years. Police are hoping a new reward will lead to D’Monte’s arrest wherever he is in the world.
  Here’s my story:$100,000 reward offered for arre
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Cone of silence, delayed process impacted duties to look after dollars

  31-01-2019 04:09 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — When the B.C. government moved 32 years ago to give MLAs from all parties a say over the management and finances of the legislature, it was hailed for making the place more independent from premier and cabinet.
  The independence has been used as well as abused ever since, with the latter on full display in the recent report from Speaker-turned-whistleblower Darryl Plecas.
  The highlights and lowlights:
  • 1987: Social Credit Premier Bill Vander Zalm announces legisla
  
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• Fortis B.C. and City of Coquitlam in fight over old pipeline

  31-01-2019 03:18 via vancouversun.com
  There’s a pipeline battle playing out in Coquitlam, with the city’s mayor taking on Fortis B.C. as it prepares to lay new pipe under Como Lake Avenue.
  At the heart of the dispute over the 5.5-kilometre stretch of 30-inch pipe that Fortis B.C. will lay this spring is what to do with the current 20-inch pipe that it will replace.
  According to a city report, the ground beneath Como Lake Avenue is a huge mess of pipes and wires. It includes two B.C. Hydro duct banks (long cylinders), two
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019

  31-01-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  I fully support Dr. Brian Day in his fight against the provincial government’s ban on people buying private health care. The NDP’s opposition to private care is driven by socialist ideologues, including Health Minister Adrian Dix, as opposed to the practical reality of providing quality medical care.There are many problems with purely public medical care, and people are suffering. Rather than looking for solutions such as a hybrid public-private system, the NDP is wasting tax dollars
  
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• SkyTrain service skipping Scott Road station due to police incident

  31-01-2019 02:28 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP are hunting a person who may be armed and have warned people to stay away from the Scott Road SkyTrain.
  According to Surrey RCMP, the police incident near the Scott Road SkyTrain station is “fluid and ongoing”.
  “We are investigating a shooting, the suspect has not been located and may be armed,” Surrey RCMP said in a statement on Twitter.
  “We’re asking the public and media to avoid that area.”
  Police incident near Scott Road Skytrain Station
  
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• KISS End of the Road Tour: 5 Things to Know Before You Go

  31-01-2019 02:18 via vancouversun.com
  KISS open their End of the World tour in Vancouver.
  KISS End of the the Road Tour
  When: Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m.
  Where: Rogers Arena
  Tickets: From $62 at ticketmaster.ca
  Kiss played its first Manhattan concert in 1973. Mixing the shock rock theatre of Alice Cooper with a dumbed-down take on the glam rock coming out of the U.K., the band comprised of bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons and rhythm guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley, drummer Peter Criss and guitarist Ace Frehley released its self-titled debut in
  
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• Crackdown podcast turns B.C. drug users into 'war correspondents'

  31-01-2019 02:18 via vancouversun.com
  Fed up with attending funerals for friends and loved ones, people in the vanguard of B.C.’s overdose crisis have made a podcast to file dispatches about important stories they say the public and policy-makers are missing.
  Crackdown, a new podcast recorded in Vancouver, launched its first episode, “War Correspondents,” on Wednesday. It starts by telling the story of Zoë Dodd, a harm-reduction activist who confronted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about addressing the nationa
  
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• An eyewitness to history: Mum turns 100

  31-01-2019 02:06 via vancouversun.com
  It was a cold day, the weather in London just below zero, the First Great War still casting its terrible shadow, on Friday, Jan. 31, 1919.
  That was the day our Mum was born prematurely, a three-pound baby whose young mother lay gasping on the bed, feverish with the Spanish flu, a pandemic sweeping the world and cutting down millions in their prime of life. “Look to the mother,” the doctor directed, “the child will die.”
  She did not. Her grandmother placed her in a shoebox
  
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• Former cop had sex with Surrey Six witness in cities across Canada

  31-01-2019 01:59 via vancouversun.com
  Derek Brassington, seen as a “rising star” in the RCMP, partied with and had sex with a witness in the Surrey Six murder investigation in locations across Canada over a period of months.
  The details of the misconduct of Brassington, and two other Mounties who also pleaded guilty in connection with their duties during the investigation of B.C.’s biggest-ever gangland slaying, can be reported for the first time after a publication ban was lifted Wednesday.
  After submissions by me
  
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• Vancouver Island residents honoured with Medals of Good Citizenship - North Island Gazette

  31-01-2019 01:57
  Vancouver Island residents honoured with Medals of Good Citizenship  North Island GazetteFive Islanders received Medals of Good Citizenship today during a ceremony at the B.C. Legislature's Hall of Honour. Tourism Arts and Culture Minister Lisa ...
  
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• Several Safeway locations to re-open as discount grocery FreshCo

  31-01-2019 01:43 via vancouversun.com
  Ten Safeway locations in B.C. will reopen as discount grocery FreshCo later this year.
  Five of those will be Safeway locations that were shut down in July 2018, including one store in Mission, two in Richmond and two in Surrey. The stores are expected to open sometime later this year.
  The remaining five FreshCos are Safeway locations that will soon be closed for renovations before reopening. Those include stores in Abbotsford, Aldergrove, downtown Chilliwack, Ladner and Maple Ridge.
  Empire Compa
  
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• 'Stakes are very high': Nanaimo votes in crucial byelection today

  31-01-2019 01:38 via vancouversun.com
  NANAIMO, B.C. — Nanaimo heads to the polls Wednesday in a byelection that could trigger an early provincial election depending on the results.
  Running are the NDP’s Sheila Malcolmson, Liberal Tony Harris and Green party candidate Michele Ney. Justin Greenwood of the B.C. Conservative party, Robin Mark Richardson of the Vancouver Island Party and Bill Walker, a Libertarian, are also vying for the seat.
  “The stakes are very high and we’re working hard to
  
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• $100,000 reward offered for arrest of accused UN gang killer

  31-01-2019 01:16 via vancouversun.com
  It has been eight years since UN gang boss Conor D’Monte was charged with murder and conspiracy for allegedly hunting rival members of the Red Scorpion gang.
  Since then, a dozen members and associates of his violent criminal organization have been convicted of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and other charges.
  But police are still hunting for D’Monte — the Vancouver man they believe was directing the violent rampage that resulted in dozens of shootings, injuries and deaths.
  
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• Korean pop star Sunmi announces Vancouver stop on North American tour - Daily Hive

  31-01-2019 01:12
  Korean pop star Sunmi announces Vancouver stop on North American tour  Daily HiveKorean pop star and female solo artist Sunmi will be paying a visit to Vancouver as part of her first ever North American tour.
  
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• #NorthVan you can now recycle all your flexible plastic packaging at the Transfer Station Recycling Drop-off Area F… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-01-2019 00:30 via twitter.com
  #NorthVan you can now recycle all your flexible plastic packaging at the Transfer Station Recycling Drop-off Area F… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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