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• Transit Police seek man who made crude remarks and touched young girl

  13-02-2019 22:03 via vancouversun.com
  Transit Police are seeking a man who they allege made crude remarks toward a young girl on board a SkyTrain before groping her.
  Around 7 p.m. on Feb. 2, a woman and her 7-year-old daughter boarded an eastbound SkyTrain at Commercial-Broadway Station in Vancouver and sat across the aisle from the man.
  “During the commute, the (subject) directed his attention toward the young girl, trying to attract her attention,” read a Transit Police media release.
  According to police, the man then
  
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• 'No closure': Family of missing cowboy Ben Tyner appeal for more information in search

  13-02-2019 21:43 via vancouversun.com
  The family of missing cowboy Ben Tyner made a heartfelt plea Wednesday morning for tips and information in the search for their son.
  “To say that we are heartbroken is an understatement. Our hearts are shattered and our lives have been thrown into turmoil,” Tyner’s mother Jennifer said of her son’s disappearance.
  “To think that I will never again see his smile, or hear his infectious laugh, never see him realize his dreams, never have him wr
  
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• IIO called to investigate RCMP-involved shooting in Central Kootenays

  13-02-2019 21:07 via vancouversun.com
  The Independent Investigations Office, a B.C. police watchdog, is investigating a Wednesday morning police shooting in the Central Kootenays.
  At around 2 a.m., officers from the RCMP’s Kootenay Boundary regional detachment responded to a report of shots being fired at a residence in the 3900-block of Reo Road in Bonnington, near Nelson.
  The RCMP say officers stopped a vehicle at the scene. A female passenger got out of the vehicle but the male driver remained inside.
  In a news release
  
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• Man Booker winner Marlon James brings new book to Vancouver

  13-02-2019 20:51 via vancouversun.com
  Marlon James
  When: Sunday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m.
  Where: Waterfront Theatre, 1412 Cartwright St.
  Tickets and info: $15 & $30, writersfest.bc.caA lot of things happen when you win an award like The Man Booker Prize for fiction.
  Suddenly, more people want to read you, talk to you and scrutinize the things you say.
  Jamaican writer Marlon James, who won the Booker in 2015 for his A Brief History of Seven Killings, knows all this to be true.
  “The biggest differences are still external. The
  
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• Homebuyers sacrificing travel, leisure, retirement funds to build down payments

  13-02-2019 20:49
  
  Survey examines financial concessions made by buyers to finance their home purchase
  
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• Metro Vancouver home prices continue to weaken

  13-02-2019 20:21
  
  The latest Teranet-National Bank data shows prices in the region have fallen 3.2 per cent over the last six months
  
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• It's a winter wonderland out there today, folks! Crews are hard at work clearing secondary streets, school zones, s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 20:19 via twitter.com
  It's a winter wonderland out there today, folks! Crews are hard at work clearing secondary streets, school zones, s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cafe review: Food inspired by family and community love

  13-02-2019 20:10 via vancouversun.com
  Livia Cafe and Bakery
  1399 Commercial Dr.
  facebook.com/liviasweets
  Open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. (Kitchen closes at 3, bakery and coffee bar open to 7)
  liviasweets.comIt’s a Valentine’s story with love as protagonist. Inspired by her grandmother’s simple but yummy Italian cooking, Claire Livia Lassam always loved to cook, bake and feed.
  And food wasn’t all she loved about her grandmother, also named Livia. “I loved her capacity for joy,” she says.
  Well, th
  
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• Forgiving a killer? Empathy examined in The Amish Project

  13-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Amish Project
  When: Feb. 20-23
  Where: Studio 1398, 1398 Cartwright St., Granville Island
  Tickets: $35 at brownpapertickets.comIn 2006, a man walked into an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania. He shot and killed five girls, then turned the gun on himself.
  But The Amish Project isn’t about the shooting. The play, by American writer/actor Jessica Dickey, is about what happened after the murders: The Amish community forgave the killer and embraced his family as fellow victims.
  “One of
  
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• Classical music: Pair of concerts put Vancouver in the Pole position

  13-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Chopin: The Last Concert
  Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. (Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.)
  Christ Church Cathedral, 690 Burrard St.
  The Polish Romantics
  Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. (Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.)
  Christ Church Cathedral, 690 Burrard St.
  Tickets from $18 at earlymusic.bc.caLast season, the Vancouver Chopin Society and Early Music Vancouver teamed up for something radical: A pair of recitals featuring a pair of pianos and Chopin expert Janusz Olejniczak.
  They’re at it again this m
  
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• North Vancouver student wins $100000 Loran award - North Shore News

  13-02-2019 19:18
  North Vancouver student wins $100000 Loran award  North Shore NewsShiqi Xu thought she misheard that she had won $100000 – rightly so. “Even when I shared the news with my family, it didn't seem real,” Xu told the North Shore ...
  
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• Family of missing cowboy Ben Tyner appeal for more information in search

  13-02-2019 18:59 via vancouversun.com
  The family of missing cowboy Ben Tyner made a heartfelt plea Wednesday morning for tips and information in the search for their son.
  “To say that we are heartbroken is an understatement,” Tyner’s mother Jennifer said of her son’s disappearance.
  The Tyner family – which also includes father Richard and brother Jack – spoke at a media conference hosted by Merritt RCMP on Wednesday. The family arrived in Canada earlier this month to help with the search but say t
  
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• There may be delays collecting garbage and recycling today, due to the snow. If your materials are not picked up to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 18:52 via twitter.com
  There may be delays collecting garbage and recycling today, due to the snow. If your materials are not picked up to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Essentials to know about your Speculation and Vacancy Tax declaration

  13-02-2019 18:50
  
  No, it won’t take you 20 minutes, but yes, you do have to complete it and so does any co-owner
  
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• Vancouver weather: Cold but clear today, possible snow tomorrow

  13-02-2019 18:21 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Feb. 13, 2019 – Looks like relief is in sight. Wednesday’s weather did not include a snowfall warning for the first time this week though a highway alert remained in effect.
  Environment Canada issued an arctic outflow warning for strong winds and wind chill values of near – 12 degrees for the Sea to Sky region between Whistler and Squamish on Wednesday morning.
  Meanwhile, the city of Vancouver was told to expect a few flurries early in the morning before things
  
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• Live: Snow in Metro Vancouver has stopped falling but that doesn't mean it's gone

  13-02-2019 18:15 via vancouversun.com
  A man delivering seafood to a Chinatown shop stands on top of a truck as snow falls in Vancouver, on Tuesday February 12, 2019. Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning for Metro Vancouver.
  Feb. 13, 2019 – Environment Canada has rescinded its snowfall warnings for the Metro Vancouver region but that doesn’t mean things are back to normal.
  Some flurries were expected to end early in the morning before clearing. Temperatures on Wednesday were also forecast to hover around 2 degrees
  
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• Your #DNVsnow update: Priority 1 routes (major arterials, bus routes, access to emergency services) are 90% clear.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 17:07 via twitter.com
  Your #DNVsnow update: Priority 1 routes(major arterials, bus routes, access to emergency services) are 90% clear.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Girlfriend getaways: Weekend trip ideas from B.C. to Saskatchewan

  13-02-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Haven’t seen your favourite gal pals for a while? It may be time to plan a weekend getaway. Whether you go for a night or three, you can reconnect with your friends, recharge your friendship and have some fun and relaxation at the same time.
  Many bigger resorts offer girlfriend getaway weekends these days. Sign up for one and let someone else do all the work.
  Or plan your own adventure. Either way, the rewards are worth it.
  Wine and workouts
  Spend a couple of hours planning an adventure in
  
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• Young teen and adult mothers who are HIV-positive have higher birth rates: B.C. study

  13-02-2019 16:11 via vancouversun.com
  HIV-positive mothers with at least one child give birth to more babies than HIV-negative mothers, a new B.C. study spanning the years from 1997 to 2015 shows.
  The analysis of live births published in a medical journal called PLOS One shows that among women who have already given birth, HIV-positive mothers have on average more children than a control group of HIV-negative mothers. The trend applies across all ages.
  In the study span, there were a total of 669 live births among 270 HIV-posit
  
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• Snow Day for Feb. 13: Which Metro Vancouver schools are open and closed today

  13-02-2019 15:49 via vancouversun.com
  FEBRUARY 13, 2019 – While snow days don’t happen often in Metro Vancouver, it’s still a challenge for parents who need to make last-minute child care arrangements – but a pleasant surprise for kids hoping to fit in a day of snow fun.
  Here’s a handy list of the schools around Metro Vancouver that have reported closures on Feb. 13, 2019.
  Closures will be posted as they are announced. Districts are organized alphabetically.Abbotsford (SD34)
  More information: www.a
  
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• Scientists study past volcanoes in B.C. to understand climate in the future

  13-02-2019 15:08 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Scientists are trying to reconstruct what the environment and climate of southwest British Columbia looked like over the past two million years by studying volcanoes that erupted under the glaciers.
  Alex Wilson, a University of British Columbia PhD student and part of the research team, said in order to make predictions about the climate in the future, scientists need to understand the past.
  He uses a combination of field analysis and radiometric dating to calculate when an eru
  
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• West Vancouver mystery spill solved - North Shore News

  13-02-2019 15:00
  West Vancouver mystery spill solved  North Shore NewsA mystery substance that spilled out of a storm drain on to Ambleside Beach Jan. 24 was a mixture primarily made up of water, vegetable oil and iron salt that ...
  
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• Kennedy Stewart: Early co-operation has new Vancouver council getting important work done

  13-02-2019 13:00 via vancouversun.com
  During last year’s election campaign, I promised to take bold action within my first 100 days to help our city move forward. The issues on which I focused were driven by what I heard from voters, including addressing the permitting backlog for housing; standing up for renters; taking action on the overdose epidemic; increasing transparency and accountability at city hall; and, supporting Vancouver’s small businesses.
  I am pleased to report all these files have moved ahead, but even m
  
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• Head for the hills: Vancouverites make the most of a rare snow day

  13-02-2019 06:50 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver enjoyed a rare snow day on Tuesday. With schools shut all over town, and a fresh blanket of snow on the ground, the locals bundled up and ventured out en masse, making the most of the special occasion.
  Everywhere you looked, there was snow art, from the expected to the unexpected — snowmen big and small, snow angels, snow cats, and even a snow orca.
  Snow Day! ⛄️❄️#vancouversnow #vancouversnowday #snowman #snowmen #snowmageddon pic.twitter.com/zInne8E62E
  
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• B.C. Storm: Snowfall in Metro Vancouver prompts school closures, record-breaking power use, transit delays

  13-02-2019 06:03 via vancouversun.com
  Feb. 12, 2019 – A snowfall warning remains in effect for much of the B.C. south coast region on Tuesday, prompting a second day of snow closures.
  Snowfall warning continued
  Environment Canada issued its third snowfall warning in as many days, warning of an additional 10 centimetres of snowfall in Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge and the North Shore.
  “This second disturbance off southwest Vancouver Island is spreading snow to virtually the entire South Coas
  
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• 'It's like second Christmas': Chocoholic conquers Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival

  13-02-2019 05:30 via vancouversun.com
  The phrase “death by chocolate” comes to mind, but some nearly 50 cups of hot chocolate later, Jenny Andersen has lived to tell the tale.
  This January, the Vancouver music teacher and musical theatre actress set out to visit all 29 vendors participating in the 9th annual Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival. On Tuesday, she finally reached the end of her cocoa-infused adventure.
  “Last year was the fist time I kind of went full-tilt, and when I did that, I think they had 27 vendors
  
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• RCMP seeks children's help naming new litter of service puppies

  13-02-2019 05:13 via vancouversun.com
  The RCMP is seeking the public’s help in naming a fresh batch of floppy-eared, wet-nosed recruits.
  The recruits are dogs — thirteen of them, to be exact. A baker’s dozen of German Shepherd puppies were recently born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfail, Alberta, and are now in the process of preparing for active duty.
  In the meantime, the Mounties are inviting children aged 14 years or younger to give the police pups their monikers in their Name the Puppy
  
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• The #DNVsnow team reports there have been several hours of heavy snowfall. Crews working to clear priority 1 stree… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 04:48 via twitter.com
  The #DNVsnow team reports there have been several hours of heavy snowfall.Crews working to clear priority 1 stree… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: B.C. makes ambitious commitment to UNDRIP in throne speech

  13-02-2019 03:35 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — As throne speech commitments go, not many over the years have been more fraught with consequences for B.C. than the one proclaimed Tuesday by the John Horgan NDP government.
  “B.C. will be the first province in Canada to introduce legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People,” it read in part.
  The goal is “mandating government to bring provincial laws and policies into harmony with the declaration.”
  The UN
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Nothing says Valentine's quite like mucus, semen and crunchy sea urchins

  13-02-2019 03:34 via vancouversun.com
  This year, nothing may say love better than whale snot. Yeah. Really.
  But, if you don’t think your beloved will thrill to your passion celebrated by a drone-flying researcher collecting droplet samples from a humpback’s big blow (at a very affordable $22), why not a $14 frog fertility test? A couple of Canadian species are on the brink of extinction, and identifying the biggest and best studs at the Vancouver Aquarium could help bring them back.
  Then again, if that all seems a bit to
  
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• Cellphone providers and online ticket scalpers put on notice by B.C. government

  13-02-2019 03:23 via vancouversun.com
  Cellphone providers and online ticket scalpers were serviced notice in the B.C. Legislature on Tuesday that their profit margins were about to be scrutinized.
  During the throne speech delivered by Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin, the province committed to “take action to improve billing transparency” for cellphone users.
  Austin said the province also planned to introduce rules that would ban ticket robots that buy up tickets en masse, so they can be resold at a hefty profit.
  After the spe
  
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• Surrey SkyTrain shooting suspect charged with attempted murder

  13-02-2019 02:54 via vancouversun.com
  Charges have been laid in the shooting of a Transit Police officer in Surrey last month.
  Daon Gordon Glasgow, 35, was arrested last Sunday in Burnaby after the attack on the Scott Road SkyTrain platform that sent Const. Josh Harms to hospital with gunshot wounds to both arms and kicked off a five-day manhunt.
  Harms has since been released from hospital. He is expected to make a complete recovery.
  On Tuesday, Surrey RCMP announced that Glasgow, a Vancouver resident, has been c
  
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• Throne speech pledges affordability on ferries, ticket sales and cellphone bills

  13-02-2019 02:49 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan’s government set out a grab bag of reforms on ferry fares, concert-ticket scalpers and the high cost of cellphone bills in a throne speech Tuesday that even his chief ally conceded was light on substance and dominated mainly by populist promises.
  Horgan began a new session of the legislature with a speech heavy on references to “affordability” for taxpayers — his party’s mantra since the 2017 election and during its first 18 mont
  
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• More fallout from the Plecas report: 'Protocol' watches and MLAs who 'broke the law'

  13-02-2019 02:37 via vancouversun.com
  As MLAs returned to Victoria on Tuesday, the spending scandal at the legislature was top of mind, and some action is already being taken to address the Speaker’s explosive report detailing the alleged misuse of taxpayer money.
  Also Tuesday, before the NDP’s throne speech was delivered, Premier John Horgan told CKNW radio that he knew of no MLAs who are under police investigation. His comments were in response to Speaker Darryl Plecas telling CTV last week that MLAs “broke the l
  
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• Vancouver staff tout improvements in building permit wait times

  13-02-2019 02:13 via vancouversun.com
  City of Vancouver staff say they’ve made significant strides in reducing delays and inefficiencies in the building permit process, a long-standing problem that some said helped drive up housing prices.
  In a presentation to council Tuesday, senior city staff said changes in recent years have expedited processes in key areas, including affordable housing and single-family housing.
  But people in the development industry say while they’ve noticed some positive change, they have
  
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• North Vancouver Lego artist is one of 16 finalists in international design contest - Vancouver Sun

  13-02-2019 02:00
  North Vancouver Lego artist is one of 16 finalists in international design contest  Vancouver Sun"This design gives the builder a taste of the limitless ideas just waiting to burst out."
  
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• North Vancouver Lego artist is one of 16 finalists in international design contest

  13-02-2019 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  A cargo ship and lighthouse, a futuristic skyscraper, a parrot, a castle, a steam locomotive: To the untrained eye, they might not have much in common.
  But they are, in fact, a unifying theme in Lego artist Paul Hetherington’s creation, a piece called “Imagine it! Build!” that is one of 16 finalists out of 443 submissions in a special-edition Lego set contest in honour of the brick’s 60th birthday last year.
  “The Lego brick is so inspirational, it’s created a
  
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• Unseasonal cold and snowy weather brings good and bad to Metro Vancouver residents

  13-02-2019 01:55 via vancouversun.com
  As records are set, some people are winning and some are losing during this month’s unseasonably cold and snowy weather.
  B.C. Hydro recorded its highest February peak hourly demand on Monday evening, due mostly to people cranking up the heat in their homes, while dozens of others shivered and huddled together inside snow-covered tents in the Downtown Eastside’s Oppenheimer Park.
  Snow covers tents in Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park. There are dozens of tents in the park despit
  
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• Wilson-Raybould resignation sets back Liberal relationship with B.C. First Nations

  13-02-2019 01:40 via vancouversun.com
  A blossoming relationship between B.C. First Nations and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberals has suffered a major setback with the resignation from cabinet of Jody Wilson-Raybould.
  First Nations leaders in B.C. characterized Wilson-Raybould’s recent demotion from the Justice Department to Veterans Affairs and her treatment by the Liberals as disappointing and a stab in the back.
  Wilson-Raybould — also known by her Kwak’wala name Puglaas — had recen
  
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• A reminder that tonight's Council workshop scheduled for 5pm and public hearing scheduled for 7pm have both been ca… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 01:08 via twitter.com
  A reminder that tonight's Council workshop scheduled for 5pm and public hearing scheduled for 7pm have both been ca… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Assisted suicide law needs to allow advance requests, says Svend Robinson

  13-02-2019 00:57 via vancouversun.com
  The absence of an advance request in the section of the Criminal Code that allows assisted dying is being described by Svend Robinson as “cruel and unjust.”
  Robinson, who will be running later this year as an NDP candidate in the federal riding of Burnaby North-Seymour, called on Ottawa to change the law and add advance requests before the next federal election to honour the memory of Sue Rodriguez, the Saanich woman who rose to national fame during her fight for assisted s
  
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• Man who had loaded gun in Richmond restaurant gets 30 months jail

  13-02-2019 00:54 via vancouversun.com
  A man who was convicted of possessing a loaded gun in a Richmond restaurant has been sentenced to 30 months in jail.
  In October, B.C. Supreme Court Justice George Macintosh found Sepehr Motevalli, 32, guilty of possessing the Ruger 9-mm handgun.
  Motevalli had entered a Boston Pizza restaurant on Aug. 21, 2015 wearing a satchel containing the firearm and in the company of a woman and her mother, as well as some young children.
  When the group finished their meal, Motevalli accidentally left the sa
  
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• Pulp Fiction bucks the bookselling trend and is expanding in Vancouver

  13-02-2019 00:30 via vancouversun.com
  Pulp Fiction Books is a Vancouver bibliophile’s happy hunting ground, but the independent bookseller’s story began in a North Vancouver hardware store almost a half-century ago.
  “I’m a North Shore kid,” said Chris Rayshaw, owner and founder of Pulp Fiction. “Down at the foot of Lonsdale there’s an old heritage building which in the ’70s was a place called Paine Hardware.”
  The hardware store, opened by John Bemmister Paine in 1911, was a tenan
  
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• #DNVsnow report: Priority #1 routes 100% clear, crews now focussed on priority #2 and #3 roads. Crews also working… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 00:14 via twitter.com
  #DNVsnow report: Priority #1 routes 100% clear, crews now focussed on priority #2 and #3 roads. Crews also working… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Legislature offers olive branch to Turpel-Lafond

  13-02-2019 00:13 via vancouversun.com
  Suspended legislature Clerk Craig James and former Liberal Attorney-General Geoff Plant have been replaced on the legislature’s legal team in the expensive squabble over the former representative of children and youth’s retirement benefits.
  The legislature said it has changed lawyers — Don Farquhar, of Victoria’s Pearlman and Lindholm, is now in charge, and James is no longer directing the litigation.
  Acting Clerk Kate Ryan-Lloyd is instructing counsel.
  For three yea
  
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• US commander: North Korea hasn't slowed its nuclear program - Vancouver Sun

  13-02-2019 00:03
  US commander: North Korea hasn't slowed its nuclear program  Vancouver SunWASHINGTON — A top U.S. commander said Tuesday that he has not seen any effort by North Korea to curtail its nuclear weapons program since President ...
  
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