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• Auditor's followup report says B.C. Corrections still has work to do on jails

  26-02-2019 23:41 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The provincial auditor-general is giving B.C. Corrections mixed reviews in a progress audit stemming from a 2015 report that questioned prisoner safety and found facilities were over-capacity.
  Carole Bellringer’s most recent audit found that B.C.’s correctional agency implemented three of eight recommendations and is working on two more, but has yet to take action on the final three.
  Bellringer’s report says a new program has been developed for female inmates a
  
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• Surrey, Vancouver mayors formalize agreement on policing transition - North Delta Reporter

  26-02-2019 23:02
  Surrey, Vancouver mayors formalize agreement on policing transition  North Delta ReporterSurrey could re-imburse Vancouver up to $150000 if there is any costs incurred: mayor's office.
  
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• Second man charged with agreeing to buy sex from teen pleads not guilty

  26-02-2019 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  A second man charged with trying to buy sex from a teen girl in a Vancouver police sting has pleaded not guilty and has had a trial date set for a year from now.
  Jun Jie He, 36, is the second of seven men charged with obtaining the sexual services of a person under 18 to elect a Vancouver provincial court trial.
  His four-day trial is set to begin March 3, 2020.
  Kenneth Clement, a former Vision Vancouver school trustee for the Vancouver board, also has pleaded not guilty to the charge and has a t
  
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• Anchor drag incidents in Prince Rupert harbour alarm environmental group

  26-02-2019 20:59 via vancouversun.com
  A new report by an environmental group raises concerns about the increase of anchor-dragging by ships at the Port of Prince Rupert, saying there’s a risk of disastrous consequences to B.C.’s north coast.
  The Anchor Safe Prince Rupert Report was released Monday by the T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation.
  Over the past two decades, the foundation says the number of anchor-dragging incidents has jumped from an annual average of less than one in 2000 to 11 in 2017. It says vesse
  
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• Opinion: Think the NDP wants home prices to fall? Think again

  26-02-2019 20:42
  
  For all its talk of the market heading in the right direction, the B.C. Ministry of Finance is betting on an imminent recovery
  
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• REAL SCOOP: More charges laid after major gang investigation

  26-02-2019 20:31 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Police say four men have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder after a successful multi-agency investigation to disrupt gang violence on the Lower Mainland.
  So far, the investigation, dubbed Project Territory, has led to 209 charges against 38 people.
  Newly charged are Surrey resident Moeen Khan, 22, Abbotsford resident Pashminder Boparai, 30 and two Ottawa men – Mustapha Ali of Ottawa, 28, and Nobin Malonga-Massamba, 23.
  Ali and Malonga-Massamba are both in custody
  
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• Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets sets the controls for pre-arena Pink Floyd

  26-02-2019 20:17 via vancouversun.com
  Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets
  When: March 12, 8 p.m.
  Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $72, at ticketmaster.com
  In a way, there are two bands called Pink Floyd.
  The genius group that released The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973 and generated concept albums such as Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall is legendary. The tripped-out, swaggering psychedelic underground London club quartet formed in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar/lead vocals), Roger Waters (bass/vocals),
  
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• Toronto's Franco Boni named PuSh festival's new artistic and executive director

  26-02-2019 20:16 via vancouversun.com
  The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival’s board of directors has announced the appointment of Franco Boni as the new artistic and executive director of the influential annual Vancouver-based arts event. Boni replaces outgoing co-founder and artistic director Norman Armour, who retired last April to begin consulting with the Australia Council for the Arts.
  The 2019 festival was helmed by interim executive director Roxanne Duncan and artistic director Joyce Rosario.
  Boni’s hire
  
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• Chor Leoni sings Gordon Downie, Iron and Wine and more in PopCapella

  26-02-2019 20:15 via vancouversun.com
  Chor Leoni PopCapella
  When: March 1 to 3, 8 p.m. March 2, matinee, 2 p.m.
  Where: Vancouver Playhouse
  Tickets and info: From $10 at ticketforce.com
  Pop music dominates the charts and grabs the public’s ear more than any other musical genre. So why is it that the idea of choral arrangements of pop classics evokes memories of atonal community sing alongs of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah rather than something beautiful?
  Erick Lichte, artistic director of Vancouver’s acclaimed Chor Leo
  
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• B.C. toughens rules and licensing on instalment loans

  26-02-2019 19:44 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – The B.C. government wants to create new rules for lenders who offer instalment loans, under legislation introduced Tuesday.
  Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said proposed changes to consumer protection law will create a licensing and regulatory system for businesses that offer instalment loans, as well as ban some practices the government considers unfair.
  “This bill aims to better protect consumers from potentially harmful and predatory business practices,” he said.
  
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• Video of shooting victim played at Bacon trial

  26-02-2019 19:26 via vancouversun.com
  An animated Dennis Karbovanec described in a police interview what happened the night his friends tried to kill him on New Year’s Eve in 2008.
  Karbovanec told police in the recorded statement that the would-be hitman, who can only be identified as CD, got out of a stolen white Bronco before leaning back into the other side of the vehicle.
  “I can see he’s got his hoodie up over his head and I can see he’s got gloves on too,” Karbovanec said in the interview, parts of
  
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• West Vancouver's Skye Clarke lands three medals at Canada Winter Games - North Shore News

  26-02-2019 18:57
  West Vancouver's Skye Clarke lands three medals at Canada Winter Games  North Shore NewsWest Vancouver's Skye Clarke took home a full set of medals last week at the Canada Winter Games, winning gold, silver and bronze in the high flying sport of ...
  
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• Snowboarder safe after chilly evening lost near Cypress ski resort in West Vancouver

  26-02-2019 17:49 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A snowboarder was cold but unhurt as he was rescued Monday night after going out of bounds at the Cypress Mountain Resort in West Vancouver.
  The 37-year-old was found on the treacherous north side of the mountain beyond the resort boundary.
  That is an area where unwary skiers and boarders can be lured into steep, inescapable and avalanche-prone gullies.
  Officials with North Shore Rescue say the call came in late Monday afternoon.
  Snowboarder safe after chilly evening lost near
  
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• Housing Matters podcast: Can real estate market be taxed into submission?

  26-02-2019 17:40 via vancouversun.com
  President and CEO of the Urban Development Institute Anne McMullin and Adjunct Professor at the Center for Sustainable Development Michael Geller join host Stuart McNish to discuss measures taken in the B.C. NDP budget to impact the housing market.Can government’s plan to target the demand side of the housing equation lead to lasting results?
  
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• Burnaby election results: Jagmeet Singh celebrates with Soulja Boy dance, Post Malone rap

  26-02-2019 17:26 via vancouversun.com
  Jagmeet Singh has good reason to celebrate.
  The NDP leader snagged himself a seat in Parliament in Monday’s byelection, winning the riding of Burnaby South. The celebration following the win was one for the ages. Watch Singh dance to Soulja Boy and rap to Post Malone in our social media roundup below:
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• 10 places to eat and drink along San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf

  26-02-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Pretty much everyone visiting San Francisco takes a stroll along Fisherman’s Wharf. People come for the history — it’s been a working wharf since the Gold Rush days and, these days, fishermen unload about 19 million pounds of seafood here a year. People come to see the few million pounds (give or take) of sea lions barking, snoozing and just goofing around on their own special docks. And they come for the food and drink. Between old favourites and a few new ones, you can easily
  
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• Letter: B.C. government committing a SIN in speculation tax form

  26-02-2019 16:16
  
  No law compels us to provide our SIN, yet we cannot complete our Speculation and Vacancy Tax declaration without it
  
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• Burnaby election results: Voters send NDP leader Jagmeet Singh to Ottawa

  26-02-2019 08:32 via vancouversun.com
  Jagmeet Singh aced perhaps the most important political test of his federal career to date when he won his first parliamentary seat Monday in a Burnaby South byelection.
  With the sound defeat of his five opponents, the New Democratic Party leader put to rest murmurs within his party that a defeat at the polls could throw the NDP into a leadership crisis scant months from the next federal election.
  “My friends, it’s a new day. It’s a new day,” Singh told jubilant supporter
  
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• Recap: Jagmeet Singh wins the Burnaby South byelection

  26-02-2019 06:41 via vancouversun.com
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has won his place in the House of Commons with a win tonight in the Burnaby South byelection.
  Singh addressed his supporters, saying “My friends, it’s a new day. It’s a new day,” and promising to take the issues of Burnaby residents to Ottawa.
  Singh said many Canadians are falling behind, despite working hard, and they are starting to become fearful for themselves and their children.
  He said some people will use that fear to “point at your n
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Video of Karbovanec played at Bacon trial

  26-02-2019 04:52 via vancouversun.com
  Former Jamie Bacon associate AB continued his testimony Monday. The most interesting part of the day was when the Crown played video clips of shooting victim Dennis Karbovanec in court describing the incident to police. AB confirmed in his testimony that police had shown him the same video after his arrest for the shooting in 2010.
  Here’s my story:Video of shooting victim played at Bacon trialKIM BOLAN
  Updated: February 25, 2019An animated Dennis Karbovanec described in a police interview
  
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• Record number of international tourists flock to B.C.

  26-02-2019 04:29 via vancouversun.com
  Related B.C. Travel Bucket List: 7 places you must see in beautiful B.C. 3 easy off-season day trips from VancouverOver six million international tourists flocked to British Columbia in 2018, the highest number on record.
  Statistics Canada figures released on Monday showed that of the 6.1 million tourists who came to B.C. last year from abroad, 3.9 million were from the U.S. (a jump of 7.1 per cent over 2017). This number does not include the 2.2 million Americans who came into B.C., mostly by c
  
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• Live: Polls closed for Burnaby South byelection

  26-02-2019 04:28 via vancouversun.com
  Polls have closed in the Burnaby South byelection that took place today.
  Burnaby South was vacated by former New Democrat MP Kennedy Stewart last October, when he was voted in as Vancouver’s mayor.
  Those hoping to fill the empty seat include NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh – who is vying for a seat in Parliament – Liberal Richard T. Lee, Conservative Jay Shin, independent candidates Terry Grimwood and Valentine Wu, and People’s Party of Canada candidate Laura-Lynn Tyler Tho
  
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• Making better use of the balcony

  26-02-2019 03:26 via vancouversun.com
  As apartments become increasingly smaller, it is important to make the best possible use of every square foot of space. However, anyone looking down from a drone flying above Metro Vancouver will observe a significant portion of many apartments is often completely wasted. I refer, of course, to the balcony.
  Derived from the Italian ‘balcone’, meaning scaffold, the earliest balconies date back to ancient Greece when they addressed purely functional needs such as increasing air circula
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: B.C. NDP lose embarrassing legal round to Alberta

  26-02-2019 03:24 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. New Democrats have lost an embarrassing legal round in the fight with their Alberta counterparts over petroleum and pipelines.
  B.C. filed a constitutional challenge to an Alberta law allowing that province to restrict fuel supplies to this province in retaliation for opposition to twinning the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  But the challenge was tossed out in a Calgary courtroom because the legislation, though passed by the Alberta legislature, had never been proclaimed
  
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• Record number of tents in Oppenheimer Park as mercury keeps plummeting

  26-02-2019 03:04 via vancouversun.com
  Someday, some way, Jack and Alicia dream they’ll marry.
  But first, the longtime couple need a roof over their heads.
  “We’re not married yet,” Jack, who asked their surnames not be published, said as he tried his best to secure blue tarps over the tent he and Alicia share in Oppenheimer Park. “Eventually we hope we will get married, once we got our own place to live.”
  The two are among the dozens of people living hard in Oppenheimer this unusually cold February
  
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• West Van councillor to propose alternative route for controversial B-Line bus

  26-02-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Strong public opposition to a new express bus plan has prompted a West Vancouver councillor to ask district staff to explore a different route.
  Coun. Peter Lambur has filed a notice of motion, seconded by Coun. Bill Soprovich, that will be considered at a council meeting next month.
  “It’s not a black or white, or take it or leave it issue,” said Lambur. “The notice of motion isn’t killing this project — it’s really a modification to the proposal.”
  
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• One-on-One: Trump, Kim confront North Korea's nuke plans - Vancouver Courier

  26-02-2019 02:57
  One-on-One: Trump, Kim confront North Korea's nuke plans  Vancouver CourierHANOI, Vietnam — With nervous world capitals looking on, President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un are beginning their second nuclear summit ...
  
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• Langley man who assaulted wife, set fire to home, granted parole to grt treatment

  26-02-2019 01:55 via vancouversun.com
  A Langley man who assaulted his wife and stepdaughter before setting fire to the home has been granted unescorted parole to attend a treatment program.
  In its decision, the Parole Board of Canada said Andre Harvey Richard’s behaviour toward his case managers had improved since the fall and that he had been making some progress in attending rehabilitation programs, counselling and work training in recent months.
  On April 2, 2014, Richard broke into his estranged wife’s home with a rub
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Lawyers threaten strike over 'crippled legal aid system in B.C.'

  26-02-2019 01:45 via vancouversun.com
  Legal aid lawyers across B.C. have threatened to withdraw services April 1, potentially leaving clients and criminal defendants without representation and the courts in chaos.
  In a submission to Attorney General David Eby dated Feb. 15 obtained by Postmedia News, the Association of Legal Aid Lawyers said the strike was necessary because the rule of law was threatened by the chronic underfunding of services for the needy.
  Titled “Restoring Funding to Legal Aid,” the 72-page brief sugg
  
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• B.C. government launches first-of-its-kind condo pre-sale registry

  26-02-2019 01:44 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. has launched a first-of-its-kind registry to track pre-sale condo purchases, a move that may help combat tax evasion but is not expected to drive down condo prices.
  The new pre-sale registry will collect data on pre-sale flipping of condo units during development and construction of a building, Finance Minister Carole James said Monday.
  The names, ownership, sale and purchase prices will be shared with the Canada Revenue Agency to help make sure people aren’t taking a
  
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• West Van councillor to propose alternate route for controversial B-Line bus

  26-02-2019 01:33 via vancouversun.com
  Strong public opposition to a new express bus plan has prompted a West Vancouver councillor to ask district staff to explore a different route.
  Coun. Peter Lambur has filed a notice of motion, seconded by Coun. Bill Soprovich, that will be considered at a council meeting next month.
  “It’s not a black or white, or take it or leave it issue,” said Lambur. “The notice of motion isn’t killing this project — it’s really a modification to the proposal.”
  
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• Bowen’s getting back all the sailings cancelled in 2014

  26-02-2019 01:27
  
  In the wake of the province's announcement Friday, Bowen Islanders have been speculating which routes Bowen might get back. The answer is: all of them.
  
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• Accused acted in self-defence in fatal Starbucks assault: lawyer

  26-02-2019 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  Lawrence Sharpe delivered a blow in the fatal assault of a man inside a Starbucks coffee shop but was acting in self-defence, the accused’s lawyer argued Monday.
  Jack Thorhaug made the submission during final arguments to a B.C. Supreme Court jury on behalf of Sharpe, who has pleaded not guilty to the July 2017 manslaughter of Michael Page-Vincelli, 22.
  The trial has heard that after a dispute between Page-Vincelli and Sharpe’s girlfriend, Oldouz Pournouruz, Sharpe and Pournouruz wen
  
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• Measles unlikely to spread but everyone should be vaccinated: Vancouver doctor

  26-02-2019 00:52 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A medical health officer in Vancouver says measles is not expected to spread beyond a cluster of patients but anyone travelling to other parts of the world should ensure they are vaccinated against the contagious disease.
  Dr. Reka Gustafson of Vancouver Coastal Health says people often go to a travel clinic before a trip to get protection against diseases that don’t circulate locally and it’s a good opportunity to ensure all childhood vaccinations are up to date.
  Sh
  
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• Deputy minister's blistering letter "flagged some concerns" for federal fisheries minister

  26-02-2019 00:50 via vancouversun.com
  Federal Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has held talks with three B.C. cabinet ministers in the weeks since a blistering letter between deputy ministers “flagged some concerns” about their collaboration on troubled steelhead populations.
  “One of the things we agreed upon was that we would look to direct our officials to work in collaborative ways going forward to ensure that there is no finger-pointing between the federal government and the province,” said Wilkinson
  
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• B.C. legal group plans to go back to court after 6 arrested at homeless camp

  26-02-2019 00:04 via vancouversun.com
  MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — Pivot Legal Society says it has filed leave to appeal the B.C. Supreme Court injunction used by RCMP to enter a homeless camp in Maple Ridge, B.C., and arrest six people.
  Ridge Meadows RCMP said in a release officers made the arrests as Maple Ridge fire department officials and bylaw officers entered the Anita Place encampment on Sunday to enforce the injunction granted earlier this month.
  Officials say they were concerned about propane heaters and stoves posing a fire
  
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