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• B.C. RCMP officer charged with assault

  05-03-2019 23:50 via vancouversun.com
  A RCMP officer in New Hazelton, in northwest British Columbia, has been charged with assault causing bodily harm.
  The B.C. Prosecution Service said the charge against Const. Eric Andrew Unrau resulted from an on-duty incident that is alleged to have occurred at the New Hazelton RCMP detachment on Sept. 4, 2018.
  No further details were released.
  Charges were sworn on March 1.
  Unrau is scheduled to appear in provincial court in Hazelton on March 22. 
  
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• 'Riverdale' diner in Mission to create milkshake honouring Luke Perry

  05-03-2019 23:18 via vancouversun.com
  The manager of a diner where Luke Perry filmed the television show “Riverdale” in Mission says fans have been trickling in to reminisce about the actor since his death Monday.
  Kelly Sullivan says the CW program based on the “Archie” comics filmed part of its first season at Rocko’s 24-Hour Diner before a replica set was built.
  Perry, who played the role of Archie Andrews’ father Fred Andrews, died at age 52 after suffering a stroke.
  Sullivan says the diner is
  
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• Seal hit in the face by two dozen shotgun pellets rescued on Kitsilano beach

  05-03-2019 23:15 via vancouversun.com
  Rescuers believe the injuries inflicted on a young harbour seal — two dozen shotgun pellets to the face — were the result of a push by fishers to cull seals and sea lions in a battle over fish stocks.
  The seal, less than a year old, was found “emaciated and lethargic” on a Kitsilano beach Feb. 18. She had been hit more than 23 times in the face with birdshot pellets and had been suffering for so long that some of the wounds had started healing over.
  “We have no way
  
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• Updated: missing 18-year-old female from North Vancouver located, 21-year-old female from Langley missing - Straight.com

  05-03-2019 22:40
  Updated: missing 18-year-old female from North Vancouver located, 21-year-old female from Langley missing  Straight.comTwo RCMP detachments in the Lower Mainland are each searching for women in separate missing-person cases.
  
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• Wilkinson, Belcarra mayor repeat call for speculation tax exemption

  05-03-2019 21:52 via vancouversun.com
  Calling the speculation tax “a punishment” for residents, Belcarra’s mayor is pleading with the B.C. government for an exemption.
  Neil Belenkie joined B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson in holding a news conference Tuesday to drum up support for the NDP to “do the right thing” and grant Belcarra the exemption it has requested.
  Belenkie wants his municipality of 700 people exempted from the tax, like Lions Bay and Bowen Island, but he says the government refuses to
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of March 2

  05-03-2019 21:24 via vancouversun.com
  1. The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family — Lindsay M. Wong (Arsenal Pulp Press).
  2. Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada’s Chinese Restaurants — Anna Hui (Douglas & McIntyre).
  3. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act — Bob Joseph (Page Two Strategies).
  4. The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things: Stories from Science and Observ
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books for the week of March 2

  05-03-2019 21:16 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. The Chef by James Patterson and Max DiLallo
  2. Where the Crawdads Sing by Della Owens
  3. Never Tell by Lisa Gardner
  4. Connections in Death by J.D. Robb
  5. Mission Critical by Mark Greaney
  6. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
  7. The Reckoning by John Grisham
  8. Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
  9. Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin
  10. Liar Liar by James Patterson and Candace FoxHARDCOVER NON-FICTION
  1. The Threat by Andrew G. McCabe
  2. Becoming by Miche
  
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• PNE board snubs idea of 4/20 pot protest moving to Hastings Park

  05-03-2019 21:07
  
  Board passed a motion Monday night stating that it ‘remains committed to only hosting controlled events’
  
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• Month-long slide closures end on busy Highway 97 near Summerland

  05-03-2019 20:57 via vancouversun.com
  SUMMERLAND — About a month after a rock slide closed Highway 97 near Summerland, traffic is moving again on the only route along the west side of Okanagan Lake.
  The Ministry of Transportation says the road reopened Tuesday, two kilometres north of Summerland.
  The rock slide happened on Jan. 31, but crews kept the busy highway at least partially open until Feb. 2, when another rock fall forced a complete closure.
  Ministry staff say the southbound slow lane, which is closest to the slope, re
  
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• B.C. to tighten civil forfeiture law to better target drug crime, hidden assets

  05-03-2019 20:55 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government plans to strengthen its civil forfeiture law to better target drug crime and hidden assets.
  Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says amendments to the civil forfeiture law introduced today in the legislature would expand the reach of the legal tools used to fight gangs and organized crime.
  He says the proposed amendments will require people accused of criminal behaviour to prove an asset involved in a civil forfeiture proceeding is not an instrument
  
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• Vancouver Canucks centre Brandon Sutter undergoing surgery for sports hernia - North Shore News

  05-03-2019 20:28
  Vancouver Canucks centre Brandon Sutter undergoing surgery for sports hernia  North Shore NewsVANCOUVER — Injuries continue to plague the Vancouver Canucks as they head into the season's final stretch.The team announced Tuesday that centre ...
  
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• Abbotsford police officer released from hospital following hit-and-run

  05-03-2019 20:26 via vancouversun.com
  Abbotsford police Cpl. Aaron Courtney, one of two police officers hurt in a hit-and-run accident in Burnaby on Monday, has been released from hospital.
  Courtney and an unidentified RCMP officer, both members of the Lower Mainland Integrated Police Dog Service team, were standing beside their vehicle in the 5000-block of North Fraser Way near Glenlyon Parkway at about 11:30 a.m. when they were struck by a westbound car that then fled the area.
  Both men were taken to Royal Columbian Hospital with
  
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• Five reasons to check out at this year's Growing Room Literary Festival

  05-03-2019 20:20 via vancouversun.com
  Growing Room Literary Festival
  When: March 8 to 17
  Where: Various venues
  Tickets: By donation (except where noted)
  1. It’s growing. Now in its third year, the 2019 Growing Room Literary Festival features over 100 writers in 40-plus events, including workshops, manuscript consultations, panels, and readings. The feminist literary festival is dedicated to “art as inspiration, comedy and feminist humour, futurisms, podcasting, inclusive storytelling and survival in the face of systemic
  
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• Charges against Surrey Six Mountie stayed over health concerns

  05-03-2019 20:19 via vancouversun.com
  The last of four Mounties facing trial in connection with the Surrey Six murder investigation has had his charges stayed due mainly to the fact he is suffering from cancer and his prospects of recovery are uncertain.
  During a brief appearance in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Tuesday, special prosecutor Christopher Considine stayed the charges against former Cpl. Paul Johnston.
  In 2011, Johnston was charged with breach of trust, obstruction of justice and compromising the safety of a Crown w
  
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• Side Dishes: A spoonful of loving

  05-03-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Let’s do this: Get out and support the 25th Dining Out for Life fundraiser for A Loving Spoonful.
  It happens March 14 and restaurants across Metro Vancouver will donate 25 per cent of food sales to support people affected by HIV/AIDS and coexisting illnesses. Every $100 spent provides six healthy meals to Loving Spoonful clients. Over 25 years DOFL has raised over $3.75 million.
  “It’s estimated that six people are newly infected with HIV daily in Canada,” says DOFL spokes
  
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• Restaurant review: Modernist Maya cuisine to be found in Tulum

  05-03-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Arca
  Where: Carretera Tulum-Boca Paila, km 7.6, Tulum, Quinatana Roo, Mexico
  Open: Tues-Sun from 6 p.m. arcatulum.com
  Nu
  Carretera Tulum-Boca Paila, km 8.7, Tulum, Quinatana Roo, Mexico
  Open: Mon-Sun from 6:30 pm. nutulum.comWhen bucket list restaurant Noma opened a seven-week pop-up Noma in Tulum, Mexico, a couple of years ago, the US$600 tickets were gone in two hours. 
  In turn, Noma staff were gobsmacked at the diverse foods and the artisanal approach to cooking they found in Tulum as th
  
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• Kasey Wilson: Casual food worthy of the Grub Club

  05-03-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  I belonged to a gourmet club back when the word gourmet meant that galloping English guy.
  There were eight of us and we were fearless in our approach, culminating, as I recall, in the Mongolian hot pot episode.
  In search of authenticity, I rented one of those large copper monstrosities with its tall copper chimney and Sterno flame, only to discover the morning after our meal that I’d burned an inch-deep impression in the fancy French cutting board on which I’d placed the hot pot.
  I m
  
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• Canadian cities have among highest homeownership rates in world: RBC

  05-03-2019 19:54
  
  Federal Budget measures to make homeownership easier for more Canadians need to “tread carefully,” says bank’s senior economist
  
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• Housing Matters podcast: Metro Vancouver faces industrial land crunch

  05-03-2019 17:33 via vancouversun.com
  Heather McNell of Metro Vancouver, Chris MacCauley of CBRE, and Vancouver Sun reporter Derrick Penner join host Stuart McNish to discuss pressures on industrial land in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.
  Subscribe to Housing Matters on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify.
  
  
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• Vancouver Island produce company is sending alfalfa sprouts to outer space - North Island Gazette

  05-03-2019 17:30
  Vancouver Island produce company is sending alfalfa sprouts to outer space  North Island GazetteEat More Sprouts to be part of an International Space Station experiment.
  
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• Top U.S. travel destinations: Canadians love Las Vegas, California, Hawaii

  05-03-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Just after Donald Trump was elected president of the U.S. in November 2016, incredulous Canadians vowed to curb their travel to the U.S., along with ensuing demonstrations that showed their unhappiness with the president’s trade dealings, immigration and travel restrictions, and his puzzling claim that Canada was a national security threat.
  So did we stop travelling to the U.S? Not according to figures from StatsCan, the U.S. and travel agencies. In fact, the Canadian dollar in 2016 hit a
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you agree with radio stations pulling Michael Jackson songs amid new child sex assault allegations?

  05-03-2019 16:30 via vancouversun.com
  Three major Montreal radio stations have stopped playing Michael Jackson songs as a result of disturbing child sex assault allegations that have been made public in an HBO documentary called Leaving Netherland.
  Read The Canadian Press story here.
  Read The National Post story about the documentary here.
  What do you think? Will these new allegations of sexual assault affect whether you listen to Jackson’s music? Do you support these radio decisions in their decision to stop playing his music
  
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• Giant gnome on Vancouver Island given marching orders

  05-03-2019 16:03 via vancouversun.com
  Fans of Howard, the world’s tallest gnome, are campaigning to find a new home for the beloved Nanoose landmark, which is in need of life-saving repairs.
  “He’s got a rotten base,” said Bridget Matewish, granddaughter of Ron Hale, who built the gnome.
  “He needs some repairs, which we are willing to do. We don’t have a problem with that. We’ll fundraise money. We’ll get volunteers.”
  But the 7.91-metre-tall gnome, recognized by the Guinness Book
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Cloudy, then clearing to sunshine

  05-03-2019 14:49 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Tuesday’s weather is expected to be mainly cloudy in the morning, but that should clear up for a sunny afternoon with a high of 6 C. Overnight, the temperature is forecast to drop to – 3, but – 5 with the wind chill, according to Environment Canada. There should be a bit more sunshine on Wednesday morning, and then clouds are expected to roll in, bringing rain or even wet snow at higher elevations and a high of 4 C. There’s also a chance of snow ov
  
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• Douglas Todd: B.C. launches rare immigration plan for small towns

  05-03-2019 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government is venturing out on a rare Canadian effort to lure immigrants to the struggling hinterlands.
  Aware that the vast majority of immigrants to the West Coast move into hectic Metro Vancouver, the B.C. government is launching a pilot program to lure entrepreneur immigrants to cities of less than 75,000 people that are distant from major urban centres.
  Bruce Ralston, the minister of jobs, trade and technology, said 30 city mayors are already on board with the pilot program, which w
  
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• Seniors with unrentable homes near Vancouver face huge speculation tax bills - North Shore News

  05-03-2019 09:00
  Seniors with unrentable homes near Vancouver face huge speculation tax bills  North Shore NewsVICTORIA — Seniors who own rustic cabins that are in no shape to be on the rental market say they face thousands of dollars in speculation taxes because their ...
  
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• PREST: West Vancouver's B-Line bus battle is baffling - North Shore News

  05-03-2019 09:00
  PREST: West Vancouver's B-Line bus battle is baffling  North Shore NewsThere's this scene in the classic Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line where the Man in Black is taking his big shot at glory. Working as a terrible door-to-door ...
  
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• Fearing shortage of residencies, B.C. med students lobby health minister for more spots

  05-03-2019 04:11 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. medical students are calling on the province to increase funding to create more post-graduate training positions.
  The shortage of residency spots that medical school grads need to complete before offering patient care is on the rise with 169 medical school graduates failing to find positions in Canada in 2018, including 14 from B.C. alone.
  “It’s progressively getting worse,” said Privia Randhawa, senior chair of the political advocacy committee of the UBC Medical Undergrad
  
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• Two police officers seriously injured in Burnaby hit-and-run

  05-03-2019 03:57 via vancouversun.com
  Burnaby RCMP are urging the public to check dash-cam and security footage after the driver of a stolen car struck and badly injured two officers Monday morning.
  Cpl. Michael Kalanj said the officers, both members of the Lower Mainland Integrated Police Dog Service team, were standing beside their vehicle in the 5000-block of North Fraser Way near Glenlyon Parkway at about 11:30 a.m. when they were struck by a westbound car that then fled the area.
  Kalanj said that just prior to the hit and run,
  
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• Dan Fumano: 'Yeast Van' breweries next victim of soaring property taxes?

  05-03-2019 03:46 via vancouversun.com
  The craft beer scene that erupted in East Vancouver in recent years could be at risk of going flat.
  The owner of Vancouver’s longest-running craft brewery says his future in the city is unsure, and others are finding it harder to stay afloat, as the once-rundown industrial areas where they flourished in recent years have become more desirable — and much more expensive.
  Small businesses of all kinds are struggling in Vancouver, particularly in neighbourhoods where soaring land values
  
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• PNE says no to Vancouver's 4/20 gathering - North Island Gazette

  05-03-2019 03:26
  PNE says no to Vancouver's 4/20 gathering  North Island GazettePublic consultation held on Monday about relocating from Sunset Beach.
  
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• Could Vancouver's 4/20 gathering be held at the PNE? - North Delta Reporter

  05-03-2019 03:26
  Could Vancouver's 4/20 gathering be held at the PNE?  North Delta ReporterThe PNE's board of directors was scheduled to meet with the public Monday night to hear their thoughts about a proposal to allow Vancouver's annual 4/20 ...
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Science panel finds B.C. doesn't know enough about fracking

  05-03-2019 03:17 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A scientific panel has found B.C. doesn’t know what it needs to know about the environmental, seismic and other risks of fracking, the process whereby much of the provincial natural-gas resource is extracted form the earth.
  “The panel wishes to emphasize that it could not assess risks with any confidence, and therefore only potential risks are discussed herein,” wrote the three panelists in a draft version of their report. “Moreover the panel could not as
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Tuesday, March 5, 2019

  05-03-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Jody Wilson-Raybould had the courage to stand up to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s network of unscrupulous actors within his cabinet. I have never voted Liberal in 50 years, but I was so moved by this woman’s strength, dignity and integrity that the Liberal Party would get my vote were she to run for prime minister in the coming election.
  Trudeau’s behaviour has discredited the integrity of Canada’s judicial system and his excuses to justify unethical backroom deals soun
  
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• Jamie Bacon trial witness admits crew prepared to kill second man

  05-03-2019 02:35 via vancouversun.com
  A witness at the Jamie Bacon trial admitted Monday that his crew was prepared to kill a second associate the night it targeted Dennis Karbovanec more than a decade ago.
  The man, who can only be identified as AB due to a sweeping publication ban, said he and the shooter had spoken of the possibility of killing Matt Johnston, who was out with them on Dec. 31, 2008 when they tried to kill Karbovanec.
  Johnston, an associate of both AB’s and Bacon’s, had no prior knowledge of the unsucces
  
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• North Dakota man moved to new prison in baby kidnapping case - Vancouver Sun

  05-03-2019 02:07
  North Dakota man moved to new prison in baby kidnapping case  Vancouver SunBISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota man has been transferred to an out-of-state prison as he serves a life sentence for conspiring to kidnap a baby that his ...
  
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• No confirmed cases of measles on Vancouver Island, says Island Health - North Island Gazette

  05-03-2019 01:58
  No confirmed cases of measles on Vancouver Island, says Island Health  North Island GazetteHealth Authority responds to rumours on social media.
  
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• Cannabis trial for post-concussion problems offers hope to former NHL players

  05-03-2019 01:45 via vancouversun.com
  Former Vancouver Canuck Andrew Alberts says NHL alumni are hopeful a new clinical study will find cannabinoids can help treat post-concussion neurological problems.
  The double-blind study will include about 100 former players from all different eras of the game — including those who played with and without helmets — and will try to determine the medicinal value of marijuana among those dealing with impairments from past concussions, including depression, post-traumatic stre
  
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• Former Surrey hotel manager assaulted by RCMP gets $65,000 in damages

  05-03-2019 01:43 via vancouversun.com
  A former manager of a Surrey hotel who claimed he was assaulted and unlawfully arrested by RCMP has been awarded $65,000 in damages by a judge.
  Michael Fong alleged that he was injured following an interaction with police at the Oasis Hotel in Whalley in the early hours of March 11, 2006.
  He testified at trial that he was in a small office near the hotel’s bar when the head doorman told him that an RCMP officer wanted to talk to him outside.
  Fong said he left the hotel and spoke to an offi
  
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• North Vancouver woman reported missing - North Shore News

  05-03-2019 01:36
  North Vancouver woman reported missing  North Shore NewsPolice are asking for the public's help in finding Lynet Bernales, a North Vancouver woman who hasn't been seen in almost a week. She is described as a white ...
  
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• Missing North Vancouver woman reported found - North Shore News

  05-03-2019 01:36
  Missing North Vancouver woman reported found  North Shore NewsUpdate: The RCMP has confirmed that Lynet Bernales has been located, and she is safe and sound. Police are asking for the public's help in finding Lynet ...
  
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• More rain than snow in the Fraser River basin as climate warms: UNBC study

  05-03-2019 01:23 via vancouversun.com
  Nearly half of the Fraser River basin will have gone through a transition from snow-dominated to rain-dominated by the end of this century in response to global warming, two University of Northern B.C. professors are predicting.
  Dr. Stephen Déry and Dr. Siraj Ul Islam base their outlook on a model of the basin’s hydrology. They ran the model for 150 years, from 1950-2099, using future climate projections from 21 global climate models.
  As the climate warms, the ratio of snow to rain
  
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• Two police officers seriously injured in Burnaby hit-and-run accident

  05-03-2019 01:01 via vancouversun.com
  Two police officers were sent to hospital Monday morning following a hit-and-run accident on North Fraser Way in Burnaby.
  B.C. Emergency Health Services responded to a call of two pedestrians struck in the 5000-block of North Fraser Way near Glenlyon Parkway at 11:36 a.m.
  “We dispatched three ground ambulances and were on scene in four minutes,” said BCEHS spokesperson Shannon Miller. “Two patients were transported to hospital in critical condition.”
  Police later sai
  
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• Which Maldives island is right for you?

  05-03-2019 00:43 via vancouversun.com
  Consistently ranked among the world’s best islands by Travel and Leisure magazine, the Maldives is a group of 1190 islands spread across 26 atolls off the south western tip of India renowned for white-sand beaches and warm, sparkling waters. Idyllic resorts jut out over crystal clear lagoons, providing continuous drool-worthy feeds on social media and frequent celebrity sightings (Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk recently honeymooned here).
  But with so many resorts, islands and atolls, the
  
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• Mother, daughter among 65 new Canadians to take citizenship oath

  05-03-2019 00:41 via vancouversun.com
  Monday was an important day for Isabel Acope — after six years of living, working and studying in Canada, she finally took her oath of citizenship.
  What made it extra special was having her mother, Nena, by her side.
  “I’m very, very happy,” the 26-year-old said, a big smile on her face. “It’s finally come to the point that I’m a Canadian citizen now, just the moment I’ve been waiting for.”
  Mother and daughter became citizens along with 63 oth
  
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• Federal government targets B.C. guns and gang violence with $5.3 M fund

  05-03-2019 00:21 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The federal government says fighting gun and gang violence across Canada requires a collaborative, multi-pronged approach by all levels of government and communities.
  Organized Crime Reduction Minister Bill Blair says gun and gang violence is on the rise and since 2013 gun-related homicides have almost doubled, with most of those shootings connected to gang violence.
  The former Toronto police chief says the battle against gun and gang violence must involve more than a focus on p
  
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