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• Fraud scams talked about at North Vancouver City library - North Shore News

  11-03-2019 23:37
  Fraud scams talked about at North Vancouver City library  North Shore NewsNorth Vancouver RCMP Sergeant Peri Mainwaring discussed common fraud scams during a presentation held at the North Vancouver City library March 5.
  
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• The Secret Lives of Salmon: Plastics, whales and a freezer on the open ocean

  11-03-2019 23:30 via vancouversun.com
  On the North Pacific Ocean more than 1,000 kilometres from the nearest human settlement, the Russian research vessel Kaganovsky is finding evidence that our polluting influence is indeed global.
  The mission’s chief scientist, Vladimir Radchenko, is doing daily visual surveys for large plastic debris such as water bottles to determine the distribution of waste over the study area.
  Scientists from Canada, the United States, Japan, South Korea and Russia are aboard the Kaganovsky for five wee
  
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• Derelict boats declared nuisance and ordered removed from Steveston

  11-03-2019 23:19 via vancouversun.com
  Two derelict fishing boats have been declared a nuisance and ordered removed from Steveston harbour.
  The Western Breeze and the Neekis have been moored in the small craft harbour since the 1980s and were operated as commercial fishing vessels until 2005.
  But, in November 2017, the Steveston harbour authority, which has a head lease for the harbour, gave notice to the owners of the two vessels to leave.
  When the owners refused to move the boats to another location, the harbour authority, which is
  
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• Vancouver Island water system at 50-year low - North Island Gazette

  11-03-2019 22:45
  Vancouver Island water system at 50-year low  North Island GazetteWinter drought” has Comox Lake/Puntledge River system in full conservation mode.
  
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• West Vancouver Kerrisdale Cameras location closing due to building's structural problem

  11-03-2019 22:39 via vancouversun.com
  Kerrisdale Cameras on Marine Drive in West Vancouver is closing its doors and consolidating with its branch on Lonsdale in North Vancouver.
  The last day for the Ambleside store is Saturday, March 23, said store manager Derek Bell.
  He said the closure of the store at 1534 Marine Drive is because of a structural problem with the building.
  The 1500-block of Marine Drive has had flooding issues for years, he said. It is particularly bad when a very high tide, or King Tide, occurs at the same time as
  
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• City of North Vancouver mulls financial disclosure requirement for top officials - Richmond News

  11-03-2019 22:22
  City of North Vancouver mulls financial disclosure requirement for top officials  Richmond NewsThe City of North Vancouver is considering a new bylaw that will officially designate three senior officials as employees required to file financial disclosures.
  
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• City of North Vancouver mulls financial disclosure requirement for top officials - Burnaby Now

  11-03-2019 22:22
  City of North Vancouver mulls financial disclosure requirement for top officials  Burnaby NowThe City of North Vancouver is considering a new bylaw that will officially designate three senior officials as employees required to file financial disclosures.
  
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• Opinion: Good luck trying to rent a mansion with your buddies

  11-03-2019 21:57
  
  There may be an influx of large homes to rent, because of new taxes and slow sales, but that doesn’t mean you can share them with your friends
  
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• Q&A: Brass and Unity founder goes global with jewelry brand that gives back

  11-03-2019 21:44 via vancouversun.com
  As a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces, Kelsi Sheren knows exactly how ugly bullets can be.
  After leaving the Forces following an injury, she found comfort in creating jewelry — or “art therapy,” as she calls it — out of bullets.
  Now, as the chief creative officer of Brass and Unity, she uses her designs to give back to veterans, both in Canada and around the world. We caught up with Sheren to learn more about her past, her brand and why giving back is the backbo
  
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• B.C. pipeline site not original location of Indigenous artifacts: regulator

  11-03-2019 21:33 via vancouversun.com
  HOUSTON — Indigenous artifacts found at the construction site of a contentious pipeline project were likely not in their original location, says British Columbia’s energy regulator.
  A hereditary house group of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation complained last month that supporters recovered two ancient stone tools and observed other artifacts at the site where Coastal GasLink is building a natural gas pipeline.
  The company suspended work on the line, which is a key part of a
  
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• B.C. company to pay $50,000 for illegally importing orchid-containing herbal oil

  11-03-2019 21:08 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. company has been ordered to pay $50,000 in penalties for illegally importing a herbal oil containing a protected orchid species.
  Environment and Climate Change Canada says Topwin Trading Co. Ltd. pleaded guilty to violating a trade act earlier this month, three years after the Canada Border Services Agency intercepted a shipment containing over 10,000 vials of the oil.
  The department says a shipping invoice indicated it included plant material derived from a species of orchid native to Ea
  
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• Forage, fish, and feast, land to table in Tofino

  11-03-2019 20:57 via vancouversun.com
  We’ve been blessed with a big haul.
  “We’re getting lucky this morning,” exclaims Nick Nutting as he thrusts a hedgehog mushroom into the air for us to marvel at. Nutting is the head chef at Tofino’s acclaimed Wolf in the Fog restaurant, and we’re looking at a toasted marshmallow-hued ‘shroom with a wavy, scalloped top, only one in an assortment of fungi treasures that overflow from our baskets during a morning forage.
  Foraged chanterelle mushrooms found
  
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• Chilliwack man charged in shooting death of woman

  11-03-2019 20:47 via vancouversun.com
  A Chilliwack man has been charged in the shooting death of a woman.
  On Feb. 26, police were called to a home where a woman was found suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim, later identified as 42-year-old Christine Denham, was taken to hospital but did not survive. She died on March 1.
  A Chilliwack man has been charged in the shooting death of a woman. Christine Denham was found suffering from a gunshot wound on Feb. 26. She died in hospital on March 1.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation
  
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• Whooping cough case confirmed in Duncan

  11-03-2019 20:13 via vancouversun.com
  A case of whooping cough has been reported in Duncan, making it the second confirmed case on southern Vancouver Island in recent days.
  After a laboratory confirmed that a Duncan adult had a case of pertussis, a letter was sent out by Island Health on March 8, agency spokesperson Jennifer Parisi said Sunday.
  The letter went to areas where there might have been exposure. People were asked to watch for early signs of whooping cough and to follow up with their health care provider if they have any s
  
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• Vancouver Island man among 18 Canadians killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash

  11-03-2019 18:13 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. man has been identified as one of the 18 Canadians killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday.
  Micah Messent, a Courtenay resident, was on board Flight ET302 when it crashed just minutes after taking off for Nairobi, Kenya. Messent had been selected to be a part of a delegation attending the fourth United Nations Assembly of the Environment.
  “I’m headed to Kenya tomorrow where I’ll have the chance to meet with other passionate youth and leaders from around the worl
  
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• University police seek man who assaulted woman trying to intervene in fight

  11-03-2019 17:17 via vancouversun.com
  Police have released a sketch of a person who they alleged assaulted a woman who tried to intervene in what appeared to be a domestic dispute.
  According to University RCMP, a man and a woman were involved in a confrontation in the basement of the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing at the University of B.C.’s campus, when a second woman tried to step in.
  The second woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was treated in hospital and released. The man and the woman were spotted run
  
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• Sun Run nutrition: Should you be drinking a sport drink?

  11-03-2019 17:04 via vancouversun.com
  A sport drink is beneficial anytime you are doing heavy exercise for more than 60-75 min, especially in a hot and humid weather as this will help prevent dehydration and cramping.
  When it comes to the Sun Run training, if running/ walking sub 1 hour, then water should be your fluid of choice for hydration. You may find a sport drink useful the day of the Sun Run particularly if you had breakfast 2-3 h prior to the start and beginning to feel sluggish as you are running.
  The table below outlines
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books of the week of February 16

  11-03-2019 16:45 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. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act — Bob Joseph (Page Two Strategies).
  3. Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada’s Chinese Restaurants — Ann Hui (Douglas & McIntyre).
  4. One Eagle Soaring — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing).
  5. The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Anim
  
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• Parts of Metro Vancouver could see 10-15 cm of snowfall Monday

  11-03-2019 16:22
  
  A new Pacific storm is rolling into the Metro Vancouver area Monday afternoon and evening.
  
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• Yellowknife: 10 things to do when you're not watching the aurora borealis

  11-03-2019 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Every year, thousands of people flock to Yellowknife in the Northwest Terrirotires because it’s one of the best places on the planet to watch the aurora borealis.
  When the Dene, who have lived here for thousands of years, look up at the Northern Lights, they see the dancing spirits of animals and loved ones. When space physicists watch the aurora, they see solar wind, atomic oxygen and nitrogen molecules. But when visitors from around the world look up, they see straight up magic lighting
  
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• Snowfall warning issued for West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, and Maple Ridge - Straight.com

  11-03-2019 15:24
  Snowfall warning issued for West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, and Maple Ridge  Straight.comCold temperatures brought on by a Pacific frontal system are likely to bring more snow to parts of Metro Vancouver today. Environment Canada said there could ...
  
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• Imperial Metals selling 70 per cent stake in B.C.'s Red Chris mine to Newcrest

  11-03-2019 15:12 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Shares in Imperial Metals Corp. soared in early trading after the company announced a deal to sell a 70 per cent interest in its Red Chris copper and gold mine in B.C. to Australia’s Newcrest Mining Ltd. for $806.5 million US in cash.
  Imperial shares were up $1.37 or about 69 per cent at $3.35 in early trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
  Imperial president Brian Kynoch said in a statement that the deal allows the company to strengthen its balance sheet while forging a
  
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• Vancouver weather: Snowfall warning in effect for higher terrain

  11-03-2019 14:26 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: March 11, 2019 – That’s right. More snow. In March. Perhaps Monday’s weather is punishment for all the early gloating we did about spring and flowers and blue skies.
  The snowfall warning, issued by Environment Canada, says up to 5 centimetres of snow can be expected in Metro Vancouver’s northeast region and along the North Shore.
  “An approaching Pacific frontal system will bring precipitation to the south coast today. Rain over Metro Vancouver and F
  
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• Abbotsford cabbie charged with sexual assault of passenger in West Vancouver

  11-03-2019 14:10 via vancouversun.com
  An Abbotsford cabbie has been charged with sexual assault after allegedly unzipping his pants and forcing a passenger to touch him during a West Vancouver pickup.
  Just before 1 a.m. on Jan. 2, a passenger in a cab was waiting for their friend in the 100 block of Whonoak Road in West Vancouver.
  While waiting, the driver allegedly grabbed the passenger in the genital area before taking the passenger’s hand and placing it on his own genital area. The driver’s pants were unzipped and his
  
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• Daphne Bramham: As the opioid crisis grinds on, we need national consensus on drug policy

  11-03-2019 11:00 via vancouversun.com
  The seemingly unending opioid overdose crisis with its litany of deaths and near-deaths has not only sapped the energy if first responders, it’s made something that would have been unthinkable almost normal.
  More Canadians now die from drug overdoses than from car accidents. For the first time in decades, average life expectancy has dropped because of the more than 9,000 fatal overdoses across the country.
  We need to solve this.
  Even if the death toll isn’t enough to convince you, th
  
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• City of North Vancouver mulls financial disclosure requirement for top officials - North Shore News

  11-03-2019 08:00
  City of North Vancouver mulls financial disclosure requirement for top officials  North Shore NewsThe City of North Vancouver is considering a new bylaw that will officially designate three senior officials as employees required to file financial disclosures.
  
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• Five Metro Vancouver mansions rented for (relatively) cheap, cheap, cheap

  11-03-2019 06:37 via vancouversun.com
  It’s being reported that dozens of multi-million dollar homes on Vancouver’s westside have come up for rent as a result of the provincial Speculation and Vacancy Tax and the city’s Empty Homes Tax.
  The empty homes tax is set at one per cent of the home’s assessed value, while the provincial tax is set at two per cent of assessed value. So, if you own an $8-million home that sits empty for most of the year you will have to cough up $240,000 a year extra in taxes. The easy
  
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• Man dead after Kelowna car crash

  11-03-2019 03:29 via vancouversun.com
  A 66-year-old Kelowna man died Sunday afternoon after his car was involved in a single-vehicle collision off Highway 97 near the Kelowna International Airport.
  Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey, of the Kelowna RCMP, said emergency services were called to the scene of a single vehicle collision on Highway 97 near Dry Valley Road at 1 p.m.
  O’Donaghey said police arrived to find a black Mercedes 300e crashed against a small tree. The vehicle had been southbound when it veered off the travel portion
  
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• Pooches brave the chill at Trout Lake for Biggest Dog Meet Vancouver

  11-03-2019 02:11 via vancouversun.com
  Hundreds of dog owners and their furry friends braved the chilly air at Vancouver’s Trout Lake on Sunday afternoon for the fifth Biggest Dog Meet Vancouver.
  The event is held every four months and organized through the Facebook hosting page Dogs of Vancity. The first meet-up was on Oct. 17, 2017. The next meet is June 2, 2019.
  4yr old Nelson, (breed is a Basenji) sits on owner Donovan Osetsky as hundreds of dogs and their owners attend the Biggest dog meet-up Vancouver #5 hosted by Dogs Of
  
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• Sylvia Olsen: Addressing Indigenous homelessness must harmonize on- and off-reserve housing

  11-03-2019 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  The recent federal announcement of $638 million to address urban Indigenous housing is a welcome contribution to the issue of Indigenous homelessness. Yet, according to people who work on programs in the field, it isn’t enough to address the basic causes.
  While affordability is often cited as the root cause of urban Indigenous homelessness, the most intractable cause is overcrowding — homelessness by another name — on First Nations reserves across the country. Rates of overcrow
  
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• Ryan Peterson and Jock Finlayson: Innovation leading to productivity can dramatically improve our standard of living

  11-03-2019 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  Worker wages depend in large part on the levels of productivity achieved by companies. Many factors determine how productive businesses are, including firm size — productivity generally increases as companies grow — management strategy, workforce skills and the tools, technologies and equipment available to employees.
  There is compelling evidence that a stepped-up pace of innovation is at the heart of increasing productivity. Innovation is not just about expanding the high-technology
  
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• Pat Carney: Voters will support Jody Wilson-Raybould because 'she is who they would like to be'

  11-03-2019 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  The loneliness of Jody Wilson-Raybould was profoundly apparent when the former justice minister appeared before the House of Commons Justice Committee. She sat alone, with only her opening statement and a glass of water on the table. No staff. No briefing books or tablets, an MP among her MP colleagues.
  Then, in meticulous detail, she showed Canadians how official Ottawa, The Town, the nation’s capital exerted relentless pressure on her to ignore her constitutional duty as attorney-general
  
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• Theatre review: Staging the sounds of a life in Reverberations

  11-03-2019 01:52 via vancouversun.com
  Reverberations
  When: To Mar. 17
  Where: Presentation House Theatre, North Vancouver
  Tickets & Info: $15-$28 at phtheatre.org
  I’m continually fascinated by the stories live theatre tells and the many ways it tells them, the variety of paths taken by the collective artistry of playwright, director, performers and designers to explore human experience.
  Brian Linds’ Reverberations departs radically from the standard models.
  In writing a play about himself and his family, actor and sou
  
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• Paralympic rower training in Victoria desperately seeking sculls partner

  11-03-2019 00:56 via vancouversun.com
  It’s like the old saw: If you want an oak tree it’s best if the acorn has already been planted, but the second best time to plant is now.
  Jeremy Hall, silver medallist in the PR2 men’s singles scull final at the world rowing championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in September is desperately seeking a female rowing mate for the 2020 Paralympics at Tokyo.
  Time is running out because there are world championship trials beginning this summer, ahead of qualifying for the 2020 Paralympi
  
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• Honey farmers bring in foreign bees as other B.C. apiarists wait to learn winter losses

  11-03-2019 00:56 via vancouversun.com
  It was before winter had even arrived that Jeff Lee and Amanda Goodman Lee knew they were in trouble.
  The owners of Creston-based Honey Bee Zen Apiaries, a mid-size commercial beekeeping operation, had gone to check on their hives late last fall and discovered about 70 per cent of them had been ravaged by predators.
  “The wasps were coming out in droves,” Goodman Lee said of the raided hives in one yard. “It was like a horror movie. We both were just almost in tears.”
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