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• Canucks fans irate after team uses fan-designed Boeser logo without permission

  12-03-2019 23:58 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Canucks’ online fan community is calling a penalty on the club, alleging the team is using a fan-designed logo on a piece of clothing without permission from the artist.
  A recent Canucks TV video showed the club’s three star forwards — Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson and Bo Horvat — collaborating with designers on custom New Era hats to sell in the team store.
  The hat designed by Boeser features the Canucks’ wordmark on the front and his “The Flow
  
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• Police investigating Richmond shooting that injured one, nearby car fire

  12-03-2019 23:48 via vancouversun.com
  Richmond police are investigating a shooting that sent a man to hospital Tuesday morning and a car fire that followed.
  Investigators haven’t confirmed at this time whether the shooting and the vehicle fire are related.
  According to a news release, Richmond RCMP received a phone call around 9 a.m. Tuesday reporting a man was suffering from a gunshot wound at a training facility in the 11000-block of Twigg Place on Mitchell Island.
  The B.C. Maritime Employers Association’s waterfront t
  
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• Alphonso Davies returns to Vancouver for CONCACAF Nations League qualifying game - North Delta Reporter

  12-03-2019 22:47
  Alphonso Davies returns to Vancouver for CONCACAF Nations League qualifying game  North Delta ReporterIn his return to Vancouver, Bayern Munich teenager Alphonso Davies will look to help complete Canada's perfect CONCACAF Nations League qualifying run ...
  
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• Vancouver businessman David Sidoo charged in U.S. college bribery scandal - North Shore News

  12-03-2019 21:07
  Vancouver businessman David Sidoo charged in U.S. college bribery scandal  North Shore NewsVANCOUVER — A prominent Vancouver businessman and philanthropist is among 50 people charged in what United States authorities are alleging is the ...
  
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• West Vancouver to look at shortened B-Line bus route

  12-03-2019 20:43 via vancouversun.com
  West Vancouver district council has voted unanimously to explore different route and stop options for a proposed North Shore rapid bus service, including terminating it at Park Royal.
  The Main-Marine B-Line route, which was slated to begin running between Phibbs Exchange in North Vancouver and Dundarave in West Vancouver, has been the subject of months of heated debate that has divided the community.
  “This is a chance to reset,” Mayor Mary-Ann Booth said at Monday’s council mee
  
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• Vancouver businessman David Sidoo charged in U.S. college-entrance scandal

  12-03-2019 20:39 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver businessman and former Canadian Football League player David Sidoo has been charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a far-reaching FBI investigation into a criminal conspiracy that sought to help privileged kids with middling grades gain admission into elite U.S. universities.
  In what is being called the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department, Sidoo, an investment banker and CEO of Advantage Lithium, has been
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of March 9

  12-03-2019 20:35 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 — Ann Hui (Douglas & McIntyre).
  3. George Garrett: Intrepid Reporter — George Garrett (Harbour Publishing).
  4. The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things: Stories from Science and Observation &mdash
  
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• Promising BMX cyclist from B.C. dies in workplace accident off Vancouver Island

  12-03-2019 19:49 via vancouversun.com
  NANAIMO — A promising, young BMX racer who represented Canada and won titles at home and abroad has died in a workplace accident in the waters off northeast Vancouver Island.
  A post on the Nanaimo BMX Facebook page says Nanaimo resident Aidan Webber died Sunday.
  The B.C. Coroners Service and WorkSafeBC confirm there was a death, but say privacy rules prevent them from naming the victim.
  WorkSafeBC says the young worker died in an accident that involved a fish pen about 16 kilometres off Po
  
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• Housing report offers new insights into B.C.'s non-resident home ownership

  12-03-2019 19:30 via vancouversun.com
  A new housing report offers detailed insight into how much of B.C.’s property market actually belongs to non-residents.
  Compiled by the Canadian Housing Statistics Program, the report outlines the differences between non-resident owners and non-resident participation in the B.C. housing market, and whether assessments vary depending on the type of ownership.
  The report classifies a home as non-resident owned when the majority of owners are non-residents; homes are classified as resident ow
  
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• Non-residents own 4.9% of Metro Vancouver homes, much higher in new condos: CMHC

  12-03-2019 19:10
  
  Relatively small percentage of homes are jointly owned by a mix of resident and non-resident owners, according to federal housing agency
  
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• Q&A: Vancouver Fashion Week kicks off with designer showcase, gala

  12-03-2019 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Fashion Week
  When: March 18-24
  Where: David Lam Hall (50 East Pender St., Vancouver)
  Tickets and info: $30 to $350; vanfashionweek.comGrandy Chu is no stranger to Vancouver Fashion Week.
  As the designer and founder of the local atelier Grandi, she got her start showing her early designs during the event — and has since gone on to have her looks featured by international publications including Vogue UK and on red carpets at events such as the Academy Awards.
  Chu will be returning
  
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• Fun City Sliders will turn a North Vancouver street into a giant slip-and-slide - Vancouver Is Awesome

  12-03-2019 18:59
  Fun City Sliders will turn a North Vancouver street into a giant slip-and-slide  Vancouver Is AwesomeGrab your swim trunks and sunscreen, and get ready to take a ride that only happens once a year. Fun City Sliders will set up on the streets of North Vancouver, ...
  
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• Volunteers in Vancouver to tally homeless on streets and in shelters - North Shore News

  12-03-2019 18:40
  Volunteers in Vancouver to tally homeless on streets and in shelters  North Shore NewsVancouver's annual homeless count is to begin tonight and will continue through all city neighbourhoods for 24 hours.The count has been done every year since ...
  
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• Metro Vancouver residential land prices may have already peaked

  12-03-2019 17:46
  
  Nosebleed dirt prices expected to ease as residential downturn, construction costs, politics and financing fears cool land speculation across the region
  
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• University of B.C. ranked 7th for sugar baby arrangements in 2018

  12-03-2019 17:36 via vancouversun.com
  A new ranking shows the University of B.C. was the seventh most popular Canadian school and the top B.C. school for sugar baby arrangements in 2018.
  A total of 121 UBC students signed up to become sugar babies last year, bringing the school’s total of participating students up to 359, according to SeekingArrangement, which markets itself as the world’s largest sugar daddy “luxury dating” site.
  A sugar baby is a younger partner, more commonly a woman, who receives gifts an
  
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• Vancouver weather: Wind and clouds to chase away wet snow

  12-03-2019 17:26 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: March 12, 2019 – Tuesday’s weather will begin with rain in the morning, a chance of showers, and wet snow at higher terrains.
  Weather whiplash aside, the west snow should end late morning, with wind picking up near the coast. Clouds this evening give way to sun and cloud tomorrow but a chance of showers remains.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Rain ends in the morning, clouds with 60 per cent chance of showers. West snow at higher terrain. High of 7.
  Tonight: Partly c
  
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• Woman seriously injured when avalanche strikes during ice climb in B.C.'s Yoho National Park

  12-03-2019 17:08 via vancouversun.com
  FIELD — A woman is listed in critical, life-threatening condition in a Calgary hospital after she was caught in an avalanche near Field, B.C.
  Parks Canada confirms the woman was with a group of ice-climbers in Yoho National Park on Monday when the slide happened.
  Covenant Health says reports of the avalanche came in around 4:00 p.m. MT and emergency medical authorities in Banff, Alta., responded.
  The victim, who is believed to be in her 30s, was airlifted to the Foothills Medical Centre.
  T
  
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• RCMP search for dognapper after theft of pooch from fenced yard in Kelowna

  12-03-2019 17:07 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA — RCMP in the Okanagan are searching for a suspected dognapper, after a woman coaxed a young golden retriever out of a fenced yard and ran away with the animal.
  Video from a nearby surveillance camera shows a woman in a dark-coloured jacket and white toque opening the gate at a Kelowna home, calling the 18-month-old dog, named Atlas, and then leading it down the street.
  Police say the theft happened at about 7:30 p.m. on March 9, in the city’s Mission area.
  They say the Cauca
  
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• Housing Matters podcast: Pros and cons of the speculation and vacancy tax

  12-03-2019 16:53 via vancouversun.com
  Josh Gordon and Andrey Pavlov join host Stuart McNish to debate whether the speculation and vacancy tax is working as intended or if the tax is punishing British Columbians.
  
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• 5 last-minute Spring Break travel deals from Vancouver

  12-03-2019 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  March is an expensive month for travel due to spring break. The typical two-week window to get away is more costly for flights and hotels, but there are some price reductions. You may have to take a flight with several stops, or stay at a hotel that doesn’t have a spa, for example. We found five bookings that may pique your interest for a March getaway. We searched dates from March 17 or 18, with a return one week later. Prices and availability are subject to change, and sites such as Hotw
  
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• Alphonso Davies returns to Vancouver for CONCACAF Nations League qualifying game - North Shore News

  12-03-2019 15:00
  Alphonso Davies returns to Vancouver for CONCACAF Nations League qualifying game  North Shore NewsIn his return to Vancouver, Bayern Munich teenager Alphonso Davies will look to help complete Canada's perfect CONCACAF Nations League qualifying run ...
  
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• Dark Poutine podcast recap: ‘The Cottage Killer’ David Snow

  12-03-2019 13:59 via globalnews.ca
  David Alexander Snow, an eccentric antiques dealer from Orangeville went on a two week crime spree of kidnapping, rape, robbery and violence, before being apprehended by North Vancouver RCMP on July 12, 1992.
  
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• 'Leisure 2.0' drives wave of large-scale shopping mall redevelopment

  12-03-2019 11:00 via vancouversun.com
  Developers are pouring billions of dollars into projects across the region that will reinvent the enclosed mall experience with dramatic spaces and a focus on consumers over goods, otherwise known as Leisure 2.0.
  Whatever you have heard about the death of the shopping mall, well, that may have been greatly exaggerated.
  The $2-billion Amazing Brentwood development will be first out of the gate this spring at the heart of a glossy reimagining of the retail experience with 250 shops totalling 1.1 m
  
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• Vancouver's annual homeless count underway - North Delta Reporter

  12-03-2019 08:00
  Vancouver's annual homeless count underway  North Delta ReporterThere were 2181 people who were homeless in 2018.
  
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• Alphonso Davies returns to Vancouver for CONCACAF Nations League qualifying game - North Island Gazette

  12-03-2019 08:00
  Alphonso Davies returns to Vancouver for CONCACAF Nations League qualifying game  North Island GazetteIn his return to Vancouver, Bayern Munich teenager Alphonso Davies will look to help complete Canada's perfect CONCACAF Nations League qualifying run ...
  
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• 200 tremors recorded near Vancouver Island due to 'tectonic dance' - North Island Gazette

  12-03-2019 08:00
  200 tremors recorded near Vancouver Island due to 'tectonic dance'  North Island GazetteThe tremors were not felt but provide useful information to scientists.
  
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• Vancouver's Donnelly Group gets into the cannabis industry

  12-03-2019 05:50 via vancouversun.com
  High-profile Vancouver-based pub and restaurant business the Donnelly Group is going for the trifecta: pot, booze and food.
  On Monday the company released a statement confirming its new cannabis retail venture.
  “Nine locations of Hobo Recreational Cannabis Store are set to open in rapid succession across B.C. and Ontario beginning April 2019,” the statement read.
  Eight of the nine stores were confirmed for B.C., including locations on Robson Street, Granville Street, Main Street, and
  
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• Vancouver Canucks sign 19-year-old defenceman Quinn Hughes - battlefordsNOW

  12-03-2019 05:36
  Vancouver Canucks sign 19-year-old defenceman Quinn Hughes  battlefordsNOWVANCOUVER — Many of Quinn Hughes' new teammates on the Vancouver Canucks know all about the giant life transition the young defenceman is about to ...
  
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• Vancouver's Tesla sales centres likely to remain open

  12-03-2019 04:09 via vancouversun.com
  A decision by Telsa to back away from plans to close its retail outlets worldwide is good news for Vancouver, says electric-car analyst Matthew Klippenstein.
  Klippenstein told Postmedia News that while the decision seemed rash, it meant Vancouver’s three sales outlets stood a good chance of survival.
  In a Feb. 28 blog post on the Tesla website, it was stated that the electric-automaker would close most of its 378 stores worldwide. There are nine Tesla stores in Canada: three in Vancou
  
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• Griesel carries North Dakota St. past W. Illinois 76-73 - Vancouver Sun

  12-03-2019 03:12
  Griesel carries North Dakota St. past W. Illinois 76-73  Vancouver SunSIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sam Griesel had a season-high 20 points as North Dakota State narrowly defeated Western Illinois 76-73 in the semifinals of the Summit ...
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Arcane votes add up to a safe year for Horgan government

  12-03-2019 02:16 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The date was Feb. 28, the time a few minutes before noon, and Finance Minister Carole James was bringing the budget debate to an end in the usual way.
  “I move,” she began, “seconded by the honourable premier, that the speaker do now leave the chair for the house to go into committee of supply.”
  As can be the case with the more arcane aspects of parliamentary procedure, the wording didn’t begin to disclose the significance of what was about to h
  
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• Whooping cough on the rise in B.C., vaccinations urged for children

  12-03-2019 02:01 via vancouversun.com
  The number of whooping cough cases in B.C. has been climbing over the years, partly because of a drop in immunizations, and it will likely be included in B.C.’s proposed mandatory reporting of vaccinations.
  B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix announced last month B.C. is considering a vaccination registration system in the province’s schools after a measles outbreak. As of last week there have been at least 17 confirmed measles cases this year.
  In addition to the measles, there have been
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Tuesday, March 12, 2019

  12-03-2019 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  Gerald Butts, former principal secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Michael Wernick, clerk of the privy council, didn’t say much last week before the justice committee to refute former attorney-general Jody Wilson-Raybould’s version of events.
  Wilson-Raybould offered specific recollections of the relevant conversations. She made contemporaneous, detailed notes and records that aided her memory and memorialized what took place. Despite the national importance of 9,000 jobs
  
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• Longtime Vancouver Sun photographer Mark van Manen dies at 58

  12-03-2019 01:27 via vancouversun.com
  Mark van Manen would do most anything to get a photograph.
  Hang out of a helicopter, hundreds of feet in the air. Rearrange somebody’s apartment. Argue with the U.S. Secret Service about how close he could get to the president.
  Then there was the time he commandeered hundreds of extras from a film shoot.
  “Mark was sent to the fair to shoot a human-resources story about people who’ve made their entire career at the PNE,” says the PNE’s communications head, Laura Ball
  
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• Friends mourn Vancouver Island man and others with B.C. ties killed in plane crash

  12-03-2019 01:13 via vancouversun.com
  Inspirational, engaged and generous.
  That is how many of those touched by the life of Micah John Messent are remembering the young Indigenous man who was raised in B.C.’s Comox Valley and became a budding environmental leader.
  Messent was among 18 Canadians and 139 other people killed when Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 crashed minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, on Sunday. He was one of several people on board with ties to this province.
  Messent had recently
  
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• Residents of Maple Ridge tent city allowed to return on strict conditions

  12-03-2019 01:01 via vancouversun.com
  A Maple Ridge tent city has reopened, but on strict terms dictated by the city’s mayor Mike Morden.
  The Anita Place homeless camp was established off Lougheed Highway at the corner of St. Anne Avenue and 223rd Street in May, 2017, and has been home to up to 200 people.
  Late last month, firefighters entered the site, using a Supreme Court of B.C. order that allowed them to check on fire safety. They found multiple safety issues at the site, culminating in the arrest of six people who were b
  
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• Man shot West Van millionaire Gang Yuan but was provoked: Defence

  12-03-2019 00:58 via vancouversun.com
  A lawyer for a man accused in the slaying of West Vancouver millionaire Gang Yuan conceded Monday that his client shot and killed the victim but claimed he was provoked and therefore did not have the intent for murder.
  In a case that has seen significant delays, Ian Donaldson began his final submissions at the trial of Li Zhao, who has pleaded not guilty to the May 2015 second-degree murder of Yuan, 42.
  “There isn’t any dispute from the accused about the fact that he was holding the
  
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• North Vancouver RCMP seek to identify male suspect in alleged sexual assault at Upper Capilano home - Straight.com

  12-03-2019 00:41
  North Vancouver RCMP seek to identify male suspect in alleged sexual assault at Upper Capilano home  Straight.comOn February 27, a woman permitted a man to enter her home in the Upper Capilano area.
  
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• Former chef now in charge of feeding more than 27,000 people a week

  12-03-2019 00:36 via vancouversun.com
  From serving the Princess Royal and her entourage to seeing that 27,000 people in Metro Vancouver get food each week, David Long‘s journey from County Down to recently named CEO of the Greater Vancouver Food Bank has been an adventure.
  “My claim to fame is Rory McIlroy and I are from the same little town, Holywood in Northern Ireland, and went to the same school,” Long said. “He was far smarter than I am because I played rugby and he played golf.”
  Before he transiti
  
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• Vancouver cutting addiction recovery funding as overdose deaths climb - North Shore News

  12-03-2019 00:01
  Vancouver cutting addiction recovery funding as overdose deaths climb  North Shore NewsAs Vancouver's opioid overdose crisis body count continues to mount, operators of the city's only 24-hour addiction drop-in centre say city council potentially ...
  
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