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• ‘She's so selfless’: Mom saves son, 7, from cougar attack on Vancouver Island

  02-04-2019 23:37 via vancouversun.com
  LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. — The father of a seven-year-old boy who was attacked by a cougar in a small lakeside community on Vancouver Island is crediting his wife’s quick actions for their son’s survival.
  Kevin Bromley said his son Zach was playing in the family’s backyard in Lake Cowichan on Friday when a cougar leapt toward him but bounced off a metal fence before clawing its way through the barrier.
  “You can see all the claw marks of it pushing its way through,”
  
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• Trans Am Totem saved by $250,000 donation from Chip and Shannon Wilson

  02-04-2019 22:55 via vancouversun.com
  The future of the Trans Am Totem sculpture is no longer in doubt thanks to a $250,000 donation by Chip and Shannon Wilson.
  The statue of five cars balanced on top of a tall cedar tree stump was installed on a temporary basis at Pacific Blvd. and Quebec St. in 2015 as part of the Vancouver Biennale.
  Although ideally situated in the median along the busy street, the long-term viability of the site became uncertain because of the possible re-alignment of Pacific and other changes to streets once th
  
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• Student, 23, charged with arson in connection to Vancouver college fires - North Island Gazette

  02-04-2019 22:00
  Student, 23, charged with arson in connection to Vancouver college fires  North Island GazetteNasradin Abdusamad Ali of Surrey charged with arson, possessing incendiary material.
  
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• Small plane crashes in North Macedonia, 4 feared dead - Vancouver Sun

  02-04-2019 21:54
  Small plane crashes in North Macedonia, 4 feared dead  Vancouver SunAuthorities in North Macedonia say a small private plane has crashed into a mountain in a central region of the country and all four Bulgarian nationals on board ...
  
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• Woman rushed to hospital after shooting in North Vancouver

  02-04-2019 21:38 via vancouversun.com
  A woman is in hospital following a morning shooting in North Vancouver.
  North Vancouver RCMP have descended on the busy area of Lonsdale Avenue and 12th Street.
  A business owner in the neighbourhood says the alley behind the Capilano Masonic Lodge (1142 Lonsdale Avenue) has been taped off and there are as many as 10 police cruisers on site.
  Witnesses heard as many as three shots around 11 a.m.
  There is no word on whether any suspects have been identified.
  Police are asking the public to avoid th
  
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• Suspect charged after Langara College arson attack

  02-04-2019 21:38 via vancouversun.com
  A 23-year-old Metro Vancouver man has now been charged with the arson attack that shut down Langara College for two days.
  Vancouver Police announced Nasradin Abdusamad Ali is facing two charges: one count of arson in relation to inhabited property, and one count of possession of incendiary material.
  Just before noon Monday, first responders received reports of a suspicious fire on campus.
  Fires had been set on two floors of the T Building, which houses Langara’s science department.
  The ent
  
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• Former manager laments loss of movie-theatre 'magic' as North Vancouver's Esplanade closes - CBC.ca

  02-04-2019 21:30
  Former manager laments loss of movie-theatre 'magic' as North Vancouver's Esplanade closes  CBC.caThe theatre, located just steps away from the Lonsdale Quay, has been around for almost 30 years under different owners. It's screening its last movies and ...
  
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• 47-storey tower proposed for downtown Vancouver

  02-04-2019 21:29
  
  Redevelopment would replace existing West End community garden.
  
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• Passersby rush to Nanaimo Mountie's aid during violent melee

  02-04-2019 21:26 via vancouversun.com
  A Mountie in Nanaimo has several passersby to thank after they rushed to his aid after he was assaulted during a melee with a bathing suit-wearing woman and her male friend.
  The incident took place at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
  The RCMP say the officer was responding to a report of a domestic disturbance in the north end of the city when he located a woman wearing only a bathing suit and “acting and behaving quite erratically.”
  “When the officer attempted to detain her for her safety,
  
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• Woman on life support after being shot in North Vancouver - Vancouver Courier

  02-04-2019 21:20
  Woman on life support after being shot in North Vancouver  Vancouver CourierVANCOUVER — The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over an investigation of a shooting in North Vancouver that sent one woman to hospital ...
  
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• B.C. to create government registry of beneficial property ownership

  02-04-2019 21:17 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — People who hold an interest in British Columbia property through corporations, trusts and numbered companies could soon have their names published in a government registry, according to new legislation.
  Finance Minister Carole James introduced a bill Tuesday to launch a beneficial ownership registry, which would be the first of its kind in Canada and designed to increase transparency of land ownership in an attempt to combat tax fraud and money laundering.
  “This act addres
  
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• Vancouver stem cell researcher among $100,000 Gairdner Award winners

  02-04-2019 21:05 via vancouversun.com
  TORONTO — A Vancouver-based researcher is among this year’s winners of the $100,000 Canada Gairdner Awards for her contributions to the study of stem cells and commitment to the advancement of women in science.
  Over five decades, Dr. Connie Jean Eaves, who co-founded the Terry Fox Laboratory at the British Columbia Cancer Agency, has conducted pioneering research into stem cells in the blood and mammary glands, and how they are altered in leukemia and breast cancer.
  Along with her hu
  
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• Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth opens with classic topic

  02-04-2019 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth
  When: April 7-13
  Where: Vancity Theatre, Roundhouse Community Centre
  Tickets and info: r2rfestival.orgThis year’s Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth (R2R) is opening with the timeless story of a relationship between a kid and an animal.
  Setting the stage on April 7 for the 21st annual Vancouver festival is the feature Mia and the White Lion. The South African-shot film, which uses a real lion in every shot, is about a young girl who moves from London to
  
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• Metro Vancouver home sales in March hit three-decade low

  02-04-2019 20:12 via vancouversun.com
  March home sales in Metro Vancouver hit a three-decade low, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.
  The board reported Tuesday that home sales in the region totalled 1,727 in March, a 31.4 per cent decrease from the 2,517 sales recorded in March 2018.
  Also, the board reports that last month’s sales were 46.3 per cent below the 10-year March sales average and the lowest total for the month since 1986.
  REBGV president Ashley Smith blamed provincial and federal taxes and
  
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• Jewish lawyer defends neo-Nazi in Cherry Docs

  02-04-2019 20:11 via vancouversun.com
  Cherry Docs
  When: April 5 to 28
  Where: Pacific Theatre
  Tickets: $20 to 36.50 at pacifictheatre.org
  First produced in 1998, Cherry Docs takes on white supremacy in a pre-internet age. But nothing about the play feels dated, says actor Kenton Klassen.
  “When I read it, I read it as prophetic,” said Klassen, who plays violent neo-Nazi Mike in the two-hander.
  “It’s amazing how relevant is today. There’s a line where my character tells the court, ‘Soon there won&rsq
  
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• Metro Vancouver's March home sales lowest in 33 years - North Shore News

  02-04-2019 19:53
  Metro Vancouver's March home sales lowest in 33 years  North Shore NewsFalling home sales in Metro Vancouver are “largely policy induced” and policymakers are “using policy to delay housing demand and feeding disruptive cycles,” ...
  
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• Metro Vancouver’s March home sales lowest in 33 years

  02-04-2019 19:53
  
  North Shore sees region's biggest decline in benchmark prices for detached homes, and West Vancouver condos are also down by largest percentage
  
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• Metro Vancouver's dismal home sales in March blamed on government policies - North Shore News

  02-04-2019 18:53
  Metro Vancouver's dismal home sales in March blamed on government policies  North Shore NewsVANCOUVER — Home sales in Metro Vancouver in March plunged to levels not seen in more than three decades and real-estate experts blame government ...
  
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• Letters, April 2: Vancouver is losing public amenities in push for density, says reader

  02-04-2019 18:27 via vancouversun.com
  A developer has applied to Vancouver City Hall to rezone the Kitsilano church property at West 2nd St. and Larch Ave. for apartments.
  This church has been a public amenity for many decades for a wide range of social groups, including the scouts, troubled youth, faith and self-help organizations, and for concerts, senior teas, meals on wheels, and as an emergency shelter. The developer is offering nothing to replace that.
  What is happening to our livable city? We should not lose this valuable soc
  
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• Two people hurt, three vehicles damaged, several men arrested in Surrey

  02-04-2019 17:55 via vancouversun.com
  SURREY — RCMP are trying to piece together a series of violent events that sent two men to hospital after a shooting and a crash in Surrey.
  Sgt. Kimberley Farlin says police responded to reports of shots fired at about 9 p.m. Monday in Surrey’s Guildford neighbourhood.
  Just minutes later, officers were alerted to a multi-vehicle crash about two kilometres from the shooting, near the western edge of Tynehead Regional Park.
  A man with gunshot wounds was found at the crash scene.
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• ‘She’s the hero’: Mom saves son, 7, from cougar attack on Vancouver Island

  02-04-2019 15:59 via vancouversun.com
  The father of a seven-year-old boy attacked by a cougar in Lake Cowichan on Friday says the boy’s mother jumped on top of the animal and pried its jaw open to save her son.
  “She’s the hero,” Kevin Bromley told CHEK News.
  Zackary was playing in a fort in his backyard when the cougar came over the fence and attacked him, Bromley said. Luckily, he was wearing a hoodie that blocked the cat’s first big bite to his neck
  Mom Chelsea heard the commotion, rushed outside and
  
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• B.C. Ferries commissioner proposes five-year fare-increase cap of 2.3%

  02-04-2019 15:54 via vancouversun.com
  A preliminary decision by the Office of the B.C. Ferries Commissioner would cap annual ferry fare hikes at 2.3 per cent for five years starting in 2020.
  The ferries commissioner’s office said a maximum yearly fare increase of 2.3 per cent is based on total operating expenses increasing at, or just above, the rate of inflation.
  At the same time, commissioner Sheldon Stoilen expects the trend of increased ferry traffic will level off by next year.
  The proposed price cap covers April 1, 2020
  
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• Comment: Speculating about the cost (at least $14M?) of the speculation tax

  02-04-2019 15:00
  
  Costs may be more than financial, with B.C. residents' private information on the line
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny and warm, cloudy later

  02-04-2019 14:57 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Tuesday, April 2. Today’s weather is expected to be mainly sunny, with increasing cloudiness this afternoon, and a high of 22 C inland, and 17 C near the water. Then, after a week of clear skies, the rain returns overnight, according to Environment Canada. The agency says Wednesday morning will be rainy, but that should taper off in the afternoon to scattered showers, with a high of 14 C. Thursday looks cloudy with a high of 13 C, and then there’s more rain on F
  
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• Douglas Todd: Would-be immigrants to Canada being sold 'false dreams'

  02-04-2019 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  The migration agents confronted Vancouver’s Laleh Sahba as she walked on the sidewalk last month near the Canadian embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
  The street hawkers told her that, for $25,000 or more, they would get her to an immigration professional who would be sure to hand her a visitor or student visa so she could be well on her way to obtaining a Canada passport.
  The sidewalk agents mistook Sahba for another near-desperate Middle Eastern person who would spend almost everything she had fo
  
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• Dan Fumano: Vancouver needs more rental homes. Landlords have an idea.

  02-04-2019 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Pretty much everyone agrees that Vancouver needs more rental housing. But there remains a lively debate over the most effective — and fair — way to get those homes built.
  Some Vancouver councillors known for championing renters’ issues have recently proposed suspending the city’s Rental 100 program that waives development-cost-levies to encourage private developers to build rental homes instead of condos. Meanwhile, LandlordBC, the association representing the rental hous
  
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• Woman on life support after being shot in North Vancouver - The Tri-City News

  02-04-2019 09:00
  Woman on life support after being shot in North Vancouver  The Tri-City NewsVANCOUVER — The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over an investigation of a shooting in North Vancouver that sent one woman to hospital ...
  
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• Woman on life support after being shot in North Vancouver - North Shore News

  02-04-2019 09:00
  Woman on life support after being shot in North Vancouver  North Shore NewsVANCOUVER — The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over an investigation of a shooting in North Vancouver that sent one woman to hospital ...
  
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• Rural Dividend grants support northern Vancouver Island with $207,540 - North Island Gazette

  02-04-2019 09:00
  Rural Dividend grants support northern Vancouver Island with $207,540  North Island GazetteThis funding supports the diverse needs of small communities throughout the province”
  
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• North Vancouver shooting sends woman to hospital - North Shore News

  02-04-2019 09:00
  North Vancouver shooting sends woman to hospital  North Shore NewsA woman was rushed to hospital in critical condition Tuesday morning after being shot near 12th Street and Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver. Police told ...
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: B.C. legislature bids farewell to its moral compass

  02-04-2019 07:09 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — It was a sombre group of MLAs who filed into the legislature chamber Monday afternoon, having just learned of the passing of the conflict of interest commissioner, Paul Fraser.
  Fraser died in hospital Friday afternoon after a short illness and word was still spreading when the house convened.
  Premier John Horgan led off the tributes “to a dedicated public servant,” then followed with an apt reminder of Fraser’s impish sense of humour.
  “Paul gave me this t
  
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• Pedestrian dead after being hit by car in East Vancouver

  02-04-2019 06:24 via vancouversun.com
  A man in his 60’s has died after he was struck by a car in East Vancouver on Monday night.
  The man was hit by a black BMW sedan just after 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of East 49th Avenue and Frederick Street. He was rushed to hospital, where he later died. The driver remained at the scene and is co-operating with investigators.
  The incident marks Vancouver’s fourth pedestrian fatality of 2019.
  Vancouver police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the collision — or anyone
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Wounded Karbovanec collapsed in waiting room

  02-04-2019 05:52 via vancouversun.com
  The Bacon trial has already had videos played of shooting victim Dennis Karbovanec giving statements to police about the attempt on his life 10-plus years ago.
  On Monday, jurors were shown videos of Karbovanec as he arrived at Mission Memorial Hospital about 10:25 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2008.
  Here’s my story:Nurse recalls frantic shooting victim arriving at hospitalKIM BOLAN
  Updated: April 1, 2019In grainy surveillance video from New Year’s Eve 2008, Dennis Karbovanec can be seen walking q
  
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• Wildfire season starts in B.C. as firefighters tackle Squamish blaze

  02-04-2019 05:09 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s wildfire season has begun.
  On Monday afternoon, April 1, a three-person fire attack crew was dispatched to a 3.5-hectare blaze 17.5 kms up the Squamish Valley Road.
  According to a B.C. Wildfire Service spokesperson, that crew was backed up by another 10 firefighters and a helicopter. No air bombers had been called to the blaze by 6:30 p.m. The fire is on the side of a mountain and producing heavy smoke and no buildings were threatened.
  The spokesperson said the fire was human caused
  
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• Pride group ponders legal move after Catholic hall refuses rental for fundraiser

  02-04-2019 03:33 via vancouversun.com
  The White Rock Pride Society is “exploring its legal options” after it was denied a chance to rent the hall at a Catholic church for a fundraiser because it’s a gay-rights group.
  The conflict sets up a repeat of the clash of competing Charter rights of religion and sexual orientation when a lesbian couple in 2003 had their reservation for their marriage reception cancelled about a month before the event at a hall run by the Catholic group Knights of Columbus.
  The couple filed a
  
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• Bacon trial: Nurse recalls frantic shooting victim arriving at hospital

  02-04-2019 03:20 via vancouversun.com
  In grainy surveillance video from New Year’s Eve 2008, Dennis Karbovanec can be seen walking quickly across a street and toward Mission Memorial Hospital.
  Dressed in a white jacket and white shoes, Karbovanec appears almost to be running as he tries to open a hospital door.
  Nurse Mary Marinaccio was on a smoke break and standing outside the emergency door when Karbovanec and a second man approached.
  She pointed herself out on the video, which was one of four played in B.C. Supreme Court on
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Tuesday, April 2, 2019

  02-04-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  A developer has applied to Vancouver City Hall to rezone the Kitsilano church property at West 2nd St. and Larch Ave. for apartments.
  This church has been a public amenity for many decades for a wide range of social groups, including the scouts, troubled youth, faith and self-help organizations, and for concerts, senior teas, meals on wheels, and as an emergency shelter. The developer is offering nothing to replace that.
  What is happening to our livable city? We should not lose this valuable soc
  
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• Man arrested after suspicious fire leads to evacuation of Langara College

  02-04-2019 02:58 via vancouversun.com
  A 20-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon following a fire that caused the evacuation of Langara College in Vancouver.
  Const. Jason Doucette of the Vancouver Police Department said the man was captured in Surrey just after 4 p.m. by Metro Vancouver Transit Police.
  The suspicious fire broke out just before noon on Monday in a building on 49th Avenue between Ontario and Columbia streets.
  Doucette said that after speaking to witnesses, police determined a person had entered the college with i
  
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• New legislation to boost oversight, reduce rate hikes at BC Hydro

  02-04-2019 02:44 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The province’s independent energy regulator will get more power to scrutinize B.C. Hydro’s long-term energy plans, but remains forbidden from rebalancing rates and increasing bills for customers.
  Energy Minister Michelle Mungall said legislative changes proposed on Monday will restore the B.C. Utilities Commission’s power to review and approve Hydro’s 20-year plan to meet electricity demand. The next plan is set to be produced Feb. 28, 2021.
  The independe
  
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• Mother hailed as hero in Vancouver Island cougar attack - North Island Gazette

  02-04-2019 02:30
  Mother hailed as hero in Vancouver Island cougar attack  North Island GazetteThe mother of a seven-year-old Vancouver Island boy who was the target of a cougar attack Friday afternoon displayed “incredible bravery”, according to Insp.
  
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• Civil forfeiture office seeks assets linked to alleged $30-million cryptocurrency scam

  02-04-2019 02:11 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office has launched a lawsuit to seize millions in assets from a couple alleged to have raised $30 million in a cryptocurrency fraud.
  In the suit filed in B.C. Supreme Court, the forfeiture office is seeking a luxury Coal Harbour townhouse, two Range Rover SUVs, and funds in Bank of Montreal accounts as proceeds of crime.
  Named in the suit are Kevin Patrick Hobbs and Lisa Angela Cheng.
  The couple ran companies Vanbex Group Inc. and Etherparty Smart Contracts Inc. that l
  
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• Vancouver judge rules man acted in self-defence when he poured boiling water over roommate

  02-04-2019 01:55 via vancouversun.com
  A man who poured a pot of boiling water over a roommate in a kitchen dispute over three eggs has been found not guilty.
  According to a ruling in B.C. provincial court, Judge Reginald Harris found Anbo Wang acted in self-defence when he poured the water over the head of Mr. Yang, who he had been living with “peacefully” for the previous year.
  Court heard from Wang and Yang, who gave a different version of events from March 13, 2018.
  Yang claimed that he left three eggs in a pot of boi
  
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• Fraser Valley hog farm targeted by hidden cameras

  02-04-2019 01:45 via vancouversun.com
  A pair of surveillance cameras were recently found surreptitiously installed at an Abbotsford pig farm, police say. The cameras were discovered in late March recording inside and outside of a barn at the family owned farm, in the 33100-block of Harris Road, said Judy Bird, an Abbotsford police spokeswoman.
  “The concern for the family was that they would be recording children, but I don’t believe that that was the purpose of these cameras,” Bird said.
  The footage began March 15,
  
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• Investigations underway after teen kills self in North Van's Lion's Gate Hospital

  02-04-2019 01:35 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Coastal Health has launched an internal investigation into the suicide of a teenager while he was in the care of the emergency department at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver.
  The purpose of the investigation is to review the circumstances and health authorities processes when it came to care of the patient, said a VCH spokeswoman, Carrie Stefanson.
  “We will keep the patient’s family apprised of any recommendations stemming from the review of this tragic case.”
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• Sexual offender Jerry Dvorak charged with assault

  02-04-2019 00:30 via vancouversun.com
  An assault allegation has landed a violent sexual offender, who is under a long-term supervision order, back in custody.
  Jerry Jaromir Dvorak, 58, has been charged with one count each of assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm. His next provincial court appearance is scheduled for April 23.
  Dvorak is accused of assaulting a man, unprovoked, using an extendable antenna. The complainant required treatment at a hospital for his injuries. Dvorak was stopped by police while in his vehic
  
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• Langara campus evacuated following fire inside technology building

  02-04-2019 00:30 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police have cordoned off Langara College after a campus fire that led to the evacuation of the facility.
  According to the Vancouver Police Department, “it appears that the fire may have been deliberately set. Officers are systematically going through the school to identify any additional hazards.”
  No injuries have been reported.
  It is not known whether police have located a suspect, or suspects.
  The school initially cancelled all classes inside its science and technology bu
  
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• B.C. Conflict of Interest Commissioner Paul Fraser dies at age 78

  02-04-2019 00:30 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s conflict of interest commissioner has died.
  Paul Fraser, a Vancouver lawyer who was appointed to the job in 2008, died on Friday at the age of 78.
  “He will be remembered not only for his wisdom and professionalism, but for his warmth, generosity of spirit, sense of humour and joie de vivre,” said a statement on the conflict commissioner’s website.
  The legislature held a moment of silence for Fraser, after tributes from the leaders of all three part
  
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• B.C. Ferries commissioner proposes 2.3 per cent fare cap through 2024

  02-04-2019 00:16 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A preliminary decision by the B.C. Ferries commission would cap annual ferry fare hikes at just over two per cent for five years starting in 2020.
  The Office of the B.C. Ferries Commissioner says in a news release that a maximum yearly fare increase of 2.3 per cent is based on total operating expenses increasing at, or just above, the rate of inflation.
  At the same time, Commissioner Sheldon Stoilen expects the trend of increased ferry traffic will level off by next year.
  The pr
  
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• Province receives two money laundering reports after reviews of real estate, cars

  02-04-2019 00:09 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Two reports on money laundering have been delivered to the provincial government after reviews aimed at shutting down the problem in real estate, luxury cars and horse racing.
  The province says in a news release it commissioned the reports in September after widespread concern about B.C.’s reputation as a “haven” for money laundering.
  The first report is by an expert panel on money laundering and it recommends rule changes that would close loopholes in the real
  
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• Jody Wilson-Raybould honoured at ceremony on Vancouver Island amid controversy - North Delta Reporter

  02-04-2019 00:02
  Jody Wilson-Raybould honoured at ceremony on Vancouver Island amid controversy  North Delta ReporterEmbattled former minister of justice and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould attended a ceremony and feast held in her honour on Vancouver Island on ...
  
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