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• West Vancouver police volunteer dinner - North Shore News

  18-04-2019 23:40
  West Vancouver police volunteer dinner  North Shore NewsThe West Vancouver Police Department honoured its volunteers with an appreciation dinner at the West Vancouver Yacht Club in Eagle Harbour on April 11.
  
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• Richmond RCMP say woman arrested at YVR may be part of airport crime ring

  18-04-2019 23:38 via vancouversun.com
  Richmond RCMP have arrested a 60-year-old woman who they believe is part of an international airport theft ring.
  The woman was nabbed Wednesday morning at Vancouver International Airport after plainclothes officers witnessed her allegedly stealing a purse from a passenger in the international arrivals terminal.
  Police did not release the woman’s name but said she is a foreign national. They believe she is part of a larger, organized theft group that travels from airport to airport.
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• Vancouver Island park damaged in December storm may partially reopen in May

  18-04-2019 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  Despite the damage caused in forested areas by December’s powerful windstorm, Little Qualicum Falls is the lone provincial park still closed in the aftermath.
  The goal is to have at least a portion of the 440-hectare park opened for the May long weekend.
  “However, because safety is our top priority, this cannot be guaranteed while we are still in the midst of assessment and cleanup,” B.C. Parks said in a statement.
  The park is popular with families and features waterfalls, a ro
  
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• Panda Pod hotel to open in Richmond this month

  18-04-2019 22:55 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver’s first pod hotel will open in Richmond later this month.
  The Panda Pod Hotel, which claims to offer “modern, cozy, and convenient accommodation at affordable rates,” is scheduled to open at 6940 No. 3 Rd. in the last week of April.
  The firm said in a news release that the hotel will have 64 sleeping pods loaded with comfortable high-end mattresses, a folding table and charging stations for laptops and phones.
  Guests have free access to lockers for shoes, backpa
  
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• Federal government extends deadline to make Trans Mountain pipeline decision

  18-04-2019 22:50 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — The federal government is putting off plans to pass judgment on the reconsidered Trans Mountain pipeline expansion proposal for nearly a month in order to finish its consultations with Indigenous groups, says Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi.
  The deadline is being pushed back — from May 22 to June 18 — on the recommendation of Indigenous communities and former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci, who is advising the government on the consultation process, Soh
  
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• Vancouver asked to delay ban on styrofoam cups and plastic straws

  18-04-2019 22:42 via vancouversun.com
  City staff want Vancouver council to delay a city-wide ban on straws and foam cups until next year.
  Vancouver city staff will present a report next week on the city’s single-use item reduction strategy, with a request to give small business a bit more time to find alternatives to plastic straws and styrofoam cups.
  On Wednesday, staff will update council on proposed bylaws for plastic straws, plastic and paper shopping bags, disposable cups, take-out food containers and utensils.
  Staff are
  
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• What is Extinction Rebellion, and is it happening in B.C.?

  18-04-2019 22:39 via vancouversun.com
  There’s a growing global movement of climate activists, staging massive protests in urban centres, “die-ins” at Parliament buildings, and school walkouts.
  Extinction Rebellion, which bills itself an international group dedicated to non-violent civil disobedience for action on climate breakdown and ecological collapse, is behind the ongoing protests this week in London and dozens more cities around the world. The activists continued to block roads in London on Thursday, during t
  
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• Vancouver park board says rare snow tower tree blooming in Queen Elizabeth Park

  18-04-2019 22:37 via vancouversun.com
  A tree described as one of the true giants of the herbaceous plant world is bringing some tropical warmth to B.C.
  The Vancouver park board says a plant native to the Canary Islands and rarely grown in Canada is now flowering at the Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park.
  The tree echium, also known as snow tower, produces white flowers on a spike up to 4.5-metres high, but horticulturalists say the blooms will only last about two months.
  A news release from the park board says staff acquir
  
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• Theatre review: Challenging steel-toed racism in Cherry Docs

  18-04-2019 22:13 via vancouversun.com
  Cherry Docs
  When: To April 28
  Where: Pacific Theatre
  Tickets & Info: $20-$36.50 at pacifictheatre.org
  White nationalism, racist violence, conspiracy theories. David Gow’s Cherry Docs hasn’t dated much since its 1998 premiere. If anything, the ills it identifies have gone a little more mainstream.
  In Gow’s scenario, set in Toronto, Jewish lawyer Daniel is defending Mike, a neo-Nazi skinhead accused of a racist murder. They meet frequently in the months leading up to the tria
  
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• B.C. adds funds for school expansion in Surrey's Sullivan area

  18-04-2019 21:14 via vancouversun.com
  The provincial government has announced $9.6 million in additional funding for the long-awaited expansion of a Surrey elementary school.
  Premier John Horgan and Education Minister Rob Fleming made the announcement Thursday at Sullivan Heights Elementary.
  The funds are in addition to $1.5 million from the Surrey school district and $3.9 million that was pledged by the previous Liberal government in 2016 but not spent because construction did not begin.
  Horgan says work on the entire $15-million a
  
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• In The House podcast: Kenney victory ripples through B.C. political landscape

  18-04-2019 20:37 via vancouversun.com
  This week on In The House, Mike Smyth and Rob Shaw dissect Jason Kenney’s victory in the Alberta election will mean for B.C., when we could see an all-out-legal war between the provinces, what can be done about the high price of gas at the pumps, and the whether being able to order alcohol onboard B.C. Ferries is a good idea.
   
  
  
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• Update expected next week on Vancouver's styrofoam and straw ban

  18-04-2019 20:30 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver city staff will update a report next week on the single-use item reduction strategy, with a request to give small business a bit more time to find alternatives to plastic straws and styrofoam cups.
  On Wednesday, staff will present an update to council on proposed bylaws for plastic straws, plastic and paper shopping bags, disposable cups, take-out food containers and utensils.
  Staff are requesting an extension for the ban on foam takeaway cups and containers to Jan. 1., 2020, with a on
  
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• Burnaby first city in Metro Vancouver to complete conversion to LED streetlights

  18-04-2019 20:22 via vancouversun.com
  The city of Burnaby is celebrating the fact that it’s the first municipality in Metro Vancouver to convert all of its streetlights from high-pressure sodium bulbs to energy-efficient LED bulbs.
  The city says the conversion, which was launched in 2015, has cut streetlight energy use by approximately 60 per cent, saving $750,000 a year in hydro costs.
  “That money can go into other services for residents and for further initiatives that can continue to build a greener city,” said
  
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• Five things to know about Telegrams by Tariq

  18-04-2019 20:05 via vancouversun.com
  Tariq
  Telegrams | Tonic Records
  Vancouver-based Tariq Hussain records as Tariq and has lent his considerable guitar chops to many projects, including the fantastic Brasstronaut. As a solo act, Tariq has released four full length albums, including The Basement Songs, which was nominated for a Juno award for Best New Solo Artist.
  Telegrams is his fifth full length which follows up 2013s Moonwalker EP.
  Loaded with chiming choruses and lyrics which often position the subjects within instantly recogn
  
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• The MCU, Avengers: Endgame and Vancouver VFX

  18-04-2019 20:03 via vancouversun.com
  Avengers: Endgame is the most-anticipated film of 2019 and it can’t be discussed without talking about money.
  This is understandable. Global box-office returns for the 21 Marvel Studios’ releases since 2007 are in excess of $18 billion (all figures in US dollars) and counting, meaning it’s the most successful film franchise of all time — nearly double the Star Wars films’ worldwide box-office earnings.
  On April 26 that figure is going to grow. By a lot. Forbes.com h
  
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• The MCU, Avengers: Endgame and Vancouver VFX - Vancouver Sun

  18-04-2019 20:01
  The MCU, Avengers: Endgame and Vancouver VFX  Vancouver SunWith the release of Avengers: Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has reached the end of a 22-movie storyline cycle.
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books for the week of April 13

  18-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Where the Crawdads Sing, by Della Owens.
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Della Owens
  2. The Cornwalls are Gone by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois
  3. The Savior by J.R. Ward
  4. Run Away by Harlan Coben
  5. Celtic Empire by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
  6. Wolf Pack by C.J. Box
  7. Cemetery Road by Greg Iles
  8. The Chef by James Patterson and Max DiLallo
  9. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
  10. Wild Card by Stuart WoodsHARDCOVER NON-FICTION
  1. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  2. G
  
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• Christina de Castell: Libraries can help people connect and learn how to cut through misinformation

  18-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  We are living in a time of deep societal divisions while wanting to feel connected with each other. Our digital world has made it easier than ever to communicate with others across the globe and allow us to share our perspectives and personalities. Our connected world also requires us to take responsibility for what we write and read.
  Social media has the potential to bring us together, and in so many ways it does, keeping us in touch with family, connecting us with those whose interests or expe
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of April 13

  18-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family, by Lindsay M. Wong.
  1. The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family — Lindsay M. Wong (Arsenal Pulp Press).
  2. The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things: Stories from Science and Observation — Peter Wohlleben, translated by Jane Billinghurst (Greystone Books).
  3. Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and
  
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• Residential price drop failing to ease Metro Vancouver’s housing crisis

  18-04-2019 19:16
  
  “Prices will double between 2016 and 2041,” economist says. “And it wouldn’t surprise me if that’s on the low side.”
  
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• Rescuers near Victoria find cat more than a week after fire kills owner

  18-04-2019 16:26 via vancouversun.com
  ESQUIMALT — Rescuers are caring for a frightened and burned cat that escaped a deadly apartment fire near Victoria.
  The blaze broke out April 7 in Esquimalt and quickly spread through the top floor of the low-rise building, trapping the cat’s owner — a woman in her 60s — on a balcony.
  Firefighters rescued five other people but could not reach the woman, although neighbours reported seeing her cat leap to safety moments before the balcony and suite were engulfed in flames.
  
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• 35 Easter events happening around Metro Vancouver this weekend

  18-04-2019 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Hop on over to one of the eggciting events happening around Metro Vancouver this Easter weekend.Stanley Park Railway Easter TrainHop on the Stanley Park Train for an egg-citing Easter ride through the forest and look for cotton-tailed inhabitants. After the train ride, kids can enjoy fun activities including a scavenger hunt, meeting the Easter Bunny, Easter crafts, bouncers and carnival games, Bunny Burrow Maze and a Toddler Zone. • Stanley Park Miniature Railway, Vancouver • April 18
  
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• Federal government extends deadline to make Trans Mountain decision to June 18

  18-04-2019 15:57 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — The federal government is delaying its decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project until June 18 so it has more time to complete consultations with Indigenous groups.
  The National Energy Board endorsed an expansion of the pipeline on Feb. 22, starting the clock on a 90-day period for Ottawa to make a final call.
  That established May 22 as the original deadline.
  Consultation teams continue to meet with potentially impacted Indigenous groups, Natural Resources Minister
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Heavy rain

  18-04-2019 15:03 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Thursday, April 18. Environment Canada is forecasting heavy rain today, with up to 20 millimetres expected, and a high of 11 C. The rain will likely continue overnight, according to Environment Canada, and then taper off Friday morning for the start of the long weekend. Friday afternoon is expected to be mainly cloudy and windy, with a high of 13 C. Then, Saturday looks sunny and clear with a high of 15 C and an overnight low of 6 C. Sunday also looks mainly sunny with some
  
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• Want a new kitchen? Consider cabinet refacing

  18-04-2019 14:30 via vancouversun.com
  Kitchen cabinet refacing is one of the most economical and simple ways to transform the look of your kitchen — just don’t confuse it with the old-school cabinet refinishing where cabinet doors were removed, painted and then re-installed.
  “Refacing is using the existing footprint and removing all the old doors and drawers and replacing them with brand-new manufactured ones,” says Curtis Murray, whose Lower Mainland company 180Kitchens.com installs about 10 to 12 kitchens a
  
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• Douglas Todd: New 'exit controls' will help seal Canada's leaky borders

  18-04-2019 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  With the help of high-tech electronics, Canada might be on its way to losing its reputation as having some of the loosest border controls in the Western World.
  Canada is on the verge of joining other advanced countries by putting in “exit controls” at its borders, which means officials will have a greater chance to catch criminals and homegrown terrorists, temporary workers who overstay their visas and mobile people who illicitly take advantage of government services such as health c
  
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• Vancouver may give businesses breathing room on plastic straw, Styrofoam ban - North Shore News

  18-04-2019 09:00
  Vancouver may give businesses breathing room on plastic straw, Styrofoam ban  North Shore NewsVANCOUVER — A ban on the unnecessary use of plastic straws and Styrofoam takeout cups and containers in Vancouver may be delayed until next year to ...
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Police identify victim of Kits shooting – UPDATED

  18-04-2019 05:48 via vancouversun.com
  Police were still searching for evidence Wednesday afternoon behind a business on the southwest corner of West 4th and Broadway where Manoj Kumar was shot dead the night before. Kumar is not known to police. He has no criminal record and so far, investigators don’t know why he was killed. Strange that another man named Kumar – Armendra Kumar – was gunned down last week in Surrey. He was also unknown to police.Here’s my story:
  Bullet holes are seen in the windshield and ho
  
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• No-bake, no rules: Canada Post says everyone makes Nanaimo bars 'a little differently'

  18-04-2019 03:49 via vancouversun.com
  Despite heavy criticism that the so-called “Nanaimo bar” depicted in their latest stamp issue has a troubling and inaccurate filling-to-base ratio, Canada Post is standing by their controversial version of the famed West Coast treat.
  On Wednesday, the Crown corporation attempted to stamp out commentary over their custard-heavy Nanaimo bar, effectively arguing that they didn’t get it wrong, because there’s no right way to make one.
  “We understand there are some stron
  
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• Hometown TED-talker highlights path to happiness through giving

  18-04-2019 03:39 via vancouversun.com
  Scoring the chance to deliver a TED Talk Wednesday gave University of B.C. happiness researcher Elizabeth Dunn an immediate jolt of euphoria, but she knows to keep it in perspective.
  “If anything, my research shows that any life event that happens to you probably isn’t going to change your happiness as much as you might think,” said Dunn, whose day job is teaching psychology and running the social cognition and emotion lab at UBC.
  Dunn was invited to talk about her research int
  
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• Police quick to wrap up case of two murdered girls: defence

  18-04-2019 03:06 via vancouversun.com
  A lawyer for a Victoria-area man accused of murdering his two young daughters suggested Wednesday that the police were too quick to wrap up their investigation and raised the spectre of a potential wrongful conviction.
  The suggestion by Kevin McCullough, who is representing accused Andrew Berry, came during his cross-examination of the first police officer on the scene of the crime on Christmas Day, 2017.
  Oak Bay police Const. Peter Ulanowski testified that when he arrived at Berry’s apart
  
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• Letters, April 18: Eby is moving B.C. to same lousy auto insurance Ontario wants to eliminate

  18-04-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Attorney-General David Eby just introduced transformative changes to auto insurance in B.C. Ontario made this same change, to no-fault auto insurance, in 1986 for the same reasons.Well, the results are in. Ontario’s finance minister announced this week that “when it comes to auto driving, it is clear that Ontario’s auto insurance is broken and drivers deserve better.” He called the Ford government’s reforms “transformative” and said Ontarians pay among t
  
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• 'Beyond words': Close neighbours shocked by Penticton killings

  18-04-2019 02:56 via vancouversun.com
  PENTICTON — Neighbours reacted with disbelief to the murder of four people who lived in proximity to each other on Cornwall Drive and to the identity of the man arrested on four counts of murder.
  “I’m beyond words,” said Debbie Kozari, who lives next door to where mass murder suspect John Brittain’s estranged wife lives on a quiet, cosy suburban street. “He was such a nice, pleasant man, I never heard him raise his voice or anything.”
  His estranged wife,
  
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• Vancouver veteran CFL official Dave Hawkshaw receiving officiating position with NFL - North Island Gazette

  18-04-2019 02:48
  Vancouver veteran CFL official Dave Hawkshaw receiving officiating position with NFL  North Island GazetteNFL announced that Hawkshaw was one of six new officials hired for the 2019 season.
  
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• Seattle Seahawks release 2019 regular season schedule

  18-04-2019 02:48 via vancouversun.com
  Get your game faces on.
  The Seattle Seahawks have released their 2019 regular-season schedule, so those of you itching to head south and catch a game live, take note.
  ** Denotes a home game in Seattle.Week 1 vs. Cincinnati Bengals**Sunday, Sept. 81:05 p.m.
  Week 2 vs. Pittsburge SteelersSunday, Sept. 1510 a.m.
  Week 3 vs. New Orleans Saints**Sunday, Sept. 221:25 p.m.
  Week 4 vs. Arizona CardinalsSunday, Sept. 291:05 p.m.
  Week 5 vs. Los Angeles Rams**Thursday, Oct. 35:20 p.m.
  Week 6 vs. Cleveland Br
  
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• Owners of West Georgia White Spot site propose two luxury condo towers

  18-04-2019 02:48 via vancouversun.com
  Owners of the much-watched White Spot restaurant property in the West End across from Coal Harbour are proposing to build two high-end condo towers, according to a rezoning application filed with the City of Vancouver.
  The proposed twin 38-storey Alberni Towers would house 455 condo units and total 433,657-sq.-ft. of floor space.
  In late 2017, Carnival Group International, a Chinese company known for building a giant resort in Qingdao on China’s east coast, partnered with Vancouver’s
  
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• Vancouver veteran CFL official Dave Hawkshaw receiving officiating position with NFL - North Delta Reporter

  18-04-2019 02:47
  Vancouver veteran CFL official Dave Hawkshaw receiving officiating position with NFL  North Delta ReporterNFL announced that Hawkshaw was one of six new officials hired for the 2019 season.
  
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• Shaw's fibre optic cable to Bowen is live

  18-04-2019 02:38
  
  Shaw says its service to the island is now of comparable quality to its service to the mainland.
  
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• North Korea says it test-fired new weapon amid stalled talks - Vancouver Sun

  18-04-2019 02:34
  North Korea says it test-fired new weapon amid stalled talks  Vancouver SunSEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korea said Thursday that it had test-fired a new type of “tactical guided weapon,” its first such test in nearly half a year, and ...
  
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• North Korea says it test-fired new tactical guided weapon - Vancouver Sun

  18-04-2019 02:34
  North Korea says it test-fired new tactical guided weapon  Vancouver SunSEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korea said Thursday that it had test-fired a new type of “tactical guided weapon,” its first such test in nearly half a year, and ...
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Odd timing as B.C. endorses oil tanker ban

  18-04-2019 02:18 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — After waiting for months, the B.C. New Democrats this week finally got around to endorsing federal legislation that would enshrine a moratorium on oil tankers on the northern coast.
  “Our government has been very clear we are committed to protecting our environment, the economy and our coast from the devastating impact a heavy oil spill would have,” said the statement Tuesday from Environment Minister George Heyman.
  “We oppose the expansion of the movement
  
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• Man identified in Vancouver's fourth homicide of the year - North Delta Reporter

  18-04-2019 02:18
  Man identified in Vancouver's fourth homicide of the year  North Delta ReporterPolice have released the name of the 30-year-old victim in Tuesday night's shooting in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood. Manoj Kumar has been identified ...
  
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• Police identify shooting victim in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood

  18-04-2019 02:13 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are looking for witnesses after a Vancouver man was gunned down in his vehicle in Kitsilano on Tuesday night.
  Manoj Kumar, 30, died near West Fourth and Burrard around 8:30 p.m. after someone opened fire on his white BMW.
  “Based on the circumstances surrounding the shooting, this appears to have been a targeted homicide,” VPD Const. Jason Doucette said. “Although it’s very early in the investigation and we are still working to identify a motive, I can con
  
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• Vancouver police threaten to arrest anyone selling 4/20 marijuana to minors

  18-04-2019 02:01 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are asking parents to have a “tough” conversation with their teenagers about the dangers associated with marijuana at a large unsanctioned 4/20 event while city and park board officials call on organizers to pay for policing costs.
  Sgt. Jason Robillard said Wednesday the 25th annual event, featuring vendors selling marijuana, baked edibles and drug paraphernalia, is expected to be a big draw on Saturday because of a concert by California hip-hop group Cypress Hill.
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