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• Metro Vancouver real estate agents warned of suspicious man

  24-04-2019 23:32 via vancouversun.com
  The Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board is warning female agents about a man who has generated several complaints.
  A statement from the board says it has heard from realtors in areas serviced by SkyTrain in Burnaby, Vancouver, New Westminster and Richmond.
  The women say they’ve been contacted by a man who asked them to show a home, insisting they come alone and if they refuse, he gets angry.
  The board says that since the warning went out it has discovered a man with a similar description h
  
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• Metro Vancouver real estate agents warned of suspicious man targeting women - North Shore News

  24-04-2019 22:44
  Metro Vancouver real estate agents warned of suspicious man targeting women  North Shore NewsVANCOUVER — The Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board is warning female agents about a man who has generated several complaints.A statement from the ...
  
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• Check out North Vancouver's game-changing new salad vending machine - Daily Hive

  24-04-2019 22:07
  Check out North Vancouver's game-changing new salad vending machine  Daily HiveThe game-changing machine currently offers locals goods from Jamjar and Blu House eatery, including eats like *fresh* salads, kombuchas, snacks, and desserts.
  
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• Female real estate agents warned of suspicious man in Metro Vancouver - North Island Gazette

  24-04-2019 22:03
  Female real estate agents warned of suspicious man in Metro Vancouver  North Island GazetteThe man requests to see homes alone with the female agent, police say.
  
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• Joe Alphonse and Jocelyn Stacey: 2017 wildfires spotlight jurisdictional conflicts with First Nations

  24-04-2019 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  In 2017, the Tŝilhqot’in Nation watched its territory burn in a record-breaking summer of wildfires. Over 65,000 people in B.C. were displaced, including many Tŝilhqot’in citizens. For more than two months, Tŝilhqot’in fire crews fought alongside provincial wildfire crews and firefighters from around the world.
  But the Tŝilhqot’in Nation did more than this. It exercised its jurisdiction to protect its communities and its territory — a swath o
  
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• Dollar Giant founder’s spectacular beachfront home listed at $17M (PHOTOS)

  24-04-2019 21:55
  
  Three-year-old, Hollingsworth-designed house in West Vancouver has direct access to beach
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Surrey murder victim identified as Sechelt man – UPDATED

  24-04-2019 21:20 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey’s latest murder victim has been identified as Sechelt resident Khan Michael Bourne.
  The 32-year-old was know to police, Cpl. Frank Jang, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said in a news release.
  Bourne was found critically injured about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 13300-block of 114th Ave. He had been shot.
  He died after being transported to hospital.
  Just last month he was charged with trafficking related to incidents in Vancouver and North Vancouver last November. He was
  
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• Surrey homicide victim identified as Sechelt man

  24-04-2019 21:02 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide investigators have identified the man who died from gunshot wounds in Surrey on Tuesday as 32-year-old Khan Micheal Bourne of Sechelt.
  According to Surrey RCMP, police were notified by Emergency Health Services just after 3 p.m. of an injured adult male lying on the ground in the 13300 block of 114 Avenue. The man died of his injuries shortly after arriving in hospital.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was called to help Surrey Mounties with the investigation, indicating that
  
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• SPCA investigating after newborn kittens found in Vancouver dumpster - North Delta Reporter

  24-04-2019 20:33
  SPCA investigating after newborn kittens found in Vancouver dumpster  North Delta ReporterWARNING: Graphic *content*. Discretion is advised. The BC SPCA is investigating the deaths of two kittens who were found stuffed inside a plastic bag in a ...
  
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• SPCA investigating after newborn kittens found in Vancouver dumpster - North Island Gazette

  24-04-2019 20:32
  SPCA investigating after newborn kittens found in Vancouver dumpster  North Island GazetteWARNING: Graphic *content*. Discretion is advised. The BC SPCA is investigating the deaths of two kittens who were found stuffed inside a plastic bag in a ...
  
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• Shankar's Reflections looks back on 20 years of fusing classical Indian music and contemporary sounds

  24-04-2019 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  Anoushka Shankar
  When: April 27, 8 p.m.
  Where: Chan Centre
  Tickets: From $46 at chancentre.com, 604-822-2697, and the Chan Centre ticket office
  The daughter of master musician Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, has been playing sitar professionally since she was 13. Today, she is recognized as one of the foremost links between classical Indian music and contemporary sounds. Her latest album, Reflections, is a collection that draws on her 20-year career. It’s mostly instrumental, though it doe
  
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• Style Q&A: Silk Laundry looks to slow the fashion cycle with classic styles you can wear now — and forever

  24-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Katie Kolodonski isn’t comfortable with the fast-fashion industry. In fact, she doesn’t much like it at all.
  But, rather than simply allow her discomfort to settle with herself, and prompt change for her personal shopping habits, the now Montreal-based designer decided to start her own brand in the hopes she’d shake up the speeding sartorial cycle. For herself — and for others.
  And Silk Laundry was born.
  We caught up with Kolodonski to learn more about her brand, silk sty
  
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• Restaurant review: Ancora Ambleside's Peru by way of Japan lands in West Van

  24-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ancora Ambleside
  Where: 1351 Bellevue Ave., West Vancouver
  604-926-0287 or at ancoradining.com
  Open for dinner dailyOne of my favourite places in the world is Peru. Such dramatic landscapes sweeping from sea level, soaring to altitudes leaving me gasping for air and an oxygen tank (true, that). Such a storied history and people.
  And then there’s the food. I ate well everywhere I went — on a small farm off Lake Titicaca where we “worked” for a few days (ha, ha, the grandma
  
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• The Alley bubble tea shop opens in Vancouver today

  24-04-2019 19:43 via vancouversun.com
  “Excuse me, where did you get that bubble tea?”
  It was the first time I’d ever been stopped, on the street, with a question about a drink. But, after attending a media preview for the buzzy The Alley tea shop in Vancouver, I can’t say I was surprised by the curb-side callout.
  After all, during a 30-minute preview where I learned about the company’s Taiwanese premium teas and “Deerioca,” more than a dozen people tapped on the glass and tugged on the front
  
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• Foreign buyer tax wreaks havoc on B.C. farmland sales

  24-04-2019 19:41
  
  The 20 per cent levy has driven prices sky-high while stunting sales of existing farms where the owner lives on the property
  
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• Overdose crisis: B.C.'s top doctor calls for decriminalization of drug possession for personal use

  24-04-2019 19:01 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s top doctor has unveiled a bold proposal to slow the rate of overdose deaths — by decriminalizing possession of a small amount of drugs for personal use.
  Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry’s report, released Wednesday, says it is known around the world that the “war on drugs” has been a failure, and says the criminalization of non-violent people for possessing a substance for personal use does considerable harm to the person and society.
  Specifically,
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Horgan points fingers, but not at himself, for high gas prices

  24-04-2019 17:42 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Challenged again Tuesday to do something about soaring gas prices, Premier John Horgan repeated a call for the petroleum industry to invest in more refining capacity to serve B.C.
  “We don’t have enough refined product for the travelling public,” Horgan told reporters. “We need to talk to the gas companies about why they are not refining more product.”
  The much-repeated call is part of a familiar refrain for a premier struggling to reconcile the
  
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• Most British Columbians support vaccine incentives: report

  24-04-2019 17:33 via vancouversun.com
  Most British Columbians would prefer incentives for parents to vaccinate their children rather than penalizing those who don’t, according to a study from BC Children’s Hospital and the University of B.C.
  The report, published Wednesday in CMAJ Open, says more than 75 per cent of B.C. adults surveyed supported requiring parents to report their child’s vaccination status at school, and the same number would like to see those who do not vaccinate their children sign a form ex
  
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• Berry bushes could soon grow on boulevards in heritage Victoria neighbourhood

  24-04-2019 17:31 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Residents of one Victoria neighbourhood believe a boulevard beautification plan could bear fruit — literally.
  Members of the James Bay Neighbourhood Association are mulling plans to plant berry bushes along public boulevards in Victoria’s oldest residential area, in the shadow of the B.C. legislature.
  Association president Marg Gardiner says two sites are specified in a proposal that will be presented to city council later this week.
  The types of berry bushes haven&r
  
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• Tallest residential tower in Western Canada to begin construction in Burnaby

  24-04-2019 17:24
  
  The 64-storey tower is set to begin construction now that the site near Gilmore SkyTrain station has been cleared
  
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• Pod Of Orca Whales Spotted In North Vancouver (VIDEOS) - 604 Now

  24-04-2019 16:42
  Pod Of Orca Whales Spotted In North Vancouver (VIDEOS)  604 NowOn Tuesday afternoon, a pod of orca whales were spotted in and around the North Vancouver area, making their way around near Cates Park and Deep Cove.
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Breezy and balmy

  24-04-2019 14:57 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Wednesday, April 24. Today’s weather is expected to be a mix of sun and cloud, with a high of 14 C. Environment Canada says the region can expect the clouds to clear later in the morning, with some wind. Overnight, the weather should remain clear and dry with a low of 5 C. Thursday looks like another sunny day with a high of 14 C and 18 C inland. On Friday, the agency is calling for a mainly cloudy day, with a high of 14 C, and then on Saturday there is a chance of sh
  
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• Home decor: Why silver never goes out of style

  24-04-2019 14:39 via vancouversun.com
  If you search any design and decor trends, one recommendation that always crops up is the need for some bling: shiny accents that balance with wood or contemporary furniture but give a touch of elegance.
  Silver is always the go-to bling. Mirrored accents come and go, as does brass or any metallic finishing, but silver pieces remain a classic. And they are easy to find. Hunt for these treasures in any thrift store or antique market and you’ll find so much silver, you’ll wonder why peo
  
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• More complaints filed against Canadian track coach

  24-04-2019 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  More former track stars have come forward to file complaints with Athletics Canada, which is investigating sexual misconduct allegations against a high-profile coach.
  The additional complainants include Timothy Caulfield, a health law professor and Netflix personality.
  “In my track community, we’ve been aware and talking about this for decades, and I think the sensibility around these issues has shifted,” said the University of Alberta’s Caulfield, who is the Canada Resea
  
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• VIDEO: Orcas spotted off Cates Park in North Vancouver - PrinceGeorgeMatters.com

  24-04-2019 09:00
  VIDEO: Orcas spotted off Cates Park in North Vancouver  PrinceGeorgeMatters.comDeep Cove residents and visitors had quite the sight mid-Tuesday morning when a pod of orcas surfaced in the inlet. Some members of the Tsleil-Waututh ...
  
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• First bear of 2019 killed in North Van - Vancouver Courier

  24-04-2019 09:00
  First bear of 2019 killed in North Van  Vancouver CourierConservation officers have killed the first bear of the season on the North Shore after it became hooked on Lynn Valley residents' garbage. The black bear first ...
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Rouche wins appeal for lower sentence

  24-04-2019 08:43 via vancouversun.com
  United Nations gang founder Clay Roueche wrote his own legal arguments last month trying to take advantage of new sentencing guidelines in the U.S. implemented long after he was handed a 30-year term in 2009.
  And on Tuesday he learned that his sentence will be reduced by six years.
  Here’s my story:UN gang founder Clay Roueche gets U.S. sentence cutKIM BOLAN
  Updated: April 23, 2019United Nations gang founder Clay Roueche has been granted a reduction in his 30-year sentence after telling a S
  
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• Police in Oak Bay double-murder case 'incompetent': Defence

  24-04-2019 04:25 via vancouversun.com
  A lawyer for a Victoria man accused of murdering his two young daughters suggested Tuesday that police were incompetent during their investigation of the case.
  The suggestion by Kevin McCullough, who is representing Andrew Berry, came during the second day of cross-examination of Oak Bay Const. Peter Ulanowski, who was the first officer on the scene of the crime.
  The officer admitted that he had made a mistake after he left Berry’s apartment and failed to keep an eye on the front door of t
  
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• Vancouver developing strategy to manage earthquake and climate risks

  24-04-2019 04:18 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver is moving ahead with its first city resilience strategy, a plan to prepare for sudden shocks like earthquakes or flooding, and continuing stresses like social isolation and unaffordability.
  On Tuesday, Vancouver’s mayor and council heard the first major report from Vancouver’s chief resiliency officer, a position created with Katie McPherson’s hiring two years ago.
  McPherson’s report Tuesday was a first look for council at a Resilient Vancouver Strategy, which i
  
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• Record high gas prices not leaving 'a lot of consumer love left' for stations

  24-04-2019 03:31 via vancouversun.com
  At the dizzying heights of Metro Vancouver gasoline prices, the Tilbury Husky station on River Road in Delta stood out at the top early this week with a price just shy of $1.79 a litre for regular fuel, according to reports on the crowdsourced website GasBuddy.com.
  Being higher than the more common $1.73 per litre could invite an extra level of consumer backlash against the brand, said one analyst.
  “I don’t think it really helps the brand,” said Dan McTeague, senior analyst wit
  
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• UN gang founder Clay Roueche gets U.S. sentence cut

  24-04-2019 03:30 via vancouversun.com
  United Nations gang founder Clay Roueche has been granted a reduction in his 30-year sentence after telling a Seattle judge last month that he is a changed man.
  U.S. District Court Chief Judge Robert Lasnik cut 72 months — or six years — off of Roueche’s 360-month term, which Lasnik originally imposed in December 2009 after Roueche pleaded guilty to smuggling cocaine and marijuana, as well as money laundering.
  Roueche had filed his own appeal last month, noting that the sentenc
  
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• Investigation after man hurt during police foot chase in Fort St. John

  24-04-2019 03:29 via vancouversun.com
  An investigation is underway after a man was hurt while being chased by police on foot in Fort St. John.
  In a prepared statement, RCMP Sgt. Janelle Shoihet said a police officer was patrolling an area of Fort St. John where there had been thefts from vehicles. At around 3 a.m., the officer encountered a man who fled when confronted.
  She said the man was chased by that officer, then joined by other officers who eventually captured the man.
  Following the man’s arrest, “injuries were ob
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Another murder in Surrey Tuesday

  24-04-2019 03:17 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide detectives are now investigating after a man was found in critical condition on a Surrey street Tuesday.
  Surrey RCMP said in a news release that police were called by Emergency Health Services who attended to the injured man about 3:15 pm. He was found laying on the ground in the 13300-block of 114th Ave and died after being transported to hospital.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is now on the scene, working with Surrey RCMP. No word yet about whether the death is targeted o
  
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• Fraser Health offers immunization 'catch-up' clinics in Lower Mainland

  24-04-2019 03:16 via vancouversun.com
  As health officials continue to fight a measles outbreak in Metro Vancouver, Fraser Health has announced a series of immunization clinics all over the Lower Mainland.
  Almost 30 cases of the measles have been identified in British Columbia already this year, up from just nine in 2018. The measles vaccine is available at local clinics and pharmacies as a combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, but with anti-vaccination propaganda on the rise, vaccination rates have dipped, paving t
  
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• Tour-bus operator worried B.C. ride-hailing reforms unfair

  24-04-2019 03:07 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — One of central B.C.’s leading tour and transportation companies is warning that the government’s plan to allow ride-hailing services later this year could damage its industry and lead to the proliferation of unregulated and unsafe tour operators.
  Maatje Stamp-Vincent, whose Kamloops-based company Tasteful Excursions runs summer wine tours and winter service to Sun Peaks Resort, Big White, Silver Star and Whistler, said her sector has been largely ignored by the provi
  
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• Vancouver pot king hopes to brew opium tea to help drug addicts

  24-04-2019 03:01 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver pot king Dana Larsen is shifting his sights from cannabis to opium.
  The organizer of the controversial 4/20 event and operator of two illegal pot shops wants Vancouverites to start planting poppies in their yards so he can turn them into opium tea.
  “Ideally they mail me the (poppy) heads, at the right time, and then depending on how many I get, I will make opium tea out of it,” Larsen told Postmedia News. “Then I can standardize the potency and I would find users and
  
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• Chuck Brook: How increased density, robust transit and bold innovation can rebuild lost community

  24-04-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  How did this all happen so quickly?
  Within the span of three decades — a mere blink-of-an-eye in the life of a city — Vancouver has been transformed from a sleepy, picturesque destination on the West Coast of North America to a relentlessly commoditized, global depository of luxury real estate.
  For years, we Canadians knew that the fundamentals were there: climate, security, affordability. And while Vancouver is still temperate and safe, today, we hardly recognize the place. Whether
  
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• REAL SCOOP: VPD looking for information about car linked to murder

  24-04-2019 02:52 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Police investigating the slaying last week of local resident Manoj Kumar are hoping someone has dash-cam video of a vehicle linked to the shooting.Kumar, 30, was shot to death near West 4th Avenue and Burrard as he sat in a light-coloured Mercedes shortly after 8:30 p.m. on April 16.
  “Homicide investigators have seized a white Dodge Durango, which was found around midnight on the evening of the shooting, near West 22nd Avenue at Yew Street,” Sgt. Jason Robillard said.
  
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• David Eby says government still weighing public inquiry on money laundering

  24-04-2019 02:48 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government will make a decision on a public inquiry into money laundering after carefully considering two reports that it recently received on the issue, Attorney General David Eby said Tuesday.
  Speaking to a Vancouver housing conference, Eby said British Columbians might be surprised if no new information comes from a public inquiry.
  “I do worry that people, in the event of a public inquiry, will be disappointed,” Eby said. “It takes two years, you bring people in, th
  
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• Homicide investigators called to Surrey after injured man dies

  24-04-2019 02:08 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide investigators have been called to Surrey after an adult man, found in critical condition Tuesday afternoon, died of his injuries.
  According to Surrey RCMP, police were notified by Emergency Health Services just after 3 p.m. of an injured adult male laying on the ground in the 13300 block of 114 Avenue. The man died of his injuries shortly after arriving in hospital.
  The victim has not been identified, and his injuries have not been disclosed, but the Integrated Homicide Investigation Te
  
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• Members of Surrey's leading party rebuff claims of rift

  24-04-2019 01:42 via vancouversun.com
  One-by-one, council members under the Safe Surrey Coalition banner who were off to a mid-week ‘team building’ retreat on Galiano Island Tuesday chimed in to restate allegiance to their party and to the policies that define it.
  Absent in the testimonies of Brenda Locke, Laurie Guerra, Allison Patton and Mandeep Nagra were the hints of disunity in earlier reports this week that suggested the coalition was fractured or even finished just months after last year’s election-day drubb
  
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• Ottawa should be ready to make Trans Mountain decision in June: Garneau

  24-04-2019 01:34 via vancouversun.com
  Federal Transportation Minister Marc Garneau said Tuesday he expects his government to be in a position by mid-June to make a decision on whether to proceed with the $9.3-billion Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion.
  In an editorial board meeting with The Vancouver Sun and Province, Garneau said he would not prejudge the decision on the pipeline, now owned by the Canadian government.
  Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government announced it had pushed back to June 18 from May 22 its
  
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• Man posing as buyer prompts warning for young female realtors

  24-04-2019 01:34
  
  The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver is warning realtors across the Lower Mainland after initial reports came in from Coquitlam
  
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• Vancouver staff: Don't shift property taxes from business owners to homeowners

  24-04-2019 01:04 via vancouversun.com
  Small business owners in Vancouver, and those who have been mourning the loss of beloved bakeries, bars and dry cleaners unable to keep up with rising property tax bills, have been hoping for some relief.
  In December, city council voted to explore shifting two per cent of property taxes from commercial to residential owners. It would be a way of supporting local retailers, mom-and-pop businesses who have seen their costs go up by double-digit percentages, mainly due to rising land values.
  But no
  
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• B.C. woman unable to provide breath sample challenges legality of impaired-driving law

  24-04-2019 00:25 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A Victoria woman is launching what’s likely to be the first constitutional challenge to changes in Canada’s impaired-driving laws.
  Norma McLeod, a 76-year-old cancer survivor, has applied to the B.C. Supreme Court for a judicial review of an immediate roadside prohibition, also known as an IRP.
  In February, the former care aid, who volunteers with Thrifty Foods’ Sendial program, lost her licence for 90 days and her car for 30 days, even though there was no evid
  
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• Pod of orcas spotted in Deep Cove in North Vancouver (Video) - Vancouver Is Awesome

  24-04-2019 00:23
  Pod of orcas spotted in Deep Cove in North Vancouver (Video)  Vancouver Is AwesomeDeep Cove residents and visitors had quite the incredible sight mid-Tuesday morning when a pod of orcas surfaced in the inlet.
  
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• North Vancouver firefighter gets the call to be an NFL official - North Shore News

  24-04-2019 00:13
  North Vancouver firefighter gets the call to be an NFL official  North Shore NewsWhether it is attending the scene of an accident, entering a burning building or calling pass interference, the mantra of North Vancouver's Dave Hawkshaw is to ...
  
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• Daphne Bramham: What is Indigenous Canadian food? The answer might lead to more than good cooking

  24-04-2019 00:11 via vancouversun.com
  It’s always a bit embarrassing when foreigners ask what Indigenous Canadian food is. After long, torturous pause, most Canadians might stumble out an answer like poutine, tourtière, bannock, Saskatoon pie or Nanaimo bars.
  Of course, none of those is really Indigenous. They came with explorers and settlers who brought flour and sugar.
  Yet, long before they arrived, Indigenous people had lived for centuries eating local plants and animals.
  Initially, smart newcomers relied on their lo
  
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