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• B.C.'s NDP unveil corporate and union donation legislation

  18-09-2017 23:27 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – B.C.’s New Democrat government fulfilled one of its major campaign promises Monday by introducing a bill to ban corporate and union donations.
  The legislation was tabled shortly before 2 p.m. in the legislature, and is set to be followed by a media availability with Premier John Horgan, Attorney General David Eby and Green party leader Andrew Weaver.
  “This bill honours the government commitment to get big money out of politics,” Eby told the legislature.
  The le
  
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• Former VPD media cop now a deputy chief

  18-09-2017 23:14
  
  The retirement of Vancouver police deputy chief Warren Lemcke has led to some shuffling of the senior ranks at the department.
  
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• FOI hints at petroleum industry influence on B.C. climate policy

  18-09-2017 23:08 via vancouversun.com
  Canada’s oil and gas industry was given “a direct hand in writing B.C.’s climate leadership plan” in a series of closed-door meetings in a Calgary corporate board room at the start of 2016, according to documents obtained by the Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives.
  The CCPA received documents, including agendas, a PowerPoint presentation and attendance lists that set out a process and objectives for the exercise, including to “refine language in (Climate Leadersh
  
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• B.C. NDP introduce legislation to ban big money in politics, includes corporate and union donation ban

  18-09-2017 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. NDP government is expected to table its campaign finance reform bill in the Legislature today.
  
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• Three new senior leaders for Vancouver Police Department

  18-09-2017 23:05 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Police Department is getting a trio of new leaders.
  VPD chief Adam Palmer announced Monday that Supt. Howard Chow is being promoted to Deputy Chief Constable and Inspectors Marcie Flamand and Martin Bruce are being promoted to superintendent.
  Chow will take over for retiring deputy chief Warren Lemcke as head of the operations division. Lemcke is retiring at the end of the month.
  Flamand and Bruce are both long-standing officers. Flamand has been leading the diversity and indigenou
  
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• B.C. school material referencing 'squaw' 39 times pulled for review

  18-09-2017 22:44 via vancouversun.com
  A package of education materials used in B.C. secondary schools has been removed for review after a First Nations woman learned her 14-year-old daughter had been asked to define the word “squaw,” an offensive term for a First Nations woman.
  A woman took to social media to express her outrage over the weekend about exercises of “violent colonialism” that her daughter was being asked to complete at Templeton secondary school in Vancouver.
  The material centres around the boo
  
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• NPA prods Vision on Vancouver School Board bullying

  18-09-2017 22:40
  As byelection campaign ramps up, Vision refuses to release unredacted bullying and harassment report.
  
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• Bazzie’s back: Sack master returns to struggling Lions after failed NFL stint

  18-09-2017 22:12 via theprovince.com
  Alex Bazzie is back with the B.C. Lions.
  The CFL club announced Monday it has agreed to a contract with the defensive lineman, but did not disclose terms of the deal.
  The 27-year-old played for the Lions from 2014 to 2016 before trying to catch on in the NFL this past off-season.
  Bazzie spent time with three teams south of the border, with his final stop cut short when the Arizona Cardinals released him at the end of training camp earlier this month.
  Bazzie recorded 29 sacks in 50 outings for th
  
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• Family-friendly communities

  18-09-2017 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  Parenting Expert Andrea Vance runs down family-friendly communities where you can “live, work, play” – all in one place.
  
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• Investigation reveals B.C.’s climate plan was influenced by oil and gas industry

  18-09-2017 21:43 via globalnews.ca
  "The documents that we obtained actually show that industry was asked to revise and re-write those recommendations."
  
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• Investigation claims B.C.’s climate plan was influenced by oil and gas industry

  18-09-2017 21:43 via globalnews.ca
  "The documents that we obtained actually show that industry was asked to revise and re-write those recommendations."
  
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• Seven potential candidates eyeing B.C. Liberal leadership bid: Rich Coleman

  18-09-2017 21:18 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — The interim leader of the B.C. Liberal Party says while no one has officially declared they will seek the party’s top job, several high profile candidates appear interested.
  Rich Coleman says Mike Bernier, Todd Stone, Mike de Jong and Andrew Wilkinson, all former cabinet ministers in B.C.’s previous Liberal government, have been considering their chances.
  Coleman also says Conservative member of Parliament Dianne Watts, two-term Liberal MLA Sam Sullivan and newly ele
  
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• Fatal Richmond shooting

  18-09-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  One man was shot dead in Richmond early this morning in what investigators are calling a targeted attack.
  
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• B.C. MP calls on Trudeau for ongoing help for wildfire-affected communities

  18-09-2017 20:56 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia NDP MP Richard Cannings pressed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during Question Period Monday for “full financial assistance” for wildfire-affected communities in British Columbia.
  
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• Seafood Watch, SeaChoice at odds over farmed salmon 'good alternative'

  18-09-2017 20:48 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. salmon farmers are celebrating their industry’s upgrade by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program, but the local seafood watchdog SeaChoice is raining on their parade.
  Seafood Watch has rated B.C.’s farmed Atlantic salmon a “good alternative,” citing low pesticide use, fewer escapes and improved transparency.
  And while the report notes that the industry is vulnerable to sea-lice infestation, “there is currently insufficient evidence to conclude that po
  
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• Clowns protest proposed balloon ban in Vancouver parks

  18-09-2017 20:46 via vancouversun.com
  Times are tough for Dilly the Clown.
  Not only is he dealing with a demonic clown in movie theatres, he’s also been forced into a fight against a proposed balloon ban in Vancouver parks.
  On Monday night, the Vancouver park board will vote on a motion to ban all latex and plastic balloons from city parks and community centres. The park board says the colourful inflatables pose a risk to birds, sea turtles, dolphins and other wildlife that either eat the deflated remains and suffer inter
  
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• B.C. teaching material linking 'squaw' to 'Aboriginal woman' pulled for review

  18-09-2017 20:44
  Vancouver School Board is looking into the context in which these materials were used in the classroom.
  
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• New dance piece takes aim at capitalism of the body

  18-09-2017 20:10 via vancouversun.com
  Feasting on Famine
  Sept 27-30 | Firehall Arts Centre
  Tickets and info: from $20, at firehallartscentre.ca
  Although both involve sometimes extreme degrees of physicality, modern dance and body-building rarely intersect. In his show Feasting on Famine, Vancouver dancer/choreographer and now gym-goer Shay Kuebler uses the dancer’s idiom to explore the relationship between strength training, health, and the fitness industry. We talked Kuebler, who is also artistic director with Radical Sy
  
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• Karen Barnaby: Don't be so quick to dismiss turnips

  18-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  I grew up in a rutabaga, not turnip, family. My family called rutabagas, “turnips” and we would have them mashed on a semi-regular basis. I always enjoyed their dusky, high cruciferous flavour.
  I wasn’t aware that there were really was another turnip until I started dining at a Lebanese restaurant that served them — pickled with beets to a bright neon pink — as part of an appetizer plate that included olives and pickled hot peppers. They were wonderful swiped throug
  
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• Who should you see in concert, Janet Jackson or Miranda Lambert?

  18-09-2017 19:45 via vancouversun.com
  Janet Jackson
  Sept. 26, 7 p.m. | Rogers Arena
  Tickets and info: From $47, at ticketmaster.ca
  Miranda Lambert
  Sept. 29, 7 p.m. | Rogers Arena
  Tickets and info: From $34, at ticketmaster.ca
  Two singers from two very different musical worlds are bringing their latest tours to Vancouver in the next week.
  Janet Jackson’s State of the World Tour is the singer’s eighth and was launched in support of her 11th record, titled Unbreakable. Numerous dates from the original Unbreakable World Tour
  
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• Crews hope to recover body of man killed after fall into crevasse near Whistler

  18-09-2017 19:43 via vancouversun.com
  WHISTLER — RCMP in Whistler say efforts will continue Monday to recover the body of a man who died while on a day hike.
  A news release from the Whistler detachment says the 27-year-old victim who was visiting Canada was reported overdue on Saturday.
  Searchers found his body Sunday and Staff Sgt. Paul Hayes says attempts to contact his family are underway.
  Rescuers say it appears the man fell into a crevasse while hiking near Iceberg Lake, along a rugged trail in the high alpine near Rainbo
  
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• Neighbourhood Series: What you never knew about Kerrisdale

  18-09-2017 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  Jon McComb chats with Vancouver historian Aaron Chapman about Kerrisdale.
  
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• Seven things to do, Sept. 22-28: Damian Marley, Janet Jackson, pinball expo and more

  18-09-2017 19:12 via vancouversun.com
  Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley
  Sept. 26, 9 p.m. | Commodore Ballroom
  Tickets and info: livenation.com
  Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley is the youngest son of Bob Marley, whose genes were so powerful and musical he sired seven reggae artists. (He had eight children total. But one of them, presumably the rebel, decided to play football instead.) Damian Marley, whose nickname is derived from his father’s Tuff Gong moniker, has been performing since the age of 13. He’
  
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• Daily Poll: Is Premier John Horgan living up to his campaign promises?

  18-09-2017 19:10 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia columnist Rob Shaw wrote Monday that many of Premier John Horgan’s big-ticket campaign promises are currently tied up in some form of public review.
  Related
  Rob Shaw: NDP's top promises caught up in vague consultationsSome of the NDP election campaign goodies that are now being reviewed but not implemented:
  The referendum on proportional representation;
  Moving to a $15-an-hour minimum wage;
  Cutting B.C. Ferries fares;
  Implementing the $10-a-day child care plan;
  Solving Metro Vanc
  
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• B.C.'s NDP to unveil corporate and union donation legislation

  18-09-2017 18:52 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – B.C.’s New Democrat government is set to fulfill one of its major campaign promises Monday by introducing a bill to ban corporate and union donations.
  The legislation is expected to be tabled shortly before 2 p.m. in the legislature, followed by a media availability with Premier John Horgan, Attorney General David Eby and Green party leader Andrew Weaver.
  Horgan said last week his government was moving to introduce such a bill “as quickly as humanly possible.”
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Man murdered in Richmond

  18-09-2017 18:26 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide investigators are on the scene of a new murder file in Richmond.
  Mounties got calls about a possible shooting  in the 7500-block of Bridge Street about 3:04 a.m. Monday.
  “Upon police attendance, an adult victim was located. Despite all attempts to revive the individual he succumbed to his injuries,”  Cst. Adriana Peralta said in a news release.
  “Based on the investigative theory in this initial phase, this does not appear to be a random act.”
  She said t
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Minister plans to cut court delays to stop stays

  18-09-2017 18:18 via vancouversun.com
  It was interesting Friday to hear public safety ministers and federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould from across the country talk about their plans/concerns about implementing the new marijuana laws by next July. By colleague Ian Mulgrew wrote about that.
  And at two days of Vancouver meetings, they also talked about measures to cut court delays and hopefully save some prosecutions from being thrown out because of the Supreme Court of Canada’s Jordan application.
  The proposed measure
  
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• RCMP investigations into fentanyl shipments from China lead to arrests, charges in Canada

  18-09-2017 18:17 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The RCMP has launched at least 20 investigations involving dozens of vendors shipping fentanyl from China as Canada grapples with a record number of illicit opioid deaths, the force’s director of serious organized crime says.
  “Most intercepts are done here in Canada,” Sgt. Yves Goupil said, adding arrests have been made and charges will be laid.
  Goupil said their investigation has only uncovered Chinese suppliers of fentanyl for the illicit market.
  “It&r
  
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• Protest to be held ahead of balloon vote at Vancouver Park Board

  18-09-2017 17:27 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver's Park Board is voting tonight on whether to ban balloons from the city's green spaces.
  
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• Emmy Fashion

  18-09-2017 17:21 via globalnews.ca
  “Emmy Fashion Hits & Misses” – From Nicole Kidman to Reese Witherspoon, stylist Susie Wall takes a look at the red carpet hits and misses from the Emmy Awards.
  
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• This is why you need insurance and tips to determine what policies you need

  18-09-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  Q: My husband and I have had lots of changes this year. We went from renting an apartment to owning our first home, and now we’re expecting our first little family addition. When I see fires, floods and hurricanes in the news every day I can’t help but worry for our future, and wonder if we have enough insurance to help us avoid a financial disaster. We both have great jobs with extended benefits but our savings account is pretty low right now because of buying our condo. How do I fi
  
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• Man dead in Richmond homicide

  18-09-2017 16:34 via globalnews.ca
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has now been called in.
  
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• Large-scale farm created amid poverty, pavement in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

  18-09-2017 16:13 via vancouversun.com
  Michael Ableman has achieved something many thought impossible: creating thriving urban farms on pavement and contaminated soil in one of Canada’s poorest neighbourhoods.
  Sole Food Street Farms in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is an area almost entirely inhabited by folks who are dealing with long-term addiction, mental illness and poverty, says Ableman, who co-founded the urban farm venture in 2009 with Seann Dory.
  The area of squalor — nestled amidst a vibrant city with a red
  
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• In space-strapped Vancouver, new Mount Pleasant development maximizes useable space

  18-09-2017 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  With its eye-catching architecture and central location, Second + Main is in a unique position to be a new gateway to Mount Pleasant.
  Situated on the west side of Main Street between 2nd and 3rd avenues, the site intersects some of the city’s most exuberant areas. (Vancouverites will recognize the project’s site as the former stronghold of the old Maynard’s Liquidation Centre.) The shops and restaurants of Mount Pleasant, the tech hub west of Main, the arts district along Great
  
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• Homicide cops called to fatal shooting in Richmond

  18-09-2017 15:53 via vancouversun.com
  One man is dead following an early morning shooting in Richmond.
  The shooting happened just after 3 a.m. Monday in the area of 7500 block of Bridge Street.
  Richmond RCMP say a male victim died at the scene.The area has been cordoned off and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the investigation.
  IHIT says the killing does not appear to be a random act.
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• Cold weather alert issued for B.C.'s Southern Interior

  18-09-2017 15:39 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada says B.C. will get its first taste of winter on Monday with cold temperatures and a chance of snow in the forecast for the Southern Interior.
  A special weather alert has been issued for the districts of Boundary, East Columbia, Kootenay Lake, Nicola, Okanagan Valley, Shuswap, West Columbia and West Kootenay.
  Environment Canada says a cold front will make its way through those areas Monday morning, leaving a mass of the cold air that will hang around for the
  
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• Body of missing hiker found near Whistler

  18-09-2017 15:16 via globalnews.ca
  The body of a missing hiker has been found near Whistler but weather is making the recovery operation difficult.
  
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• Magnitude 5.1 earthquake shakes Alaska, British Columbia

  18-09-2017 15:05 via vancouversun.com
  JUNEAU, Alaska — A Magnitude 5.1 earthquake in B.C. shook Alaska about 135 miles (217 kilometres) northwest of the state’s capital city Juneau.
  Coincidentally, the City and Borough of Juneau’s Disaster Preparedness Expo was winding down as the earthquake hit Saturday afternoon. No damage was immediately reported.
  The National Weather Service stated there was no tsunami threat from the earthquake.
  The quake was centred in the narrow sliver of British Columbia, which separates So
  
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• Winter is coming: Snow predicted for parts of B.C.’s southern Interior

  18-09-2017 15:02 via globalnews.ca
  Snow is expected at higher elevations but at most, a few centimetres can be expected.
  
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• Ghostpoet, Petunia and the Vipers, Angus & Julia Stone reviewed

  18-09-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ghostpoet: Dark Days + Canapés (Pias): On his fourth and latest album, Bristol rapper Ghostpoet mines the depths of relationships gone/going wrong (Many Moods at Midnight), global politics ((We’re) Dominoes) and the whole frustration of life going off point (Karoshi). As ever, the music is jarring, metallic and digs into the darkest recesses of groove to juxtapose against the distant, reverberating gritty drawl the lyrics are delivered in. Obaro Ojimiwe is nothing if not a laconic
  
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• Emmy Award Wrap

  18-09-2017 14:45 via globalnews.ca
  ET Canada’s Matte Babel runs through Sunday’s politically charged Emmy Awards telecast.
  
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• B. C. plaintiff in legal challenge to Canada’s assisted dying laws dies

  18-09-2017 14:26 via globalnews.ca
  In a statement from her husband Lenard, he says she died with medical assistance on Aug. 31.
  
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• The Morning Skate, Sept. 18: For Canucks it’s Viva, Las…Beijing?

  18-09-2017 14:04 via theprovince.com
  Welcome to the NHL, Vegas Golden Knights.is this what outsiders think vegas is like? pic.twitter.com/wVisnLM35l
  — Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) September 17, 2017
  To quote Scott Brown: “We’ve all been there.  That’s pretty much Vegas.”
  ‘Nuff said.
  Let’s get skating.
  The Home Team
  Awful.In the preseason, the refs are calling slash like they're Axl Rose over the last two decades. #Canucks
  — Daniel Wagner (@passittobulis) September 17, 20
  
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• Rob Shaw: NDP's top promises caught up in vague consultations

  18-09-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Ask a question in the halls of the B.C. legislature these days, and chances are, no matter the minister or the topic, you are going to get this answer: Sorry, but the issue is under consultation.
  Many of Premier John Horgan’s big ticket election promises are caught up and delayed in some form of vague public review now that he’s in government.
  The referendum on proportional representation. Moving to a $15-an-hour minimum wage. Cutting B.C. Ferries fares. Implementing
  
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• Neighbourhood series: Being bear aware in the Tri Cities

  18-09-2017 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  The CKNW and Global News Neighbourhood Series is an annual series that explores neighbourhoods in Vancouver, Surrey, and the Tri-Cities.
  
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• Refugee groups expects more Latin Americans to cross into B.C.

  18-09-2017 13:00 via vancouversun.com
  Settlement groups are bracing for a rush of asylum claimants crossing by foot into B.C. as protections lapse for citizens of countries in crisis who sought refuge in the U.S.
  People with temporary protected status in the U.S. are those considered unable to safely return home to countries torn by war or hit by a major natural disaster. They can’t be deported or detained by the Department of Homeland Security.
  The U.S. federal government is now considering whether to extend the pro
  
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• Protests, strikes and hooliganism: Vancouver's rebellious century

  18-09-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  Generally speaking, Vancouverites are a gentle, peace-loving lot. But there is another side to our civic soul — an angry one.
  Vancouver has a long history of political protests and labour strife. And for some reason, every few years, we have a big riot.
  “The hockey riots of 1994 and 2011 weren’t the first time,” says researcher Kate Bird.
  “The very first time the Grey Cup was here in 1955, there was a riot. There was another one in ’58, and ’66. Rioting
  
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• Canucks in China: Newcomers to Vancouver warming to the game

  18-09-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Daniel Luk first put on skates when he moved from Guangzhou in southern China to Richmond in 2014. A year into lessons — with his parents, Colin Luk and Shuying Kong, navigating their new lives here — the then-five year-old wanted to try hockey.
  His mother, who hails from the northern Chinese city of Harbin, was up for her son being on the ice, but not so much for him banging around, chasing a puck.
  “It seemed very violent,” says Kong, waving her elbows in the air.
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• RCMP says charges to be laid in Canada involving fentanyl shipments from China

  18-09-2017 10:00
  Fentanyl's strength means it's often mailed in small packages and envelopes, and that has made it challenging to detect, Sgt. Yves Goupil said.
  
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• King George Hub a striking addition to Surrey City Centre

  18-09-2017 09:00 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey City Centre’s mix of commercial, civic and residential complexes continues to draw international attention for its cutting-edge architecture and success in creating a vibrant new downtown core.
  So, in order to fulfill the demand of homeowners wanting to move to this part of the city, the second phase of King George Hub by award-winning PCI Developments is now underway.
  This mixed-use community consists of retail, office and two residential towers, the first of which is 39 storeys an
  
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