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• Want to buy Bitcoin? Do your homework first: B.C. regulators

  18-11-2017 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  "Start with your own due diligence and bring a healthy skepticism and ask questions."
  
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• ‘Hammy’ the deer with a hammock stuck in his antlers still on the loose in northern B.C.

  18-11-2017 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  A deer with parts of a hammock stuck in his antlers has proven to be surprisingly hard to track down. 
  
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• Thousands expected in Abbotsford at memorial for fallen police officer

  18-11-2017 23:43 via vancouversun.com
  The streets of Abbotsford will be lined with blue on Sunday as thousands of police officers from across the country and around the world march in remembrance of their slain colleague.
  Police estimate about 12,000 people — including 8,000 first responders — will attend a memorial for Const. John Davidson.
  “It’s pretty important for us to come together as a family,” said Sgt. Judy Bird, spokeswoman for the Abbotsford Police Department. “Our family member was mur
  
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• Metro Vancouver to light up blue in honour of fallen Abbotsford officer

  18-11-2017 23:05 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver will glow blue Saturday night to pay respect to Abbotsford police officer Const. John Davidson.
  Thousands are expected Sunday at a funeral for Davidson, killed in the line of duty in Abbotsford on Nov. 6.
  B.C. Place Stadium, the B.C. Legislature, the Bloedel Conservatory, the Canada Place sails, the Burrard Street Bridge, Vancouver city hall, and the Peach Arch border are just some of the public spaces that will shine in blue lights.
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• The Province’s Empty Stocking Fund helps Syrian refugee, 13, and he helps back

  18-11-2017 23:00 via theprovince.com
  Khaled Aldarwish is 13, but as a Syrian refugee has likely experienced much more than most people three times his age.
  He and his parents and their other four boys and one daughter came to Canada as part of a wave of Syrians fleeing from their home country, unrecognizable because of the years of battles for land and power by ISIS, rebel fighters and the Syrian army.
  “It was lots of fighting,” said Khaled of their city of Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria.
  After being the scene of clashes
  
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• With Airbnb regulated, what are the tax implications for Vancouver hosts?

  18-11-2017 22:41 via vancouversun.com
  As Vancouver becomes Canada’s first major city to regulate short-term home rentals, many prospective hosts have questions about how it could work for them.
  Thousands of hosts in Vancouver have been renting out rooms and entire homes, operating in a legal grey area through online platforms, the largest of which is Airbnb. But starting in April, Vancouver homeowners will have to become a part of the city’s new regulatory regime for short-term home rentals, approved by council last week
  
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• With Airbnb regulated, what are the tax implications for Vancouver hosts? - Vancouver Sun

  18-11-2017 22:36 via vancouversun.com
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  With Airbnb regulated, what are the tax implications for Vancouver hosts?
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  As Vancouver becomes Canada's first major city to regulate short-term home rentals, many prospective hosts have questions about how it could work for them. Thousands of hosts in Vancouver have been renting out rooms and entire homes, operating in a ...and more »
  
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• Driver in hospital after vehicle flips on Hwy. 91 in Richmond

  18-11-2017 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  Highway 91 was closed for several hours following the crash, leading to traffic delays for drivers travelling through Richmond on Saturday morning.
  
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• Metro Vancouver to light up blue in honour of fallen Abbotsford ... - Vancouver Sun

  18-11-2017 21:27 via vancouversun.com
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  BC Place and Science World are just some of the public spaces in Metro Vancouver that will light up blue in honour of fallen Abbotsford police officer Const.and more »
  
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• Renters of Vancouver: “It was very devious” - Straight.com

  18-11-2017 21:02 via straight.com
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  Renters of Vancouver: “It was very devious”
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  “Renters of Vancouver” takes an intimate look at how the city's residents are dealing with the housing crisis. RELATED STORIES. Renters of Vancouver: "Where do we go?" Renters of Vancouver: Because I wasn't on the lease, I didn't have the same rights ...and more »
  
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• A kid who grew up in the projects is now in charge of reducing poverty in B.C.

  18-11-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  The 350-square-foot, two-bedroom apartment is a cramped, no-frills space, but it provided a safe place for cabinet-minister-to-be Shane Simpson, his little sister and his mother when they desperately needed a home.
  As Simpson walks through the tiny unit in the large East Vancouver housing project, he recalls a frugal time when his single mother raised two kids there on welfare wages after leaving her husband in the late 1960s.
  “My dad beat my mom up. And one day, when my sister was ab
  
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• Delta police investigate series of suspicious overnight fires

  18-11-2017 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  Police are investigating a string of suspicious fires that occurred in Delta, early Saturday morning.
  
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• Illness keeps Canucks prospect Lind out of Rockets line-up versus Giants

  18-11-2017 20:24 via theprovince.com
  The Kelowna Rockets won’t have Vancouver Canucks prospect Kole Lind in their line-up tonight when they visit the Vancouver Giants at the Langley Events Centre.
  Via text message, Kelowna general manager Bruce Hamilton explained that the Lind, a right winger selected in the second round by the Canucks in last summer’s NHL Draft, has strep throat. He sat out Kelowna’s 7-4 win at home Friday over the Lethbridge Hurricanes.
  No word on how long he’ll be out. Lind is 10th in WHL
  
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• Makeup tutorial: How to enhance and enlarge the shape of your eyes

  18-11-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  In this week’s makeup tutorial I’m showing you how to enhance and enlarge the shape of your eyes with the perfect smoky eye makeup, using the Tarte — Tartelette In Bloom eyeshadow palette.
  Step 1Start by priming the eye lid with a cream eyeshadow base. I’m using MAC Paint Pot in Stormy Pink. It’s a pinky-plum colour which really helps to enhance a green eye colour. Use it on it’s own for a more down-played and softer look.
  Step 2Using a fluffy blender brush, s
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Sports Celebrities Festival raises $400,000 for Canucks for Kids Fund, Special Olympics

  18-11-2017 20:00 via theprovince.com
  SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP: In 18 years, the Sports Celebrities Festival has raised more than $4.4 million to benefit the Canucks for Kids Fund and Special Olympics B.C. and change the lives of children and adults through the power of sport. Another $400,000 would be added to that tally to help empower the lives of individuals with intellectual disabilities gain confidence, pride and acceptance through sport. Gala creators Doug Holtby and Blair Shier reprised their roles chairing the Sports Celebritie
  
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• Saturday Chef – Chef Tompson’s Vietnamese Clam Chowder

  18-11-2017 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  Chef Thompson Tran from the Wooden Boat Food Company joins us in the kitchen with his hearty Vietnamese twist on a traditional clam chowder.
  
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• Orpheum at 90

  18-11-2017 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  As the historic Orpheum theatre turns 90 we’re joined by Vancouver Civic Theatres’ Krista Edwardson who tells us about the venue’s glamourous history and about what’s planned for the big birthday celebrations.
  
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• OPEN HOUSE – Homes for the Holiday

  18-11-2017 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  Kaitlyn Herbst goes in search of some Holiday décor inspiration at the Kids Help Phone Homes for the Holidays seasonal self-guided tour.
  
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• Canada 37 Spain 27: Thrills and a few spills in Madrid

  18-11-2017 18:24 via theprovince.com
  Canada’s offensive punch proved too much for Spain on Saturday in Madrid, as the visitors won 37-27 in an entertaining rugby international.
  After falling behind 17-3 in the game’s first quarter, Canada’s top class backline roared in to action and outpaced the hosts 33-10 over the game’s final hour.
  To paraphrase at least one former Canadian international who was watching from afar: Just imagine if Canada didn’t have DTH van der Merwe and Taylor Paris.
  The two Canadi
  
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• Canucks Game Day: Green’s boys look to bounce back against Blues

  18-11-2017 17:28 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks (9-8-2) look to get back on track after that loss to the Vegas Golden Knights when they take on the Western Conference’s top team, the St. Louis Blues (14-5-1), tonight at Rogers Arena (7 p.m., CBC, Sportsnet, Sportsnet 650).
  THE BIG MATCH-UP
  Blues puck-moving defence vs. Canucks puck-moving defence
  Vancouver coach Travis Green has preached playing fast and blue liners jumping into the rush. We’ve seen some of that, but it hasn’t translated to stats just y
  
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• Editorial: Vancouver's short-term rental rules should be in public interest

  18-11-2017 17:15 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver city council followed the lead of other major cities in the world this week in establishing a regulatory regime for short-term rentals, such as those advertised on Airbnb and other platforms. 
  The new rules effectively legitimize an activity that existed in a legal grey zone and eliminate uncertainty — a plus for both Airbnb, which is reportedly mulling an IPO, and Airbnb hosts, who no longer need to fear they are breaking the law.
  But the prohibition on renting out secondar
  
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• International: 15 bestselling books of the week, Nov. 18

  18-11-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12) — Jeff Kinney
  2. The Sun and Her Flowers — Rupi Kaur
  3. Origin — Dan Brown
  4. Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck — Mark Manson
  5. The Midnight Line: A Jack Reacher Novel — Lee Child
  6. Wisdom of Sundays — Oprah Winfrey
  7. The Rooster Bar — John Grisham
  8. Milk and honey — Rupi Kaur
  9. 5 Ingredients — Quick and Easy Food — Jamie O
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books of the week, Nov. 18

  18-11-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief and Compassion – Surprising Observations of a Hidden World — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books). 
  2. Harry: A Wilderness Dog Saga — Chris Czajkowski (Harbour Publishing). 
  3. The Haunting of Vancouver Island: Supernatural Encounters with the Other Side — Shanon Sinn (TouchWood Editions).
  4. Opportunity Knox: Twenty Years of Award-Losing Humour Writing — Jack Knox (Heritage House).
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• Sold (Bought): Highlights of Shaughnessy home include indoor pool and wine cellar

  18-11-2017 15:47 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  4670 Connaught Drive, Vancouver
  Type: Five-bedroom, 10-bathroom detached
  Size: 9,723 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $11,246,000
  Listed for: $23,988,800
  Sold for: $18,500,000
  Sold on: June 21
  Days on market: 139
  Listing agent: Juliette Zhang at Macdonald Realty Westmar and Crystal Hung at Icon Marketing Inc.
  Buyers agent: Na An at Royal Pacific Realty
  The big sell: This bespoke Georgian-style estate boasts a plethora of highl
  
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• The Home Front: A 'pre-loved' approach to holiday decor and gift giving

  18-11-2017 15:38 via vancouversun.com
  What do you give someone who has everything? Attitude springs to mind. But if that sounds too confrontational, try originality — through creatively sourced second-hand goods from thrift stores, online sites like Kijiji, and vintage markets, says decor and lifestyle expert Janette Ewen.
  “What I love about giving second-hand is you can give things to people that tell a story,” Ewen says. “Even if you write a little story about it, and pop it in with the gift, it makes it al
  
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• Theatre review: Drunks and Children tell a painful comic truth

  18-11-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth
  To Dec. 2 | Firehall Arts Centre
  Tickets: From $20 at www.firehallartscentre.ca 
  Last month, the Canadian government announced an agreement to pay up to $800 million in restitution to Indigenous people who, as children in the 1960s, were forcibly removed from their homes and placed with non-Indigenous families for adoption or fostering.
  The Sixties Scoop, as it has come to be known, is one of the dark chapters in Canadian history that, along with resi
  
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• Customizable luxury at South Surrey's Pacific Heights

  18-11-2017 14:54 via vancouversun.com
  Pacific Heights by Foxridge Homes is a development of 28 luxury single-family homes with four or five bedrooms. And with units starting at more than 3,000 square feet, it may be surprising to think that many of the buyers at this emerging South Surrey neighbourhood will, in fact, be downsizers.
  “We’ve had young families and move-up buyers, as well as downsizers moving out of acreages with absolutely enormous houses on them,” said Diane Zarola, Foxridge Homes’ director of
  
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• Allan Schoenborn Granted Escorted Leave

  18-11-2017 08:34 via globalnews.ca
  A decision has been reached that child killer Allan Schoenborn will recieve escorted leaves into the community. The BC Review Board releasing its decision late afternoon on November 17, 2017. Catherine Urquhart has the details.
  
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• Rockets rev up to beat Hurricanes 7-4

  18-11-2017 07:10 via globalnews.ca
  The Kelowna Rockets began by making it look easy, getting two goals in about the first two minutes of play Friday night.
  
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• Polygon Gallery creates art destination in revitalized Lower Lonsdale

  18-11-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Darrell Mussatto was elected in 1993 to council in the city of North Vancouver. The rookie politician’s first appointment was on the cultural committee that oversaw Presentation House and its museum, art gallery and theatre.
  At the time, all three cultural venues operated out of a ramshackle building on Chesterfield Avenue a few blocks up the steep hill from the waterfront. Starting out as a girls’ school in 1902, it later became the home of North Van’s city hall and police hea
  
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• East Vancouver sex assault by man in medical mask mirrors earlier attack

  18-11-2017 06:29 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are warning the public after a sexual assault in east Vancouver that bears similarities to a similar incident last month.
  According to a news release, a woman was assaulted by a man in a white medical mask Wednesday night after getting off the SkyTrain at Nanaimo station. As she walked near St. Lawrence Street around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, the woman was grabbed from behind and groped before the masked man fled the scene.
  The suspect is described as an Asian man between 20 and 30 y
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Nov 17

  18-11-2017 05:18 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, November 17, 2017.
  
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• The made-in-B.C. water cannon that wasn’t used to fight its wildfires last summer

  18-11-2017 05:01 via globalnews.ca
  It was made in Nanaimo. But the province didn't really answer why it wasn't in use over the summer.
  
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• TransLink could offer 24-hour SkyTrain service, but there’s a catch: official

  18-11-2017 04:45 via globalnews.ca
  "This is absolutely not true, it's garbage."
  
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• WATCH: Video shows deer shot and its throat slashed, and hunters are outraged

  18-11-2017 04:01 via globalnews.ca
  WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. The video was believed to have been filmed somewhere on Vancouver Island.
  
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• New B.C.-made tool could help fight wildfires

  18-11-2017 03:46 via globalnews.ca
  A portable sprinkler system, called a “Firebozz,” could help significantly decrease the amount of damage caused by wildfires. As Neetu Garcha reports, many hope the “Firebozz”can be put to use by next summer.
  
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• Investigation launched after video shows deer being shot and slashed

  18-11-2017 03:46 via globalnews.ca
  A disturbing video sent in by a Global viewer is raising questions about the treatment of animals.. The video shows the mistreatment of a young deer. Aaron McArthur has the story.
  
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• B.C. NDP government comes around to controversial ‘Panda Bonds’

  18-11-2017 03:46 via globalnews.ca
  In 2016, the NDP had questioned whether there was a link between the bonds and Chinese investors in B.C. real estate.
  
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• Second case of aHUS found in BC in a six-week old baby

  18-11-2017 03:42 via globalnews.ca
  A B.C. baby is believed to be the youngest person to be diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome, or aHus. As John Hua reports, this comes at the same time that a UBC student is fighting for the government to cover the cost of a lifesaving drug for the same disease.
  
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• Abbotsford preparing to say goodbye to fallen Const. John Davidson

  18-11-2017 03:42 via globalnews.ca
  The public funeral will be held Sunday, and as Jennifer Palma reports, thousands of people are expected to attend.
  
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• B.C. wildfires affecting bird migration

  18-11-2017 03:39 via globalnews.ca
  A Burnaby wildlife rescue facility says they are seeing twice as many song birds in distress this fall than in previous years. As Linda Aylesworth tell us, they believe this year’s record-breaking wildfire season is to blame.
  
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• Federal government promises big money to target guns and gangs

  18-11-2017 03:35 via globalnews.ca
  Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale announced $300 million over five years. The money will be spread amongst the provinces. Keith Baldrey has more on how the money will be used here in British Columbia.
  
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• Government announces revitalization of Riverview Hospital site to treat mental health and addictions

  18-11-2017 03:32 via globalnews.ca
  Premier John Horgan committed $101 million to a 105-bed mental health centre at the Riverview Hospital site in Coquitlam. Jill Bennett has more on when the doors will be open, and whether it’s enough to tackle the opioid crisis.
  
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• Vancouver TED conference grapples with sex harassment accusations

  18-11-2017 03:27 via vancouversun.com
  By Elizabeth Dwoskin and Danielle Paquette
  SAN FRANCISCO — Vancouver’s spring TED conference is the latest hot spot for sexual harassment allegations, conference organizers acknowledge.
  At least five people, including a past main-stage speaker, have told TED officials they were harassed or groped during the organization’s flagship conference in Vancouver in April, according to interviews and email correspondence seen by The Washington Post.
  When Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox N
  
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• Canada doesn’t invest enough in early childhood education, economist tells Kelowna audience

  18-11-2017 03:15 via globalnews.ca
  A new report reveals troubling findings when it comes to accessing early childhood education (ECE) in Canada,
  
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• Lots of early snowfall means strong opening for Okanagan nordic skiing

  18-11-2017 03:14 via globalnews.ca
  Mother Nature has been kind to Okanagan skiers this year.
  
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• Investigation launched into hunter accused of animal cruelty

  18-11-2017 03:03 via globalnews.ca
  A disturbing video sent in by a Global viewer is raising questions of animal cruelty tonight. The video shows the mistreatment of a young deer. A warning, the video may be disturbing.
  
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• Opinion: Lights, camera, inaction — why B.C. must defend the status quo on film tax credits

  18-11-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s one of the defining — and most terrifying — scenes in the triple Oscar-winning movie The Revenant.
  Yet when Leonardo DiCaprio’s frontiersman character is attacked by a bear, the real star of the show is the brutal beauty of the location — British Columbia’s Squamish Valley.
  Actors and crew working on Hollywood’s toughest ever shoot endured temperatures of -40 Celsius, and told of how their eyes froze shut and their fingers and camera gear locked tog
  
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• Opinion: Increase irrigated land area to attain food security in B.C.

  18-11-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Home to two-thirds of British Columbians, the mighty Fraser River is the lifeblood of a vast watershed that stretches from the Rockies to the Pacific. The lower Fraser Valley, one of the most productive agricultural regions in Canada, is vital to B.C.’s long-term food security. 
  The Fraser drains one of the most diverse watersheds in North America — for example, its vast lands contain ten of B.C.’s 14 biogeoclimatic zones. Yet many of the Fraser’s 34 tributaries, or
  
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• Letters: Lack of money forces many to represent themselves in court

  18-11-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Not an ounce of quit in self-represented litigant, Ian Mulgrew column, Nov. 10.
  Ian Mulgrew writes sympathetically about the travails of former North Van councillor Joan Gadsby who has to borrow money to continue litigating adverse decisions resulting from her misfortunes in property investment. She appears to have fallen on hard times and one does feel for her. One must not lose sight of the fact that our courts are plugged with unrepresented litigants, many of whom are less educated and so
  
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