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• New dog park, stairs and trails improve public access to Renfrew Ravine

  30-10-2018 23:58 via vancouversun.com
  The $1 million restoration of Renfrew Ravine means a lot to Carmen Rosen.
  She’s the artistic director of the annual Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival which takes place along the ravine in East Vancouver.
  When Rosen moved to the neighbourhood, neither the natural wildness of the ravine, nor Still Creek as the longest visible creek in Vancouver, were well known. The ravine, however, was known for one thing: as a place to dump garbage.
  What could an artist do to support such a beautiful place? Ros
  
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• Arrest made in violent Sicamous home invasion

  30-10-2018 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  Man, 37, facing six charges; two other suspects still at large.
  
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• Renovations make Vancouver’s Renfrew Ravine more accessible

  30-10-2018 23:43
  
  Improvements to Renfrew Community and Renfrew Ravine parks include staircases, enhanced trails
  
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• Mystery artist creates East Van Cross out of maple leaves

  30-10-2018 23:36
  
  Someone took a lot of time out of their day to create this public artwork
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Canucks’ Horvat must shoulder bigger defensive load after Sutter injury

  30-10-2018 23:32 via theprovince.com
  Amid the euphoria that is the electric Elias Pettersson, comes the stark reality for Bo Horvat.
  As centres of attention for the Vancouver Canucks — the slick Swedish rookie has seven goals in seven games while the future captain has the same amount in 13 outings — the loss of Brandon Sutter on Monday to a right shoulder separation will have a trickle-down effect.
  For the poised Pettersson, it may mean more minutes to spin magic with and without the puck because of a remarkable and re
  
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• Failed mayor, council candidates want a judicial recount in West Vancouver - Vancouver Sun

  30-10-2018 23:28
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  Failed mayor, council candidates want a judicial recount in West Vancouver
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  Mayoral candidate Mark Sager and council hopeful Jim Finkbeiner, who both lost by about 20 votes, ask the court to order a recount. Lori Culbert. Updated: October 30, 2018. Mary-Ann Booth won a a tight race for mayor of West Vancouver by just 21 votes.
  West Vancouver election recount request headed to courtNorth Shore News
  Failed mayoral and council candidates want judicial recounts in West Va
  
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• Failed mayor, council candidates want a judicial recount in West Vancouver

  30-10-2018 23:27 via vancouversun.com
  West Vancouver’s second-place mayoral candidate and the council hopeful who missed a seat by just 20 votes will ask for a judicial recount.
  The application was filed Monday by former mayor Michael Smith, who did not run for re-election, on behalf of the man he endorsed to replace him, lawyer Mark Sager, who lost to former councillor Mary-Ann Booth by just 21 votes.
  The application, which will be heard Wednesday in North Vancouver provincial court, was also filed on behalf of Jim Finkbeiner
  
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• Criminal lawyers begin to see pot disputes roll in

  30-10-2018 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver criminal lawyer is sounding the alarm over new laws after a 24-hour driving prohibition and $230 fine was issued to a 38-year-old Victoria man for allegedly driving with pot in his car.
  
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• 'No room in my heart for negativity': Michael Bublé shifts gears after son's cancer battle

  30-10-2018 23:17 via vancouversun.com
  TORONTO — Michael Bublé faced his darkest days as a parent when he watched his young son battle cancer, but the singer says living through the experience gave him a renewed perspective on what’s important.
  Whether it’s his family or his music career, the 43-year-old singer appears to have found a higher meaning in all corners of his life.
  “Everything I’m doing now is because I get to wake up every morning and just enjoy the moment,” the four-time Grammy
  
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• New B.C. lobbying rules plug loopholes, boost reporting requirements

  30-10-2018 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s attorney general is proposing legislation to plug loopholes in the province’s lobbying rules.
  David Eby said a new lobbying bill will build on reforms he introduced last year by adding monthly reports of lobbying activity, banning gifts from lobbyists and setting up a review of the law every five years.
  “I have no doubt this law will continue to evolve in British Columbia to respond to new and innovate ways of attempting to influence politicians, just to
  
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• Cannabis guru lives in Okanagan

  30-10-2018 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  A Lake Country senior is taking his passion for cannabis to the internet. He's set up a website dedicated to informing people about cannabis.
  
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• Luxury B.C. Children’s prize home still on market for $1.95 million (PHOTOS)

  30-10-2018 23:00
  
  Ultra-modern custom house in Squamish was listed three weeks after it wasn’t chosen in May prize draw, but is still for sale at $1.95 million five months later
  
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• Say goodbye to Granville Island's daytime free parking

  30-10-2018 22:48
  
  The shopping district is introducing year-round pay parking
  
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• Granville Island eliminating free parking during peak hours

  30-10-2018 22:41 via vancouversun.com
  Starting next summer, you’ll have to pay up to park at Granville Island during peak hours.
  The popular Vancouver attraction is implementing a new parking system that will include all public parking stalls on the Island.
  Pay parking will be in effect between 11 a.m and 6 p.m. with a winter-time rate (Oct. 1-April 30) of $2 per hour and a summer-season rate of $3 per hour.
  Currently, 60 per cent of the 1,200 public parking stalls on Granville Island are free, with the remaining 40 per c
  
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• Halloween parties and kids on the streets are a deadly combo: UBC-led traffic study

  30-10-2018 22:31 via theprovince.com
  Trick-or-treaters beware: Halloween can be deadly for pedestrians, and children face the greatest danger.
  University of B.C.-led research published Tuesday reports a 43 per cent higher risk of pedestrian deaths on Halloween night than on other nights near that date.
  The study was based on four decades of U.S. traffic data, including 608 pedestrian deaths on 42 Halloweens.
  The B.C. traffic researchers launched the study after noticing advertisements for Halloween parties posted to lampposts. That
  
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• Canada’s Remembrance Day poppy goes digital

  30-10-2018 22:29
  
  Margaret Atwood, Don Cherry, Ashley Callingbull and others join the Royal Canadian Legion in introducing the digital poppy
  
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• Generations of charity behind $6.5-million St. Paul's Hospital donation

  30-10-2018 22:00
  
  The inpatient cardiac centre at the new St. Paul's will be called the Tong Louie Cardiac Wing in recognition of $6.5-million donation.
  
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• Peter Wylie: Seats for sale at UBC — but not to Canadian students

  30-10-2018 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  Do you think it is fair that international students, if they pay $36,600 a year in tuition compared to $5,200 for Canadian students, get into the University of B.C. with lower grades than required of Canadian students? That can’t be true, can it? Yes it can.
  The UBC Senate, the academic governance body of the university, when it first brought in differential tuition fees for international students in 1996, stated that the number of international students in any undergraduate program could
  
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• Greyhound replacement ready to roll between Kelowna and Vancouver - Surrey Now-Leader

  30-10-2018 21:35
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  Greyhound replacement ready to roll between Kelowna and Vancouver
  Surrey Now-Leader
  With Greyhound bus service across Western Canada—including throughout the Okanagan—set to end Wednesday, operators of a partial replacement service connecting the Central Okanagan with the Lower Mainland and Kamloops say the service is revved ...and more »
  
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• B.C. implements most recommendations that followed health ministry firings: report

  30-10-2018 21:29 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s government has implemented the majority of 41 recommendations that were made in a report last year on the firings of eight workers who were involved in a drug policy investigation for the Health Ministry.
  Ombudsperson Jay Chalke says he’s heartened by the progress made on his recommendations, which includes offering apologies and providing payments to the people involved.
  The report, called “Misfire,” found that seven workers and a cont
  
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• Kelly Ellard, killer of B.C. teen Reena Virk, has day parole extended

  30-10-2018 21:19 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia woman who brutally beat and drowned 14-year-old Reena Virk near a Victoria-area bridge in 1997 has been granted an extension to her day parole.
  Thirty-five-year-old Kelly Ellard was convicted of second-degree murder in 2005 and the Parole Board of Canada granted her conditional day parole last November.
  The board extended her day parole for another six months in late July, but the decision was only provided to media on Tuesday.
  The decision says Ellard now go
  
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• ‘As young people we can stand up’: Jewish students host vigil for Pittsburgh massacre victims at UBC

  30-10-2018 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  "We are coming together because it's important for people to have an opportunity to voice their dismay and for many shock," Rabbi Philip Bregman said.
  
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• More than a dozen homes flooded in Vancouver after water pipe bursts

  30-10-2018 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  One Vancouver neighbourhood got a double dose of water on Monday after a water main break at 29th and Oak Street. At least a dozen homes affected, and the city says they’ll help foot the bill. Jennifer Palma reports.
  
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• Full metal racket: Courier reporter drums up publicity for his band’s new album

  30-10-2018 20:58
  
  When reporter John Kurucz isn’t crafting heartwarming community newspaper stories or nursing a debilitating nicotine habit, he bangs the drums for local death metal outfit Gross Misconduct.
  
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• How DNA techniques could identify the young victims in Vancouver’s longest-running cold case

  30-10-2018 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  Detectives believe new DNA techniques could hold the key to identifying the victims of Babes in the Woods case.
  
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• With Sutter injured, Canucks recall Archibald and Gaunce

  30-10-2018 20:45 via theprovince.com
  As injuries continue to pile up in Vancouver, the Canucks have made another pair of roster moves.
  Brandon Sutter separated his shoulder in the second period of Monday’s 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild. The usual recovery timeline for such an injury is four to six weeks at the minimum.
  Sutter will be placed on the injured reserve list.
  As a result, Canucks general manager Jim Benning told Postmedia News that the team is recalling Darren Archibald, who scored a goal last Thursday against the
  
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• London Drugs family gives $6.5 million for cardiac wing in new St. Paul's Hospital

  30-10-2018 20:40 via vancouversun.com
  The cardiac centre at the new St. Paul’s Hospital will be named the Tong Louie Cardiac Wing in recognition of a $6.5-million donation from the Vancouver family that owns London Drugs, it was announced Tuesday.
  Two charities — the London Drugs Foundation and Tong and Geraldine Louie Family Foundation — are contributing the sum for the new hospital near Main Street and Terminal Avenue. The 124-year old hospital on Burrard Street is to be demolished after construction on the
  
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• Two arrested, drugs seized in Chilliwack

  30-10-2018 20:31 via theprovince.com
  Two people have been arrested in connection with a drug-trafficking operation in Chilliwack.
  Mounties say that on Oct. 18 officers observed an alleged drug transaction involving a 50-year-old man in the downtown area of the city. They later searched a residence in the 9100-block of Charles Street and seized cash and drugs.
  The man was arrested outside of the residence.
  Evidence seized by officers during the arrest linked the suspect to alleged drug trafficking, and led to the arrest of a se
  
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• Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims to be honoured at UBC vigil

  30-10-2018 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  As the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims are laid to rest, people across Canada are showing their support for the Jewish community. As Neetu Garcha reports, UBC students are holding a vigil on campus today to honour those affected.
  
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• Dan Mangan looks back to move forward with More Or Less

  30-10-2018 20:25 via vancouversun.com
  Dan Mangan‘s fifth album is out this week. Titled More Or Less, the collection showcases the singer’s return to straight-ahead songwriting after 2015’s experimental Club Meds.
  That critically acclaimed album and subsequent tour with the incredible band Blacksmith was an experience he says he’ll never forget. But rather than employ the who’s who of Canada’s top improvising musicians once again, Mangan wanted to strip it back to basics and sing. Along the way, h
  
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• Douglas Todd: Bogus Vancouver academic conference erupts with outrage and police

  30-10-2018 20:14 via vancouversun.com
  All hell broke loose at an academic conference in Vancouver when legitimate scholars realized they were being exploited by deceptive organizers.
  Angry academics demanded their money back, forcing the organizer of the pseudo-technology conference to flee the event. The confrontation occurred when some scholars realized they had paid large sums of money to attend a suspicious symposium organized by the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET).
  The highly respected British publi
  
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• New Vancouver company introduces ‘umbrella sharing’

  30-10-2018 20:10 via globalnews.ca
  Next time you leave your umbrella at home, you might be able to rent one in downtown Vancouver.
  
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• Adopt a Pet: Four little kittens looking for homes

  30-10-2018 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  Four little kittens, currently in the care of the BC SPCA, need a forever home. Two males and two females kittens, 8 weeks old, SPCA hoping they can be adopt in pairs, so they will have each other as playmates.
  
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• Grouse Mountain to close for two weeks to prepare for winter season

  30-10-2018 19:34
  
  The closure will allow for maintenance and winter preparation projects to be completed
  
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• Year-round pay parking is coming to all of Vancouver’s Granville Island

  30-10-2018 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  Starting in the summer of 2019, visitors to the popular destination will have to pay to park in all public parking stalls from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  
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• Mother thanks childcare providers for saving son during Vancouver water main break

  30-10-2018 19:19 via globalnews.ca
  A Vancouver mother is thankful childcare providers acted swiftly to move her napping toddler from a flooding basement Monday after a water main break at Oak Street and 29th Avenue.
  
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• Barge goes up in flames on Fraser River

  30-10-2018 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  The fire broke out on what appears to be a salvage vessel, sending up a massive plume of smoke that can be seen from New Westminster and Coquitlam.
  
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• Another Fraser River barge fire

  30-10-2018 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  Port Authority crews are battling a blaze aboard a salvage vessel on the Fraser River west of the Port Mann bridge. No word yet on the cause of the blaze, which appears to be coming from under the vessel’s deck.
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland, Nov. 2-8: Drake, Vancouver Tea Festival, and more

  30-10-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Drake
  Aubrey and the Three Amigos Tour
  When: Nov. 3, 4, 7 p.m.
  Where: Rogers Arena
  Tickets and info: Ticketmaster.caDrake, perhaps you’ve heard of him? The Toronto rapper is not only one of the biggest artists in the world right now, he’s also out on the road in support of his fifth album Scorpion. This 25-track magnum opus covers everything from hidden parenthood, seduction (naturally), and the usual assortment of things that get under the artist’s skin that he wants to share
  
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• Restaurant review: Riding the coattails of El Bulli at La Terraza del Casino

  30-10-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  La Terraza del Casino
  Where: Casino de Madrid, Alcala 15, Madrid, Spain
  Reservations: 34 915 211 735; casinodemadrid.esOn a recent trip to Spain, I explored Madrid (thank you, Prado Museum!) and Granada (headliner, the Alhambra palace fortress) and Seville (blown away by flamenco!) before moving on to Morocco.
  I planned, and succeeded, to overdose on jamon Iberico de bellota, the beautiful cured ham from Iberico pigs flavoured up on acorns in the wild. It’s very expensi
  
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• Mangan looks back to move forward with More or Less

  30-10-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Dan Mangan‘s fifth album is out this week. Titled More Or Less, the collection showcases the singer’s return to straight-ahead songwriting after 2015s experimental Club Meds.
  That critically acclaimed album and subsequent tour with the incredible band Blacksmith was an experience he says he’ll never forget. But rather than employ the who’s who of Canada’s top improvising musicians once again, Mangan wanted to strip it back to basics and sing. Along the way, he found
  
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• Bike thefts in Vancouver down 30% thanks to Project 529 registry, police say - CBC.ca

  30-10-2018 18:59
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  Bike thefts in Vancouver down 30% thanks to Project 529 registry, police say
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  Vancouver police say a bike registration pilot project has contributed to a 30 per cent drop in thefts — and is establishing the city as a world leader in fighting bike crime. More than 70,000 local bikes have been registered to Project 529's ...and more »
  
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• B.C. leaders to debate electoral reform Nov. 8

  30-10-2018 18:58 via vancouversun.com
  A date has been set for B.C. Premier John Horgan and B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson to debate electoral reform ahead of the November referendum.
  Proportional representation focuses on cooperation and puts people at the centre of our politics. Tune in Nov 8 at 7pm on CBC & Global networks to watch me debate #prorep with @wilkinson4bc. #pr4bc #bcpoli
  — John Horgan (@jjhorgan) October 30, 2018The two political leaders will take part in a 30-minute debate, which will air at 7 p.m. on
  
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• Letters, Oct. 30: PR could lead to parties like a Save the Taxi Party to fight Uber, reader says

  30-10-2018 18:54 via vancouversun.com
  One has to admire Green party leader Andrew Weaver for his political honesty in pointing out that the NDP’s latest delay on ride-hailing is because they are “worried about three seats south of the Fraser and there’s a lobby group of owners who don’t want ride-sharing.”
  However, if Weaver gets the proportional representation system he covets, we may never get ride-hailing. If he is correct that the taxi lobby controls three seats in the legislature, then it is easy e
  
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• Global News wins big at 2018 Jack Webster Awards

  30-10-2018 18:47 via globalnews.ca
  Global News won the award for Best Breaking News reporting for the death of Abbotsford police Const. John Davidson in November 2017.
  
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• Stewart promises to tackle housing crisis ‘as fast as possible’

  30-10-2018 18:45
  
  Vancouver’s mayor-elect says he is most looking forward to getting on with increasing housing supply
  
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• No Stone Left Alone

  30-10-2018 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  Join Canadians across the country honoring our veterans at No Stone Left Alone. This unique ceremony provides students and youth with an authentic experience that creates knowledge, understanding and appreciation of those who serve and of the sacrifice of Canada’s fallen.
  
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• Washington state border town cashes in on high Metro Vancouver gas prices - CBC.ca

  30-10-2018 18:31
  CBC.ca
  Washington state border town cashes in on high Metro Vancouver gas prices
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  Blaine, Washington expects to see a 12 percent increase in its gas tax revenue thanks to B.C. drivers. CBC News · Posted: Oct 30, 2018 4:00 AM PT | Last Updated: October 30. Gas prices climbed to 147.9 per litre in Metro Vancouver on Tuesday, Jan.
  
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• Douglas Todd: Bogus Vancouver academic conference erupts with outrage, police - Vancouver Sun

  30-10-2018 18:05
  Vancouver Sun
  Douglas Todd: Bogus Vancouver academic conference erupts with outrage, police
  Vancouver Sun
  The dust-up at the academic conference links to the research of suspended Thompson Rivers University economist Derek Pyne, who exposed the way members of his own economics and business department have been publishing in deceptive journals, ...and more »
  
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• Bogus Vancouver academic conference erupts with outrage and police

  30-10-2018 18:05 via vancouversun.com
  All hell broke loose at an academic conference in Vancouver when legitimate scholars realized they were being exploited by deceptive organizers.
  Angry academics demanded their money back, forcing the organizer of the pseudo-technology conference to flee the event. The confrontation occurred when some scholars realized they had paid large sums of money to attend a suspicious symposium organized by the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (Waset).
  The highly respected British publi
  
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