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• B.C. First Nations carry huge debts after fighting to save homes from wildfires

  27-11-2018 23:41 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Chief Larry Nooski remembers the deafening sound of a wildfire racing toward Nadleh Whut’en territory in August, like a “low-level jet plane.”
  The chief of the central British Columbia First Nation felt ambushed. His community scrambled to buy equipment, train firefighters, evacuate residents and set up an emergency operations centre — spending about $400,000 but saving most of the reserve’s buildings from the flames.
  He said the province’s e
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: Industrial strata market continues to climb

  27-11-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Greater Vancouver developers are building and planning for more strata industrial projects than ever before as the sales price for strata units in the region continues to climb.
  In the third quarter of this year, there were 13 industrial strata projects in the Greater Vancouver region planned and another 10 under construction, for a total of about 2.4 million square feet, according to JLL’s Industrial Strata Market Report.
  Since 2016, Metro Vancouver’s weighted average price per squa
  
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• Search for missing Edmonton man shifts to West Vancouver

  27-11-2018 22:53 via vancouversun.com
  West Vancouver police have joined the search for a missing Alberta man after his car was found abandoned near Lions Bay.
  Stuart Barclay, 40, was last seen leaving an Edmonton home on Nov. 20.
  Edmonton police have since determined Barclay attended a business in the Park Royal area of West Vancouver on Nov. 23.
  The next day, a car that Barclay was last seen travelling in — a white Chevrolet Equinox with Alberta plates — was recovered unoccupied on Highway 99 near Lions Bay.
  Police beli
  
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• Surrey man arrested in killing of Vancouver woman

  27-11-2018 22:37
  
  87-year-old Elizabeth Poulin was found dead in her apartment Saturday morning
  
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• RCMP surprised by how much poster-board cutout of Coquitlam Mountie has helped reduce speeding

  27-11-2018 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  No word yet on whether Const. Scarecrow will receive a promotion.
  
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• 7-Eleven now accepts Chinese mobile payment systems Alipay and WeChat

  27-11-2018 22:09 via vancouversun.com
  7-Eleven has become the first convenience retailer in Canada to accept Chinese mobile payment systems Alipay and WeChat at participating stores.
  The convenience store chain says Alipay and WeChat is now available at 35 select locations in Metro Vancouver and Toronto, with plans for expansion in the next few months.
  “This expansion of 7-Eleven Canada’s payment options is an exciting way to better service Chinese travellers, 65 per cent of whom use mobile payment platforms wh
  
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• Police: Dispute leads to discovery of homemade bomb, loaded firearms in Osoyoos residence

  27-11-2018 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  Police search home after receiving report of firearm being pointed at someone.
  
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• Surrey man arrested for murder of 87-year-old Vancouver woman

  27-11-2018 22:03 via vancouversun.com
  A Surrey man has been arrested and is awaiting charges in connection with the murder of an 87-year-old Vancouver woman.
  Elizabeth Poulin was found dead in her east Vancouver apartment near Kingsway Avenue and Kerr Street on Saturday morning by a family member. Vancouver police classified her death as a homicide — the city’s 15th of 2018.
  On Monday, police arrested a 23-year-old man in Surrey. Police say the man’s identity can’t be released until charge
  
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• RCMP credit 'Const. Scarecrow' for slowing speeders in Coquitlam

  27-11-2018 22:01 via vancouversun.com
  A life-size cut-out of a radar-gun-toting Mountie is being credited for slowing down lead-footed drivers in Coquitlam.
  Coquitlam RCMP say the bright-yellow-clad figure, dubbed “Const. Scarecrow,” has been a more effective deterrent than they anticipated since it was first deployed Sept. 18 for a two-month pilot project on local roads.
  “Perhaps the biggest surprise so far is that even after two weeks in one spot, people were still slowing down in the presence of Const. Scarecrow
  
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• Extended interview; police find IED in Osoyoos, BC, home

  27-11-2018 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  An extended interview with Sergeant Jason Bayda after RCMP found loaded firearms and an IED in an Osoyoos residence on Saturday.
  
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• Airport death of immigrant set off health change for B.C. RCMP officer, inquest hears

  27-11-2018 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  The family doctor of an RCMP officer who died by suicide says the Mountie had no thoughts of taking his own life in the 16 years he was his patient.
  Dr. Cameron Smith told an inquest into Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre’s death that he had prescribed antidepressants and anxiety medication related to traumatic experiences the officer had endured on the job.
  Smith says Lemaitre was also dealing with stress at home and expressed concerns about caring for his disabled wife, saying she had indicated thoug
  
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• Future of suspended B.C. legislature staff remains in limbo

  27-11-2018 21:49 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – A last-ditch effort for clarity over the suspension of the legislature’s highest-ranking officials failed to pass Tuesday and leaves the future of the staff in limbo.
  Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson tried to introduce a motion to have government review its Nov. 20 unanimous vote to suspend clerk Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz. He’s argued MLAs were not given all the information by Speaker Darryl Plecas, and were unaware the speaker and his aide Alan Mulle
  
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• Adopt a Pet: Max the Miniature Pinscher

  27-11-2018 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  Max is a 10-year-old dog that was recently surrendered to the BC SPCA. He loves long walks and other dogs.
  
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• B.C. politicians announce intervenor status for federal government’s carbon pricing court case

  27-11-2018 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia will support the federal government’s carbon pricing by intervening in court actions in the Saskatchewan and Ontario courts of appeal. B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman and Attorney General David Eby made the announcement on Tuesday.
  
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• Man has life-threatening injuries after being hit by motorhome in Victoria

  27-11-2018 21:08 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A pedestrian has been rushed to hospital in Victoria after what police say was a serious, early morning collision.
  Const. Matt Rutherford says in a news release that the unnamed man was hit by a motorhome.
  It happened just before 6:30 a.m. on Douglas Street, a main route through downtown Victoria.
  Few other details have been released but Rutherford says the pedestrian has life-threatening injuries.
  Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
  Several blocks of busy Doug
  
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• Surrey victim identified as 41-year-old Ranjeev Sangha by IHIT

  27-11-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  The man shot and killed yesterday in Surrey has now been identified by IHIT as a local bhangra promoter 41-year-old Ranjeev Sangha.
  
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• Heavy rain causes flooding in Metro Vancouver

  27-11-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  Several parts of Metro Vancouver are underwater after heavy wind and rain hit the South Coast. And as Neetu Garcha reports, there’s another threat for people living along the coast.
  
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• Victim of daylight Surrey shooting identified as 41-year-old Ranjeev Sangha

  27-11-2018 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) says Sangha is believed to have been targeted and was pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• UPDATED: Canucks Game Day: Virtanen’s bravado, Boeser’s return, Pettersson’s radar

  27-11-2018 20:38 via theprovince.com
  BEN KUZMA’S CANUCKS GAME DAY
  Los Angeles Kings at Vancouver Canucks
  Tuesday, 7 p.m., Rogers Arena, SN Pacific, Sportsnet 650THE BIG MATCHUP
  Virtanen vs. Phaneuf
  If it takes pre-game chirping to fuel Jake Virtanen’s game and get his motor running, he should get the green light to yak it up again with Dion Phaneuf. The Canucks winger told the Kings blueliner he was going to own him Saturday. Phaneuf responded with a big hit on Virtanen and Virtanen then threw a bigger one on Phaneuf. T
  
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• One koi rescued, three remain at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden as otter continues to evade capture

  27-11-2018 20:28
  
  Vancouver Park Board plans to lower the water level in the pond to help rescue remaining koi
  
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• Vancouver launches opioid emergency task force

  27-11-2018 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver has launched its opioid emergency task force to gather recommendations on how to deal with the ongoing crisis.
  The task force, which includes health experts, Indigenous leaders, and people with experience, was approved unanimously by city council on Nov. 14. and launched Tuesday.
  Mayor Kennedy Stewart says the group will “rapidly” gather the best recommendations from experts on the front lines of this crisis.
  “More than 30 people every month are dying. These are
  
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• British Columbia intervening in Saskatchewan and Ontario court cases on carbon pricing

  27-11-2018 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia will support the federal government's carbon pricing by intervening in court actions in the Saskatchewan and Ontario courts of appeal.
  
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• Vancouver Sun music reviews Dec. 1, 2018

  27-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Alex Henry Foster
  Windows in the Sky | Hopeful Tragedy Records
  Those who watched the Canadian music charts the week of Nov. 9 were scratching their heads when Alex Henry Foster’s debut album came in at #6 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart. SoundScan reporting for Quebec sales over the next two weeks showed the Montrealer hitting top spot in the charts and reaching #3 nationally just behind powerhouses Muse and Imagine Dragons.
  So who is this guy?
  Well, apparently his old band is big i
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland: Nov. 30 — Dec. 6: Bombay Black, Dawn Pemberton, more

  27-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Bombay Black
  When: Dec. 5 to 15, various times
  Where: Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova
  Tickets and info: From $20 at firehallartscentre.ca
  Anosh Irani’s play about contemporary India finds a mother (Nimet Kanji) charging men to watch her daughter (Arshdeep Purba) perform exotic dances. The arrival of a blind man (Munish Sharma) whose hidden confidences could rend their worlds apart sets in motion an intense and gritty story. Award-winning director Rohit Chokhani has reimagined the play
  
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• Imagination’s the thing in Pacific Theatre’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

  27-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  When: Nov. 30 to Dec. 29
  Where: Pacific Theatre
  Tickets: $20-36.50 at pacifictheatre.org
  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has been through the big-budget Hollywood ringer, as well as numerous stage interpretations. Usually, a lion is a lion — or at least, a CGI facsimile or someone in a costume. But in Pacific Theatre’s version of C.S. Lewis’ 1950 novel, the story is stripped down to two actors, the set, and some stagecraft. You’ll
  
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• Catherine Evans: Municipal electoral reform is badly needed

  27-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  In some B.C. municipalities, certainly in Vancouver, last month’s municipal election attracted some choice descriptors: “crazy” and “confusing” are among the more charitable. As a candidate for Vancouver city council, like other candidates I made the best of what most agreed was a mess.  
  At one point during the campaign, I made an effort to explain the at-large voting system to a newly-arrived B.C. resident and tried to convince her to vote in the Vancouv
  
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• ICBC cuts ad budget in favour of traffic enforcement

  27-11-2018 19:57 via vancouversun.com
  The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is slashing its advertising budget in half and redirecting the funds toward police traffic enforcement.
  Attorney General David Eby says high risk drivers are ignoring the corporation’s road safety messages.
  He says channelling advertising funds directly to enforcement will offer the chance to deliver the message directly to risky drivers.
  Starting in the next fiscal year, the insurance corporation will add $2.4 million to enhanced traffic enfor
  
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• Metro Vancouver condo prices to plunge 26% by 2021: analysis

  27-11-2018 19:28
  
  Condo market will take three years to slump to average price of $550K, but will be back up to peak prices three years after that, predicts analyst
  
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• Aunt Leah’s Christmas tree lot marks 24 years of helping Metro Vancouver kids in need

  27-11-2018 19:19
  
  Money raised goes towards programs to help kids in, and aging out of, foster care
  
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• Alleged online ISIS supporter’s refugee claim based on ‘bogus’ conversion to Christianity, officials say

  27-11-2018 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  Alleged online ISIS supporter Othman Ayed Hamdan was accepted as a refugee based on his claim that his abandonment of Islam had put him at risk in Jordan, but the government argued his "conversion to Christianity was bogus."
  
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• More rain to hit B.C. and all eyes on the King Tide

  27-11-2018 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  Between 10 and 25 millimetres of rain will still fall, depending on the region.
  
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• $10.79M downtown Victoria penthouse sale doubles the previous record

  27-11-2018 18:27
  
  Presale deal is for 4,422-square-foot luxury home atop Customs House building on Government Street, to be complete in 2020
  
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• Surrey homicide victim a 'caring and compassionate' Bhangra promoter, say friends

  27-11-2018 18:26 via vancouversun.com
  A man shot to death in Surrey Monday has been identified by friends as Raj Sangha, a much-loved member of the community and a Bhangra dance promoter.
  Sangha was killed in what’s believed to be a targeted hit in Surrey’s Newton neighbourhood.
  Longtime friend Suki Pangalia said he was heartbroken over the loss of such as “caring and compassionate” and cherished member of the community.
  “He would go out of his way to help anyone, especially young people,” said Pa
  
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• Many mortgage renewers can expect better rate in 2019, despite recent hikes: poll

  27-11-2018 18:24
  
  Most homeowners renewing mortgages in 2019 will find recent hikes won’t push their new payments higher, says RateHub.ca
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Rainfall warning lifted

  27-11-2018 18:19 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Environment Canada has lifted a rainfall warning for Tuesday for Metro Vancouver.
  The agency posted the warning Monday and early Tuesday morning because of the heavy rain expected, but it has since been rescinded. Weather stations received various rainfall amounts ranging from 30 millimetres to more than 120 millimetres near the mountains, according to Environment Canada.
  More rain is expected overnight, however, with up 40 millimetres expected in some areas by Wednesday
  
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• Huge turnout for the Langley Wish Breakfast 2018

  27-11-2018 17:41 via globalnews.ca
  Kaitlyn Herbst, Sonia Sunger, Jennifer Palma and Michael Newman were live at Newlands Golf Course Tuesday morning for the Langley Wish Breakfast. It has been a magical morning with Santa.
  
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• Man suffers life-threatening injuries after being hit by motorhome in Victoria

  27-11-2018 17:23 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A pedestrian has been rushed to hospital in Victoria after what police say was a serious, early morning collision.
  Const. Matt Rutherford says in a news release that the unnamed man was hit by a motorhome.
  It happened just before 6:30 a.m. on Douglas Street, a main route through downtown Victoria.
  Few other details have been released but Rutherford says the pedestrian has life-threatening injuries.
  Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
  Several blocks of busy Doug
  
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• Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum 'dismayed' by $514 million city debt

  27-11-2018 17:07 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum says he is “deeply dismayed” by the state of the city’s finances and has instructed staff to launch what he calls a “pay as you go” system to cut down the debt.
  McCallum, who served as Surrey’s mayor between 1999 and 2005, was re-elected in October and says he was “shaken to the core” when he learned about the red ink on city books.
  He says the current debt totals $514 million.
  McCallum is confident the planned pay-as-you
  
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• Which Caribbean island is best for you? From Carnival to Cuban cigars tours, you have choices

  27-11-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  The mix of cultures and races give the islands of the Caribbean a unique style in cuisine, music, architecture, customs and language. Whether you are climbing the Pitons in Saint Lucia, drinking rum with locals in Barbados or listening to the sounds of steel pan in Trinidad, the Caribbean is jam-packed with a rich array of varied experiences and activities. Here are 10 of the best … ShareThe Caribbean IslandsTumblr Pinterest Google Plus Reddit LinkedInEmail GALLERY:The Caribbean IslandsTh
  
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• Nutrition: How to boost your bone health

  27-11-2018 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  November is osteoporosis month and dietitian Diana Steele explains how you can increase you calcium and vitamin D intake to boost your bone health.
  
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• A look at the breakfast being served at the Langley Wish Breakfast

  27-11-2018 16:43 via globalnews.ca
  It takes a lot to feed all the people coming down with an unwrapped toy or gift to the Langley Wish Breakfast at Newlands Golf Course this morning. 3,800 slices of bacon!?
  
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• Langley Wish Breakfast in full swing

  27-11-2018 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  The RCMP are on hand at the Langley Wish Breakfast Tuesday morning at Newlands Golf Club to help at the drive-thru. Jennifer Palma talks to some RCMP officers about what makes this event so special.
  
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• Daily Poll: Should Uber drivers be required to have a commercial driving license?

  27-11-2018 16:19 via vancouversun.com
  A new poll has found that a majority of Vancouver residents believe people wanting to drive for Uber, Lyft or other ride-hailing services should require a Class 4 driver’s licence that requires more training.
  Read Scott Brown’s story here.
  What do you think? Do you think it’s a bad idea and that the requirement would deter drivers from signing up for a ride-hailing service? Or do you like the idea that as part of the commercial license, the driver would undergo a criminal recor
  
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• Latest rain storm swells B.C.'s south coast rivers, dumps heavy rain

  27-11-2018 16:06 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Drenching rain that has deluged British Columbia’s south coast since Sunday night should begin to relent over the next 24 hours, although Environment Canada says another 40 millimetres of precipitation is expected across parts of the region by Wednesday.
  Rainfall warnings remain posted for the east coast of Vancouver and the inner south coast all the way east to the Fraser Canyon, but wind warnings were dropped Monday night.
  The weather office says as much as 120 millimet
  
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• Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive at Langley Wish Breakfast

  27-11-2018 15:49 via globalnews.ca
  Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived via helicopter at the Langley Wish Breakfast on Tuesday morning. Community reporter Michael Newman was on hand to chat with them just after they touched down.
  
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• Syrian man stranded for seven months at Kuala Lumpur airport arrives in Vancouver

  27-11-2018 15:25 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A Syrian man who was stranded for seven months at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport arrived in Vancouver on Monday night.
  Hassan Al Kontar thanked his friends and his lawyer in a video posted to Twitter for helping him leave Malaysia.
  He says he videotaped the message at the Taiwan International Airport as he waited to board a flight to Vancouver, which he described as his final destination.
  On his Twitter account, Al Kontar says Canadian volunteers gave him hope after he
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Rainfall warning still in effect

  27-11-2018 15:11 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Environment Canada has posted a rainfall warning for Tuesday for Metro Vancouver. The agency says an intense frontal system will continue to bring heavy rain to the B.C. south coast this morning.
  Weather stations have received various rainfall amounts ranging from 30 millimetres to more than 120 millimetres near the mountains, according to Environment Canada. The agency says the system will shift east today, but rain will continue through tonight, with up 40 millimet
  
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• Chilliwack RV fire sparks a warning about space heaters

  27-11-2018 14:52 via globalnews.ca
  All space heaters should be at least three feet away from anything that can burn, according to Chilliwack firefighters.
  
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• B.C. Utilities Commission says it won’t regulate electric car-charging stations

  27-11-2018 14:48 via globalnews.ca
  "We should let the free market decide itself," said Morton.
  
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• Victoria has to move beyond 'duty to consult' on indigenous issues

  27-11-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Lasting reconciliation in B.C. requires the provincial government to move beyond its current minimal “duty to consult” with Indigenous nations, according to a report being released Tuesday.
  The province should adopt a new approach that would lead to “obtaining free, prior and informed consent” from First Nations in anything to do with their title and rights, the report states.
  The report, released by the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alter
  
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