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• Fraser River chinook fishery closed through most of the summer

  16-04-2019 23:54 via vancouversun.com
  Commercial and recreational fisheries for Fraser River chinook will be closed for much of the summer, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced Tuesday.
  First Nations food, social and ceremonial fisheries for chinook salmon will be closed until July 15, while recreational anglers will face tight restrictions on chinook in waters on the south coast through the entire season.
  The annual limit for chinook retention by recreational anglers will also be reduced from 30 fish per person to just 10.
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• Montana court blocks drilling north of Yellowstone - Vancouver Sun

  16-04-2019 23:44 via vancouversun.com
  Montana court blocks drilling north of Yellowstone  Vancouver SunBOZEMAN, Mont. — A Montana judge has blocked an exploratory gold mining project on private land in the mountains north of Yellowstone National Park.
  
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• B.C. expands mental-health injury access to nurses, 911 operators and aides

  16-04-2019 23:40 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Emergency dispatchers, nurses and care aides in B.C. will soon have easier access to workers’ compensation for mental-health disorders associated to their work.
  Labour Minister Harry Bains says the regulatory changes are about fairness and support for workers who experience mental harm because of their jobs.
  Bains says people in certain professions are more likely to encounter trauma on the job that can lead to mental illness.
  The government changed the Workers’ Comp
  
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• North Vancouver apartment building sold for $371K per unit - Western Investor

  16-04-2019 22:49 via westerninvestor.com
  North Vancouver apartment building sold for $371K per unit  Western InvestorAn 11-unit apartment building in North Vancouver's Central Lonsdale neighbourhood across from Lion's Gate Hospital has sold for $5.2 million, The Goodman ...
  
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• Vancouver park board votes to request cancellation of Cypress Hill appearance at 4/20

  16-04-2019 22:16 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver park board will be sending a letter to 4/20 organizers asking them to cancel the appearance of hip-hop act Cypress Hill at this year’s event.
  The motion was brought forward by commissioner John Coupar, after learning last week that organizers were hoping the inclusion of this big-name act would draw more people to the event at Sunset Beach, which doesn’t have a permit.
  Coupar said that booking that act was a “dramatic escalation” of an event that the park bo
  
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• North Vancouver Arts hosting Jazz Sundays series - North Shore News

  16-04-2019 21:30 via nsnews.com
  North Vancouver Arts hosting Jazz Sundays series  North Shore NewsThe Gestrin Sikula Quartet (featuring organist Chris Gestrin, guitarist Dave Sikula, drummer Jesse Cahill and Jack Duncan on congas) performed in North ...
  
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• Warning posted about eyewash, acne gel sold in Metro Vancouver

  16-04-2019 21:13 via vancouversun.com
  Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized health products, including eye drops, an eyewash and an acne gel, being sold at two stores in Metro Vancouver.
  The agency says the retailers, Pinky Flow and EJ Beauty, in Burnaby and Richmond are selling health products which contain prescription drugs.
  “Prescription drugs should be taken only under the advice and supervision of a healthcare professional because they are used to treat specific diseases and may cause serious side effects
  
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• On It's Real, Ex Hex busts out arena-rock moves

  16-04-2019 20:05 via vancouversun.com
  Ex Hex
  When: April 19 (doors at 7 p.m.)
  Where: Biltmore Cabaret
  Tickets: $19 at eventbrite.com and Red Cat Records
  Nineties alt-music fans may recall Mary Timony as the frontwoman of Helium, a band that released two acclaimed albums of mystical-sounding indie-rock before folding. For her new power trio Ex Hex, the guitarist/singer teamed up with drummer Laura Harris and bassist Betsy Wright for a sound that recalls ’70s glam and ’80s hard rock. We talked to Timony about touring today
  
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• Seven things to do in Vancouver April 19 to 25: Buddy Guy, Canadian Film Week and more

  16-04-2019 20:03 via vancouversun.com
  Whether you’re looking for date ideas, free things to do or just something fun to do in downtown Vancouver, you can’t go wrong with our list of events happening around Metro Vancouver between Feb. 22-28.
  Headlining this week’s picks is Buddy Guy, the legendary Chicago bluesman plays at the Orpheum.
  For more ideas, click HERE for our coverage of Vancouver’s arts scene, or HERE to search our entertainment listings database.
  Here are seven things to do in Metro Vancouver thi
  
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• This Just In: MAC Cosmetics Powder Kiss Lipstick, Valmont Bubble Falls and Nude by Nature Beach Glow Liquid Highlighter

  16-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  MAC Cosmetics 
  Powder Kiss Lipstick
  They say: A “moisture-matte” lipstick formula from MAC Cosmetics that delivers a “romantic blur” of soft-focus colour and a shine-free finish.
  We say: This lightweight lipstick formula has become a new got-to. The product smoothes easily onto lips, leaving behind pigmented matte colour — without any waxy weight or dryness. Test drive the new tone A Little Tamed, a soft pink with orange undertones.
  $23 | MAC Counters; maccosme
  
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• The It List: Bailey Nelson Reba sunglasses

  16-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The product: Bailey Nelson Reba sunglasses
  Why we love it: These frames are seriously retro chic.
  From the brand Bailey Nelson, the sunglasses style features a hexagonal shape and polarized lenses to help protect your eyes from the springtime sunshine.
  While we’re big fans of the Rose and Candy Red shades, we’re eyeing the chic Onyx Flex option for this style. The colour option has a cool tortoiseshell effect, without being too busy or overwhelming — an important factor to cons
  
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• Style Q&A: Montreal-based Maison Tess aims to offer better bedding

  16-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Does your bedding do better? Not just for your sleep cycle, but also for the planet?
  It’s a question more people — and brands — seem to be asking themselves as new options pop up featuring organic textiles and fair manufacturing process. It’s yet another way to explore the movement of conscious consumption — while also adding cool items to your home.
  The Montreal-based brand Maison Tess is one company attempting to do its part to offer bedding that’s, well, be
  
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• Housing Matters podcast: Accessible housing rises with Silver Tsunami

  16-04-2019 19:43 via vancouversun.com
  Executive Director of SAFERhome Society Stan Leyenhorst, The Right Fit’s Paul Gauthier, and Murray Hamilton, who represents the Vancouver Resource Society join host Stuart McNish to discuss the need for accessible units in new housing developments.
  
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• Federal government gives environmental nod to $1.8-billion gold mine in B.C.

  16-04-2019 19:25 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — The federal government has given approval for the $1.8-billion Blackwater Gold open pit gold and silver mine in central British Columbia.
  An assessment by the government has determined the mine, about 110 kilometres southwest of Vanderhoof, is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.
  The New Gold Inc. mine would generate 60,000 tonnes of gold and silver ore a day over the 17-year life of the mine.
  The mine is also expected to create up to 1,500 jobs in the co
  
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• Majority of B.C. residents OK with how pot was legalized: poll

  16-04-2019 18:58 via vancouversun.com
  A majority of B.C. residents are OK with how pot has been legalized in the province, suggests a new poll.
  The Research Co. poll found 63 per cent of those surveyed agree with marijuana being legal in Canada, while four-in-five residents agree with measures taken to restrict acccess.
  Seventy-nine per cent agree with establishing 19 years as the legal age to light up, while the same number are content with allowing marijuana to be consumed in designated cigarette-smoking areas.
  Most (67 per cent)
  
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• Vancouver's Wall Street killer dies in prison

  16-04-2019 17:54 via vancouversun.com
  A man sentenced to life in prison for the murder of two elderly women in their homes on Wall Street in East Vancouver 20 years ago has died in custody.
  Curtis Macki, 50, died Monday at Pacific Institution in Abbotsford of natural causes following an illness, according to the Correctional Service of Canada.
  He had been serving an indeterminate sentence for second-degree murder since March 2001. His family has been notified.
  Macki bludgeoned to death Norah Davis, 84, and Martha Elliot, 82, during
  
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• Penticton shootings: Live updates and what we know so far

  16-04-2019 17:54 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after a shooting in the city of Penticton left four dead on Monday.
  Our reporter Gord McIntyre is in Penticton and will share regular updates as the day progresses.
  Here’s what we know so far, along with the latest updates.Timeline of April 15, 2019
  10:30 a.m.: Penticton police officers are called to Westminster Avenue and Haynes Street for a report a man had been shot.
  Shortly after 10:30 a.m.: While police were on their way to the first call, a second caller repo
  
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• B.C. home sales see chilly March, sliding 23%

  16-04-2019 16:33
  
  Market activity still dampened, largely due to federal mortgage policy, says B.C. Real Estate Association
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Chance of showers

  16-04-2019 14:47 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Tuesday, April 16. Today’s weather is expected to be increasingly cloudy, with a chance of showers in the afternoon, and a high of 12 C. Environment Canada is also forecasting wind on Tuesday. The windy, wet weather will likely continue overnight and on Wednesday, with a high of 12 C. Thursday looks rainy with a high of 12 C, and there’s a chance of showers on Friday, for the start of the Easter long weekend, with a high of 10 C. It doesn’t look like the w
  
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• The 5 most common mistakes made when selling your home

  16-04-2019 14:22 via vancouversun.com
  In the wake of softening home sales in the Lower Mainland over the past year, it can be a challenge to snag buyers. It’s not 2016, after all, when even tear-down properties sold within days and above the asking price.
  With MLS listings featured online, it’s easy for anyone to roam neighbourhoods and properties to see what’s available, but getting prospective buyers to view a home in person requires some thought and care in this evolving market.
  Here are a few common mistakes th
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Surrey Six murders a legal black hole

  16-04-2019 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Court of Appeal owes the public a better explanation for continuing to keep under wraps the details of the Surrey Six killings, the subsequent investigation and prosecutions.
  After more than a decade, the province’s high bench maintains the curtains tightly drawn around this savage crime and the open-court principle in limbo.
  In its latest announcement, sounding more like a Star Chamber than an appellate body in a functioning democracy, the bench said there was still information a
  
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• Vancouver Island cat jumps from fourth floor to escape fire - North Island Gazette

  16-04-2019 09:00 via northislandgazette.com
  Vancouver Island cat jumps from fourth floor to escape fire  North Island GazetteBlueberry was missing after the fire but has been found.
  
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• UPDATED: Vancouver Park Board votes to ask 4/20 organizers to cancel Cypress Hill

  16-04-2019 08:02
  
  Commissioner John Coupar says 4/20 has 'gotten out of hand'
  
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• Vancouver parks board votes to request cancellation of Cypress Hill appearance at 4/20

  16-04-2019 07:58 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver parks board will be sending a letter to 4/20 organizers asking them to cancel the appearance of hip-hop act Cypress Hill at this year’s event.
  The motion was brought forward by commissioner John Coupar, after learning last week that organizers were hoping the inclusion of this big name act would draw more people to the un-permitted event at Sunset Beach.
  Coupar said that booking that act was a “dramatic escalation” of an event that the parks board is already oppos
  
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• Douglas Todd: The first journalist to really capture Vancouver’s housing crisis

  16-04-2019 04:13 via vancouversun.com
  Jim Sutherland nailed the key causes of Metro Vancouver’s housing crunch almost a decade ago. But few noticed. And many denied it.
  As a result, the city descended into an ugly affordability crisis, which probably could have been avoided. It’s only in the past couple of years that politicians have mounted a serious response to the tremendous power foreign capital has had in shaping B.C.’s housing market. But Sutherland’s article had explained much of it nine, long, painful
  
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• Penticton shootings: Two men and two women slain Monday, possibly in neighbours' spat

  16-04-2019 04:06 via vancouversun.com
  Scenes of anguish and bloodshed gripped Penticton on Monday, leaving four dead on what should have been just another day.
  Supt. Ted De Jager, commander of South Okanagan-Similkameen RCMP, said reports came in at 10:30 a.m. of a shooting outside a home in the downtown area.
  As police raced there, they received calls of more shots being fired in the south part of the city of 34,000. When police went to that house, on the 2400-block of Cornwall Drive, they found three people dead in two neighbourin
  
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• Prosecutor wraps up case in B.C. child bride trial

  16-04-2019 03:25 via vancouversun.com
  Crown lawyers have wrapped up their case against a man associated with the polygamous community of Bountiful who is charged with the removal of a child from Canada.
  James Marion Oler is accused of taking his underage daughter from the Creston area to the United States to marry an American fundamentalist Mormon in June 2004. The charge was filed under a Criminal Code subsection that the removal would facilitate sex offences by Oler’s daughter being placed in a relationship of authority
  
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• Group proposes task force, reactivated interurban line for South of Fraser

  16-04-2019 03:11 via vancouversun.com
  An advocacy group that includes a former premier and a former mayor is pushing for a provincially backed task force to come up with ideas to improve transportation options for South of the Fraser.
  One project at the top of the group’s list is reopening the interurban rail line between Chilliwack and Surrey to passenger service, using hydrogen-powered rail cars.
  “With the explosion of growth up in the Fraser Valley, it just adds more cars onto the road, it adds more problems,” s
  
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• Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin: We need constructive participation in our democracy

  16-04-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  One of the biggest threats to democracy in the 21st century is the erosion of civility in public discourse and the polarization of politics.
  Across the globe, the political landscape has become increasingly fractured. Individuals are engaging less with those who have viewpoints different from their own, while the tone of rhetoric from political leaders has become more combative.
  Many believe the internet has accelerated and accentuated this shift. We are now able to digitally surround ourselves
  
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• Estate sues city of Vancouver over delays in processing empty home tax

  16-04-2019 02:50 via vancouversun.com
  The estate of a Vancouver man is suing the city over what it considers unreasonable delays in processing an application for an exemption to the empty home tax.
  Charles James Hyland, the owner of 3498 East 48th Ave., was living in the home until he was admitted to a long-term care facility in Burnaby in September 2016. He lived at the care facility at St. Michael’s Centre until he died on March 11, 2018.
  In February 2018, while he was in the care facility, his friend Barbara Smith, the exec
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Horgan taps Liberal ex-minister to rescue caribou rescue plan

  16-04-2019 02:32 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan travelled to northeast B.C. on Monday to admit the NDP government had botched consultations on a caribou rescue plan.
  “I regret we didn’t start that consultation earlier,” Horgan told a news conference in Dawson Creek. “I regret we didn’t put more information before the public.”
  The premier then announced consultations on the controversial plan would be doubled from one month to two.
  He also appointed Dawson Creek councillo
  
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• Cross-examination of star witness continues at Jamie Bacon trial

  16-04-2019 02:26 via vancouversun.com
  A lawyer for Jamie Bacon grilled the key Crown witness against him Monday over lapses in the man’s memory from a 2010 interview that he gave to police.
  The man, who can only be identified as CD, testified last week that he never spoke to a lawyer before the 2010  interview, conducted after he turned himself in for the New Year’s Eve shooting of Dennis Karbovanec 18 months earlier.
  The Bacon trial has already heard that police had spoken to CD several times before he was told in
  
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• Langley MP Mark Warawa asks for prayers after cancer diagnosis

  16-04-2019 02:18 via vancouversun.com
  Longtime Langley MP Mark Warawa was asking friends and followers for prayers for a miracle after learning he has pancreatic cancer.
  “My dear friends, I am very sick in the hospital and need your prayers for a miracle,” the MP for the federal riding of Langley-Aldergrove since 2004 posted to his Facebook page. “My doctors believe I have pancreatic cancer.”
  He posted a photo of him with his wife, Diane, and said, “You can see how yellow my skin is.”
  Warawa, 68,
  
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• Oscar-nominated screenwriter denies 1994 B.C. sex assault allegations

  16-04-2019 01:56 via vancouversun.com
  An Academy Awards-nominated screenwriter has denied allegations he sexually assaulted a teen who was hired as an extra on a Hollywood movie being shot in Campbell River in 1994.
  The alleged victim claims Douglas Day Stewart approached her when she and other extras on the film The Scarlett Letter were asked to go topless in the background during the filming of an outdoor scene.
  She said in her lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court that she was 17 years old and still in high school when Stewart brou
  
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• Penticton shootings: Two men and two women slain on Monday in possible neighbours spat

  16-04-2019 01:33 via vancouversun.com
  PENTICTON — The RCMP say two men and two women died on Monday morning in three locations after targeted shootings within a five-kilometre radius in Penticton.
  South Okanagan-Similkameen Supt. Ted De Jager said a 60-year-old man turned himself in at the city’s RCMP detachment and remained in custody. The four victims and the person who had turned themselves in were all known to each other.
  “We’re still trying to find the motive for this whole incident, so that’s part
  
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• 2019 edition of TED Talks aims at problem-solving ideas 'bigger than us'

  16-04-2019 00:59 via vancouversun.com
  The TED Talks, which touched down Monday in Vancouver for its signature conference, aren’t intended to be political, but the organization’s CEO, Chris Anderson, acknowledged politics have become unavoidable.
  “Traditionally, TED really hasn’t touched it at all,” said Anderson, but there is a “constant conversation” within the organization about how to handle politics.
  The thought has been that politics is one thing and technology, entertainment and design
  
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• Salmon Arm remembers shooting victim: 'Helping people was his way of serving God'

  16-04-2019 00:34 via vancouversun.com
  Gordon and Peggy Parmenter spent much of their lives fostering young people in need, in addition to raising four children of their own.
  That came to an end Sunday morning when Gordon, 78, was fatally shot in the Church of Christ, where he served as an elder. A 25-year-old man was arrested after being detained at the scene by parishioners.
  Matrix Savage Gathergood has been charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault and disguise with the intent to commit an indictable offence. He has bee
  
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