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• 'Use less, care more': Metro Vancouver ramps up water conservation efforts

  14-06-2017 23:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  With one week to go before the official start of summer, Metro Vancouver is again reminding people to reduce their H2O consumption. 
  During the summer, the region’s water use typically jumps 50 per cent, from 1 billion litres to 1.5 billion litres a day, prompting the regional authority to ramp up its water conservation campaign. 
  “If every Metro Vancouver resident started using a little less water this summer we could all make a big difference when it comes to our mos
  
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• Evacuated Balmoral Hotel deemed an 'active construction zone'

  14-06-2017 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  With its more than 150 residents relocated to new homes, the Balmoral Hotel has been deemed an active construction zone by the city of Vancouver.
  The city ordered Monday’s evacuation of the notorious Downtown Eastside single room occupancy hotel after city engineers deemed the 105-year-old building structurally unsound.
  The building’s owners, the Sahota family, have been given a July 14 deadline to complete repairs to stabilize the building.
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• We're turning #Maplewood into a complete, balanced community with local jobs and housing options for all. Come see!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-06-2017 22:15 via twitter.com
  We're turning #Maplewood into a complete, balanced community with local jobs and housing options for all. Come see!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Tomorrow's the last day to apply to be part of #StudiointheCity 10! Applications due by 4pm June 15… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-06-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  Tomorrow's the last day to apply to be part of #StudiointheCity 10! Applications due by 4pm June 15… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Two-spirit perspective for Vancouver's 2017 Queer Arts Festival

  14-06-2017 21:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Queer Arts Festival 
  June 17-29 | Roundhouse Arts Centre
  Tickets and info: $13-$27, at queerartsfestival.com
  Singer-songwriter Kinnie Starr is not only a performer and programmer for the Queer Arts Festival, she’s also a big fan of the event.
  “I love the curatorial vision of Queer Arts, the quality of work they book, they have good taste,” said Starr, when reached at her home in Sechelt recently.
  “When you see a festival that is curated properly, and you kno
  
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• Swayze Waters hoping to calm B.C. Lions' kicking game in CFL return

  14-06-2017 21:40 via vancouversun.com
  
  KAMLOOPS — A fourth crack at the NFL ended the same way as the first three for Swayze Waters — by getting cut.
  Despite that disappointment last summer, the veteran kicker and punter left the Carolina Panthers with even more appreciation for his craft after getting to work alongside legendary special teams guru Bruce DeHaven.
  “He’s one of the best special teams coaches ever,” said Waters. “I learned a lot from him.”
  DeHaven, who coached special teams in t
  
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• Horgan, Weaver lash out at Christy Clark during NDP-Green press conference

  14-06-2017 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  Amid speculation that their power-sharing alliance may have suffered a setback, NDP Leader John Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver are launching a full-out attack on Premier Christy Clark during morning press conference on Wednesday.#bcpoli Renewing their vows? Weaver, Horgan call joint media conference at ledge for 11 am.
  — VaughnPalmer (@VaughnPalmer) June 14, 2017
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• Miss last night's Council meeting or workshop? Video from both is now available on our website: ow.ly/xt6h30cAWue #NorthVan

  14-06-2017 20:39 via twitter.com
  Miss last night's Council meeting or workshop? Video from both is now available on our website: ow.ly/xt6h30cAWue #NorthVan
  
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• Happy #SeaBus40 Birthday @TransLink #NorthVan. 🎂 https://t.co/b0exRlbHdx

  14-06-2017 20:29 via twitter.com
  
  Happy #SeaBus40 Birthday @TransLink#NorthVan. 🎂 https://t.co/b0exRlbHdx
  
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• 'T' is for Tax Time. Property taxes are due on July 4. Learn the many ways to pay @ cnv.org/tax… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-06-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  'T' is for Tax Time. Property taxes are due on July 4. Learn the many ways to pay @ cnv.org/tax… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Spanish Banks show a performance piece to tide you over

  14-06-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Cinerama
  June 15-18 and 21-30 (running daily at low tide) | Spanish Banks
  Tickets and info: $20/15 (students) at fightwithastick.ca 
  For Revolutions, their last site-specific performance, Alex Ferguson and Steve Hill took theatregoers to an east Vancouver warehouse. For their latest, the Fight With a Stick (formerly Leaky Heaven) directors are bringing audience members outdoors. Cinerama is a new performance piece taking place at low tide on the flats of Spanish Banks. We talked to Hill on
  
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• Large wave overturned Tofino whale-watching vessel, killing six: TSB report

  14-06-2017 19:46 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — The Transportation Safety Board says a large, breaking wave hit a whale-watching vessel off British Columbia’s coast in October 2015, overturning the boat and dumping passengers and crew into the water.
  The board makes three recommendations after the fatal capsizing, including that all commercial passenger vessels operating beyond sheltered waters carry emergency radio beacons that indicate their positions.
  Six people, five Britons and one Australian, died in the capsizin
  
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• This Just In: Tweezerman Bright Complexion Facial Dermaplaner, Lolo Signé La Belle Olive Oil Oleo-Calcareous Liniment and more

  14-06-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Tweezerman
  Bright Complexion Facial Dermaplaner
  They say: An at-home facial tool that works to exfoliate dead, dull skin cells for a brighter complexion. 
  We say: While our tester admitted she was a tad fearful of “shaving” her face with this razor-like tool, her worries were laid to rest with a few sweeps of the blade. Gliding the Dermaplaner across the skin gently yielded a not-unpleasant sensation. And the result? Skin looked less dull post-use, much like after a good exfolia
  
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• All About Ariadne: UBC Opera Ensemble presents 'Ariadne auf Naxos'

  14-06-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Ariadne auf Naxos
  June 22 to 24, 7:30 p.m.; June 25, 2 p.m. | UBC Old Auditorium (6344 Memorial Road)
  Tickets and info: From $20, tickets.ubc.ca
  Vancouver Opera’s Music Director Jonathan Darlington is well known to audiences for his consistently fine work at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. His active interest in developing young talent will be demonstrated this summer: he’s on tap to conduct Canada’s National Youth Orchestra — lucky them! — as well as a production at t
  
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• Vancouver tech firm at centre of security debate could go with takeover bid from U.S. firm

  14-06-2017 18:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Norsat International Inc., which is subject to a controversial takeover bid from a Chinese firm, says it may accept a better offer from an American investment fund.
  The Vancouver technology company says the deal from Privet Fund Management LLC values it at US$67.3 million, which is slightly above the deal proposed by Hytera Communications.
  Hytera, which manufactures radio transceivers and radio systems, made its friendly takeover offer last year and received clearance under the
  
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• 2017 Polaris Prize Long List likes B.C. artists

  14-06-2017 18:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  The 2017 Polaris Music Prize Long List was announced at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Six B.C.-based artists are featured out of the 40 albums nominated. The choices selected by the voting jury ranges across genres and styles to include both the very well known and more niche artists.
  Carly Rae Jepsen’s E.MO.TION Side B, Hannah Georgas’ For Evelyn and Louise Burns’ Young Mopes lead an impressive line-up of female musicians making charting pop music from this province. Th
  
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• Abbotsford homeowner's baseball bat handy in halting home invasion

  14-06-2017 18:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A feisty homeowner in Abbotsford made quick work of what could have been a home invasion.
  Abbotsford Police Const. Ian Macdonald says the man, in his 60s, answered a knock on his door just before 6:30 Tuesday night and was confronted by a man trying to push his way into the house.
  Macdonald says the homeowner grabbed a baseball bat near the door and gave the intruder a swat across the chest.
  The resident and a woman in her 70s then held the intruder until police arrived.
  Macdo
  
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• #FunCityFestival is a free event, but if you want to slide, you have to purchase tickets - on sale now.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-06-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  #FunCityFestival is a free event, but if you want to slide, you have to purchase tickets - on sale now.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Search underway for missing boater after skiff capsizes off Salt Spring Island

  14-06-2017 17:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  A search for a missing boater whose vessel capsized Monday night off Salt Spring Island is ongoing.
  Salt Spring Island RCMP received a call about a male in the water near Powder Island in Ganges Harbour about 8:15 p.m.
  A small skiff carrying an unidentified male and his dog was moving toward one of many boats moored in the harbour when it capsized, according to witnesses.
  While the dog was saved, the male has not been located, despite efforts by the Canadian Coast Guard, Eagle Eye Marine and a l
  
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• SkyTrain delays slowing morning commute in Metro Vancouver

  14-06-2017 17:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  TransLink says an issue with a track safety alarm at Lougheed SkyTrain Station has delayed service on both the Expo and Millennium Lines this morning.#SkyTrain Expo & Millennium Line experiencing delays/gaps in service due to an earlier issue at Lougheed Stn which has been cleared.^CK
  — TransLink BC (@TransLink) June 14, 2017
  Passengers say trains are running up to 20 minutes behind due to the backlog.
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• Daily Poll: Does the speaker issue spell trouble for the NDP-Green alliance?

  14-06-2017 16:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  Postmedia columnist Mike Smyth reported Wednesday that the NDP-Green power-sharing agreement is off to a shaky start.
  At issue, Smyth said, was Green Leader Andrew Weaver’s concern that the New Democrats had yet to convince a Liberal MLA to serve as speaker in an NDP-controlled legislature.
  “The NDP essentially made us understand that they had been in conversation with some B.C. Liberals and that it would be no problem for them to find a speaker from within the B.C. Liberal ranks,&rd
  
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• Parent-teacher meeting gets intense in Between the Sheets

  14-06-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Between the Sheets
  June 21-24 at 8 p.m. | Pacific Theatre
  Tickets: $15 at pacifictheatre.org
  In Between the Sheets, the parent of an autistic child shows up late for a parent-teacher meeting. The meeting between Marion, the parent, and Teresa grows increasingly tense as secrets emerge, including the revelation that Teresa has been having an affair with Marion’s husband.
  Actor Danielle Klaudt is bringing the play to Pacific Theatre as the final part of her apprenticeship with Pacific T
  
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• Five Things to Know: Chinatown condo tower vetoed, foreign buyer tax failing, hackers gonna hack

  14-06-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Chinatown condo tower has been voted down, hackers are out there hacking away, and the foreign-buyer tax appears to have accomplished very little. Here are five things you need to know:
  Vancouver says no to proposed Chinatown condo tower 
  A controversial condo development in Vancouver’s Chinatown was voted down Tuesday, reports Postmedia’s Dan Fumano. The developer’s application sought rezoning to allow a 12-storey building at 105 Keefer St, but after weeks o
  
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• Metro Vancouver's market heating up again, despite foreign-buyer tax

  14-06-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C. real estate prices are on the rise and demand continues to outstrip supply, which the NDP says shows the foreign-buyer tax that was announced almost a year ago wasn’t enough to cool the market.
  On Tuesday, the B.C. Real Estate Association reported that in May, residential sales in B.C. were down almost eight per cent from last year, but the average sale price was $752,536, up 4.2 per cent.
  The trend in Metro Vancouver mirrors that of the rest of the province: sales are down, but the c
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: Sun, Province vacate downtown for East Vancouver

  14-06-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Vancouver Sun, The Province and 24 Hrs have set up shop in East Vancouver, joining one of Vancouver’s burgeoning employment zones that the city hopes will expand by nearly 20,000 jobs in the next two decades.
  By mid-May, all of the publications’ staff were working in a 29,000-square-foot space at the Broadway Tech Centre near Renfrew Street and East Broadway.
  The newsrooms were previously located on multiple floors of the 28-storey, Class-A Granville Square tower at 200 Granville
  
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• Letters: Parks Board misleads on impact of bylaw

  14-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Re: Cetaceans do not belong in aquariums; Decision to expand ban reflects public opinion, June 10 
  Once again, the Parks Board misleads the public regarding the devastating impact of the new bylaw, which bans future rescued cetaceans from the Vancouver Aquarium.
  The truth is that the Vancouver Aquarium’s ability to provide long-term care for sick and injured whales, dolphins and porpoises is essential for a successful rescue program.
  That’s not the opinion of the Aquarium. That&
  
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• Canada 150: Yip Sang, the unofficial mayor of Chinatown

  14-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  You can’t overstate Yip Sang’s importance to Vancouver’s Chinatown.
  Working as the superintendent for the Kwong On Wo company in the 1880s, he imported 6,000 to 7,000 Chinese labourers to work on the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
  Yip Sang held several positions: bookkeeper, timekeeper and paymaster. Legend has it he used to pay the Chinese CPR workers by riding his horse to the Chinese campsites carrying a sack of money, and a gun, just in case.
  After the railwa
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Wednesday, June 14

  14-06-2017 06:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Wednesday, June 14.
   
  Mario Kart 8 Deluxe EXP Summer Tournament
  There’s a Mario Kart 8 tournament in Vancouver! I feel like that should be all I need to say. Although, admittedly, I’d be more excited if it was Mario Kart Double Dash, the best of the Mario Kart games in my opinion, and I’m not alone. Still, Mario Kart 8 is one of the best games in Nintendo’s classic series, and on Wedn
  
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• Hiring blitz: Parq Vancouver to fill over 1,000 positions for fall 2017 opening

  14-06-2017 05:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  If you’re in the market for a job, Parq Vancouver is hiring in a big way.
  The largest private development in B.C. is set to open next to BC Place in the fall of 2017, which means there isn’t much time left to fully staff the Parq Vancouver casino, as well as its two luxury hotels and eight restaurants and lounges, including a fine dining Chinese restaurant, a whisky and tea lounge, an artisan coffee bar, a cocktail lounge with an outdoor terrace, and a bar in the casino. An majo
  
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• 14 Vancouver restaurants listed among Canada's top 100 for outdoor dining

  14-06-2017 04:36 via vancouversun.com
  
  Provided it’s not raining, the best place to be in Vancouver is outside, so it stands to reason that the city would have some of the country’s best patios. 
  Vancouver is well-represented on OpenTable’s list of the 100 Best Outdoor Dining Restaurants in Canada, with 14 establishments making the cut. British Columbia as a whole contributed 27 establishments, second only to Ontario’s 44.
  OpenTable, the world’s leading provider of online restaurant reservations, co
  
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• We're hoping all involved will be safe. A very challenging fire to attack for fire crews when people are trapped. twitter.com/londonfire/sta…

  14-06-2017 04:27 via twitter.com
  We're hoping all involved will be safe. A very challenging fire to attack for fire crews when people are trapped. twitter.com/londonfire/sta…
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Clark leaves Hydro hot potatoes for Horgan to juggle

  14-06-2017 04:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — If NDP leader John Horgan becomes premier as expected early next month, he will straightaway face billion-dollar decisions regarding two politically sensitive hydroelectric projects.
  The first, well-known, involves the fate of the $9-billion dam that B.C. Hydro is constructing at Site C on the Peace River.
  Horgan has lately engaged in a lively exchange of letters with the Liberal administration on Site C, calling on Hydro to put a hold on certain activities pending an exped
  
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• Mayor floats idea of billeting homeless to help ease Victoria housing crisis

  14-06-2017 04:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  Inviting homeless people to stay in your spare room or basement might be a way to ease the current housing crisis, says Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps.
  Helps put out a call on her blog for three people currently living in vehicles or woodsheds or couch surfing and three people who might be willing to open their homes to a stranger to have a conversation about billeting.
  The suggestion came from residents who contacted the mayor after she proposed amending the city’s streets and traffic bylaw to
  
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• Style in the City: Connie Hackett 

  14-06-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Name: Connie Hackett 
  Occupation: Social media consultant 
  Personal style in one word: Classic 
  Get social: @constancelh on Instagram
  Love Connie’s look? Here are a few options to help you re-create it.  The dress
  This simple dress (which is the exact one Connie is wearing) is a versatile piece for any warm-weather wardrobe. Pair the Wilfred Free Rafaeli Dress with a T-shirt underneath and a jean jacket on top for an easy summer look, or pair it with strappy heeled san
  
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• New survey on addiction in Canada reveals effective paths to recovery

  14-06-2017 02:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  A new national survey on recovery from drug and alcohol addiction shows promising results for those who manage to overcome the multiple hurdles in accessing treatment.
  A panel of Canadian addiction experts met Tuesday in Vancouver to present key findings from the survey, titled Life in Recovery from Addiction in Canada.
  Conducted last spring by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, along with the National Recovery Advisory Committee, the survey had 855 Canadian men and women respon
  
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• Woman says she thought of giving up son to end ex-husband's harassment

  14-06-2017 01:37 via vancouversun.com
  
  An Arizona woman says she was so frustrated by her ex-husband’s emails and website posts that she considered giving up custody of her son in a bid to bring an end to what she considered a campaign of harassment.
  During her testimony Tuesday, Desiree Capuano broke down in tears several times as she described the impact of the emails sent to her by Patrick Fox, also known as Richard Riess, who has pleaded not guilty to criminal harassment and possession of firearms at a location where he was
  
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• Canadian hospitals vulnerable to hackers, warns health-care expert

  14-06-2017 01:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  There are only two kinds of hospitals in Canada: those that know they’ve been hacked and those that just don’t realize it yet. 
  That is among the wisdom that Bill Tholl, president and CEO of HealthCareCAN, has picked up over the last two years while working on a plan to keep Canadian health-care providers safe from cyber attacks. 
  “The health-care sector is a target of cyber-hackers. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a small hospital or a large hospital,&rd
  
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• Vancouver police investigate two deaths at Knight Street hazmat scene

  14-06-2017 01:15 via vancouversun.com
  
  Police and the Hazardous Materials unit were called to an apartment on the 4000-block Knight Street Tuesday morning after Fire and Rescue personnel found two dead males.
  One woman was also found at the 14th-floor scene, in distress and requiring medical attention.
  “The deaths were sudden and suspicious,” Jonathan Gormick of Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services said. “The situation required HazMat and the police.”
  Residents were in no danger, he said, and there was no evacua
  
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• New police chief appointed in Victoria after 'challenging circumstances'

  14-06-2017 01:09 via vancouversun.com
  
  Victoria officially has a new police chief, nearly a year and a half after the force’s former leader stepped aside amid a misconduct investigation involving inappropriate Twitter messages.
  The Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board said in a news release Tuesday that Del Manak has been permanently appointed chief constable of the Victoria Police Department.
  Manak has been acting as head of the force since December 2015, when former chief Frank Elsner stepped aside while investigations were co
  
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• Chinatown decision: Vancouver council rejects controversial 105 Keefer St. proposal

  14-06-2017 01:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver city council has voted to reject a controversial rezoning application for a mixed-use condo development on the edge of the city’s historic Chinatown. 
  The proposal, by Vancouver developer Beedie Group, sought rezoning to allow a 12-storey condo  at 105 Keefer Street.
  On Tuesday, following four days of heated public hearings, the majority of councillors decided against the project, citing the building’s height, lack of adequate social housing and deep communit
  
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• Style Q&A: Beblue offers Canadian-made jewelry with meaning

  14-06-2017 00:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  Searching for a Canadian-made jewelry collection? You might want to take a look at Beblue Bijoux et Accessoires.
  The Montreal-based brand offers hand-crafted jewelry items for women, men and kids — each with an inspirational ambition.
  Ambre Cadoux, the designer behind Beblue, recently chatted with The Vancouver Sun and Province about meaningful designs, building an “affordable luxury” brand and more.
  Q. When and why did you first start Beblue?
  A. Creating Be
  
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• Here's how we're helping our youth learn about How Our City Works. ow.ly/CXIF306t9lF #CNV4ME #NorthVan… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-06-2017 00:01 via twitter.com
  Here's how we're helping our youth learn about How Our City Works. ow.ly/CXIF306t9lF#CNV4ME #NorthVan… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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