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• B.C. native, porn queen Shyla Stylez dead at 35

  14-11-2017 23:35 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian porn star Shyla Stylez died suddenly at 35 at her mother’s B.C. home.
  Canadian porn queen Shyla Stylez is dead.
  The 35-year-old Adult Film Hall of Famer died suddenly in her sleep at her mother’s Armstrong, B.C., home on Nov. 9.
  Her death has shattered the porn industry where she was as popular with co-stars as she was with fans.
  Porn star Alana Evans described her friend as something akin to tragic film goddess, Marilyn Monroe.
  She tweeted: “At a loss for words. So sa
  
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• Memorial held for Victoria teen Reena Virk, murdered 20 years ago

  14-11-2017 23:25 via vancouversun.com
  SAANICH — About 200 people gathered today outside a historic schoolhouse along the Gorge Waterway, just steps away from the beach where Victoria teenager Reena Virk was murdered 20 years ago.
  Virk was 14 when she was swarmed by a group of teenagers and later drowned by two people who followed her after she limped away from a beating.
  Education Minister Rob Fleming paid tribute to the Virk family, who turned their grief into a public campaign against bullying.
  Warren Glowatski and Kelly Ell
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP respond to reports of gun shots early Tuesday

  14-11-2017 23:23 via vancouversun.com
  The RCMP is investigating reports of shots fired early Tuesday morning in east Chilliwack.
  The reports of gun shots fired in the area of Hack Brown Road and Nixon Road started coming in at around 1:30 a.m
  A resident living in the Falls Court townhouses said a bullet appeared to have gone through their window.
  An attending police officer also heard shots in the area.
  Chilliwack RCMP, Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team, with the help of police canine team, secured the area but were unable
  
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• We're recruiting for a Regular Full-time Coordinator - Block Watch. Click here to apply. ow.ly/XXhX30gA7ob

  14-11-2017 22:53 via twitter.com
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• Tonight's public hearing concerns a development application for 1401-1479 Hunter Street. The hearing starts at 7pm… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 22:36 via twitter.com
  Tonight's public hearing concerns a development application for 1401-1479 Hunter Street. The hearing starts at 7pm… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver approves regulations around short-term rentals including Airbnb

  14-11-2017 22:22 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver has voted to implement regulations around short-term rentals in the face of a housing crunch and a near-zero rental vacancy rate.
  Councillors approved the new regulations on Tuesday, finally legalizing a significant chunk of the hospitality industry operating on home-sharing platforms such as Airbnb that have grown rapidly in popularity while occupying a legally grey area. 
  “This is a straightforward regulatory approach” that is in the “middle of the spectru
  
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• Do you recognize these suspected North Vancouver bike thieves? - Vancouver Sun

  14-11-2017 22:04 via vancouversun.com
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  Do you recognize these suspected North Vancouver bike thieves?
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  Security cameras captured two thieves using a portable grinder to cut the locks off various stored bikes at a North Vancouver apartment complex. North Vancouver RCMP. Share Adjust Comment Print. North Vancouver RCMP is searching for a pair of thieves ...
  Have you seen the Grinder Man? North Vancouver RCMP search for bike thievesGlobalnews.ca
  North Vancouver RCMP seek to identify bicycle thieves caugh
  
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• Do you recognize these suspected North Vancouver bike thieves?

  14-11-2017 22:03 via vancouversun.com
  North Vancouver RCMP are searching for a pair of thieves who used a cutting grinder to swipe bikes from a Lower Lonsdale apartment complex.
  The theft was reported Oct. 1.
  A portable grinder was used to make short work of the bike locks. Surveillance cameras captured the two thieves stealing three bikes from a storage locker. Police released a still image in hopes the public can help identify the two “persons of interest.”
  One of the stolen bikes was described as being a brown an
  
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• Hey #NorthVan DYK chopsticks can go in your #GreenCan #Foodscraps container. https://t.co/vSYH9pKFhB

  14-11-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  
  Hey #NorthVan DYK chopsticks can go in your #GreenCan #Foodscraps container. https://t.co/vSYH9pKFhB
  
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• Vancouver-filmed 'Arrow' star Stephen Amell speaks out amid allegations against producer

  14-11-2017 21:24 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian “Arrow” star Stephen Amell is offering to help “in any way, shape or form” as Warner Bros. Television Group investigates allegations of sexual harassment against an executive producer for a number of Vancouver-shot superhero shows.
  Andrew Kreisberg has been suspended from his work on “Arrow,” “Supergirl,” “The Flash” and “Legends of Tomorrow” amid accusations of sexual harassment and inappropriate touching from 19 f
  
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• This Just In: Plume Nourish & Define Brow Pomade, Michael Kors Sexy Ruby and Maybelline New York Color Tattoo Eye Chrome

  14-11-2017 21:01 via vancouversun.com
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  Nourish & Define Brow Pomade
  They say: A smudge-proof brow pomade that adds definition to brows. Includes an angled applicator brush. Available in five shades. The Canadian-made formula is 100 per cent natural, vegan and cruelty-free.
  We say: Looking to tame and define your brows without going overboard? This product is for you. Our tester found the formula went on smooth with the included brush and stayed in place throughout the day. It gives brows a boost without looking too fau
  
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• Work to reduce the potential for #wildfires to spread rapidly from our forests to our urban areas resumes today at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 20:51 via twitter.com
  Work to reduce the potential for #wildfires to spread rapidly from our forests to our urban areas resumes today at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Van Live: New Polygon Gallery part of Lower Lonsdale revival - Vancouver Sun

  14-11-2017 20:20 via vancouversun.com
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  Van Live: New Polygon Gallery part of Lower Lonsdale revival
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  From outside, looking south: the new $18 million Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver. It opens Saturday. Kevin Griffin/Postmedia. Share Adjust Comment Print. The new $18 million Polygon Gallery at the foot of Lonsdale in North Vancouver opens Saturday ...
  
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• Van Live: New Polygon Gallery part of Lower Lonsdale revival

  14-11-2017 20:20 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia is part of a media tour early this afternoon of the new Polygon Gallery at the foot of Lonsdale in North Vancouver.
  Watch this space for more details and photographs inside and outside of the $18 million building designed by Patkau Architects of Vancouver. A story about how the gallery fits into the revival of Lower Lonsdale will follow Saturday when it opens to the public.
  The first exhibition at The Polygon is N. Vancouver which focusses on photography and videos about North Vancouve
  
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• Deputy Abbotsford police chief loses son in fatal crash in Maple Ridge

  14-11-2017 20:08 via vancouversun.com
  ABBOTSFORD — Another tragedy has hit a British Columbia police department as it mourns the death of one of its officers in a fatal shooting.
  Const. Paul Walker confirms the son of Abbotsford police Deputy Chief Mike Serr was killed in a car accident in Maple Ridge early Monday.
  Aiden Serr was alone in the vehicle when it flipped after skidding off the road.
  The 19-year-old was rushed to hospital but died a short time later.
  Serr’s death comes a week after Abbotsford Const. John David
  
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• Wind and rain warnings in effect for Metro Vancouver

  14-11-2017 20:01 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has posted wind and rain warnings for Metro Vancouver.
  The agency said Tuesday that strong winds gusting up to 90 km/h over coastal areas may cause damage.
  Winds are expected to ease overnight as the cold front moves out of the region.
  New Wind & Rainfall Warnings issued for the South Coast #Vancouver #Victoria #NorthVan #Squamish #Qualicum https://t.co/nvWbJieXsS #BCstorm pic.twitter.com/csgyxcAaBW
  — ECCC Weather BC (@ECCCWeatherBC) November 14, 2017The agency warns
  
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• The grand old girl of Vancouver's Theatre Row turns 90

  14-11-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Party Like It’s 1927: The Orpheum Turns 90
  Nov. 24, 7:30 p.m. | The Orpheum
  Tickets and info: from $19, vancouvercivictheatres.com/events/orpheum-90/
  Most Vancouverites can’t even imagine Granville Street without the Orpheum Theatre. And as befits a much-loved survivor of Vancouver’s once famous Theatre Row, celebrations are planned as the grand old space turns 90 this year.
  Actually Hastings Street was Vancouver’s first Theatre Row. Before the First World War it was
  
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• Style Q&A: Natalie Dusome, founder of Poppy & Peonies, turns passion into handbag brand

  14-11-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  When faced with the difficulty of finding of a fashion bag as a new mother — that was also functional — Natalie Dusome kept coming up empty-handed.
  The options, she says, were either stylish but completely impractical, or perfectly practical, but hideous.So, she decided to make her own. And Poppy & Peonies was formed.
  Dusome recently chatted with Postmedia News about her brand, her long history of handbags and what’s new for the holiday season.  
  A spark
  
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• Seattle Seahawks Luke Willson talks style — and that hair

  14-11-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Luke Willson talks surprisingly freely about fashion. 
  While the Seattle Seahawks tight end has been known off the field more for his infamous long locks (more on that later) than his clothes, the 27-year-old Windsor, Ont.-native can hold his own on the topic of style. 
  “For me, it’s kind of laid-back and sort of casual,” Willson says of his off-field fashion. “When I do get dressed up nice, it’s a pretty rare occasion, so I’ll go — I don&
  
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• Beauty Bar: Nars Velvet Matte Foundation Stick

  14-11-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A collection of medium-coverage foundations housed in a convenient twist-up stick format.
  The matte-finish formula is suitable for all skin types — from dry to oily, according to the brand. The versatile foundations also feature a built-in Touch-Up Blender sponge on one end for blending product, as well as applying touch-ups as needed throughout the day. The latex-free sponge is washable and reusable. 
  Each stick formulas features “elastomer micro beads” to pro
  
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• Muji will open Robson Street flagship store on Dec. 3

  14-11-2017 19:59 via vancouversun.com
  Japanese retail giant Muji will open its first Canadian flagship store Dec. 2 on Robson Street in Vancouver.
  Tokyo-based Muji, which features minimalist merchandise ranging from clothing and cosmetics to stationery and cooking utensils, will operate in a 14,507 square-foot storefront at 1125 Robson Street, the former Gap location.
  MUJI opened a store at Metrotown in April.
  Muji operates or licenses 870 stores worldwide, including three in Toronto and one in Burnaby’s Metrotown, which opene
  
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• We are staying lit up red for a few more days in honour of our Canadian veterans, the fallen, & our soldiers.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 19:49 via twitter.com
  We are staying lit up red for a few more days in honour of our Canadian veterans, the fallen, & our soldiers.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• ... aaand we're back! Good morning - this is your friendly reminder that your garbage collection pick-up day change… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 17:34 via twitter.com
  ... aaand we're back! Good morning - this is your friendly reminder that your garbage collection pick-up day change… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Daily Poll: This holiday season, will you give money to the food bank?

  14-11-2017 16:41 via vancouversun.com
  As the holiday season of giving approaches, many people want to help those less fortunate by donating to the food bank. Schools, churches, and sporting events still have food drives to collect canned or non perishable items. But a Postmedia report last year found that food banks can make cash donations stretch further. So for example, $1 for a can of tuna could stretch to five cans in the hands of a savvy food bank shopper. So we are asking readers, will you consider giving money to the food ban
  
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• Home sales down in Metro Vancouver, but up in B.C.

  14-11-2017 16:14 via vancouversun.com
  Home sales in Metro Vancouver were down in October compared to the same month last year, but up overall in the province.
  The British Columbia Real Estate Association says 8,677 homes were sold last month in B.C., an increase of 19.3 per cent from last year, despite a housing supply crunch.
  However, in Metro Vancouver,  the association reports sales dropped nearly 35 per cent over the same time period. 
  As sales fell, prices continued to rise in Metro Vancouver, with the average pr
  
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• Father of woman missing in B.C. fundraises for drones to help other families

  14-11-2017 16:11 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — John Simpson is determined to use the novel experience he gained in a troubling search for his daughter to help others who have lost loved ones.
  Ashley Simpson went missing in Salmon Arm, B.C., in April 2016, and this spring her father travelled there from Ontario for a second time. He believed her body might be along the banks of a river or creek.
  The area had been flooded and it was too dangerous to search on foot, but Simpson had an idea. He told friends he wanted to borrow
  
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• Clark, Wat met Hong Kong developers, while foreign investor debate roiled B.C.

  14-11-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  In 2015, as home prices skyrocketed in Vancouver, then B.C. premier Christy Clark and then trade minister Teresa Wat held intimate meetings with Hong Kong developers and donors who had billions invested in Vancouver property.
  They wanted to know if Clark’s government would intervene in the market to reduce prices, according to documents obtained by Postmedia News show.
  The internal Ministry of Trade documents, released through a freedom-of-information request, for the first time reveal som
  
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• Opinion: Homeless shelter residents are 'neighbours, not strangers'

  14-11-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Homelessness throughout Metro Vancouver, according to the 2017 homeless count undertaken in March of this year, has increased by 30 per cent since 2014. That is a shocking number when compared to the 6.5-per-cent population growth the region experienced between 2011 and 2016.
  We can all agree that homelessness is getting worse, not better, and efforts to house those in need must be stepped up. The provincial government and Vancouver City Hall are poised to do just that with the addition of 600 m
  
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• Candlelight vigil held for slain Abbotsford police officer

  14-11-2017 04:36 via vancouversun.com
  Hundreds attended a candlelight vigil in Abbotsford on Monday to express their sorrow and gratitude for a police officer who died in the line of duty. 
  The vigil was held at the parking lot of the Mount Lehman Centre — the same shopping plaza where Const. John Davidson was shot and killed last Monday. 
  “It’s heartbreaking,” said Santosh Powar, a longtime Abbotsford resident. “All you hear about is how he was such a good man. I’m sad about what happen
  
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• Dan Fumano: City looks to learn from Marpole modular housing backlash

  14-11-2017 03:59 via vancouversun.com
  More modular housing is coming to more Vancouver neighbourhoods — it’s not a question of if, but of when and where. 
  And another question remaining is how can the city avoid backlashes in other parts of town like the one they’ve recently battled in Marpole.
  This week, Vancouver city council will discuss proposed amendments to bring temporary modular housing — a relatively quick and inexpensive type of building meant to address the immediate needs of Vancouver’s
  
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• Opinion: Hollywood North boom town: What’s wrong with this picture?

  14-11-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The phone call comes from Los Angeles and the electricians, set decorators, prop people and a host of others show up for work. Right now, the film industry is booming in B.C. with about 80 current productions. When Premier Clark, Glen not Christy, and I as his then-minister responsible, with the help of then-Finance Minister Joy MacPhail, announced the first tax credits, it led a year later to a $1-billion dollar industry. The Vancouver Sun reported that I proclaimed, “It’s a billion
  
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• Vancouver eco company honoured by U.N., Vatican

  14-11-2017 02:04 via vancouversun.com
  The world has taken notice of The Plastic Bank, now so has the Vatican.
  The Plastic Bank, a Vancouver for-profit social enterprise whose goal is to stop plastic from winding up in the ocean while enriching some of the world’s poorest people, will be awarded a United Nations Lighthouse Momentum for Change award on Tuesday at Bonn, Germany.
  The ceremony is part of the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change. 
  Plastic Bank also won the global Sustainia Community award at Paris
  
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• If your building doesn’t have a green bin program in place, here’s what you can do: ow.ly/Xs6M30g4xeA… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  If your building doesn’t have a green bin program in place, here’s what you can do: ow.ly/Xs6M30g4xeA… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Dementia drink disappoints in highly anticipated Lancet-published study

  14-11-2017 01:29 via vancouversun.com
  In a new study, a breakfast drink that first made a splash at an international Alzheimer’s conference in Vancouver five years ago as a memory booster has been shown to have no benefits for those with early symptoms of dementia.
  The European study of the milkshake-like drink called Souvenaid (also known as Fortasyn Connect) — marketed as a prescription formula only in Europe — was the first randomized, controlled, double-blind study of a non-pharmacological intervention in
  
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• Ferry service resumes after powerful winds batter British Columbia's south coast

  14-11-2017 01:18 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Ferries says it is resuming service between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay after high winds caused cancellations, but passengers should be prepared for a long wait.
  A wind warning from Environment Canada covered all of Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley out to Abbotsford, and parts of Vancouver Island.
  Debra Marshall of B.C. Ferries says the wind appears to be easing but a lot of people are waiting at the terminals because of the earlier cancellations.
  She estimates there’s currently a thr
  
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• Richmond asks for help fighting invasive aquatic plant

  14-11-2017 00:39 via vancouversun.com
  A letter to the provincial government will likely be the next step in Richmond’s efforts to eradicate an aquatic plant that has invaded a waterway in Steveston and threatens a nearby wetland.
  The staff recommendation to send the letter requesting that the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations get involved immediately and allocate money to fighting the Brazilian elodea infestation was endorsed by all members of the general purposes committee last week, of which the mayo
  
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• SFU pheromone research builds a better rat trap

  14-11-2017 00:32 via vancouversun.com
  Researchers at Simon Fraser University have devised a fiendishly clever way to trick rats into getting inside a trap by exploiting their snacking preferences, the comfort of community, the promise of sexy fun time and even the cries of baby rodents to play on a mother’s instincts.
  Animal communication expert Gerhard Gries started by creating a food odorant that mimics a smorgasbord of cheese, hazelnuts, chocolate, fresh meat and other rat favourites.
  That was effective — certainly be
  
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• Where can you build a LEGO City, design a park, try a bike rodeo & table tennis? #KidsintheHall Nov 18!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-11-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  Where can you build a LEGO City, design a park, try a bike rodeo & table tennis? #KidsintheHall Nov 18!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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