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• Married with children and living at home: Lower Mainland's multi-generational households on rise

  25-11-2017 23:42 via vancouversun.com
  Tess Strong’s adult son, his wife and their twins live in the ground-level suite and that suits her just fine.
  “Some of us have begun to realize that we aren’t going to live forever,” she said. “If you need help to live at home, what better way than to have your family with you?”
  Strong and her husband Roger — both retired — live upstairs in an Abbotsford home, which allows her son Anton to home-school his six-year-old children and work part-time.&
  
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• B.C. South Asians buzzing over harassment complaints on flights to India

  25-11-2017 23:08 via vancouversun.com
  South Asians in B.C. are buzzing about complaints of harassment, drunkenness and lewd behaviour on a regular direct flight from Vancouver to India.
  Indian media outlets, callers to Punjabi-language talk shows, social media commentators and airline passengers are reporting some older men are swearing and behaving boorishly toward flight attendants on the 13-hour flight to Delhi.
  The males’ behaviour is described as “lewd,” “brusque,” “horseplay” and &ldqu
  
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• Where's the beef? UBC develops new technique to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef

  25-11-2017 22:18 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — UBC has good news for anyone who’s been a little nervous about sinking their teeth into a juicy hamburger since horse meat was found in European beef a few years ago.
  Researchers at the university have developed a new technique to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef, using a laser-equipped spectrometer and statistical analysis.
  DNA testing can already identify foreign species in meat products, but it can’t locate offal, such as hearts, livers, kidneys a
  
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• Parole Board: Sparwood child abductor Randall Hopley still at risk to reoffend

  25-11-2017 22:14 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A convicted child abductor will stay behind bars after a parole board determined he is still likely to harm a child if released from prison.
  Randall Hopley kidnapped three-year-old Kienan Hebert from a home in Sparwood, B.C., in September 2011 and kept the boy for four days before returning him physically unharmed.
  Hopley later pleaded guilty to abducting the child, breaking and entering and possession of stolen property.
  He was designated a long-term offender and sentenced to
  
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• Attn builders & designers! Register now for Builders Forum Dec 5th @ #CityHall. Learn about new regulations & requi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  25-11-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Attn builders & designers! Register now for Builders Forum Dec 5th @ #CityHall. Learn about new regulations & requi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Beauty Bar: Shu Uemura Gentle Radiance Cleansing Oil Shampoo

  25-11-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A lightweight hair cleanser featuring Japanese “Onsen-inspired ferments” to help clean and purify strands. 
  Promising to give hair a “unique airy touch,” the cleansing shampoo boasts ingredients from volcanic sources to enrich the fibres of each strand while also removing scalp oil and product buildup. The result? A more balanced scalp that is free of impurities. 
  The oil elixir is free of parabens and silicones. 
  What we say: The clea
  
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• Makeover: A fresh look for a career change

  25-11-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Justine Rafal was in need style overhaul. She has a busy work schedule and wanted a fresh update for a career change.
  Justine has thick and naturally dark brown hair. It was previously lightened and had two inches of outgrowth. I wanted to brighten up her colour significantly as I feel blond hair really compliments her complexion. We started by decolourizing her hair with a strong high-lifting decolourizer at her outgrowth. I then refined her base colour with a beige-blond formula, then went bac
  
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• Just in case you're wondering how many days 'til XMAS we've got a countdown for ya here: cnv.org/CelebrateTheSe…… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  25-11-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Just in case you're wondering how many days 'til XMAS we've got a countdown for ya here: cnv.org/CelebrateTheSe…… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Recipe: Easy, delicious mulled wine

  25-11-2017 19:34 via vancouversun.com
  Looking to imbibe something a little stronger than a steaming hot cup of cocoa while sitting by the fireplace? 
  Consider the holiday season’s second-favourite sip (unless, of course, you’re counting eggnog, which is undoubtedly a seasonal staple, albeit less universally beloved): mulled wine. 
  We asked the team at Two Oceans Wines to come up with an easy mulled wine recipe that was basically foolproof. The kind of recipe that could be whipped up in a flash for friends and f
  
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• Douglas Todd: B.C. could thrive under coalition governments

  25-11-2017 17:43 via vancouversun.com
  Too bad those competing to head B.C.’s Liberal party can’t take full rhetorical advantage of the alleged crisis this week in Germany’s coalition government.
  The would-be Liberal leaders seem dead-set against British Columbians voting one year from now, in November 2018, for a new way of electing a government, which could include proportional representation.
  North American foes of proportional representation often argue it will lead to more minority and coalition governments &md
  
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• #CityParkStewards need your help TODAY w/ invasive plant pull @ #HeywoodPark 9am-noon. Tools, training + refreshmen… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  25-11-2017 17:01 via twitter.com
  #CityParkStewards need your help TODAY w/ invasive plant pull @ #HeywoodPark 9am-noon. Tools, training + refreshmen… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Who needs Mozart or Bach when you have video-game music?

  25-11-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses
  Nov. 30, 8 p.m. | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $73 at Ticketmaster.ca
  On Feb. 21, 1986, a piece of music that has become a mainstay of the many modern symphony-orchestra repertoires had its debut. The Legend of Zelda Theme, composed by Japan’s Koji Kondo specifically for the video game’s first edition, has become synonymous with one of the most successful franchises in Nintendo’s history. 
  It comes as no surp
  
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• Sold (Bought): Open-concept downtown home provides for ease of entertaining

  25-11-2017 15:39 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  5003 — 1480 Howe Street, Vancouver
  Type: Three-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment
  Size: 2,562 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: N/A
  Listed for: $5,888,900
  Sold for: $5,250,000
  Sold on: Oct. 17
  Days on market: 174
  Listing agent: Karim Virani at Virani Real Estate Advisors
  Buyers agent: Ali Eshghi at Team 3000 Realty
  The big sell: There is much anticipation surrounding the completion of downtown’s Vancouver House developmen
  
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• The Home Front: Getting the kitchen fit for holiday entertaining

  25-11-2017 15:37 via vancouversun.com
  There really is no time of the year when people aren’t thinking kitchen renovations, says well-known interior designer Jane Lockhart, and with this being the season for entertaining, their minds are on the space more than ever.
  “Twenty years ago, there was time when people stopped work at the beginning of December, but it isn’t like that any more,” she says. “Partly because the country is multicultural, so not everyone celebrates Christmas, and it’s reall
  
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• South Surrey prize home is airy, bright and down to earth

  25-11-2017 15:16 via vancouversun.com
  The VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation Millionaire Lottery prize homes just keep raising the bar when it comes to setting the standard for what a West Coast dream residence is all about.
  We recently visited the Elgin Park property in South Surrey and were once again wowed. This six-bedroom house is worth over $3.3 million, has magazine-worthy furnishings valued at $140,000, and cuts an elegant presence in the neighbourhood that is hard to miss.
  The home has high ceilings, a large landscaped back ya
  
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• Clayton Walk townhomes a family affair

  25-11-2017 15:05 via vancouversun.com
  Anthem Properties’ new Clayton Walk townhouse development in Surrey has come as a godsend for two different families with a challenge shared by many: Finding enough space at an affordable price in a housing market seen as one of the most expensive in North America.
  For Sharlini and Richard Lal, the new four-bedroom townhouse they moved into earlier this month is a welcome relief because their daughter, 11, and five-year-old son now have their own bedrooms. “My kids are ecstatic,&rdqu
  
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• Vancouver struggles to find substitutes when teachers absent

  25-11-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  The number of teacher absences that the Vancouver school district could not fill with substitutes more than quintupled from 928 days in the 2015-16 school year to 4,819 in 2016-17.
  “The district can’t handle day-to-day absences due to illness,” said Glen Hansman, president of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. “These are huge numbers and most of the time it’s kids with special needs (who) are having their services disrupted.”
  That’s because, when
  
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• Air quality concerns waft from North Vancouver dry dock - North Shore News

  25-11-2017 11:43 via nsnews.com
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  Air quality concerns waft from North Vancouver dry dock
  North Shore News
  Lower Lonsdale residents Laurel Dibartolomeo and Gordon and Tyla Doyle take in some fresh air from a condo balcony with Seaspan's Vancouver Dry Dock in the background. photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News. Seaspan is seeking Metro Vancouver's ...
  
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• Vancouver dog hospitalized after eating hard drugs at the beach

  25-11-2017 04:30 via vancouversun.com
  Another Vancouver dog has been hospitalized after eating a hard drug at the beach.
  Jean-Francois Houde’s dog, Loretta, started acting strangely after a visit to Kits Beach on Wednesday.
  “We realized she was really not able to stand at all. She was walking like she was drunk,” Houde told CTV News. “She became kind of paranoid.”Afraid of noise and lights, Loretta was taken to the 24-hour Burrard Animal Hospital, where it was discovered that the three-year-old dog may
  
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• 'Sea change': Vancouver considers 'restricting property ownership by non-permanent residents'

  25-11-2017 04:22 via vancouversun.com
  Two years ago Andy Yan’s academic work placed him in the centre of a storm. But he decided to carry on with his work, and, he recalled this week, “double down.”
  When Yan, an urban planner with Bing Thom Architects, reported in November 2015 that he’d found two-thirds of house buyers in expensive west-side Vancouver neighbourhoods had “non-Anglicized Chinese names,” he wanted to use the names to show, in the absence of more precise data, there appeare
  
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• Vancouver Island's Long Beach among the best in the world: travel professionals

  25-11-2017 03:48 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia boasts some of the best beaches in Canada, which is the sort of thing that will happen when have 25,725 kilometres of coastline, much of which is part of the Pacific temperate rain forests ecoregion. That’s how you get a good beach.
  But how does B.C. compare to the rest of the world? Not great. According to Flight Network’s first list of The World’s 50 Best Beaches, a list chosen and curated by 632 of the world’s top travel professionals, j
  
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• Opinion: No silver bullet to solve housing crisis – addressing speculation is top priority

  25-11-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver is in the midst of a housing crisis that has reached the point of jeopardizing our city’s diversity and long-term economic resiliency. Over the past 14 months, the City of Vancouver has fundamentally rethought our approach to housing. After extensive engagement with expert stakeholders, partners from cities around the world, and over 10,000 Vancouver residents, we have developed a housing strategy that reflects the core values of our city. This week, Vancouver City Council will c
  
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• Opinion: Fair wages are critical to a strong economy

  25-11-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Federation of Labour launched the “Fight for $15” campaign three years ago, making the basic argument that a person working full-time should not be living below the poverty line.
  Our campaign saw remarkable public support and, as a result, the NDP government has agreed to lift the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
  The only question we are left to contemplate is: When do we get there?
  The government established the Fair Wages Commission to tackle this question. The commission is t
  
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• Letters: Modular housing a good first step to solve crisis

  25-11-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Anti-housing protesters are sadly misguided, Opinion, Nov. 21
  We couldn’t have said it better, and furthermore believe the Reverend and Vicki Potter’s article reflects the opinion of a majority of the citizens in Vancouver. Our affordable housing crisis affects all neighbourhoods in our community and there is where the solution lies — in all neighbourhoods. Our friends, family and neighbours in need of affordable housing come from all sectors of our community. They could be
  
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• International: 15 bestselling books of the week, Nov. 25

  25-11-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12) — Jeff Kinney
  2. The Sun and Her Flowers — Rupi Kaur
  3. Origin — Dan Brown
  4. Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck — Mark Manson
  5. Wonder — RJ Palacio
  6. Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive — Brandon Sanderson
  7. Milk and honey — Rupi Kaur
  8. The Rooster Bar — John Grisham
  9. 5 Ingredients — Quick and Easy Food — Jamie Ol
  
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• Editorial: Federal strategy punts affordability crisis to city hall

  25-11-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The federal Liberal government, which bills itself as the champion of the middle class, seems to have left that target market out of its national housing strategy unveiled Wednesday, National Housing Day.
  While its focus on the most vulnerable is laudable, the strategy responds to affordable housing rather than housing affordability, the latter being the crisis that affects countless Canadians trying to find a place to live in the country’s major cities, notably Vancouver and Toronto. The
  
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• Rescued dog walker recovering from ordeal, husband says

  25-11-2017 02:56 via vancouversun.com
  Annette Poitras had no idea how big a deal her rescue had become when she was reunited with her husband after spending two days in the bush with three dogs she was walking. 
  Marcel Poitras told her he had already called her father in England to let him know she was OK.
  “And she said, ‘You called my father?” Marcel recalled on Friday with a chuckle before returning to the hospital room where his wife of 22 years was recuperating from her injuries.
  Annette was in good spirit
  
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• Umbrella sharing program UmbraCity aims for downtown Vancouver expansion

  25-11-2017 02:52 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouverites have a love-hate relationship with the umbrella. In light rain, the city’s most common weather, it’s hard to justify the hassle of carrying one around all day. If it suddenly starts to pour, one can rue the decision to leave home without it. 
  “This was a big frustration for myself,” said Amir Entezari, co-founder and CEO of UmbraCity. “I never had an umbrella when I needed. When I took out an umbrella with me, it was a hassle. It doesn’
  
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• Fallen Abbotsford police officer honoured in drawing

  25-11-2017 02:19 via vancouversun.com
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  Thousands mourn Abbotsford Const. John DavidsonIn the days after Abbotsford Police Const. John Davidson’s death on Nov. 6, Michael Griffin wanted to honour the fallen officer.
  The Richmond firefighter is also an artist, and his captain suggested a portrait of Davidson.
  The 16-by-20-inch charcoal drawing was donated to the Abbotsford Police department on behalf of the B.C. Professional Firefighters Association last week.
  The sensitive rendering, based off a photograph of Davidson in
  
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• Let's have peek at what Council's up to Monday at 6PM. Agenda: cnv.org/CouncilMeetings #NorthVan https://t.co/1OOr6TlLVW

  25-11-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  
  Let's have peek at what Council's up to Monday at 6PM. Agenda: cnv.org/CouncilMeetings #NorthVan https://t.co/1OOr6TlLVW
  
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• Bulls & Bears: Grey Cup remains pivotal for business of Canadian sport

  25-11-2017 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  It is no longer the country’s biggest single day television event, but the annual Grey Cup game still matters to the business of sport in this country.It certainly matters to the Canadian Football League, which has been crowning Grey Cup champions for 104 years and is going to be celebrating a 105th titleholder Sunday evening after the dust settles between the West Division’s Calgary Stampeders and the East Division’s Toronto Argonauts.After ruling the ai
  
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• Five things to know about Brock Boeser, Canucks superstar rookie

  25-11-2017 00:57 via vancouversun.com
  Brock Boeser is on pace to obliterate several Canucks rookie records
  In case you haven’t heard, Brock Boeser is having a monster rookie season in the NHL. Through the first 28 games of his professional career, he has more points than all but two players, both of whom were Calder Trophy finalists in the 2015-16 season.
  Most Points Through 28 Career Games Since Start of 2014-15:#Oilers McDavid – 31#CBJ Panarin – 28#Canucks Boeser – 26#Flyers Lehtera – 24
  — Sport
  
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• Two men arrested in grow-op bust walk free due to trial delay

  25-11-2017 00:45 via vancouversun.com
  Two men who were charged after police raided a suspected marijuana grow-op near Quesnel more than four years ago have walked free after a judge found that it took too long for the case to get to trial.
  In August 2013, Robert Bernardt Thomson and Trevor Wishart were arrested and later charged with unlawfully producing a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
  In April 2014, the two men, who had been released on an undertaking shortly after the
  
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• Highway 1 partly reopens through Fraser Valley after mudslides

  25-11-2017 00:22 via vancouversun.com
  Traffic along a busy stretch of Highway 1 between Vancouver and British Columbia’s southern Interior is again moving following mudslides that cut off travel on Thursday.
  The Transportation Ministry says in a statement that the westbound lanes of Highway 1 have been cleared of debris and single-lane traffic is getting by in either direction in the two westbound lanes.
  The ministry says crews are now working to clear the eastbound lanes, but a significant amount of mud and debris and challen
  
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