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• Fraser Valley residents warned over buildup of ice and snow on road and footpaths

  29-12-2017 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  A frozen hell is all that remains of last weekend’s white Christmas in the eastern Fraser Valley, where icy rain and wet snow are expected to continue until Saturday afternoon.
  Crews have been working round-the-clock since Thursday when freezing rain first coated power lines, tree branches and snowbanks in ice, leading to power outages and treacherous driving conditions from Abbotsford to Hope.
  “It’s ugly — there’s no better way to put it — it’s ugly out
  
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• Douglas Todd: Vancouver's housing crisis revealed by looking to China, Australia, New Zealand

  29-12-2017 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  To understand Metro Vancouver’s housing market in 2017, and how B.C.’s politicians could ease the affordability crisis in the future, it’s necessary to look offshore — to China, Australia and New Zealand.
  A clutch of real-estate industry and government officials in Canada still want the public to believe foreign capital and immigration policy have little to do with the sky-high housing markets in Vancouver and Toronto. But the evidence is pushing their vested voices to th
  
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• Abbotsford murder victim identified as Alexander Blanarou of Surrey

  29-12-2017 23:34 via vancouversun.com
  Alexander Blanarou, a 24-year-old Surrey resident, has been identified as the victim in Thursday’s fatal shooting in Abbotsford.
  Around 2:23 p.m., Abbotsford police were called to the area of Bates Road and Harris Road for a possible shooting. On arrival, officers discovered Blanarou’s lifeless body.
  “Mr. Blanarou was known to police and evidence to this point suggests this was a targeted homicide,” said Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigat
  
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• Claire's pulls makeup off shelf after asbestos allegation

  29-12-2017 23:01 via vancouversun.com
  Jewelry and makeup retailer Claire’s is pulling nine of its products from stores in B.C. and across North America after reports of asbestos being found in some eyeshadow, lip gloss and makeup sets.
  The products were removed from stores on Dec. 22, a Health Canada spokesman said.
  “Health Canada is aware of the reports of asbestos found in various cosmetic products supplied by Claire’s,” Eric Morrissette said in an email to Postmedia. “Health Canada contacted Claire&r
  
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• Snow coming to Fraser Valley; Surrey and Langley to get freezing rain

  29-12-2017 22:37 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for parts of the Fraser Valley with snowfall amounts of up to 30 centimetres, while Surrey and Langley can expect some freezing rain.
  Hazardous winter conditions are expected for the central Fraser Valley including Chilliwack and eastern Fraser Valley including Hope.
  In a weather alert, Environment Canada said areas near Chilliwack will see significant icing from freezing rain beginning mid to late morning and lasting to near midnight tonight,
  
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• West Vancouver seeks consultants to advise on what can be built at 'Cypress Village'

  29-12-2017 22:36 via vancouversun.com
  The vision is a mountainside village in West Vancouver, with retail shops and restaurants sitting above the Upper Levels highway near the first switchback on Cypress Bowl Road as it winds its way up to the ski slopes.
  It would be something like a smaller Whistler, only known as Cypress Village.
  The concept has been around for a long time, but now the District of West Vancouver is seeking consultants to help with one of the first stages of making it a reality.
  The district is looking for someone
  
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• Almost time to recycle the Christmas tree. DYK recycled trees are used in the many parks/paths/gardens throughout t… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-12-2017 22:10 via twitter.com
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• Book review: Chris Turner drills down for nuance in new study of tar sands

  29-12-2017 21:38 via vancouversun.com
  The Patch: The People, Pipelines and Politics of the Oil Sands
  Chris Turner | Simon & Shuster
  $34.99, 340 pagesWith global warming records being broken regularly these days, 2017 is on track to be yet another year of record-setting heat, and with disturbing signs of human-caused climate change like ferocious storms, rising oceans, disintegrating ice shelves, bleached coral reefs and unusually fierce wild fires reported regularly, many Canadians are worried about the Alberta tar sands.Some ar
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week, Dec. 30

  29-12-2017 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. The Rooster Bar — John Grisham
  2. Origin — Dan Brown 
  3. The People vs. Alex Cross — James Patterson
  4. Artemis — Andy Weir 
  5. The Midnight Line — Lee Child
  6. Year One — Nora Roberts 
  7. Tom Clancy: Power and Empire — Marc Cameron
  8. Sleeping Beauties — King/King 
  9. Little Fires Everywhere — Celest Ng 
  10. Uncommon Type — Tom Hanks 
  HARDCOVER NONFIC
  
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• Minus 40 windshield washer fluid! Needing this in Alberta today. Safe driving everyone. Stay warm, alert and sober… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-12-2017 20:55 via twitter.com
  Minus 40 windshield washer fluid! Needing this in Alberta today. Safe driving everyone. Stay warm, alert and sober… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Benjamin, Olivia are B.C.'s top baby names in 2017

  29-12-2017 20:46 via vancouversun.com
  If they can hold off all the late challengers, Benjamin and Olivia will take the title of B.C.’s top baby names for 2017.
  According to preliminary data collected between Jan. 1 and Dec. 15 by Vital Statistics Agency B.C., Benjamin held a slight lead over the trio of Liam, Logan and Lucas in the race for the top baby name for boys.
  Meanwhile, Olivia, the most popular baby girl name in 2016, looks to be repeat champion in 2017 with a healthy lead over second-place Emma.
  For the past six year
  
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• 10-year-old B.C. boy's body found after crash into lake near Nakusp

  29-12-2017 20:44 via vancouversun.com
  NAKUSP — The body of a 10-year-old boy has been found after the vehicle he was in crashed and sank into a lake.
  Police confirm the boy’s body was found Thursday when members of the RCMP underwater recovery team went into Arrow Lake in southeastern B.C.
  The boy had been missing since Wednesday when the vehicle he was in veered off Highway 23 in snowy and icy conditions.
  The 37-year-old driver and an 11-year-old girl were able to get out before the car sank and were treated for minor i
  
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• Winter storm: Freezing rain, huge snowfall expected for Fraser Valley

  29-12-2017 20:14 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has issue a winter storm warning for parts of the Fraser Valley with snowfall amounts of up to 30 centimetres.
  Hazardous winter conditions are expected for the central Fraser Valley including Chilliwack and eastern Fraser Valley including Hope.
  In a weather alert, Environment Canada said areas near Chilliwack will see significant icing from freezing rain beginning mid to late morning and lasting to near midnight tonight, before switching over to snow.
  “Snow heavy at time
  
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• Surrey physio clinic hopes to raise $500,000 for robot

  29-12-2017 20:03 via vancouversun.com
  Michael Coss survived a catastrophic accident on the Coquihalla Highway that put him in hospital and in the care of doctors who said he would never walk again.
  But 11 years later, the former all-around athlete, Molson’s sales rep and pilot, is more than just walking, he walks in 10K fun runs and this past year climbed the steps of more than 20 storeys in a building for a fundraiser.
  After emerging from a coma after more than six months after his 2006 accident, Coss eventually graduated fro
  
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• #LookThinkGo encourages you to use safe travel practices & be respectful of all street & pathway users. Get tips @… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-12-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  #LookThinkGo encourages you to use safe travel practices & be respectful of all street & pathway users. Get tips @… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Fab 5: New year, same fabulous you

  29-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  According to a new personality framework developed by New York Times bestselling author Gretchen Rubin, your ability to abide by our new year’s fitness resolutions is heavily influenced by whether you’re an Upholder, an Obliger, a Rebel or a Questioner. If you’re an Upholder under this new framework, you’ve probably been heading to the gym religiously, no cajoling required. If you’re an Obliger, hopefully you signed up with a personal trainer for Jan. 1 as that exte
  
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• Brian Minter: Improve your health, well-being and happiness with plants

  29-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  As we’re about to enter a new year, it’s a great time to consider a few ways of adding greater value to our lives.  Engaging the world of plants will improve our sense of well-being, happiness and health, whether that means growing our own food in containers or a garden, nurturing indoor plants or simply walking in a green space.
  In terms of growing the healthiest food, the latest research has found that not all varieties are created equal.  Certain varieties of vegetables
  
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• Handcuffed suspect slips away from RCMP at Surrey hospital

  29-12-2017 19:39 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP are searching for a suspect who gave them the slip while handcuffed and under police guard at Surrey Memorial Hospital.
  RCMP say they arrested 46-year-old Richard Mantler on Thursday afternoon for several property crimes and related offences.
  Before being put into jail, Mantler was taken to hospital for medical treatment. 
  While at the hospital, he managed to sneak away from his police guard and escape through an emergency exit while handcuffed. Officers, with the help of p
  
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• Town Talk: Folk who helped make 2017 what it was

  29-12-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Future historians may wonder how we stayed calm in the face of 2017’s global economic and nuclear threats let local drug overdosing, homelessness and, for many, unreachable real-estate prices. They may also conclude that 2018’s perils vastly exceeded those before. For now, though, here are some folk from this column who helped give 2017 its agreeable flavour.
  Premier John Horgan was still splashing through the run-up to his installation as premier when U.S. consul general Lynne Platt
  
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• Adopt-A-School: The holidays can be brutal for desperately poor kids

  29-12-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  The two-week Christmas break is a joy for most students but not for desperately poor kids, says Erin Watkins, a youth worker at Coquitlam Alternative Basic Education (CABE).
  “School is closed for two weeks. In here it’s clean, warm — they can’t get high — and they get fed,” said Watkins. “It’s scary for these kids when none of this is available.”
  And Christmas just rubs in how harsh and different their world is as they can’t escape the
  
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• Bulls & Bears: MLS Cup winners lead the resurgence of Toronto as a sports town

  29-12-2017 18:55 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls-of-the-Year
  Among the biggest winners in the business of sport in 2017 were the championship organizations in the major North American leagues:
  NFL: The New England Patriots, in a Super Bowl comeback for the ages.
  MLB: The rags-to-riches Houston Astros, winning the World Series less than two months after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the fourth biggest city in the U.S.
  NBA: Another Super Team win for the Golden State Warriors and their high tech ownership group.
  NHL: Sidney Crosby and the Pitts
  
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• So many things parents can do right now to prevent this from happening in the future. Talk to your kids about fire… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-12-2017 18:14 via twitter.com
  So many things parents can do right now to prevent this from happening in the future. Talk to your kids about fire… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Don't toss them! Plastic bags, Styrofoam packaging, Christmas lights & old electronics can be recycled FREE @ Recyc… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-12-2017 18:00 via twitter.com
  Don't toss them! Plastic bags, Styrofoam packaging, Christmas lights & old electronics can be recycled FREE @ Recyc… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hot Brown Honey's joyous rage kicks off Cultch's Femme January

  29-12-2017 17:30 via vancouversun.com
  Hot Brown Honey
  Jan. 9-27 | The CultchTickets and info: $10-$49, thecultch.comWith the new year fast approaching thoughts of quitting bad things and adding good things to your life are likely starting to percolate.
  Now not to spook you, but only eight per cent of the well intended remain that way by the time January says goodbye.
  So why not give yourself a fighting chance and make a change that makes you happy, and make your resolution to attend more live theatre? A great place to start is
  
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• Great deals lead to worse treatment for customer service workers, UBC study shows

  29-12-2017 17:06 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — As shoppers search for the best post-Christmas deals, a study by the University of British Columbia has found bargain hunters tend to dehumanize customer service staff.
  The study published this month in the Journal of Consumer Psychology looked at the implications of a bargain-hunting mentality and found it causes shoppers to be less attuned to the human needs of employees and more likely to report bad service.
  “It kind of has this perverse effect of, ‘Oh I’m
  
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• Daily Poll: Should Heart Of Davie Village sign be a permanent feature in West End?

  29-12-2017 16:52 via vancouversun.com
  An online petition has been launched to keep the Heart of Davie Village in Vancouver’s West End.
  The Heart of Davie Village is a 4×4-foot heart-shaped neon sign that was unveiled earlier this month as part of the Lumiere Vancouver winter light festival.
  Artist Jim Balakshin, the sign’s designer, described the Heart of Dave Village as “a recognition of the historical geography of the Davie Village and the contributions of the community towards the political advancements of
  
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• Winter storm: Huge snowfall expected for Fraser Valley

  29-12-2017 16:44 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has issue a winter storm warning for parts of the Fraser Valley with snowfall amounts of up to 30 centimetres.
  Hazardous winter conditions are expected for the central Fraser Valley including Chilliwack and eastern Fraser Valley including Hope.
  In a weather alert, Environment Canada said areas near Chilliwack will see significant icing from freezing rain beginning mid to late morning and lasting to near midnight tonight, before switching over to snow.
  “Snow heavy at time
  
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• The big chop: How black women are embracing their natural hair

  29-12-2017 16:43 via vancouversun.com
  Every eight weeks for nearly two decades, Sophia Kemeh sat patiently while a relative or hairdresser applied relaxer to her hair. The hair-straightening agent burned, but Kemeh, an occupational therapist in Vernon, thought there was no alternative for styling her hair.
  One day, though, a fellow student suggested that the curly, natural look might not be so bad after all. After a year of deliberation, Kemeh walked into a barber shop and told the hairdresser to cut off her straight hair.
  “I
  
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• Richmond woman hit by postal truck dies of her injuries

  29-12-2017 16:11 via vancouversun.com
  A 27-year-old woman has died of her injuries after being struck by a Canada Post truck on Wednesday afternoon.
  The woman was hit at about 2 p.m. by the semi-tractor cab near Garden City Road and Sea Island Way and rushed to hospital with critical injuries.
  Richmond RCMP say neither speed nor alcohol are believed to have been factors.
  Anyone with information to assist the investigation is asked to contact Richmond RCMP.
  The woman’s name has not been released.Related
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• Victoria man sentenced to 7.5 years for 'senseless' drug-fuelled murder

  29-12-2017 04:22 via vancouversun.com
  A Victoria man with a long history of drug addiction and violence has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison for manslaughter in the death of a 20-year-old Quebec City man.
  Raphaël Bussières died after being stabbed in the neck by Justin Carte in the early morning of Nov. 26, 2016. Carte had been released from jail two days earlier and was high on drugs.
  The two men, who did not know each other, had been rapping on a downtown sidewalk. When Bussières and his friend
  
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• Opinion: Finding our bearings: A gentle yet grizzly rebuttal

  29-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  I recognize that this is a difficult time for trophy hunters in B.C. Change is never easy. However, this does not mean we invent alternative facts to support rhetoric. In his opinion piece published in The Vancouver Sun on Dec. 27, Alan Martin has made multiple factually incorrect assertions to support the continuance of grizzly bear hunting. In an effort to correct misinformation, I would like to point out the following:
  First, a B.C.-based independent polling company (Insights West) conducted
  
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• Letters: Patients need not be afraid of biosimilars

  29-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Patients on biologics need to be wary of substitutions, Opinion, Dec. 26.
  At a time when provincial and private insurance drug plans are contemplating transitioning patients from their current biologic “originator” to its Health Canada-approved biologic “biosimilar,” patients should be informed about the scientific evidence for this safe, effective and cost-saving practice, one that has taken place in health-care systems (often considered superior to Canada&
  
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• RAPS could close due to delayed approval over name of new hospital

  29-12-2017 02:55 via vancouversun.com
  A longtime animal protection society in Richmond is in danger of shutting down entirely due to the delayed approval for the name of its new animal hospital.
  The Regional Animal Protection Society (RAPS) — formerly known as the Richmond Animal Protection Society — is a no-kill animal shelter which began raising funds early this year for a new animal hospital, with the hope of bringing veterinarian care in-house to save on costs for the charity.
  Additionally, the hospital would provide
  
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• Housing anxiety drives B.C. residents to seek professional help

  29-12-2017 02:52 via vancouversun.com
  As hope fades that Metro Vancouver’s housing crisis will end anytime soon, counsellors say they are helping more clients tackle the shame and misery that comes from sleeping in rodent-infested basement suites or staying with abusive partners while struggling to find a better home.
  Clients are identifying housing as having a major impact on their relationships, mental health and well-being, said Michelle Crowley, a counsellor with Family Services of Great Vancouver.
  “We&rsqu
  
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• Candlelight vigil to be held Saturday for Chloe and Aubrey Berry

  29-12-2017 02:41 via vancouversun.com
  A candlelight vigil to honour Chloe and Aubrey Berry will be held on the lawn facing Willows Beach in Oak Bay at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
  It is being organized by members of the community along with the municipality of Oak Bay.
  People can bring candles and there will be some candles available as well, Oak Bay Acting Mayor Hazel Braithwaite said Thursday.
  The bodies of Chloe, 6, and Aubrey, 4, were found by police on Christmas Day in their father’s Oak Bay apartment. Andrew Berry was taken to ho
  
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• B.C. offers free HIV prevention treatment to high-risk patients

  29-12-2017 02:21 via vancouversun.com
  Starting Jan. 1, the province will begin offering a powerful HIV prevention treatment for free through the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS to high-risk individuals who ask for it, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Thursday.
  The prevention method involves a pill that combines two of the three anti-retroviral drugs used to treat HIV-infected patients, which is given to uninfected patients as a means to block transmission of the virus.
  B.C. could see about 2,000 patients access the drug initia
  
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• Mother of dead girls raised concerns about father’s parenting in court

  29-12-2017 02:13 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The mother of two young girls who were found dead on Christmas Day in a Victoria-area home had concerns about their father’s parenting abilities, court documents say.
  In a decision released in May, a Supreme Court of British Columbia judge said Andrew Berry displayed poor judgment in dealing with his children, including allegations of inappropriate touching that led to an investigation by the province’s child welfare agency.
  “The father has displayed poor judgm
  
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• Homicide police in Abbotsford investigating fatal shooting

  29-12-2017 02:10 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide police are in Abbotsford after a man was shot dead Thursday afternoon.
  Around 2:23 p.m. Thursday, Abbotsford police were called to the area of Bates Road and Harris Road for a possible shooting. On arrival, officers found a man dead.
  “We are in the early stages of this investigation; however, the initial indications suggest this appears to be a targeted incident,” read a statement shared by Abbotsford Police.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has since been tapped t
  
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• Are you planning an outdoor event in 2018? It's time to book City venues. Book online cnv.org/BookAFacility or e… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-12-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Are you planning an outdoor event in 2018? It's time to book City venues. Book online cnv.org/BookAFacilityor e… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Report: Cat overpopulation still an issue in Canada

  29-12-2017 01:53 via vancouversun.com
  The vast majority of B.C. cat owners say they spay or neuter their felines, but more can still be done to curb overpopulation and prevent the formation of feral cat colonies — particularly in rural areas.
  According to the findings of a new study on cat overpopulation in Canada released on Thursday by the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, the situation in B.C. is on par with the rest of the country.
  “In B.C., we’re pretty much in line with the rest of Canada,”
  
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• BCSC settles with B.C. man for failing to file insider reports

  29-12-2017 01:20 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Securities Commission has reached a settlement agreement with Lakhwindar Singh Janda, also known as Lucky Janda, who admitted to failing to file insider reports.
  Janda agreed to pay a $15,000 fine, which he has paid, B.C. Securities Commission spokesman Malka Aujla confirmed Thursday.
  Janda’s payment is among several B.C. Securities Commission fines that have been paid in November and December that were not captured in a Postmedia investigation, reported last month, that found the
  
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• Panel finds West Van realtor committed professional misconduct

  29-12-2017 00:49 via vancouversun.com
  One of B.C.’s top realtors deceived a client by telling him he wouldn’t be presented a full-price offer for his home unless he paid $100,000 to another realtor as a bonus, a Real Estate Council of B.C. disciplinary panel has ruled.
  West Vancouver realtor Shahin Behroyan faced seven professional misconduct allegations in the case, and was found to have committed five, including failing to act in the best interests of his client.
  The most serious allegations of deception and conflict o
  
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• Own a business in the City? Get your business licence by Dec 31. Renew in person or online: cnv.org/BusinessLicenc…… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-12-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
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• New Years resolutions that might actually make you happy

  29-12-2017 00:00 via vancouversun.com
  You are an addict. We all are. And the sooner we admit that we have a problem and that our lives have become unmanageable, the sooner the healing can begin.
  If that sounds a bit like the First Step at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, that’s because it is. If you sense your own unhappiness and want to make resolutions for the coming year that will make you happier and enhance the happiness and connectedness of those around you, that’s where it has to start.
  The Internet and its insidi
  
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