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• Author Q&A: The Quest for Rest offers tips and tricks to get kids sleeping soundly

  11-01-2018 23:46 via vancouversun.com
  The Quest for Rest: Polly & Pickles
  By Andrea Bell and Dr. Smita N. NaidooSleep can be a struggle. Especially when you’re a parent. 
  With this in mind, two Vancouver women have joined forces to pen a book that helps teach children and parents the importance of sleep. 
  Andrea Bell and Dr. Smita N. Naidoo, the co-authors of The Quest for Rest: Polly & Pickles, chatted with Postmedia News about their new release,  catching Zs and why sleep is so important
  
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• YVR adding tampon/pad dispensers in airport bathrooms following complaints

  11-01-2018 23:27 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver airport says it can do a better job when it comes to providing access to feminine hygiene products. 
  “We were recently made aware of a passenger at YVR who had a hard time finding affordably priced feminine hygiene products at YVR. This shouldn’t happen,” YVR said in statement Thursday. 
  The response comes after a CBC report this week about a Saskatoon woman, who complained she was forced to buy pads at nearly three times their usual price beca
  
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• #CityView eNews back! Here's a quick update of City events & headlines: ow.ly/62Ps30hJ8IS #NorthVan https://t.co/81EZIypzjO

  11-01-2018 23:10 via twitter.com
  
  #CityView eNews back! Here's a quick update of City events & headlines: ow.ly/62Ps30hJ8IS #NorthVan https://t.co/81EZIypzjO
  
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• Driver dies in multi-vehicle accident near Lac La Hache

  11-01-2018 21:56 via vancouversun.com
  One person is dead following multi-vehicle accident Wednesday involving a logging truck near Lac La Hache.
  100 Mile House RCMP say the driver, a 57-year-old man, was killed when his northbound vehicle collided with a jackknifed logging truck on Highway 97 South.
  Police say the loaded logging truck was headed southbound when it lost control after clipping another semi truck it was attempting to pass.
  A youth passenger in the northbound vehicle was transported to hospital with minor injuries. Poli
  
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• Man jailed 21 months in UBC frat house sex assault of sleeping student

  11-01-2018 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  A man who was convicted of sexually assaulting a female student while she was sleeping at a UBC fraternity house has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.
  Mathew Aaron Shufelt, 28, who pleaded guilty to the February 2015 sexual assault, will also be on probation for 18 months after serving the jail time and be on the sex offender registry for 2o years.
  In imposing sentence on Shufelt, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael Tammen noted that the victim,  who was 21 years old and a third-year st
  
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• Richard Bell appointed Chair of Arts Club Theatre Company Board of Directors

  11-01-2018 21:53 via vancouversun.com
  Entrepreneur Richard Bell has been named as the Chair of the Arts Club Theatre Company Board of Directors. The board provides the not-for-profit company with governance to keep it on a solid financial base so it continues to produce shows at its three venues, tour the province and develop both its education and commission initiatives.
  Bell co-founded Yongle Technologies Inc. and founded Bell Alliance, both companies dedicated to developing a paperless model for doing business. Bell has been
  
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• Poll finds 12 per cent of Canadians know someone addicted to opioids

  11-01-2018 20:58 via vancouversun.com
  A significant number of Canadians have a buddy or relative addicted to opioids, according to a new poll from the Angus Reid Institute.The survey, released Wednesday, found one-in-eight (12 per cent) — the equivalent of nearly 3.5 million Canadian adults — say they have close friends or family members who have become dependent on opioids in the last five years.
  And, nearly 20 per cent of Canadians say they have been prescribed opioids.Surprisingly, in B.C., the province with the
  
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• Brother of B.C. Premier John Horgan dies of cancer

  11-01-2018 20:58 via vancouversun.com
  Pat Horgan, the older brother of B.C. Premier John Horgan, has died of cancer at the age of 71.
  “It’s with great sadness that we announce that Pat Horgan, Premier John Horgan’s brother, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018,” the premier’s office said in a statement released Thursday.
  “He will be deeply missed by his family and friends.”A service will be held in Pat Horgan’s home community of Port McNeill on Feb. 10.
  Horgan served as a program coor
  
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• Have we skapegoated Mayor Gregor Robertson on housing?

  11-01-2018 20:25 via vancouversun.com
  Many commentators are correct in saying that Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson was slow to recognize how an onslaught of foreign capital was making the city’s housing unaffordable.
  Along with all the strong criticism Robertson has taken on social media, The Vancouver Sun and Province have frequently reported on people arguing he’s fallen gravely short on housing.
  Following Robertson’s announcement Wednesday that he would not seek another term in office, Globe columnist Gary Maso
  
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• Vancouver gym teacher suspended after student passes out from headlock

  11-01-2018 20:01 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver high school teacher has been suspended after he put a 15-year-old girl in a headlock in gym class and she passed out.
  On May 15, Weldon Cheung asked a female student in his Grade 10 physical education class to demonstrate a type of curl-up, according to an agreed statement of facts with the British Columbia Commissioner for Teacher Regulation. 
  As she was demonstrating, he punched her in the stomach, claiming if done right, the muscles flex and it should not hurt, the agreement
  
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• Lots of rain in the forecast ☔️. We appreciate it when you help keep your storm drains clear. It helps prevent flo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-01-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Lots of rain in the forecast☔️. We appreciate it when you help keep your storm drains clear. It helps prevent flo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Please note that the Council workshop scheduled for Jan 15 at 5pm has been cancelled. The regular meeting, schedule… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-01-2018 19:56 via twitter.com
  Please note that the Council workshop scheduled for Jan 15 at 5pm has been cancelled. The regular meeting, schedule… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver Sun and The Province negatives donated to Vancouver Archives

  11-01-2018 19:20 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Sun and Province are donating their collection of photographic negatives to the Vancouver Archives — the largest donation in the history of the civic institution.
  The donation of an estimated two million images spanning more than half a century will more than double the Archives’ collection of 1.6 million negatives. 
  The negatives include all photo shoots from the 1970s, ’80s and early ’90s, when the papers switched over to digital photography
  
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• Winter storm and snow warnings in effect for parts of B.C. South Coast

  11-01-2018 18:34 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has posted warnings about severe weather for some areas of Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island, and the Fraser Valley.
  The federal weather agency said early Thursday that an Arctic front continues to move over the South Coast, with increased amounts of rain turning to snow at higher elevations.
  In Metro Vancouver, a special weather statement is in effect for the Sea to Sky region, from West Vancouver to Squamish. Drivers are advised to be prepared for snow or freezing rain.
  
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• 5 must-see shows at 2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

  11-01-2018 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
  Jan. 16-Feb. 4 | Various venues
  Tickets and info: pushfestival.caWith 20 main stage pieces, eight Club PuSh performances, films, industry sessions and more, the 14th annual PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is a lot to wrap your head around. Every year, different attendees employ assorted strategies to select their shows.
  Sometimes, just going for the spotlight country offers is a good plan. This year there are a group of works from
  
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• Legend Lin Dance Theatre highlights Taiwan in spectacular The Eternal Tides

  11-01-2018 17:45 via vancouversun.com
  The Eternal Tides
  Feb. 3, 8 p.m. | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $39, pushfestival.caLin Lee-Chen is a creative firebrand whose work with her Legend Lin Dance Theatre has seen her recognized as one of the world’s most significant choreographers by the Franco-German TV network ARTE.
  Since founding her company in 1995, Lin has played a key role in exposing the distinct and forward-thinking movement arts of Taiwan globally and at home is revered as a living master. 
  The
  
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• Restaurant review: There's a reverence for seafood at Hook Sea Bar

  11-01-2018 17:15 via vancouversun.com
  Hook Sea Bar
  1210 Denman St. | 604-620-4668
  Open: Brunch and dinner Saturday and Sunday;  Happy Hour and dinner daily. hookseabar.comThe chef at Hook Sea Bar has worked the trenches for some time. I’ve encountered Kayla Dhaliwal at House Guest, Beyond, Tapenade (Steveston),  Feast (West Vancouver) and, in 2013, I interviewed her in fighting spirit as a contender for Top Chef Canada.
  Recently she was cooking at popular neighbourhood watering hole Blind Sparrow in the West End when
  
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• Daily Poll: What do you think of Gregor Robertson's decision not to run for mayor again?

  11-01-2018 15:50 via vancouversun.com
  Gregor Robertson announced Wednesday he will end his 10-year run as mayor of Vancouver and not seek re-election next year. Supporters say he will be remembered for advocating sustainability, including green initiatives such as bike lanes. But he’s also been criticized for failing on his promise to end homelessness, which instead increased under the Vision-led municipal government. What do you think? Is it time for a new leader or would you have preferred to see Robertson continue as mayor?
  
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• Five Things to Know: Robertson won't seek re-election, Obama tickets sold out

  11-01-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Good morning. Here are five things you need to know.Gregor Robertson announces plans to run from mayor
  Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson announced on Wednesday that he will not be seeking a fourth term this coming October, ending a decade-long run as the city of Vancouver’s chief executive officer.
  “I took time with family and friends over the holidays to reflect on my future and made this bittersweet choice. I love Vancouver and our amazing people. I love serving our city as Mayor,&r
  
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• Dine Out Vancouver releases list of participating restaurants

  11-01-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  You’ve got one week to get your taste buds ready for Dine Out Vancouver.
  Reservations open today for the annual foodie bonanza which brings more than 100,000 diners out to restaurants across Metro Vancouver from Jan. 19 to Feb. 4.
  This year, more than 300 restaurants are participating, with each offering a prix-fix menu. A total of 55 restaurants will offer $20 prix-fix menus, 146 will offer $30 menus, and 106 restaurants will serve $40 prix-fix menus. The list of participating restaurants
  
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• Opinion: Failure to properly teach math disenfranchises at-risk youth

  11-01-2018 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  In 2015, provincial child and youth advocate, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond authored a report where she made this startling claim: “It’s yet another year where no one has written the Math 12 exam.
  “I’ve been pushing the education issue for coming on seven years. I’m very disappointed there isn’t a single child in care who can take the Math 12 exam. I fail to accept that, and that speaks to a continued challenge, not only to MCFD but also to schools and education.&r
  
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• Gregor Robertson announces current term will be his last as Vancouver's mayor

  11-01-2018 06:18 via vancouversun.com
  If you ask some of those close to him, Gregor Robertson will be remembered as a mayor whose big ideas and bold aspirations, despite criticism, made Vancouver a more sustainable, inclusive and modern city during his decade in power.
  But Robertson himself, speaking hours after announcing he wouldn’t seek re-election in October’s municipal election, wasn’t quite ready to comment on his legacy. 
  “Ask me in a year,” Robertson told Postmedia News in a phone
  
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• Experts predict top-level interest in vying for mayor under Vision banner

  11-01-2018 06:16 via vancouversun.com
  Political scientists and insiders say it’s too early to know who Vision Vancouver will run for mayor in the fall but they expect a fierce battle with world-class candidates.
  It’s unclear which of the party’s councillors may try to replace Mayor Gregor Robertson on the ballot: Raymond Louie said Wednesday that he hopes to keep his council seat but is unsure whether he’ll run for mayor. Andrea Reimer said she will not seek re-election nor the mayorship. Tim Stevenson and He
  
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• Juice-maker, MLA, mayor: The life and times of Gregor Robertson

  11-01-2018 05:59 via vancouversun.com
  Sept. 18, 1964: Gregor Angus Bethune Robertson was born in North Vancouver to John and Corneil Robertson.
  Robertson and his younger brother, Patrick, were brought up in both California and B.C. after their parents divorced; first by his mother, a physical education teacher, in Portola just south of San Francisco, and later with his father, a corporate lawyer at the respected Vancouver firm of Russell Dumoulin
  1982: He graduated from Carson Graham Secondary School and enrolled at the Un
  
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• Opinion: Parking justice ultimately done … after a few stalls along the way

  11-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Something happened on my way to dispute a traffic violation. In an obscure incident in a tiny corner of Vancouver City Hall, a humorous, humbling little sequence of events led to a conclusion that honoured the framers of the Magna Carta.
  I had parked in downtown Vancouver early one August morning last summer. I looked closely at the temporary sign that prohibited parking in that spot from 6 p.m. until midnight. Clearly, I would be OK until 9 a.m. — or so I thought.
  But on my return the car
  
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• Police seek two suspects after North Vancouver theft from auto spree - North Shore News

  11-01-2018 03:06 via nsnews.com
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  Police seek two suspects after North Vancouver theft from auto spree
  North Shore News
  North Vancouver RCMP are looking for a pair of suspects after at least 20 thefts from vehicles occurred overnight in Lynn Valley and Lynn Creek. Police say two suspects cruised the streets in the area throughout the early morning hours Wednesday ...and more »
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Illegal ride-hailing makes legalization a priority

  11-01-2018 02:54 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The legislature committee charged with easing B.C.’s long-delayed transition to ride-hailing was just getting down to work this week when confronted with evidence that ride-hailing is already here — albeit illegally.
  It happened Monday morning as the hearings got underway in Vancouver. Committee members were still digesting a briefing from provincial regulators on the myriad obstacles that must be navigated before setting up a legitimate ride-hailing operation in B.C
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, January 11

  11-01-2018 02:40 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, Jan. 11.Corb Lund & Ian Tyson
  Get your country on at the Vogue on Thursday night by spending an evening with B.C. country icon Ian Tyson and Alberta’s Corb Lund. It’s being billed as a night of “Cowboy Songs and Conversation.” If that’s your thing, I say you get on your horse and get tickets, and I mean that literally because, as I understand it, cowboys ride horses. Why the
  
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• B.C.'s real estate watchdog clashes with B.C. Real Estate Council

  11-01-2018 02:31 via vancouversun.com
  A power struggle is brewing between a B.C. government-appointed regulator and the real estate industry council that the regulator is supposed to oversee.
  They disagree over how to deal with complaints about a real estate agent and, unable to sort it out, will be sparring in court.
  The superintendent of real estate, Mike Noseworthy, this week filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court, seeking to push the Real Estate Council of B.C. to order a disciplinary hearing for an agent over claims he misled b
  
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• Rare Catholic relic coming to Vancouver, Coquitlam churches

  11-01-2018 02:27 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver’s 400,000 Catholics will get a chance to get close to a saint later this month when a first-class relic of St. Francis Xavier is scheduled to be on display in a Vancouver and a Coquitlam church.
  Unlike other relics, like that of the finger-sized rib of St. Anthony of Padua that was brought to Vancouver in late 2016, this relic is the actual right arm and forearm of the saint, who died in 1552.
  After more than 465 years since, the forearm of St. Francis Xavier, considered th
  
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• Tickets to Michelle Obama's Vancouver visit sold out in pre-sale

  11-01-2018 02:17 via vancouversun.com
  Michelle Obama is coming to Vancouver but the general public won’t get to hear her talk.
  That’s because tickets for the Feb. 15 event at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre were sold out during the exclusive pre-sale for Greater Vancouver Board of Trade members, before tickets went on sale to the general public.
  “We have never experienced this level of interest in an event,” said Iain Black, president and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.
  “While pleased that our
  
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• Legislative committee on ride-hailing in B.C. turns to writing report

  11-01-2018 02:13 via vancouversun.com
  The all-party committee of B.C. MLAs that heard testimony on the topic of ride hailing now has just over a month to come up with a report for the legislature.
  Over three days of meetings in Vancouver, the committee on Crown corporations listened to presentations from people representing a number of interests, including provincial government regulators, taxi associations, ride-hailing companies, transit authorities, municipal governments, police and researchers.
  “I don’t think any of
  
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• B.C.'s Catalyst Paper mills caught in U.S. paper trade dispute

  11-01-2018 02:09 via vancouversun.com
  Punitive duties on newsprint sales to the U.S. do pose a threat to B.C.’s biggest papermaker, though its mills have other export options to mitigate the impact.
  The U.S. Department of Commerce Tuesday ruled in a preliminary decision that Canadian producers of uncoated papers used to print newspapers, directories and catalogues are subsidized, acting on the complaint of a single American mill in Washington state.
  “We’re obviously disappointed with this preliminary determination
  
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• Cryptocurrency boom leaves Vancouver exchange scrambling

  11-01-2018 02:05 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver company is facing angry and panicked complaints from high risk investors who fear it has mismanaged their trade in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies.
  Einstein Exchange has seen scores of complaints, threats of legal action, calls for police intervention, and even allegations of fraud in recent weeks related to claims of vanished purchases, unmet requests to cash out or move coins, and unresponsive customer support.
  Michael Gokturk, the director of Einstein Exchange, said that he felt
  
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• Know an organization making life in the City better? We've got a grant for that. Apply by Jan 31.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-01-2018 02:00 via twitter.com
  Know an organization making life in the City better? We've got a grant for that. Apply by Jan 31.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Here's what you need to know about the total lunar eclipse in B.C.

  11-01-2018 01:09 via vancouversun.com
  Turn around, bright eyes. There’s a total eclipse of the moon at the end of the month and those of us on the west coast will be lucky enough to see it.
  Here’s what you need to know.
  What’s a lunar eclipse?
  A lunar eclipse is when the earth is aligned between the sun and the moon. When aligned, the earth’s shadow blocks the sun’s light from reflecting off the moon directly. The earth’s shadow is what we see on the moon during a lunar eclipse.
  During a total lun
  
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• Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson will not seek re-election

  11-01-2018 00:21 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson has announced that he will not be seeking re-election in October’s municipal election.
  Robertson, a three-term mayor who first elected in 2008, said in a Facebook post that he is stepping aside to make space for new leaders.
  “I took time with family and friends over the holidays to reflect on my future and made this bittersweet choice. I love Vancouver and our amazing people. I love serving our city as Mayor,” he wrote.
  “When I finish my t
  
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