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• Our new Apartment & Townhouse Recycling Guide is available online + at City Hall. It's tailored to multi-family dwe… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-01-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  Our new Apartment & Townhouse Recycling Guide is available online + at City Hall. It's tailored to multi-family dwe… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Cool fashion collab alert: Levi’s x Jordan Brand

  15-01-2018 22:53 via vancouversun.com
  There’s a new way to add a dose of street-chic denim to your closet.
  Iconic denimwear brand Levi’s has teamed up with Jordan Brand to releases a limited-edition capsule collection that merges the laid-back style of Levi’s with the sports style of Jordan. 
  The release will include two styles — the Jordan x Levi’s Air Jordan IV sneakers and a Jordan Reversible Trucker Jacket — each featuring design earmarks of both brands such as classic blue denim and the
  
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• We're recruiting for a Temporary Full-Time Technical Assistant 1. Click here to apply. ow.ly/xPzO30hNc1W

  15-01-2018 22:26 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a Temporary Full-Time Technical Assistant 1.Click here to apply. ow.ly/xPzO30hNc1W
  
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• Council meets tonight at 7pm. The agenda includes consideration of the development permit for 1502-1546 Oxford St (… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-01-2018 22:22 via twitter.com
  Council meets tonight at 7pm. The agenda includes consideration of the development permit for 1502-1546 Oxford St (… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Indigo books opening at old Forever 21 location on Robson Street

  15-01-2018 22:02 via vancouversun.com
  Three years after closing its downtown bookstore, Indigo is returning to Robson Street.
  The Canadian book and music retailer will open a new 29,000 square-foot flagship location at 1033 Robson Street, a two-level space that became vacant last month with the closing of fashion retailer Forever 21, sometime in the fall of 2018.Indigo, which operates the Chapters brand, closed its 5,000 square foot bookstore at Robson and Howe in 2015, citing an untenable rent increase. The Chapters
  
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• Nanaimo shooting victim had lengthy criminal record including Vancouver kidnapping

  15-01-2018 21:37 via vancouversun.com
  A man shot to death at the Hawthorne Corner housing complex in Nanaimo Saturday morning was a longtime gang member with a lengthy criminal record.
  Troy Dax McKinnon, 34, of Nanaimo was found dead at 10:50 a.m. in the parking lot of the housing complex at Wakesiah Avenue and Second Street. Police believe he was the victim of a targeted shooting.
  In February 2015, McKinnon was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to playing a “significant leadership role” in the 201
  
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• Classical, jazz and maybe even a little Miley at International Guitar Night

  15-01-2018 21:26 via vancouversun.com
  International Guitar Night
  Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. | Massey Theatre
  Tickets: $35 adult/$25 students & seniors/$15 children under 12 at ticketsnw.ca
  It’s not every day that Michael Chapdelaine hears a pop song he likes enough to add to his repertoire.
  But the one-time National Fingerpicking Championship winner has written arrangements for some songs that might surprise classical or bluegrass guitar fans. Tears for Fears’ Mad World, Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know, and even
  
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• Three men charged in the 2017 murder of Michael Bonin near Hope

  15-01-2018 21:09 via vancouversun.com
  A nine-month investigation has resulted in murder charges being laid against three men in connection with the death of Michael Bonin.
  The body of the 20-year-old Rycroft, Alberta man was discovered April 20, 2017 along a logging road north of Hope.
  At the time, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said the murder appeared targeted but they weren’t sure  whether Bonin died at the scene or if his body was dumped there after he was murdered. 
  Ryan Watt, 26, Joshua Fl
  
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• Vancouver Police to share update on Saturday shooting that injured thr

  15-01-2018 21:06 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Police are expected to share an update today at 1:30 p.m. about the weekend shooting that injured three in Mount Pleasant, including two innocent bystanders.
  Chief Const. Adam Palmer of the VPD will speak at the news conference.
  Reporter Kim Bolan will provide live updates that will be shared on this page.
  On Saturday around 9:15 p.m., police were called to East Broadway and Ontario in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood for the report of shots fired.
  Officers at the scene l
  
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• Be in the know! Get the latest City News delivered to your inbox Thursdays. Sign up for #CityView e-News here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-01-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
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• Last day to provide feedback on the 2018-2022 budget! Our core services (public safety, transportation, recreation)… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-01-2018 20:48 via twitter.com
  Last day to provide feedback on the 2018-2022 budget! Our core services (public safety, transportation, recreation)… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Steven Wright says Louis C.K. was wrong but he is still his friend

  15-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Steven Wright
  Jan. 19, 8 p.m. | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver
  Tickets: $59-$79 at hardrockcasinovancouver.comComedian Steven Wright is in a parking lot somewhere in Massachusetts.
  He won’t be more specific as to what parking lot. His reticence is not due to his need for some celebrity anonymity but rather his need for a laugh.
  “It’s better for me to not say that I am in a parking lot of a place then your brain has many, many, many guesses that are more interesting than my one answ
  
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• Prominent citizen & former City of North Vancouver Councillor Stella Jo Dean has passed away at the age of 95. Flag… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-01-2018 19:01 via twitter.com
  Prominent citizen & former City of North Vancouver Councillor Stella Jo Dean has passed away at the age of 95. Flag… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #ArtistTalk at City Hall Jan 17. Come meet the artist and hear about the inspiration behind her work.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-01-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  #ArtistTalk at City Hall Jan 17. Come meet the artist and hear about the inspiration behind her work.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Foreign ministers in Vancouver Monday to discuss North Korea crisis

  15-01-2018 17:06 via vancouversun.com
  A number of foreign ministers are in Vancouver today and Tuesday to participate in a meeting about security and the North Korea crisis.
  The two-day international meeting is co-hosted by Canadian Foreign Affairs Min. Chrystia Freeland and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Among those expected to be in attendance are Korean Foreign Affairs Min. Kang Kyung-wha, Japanese Foreign Affairs Min. Taro Kono and a number of civil society organizations.
  Canadian National Defence Min. Harjit Sajjan and
  
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• Daily Poll: Will you miss Sears or is online shopping the way to go?

  15-01-2018 15:24 via vancouversun.com
  Sunday was the last day of business for one of the few beleaguered Sears locations left across Canada, after the chain declared bankruptcy last year.
  Reporter Matt Robinson visited the Metrotown Sears and spoke to shoppers who had been visiting the shop since it opened in the 1950s. Among the remaining deals to be had were store fixtures, mannequins and a variety of shelves.
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  The last Sears department store closes its doors for good
  Sears joins the ranks of other recently departed chain s
  
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• Want to design your own Nike Air Force 1 sneakers? Well, now you can

  15-01-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Sneakerheads in Vancouver will have the chance to customize one of the most iconic shoe silhouettes — for a limited time, of course.
  From Jan. 19-21, Nordstrom Pacific Centre will be home to a temporary space, dubbed the Make Your Mark Pop-Up Design Studio, where shoppers can create their own Nike Air Force 1 sneakers. 
  In celebration of the Nike Air Force 1’s 35th anniversary, the pop-up will offer customization options such as dip-dyed colouring, stamped printing, custom
  
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• Music Reviews: Cadence Weapon, Xylouris White, Scott Hamilton Trio, Corrosion of Conformity

  15-01-2018 14:30 via vancouversun.com
  Cadence Weapon
  Cadence Weapon | eOne Music Canada
  Five years is a long time to wait between records. Particularly when 2012’s Hope in Dirt City had enough buzz to get a Polaris Prize nomination. But from the opening track, Own This, dedicated to his father Teddy Pemberton who was a DJ key to bringing urban sounds to Edmonton, to reflective downtempo musings on life in Montreal (Five Roses) to the skittish rhythms of the closer Infinity Pool, it’s clear that it was worth the wait
  
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• Douglas Todd: Explosive B.C. court case details seven migration scams

  15-01-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  A shocking B.C. Supreme Court case that pitted two rich families from China against each other provides grim revelations about the kind of migration, tax, and real-estate scams regularly occurring in Metro Vancouver and beyond.
  Immigration and tax lawyers are stunned that the Fu and Zhu families became embroiled in a lengthy civil suit over three multi-million dollar houses they purchased together in Vancouver, since their case provides evidence of their illicit schemes around real estate, tax a
  
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• Reflecting on safety, failing as flu fighter and racing as Big Unknown

  15-01-2018 07:56 via vancouversun.com
  My decision of going to work last week while suffering with a wicked cold — so that many other colleagues could call in sick — has backfired. Miserably.
  The Year of the Dog has started early and poorly for this sniffling newshound as I’m feeling really ruff. And yes, the voice has gone husky and the joints are howling, too. With apologies to Dave Grohl and his Seattle rock band, being a flu fighter sucks.
  Three out of the past five nights I’ve shaken more than Chuck Berry
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Vancouver police search for suspect in triple shooting

  15-01-2018 07:46 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Police are still searching for a suspect in a shocking Saturday evening shooting that left three people wounded, including a 15-year-old bystander.
  Officers were on the scene near East Broadway and Ontario for almost 24 hours after the shooting, which took place at about 9:15 p.m.
  Sgt. Jason Robillard said that a Vancouver man in his early twenties remains in hospital with serious, life threatening injuries. He is known to police and believed to be the target of the attack. There
  
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• Letters: Don't turn judges into 'politicians in robes'

  15-01-2018 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Electing judges would make them accountable to the public, Letters, Jan. 8.  
  Recent letter-writers have advocated for the election of judges as the solution to perceived light sentences or, with the benefit of hindsight, incorrect decisions on child custody and access.
  Nothing would take us further from the pursuit of justice than the election of judges. Describing them as nothing more than “politicians in robes,” retired U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’C
  
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• Opinion: B.C.'s home owners grant serves no public policy purpose

  15-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Home Owners Grant has had remarkable staying power. Although widely criticized as a “thinly veiled vote-buying scheme”, the grant program will be extended this year with an increase in the threshold property value to $1.65 million. The program makes no policy sense and is expensive, budgeted to cost some $825 million. Nevertheless, no government since it was first introduced by WAC Bennett in the 1950s, including the current one, has been willing to take it on.
  Under the pro
  
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• Rookie MLA Michael Lee claims membership lead in Liberal leadership race

  15-01-2018 03:12 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Rookie Liberal MLA Michael Lee says he’s signed up the most new members in his party’s leadership contest, and is warning competitors not to underestimate his ability to win the race.
  Lee, a 53-year-old business lawyer, may have one of the lower public profiles in the Liberal race because he was only elected to his first term in the legislature in May. But he said in an interview that hasn’t stopped him from signing up thousands of new memberships and appealing
  
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• Police car crashes into Surrey building, catches fire, knocks out power to thousands

  15-01-2018 02:09 via vancouversun.com
  A Mountie is uninjured but may be feeling a little red-faced after their vehicle was involved in an unfortunate one-car crash Sunday morning.
  According to a release from the RCMP, around 7 a.m Sunday, the officer was driving west in heavy fog on Fraser Highway when they lost control of their police vehicle.
  The cause, it appears, was the left rear wheel of the Ford pickup “dropped” into a manhole — it’s not clear why the manhole’s cover was not properly in place &md
  
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• DYK fatty foods, like butter & yogurt harden in your pipes? Put leftovers in your #GreenCan, not down the drain.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-01-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  DYK fatty foods, like butter & yogurt harden in your pipes? Put leftovers in your #GreenCan, not down the drain.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The last Sears department store closes its doors for good

  15-01-2018 01:17 via vancouversun.com
  Scattered among the bargain shoppers who flocked to Burnaby Sunday for the historic final day of business for its last remaining Sears department store were those who had come more for nostalgia than for savings. 
  Sears Canada, a long-time staple of the country’s retail landscape, declared bankruptcy last year and announced in the fall that it would liquidate its remaining stores and lay off thousands of employees. Sunday was to be the company’s final day of sales.
  The disc
  
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