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• Playwright Sam Shepard's work speaks to a new generation of theatre artists

  07-02-2018 23:30 via vancouversun.com
  Fool for Love
  When: Feb. 14-24
  Where: The Shop Theatre, 3030 E. Broadway
  Tickets: $25, theatrewire.comAmerican playwright Sam Shepard’s death last year prompted at least one Canadian fan to set some theatre wheels in motion.
  “I believe that, on the night Sam Shepard passed, Lesli (Brownlee) put in a request for the rights,” said Jamie King, who is directing Shepard’s 1983 play Fool for Love for a new theatre collective.
  “It was that immediate for her. She felt this
  
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• Have a ball on #BCFamilyDay at Ray Perrault Park, 10am-12pm & Eldon Park, 1-3pm #NorthVan https://t.co/KokWYQZFee

  07-02-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  
  Have a ball on #BCFamilyDay at Ray Perrault Park, 10am-12pm & Eldon Park, 1-3pm #NorthVan https://t.co/KokWYQZFee
  
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• Man in critical condition following assault downtown Vancouver

  07-02-2018 23:27 via vancouversun.com
  A 51-year-old man is in critical condition as a result of an assault outside the Astoria Hotel in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside Tuesday night.
  Vancouver police Const. Jason Doucette says emergency crews were called to a report of an unconscious man at a bus stop near the intersection of East Hastings and Hawks Street shortly before 11:30 p.m.
  A 51-year-old man was taken to hospital where he remains in critical condition.
  Doucette says investigators believe the man was involved in some sort
  
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• Metro Vancouver housing prices up 48 per cent since 2010: CMHC

  07-02-2018 23:26 via vancouversun.com
  A 48 per cent hike in Vancouver housing prices from 2010 to 2016 is being partly driven up by homebuyers bidding a higher price for a property because they believe foreigners are investing in the market, according to the CMHC.
  In a wide-ranging report released Wednesday that examined escalating real estate prices in Vancouver and Canada’s four other largest cities, the federal housing agency said between five and 10 per cent of Vancouver’s market is owned by non-resident investors.
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• B.C. government announces tax agreement with Airbnb

  07-02-2018 23:19 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government says it has reached a tax agreement with the home-sharing website Airbnb that will help fund affordable housing in the province.
  B.C. Finance Minister Carole James says Airbnb will collect the province’s sales taxes, which will go to housing and tourism. She says a comprehensive plan to fund affordable housing will be announced later in the budget.
  The arrangement means Airbnb will collect 11 per cent in provincial taxes. Eight per cent will come from the provinci
  
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• Restaurant review: Popular ramen bar controls lineups with an app

  07-02-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Jinya Ramen Bar
  Where: 541 Robson Street, 2129 West 41st Avenue, 4575 Central Boulevard, Burnaby
  Open: Lunch and dinner daily. jinya-ramenbar.comLineups into a restaurant were once ads for monstrous servings of meh food at an enticing price. Enticing prices, I like, but not so much the meh food. And lineups? Call me no-fun. I flee. 
  And lineups made me a latecomer to Jinya Ramen Bar, even though the crowds outside looked like they knew good food. I could have driven to Kerrisdale or Burnaby
  
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• Landslide closes two trails at Pacific Spirit National Park

  07-02-2018 22:54 via vancouversun.com
  A landslide has closed a trail in Pacific Spirit Regional Park on Wednesday.
  According to the Metro Vancouver authority, a landslide forced the shutdown of trail 7 on Wednesday afternoon, causing the slope above the trail to become unstable.
  “A geotechnical assessment is underway,” read a brief update shared on Twitter by Metro Vancouver. “For your safety, do not use Trail 7 at this time.”
  Trail 7 in #PacificSpiritRegionalPark is closed until further notice as a landslide
  
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• Special prosecutor appointed into threats at Nanaimo city hall

  07-02-2018 22:51 via vancouversun.com
  A special prosecutor has been appointed after police began investigating allegations that the mayor of Nanaimo and a city councillor had threats uttered against them.
  The B.C. prosecution service said Wednesday that Michael Klein was appointed after an individual was arrested as a result of the allegations. No details were provided.
  A special prosecutor’s role is intended to avoid any potential for real or perceived improper influence in the administration of justice in light of the a
  
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• Please note that District Hall will be closed for Family Day on Monday, February 12. Our after-hours emergency cont… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-02-2018 21:01 via twitter.com
  Please note that District Hall will be closed for Family Day on Monday, February 12. Our after-hours emergency cont… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• How do you want to get active, be creative, swim, skate, play & connect w/ neighbours at the new Harry Jerome Commu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-02-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  How do you want to get active, be creative, swim, skate, play & connect w/ neighbours at the new Harry Jerome Commu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Super Troopers cast to headline Vancouver's inaugural Just For Laughs film fest

  07-02-2018 20:12 via vancouversun.com
  The cast and creators behind Super Troopers and its upcoming sequel will headline the inaugural Just For Laughs Film Festival happening next month.
  Comedy troupe Broken Lizard – which includes Jay Chandrasekhar (Thorny), Kevin Heffernan (Farva) and Steve Lemme (Mac) – will host a one-night only event where the trio will perform stand-up, screen scenes from the upcoming Super Troopers 2 and chat with the audience in a candid question-and-answer session.
  News of the March 10 event was
  
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• Hollywood North: Deadpool 2 trailer heavy on Cable, Vancouver (video)

  07-02-2018 20:12 via vancouversun.com
  Cable, a mutant time-travelling super soldier played Josh Brolin, gets a proper introduction in the first trailer for Deadpool 2, released by 20th Century Fox on Wednesday.
  (VIDEO WARNING: strong language, violence)No comic book-movie cliché is spared in the opening moments of the trailer as Cable provides us with a Bane-like dissertation on pain.
  “I was born into war, bred into it. People think they understand pain but they have no concept of it. What’s the most pain you&rsqu
  
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• Serena Ryder brings her Utopia to Vancouver

  07-02-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Serena Ryder
  When: Feb. 13, 7 p.m.
  Where: Vogue Theatre
  Tickets and info: $49.50, ticketfly.comFive years between albums is a long time. Ontario artist Serena Ryder knows that. But following up 2012’s massively successful Harmony was a daunting task. 
  The album yielded the triple-platinum (and counting) single Stompa, as well its radio staple followup What I Wouldn’t Do. Both songs are still in heavy rotation.
  Both the leadoff hyper-hooky Got Your Number — call it Ryd
  
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• Kasey Wilson: Food to free up your hands for Valentine’s Day

  07-02-2018 19:30 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re spending Valentine’s Day at home á deux, try this mainly hands-free dinner menu to woo your significant other. The easy preparation means more time for massages, wine uncorking and diving into these delectable dishes, whose complex flavours belie their simple ingredients and preparation.
  Start with chef Michel Roux’s rustic Sautéed Prawns with Feta and Basil, a feast for the eyes and taste buds alike. Preparation may be relatively hands free, but ea
  
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• This morning Mayor Walton is at Parkgate Community Centre for a meet and greet with local residents. He'll be there… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-02-2018 18:57 via twitter.com
  This morning Mayor Walton is at Parkgate Community Centre for a meet and greet with local residents. He'll be there… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• BC Blueberry Council heads off on international trade show circuit

  07-02-2018 18:37
  
  B.C. blueberries are getting international recognition as the BC Blueberry Council heads on a whirlwind tour of trade shows.
  
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• #YouthAwards coming up. Check out the categories & nominate outstanding City youth by March 16.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-02-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  #YouthAwards coming up. Check out the categories & nominate outstanding City youth by March 16.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Two arrested following school bus demolition derby in Kelowna

  07-02-2018 17:52 via vancouversun.com
  A pair of Kelowna men were arrested Monday in connection with what seemed to be a demolition derby involving two school buses.
  Nanaimo RCMP were called out to a church in Rutland just after 1 a.m. after receiving reports of school buses being rammed into one another in a parking lot.
  Police arrived on scene to find two school buses wedged together, one of which had been left idling.
  “Armed with detailed suspect descriptors, provided by eyewitnesses at the scene, our general duty offic
  
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• Man in critical condition and three arrested after fight in downtown Vancouver

  07-02-2018 17:28 via vancouversun.com
  A 51-year-old man is in critical condition and three people have been arrested after a fight broke out downtown Vancouver Tuesday night.
  Vancouver police Const. Jason Doucette says emergency crews were called to a report of an unconscious man at a bus stop near the intersection of East Hastings and Hawks Street shortly before 11:30 p.m.
  A 51-year-old man was in medical distress. He was taken to hospital where he remains in critical condition.
  Doucette says investigators believe the man was invol
  
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• North Vancouver's Odyssey Video holds steady in uncharted waters - North Shore News

  07-02-2018 17:08 via nsnews.com
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  North Vancouver's Odyssey Video holds steady in uncharted waters
  North Shore News
  Odyssey Video manager and co-owner Hossein Gulchin keeps stocking shelves and renting movies despite industry upheaval that's left the Lonsdale Avenue shop as the North Shore's last major source for movies. photo Cindy Goodman, North Shore News. They ...
  
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• Classical music: Mahler’s Eighth given an all West Coast spin

  07-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Mahler Symphony No. 8
  When: Feb. 17, 8 p.m.
  Where:  Orpheum Theatre
  Tickets: From $20, tickets.ubc.caMounting Mahler’s Eighth Symphony (often called The Symphony of a Thousand) is a monumental undertaking. But that’s exactly what the Vancouver Bach Choir and the West Coast Symphony have in mind.
  For the choir, the symphony is a known entity: executive director Nina Horvath says this will be the 22nd time the ensemble has sung the piece. However, this will be the first perfo
  
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• Winter storm blasts B.C., except South Coast where mild weather continues

  07-02-2018 16:42 via vancouversun.com
  A winter storm is expected to wallop much of B.C. Wednesday, except on the South Coast, where mild temperatures are forecast to continue through the week. 
  Environment Canada has posted winter storm warnings for central and northern B.C., while snowfall warnings are in effect for southeastern B.C., including the Boundary and Kootenay regions.
  A winter storm in central B.C., including the Cariboo, East Columbia, Kinbasket, and Prince George regions, is expected to dump between 30 and 50 cent
  
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• 7 things to do in Metro Vancouver this week: Valentine's Day and more!

  07-02-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Black Label Society
  With Corrosion of Conformity, Eyehategod
  When: Feb. 14, 8 p.m.
  Where: Commodore Ballroom
  Tickets and info: $47.75, ticketmaster.ca
  Nothing says “I love you” quite like a screaming overdriven guitar lead that goes on forever. Toss in copious amounts of beer and you can sail away on Valentine’s Day on your very own hard rocking pirate ship courtesy of Black Label Society. Led by guitar shredder Zakk Wylde, the band has been bringing its brand of heavy music to
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you agree with Alberta's boycott of B.C. wine or should the dispute go through the courts?

  07-02-2018 15:41 via vancouversun.com
  Alberta has launched a trade war against B.C. wine in retaliation for its pipeline resistance. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says her government will stop buying B.C. wine in response to the B.C. government’s decision to restrict increases in bitumen shipments from Alberta until more studies are conducted on how spills of oilsands bitumen can be cleaned up. B.C. Premier John Horgan says his government has every right to protect B.C. lands from an oil spill, and argues that N
  
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• North Vancouver weed shops gear up for new pot sales laws - North Shore News

  07-02-2018 12:08 via nsnews.com
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  North Vancouver weed shops gear up for new pot sales laws
  North Shore News
  Weeds store owner Michael Wuest is cautiously optimistic about the new marijuana retail sales regulations. photo Lisa King, North Shore News. Local pot shops are gearing up to apply for licences making them legal marijuana retailers in the wake of a ...and more »
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Cannabis regulations missing the mark, and the snicker

  07-02-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  The provincial government’s initial plan for marijuana legalization must have been put together by spoilsports and dour Mrs. Grundies. It’s tone-deaf.
  I preferred it when politicians were making Cheech-and-Chong jokes and sniggering about smoking pot.
  Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth sounded like the Grinch Who Stole Christmas unveiling details of the province’s blueprint for cannabis. 
  Someone forgot to tell him: We’re ending Prohibition, Mike, not starting it.
  
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• Accident closes Highway 1 near Revelstoke

  07-02-2018 06:55 via vancouversun.com
  Highway 1 is closed in both directions Tuesday night due to an accident near Revelstoke.
  The accident occurred 40 kilometres west of Revelstoke and there’s no detour available.
  CLOSED – BCHwy1 40 KM west of Revelstoke due to MVI. No detour available, next update at 12:00am. More details here: https://t.co/Eoutbq8HVH
  — Drive BC (@DriveBC) February 7, 2018The highway is expected to reopen at 2 am. Drive BC is expecting to have an update on the situation at midnight.
  It’s un
  
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• Family Day 2018: 60+ things to do around Metro Vancouver

  07-02-2018 06:37 via vancouversun.com
  The long stretch since the Christmas and New Year’s break is finally over — the B.C. Family Day long weekend has arrived at last. Our list of things to do includes lots of family-friendly events and activities, as well as many happenings for the adults including concerts, stage productions and a whole lot more. Whether you have big kids, little kids or no kids at all there’s something for everyone.FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS:
  Family Day at Fort LangleyCome and learn the traditi
  
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• Opinion: The real story of the patriation of Canada's constitution

  07-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Sir John Ford died recently at the age of 95. He was the British High Commissioner (Ambassador) during the time of the patriation of Canada’s constitution, then the British North America Act, a U.K. law. Finally, Canada was to be a fully independent country.
  In the early stages of the patriation the Pierre Trudeau government was stalled. Only two provinces, Ontario and New Brunswick, supported his package. The rest of the “gang of eight” were asking the Canadian courts to block
  
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• Arrest made — but no charges placed — in April 2017 death of Penticton teen

  07-02-2018 04:53 via vancouversun.com
  Police arrested a 20-year-old woman last Thursday in connection with the April 2017 murder of a Penticton teen.
  The 17-year-old male died in a Penticton home on April 2, 2017, despite the efforts of paramedics.
  The RCMP as well as the B.C. Ambulance Service had responded to a call from a female about a teen in medical distress.
  On arrival, the teen was found unresponsive and paramedics performed CPR. He died at the scene. Police said the young woman who made the call and the teen were known
  
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• B.C. government to cap ICBC minor pain and suffering claims at $5,500

  07-02-2018 04:20 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. government will cap pain and suffering claims for minor injuries in automobile accidents at $5,500, a contentious change to the province’s monopoly auto insurance structure that some lawyers, health care advocates and rehabilitation businesses say could penalize victims who need help after a crash.
  Attorney General David Eby said Tuesday the reforms are designed to salvage the worsening financial crisis at the Insurance Corp. of B.C. by placing a limit on what a p
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: NDP banks on its history lessons to get a grip on ICBC

  07-02-2018 03:26 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — As ICBC chair Joy MacPhail tells it, the New Democrats learned a thing or two from their 1990s attempt to implement no-fault auto insurance and will apply those to the coming fight over a lighter version of the change.
  “I have been thinking about that because I was part of government in 1997,” said MacPhail, who served as a senior cabinet minister (health, education, finance) in the then Glen Clark-led NDP government.
  “Certainly the case for change is much grea
  
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• B.C. wineries see red as Alberta declares war in pipeline dispute

  07-02-2018 03:14 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. vintners are seeing red after the Alberta government launched a trade war against B.C. wine in retaliation for this province’s pipeline resistance.
  Tuesday, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said the agency of her government that is the provincial wholesaler of alcohol will stop buying B.C. wine.
  The ban is Notley’s response to the B.C. government decision last week to try to restrict increases in bitumen shipments from Alberta until more studies are conducted on how spills of
  
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• Teen struck by car during police traffic stop in Coquitlam

  07-02-2018 03:08 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia’s police watchdog has taken over an investigation of a Monday night collision on Highway 1 that involved a person on foot.
  A 17-year-old boy is in hospital listed in serious condition after RCMP say he fled a traffic stop on and then was struck by a vehicle travelling eastbound.
  Police say a member with Port Mann RCMP traffic services pulled over a westbound vehicle for excessive speeding in the HOV lane. While the officer was completing paperwork, the RCMP say an occ
  
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• Innergex becomes biggest seller to B.C. Hydro with $1.1 billion deal

  07-02-2018 03:04 via vancouversun.com
  In a $1.1 billion deal, Quebec-based Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. has bought Vancouver headquartered Alterra Power Corp. to make itself British Columbia’s single largest private-power producer selling electricity to B.C. Hydro.
  With the completion, Innergex CEO Michel Letellier said the combined company will operate 1,200 megawatts of electric generating capacity in B.C., on average, which is about 10 per cent of B.C. Hydro’s overall generating capacity.
  “It’s nice to b
  
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• Yaletown parking stalls to be removed to make room for fire trucks

  07-02-2018 02:50 via vancouversun.com
  There are about 200 parking spots in the five central Yaletown blocks of Mainland and Hamilton streets.
  If the City of Vancouver has its way, half of those will be gone at the beginning of March. The rationale: the city’s fire trucks need more room to manoeuvre.
  Vancouver Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Capt. Jonathan Gormick said it was simply a matter of safety.
  “This has been identified as a problem for quite some time,” he said. “The parking has to change, period.&r
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Clerk - Permits. Click here to apply. ow.ly/IGT430ifloh

  07-02-2018 02:16 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a regular full-time Clerk - Permits.Click here to apply. ow.ly/IGT430ifloh
  
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• Hells Angel offers to help people get medical pot-growing licences

  07-02-2018 01:47 via vancouversun.com
  A longtime Vancouver Hells Angel is offering to help people get licences to grow their own medical marijuana “everywhere in Canada except Quebec!!!!”
  Hal Bruce Porteous, 45, made the offer in an Instagram post, asking followers who want the licence to send him a direct message.
  “If anyone is in serious pain and doesn’t want to take prescription medication and would like a medical marijuana license to grow there (sic) own medication, please DM me. This is legal!!” sa
  
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• B.C. Liberal leadership race data shows Wilkinson either dumb lucky or darn smart

  07-02-2018 01:36 via vancouversun.com
  Andrew Wilkinson’s hang-on-by-the-fingernails victory in last weekend’s B.C. Liberal leadership race came thanks in large part to the way the votes were counted, according to one read of party data.
  When the Liberal party released detailed voting records broken down by round and riding, Kwantlen Polytechnic University instructor and former Vancouver Sun data journalist Chad Skelton crunched the numbers and found a one-member, one-vote system would likely have selected candidate
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: The death of retail storefronts greatly exaggerated

  07-02-2018 01:35 via vancouversun.com
  Sears has shuttered the last of its stores in Canada. In the U.S., Toys ‘R’ Us is planning to close one-fifth of its stores amid bankruptcy proceedings, and Safeway just announced it will be closing 10 locations in B.C. — just the latest signs of the impending doom of physical retail in North America. 
  But not so fast, suggests a new report by Colliers International.
  “Despite the common headlines predicting ‘the end’ for bricks and mortar, there simply is
  
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• B.C. wineries feel like 'easy target' after Alberta bans imports in pipeline feud

  07-02-2018 01:18
  
  Premier Rachel Notley links ban to B.C. government's decision on Kinder Morgan expansion.
  
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• Opinion: The cure for miserable millionaires

  07-02-2018 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  “Who would be crazy enough to live like this?” I wondered, tiptoeing through the maze of single-person tents. These volunteers, who came from every corner of the globe, were truly roughing it.
  Their base camp, in a remote area of northern Peru, had few amenities. Fifty or so volunteers shared two bathrooms, ate from a “buffet” of few choices (spaghetti or egg) and bought their own beer from a local entrepreneur. Worse still, they worked up to 11 hours per day, six days a
  
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• Hollywood North: Once Upon a Time to end after current season

  07-02-2018 00:25 via vancouversun.com
  Once Upon a Time, the ABC/Disney fantasy drama shot in Metro Vancouver, will be coming to end after seven seasons and 156 episodes.
  In a joint statement, show creators Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz said the show, which is filmed primarily in Steveston village which subs for the New England town of Storybrooke, will not return next season.
  “Seven years ago, we set out to create a show about hope, where even in the darkest of times, a happy ending would always be possible. But we n
  
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• Five things to know about ICBC reforms

  07-02-2018 00:25 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government brought in major reforms to the Insurance Corp. of B.C. on Tuesday that will significantly impact how motorists will be covered following an accident. Here are five things to know about the changes:
  • The government will cap the pain and suffering payment you are eligible to receive in a minor accident at $5,500. The cap will come into place April 1, 2019. This will limit your ability to sue for damages in minor cases.
  • To compensate, ICBC will increase the separat
  
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• The Last Continent: Albatross sightings lighten long southern journey

  07-02-2018 00:15 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia columnist Daphne Bramham crosses the notoriously rough Drake Passage from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia — known as the Serengeti of the Southern Ocean — to Antarctica. Her daily reports from the 18-day expedition will cover issues from climate change and micro plastics in the ocean to Japan’s continuing whale hunt, the antics of penguins and the world’s wild race to tour, and exploit, this last frontier.SCOTIA SEA — As we make our three-day trip fr
  
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• Opinion: Wetlands are disappearing fast. Urgent action is required

  07-02-2018 00:06 via vancouversun.com
  Canada is home to 25 per cent of the world’s wetlands, which are important for the health of Canada and the health of our planet. In British Columbia, we see proof all around us. From valley-bottom lands in the Okanagan and Kootenays, to our coastal estuaries from the Lower Mainland to Haida Gwaii, these are crucial ecosystems for plants and animals, as well as for human health and community resilience.
  However, these ecosystems are disappearing very quickly due to residential and commerci
  
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