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• Mexican labour leader living in exile in Vancouver nominated for Mexican senate seat

  20-02-2018 23:42 via vancouversun.com
  Mexico’s left-wing opposition party Morena has offered the name of Vancouver-exiled labour leader Napoleon Gomez Urrutia among its senate nominees, according to El Universal.
  A win could pave the way for a return to Mexico after more than a decade in Canada.
  Gomez Urrutia arrived in Vancouver with his wife and two sons in May 2006 after he was removed from his post as head of the National Union of Miners and Metalworkers, accused of plotting to dissolve a workers’ trust fund and
  
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• Dog from Mexico who went missing in B.C. found safe after 8-day search

  20-02-2018 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  Queenie, a two-year-old pointer mix from Puerto Vallarta, was set to go to her new Victoria-area home early last week.
  
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• The Weeds at Mosquito Creek Park Have Got to Go! Join our City Park Stewards Saturday Feb 24 | 9AM - Noon. More a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  The Weeds at Mosquito Creek Park Have Got to Go! Join our City Park Stewards Saturday Feb 24 | 9AM - Noon. More a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Abbotsford homicide victim's family makes plea to find killer

  20-02-2018 21:19 via vancouversun.com
  The Abbotsford family of 23-year-old homicide victim Satkar Singh Sidhu is pleading for help to find his killer.
  A year ago, on Feb. 20, 2017,  Sidhu was shot and killed in the 30500-block of Steelhead Court in Abbotsford. Emergency crews responded, but were unable to revive him and he died from his injuries.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team continues to investigate the homicide, but there have been no arrests and detectives still need help from anyone with information.
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• Truck driver survives crash, fall down 30-metre embankment on Coquihalla

  20-02-2018 21:13 via vancouversun.com
  The driver of a semi-truck is in hospital after crashing Monday night on the Coquihalla Highway and sliding 30 metres down an embankment, narrowly missing a river.
  It took rescue crews two hours to perform a dramatic rope rescue and extricate the driver, who was trapped in the cab of his truck in some trees.  
   Agassiz deputy fire chief Gerald Basten says it appears the trees may have stopped the cab from sailing down further into the icy river, adding “the man is very
  
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• BC Hydro preps for "near-record breaking" energy use during cold snap

  20-02-2018 21:12 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Hydro says it is preparing for “near-record breaking peak loads” later this week as B.C. braces itself for another cold snap.
  Electricity use across the province spiked on Sunday and Monday, when temperatures dipped as low as -5 C.
  “Freezing temperatures resulted in a 10 per cent increase in overall provincial electricity demand on February 18 and 19 compared to the same days last week,” according to an operational update shared by B.C. Hydro.
  In Metro Vancouver, tem
  
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• Man arrested for allegedly discharging bear spray at construction site

  20-02-2018 21:07 via vancouversun.com
  A man is facing a possible charge of assault with a weapon after he entered a West Vancouver construction site office and allegedly discharged bear spray.
  Police were called to a construction site office near Park Royal South on Monday around 8:30 a.m. for the disturbance.
  According to workers at the site, a man walked in and claimed he was looking for work. One of the workers thought they recognized the man as possibly being a suspect from a theft reported at the site last week.
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• Ultra-luxury hybrid sports car‎ arrives in Vancouver

  20-02-2018 21:06 via vancouversun.com
  Karma Automotive of Costa Mesa, California has recently released the Revero, a ultra-luxury hybrid sports car‎ targeting the economical and environmentally sensitive automobile enthusiast.Karma is presently building one car a day for their global market with less than forty designated for the Western Canada market.The Wanxiang Group, a major Chinese auto parts supplier, bought Fisker in 2014 after the then struggling car company laid off workers and went into bankruptcy after losing funding
  
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• Sechelt man pleads guilty to second-degree murder of his mother

  20-02-2018 21:02 via vancouversun.com
  A Sechelt man who was accused of beating his mother to death with a dumbbell has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
  Donovan Michael Penner pleaded guilty on Monday, just a week after his trial began in B.C. Supreme Court.
  “A guilty plea in any investigation speaks to the hard work and dedication of all the agencies involved,” said Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
  “It is important to acknowledge the efforts of our IHIT investigators, the suppor
  
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• Makeup tutorial: How to create a beautiful bronze eyeshadow look

  20-02-2018 20:37 via vancouversun.com
  In this week’s makeup tutorial I’m testing out Glo Minerals makeup; a mineral-based, antioxidant-blend makeup line that is not tested on animals and is cruelty free. 
  Today’s look is part one of two looks I created using products from the brand. 
  Stay tuned for part two; a classic bridal makeup.Step 1:   
  After moisturizing my skin, I used the Glo Minerals Satin Cream Foundation to even out my complexion. This offers a smooth, buildable and full coverage fin
  
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• Do you want to be part of the NEW vision for Harry Jerome? Take 5 & fill out this short survey:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  Do you want to be part of the NEW vision for Harry Jerome? Take 5 & fill out this short survey:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Fire Inspector. Click here to apply. ow.ly/Srv130ivYuR

  20-02-2018 20:13 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a regular full-time Fire Inspector. Click here to apply. ow.ly/Srv130ivYuR
  
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• We're recruiting for a temporary full-time Clerk - Permits. Click here to apply. ow.ly/kQ5930ivPr4

  20-02-2018 18:26 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a temporary full-time Clerk - Permits.Click here to apply. ow.ly/kQ5930ivPr4
  
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• Got something to say about Child Care in the City? Join us for a community conversation to share your ideas. Please… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Got something to say about Child Care in the City? Join us for a community conversation to share your ideas. Please… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man arrested after allegedly setting off bear spray at construction site

  20-02-2018 17:44 via vancouversun.com
  A man is facing a possible charge of assault with a weapon after he entered a West Vancouver construction site office and allegedly discharged bear spray.
  Police were called to a construction site office near Park Royal South on Monday around 8:30 a.m. for the disturbance.
  According to workers at the site, a man walked in and claimed he was looking for work. One of the workers thought they recognized the man as possibly being a suspect from a theft reported at the site last week.
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• Two injured in early Tuesday morning stabbing in Vancouver

  20-02-2018 17:15 via vancouversun.com
  A man has been arrested following a double stabbing in Vancouver on Tuesday morning.
  Around 5:30 a.m., Vancouver Police were called to the area of Princess Avenue and Powell Street for a possible disturbance. Officers who arrived at the scene located a 49-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman suffering from stab wounds.
  The pair was taken to hospital with serious injuries but both victims are expected to recover.
  Police interviewed the pair and found that the victims and the suspect are known to
  
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• Writing a play about a family facing Alzheimer's helped Jill Daum cope with her reality

  20-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Forget About Tomorrow
  When: March 1-25
  Where: Arts Club’s BMO Theatre Centre
  Tickets: artsclub.comPlaywright Jill Daum’s therapist was so relieved that Daum’s new play, Forget About Tomorrow, got good reviews.
  “She said if the reviews weren’t good she was going to call in sick,” said Daum, with a laugh as she shrugged her shoulders in a ‘this-is-my-life’ kind of way while sitting on a Vancouver-bound ferry recently.
  Jill Daum poses for a photo
  
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• Style Q&A: Menswear brand Ædelhard aims to bring back 'gentlemanly behaviour'

  20-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  A new menswear brand is trying to put “gentlemanly behaviour” back in style.
  Dubbed Ædelhard, the “technical-apparel brand” merges the sportsmanlike ethics of rugby, with the quality and tailoring of a bespoke brand-offering. 
  The brand is the brainchild of Darrell Kopke, a former exec at both Lululemon and Kit and Ace who is the brand’s CEO, and Michael Nguyen, Ædelhard’s creative director of apparel and a bespoke tailor to celebrities s
  
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• Style in the City: Yvonna Chow

  20-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Name: Yvonna Chow
  Occupation: Fashion blogger
  Personal style in one word: Classic with a modern twist
  Social media: @glamouraspirit
  Love Yvonna’s look? Here are a few items to help you recreate it. The jacket
  A tweed jacket — especially one in a snowy shade — can be a timeless addition to any wardrobe. With a longer length like the one Chow styled above, this version from Zara plays perfectly with a wide variety of outfits, including a dress or skirt, or ev
  
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• Fab 5: Pastel party

  20-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Lavender, lemon, mint, strawberry meringue and cotton candy blue: if you’re not into pastels yet, get ready to be — these are the shades of the season.
  And it’s not all about pretty pairings, either: these pastels look great teamed with everything from neons to acid hues, in contrasting or tonal colours.
  From ready-to-wear that looks good enough to eat to accessories to complete every outfit, Rebecca Tay showcases five styles to help you get ahead of this new-season trend.
  
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• Daily Poll: Thoughts on the changes to the Spanish Banks paid parking?

  20-02-2018 15:50 via vancouversun.com
  Following push back from local citizens over its plan to implement seasonal paid parking at Spanish Banks, the city of Vancouver has modified its paid parking proposal.
  Initially, the city hoped to charge for parking during peak season, beginning April 1 and ending Sept. 30. Spanish Banks is the only park in the city where there remains free parking.
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  Vancouver modifies plan for pay parking at Spanish Banks
  But a recent online petition launched by David Fine garnered more than 11,000 sign
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Freezing temperatures in the morning, high of 2 C

  20-02-2018 15:09 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Vancouverites are waking up to frosty weather Tuesday morning with temperatures around -4 C. Environment Canada forecasts cloudy skies and then clearing to sunshine for most of the day. There’s no snow expected today, but there’s more on the way on Wednesday. Temperatures are expected to plunge to -5 C tonight.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mainly cloudy and -4 C in the morning. Clearing this afternoon. Windy over southern sections late this afternoon. H
  
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• Glen Schaefer: Managing a social-media addiction training for Sun Run

  20-02-2018 05:25 via vancouversun.com
  I was feeling good at the end of a recent run when I stopped to check the running app on my iPhone.
  I was gobsmacked — this wasn’t just good, it was great. The app said I had just run my fastest four miles ever.
  I punched up my Facebook feed and typed out a post mentioning the new personal record, and detailing my pre-run prep: “I had half a large pizza for dinner last night, oatmeal with banana and blueberries for breakfast, and a Honey’s doughnut for lunch about an hour
  
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• Opinion: HD Mining allowed temporary foreign workers while Canadian miners are unemployed

  20-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Normally, when someone gets a lump of coal at Christmas, they are very unhappy about being recognized for their bad behaviour.
  But not if they are a controversial coal mining company that was previously in deep trouble for hiring Chinese-speaking Temporary Foreign Workers for its coal mine near Tumbler Ridge in northeast B.C.
  HD Mining created such a firestorm that the then-Conservative federal government of Stephen Harper had to make major changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker program that ha
  
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• B.C. government expects to target gun and gang violence

  20-02-2018 03:47 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government expects to introduce new legislation this session to help tackle gun and gang violence, Solicitor-General Mike Farnworth said Monday.
  Farnworth said he couldn’t disclose details of the anticipated legislation, but indicated it was in response to discussions with B.C. law-enforcement agencies.
  “I am expecting to be tabling some additional legislation that will assist police,” said Farnworth.
  He also declined to say if Tuesday’s budget would have new res
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: No matter what you step in … cue B.C. budget for kids

  20-02-2018 03:40 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — For the traditional day-before-the-budget media splash, Finance Minister Carole James summoned reporters to a child care centre in her Victoria riding Monday, a choice that was as apt politically as it was awash in munchkin cuteness.
  Before James arrived, reporters busied themselves interviewing the dozen or so three- and four-year-olds — “validators” as they are known in media jargon — who were on hand to serve as a backdrop for the cameras.
  Then James t
  
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• Still no sign of missing man in Sun Peaks; search and rescue operation suspended

  20-02-2018 03:38 via vancouversun.com
  Two days of searching have failed to yield any sign of Ryan Shtuka, the 19-year-old man who vanished early Saturday morning (Feb. 17) after leaving a party on Burfield Road in Sun Peaks.
  Shtuka was last seen at 2:10 a.m. on Saturday morning and is believed to have left the party to walk the short distance to his home in Sun Peaks. But Shtuka did not show up at work that day and has not been active on social media or on his cellphone.
  Kamloops Search and Rescue was called out and searched th
  
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• Delta fixes errant apostrophe on sign for Deas Island Regional Park

  20-02-2018 03:33 via vancouversun.com
  The indignity of having his last name misspelled on Delta signs has ended for John Sullivan Deas, a pioneer of B.C.’s commercial cannery industry.
  It was about three years ago when Randy Anderson-Fennell first noticed the signs on the Millennium Trail informing visitors how to get to “Dea’s Island Regional Park” weren’t quite right. Or, at least his wife did. 
  “She knew instantly it was wrong,” said Anderson-Fennell. “I would have been ob
  
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• Vancouver modifies plan for pay parking at Spanish Banks

  20-02-2018 03:19 via vancouversun.com
  Pay parking is still coming to Spanish Banks, but for not quite as long as was first proposed.
  Monday, the Vancouver park board announced it is modifying the plans which were first announced last fall, based on feedback from the public.
  Originally the board said people wishing to park in the lots serving Vancouver’s westernmost beach front would have to pay for use beginning April 1, but the start date has been pushed back to the Victoria Day long weekend. They’ve also shortened the
  
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• Girlfriend of shooting victim "freaked out" when boyfriend shot

  20-02-2018 03:15 via vancouversun.com
  A Burnaby teen says she “freaked out” when she heard the sounds of what she thought were gunshots and her injured boyfriend came running toward her at the townhouse where she lived.
  Mickieh Kufaitandara, 19, described the shooting incident Monday at the trial of a teen who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder.
  She told a judge that before the November 2016 shooting she and her boyfriend, Samson Serjohn, were preparing
  
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• B.C. nurse hit with precedent-setting fine for financially exploiting elderly couple

  20-02-2018 02:29 via vancouversun.com
  The College of Registered Nurses of B.C. says a precedent-setting penalty to a nurse who financially exploited an elderly couple should serve as a deterrent to others thinking about enriching themselves at the expense of patients in their care.
  Former nurse Laurie Tinkham, of Nanaimo, is the first B.C. nurse ever to be fined by the college for professional misconduct. In its decision, the college said Tinkham can’t apply to have her licence reinstated for at least five years. Her fine tota
  
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• Former Vancouver MP Wai Young looks set to run for mayor

  20-02-2018 02:28 via vancouversun.com
  Wai Young, the former Conservative member of parliament for Vancouver South, finally appears ready to announce she’s running for mayor.
  A letter obtained by Postmedia has “Wai Young for Mayor” at the top and announces a “Spring Fundraising Dinner” slated for March 8 at a restaurant in Chinatown. The letter declares “change is possible — and it starts with you. Change means each of us contributing what we can to support Wai Young for Mayor in 2018. She is
  
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• Metro Vancouver could see massive turnover of mayors in fall election

  20-02-2018 02:27 via vancouversun.com
  At least half of Metro Vancouver’s 21 mayoral seats could be vacant going into this fall’s municipal election, according to many of the region’s mayors.
  “It’s probably going to be one of the largest turnovers of mayors this region has ever seen,” said New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Coté. “That’ll be a really interesting dynamic.”
  With eight months to go before the Oct. 20 election — and just under seven before the nomination peri
  
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• The Last Continent: We can still preserve Antarctica's pristine, natural beauty

  20-02-2018 01:59 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 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.CAPE HORN — Homeward-bound, we had an albatross es
  
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• Vacant home hot-spots to be tracked by City of Vancouver

  20-02-2018 01:42 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Vancouver is using data collected from empty homes declarations to build a detailed heat map which will reveal areas of the city that have the heaviest concentrations of vacant units and houses.
  While the city’s data – derived from the self-declarations of 98 per cent of residential property owners in the city – is granular enough for a home-by-home depiction of Vancouver’s empty home syndrome, it is unclear what level of detail will be released to the pu
  
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• Reminder: No Council Meeting tonight. Council is back to business Feb 26. cnv.org/CouncilMeetings #NorthVan https://t.co/uTos12YGdS

  20-02-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  
  Reminder: No Council Meeting tonight. Council is back to business Feb 26. cnv.org/CouncilMeetings#NorthVan https://t.co/uTos12YGdS
  
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• Kitsilano Anglican Church put up for sale for almost $12 million

  20-02-2018 01:13 via vancouversun.com
  The Anglican Church has decided to sell St. Mark’s in Kitsilano where no Anglicans have worshipped for five years.
  St. Mark’s Anglican at 1805 Larch sits on three lots with a 150-foot frontage along West 2nd. Total square footage of the corner site is 17,700 sq. ft. The asking price is $11,998,000 according to a listing for Colliers International.
  Rev. Richard Leggett said the diocese has a number of vacant properties where congregations have declined to the point that they can
  
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• Radical harm reduction for illicit alcohol may save lives, studies find

  20-02-2018 00:48 via vancouversun.com
  Providing managed doses of liquor can help stabilize the lives of severe alcoholics who use illicit forms of alcohol, such as mouthwash and rubbing alcohol, according to four articles by researchers at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria.
  The studies of “radical harm-reduction” zeroed in on highly structured managed alcohol programs (MAPs) across the country in which patients were treated in a residential facility and provided measured dose
  
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