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• #GofortheGold is FREE for spectators, watch some floorball, celebrate the Olympic spirit + meet @HeyBarber, enjoy y… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  #GofortheGold is FREE for spectators, watch some floorball, celebrate the Olympic spirit + meet @HeyBarber, enjoy y… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Cold and sunny, but new snowfall warning issued

  22-02-2018 22:19 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER – Thursday’s weather is expected to be clear and sunny with highs of 2 C. While that may be respite from the freezing temperatures over the last couple of days, it won’t last long. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Metro Vancouver region, with up to 10 centimetres expected along the coast and more than 10 centimetres moving inland that will begin Friday morning.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: A frosty -6 C in the early morning, but tha
  
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• Winter prep underway at Vancouver Airport in advance of Friday's snow

  22-02-2018 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  Travellers flying out of Vancouver Airport on Friday or Saturday are reminded to check their flight status and allow for ample travel time amid winter weather forecasts.
  Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning on Thursday morning for Metro Vancouver, forecasting up to 10 centimetres of snow in parts of B.C.’s south coast. While that will ease up on Friday morning, flurries are expected to return Friday evening and into Saturday.
  In response, Vancouver Airport released a statement that
  
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• We are honoured to have been named one of BC's Top Employers for 2018. ow.ly/faIG30iyPMZ #BCJobs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 21:46 via twitter.com
  We are honoured to have been named one of BC's Top Employers for 2018. ow.ly/faIG30iyPMZ#BCJobs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Table Tennis Anyone? This & more in today's #CityView. Grab it here: ow.ly/mGon30iyNfp #NorthVan https://t.co/UKHtLW1kRM

  22-02-2018 21:09 via twitter.com
  
  Table Tennis Anyone? This & more in today's #CityView. Grab it here: ow.ly/mGon30iyNfp #NorthVan https://t.co/UKHtLW1kRM
  
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• Metal thieves stealing live trolley wires in Vancouver

  22-02-2018 19:45 via vancouversun.com
  Metal thieves are stealing live trolley wires in Vancouver, and authorities say they are endangering lives.
  Crime Stoppers and Transit Police are seeking tips leading to the arrest of those cutting and stealing live 600-volt elevated copper trolley wires used by the Coast Mountain Bus Company to power transit buses.
  The crime usually happens at night, and police say the thieves might appear to be legitimate utility workers and using sophisticated equipment and machinery.
  A Crime Stoppers release
  
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• Longtime CBC radio host and humorist Arthur Black dies

  22-02-2018 19:15 via vancouversun.com
  Longtime CBC radio personality, humorist and award-winning author Arthur Black has died on Salt Spring Island.He was 74.
  Black was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer on Jan. 2,  and died at Lady Minto Hospital on Wednesday.
  Black’s family has posted a statement on his website saying that he died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones.
  “The family is grateful for the overwhelming messages of support and good wishes received during his struggle with pancreatic cancer,”
  
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• 1984 story on sex-change 'debate' reveals dramatic shift

  22-02-2018 19:08 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Sun’s librarian recently dug up a 1984 feature I did on people who are transgender. The headline read,  “People trapped in the wrong body. Sex-change stigma lingers.”
  The story described the difficult, sometimes tragic, lives of several Vancouver transsexuals I interviewed, some of whom did not use their real names.
  The 1984 story is a far cry from most of the enthusiastic articles I saw this week on the Internet. It highlights how the transgender discussion,
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Equipment Operator 4A. Click here to apply. ow.ly/1DTS30iyA4U

  22-02-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
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• Got 5 mins? Tell us how you'd like to get active, be creative & connect at the new Harry Jerome Community Recreatio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  Got 5 mins? Tell us how you'd like to get active, be creative & connect at the new Harry Jerome Community Recreatio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Today (Feb 22), expect a planned demonstration to impact traffic in the Lower Capilano Road area between 5pm and 7pm twitter.com/nvanrcmp/statu…

  22-02-2018 17:18 via twitter.com
  Today (Feb 22), expect a planned demonstration to impact traffic in the Lower Capilano Road area between 5pm and 7pm twitter.com/nvanrcmp/statu…
  
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• Until the sun melts the slick icy roads - slow down and keep your distance from the vehicle ahead of you - take an… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 17:09 via twitter.com
  Until the sun melts the slick icy roads - slow down and keep your distance from the vehicle ahead of you - take an… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #DNVsnow update: Priority #1 routes, 80% clear; #2 routes, 50% clear, #3 routes, 20% clear. Crews are focused on al… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 17:08 via twitter.com
  #DNVsnow update: Priority #1 routes, 80% clear; #2 routes, 50% clear, #3 routes, 20% clear. Crews are focused on al… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Refugees survive perilous ocean voyage only to suffer on dry land in Sharon Bala's novel, The Boat People

  22-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  In the new novel, The Boat People, author Sharon Bala tells the story of a group of refugees that travel across the ocean hoping for a new life, but, instead, find themselves not welcomed, but imprisoned.
  Author Sharon Bala.
  Set in Vancouver, the story is inspired by the 2010 MV Sun Sea Incident, when a Thai ship carrying about 500 refugees was intercepted off the coast of B.C.
  The St. John’s, N.L.,-based Bala is in Vancouver for a Writer’s Festival event Incite: New Voices of C
  
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• Classical music: C/4 a concert, conversation and contest all in one

  22-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  C/4
  Canadian Choral Composition Competition
  When: Feb. 23, 8 p.m.Where: The Annex (823 Seymour Street)
  Tickets and info: $30, chorleoni.orgWhile there’s lots of new music on offer in any Vancouver season, some of our preeminent choirs are especially active as trailblazers in commissioning new works.
  On Feb. 23 Chor Leoni Men’s Choir takes its second crack at an innovative approach to creating and performing new music with C/4 Canadian Choral Composition Competition, a concert, conver
  
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• Canadians evenly split over Alberta-B.C. bitumen battle

  22-02-2018 16:25 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government’s stance on Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion project is so compelling that half the country has taken its side.
  The other half? It’s backing Alberta.
  That perfect 50/50 split is among the main findings of a new public opinion poll by Angus Reid Institute on the high-stakes pipeline debate that has transformed into a trade war. 
  Shachi Kurl, an executive director at the institute, said the escalating dispute has come to dominate the national conv
  
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• Daily Poll: Should an Olympic gold medal be determined in a shootout in hockey?

  22-02-2018 16:17 via vancouversun.com
  It was a disappointing blow for the Canadian women’s hockey team after losing in a shootout to the U.S. at the Olympics in Pyeongchang. 
  Read the Postmedia story here.
  So we’re wondering whether folks think it is fair that Olympic medals be determined in a shootout. Should the teams keep playing when an Olympic gold medal is on the line? Take our poll and leave your comments for discussion.Take Our Poll
   
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Cold and sunny, but more snow on the way

  22-02-2018 15:12 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Thursday’s weather is expected to be clear and sunny with highs of 2 C. While that may be respite from the freezing temperatures over the last couple of days, it won’t last long. Environment Canada posted a special weather statement early Thursday morning for Metro Vancouver, saying the sunny, dry conditions will end Friday as a trough of low pressure moves along the South Coast. This will bring more snow beginning early on Friday morning.
  With the t
  
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• Surrey prepares for climate-change-related flooding

  22-02-2018 08:59 via vancouversun.com
  For the past 45 years, Arnold Wieners’ family has farmed hundreds of acres of land in Surrey, which he hopes to be able to pass on to his children and grandchildren.
  But, if something is not done to address the risk of flooding due to climate change from the nearby Serpentine River, Wieners’ property could be wiped out within 80 years.
  “We have a river running right through our property, and right now it’s protected by approximately 14-foot-high dikes. If we get rising wa
  
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• Rio Theatre to host 'An Evening with Kevin Smith,' as filmmaker keeps his promise

  22-02-2018 06:33 via vancouversun.com
  Kevin Smith is headed to the Rio.
  The Hollywood filmmaker will be hosting “An Evening With Kevin Smith” at the Rio Theatre on March 30th, as he makes good on his promise to help save the popular East Vancouver venue from the threat of redevelopment.
  After its building was listed for sale, raising the possibility that a developer might attempt to tear it down, Smith said he would do whatever it takes to save the Rio, including “literally (holding) the doors open,” if neede
  
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• Budget 2018: NDP's $5.5 billion in tax hikes — where the new money will come from

  22-02-2018 06:29 via vancouversun.com
  The NDP will power its major spending initiatives with more than $5.5 billion in new taxes announced during its first year in government. That has made recipients of the new programs — parents with children, those looking for help with housing, people who hate paying the MSP — very happy. But where, exactly, will this new revenue come from over the next three years, and who — businesses or consumers or homebuyers/owners — will pay the biggest price?
  Here’s a look at
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: So far, so good on debt with Carole James at the helm

  22-02-2018 06:17 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — While the New Democrats kept promises to spend more on child care, housing and other social programs this week, they mostly followed the lead of the previous B.C. Liberal government on deficits and debt.
  The last NDP government ran operating deficits for most of its decade in government.
  By contrast, the budget and fiscal plan tabled in the legislature Tuesday by Finance Minister Carole James was projected to be balanced and in surplus for each of the next three financial y
  
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• 1984 story on sex-change 'debate' shows its dramatic shift

  22-02-2018 05:31 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Sun’s librarian recently dug up a 1984 feature I did on people who are transgender. The headline read,  “People trapped in the wrong body. Sex-change stigma lingers.”
  The story described the difficult, sometimes tragic, lives of several Vancouver transsexuals I interviewed, some of whom did not use their real names.
  The 1984 story is a far cry from most of the enthusiastic articles I saw this week on the Internet. It highlights how the transgender discussion,
  
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• Opinion: Vancouver’s public views must be protected

  22-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  In Vancouver we are blessed with an abundance of natural beauty that helps create our distinct urban setting envied by the world. Without question, the serene landscape and uninterrupted public views of the North Shore Mountains enhance quality of life, making Vancouver an exceptional city to call home. These views are in jeopardy because Vancouver city council voted Feb. 13 to approve the Northeast False Creek (NEFC) neighbourhood plan that allows three towers from Concord and PavCo to pierce t
  
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• Opinion: Northeast False Creek Vancouver’s New Golden Apple

  22-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Last week, Vancouver City Council approved the False Creek North Plan. With this exciting decision, a lot comes together for Vancouver’s inner-city that has been in gestation for many years. Back in the early-1990s, when the overall plan for False Creek North was put together, we had great aspirations for the east end of False Creek but there were problems that had to be solved before the best ideas could possibly see the light of day.
  Not the least of those problems was removal of the Geo
  
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• Opinion: Governments must act now to protect migratory birds

  22-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Migratory birds lend grace and beauty to our lives. From the heron silently stalking fish at dawn, to the haunting call of the loon, to the majestic glide of swans to pond, these birds enrich us.
  They also benefit us in practical ways. They control insects that damage farms and forests, and disperse seeds and pollinate plants. They are central to the diet and culture of Indigenous groups. Bird watching and waterfowl hunting contribute billions of dollars to Canada’s economy.
  But the birds
  
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• Obituary: Dan Stinson, dean of Vancouver soccer writers

  22-02-2018 03:12 via vancouversun.com
  Dan Stinson was a staple of the Vancouver Sun’s sports department for almost four decades.
  “Dan was the kind of guy you could assign any kind of story to,” said former Sun sports editor Brad Ziemer.
  “He was well-versed in a number of different sports. Soccer was obviously his specialty and his first love, but he was equally comfortable covering high school sports, or (Vancouver Grizzlies) basketball.
  “I’m not sure he did any hockey, but he covered the Vancouve
  
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• B.C. government says goal of budget taxes is a housing price drop

  22-02-2018 03:08 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Finance Minister Carole James says the goal of her budget’s new housing taxes is a downturn in the market and a drop in home prices, potentially making the market more affordable but also potentially putting some existing homeowners under water on their mortgages.
  James said Wednesday that her new taxes on speculators, foreign buyers and homes valued at more than $3 million will, she hopes, lead to a correction in a housing market that has experienced steep price incr
  
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• Vancouver Weather: As snow falls, evening commuters urged to be cautious

  22-02-2018 02:59 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Commuters are being advised to be careful as they navigate snowy roads home in Metro Vancouver on Wednesday night.
  Several cm of snow have already fallen in the area, with further amounts of 2 to 4 cm expected throughout the evening. Travellers should expect icy roads and keep a safe distance from other vehicles even after the snow stops falling overnight, as the temperature will drop to at least -5ºC.
  The temperature early Wednesday was -4ºC, and it will r
  
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• Fatal fire in Vancouver probed by investigators

  22-02-2018 02:56 via vancouversun.com
  Firefighters are warning the public to check their smoke alarms as well as the ratings of their power bars and extension cords after a fire claimed a man’s life in Vancouver on Sunday morning.
  The man, in his 70s, died after a fire broke out in a home in the 2600-Block of East 46th Ave. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flame, and a trio of occupants outside who warned them that a fourth person was possibly trapped in a basement suite, which investigators believe was rented
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, Feb. 22

  22-02-2018 02:52 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, Feb. 22.Burger-A-GoGo
  For the next two days, The Rickshaw will play host to Burger A-GoGo, an all-female-fronted rock music festival from independent California label Burger Records. On Thursday, the first night, you’ll get music from The Coathangers, Death Valley Girls, The Flytraps, and Feels. On Friday, it’s Dengue Fever, Winter, Summer Twins, and Roya. I’ve never heard of any of these b
  
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• Former wrestling champ Hitman Hart now fighting on the side of stroke recovery after his own devastating experience

  22-02-2018 02:43 via vancouversun.com
  There can’t be anything more Canadian than having a hockey team named after you.
  Bret “The Hitman” Hart, once called the most famous Canadian and who endowed his name to the Calgary Hitmen, is also going on 12 years now as the national spokesman for March of Dimes Canada’s stroke recovery program.
  “I always tell people that when you have a stroke, you never know what you’re going to get,” Hart said from his home in Calgary. “I had a pretty good rec
  
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• B.C. Budget 2018: Farmland threatened in absence of foreign buyers tax, say ALR advocates

  22-02-2018 02:42 via vancouversun.com
  Like many housing advocates, Laura Gillanders waited with bated breath for the B.C. NDP government to unveil its budget, hoping for a tough message that says farmland is off the table for speculators. 
  She was disappointed. 
  “Heartbroken, really,” said Gillanders of Richmond FarmWatch, an organization working to stop speculative development on land in the Agricultural Land Reserve. “We are seeing so much speculation on farmland that’s driving this farmland mega-
  
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• B.C. Budget 2018: Business community outraged over payroll health tax

  22-02-2018 02:39 via vancouversun.com
  The NDP government’s new health tax is igniting fury on the part of business leaders who say non-profits, small and medium companies will suffer, especially those companies that will have to pay Medical Services Plan premiums and the payroll tax simultaneously.
  Companies facing that double whammy are those which have payrolls over $500,000 and also cover MSP premiums for employees as benefits. The premiums will be phased out by 2020, but since the tax comes into effect in January 2019, the
  
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• Surrey man convicted in 1986 B.C. terrorist shooting poses with Trudeau's wife, cabinet minister in India

  22-02-2018 02:24 via vancouversun.com
  A Surrey businessman convicted in a 1986 terrorist shooting in B.C. posed with  Sophie Gregoire Trudeau and a Canadian cabinet minister during the prime minister’s trip to India.
   Jaspal Atwal, a one-time member of the now-banned International Sikh Youth Federation, had also been invited to a dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Canadian High Commission in Delhi on Thursday night.
  But Atwal told Postmedia that he does not plan to attend the dinner as he is in Mum
  
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• Missed the cool interactive boards at the Ideas Fair? No problem, you can catch them at Harry Jerome until March 2.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-02-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Missed the cool interactive boards at the Ideas Fair? No problem, you can catch them at Harry Jerome until March 2.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Leg found on Vancouver Island came from body discovered in Washington

  22-02-2018 00:58 via vancouversun.com
  Investigators with the B.C. Coroners Service say a leg found washed up on Vancouver Island last year belonged to a man whose remains were discovered in Washington State.
  Stanley K. Okumoto’s body, minus his lower leg, was found floating Nov. 8, 2017 in Neah Bay in Clallam County, Washington.
  On Dec. 7, a lower leg and foot were found inside a black shoe across the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Jordan River, west of Sooke, by a man walking his dog.
  The coroners service compared DNA from th
  
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• B.C. suspends fisher relocations to Washington state amid habitat loss to logging and wildfires

  22-02-2018 00:49 via vancouversun.com
  It is one of the most secretive and unknown creatures in our forests, but also one of the fastest in short bursts. It mainly hunts snowshoe hares, squirrels, rodents, and birds, but also holds the distinction of being able to kill porcupines — a seemingly impenetrable prey — by attacking their faces.
  “Get a porcupine out in the open and fishers are fast enough that they can circle around, zip in, bite the nose … and back away before the porcupine can swing its tail,&rdqu
  
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• Missing Vancouver woman was at New Brighton Park on day she disappeared

  22-02-2018 00:48 via vancouversun.com
  Police say missing Vancouver woman Su Yi Liang’s car was spotted at New Brighton Park on the day she disappeared.
  Liang, 37, was last seen Jan. 8, but was reported missing Jan. 10 by her father, after she failed to pick up her children at school.
  Vancouver police recovered her car, a grey electric 2014 BMW i3, parked at the Rupert Pitch and Putt on Jan. 11.
  Her disappearance was called suspicious by the VPD, who said evidence had led them to believe that Liang would likely not be foun
  
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• TransLink outlines snow plan in anticipation of snow across region

  22-02-2018 00:40 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink has introduced a number of new tools to its winter response plan and is prepared to use them this week if snow continues to fall as expected.
  “While all TransLink operations are currently running at regular service levels, we are continuously monitoring the weather and conditions,” read an update shared by the transit authority on Wednesday afternoon.SkyTrains
  New heat tracing and cover boards have been installed along sections of the Canada Line, where heavy ice buildup ca
  
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• Ballet B.C.'s Romeo + Juliet puts a contemporary spin on Shakespeare’s classic

  22-02-2018 00:30 via vancouversun.com
  Romeo + Juliet
  When: Feb. 22-24, 8 p.m.
  Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: from $35, balletbc.comFor Program 2 of its 2017/18 season, Ballet B.C. is presenting the world premiere of a new production of Romeo + Juliet. The contemporary version is set to Sergei Prokofiev’s 1935 score but features choreography by Medhi Walerski, a rising star in the international dance scene.
  According to the company, the commission showcases Walerski’s signature style. This “brings
  
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• Man accused of murdering mom had set fire to her house: Crown

  22-02-2018 00:17 via vancouversun.com
  A Richmond man accused of using an axe to murder his mother had set fire to her home several years earlier and had also threatened to harm her, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
  In her opening statement to a jury, Crown counsel Kristin Bryson said that the case involving the accused, Darwin Lescano, and Redelma Belissario, a care aide at a home for the elderly, was about a relationship between a mother and son that “went horribly wrong.”
  “The evidence will show that the accused, Mr.
  
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• Musqueam development will double population of University Endowment Lands

  22-02-2018 00:15 via vancouversun.com
  Massive development by the Musqueam First Nation near the University of B.C. will almost double the population of the University Endowment Lands, and the province is developing the area’s neighbourhood plan to prepare for the influx of new residents.
  And the endowment lands’ administration and some residents say this could be the start of densification of the land called Area D, which an elected council member predicts will transform the village into another concrete-and-glass neighb
  
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• Kasey Wilson: Wine a friend in the kitchen as well as the glass

  22-02-2018 00:00 via vancouversun.com
  The first Vancouver International Wine Festival in 1979 was a modest affair. Robert Mondavi’s son Michael served as host, and the Robert Mondavi Winery was the only exhibitor that participated. An educational component tasting (fruit, acid, tannin) had 100 of us sipping out of tiny plastic glasses. We thought we were pretty cool.
  Forty years later, the 82,000 glasses will be Riedel crystal, the festival will feature 1,450 wines and the events are at 50 plus. The crowds are expected to surp
  
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