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• Brothers lose appeal of extradition order in drug case

  01-03-2018 23:46 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by two B.C. brothers accused of drug smuggling in Washington state to halt their extradition to the U.S.
  Oscar Edgardo Mendoza and Rember Oswaldo Guevara-Mendoza are accused of conspiring to smuggle large quantities of cocaine and ecstasy across the border.
  They were ordered extradited in June 2016, but filed an appeal of that B.C. Supreme Court ruling.
  Mendoza and Guevara-Mendoza appealed both the extradition order and a later decision by the justice
  
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• This is a great opportunity to get involved in solutions to traffic congestion in Metro Vancouver. twitter.com/itstimemv/stat…

  01-03-2018 23:10 via twitter.com
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• Slovakian woman gets three years for smuggling opium through YVR

  01-03-2018 22:39 via vancouversun.com
  A chance encounter in an Istanbul café with a mysterious man named Mike has landed a Slovakian woman in a B.C. prison for three years.
  Iveta Scheuer, 50, has been convicted of smuggling 2.6 kilos of opium into Canada in late 2016, hidden in the sides of two suitcases.
  When the opium was discovered by airport officials, Scheuer claimed she had no idea what she’d been carrying. She also gave two different versions of how and why she had come to B.C.
  She later testified in her own defe
  
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• This week's #CityView e-news is ready for you. Packed with all the latest City news and events:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-03-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
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• Surrey man charged with assault on Syrian teen

  01-03-2018 22:02 via vancouversun.com
  A 52-year-old Surrey man has been charged with assault causing bodily harm after what police called an unprovoked attack on a Syrian immigrant. 
  Surrey RCMP circulated a surveillance photo of the alleged suspect of a Nov. 16 attack on a Syrian immigrant.
  The assault happened near the Newton bus loop in the 13700 block of 72nd Avenue just before noon on Nov. 16, 2017. Surrey RCMP say an 18-year-old man, a recent immigrant to Canada, received minor injuries after being elbowed in the fac
  
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• Movie Minute: Red Sparrow

  01-03-2018 21:56 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia movie critic Dana Gee and Arts editor Aleesha Harris weigh in on Jennifer Lawrence’s new big,  Russian spy thriller Red Sparrow . Find out if J-Law comes in from the cold a winner or freezes in action. All star cast includes Joel Edgerton, Jeremy Irons, Charlotte Rampling, Joely Richardson and Matthias Schoenaerts.
   
   
  
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• RCMP arrest Nanaimo man wanted for scamming women

  01-03-2018 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  A Nanaimo man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant on charges of defrauding women he met on dating websites was arrested early Thursday morning.
  Nanaimo RCMP arrested 34-year-old Jordan Shepherd after officers found him at 2:30 a.m. sleeping in a car parked outside a motel.
  Shepherd, also known as Dave Rofter, faces five counts of fraud under $5,000 in Nanaimo, one count of fraud in Ladysmith and another count of fraud in New Westminster.
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• Compass Card donation program expanded to YVR, Burrard stations

  01-03-2018 21:27 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink is expanding a program that turns unwanted Compass Cards into transit passes to help poor families.
  Compass Card donation bins were set up at five SkyTrain stations last year. Now there will be bins at two more locations, Burrard and YVR-Airport stations.
  The value remaining on the donated cards is converted into transit passes to help children, families and seniors at United Way-funded social service agencies. 
  Other drop-off stations include:
  • Compass Customer Service Cent
  
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• Want to help shape the design of the new Harry Jerome Community Rec Centre? Hurry, online survey closes tomorrow:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-03-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
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• On January 29, 2018, Council passed a motion to use an alternative approval process to remove a sliver of Kirkstone… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-03-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  On January 29, 2018, Council passed a motion to use an alternative approval process to remove a sliver of Kirkstone… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• City of White Rock apologizes for inability to save much-loved tree

  01-03-2018 19:09 via vancouversun.com
  The Paulownia tomentosa is kaput.
  The City of White Rock posted an apology Thursday on its website announcing it has been unable to save the tree, also known as Empress Tree, in Memorial Park on the downtown waterfront.
  “We are sorry,” the statement reads. “We tried our best…. We originally believed we could work around the tree, but, unfortunately, the large shallow roots extended further to the downhill side of the tree than expected.
  “What we learned from a
  
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• Keep online complaints 'specific and accurate'

  01-03-2018 18:54 via vancouversun.com
  Consumers hold extraordinary power through social media to hold businesses to account for bad services and products, but they should be cautious about how they use that power, said digital marketing strategist Wahiba Chair.
  The Supreme Court of British Columbia has awarded $100,000 to a wedding services firm after a disgruntled bride was judged to have defamed the company by posting a series of negative reviews about her experience.
  And last year an Ontario couple was hit with a $3 million lawsu
  
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• Another fun #LookThinkGo video created by local film students. There's no express lane, even when you're in a hurry… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-03-2018 18:49 via twitter.com
  Another fun #LookThinkGo video created by local film students. There's no express lane, even when you're in a hurry… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Daily Poll: Would you still shop at MEC if it hadn't severed ties with a U.S. gun manufacturer?

  01-03-2018 18:47 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver-based outdoor retailer Mountain Equipment Co-op will stop orders from five American brands owned by a gun manufacturing company following the shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people. The move follows pressure from co-op members, many of whom said they wouldn’t shop there if it didn’t sever ties with Vista Outdoor.
  Would you have continued to shop at MEC if the store hadn’t made this move? Take our poll and leave your comments below.Take Our Poll
   
  
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• Mountain Equipment Co-op to drop brands owned by U.S. gun manufacturer

  01-03-2018 18:38
  
  Mountain Equipment Co-op announced Thursday morning that it will drop five brands that are owned by Vista Outdoor.
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Mostly cloudy, snowfall warning lifted for Sea to Sky Highway

  01-03-2018 18:27 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Thursday’s weather in Metro Vancouver will be mostly cloudy, with sunny breaks and mild temperatures. 
  Earlier Thursday, Environment Canada posted a snowfall warning for the Sea to Sky region from Squamish to Whistler, saying up to 15 centimetres of new snow is expected. However, that warning has since been lifted.
  Metro Vancouver is in for more rain tonight, though the agency says it may snow again at higher elevations overnight and on Friday morning.
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• Lack of diversity in medical textbooks could cause racial bias: UBC study

  01-03-2018 18:10 via vancouversun.com
  UBC researchers studying how race and skin tone are depicted in medical textbooks have found a startling lack of diversity.
  And, a new study argues, that could be contributing to racial bias in treatment.
  The study by UBC and the University of Toronto, published in the journal Social Science and Medicine, found dark skin tones are underrepresented in a number of chapters , including those dealing with skin cancer.
  UBC lead author Patricia Louie, who is now a PhD student in sociology at
  
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• Vancouver-based MEC severs ties with gun manufacturer after outcry

  01-03-2018 17:55 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian outdoor retailer Mountain Equipment Co-op will stop orders from five American brands owned by a gun manufacturing company following the shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people.
  The Vancouver-based company has been facing pressure to stop carrying brands owned by Vista Outdoor, a Utah-based gun and ammunition company.
  In an open letter Thursday,  MEC president David Labistour  said while the issues of gun violence are seemingly unrelated to MEC, i
  
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• Inquest to be held into Surrey death of Deanna Desjarlais

  01-03-2018 17:51 via vancouversun.com
  The BC Coroners Service will hold an inquest into the death of Deanna Desjarlais, whose body was found in Surrey two years ago.
  The 27-year-old Saskatoon woman was missing for five months before her body was identified as one found months earlier in a wooded area of Hawthorne Park.
  The inquest will begin on May 7 at the Burnaby coroners’ court in Metrotown.
  The coroner says Desjarlais was a member of the Kawacatoose First Nation, who came to B.C. in 2015.
  She was last heard from
  
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• Mountain Equipment Co-Op severs ties with gun manufacturer

  01-03-2018 15:41 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian outdoor retailer Mountain Equipment Co-op will stop orders from five American brands owned by a gun manufacturing company following the shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people.
  In an open letter Thursday,  MEC president David Labistour  said while the issues of gun violence are seemingly unrelated to MEC, it has recently come to light that several brands MEC sells are owned by a corporation that has holdings in the manufacture of assault-style weapons
  
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• Author of environmental manifesto stands by document aimed at promoting B.C. civil disobedience

  01-03-2018 15:36 via vancouversun.com
  The author of an environmental manifesto that has become a focus of Liberal criticism aimed at provincial Environment Minister George Heyman says he created the document last fall and that it is no longer valid, but he stands behind the principles it outlines.
  The Action Hive Proposal was designed to coordinate and promote mass environmental opposition, including civil disobedience, to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. Cam Fenton, a campaigner with 350.or
  
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• Feral teens return to hit the Fireball hard in The After After Party

  01-03-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  The After After Party
  When: March 6-17
  Where: Vancity Culture Lab
  Tickets: $35 at 604-251-1363 or tickets.thecultch.com
  For the premiere of the upcoming run of 2016 Fringe Festival hit The After After Party, don’t bring flowers. Bring Fireball.
  “It will always be a part of this piece,” said Katey Hoffman of the cinnamon-flavoured whiskey. The actor/writer plays Fiona who, with fellow outcast Jules (Cheyenne Mabberley), spends a night in a park swearing, imbibing and stressing.
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Mostly cloudy, snowfall warning in effect for Sea to Sky Highway

  01-03-2018 14:48 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – While Thursday’s weather in Metro Vancouver will be mostly cloudy and mild, more snow is on the way for higher elevations.
  Environment Canada has posted a snowfall warning for the Sea to Sky region from Squamish to Whistler, saying up to 15 centimetres of new snow is expected. The agency says snow will be heavy at times on the highway, before gradually easing off in the afternoon.
  Drivers are being warned to be prepared for quickly changing and deteriorating tr
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Cost of B.C. opioid 'treatment' tops $90 million a year

  01-03-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia has a $250,000-a-day drug habit that is spiralling out of control — and it’s not supported by the Downtown Eastside street bazaar.
  Rather, it’s the opioid substitution program.
  The province now spends more than $90 million a year on “treatment” and health services for participants of the drug-maintenance program — that’s more than it provides for legal aid.
  The number of patients on methadone or buprenorphine covered by B.C. PharmaCare d
  
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• Author of environmental manifesto stands by document aimed at promoting civil disobedience

  01-03-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  The author of an environmental manifesto that has become a focus of Liberal criticism aimed at provincial Environment Minister George Heyman says he created the document last fall and that it is no longer valid, but he stands behind the principles it outlines.
  The Action Hive Proposal was designed to coordinate and promote mass environmental opposition, including civil disobedience, to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. Cam Fenton, a campaigner with 350.or
  
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• Alehouse becomes chophouse at Red Truck Beer's new axe-throwing league

  01-03-2018 06:20 via vancouversun.com
  Red Truck Beer’s Truck Stop Diner is an alehouse. But this spring, it becomes a chophouse, of sorts.
  Beginning next Wednesday, the East Vancouver brewery will be hosting the Vancouver Axes and Ales Axe Throwing League, a chance to have some brews and throw some axes — the ultimate pairing.
  Axes and Ales is a partnership with the Axewood Crew, “a fully mobile axe-throwing experience,” according to their website. The crew hosts axe throwing events and tournaments between Va
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, Mar. 1

  01-03-2018 05:44 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, Mar. 1.JFL Northwest: Kyle Kinane
  Just For Laughs Northwest gets underway Thursday night, boasting an impressive lineup of top comedy talent from around the world. Over the next ten days, Vancouverites will be treated to sets from the likes of Bill Burr, Trevor Noah, Maria Bamford and the Lucas Brothers, all of whom are hilarious. On opening night, check out Illinois-born comic Kyle Kinane as he performs a s
  
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• Jill Tipping: Why I care about innovation and you should too

  01-03-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Invention is the creation of something new. Innovation is the application of something new — a new invention or the use of existing technology or knowledge is a new sphere. Innovation is sparked by problems and is all about solving those problems and having a positive impact on people, society and the planet.
  As CEO of B.C. Tech, I’m constantly surrounded by passionate tech CEOs and entrepreneurs, from small-stage startups to larger, well-established companies — and they’
  
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• Richmond to build its first modular housing project for homeless

  01-03-2018 04:12 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Richmond’s proposal to build its first modular housing project for homeless people is already facing opposition.
  Hundreds of people packed an open house Wednesday to get more information about the project slated for 7300 Elmbridge Way. 
  “We’ve been getting a diverse range of viewpoints,” said Joyce Rautenberg, the city’s affordable housing co-ordinator. 
  If approved, the 40-unit three-storey project could make a serious dent in Richmond&rs
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Popham on hook over fishy emails with many fingerprints

  01-03-2018 04:11 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Agriculture Minister Lana Popham faced new questions in the legislature Monday about her activist opposition to fish farming, following the release of some telling emails about the threat she made last fall to one of the big fish farming operators.
  Popham denied all. But by the end of the exchange with several B.C. Liberal MLAs, she had no luck dispelling suspicions that this was a case where her activist roots had led her to intervene on a matter that was partly outside her min
  
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• Things to do in the Lower Mainland this week: Seven Minutes in Heaven, Star 80, Faith Healer, and more

  01-03-2018 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  Goldberg Variations
  When: March 7, 7:30 p.m.
  Where: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC
  Tickets and info: from $18, earlymusic.bc.ca
  Early Music Vancouver welcomes Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt in a concert featuring one of Bach’s most iconic works. Hewitt regularly appears in recitals and with major orchestras throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia. Her performances and recordings of Bach have drawn particular praise.
  Seven Minutes in Heaven is at Studio 16 on March 7-10. 
  
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• Vancouver's Empire Landmark Hotel begins 'quiet' demolition in March

  01-03-2018 03:41 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s Empire Landmark Hotel, home to the Cloud 9 Revolving Restaurant until its final spin last October, will undergo a slow demolition process beginning in March.
  The 42-storey hotel, located at 1400 Robson St., is only 43 years old, but with downtown real estate prices going up, its owners have decided the building needs to come down. It will be the tallest building to be demolished in Vancouver history.
  It may also be one of the slowest. Rather than a quick controlled implosion, w
  
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• New Surrey women's shelter to be named after teen who died in a tent

  01-03-2018 03:20 via vancouversun.com
  A new supportive housing facility for homeless women will be named after a 19-year-old who died alone in a rain-soaked tent in Surrey just months after she aged out of the foster care system.
  Atira Women’s Resource Society is renovating a formerly notorious motel on King George Blvd. and hopes to re-open it this spring as a 23-room facility for homeless women and those at risk of homelessness. 
  It will be called Little’s Place after Santanna Scott-Huntinghawk, who was
  
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• New West Second World War vet knighted by France

  01-03-2018 02:59 via vancouversun.com
  Robert Siddons is now a chevalier, a French knight.
  The Second World War veteran got the news from Kareen Rispal, France’s ambassador to Canada, that he had been awarded the Legion of Honour by French President Emmanuel Macron.
  “By order of the President of the Republic of France … you have been awarded the rank of Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour,” Rispal wrote in a letter to the former British naval ordnance officer. “This distinction (
  
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• REAL SCOOP: James Riach gets life sentence in Philippines

  01-03-2018 02:39 via vancouversun.com
  There was pretty big news out of Manila overnight. James Riach was convicted and sentenced for his role in a drug trafficking organization. At the time of his 2014 arrest there, police said the drug ring was linked to a Mexican cartel. Riach  has been an Independent Soldier and involved in the Wolf Pack gang coalition. More recently he is believed to have joined the Hells Angels and in fact is on Instagram as Loonie81 – his nickname plus the numbers associated to HA for Hells Angels.
  
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• The Village is just one model for people with dementia, says seniors advocate

  01-03-2018 02:34 via vancouversun.com
  The social model of Canada’s first ‘dementia village’ is a good one that needs to part of a continuum to give people choices in where they choose to live, according to the B.C. seniors advocate.
  Isobel Mackenzie said Wednesday that because the number of people with dementia will grow as the population ages, the need for facilities such as The Village in Langley will also increase.
  Mackenzie cautioned that most people who live to 85 years of age and older will be living in
  
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• North Vancouver students celebrate Pink Shirt Day (VIDEO) - North Shore News

  01-03-2018 02:24 via nsnews.com
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  North Vancouver students celebrate Pink Shirt Day (VIDEO)
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  North Vancouver elementary students from Sutherland's family of schools gathered at Grand Boulevard Park today to celebrate Pink Shirt Day with a massive choreographed dance number. Students from the high school's nearby feeder schools walked along the ...and more »
  
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• Officers & support staff at North Van RCMP proudly wearing pink in recognition of anti-bullying day. A great every… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-03-2018 02:20 via twitter.com
  Officers & support staff at North Van RCMP proudly wearing pink in recognition of anti-bullying day. A great every… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• B.C. gangster gets life sentence in Philippines for trafficking

  01-03-2018 01:35 via vancouversun.com
  A high-profile B.C gangster has been sentenced to life in prison in the Philippines for his involvement in an international drug-trafficking ring that set up in the Southeast Asian country.
  Independent Soldier James Riach, who is part of the Wolf Pack gang alliance, got the news in a Manilla courtroom Wednesday, along with his Canadian co-accused Ali Shirazi.
  Judge Selma Alaras issued an 11-page ruling, saying both Riach and Shirazi had possessed more than $2.5 million Cdn worth of ecstasy and s
  
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• Bride who defamed B.C. wedding company ordered to pay $115,000 in damages

  01-03-2018 01:34 via vancouversun.com
  A bride who was found to have defamed a company that had provided wedding services for her and her fiancé has been ordered by a judge to pay more than $100,000 in damages.
  In April 2015, Emily Liao and Edward Chow, who were engaged to be married, hired Amara Wedding for wedding-related services including photography, make-up, hair styling, scheduling, flowers, tuxedo rental and a master of ceremonies.
  Despite a dispute over some pre-wedding photos, the company went ahead and provided its
  
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• Collision on Highway 17 causing congestion during Wednesday rush hour

  01-03-2018 01:22 via vancouversun.com
  A collision on Highway 17 just past the Alex Fraser Bridge is causing congestion on Wednesday afternoon.
  Two semi-trucks are involved in the collision, and a number of emergency crews are on scene.
  UPDATE – #BCHwy17 vehicle incident WB just past the #AlexFraserBridge westbound traffic is getting by on the right shoulder. Eastbound left lane is blocked by emergency crews.
  Expect heavy delays and drive with care.#DeltaBC pic.twitter.com/RMl67u5mwr
  — Drive BC (@DriveBC) February 28, 201
  
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• OPEN HOUSE underway. Zoning Bylaw Livability Review at City Hall 'til 8pm. Let's discuss how we can improve livabil… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-03-2018 01:10 via twitter.com
  OPEN HOUSE underway. Zoning Bylaw Livability Review at City Hall 'til 8pm. Let's discuss how we can improve livabil… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Council has proclaimed Feb 28 Rare Disease Day in the City. #ShowYourRare, show you care. cnv.org/Proclamations… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-03-2018 00:57 via twitter.com
  Council has proclaimed Feb 28 Rare Disease Day in the City. #ShowYourRare, show you care. cnv.org/Proclamations… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Victoria police chief wants welfare-cheque distribution staggered to ease 911 overload

  01-03-2018 00:52 via vancouversun.com
  Police, firefighters and paramedics are so overwhelmed with drug-related 911 calls in the days after welfare cheques are issued that Victoria’s police chief wants the province to consider staggering distribution of the cheques throughout the month.
  “Generally speaking, we see a spike during the evening of welfare Wednesday and the day or two after of overdose calls, disturbances, drug activity occurring. Sometimes someone has been defrauded or robbed,” Police Chief Del Manak sa
  
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• Theatre review: Fun Home is funny, fabulous and unutterably sad

  01-03-2018 00:42 via vancouversun.com
  Fun Home
  When: To March 10
  Where: Granville Island Stage
  Tickets and info: From $29, artsclub.comIt wouldn’t be much fun living in a home weighted down by secrets and lies. But cartoonist Alison Bechdel turned her own and her family’s saga into a smart graphic novel that Jeanine Tesori (music) and Lisa Kron (book and lyrics) have transformed into a funny, fabulous and unutterably sad stage musical.
  Under Lois Anderson’s sure-handed direction, the Arts Club’s sparkling pro
  
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