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• Head-on collision on Vancouver's Grandview Highway sends seven to hospital

  09-03-2018 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  Seven people have been taken to hospital, with two in serious condition, after a two-vehicle head-on crash in Vancouver Friday morning.
  Vancouver police Const. Jason Doucette says the collision happened shortly before 6 a.m. on Grandview Highway near Penticton Street.
  According to a news release, a grey Ford Focus and a black Mercedes G-wagon SUV collided head-on just over the centre line of the four-lane street.
  The three occupants of the Ford, all Burnaby residents, were taken to hospital
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Convicted polygamist Winston Blackmore unrepentant even as he faces possible jail time

  09-03-2018 23:48 via vancouversun.com
  CRANBROOK — Expect to hear more, not less, from Winston Blackmore now that his conviction for polygamy has been officially registered in the B.C. Supreme Court.
  Flanked by eight of his adult daughters (he has 149 children) and one of his 24 wives, Blackmore said Friday: “I’m going to start telling my story online right away I feel I’m unshackled and I’m going to start doing that … I’m going to start from the very beginning of my life, which is quite unu
  
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• Man accused of sexually assaulting girls in Manitoba; police fear victims in B.C.

  09-03-2018 23:33 via vancouversun.com
  A man is facing 11 charges in connection with sexual assaults against four young girls in Manitoba, and police fear there may be more victims, including in Kelowna.
  Ivan Valintine Cesnik, 57, is charged with three counts each of sexual assault, sexual interference, and uttering threats. He faces two counts of administering a noxious substance.
  The charges are in relation to four girls — three aged eight and one aged seven at the time of the offences. It is alleged the assaults occurred bet
  
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• Douglas Todd: Why Sikhs are so powerful in Canadian politics

  09-03-2018 22:52 via vancouversun.com
  The Sikh connection had been working well for Justin Trudeau, as it did for Jean Chretien. Punjabi Canadians, most of whom are Sikh, gave Trudeau a big leg up in nabbing the leadership of the federal Liberal party, which soon led him to the commanding heights of the prime minister’s office.
  But Punjabi/Sikh support has come back to haunt Trudeau’s popularity. It ignited controversy in his January visit to India, where he appeared linked to backers tied to Sikh militants, some wanting
  
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• TransLink to introduce credit card, mobile wallet payments at card readers

  09-03-2018 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  Later this spring, Metro Vancouver transit users will be able to use contactless credit cards and digital wallets to pay at fare gates and card readers, in addition to Compass cards.
  “It will be as easy as tapping,” said TransLink spokesperson Aliya Mohamed.
  To prepare for the new payment options, which TransLink is calling “Tap to Pay,” the transit authority has launched a public awareness campaign aimed at reminding people to tap their Compass card rather than their wal
  
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• Tomorrow's forecast is sunny and mild, which means it'll be a great day to #volunteer at #Maplewood Creek Park! Com… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-03-2018 22:26 via twitter.com
  Tomorrow's forecast is sunny and mild, which means it'll be a great day to #volunteer at #Maplewood Creek Park! Com… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver actor Michael Coleman rebuts sexual harassment claims

  09-03-2018 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  Local actor Michael Coleman, who stepped down from his position as director of a Vancouver art school last month,  says allegations of sexual harassment made against him are “unfounded and defamatory.”
  Coleman, who plays Happy the dwarf in the popular TV series Once Upon a Time, held a news conference in Vancouver with his wife Michelle early Friday to dispute the allegations. He told reporters that he’s received a lot of support from people in the film and telev
  
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• We've already had a number of applicants for our FREE week-long video production bootcamp with @theCinematheque, so… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-03-2018 21:32 via twitter.com
  We've already had a number of applicants for our FREE week-long video production bootcamp with @theCinematheque, so… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Gatsby-esque British Properties mansion listed for $19.8M (PHOTOS)

  09-03-2018 21:02
  
  Palatial house on incredible view lot in gated estate is region’s top-priced new listing of last week
  
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• Classical music: EMV, VRS seasons offer tantalizing music, some provocation

  09-03-2018 20:51 via vancouversun.com
  In March, both Early Music Vancouver and the Vancouver Recital Society unveil their plans for the 2018-19 season. While both still have significant events on their spring agendas, prospects for next year are tantalizing and even a bit provocative.
  EMV announced its season, plus its summertime Vancouver Bach Festival, on Thursday; the VRS made its offerings known at Sunday’s performance by pianist Marc-André Hamelin.
  EMV’s 49th season features a “Masterworks Series”
  
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• Vancouver actor Michael Coleman refutes sexual harassment claims

  09-03-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Local actor Michael Coleman, who stepped down from his position as director of a Vancouver art school last month,  says allegations of sexual harassment made against him are “unfounded and defamatory.”
  Coleman, who plays Happy the dwarf in the popular TV series Once Upon a Time, held a news conference in Vancouver with his wife Michelle early Friday to dispute the allegations. He told reporters that he’s received a lot of support from people in the film and telev
  
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• Do you live on or travel along E.29th? Working with @CityOfNorthVan we've identified a number of options for improv… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-03-2018 19:58 via twitter.com
  Do you live on or travel along E.29th? Working with @CityOfNorthVan we've identified a number of options for improv… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• B.C. judge rejects challenge in polygamy case by two men with 29 wives between them

  09-03-2018 19:48 via vancouversun.com
  CRANBROOK – Convictions of two polygamists from the fundamentalist Mormon community of Bountiful were upheld Friday in the B.C. Supreme Court.
  Justice Sheri Donegan rejected claims that they had been unfairly prosecuted and that their constitutional right to a fair trial had been breached.
  The decision clears the way for the sentencing of Winston Blackmore and James Oler on one count each of polygamy. The maximum penalty is five years in jail.
  Blackmore was found guilty of having two dozen
  
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• Seven people taken to hospital after serious crash in Vancouver

  09-03-2018 19:01 via vancouversun.com
  Seven people have been taken to hospital, including two in serious condition, after a two-vehicle head-on crash in Vancouver Friday morning.
  Vancouver police Const. Jason Doucette says the collision happened shortly before 6 a.m. on Grandview Highway near Penticton Street.
  He says it appears a grey Ford Focus and a black Mercedes G-wagon SUV collided head-on just over the centre line of the four lane street.
  The three occupants of the Ford, and four from the Mercedes, were taken to hospital
  
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• B.C. home sales forecast to drop 8.6 per cent this year

  09-03-2018 18:41
  
  … but prices are predicted to rise 7 per cent, and another 4 per cent in 2019
  
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• The deadline to submit a Youth Award nomination has been extended to March 29th. If you know an exceptional young… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-03-2018 18:33 via twitter.com
  The deadline to submit a Youth Award nomination has been extended to March 29th.If you know an exceptional young… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Are you doin' the Crawl this weekend? If so, head to #FunAlley for a fun interactive art project Sat & Sun 10am-5pm… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-03-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  Are you doin' the Crawl this weekend? If so, head to #FunAlley for a fun interactive art project Sat & Sun 10am-5pm… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• B.C. clearcutting, bridge building seen as threat to sturgeon, 'Heart of the Fraser'

  09-03-2018 17:46 via vancouversun.com
  Marvin Rosenau looks down from the helicopter and expresses disgust at the clearcutting of critical islands in the Lower Fraser River, near Agassiz.
  In some cases there is no riparian area of vegetation left at all to help stabilize the banks alongside the water, and in some places only a single row of trees remains. A plume of smoke rises from a brush-pile fire.
  “They’ve cleared it right up to the edge,” laments Rosenau, a BCIT fisheries instructor and former provincial fishe
  
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• This Just In: Aesop roll-on deodorant, Buxom Va-Va-Plump Shiny Liquid Lipstick and Estée Lauder Perfectionist Pro Rapid Firm and Lift Treatment

  09-03-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  AESOP
  Roll-on deodorant
  They say: This new unisex roll-on product is aluminum-free, alcohol-free and uses Zinc Ricinoleate and Wasabi Extract with essential oils to address body odour.
  We say: The scent of the regular deodorant is a little more on the masculine side, so if woody isn’t your thing then back away from this one and maybe opt for the softer-smelling organic option. Our tester, though, loved the scent and said it was outdoors fresh, but, thankfully, it avoided the freshly t
  
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• Lettering artists turn their passion into business plans

  09-03-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Arial, Comic Sans, Times New Roman … you don’t have to be a true typography enthusiast to be familiar with the names and styles of a few oft-used typefaces. 
  While early forms of typography date to the mid-15th century, word-processing programs such as Microsoft Word have made various fonts familiar to pretty much anyone who has come into contact with a computer in the last, oh, 20 years or so.
  But, there’s a growing online community that’s expanding the reaches of
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week for March 3

  09-03-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. The Great Alone — Kristin Hannah.
  2. Fifty Fifty — James Patterson and Candice Fox.
  3. The Woman in the Window — A.J. Finn.
  4. An American Marriage — Tayari Jones.
  5. Still Me — Jojo Moyes.
  6. Look for Me — Lisa Gardner. 
  7. Little Fires Everywhere — Celest Ng.
  8. Agent in Place — Mark Greaney.
  9. Before We Were Yours — Lisa Wingate.
  10. Dark in Death — J.D. Robb.
   
  HARDCOVER NON-F
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books of the week, March 3

  09-03-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food — Shelley Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd.).
  2. As a Dog Thinketh: Daily Words of Wisdom — Monique Anstee (TouchWood Editions).
  3. The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief and Compassion — Surprising Observations of a Hidden World — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books). 
  4. Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation — Monique Gray Smith (Orca Book Publishers).  
  5. O
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunshine and spring temperatures this weekend

  09-03-2018 15:03 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – It looks like spring weather ahead for Metro Vancouver. Friday’s weather forecast is partly cloudy and sunny with highs of just 9 C, but the mercury is expected to climb to the mid teens on the weekend. Environment Canada says Saturday will be similar to Friday, with a mix of sun and cloud but then the temperature will go up to a high of 14 C on Sunday, and up to 15 C on Monday.
  Meantime, a snowfall warning posted Thursday night remains in effect for the Coquihalla
  
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• This Week in History: 1892 A bad, bad boy leads a gang of pilfering ragamuffins with guns

  09-03-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Newspapers could be fairly dry in 1892. But you could always find something interesting in the police and court reports, which ran on the back page of the Vancouver World.
  A good example was March 10, 1892.
  “At this morning’s session of the Police Court, Mack Filbert, who was arrested for raising a disturbance in a house of ill-fame, was fined $10, or one month (in jail). He wept like a child when asked to stand up for the sentence. Annie Morgan, keeper of the house, was fined $30, a
  
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• RCMP top financial crime unit to work closer with securities regulator

  09-03-2018 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s top officer in charge of financial crime says the RCMP will work more closely with the B.C. Securities Commission — and provide assistance where possible to local detachments — to help catch investment fraudsters.
  Supt. Henry Tso, who commands the financial integrity and Federal Serious and Organized Crime units in B.C. and arrived here from Ontario in summer 2017, said he couldn’t say why a case such as a $30-million Ponzi scheme masterminded by West Vancouver-res
  
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• Clearcutting, bridge building seen as threat to sturgeon, 'Heart of the Fraser'

  09-03-2018 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  Marvin Rosenau looks down from the helicopter and expresses disgust at the clearcutting of critical islands in the Lower Fraser River, near Agassiz.
  In some cases there is no riparian area of vegetation left at all to help stabilize the banks alongside the water, and in some places only a single row of trees remains. A plume of smoke rises from a brush-pile fire.
  “They’ve cleared it right up to the edge,” laments Rosenau, a BCIT fisheries instructor and former provincial fishe
  
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• Vancouver, Ontario companies combine to bring cannabis-infused products to Canada

  09-03-2018 05:31 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver health and wellness company will be among the first to produce a line of cannabis-infused beverages in Canada.
  Vancouver-based Phivida announced on Thursday a partnership with Ontario’s WeedMD that will see the two operations “form a joint venture focused on cannabis-infused consumer products,” per a news release.
  The new company will be known as Cannabis Beverages Inc., or CanBev, and plans to develop a production facility at WeedMD’s 610,000 sq. ft gree
  
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• Rhys Kesselman: Fine-tuning B.C.’s new employer payroll tax

  09-03-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  An Employer Health Tax was the largest unanticipated element in B.C.’s budget. Eliminating Medical Service Plan premiums will be welcomed by most individuals, but employers, particularly in the small-business sector, have decried the prospect of a payroll tax.
  While a tax of this kind is new for B.C., it has been used for many years by four other provinces. Payroll taxes are applied at rates of 2.15 per cent in Manitoba, two per cent in Newfoundland, 4.26 per cent in Quebec and 1.95 per ce
  
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• Vancouver condo developer one step closer to extradition on U.S. fraud allegations

  09-03-2018 03:50 via vancouversun.com
  A longtime Vancouver condo developer was briefly taken into custody Thursday morning after a ruling by a B.C. Supreme Court judge moved him one step closer to extradition on criminal charges in the US, a few hours before a B.C. Court of Appeal judge decided the accused fraudster should be released on bail pending an appeal.
  While Thursday’s extradition hearing concerned the alleged conduct of Vancouver developer Mark John Chandler a decade ago in California, court also heard details of his
  
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• We're lighting up purple tonight in honour of #InternationalWomensDay. #NorthVan https://t.co/XqbN3942Wf

  09-03-2018 03:40 via twitter.com
  
  We're lighting up purple tonight in honour of #InternationalWomensDay. #NorthVan https://t.co/XqbN3942Wf
  
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• Sons of Iranian-Canadian Prof. Seyed-Emami arrive in Vancouver after their mom is prevented from leaving Iran

  09-03-2018 03:26 via vancouversun.com
  The family of Iranian-Canadian Prof. Kavous Seyed-Emami, who died under suspicious circumstances while under arrest in Tehran, was planning to flee harassment by authorities there and start a new life in Vancouver, where they have lived before.
  But at the last minute, his widow, Maryam Mombeini, who is a dual citizen of both Iran and Canada, was temporarily detained. She was prevented from leaving Iran and their two sons had to fly alone, leaving her behind.
  One of the sons, Ramin Seyed-Emami, q
  
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• $10,000 reward for information leading to capture of alleged Burnaby bank robber

  09-03-2018 03:10 via vancouversun.com
  The Burnaby RCMP has renewed its call to the public for help in finding an alleged bank robber, Sean Bishop.
  Police appealed to the public three days ago, but the second appeal comes as the Canadian Bankers Association announced Thursday a $10,000 reward for information leading to Bishop’s arrest and conviction.
  The Burnaby RCMP has renewed its call to the public for help in locating alleged bank robber Sean Bishop.
  There is a warrant out for Bishop’s arrest. He is wanted in relation
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Weaver frustrated by policies 'made up in press scrums'

  09-03-2018 03:06 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Finance Minister Carole James tried this week to walk back what her own ministry was saying about the new speculation tax because it contradicted assurances from Premier John Horgan.
  Horgan said the two per cent levy on the assessed value of properties deemed speculative was aimed at out of province residents and would not apply to British Columbians.
  But a fact sheet from the finance ministry indicated British Columbians would have to pay the tax up front on vacation homes
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Friday, Mar. 9

  09-03-2018 03:06 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Friday, Mar. 9.Trevor Noah
  The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah visits Vancouver for two shows on Friday evening as part of Just For Laughs Northwest. Already the most successful comedian in Africa, Noah is making a name for himself in North America, not just as the heir to Jon Stewart’s Comedy Central kingdom, but as a writer — his book, Born a Crime, will soon become a film — and as a stand-up comic.
  
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• $2-a-litre gas the starting point if Notley closes taps to B.C.: analyst

  09-03-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbians would feel an almost immediate bite to their budgets if Alberta follows through on the threat made by Premier Rachel Notley in her government’s throne speech to restrict petroleum exports to B.C.
  “I would think $2 a litre (for gasoline) would certainly be a starting point,” said fuel-industry analyst Dan McTeague on the prospect of Alberta squeezing B.C. shipments to the same extent former Premier Peter Lougheed did to Ontario in 1980.
  The prospect of restric
  
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• B.C. OK's coverage for life-saving heart-failure drug after cardiologists' plea

  09-03-2018 02:55 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has approved coverage for an expensive heart-failure drug, after several cardiologists urged the province to fund the life-saving medication. 
  Sacubitril-valsartan, or brand name Entresto, is now available for heart-failure patients, the government said this week, but only by application from a cardiologist or an internal medicine specialist.
  In December, several prominent cardiologists, including Dr. Mustafa Toma, medical director of heart transplant at St. Paul’s
  
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• New Westminster aims to 'grow' its own energy with Urban Solar Garden

  09-03-2018 02:46 via vancouversun.com
  New Westminster is poised to become what it describes as the first local government in Metro Vancouver to start “growing” its own solar energy.
  The Royal City plans to lead the pack with the Urban Solar Garden: 153 solar panels on the rooftop of a civic building in New Westminster. The two shortlisted sites for the garden are the Queensborough Community Centre and the Public Works Yard building.
  Norm Connolly, community energy manager for New Westminster, described the project as the
  
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• Metro Vancouver reconsiders generating electricity at North Shore reservoirs - Vancouver Sun

  09-03-2018 02:41
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  Metro Vancouver reconsiders generating electricity at North Shore reservoirs
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  Water flows over the Cleveland Dam as people walk with a dog in Cleveland Park in North Vancouver, B.C., on Christmas Day, Friday Dec. 25, 2015. DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS. Share Adjust Comment Print. Metro Vancouver is taking another look at ...
  
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• So many things! twitter.com/NorthVanRC/sta…

  09-03-2018 01:29 via twitter.com
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• Dozens ticketed for distracted driving despite helpful warning signs

  09-03-2018 01:23 via vancouversun.com
  North Vancouver police even tried to make it easy by putting up warning signs for drivers.
  And yet, 74 were still issued tickets for distracted driving after they were caught checking their phones at intersections.
  On Tuesday, North Vancouver RCMP, West Vancouver Police and the Lower Mainland Integrated Road Safety Unit put up a number of road-side signs that reminded drivers to stay off their phones, while warning them there were “police ahead.”
  During the two-hour safety blitz on T
  
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• Never Steady, Never Still a stunning first film for Vancouverite

  09-03-2018 01:21 via vancouversun.com
  When writer/director Kathleen Hepburn thought about the lead in her first feature film, Never Steady, Never Still, Scottish actor Shirley Henderson was first to come to mind.
  But with a resume that includes co-starring performances in Trainspotting, Bridget Jones’s Diary, 24 Hour Party People and Harry Potter, you wouldn’t think the actor would even see the script.
  Shirley Henderson is pictured in Never Steady, Never Still, directed by North Vancouver’s Kathleen Hepburn.
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• Riverdale's Lili Reinhart calls out magazine for Photoshopping images

  09-03-2018 01:12 via vancouversun.com
  Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart has called out Cosmopolitan Philippines for Photoshopping an image of her waist to appear slimmer.
  The actress, who spends time in B.C. shooting the popular CW teen drama, pointed out the edits on her Instagram story on Thursday in a series of messages and screengrabs. She used International Women’s Day to point out how damaging altered images can be on body image acceptance for young fans, and encouraged other stars to stop the practice.
  “Today is Int
  
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• Vancouver honours first female councillor on International Women's Day

  09-03-2018 00:40 via vancouversun.com
  Helena Gutteridge, an early organizer of the B.C. Women’s Suffrage League and the first woman elected to Vancouver city council, was posthumously honoured on Thursday with the unveiling of Helena Gutteridge Plaza at Vancouver City Hall.
  The honour was in celebration of International Women’s Day.
  “As the first woman elected to Vancouver’s City Council, Ms. Gutteridge was not only a trailblazer in municipal politics but a strong advocate for the rights of women across
  
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• City of North Vancouver takes steps to close pot shops - North Shore News

  09-03-2018 00:38
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  City of North Vancouver takes steps to close pot shops
  North Shore News
  Back off, bud. The City of North Vancouver is aiming to slam the lid on the host of unlicensed pot shops that have operated with seeming impunity in recent years following Monday's council . . .and more »
  
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• Reminder: Daylight savings time begins this Sunday, March 11 at 2am ⏰. Only 12 sleeps until Spring arrives 🌱🌷🌸!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-03-2018 00:00 via twitter.com
  Reminder: Daylight savings time begins this Sunday, March 11 at 2am⏰.Only 12 sleeps until Spring arrives 🌱🌷🌸!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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