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• Park board streaming live Heron Cam in Vancouver's Stanley Park

  15-03-2018 23:29 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s park board says it’s now live-streaming the heron nests in Stanley Park, using improved cameras.
  The park board says it’s the 18th year that the long-legged Pacific Great Blue herons are nesting in the colony in the park near Beach Avenue.
  The Park Board Heron Cam will be available to watch until the end of the summer breeding season.
  This year the cameras have new features that will allow people to have “better and longer views” of the most-pr
  
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• Somebody left these military medals at a Surrey bus stop

  15-03-2018 23:01 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP are looking to reunite some found military medals and decorations with their owner.
  Police say the medals, believed to be Indian military honours, were found at a bus stop around 72nd Avenue and 148th Street, last Remembrance Day. They were turned in to the Surrey RCMP last month.
  Police have been unable to locate the owner and now are now asking for the public’s assistance.
  Surrey RCMP are looking to reunite found military medals and decorations with their owner.
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• Police looking for man accused of indecent acts in Surrey

  15-03-2018 22:59 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after a man was reported to be masturbating in a back alley in Surrey’s Clayton Heights neighbourhood.
  According to a media release from Surrey RCMP, the man “emerged from an alley way” near 70th Avenue and 188 Street at least two times as women were passing by between 5 and 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. He appeared to be masturbating and in one instance also may have exposed himself.
  He is described as 25 to 35 years old and was wearing a black hoodie and blac
  
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• Five reasons to check out this year's Festival du Bois

  15-03-2018 22:38 via vancouversun.com
  Festival du Bois
  When: March 23 to 25
  Where: Mackin Park, Maillardville/Coquitlam
  Tickets: festivaldubois.ticketzone.com
  1. Contredanse. The annual three-day Festival du Bois is the province’s largest celebration of francophone music and culture. Kicking off the event is an all-ages contredanse in the Grand Chapiteau. A contredanse is a kind of traditional folk dance that features a band (Vancouver’s The Sybaritic String Band), a caller (who teaches the sequence of figures in the dan
  
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• Slayings that shocked remote community result in 10 years for accused

  15-03-2018 21:32 via vancouversun.com
  A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the fatal shootings of two men that shocked and devastated a remote northern B.C. community.
  In December, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin found Andrew Jongbloets, 28, guilty of manslaughter in the Boxing Day 2014 deaths of Matthew Anthony Hennigar, 23, and his friend Kalvin Andy, 22, in Anahim Lake, a village located east of Bella Coola.
  The trial heard that Jongbloets, who was initially charged with two counts of second-deg
  
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• B.C. government announces tipline to report real estate misconduct

  15-03-2018 20:50
  
  Real Estate Council of British Columbia announces launch of anonymous tipline “to enhance consume protection in British Columbia’s real estate market”
  
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• Mending the world, one teacup at a time, Yoko Ono style

  15-03-2018 20:30 via vancouversun.com
  Yoko Ono: Mend Piece
  When: until April 15
  Where: Rennie Museum (Wing Sang Building)
  Reservations: renniecollection.orgA Yoko Ono installation dating back to 1966 is on now at the Rennie Museum. The conceptual piece is designed to bring people together through an act of reparation that is both physical and symbolic.
  Bob Rennie.
  Art lover/gallery owner Bob Rennie first met Ono in 2009. He was at the Venice Biennale with Mona Hatoum, the first artist to be exhibited at the Rennie Museum.  
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• Lots happening in the City. Catch up on all the latest news in this week's #CityView eNews: ow.ly/uqWd30iYjM5… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Lots happening in the City. Catch up on all the latest news in this week's #CityView eNews: ow.ly/uqWd30iYjM5… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Judge rules Vancouver condo assembly can be sold despite holdouts

  15-03-2018 20:04 via vancouversun.com
  A judge has ruled that the sale of a Vancouver West End assembly can proceed despite two holdout owners who believed the sale price was too low and that they were not kept informed during the sale process.
  Barclay Terrace is a 36-unit concrete complex built in 1992 and located at 1075 Barclay St. in Vancouver’s West End.
  Of the 36 units in the building, 34 belong to two corporations, Barclay Thurlow Property Inc. (BTPI) and Shepstone Investments Inc., referred to as the majority owners.&nb
  
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• Victims stabbed and pepper sprayed during Coquitlam hoverboard theft

  15-03-2018 19:28 via vancouversun.com
  Coquitlam RCMP have released surveillance footage of pair of suspects wanted in connection with a violent robbery and assault of two international students on Jan. 25.
  The incident happened outside Henderson Place Shopping Centre at 4:30 p.m. Police say two suspects used pepper spray to rob a teen victim of his two-wheeled hoverboard scooter. A second teen chased after the thieves for about half a kilometre before being stabbed during a confrontation with the pair at the corner of Westwood Stree
  
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• RCMP need help identifying woman in critical condition in Surrey

  15-03-2018 19:11 via vancouversun.com
  Mounties in Surrey are asking for help to identify a pedestrian in critical condition following a motor vehicle collision in South Surrey Wednesday afternoon.
  The pedestrian is a Caucasian female, about 70 years old, with shoulder length grey-brown hair, which was in a bun wrapped in cloth. She also has a distinctive mark above her right eye.
  At the time of the collision, RCMP say she was wearing blue jeans, a blue hoodie, purple and black shoes, and a red wristwatch.
  According to Surrey RCMP, t
  
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• We've added some seating to #FunAlley. Grab a seat and enjoy this colourful alley at 106 W 1st St. #NorthVan… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 19:05 via twitter.com
  We've added some seating to #FunAlley. Grab a seat and enjoy this colourful alley at 106 W 1st St. #NorthVan… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'Juno' this? How B.C. artists get exposure in the digital music era

  15-03-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  It can be tough for a B.C. musician to catch a break these days.
  Streaming services like Spotify dominate for distribution but pay pennies. Artists touring the province shell out $1.50 per litre to fill their gas tanks, while their jam spaces and favourite venues are bulldozed for development or priced out by surging rents and taxes.
  But despite these grim realities, B.C. bands can still pack a room, and some industry leaders who have figured out why were keen to share advice for the next genera
  
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• Female friendship the focus in A Beautiful View

  15-03-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  A Beautiful View
  When: March 15-25
  Where: Kitsilano Neighbourhood House
  Tickets: $27, theatrewire.comThe lengths some actors will go to get into character.
  Sandra Medeiros, left, and Melissa Oei.
  For Sandra Medeiros and Melissa Oei, preparing to do Daniel MacIvor’s A Beautiful View meant going to an indie-rock show in the Downtown Eastside.
  “I did not know what to expect,” Medeiros said of seeing Superchunk for the first time.
  “It was a valuable experience just to be ther
  
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• Firefighters, nurses top list of respected Canadian professionals: poll

  15-03-2018 18:46 via vancouversun.com
  It appears Canadians have the utmost respect for firefighters and nurses —even journalists — but are more wary of lawyers, real estate agents and politicians.
  A new poll from Insights West found that 92 per cent of respondents have a positive opinion of firefighters, while 91 per cent feel the same way about nurses.
  Following those are farmers at 88 per cent and doctors at 87 per cent. Also high on the respect scale (above 80 per cent) are teachers, scientists, engineers, veteri
  
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• One of the many awesome DARE graduation reports on what was learned in their 10 classes. Well done grade 5 students… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 18:36 via twitter.com
  One of the many awesome DARE graduation reports on what was learned in their 10 classes. Well done grade 5 students… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Two days of sunshine before possible rainy weekend

  15-03-2018 18:29 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Thursday’s weather in Metro Vancouver is expected to be a mix of sun and cloud, with some foggy patches in the morning and highs of 10 C. Environment Canada is forecasting a similar weather pattern for Friday, before heading into a weekend of possible showers. The federal weather agency says there’s a 30 per cent chance of rain on Saturday and a 40 per cent chance on Sunday. Over at the Weather Network, there’s a bit of a sunnier outlook. Meteorolog
  
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• This week, we're celebrating excellence in building design and heritage preservation across the District! Learn abo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 18:22 via twitter.com
  This week, we're celebrating excellence in building design and heritage preservation across the District! Learn abo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Classical music: VSO's Spring Festival celebrates Leonard Bernstein at 100

  15-03-2018 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Spring Festival
  When: March 17—26
  Tickets and info: vancouversymphony.caThe first blockbuster event this spring is the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s annual festival. The usual VSO practice is to focus on the work of a single composer, buttressed by works exploring interconnections with that major figure.
  This year it’s Leonard Bernstein (1918—90). Why him? There’s a facile answer: it’s the centenary of his birth, so lots of organi
  
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• Big DARE graduation day at Westview Elementary. Thank you Cst.Carlos Rockhill for your commitment in connecting wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 17:01 via twitter.com
  Big DARE graduation day at Westview Elementary.Thank you Cst.Carlos Rockhill for your commitment in connecting wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver latecomer actor Lillian Lim shines bright in new feature Meditation Park

  15-03-2018 16:30 via vancouversun.com
  As a child Lillian Lim would sit in Chinatown theatre and dream of being an actor, but it wasn’t until more than five decades later she got to fulfil her fantasy.
  In 2013, at the age of 58, Lim joined a Meetup group (online groups that bring people together to do what they love) called the Vancouver B-Movie Factory. The moviemaking group made YouTube shorts, and Lim was thrilled to bits.
  Flash forward to 2018 and the 65-year-old now has a list of film credits under her belt, and is no
  
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• Port Alberni RCMP, coroner investigating death of six-year-old

  15-03-2018 16:02 via vancouversun.com
  Port Alberni RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service are investigating the death of a six-year-old boy.
  Police said they received a call about a child in medical distress about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
  “The child was transported to hospital and, tragically, did not survive,” said Port Alberni RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Amelia Hayden.
  The RCMP and B.C. Coroners Service are investigating.
  No further information was available Wednesday.
  Family friend Miranda Mack said the news was “really hard to
  
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• Restaurant review: Apna Chaat House is a trip to Mumbai via Surrey

  15-03-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Apna Chaat House
  Where: 7500 120th Street, Surrey
  Open: Daily from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. apnachaa.caWhen it comes to Indian food in Vancouver and Canada, one name hogs the spotlight. Need I even speak it?
  But Surrey is Indo-Canadian turf and, yes, there are a few gems among the multitude of Indian restaurants in the sprawling city.
  Apna Chaat in Surrey. 
  The name I didn’t mention — Vikram Vij — is there, too, with My Shanti, an exotically modern restaurant serving beautiful
  
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• Daily Poll: What do you think about turning Langara Golf Course into a park?

  15-03-2018 14:11 via vancouversun.com
  Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vision Vancouver want to redevelop the public Langara Golf Course into a public park. They are calling on the city to work with the Vancouver park board on options and financial analysis for transitioning the Langara golf course lands into a public park with restored wetlands and ecosystems, trail network, sports fields and a track and field facility.
  Read Harrison Mooney’s story here.
  What do you think? Is a park and sports field a better use of such a larg
  
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• Book review: Fishing lodge memoir celebrates life at Rivers Inlet

  15-03-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Grizzlies, Gales and Giant Salmon
  Life at a Rivers Inlet Fishing Lodge
  By Pat Ardley | Harbour Publishing
  $24.95,  349 pagesEver wistfully wonder what it would be like to live at an isolated lighthouse perched over the Pacific, or to create a salmon fishing lodge in the rain forest? Pat Ardley’s new memoir, Grizzlies, Gales and Giant Salmon is an account from someone who did more than just daydream.
  It all began, like so many B.C. adventures, over beer at a Vancouver pub. At 20, Ardle
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Two days of sunshine before rainy weekend

  15-03-2018 13:53 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Thursday’s weather in Metro Vancouver is expected to be a mix of sun and cloud, with some foggy patches in the morning and highs of 10 C. Environment Canada is forecasting a similar weather pattern for Friday, before heading into a weekend of showers.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: A mix of sun and cloud. Fog patches early this morning. Windy near the water this afternoon. High 10 C.
  Tonight: A few clouds and windy near the water. Low 3 C.
  Tomorrow:&n
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, Mar. 15

  15-03-2018 05:53 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, Mar. 15.Steel Panther
  Steel Panther is a comedic glam rock metal band, not unlike The Darkness. If you miss the hair metal era, or if you think it’s ridiculous and worthy of ridicule, you’re going to like Steel Panther, who makes precisely that sort of music, as well as a mockery of it at the same time. The Los Angeles band takes over the Commodore Ballroom on Thursday to showcase yet another col
  
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• St. Patrick's Day: A pub crawler's map to downtown Vancouver

  15-03-2018 05:35 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s bar scene is gearing up for a busy weekend.
  St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Saturday this year, which means revellers have a whole day to recover before returning to work on Monday. 
  That could mean a more adventurous night out. Maybe even a tour of downtown Vancouver’s Irish-themed drinkeries in the form of a pub crawl. 
  Now, any serious Irish pub crawl in Vancouver will take drinkers through two neighbourhoods: the Granville strip, where crawlers can stop i
  
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• Vision Vancouver motion asks park board to consider turning Langara golf course into a park

  15-03-2018 03:10 via vancouversun.com
  Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vision Vancouver want to redevelop the public Langara Golf Course into a public park.
  The plan is still in its early stages, with the passage of a Vision-backed motion calling on the city to work with the Vancouver park board on “options and financial analysis for transitioning the Langara golf course lands into a public park with restored wetlands and ecosystems, trail network, sports fields and a track and field facility that adheres to international competitio
  
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• Police credit video surveillance after charges laid in Surrey break-and-enters

  15-03-2018 03:08 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP is crediting video surveillance after laying charges in three break-and-enters in the Fraser Heights area of Surrey earlier this year.
  A suspect was identified thanks to video obtained from home security systems in the neighbourhood, police said.
  The first burglary took place on Jan. 25, when Surrey RCMP investigated a report of a group of men tampering with exterior motion sensor lights and breaking a lock at a residence. Surveillance video later confirmed that there were three
  
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• Salmon Arm's Curtis Sagmoen faces 12th criminal charge

  15-03-2018 03:03 via vancouversun.com
  A 12th criminal charge has been laid against a man at the centre of a Salmon Arm-area investigation into assaults against women.
  Curtis Sagmoen, 37, is now facing a charge of assault causing bodily harm.
  Unlike the previous 11 criminal charges laid against Sagmoen in five months, the one laid Wednesday appears to be related to an alleged incident five years ago when he was living in Maple Ridge.
  A Salmon Arm farm owned by his parents was the focus of a major police search in October last year wh
  
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• Vernon's Greeks gangsters lose appeal of murder convictions

  15-03-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Three members of the notorious Greeks gang from Vernon have lost their appeals of their November 2012 murder convictions.
  The B.C. Court of Appeal announced in a brief online statement that the appeals of gang leader Peter Manolakos and his associates Leslie Podolski and Sheldon Richard O’Donnell had all been dismissed.
  The judges’ reasons for their decision were not released because they have not yet had time to edit out information about Crown witnesses who were subject to swe
  
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• Woman, 70, in critical condition following crash in south Surrey

  15-03-2018 01:56 via vancouversun.com
  A 70-year-old woman is in critical condition following a collision in south Surrey on Wednesday afternoon.
  According to Surrey RCMP, the crash took place around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Southmere Crescent and Martin Drive.
  The woman was crossing the intersection when she was struck by an eastbound vehicle making a left turn. Police said the driver remained at the scene to assist.
  The woman was taken to hospital by air ambulance and remains in critical condition, said Cpl. Eleno
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Under NDP, B.C. Hydro backs off independent power deals

  15-03-2018 01:38 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Tucked into the last paragraph of a B.C. Hydro press release on Wednesday was news about the B.C. Liberal government’s experiment with buying electricity from large-scale independent power producers.
  “B.C. Hydro supports the (NDP) government’s decision to take a closer look at energy procurement to ensure it provides the best value for its customers through their review of B.C. Hydro this year,” it read. “As a result, there are no plans at
  
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• Douglas Todd: NDP could suffer from Jagmeet Singh’s links to 'blood hatreds,' say observers

  15-03-2018 01:38 via vancouversun.com
  The federal New Democratic Party could be hurt by growing revelations that leader Jagmeet Singh has been embroiled in the “blood hatreds” of his ancestral home, say political observers.
  “The risk is that the leader of the NDP is seen as too closely identified with his ethnic community and with some of the more militant elements within it,” said University of B.C. political scientist emeritus Philip Resnick.
  “One of the greatest challenges to multiculturalism is the
  
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• Vancouver social-housing proposal would nix art-deco building

  15-03-2018 01:31 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s new housing minister, Selina Robinson, recently announced $83 million in funding for four new affordable-housing buildings in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. But she left out the fact that some significant heritage buildings would be torn down in the process, including the elegant Salvation Army Temple at 301 East Hastings St.
  The streamlined art-deco structure was hailed “as modern as tomorrow” when it opened on Feb. 18, 1950. It’s so distinctive, it rat
  
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• Tax changes mean a hit to the B.C. legislature and MLAs' own budgets

  15-03-2018 01:19 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Provincial politicians are grappling with thousands of dollars in extra costs caused by changes to how taxes are handled at the B.C. legislature.
  The legislative assembly, which pays the medical services plan premiums for MLAs, constituency office staff and legislature employees, will face a 15-per-cent jump in health costs under the provincial government’s new employer payroll health tax.
  The legislature’s $77-million annual budget comes from taxpayers, as will cove
  
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• Hot Tub Cinema tickets on sale for first ever Vancouver event

  15-03-2018 01:17 via vancouversun.com
  It’s no hot tub time machine but you can still enjoy a cinematic adventure or two while enjoying some tub time this summer in Vancouver.
  Hot Tub Time Machine has announced the line-up of films for its first ever Vancouver stop, which takes place over six nights in early June.
  June 5 – AnchormanJune 6 – Wedding CrashersJune 7 – The HangoverJune 8 – Mean GirlsJune 9 – Dirty DancingJune 10 – Zoolander
  Servers will also be on hand so that film goers and tubb
  
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