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• Five things about the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

  01-04-2018 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  The 13th annual Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival celebrating the pinking of Vancouver starts Tuesday and runs until April 29.
  It’s the springtime festival that urges us to look up from our mobile devices long enough to take in the clouds of blooms above us and down the street. And it offers almost two dozen blossom-themed community events, most of which are free. This year the event is presented by Coromandel Properties and the Vancouver park board. SharePhotos: A history of cherry blosso
  
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• Victoria says hello to the new Johnson Street Bridge

  01-04-2018 22:52 via vancouversun.com
  It’s a bridge for the next 100 years, a modern design that might one day carry self-driving, fuel-free cars.
  “This bridge will last for generations,” Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps said Saturday as she officially opened the new Johnson Street Bridge, a project a decade in the making.
  Thousands of people gathered to take the first steps across the new link between downtown Victoria and Vic West.
  “I think today is really a day of celebration,” she said. “It
  
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• Lanes re-opened after rollover crash cleared from Highway 1 on Sunday

  01-04-2018 22:45 via vancouversun.com
  Minor delays are expected on Highway 1 following a rollover crash on Sunday afternoon.
  A witness at the scene reported seeing a vehicle roll multiples times before coming to a stop. The crash was located in the eastbound lane.
  The crash was cleared just before 2 p.m. and all lanes were re-opened to traffic.
  It is unknown if there were multiple vehicles involved or how many passengers were inside the vehicle. It is unknown if there are any injuries at this time.
  12:18 #SurreyBC Roll over crash WB
  
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• Delays expected on Highway 1 following rollover crash Sunday afternoon

  01-04-2018 21:51 via vancouversun.com
  Delays are expected on Highway 1 following a rollover crash on Sunday afternoon.
  A witness at the scene reported seeing a vehicle roll multiples times before coming to a stop. The crash is located in the eastbound lane.
  It is unknown if there are multiple vehicles involved or how many passengers were inside the vehicle. It is unknown if there are any injuries at this time.
  12:18 #SurreyBC Roll over crash WB #BCHWY1 just before 152 St
  — NEWS 1130 Traffic (@NEWS1130Traffic) April 1, 2018#BCH
  
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• Flowers a multigenerational affair for farmers behind Abbotsford tulip festival

  01-04-2018 21:10 via vancouversun.com
  Few sights are prettier than a field of daffodils in bloom — unless you’re a flower farmer.
  Daffodils destined for market must be picked at “pencil stage,” when their slender stems taper to a yellow point. A field of blossoms represents a missed opportunity.
  On a recent morning in Abbotsford, thousand of flowers on the verge of bursting into colour are being harvested by hand. The stems are bundled into bouquets and then transported to a grocery store.
  The process makes P
  
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• Time's running out to give your feedback on proposed safety upgrades for E.29th. Survey closes April 3.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-04-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Time's running out to give your feedback on proposed safety upgrades for E.29th. Survey closes April 3.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hares for a good time as Jericho Beach was hoppin' for Big Easter Run

  01-04-2018 20:05 via vancouversun.com
  A couple pre-teen boys, definitely not lacking sugar intake, were having a “show me the bunny” gigglefest at Jericho Beach Park on Saturday afternoon when one stopped, looked at me approaching in a giant Ninja Turtle suit and asked if I was in the wrong place.
  Well cowabunga, kids and their trick questions, eh?!!
  Shelley Hatfield of Aldergrove, centre, brought her colourful running bunnies and lots of props to Jericho Beach on Saturday afternoon. (Gord Kurenoff photo)
  They had not he
  
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• Song, dance and diversity bring two sides of this Island together

  01-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Once On This Island
  When: April 6-14
  Where: Red Gate Revue Stage (1601 Johnson St., Granville Island)
  Tickets: $25 (general) at ootivan.brownpapertickets.com
  When it came time to decide on a followup to their 2017 spring production Songs For a New World, Fabulist Theatre had a few options. But when producing partners Damon Jang and Mary Littlejohn heard about the revival of Once On This Island they knew they wanted to bring the Caribbean-set musical to the Vancouver stage.
  “Since it was go
  
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• Daily Poll: Are you a fan of April Fool's jokes and pranks?

  01-04-2018 19:56 via vancouversun.com
  It’s April Fool’s Day – which is like Christmas for both skeptics and the gullible!
  Here are a few of the best we’ve spotted around town. Did we miss one? Comment below to let us know and vote in our poll.
  I will seek a fourth term as #Vancouver’s mayor due to the disastrous line up of declared candidates. Can’t let our incredible city be governed by nincompoops. #pleasedontmakemedothis#itstimeforourfirstwomanmayor#vanpoli
  — Gregor Robertson (@MayorGrego
  
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• Happy Easter #NorthVan! Head to @LonsdaleQuay for some Easter fun or get the family outside to burn off some energy… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-04-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Happy Easter #NorthVan! Head to @LonsdaleQuay for some Easter fun or get the family outside to burn off some energy… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver weather: Cloudy and rainy, wet flurries at higher terrain

  01-04-2018 17:52 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: April 1, 2018 – Sunday’s weather calls for wet flurries – and no, it’s not an April Fool’s joke. I promise.
  The start of April will see clouds, rain and wind across the Vancouver region, while wet flurries are expected later in the day at higher terrain. There will be some relief and sun on Monday, before the rest of the week is taken over by showers.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers. Windy near the water, t
  
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• Meet the chef: Local boy Cooper Green makes good seafood

  01-04-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Chef Cooper Green was just 15 when he started work for the Earls Restaurant franchise, as a dishwasher. He would later hone his skills at Vancouver’s Cin Cin and Hotel Vancouver, then as a caterer in Victoria. Today, you’ll find him creating dishes at the iconic Sandbar Seafood Restaurant:
  Q: What motivates and inspires you as a chef?
  A: My kids are a big influence. My daughter is two and is really starting to show an interest when my wife and I are cooking at home. Especia
  
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• Sun Run training: CrossFit and running

  01-04-2018 04:44 via vancouversun.com
  As every good runner knows, endurance and strength training play a great role in improving your running. By only running, we are only working the same muscles every time; however, by adding weight training to our routine, we can work with other muscles not commonly used in running as well as further developing the muscles that we use to run with.
  Some benefits of endurance and strength training include improved endurance and an increase in lean muscle, and it can even help you push through diffi
  
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• Stabbings in Victoria, Nanaimo leave two men with life-threatening injuries

  01-04-2018 04:29 via vancouversun.com
  Two men suffered life-threatening injuries after separate stabbing incidents in Victoria and Nanaimo early Saturday.
  Police in Victoria are investigating an unprovoked attack in the downtown core around 2:30 a.m.
  The man was assaulted at the back of a building in the 900-block of Douglas Street, near Broughton Street, said Victoria police spokesman Bowen Osoko.
  He was transported to hospital, where he remains in serious condition.
  A suspect was arrested a short time later and remains in police c
  
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• Majority of B.C. residents support private health care when provincial waitlists are too long: poll

  01-04-2018 02:20 via vancouversun.com
  A new poll suggests that a majority of British Columbians would like the option to pay for private health care when the waiting list is too long under the public system.
  The Ipsos Reid survey, conducted for the Canadian Constitution Foundation, asked respondents whether they agree or disagree that the Canadian Charter “should allow patients who have been on provincial healthcare wait lists longer than the maximum recommended waiting period for their condition to pay for private treatment.&
  
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• To keep track of garbage/recycling pickup changes this Easter, use your #CityCollectapp, or download it here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-04-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  To keep track of garbage/recycling pickup changes this Easter, use your #CityCollectapp, or download it here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• NBA star serves Easter lunch at Union Gospel Mission

  01-04-2018 01:20 via vancouversun.com
  Spirits soared at the Union Gospel Mission on Saturday when an NBA star slipped on an apron and served up Easter lunch to Vancouver’s hungry and homeless.
  Since 1940, UGM has given food and shelter to people in need and on Saturday, staff and volunteers prepared 3,000 meals, including more than 900 kilograms of ham, 400 kilograms of scalloped potatoes and 600 apple pies.
  Jeremy Lin, a Brooklyn Nets point guard who has been rehabilitating from knee surgery this season at Fortius Sport
  
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• Premier addresses challenges in rolling out daycare plan

  01-04-2018 01:08
  
  Deadline extended for daycare providers to opt in to fee reduction initiative.
  
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• Fear, greed, broken dreams: How early sports specialization is eroding youth sports

  01-04-2018 00:00 via vancouversun.com
  Kyle Turris is an NHLer because of his dog.
  Well, maybe not exactly, but while growing up his golden retriever deserves at least some of the credit for turning Turris into a 12-year NHL veteran. His ball-obsessed dog would chase a young Turris around their Burnaby backyard, the future hockey pro carrying a ball in his lacrosse stick as his hyperactive blur of fur tried to snag the hard rubber prize.
  Call it skills training. 
  “It helped in ways, like rolling off checks, and just being
  
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