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• B.C. health authorities identify problem with early colon cancer test

  19-04-2018 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  Provincial health authorities have once again discovered a problem with a laboratory test designed for people considered at average risk of colon cancer.
  B.C. Laboratories and B.C. Cancer Agency say recent fecal immunochemical test (FIT) results are showing a spike in the number of positive screens being returned — more patients are testing positive than is typical.
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• SkyTrain president stepping down and returning to Australia

  19-04-2018 23:48 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink is looking for a new person to head up SkyTrain after it announced Thursday that Vivienne King is stepping down as president the B.C. Rapid Transit Company.
  King, who arrived at TransLink in 2016, is returning to her native Australia for personal reasons, according to TransLink president Kevin Desmond.
  “In the two years that Vivienne has been here with TransLink, we have seen record ridership on SkyTrain as well as significant progress in advancing SkyTrain’s reliabili
  
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• Five Things: Here's what you need to know about 4/20 in Vancouver

  19-04-2018 23:43 via vancouversun.com
  Who, what, when, where and weed: Let us clear the air and answer all your burning questions about 4/20 in Vancouver.
  Who puts on 4/20?
  The original 4/20 in Vancouver was organized by Danna Rozek and Cindy Lassu, employees at HEMP B.C. who worked with B.C.’s own “Prince of Pot”, Marc Emery.
  The two women asked Emery if they could host a 4/20 celebration on April 20, 1995 in Victory Park, near the shop. About 200 people attended the first year, with music beginning at 2 p.m. and
  
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• Top jockey Hamel will be absent from Hastings opener owing to surgery

  19-04-2018 23:40 via vancouversun.com
  When Hastings Racecourse opens this weekend, top jockey Richard Hamel won’t be on a mount — but not by choice. Hamel is recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery — his fifth — for arthritis. 
  “It’s going to be tough,” said Hamel, who hasn’t yet decided whether he’ll attend the opening-day festivities Saturday. He’d rather be on the track than in the grandstands. “I don’t know if I’m going to be able to be down the
  
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• Media News Conference announcement: media is invited to meet the ‘Seabus Hero’ who via CPR saved a mans life on th… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 22:41 via twitter.com
  MediaNews Conference announcement: media is invited to meet the ‘Seabus Hero’ who via CPR saved a mans life on th… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• We've got a fun #EarthDay 🌏 event planned this weekend! Get more info in this week's #CityView eNews:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 22:20 via twitter.com
  We've got a fun #EarthDay 🌏event planned this weekend! Get more info in this week's #CityView eNews:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Monday's Council agenda is now online. Items include consideration of a 2nd artificial turf field at Inter River Pa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 21:29 via twitter.com
  Monday's Council agenda is now online. Items include consideration of a 2nd artificial turf field at Inter River Pa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Starting Mon, April 23, single lane alternating traffic will be in effect at new #Montroyal bridge, weekdays from 9… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 19:51 via twitter.com
  Starting Mon, April 23, single lane alternating traffic will be in effect at new #Montroyal bridge, weekdays from 9… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Great set up and lots of interest starting to be shown at the Fraud Day event. Everything you need to now about fra… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 19:41 via twitter.com
  Great set up and lots of interest starting to be shown at the Fraud Day event. Everything you need to now about fra… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• This Free Night Market In North Vancouver Reopens Next Month - Narcity

  19-04-2018 19:32
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  Summer is almost upon us, and you know what that means. Vancouver's many night markets are set to reopen, and with the festivities bring a perfect way to spend a summer night with family and friends! @13_4_embedded via. For those living Downtown or in ...
  
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• B.C. government phasing out lower minimum wage for bar servers

  19-04-2018 19:22 via vancouversun.com
  Bartenders and pub servers are among those who will benefit from the B.C. government’s decision to eliminate the province’s alternate minimum wage.
  Alternate minimum wage earners, who are currently paid $10.10 per hour, will see their wages rise to a minimum of $15.20 by 2021, bringing the industry in line with the rest of province. 
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  “No one working for minimum wage, full-time, year-round should be l
  
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• Ed Asner brings his play, A Man and His Prostate, to New West

  19-04-2018 19:13 via vancouversun.com
  A Man and His Prostate
  When: April 27 & 28, 7:30 p.m.
  Where: Anvil Centre Theatre (New Westminster)
  Tickets and info: $75, anvilcentre.comAt 88 years old Ed Asner is still a real trouper.
  The award-winning actor knows the show — or in this case the interview — must go on.
  “I’m not fine,” said Asner when reached on the phone in Los Angeles recently and asked how he was doing. “I fell out of my bed last night. When I’m finished with you I am
  
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• Are you ready to slide? #FunCityFestival returns July 21 & 22. cnv.org/FunCity #NorthVan https://t.co/c3at6Z0MoT

  19-04-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  
  Are you ready to slide? #FunCityFestival returns July 21 & 22. cnv.org/FunCity #NorthVan https://t.co/c3at6Z0MoT
  
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• B.C. tops country in caesarean-section rates: federal report

  19-04-2018 17:49 via vancouversun.com
  About 40 per cent of women delivering babies in the Fraser Health region have caesarean sections, contributing to B.C.’s distinction as the C-section capital of Canada.
  A new report on hospitalizations, surgeries and childbirth indicators released Thursday by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows that just as in previous years, B.C. again leads the country with an average caesarean section rate of 35.3 per cent, up from 31.3 per cent in 2007/08. The national avera
  
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• TODAY is our ‘Fraud Awareness Day’ in North Vancouver! Come on down to the ‘Pipe Shop’ between 10:00 and 2:00. It’… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 17:34 via twitter.com
  TODAY is our ‘Fraud Awareness Day’ in North Vancouver! Come on down to the ‘Pipe Shop’ between 10:00 and 2:00.It’… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Daily Poll: Are you for or against Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion?

  19-04-2018 17:22 via vancouversun.com
  An Angus Reid Institute survey released Wednesday suggested the majority of Canadians support the Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  The Texas-based oil company is caught in the middle of a political feud among Alberta, B.C. and the federal government over the $7.4-billion project, which would triple the capacity of the existing line from Alberta to Burnaby to get more oil to overseas markets and fetch a better price.
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• Vancouver Weather: Surrey could be in for a soggy Vaisakhi parade

  19-04-2018 17:21 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Thursday’s weather in Metro Vancouver calls for some sunny skies in the morning with clouds rolling in this afternoon.
  Enjoy the dry weather today because Environment Canada says we can expect rain Friday and showers on Saturday. So, you might want to bring an umbrella to Saturday’s Vaisakhi Day celebrations in Surrey because nobody likes a soggy samosa.
  Environment Canada is predicting perfect conditions for Sunday’s The Vancouver Sun Run with
  
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• Douglas Todd: Secret immigration report exposes 'distortions' about women

  19-04-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  A secret government report exposes tensions over gender issues between the federal Immigration Department and Status of Women Canada.
  The unusually candid Immigration Department report skewers the Status of Women’s office for making the “distorted” claim that immigrant women are “marginalized” in Canada and for incorrectly stating that Muslim women are prime victims of Canadian hate crimes.
  The internal report, marked “secret,” provides a rare insight in
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland April 20 — 26: Sanjeev Abhyankar, Arts Umbrella, more

  19-04-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  An Evening with the Mewati Maestro: Pt. Sanjeev Abhyankar
  When: April 21, 7 p.m.
  Where: Burnaby Hall, 7837 Canada Way, Bby.
  Tickets: $30 at pjsomvancouver.org/concerts and ticket outlets
  Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar hails from the Mewati Gharana musical clan. This exclusive artistic group from the Mewat region of Rajasthan was founded in the late 19th century to train musicians in Hindustani classical music with a number of distinctive approaches to rhythm, meter, phrasing and orchestration. There h
  
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• Greater Vancouver Food Bank receives largest donation in history, launches Goodly Foods

  19-04-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB) has launched a new initiative aimed at addressing wasted food in British Columbia thanks, in large part, to a historic donation from the Walmart Foundation.
  According to a news release, “Goodly Foods aims to be a social enterprise that takes surplus produce and turns that produce into completely new, delicious and nutritious food products, and then distributes it to GVFB members and sells it to food service buying partners and, eventually, to the publ
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, Apr. 19

  19-04-2018 06:18 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, Apr. 19.Y La Bamba
  Portland, Oregon’s Y La Bamba visits The Wise Hall on Thursday night for an evening of their charming indie-folk. Built around the unique beauty of Luz Elena Mendoza’s voice — a musical instrument in its own right — Y La Bamba has a compelling sound that’s as fun as it is unique. Good band. Should be a very good show.Where: WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac St., Van
  
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• Granville Island set to debut new murals at Art Smash

  19-04-2018 06:04 via vancouversun.com
  Granville Island is already home to some of the best public art in Vancouver. (Giants, the six colourfully-painted silos in the island’s industrial area are a marvel.) But now the popular tourist destination is getting a whole boatload of new ones.
  They won’t be arriving on a boat, mind you, although it’s understandable to think that — it’s an island, after all. Rather, these murals will be painted on the island by a diverse group of international artists (who may o
  
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• Dead Richmond cyclist's parents 'incredibly shaken' by tattoo-teardrops photo

  19-04-2018 05:33 via vancouversun.com
  Disturbing and disgusting is what Tom and Lianne Dean are calling a recent photo of the man who allegedly drove into their son in a fatal 2016 crash.
  Bradley Dean was cycling with five friends on a dry, Sunday morning in Richmond in early November when a car plowed into the group, killing him and injuring two others.
  Just a week-and-a-half before the first anniversary of Dean’s death and days shy of being charged in connection with the crash, Michael Fan posted the photo in question t
  
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• Comment: When the white privilege debate collides with hate laws

  19-04-2018 05:31 via vancouversun.com
  A bold debate called white privilege is growing day by day at Canadian universities. It is also showing up in neighbourhood schools.
  It is sometimes a fierce topic and, more than occasionally, white privilege speeches have not been moderate. For example in March 2018, Trent University hosted a speech event entitled “It’s OK to be against whiteness.” In April 2018, a conference in Michigan offered a workshop entitled “How whiteness kills.” And in May 2018, Ryerson Un
  
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• Vancouver mayoral candidate wants policy talk to trump gender vitriol

  19-04-2018 04:39 via vancouversun.com
  Shauna Sylvester says she spent long nights mulling over her Vancouver mayoral bid, knowing what she’d be facing.
  After announcing on April 5 her intention to run as an independent, the director of Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue says she faced a barrage of criticism about her gender and appearance.
  Still, days later, Sylvester asked members of the private Facebook group Girl Gang how they deal with such criticism and “minimize the image stuff.” Girl Gang is
  
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• Handsworth parents and students told rumours of school shooting 'unfounded'

  19-04-2018 04:06 via vancouversun.com
  Parents and students of a North Vancouver school are being told by administrators that rumours of a school shooting just aren’t true.
  In a letter sent Wednesday, addressed to families of Handsworth Secondary, school principal Rupi Samra-Gynane said rumours “circulating within the Handsworth school community…are unfounded.”
  “Social media has not helped us discourage the spread of misinformation,” she said.
  “The RCMP have been notified of the details and
  
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• Classic Elvis shots from legendary Empire Stadium show unearthed

  19-04-2018 04:03 via vancouversun.com
  Elvis Presley’s show at Empire Stadium on Aug. 31, 1957 is the stuff of legend. But photos of the gig are as rare as hen’s teeth.
  So imagine Rob Frith’s surprise when he recently got a call about some unknown Elvis pix from Empire Stadium.
  Frith admits he was “a bit skeptical” about new photos turning up six decades after the show. But he was astonished when he saw them in person.
  “Look at this,” he said this week, pointing to a photo of Elvis in full pe
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Wrathful Weaver blows cool, and promises to be different

  19-04-2018 03:54 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. legislature was getting down to business one afternoon this week when there was a sudden, violent eruption from Andrew Weaver of the Greens.
  “I rise with a great deal of dismay,” he began, then delivered chapter and verse for a full hour, with stops along the way to lash out at various enemies, real and otherwise.
  Mainly he blamed the B.C. Liberals, at one point urging them to resign, at another suggesting the province needs another election. As the Green le
  
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• Where court decision lands is key to support for Trans Mountain expansion: Pollster

  19-04-2018 03:02 via vancouversun.com
  If Kinder Morgan’s $7.4-billion Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project has “a path to yes,” it would be through a court decision confirming federal jurisdiction over the project, and convincing people adequate protections against oil spills are in place, according to a new poll.
  The Angus Reid Institute survey shows a swing in public sentiment about the project, with 54 per cent of British Columbians now in favour of the expansion, compared with 48 per cent in a similar surv
  
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• Overdose response advocate Sarah Blyth announces run for Vancouver council

  19-04-2018 02:13 via vancouversun.com
  Overdose response advocate Sarah Blyth has announced a run for Vancouver city council.
  On Wednesday, in a very low-key announcement, Blyth updated her Twitter bio to describe herself as an “independent council candidate” for Vancouver who doesn’t answer to anybody but the people. 
  “Yes, it’s true,” she wrote in a tweet when people began to notice the update. “I am running for city council.”
  Blyth is already an experienced local politician, hav
  
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• Vancouver adds shelters and social service centres as voting places for 2018 election

  19-04-2018 02:10 via vancouversun.com
  An amendment to the City of Vancouver’s voting bylaw means mobile voting places can now be brought to homeless shelters and social service drop-in centres, beginning with this year’s municipal election.
  In doing so, the city is hoping to connect with more of its citizens who are living with disabilities or in vulnerable situations.
  Previously, the city’s mobile voting places could only be taken to hospitals and provincially-regulated care facilities. There’s also been a r
  
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• Lawyer for Kinder Morgan protesters criticizes court process

  19-04-2018 02:03 via vancouversun.com
  A lawyer for more than a dozen protesters arrested at Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline project has criticized the court process that has been set up to deal with the case.
  On Wednesday, Chilwin Cheng told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kenneth that he appreciated the need for case management of such a large file as well as the “unusual circumstances” of the matter.
  But he said the expedited schedule set for the case, including court appearances for April 23 and April 30, is
  
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• Last week more than 100 volunteers were honoured for their involvement with the City. We'd like to send a BIG… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 02:00 via twitter.com
  Last week more than 100 volunteers were honoured for their involvement with the City. We'd like to send a BIG… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Making naloxone freely available reduced fentanyl overdose deaths in B.C.: study

  19-04-2018 01:33 via vancouversun.com
  A new study says the rapid expansion of naloxone availability in B.C. reduced the number of fentanyl-related overdose deaths in 2016.
  The study by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control and the University of B.C.’s Institute of Applied Mathematics developed a mathematical model that can be used to measure the effectiveness of various public-health interventions in preventing opioid overdose deaths. It was published in the medical journal The Lancet Public Health.
  The study, said to be the fir
  
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• Province to regulate the real estate regulators

  19-04-2018 01:12
  
  B.C. government review aims to “make sure that British Columbians are effectively protected,” says finance minister
  
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• Vancouver broadcaster Steve Darling lands job at online business site

  19-04-2018 01:02 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver newscaster Steve Darling, who walked away from his radio morning job on Sportsnet 650 last month, will soon be back behind the microphone as an online host for a business news website.
  Proactive Investors has announced that Darling has been hired as its lead broadcaster and will work out of the company’s new Vancouver studio and newsroom, which is expected to open this summer.
  “Our new Vancouver studio is being built to enhance already comprehensive coverage of Canada&rsquo
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of April 14

  19-04-2018 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. I’ve Got My Eyes on You — Mary Higgins Clark.
  2. Red Alert — James Patterson and Marshall Karp.
  3. The Disappeared — C.J. Box.
  4. Accidental Heroes — Danielle Steel.
  5. The Great Alone — Kristin Hannah.
  6. Little Fires Everywhere — Celest Ng.
  7. The Woman in the Window — A. J. Finn.
  8. Before We Were Yours — Lisa Wingate.
  9. Cave of Bones — Anne Hillerman.
  10. The Female Persuasion — Meg Wolitzer.
   
  
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• Darwin Properties is hosting a Town Hall Meeting April 26th. Learn more about the development proposal made to the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 00:10 via twitter.com
  Darwin Properties is hosting a Town Hall Meeting April 26th. Learn more about the development proposal made to the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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