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• Ceremonies held across B.C. to mourn workers killed on the job

  28-04-2018 22:18 via vancouversun.com
   Thousands of mourners are expected to turn out at 40 ceremonies being held in cities around B.C. to remember workers killed on the job.The events on Saturday mark a National Day of Mourning. Vancouver’s ceremony, hosted by the BC Federation of Labour, the Business Council of British Columbia,  and WorkSafe BC, began at Jack Poole Plaza at 11:45 a.m.
  The flag at Vancouver’s city hall was also flying at half mast on Saturday to honour those who died.
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• Flooding in B.C. Interior prompts road closures, state of emergencies, evacuations

  28-04-2018 21:39 via vancouversun.com
  Flooding in the B.C. Interior from rapidly melting snowpacks has washed out roads and properties, prompted local state of emergencies, and caused more people to leave their homes in Oliver.
  A local state of emergency was declared Friday night in the village of Cache Creek, where multiple road closures are in effect because of flooding. Cache Creek is located about 80 kilometres northwest of Kamloops, and about 340 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.📣 Washouts in the #CacheCreek and s
  
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• Counting down to #CityFest May 5th @ City Skate Park. Longboard races, skateboard comp, live music, entertainment,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-04-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Counting down to #CityFest May 5th @ City Skate Park. Longboard races, skateboard comp, live music, entertainment,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Makeover: Spring means a style update

  28-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Darcy Hogan, 32, is a catering manager who wanted a style update for spring.
  Hogan has medium textured, naturally strawberry-blond hair.  It was getting long and unruly and she wanted to brighten up the colour.  She wanted a colour that would be low maintenance and natural looking.  I opted for a foilyage colour placement, which combines both fine weave foils highlights with a few hand painted ribbons.  I strategically placed the foils around the face and hairline, as well as
  
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• Litigation and musical theatre a good combo for The Lawyer Show's Goosen

  28-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Lawyer Show presents The Drowsy Chaperone
  When: May 3-5
  Where: Waterfront Theatre
  Tickets: $80 (includes a $45 tax receipt) at tickets.carouseltheatre.ca
  Each spring, Vancouver’s legal community comes together to create The Lawyer Show. A  fundraiser for Carousel Theatre for Young People and Touchstone Theatre, the show has become an annual tradition, with lawyers from all aspects of legal life taking part. This year’s production features 25 law professionals singing and dan
  
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• Granville Street Bridge opens after Friday night police incident

  28-04-2018 18:31 via vancouversun.com
  The Granville Street Bridge reopened early Saturday morning after it was closed late into Friday night as police dealt with an emergency on the span.
  The closure was announced by police on Twitter just before 4 p.m. As of midnight, VPD and TransLink confirmed the bridge remained closed and renewed a warning to drivers to find other routes in and out of downtown.
  Shortly after 5 a.m., police said the incident had been resolved peacefully, and the bridge had reopened.
  The police incident on the Gr
  
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• Ceremonies to be held across B.C. to mourn workers killed on the job

  28-04-2018 18:24 via vancouversun.com
  Thousands of mourners are expected to turn out at 40 ceremonies being held in cities around B.C. to remember workers killed on the job. The events on Saturday mark a National Day of Mourning. Vancouver’s ceremony, hosted by the BC Federation of Labour, the Business Council of British Columbia,  and WorkSafeBC, will begin at Jack Poole Plaza at 11:45 a.m. Before the ceremony, organizers will light the Olympic cauldron, and after mourners will have a moment of s
  
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• Vancouver firehall below, vulnerable women and children above

  28-04-2018 18:04 via vancouversun.com
  When construction is complete on Vancouver’s newest firehall later this year, firefighters will have the traditional sliding pole to connect 10 upstairs dorm rooms to three fire truck bays below, but also a unique group of neighbours. On four storeys built over the station will be supportive housing for single mothers and their children, with priority for those fleeing abusive relationships.
  The unusual emergency-services-and-residential combination is a cost-effective experiment in an exp
  
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• April 28 has been designated the #DayOfMourning, raising awareness for workplace accidents and occupational disease… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-04-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  April 28 has been designated the #DayOfMourning, raising awareness for workplace accidents and occupational disease… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Granville Street Bridge closed all Friday night due to police incident

  28-04-2018 09:10 via vancouversun.com
  The Granville Street Bridge was closed late into Friday night as police dealt with an emergency on the span.
  The closure was announced by police on Twitter just before 4 p.m. As of midnight, VPD and TransLink confirmed the bridge remained closed and renewed a warning to drivers to find other routes in and out of downtown.
  The Granville Street Bridge remains closed to traffic in both directions for a police incident. Please choose an alternate route. Thank you for your patience.
  — Vancouver
  
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• Granville Street Bridge closed for hours Friday evening due to police incident

  28-04-2018 06:35 via vancouversun.com
  The Granville Street Bridge remained closed in both directions over what police are calling an emergency hours after the incident began.
  The closure was announced by police on Twitter just before 4 p.m. Several hours later, VPD said the bridge remained closed and renewed their warning to drivers to find another route in or out of downtown.
  The Granville Street Bridge remains closed to traffic in both directions for a police incident. Please choose an alternate route. Thank you for your patience.
  
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• Editorial: Clearing the legislative path to cannabis legalization

  28-04-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government tabled legislation this week to pave the way for the legalization of recreational cannabis, expected sometime this summer. Many of the measures announced were widely anticipated: the age restriction is 19, wholesale sales will be managed by the Liquor Distribution Branch, retail will be through government-owned stand-alone stores (not through liquor stores) and private outlets, cannabis use will be prohibited where tobacco smoking and vaping are already banned, and new resour
  
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• Protecting pedestrians from attack without adopting fortress mentality

  28-04-2018 03:18 via vancouversun.com
  The chilling image of a vehicle being used as a weapon to attack pedestrians is one that urban designers have taken to heart as something to protect people against, but not with a fortress mentality.
  “You need to be aware of (the possibility), you need to understand really what could happen,” said Andy Yan, director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University. “It’s how do you build an environment so it doesn’t reinforce fear, it projects a sense of safety.&rdquo
  
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• The beat goes on: Heart recipients from different generations talk about their transplant experiences

  28-04-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  There is no such thing as getting up on the wrong side of the bed for Kyle Morris.
  He awakes every morning thankful he’s alive.
  “Every single day I get up, I am so grateful,” the 19-year-old said. “It is the biggest thing in my life.”
  It’s been a year since Morris received a new heart, a year in which the Sir Charles Tupper Secondary grad has had a steady heart beat and a new-found zest for life.   
  He scores well on post-transplant te
  
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• Letters: British Columbians subsidize the global elite

  28-04-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Speculation tax still being applied unfairly, Opinion, April 24,
  Stephen Bigsby takes issue with my recent column defending the speculation tax. According to him, it is my view that, “There is no middle ground. There are no better alternatives.”
  However, my op-ed made no such claims. It was simply noted that two prominent concerns around the initial version of the tax had been addressed by the government. Given the wave of media criticism at the time, it was important that the st
  
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• Editorial: Finding a cure for what ails ICBC

  28-04-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Some may argue that the NDP government is dealing with financial problems at the Insurance Corp. of British Columbia at the expense of victims of car accidents — or, at least, lawyers representing those victims.
  But, despite the criticism, Attorney-General David Eby, the minister responsible for ICBC, remains determined to bring the insurer into the black. Legislation introduced on Monday, reflecting proposed changes disclosed in February, should help bring that about. 
  ICBC is projec
  
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• Dan Levitt: If you live long enough, be prepared to be discriminated against because of your age

  28-04-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  I want to share with you my biggest fear. It keeps me awake at night.  It is something that I have not written about, until now.  I have gerontophobia.  I am afraid of getting old. I fear that I will lose my memory, my physical strength and no longer be able to live independently.  I dread the weight I will place on my family to care for me at home.  I fear most that I will be forced to leave my home in the neighbourhood where I have lived all my life and have no choice
  
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• Granville Street bridge closed by police

  28-04-2018 02:44 via vancouversun.com
  The Granville Street Bridge has been closed in both directions over what the VPD is calling an emergency.
  Just before 4 p.m., VPD tweeted to warn of the closure and advised drivers to find another route.
  The Granville Street Bridge is closed in both directions for a police incident. Drivers and other road users are advised to use other routes.
  — Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) April 27, 2018This is easier said than done, however, as Friday afternoon is already a busy time on the roads in d
  
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• NPA council hopeful privately makes 'urgent' appeal on party membership rules

  28-04-2018 02:43 via vancouversun.com
  New membership rules at Vancouver’s oldest political party have caused concern for at least one council nomination candidate, who called the measures “exclusionary” in a private message this week to party leadership.
  Wade Grant, a former Musqueam First Nation councillor seeking the Non-Partisan Association’s nomination for Vancouver city council in this year’s election, sent an email Thursday to the NPA board and caucus. The subject line read: “Urgent Request
  
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• Hassan Yussuff: Harassment and violence should never be part of the job

  28-04-2018 02:38 via vancouversun.com
  This April 28, families of workers who have been killed or injured on the job will be commemorating their loved ones on the annual Day of Mourning; and many will once again join Canada’s unions in calling for better protections for the living.
  In the age of #metoo and #timesup, this important tradition takes on an added dimension, providing the opportunity to more widely address violence and harassment in the workplace.
  For decades, the focus of this solemn day has understandably been on w
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Horgan fixed on barbecue grills, not electoral reform grilling

  28-04-2018 02:34 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan this week rejected calls for the New Democrats to announce the question and other rules for the fall referendum on electoral reform, saying there is no particular rush.
  “We are months and months away,” the premier told reporters during his weekly media scrum at the legislature Wednesday. “There’s summer between us and the vote.
  “I’m fairly certain there won’t be too many summer barbecues where the topic of conversatio
  
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• Saturday, April 28 is National Day of Mourning. District Hall flags are at half mast to remember and honour those w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-04-2018 02:19 via twitter.com
  Saturday, April 28 is National Day of Mourning. District Hall flags are at half mast to remember and honour those w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Victim of Thursday's homicide at Cooper's Park identified

  28-04-2018 02:14 via vancouversun.com
  Police have identified the victim of Thursday’s homicide in Yaletown as Vancouver reisdent Christopher Thomas Schiller.
  At 1:30 a.m. on April 26, Schiller, 37, approached staff at the Parq Casino near Smithe Street and Pacific Blvd seeking medical assistance, police said in a news release. He was rushed to hospital for surgery, but died a short time later.
  Investigators followed a trail of blood to Cooper’s Park, just east of the Cambie Street Bridge near Marinaside Crescen
  
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• Municipalities grapple with regulating legalized marijuana

  28-04-2018 02:10 via vancouversun.com
  Local governments are next at bat as the complicated process of regulating the sale of recreational cannabis continues ahead of federal legalization later this year.
  On Thursday, the provincial government introduced three bills that will amend different B.C. laws and essentially hand municipalities “control of their own destinies,” in the words of one Metro Vancouver mayor.
  Local governments across B.C. must now determine if — and if so, where — they will allow marijuana
  
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• The #ShipyardsNightMarket returns in 1 week! Are you excited? It's back for the season Fridays 5-10pm starting May… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-04-2018 02:00 via twitter.com
  The #ShipyardsNightMarket returns in 1 week! Are you excited? It's back for the season Fridays 5-10pm starting May… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• B.C. gives industry investment self-regulatory bodies power to enforce penalties through courts

  28-04-2018 01:51 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government is giving the investment industry’s self-regulatory bodies the power to enforce their penalties in court.
  The measure — already in place in four other provinces — is meant to help increase the collection of penalties from investment advisers who violate industry standards, for example by purchasing unsuitable investments for their clients.
  Under amendments to the Securities Act, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and the Mutual Fund De
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Cryptocurrencies the coin of the future

  28-04-2018 01:05 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver lawyer Michael Stephens was at a recent convention in the Bahamas socializing in a crowded room when he couldn’t help watching and eavesdropping on two men.
  “Their eyes just locked,” he recalled. “One said, ‘I have 10,000 bitcoin I want to sell you,’ and the other guy said, ‘I have X-amount of dollars I can pay you for them.’ They sat down with their laptops and transmitted the bitcoin and cash went the other way.” 
  Two years a
  
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• Coming down the mountain: A rock climber's story of fear and survival

  28-04-2018 00:14 via vancouversun.com
  When a delivery arrives at Jan Redford’s home in Squamish, she opens the box to reveal copies of the American edition of her new rock-climbing memoir, End of the Rope: Mountains, Marriage, Motherhood.
  The author flashes a dazzling smile. This arrival, and the rave reviews for her book, signify a happy ending of sorts. But Redford isn’t about to get too comfortable.
  Redford knows there will be ups and downs on this journey, much like the ups and downs she goes through on a climbing pi
  
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