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• Theatre review: How many hobbits can dance on the head of a pin? Tolkien debates religion

  14-05-2018 23:46 via vancouversun.com
  Tolkien
  When: To June 9
  Where: Pacific Theatre
  Tickets & Info: $20-$36.50; pacifictheatre.orgSometimes the liveness of live theatre makes itself felt in unexpected ways. Two nights before premiering their latest play, Tolkien, the folks at Pacific Theatre had to scramble when the actor performing the title role withdrew for health reasons. 
  Fortunately, they had another fine actor available in playwright Ron Reed, who also directs the show and runs the company. Reed stepped in to play J
  
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• Secrecy over names in Island homicides raises alarm

  14-05-2018 22:24 via vancouversun.com
  It’s been five days since a man died following a police shooting at the Departure Bay ferry terminal in Nanaimo.
  We know from the RCMP that the victim was a suspect in a carjacking in Penticton and a shooting in Vernon, and that officers tried to arrest him as he drove off the ferry on Tuesday morning.
  But, beyond that, we know very little about the man.
  We don’t know his name, age, where he’s from or how he lived his life.
  That’s because the RCMP, B.C. Coroners Service a
  
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• B.C. home price trajectory flattens with slow sales, more listings

  14-05-2018 22:07
  
  Inventory rises while real estate transactions remain lower than a year ago, creating “less upward pressure on prices”
  
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• B.C. Ferries adds 115 extra sailings to ease May long weekend crowds

  14-05-2018 21:25 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Ferries will add 115 extra sailings on its most popular routes to ease May long weekend crowds.
  The additional service will be in effect from Thursday, May 17 through Tuesday, May 22.
  The Queen of Cumberland will also return to service in the Southern Gulf Islands beginning Friday, May 18.
  The ferry company expects Thursday and Friday afternoon and Saturday morning to be its busiest periods, with the majority of traffic departing from Tsawwassen and Horseshoe Bay terminals. Monday is also e
  
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• TransLink merchandise store revenue 'relatively modest' in first few months

  14-05-2018 21:13 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink’s online merchandise store brought in just over $55,000 in revenue during its first four-and-a-half months in business, according to figures obtained from the transit authority.
  However, TransLink says it is unable to reveal how much it has made personally from the venture, due to the nature of its licensing agreement with the third-party vendor that runs the shop.
  The store was officially launched on Nov. 21, after being open to TransLink employees for about five days. The store
  
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• Squamish Chief Ian Campbell to run as a Vision Vancouver mayoral candidate

  14-05-2018 20:47 via vancouversun.com
  Squamish Nation hereditary Chief Ian Campbell wants to be the first Indigenous mayor of Vancouver.
  Campbell announced Monday he will seek the Vision Vancouver mayoral nomination, calling for progressive residents to be part of his campaign.
  “If you paddle for me, I will paddle for you, and we will reach our destination — back home to a Vancouver that’s a great city for everyone,” Campbell said.
  In remarks to supporters, Campbell turned often to the idea of “working
  
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• No injuries following drive-by shooting in Abbotsford on Sunday

  14-05-2018 20:46 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after shots were fired Sunday evening in Abbotsford.
  Around 11:50 p.m. Sunday, Abbotsford police were called to the 2100-block of Emmerson Street after residents heard what sounded like gunshots.
  Officers arrived to find bullet holes in a nearby home as the result of a drive-by shooting. Four people inside the damaged home were not injured.
  Canine units were used to search the area, while officers spoke to neighbours. There are no arrests at this time, though neighbours
  
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• Food scraps can be easy 5-star dining for bears. Reduce odour, keep #GreenCan clean. Get #BearAware tips @… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-05-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Food scraps can be easy 5-star dining for bears. Reduce odour, keep #GreenCan clean. Get #BearAware tips @… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• MP Kennedy Stewart pleads guilty to criminal contempt of court

  14-05-2018 19:54 via vancouversun.com
  MP Kennedy Stewart, who last week announced that he is running for mayor of Vancouver, on Monday pleaded guilty to one count of criminal contempt of court after being arrested at Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline project in March.
  Under an agreement reached with a special prosecutor appointed in the case, Stewart was fined $500 for breaching a court injunction at the site.
  The case of MP Elizabeth May, who was arrested at the site March 23 along with Stewart and the protesters, has b
  
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• Slow down! Police and WorkSafeBC kick off 2018 summer safety blitz

  14-05-2018 19:52 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re not slowing down around orange cones and hard hats, you’d better do so quickly.
  Vancouver Police have teamed up with WorkSafe B.C. to kick off the summer road work season on Monday by hosting a “Cone Zone” event in which officers dress up like flaggers to check for dangerous driving habits that put roadside workers at risk.
  Some of those include cellphone use, driving without due care and attention, disobeying a flag person, speeding and aggressive driving.&ldqu
  
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• Welcome To North Vancouver’s Police Week Open House! bit.ly/2Gi9Wyc #NorthVancouver

  14-05-2018 19:48 via twitter.com
  Welcome To North Vancouver’s Police Week Open House!bit.ly/2Gi9Wyc#NorthVancouver
  
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• The Lynn Canyon suspension bridge is closed today for an ongoing maintenance project. ow.ly/6UKu30jZxt6… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-05-2018 19:03 via twitter.com
  The Lynn Canyon suspension bridge is closed today for an ongoing maintenance project. ow.ly/6UKu30jZxt6… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• NPA says reasons for Hector Bremner's rejected mayoral bid detailed in "confidential" letter

  14-05-2018 18:41 via vancouversun.com
  The public spat between the NPA and its sitting Coun. Hector Bremner continues to unfold.
  On Monday, the party released another statement that said party president Gregory Baker had sent “a confidential letter” to Bremner on Sunday evening. The letter apparently contains detailed reasons why the party’s board rejected his mayoral bid.
  “The letter contains specific information regarding the reservations expressed to the board by the Green Light Committee,” read the e
  
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• Cultures clash in 17th century New France

  14-05-2018 18:33 via vancouversun.com
  Les Filles du Roi (The King’s Daughters)
  When: May 15 to 27
  Where: York Theatre
  Tickets and info: thecultch.com
  In the mid-1600s, approximately 800 young women immigrated to what is now Montreal from France. Sponsored by Louis XIV, the program was designed to boost the local population. The young women became known as “les filles du roi.”
  The story might be familiar to those with a knowledge of Canadian history. But a new musical offers a different perspective on these king&rsq
  
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• Daily Poll: Liberal lunch money vs. NDP lunch money?

  14-05-2018 17:15 via vancouversun.com
  This weekend, columnist Rob Shaw wrote about the Liberals‘ private member’s bill that proposed banning MLAs who live in the Greater Victoria area from claiming a $61 food per diem.
  Shaw called it a “cheap move” by the Liberals, noting all the MLAs who live within an hour of the legislature are NDP and Greens, as they control all the ridings in the capital region.
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  Rob Shaw: B.C. Liberal flip-flop on MLA expenses shows party's struggles
  He also pointed out how the L
  
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• Slow down! Police and WorkSafe BC kick off 2018 summer safety blitz

  14-05-2018 17:10 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re not slowing down around orange cones and hard hats, you’d better do so quickly.
  Vancouver Police have teamed up with WorkSafe BC to kick off the summer road work season on Monday by hosting a “Cone Zone” event in which officers dress up like flaggers to check for dangerous driving habits that put roadside workers at risk.
  Some of those include cellphone use, driving without due care and attention, disobeying a flag person, speeding and aggressive driving.“
  
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• Roadwork starts today 600-1100 blocks St. Georges Ave milling and paving work through May 25. Expect delays. Plan a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-05-2018 17:01 via twitter.com
  Roadwork starts today 600-1100 blocks St. Georges Ave milling and paving work through May 25. Expect delays. Plan a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Concert announcement: Drake and Migos team up for tour, will play Vancouver

  14-05-2018 16:01 via vancouversun.com
  Canada’s favourite Degrassi alumnus Aubrey Drake Graham – a.k.a. Drake – has teamed up with Georgia hip hop trio Migos to tour and will perform two shows in Vancouver this fall.
  The Aubrey & The Three Amigos Tour will stop at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena for back-to-back shows on Nov. 3 and Nov. 4.The North American tour will begin this summer and run through the fall, stopping in 41 cities along the way.
  Drake’s most recent singles include God’s Pla
  
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• Vancouver weather: And the sun continues

  14-05-2018 15:12 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: May 14, 2018 – Monday’s weather is warm, sunny and will likely the same for the next couple of days.
  Skies are clear until at least Wednesday when some clouds return to the mix but don’t worry about rain – just keep yourself sunscreened.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Sunny with a high of 23, except 29 inland.
  Tonight: Clear, low of 14.
  Tomorrow: Sunny. High of 22 except 26 inland.
  Traffic: Lower Mainland
  Here’s a live traffic map of what&rsquo
  
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• Adopt-A-School: Telus donation provides desktops and laptops for at-risk youth in Prince Rupert

  14-05-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  PRINCE RUPERT — Youth who age out of foster care here face a high risk of addiction, homelessness, unemployability and teenage pregnancy.
  “That’s been our experience,” said Kathleen Bennett, executive director of the Northwest Inter-Nation Family and Community Services Society, which provides child protection services to six Tsimshian Nations and the Haisla Nation.
  It’s a bleak future, but the NIFCS is trying to help foster children currently under its care to avoid
  
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• Police looking for boat after near-miss with SeaBus

  14-05-2018 06:39 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Police Department is searching for a boat and its owner after a near-collision with a SeaBus in Burrard Inlet last week.
  According to the VPD Marine Unit, just before 1 p.m. on May 5, the Burrard Otter II — one of three SeaBuses operated by TransLink — was sailing northbound to Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver when a 28 to 32-foot-long “sport fish style” powerboat with a pair of black outboard motors was spotted speeding across Burrard Inlet. 
  The eastb
  
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• Flooding takes a hefty toll, as Kelowna couple learned

  14-05-2018 04:35 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA — More than a year has passed since Colleen Gilmour and Thomas Scheffer moved into their condo on Ellison Lake, but it wasn’t until January that they could finally call it home.
  Three days after the couple unloaded the moving truck on May 2, 2017, flood water came pouring into their living room and up through heating ducts, triggering an ordeal that lasted more than eight months, after decision-makers delayed the restoration process, they said. 
  With flood-watchers
  
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• Search underway after man swept into Squamish River

  14-05-2018 03:57 via vancouversun.com
  Police and rescuers are searching for a man who was swept into the Squamish River early Sunday morning.
  According to Squamish RCMP, a woman called around 1 a.m. Sunday to report her friend had fallen into the river.
  The pair had been camping with friends up the Ashlu Forest Service Road, north of Squamish.
  Despite the efforts of several people, he couldn’t be found in the darkness. Other witnesses said the river was running fast and he was swept up by the current.
  The man, originally from
  
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• Electronic reporting helps push down Surrey's property crime rate

  14-05-2018 03:14 via vancouversun.com
  When Ken Roath started working for the pawnshop his parents opened in 1967, they used to submit a typewritten list of items they took in by walking it over to the police detachment. 
  Today, Roath’s son sends the information to police using a new electronic software that is able to check the items through a national police database to identify stolen goods — a system police say has streamlined the process and helped investigators catch suspected thieves. 
  “Having to go
  
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• Mukhbir Singh: Sikhs have earned their place on the political stage

  14-05-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  A few short months ago, as Sikhs in Canada grappled with media coverage rife with unfounded claims of “Sikh extremism” in Canada, some commentators posed a question that would have caused a massive uproar had “Sikh” been replaced with “women”, “Indigenous” or “black” — by asking the question “are Sikh over-represented in Canadian politics”?
  All Canadians — Sikhs, women, Indigenous, black, LGBTQ — have the r
  
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• Letters: Let Taiwan participate in the World Health Assembly

  14-05-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Delegations from the member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) including Canada will soon be attending the World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of the WHO. Regrettably, Taiwan has once again being excluded from the annual meeting which will hold its 71st session this year from May 21 to 26 in Geneva.
  The enjoyment of good health is a universal right of every human being. It’s morally wrong for any country or organization to ignore the health and well-being of
  
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• J. Geoffrey Howard: New, longer statutory leaves unfair to employers

  14-05-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Over the past year, governments across Canada have been lengthening the time employees can take off work to match longer EI benefits, as well as introducing new statutory leaves. Some are now as long as two years (not a typo).
  B.C. jumped on this bandwagon by rapidly passing legislation in April to extend maternity leaves to 18 months and caregiver leaves to 27 weeks, and introduce new child-disappearance-and-death leaves of 52 and 104 weeks, respectively.
  While it’s easy to sympathize wit
  
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• Bud Smith: Prince Rupert is solution to West Coast market-access issues

  14-05-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  A headline in a recent issue of The Financial Post raised the alarm: Fears grow, Canada missing the boat on expanding vital West Coast ports.
  The story went on to highlight concerns about constraints on growth and Canada’s ability to capitalize on future opportunities and transport goods in and out of the West Coast, especially given the additional billions in trade volumes expected following ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
  The
  
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• BC Ferries starts online consultations on Horseshoe Bay's future

  14-05-2018 02:32 via vancouversun.com
  BC Ferries is moving forward with its consultations on how the future Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal should look.
  The ferry company has been meeting with locals about what they want to see come out of a rebuilt and reorganized terminal; now BC Ferries is turning to online contributors.
  In a media release, BC Ferries says they hope to “gather community feedback to better understand the important role the terminal plays in communities’ and customers’ travel experience, and the regi
  
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• Anglican Church of Canada elects first female archbishop

  14-05-2018 01:53 via vancouversun.com
  For decades, Melissa M. Skelton straddled the secular and spiritual worlds. 
  She did her masters in divinity at the same time as she completed her MBA. She was ordained as a priest in 1992 and worked at a parish while working as a brand manager for Procter & Gamble. Later, she juggled working as a rector with a consulting business in product marketing. 
  Skelton’s unorthodox background made her historic election as the 12th archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of B.C. and
  
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• Rob Shaw: B.C. Liberal flip-flop on MLA expenses shows party's struggles

  14-05-2018 01:50 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberal party continues to struggle to get its bearings as the province’s official Opposition, as evidenced recently by an embarrassingly clumsy attempt to go after the lunch per diems of NDP cabinet ministers.
  The Liberals introduced a private member’s bill last week that proposed to ban MLAs who live in Greater Victoria from claiming a $61 food per diem that’s currently available to all the other MLAs.
  The argument, according to the Liberals, is that
  
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• Roadwork Alert! 600-1100 blocks St. Georges Ave milling and paving work May 14-25. Expect delays. Plan alternate ro… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-05-2018 01:00 via twitter.com
  Roadwork Alert! 600-1100 blocks St. Georges Ave milling and paving work May 14-25. Expect delays. Plan alternate ro… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Squamish hereditary Chief Ian Campbell appears ready to announce Vancouver mayoral run

  14-05-2018 00:45 via vancouversun.com
  Squamish hereditary Chief Ian Campbell appears ready to throw his name into the Vancouver mayoral race.
  A news release shared Sunday afternoon said Campbell would host a news conference Monday at 10 a.m. at the Waterview Special Event Space.
  “Squamish Nation Hereditary Chief Ian Campbell will make an important announcement about the Vancouver mayoral election,” the notice read. “Mr. Campbell will deliver remarks and then will be available to media.”
  The news release alert
  
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• Mother's Day Flash Mob at Robson Square celebrates caregivers

  14-05-2018 00:24 via vancouversun.com
  For Natalie Drolet, this Mother’s Day is about the women who help Canada’s mothers be mothers — the caregivers who support and take care of other people’s children under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. 
  Drolet, executive director and staff lawyer for Vancouver’s Migrant Workers Centre, decided to help draw attention to caregivers with a Mother’s Day Flash Mob at Robson Square, to the tune of “She Works Hard for the Money.”
  Currently, fo
  
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• Daphne Bramham: A call for an amnesty on future prosecutions as two polygamists prepare for sentencing

  14-05-2018 00:14 via vancouversun.com
  As two convicted polygamists — 61-year-old Winston Blackmore and James Oler, 53 — prepare for their sentencing hearing Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court in Cranbrook, there are growing concerns within the fundamentalist Mormon community that more people — both men and women — may be charged.
  That fear is keeping some from fleeing the religious community of Bountiful in southeastern B.C. and from seeking help to make that transition, say several women who have left, according
  
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