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• Vancouver Sun's Kim Bolan to receive honorary degree from University of the Fraser Valley

  30-05-2018 23:58 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Sun longtime investigative reporter Kim Bolan will receive an honorary degree from the University of the Fraser Valley.
  The degree will be given to Bolan during a convocation ceremony next week on June 5 at the Abbotsford Centre.
  Bolan is one of four honorary-degree recipients, including Stó:lō Elder Siyamiyateliyot Elizabeth Phillips; Abbotsford dentist and longtime UFV donor Malwinder Dhami; and Sophie Schmidt of the Canadian women’s national soccer team.
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• Gay and lesbian archives donated to City of Vancouver

  30-05-2018 23:41 via vancouversun.com
  More than 7,500 photographs, 2,000 posters and 220 videos recording charity drag balls, Pride Festivals and HIV/AIDS activism are now available to the public through the City of Vancouver’s archives.
  Ron Dutton, a longtime archivist, has donated the collection that he started acquiring in 1976. Called the B.C. Gay and Lesbian Archives, the collection includes 16.4 metres of subject files and 8.6 metres of periodicals.
  “The B.C. Gay and Lesbian Archives was founded …  to c
  
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• We've just added our map of invasive plant treatment dates and locations for 2018 to our website. Between now and S… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-05-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  We've just added our map of invasive plant treatment dates and locations for 2018 to our website. Between now and S… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Meet 1 of Canada's favourite school crossing guards, a North Vancouver DJ - CBC.ca

  30-05-2018 23:22
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  Meet 1 of Canada's favourite school crossing guards, a North Vancouver DJ
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  Christian Behnke, a DJ who goes by the name "Tall Music," didn't know the full extent of what he was getting into when he first agreed to volunteer as a school crossing guard. He was already walking his children to Cleveland Elementary School in North ...
  
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• New kids on the block: Vancouver duo gets into the footwear game with Casca

  30-05-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Shoes are shoes, right?
  Well, if you ask Braden Parker and Kevin Reid, that simplified sartorial statement couldn’t be further from the truth.
  In a world overrun with the likes of Nike and Adidas, the Vancouver-based entrepreneurs say they struggled to find an option that could easily go from the office to their after hours.
  “We were frustrated by the lack of shoe options on the market,” Reid says. And, apparently, they weren’t alone in their footwear frustration.
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• British Columbia MPs say constituents support pipeline

  30-05-2018 22:47 via vancouversun.com
  The federal government announced plans Tuesday to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline and its assets. Conservative MP Bob Zimmer says he is happy as a British Columbian to see the pipeline go ahead.
  
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• Renters want major changes to B.C.’s tenancy rules

  30-05-2018 22:43
  
  The Vancouver Tenants Union has submitted 50 recommendations to the provincial government’s newly formed Rental Housing Task Force.
  
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• Vancouver Sun's Kim Bolan to receive honorary degree from University of Fraser Valley

  30-05-2018 22:27 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Sun’s long-time investigative reporter Kim Bolan will receive an honorary degree from the University of the Fraser Valley.
  The degree will be given to Bolan during a convocation ceremony next week held on June 5 at Abbotsford Centre.
  Bolan is one of four honorary degree recipients, including Stó:lō Elder Siyamiyateliyot Elizabeth Phillips, Abbotsford dentist and long-time UFV donor Malwinder Dhami and Sophie Schmidt of the Canadian women’s national socc
  
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• Hollywood North: Keanu Reeves joins cast of Vancouver-filmed rom-com

  30-05-2018 22:26 via vancouversun.com
  Always Be My Maybe, a romantic comedy filming in Vancouver with comics Ali Wong and Randall Park, got an A-list injection on Wednesday with the announcement that Keanu Reeves had joined the cast.
  Ali Wong and Randall Park are filming a romantic comedy for Netflix in Vancouver.
  The Netflix film, co-written by Wong and Park, star of TV’s Fresh Off The Boat, tells the story of childhood sweethearts who reconnect as adults. Sasha (Wong), now a celebrity chef opening a restaurant in San Fr
  
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• Two B.C. lawyers disbarred for withdrawing money held in trust, falsifying documents

  30-05-2018 22:20 via vancouversun.com
  Two B.C. lawyers have been disbarred after allegations that thousands of dollars had been improperly withdrawn from clients’ trust accounts.
  The Law Society of B.C. announced Wednesday that Angiola-Patrizia De Stefanis and Patricia Lebedovich had been disbarred. The two cases are unrelated but similar.
  De Stefanis admitted professional misconduct. The Law Society said De Stefanis had improperly withdrawn about $50,000 from a trust belonging to a client’s estate. When questi
  
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• Who’s biking this week? We are! Our City team has logged over 458km so far. Great effort by all! Keep it up!… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-05-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  Who’s biking this week? We are! Our City team has logged over 458km so far. Great effort by all! Keep it up!… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland: June 1-7: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Lightning Dust, more

  30-05-2018 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  When: June 4, 7 p.m.
  Where: Vogue Theatre
  Tickets and info: $29.50, at ticketfly.com
  This enigmatic Montreal outfit has won the Polaris Prize and shaped the musical landscape of Canada. Its warehouse-based Hotel2Tango artists’ hub in the Mile-End district shaped the city’s DIY music and art movement. Its numerous albums for the fantastic Constellation Records label have influenced countless musicians across the country to consider large-format bands and us
  
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• Teens almost drown after getting zapped by live electric cords in Cowichan Lake

  30-05-2018 20:50 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Two teens nearly drowned in Lake Cowichan after receiving a shock from live electrical cords carelessly placed in the water.
  The girls were swimming near a dock off North Shore Road about 5 p.m. on Saturday when they were temporarily paralyzed by a shock from an extension cord, said Lake Cowichan Fire Chief Doug Knott.
  Denis Pilon, a Lake Cowichan resident who owns Mountain Man Services Ltd., was working at a nearby home when he heard the two teens scream for help.
  “They w
  
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• We're so grateful for the work our volunteers do to help keep our parks and green spaces looking beautiful! On Satu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-05-2018 20:42 via twitter.com
  We're so grateful for the work our volunteers do to help keep our parks and green spaces looking beautiful! On Satu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Gone Wild: Readers support men getting PSA test to help detect prostate cancer

  30-05-2018 20:24 via vancouversun.com
  I received a massive public response to my five-part series earlier this month on prostate cancer. Readers feel there should be little controversy over the PSA test. They wholeheartedly support it as a way to help detect prostate cancer, especially aggressive cases.
  Here’s some advice from former Vancouver Sun columnist Stephen Hume, who underwent a radical prostatectomy in December 2010:
  The DosFirst, find out If you are in an elevated risk category and, if you are, talk to your doctor ab
  
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• B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver on the Liberal pipeline plan

  30-05-2018 20:11 via vancouversun.com
  Green Party leader Andrew Weaver speaks on the legislative grounds about the federal Liberal cabinet approved plan Tuesday to spend $4.5 billion to buy the entire Trans Mountain pipeline project.
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• TONIGHT: Come get the latest on what's happening with the #Delbrook lands. Staff will be on hand to discuss the upc… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-05-2018 19:37 via twitter.com
  TONIGHT: Come get the latest on what's happening with the #Delbrook lands. Staff will be on hand to discuss the upc… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• North Vancouver bear killed, cubs sent for rehab - North Shore News

  30-05-2018 19:14
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  North Vancouver bear killed, cubs sent for rehab
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  One of two North Vancouver bear cubs now undergoing rehab at the Critter Care Wildlife Society in Langley. photo supplied, Critter Care. bears. Two bear cubs now undergoing rehab at the Critter Care Wildlife Society in Langley. photo supplied, Critter ...
  
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• Former B.C. Premier Christy Clark hired by law firm

  30-05-2018 19:10 via vancouversun.com
  Former B.C. Premier Christy Clark has a new job as a senior advisor with law firm Bennett Jones.
  In a press release touting the hire, Bennett Jones says Clark will be part of the firm’s governmental affairs and public policy team which also includes former Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan and former Foreign Minister John Baird.
  Bennett Jones is a Canadian law firm with headquarters in Calgary and Toronto. Clark will work out of the firm’s Vancouver office in the Guinness Towe
  
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• B.C. government releases details on electoral reform referendum

  30-05-2018 19:03 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Attorney General David Eby says the referendum this fall on electoral reform will have two questions.
  The first question will ask voters whether they want to keep the current first past the post system of voting, or if they want to switch to proportional representation. And, the second question will offer three proportional representation choices that voters can rank in terms of preference.
  The three choices to rank will be dual member proportional, mixed member proportional, and rural-urba
  
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• This Just In: Hermés Eau de Citron Noir, Susanne Kaufmann Hyaluron Serum Moisturizing and The Body Shop Spa Of The World Tahitian Tiaré Bath & Shower Oil-In-Gel

  30-05-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  HermésEau de Citron Noir 
  They say: A “striking and explosive” cologne featuring notes of lime, lemon, black tea and Guaic wood. This scent, which is the latest for the fashion house from perfumer Christine Nagel, is billed as a “midday-to-midnight” scent.
  We say: This surprising scent could easily work for men or women. Our tester was impressed by the unexpected combination of smoky and citrus notes. The overall effect: a fresh fragrance that’s not
  
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• When raccoons attack

  30-05-2018 18:16 via vancouversun.com
  Raccoons aren’t usually dangerous. But last summer, when Gina Chiarelli and her dog, an 11-year-old Maltese named Rocky, had stepped onto the grass in the backyard of her east Vancouver home, a raccoon charged at the pair and sank its teeth into Rocky’s head.
  So what happens when it’s them vs you?Related
  How to get rid of pesky fruit fliesBlack bear kills dog that jumped out car window in Jasper National ParkMan walking home from train station followed by pigBurnaby police resc
  
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• Missing Male Located bit.ly/2xuyd4I #NorthVancouver

  30-05-2018 18:08 via twitter.com
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• Come check the new @NorthVanCityLib mobile library: Spokes 'N' Words TODAY from 3-5pm in Civic Plaza. Free ice crea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-05-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Come check the new @NorthVanCityLib mobile library: Spokes 'N' Words TODAY from 3-5pm in Civic Plaza. Free ice crea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Horgan still uneasy about what's in pipeline, not who owns it

  30-05-2018 17:48 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — For Premier John Horgan the day began shortly before 6 a.m., with a pre-scheduled call from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing Ottawa’s plan to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline, lock, stock and expansion plan.
  “I reiterated to him that it didn’t really matter who owns the pipe,” the premier told CKNW broadcaster Jon McComb shortly afterward. “It was the product that was travelling through it and the potential negative consequences to our e
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support Premier John Horgan in his vow to keep fighting the pipeline expansion on B.C.'s coast?

  30-05-2018 15:35 via vancouversun.com
  Now that the federal government will buy the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project from Kinder Morgan, B.C Premier John Horgan is vowing to keep the fight against the project going. Horgan said Tuesday he will continue with his reference case, launched this spring in the B.C. Court of Appeal to determine if the province can restrict heavy oil shipments and create new spill and cleanup funding rules. He argues the federal ownership of the pipeline won’t alter his government&rs
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Cloudy and sunny with a high of 17 C

  30-05-2018 14:51 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. –  It looks like fairly clear skies to start off Wednesday morning in Metro Vancouver. Environment Canada is forecasting an increase in clouds, with a mix of sun and windy near the water. The temperature is expected to reach around 17 C. The agency says more clouds will gather overnight and then there is some rain expected on Thursday and Friday, with highs of 17 C and 15 C, respectively. This mixed weather will likely continue on the weekend as the region sees a bit o
  
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• Now that you own your own pipeline, here are some things you should know

  30-05-2018 10:36 via vancouversun.com
  So you’ve bought yourself a pipeline, eh? Here are a few things to know about it:
  The original route is 65 years old
  It’s 1150 km long.
  First opened in 1953, the pipeline has run pretty well over its history, though it’s averaged just over a leak a year.
  Heck, there was one on Sunday in Kamloops.
  What does your $4.5 billion get you
  Well, now you get the pipeline. You get the attached pumping stations, terminals and storage tanks. You got some pretty fancy signage.
  Oh and y
  
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• 299 homes proposed for Denny's redevelopment in North Vancouver - Daily Hive

  30-05-2018 08:26
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  299 homes proposed for Denny's redevelopment in North Vancouver
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  Another major redevelopment is planned for North Vancouver's emerging Lions Gate Village area. Local developer Marvel Group has submitted a rezoning application to the District of North Vancouver to redevelop the 1.6-acre site near the northwest corner ...
  
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• B.C. protesters vow to fight on after Ottawa buys controversial pipeline

  30-05-2018 05:01 via vancouversun.com
  The Canadian government’s plan to buy the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion was met with outrage on Tuesday by protesters in Vancouver and Burnaby, who vowed to step up their efforts to kill the project.
  More than 1,000 people gathered near Science World on False Creek Tuesday evening to cheer Indigenous leaders as they excoriated Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet. Meantime, activists at an encampment on Burnaby Mountain said they would stay put near the gates of Kinder Morgan&r
  
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• Ottawa now the top target for Trans Mountain opponents

  30-05-2018 04:48 via vancouversun.com
  The federal government’s purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline has re-drawn the battle map that’s defined the controversial project for years, pitting Justin Trudeau in a direct standoff with B.C.’s John Horgan and Indigenous leaders who are refusing to back down.
  Instead of a distant Texas oil company, the bad guy for many will now be Justin Trudeau, who once framed himself BC’s golden child and defender of the province’s pristine coast.
  Until the federal govern
  
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• Pregnant Kelowna kindergarten teacher killed in crash on Highway 1

  30-05-2018 04:14 via vancouversun.com
  A kindergarten teacher killed in a head-on crash on Hwy. 1 near Chilliwack was newly married and looking forward to becoming a mom.
  Tayah Lloyd, 31, was married in December “and she got pregnant right away,” said Eyrely Webber, whose five-year-old son was in Lloyd’s kindergarten class.
  Lloyd and her husband, Justin Lloyd, 29, who was driving and was seriously injured in the crash on Saturday morning, were driving to Vancouver to shop for baby furniture, said Webber.
  She had tol
  
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• Government decision to buy Trans Mountain pipeline comes with political risk for Liberals

  30-05-2018 03:04 via vancouversun.com
  It is a study of contrasts to look at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2016, when he said it wasn’t government’s role to be a “cheerleader” for particular projects, versus Tuesday as he championed the $4.5-billion purchase of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline.
  Trudeau, in social media, declared that government had “taken action” to create jobs and secure “a vital project in the national interest,” but it is a decision that carries polit
  
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• Tania Vrionis: World MS Day on May 30: Research is #BringingUsCloser to ending MS

  30-05-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  In 2018, World MS Day is all about research and how it is #BringingUsCloser to ending multiple sclerosis (MS). Here in Canada, the theme also serves as a poignant reminder of how far MS research has come since the MS Society of Canada first opened its doors 70 years ago.
  MS is an unpredictable, chronic disease affecting the central nervous system. Currently there is no cure, but each day researchers are learning more about what causes MS and are zeroing in on ways to treat, prevent and ultimatel
  
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• Alan Brookstone: Time to recognize role of private addictions clinics in helping fight opioid crisis

  30-05-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  We are in the midst of a crisis. People are dying daily. They are young, middle-aged, and occasionally elderly. They die on the streets and in their homes, from the hotels of the Downtown Eastside to apartment condos and even family homes in the suburbs. They are dying from opioid overdoses. Needlessly.
  It’s not that great efforts haven’t been made to reverse this calamity. Governments have funded a variety of interventions to curb this disaster. We’ve seen the establishment of
  
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• Retired police chief Jim Cessford to run for mayor in Delta

  30-05-2018 02:51 via vancouversun.com
  Change is afoot in Delta city politics, and former longtime police chief Jim Cessford wants to be in the middle of the action during this fall’s municipal election.
  “I need to take it to the next level,” says Cessford. “I want to be mayor of Delta, to work with the community and deal with the issues.”
  This week, Cessford will announce that he is taking his first run at a council seat, at the helm of the Independents Working For You slate. Two incumbent councillors &
  
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• Surrey social worker awarded Meritorious Service Medal for advocacy in South Asian LGBTQ community

  30-05-2018 02:23 via vancouversun.com
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  When he founded Sher Vancouver 10 years ago, Alex Sangha couldn’t have conceived being awarded the Governor General’s Meritorious Service Medal for his work advocating for the South Asian LGBTQ community.
  “I’ve been overwhelmed by this,” Sangha said. “I’ve been like, ‘Is this really happening?’ ”
  He has dedicated the medal to his mother, Jaspal Kaur Sangha, who raised him and his two brothers on her own.
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• Vaughn Palmer: Horgan still uneasy what's in pipeline, not who owns it

  30-05-2018 02:02 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — For Premier John Horgan the day began shortly before 6 a.m., with a pre-scheduled call from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing Ottawa’s plan to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline, lock, stock and expansion plan.
  “I reiterated to him that it didn’t really matter who owns the pipe,” the premier told CKNW broadcaster Jon McComb shortly afterward. “It was the product that was travelling through it and the potential negative consequences to our e
  
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• Pipeline politics to be divisive issue in coming Vancouver and Burnaby municipal elections

  30-05-2018 01:42 via vancouversun.com
  Few mayoral hopefuls in Vancouver or Burnaby seemed eager to say Tuesday whether they supported the Trans Mountain pipeline project in its latest, federally-backed guise.
  While sitting mayors in each of the cities led vocal and legal opposition to the project on behalf of their constituents during their latest terms, the October municipal election could offer residents a chance to correct or stay that course. For now, however, only one mayoral hopeful expressed even measured support for the proj
  
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• Stop by our #BTWW Celebration Station until 6pm today @ Bewicke & W 2nd. Snacks, prizes + free bike mechanic servic… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-05-2018 01:37 via twitter.com
  Stop by our #BTWW Celebration Station until 6pm today @ Bewicke & W 2nd. Snacks, prizes + free bike mechanic servic… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Calling all artists and artisan vendors! Want to be part of the popular #SummerSessions concert series this summer.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-05-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Calling all artists and artisan vendors! Want to be part of the popular #SummerSessions concert series this summer.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Mission toddler 'the most amazing granddaughter,' grieving grandma says

  30-05-2018 01:21 via vancouversun.com
  The little girl who died in an accidental drowning after wandering away from a Mission daycare will be remembered for her lively personality and fiery ginger hair, a family member said.
  Selena Chabara, who was a month shy of turning two, was the subject of a frantic search at a licensed home daycare last Wednesday. She was found unresponsive in the swimming pool of a neighbouring home.
  Selena’s grandmother, Shannon Porter, said the toddler’s family remains in shock. Parents Sean Chab
  
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• Fired B.C. youth worker acquitted of sex crime can take province to human rights tribunal

  30-05-2018 01:01 via vancouversun.com
  A former elementary school teacher who was charged but later acquitted of sexual assault against a 12-year-old male student claims that information was used to fire her from her job working with girls in a care home.
  Deborah Ashton, 53, of Vernon, had filed a complaint to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal against the province and the care home, alleging she was unfairly discriminated against because of the criminal charges and mental disability, contrary to B.C.’s human rights code.
  The provi
  
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• C'mon, Angie!'s one-night stand leads to complications in the #metoo era

  30-05-2018 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  C’mon, Angie!
  When: June 1 to 9
  Where: Firehall Arts Centre
  Tickets: $27 ($23 seniors/students, $20 under 30)
  In what is becoming an all-too-common part of the public discourse, a sexual encounter leads to questions of consent in C’Mon Angie.
  But Amy Lee Lavoie wrote the play before the #metoo movement took full flight.
  “This is a play I wrote about a year-and-a-half, two years ago,” said the local playwright. “Now, this incredible and profound movement is happening
  
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