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• Impressive Surrey teen has already solved one puzzle by choosing Harvard over Yale

  22-06-2018 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  Some Grade 12 kids wrestle with the temptation of having a gap year as opposed to heading straight to university.
  Woojin Lim’s dilemma was which Ivy League college to pick.
  The Fraser Heights Secondary student was accepted by both Harvard and Yale; after visits to each campus this spring he chose Massachusetts over Connecticut.
  “It was a difficult decision,” Lim said. “I just liked the vibe a bit more at the Harvard campus and the professors.
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• Update on missing 75 year-old. North Shore Rescue has been activated to conduct an urban search of the missing. Are… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  22-06-2018 23:48 via twitter.com
  Update on missing 75 year-old. North Shore Rescue has been activated to conduct an urban search of the missing. Are… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• There's a #BiketoShop event this weekend at Rogers Plaza. Stop by the #NorthVan Celebration Station June 24 11am-1p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  22-06-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
  There's a #BiketoShop event this weekend at Rogers Plaza. Stop by the #NorthVan Celebration Station June 24 11am-1p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Theatre review: Musical Once is Bill Millerd's exquisite swan-song

  22-06-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Once
  When: To July 29
  Where: Granville Island Stage
  Tickets & Info: From $29; www.artsclub.com
  For his swan song after nearly half a century leading the theatre company he’s built into a powerhouse, the Arts Club’s Bill Millerd directs a musical rooted in a culture from the other side of the Atlantic and gives it his signature Vancouver twist.
  Once, by Irishman Enda Walsh with music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, perfectly b
  
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• Road to wellness starts with medical prescriptions for exercise

  22-06-2018 22:04 via vancouversun.com
  For as long as she was a politician, and before that as a family doctor, Margaret MacDiarmid did little in the way of active physical exertion.
  She was, she readily admits, “one of the most sedentary people ever born,” content to spend leisure time reading in a comfortable chair or playing the piano.
  But after she was defeated in the 2013 provincial election, the former B.C. Liberal health minister decided it was time to finally embrace the exercise as medicine movemen
  
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• Woman scammed of $6,000 lied about police arrests: Vancouver police

  22-06-2018 21:36 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police say the victim in the CRA fraud reported this week lied when she said she was approached by people claiming to be police officers.
  The VPD issued a public warning on Thursday after a 58-year-old woman had received a phone call from someone claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency and was later “arrested” by two men in police uniforms.
  Major Crime detectives have confirmed that the woman was scammed out of $6,000, but at no time did she deal with anyone in person
  
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• Gangster Jamie Bacon's girlfriend died of carfentanil overdose, B.C. coroner says

  22-06-2018 21:36 via vancouversun.com
  The girlfriend of high-profile gangster Jamie Bacon died last December of a carfentanil overdose, according to an investigation by the B.C. Coroners Service.
  Kelowna resident Madison Fine was found unresponsive in a Richmond hotel Dec. 1, 2017 — the same day that Bacon had a murder charge against him stayed in B.C. Supreme Court.
  The two-page report by Coroner Debra Rees said that Fine, 25, had overdosed the night before she died, was taken to hospital by ambulance and was released.
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• B.C. selects Shopify to set up legal online cannabis sales

  22-06-2018 21:26 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbians will be able to legally buy cannabis online through the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch when sales go live Oct. 17, according to the agency, though establishing bricks-and-mortar store locations remains a work in progress.
  B.C. LDB today announced that it has picked Canadian online-shopping expert Shopify Inc. to build an e-commerce portal for its legal, recreational cannabis sales, with facilities to serve private retail sales.
  Besides being a retailer itself, the branch will
  
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• Update: Vancouver police say scam victim wasn't confronted by fake cops

  22-06-2018 21:21 via vancouversun.com
  Update, 06/22/2018: The Vancouver Police Department said Friday that a 58-year-old woman exaggerated her claims of being handcuffed and defrauded out of $6,000 by two men posing as RCMP officers as part of an elaborate Canada Revenue Agency scam.
  “At no time was she physically approached by people claiming to be police officers,” Const. Jason Doucette said.
  Doucette says the woman did receive a phone call from someone claiming to be a CRA official and she was
  
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• B.C. 15 bestselling books of the week of June 16

  22-06-2018 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  1. 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia — Stephen Hui (Greystone Books).
  2. Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food — Shelley Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd.).
  3. One Eagle Soaring — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing).
  4. E.J. Hughes Paints Vancouver Island — Robert Amos (TouchWood Editions).
  5. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act — Bob Joseph (Page Two Strategies).
  6. A Matter of Confidence: The Inside
  
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• Bulls & Bears: A good time to be an NHL or NBA fan

  22-06-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  It is draft week in the NHL and NBA and that has made it a big week for fans of both leagues. That’s because drafting is still the surest barometer of successful franchise building. It’s true in the hard salary cap era of the NHL and also in the softer-cap world of basketball, where one high draft pick can have such a dramatic impact, both short and long-term.
  Fast forward eight days and both leagues will be knee deep in the frenzy of free agency, where owners, gene
  
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• Jennifer Twiner McCarron is new CEO of Thunderbird Entertainment

  22-06-2018 20:34 via vancouversun.com
  Thunderbird Entertainment, the Vancouver-based studio behind Blade Runner 2049, has a new chief executive officer.
  Jennifer Twiner McCarron has been promoted to CEO of the company, though she will also remain CEO of the Thunderbird subsidiary Atomic Cartoons.
  Executive chair Ivan Fecan described her as an “enormously talented leader and the right person to build on this opportunity.”
  Twiner McCarron joined Atomic as head of production in 2011 and has helped grow the company from
  
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• TLC for Wagg Creek Park. Join our #CityParkStewards SAT 9am-noon. All welcome, no tools or exp required.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  22-06-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  TLC for Wagg Creek Park. Join our #CityParkStewards SAT 9am-noon. All welcome, no tools or exp required.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Proposal for huge new Vancouver hotel takes next step (IMAGES)

  22-06-2018 20:00
  
  City to consider dual-tower, 438-room hotel that would offer long-term-stay suites for hospital visitors
  
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• Fab 5: Matchy, matchy

  22-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s summertime and the dressin’ is easy … right? Well, it is if you go with co-ordinates or co-ordinating pieces (or co-ords, if you can’t be bothered to say the whole word). Not only are they amazing for your vacation suitcase (two pieces and a few extras equals three easy outfits), they also take some of the stress out of summer shopping. There’s also no limit to the type of co-ords you can find these days, so from shorts and skirts to blazers and blouses, Rebec
  
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• Brian Minter: Perennials to pretty up your patio

  22-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  As we move into summer, perennials should be playing centre stage in our gardens and on our patios.
  We spend more time at home during the summer enjoying our outdoor spaces, and the colour and diversity of perennials can add a sophisticated touch to our gardens that few other plants can match.
  The current fascination with perennials has engaged gardeners of all demographics, and Gary Lewis, our B.C. perennial guru and owner of Phoenix Perennials in Richmond, believes there are many reasons why.
  
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• Bard on the Beach highlights women with Timon of Athens and Lysistrata

  22-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Timon Of Athens
  When: June 26 to Sept. 9
  Lysistrata
  When: July 6 to Sept. 13
  Where: Howard Family Stage, Vanier Park
  Tickets and info: From $24, bardonthebeach.orgThe titular character of Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens is played by Colleen Wheeler at Bard on the Beach this year. In a twist on tradition, all the lead male roles will be played by females and Wheeler thinks turning over the Howard Family Stage to this play and Jennifer Wise and Lois Anderson’s adaptation of Aristoph
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Prime promotion, 'people' connections key to global wine success

  22-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Jak and Janice Meyer of Meyer Family Wines at the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Meyer Family Wines have made a breakthrough as far away as Norway. (Photo: Steve Bosch, PNG files)
  Making wine is one thing. Selling it is quite another proposition.
  There is no easy path to success in the wine business, but a near empty packaged goods storage space is always an excellent sign if you own a winery. The thing about making a sale, or getting your wine into a new market, is you never know when i
  
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• 5 things to know about Maciej Obara Quartet

  22-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Maciej Obara Quartet
  When: June 26, 1:30 p.m.
  Where: Performance Works
  Tickets and info: Free
  One of the great things about the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival is the number of free performances that take place during the event. From Downtown Jazz on opening weekend to David Lam Park Jazz Weekend (June 30, July 1) and the Free Jazz Around Town series at five different venues, the festival has always made a big effort to get the music out there for everyone.
  Anyone who would expect that
  
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• 5 things to know about Gordon Grdina's The Marrow

  22-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  In the Middle East, Africa and Asia, the oud is an instrumental fixture. The lute-type instrument with 11 or 13 strings is pretty rare in jazz. Vancouver musician Gordon Grdina is doing a lot to change that.
  Over 15 years of studies into the instrument and its extensive repertoire have enabled Grdina to put his oud playing front and centre in world music projects such as the large ensemble Haram, Sangha and Qalandar as well as into jazzier realms with his trio and now with The Marrow. This new p
  
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• Platform change at Lougheed SkyTrain Station begins Monday

  22-06-2018 19:58 via vancouversun.com
  Beginning Monday, SkyTrain passengers boarding Millennium Line trains at Lougheed Station will need to board at different platforms.
  Riders heading west towards VCC-Clark Station on the Millennium Line will need to board at platform 3 on the north side of the station. Those heading east to Lafarge-Lake Douglas Station will wait at platform 1 on the south side of the station.
  The Expo Line platforms will not change.
  TransLink says the reason for the switch is that since the Evergreen Extension to
  
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• Police watchdog report into 2015 Burnaby RCMP shooting sent to Crown

  22-06-2018 19:57 via vancouversun.com
  The Independent Investigation Office, B.C.’s police watchdog, is forwarding its file on a 2015 shooting involving Burnaby RCMP officers to the B.C. Prosecution Service for their consideration of charges.
  The incident happened on March 1, 2015.
  A man was shot by Mounties following a 3 a.m. robbery at a 7-Eleven store at Canada Way and Edmonds Street.
  “According to police, officers engaged two males and attempted to effect an arrest.  During this inte
  
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• Have you seen John McCandless? bit.ly/2ttHFQM #NorthVancouver https://t.co/u5WW33U6kT

  22-06-2018 18:48 via twitter.com
  
  Have you seen John McCandless?bit.ly/2ttHFQM#NorthVancouver https://t.co/u5WW33U6kT
  
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• ROAD ADVISORY: Brooksbank Ave, 5th to Keith Rd, closed now until Mon at 5am. Keith Rd, Lynnmouth to Heywood, closin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  22-06-2018 18:17 via twitter.com
  ROAD ADVISORY: Brooksbank Ave, 5th to Keith Rd, closed now until Mon at 5am. Keith Rd, Lynnmouth to Heywood, closin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Residents flee Kamloops neighbourhood after wildfire breaks out close to homes

  22-06-2018 17:23 via vancouversun.com
  Residents in a Kamloops neighbourhood were forced to flee Thursday evening as a grass fire burned within metres of 12 homes.
  A tactical evacuation of the homes in the Batchelor Heights area was ordered as the flames broke out around 6 p.m. and raced from the top of a ridge toward the houses.
  B.C. Wildfire Service spokesman Kevin Skrepnek says more than 40 wildfire service and Kamloops firefighters were assigned to the blaze, backed by a number of air tankers dropping retardant.
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• Thunderbird Entertainment names Jennifer Twiner McCarron as new CEO

  22-06-2018 17:19 via vancouversun.com
  Thunderbird Entertainment, the Vancouver-based studio behind Blade Runner 2049, has a new chief executive officer.
  Jennifer Twiner McCarron has been promoted to CEO of the company, though she will also remain CEO of the Thunderbird subsidiary Atomic Cartoons.
  Executive chair Ivan Fecan described her as an “enormously talented leader and the right person to build on this opportunity.”
  Twiner McCarron joined Atomic as head of production in 2011 and has helped grow the company from
  
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• 🚧 Road closure reminders. Plan alternate route. ⚠️ Brooksbank Ave: now closed 5th St to Keith Rd until 5am June 25… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  22-06-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  🚧 Road closure reminders. Plan alternate route. ⚠️ Brooksbank Ave: now closed 5th St to Keith Rd until 5am June 25… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Daily poll: Should the government change laws to curb birth tourism?

  22-06-2018 16:11 via vancouversun.com
  Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido is pushing to curb birth tourism, as pressure for action mounts in B.C. Vancouver Coastal Health says 20 per cent of all deliveries at Richmond Hospital are foreign nationals. Under Canadian law, babies born here get Canadian citizenship regardless of their parents’ citizenship. But Peschisolido would like to see measures brought in to curb the growing industry.
  Read Randy Shore’s latest story on this here.
  Read Pamela Fayerman’s recen
  
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• Town Talk: Multibillionaire duke visits local holdings

  22-06-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  UP WITH THE DUKE: Affluent individuals are five a penny in the Rosewood Hotel Georgia’s Reflections Lounge. But they were eclipsed recently by 27-year-old Hugh Grosvenor. Resembling a better-looking Hugh Grant, Grosvenor, who has been the seventh Duke of Westminster since 2016, has a net worth topping $17 billion. His holdings include swaths of London’s ritzy Mayfair and Belgravia districts developed in the 18th and 19th centuries. B.C. interests began in 1953 with Annacis Island. Cu
  
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• Conversations That Matter: Who will build renewable energy?

  22-06-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  The energy transition has been underway for more than 25 years. Solar, wind, run of river and geothermal are all energy sources that hold promise in our determination to move away from fossil fuels.
  Interestingly, utility companies are not building them, rather they are turning to the private sector as suppliers.
  That means private enterprises are taking the risks, they’re buying or leasing the land, building the power sources, maintaining them and carrying the debt for deca
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain

  22-06-2018 15:26 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Friday’s weather in Metro Vancouver is expected to be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers, some sunny breaks, and a high of 20 C. Environment Canada says the cloudy weather should clear up on Saturday and then on Sunday it will be a mix again of sun and cloud. The temperature is expected to hit a high of 21 C both days.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Increasing cloudiness early this morning, with a 30 per cent chance of showers late this morning and this aft
  
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• X-Files creator Chris Carter to visit Vancouver for gallery meet and greet

  22-06-2018 06:10 via vancouversun.com
  The truth is out there. And next week, the man behind that famous TV slogan will be out here.
  Chris Carter, the creator of the X-Files, will be in Vancouver later this month for a special meet and greet event at downtown Vancouver’s Back Gallery Project.
  Carter’s visit will coincide with the closing of Back Gallery’s latest X-Files exhibition, titled “The Making of The X-Files“.
  The exhibition boasts a unique piece of memorabilia from the popular Fox drama: FBI
  
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• New Westminster teacher Ali Hasan now a three-day Jeopardy! champion

  22-06-2018 06:08 via vancouversun.com
  New Westminster teacher Ali Hasan is now a three-day Jeopardy! champion, after successfully defending his title once again in a runaway victory on the popular game show on Thursday night.
  “Ali has been leading the one-man invasion of the United States,” host Alex Trebek joked in introducing the B.C. educator, whose two-day total was an impressive $46,802.
  “One-man invasion” might be a tad hyperbolic. One-man show, on the other hand, rings true. Hasan destroyed his challen
  
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• Pressure builds to close 'birth tourism' loophole for getting citizenship

  22-06-2018 06:02 via vancouversun.com
  Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido is optimistic that he can persuade federal ministers to curb so-called birth tourism, as pressure for action mounts in B.C.
  “We are reaching a tipping point,” he said. “Nurses have told me that this is displacing folks from giving birth in Richmond.”
  The number of babies born to foreign nationals at Richmond Hospital rose to 384 last year from just 18 in 2010 and now accounts for about 20 per cent of all deliveries, according to
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Friday, June 22

  22-06-2018 03:56 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Friday, June 22.Playland Nights
  The adults-only Playland Nights returns Friday, so if you’ve been waiting for an opportunity to visit the park when the kids aren’t around, this is it. This year’s iteration of the popular event boasts an expanded foot print, with multiple bars, several DJs spinning music onsite, VIP experiences, beer and, of course, the glorious absence of children.
  Where: Playla
  
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• Dan Fumano: As crowded mayoral race's latest entrant, Wai Young aims to stand right out

  22-06-2018 03:56 via vancouversun.com
  As Wai Young stepped, accompanied by a violinist, into this year’s unusually crowded Vancouver mayoral race, she set herself apart.
  The former Conservative MP for Vancouver South launched her campaign Thursday outside city hall with an event decidedly unlike those of her already declared competitors for the city’s top job, as she combined press conference, campaign rally and entertainment.
  Most other candidates’ campaign launches have addressed the media and a few sen
  
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• Pro and anti sides uncertain of rules as B.C. proportional representation campaign launch nears

  22-06-2018 03:55 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Groups on both sides of the proportional representation debate are struggling to prepare for the July 1 launch of the referendum campaign because the province has yet to set the rules to get public funding.
  The groups say they are frustrated that Attorney General David Eby has yet to sign regulations that spell out who can apply for the $500,000 for each side in government money that official groups will receive to conduct campaigns for and against changing the electoral system.
  
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• Man accused of murdering father over Ferrari admits he lied to police

  22-06-2018 03:19 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver man accused of murdering his elderly father in a dispute over the purchase of a Ferrari on Thursday admitted that he initially lied to police and others about his involvement in the death.
  The admission by Alexander Shevalev, who has pleaded not guilty to the March 2015 second-degree murder of Vladimir Shevalev, 80, came during cross-examination at his trial in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.
  The Crown’s theory is that before the slaying, the accused stole about $100,000 from
  
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• Don't blame taxes for high gas prices, blame oil companies: Economist

  22-06-2018 03:17 via vancouversun.com
  When oil prices crashed at the end of 2014 — from a high of $110 per barrel to roughly half within a few months, and eventually bottoming out at about $35 in early 2016 — a funny thing happened with Vancouver’s gas prices.
  They went down a little, but not nearly the same as the bulk base price.
  Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives economist Marc Lee has taken a look at how gas prices have tracked over the past few years and found data that broke down where the increases were
  
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• Cannabis retailers line up waiting for B.C. to unveil licensing regime

  22-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia hasn’t licensed any legal cannabis stores yet, but an Alberta-based startup wants to join others expecting to establish the legal retail market here.
  The company is called Fire & Flower, and on Wednesday, just as federal legislation legalizing recreational weed was headed for royal assent, it announced its intention to seek at least 20  retail licences in this province.
  Where and when stores will open, however, is still up in the air, according to CEO Trevor Fenco
  
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