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• REAL SCOOP: Trafficker Madison Fine died of drug overdose

  23-06-2018 20:37 via vancouversun.com
  As suspected when this news broke last December, Jamie Bacon’s girlfriend Madison Fine died of an overdose, according to a coroner’s report released yesterday.
  Sad for her family no matter what you think of Fine and Bacon.
  Here’s my story:Gangster Jamie Bacon’s girlfriend died of carfentanil
  overdose, B.C. coroner says
  KIM BOLAN
  Updated: June 22, 2018
  The girlfriend of high-profile gangster Jamie Bacon died last December of a carfentanil overdose, according to an investig
  
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• Meet the chef: Alex Jin fuses French with Japanese and urges us to share

  23-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  After working in Japanese restaurants for many years, chef Alex Jin moved to Montreal seven years ago. In the city’s historic district, Jin took residency at Hotel Places D’Armes in their French kitchen. He returned to Vancouver last year and decided to fuse his skills in French and Japanese cuisine, marrying his experience in the far reaches of the culinary world at Kitchen by Yugo.
  Q: What motivates and inspires you as a chef?
  A: I like the smiles from people who enjoy eating. Neve
  
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• Makeover: A new look for the trip of a lifetime

  23-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Sonia Langford, 73, is packing her camera and travelling to Greece for two months.
  Sonia’s has straight and medium textured hair. It feels heavy and shapeless and tends to fall flat on top. She wanted a shorter style that would look feminine and be easy to style while on her trip.
  I shampooed her hair using KMS Moist Repair — Shampoo and Conditioner. Her ends were feeling dry so I applied KMS Moist Repair — Revival Crème, to instantly improve manageability, then sectione
  
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• Love Jazz? There's a FREE concert in #CivicPlaza TODAY 1pm w/ Ayrad & François Houle Trio. cnv.org/JazzinthePlaza… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-06-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Love Jazz? There's a FREE concert in #CivicPlaza TODAY 1pm w/ Ayrad & François Houle Trio. cnv.org/JazzinthePlaza… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• All parking lots in #DeepCove are already full. Please consider using our overflow lot at Seycove High School, or c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-06-2018 19:44 via twitter.com
  All parking lots in #DeepCove are already full. Please consider using our overflow lot at Seycove High School, or c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A reminder that the Keith Rd / Brooksbank Ave intersection is closed until 5am Monday for @TranBC work on the new M… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-06-2018 18:46 via twitter.com
  A reminder that the Keith Rd / Brooksbank Ave intersection is closed until 5am Monday for @TranBC work on the new M… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 🚧 Weekend road closure reminders. Plan alternate route. ⚠️ Brooksbank Ave: closed 5th St to Keith Rd until 5am June… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-06-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  🚧 Weekend road closure reminders. Plan alternate route. ⚠️ Brooksbank Ave: closed 5th St to Keith Rd until 5am June… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Mainly cloudy, clearing near noon

  23-06-2018 17:50 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Saturday’s weather in Metro Vancouver looks like a mixed bag of clouds, sun, and possibly rain. Environment Canada says it will be mainly cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers in the morning. The sky should clear up though around noon, with a high of 21 C. That’s good news for Vancouver’s dragon boat racers, as the annual festival takes place at False Creek this weekend. Sunday looks a little brighter, with mainly sunny skies, with some clouds roll
  
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• Can you help our #CityParkStewards remove invasive plants TODAY 9am to noon at #WaggCreekPark? All welcome, no tool… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-06-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  Can you help our #CityParkStewards remove invasive plants TODAY 9am to noon at #WaggCreekPark? All welcome, no tool… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Fern Grove resonating with both downsizers and first-time buyers

  23-06-2018 15:27 via vancouversun.com
  Getting some financial help from the bank of mom and pop is not uncommon today for young people struggling to buy a home in Metro Vancouver. But Mike and Kayla Fenton have gone one step further, with Mike’s parents in an arrangement that is a win-win for both the parents and them.
  After the young couple determined that their 900-square-foot Maple Ridge condo was worth almost double what they paid for it four years ago, they started thinking it was time to upsize.
  “So my husband&rsquo
  
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• Sunshine Coast considers higher density in rural areas

  23-06-2018 15:00
  
  Affordable housing need drives proposed policy revisions to allow for higher densities in exchange for social units
  
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• The Home Front: Stargazing with London designer Lee Broom

  23-06-2018 14:42 via vancouversun.com
  British product designer Lee Broom, known for his lighting, furniture and accessories, blew into town this month to discuss his new lighting collection — Observatory — at Vancouver’s Inform Interiors.
  Broom launched Observatory at the Milan furniture fair (Salone del Mobile) in April and NYCxDesign in May, winning the Best of NYCxDesign 2018 for his Eclipse pendant light. The collection, he says, is loosely based around the solar system.
  “It’s a slightly c
  
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• Sold (Bought): False Creek condo receives multiple offers

  23-06-2018 14:27 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  516 – 456 Moberly Road, Vancouver
  Type: Two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment
  Size: 1,419 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $1,781,000
  Listed for: $1,899,000
  Sold for: $2,300,000
  Sold on: April 3
  Days on market: 18
  Listing agent: Cathy Liu at Sutton Group – West Coast Realty
  Buyers agent: Dan Pigott at ReMax Crest Realty
  The big sell: Listing agent Cathy Liu reports that five offers were received for this False Creek corne
  
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• Missing Male Located bit.ly/2tmx9M1 #NorthVancouver

  23-06-2018 03:48 via twitter.com
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• This Week in History: 1923: An invalid soldier overdoses at a jazz party

  23-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  One of the saddest things to ever run in Vancouver newspapers was the daily casualty lists that were released during the First World War.
  On June 23, 1916 there were so many casualties, it took up almost an entire page in the Vancouver World.
  The first report was sent out at noon, and listed 11 men killed in action, five who “died of wounds,” eight who were missing in action, one who had been missing but had returned to duty, and 26 who had been wounded.
  But that was just the first c
  
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• Rhea Dubois-Phillips: Local focus key to good corporate citizenship

  23-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  In Metro Vancouver, there are plenty of local issues needing attention — from big concerns like healthcare, education and soaring housing costs that have priced many people out of the market, to smaller issues like underfunded art classes and playgrounds that have aged beyond repair.
  Increasingly, Canadians are looking to the private sector, rather than cash-strapped governments, to take action on these issues — a finding confirmed by this year’s Edelman Trust Barometer, which
  
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• Letters: When we reach goal of affordability, what will that look like?

  23-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  In the ongoing debate about affordability in the housing market, I have yet to see “affordability” defined in concrete terms. What exactly will it look like? If it means that house prices must come down, and existing homeowners must watch the worth of their assets depreciate in the name of the public good, how much of a decline on, say, a million-dollar home must there be before affordability is reached? Ten per cent? Thirty per cent? Fifty per cent?
  It matters because existing homeo
  
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• Editorial: Series dissected B.C.'s system of seniors care

  23-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Our seven-part series, Navigating Seniors Care, which concluded today, highlighted many of the challenges B.C. faces as our population ages. It described a system of care for the elderly that seems dysfunctional, underfunded, understaffed and hopelessly unprepared to cope with the surge of seniors expected over the next few years.
  According to the 2016 census, B.C. was then home to 848,985 people over the age of 65, roughly 18 per cent of the province’s population, outnumbering the 691,390
  
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• Calvin White: This is who we are, unfortunately

  23-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  So, this is who we are today. Former B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake is now on the corporate board of a major marijuana company. Former Toronto police chief and current MP Bill Blair is a point man on marijuana legalization. Former B.C. Solicitor General and West Vancouver Police Chief Kash Heed is a consultant for marijuana companies. The list of government and policing honchos who have jumped on the bandwagon is substantial.
  For decades, RCMP officers have visited schools across
  
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• Point Grey Secondary grads compare notes 50 years apart

  23-06-2018 02:55 via vancouversun.com
  As Point Grey Secondary School’s 2018 Grade 12 grads gathered to say farewell and celebrate their achievements on Friday, members of the graduating class of 1968 took time out to visit them ahead of their own 50th reunion party.
  “We’re going to the school … to spend some time with this year’s grads, to let them know what it feels like 50 years down the line and find out what it’s like being a grad 50 years after us,” said television producer and 1968 gr
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Court Liaison Officer. Click here to apply. ow.ly/o4M330kCYpu

  23-06-2018 02:04 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a regular full-time Court Liaison Officer. Click here to apply. ow.ly/o4M330kCYpu
  
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• B.C. man who murdered his wife and two kids loses bid for DNA testing

  23-06-2018 02:04 via vancouversun.com
  A Cranbrook man who claims he was wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and two infant sons has been denied a bid for DNA testing of trial exhibits.
  In 1995, a B.C. Supreme Court jury found Dean Christopher Roberts guilty of three counts of first-degree murder. Roberts, who was 26 years old at the time, was sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 25 years.
  The convictions came after Roberts confessed during a so-called Mr. Big police undercover operation to the slayings o
  
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• Opinion: Women under-represented in engineering, but their presence is growing

  23-06-2018 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s likely not on your calendar, and there probably won’t be a reminder on your phone, but June 23 is a special day, particularly for women.
  Today recognizes International Women in Engineering Day, a time to focus on the amazing accomplishments of female engineers and the career opportunities available for women in this dynamic profession.
  Unfortunately, while women make up half the population, they’re greatly under-represented in engineering, making up less than 12 per cent o
  
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• Isobel Mackenzie: Seniors aren't a burden to society

  23-06-2018 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  As we reflect back on Seniors Week, now is a good time to think about what it means to be a senior in B.C. Contrary to the apocalyptic predictions of a “silver tsunami” sweeping our province, country and planet, seniors today and into the future are very much in the minority. Currently, 82 per cent of British Columbians are under age 65 and at the height of our shifting demographics (2031), three out of four of our citizens will still not be claiming the old age pension or free ferry
  
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• Missing 75 year-old male has just been located by North Shore Rescue. Missing was found in the bush a distance from… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-06-2018 01:59 via twitter.com
  Missing 75 year-old male has just been located by North Shore Rescue. Missing was found in the bush a distance from… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Our Annual Municipal Report includes our 2017 achievements, objectives for 2018, and financial information. Review… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-06-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Our Annual Municipal Report includes our 2017 achievements, objectives for 2018, and financial information. Review… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Surrey Strip's tent-city inhabitants moved into temporary modular housing

  23-06-2018 01:17 via vancouversun.com
  Tents that once filled Surrey’s 135A Street were thrown out over the course of three days, as residents of the homeless encampment were moved into three, new, temporary, modular-housing facilities — though not everyone accepted the move.
  The street was virtually empty by Friday morning after a street cleanup Thursday night. Individuals were given a placement within 160 recently opened units of temporary housing. Another 160 people are sleeping in shelter spots.
  “It was an
  
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• Seniors care in B.C.: Dementia wave set to make institutions more responsive to residents

  23-06-2018 00:34 via vancouversun.com
  Erna Dreger held out as long as she could. She kept her husband Paul out of the seniors care system for nine years, caring for him at home after he was diagnosed in 2003 with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.
  But Paul, now 80, liked to go for walks by himself. Erna realized his wandering had become dangerous when he got lost and she had to call in police to find him.
  “I knew I had to be smart before something tragic happened,” said Erna, 77.
  As she began her agonizing search to
  
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