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• Tiny House Warriors spokesperson arrested at Trans Mountain protest in B.C.

  14-07-2018 23:26 via vancouversun.com
  CLEARWATER, B.C. — A woman is in custody after a Trans Mountain pipeline protest in British Columbia’s North Thompson Provincial Park Saturday morning.
  Kanahus Manuel, a spokesperson for the activist group Tiny House Warriors, was arrested by the RCMP after defying an evacuation order from the BC Parks service delivered on Thursday.
  In a post on the Tiny House Warriors Facebook group from Wednesday, Manuel says the Trudeau government has left the group with “no choice” bu
  
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• High winds and lack of rain suggests no breaks in sight for B.C. wildfire season

  14-07-2018 23:20 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A rising heat wave and significant winds across the southern half of British Columbia helped ignite 11 new wildfires across the province in the past 24 hours.
  Claire Allen of the BC Wildfire Service says that of those fires, six were human-caused, one was started by lightning, while the remaining four are still under investigation.
  She says the province is unlikely to get a reprieve, with no rain or cooler temperatures in the long-term forecast.
  Allen says B.C. is in the core o
  
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• When your Civic Plaza is a beloved community people space. #NorthVan #EmbraceTheSpace I❤️MyCity https://t.co/NVbJmCQhH8

  14-07-2018 22:13 via twitter.com
  
  When your Civic Plaza is a beloved community people space. #NorthVan #EmbraceTheSpace I❤️MyCity https://t.co/NVbJmCQhH8
  
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• It’s 1:00pm and #LynnCanyon is at capacity. All parking is maxed out, including the gravel overflow road. Please co… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-07-2018 22:09 via twitter.com
  It’s 1:00pm and #LynnCanyon is at capacity. All parking is maxed out, including the gravel overflow road. Please co… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Input Needed: Electric Vehicle Strategy Join us July 19 to share your input. We'll be talking about supporting the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-07-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Input Needed: Electric Vehicle Strategy Join us July 19 to share your input. We'll be talking about supporting the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Parking completely full at Cates Park. Events going on all day. Please be advised that parking will be extremely ha… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-07-2018 20:37 via twitter.com
  Parking completely full at Cates Park. Events going on all day. Please be advised that parking will be extremely ha… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Makeover: A fresh cut for summer

  14-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Monique LeDoux is a 42-year-old nursing student who wanted a fresh hair cut for summer. She has medium textured dark brown hair which was feeling too long and shapeless.
  I started by shampooing her hair using KMS Moist Repair — Shampoo and Conditioner. I sectioned her hair into a central vertical parting and eliminated two inches from her length; creating a sleek one-length bob. I incorporated internal layers for body and movement and to offer lift and shape through the back and side profi
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Hot and sunny, weather alert in effect

  14-07-2018 19:45 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Environment Canada posted a weather alert Saturday for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, saying it’s going to be a hot weekend.
  The agency says temperatures are expected to reach the high 20s to low 30s along the coast and the mid 30s inland on Saturday and Sunday.
  The toasty weather will likely continue Monday and Tuesday, and then cool down mid week.
  Environment and Climate Change officials are urging residents to take precautions to protect themselves from t
  
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• Vancouver police respond to 'disturbance' at Trump tower nightclub

  14-07-2018 19:40 via vancouversun.com
  Police say a scuffle Friday inside a nightclub at the Trump tower in Vancouver is not linked to protests against the U.S. president, who is currently on a working visit to the United Kingdom.
  Officers were called to respond to a “disturbance” at Drai’s Vancouver nightclub inside the Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver just before 11 p.m., spokesman Sgt. Jason Robillard said in an email. The nightclub was hosting Eko, a regular Friday event featuring dancing and DJs.
  
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• It’s a beautiful sunny day, so #DeepCove is extremely busy already. There is a race event in Panorama, so please co… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-07-2018 19:11 via twitter.com
  It’s a beautiful sunny day, so #DeepCove is extremely busy already. There is a race event in Panorama, so please co… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• There is a special event at Cates Park today, so parking will be at a premium all day. Consider choosing another lo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-07-2018 18:36 via twitter.com
  There is a special event at Cates Park today, so parking will be at a premium all day. Consider choosing another lo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Did you hear? CityView is out & bursting w/ local news & events in the City. Check it out: ow.ly/TD2U30kVIis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-07-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  Did you hear? CityView is out & bursting w/ local news & events in the City. Check it out: ow.ly/TD2U30kVIis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Belmont Residences to take its place in an evolving Langford

  14-07-2018 15:25 via vancouversun.com
  At 79, Jean Maddocks has a pretty good idea what she wants. So when she saw the first phase of the Belmont Residences, a master-planned community in Vancouver Island’s Langford, she knew she had found what she was looking for.
  Maddocks, a widow who owns a 1,425-square-foot rancher in nearby Colwood, has watched the community of Langford evolve in recent years.
  “And I knew as I got older, I had to do some thinking about the future,” she said. “My yard and garden work are g
  
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• This Week in History: 1901 Greer's Beach gets a new name

  14-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Greer’s Beach was a popular camping spot in early Vancouver. But the name probably irked the Canadian Pacific Railway, that had been given the beach in 1885 as part of a 6,000-acre land grant.
  The problem was the beach was named after the C.P.R.’s foe Sam Greer, who claimed he had purchased the beach and 200 acres of land off four Aboriginals in 1884.
  The cantankerous Greer fought the C.P.R. for decades over his claim, sometimes literally. In 1891 he was jailed for shooting a sheriff
  
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• Editorial: Replacing Greyhound bus service will be a tall order

  14-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  The announcement this week that Greyhound Canada would end its passenger and freight services in Western Canada Oct. 31 did not come as a complete surprise.
  It discontinued northern B.C. routes June 1, prompting the B.C. government to launch B.C. Bus North with $2 million in funding a few days later. B.C. Bus North is a pilot program operated by B.C. Transit to replace service along the Prince Rupert-Prince George corridor with offshoots to Dawson Creek, Valemount and Fort St. John. One-way fare
  
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• Rapid transit, local amenities drive Torino’s appeal

  14-07-2018 14:59 via vancouversun.com
  Some developers concentrate their energies on single-family houses, some build multi-family apartment buildings and some build entire communities. With its latest development, Pinnacle International is placing itself firmly into the last of these categories; the company’s Capstan Village in Richmond represents community building on a grand scale.
  When fully completed in 2021, Capstan Village will include six residential towers and a mix of retail, office spaces, artist studios, hotel accom
  
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• Sold (Bought): South Vancouver property sees plenty of action

  14-07-2018 14:39 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  8199 Prince Edward Street, Vancouver
  Type: Six-bedroom, four-bathroom detached
  Size: 2,234 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $1,519,000
  Listed for: $1,738,000
  Sold for: $1,615,000
  Sold on: March 27
  Days on market: 27
  Listing agent: Owen Bigland at Macdonald Realty Westmar
  Buyers agent: Stella Yiu at Sutton Group – West Coast Realty
  The big sell: This three-level house is on South Vancouver’s slopes, occupying an east-fac
  
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• The Home Front: Getting creative on a budget

  14-07-2018 14:37 via vancouversun.com
  Tight budgets aren’t always a bad thing when it comes to home design, and can actually inspire creativity, says Vancouver interior designer Laura Melling.
  When recently asked to design the interior of an upscale townhouse built by Mosaic Homes, Melling got creative with budget-friendly furniture and furnishings.
  “Unless it’s a very high-end space, most often we will combine Ikea for some base pieces and then layer in some more custom pieces that my studio has designed or p
  
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• Vancouver Folk Fest heats up on Day 1 with Delta blues, Indigenous stars, Neko Case and plenty more

  14-07-2018 07:50 via vancouversun.com
  It was lucky Friday the 13th for the 41st Vancouver Folk Music Festival.
  A forecast heat wave kicked in just in time for the weekend and gave the Jericho Beach site a nice simmer. Appropriate heat for the deep Mississippi Delta blues stylings of Jimmy “Duck” Holmes.
  A master of the Bentonian variation of the Deep South blues, Holmes got a rolling boogie going that Postmedia photographer Gerry Kahrmann said made for “a sea of bobbing heads and feet tapping in time to the rhythm.
  
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• CFIA inspects after video shows pigs crammed into transport truck in B.C.

  14-07-2018 04:32 via vancouversun.com
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it will conduct inspections to gather more information about the shipment of pigs shown in a video posted online by an animal rights group in Kamloops, B.C.
  The video published by Kamloops Animal Rights Movement & Advocacy shows pigs piled on top of one another in a transport truck on what the group says was a “sweltering” hot day last week.
  Kira Blaise shot the video and says the pigs didn’t have enough room to stand or lie down com
  
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• Vancouver approves huge Plaza of Nations redevelopment

  14-07-2018 03:46 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver council has approved rezoning for the Plaza of Nations site, one of the most valuable pieces of developable land left in downtown Vancouver.
  Councillors opted for allowing increased density in return for about $100 million in community amenity cash payments from the developers, plus other amenities the developers will build.
  At the Plaza of Nations site, the rezoning allows mixed commercial and residential buildings and includes three blocks of buildings that cascade in terraces, rangi
  
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• Robert Phelps: The ‘sharing’ economy is innovating Vancouver’s hospitality sector

  14-07-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The hospitality sector in Vancouver is growing. According to Restaurants Canada, B.C. led the country with a 7.7-per-cent jump in food-service sales in 2017, and is forecast to drive growth again in 2018, with sales expected to increase by 4.3 per cent countrywide.
  Coupled with this growth is the rise of the “sharing economy,” a system that enables the sharing of resources among businesses or consumers. According to Statistics Canada, between 2015 and 2016, 9.5 per cent of Canada&rsq
  
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• Octavian Cadabeschi: Arbutus Mall’s latest rezoning is more of the same

  14-07-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  A controversial rezoning amendment for Arbutus Mall at 2133 Nanton Ave. is going to a public hearing on July 18. The amendment, if approved, will undermine earlier compromises made with the community in exchange for a negligible contribution to affordable housing. Will Vancouver council let the developer get away with this?
  Although Arbutus Mall is already under construction, the developer, Larco Investments, is making a last-ditch attempt to squeeze in extra height for two towers at the site an
  
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• Letters: Consider value of hospice in end of life discussion

  14-07-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Prohibiting assisted dying does more harm than good, Grey Matters column, July 3
  Several years ago, we wrote and published an essay entitled Making A Case For Hospice. We noted that hospice, derived from “hospes” and “hospitium”, described a place for weary travellers seeking rest on life’s journey. Hospice, within the context of the health-care system, is a philosophy of care at end of life and may refer to a program, a type of care, or a location. Individuals
  
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• Health, safety message muted in seniors' care discussion

  14-07-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Given that there are now more seniors in Canada than there are children, The Vancouver Sun’s recent series on seniors’ care was timely, informative and hopefully stimulated conversation with families and government policy-makers. But discussion about the workers who provide care to seniors was lacking. The health and safety of the tens of thousands of continuing care workers in B.C. has a huge impact on seniors’ care and deserves highlighting.
  While progress is being made, cont
  
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• UBC responds to Steven Galloway's first-person account of the sexual allegations that derailed his career

  14-07-2018 02:21 via vancouversun.com
  As Steven Galloway broke his silence on Friday about the allegations that devastated his career, the University of B.C. stood behind its decision to fire the author, saying his termination was “fully justified.”
  In a statement, UBC vice-president of external relations Philip Steenkamp said recent articles about UBC’s handling of the Galloway investigation have “cast aspersions on the actions and motives of UBC faculty members, students and administrators.”
  But
  
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• Poll finds strong support for temporary housing solutions

  14-07-2018 02:17 via vancouversun.com
  A new poll reveals that more than three-quarters of Vancouverites support the city’s temporary modular homes program.
  People 55 and older and high-income earners were most likely to “strongly support” the controversial program to tackle homelessness, according to the poll commissioned by the City of Vancouver.
  “When I first proposed this 10 years ago, there was a lot of fear from people who didn’t want homeless people in their neighbourhoods,” said Vision
  
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• Friday the 13th: Five horror scenes filmed in Vancouver

  14-07-2018 01:40 via vancouversun.com
  It’s Friday the 13th, a spooky day for the superstitious, and a great day for horror film fans, who have a flimsy excuse to talk their friends and loved ones into watching a scary movie.
  That’s what the day is for, after all. Why else would there be a Friday the 13th film franchise? The biannual occurrence clearly possesses some inherent eeriness, creating an excellent atmosphere for a horror film.
  If you seize the opportunity, there’s a good chance you’ll spot Vancouver
  
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• Hey #NorthVan, you ready to SLIDE next weekend? Got your tickets? Get 'em here: canada.slidethecity.com https://t.co/4Z5fwAUIw5

  14-07-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  
  Hey #NorthVan, you ready to SLIDE next weekend? Got your tickets? Get 'em here: canada.slidethecity.com https://t.co/4Z5fwAUIw5
  
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• Eager watchdog walks into NDP 'trap' on wording for electoral reform

  14-07-2018 01:21 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A few days after the New Democrats approved Attorney General David Eby’s questions for the referendum on electoral reform, Premier John Horgan asked the independent watchdog on elections to vet Eby’s wording.
  “As you are aware, my government is going to conduct a referendum on our electoral voting system,” the premier began his June 11 letter to Chief Electoral Officer Anton Boegman.
  “The attorney general conducted an independent consultation w
  
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• Where to watch the FIFA 2018 World Cup Final in Vancouver

  14-07-2018 01:11 via vancouversun.com
  The Croatian Cultural Centre on Commercial Drive will be the place to be if you’re a fan of the former member of the Yugoslavian federation, of the underdog or of just plain fun.
  About 1,000 soccer fans packed the Centre for Wednesday’s semifinal win against England and more are expected for Sunday’s 8 a.m. kickoff of the FIFA 2018 World Cup final against France.
  Croatia became independent when Yugoslavia broke up in 1991 and has a population of about 4.3 million, a bit smaller
  
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• Fire leaves seven homeless in North Vancouver - North Shore News

  14-07-2018 00:58
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  Fire leaves seven homeless in North Vancouver
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  Seven people are out of their homes following a townhouse fire in North Vancouver Thursday night. The first 911 calls came in just before 11 p.m. from the Canyon Way Manor on the 1500 block of Woods Drive. When crews arrived they found heavy flames ...
  
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• Vancouver man who killed father over Ferrari will spend minimum 10 years in jail

  14-07-2018 00:56 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver man, who at 19 murdered his elderly father as they fought over the son’s theft of $100,000 to purchase a Ferrari, will spend at least the next 10 years in prison.
  Alexander Shevalev, now 22, stood at the start of his Friday morning sentencing hearing in B.C. Supreme Court and without obvious emotion apologized to his father, his family and the court, saying he was ashamed and regretful.
  “To this day, I know my father loves me and I dearly love him back,” said Sheval
  
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  14-07-2018 00:52 via twitter.com
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• Man who killed father over Ferrari will spend minimum 10 years in jail

  14-07-2018 00:47 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver man, who at 19 murdered his elderly father as they fought over the son’s theft of $100,000 to purchase a Ferrari, will spend at least the next 10 years in prison.
  Alexander Shevalev, now 22, stood at the start of his Friday morning sentencing hearing in B.C. Supreme Court and without obvious emotion apologized to his father, his family and the court, saying he was ashamed and regretful.
  “To this day, I know my father loves me and I dearly love him back,” said Sheval
  
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• Last call for Vancouver's Louvre Saloon

  14-07-2018 00:24 via vancouversun.com
  The tiny brick building at 325-331 Carrall Street has seen better days — the front facade is currently propped up by steel beams that stretch over the sidewalk.
  Tuesday morning, several street people were camped out in front, taking refuge from the rain under a couple of umbrellas and a tarp.
  As weathered as it looks, though, the building has significant historical value. It was built in 1889, when Vancouver was only three years old.
  One of the first businesses in the building was the Vanc
  
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