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• Some pay more, some pay less with TransLink's new fare structure

  26-07-2018 23:14 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink is going ahead with changes to its fare system that will charge rapid transit users based on the distance they travel.
  Translink’s Mayors’ Council voted Thursday in favour of recommendations from a two-year transit fare review and directed staff to develop a plan to bring in the charges.
  “This is a key milestone for us,” said Geoff Cross, vice-president of policy and planning for TransLink.
  Fares in Metro Vancouver are currently determined by the zones. Sky
  
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• Governments put $1.5 million US Cascadia high-speed train study on rails

  26-07-2018 23:13 via vancouversun.com
  Transportation officials and corporate donor Microsoft have finalized $1.5 million US in funding needed to keep alive the dream of high-speed rail on the Cascadia corridor, with a one-hour Vancouver to Seattle transit time.
  Washington and Oregon departments of transportation, along with British Columbia and Microsoft, issued a joint announcement today confirming they are going ahead with a business-case study for what could be a $24-billion to $42-billion project.
  This latest vision for high-spe
  
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• Julie MacInnes: Overfished and unprotected — who are the true predators this Shark Week?

  26-07-2018 23:03 via vancouversun.com
  Every year, millions tune in to watch movies and TV shows about sharks. This week is the 30th anniversary of Shark Week, which aims to entertain and inform audiences about these often-misunderstood animals. Perhaps not surprisingly, it’s the shark attack and ‘Jaws-esque’ scenes that most people tune in to watch.
  These scenes unfortunately promote an unscientific view on the dangers that sharks truly pose. Seeing images of sharks with huge jaws strikes fear in people’s hea
  
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• Cost of Tofino waterfront property jumps 112% as recreational home prices surge in B.C.

  26-07-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re thinking about buying a summer cottage or place to retire by the sea in British Columbia, you may need keep saving.
  The cost of a recreational property in B.C. surged nearly 20 per cent in the past year, and in some of the more popular destinations, like Tofino, they went up more than 100 per cent.
  That’s according to the 2018 Re/Max Recreational Report released Thursday. The report finds that the aging population has retirees driving and inflating the recreational mar
  
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• #CityView e-news is ready for you. A quick update of latest City news & summer events: ow.ly/7Ju730l8yUA… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  #CityView e-news is ready for you. A quick update of latest City news & summer events: ow.ly/7Ju730l8yUA… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Michael Buble's, Luisana Lopilato's first daughter born in Vancouver

  26-07-2018 22:51 via vancouversun.com
  Michael Buble and Luisana Lopilato are the now the proud parents of a baby girl.
  Buble’s representative tells The Associated Press that Vida Amber Betty was born Wednesday in Vancouver. She is 6 pounds, 1 ounce.
  Buble and Lopilato have two sons, Elias and Noah. Lopilato, an Argentine TV actress, posted a photo of her baby girl’s hand Thursday on Instagram.Buble’s rep says the family is “beyond overjoyed.”
  Vida’s middle names are in honour of her parents’
  
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• Surrey RCMP make arrest in string of smartphone robberies

  26-07-2018 22:30 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP have arrested a man in connection with a trio of violent smartphone robberies.
  The scenario was the same in each robbery. Police say the three victims all placed ads on a buy-and-sell website, hoping to sell their smartphones. When the victims met with the suspect to complete the sale, they were either assaulted, or threatened with violence, and had their smartphones stolen.
  Following a month-long investigation, Surrey RCMP have arrested 35-year-old Travis Lanouette of Maple Rid
  
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• As this heatwave continues, remember to stay hydrated and NEVER leave children or pets alone in a parked car. More… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
  As this heatwave continues, remember to stay hydrated and NEVER leave children or pets alone in a parked car. More… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Grieving mother orca whale carried her dead calf for more than 24 hours

  26-07-2018 20:42 via vancouversun.com
  The grieving mother of an orca whale continued to carry her dead newborn around on her back for two days, something researchers say is common among cetaceans.
  The first calf born in three years to the endangered southern resident orcas died Tuesday in the waters near Victoria, and as of Wednesday night, the baby’s mother was still carrying it around with her.
  Ken Balcomb, senior scientist with the Center for Whale Research, says the newborn orca was seen being pushed to the surfa
  
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• Here's a list of the summer festivals happening around Metro Vancouver in August

  26-07-2018 20:32 via vancouversun.com
  Back-to-school supplies might already be cropping up at some retail outlets, but there’s still a whole lot of summer left. August is chockablock full of festivals to keep you busy and having fun right up until that first day of school.Honda Celebration of LightSpend the day soaking in the food, music and sunshine, then find your spot and look to the skies for this annual musical fireworks competition. This year’s countries include: Sweden, Aug. 1 | South Korea, Aug. 4 • English
  
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• Movie Review: Movie Minute Mission Impossible: Fallout

  26-07-2018 20:30 via vancouversun.com
  OMG, three plutonium cores have gone missing — what’s the world to do? Well, call on the IMF and the king of derring do, Ethan Hunt, of course.
  Yes, Mission Impossible: Fallout is here. The sixth instalment of the Tom Cruise blockbuster action franchise sees Cruise in top form as he fights the bad guys. Oh and yes, there are some crazy stunts.
  For a review of the film, check out the latest Movie Minute with Postmedia film critic Dana Gee and Arts and Life editor Aleesha Harris.
  
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• Teen cyclist sent to hospital following collision in Richmond

  26-07-2018 20:19 via vancouversun.com
  A 16-year-old cyclist was sent to hospital with critical injuries after he was struck by a vehicle in Richmond on Wednesday.
  Richmond RCMP say the accident happened just before 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Blundell Road and St. Albans Road.
  The boy was injured when his bicycle collided with an older-model Hyundai.
  Richmond RCMP say he was not wearing a helmet.
  The driver, a 21-year-old Richmond woman, remained at the scene and is cooperating with police.
  Police do not believe alc
  
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• Overheating? Region’s housing market still 'highly vulnerable' to risk factors

  26-07-2018 19:48
  
  For ninth straight quarter, federal housing agency warns of high levels of price overvaluation in Metro Vancouver
  
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• Funnyman Seth Rogen is the new voice of Vancouver transit

  26-07-2018 19:38 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s own Seth Rogen will soon be welcoming you on board TransLink’s buses and SkyTrains.
  “Any opportunity to enrich the lives of the Canadian people is an opportunity I will take,” said Rogen in a video sharing the news on Thursday.
  Rogen is voicing several announcements for the transit service after fellow actor Morgan Freeman’s voice announcements were scrapped in May.
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  TransLink to pause Morgan Freeman SkyTrain announcements over sexual harassment a
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Man killed in targeted Vancouver shooting – UPDATED

  26-07-2018 19:23 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Police say they are investigating a targeted shooting that left a man dead in East Vancouver Wednesday.
  Const. Jason Doucette said the shooting happened just before 8 p.m. near Cambridge and Nanaimo.
  When police arrived, they found the victim suffering from gunshot wounds.
  “He was rushed to hospital and died a short time later,” Doucette said.
  “It is still very early in the investigation, but based on the information collected so far, investigators do not believe
  
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• #SummerSessions this Saturday 5-10pm at #TheShipyards. @QuicknessBand takes to the stage at 7pm. Come eat, drink,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 18:55 via twitter.com
  #SummerSessions this Saturday 5-10pm at #TheShipyards. @QuicknessBand takes to the stage at7pm. Come eat, drink,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cost of a recreational property surges in B.C.: report

  26-07-2018 18:42 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re thinking about buying a summer cottage or place to retire by the sea in British Columbia, you may need keep saving.
  The cost of a recreational property in B.C. surged nearly 20 per cent over the last year, and in some of the more popular destinations, like Tofino, they went up more than 100 per cent.
  That’s according to the 2018 Re/Max Recreational Report released Thursday. The report finds that the aging population has retirees driving and inflating the recreational m
  
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• B.C. wildfires 2018: Evacuation alerts lifted as campfire bans imposed

  26-07-2018 18:39 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Several significant wildfires continue to burn in British Columbia but fire crews have made good progress despite ongoing dry conditions and hot weather.
  All remaining evacuation alerts were removed Wednesday for hundreds of homes close to the nearly 18-square kilometre Mount Eneas wildfire burning near Peachland on the west side of Okanagan Lake.
  Evacuation alerts were also lifted for properties near Spences Bridge as crews doused a bush fire that broke out earlier this week a
  
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• B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame 2018 honourees announced

  26-07-2018 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame has announced its 2018 inductees.
  There are six, new StarWalk Stars and three new Pioneer Stars to add to the 275-plus individuals chosen from the worlds of opera, pop music, choreography, theatre and entertainment publishing who have contributed so much to our entertainment industries.
  The two categories define different contributions.
  StarWalk inductees are people who have enhanced the province’s cultural profile both at home and globally. Pioneer indu
  
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• Two-bed, 880 sq.ft. bungalow listed for a jaw-dropping $14.88M

  26-07-2018 16:00
  
  Sure, we know this is all about the land value, but… wow
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support the Vancouver Canucks' decision to let Trevor Linden go?

  26-07-2018 15:48 via vancouversun.com
  Trevor Linden is now out as Vancouver Canucks’ president. Owner Francesco Aquilini says Linden left on good terms, though reports suggest that there had been a falling out between Linden and ownership over the direction of the team.
  Read Patrick Johnston’s story here.
  On Wednesday, Aquilini thanked Linden for all of his accomplishments and announced Jim Benning will take over as head of the team’s hockey operations. What do you think about this decision? Should the Canucks
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Heat wave continues through the weekend

  26-07-2018 15:02 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – A heat warning for Metro Vancouver remains in effect, and Environment Canada officials predict it will continue through the weekend.  On Thursday, the weather is forecast to be sunny with highs of 31 C inland, and 26 C closer to the water. It will be much the same for Friday and Saturday, and then the agency is predicting it will be even hotter in some areas on Sunday, with highs of 33 C inland. Looking ahead to next week, it looks like the mercury will dip slightly
  
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• Tables turn as Ellen gets asked the questions at Vancouver event

  26-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  When it comes to easy, uplifting and funny conversation, talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres is the go-to celebrity.
  This fall, the tables will be turned and the mega star will be the one answering the questions during a moderated Q&A event at Rogers Arena on Oct. 19.
  Tickets for A Conversation with Ellen DeGeneres will range in price from $99-$425 and go on sale Aug. 15 at ticketmaster.ca.
  “We are really excited about hosting a global thought leader who is both inspirational a
  
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• Port Coquitlam Coun. Brad West announces candidacy for mayor

  26-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ten years ago, he was the youngest person ever elected to Port Coquitlam council and now Brad West could become the youngest person to occupy the city’s mayor’s office.
  On Thursday, West, a 33-year-old, three-term councillor, announced he’s running for mayor in the city where he has lived his entire life. Sitting Mayor Greg Moore is not running for re-election.
  West is the first person to officially announce their candidacy for mayor in PoCo, and he said he met and consulted wi
  
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• Theatre review: 42nd Street is pretty corny, lacks usual TUTS pizzazz

  26-07-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  42nd Street
  When: To Aug. 18
  Where: Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park
  Tickets & Info: $30-$49; www.tuts.ca
  Theatre Under the Stars rarely disappoints.
  Staging plays outdoors in glorious Stanley Park since 1940, this venerable Vancouver institution has become a highlight of our summer theatre season. Their two annual musicals brim with young talent and great dancing. Recent seasons have set the bar high.
  So I’m sorry to say that 42nd Street does disappoint. The show feels old-fashioned in
  
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• Walmart to spend $175 million on high-tech Surrey warehouse

  26-07-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Walmart Canada will spend $175 million to build a high-tech and highly automated perishables distribution centre in Surrey’s Campbell Heights Business Park, which the company is describing as a “flagship” example internationally.
  They’re calling it a fulfilment centre. At 300,000 square feet, about the size of 3½ CFL-sized football fields including the endzones, the facility will be smaller than a typical Walmart distribution centre. But senior vice-president
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Man killed in targeted Vancouver shooting

  26-07-2018 08:34 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Police say they are investigating a targeted shooting that left a man dead in East Vancouver Wednesday.
  Const. Jason Doucette said the shooting happened just before 8 p.m. near Cambridge and Nanaimo.
  When police arrived, they found the victim suffering from gunshot wounds.
  “He was rushed to hospital and died a short time later,” Doucette said.
  “It is still very early in the investigation, but based on the information collected so far, investigators do not believe
  
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• Victoria health worker charged with sex assaults at care facility

  26-07-2018 05:39 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward after a health-care aide was charged with a number of sexual assaults involving residents of a care facility.
  A 39-year-old Saanich man was taken into custody following an investigation by Victoria police’s Special Victims Unit and is facing four charges of sexual assault and four counts of sexual exploitation of a person with a disability, police said Wednesday.
  Police say investigators have identified and spoken with
  
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• Canadians run afoul of U.S. law over interests in American cannabis producers

  26-07-2018 05:29 via vancouversun.com
  Cannabis is legal in Washington, Oregon and California, but Canadian business people are finding out the hard way that U.S. federal laws still bar them from crossing the border to service that flourishing industry.
  U.S. immigration lawyers are regularly hearing from Canadians, including people who have invested in U.S. marijuana companies and professionals and service providers seeking to do business with those companies, who have been turned back from the border and sometimes issued lifetime ba
  
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• Perry Bellegarde re-elected as national chief of Assembly of First Nations

  26-07-2018 03:47 via vancouversun.com
  Perry Bellegarde was re-elected as national chief of the Assembly of First Nation in Vancouver on Wednesday in a vote that was marred by allegations that federal Indigenous relations minister Carolyn Bennet interfered in the electoral process.
  On a second ballot, Bellegarde finished with 63 per cent of the 522 votes from chiefs and their proxies, while Sheila North from Manitoba received 24 per cent. Miles Richardson, a former Haida Nation president from B.C., received 11 per cent. Mohawk analys
  
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• Evacuation alerts lifted in Peachland

  26-07-2018 03:27 via vancouversun.com
  Nearly 700 properties that had been threatened by a wildfire near Peachland are no longer on evacuation alert.
  The Mt. Eneas fire first started just over a week ago but firefighters have made good progress battling the blaze, the B.C. Wildfire Service’s Noelle Kekula said.
  “(Lifting the evacuation alert) means we are making good progress,” she said.
  “We’re still trying to get hot spots around the perimeter before being held or under control.”
  Although the fire
  
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• Police still seek tips in death of seven-year-old girl in Langley

  26-07-2018 03:19 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide investigators continue their appeal for tips that will help them build their case following the death of a seven-year-old girl in Langley.
  On Sunday, Aaliyah Rosa was found dead in an apartment at the 20000-block 68th Avenue and a 36-year-old woman, believed to be involved, was taken to hospital for treatment. Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Tuesday that the two knew each other but would not say how. He said the death was an isolated incident and stres
  
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• Toto: Still holding the line 40 years on

  26-07-2018 03:13 via vancouversun.com
  Toto 40 Trips Around the Sun Tour
  When: July 30, 8 p.m.
  Where: The Centre in Vancouver
  Tickets and info: From $59 at Ticketmaster.comLike most of the members of Toto, keyboardist Steve Porcaro has a staggering résumé. Porcaro’s brother and original member Jeff is one of the most recorded drummers in rock history. Bassist brother Mike, also in the band later in its history, proved a fixture in the studio and touring scene.
  American jazz drummer Joe Porcaro, founder of thi
  
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• Jock Finlayson: Toward higher costs and less competition in public-sector procurement

  26-07-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The provincial government is establishing a new framework for developing public-sector infrastructure projects. Premier John Horgan and Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Claire Trevena have released an umbrella “Community Benefits Agreement” (CBA), intended to achieve several objectives:
  • Increase the use of apprentices on major public-sector infrastructure projects;
  • Encourage hiring and training of Indigenous persons and women in construction and related allied
  
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• Mom who abducted son and took him to the U.S. gets seven months

  26-07-2018 02:59 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver mother who abducted her young son and took him to the U.S. in violation of a court order has been sentenced to seven months in jail.
  In imposing sentence on the woman, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, Vancouver provincial court Judge Laura Bakan accepted a joint submission from Crown counsel Isobel Keeley and the mom’s lawyer.
  The jail sentence, which will see the 33-year-old mom being released in about a month after receiving credit for pre-sentence custody,
  
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• Daphne Bramham: A peek into lives of two convicted polygamists

  26-07-2018 02:56 via vancouversun.com
  If it weren’t enough having 149 children ranging in age from one to 41, Winston Blackmore, Canada’s most prolific polygamist, has considered adopting a child to “make the number 150, which he notes is reminiscent of Canada’s 150 years.”
  The comment is one of the few surprising details contained in a pre-sentence report prepared by parole officer Sandra Knight — a report the judge deemed to be important to her decision to not send Blackmore to jail even though
  
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• ⚓ There's a brand 🆕 waterfront festival coming to town this summer. The #ShippedFestival @ #TheShipyards Aug 11. Li… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 02:00 via twitter.com
  ⚓ There's a brand 🆕 waterfront festival coming to town this summer. The #ShippedFestival @ #TheShipyards Aug 11. Li… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• This sounds like so much fun! twitter.com/NorthVanRC/sta…

  26-07-2018 01:24 via twitter.com
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• Granville Island seeking public input on future of parking costs and access

  26-07-2018 01:20 via vancouversun.com
  Have you ever circled Granville Island in your car, searching for a parking spot, only to give up and head elsewhere? Now’s your chance to chime in.
  Granville Island, which is managed by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, is seeking public input through a survey on the future of parking at the food, entertainment and shopping destination.
  The online survey is part of an ongoing consultation on transportation, launched as part of the CMHC’s 2016 report titled Granville Islan
  
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• Candidates angered by minister's presence at Assembly of First Nations vote

  26-07-2018 01:10 via vancouversun.com
  Candidates challenging incumbent Perry Bellegarde for the position of chief of the Assembly of First Nation are crying foul over the presence of federal Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett at the vote Wednesday in Vancouver.
  They are alleging Bennett’s presence — they say she went into regional caucus rooms to talk to people — is tantamount to electoral interference, particularly as Bellegarde, who leads heading into a second ballot this afternoon, is considered the s
  
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• Vancouver launches Zero Emissions Buildings Exchange

  26-07-2018 00:43 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Vancouver has launched a zero-emissions building support network that the local construction industry says is essential to help them meet Vancouver’s ambitious clean-building targets.
  The city and its partners launched the Zero Emissions Buildings Exchange, or ZEBx, during an event at the Segal Centre on July 18.
  The centre will occupy an office at The Hive co-working space in Gastown and will also include a website. It aims to increase knowledge, interest and capacity for effe
  
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• Karen Tam Wu: B.C. can lead next wave of Canadian climate action

  26-07-2018 00:41 via vancouversun.com
  For every one of us hoping to see fresh thinking on how Canada can grow its economy while fighting human-caused climate change, the first year of B.C. Premier John Horgan’s government represents a promising start.Over the past year, the government has taken action by committing to refresh B.C.’s climate strategy to get us back on track to reducing carbon pollution (by 40 per cent from 2007 levels by 2030) and a return to strengthening our carbon tax with annual rate increases. Althou
  
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• Miscarriage of justice? Victim's family still feeling pain of 25-year-old murder

  26-07-2018 00:18 via vancouversun.com
  Third in a five-part series
  In Fairy Marshall’s experience, time doesn’t heal the kind of wound a parent suffers when their child is murdered. In her words: “You only learn to live with it.”
  Marshall’s daughter Carrie was killed at age 21, her body found off a logging road outside Creston, B.C., in December 1992.
  “She was a warm, loving person with a four-and-a-half-year-old son … (she) was stalked, abducted, brutally murdered and dumped on a mount
  
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• Yonah Martin: Hope on horizon as world marks 65th anniversary of Korean War armistice

  26-07-2018 00:04 via vancouversun.com
  When the leader of North Korea crossed the military demarcation line with a single step April 27 for the very first time since the signing of the Korean War armistice, I couldn’t believe my eyes.
  As a Korean-Canadian, watching the historic meeting on TV between Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in was incredibly surreal for me because I never thought this day would come. Their meeting culminated with the signing of the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unificati
  
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