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• It's hot out there! Don't forget, new lawn sprinkling restrictions are in effect. More cnv.org/LawnSprinkling… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-07-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  It's hot out there! Don't forget, new lawn sprinkling restrictions are in effect. More cnv.org/LawnSprinkling… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A Victoria woman's obituary casts spotlight on medical profession’s ’fat shaming’

  30-07-2018 23:12 via vancouversun.com
  By Holly McKenzie-Sutter and Adina Bresge
  A 64-year-old cancer patient is being lauded for using her obituary to make a final plea to stop “fat shaming” by medical professionals, as advocates say her story reflects a pervasive problem.
  Ellen Maud Bennett died on May 11 after being diagnosed with inoperable cancer and being given only days to live.
  “Over the past few years of feeling unwell she sought out medical intervention and no one offered any support or suggestions beyond
  
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• Ready to bring home the bacon from Chilliwack Fair's first Donut Dash

  30-07-2018 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  These are the so-called (hot) dog days of summer, where balmy temps, barbecues, beverages and beaches make it much tougher for weekend warriors to think about full-throttle training.
  Throw in air quality warnings and pesky smoke and you get a concoction for huddling close to the AC and hammock.
  But add donuts and beer to a morning race? Well, now you’re talking about extra motivation to lace up and move. Happy glaze are here, indeed!
  The inaugural Chilliwack Fair 8K and 4K Donut Dash, whic
  
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• Bellingham's ’Graffiti rock’ tells many stories

  30-07-2018 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  BELLINGHAM, Wash. — For decades, a boulder perched above Interstate 5 about six kilometres south of the city has served as the community’s billboard — a public spot on the side of the road to paint messages of celebration, love and loss.
  Over the years, people have wondered who was the first to paint what’s been called “graffiti rock,” “the rock,” “Bellingham rock” and “Samish rock.”
  That stretch of I-5 through Bellingham wa
  
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• A Victoria woman used her own obituary to protest against fat shaming in the medical profession

  30-07-2018 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  BURIN, N.L. — A B.C. woman used her obituary to make a final plea to stop so-called fat shaming by members of the medical profession.
  Ellen Maud Bennett was born in Burin, Newfoundland, but spent much of her life in Victoria.
  She died on May 11 at the age of 64 after being diagnosed with inoperable cancer and being given only days to live.
  In her obituary, Bennett said she had one final message to share about the way she was treated by the medical profession after years of feeling unwell a
  
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• Next stop, Toronto: Seth Rogen poses for selfie with Toronto transit spokesman

  30-07-2018 22:06 via vancouversun.com
  Seth Rogen is going to sweep the nation.
  Just days after Rogen’s etiquette announcements began rolling out on Metro Vancouver’s TransLink network, Toronto Transit Commission spokesman Brad Ross posted a photo of him with the Vancouver-born actor to Twitter on Monday.
  What is fellow Canadian and public transit user @Sethrogen doing posing for a selfie with me – in a #TTC Bloor-Yonge ball cap, no less? Stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/eccCNkmkrT
  — Brad Ross (@bradTTC) July 30, 2
  
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• If you live in Lynn Valley, please take note: Doran Road between Mountain Highway and Campbell Avenue is closed for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-07-2018 21:58 via twitter.com
  If you live in Lynn Valley, please take note: Doran Road between Mountain Highway and Campbell Avenue is closed for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Mounties search for jet ski operator after crash on Thompson River near Kamloops

  30-07-2018 20:02 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The search for a missing man who had been operating a personal watercraft has resumed on the South Thompson River near Kamloops, B.C.
  The man disappeared Sunday afternoon following a collision with another personal watercraft.
  The driver of the second watercraft was pulled out of the river but Kamloops RCMP say the missing man did not resurface after being thrown off his machine.
  Police are still investigating how the crash occurred.
  Search and rescue crews, backed by a he
  
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• Queer as Funk celebrates Pride, and fifth anniversary as a band

  30-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Pride with Queer as Funk
  When: Aug. 3
  Where: Commodore Ballroom
  Tickets: $25 at ticketmaster.ca, $40 at the door
  For the third year in a row, Queer As Funk kicks off Vancouver Pride with a show at the Commodore Ballroom. This year also marks the Vancouver soul-pop act’s fifth anniversary. We talked to vocalist Jocelyn Macdougall, who joined the group four years ago, about the band and its upcoming show.
  Q: How did you get involved with Queer as Funk?
  A: I was thrilled to see them
  
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• Meet the Chef: Chef Bill Grimshaw of Basalt Wine and Salumeria in Whistler

  30-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Chef Bill Grimshaw doesn’t like to take himself too seriously.
  Despite creating decadent and innovative dishes in the kitchen of the Basalt Wine and Salumeria at Crystal Lodge & Suites, a trendy eatery located right in the heart of Whistler Village, Grimshaw says he likes to keep things fun — for himself, his staff and his guests.
  This easygoing approach to culinary creativity sees Grimshaw play up local flavours and ingredients in a way that’s memorable — and de
  
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• The world’s priciest property ever? Yours for a cool US$1B (IMAGES)

  30-07-2018 19:56
  
  If you think Vancouver real estate is expensive, check out The Mountain of Beverley Hills – and you don’t even get a house
  
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• Vancouver seeks to appropriate decrepit Sahota-owned slum hotels

  30-07-2018 19:43 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Vancouver filed last week an appropriation notice for the decrepit Balmoral and Regent hotels in the Downtown Eastside.
  The notice kicked off a process that could take the two properties from the hands of their slum landlords and transfer them to public ownership, according to a news release by city staff.
  “Despite years of enforcement efforts by the City and hundreds of bylaw violation charges presently before the courts, the owners have not made the basic investments necessar
  
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• The new HJCRC DYK: Other recreational & non-rec amenities have been approved in the area, ie non-profit housing, da… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-07-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  The new HJCRC DYK: Other recreational & non-rec amenities have been approved in the area, ie non-profit housing, da… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Several of our members are heading to assist @iaff1286 battle the #Richmondbogfire. Unfortunately not everyone from… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-07-2018 17:11 via twitter.com
  Several of our members are heading to assist @iaff1286 battle the #Richmondbogfire. Unfortunately not everyone from… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Daily Poll: How have you been coping with the heat?

  30-07-2018 16:20 via vancouversun.com
  It’s been a hot weekend and looks to be a hot week too.
  There are a number of ways to deal with the heat. Some like to stay in with the air conditioner cranked, while others prefer to head out to a spray park or swimming pool.Take Our Poll
  
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• To West Africa with Love: Vancouver nurse wants to send more shipments of life-saving medical supplies

  30-07-2018 16:01 via vancouversun.com
  Two enormous barns in east Delta, once home to thousands of chickens, are stuffed with hospital beds, IV poles, operating tables and other medical gear that a tireless Vancouver nurse hopes to ship to West Africa.
  “Inside is packed to the gills with hospital equipment and supplies and humanitarian aid,” said Marj Ratel, a Vancouver General Hospital nurse, as she stood outside the barns.
  “(It) will be invaluable to these people for many months and years to come. … Without
  
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• Vancouver weather: Relief is on the way, temperatures fall after today

  30-07-2018 15:06 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: July 30, 2018 – Monday’s weather will see temperatures hit 27 degrees along the coast and 33 inland.
  But fear not – relief is on the way. After today, temperatures will fall the rest of the week – gradually at first and then back to 20 by the weekend as grey clouds make their return.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Sunny, hazy. High of 27, except 33 inland.
  Tonight: Clear, hazy. Low of 18.
  Tomorrow: Sunny, hazy. High of 25, except 31 inland.
  Traffic: Lower
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Should teens have a say in their parents' divorce?

  30-07-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Kids say the darndest things, but judges don’t always listen even when out of the mouths of babes comes wisdom beyond their years.
  Identified only by an initial in court documents to protect her privacy, S. is a 17-year-old who was recently denied a voice in her parents’ long-running divorce battle by the B.C. Court of Appeal — even though her life is the issue.
  Speaking with Postmedia News, the precocious, self-assured teen criticized the proceedings as paternalistic and the i
  
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• Chinese culture makes a splash at Burnaby summer festival

  30-07-2018 04:57 via vancouversun.com
  Want to beat the heat and soak in some luck and fortune?
  Thousands of people figured out how to do just that in Burnaby Sunday during the Vancouver Water Splashing Festival at Swangard Stadium.
  Any way to cool down — while throwing in a dash of auspicious fortune in the mix — was exactly what many sun-parched Metro Vancouverites were looking forward to at the festival, held in conjunction with the fourth annual Chinese Cultural Heritage Festival.
  “This is the best place to be,&
  
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• Shots fired at Surrey home in targeted incident; no one hurt

  30-07-2018 04:56 via vancouversun.com
  Shots were fired at a Surrey home on Sunday afternoon in what police are describing as a targeted incident.
  Surrey RCMP are currently at the scene and say there is no public safety concern at this time.
  The incident occurred in the 7800-block of 138th Street at around 4:30 p.m. The shots were reportedly fired at a home in the area, which may be subject to road closures as police investigate.
  Police are now gathering evidence and will not be providing any more details at this time.mraptis@po
  
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• Horganomics: Why labour monopolies won't work in B.C.

  30-07-2018 03:26 via vancouversun.com
  If you happen to be a construction worker in British Columbia, odds are you’ve been left out of the NDP’s new labour deal for public infrastructure projects.
  On July 16, Premier John Horgan announced that the B.C. government reached an agreement with the newly created Allied Infrastructure and Related Construction Council, a conglomerate of some of the International Building Trade Unions (BTU), to effectively cut those who are not members of the BTU out of public construction project
  
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• Chinese culture makes a splash at summer festival

  30-07-2018 02:13 via vancouversun.com
  Want to beat the heat and soak in some luck and fortune?
  Thousands of people figured out how to do just that in Burnaby Sunday during the Vancouver Water Splashing Festival at Swangard Stadium.
  Any way to cool down — while throwing in a dash of auspicious fortune in the mix — was exactly what many sun-parched Metro Vancouverites were looking forward to at the festival, held in conjunction with the fourth annual Chinese Cultural Heritage Festival.
  “This is the best place to be,&
  
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• Join us Friday, August 3 for a FREE screening of the Oscar-winning movie Coco on the big screen in Civic Plaza. 🎥… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-07-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Join us Friday, August 3 for a FREE screening of the Oscar-winning movie Coco on the big screen in Civic Plaza. 🎥… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Long-lost B.C. soccer trophy found, in a garage

  30-07-2018 00:37 via vancouversun.com
  From 1914 to 1947 the Mainland Cup was the pinnacle of B.C. soccer.
  “There wasn’t a formal provincial championship, so if you won the Mainland Cup, you were essentially the top team in B.C.,” explains Jason Beck of the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame.
  “For a 40 year period, it was the most significant soccer trophy in B.C.”
  But it disappeared in the late 1940s, and nobody had a clue what happened to it.
  “People have asked me about this trophy, and I thought it was lo
  
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• Vancouver's Rumpus Room claps back at one-star review from customer who allegedly harassed staff

  30-07-2018 00:05 via vancouversun.com
  If your definition of a wild rumpus is sexual harassment, then The Rumpus Room is not the place for you.
  Management for the Mount Pleasant restaurant clapped back over the weekend at a one-star review left by a customer they believe was unhappy about being told to stop sexually harassing a server and asked to leave.
  “The old adage that ‘the customer is always right’ can put you in a really tough position when someone has decided that they’re just in a bad mood and they&rs
  
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