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• New data 'powerhouse' at SFU to combat drug-resistant superbugs

  08-12-2018 22:19 via vancouversun.com
  A new data centre at Simon Fraser University will bring together researchers to better understand and combat drug-resistant superbugs.
  The university officially opened the new Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute, or Canssi, headquarters at the Burnaby campus on Friday.
  The Canssi headquarters, at SFU’s Big Data Hub, is described by university staff as a “statistical and data science powerhouse” for researchers studying everything from climate change to healthcare,
  
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• Wondering what's on the agenda for Monday's Council Meeting? ✅ Delegation: Lower Lonsdale Business Improvement Are… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  08-12-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Wondering what's on the agenda for Monday's Council Meeting?✅ Delegation: Lower Lonsdale Business Improvement Are… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Movie Minute: Our review of The Favourite

  08-12-2018 20:50 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia News movie critic Dana Gee and Arts and Life editor Aleesha Harris talk about Yorgos Lanthimos’s new film, The Favourite. Starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, this is the best costume drama (because it’s so much more than a costume drama) to come along since Dangerous Liaisons.
  
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• West Vancouver businesses against new bus-only lanes for North Shore B-Line - Daily Hive

  08-12-2018 20:09
  West Vancouver businesses against new bus-only lanes for North Shore B-Line  Daily HiveSome business owners in the Ambleside area of West Vancouver are making their voice heard that they do not want bus-only lanes for the North Shore B-Line.
  
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• Wind warning issued for north and west Vancouver Island - CHEK

  08-12-2018 20:08
  Wind warning issued for north and west Vancouver Island  CHEKEnvironment Canada has issued a wind warning for north and west Vancouver Island, advising of southeast winds of 70 to 90 km/h over exposed coastal ...
  
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• Makeover: Fresh crop for a new mom

  08-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Silvana Herra is a lawyer and recently introduced a new baby into the family. She had let her hair grow out and was ready for a good, stylish chop!
  Silvana has very thick and naturally wavy hair. She has been letting her natural colour grow in, but the length was feeling dry and unmanageable. I wanted to create a fresh cropped and textured hairstyle to better suit her face shape and to eliminate the reminisce of colour on her ends.
  I shampooed her hair using KMS Moist Repair shampoo and conditio
  
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• Beauty Bar: Dyson Airwrap Hair Styler

  08-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A new hairstyling tool from Dyson that styles and dries hair simultaneously.
  Engineered to perform on multiple hair types, the tool uses the Coanda Effect — when a flow of air attaches to a surface and remains attached, even when the surface curves — to dry, smooth and curl hair without the use of high, damaging heat.
  Propelled by the Dyson digital motor the Airwrap can be used to curl, wave, smooth and dry strands.
  Available in three attachment sets targeting different s
  
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• PoMo seeks to protect and boost rental properties

  08-12-2018 19:00
  
  City looking at rezoning specific areas for rental only development
  
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• No snow for Vancouver, but alerts for Fraser Valley, Sea to Sky regions

  08-12-2018 18:16 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – While Vancouver didn’t get any snow overnight, Environment Canada is warning that the Sea to Sky Highway from Squamish to Whistler could get up to 10 centimetres this weekend.
  Snow is forecast to begin overnight and continue Sunday on that highway. The federal weather agency warns that weather in the mountains can change suddenly resulting in hazardous driving conditions.
  Snow is also expected in the Fraser Valley. Environment Canada has posted special wea
  
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• Shop local at the Fall For Local Holiday Market 11am-5pm Sat & Sun at the Pipe Shop. What's happening in the City t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  08-12-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  Shop local at the Fall For Local Holiday Market 11am-5pm Sat & Sun at the Pipe Shop. What's happening in the City t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Holiday Gift Guide 2018: Games for kids of all ages

  08-12-2018 15:10 via vancouversun.com
  Turning off and tuning out can be a great gift to give for the holidays. Putting away electronic devices and popping off the T.V. lets you really focus, whether it’s laughing uproariously with friends, furiously competing with family members over a board game, or developing a new skill.
  While there are certainly fun games that include beeping and booping and flashing lights, going completely analog has a specific charm. It feels more relaxing, and dare we say, even restorative.
  The challen
  
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• Northwest takes UDI/Vancouver Sun Readers' Choice Award

  08-12-2018 14:34 via vancouversun.com
  Northwest, a two-tower residential development built by Onni Group that rises near the Marine Drive Canada Line station, has been named winner of the 2018 UDI/Vancouver Sun Readers’ Choice Award.
  The 350-suite Vancouver project, completed at Cambie Street and Southwest Marine in 2017, was also a buyer favourite, selling out quickly after it went to market in November 2014. Designed by IBI Group of Vancouver, the residential project is one of several clustered around the transit hub, which
  
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• The Home Front: Getting crafty this Christmas

  08-12-2018 14:30 via vancouversun.com
  The classic reds and greens that dominate home decor at this time of the year are never going away, says interior designer Trish Knight, of Trish Knight Design, but she says that this Christmas, we’re also seeing some “unexpected” colours.
  “We’ve got the deeply saturated jewel tones, and I think that’s really driven from fashion,” Knight says. “A lot of velvets came out this fall, turquoises and dark purples, some really fun colours, so we&rsq
  
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• Sold (Bought): East Van homes fetches multiple offers

  08-12-2018 14:11 via vancouversun.com
  894 East 32nd Avenue, Vancouver
  Type: Four-bedroom, four-bathroom detached
  Size: 2,659 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $1,976,000
  Listed for: $2,198,000
  Sold for: $2,430,000
  Sold on: Sept. 24
  Days on market: Seven
  Listing agent: Karley Rice at Macdonald Realty
  Buyers agent: Clair Rockel and Marnie Quarry at Macdonald Realty
  The big sell: Listing agent Karley Rice reports that multiple offers were received for this renovated house in East Vancouver’s Fraser neighbourhood, pushing the sale to
  
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• Industry recognition

  08-12-2018 14:05 via vancouversun.com
  Several years ago, few people believed Abo Taheri when he predicted that his company’s three-tower Seylynn Village development, just off the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge in North Vancouver, would become a magnet for everyone from first-time buyers to retirement-age downsizers.
  After all, when he and Denna Homes began planning the development in 2011, the light industrial area was populated by autobody shops, fast-food outlets and modest single-family homes and duplexes that few thought had
  
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• Court takes an amenity-rich Abbotsford location

  08-12-2018 14:02 via vancouversun.com
  The builders responsible for Court, a new condo project in the heart of Abbotsford, are quite happy being small players in the residential development market. In fact, the website for Heinrichs Developments highlights how the small team helps the company to be “approachable, efficient and cost effective” in the way that it operates.
  “Gerald Heinrichs, my uncle, has been in the industry for about 25 years, building both in the Okanagan area and also in the Fraser Valley,”
  
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• B.C. schools 2019: Expect funding review, teacher shortages, contract negotiations

  08-12-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Proposals to significantly change how public K-12 schools are funded in B.C. are to be released in the next week or two, at a pivotal time for schools as they grapple with services for special needs children, hiring more teachers, and contract negotiations with teachers.
  “Problems and frustrations with the (current funding) model have accumulated over time, particularly among special needs students — underfunding, long waiting times, those are the things we heard,” Education Mi
  
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• Two nights aboard Bahamas Paradise just grand

  08-12-2018 11:00 via vancouversun.com
  I’ve been following a small cruise line operating out of West Palm Beach, Fla., for some time now. Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line (bahamasparadisecruise.com) specializes in quick and affordable two-night trips between Florida and Freeport, Bahamas. The line has grown steadily and quickly, and a few weeks ago I had the opportunity to check the line out for myself for the first time.
  Quick history lesson: once upon a time, there was a line called Imperial Majesty Cruise Line. They operated qui
  
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• Strong winds expected to hit north, west Vancouver Island: Environment Canada - Campbell River Mirror

  08-12-2018 09:00
  Strong winds expected to hit north, west Vancouver Island: Environment Canada  Campbell River MirrorEnvironment Canada said southeast winds will reach speeds of 70 to 90 kilometres per hour.
  
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• 5 highlights of Childish Gambino concert at Rogers Arena

  08-12-2018 07:27 via vancouversun.com
  Childish Gambino
  When: Dec. 7, 2018
  Where: Rogers Arena
  Tickets and info: LiveNation.com
  Childish Gambino, a.k.a. the hip hop alter ego of arts polymath Donald Glover, played Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Dec. 7, 2018. The rapper has one of the top-viewed videos for his track This Is America and has become a megastar with his latest EP Summer Pack. Time Magazine declared him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
  The song and video for This Is America put the artist in the spotlight
  
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• Michel Robidoux: Pharmacists can help ensure medical cannabis is used properly

  08-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  As the implementation of recreational cannabis is rolling out across Canada, it brings with it some confusion in B.C. Patients authorized to use cannabis for medical purposes also find their system under a bit of a haze. However, one thing is clear — the medical cannabis system must remain a distinct system and be strengthened to retain the patients who have been authorized by physicians.
  The results of a recent national survey of 1,500 Canadians, conducted by Leger, confirm some of our fe
  
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• Lydia Miljan: With such a low voter turnout, NDP government does not have a mandate to change B.C.'s voting system

  08-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Voter turnout for the provincial referendum on electoral reform is abysmally low. The fact that only about 40 per cent of eligible voters had cast a ballot one day before the deadline presents a legitimacy problem for the NDP government to move forward on electoral reform.
  From the outset, the way in which this referendum was handled has been problematic. Remember, the government set no threshold on turnout. Despite this omission, Premier John Horgan’s government appeared somewhat con
  
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• Letters, Dec. 8: NDP school tax is an 'expropriation' of assets, reader charges

  08-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  School tax is ‘expropriation’
  The B.C. NDP’s school tax highlights a glaring flaw in the constitution: there is no protection against the expropriation of Canadians’ possessions. The NDP-Green coalition is moving to expropriate the private property of ordinary citizens with the so-called school tax.
  The tax should be a wake-up call to all Canadians. The belief that one can own something as simple as a cellphone or a wedding ring is an illusion. Private individuals only ow
  
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• Had too much rum & eggnog? Contact @ORNNorthShore to get you & your car home safely this holiday season. On Fri/Sat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  08-12-2018 03:00 via twitter.com
  Had too much rum & eggnog? Contact @ORNNorthShore to get you & your car home safely this holiday season. On Fri/Sat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Drs. Eric Bohm and Ivan Wong: Surgery should not be the first treatment for osteoarthritis in the knees

  08-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Nearly half of Canadians aged 65 and over experience osteoarthritis in their knees. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and occurs when the protective cartilage on the ends of bones wears down over time, leading to pain, stiffness and decreased mobility. It frequently occurs in the hips and knees.
  To help improve mobility and treat joint pain, it has been common in the past for older adults with osteoarthritis of the knee to be referred to orthopaedic surgeons, like us, for knee
  
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• Suspended Thompson Rivers University professor to return to teaching

  08-12-2018 02:24 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — A professor who was suspended from a British Columbia university after speaking out against the publication of research in journals that are not peer reviewed will be resuming his job next month.
  Prof. Derek Pyne of Thompson Rivers University questioned the practice followed by some professors who publish their work in so-called predatory journals, arguing they get ahead despite inadequate research.
  Pyne was banned from campus in May and has been on an unpaid suspension for his
  
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• Delta councillor proposes ditching Metro Vancouver's Regional Prosperity Initiative

  08-12-2018 02:07 via vancouversun.com
  A Delta councillor wants Metro Vancouver to abandon an initiative meant to promote economic development in the region.
  “That thing should be dropped today, don’t spend another cent on it,” said Delta Coun. Lois Jackson, at a Metro board of directors meeting on Friday. “We do not have a mandate for that sort of thing.”
  The Regional Prosperity Initiative is a group of representatives from public and private organizations and local governments who work together to &ldq
  
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• Huawei exec committed fraud by deceiving multiple banks: Crown

  08-12-2018 01:59 via vancouversun.com
  A federal Crown prosecutor says a senior Huawei Technologies executive who was arrested in Vancouver and is being sought by the U.S. committed multiple acts of fraud against financial institutions and should be denied bail.
  John Gibb-Carsley, a lawyer with the federal Justice Department, urged a judge on Friday to deny bail to Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies.
  Gibb-Carsley told B.C. Supreme Court Justice William Ehrcke that Meng has no meaningfu
  
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• Huawei's UBC partnership unchanged by company executive's arrest

  08-12-2018 01:57 via vancouversun.com
  The University of British Columbia has had a research relationship with Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co. since 2011 and the arrest of company’s chief financial officer in Vancouver last week won’t change that, the university said.
  UBC and Huawei cemented the latest version of their applied-research partnership in October 2017 when university president Santa Ono and Huawei Canadian executive Christian Chua signed a framework agreement worth up to $3 million over three yea
  
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• 5 things to know about the legislature scandal

  08-12-2018 01:42 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The extraordinary clash between MLAs and the Speaker of B.C.’s legislature at a meeting Thursday has raised the stakes in the ongoing crisis at the capital and set a new timeline for events. Here are 5 Things To Know about where we are at:
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  Speaker Darryl Plecas wants MLAs to reconvene in mid-January, where he has promised for the first time publicly that “I will give you a long laundry list of my concerns” that led to the suspension Nov. 20 of clerk Craig Jam
  
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• New SkyTrain cars arriving behind schedule

  08-12-2018 01:38 via vancouversun.com
  Delivery of four new SkyTrains is behind schedule, due to delays by the manufacturer.
  “We’re running about 60 to 90 days late on the deliveries, which is pretty good considering the challenges that we’ve had,” Haydn Acheson, interim president and general manager of the B.C. Rapid Transit Company, which maintains the Expo and Millennium lines, told the TransLink board of directors this week.
  The delays in delivery of the four-car Mark III trains had been caused by issues w
  
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• B.C. court orders access to public lake through cattle company lands

  08-12-2018 01:06 via vancouversun.com
  A British Columbia judge has prodded the provincial government for its inaction while he granted public access to two lakes in the Interior nearly three decades after the route was blocked.
  The Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club took the Douglas Lake Cattle Company to court after the company blocked access to Stoney and Minnie lakes near Merritt.
  The firm, one of the world’s biggest cattle companies, decommissioned a road leading to the lakes in the early 1990, locking out access to members
  
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• Friday nights are Family Night at Park & Tilford Hi-Light Festival 5:30-9pm. Free family fun + visit w/ Santa. More… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  08-12-2018 01:00 via twitter.com
  Friday nights are Family Night at Park & Tilford Hi-Light Festival 5:30-9pm. Free family fun + visit w/ Santa. More… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Dan Fumano: A 'grey tsunami' and the precariousness of aging for Vancouver renters

  08-12-2018 00:55 via vancouversun.com
  The last few weeks have been some of the most stressful times of Christine Weltscheff’s retirement.
  Weltscheff, 71, is among the seniors living in a Kitsilano apartment building where residents recently reported feeling pressured to leave their homes after new landlords took over in September.
  Within days of the building’s longtime owners selling to a company connected to local property management firm VS Rentals, the new landlords delivered written buyout offers to every tenant, urg
  
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• Huawei executive accused of fraud in Vancouver bail hearing

  08-12-2018 00:03 via vancouversun.com
  A senior executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei is facing allegations of fraud by using a subsidiary to violate U.S. trade sanctions against Iran in a case that shook world stock markets this week.
  A federal prosecutor told a bail hearing for Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver on Friday that the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies is wanted in the United States to face criminal proceedings, alleging Huawei used subsidiary Skycom to do business with Iran.
  John Gibb-Carsley said Meng is alleged
  
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• Style Q & amp; A: Herschel teams up with Starbucks for launch in China

  08-12-2018 00:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver-based brand Herschel is getting into the coffee business. Well, sort of.
  The accessories and lifestyle company has teamed up with Starbucks for a limited-edition collection of carryalls and coffee mugs, available exclusively at the international coffee houses’ shops in China.
  We caught up with Herschel co-founder Lyndon Cormack to chat about the release, why coffee is a fit for Herschel and what’s next.Q. For those who aren’t familiar, what is the Herschel S
  
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