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• Vancouver chopsticks get a second, higher-class life

  02-01-2019 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  Behold the humble bamboo chopsticks.
  Most people see them as disposable utensils, something to be used over their sushi lunch or Chinese take-out, then thrown away.
  But in them, Felix Bock sees the future.
  A bamboo chopstick, he said, is almost a perfect raw material. Neatly tapered. No knots or cracks. Made with a fast-growing sustainable resource.
  “It’s just not justified we use them as chopsticks only,” says Bock, founder and CEO of ChopValue, a Vancouver-based company that
  
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• Williams Lake RCMP arrest seven in months-long drug investigation

  02-01-2019 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  Seven people have been arrested and charged in a months-long drug investigation out of Williams Lake.
  On Wednesday, RCMP announced Project E-Pelargic investigators had arrested seven people and broken up a “multiple layered drug trafficking operation” that was based in Williams Lake.
  Project E-Pelargic was launched in 2018 and lasted several months, with support from general investigation, the Cariboo Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit, police dog services and general duty and traffic of
  
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• GoFundMe campaign launched to rebuild historic White Rock pier

  02-01-2019 23:10 via vancouversun.com
  A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help rebuild the historic White Rock pier.
  The campaign is spearheaded by the White Rock Youth Ambassadors and aims to raise $1 million toward repairs.
  “Our Mayor Darryl Walker has already vowed to restore our beloved pier. However, as youth ambassadors of our beautiful city by the sea, we are also eager to contribute to the city’s restoration commitment,” read a statement posted to the campaign’s website.
  “The desire to help
  
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• Hedley's Jacob Hoggard marries actress Rebekah Asselstine on NYE

  02-01-2019 22:50 via vancouversun.com
  Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard, who is awaiting a preliminary hearing for sexual assault charges, married his actress fiancée on New Year’s Eve.
  Hoggard, 34, and Canadian actress Rebekah Asselstine tied the knot on Monday, according to photos and videos shared by wedding guests on social media.
  The couple’s reception took place in the Terminal City Club’s Metropolitan Ballroom in downtown Vancouver. The venue fits up to 250 people for dinner and dance events, and features
  
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• Woman wanted on 115 charges

  02-01-2019 22:32 via vancouversun.com
  CALGARY — Police in Calgary are asking for help to locate a Lower Mainland woman facing Canada-wide warrants on 115 charges.
  The police service says Laetitia Angelique Acera, 25, is wanted on charges in Calgary going back to last September. The charges include multiple counts of assault with a weapon, break-and-enter, fraud under $5,000, motor-vehicle theft and theft of mail.
  Acera is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-10, with an average build, brown, or bleach-blond, hair and blue eyes.
  
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• We’re recruiting for a regular, full time Labourer 2. Click here to apply: ow.ly/1Yes30nath2 #NorthVan

  02-01-2019 22:23 via twitter.com
  We’re recruiting for a regular, full time Labourer 2. Click here to apply: ow.ly/1Yes30nath2 #NorthVan
  
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• Two rescued from converted Kamloops hotel

  02-01-2019 22:21 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — Two people needed to be rescued from the upper floor of an apartment building here as flames raced through one room of the converted hotel.
  Kamloops Fire Rescue Capt. Darryl Cooper says the blaze was reported early Wednesday and crews had to use a ladder truck to rescue the people. Staff of the apartment were already working to evacuate 33 people from the building as firefighters arrived.
  Tenants in a part of the Duchess Hotel unaffected by the smoke and flames will be allowed t
  
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• Not sure what to do with that pesky leftover Christmas tree? On Jan 5 and 6, between 9am and 5pm, you can take it t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 21:51 via twitter.com
  Not sure what to do with that pesky leftover Christmas tree? On Jan 5 and 6, between 9am and 5pm, you can take it t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Hedley singer Jacob Hoggard marries on New Year’s Eve in Vancouver - North Island Gazette

  02-01-2019 21:50
  Hedley singer Jacob Hoggard marries on New Year’s Eve in Vancouver  North Island GazetteCanadian singer, who faces sex assault charges in an Ontario court, wed Rebekah Asselstine in Vancouver.
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019

  02-01-2019 21:36 via vancouversun.com
  I read with interest New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote’s letter on the need to keep increasing transit options and that ridership has increased dramatically at five to seven per cent annually.
  Why is it, then, with all these people now taking transit that the traffic on the roads is so much worse? In Vancouver in particular, and all the arteries and bridges leading in an out of the city, it is a constant log jam. I commute by bike when I can but whenever I do need the car it is always a
  
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• Vancouver's first homicide victim of 2019 identified

  02-01-2019 21:20 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating Vancouver’s first homicide of 2019 after a man was killed Tuesday evening.
  Just after 8 p.m. on Jan. 1, police were called to an apartment on Powell Street near Gore Street in the Downtown Eastside. A man was found inside his home in “obvious medical distress.” He was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Homicide investigators have since identified the victim as Matthew Dillen Johnson, a 39-year-old Vancouver man. No arrests have been made.
  “Investigator
  
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• Have you had a chance to check out the new bridge yet? It's a beauty! twitter.com/NorthVanRC/sta…

  02-01-2019 21:14 via twitter.com
  Have you had a chance to check out the new bridge yet? It's a beauty! twitter.com/NorthVanRC/sta…
  
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• Police investigate Vancouver's first homicide of 2019 - North Delta Reporter

  02-01-2019 21:01
  Police investigate Vancouver's first homicide of 2019  North Delta ReporterVancouver police are already investigating the city's first homicide of the year, after a man died in a Downtown Eastside apartment on New Year's Day.
  
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• DYK you can book a City park, field, plaza or street for an event? It's easy with our Community Event Booking Guide… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 21:01 via twitter.com
  DYK you can book a City park, field, plaza or street for an event? It's easy with our Community Event Booking Guide… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Provincial byelection called in Nanaimo for Jan. 30

  02-01-2019 20:27 via vancouversun.com
  Premier John Horgan has a called a provincial byelection for the Nanaimo electoral district for Jan. 30.
  The byelection was triggered when Leonard Krog resigned from his seat as NDP MLA on Nov. 30 after being elected Nanaimo’s mayor in October.
  Sheila Malcolmson, the federal MP for Nanaimo-Ladysmith, has been acclaimed as the NDP candidate for an upcoming provincial byelection.
  Opposing Malcolmson, who is stepping down from federal politics to run provincially, are Liberal c
  
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• Two rescued as apartment fire forces out 33 people in Kamloops

  02-01-2019 20:12 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — Two people needed to be rescued from the upper floor of an apartment building in Kamloops as flames raced through one room of the converted hotel.
  Kamloops Fire Rescue Capt. Darryl Cooper says the blaze was reported early Wednesday and crews had to use a ladder truck to rescue the people.
  Staff of the apartment were already working to evacuate 33 people from the building as firefighters arrived.
  Tenants in a part of the Duchess Hotel unaffected by the smoke and flames will be al
  
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• Three classical ways to overcome the post-holiday blahs

  02-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Pražák & Zemlinsky Quartets
  Where: Vancouver Playhouse
  When: 8 p.m., Jan. 29
  Tickets: friendsofchambermusic.ca
  Royal Blood: Music for Henry VIII
  Where: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  When: 7:30 p.m., Feb. 9
  Tickets: earlymusic.bc.ca
  Behzod Abduraimov, piano
  Where: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  When: 3 p.m., Feb. 10
  Tickets: vanrecital.com
  Suffering from the post-holiday blahs? The early days of the New Year can seem, well, just a bit flat. But V
  
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• Style Q&A: Oak + Fort gets into the beauty business

  02-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Oak + Fort has made a name for itself in Canadian fashion thanks to its cool, minimalist-chic garments and accessories for men and women that come at an affordable price.
  From its homegrown roots in Vancouver’s Gastown district, the retailer has expanded to include almost 20 stores across North America — and a growing online customer base of shoppers around the globe.
  And now, the company has expanded into the beauty business.
  We chatted with Nicola Fuller, brand specialist for the
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland, Jan. 3-10: International TheatreSports Festival, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and more

  02-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Throwdown 2019 — International TheatreSports Festival
  When: Jan. 2-27, Wed. to Sun., various times
  Where: Improv Centre, Granville Island
  Tickets and info: From $10.75, at vtsl.com
  It’s Vancouver TheatreSports’ annual improv competition where teams convene to see who can be proclaimed the fastest wits in town. VTS artistic and executive director Jay Ono says that they have invited the best teams in the TheatreSports world to come to Vancouver in October for the International Th
  
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• Contemporary play tracks global consequences of money

  02-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Full Light of Day
  When: Jan. 7 to 12
  Where: Vancouver Playhouse
  Tickets: starting from $19.99; electriccompanytheatre.com
  The press materials describe The Full Light of Day as having “the pacing of a thriller.” Director Kim Collier agrees, somewhat.
  “It has a bit of thriller to it,” Collier said. “But it’s also a really intimate and deeply human piece. I guess the thriller aspect of it is in the scale of the unfolding events, which are pretty huge. Bu
  
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• Breakfast and lunch by day, cocktail forward by night

  02-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Hunnybee Bruncheonette
  789 Gore Avenue | Open 8 to 5 daily. hunnybeebrunch.com
  To the Winnie The Pooh impersonator who crept into a Strathcona yard, purloining honey and destroying the hive in the process — shame! The hive was tended by Matthew Senecal and Sean Cunningham, owners of recently opened Hunnybee Bruncheonette and the longer-running restaurant The Birds and The Beets.
  Now, they don’t use home-grown honey for dishes like the honey yogurt they serve with their house-made gra
  
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• Beauty Bar: Revlon PhotoReady Candid Collection

  02-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A makeup collection from Revlon that promises to provide skin-enhancing benefits including antioxidants, anti-blue light, and anti-pollution capabilities.
  The collection includes three main products: PhotoReady Candid Foundation to give skin a “flawless natural finish”; PhotoReady Candid Antioxidant Concealer infused with caffeine for a “built in pick-me-up”; and Photoready Candid Anti-Pollution Setting Powder to give skin a “silky smooth” airbrush
  
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• Surrey RCMP seek witnesses to car accident that sent one to hospital

  02-01-2019 19:53 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey police are seeking witnesses to an accident Saturday morning that has left a woman in hospital clinging to life.
  On Dec. 29, 2018 around 7:20 a.m., police were called to the intersection of 152 Street and 68 Avenue after an Acura CSX sedan struck a female pedestrian.
  The 58-year-old pedestrian remains in hospital on Wednesday with serious life-threatening injuries. The 64-year-old male driver was not injured and is cooperating with investigators.
  Police do not believe speed or impairment
  
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• Province’s priciest homes see millions wiped off assessed value

  02-01-2019 19:43
  B.C.’s total real estate value is more than $1.99 trillion, up 7.45% from last year, says B.C. Assessment
  
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• UPDATED: Rain and wind warnings continue for Vancouver Island - North Island Gazette

  02-01-2019 18:56
  UPDATED: Rain and wind warnings continue for Vancouver Island  North Island GazetteWinter storm season on B.C.'s wild west coast with up to 100mm of rain falling across the Island.
  
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• Up to 100mm of rain coming to Vancouver Island - North Island Gazette

  02-01-2019 18:56
  Up to 100mm of rain coming to Vancouver Island  North Island GazetteWinter storm season continues on B.C.'s wild west coast.
  
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• 2019 commercial real estate outlook: Positive, packed and pricey

  02-01-2019 18:32
  
  Metro Vancouver commercial market swaggers into new year with rare confluence of low vacancies, high prices and strong development
  
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• Vancouver restaurant on rat found in its soup: ‘this incident did not happen’

  02-01-2019 18:27
  
  The Vancouver restaurant thrust in the spotlight thanks to an Instagram video depicting what appears to be a rat in a bowl of soup served to a customer is speaking out about the incident, claiming it “did not happen.”
  
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• Sea to Sky, Fraser Valley homes have biggest B.C. Assessment gains

  02-01-2019 18:20 via vancouversun.com
  Residential property owners in Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton should be all smiles over the next few days as they receive their 2019 B.C. Assessment Authority notices showing double-digit jumps in value for many properties.
  The assessment authority released its annual valuation list for Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley residential properties this morning, showing estimated property values as of July 1, 2018, compared to values at the same date in 2017.
  The figures show an average jump of 23
  
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• December’s windstorm was most damaging in BC Hydro’s history

  02-01-2019 18:14
  
  BC Hydro says December’s massive windstorm was the most damaging in its history and demonstrates improvements are needed in order to be ready for future outages.
  
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• Don’t get Fido in trouble. Make sure he’s got a dog 2019 licence. Renew in person or online now:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 18:01 via twitter.com
  Don’t get Fido in trouble. Make sure he’s got a dog 2019 licence. Renew in person or online now:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Good morning! A reminder that District Hall returns to regular hours today (Mon-Fri; 8am to 4:30pm). Also, please n… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 17:14 via twitter.com
  Good morning! A reminder that District Hall returns to regular hours today (Mon-Fri; 8am to 4:30pm). Also, please n… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 48 hours in Berlin: A must-do list when visiting Germany's capital of cool

  02-01-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Berlin has certainly lived through some turbulent times. Decline, fall and rise again have followed each other in rapid succession since the start of the 20th century. But since 1989, when the Wall that cut through Berlin’s heart came tumbling down, the city has re-invented itself as a European hotspot.
  Less frenetic than London and cheaper than Paris, this is the place to come for quirky attractions, buzzing nightlife, chic shopping and history at every turn. Here’s what you can do
  
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• A strange, low-intensity hum near Vancouver Island may help predict when the next killer earthquake will strike

  02-01-2019 16:20 via vancouversun.com
  It is well known that, off the coast of Vancouver Island, the massive undersea Juan de Fuca tectonic plate is slowly sliding under the larger North American plate, putting the west coast of Canada at grave risk of a megathrust earthquake and resulting tsunami.
  What is lesser known about this process is the massive amount of energy that is unaccounted for, and might be building silently toward catastrophe. Newly published research based on artificial intelligence claims to have found it in a cons
  
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• Daily Poll: Should clothing donation bins be banned in B.C.?

  02-01-2019 16:02 via vancouversun.com
  The death of a 34-year-old man inside a West Vancouver clothing donation bin — the fourth fatality of its kind in Metro Vancouver since 2015 — has renewed pleas for the removal of the bins from local neighbourhoods.
  “If this was a child’s toy or any other kind of product that was consumed by the general population, and not our most vulnerable population, it absolutely would be recalled until the product was re-examined and redesigned and redistributed,” said Nicole
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Rainfall warning for B.C.'s south coast

  02-01-2019 15:16 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Jan. 2, 2019 –  Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver and most of B.C.’s south coast.
  An intense Pacific frontal system, moving southward from the central coast and towards Vancouver Island, is expected to bring rain to Metro Vancouver later this morning which will become heavy tonight.
  The weather agency says rainfall amounts will vary from about 30 mm over southern sections to up to 80 mm near the mountains.
  “Heav
  
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• December windstorm was most destructive in B.C. Hydro's history

  02-01-2019 14:56 via vancouversun.com
  A wild storm that swept through B.C.’s south coast on Dec. 20 last year caused more damage than any previous storm and required the largest mobilization of B.C. Hydro resources in history, according to a report released Wednesday.
  Storm report: The most damaging storm in B.C. Hydro’s history, revealed that more than 750,000 customers lost power as a result of the storm. This had a greater impact than the August 2015 windstorm that affected the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley and the
  
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• Sample of Metro Vancouver assessments show falling values among the priciest homes

  02-01-2019 03:12 via vancouversun.com
  Many British Columbians have likely jumped on to the new New Year’s Day tradition of looking up their 2019 property assessments, which likely show them declines on detached homes in pricier Vancouver neighbourhoods and increases in Metro Vancouver suburbs.
  The B.C. Assessment Authority starts sending physical assessment notices out to property owners by mail this week, but the lookup feature on the agency’s website went live Dec. 31, allowing impatient owners to get ahead of Canada P
  
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• Family of elderly couple killed in Langley train tragedy hoping for answers

  02-01-2019 03:07 via vancouversun.com
  The family of an elderly couple killed when their car was struck by a train in Langley on Sunday morning are hoping for a quick conclusion to the coroner’s investigation.
  “We want answers, because at this point there’s so much speculation out there, that until the investigation is done, we have no answers,” said Kristi Wantke, the couple’s granddaughter. “The hardest thing, apart from losing them, is not knowing.”
  Langley residents Christian Wantke,
  
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• Commercial Real Estate: 51 developments apply for Better Buildings project

  02-01-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Fifty-one projects involving more than 170 design, development and construction organizations have made submissions to take part in the new Better Buildings B.C.: Net-Zero Energy-Ready challenge.
  Of the submissions of interest, eight were high-rise residential projects, 19 were low-rise residential, six were office, four were institutional, 12 were mixed-use, and two were categorized as “other” by Integral Group Consulting, which is administering the provincial government-funded pilo
  
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• 'Not as bad as you think' water greets polar bear swimmers in Vancouver

  02-01-2019 02:31 via vancouversun.com
  For some fearless folk, screaming, shouting, gasping and shivering is the best way to mark the start of the new year. Hundreds of them could be spotted frolicking in frigid waters Tuesday at English Bay in Downtown Vancouver for the city’s 99th annual polar bear swim.
  Among those who marked the first day of 2019 with a quick swim was Dave ‘Davey’ Decarlo, a 66-year-old Vancouver man who took his first polar bear plunge in 1957 when he was four.
  “I like the gathering toget
  
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• It's almost time to recycle the Christmas tree. DYK recycled trees are used in the many parks/paths/gardens through… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-01-2019 01:00 via twitter.com
  It's almost time to recycle the Christmas tree. DYK recycled trees are used in the many parks/paths/gardens through… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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