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• Nanaimo police charge second man after Christmas morning gift theft

  09-01-2019 23:55 via vancouversun.com
  NANAIMO — Police have arrested and charged a second man after wrapped gifts were taken from under a tree on Christmas morning at a home here.
  The RCMP say a father, his wife and their two boys, aged 10 and 14, were sleeping when the man heard a noise downstairs, then discovered the refrigerator door open, cupboards ransacked and gifts and stockings gone.
  Police say officers found some open gifts strewn down the street from the family’s home, but other items, such as two new iPhones,
  
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• UBC team records second repeating radio burst from outside our galaxy

  09-01-2019 23:54 via vancouversun.com
  A team of Canadian scientists — including several from B.C. — has recorded only the second-ever repeating radio burst from outside our galaxy.
  The repeating burst was among 13 fast-radio bursts (FRB) recorded by a radio telescope in the Okanagan Valley. The telescope, which resembles a set of skateboarding half-pipes, was built as part of the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) to record radio signals from outer space.
  FRBs are flashes of radio waves that last just
  
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• Metro Vancouver new home sales down 19% in 2018 – and will fall more: report

  09-01-2019 23:33
  
  Consumers increasingly less willing to pay for higher-priced units in new developments, says Altus Group
  
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• Theatre Review: Electric technique, cast define The Full Light Of Day

  09-01-2019 23:20 via vancouversun.com
  The Full Light of Day
  When: Until Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 12, 2 p.m.
  Where: Vancouver Playhouse.
  Tickets and info: From $19.99 at eventbrite.com
  The Electric Company Theatre’s latest production, The Full Light of Day, continues its 23-year-long creative legacy of ambitious productions defining new directions in stagecraft. Billed as a “new Film/Theatre Hybrid written by Daniel Brooks and directed by Kim Collier,” the description understates what the show achieves des
  
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• B.C. Premier John Horgan wants 'peaceful resolution' to LNG pipeline impasse

  09-01-2019 23:20 via vancouversun.com
  Premier John Horgan said Wednesday he wants a “peaceful resolution” to the impasse in northern B.C. as early as possible, following the arrests at a First Nations blockade of an LNG pipeline project route.
  Horgan reiterated his position that the LNG company has met its obligations for consultation with First Nations, and that the project will benefit the Indigenous people in the region.
  He said he has spoken with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and is confident a peaceful resoluti
  
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• Trudeau touts controversial pipeline project in speech to supporters in B.C.

  09-01-2019 23:18 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted the benefits of a liquefied natural gas project that’s at the centre of an impasse with First Nations in a speech to supporters in Kamloops on Wednesday.
  RCMP arrested 14 people Monday in northwestern British Columbia over a protest against construction of a natural gas pipeline by Coastal GasLink, a key part of the $40-billion LNG Canada project.
  In a campaign-style speech at the Liberal fundraiser, Trudeau did not address the arrests
  
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• Attn youth! Want to be a #CityFest 2019 Youth Ambassador and earn 40-100 volunteer hours? Interviews take place Jan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-01-2019 23:00 via twitter.com
  Attn youth! Want to be a #CityFest 2019 Youth Ambassador and earn 40-100 volunteer hours? Interviews take place Jan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• New Westminster sees increase of auto theft since start of of 2019

  09-01-2019 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  If their 2019 resolution was to commit more crime, New Westminster auto thieves are doing pretty well.
  An increased number of auto thefts since the start of the new year has prompted police to issue reminders to drivers about locking cars and removing valuables from vehicles.
  An increased number of auto thefts since the start of the new year has prompted police to issue reminders to drivers about locking cars and removing valuables from vehicles.
  Since New Year’s Eve, there have been 39 re
  
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• Property taxes floor Burnaby tilemaker after soaring assessment

  09-01-2019 22:20
  
  “Just opening the [BC Assessment] envelope was enough to stop me from sleeping for two days,” says manufacturer and business owner
  
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• From quaint craftsman cottages to hip '50s ranch houses and beyond, 'heritage' means a lot of things in the DNV. He… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-01-2019 21:47 via twitter.com
  From quaint craftsman cottages to hip '50s ranch houses and beyond, 'heritage' means a lot of things in the DNV. He… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Richmond orders removal of unsafe clothing donation bins

  09-01-2019 20:51 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. Children’s Hospital donation bin is emptied by a driver in the Superstore parking lot in Vancouver in June 2014.
  Richmond has ordered the removal of unsafe donation bins in the city.
  The city is the latest to scrap donation bins, following recent deaths in West Vancouver and Toronto linked to people trying to crawl inside and becoming trapped.
  “The order was issued Tuesday and bin operators had 24 hours to remove the bins,” says a media release issued Wednesday. “I
  
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• Cheap eats in Metro Vancouver: Best budget-friendly places to dine in 2019

  09-01-2019 20:42 via vancouversun.com
  December hits and runs with your hard-earned cash and January clutches fearfully to what’s left. But no need to give up the time-saving pleasure of eating out. There are lots of inexpensive places around and here are some of them. Check the details online for hours and menus.Vancouver
  Bestie
  105 East Pender St. | 604-620-1175
  Info: facebook.com/bestiewurst
  If Japanese hotdogs don’t move you (sorry, Japadog), maybe German ones will? Currywurst? Or sausage and sauer
  
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• MOMEN7UM is on the move. Don't worry this popular, interactive public art piece is just going to the 'spa'. It will… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-01-2019 20:32 via twitter.com
  MOMEN7UM is on the move. Don't worry this popular, interactive public art piece is just going to the 'spa'. It will… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• North Vancouver RCMP investigating trees being illegally cut down - Straight.com

  09-01-2019 20:30
  North Vancouver RCMP investigating trees being illegally cut down  Straight.comThe District of North Vancouver and police have examined the site but have not been able to determine who is responsible.
  
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• Don't wait until it's too late! Sign up now... twitter.com/NorthShoreEMO/…

  09-01-2019 20:07 via twitter.com
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• VSO's New Music Festival take on 'green' themes

  09-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  New Music Festival 2019
  When: Jan. 16 and 17, 7:30 p.m.
  Where: Christ Church Cathedral
  When: Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m.
  Where: Orpheum Theatre
  When: Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m.
  Where: Orpheum Theatre
  Tickets and info: vancouversymphony.ca/new-musicfestival
  For the last six seasons, the New Year has brought the latest incarnation of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Festival. This annual feast of the new, the provocative, and the astonishing runs Jan. 16-19 this year, with concerts
  
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• The It List: Kiehl’s x Mark McMorris limited-edition Ultra Facial Cream

  09-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The product: Kiehl’s x Mark McMorris limited-edition Ultra Facial Cream
  Why we love it: The iconic Ultra Facial Cream gets a philanthropic boost thanks to Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris.
  The limited-edition release sees McMorris team up with Kiehl’s to benefit his McMorris Foundation, an initiative that aims to help, “youth to find their passion through sport,” according to the program’s website.
  The full proceeds from the sale of the Ki
  
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• Style in the City: Laurel Edwards and Pam Ratzlaff

  09-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Name:  Laurel Edwards and Pam Ratzlaff
  Occupation: Lifestyle bloggers
  Personal style in one word: Polished for Laurel; modern for Pam
  Social media: @sugarplumlaurel and @sugarplumpam on Instagram
  What you love about this look:  “I have always loved skirts and like how they now can be worn with wearable shoes for an everyday look.” — Laurel
  “This teddy bear coat is my favourite winter piece. Here, I’ve dressed it up but I also love wearing it wit
  
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• Mrs. Krishnan's Party is part scripted, part improvised

  09-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Mrs. Krishnan’s Party
  When: Jan. 15-Feb. 3
  Where: Vancity Culture Lab
  Tickets: From $24 at tickets.thecultch.com and 604-251-1363
  Over 20 years ago, Krishnan’s Dairy announced the arrival of a new theatre company in New Zealand. Now, Indian Ink is bringing a sort-of sequel to the beloved (at home, at least) production to Vancouver.
  In Mrs. Krishnan’s Party, Kalyani Nagarajan plays Mrs. (Zina) Krishnan, a fiftysomething dairy (N.Z. parlance for “convenience store”) o
  
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• Five reasons to check out Joni Mitchell tribute Circle Game

  09-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Circle Game: Reimagining the Music of Joni Mitchell
  When: Jan. 12-Feb. 9
  Where: Firehall Arts Centre
  Tickets: From $25 at firehallartscentre.ca
  1. Inspiration. Joni Mitchell continues to influence and inspire new generations of fans. Circle Game presents nearly 30 of the Saskatchewan-raised singer/songwriter’s best-loved tunes, including Chelsea Morning, Help Me, Free Man in Paris, Both Sides Now and Big Yellow Taxi. The songs have been rearranged for various instruments and voices, and t
  
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• $4M-plus home sales in Vancouver plummet by half in 2018: Sotheby’s

  09-01-2019 19:31
  
  “Top-tier” of city’s real estate hit by “a barrage of government and regulatory interventions compounded by mortgage rate hikes,” says luxury brokerage
  
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• NDP's Singh gets his chance for a seat as Trudeau calls three Feb. 25 byelections

  09-01-2019 19:26 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set Feb. 25 as the date for byelections in three vacant ridings — including the British Columbia riding where NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is hoping to win a seat in the House of Commons.
  Trudeau has called the byelections for Burnaby South, the Ontario riding of York-Simcoe and Montreal’s Outremont.
  The Liberal leader had said he’d call the byelections for early February. Both Singh and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer have complai
  
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• Can you spot what's missing from Civic Plaza today? 🕵️ Other than the sun of course! #NorthVan https://t.co/J5YoocmQZc

  09-01-2019 19:19 via twitter.com
  
  Can you spot what's missing from Civic Plaza today? 🕵️ Other than the sun of course! #NorthVan https://t.co/J5YoocmQZc
  
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• Northwestern B.C. First Nation expects RCMP to enforce injunction

  09-01-2019 18:25 via vancouversun.com
  HOUSTON — Members of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation in northwestern British Columbia expect RCMP may serve an injunction at a protest camp on a remote forest service road southwest of Houston within hours.
  The camp was established almost 10 years ago as a checkpoint to manage entry to traditional territories, but an injunction issued late last year ordered removal of gates across the forest service road.
  A blockade across the road was set up more recently and the injunction was
  
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• Anti-SOGI activist to run for Maxime Bernier's new federal party in Burnaby South byelection

  09-01-2019 18:16 via vancouversun.com
  A controversial anti-SOGI activist has been named as a candidate for Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada to run in an upcoming byelection in Burnaby South.
  Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson, who ran unsuccessfully for a school trustee position on the Burnaby School Board, will be the first candidate to run for the new federal party.
  In a Facebook statement, Tyler Thompson, a former Christian TV host and anti-abortion activist, says she tried to run for the Conservatives but they said n
  
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• Dream Big: California Style Contest

  09-01-2019 18:02 via vancouversun.com
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  Enter for a chance to win a VIP Experience at VIWF and California trip for two!
  
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• Trudeau says B.C. protest arrests not ’ideal,’ but rule of law must be respected

  09-01-2019 17:52 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s “not an ideal situation” that 14 people were arrested Monday in northwestern British Columbia at a protest against construction of the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline.
  Trudeau made the comment this morning on CBC’s radio program Daybreak Kamloops, prior to his visit to that city to attend a Liberal party fundraiser and a town hall gathering.
  The prime minister says his government has been working on reconciliat
  
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• Environment Canada issues wind warning for north Vancouver Island - CHEK

  09-01-2019 17:42
  Environment Canada issues wind warning for north Vancouver Island  CHEKAnother bout of strong wind is forecast on Vancouver Island Wednesday, with an alert issued for the north region.
  
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• GoFundMe set up for Vancouver eatery where rat allegedly found in soup

  09-01-2019 17:29 via vancouversun.com
  A supporter of the Crab Park Chowdery has started an online fundraiser to help the business recover from the rat-in-soup ordeal.
  In a Facebook post, Crab Park Chowdery says over the last 10 days it has seen its “dream shattered,” and has gone from earning up to $2,000 a day to as low as $200 a day.
  The Gastown business took a massive hit after a rat was allegedly found in a bowl of soup on Dec. 27 and a video of the incident went viral online.
  The restaurant says a friend has put tog
  
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• North Vancouver police stumped by 'mystery of felled trees' - CBC.ca

  09-01-2019 15:41
  North Vancouver police stumped by 'mystery of felled trees'  CBC.caPolice said at least two trees have been deliberately cut down in recent months near the Jaycee House Community Hall in North Vancouver.
  
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• Trudeau to kick off outreach tour including town hall in Kamloops

  09-01-2019 15:34 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hitting British Columbia today as part of an outreach tour that will expand across the country.
  He will be in Kamloops to meet with its mayor, Ken Christian, before meeting with two Indigenous leaders.
  The prime minister will also be holding a town hall gathering with the public, held at Thompson Rivers University.
  Since 2017, Trudeau has held town hall meetings in cities across Canada during winter months that resemble a campaign-style road tour.
  
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• Quieter ships could help British Columbia's endangered orcas recover

  09-01-2019 14:57 via vancouversun.com
  This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site.
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  Authors: Priyanka Varkey, Master’s student, Dalhousie University and Tony Robert Walker, Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University
  With the death of the young female orca calf known as J50 in the Pacific Northwest in September 2018, the population of southern resident k
  
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• Mystery of felled trees on District land bit.ly/2VBFp77 #NorthVancouver

  09-01-2019 07:49 via twitter.com
  Mystery of felled trees on District landbit.ly/2VBFp77#NorthVancouver
  
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• Five things to know about the upcoming Nanaimo byelection

  09-01-2019 07:06 via vancouversun.com
  On Jan. 30 as many as 43,000 Nanaimo voters will take to the polls to elect a new MLA for Nanaimo, after longtime NDP MLA Leonard Krog vacated the seat in November to serve as mayor of the city.
  Here are five things to know.
  British Columbia NDP MLA Leonard Krog gives his speech after winning as Mayor for Nanaimo, B.C., following the municipal election, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018.Why it matters
  B.C. is currently governed via a formal power-sharing agreement between the B.C. NDP and the B.C. Greens.
  
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• ‘Abuse is possible’ with B.C. nurses’ unlimited massage benefits: $31 million in 2017

  09-01-2019 03:12 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Nurses Union is investigating how one nurse’s family managed to use $174,000 in massage therapy benefits over the course of a year through the taxpayer-funded extended benefits plan.
  This amid a raging controversy triggered by news that public health care employers spent $31 million in nurses’ massage therapy costs in 2017, a 900-per-cent increase from 2008.
  Unlike most other public and private employees, nurses do not have a limit on the number of massages they and their fa
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: We're left to guess at NDP standard for Indigenous consent

  09-01-2019 03:04 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — It was a day when Premier John Horgan said “I cannot stop smiling … a spectacular day for all British Columbians.”
  The date was Oct. 2, 2018, and Horgan was sharing a public platform with the prime minister, industry leaders and others to celebrate the decision by Shell and partners to green light the $40 billion LNG Canada project.
  Right then and there, Horgan declared that along with the record-setting investment and other benefits, the project had
  
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• Comment: Sustainable Vancouver requires smart development, sewer upgrades

  09-01-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Next time you go walking in Vancouver’s winter rain, think about what is happening under the city.
  Our underground infrastructure will become a significant issue in the coming years because of climate change, population growth and city policies that aim to increase housing density. Now, as the city starts a new plan for land use and development, it must consider how to reduce the effects of densification on our infrastructure to create a more sustainable city.
  During heavy rains, Vancouver
  
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• Sports columnist Jim Taylor remembered as one of the best

  09-01-2019 02:58 via vancouversun.com
  Jim Taylor, who charmed and amused legions of fans over a long and prodigious career as a columnist, including writing sports for The Vancouver Sun and then The Province for nearly three decades, has died aged 82.
  On Tuesday, social media lit up with stories about how he wrote witty circles around his colleagues and competitors and how his columns and talks to journalism classes inspired many young admirers to follow him into the industry.
  Tweets from a who’s who of sportswriters and other
  
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• Cannabis Culture to close three of its illegal pot shops in Vancouver

  09-01-2019 02:57 via vancouversun.com
  Cannabis Culture issued 50 layoff notices to staff on Tuesday as it prepares to close its three unlicensed marijuana stores by the end of the month.
  “It’s been a terrible day,” said Jodie Emery, who co-owns the Cannabis Culture brand and stores with her husband Marc. “Unfortunately, we have to close three of our Cannabis Culture locations in the city. There were lots of tears and it’s been very difficult.”
  The Cannabis Culture flagship store, which operat
  
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• Playland roller coaster ranks 12th in world ranking by coaster fans

  09-01-2019 02:55 via vancouversun.com
  Jim Winslett likes roller coasters. A lot.
  “I have been on 887 different coasters in 13 countries,” says the 52-year-old retired UPS driver.
  Winslett is such a roller coaster fan that he’s the editor of Ellocoaster, “an online magazine for coaster addicts.”
  And a reader poll in Ellocoaster just named the PNE’s Playland coaster the 12th best wooden roller coaster in the world.
  “It is unlike anything else running today,” said Winslett, a Texan who no
  
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• Attorney General says clear ballot produced clear loss in B.C. pro-rep referendum

  09-01-2019 02:33 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s attorney general, who designed the referendum on proportional representation, says he was surprised at the strong public rejection of change and doesn’t think a different process, ballot or choice of systems would have produced a different outcome.
  David Eby said the 61.3 per cent vote to keep the current first-past-the-post voting system was decisive and clearly shows the public does not want proportional representation.
  “I think, despite all the c
  
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• Protests follow RCMP arrests at B.C. pipeline blockade

  09-01-2019 02:30 via vancouversun.com
  The arrest of 14 people at an Indigenous blockade in a remote area of northern B.C. became a flash point Tuesday that sparked protests across the country.
  Protesters stopped traffic in Vancouver and Victoria and prompted a counter protest in front of the headquarters of the company building the pipeline at the centre of the dispute.
  RCMP made the arrests Monday at a blockade southwest of Houston, where some members of the Gidimt’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation had set
  
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• Crown defends RCMP undercover operation that led to murder conviction

  09-01-2019 02:14 via vancouversun.com
  The Crown is defending an elaborate undercover police operation that led to a Newfoundland man being convicted 17 years ago of murdering his wife in Richmond in 1994.
  The so-called Mr. Big operation that resulted in Wade Skiffington being found guilty of the second-degree murder of Wanda Martin, 20, has come under attack by lawyers for the killer who claim their client was wrongfully convicted.
  In June last year, the federal justice minister ordered an investigation into the case after a prelimi
  
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• Real estate values sink for detached homes in West Vancouver, North Vancouver - North Shore News

  09-01-2019 01:36
  Real estate values sink for detached homes in West Vancouver, North Vancouver  North Shore NewsDramatic changes in the real estate market have shifted areas of the North Shore that were multiple-offer territory into a buyer's arena. What went up in a ...
  
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• It's possible to live well with dementia. Almost 60% of people living with dementia live by themselves or with a ca… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-01-2019 01:30 via twitter.com
  It's possible to live well with dementia. Almost 60% of people living with dementia live by themselves or with a ca… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Douglas Todd: How Chinese, Filipino and other immigrants differ

  09-01-2019 00:12 via vancouversun.com
  Chinese and Filipino immigrants come to Canada with equally solid levels of education — but beyond that they’re remarkably different.
  A revealing new “super-diversity” website created by a University of B.C. geographer, Daniel Hiebert, shows nine of 10 recent Chinese immigrants arrive in Metro Vancouver with enough money to immediately buy homes. But only half hold down jobs during their first five years in Canada, while four of 10 report they’re surviving on l
  
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• North Vancouver volleyball player a surprise smash hit - North Shore News

  09-01-2019 00:08
  North Vancouver volleyball player a surprise smash hit  North Shore NewsMarkus Bratsberg is a rare species on the North Shore sporting scene – an elite boys volleyball player. The North Vancouver native's talent is clear. He's putting ...
  
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