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• NDP confirms Svend Robinson will run in Burnaby North-Seymour riding - Vancouver Sun

  19-01-2019 23:57
  NDP confirms Svend Robinson will run in Burnaby North-Seymour riding  Vancouver SunRobinson says he is returning to politics to fight climate change and the affordable housing crisis.
  
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• NDP confirms Svend Robinson will run in Burnaby North-Seymour riding

  19-01-2019 23:55 via vancouversun.com
  Former MP Svend Robinson will be the New Democratic candidate for Burnaby North-Seymour in the federal election this fall.
  NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, who is running in the Burnaby South riding, on Saturday made the announcement official days after Robinson said he expected to be acclaimed.
  The 66-year-old Robinson said he was returning to public life for two fundamental reasons: climate change and the affordable housing crisis.
  Robinson served as MP in Vancouver and Burnaby from 1979 until 2
  
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• Canadians across the country march to end violence against women

  19-01-2019 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  Women and their allies participated in marches across Canada on Saturday, from large cities to tiny villages, demanding the advancement of the rights of women and other vulnerable groups.
  In Vancouver, a crowd showed support for the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation by chanting “No consent, no pipeline” as a natural gas pipeline is planned for the community’s traditional territory.
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh also participated in the Vancouver march, w
  
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• Great day for Mayor @LindaCBuchanan and Council members to get a tour of our @NVCFD fire hall and operations.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-01-2019 21:43 via twitter.com
  Great day for Mayor @LindaCBuchanan and Council members to get a tour of our @NVCFD fire hall and operations.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Langley mother accused in death of daughter faces first-degree murder charge

  19-01-2019 21:18 via vancouversun.com
  A Langley mother accused of killing her seven-year-old daughter has had the charge against her upgraded to first-degree murder.
  Kerryann Lewis, 36, was originally charged with second-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Aaliyah Rosa. The new, first-degree murder charge was sworn in provincial court on Friday, confirmed the B.C. Prosecution Service.
  On July 22, police were called to an apartment complex near 200th Street and 68th Avenue in Langley where they found Aaliyah. How she died rem
  
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• 1041 customers without power due to outages in Northern Vancouver Island - North Island Gazette

  19-01-2019 21:03
  1041 customers without power due to outages in Northern Vancouver Island  North Island GazetteKeep following the North Island Gazette for more on the power outages.
  
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• Meet the chef: Minami Restaurant's Nikki Tam adds some spice

  19-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Originally from Hong Kong, Nikki Tam has always loved baking and admired the pastry arts.
  After studying art in Toronto, she moved back to Hong Kong and initially pursued a career as an interior designer. However, she soon realized her desire to be in the kitchen, creating and indulging in her favourite foods. It was then that she decided to move to Vancouver for pastry school to pursue her dreams.
  Combining her love for design and passion for food, plates naturally became the best blank canvas
  
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• Makeover: Style revamp for management consultant

  19-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Mary O’Callaghan before her makeover.
  Mary O‘Callaghan is a management consultant who had been feeling frustrated with her hair.  She had been growing out a previous cut that was unmanageable and uneven.
  Mary has medium textured and slightly wavy hair.  Her natural silver colour makes the hair feel coarse, which can sometimes look frizzy.  She wanted to maintain some of the length around the ears and wanted to do something about how flat it looked.
  I shampooed her hair
  
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• Anatomy of a super blood wolf moon

  19-01-2019 19:45 via vancouversun.com
  On Sunday, Jan. 20, North America will witness a rare lunar eclipse caused by the alignment of three factors: it is the year’s first full moon (wolf moon), the moon is at its closest distance to the earth (super moon), and a total lunar eclipse (blood moon). Combined, this will make the moon appear larger, brighter and ‘blood’-red in the sky.
  There will only be three super wolf blood moons this century, according to Kat Kelly, an astronomer with the H.R. Macmillan Space Centre,
  
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• Liberals name Richard T. Lee as new candidate in Burnaby South

  19-01-2019 19:24 via vancouversun.com
  The federal Liberals have named a new candidate to run against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in the Burnaby South byelection.
  They say former provincial legislator Richard T. Lee will replace Karen Wang on the ballot on Feb. 25.
  Wang stepped aside Wednesday after she urged Chinese people to vote for her, the “only” Chinese candidate, instead of Singh, who she described as “of Indian descent.”
  The Liberals say Lee represented Burnaby in the B.C. legislature for 16 years, servin
  
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• The best hotels as chosen by Vancouver Sun readers

  19-01-2019 18:43 via vancouversun.com
  Second Home Peru, Lima
  I have stayed in many places, good and bad, around the world. But ten years after our visit to Second Home Peru, this B&B still stands out.
  Second Home Peru
  The home/studio of renowned Peruvian artist Victor Delfin, his whimsical art pieces greet you at every turn. It’s like staying in a museum.
  The accommodations, perched on a cliff-side overlooking the sea, were very clean and comfortable and we were charmed by the fresh-cut flowers in our room.
  The whole place
  
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• Can I see Sunday's super wolf blood moon in Metro Vancouver?

  19-01-2019 18:43 via vancouversun.com
  Stargazers will be in for a treat on Sunday night, when the total lunar eclipse and super moon will light up the sky over Metro Vancouver. The moon will turn a copper orange colour as the earth blocks out the light from the sun. This phenomenon leads to what is known as a blood moon. And, January’s super moon is also called a wolf moon. So it will be a super wolf blood moon. Sounds pretty cool, right? Unless you are werewolf. Then you should probably stay chained up indoors.
  For those not
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Rain, cloud and the risk of a thunderstorm

  19-01-2019 18:42 via vancouversun.com
  A mixed bag of winter weather is forecasted for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley this weekend.
  Saturday will bring rain and clouds to Vancouver, as well as the risk of a thunderstorm, according to Environment Canada.
  In the eastern Fraser Valley, up to 20 cm of snow is expected on the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt.
  “Total snow accumulations up to 20 cm can be expected by early this evening before the snow tapers to a few flurries,” said a special weather alert. &ld
  
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• Burnaby byelection turmoil sparks debate about identity issues in politics

  19-01-2019 18:31 via vancouversun.com
  BURNABY, B.C. — Inside a sunlit co-operative housing complex in Burnaby, B.C., federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh knocked on doors of residents whose first languages included Croatian, Filipino and Spanish. Often, to their surprise, Singh greeted them or said goodbye in their mother tongue.
  The leader is staking his political future on a byelection in Burnaby South, an extremely diverse riding where nearly 55 per cent of residents were born outside Canada. But recent missteps by his former L
  
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• Got some free time next Saturday? Come help our #CityParkStewards remove invasive plants from Mosquito Creek Park 9… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-01-2019 18:00 via twitter.com
  Got some free time next Saturday? Come help our #CityParkStewards remove invasive plants from Mosquito Creek Park 9… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Meet Robin Esrock author of The Great Canadian Bucket List

  19-01-2019 16:19 via vancouversun.com
  “The accident was a major wake-up call. I limped away with a broken knee, a $20,000 ICBC settlement, and an urgent desire to stop dreaming and start living.” Having hosted a 40-part National Geographic television series, delivered one of the most popular travel talks on the TED network, and authored several bestselling books, he’s become an international travel personality, with Travel + Leisure calling him the King of the Bucket List.
  “Bucket lists are like a game of wha
  
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• University District set to grow in Surrey City Centre

  19-01-2019 14:48 via vancouversun.com
  The city of Surrey is developing an image as a place for young professionals to study, live and work, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the rapidly developing Surrey City Centre, the neighbourhood anchored by a new city hall, library and recreation centre, as well as SFU’s campus and a Kwantlen Polytechnic University satellite.
  Bosa Properties saw its faith in Surrey affirmed when, in 2015, the city was named as one of the world’s “seven most intelligent communities&rdq
  
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• The Home Front: Designer Tom Chung advocates for the humble coffee table

  19-01-2019 14:04 via vancouversun.com
  Far from going out of favour, the humble coffee table is experiencing its day in the sun, says Vancouver-bred, Toronto-based industrial designer Tom Chung, who launches his new Plank collection at design show IDS Toronto this weekend.
  The collection is designed in collaboration with modern furniture company EQ3.
  Chung’s first thought, when asked to create a large coffee table with enclosed storage, was to avoid the big bulky coffee table in the middle of the living room scenario.
  
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• Sold (Bought): Large Vancouver home is snapped up quickly

  19-01-2019 14:03 via vancouversun.com
  6711 Beechwood Street, Vancouver
  Type: Six-bedroom, five-bathroom detached
  Size: 5,157 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $4,324,000
  Listed for: $4,298,000
  Sold for: $4,298,000
  Sold on: Sept. 24
  Days on market: Six
  Listing agent: Keith Roy and Gregory Dent at ReMax Select Realty
  Buyers agent: Nancy Wang at Macdonald Realty
  The big sell: According to listing agent Keith Roy, this was the first time this six-bedroom home has been on the market since it was built in 1992. Once listed, it took less than
  
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• Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to hold 2nd summit - Vancouver Courier

  19-01-2019 09:59
  Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to hold 2nd summit  Vancouver CourierWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to broker a deal to coax the North to give up ...
  
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• Weaver trash-talks 'stupid' speculation tax, even with Green DNA on it

  19-01-2019 03:34 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — With the speculation tax again mired in controversy, some of the week’s harshest criticisms came from the NDP’s partner in power-sharing, Green Leader Andrew Weaver.
  A horrible tax. A stupid tax. A hated tax. A dog’s breakfast.
  Weaver trash-talked the tax while the New Democrats fielded complaints about the blanket requirement for homeowners to apply for exemptions or risk being branded and taxed as speculators.
  “The NDP can wear this,” the Gre
  
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• Professors: B.C. could have used data to target speculators for tax

  19-01-2019 03:11 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government could have improved its roll out of the speculation and vacancy tax by using property and tax data to target potential housing-market speculators, two professors say.
  Instead, registered owners of homes in Greater Victoria, Nanaimo, Kelowna, Metro Vancouver (excluding Bowen Island and Lions Bay), Abbotsford, Mission and Chilliwack, must file a declaration by March 31 to be exempted. The opt-out process will become an annual chore for property owners under the n
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019

  19-01-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  There are a lot of changes afoot at ICBC and a lot of articles written about them, but no one is taking a serious look at the discriminatory nature of the minor injury regulation that quite blatantly discriminates against the elderly, the disabled and females.
  As a woman and a mother, I was shocked to find out that I still have minimal value in this century. The regulation places all of the value of pain and suffering one suffers on employment and inability to do that employment, so that if you
  
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• Jennifer Charlesworth: Improving social services for Indigenous youth key to moving forward

  19-01-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Last month, my office released a report about “Charlie”, an Indigenous boy whose traumatic experience with the child welfare system in B.C. resulted in significant harm to him and his family.
  Every report of this sort is heartbreaking but, unfortunately, not unique. In fact, many of the investigative reports issued by the Representative for Children and Youth’s office during the past decade have told similarly sad and shocking stories. These reports have recommended changes to
  
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• Editorial: NDP should scrap its speculation and vacancy tax

  19-01-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  In a province that has seen numerous examples of bumbling government policy-making from all political parties over the decades, the NDP’s speculation and vacancy tax is sure growing into one of the better examples.
  Launched in the euphoric days after the NDP minority government squeaked into power after 16 years on the opposition benches as a supposedly populist initiative to battle “foreign owners and speculators” allegedly behind high home prices, the tax quickly proved contr
  
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• Former Mountie in Surrey Six case pleads guilty and avoids jail

  19-01-2019 02:20 via vancouversun.com
  A former RCMP officer who was at the centre of a corruption case involving the Surrey Six murder investigation pleaded guilty to several offences Friday but managed to avoid jail time.
  Derek Brassington pleaded guilty to breach of trust and attempted obstruction of justice and received a conditional sentence of two years less a day to be served in the community.
  Because of a publication ban, the reasons for the sentence imposed by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Arne Silverman cannot be reported yet.
  
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• Significant decline in North American glaciers since 2000: UNBC study - Vancouver Sun

  19-01-2019 02:09
  Significant decline in North American glaciers since 2000: UNBC study  Vancouver SunThe glaciers are important to the ecosystem because they feed downstream waterways after the snowpack melts.
  
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• Significant decline in North American glaciers since 2000: UNBC study

  19-01-2019 02:07 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. glaciers have shrunk “dramatically” in the last decade, losing mass at four times the rate of the previous decade, according to a first-of-its-kind study from the University of Northern B.C.
  The researchers are calling their work the “first comprehensive assessment of glacier mass loss for all regions in western North America,” outside of Alaska.
  They used satellites to produce elevation models of the over 15,000 icefields and found that on average, the glaciers in B
  
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• Victoria police seeking thief who stole senior's electric-assist bike

  19-01-2019 02:02 via vancouversun.com
  Victoria police are looking for a thief who was captured by CCTV cameras stealing a senior’s brand-new electric-assist bike.
  The theft happened Tuesday, police said, at an apartment complex in the 600 block of Toronto Street.
  The victim, an elderly male, said he had purchased the electric-assist bike only a day prior, and that it was essential to his ability to get around the city.
  The stolen bicycle is a black Raleigh Sprite IE Electric, similar to the one pictured below.
  The stolen bicyc
  
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• Christine Sorensen: Nurse staffing shortages still No. 1 issue facing B.C. health system

  19-01-2019 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. nurses are valued and respected professionals who care for British Columbians every day in hospitals, long-term care homes and community programs across the province.
  The B.C. Nurses’ Union is the province’s largest health-sector union. Like many other provincial unions, we’ve been in negotiations with the provincial government as part of the latest round of public-sector bargaining.
  For the past several weeks, more than 40,000 nurses across B.C. have been voting on a thre
  
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• The Cinematheque pays tribute to West Vancouver filmmaker Daryl Duke - North Shore News

  19-01-2019 01:54
  The Cinematheque pays tribute to West Vancouver filmmaker Daryl Duke  North Shore NewsThe Image Before Us: A History of Film in British Columbia - A Tribute to Daryl Duke, The Cinematheque, Monday, Jan. 21, 6:30 p.m. Introduction by Colin ...
  
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• We're recruiting for auxiliary Readers at the RCMP detachment. Click here to apply: ow.ly/a4vM30nn66b #NorthVan

  19-01-2019 01:40 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for auxiliary Readers at the RCMP detachment. Click here to apply: ow.ly/a4vM30nn66b #NorthVan
  
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• Wondering what's on the agenda for Monday's Council Meeting? ✅ Proclamation: Heart Month ✅ Bylaw: Electric Vehicle… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-01-2019 01:30 via twitter.com
  Wondering what's on the agenda for Monday's Council Meeting?✅ Proclamation: Heart Month ✅ Bylaw: Electric Vehicle… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Daphne Bramham: What is the truth about the risks of marijuana?

  19-01-2019 01:23 via vancouversun.com
  Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter, set out to scare people with his book about the dangers of marijuana. He makes no secret of that and he’s pretty good at doing just that.
  His book, Tell Your Children: The Truth about Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence, that was released on Jan. 8 is provocative. It may even infuriate you, as it has advocates of cannabis legalization in the United States.
  It’s data heavy, drawing on scores of peer-reviewed studies and reports
  
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• We're recruiting for auxiliary Crisis Intervention Workers. Click here to apply. ow.ly/5CqC30nn5Lz #NorthVan

  19-01-2019 01:20 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for auxiliary Crisis Intervention Workers.Click here to apply. ow.ly/5CqC30nn5Lz #NorthVan
  
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• Whale of a mystery: Local orcas three times more likely to die in even years

  19-01-2019 00:37 via vancouversun.com
  Southern resident killer whales are three times more likely to die in even years than odd years, a pattern that cannot be explained by the widely accepted threats to their health.
  Successful orca births are also 50 per cent less frequent in even years than odd years over the past two decades, according to a study by researchers in Washington state.
  Factors such as shipping noise, toxin accumulation and the scarcity of prey such as chinook salmon cannot account for this mysterious effect, sa
  
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• Vanishing act: Now a fugitive from justice, one-time Vancouver realtor pursued by private investigator, police

  19-01-2019 00:28 via vancouversun.com
  A former Vancouver realtor has disappeared, and nobody seems to know where he is. Not past associates who say they lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to him, not the police who obtained a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest, not the private investigator who has been tracking him, not the Vancouver real estate brokerage where he once worked, not even his wife.
  Howard Chong, 39, presented different faces to the different people named as victims in the criminal indic
  
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• Telus, Huawei await feds' next move on telecom security concerns

  19-01-2019 00:12 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver-based Telus Corp. is among the handful of Canadian telecommunications companies waiting on a federal review into whether Chinese equipment provider Huawei Technologies poses a cybersecurity risk to development of next generation, ultra-high-speed 5G wireless networks.
  Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei made global headlines this week with a rare media availability at the company’s Shenzen headquarters, where he vowed that his company would refuse requests to use its equipment to spy for the
  
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• Habitat for Humanity's Coquitlam project its biggest ever in B.C.

  19-01-2019 00:02 via vancouversun.com
  As many as 50 families with modest incomes will have a chance to experience the benefits of home ownership, thanks to a deal struck between Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver and the City of Coquitlam.
  The project will more than double the number of homes built to date by Habitat in Metro Vancouver in one fell swoop.
  “It’s our biggest development ever in B.C. and the third largest in Canada,” said Habitat operations director Stephani Baker.
  Council approved a memorandu
  
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