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• Vancouver shelters prepare for cold snap

  02-02-2019 23:09 via vancouversun.com
  Shelters are preparing for an overflow of homeless people this week as a cold snap is expected to hit B.C.’s South Coast.
  While much of Canada has been in a deep freeze this winter, Metro Vancouver has been experiencing unseasonably mild temperatures.
  But meteorologists say that is going to change beginning Sunday. Arctic air is expected to whip across the South Coast, causing the mercury to plunge five to 10 degrees lower than normal, making it the coldest conditions yet this winter.
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• Let's have peek at what Council's up to Monday at 6PM. ✅ Delegation: CityFEST 2019 ✅ Policy Committee Meeting:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-02-2019 21:00 via twitter.com
  Let's have peek at what Council's up to Monday at 6PM.✅ Delegation: CityFEST 2019 ✅ Policy Committee Meeting:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Surrey murder victim survived earlier shooting in Richmond

  02-02-2019 20:50 via vancouversun.com
  In December, Bikramjit “Bicky” Khakh was with his associate when the other man was shot at Lansdowne Mall.
  Khakh was uninjured, but the other man, Harp Dhaliwal, suffered serious injuries in the Dec. 21 attack in Richmond.
  But Khakh wasn’t as lucky Friday when the 30-year-old was shot to death in Surrey about 7:15 p.m.
  Surrey RCMP said it received 911 calls about the shooting in the 13900-block of 58A Avenue. Personal property records indicate that Khakh lived in a house in tha
  
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• Housing crisis: choral director lays out her home plea in half-page newspaper ad

  02-02-2019 20:42
  
  "So what. I’ll give them all my telephone number and my email and tell them what colour my underwear are," says Nicole with a laugh.
  
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• A insider's guide to Hong Kong

  02-02-2019 20:08 via vancouversun.com
  Seated on his stone pedestal overlooking Po Lin Monastery on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island, the 34-metre-high Tian Tan ‘Big’ Buddha gazes serenely down at me, just as he did when we first met nearly a quarter of a century ago. I’ve returned to visit him, and to rediscover this city I once called home.
  In the early 1990s, a visit to Po Lin Monastery required either a slow ride on a country bus or a strenuous hike over Lantau’s lush and mountainous terrain. Today, you can
  
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• Integrating cultural practices helps in recovery of Indigenous women

  02-02-2019 20:06 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — New research suggests that the health of Indigenous women recovering from the trauma of partner violence improves when the healing process integrates elder-led circles and other cultural elements.
  The study from the University of British Columbia and Western University focused on nurses working with women individually over the course of six to eight months.
  Their treatment included weekly circles or group activities led by an elder, which involved sharing personal stories and a
  
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• Makeover: From faded to vibrant and shiny

  02-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Maria Stefanescu is a 34-year-old makeup artist and mother of two young children. Maria loves her red hair but wanted to updated her faded colour.
  Maria has fine density hair which is naturally wavy. To brighten her coppery red hair, I started by first placing foil slices of vibrant violet/red permanent colour throughout her hair. I then applied a deep warm-red colour to the background foundation in a permanent formula and applied the same shade in a demi-permanent, ammonia-free formula to the m
  
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• Chef Justin Eli marries the local and the exotic

  02-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Justin Ell drives the creation of the delicious dishes at Crowbar, marrying his menu with cocktails to create an experience that is both indulgent and approachable. Born and raised in Vancouver, Eli studied at Douglas College and Lincoln University before going on to work in the kitchens of acclaimed local eateries such as Maenam, Cinara and Notturno. There he acquired an array of exotic cooking techniques in Thai, Italian and West Coast traditions.
  Q: What motivates and inspires you as a chef?
  
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• Seeing the Grand Canyon via Route 66

  02-02-2019 19:43 via vancouversun.com
  Unleashing the freedom and adventure of the open road with wind in our face, I hung on tight as historical Route 66 beckoned. Taking the back seat to my husband on a 1200 Triumph motorbike out of Las Vegas to ride the historical route to the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park, was a new experience.
  He had bikes before, but ownership had escaped us during family-minivan years.
  On historical Route 66 approaching Kingman, AZ.
  Scenery is inspiring when free of obstruction on a bike. But the unexpec
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Another blast of winter ahead

  02-02-2019 18:14 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – It’s Groundhog Day! If you put any stock in Canada’s furry forecasters, then here’s the shakedown: Ontario’s Wiarton Willie says an early spring while Novia Scotia’s famous rodent Shubenacadie Sam saw his shadow this morning and is calling for six more weeks of winter. Van Island Violet plans to keep sleeping through the event, given that the Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Foundation, where she lives, is covered in snow.
  As for the met
  
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• 1 week to Lower Lonsdale Thingery Launch Party! Come see what a Thingery is, how it works, and what types of equipm… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-02-2019 18:00 via twitter.com
  1 week to Lower Lonsdale Thingery Launch Party! Come see what a Thingery is, how it works, and what types of equipm… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Sold (Bought): Kits penthouse showcases numerous upgrades

  02-02-2019 14:17 via vancouversun.com
  404 – 2575 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver
  Type: One-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment
  Size: 678 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $666,000
  Listed for: $628,000
  Sold for: $615,000
  Sold on: Oct. 24
  Days on market: Six
  Listing agent: Sarah Thompson and Sue Johnson at ReMax Select Properties
  Buyers agent: Chandra Levac at ReMax Real Estate Services
  The big sell: This spacious one-bedroom unit occupies a penthouse position in the Seagate complex, a four-level development that was built in 1995 on Kitsila
  
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• The Home Front: Using storage solutions to declutter your home

  02-02-2019 14:02 via vancouversun.com
  Getting organized at home is always a popular theme in January. It’s right up there with deciding to get fit and sorting out our finances, says Brian Hawkins, director of operations at Canadian storage company BigSteelBox.
  “Right around this time of year, we start to see business pick up,” he says.
  The task of decluttering our homes can be a daunting one, says Hawkins, so his best advice is start small.
  “Pick a closet even,” he says. “And just go through
  
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• 10 Plums showcases rare build in North Van - Vancouver Sun

  02-02-2019 14:01
  10 Plums showcases rare build in North Van  Vancouver SunHomes have been built on six of the 10 Plums sites. Fusion has completed four houses, while Wallmark has completed two homes in the subdivision and has ...
  
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• 10 Plums showcases rare build in North Van

  02-02-2019 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Each year, about 140 single-family homes in the District of North Vancouver are rebuilt, but it’s rare for a developer to find a site for a cluster of new houses. When they do, it presents a unique opportunity for custom homebuyers to integrate into an already well-established neighbourhood.
  In 2013, the North Vancouver School Board sold a 1.17-hectare site in Upper Delbrook formerly occupied by the Monteray elementary school to a property developer. Two years later, the land was rezoned b
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Surrey murder victim survived Richmond shooting in December

  02-02-2019 10:58 via vancouversun.com
  In December, Bicky Khakh was with his associate when the other man was shot at Lansdowne Mall.
  Khakh was uninjured, but the other man, Harp Dhaliwal, suffered serious injuries.
  But Khakh wasn’t as lucky Friday when the 30-year-old was shot to death in Surrey about 7:15 p.m.
  Surrey RCMP said it received 911 calls about the shooting in the 13900-block of 58A Avenue.
  “Upon police attendance, an adult victim was located suffering from gunshot wounds. Despite all attempts to revive the in
  
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• Photos: Nisga'a celebration of Hoobiyee, the crescent moon new year

  02-02-2019 07:10 via vancouversun.com
  Dance and song to mark Hoobiyee, a Nisga’a new year celebration, erupted at the PNE Forum in Vancouver on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1 and 2.
  Postmedia photographer Gerry Kahrmann was on hand to document some of the event on Friday evening. Here are his photos.
   
  Lax kxeen Traditional Dancers perform at Hoobiyee, a Nisga’a New Year celebration of the late winter waxing crescent moon, on Friday at the PNE Forum.
   
  Stanley Paul from Kamloops watches the Lil Wat Iswalh Dancers
  
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• Three MLAs won't run in next B.C. election, says Wilkinson. Who will they be?

  02-02-2019 05:23 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson’s revelation that at least three members of his caucus have signalled they won’t be running in the next provincial election has some speculating about who they might be.
  “Rumours of my imminent departure are greatly exaggerated,” six-term Abbotsford MLA Mike De Jong told Postmedia when asked Friday.
  Other long-serving MLAs were likely fielding similar questions after Wilkinson said Thursday the party was shifting into a period of renew
  
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• One of B.C.'s highest-paid local government employees implicated in alleged stock scheme

  02-02-2019 05:22 via vancouversun.com
  The recently retired city manager of North Vancouver, one of B.C.’s highest-paid local government employees for several years, has been implicated by the province’s securities regulator with dozens of other people and companies in an alleged stock market scheme.
  Ken Tollstam, whose full name is Albert Kenneth Tollstam, and his firm, Tollstam & Company Chartered Accountants, were named with more than 50 individuals and companies in a November temporary cease-trading order fro
  
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• This Week in History, 1949: Frank Harris lived in Stanley Park for 60 years

  02-02-2019 04:25 via vancouversun.com
  Most civic workers toil in obscurity. But not Frank Harris, whose death on Feb. 2, 1949, earned obituaries in both The Vancouver Sun and Province.
  “A hardy pioneer who slung a hammock in Stanley Park back in 1889 as his first B.C. residence died in St. Vincent’s Hospital Wednesday,” The Sun reported.
  “He is Frank Alfred Harris, 87, who lived in the white frame cottage in the park near Lion’s Gate Bridge.”
  Born in Teignmouth, Devon, England, on June 13, 1861, H
  
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• Canucks Report: Vancouver set for February grind - North Island Gazette

  02-02-2019 03:19
  Canucks Report: Vancouver set for February grind  North Island GazetteThe well-rested Vancouver Canucks are ready to resume their playoff quest. After a nine-day layoff while the NHL staged its annual all-star festivities, the ...
  
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• One of B.C.'s highest-paid local government employees implicated in alleged stock scheme - Vancouver Sun

  02-02-2019 03:18
  One of B.C.'s highest-paid local government employees implicated in alleged stock scheme  Vancouver SunMore than 50 individuals and companies were named in an order from the B.C. Securities Commission.
  
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• Women to rally in Port Coquitlam in support of victims of violence

  02-02-2019 03:01 via vancouversun.com
  Women disappointed with how the Canadian justice system handles cases of violence against vulnerable women will rally next week outside a Port Coquitlam courthouse where a man charged with assaulting sex workers is on trial.
  Angela Marie MacDougall, executive director of Battered Women’s Support Services, said multiple rallies will be held by groups determined to protect and seek justice for women who do sex work and experience violence, and Indigenous women, for whom the rate of homicide
  
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• Editorial: Especially now, we should embrace the values of Lunar New Year

  02-02-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Lunar New Year arrives Tuesday in the midst of Canada’s escalating diplomatic crisis with China precipitated by the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou on U.S. charges during a stopover at Vancouver International Airport.
  China’s tit-for-tat arrest of several Canadians on what appear to be trumped-up charges since Meng’s arrest, as well as its decision to increase the sentence of Abbotsford drug dealer Robert Schellenberg to death from 15 years in prison, has angered man
  
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• Dr. Stephen Wiseman: Attorney-General David Eby promoting two-tier medicine, something NDP normally opposes

  02-02-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Much has been said about ICBC’s new payment caps for so-called “minor injuries,” and the recent withdrawal of settlement offers that many believe will increase litigation costs across the board. As a physician, I was surprised recently by another related change — when in my annual college renewal form I was asked if I wanted to become a “Registered Care Advisor” for ICBC.
  An RCA provides rapid second opinions to doctors who are unable to make a clear diagnosis
  
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• Bellringer promises clarity, 'deep dive' in digging up financial abuse

  02-02-2019 02:48 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Auditor-General Carol Bellringer has launched a “deep dive” into alleged financial abuses at the B.C. legislature, after facing down the threat of being bypassed for an out-of-province auditor.
  Bellringer announced her intentions this week in releasing the auditing agenda for her independent office for the next three years.
  “While we were finalizing this plan,” she wrote in a covering letter, “allegations surfaced about administrative processes
  
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• Hosting friends this Super Bowl Sunday? B.C. Hydro has some tips to help you save energy

  02-02-2019 02:42 via vancouversun.com
  This Sunday, the Los Angeles Rams face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIII (53). The game kicks off at 3.30 p.m. (PST) on Feb. 3 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
  So, are you hosting the first big party of 2019? Even if you’re attending one, it may lead to an early kickoff in the kitchen.
  B.C. Hydro says it has seen a spike in energy consumption on Super Bowl Sundays, hours before the game begins. This can mostly be attributed to pre-game food preparation. Even if you&r
  
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• Conservative Leader Scheer uses Surrey visit to criticize Trudeau on immigration

  02-02-2019 02:40 via vancouversun.com
  Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the prime minister damaged the integrity of Canada’s immigration system when he tweeted two years ago that Canadians will welcome all those fleeing persecution, terror and war.
  “In terms of illegal immigration, we have seen this problem grow for the past few years. We all remember Justin Trudeau’s famous tweet where he couldn’t resist jumping in on Twitter and tweeting out all are welcome,” Scheer said Friday at a town hall in
  
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• We'll be Pretty in Purple for Provincial Eating Disorder Awareness Week Feb 1-7 💜. #NorthVan #Purple4PEDAW… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-02-2019 02:00 via twitter.com
  We'll be Pretty in Purple for Provincial Eating Disorder Awareness Week Feb 1-7 💜. #NorthVan #Purple4PEDAW… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Planet Fitness opening in the old Indigo space in North Vancouver - Daily Hive

  02-02-2019 01:57
  Planet Fitness opening in the old Indigo space in North Vancouver  Daily HiveThe former Indigo bookstore space in North Vancouver will reopen as Metro Vancouver's newest Planet Fitness location this month.
  
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• 'Liquidator' makes light work of TV set castoffs in North Van - Vancouver Is Awesome

  02-02-2019 01:39
  'Liquidator' makes light work of TV set castoffs in North Van  Vancouver Is AwesomeJeff "The Liquidator" Schwarz completes a transaction during a set sale at a warehouse in the Maplewood area on Saturday.
  
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• Affordable rental homes for school staff proposed for North Vancouver redevelopment - Daily Hive

  02-02-2019 01:39
  Affordable rental homes for school staff proposed for North Vancouver redevelopment  Daily HiveThe largest single redevelopment project on the North Shore could potentially include ample affordable rental housing units for teachers and staff.
  
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• North Carolina school makes donation to women's college - Vancouver Sun

  02-02-2019 01:22
  North Carolina school makes donation to women's college  Vancouver SunHIGH POINT, N.C. — The president of a North Carolina university says his school is making a $1 million donation to a historically black women's college trying ...
  
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• There's a chance of snow in the forecast, so our crews have been busy getting our snow & ice fighting fleet prepped… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-02-2019 00:41 via twitter.com
  There's a chance of snow in the forecast, so our crews have been busy getting our snow & ice fighting fleet prepped… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019

  02-02-2019 00:10 via vancouversun.com
  In his op-ed Saturday (Jan. 26: B.C. government ignores Charter, patients suffer), Dr. Brian Day does not mention how it’s possible to operate a private and public health system with the same number of professionals. I’m involved in health-care recruitment and it can take months (or more) to recruit qualified people. If the private system offers better wages and benefits, it will drain from public hospitals and health-care facilities. 
  Day also does not mention if the
  
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• Andrey Pavlov: Vacancy tax a good idea that's been badly implemented

  02-02-2019 00:00 via vancouversun.com
  Consider somebody who owns property in Vancouver but does not use it, does not rent it and does not pay any income taxes in Canada. This person is clearly benefiting from our society because over time their property is gaining value.
  It seems reasonable to ask them to contribute a bit through a marginally higher property tax payment. Plus, an absentee owner potentially detracts from the vibrancy and livability of the community. Therefore, the extra revenue should be used to reduce property taxes
  
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