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• B.C. budget delivers few new measures for housing and homeownership

  19-02-2019 23:49
  
  Biggest new policy is a $76 million investment in modular housing for homeless; no sign of promised renters’ rebate
  
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• LIVE: B.C. Budget 2019: Government offers only modest new spending

  19-02-2019 22:56 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – B.C.’s NDP government delivered a stand-pat budget Tuesday that offered little new spending on its priority housing and childcare agendas, but did unveil modest funds for student loans and clean energy incentives.
  Finance Minister Carole James tabled a $58-billion 2019/20 spending plan for the fiscal year starting April 1, with a $274 million surplus. There are no new tax increases beyond those already announced last year on high income earners, corporations, luxury homes
  
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• B.C. Budget 2019: Minor increase to child care funding, new benefit introduced

  19-02-2019 22:54 via vancouversun.com
  Despite a mention of legislation for universal child care in last week’s throne speech, B.C.’s latest budget brings families no closer to paying $10 a day for child care.
  Finance Minister Carole James delivered the 2019 budget — the NDP’s second full budget — on Tuesday in the B.C. legislature.
  Child care was one of the two main focuses of last year’s budget, when the province announced its Child Care B.C. plan, which included fee-reduction subsidies, new spac
  
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• What the 2019 B.C. budget means to you: 6 things to know

  19-02-2019 22:51 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. NDP government’s second budget focused on tax breaks and benefits for people with children, students and businesses, and investments in clean energy and climate initiatives. Here’s a brief summary of how British Columbians will be affected.
  CHILD CARE
  Although it was mentioned in the throne speech, the budget didn’t make any more strides toward $10-a-day child care. Instead, the province introduced a B.C. Child Opportunity Benefit to replace the early childhood tax ben
  
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• Vancouver Aquarium to return to court over city bylaw banning cetaceans

  19-02-2019 22:38 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Court of Appeal has sent the Vancouver Aquarium back to court in its attempt to quash a bylaw banning whales and dolphins in city parks.
  The Vancouver park board passed a bylaw that banned cetaceans being brought to or kept in city parks in May 2017 after two beluga whales died in captivity at the aquarium.
  The aquarium, which is in Stanley Park, asked for a judicial review seeking to set aside the by;aw amendment on four grounds, including that the park board’s licence agreement
  
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• Teens defy parents to get measles vaccine during Vancouver outbreak

  19-02-2019 22:31 via vancouversun.com
  Teens worried about Vancouver’s measles outbreak are defying their anti-vaccination parents and coming in to get the potentially life-saving vaccine, says the Doctors of B.C. president, Dr. Eric Cadesky.
  While Cadesky didn’t have a precise number, he said anecdotally he has heard from doctors around the province that young people are turning to the internet, learning about the vaccine and seeking it out on their own.
  “Adolescents are learning from different sources and peer gro
  
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• Makeup tutorial: 8 easy steps to get red carpet ready

  19-02-2019 22:06 via vancouversun.com
  I’m getting red carpet ready just in time for the Oscars.  Here’s a fun monochromatic makeup look you can try using colour blocking with orange shadow instead of eyeliner.
  Related Read more from Nadia Albano Read the latest in fashion and beauty news1. To achieve this look, I started by applying Glo Skin Beauty Skin Primer on the face, then evened the complexion with Glo’s Luminous Liquid Foundation. This product provides a soft and luminous finish.2. I contoured my face u
  
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• Vancouver Aquarium to return to court over city bylaw banning cetaceans - North Shore News

  19-02-2019 22:00
  Vancouver Aquarium to return to court over city bylaw banning cetaceans  North Shore NewsVANCOUVER — The British Columbia Court of Appeal has sent the Vancouver Aquarium back to court over its attempt to quash a park board bylaw banning ...
  
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• Darwin’s Dollarton do-over scaled back, still meets some resistance - Vancouver Sun

  19-02-2019 21:09
  Darwin’s Dollarton do-over scaled back, still meets some resistance  Vancouver SunDarwin Development has submitted a plan for a scaled-back version of its massive North Shore Innovation District off Dollarton Highway.
  
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• UPDATED: Vancouver Park Board cetacean ban heading back to Supreme Court

  19-02-2019 20:46
  
  Court of Appeal rules in favour of park board
  
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• Winter Jazz pays tribute to music lover Ken Pickering

  19-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Winter Jazz on Granville Island
  When: Feb. 22 to 24
  Where: Performance Works
  Tickets: free (more info at coastaljazz.ca)
  This year, the first day of Winter Jazz on Granville Island falls on what would have been Ken Pickering’s 67th birthday. So the opening concert of the three-day event is dedicated to the co-founder of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and artistic director of Coastal Jazz, who passed away in August of last year.
  “He was unusual in that he was very aware and
  
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• Karen Barnaby: Roast potato goodness is just one surprising ingredient away

  19-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Roast potatoes eluded me. I don’t recall eating them much as a kid, just occasionally with roast beef.
  I sort of ignored a certain class of potato dishes for years, as I went from being vegetarian (because potatoes go with meat) into a snooty young cook.
  French fries were fine with grilled cheese or a burger, but a side of mashed or roasted potatoes belonged to the uncultured eating masses. I dabbled in gratins, latkes, and pursued the mysterious pommes soufflé.
  In the mid 1980s, ro
  
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• Five things to know about Me Daza by Reid Jamieson

  19-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Reid Jamieson and Carolyn Victoria Mill.
  Reid Jamieson
  Me Daza | reidjamieson.comSweet-voiced singer Reid Jamieson has explored everything from the music of Leonard Cohen to vintage rock ‘n’ roll over the course of his recording career.
  With dedicated drive, he and musical soulmate Carolyn Victoria Mill have built a solid following on the DIY circuit, and have awards such as the John Lennon Songwriting Contest to their credit.This latest album might be Jamieson’s finest moment.
  
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• Fab 5: Bags that mark the XL spot

  19-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Miniature, pint-sized bags have been on our radar for a few seasons now, and while they’re a definite relief for our backs and shoulders, they’re not always the most practical — especially when you have things to carry and places to go.
  We’re not so surprised that the pendulum is starting to swing the other way, then: we all need a bag that fits more than a pencil and a single key.
  From colourful totes to chic carryalls, Rebecca Tay presents five XL bags that should fit e
  
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• Comment: Budget's housing measures glimpsed in throne speech

  19-02-2019 19:57
  
  Tuesday's B.C. Budget announcement will likely emphasize plans for affordable and social housing – but will senior homeowners' pain be relieved?
  
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• Concert announcement: Morrissey to kick off Canadian tour in Vancouver

  19-02-2019 19:56 via vancouversun.com
  Rock legend Morrissey will kick off his first full Canadian tour in nearly two decades right here in Vancouver.
  The former frontman of the Smiths will perform at the Orpheum Theatre on April 15, before heading eastward to play Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal.
  His most recent album Low in High School was released in late 2017. The upcoming tour will feature songs from throughout his career as well as tracks from his upcoming album being readied for release later this
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Snowfall warning in effect, but it could turn to rain

  19-02-2019 19:10 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Environment Canada has posted a snowfall warning Tuesday, with between five and 10 centimetres expected in some parts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. However, that could turn to rain in the afternoon, with a high of 3 C. More snow or rain is expected Tuesday night, with an overnight low of around 1 C. On Wednesday, expect a few snow flurries in the morning and then clearing in the afternoon, with a high of 5 C, and an overnight low of – 2 C. Thursday
  
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• Government calls for assessment of disused Vancouver Island railway - North Shore News

  19-02-2019 18:58
  Government calls for assessment of disused Vancouver Island railway  North Shore NewsVancouver Island's southern railroad could be back on track soon, as the provincial government is looking for a contractor to assess the rail lines, bridges and ...
  
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• Vancouver Granville community leaders voice support for MP Jody Wilson-Raybould

  19-02-2019 17:20 via vancouversun.com
  When Jody Wilson-Raybould was demoted in cabinet, a rabbi in her Vancouver Granville riding reached out to her with a message from the Bible. It quoted Joseph, who said after a betrayal: “You meant it for bad, but God meant it for good.”
  The intention of the note was to convey that sometimes what looks like a curse can actually be a blessing. While it’s too soon to tell whether that’s the case for Wilson-Raybould, community leaders say recent events have not shaken their
  
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• Bad weather halts search for missing B.C. snowshoer until at least Wednesday

  19-02-2019 17:17 via vancouversun.com
  Deteriorating weather over Vancouver’s rugged North Shore mountains has delayed the search for a missing snowshoer in an avalanche-prone area.
  A spokesman for North Shore Rescue says in an email that weather conditions are expected to improve by mid-week, but low cloud and up to 10 centimetres of snow are forecast in the search area north of Mount Seymour.
  The snowshoer is believed to have been swept away by an avalanche near Runner Peak on Monday.
  The victim’s friend was able to cli
  
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• Assiniboine Lodge, Alberta: Enjoy the majesty of the Canadian Rockies

  19-02-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  The helicopter comes round the back of a mountain and descends into a clearing, whipping up a storm of snow as it lands. We disembark, crouching, and head down the path toward our home for the next few days, Assiniboine Lodge, a legendary back country lodge nestled deep in the mountains where Banff National Park in Alberta meets Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in B.C. Our boots scrunch along the path toward the lodge as falling snow hides the majesty of the peak it’s named for — Mo
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Snow or rain, with a high of 3 C

  19-02-2019 14:52 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Environment Canada has lifted a weather alert for Tuesday, however there is still possible snow in the forecast. The agency says there could be up to four centimetres of snow this morning over higher terrain. However, that will likely turn to rain early this afternoon, with a high of 3 C. More snow or rain is expected Tuesday night, with an overnight low of around 1 C. On Wednesday, expect a few snow flurries in the morning and then clearing in the afternoon, with a
  
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• Size of money laundering problem in B.C. not clear; estimates in the billions

  19-02-2019 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  In July 2018, an international agency that sets anti-money laundering standards quietly released an explanatory report on professional money laundering.
  In the 53-page report, the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force made a stunning claim: A “massive” underground bank in B.C. had laundered more than $1 billion a year.
  The underground bank offered its services, says the report, to organized crime groups around the world, including Mexican cartels, Asian gangs and Middle Easter
  
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• Vancouver Granville community leaders voice support for MP Jody Wilson-Raybould - North Shore News

  19-02-2019 10:00
  Vancouver Granville community leaders voice support for MP Jody Wilson-Raybould  North Shore NewsVANCOUVER — When Jody Wilson-Raybould was demoted in cabinet, a rabbi in her Vancouver Granville riding reached out to her with a message from the ...
  
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• Measles in B.C.: How we got here and what you need to know

  19-02-2019 04:35 via vancouversun.com
  Not long ago, measles cases were far and few in between.
  In B.C., there were two cases in 2016 and just one in 2017. Last year, there were six cases confirmed.
  The last outbreak of measles in B.C. was in 2014 when 343 cases were reported. Those cases were linked to an outbreak in a religious community that objects to vaccination.
  Last week, Vancouver Coastal Health declared a measles outbreak in the city after as many as nine cases were reported in Vancouver.
  Here’s how we got here and wha
  
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• In Central Florida, rivers and manatees outshine the beach

  19-02-2019 04:21 via vancouversun.com
  INVERNESS, FLORIDA – It’s a cool morning by Florida standards and a light fog is hanging over the dark waters of the Withlacoochee River.
  The mist rises and swirls over the top of the river as we pull away from the dock for our tour of the river with captain Doug Riggs of Wild Bill’s Airboat Tours. Across the small bay, a blue heron sits motionless, waiting for its breakfast to appear in the water below. Off to our right, a startled ibis flaps its wings and sails over a patch o
  
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• Memories of Morocco

  19-02-2019 03:52 via vancouversun.com
  It was evening when we climbed onto the backs of our camels, Cecil and Columbus, and started off over the Erg Chebbi Dunes, hoping to photograph the sunset.
  Less than fifteen minutes into the ride, a sandstorm hit. Torrential rain pounded down, lightening flashed followed by thunder.
  The wind made it impossible to keep our eyes open.
  Visibility dropped to zero and our camel driver yelled “hang on” as he commanded the camels to drop to the sand.
  He pulled us off and had us lie down in
  
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• Rob Shaw: Speaker dives into murky world of severances

  19-02-2019 03:30 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Speaker Darryl Plecas is diving into the murky world of political staff severances as part of his wide-ranging probe into spending at the legislature.
  Plecas intends to crack open taxpayer-paid severance deals for political staff that were paid out of caucus budgets in the legislature. It’s a move that mainly targets his former colleagues and current enemies in the B.C. Liberal party, which paid out staff as it transitioned from government to opposition in 2017, and then a
  
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• Abbotsford businessman sues Maxime Bernier over use of People's Party of Canada name

  19-02-2019 03:30 via vancouversun.com
  An Abbotsford entrepreneur filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court of Canada on Monday in an attempt to prevent the People’s Party of Canada from using that name in next week’s federal byelection or in the fall general election.
  The suit names federal party leader Maxime Bernier, the party’s chief agent, Christian Roy, and the party itself, and also seeks damages to be determined for economic loss, expenses and the “irreparable harm” of having to compete for onlin
  
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• Comment: Confronting misinformation about B.C.'s speculation and vacancy tax

  19-02-2019 03:19 via vancouversun.com
  There is a lot of misinformation surrounding the speculation and vacancy tax. It’s important that British Columbians understand the nature of the tax, and the stakes involved — in part because the tax is already helping to moderate housing prices and improve affordability.
  First, many have depicted this as simply an empty homes tax. The tax does address vacancy, as its name suggests, however its main impact relates to satellite families and foreign owners. This point has often been m
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019

  19-02-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  I am confused. Surely the purpose of holding a hearing is to determine what went on between the PMO and the former attorney-general concerning the SNC-Lavalin affair.
  If that is the case, then self-evidently the only way to proceed is by calling everyone who was involved or who might know something about what really happened. So how does it make any sense to exclude former attorney-general Jody Wilson-Raybould and senior PMO staffers Gerald Butts and Katie Telford? Unless, of course, the pu
  
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• Burnaby family on edge after high-risk baby exposed to measles at children's hospital

  19-02-2019 02:29 via vancouversun.com
  A Burnaby mother is furious that her baby is at risk of contracting measles after being exposed to the potentially deadly virus during a visit to B.C. Children’s hospital on Feb. 1.
  “It is 100 per cent the anti-vaccination movement that has taken my kid, who is a high-risk baby, and thrown him at death’s door if he has, in fact, contracted measles,” said Stefania Seccia.
  So far, Max, who turns one on Tuesday, has shown no symptoms, but Stefania Seccia and her husband Sam
  
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• North Shore Rescue: One person saved, another missing after Mount Seymour backcountry avalanche

  19-02-2019 02:25 via vancouversun.com
  One hiker has been rescued in the backcountry near Mount Seymour and another remains missing.
  Allan McMordie, of North Shore Search and Rescue, said a man activated an emergency beacon on Monday morning and called for help on his cellphone after an avalanche on Runner Peak. McMordie said the man reported he had not seen his buddy and it’s not known whether he was buried in snow.
  North Shore Rescue spokesman Mike Danks confirmed his crew launched a ‘Code Alpha’ avalanche re
  
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• Family on edge after high-risk baby exposed to measles at children's hospital

  19-02-2019 02:21 via vancouversun.com
  A Burnaby mother is furious that her baby is at risk of contracting measles after being exposed to the potentially deadly virus during a visit to B.C. Children’s hospital on Feb. 1.
  “It is 100 per cent the anti-vaccination movement that has taken my kid, who is a high-risk baby, and thrown him at death’s door if he has, in fact, contracted measles,” said Stefania Seccia.
  So far, Max, who turns one on Tuesday, has shown no symptoms, but Stefania Seccia and her husband Sam
  
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• 'Violent' Prince George man arrested in Alberta after Canada-wide warrant issued

  19-02-2019 02:19 via vancouversun.com
  Police are thanking the public after a “violent” Prince George man was arrested in Alberta after a country-wide warrant was issued.
  The warrant for being unlawfully at large was issued after Tal Kalum LaRiviere failed to meet his court-imposed curfew on Feb. 2. He had not been heard from or seen since, and had not returned to his designated residence in Prince George.
  The 31-year-old was located in Grand Prairie, Alta., on Monday.
  LaRiviere is a Metis man, about 6-foot-2, weighing 19
  
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• North Shore Rescue: One person saved, another missing after Mount Seymour backcountry avalanche - Vancouver Sun

  19-02-2019 02:08
  North Shore Rescue: One person saved, another missing after Mount Seymour backcountry avalanche  Vancouver SunAccording to North Vancouver RCMP, a distress call was received from one hiker on the North Shore.
  
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• No Council Meeting tonight, due to Family Day holiday. Council is back to business Feb 25. cnv.org/CouncilMeetings… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-02-2019 01:01 via twitter.com
  No Council Meeting tonight, due to Family Day holiday. Council is back to business Feb 25. cnv.org/CouncilMeetings… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• North Shore Rescue searches for a hiker possibly buried in avalanche

  19-02-2019 00:38 via vancouversun.com
  North Shore Rescue is responding to Mount Seymour on Monday to rescue a hiker who may have been caught up in an avalanche.
  Allan McMordie of North Shore Search and Rescue says a man activated an emergency beacon and called for help on his cellphone after an avalanche on Runner Peak on Monday morning. McMordie says the man reported he has not seen his buddy and it’s not known whether he is buried in snow.
  North Shore Rescue spokesman Mike Danks confirmed his crew was launching a &lsquo
  
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• A Vancouver insider's view of the Quadriga meltdown: 'It's kinda devastating'

  19-02-2019 00:23 via vancouversun.com
  Software engineer Tong Zou lost his life savings — more than $500,000 — in the QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency meltdown.
  The mild-mannered 30-year-old Vancouver resident wasn’t making any clandestine, high-stakes trades when the online platform was shut down on Jan. 28 amid a storm of controversy and conspiracy rumours.
  Instead, Zou was simply looking for an easy way to transfer U.S. funds into Canada for a down payment on a local property.
  “It’s kinda devastating when yo
  
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• The Secret Lives of Salmon: Scientists run test fishery before heading to open ocean

  19-02-2019 00:10 via vancouversun.com
  Scientists aboard the Russian research vessel Kaganovsky are running a test fishery Monday off the west coast of Vancouver Island before heading to sea.
  The dry run will allow the group to test its blend of Russian scientists, fishing gear and laboratories with the scientific gear and expertise brought aboard by more than a dozen researchers from Canada, the United States, South Korea and Japan.
  Later this week, the group will begin the first of 50 test fisheries for research purposes across the
  
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