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• North Vancouver RCMP search for fragrance filcher - Vancouver Is Awesome

  23-02-2019 23:57
  North Vancouver RCMP search for fragrance filcher  Vancouver Is AwesomeNorth Vancouver RCMP are trying to sniff out a suspect accused of stealing $1600 in designer fragrances from the Park & Tilford Shoppers Drug Mart.
  
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• Victoria may lose cherry blossoms as city pushes ahead with tree management plan

  23-02-2019 22:43 via vancouversun.com
  Victoria’s trademark cherry blossoms may be lost in a few years as the city goes ahead with a plan to replace aging non-native trees with native species.
  City councillors this week approved a spending increase for the B.C. capital’s Urban Forest Master Plan, which once councillor says could result in a loss of a number of flower-bearing trees in the city.
  Coun. Geoff Young says while he understands the need for tree maintenance, he is concerned after his colleagues approved a spendin
  
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• Burnaby South residents head to the polls Monday to vote in federal byelection

  23-02-2019 22:10 via vancouversun.com
  Burnaby South residents will vote in one of three federal byelections in Canada on Monday.
  Burnaby South, which was vacated by former New Democrat MP Kennedy Stewart, now Vancouver’s mayor, is an important race for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, who is vying for a seat in Parliament.
  Liberal Richard T. Lee, Conservative Jay Shin, independent candidates Terry Grimwood and Valentine Wu, and People’s Party of Canada candidate Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson are also running in Burnaby South.
  
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• North Macedonia: Ex-minister attacked in prison to stay home - Vancouver Sun

  23-02-2019 20:45
  North Macedonia: Ex-minister attacked in prison to stay home  Vancouver SunA court in North Macedonia has ordered that a former government minister who was assaulted in a prison yard by other inmates be detained at home instead.
  
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• Man arrested in Abbotsford gets 7 years for smuggling ecstasy

  23-02-2019 20:11 via vancouversun.com
  A Canadian man arrested after a failed ecstasy-smuggling run across the Canada—U.S. border has been sentenced to seven years.
  Nathan John Hall, 41, was arrested in Abbotsford in April of 2013 after he and another smuggler tried to bring more than 20 kilograms of ecstasy into the U.S. On Friday, he was given a seven-year prison sentence at the U.S. District Court in Seattle, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
  His B.C. associate Jeffrey Laviolette was arres
  
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• Top hair trend of 2019: It's all about being effortless

  23-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  If 2018 was the year of polished, perfectly styled strands, this year’s top hair trend is all about ease.
  “Effortless hair, like Kate Moss or Vanessa Paradis,” David D’Amours, the editorial director for Kérastase Paris in Canada, says. “It’s about not forcing it, not using too much curling iron. It’s about embracing your natural type of hair and not going with too straight or too curly.
  “What’s really trendy right now is less-is-m
  
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• Style in the City: Sadaf Sanii

  23-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Name: Sadaf Sanii
  Occupation: Geotechnical engineer
  Personal style in one word: Avant-garde
  Social media: @Sadafy on Instagram
  What do you love about this look: “A white suit is a classic that will never go out of style. I love this look because I can wear it classy and chic, like this photo, or make it funky and street style with a hat and statement accessories such as a handbag and fashion jewelry.”
  The jumpsuit
  As we eye the warmer days of spring ahead — or, more likely, je
  
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• Beauty Bar: My Clarins Re-Boost Refreshing Hydrating Cream

  23-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A new face cream from Clarins aimed at Millennial (and younger) skin-care customers.
  The hydrating moisturizer, which is said to be suitable for dry to sensitive skin, is like a “morning fruit juice that nourishes and boosts your skin’s hydration and energy.”
  The product features more natural ingredients including Shea, Tamarin and Acerola Fruit (a wild cherry from the Amazon) to boost skin’s hydration, nourishment and get rid of redness.
  The Re-Boost Com
  
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• Wine, Dine and Dash in Wintery Kelowna

  23-02-2019 18:33 via vancouversun.com
  Tucked between bottles of wine, candles and jelly jars in The View Winery gift shop is a wooden sign that captures the optimism many Kelowna winemakers are embracing this winter: “If you pour it, they will come.”
  This snowy season over half of Kelowna’s 40-plus wineries are open for wine tasting, offering a more intimate, in-depth, and—dare I say it—chill experience compared to the hectic summer months. And it’s not just elbow room at the wine bar I discover o
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Wet snow flurries or rain

  23-02-2019 18:31 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Saturday’s weather looks like a slushy mess. Environment Canada says Metro Vancouver can expect either rain or wet snow flurries and a high of 5 C. Higher elevations could receive up to four centimetres of snow. The agency says Saturday evening will be mainly cloudy, with a chance of snow or rain and a low of 2 C. On Sunday, the weather looks mainly cloudy, clearing to sunshine in the afternoon, and a high of 7 C. Then the temperature is expected to dip down again o
  
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• Burnaby townhome has family-friendly appeal

  23-02-2019 14:49 via vancouversun.com
  9466 Snowberry Court, Burnaby
  Type: Four-bedroom, two-bathroom townhouse
  Size: 2,535 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $865,800
  Listed for: $848,000
  Sold for: $828,000
  Sold on: Oct. 29
  Days on market: Six
  Listing agent: Keith Roy and Gregory Dent at ReMax Select Realty
  Buyers agent: Judy Sehling at Keller Williams Realty VanCentral
  The big sell: Listing agent Greg Dent reports that it was this townhome’s large square footage and family-friendly layout that appealed to prospective purchasers. Snowbe
  
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• Amenities key to Sydney's appeal

  23-02-2019 14:05 via vancouversun.com
  The architecture and relaxed lifestyle of Palm Springs, with its mid-century modern influence, inspired the design of Sydney, Ledingham McAllister’s new 25-storey residential tower to be built in Coquitlam. The building’s double-height lobby, with its custom water feature, zigzag wall of glass panels and natural stone elements will be reminiscent of boutique hotels in the southern California city famous for its distinctive mid-20th century buildings.
  In the tower’s 160 market u
  
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• The Home Front: Designer dedicated to honouring the tree

  23-02-2019 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Designer, sculptor and furniture maker Jesse Toso, who works out of Vancouver’s iconic Parker Street Studios, has been a carpenter all his life, first learning in his father’s workshop, then paying his way through Simon Fraser University’s fine arts program working as a carpenter.
  It was his time spent on building sites, he says, that prompted him to become a sculptor and furniture maker.
  “I was noticing so much waste in both renovations and building,” he says. &ldq
  
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• Death wishes: How can we deal with death better?

  23-02-2019 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  There may be no table more full of life than the corner booth at Paul’s Omelettery on Granville Street, where a group of women are talking over breakfast about death.
  Three of the women are licensed funeral directors, two specialize in end-of-life planning, one is a celebrant, another an apprentice death doula — someone who assists families before and after death, the way a midwife does with a birth.
  They call themselves the D’Posse.
  The name is a playful nod to the word &ldquo
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Plecas right on reaction to 'entitlement gone wild,' but firings iffy

  23-02-2019 07:07 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Along with much well-placed indignation, Speaker Darryl Plecas mustered some effective sarcasm in his second report on the suspended senior officers at the legislature.
  For instance, his send-up of an August 2017 business junket between B.C. and Washington state, led by clerk of the legislature Craig James along with sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz.
  The James version dressed up part of the trip as a fact-finding tour on earthquake and tsunami preparedness, despite including a whale-w
  
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• Vancouver staples Japadog, Hawksworth join YVR's food and beverage options

  23-02-2019 04:29 via vancouversun.com
  Forget taking the Canada Line downtown — starting this summer, you’ll be able to enjoy some of Vancouver’s best food and drinks without even leaving the airport.
  Already regarded as one of the world’s best airports, YVR is about to get even better, as it prepares to open more than 20 new spots to eat and drink while you wait for your gate to open, as well as 10 new retail shops.
  Among the establishments coming to the Vancouver International Airport: Hawksworth Kitchen, fr
  
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• Kerry-Lynne Findlay: With SNC-Lavalin mess, Canadians deserve answers to this government chaos

  23-02-2019 03:12 via vancouversun.com
  The current drama unfolding in Ottawa has all the Netflix-worthy elements of a classic Canadian deception: big money at stake, a big Montreal-based company that operates in 50 countries, controversial dealings involving big contracts in India, Libya, Canada and elsewhere, and the federal Liberals yet again favouring special corporate interests to feather their own political nest.
  Worldwide, Canada is held in high regard, due in large part to generations of goodwill, upholding the ideals of human
  
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• This Week in History: 1956 — A Socred MLA touts a quack cure for cancer

  23-02-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  There were 47 men elected in the 1953 B.C. election, but only one woman.
  Lydia Arsens would only serve one term as an MLA before being defeated in 1956. But in her three years in the legislature she grabbed more headlines than many cabinet ministers.
  Arsens had a knack for taking controversial positions, which the Victoria Daily Times dubbed “Arsenisms.”
  She was passionately opposed to the pasteurization of milk and the fluoridation of water. But the biggest Arsenism was her support
  
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• Josef Filipowicz: B.C. budget was another missed opportunity to tackle housing shortage

  23-02-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  With Tuesday’s budget, John Horgan’s government had another opportunity to improve housing affordability — a perennial concern now embedded in British Columbia’s landscape. Governments come, governments go, but the province remains Canada’s most expensive place to live.
  What drives B.C.’s housing woes? Four words — a shortage of homes. This is not controversial, it’s a diagnosis shared by the Bank of Canada, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporat
  
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• Editorial: Tory candidate most qualified to represent Burnaby South

  23-02-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Three federal byelections are being held Monday, in Burnaby South as well as the ridings of Outremont in Quebec and York — Simcoe in Ontario. The Burnaby race is centre stage because federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh hopes to win his first seat in Parliament here.
  Singh — who has lived his entire life in Ontario — has parachuted into Burnaby South, which he believes is a safe NDP seat. Despite being party leader, a win for Singh isn’t guaranteed. He’s up against stro
  
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• Abbotsford man gets seven-year sentence in U.S. for attempting to smuggle ecstasy

  23-02-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  A Canadian man arrested after a failed ecstasy-smuggling run across the Canada—U.S. border has been sentenced to seven years.
  Nathan John Hall, 41, was arrested in Abbotsford in April of 2013 after he and another smuggler tried to bring more than 20 kilograms of ecstasy into the U.S. On Friday, he was given a seven-year prison sentence at the U.S. District Court in Seattle, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
  His B.C. associate Jeffrey Laviolette was arres
  
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• Former Bacon associate told Karbovanec he was behind botched hit, trial hears

  23-02-2019 02:28 via vancouversun.com
  A former drug trafficking partner of Jamie Bacon says he was willing to take the blame for a failed 2008 hit on their mutual associate Dennis Karbovanec “because Jamie was my boss and a friend at that time.”
  The man, who can only be identified as AB due to a publication ban, testified Friday that he wrote a note to Karbovanec after the botched murder, attempting to explain why AB wanted him dead.
  “It was (Bacon’s) idea that I do that for him,” AB told jurors and B.C
  
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• Opponents pan TransLink B-line bus plan for West Vancouver

  23-02-2019 02:27 via vancouversun.com
  Opponents of a TransLink proposal to run a B-line bus route through West Vancouver fear it will turn Marine Drive into a “horse-and-buggy track.”
  The vocal citizens’ group has organized several rallies to protest the proposed express bus route, which is part of the 10-year transportation plan for Metro Vancouver.
  “I’m not saying no to transit,” said Nigel Malkin, who runs the Stop the Road Closures website.
  “I’m saying no to them taking away two la
  
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• Taxpayers paid for even more lavish foreign trips: Speaker

  23-02-2019 02:24 via vancouversun.com
  A five-day, nearly $40,000 trip to England in 2011 for B.C.’s three highest-ranking legislature officials is one of several questionable travel expenses detailed in the newest report by Speaker Darryl Plecas into the recent spending scandal.
  “The trips of Mr. Lenz and Mr. James have the appearance of loosely justifiable travel on the public purse rather than necessary expenses,” Plecas writes about Clerk Craig James and Sergeant-at-Arms Gary Lenz, who were both suspended in Nov
  
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• Two more measles cases confirmed in Vancouver - North Island Gazette

  23-02-2019 01:45
  Two more measles cases confirmed in Vancouver  North Island GazetteTwo more cases of measles have been confirmed in Vancouver, but an unknown source for one of them has officials asking the public to check if they've been in ...
  
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• Sport Market 2018 movie awards: Creed II is good, but Free Solo better

  23-02-2019 01:08 via vancouversun.com
  It isn’t exactly what The Empire Strikes Back was to Star Wars — arguably the best sequel in motion picture history — but Creed II is good.
  The eighth instalment in the enduring Rocky franchise and second of two spinoff sequels co-starring Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone, is a solid boxing movie and one of the best sport movies of 2018. Yet the sport documentary Free Solo is better.
  Just the thought of Free Solo will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. It
  
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• Near-record B.C. housing starts expected to fall, prompting debate over supply

  23-02-2019 00:55 via vancouversun.com
  The NDP budget forecast a drop in housing starts by as much as 30 per cent across B.C. over the next three years, sparking debate about whether there are too many, or too few, condos being built in Vancouver’s expensive market.
  Economists at major banks recently joined geographers in comparing Vancouver and Toronto when it comes to the ratio of condo units to number of households.
  While population growth in Vancouver has been lagging that in Toronto, there are more newly completed but unoc
  
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• B.C. pharmacists push immunization after Vancouver measles outbreak

  23-02-2019 00:48 via vancouversun.com
  Community pharmacists in B.C. have joined a chorus of health officials urging residents to get vaccinated after a recent outbreak of measles in Vancouver.
  The B.C. Pharmacy Association is reminding the public that pharmacists across the province are prepared to give booster shots or new vaccinations to adults and children five years or older. The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is publicly-funded and available from pharmacists in nearly every community, the association said in a news re
  
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• Vancouver considers 'scramble' intersections at 800 Robson plaza

  23-02-2019 00:28 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver is again looking to do a trial run of “scramble” intersections where all vehicles come to a stop and pedestrians cross both diagonally and longitudinally during red lights.
  Two proposed intersections for the crossings include Howe and Robson and Hornby and Robson, as part of a redesign plan for the plaza at 800 Robson Street, south of the current site of the Vancouver Art Gallery, according to an emailed statement from city staff.
  “It is a modification to the signal o
  
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• Snow causes transit delays, early school closures

  23-02-2019 00:28 via vancouversun.com
  With snow falling in Metro Vancouver, TransLink says commuters will be dealing with longer lines and crowded trains this morning.
  The transit authority says SkyTrain service will be less frequent as each train must be staffed.
  “In anticipation of snow build up impacting the SkyTrain track intrusion system and causing delays we have taken necessary precautions and turned off the intrusion system. We have redeployed SkyTrain Attendants from station platforms to staff all trains,” Trans
  
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