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• Measles unlikely to spread but everyone should be vaccinated: Vancouver doctor - North Shore News

  25-02-2019 23:23
  Measles unlikely to spread but everyone should be vaccinated: Vancouver doctor  North Shore NewsVANCOUVER — A medical health officer in Vancouver says measles is not expected to spread beyond a cluster of patients but anyone travelling to other parts ...
  
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• Metro Vancouver officials want people to think before throwing out clothes

  25-02-2019 23:21 via vancouversun.com
  Clothing is clogging up British Columbia landfills reaching nearly 20 million kilograms of textiles a year from Vancouver residents alone.
  Metro Vancouver regional district is pushing people to think not just twice but three times before tossing out their clothing.
  Jack Froese, the chairman of Metro Vancouver’s Zero Waste Committee, says people buy about three times as much clothing now as they did back in the 1980s.
  He says much of the fast fashion, which is relatively cheap to buy, ends
  
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• How this North Vancouver brickmaster may make his LEGO dreams come true - Vancouver Is Awesome

  25-02-2019 23:18
  How this North Vancouver brickmaster may make his LEGO dreams come true  Vancouver Is AwesomeThis award-winning North Vancouver LEGO artist may soon have one of his custom designs given LEGO's blessing to be mass produced and retailed.
  
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• All measles cases in Vancouver outbreak came from abroad, officials says - North Delta Reporter

  25-02-2019 22:58
  All measles cases in Vancouver outbreak came from abroad, officials says  North Delta ReporterBest defence against the measles is to get both MMR vaccines.
  
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• All measles cases in Vancouver outbreak came from abroad, officials says - North Island Gazette

  25-02-2019 22:57
  All measles cases in Vancouver outbreak came from abroad, officials says  North Island GazetteBest defence against the measles is to get both MMR vaccines.
  
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• Two charged in massive Kelowna drug bust

  25-02-2019 22:48 via vancouversun.com
  A man and a woman have been charged in a massive Kelowna fentanyl bust that took place last spring.
  On Monday, Kelowna RCMP announced Brandon Campbell, a 27-year-old Kelowna resident, and Lisa Lakey, a 48-year-old Summerland resident, had been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking.
  In April 2018 police executed a search warrant on a home in the 60-block of Old Meadows Road in Kelowna as part of a wider investigation into drug-trafficking in the Okanagan area.
  Inside the home pol
  
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• The Secret Lives of Salmon: There's more than one kind of fish in the sea

  25-02-2019 22:24 via vancouversun.com
  Scientists aboard the Russian research vessel Kaganovsky didn’t really know what to expect when they dropped their net in the Gulf of Alaska, but the ocean delivered a smorgasbord.
  Two test sets in coastal waters yielded three species of squid and assorted fin fish but no salmon, according to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) researcher Chrys Neville.
  “It felt like a party where everyone was congregated in the kitchen, except instead of holding drinks, we had forceps, measuring board
  
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• Metro Vancouver officials want people to think before throwing out clothes - North Shore News

  25-02-2019 22:10
  Metro Vancouver officials want people to think before throwing out clothes  North Shore NewsVANCOUVER — Colourful, inexpensive and trendy clothing is so accessible that Joanne Renfer couldn't resist.She'd buy it while grocery shopping or online ...
  
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• Langley man who assaulted wife, set fire to home granted parole to attend treatment

  25-02-2019 22:05 via vancouversun.com
  A Langley man who assaulted his wife and stepdaughter before setting fire to the home has been granted unescorted parole to attend a treatment program.
  In its decision, the Parole Board of Canada said Andre Harvey Richard’s behaviour toward his case managers had improved since the fall and that he had been making some progress in attending rehabilitation programs, counselling and work training in recent months.
  On April 2, 2014, Richard broke into his estranged wife’s home with a rub
  
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• Early spring: Weather Network says mild March will replace frigid February

  25-02-2019 21:52 via vancouversun.com
  The Weather Network has good news for Vancouverites who have been shivering through a frigid February, things are about to warm up.
  In its national spring 2019 forecast the network says B.C. will soon be free from the grips of the arctic trough that has put the province in a deep freeze. Meteorologist Nadine Hinds-Powell says March will bring with it a milder and gentler weather pattern to the West Coast.
  “We are going to see a relaxation of the grip of the cold that we have been in across
  
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• Brian Minter: Expert tips to grow bamboo

  25-02-2019 21:49 via vancouversun.com
  What do you do for privacy when a three storey home suddenly goes up beside you?  James Clever and his wife went to an American Bamboo Society meeting, researched some of the over 1000 different types of bamboo.
  Not only did Clever learn about bamboo (which he ended up planting as a solution to his privacy problem), he became so intrigued with them that he started his own bamboo business, became a bamboo authority and was eventually elected president of the American Bamboo Society. That was
  
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• ART SEEN: Catriona Jeffries talks about her "new opportunity" on East Cordova

  25-02-2019 21:45 via vancouversun.com
  Catriona Jeffries has opened her new new gallery space at 950 East Cordova. The gallery is located in the former industrial workshop for Pilkington Metal Marine. Renovations are by Patkau Architects. The space includes an exhibition area with a dramatically high ceiling that’s 7.6 m (25 ft) high.
  The space opened with the start of an expanded idea of a group show: the gallery’s 21 artists have all been asked to name an artist that’s important to them. The inaugural exhibition U
  
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• Mount Polley disaster behind B.C. mining safety upgrades: mines minister

  25-02-2019 21:22 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s mines minister says the Mount Polley tailings pond collapse is the reason for changes to increase safety and improve enforcement of provincial mining operations.
  Michelle Mungall says the government will spend $20 million over the next three years to hire 65 safety and enforcement officials and improve the mine permit approval process in an effort encourage investment.
  She says the changes were based on the results in the Mining Jobs Task Force report, which made 25 recommendations
  
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• B.C. home sales to creep back up over next two years: BCREA

  25-02-2019 20:55
  
  Real estate association offers optimistic forecast, saying buyers are gradually “adjusting” to mortgage stress test
  
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• 'It's very easy to hide': North Vancouver student pushes for support to help teens quit vaping - CBC.ca

  25-02-2019 20:11
  'It's very easy to hide': North Vancouver student pushes for support to help teens quit vaping  CBC.caVaping was originally touted to smokers as a safer alternative to cigarettes, but for some teens it's becoming a new addiction.
  
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• Sun Run training: Week 7

  25-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Walk 10K / Nordic Walk 10K Program
  SESSION 1: 60 MINUTES OR 5KM
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  5K walk
  Cool-down: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  SESSION 2: 50 MINUTES
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  Walk for 40 min.
  Cool-down: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  SESSION 3: 55 MINUTES
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  Walk for 45 min.
  Cool-down: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  Learn To Run 10K Program
  SESSION 1: 52 MINUTES OR 5K
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  Run 5 min., walk 1
  
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• Sun Run training: Myth busting: Running does not wear down the joints

  25-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Osteoarthritis, which could be defined as “aging of the joints”, is often associated with running. It would make sense, since runners hit the pavement thousands of times each training session, with up to 10 times the body weight applied on the knees. In fact, research suggests the exact opposite.
  Joints get stronger with running
  Muscles get bigger and stronger with weight training, and bones become stronger with loading. Joint structures like cartilages are no different: even though
  
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• Sun Run coaching: Week 7: Stay with it, you're over half-way there

  25-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The sun is shining and it’s a balmy minus-22 degrees today in Burns Lake. Our SportMed Team is up here health testing for a First Nations run-walk group in the area. One of the women has her eight-year-old grandson with her, and he can’t wait to go outside and play with his friends.
  How different a place can be with snow everywhere (and it’s not melting anytime soon). People are facing challenging weather conditions, cold and flu, and finding the motivation to take steps to bet
  
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• Q&A: Falguni and Shane Peacock talk South Asian style, Vancouver fashion show

  25-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  South Asian Fashion Week
  When: March 1-3
  Where: Plaza of Nations (750 Pacific Blvd., Vancouver)
  Tickets and info: From $25, safw.caSouth Asian Fashion Week returns to Vancouver this month to provide local shoppers with a chance to discover — and purchase — creations from a few of the industry’s most innovative designers.
  Falguni Shane Peacock of India will kick off the fashion festivities with an appearance at the evening gala on March 1. An array of different designers will sh
  
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• Luxury resort-style living in an unexpected location

  25-02-2019 19:53
  
  Part of the North Shore’s masterplanned Lion’s Gate Village, these high-end, high-rise homes offer both luxury and value
  
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• North Vancouver's Jordan Weal traded to Montreal Canadiens - North Shore News

  25-02-2019 19:29
  North Vancouver's Jordan Weal traded to Montreal Canadiens  North Shore NewsNorth Vancouver's Jordan Weal is on the move on NHL trade deadline day, headed from the Arizona Coyotes to the Montreal Canadiens. Weal was part of a ...
  
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• Live: Polls open Monday for Burnaby South byelection

  25-02-2019 17:45 via vancouversun.com
  The Burnaby South byelection takes place today.
  Burnaby South was vacated by former New Democrat MP Kennedy Stewart last October, when he was voted in as Vancouver’s mayor.
  Those hoping to fill the empty seat include 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.
  The polls are open
  
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• Daily Poll: What did you think of the 2019 Oscars?

  25-02-2019 17:15 via vancouversun.com
  The weeks and months leading up to Hollywood’s biggest night were not easy.
  First, the Oscars faced backlash over its Best Popular Film category, which seemed geared to segregate certain box-officer winners.
  Then there was the Kevin Hart debacle, when the comedian was hired, then fired, then maybe re-hired before ultimately parting ways over jokes Hart had previously made about the LGBTQ community.
  The lineup of live performances was also criticized by first-time Oscar nominee Lady Ga
  
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• B.C. Travel Bucket List: 7 places you must see in beautiful B.C.

  25-02-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Here are the Top 7 trips to explore and embrace the beauty of B.C. Some of these destinations can lead to further exploration — and the possibilities are compelling. We don’t kid ourselves: it was difficult to narrow it down to just seven.
  1. For culture seekers: Haida Gwaii
  The GoHaidaGwaii.ca website invites you to the adventures of this unique archipelago with a gorgeous opening image of Rose Spit (above), where Hecate Strait meets Dixon Entrance: white, sandy beaches strewn with
  
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• Independent office probes fatal police-involved New Westminster shooting

  25-02-2019 15:16 via vancouversun.com
  NEW WESTMINSTER — A man has died following a shooting involving officers in New Westminster.
  A news release from New Westminster police says the incident happened just before 10 p.m. Sunday.
  Officers were called to a report of a suicidal man, possibly carrying a firearm, at the rear of a Walmart store in the Queensborough neighbourhood.
  Shots were fired as officers arrived and the man died of his injuries.
  The release does not say who fired the shots, but it says no officers or bystanders
  
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• Polls open Monday for Burnaby South byelection

  25-02-2019 15:05 via vancouversun.com
  The Burnaby South byelection takes place today.
  Burnaby South was vacated by former New Democrat MP Kennedy Stewart last October, when he was voted in as Vancouver’s mayor.
  Those hoping to fill the empty seat include 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.
  The polls are open
  
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• Mounties arrest six as tensions escalate at Maple Ridge homeless camp

  25-02-2019 07:15 via vancouversun.com
  Ridge Meadows RCMP officers are expected back at a Maple Ridge tent city on Monday after arresting six people Sunday.
  Mounties were called to the Anita Place homeless camp after a man barricaded himself inside his temporary home — which was the only wooden structure in the settlement — and refused to allow fire inspectors into the building.
  The fire inspectors were there at the request of the City of Maple Ridge after it won a Supreme Court of B.C. order to “address the long-st
  
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• DFO buried scientists' concerns about endangered steelhead, B.C. deputy minister says

  25-02-2019 06:00 via vancouversun.com
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) suppressed elements of a scientific assessment that could have led to stronger protections for a steelhead population on the brink of extinction, according to a letter written by B.C. Deputy Minister of the Environment Mark Zacharias.
  DFO unilaterally changed the conclusions to “support status-quo commercial salmon harvesting” in a report based on a stock assessment of the Interior Fraser steelhead, reads the letter sent to federal Deputy Minister of
  
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• Vancouver may consider different empty-home tax rate for foreign owners

  25-02-2019 03:04 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver city staff want to look at changing the city’s empty homes tax, the first of its kind in North America, and that could mean increasing the tax or charging a different rate for foreign owners.
  In a report before council this week, city staff seek council’s approval on immediate bylaw amendments to “improve the effectiveness of the empty homes tax,” and to move ahead with further review and consultation on additional changes, including changes to the tax rate.
  The
  
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• Kathleen Potter: Refusing to vaccinate means you're choosing death over autism spectrum disorder

  25-02-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  “I’d rather have a dead child than a child with autism.” That’s a horrible statement — but isn’t it essentially what parents are saying when they choose not to vaccinate their children out of fear they may develop autism?
  You can’t go on social media these days without stumbling across posts about vaccinations, on both sides of the issue, and everyone seems to have strong feelings about it one way or the other. Let’s get one thing straight: There i
  
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• Elizabeth Murphy: No one should consider the UBC subway a done deal

  25-02-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Although TransLink’s Mayors’ Council has approved preliminary planning for the extension of the Broadway subway to the University of B.C. (the BS-Line), this is far from a done deal. The unfolding corruption scandal at SNC-Lavalin and the company’s proprietary role in SkyTrain technology puts this Millennium Line extension in question. The underlying assumptions that have been used to justify the subway also do not add up, regarding projections of growth, ridership or technolog
  
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• High winds coming to Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley

  25-02-2019 02:33 via vancouversun.com
  High winds have been forecast for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
  Environment Canada issued a special weather statement at 4 p.m., warning wind gusts up to 80 km/hr were expected to develop overnight Sunday.
  Vancouver, Surrey, Langley, Abbotsford and Chilliwack were among the areas to be impacted.
  The predicted heavy winds were due to a cold air mass spreading throughout the B.C. Interior that will arrive in Metro Vancouver Sunday night.
  The outflow winds will come from the east and north
  
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• Comic and toy show at the PNE Forum offers a dose of nostalgia

  25-02-2019 01:45 via vancouversun.com
  Be it cookie tins, books, friends or money, everybody collects something.
  For 10-year-old Logan Ellis of Maple Ridge, it’s vintage G.I. Joe action figures. Specifically, the 3 3/4″ plastic figurines that began selling on toy store shelves in the early 1980s.
  Logan and his dad Brad were at the Vancouver Comic and Toy Show at the PNE Forum Sunday, where they — among hundreds of others — were on the lookout for additions to their respective collections.
  By about noon Logan h
  
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• Dan Fumano: The 'ticking time bomb' threatening affordable rental homes

  25-02-2019 01:05 via vancouversun.com
  The intricacies of B.C.’s property assessments are meeting the realities of Metro Vancouver’s property market in a way that discourages the operation of long-term affordable rental housing in favour of the development of new condos, landlords say.
  In other words, the system seems to incentivize the opposite of the outcome our leaders say they want.
  Development industry professionals will tell you that today, no one except the government can build new rental housing in Vancouver
  
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