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• Former Vancouver city councillor May Brown dies

  02-03-2019 22:54 via vancouversun.com
  Former Vancouver city councillor May Brown has died, according to friends.
  Tributes began pouring in Saturday on social media from fellow politicians and leaders.
  Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart described May as a force in civic life, while Vancouver-Granville MP Jody Wilson-Raybould said she was an incredible force of nature who dedicated her long life to public service.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered his condolences, saying Brown’s contribution to the community will not be forgott
  
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• Natural gas upgrades begin this weekend in Burnaby

  02-03-2019 20:43 via vancouversun.com
  Motorists can expect travel delays in Burnaby beginning this weekend as crews begin tearing up roads for a natural gas upgrade project.
  Traffic disruptions will start as early as Saturday, with construction expected to be underway at multiple locations along the route next week.
  Fortis B.C. says on Saturday, one eastbound lane and one westbound lane on Lougheed Highway, between Kensington Avenue and Bainbridge Avenue, will be closed.
  On Tuesday, the Madison Avenue-Lougheed Highway intersection w
  
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• The Mavericks: B.C. politicians have a long history of taking on their leaders

  02-03-2019 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  When Vancouver Granville MP Jody Wilson-Raybould levelled damning accusations at some of her Liberal colleagues in Ottawa this week, she joined a time-honoured list of maverick politicians from B.C. who have publicly challenged their leaders — and, in doing so, risked their political futures.
  “I have huge respect for the way she conducted herself as a neutral attorney general,” said Brian Smith, who 30 years ago took a similar path, resigning as B.C.’s attorney-general ov
  
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• Meet the Chef: Jefferson Alvarez has all your senses in mind

  02-03-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Born in Venezuela and raised in Canada, Jefferson Alvarez always knew he wanted to be a chef and to explore the world’s great cuisines. He trained in some of the world’s best kitchens: El Poblet Quique Dacosta and Arzak in Spain, Morimoto in Philadelphia, and Canoe in Toronto. On this journey, he learned that food can appeal to all the senses and that aromas can help create an extraordinary culinary experience.
  Today, Alvarez and Mexican chef Marcela Ramirez together run the pop
  
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• Makeover: TV's Fred Lee gets a new look

  02-03-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Fred Lee is a TV segment host and weekly newspaper columnist and was ready to update his grown out hair style.
  Fred has very thick hair which tends to go flat sometimes. He hadn’t cut it for several months and left it to grow out. He desperately needed a hair cut and wasn’t sure what style would look best on him.
  During our consultation, I suggested maintaining some of the length, as is it suited his face shape and worked with his hair texture.
  I started by shampooing his hair using
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny, with a few clouds rolling in

  02-03-2019 18:09 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Saturday’s weather is expected to be mainly sunny, with a high of 6 C. Environment Canada says the region can expect increasing clouds throughout the day, and then the temperature is expected to dip back down to – 2 C overnight. Though, the agency says with the wind chill it is going to feel like – 8 C. Sunday should start out cloudy and then clear up later in the day, with a high of 5 C and an overnight low of – 3. Looking ahead to next week, the
  
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• 5 reasons to check out our 2019 spring arts preview

  02-03-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Our 2019 spring arts preview is packed with places to go and things to do around Metro Vancouver.
  Here are five highlights. Find our complete series here.1. The human touch: There aren’t that many artists who can manage back-to-back arena shows, but P!nk’s Beautiful Trauma Tour hits Rogers Arena April 5, and 6. Find music writer Stuart Derdeyn’s list of other must-see concerts here.
  Morgan Yamada and Arielle-Rombough in Glory.
  2. Hockey. If the Canucks are out of the playoff ra
  
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• Vegas goes on the record with new lounges and restaurants

  02-03-2019 16:37 via vancouversun.com
  Before you choose a seat at Mott 32 Las Vegas, the new Hong Kong-cuisine in The Palazzo you have to make a decision on what ambience you want.
  The newest restaurant inside The Venetian Resort has five dining areas, each with a distinct Chinese décor, even though they share a common menu.
  “We wanted to offer a different experience, every time,” says general manager Nathan Grates.
  He could be talking about Vegas: a city that is constantly changing as new restaurants and venues o
  
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• Spring training packs them in up close in Arizona

  02-03-2019 16:10 via vancouversun.com
  The crack of a bat. The sun on your face. There may not be a better way to spend a sunny afternoon than lying in the grass watching Spring Training in Phoenix Arizona. Chances are you’ll never get this close to Major League Baseball action or players.
  At least not for this price.Lawn seating for Arizona Diamondback games are listed online for as low as $15. Last year more than 1.7 million people went to Cactus League with an average of 7,683 per game.
  Getting autographs is a big part
  
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• House Beautiful: Lifting, trucking and barging everything from bungalows to mansions

  02-03-2019 15:00
  
  It’s a curious thing that our society is deeply into recycling — we separate our garbage, sort organics and crush cereal boxes — yet we throw away whole buildings.
  
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• The Home Front: Perking up the laundry room

  02-03-2019 14:56 via vancouversun.com
  There are certain areas of the home that are often neglected, says interior designer, television personality and mother of seven Lisa Canning. And the laundry room is the top of the list.
  “Every room in our house can bring us joy and make us want to spend time in them,” says Canning. But she says laundry rooms are often thought of as dirty or “in the basement”.
  “You go in there to clean clothes,” she says, “so let’s start with a clean space.”
  
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• Soleil trades on an unbeatable location

  02-03-2019 14:55 via vancouversun.com
  For many buyers of new condos, location is everything. Soleil, a new residential tower planned for the centre of White Rock, does not disappoint on that front.
  With a convenience score of 98 out of 100, the building will stand right across the street from Semiahmoo Mall and residents will be within a few minutes walk of more than 300 hundred shops and services.
  Soleil is a project from RDG Management in White Rock. [PNG Merlin Archive]That location is already proving popular with buyers, accordi
  
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• Award-winning home has unobstructed outlooks

  02-03-2019 14:48 via vancouversun.com
  1178 Esquimalt Avenue, West Vancouver
  Type: Four-bedroom, four-bathroom detached
  Size: 3,143 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $2,831,000
  Listed for: $3,388,000
  Sold for: $2,900,000
  Sold on: Jan. 8
  Days on market: 99
  Listing agent: Tom Hassan at Royal LePage Sussex – Tom Hassan
  Buyers agent: Edith Chan at ReMax Masters Realty
  The big sell: Blackfish Homes built this West Vancouver contemporary-style residence in 2013 and subsequently won a gold Georgie Award in the custom home category as well as e
  
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• B.C. politicians have a long history of taking on their leaders

  02-03-2019 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  When Vancouver Granville MP Jody Wilson-Raybould levelled damning accusations at some of her Liberal colleagues in Ottawa this week, she joined a time-honoured list of maverick politicians from B.C. who have publicly challenged their leaders — and, in doing so, risked their political futures.
  “I have huge respect for the way she conducted herself as a neutral attorney general,” said Brian Smith, who 30 years ago took a similar path, resigning as B.C.’s attorney-general ov
  
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• North Korea's Kim leaves Vietnam after summit breakdown - Vancouver Sun

  02-03-2019 07:22
  North Korea's Kim leaves Vietnam after summit breakdown  Vancouver SunDONG DANG, Vietnam — Smiling and holding up his clasped hands in a victorious pose, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday boarded his private ...
  
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• Evacuation order issued after fires at Maple Ridge homeless camp

  02-03-2019 07:06 via vancouversun.com
  An evacuation order was issued late Friday at a Maple Ridge homeless camp that has seen three destructive fires in the past week.
  The city said the order was issued for the campsite dubbed Anita’s Place by the provincial fire commissioner after an application by Maple Ridge Fire Chief Howard Exner.
  The written evacuation order is as “a result of the existence of fire hazards and the risk of explosion” on the site, said the city in a release, noting “an imminent and seriou
  
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• Marberry carries Lipscomb past North Alabama 87-75 - Vancouver Sun

  02-03-2019 04:16
  Marberry carries Lipscomb past North Alabama 87-75  Vancouver SunFLORENCE, Ala. — Rob Marberry had 22 points as Lipscomb defeated North Alabama 87-75 to earn a share of the Atlantic Sun Conference title on Friday night.
  
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• Dan Levitt: Who wants to live to 100?

  02-03-2019 04:10 via vancouversun.com
  Tonight Show host Johnny Carson once asked his 99-year-old guest, comedian and cigar aficionado George Burns, “Who would want to live to be 100?” Without missing a beat, the nonagenarian about to become a centenarian replied, “Someone who is 99!” The live studio audience erupted in laughter.
  Burns famously smoked cigars and shined a spotlight on the mystery of aging, that there is no magic pill or prescriptive lifestyle that guarantees longevity. There are many paths to 1
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Saturday, March 2, 2019

  02-03-2019 04:05 via vancouversun.com
  Re: B.C. Budget 2019: Discounted transit fares, HandyDART funding absent, Feb. 20. 
  In 2017, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal agreed to hear a complaint alleging that the lack of HandyDART service in Metro Vancouver is a human-rights violation. That same year, John Horgan committed, if elected premier, to providing funding through a special grant to increase HandyDART service hours by 20 per cent over four years. More than 800 delegates from Metro Vancouver Alliance member organizations were
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Political funding critics swallow disgust to pocket taxpayers' dollars

  02-03-2019 03:39 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan was at the two-month mark of his term when he broke a major pre-election promise on political party financing.
  As NDP leader before the election, Horgan said repeatedly that in getting rid of big money in politics, he did not intend to replace it with direct subsidies from taxpayers.
  Indeed, he mocked the whole notion as fake news from the leading recipient of big money herself, Premier Christy Clark.
  “It’s always alternative facts with the premie
  
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• Car2Go cars to go away, fleet to rebrand after BMW merger

  02-03-2019 03:10 via vancouversun.com
  With over 200,000 Car2Go members in Vancouver, it’s clear that the city has embraced the service in a way few others have. But now it’s time to let it go.
  On Thursday, the company announced that Car2Go is no more, and its fleet of over 1,200 vehicles in Vancouver is about to get a makeover after a merger with BMW’s rival car-share service, DriveNow. The new company is called Share Now, and according to spokesman Tim Krebs, the service’s vehicles will begin to reflect this
  
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• Animal-cruelty trial: Owner says he came home to find dog in critical distress

  02-03-2019 02:54 via vancouversun.com
  DUNCAN, B.C. — A man accused of animal cruelty told an SPCA officer he had been away from home for several months and had returned a week earlier to find his dog with an extremely swollen head.
  B.C. SPCA Const. Toni Morrison recounted that information as she testified Friday morning at Anderson Joe’s trial in provincial court.
  Joe, 62, has pleaded not guilty to causing unnecessary pain, suffering and injury to the dog from Jan. 16 to Feb. 16, 2018, and failing to provide food, water
  
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• Sellers of Downtown Vancouver's Bentall Centre court bidders

  02-03-2019 02:20 via vancouversun.com
  The ownership of the Bentall Centre in Downtown Vancouver has been in limbo since Beijing-based Anbang Insurance Group was taken over by the Chinese government, which said it will off-load some US$10 billion of the company’s assets after overspending led to high debt, allegations of corruption and the jailing of its former chairman.
  Talk in recent months of commercial realtor CBRE Ltd. seeking potential buyers for the Bentall Centre, which is the most notable commercial property currently
  
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• Humble pie: Saltspring Island baker serves up delicious treats in new cookbook

  02-03-2019 01:48 via vancouversun.com
  The Little Island Bake Shop: Heirloom Recipes Made for Sharing
  Jana Roerick | Figure 1 Publishing
  $34.99If you were to tell Jana Roerick that one of her pies was the best you’d ever tasted, well, it wouldn’t be the first time she had heard those words.But, the frequency of such ardent proclamations doesn’t diminish the sense of accomplishment she feels when she hears it. Not one bit.
  “I appreciate it so much,” she says. “But I also remain humble because I thin
  
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• What has Jody Wilson-Raybould's testimony done to the Liberals?

  02-03-2019 01:31 via vancouversun.com
  Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould’s stunning testimony on Wednesday appeared to deal some serious damage to the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government, but federal Liberals in B.C. say they’ll stay the course.
  Gabe Garfinkel, the director of the Liberal Party of Canada in B.C., said he has been focused on listening to what grassroots Liberals have to say about Wilson-Raybould’s testimony, and encouraging their feedback and ideas.
  “This open dialogue h
  
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• Wilson-Raybould's upbringing contributed to her strong backbone, says her father

  02-03-2019 01:29 via vancouversun.com
  Bill Wilson expects his daughter to face the difficult decisions she must face in the days ahead with the same “calm eloquence” she showed during her testimony before the Commons justice committee this week.
  On Wednesday, former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould told the committee she was pressured — by Finance Minister Bill Morneau and his staff, Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick, senior aides in the Prime Minister’s Office including former principal secreta
  
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• Court clears way for major mine-drilling project on First Nations land

  02-03-2019 01:07 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s highest court has cleared the way for an exploratory drilling program for a mine on First Nations land near Williams Lake.
  Taseko Mines Ltd., which holds a mineral lease and mineral claims in territory held by the Tsilhqot’in Nation 125 kilometres west of Williams Lake, proposes to develop a mine that has estimated deposits of 11 million ounces of gold and four billion pounds of copper.
  Environmental assessments for the proposed mine were initially done by the provincial and f
  
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• Movie Minute: Greta review

  02-03-2019 01:03 via vancouversun.com
  Filmmaker Neil Jordan, he of Crying Game, is back with his latest film, a horror/thriller Greta starring French acting legend Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz. Is it truly scary or goofy? Find out by checking out this week’s Movie Minute with Postmedia News film critic Dana Gee and Arts and Life editor Aleesha Harris.
   
  
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• Kelowna RCMP investigate Friday morning bank robbery

  02-03-2019 00:35 via vancouversun.com
  The RCMP are appealing to the public for help as they investigate a Friday morning bank robbery in Kelowna.
  The robbery occurred around 9:55 a.m. at the RBC branch in 3000 block of Pandosy Street.
  Police say a man entered the bank and passed a note to a teller demanding money.
  “He fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash. Although his note indicated he was in possession of a weapon, none were produced,” said Kelowna RCMP Cpl. Tania Carroll.
  Kelowna RCMP are looking for this m
  
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• Editorial: Liberals have been hypocrites on rule-of-law

  02-03-2019 00:31 via vancouversun.com
  Most public discussion since Jody Wilson-Raybould’s explosive testimony Wednesday to the House of Commons justice committee has focused on whether the prime minister and his officials pressured the former attorney-general inappropriately to interfere in an SNC-Lavalin criminal case, and whether the Liberal government’s future is at risk.
  Another important issue has been largely overlooked.
  How could Justin Trudeau and his underlings so brazenly try to interfere for indisputably parti
  
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• Prostitution ring renting through Airbnb, Victoria police find

  02-03-2019 00:26 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A prostitution ring exploiting young women has been renting space using the short-term rental service Airbnb, Victoria police say.
  Major crime investigators have been working with other police departments and have contacted Airbnb in an effort to identify the people involved, said Const. Matt Rutherford.
  “It’s a very active investigation,” Rutherford said. “The investigators really want to get the information out to the public that people who are renting
  
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