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• B.C. communities still without bus service four months after Greyhound left

  09-03-2019 23:24 via vancouversun.com
  Phil Mader just wants to see his girlfriend.
  The heart may have wings, but the Nelson man is without wheels, making it nearly impossible for him to visit his girlfriend in Creston since Greyhound withdrew its bus service from B.C. at the end of October.
  “My only option is rideshare, but on a typical day, there are too many demands and not enough offers (of rides). Plus, you’re taking a risk with your safety,” said Mader, who turns 70 next month.
  While private operators have tak
  
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• Canine counsellor Mac hits paws after 13 tail-blazing years of helping

  09-03-2019 23:19 via vancouversun.com
  After 13 years, Mac the golden retriever will no longer wear the blue-and-yellow vest that identified him as a working dog.
  The canine counsellor — the Pacific Assistance Dog Society’s (PADS) longest-serving member — retired last week after a career that saw him become the first registered therapy dog in the world to work with a counsellor in a non-residential setting.
  He was also the first to work full time in a hospice and the first to work as a therapy dog with students at t
  
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• Makeover: A fresh new look for a visitor to Canada

  09-03-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Carolyn Anderson was in Canada for her wedding and wanted to freshen up her hair style before going home to Australia.
  Carolyn has fine and naturally wavy hair. The 34-year-old had been growing it out for the wedding and was finding the length too long and the hair style shapeless.
  I shampooed her hair using KMS Tame Frizz — Shampoo and Conditioner, for frizz reduction and manageability. I sectioned her hair into a central vertical parting and eliminated three inches from her length, creat
  
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• Students warned about whooping cough at Vancouver school

  09-03-2019 19:54 via vancouversun.com
  Health officials have confirmed a case of whooping cough at a Vancouver elementary school.
  In a letter sent to parents and employees Friday, Vancouver Coastal Health says students and staff at Laura Secord Elementary may have been exposed to pertussis, also called whooping cough, between Feb. 7 and March 7.
  The confirmed case was in a class of Grades 6 and 7.
  VCH says pertussis is a contagious disease of the lungs and throat caused by bacteria in the mouth, nose and throat of the infected person
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny, clear weekend ahead

  09-03-2019 17:44 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Saturday, March 9.  After an unseasonably cold start to March, Metro Vancouverites may be cheered to know the mercury is expected to begin climbing back up to more springlike temperatures. Saturday looks sunny and clear, though a little windy, with a high of 8 C. Sunday is also expected to be sunny with a high of 9 C. The overnight lows are still expected to be below zero at -1 C both Saturday and Sunday evenings, however, according to Environment Canada that may be th
  
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• Big adventures in Sri Lanka

  09-03-2019 17:36 via vancouversun.com
  Even if you grew up reading Babar the Elephant and watching Disney’s Fantasia, nothing can truly prepare you for the surreal spectacle of more than 150 elephants feeding in Kaudulla National Park in Sri Lanka.
  It’s called “The Gathering.” During the local dry season, Sri Lankan elephants – the largest Asian variety, weighing up to 5,400 kilograms – congregate on lush, muddy plains near wide lakes to eat grass. Mothers and babies roam alongside big bulls, swing
  
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• Tidying up: The psychology of clutter and why we're now cleaning it up

  09-03-2019 17:16 via vancouversun.com
  When Shelley Davies arrives at a client’s door with her big black eyeglasses and calm, focused demeanour, she could be mistaken for any professional making a house call: A physician, tutor, stylist, therapist or, perhaps, exorcist. She is, in a way, all of these things.
  The founder of Details Modern Order, Davies makes house calls that can feel as personal as a doctor’s consultation, as consoling as a therapy appointment and as cleansing as an exorcism. Her goal? A cure for our moder
  
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• Barbie: After 60 years, where will she go from here?

  09-03-2019 16:58 via vancouversun.com
  Barbie is, perhaps, one of the most talked about toys in history.
  Few other playthings have stirred up as much passionate discord like Barbie has. Both beloved and hotly contested, the 11.5-inch doll produced by Mattel continues to be one of the top-selling fashion dolls in the world — 60 years after first being released.
  “Throughout 60 years of history, from a toy industry position and from a societal position, she has been reflective of the world around us,” Kim Culmone, the
  
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• Opinion: We need to remove parking requirements from housing decisions

  09-03-2019 16:45
  
  "'I’ve lost count of how many dinosaur politicians clutched their pearls in fear over how adding more people would impact street parking"
  
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• Richmond townhome showcases recent renos

  09-03-2019 14:47 via vancouversun.com
  57 – 5740 Garrison Road, Richmond
  Type: Three-bedroom, three-bathroom townhouse
  Size: 1,768 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $849,000
  Listed for: $998,000
  Sold for: $960,000
  Sold on: Jan. 9
  Days on market: 49
  Listing agent: Crystal Hung at Icon Marketing Inc.
  Buyers agent: Adam Pospischil at Pospischil Realty Group
  The big sell: Edenbridge is a collection of 57 townhomes with floor plans that are divided over three levels and integrated side-by-side double garages. They were built in 1986 and have
  
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• Davie and Nicola so named for its West End location

  09-03-2019 14:35 via vancouversun.com
  The West End, with its proximity to English Bay, Stanley Park and the city’s financial and entertainment district, has been viewed by many as a neighbourhood offering the best of all worlds.
  At the same time, the opportunities for buyers have been limited, especially in the last few years, notes Jonathan Cheung, senior project manager at Rennie Marketing Systems. That makes one of Rennie’s newest developments — the 128 units at a project called Davie and Nicola — especial
  
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• The Home Front: The latest in landscape design

  09-03-2019 14:10 via vancouversun.com
  Today, there’s an increasing demand for edible gardens — no matter where we happen to live, says the senior landscape designer for Vancouver’s Formwerks Architecture.
  “Something that’s very important for our clients these days is to have vegetable gardens or little kitchen gardens,” Claudia Rust says. “And it doesn’t matter if you’re living in a condo with a deck, or whether you have a big lot in Shaughnessy, people like to just go outside an
  
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• North Vancouver woman sexually assaulted after letting stranger into home to use bathroom - Global News

  09-03-2019 09:00
  North Vancouver woman sexually assaulted after letting stranger into home to use bathroom  Global NewsPolice are investigating after a woman reported she was sexually assaulted by a man she let use the bathroom in her North Vancouver home last month.
  
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• Cypress hosts Vancouver Freestyle Park Jam (PHOTOS) - North Shore News

  09-03-2019 09:00
  Cypress hosts Vancouver Freestyle Park Jam (PHOTOS)  North Shore NewsCypress Mountain hosted the 2nd annual Cypress Park Jam with young athletes from Vancouver Freestyle Ski Club competing at Cypress's Patio Park on ...
  
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• Movie Minute: Captain Marvel review

  09-03-2019 06:31 via vancouversun.com
  This week Captain Marvel makes her debut just in time for International Women’s Day. See what Postmedia film critic Dana Gee and Arts & Life editor Aleesha Harris have to say about the new comic book movie starring Brie Larson.
   
  
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• Miracle Mile's starter gun shell donated to Sports Hall

  09-03-2019 03:52 via vancouversun.com
  The Miracle Mile was the highlight of the British Empire Games in 1954. That Aug. 7, 35,000 people jammed Empire Stadium to watch the race, along with an estimated 70 million on television.
  Vancouver police Sgt. Cookie Ryan had one of the best viewpoints for the race — he was guy that started it.
  “It was 2:30 o’clock,” said an Erwin Swangard story in The Vancouver Sun. “The stands hushed as the runner took their marks. Cookie Ryan, veteran Vancouver police offi
  
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• Wild salmon council calls for immediate actions to increase B.C. stocks

  09-03-2019 03:20 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A government-appointed council says British Columbia must take immediate action to increase wild salmon populations.
  The Wild Salmon Advisory Council says in a report Friday the provincial government must focus on “tangible, achievable, near-term actions” that address the immediate needs of wild salmon and their habitat.
  The council’s 30-page report says the government should take on the role of the champion of wild salmon.
  It says that despite billions of doll
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Saturday, March 9, 2019

  09-03-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  I am concerned about our approach to dealing with B.C.’s drug crisis. I believe it is well intentioned, but misguided.
  Safe injection sites and compassion clubs for heroin use simply support addicts in their downward spiral of addiction. I have never read that the goal is treatment and cure. Addiction is a disease that requires structured, multi-faceted care with the absolute goal being a return to health, wellness and freedom from drugs.Why aren’t medications like Naltrexone being g
  
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• Matthew Nathanson: Action, not more talk, on increased legal aid funding is needed now

  09-03-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Every one of us has one of those friends who always says the right thing but is very short on follow-through. They feel terrible that your basement got flooded, but their phone gets no reception when you need help cleaning up.
  While those people may not turn out to be the best of friends, at least they have a bright future in politics.
  Access to justice? Yes, that’s a pressing problem. Over-representation of Aboriginal peoples in the justice system? Definitely looking into that. The decima
  
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• Editorial: Consultation key to success of SkyTrain extension

  09-03-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  A constant complaint from many residents during the near-decade that Vision controlled Vancouver City Hall was there wasn’t much real consultation about significant city projects that affected their neighbourhoods.
  “Consultation” was typically little more than information sessions, where bureaucrats told residents what was going to be done, with little apparent concern for incorporating their views or modifying plans. It became so bad — and a real political risk to the Vi
  
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• Andrew Weaver: British Columbians deserve an independent public inquiry into money laundering

  09-03-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. has been the victim of organized crime for more than a decade and at least two of our governments have known about money laundering operations. It is time for action on behalf of British Columbians.
  In recent months, we have seen revelations that money laundering is extensive and pervasive in B.C. Last year, the G7’s Financial Action Task Force, which identifies threats to international order, reported that $1 billion a year is funnelled through B.C. casinos. The provincial government
  
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• Video of 'seal bomb' tossed into B.C. waters draws online attacks

  09-03-2019 02:07 via vancouversun.com
  A commercial fisherman who tossed a small explosive into water teeming with sea lions off the coast of British Columbia says he wasn’t trying to hurt the animals.
  The video prompted strong responses both for and against when it was posted to social media. It has since been taken down.
  Allan Marsden said he used the “bear banger,” a flare that emits a gunshot style noise, to scare the sea lions away from his boat.
  “This was not a case of going out there and trying to kill
  
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• Vancouver Aquarium treats lost python, reunites stuffed snake with Trail family

  09-03-2019 02:05 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Aquarium staff were surprised this week to discover a python stranded in the Amazon exhibit.
  It was a curious discovery for two reasons: first, pythons are not native to the Amazon rainforest, where the giant snake to watch out for is the anaconda. Second, the python was stuffed — and not with small rodents or other typical snake prey, but cotton.
  It was a toy snake.
  Pythie the snake is discovered in the Graham Amazon Gallery.
  As staff tried to figure out what to do with the blue
  
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• Maple Ridge mom pushes Facebook to ban ‘anti-vaxxer’ messages, misinformation

  09-03-2019 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  Facebook should ban posts by so-called anti-vaxxers in order to protect children against measles and other contagious diseases, says a B.C. mother who launched a petition urging parents to start home-schooling if they’re against immunization.
  Katie Clunn of Maple Ridge said Friday the social media giant must go beyond reducing its distribution of such content as well as the ranking of groups and pages that spread misinformation, according to its new policy.
  “I don’t think it sh
  
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• Wild salmon council calls for immediate actions to increase B.C.’s wild salmon

  09-03-2019 01:58 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A government-appointed council says British Columbia must take immediate action to increase wild salmon populations.
  The Wild Salmon Advisory Council says in a report Friday the provincial government must focus on “tangible, achievable, near-term actions” that address the immediate needs of wild salmon and their habitat.
  The council’s 30-page report says the government should take on the role of the champion of wild salmon.
  It says that despite billions of doll
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Scientists highlight regulator failings over fracking projects

  09-03-2019 00:40 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — When the NDP government-appointed scientific panel on fracking visited B.C.’s Northeast last year, one eye-opener was a tour of  “a large water storage structure, clearly identifiable as a dam.”
  The structure was some 20 metres high and held water for hydraulic fracturing or fracking, the process whereby water is injected deep into the earth to release natural gas locked in rocks.
  But though the structure looked like a dam, and stored water like a dam
  
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• Vancouver moving ahead with plans to reduce earthquake risk in private buildings

  09-03-2019 00:29 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Vancouver is pushing ahead on a promised plan to reduce the seismic risk of private buildings that will hinge on a new technical earthquake risk assessment.
  The city is working with Natural Resources Canada on sophisticated computer modelling that will include factors such as soil type on potential earthquake damage to buildings in Vancouver. The soil research is being funded by Emergency Management B.C.
  The City of Vancouver is pushing ahead on a promised plan to reduce the seismic
  
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• Nine months after Vancouver police launched child sex sting, only seven charges laid

  09-03-2019 00:27 via vancouversun.com
  Nine months after Vancouver police launched a child sex sting that caught 47 suspects, investigators have recommended charges against only seven of them.
  “The entire process can take time, but we need to be meticulous and detail-oriented to ensure a successful conclusion to the investigation,” a police spokesman, Const. Jason Doucette, said in an email.
  “I am not aware of additional charges being approved at this time,” he said. “We are still working with Crown coun
  
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• Fans thrilled to get their game faces on for Rugby Sevens spectacle

  09-03-2019 00:00 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  It’s a very bullish week for the sport of rugby, with the HSBC Canada Sevens poised to draw a combined attendance of 80,000 for the weekend series at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.And the bull market will continue for at least four more years, with that extension of the original four-year cycle announced Wednesday.
  The HSBC Canada Sevens — part of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series — has been nothing short of a phenomenon since the first hosting in March of
  
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