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• Affordable housing still a pressing matter in North Van District, council says - Vancouver Sun

  08-04-2019 23:38
  Affordable housing still a pressing matter in North Van District, council says  Vancouver SunSome council members say a lack of political will is to blame for projects being rejected, but others say they weren't the right projects.
  
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• International Village mall no longer marketed for sale

  08-04-2019 23:25
  
  Less than a week after it was reported for sale, Vancouver mall disappears from retail portfolio sales brochure
  
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• Search still on for missing North Vancouver man

  08-04-2019 22:55 via vancouversun.com
  The family of Vincent Che, who went missing nearly a week ago, is pleading for the public’s help in finding the 60-year-old North Vancouver man.
  Che has had no contact with his wife and children since he vanished from the Lynn Valley area on April 2.
  “We need our dad to come home, we’re very worried, and we need all the help we can get,” said Ricky Che, Vincent’s son. “He’s really healthy because he hikes a lot, so we know he’s strong. But this is
  
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• RCMP's money-laundering unit not focused on that job: report

  08-04-2019 22:52 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — There are no RCMP officers in B.C. investigating large-scale money laundering and the ones who are supposed to are instead funnelling cases to the province’s civil forfeiture office, according to an interim release of a new report.
  The report by Peter German said an RCMP team assigned to deal with money laundering is more than three-quarters unstaffed.
  Of 25 funded positions in the RCMP E Division money-laundering team, 11 officers are present but only five of them are wor
  
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• Citizen archeologists help fill in 50-million-year-old blanks in B.C.'s history

  08-04-2019 22:28 via vancouversun.com
  A relative of the long-extinct bird species Songziidae perished about 50 million years ago, its remains embedded in the rock of northwestern B.C. until 1970.
  It would then spend several decades in Germany.
  The rare fossil is now nestled in the Royal British Columbia Museum and written into the scientific literature thanks to the efforts of SFU paleo-entomologist Bruce Archibald, an expert on ancient bugs.
  The fossil was originally found in Driftwood Canyon by the late Margaret Klockner, a German
  
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• Search still on for missing North Vancouver man - Vancouver Sun

  08-04-2019 22:25
  Search still on for missing North Vancouver man  Vancouver Sun"We need our dad to come home, we're very worried"
  
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• Power restored to 10,000 customers in Vancouver, Burnaby

  08-04-2019 22:19 via vancouversun.com
  A power outage caused by a substation fault hit east Vancouver and parts of Burnaby on Monday afternoon, affecting about 10,000 customers.
  The outage began around 11:20 a.m, with power restored just before 1:30 p.m.
  Among those affected were tenants at the Broadway Tech Centre (where the Postmedia newsroom is located) in east Vancouver and the B.C. Institute of Technology campus in Burnaby.
  About an hour into the outage, BCIT announced all daytime classes and exams up to 2 p.m. were cancelled. A
  
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• 'We need all the help we can get': Desperate plea by family of missing North Van man - CTV News

  08-04-2019 22:16
  'We need all the help we can get': Desperate plea by family of missing North Van man  CTV NewsVincent Che was last seen in the driveway of his Lynn Valley home on April 2 at around 10 a.m. The missing 60-year-old left his house on foot that morning and ...
  
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• Celine Dion adds more Toronto, Montreal shows to North American tour - Vancouver Courier

  08-04-2019 21:06
  Celine Dion adds more Toronto, Montreal shows to North American tour  Vancouver CourierTORONTO — Celine Dion is sliding a few extra Canadian tour dates onto her schedule before tickets go on sale to the general public.Less than a week after ...
  
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• RCMP's money laundering unit not focused on that job: partial report

  08-04-2019 20:13 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — There are no RCMP officers in B.C. actually investigating money laundering, and the ones tasked with doing so are instead funnelling cases to the province’s civil forfeiture office, according to an interim release of a new report.
  The report by Peter German said an RCMP team assigned to deal with anti-money laundering is more than three-quarters unstaffed. German said all of the five remaining officers in the unit are instead busy referring cases to B.C.’s civil forf
  
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• Concert Announcement: Jack White and The Raconteurs visit Vancouver in July

  08-04-2019 20:09 via vancouversun.com
  Jack White is heading on the road with The Raconteurs to promote the band’s first new album in more than a decade.
  The Help Us Stranger world tour makes a stop at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre on July 19.
  Tickets, which will range from $55 to $89.50 (plus fees), go on sale to the general public on Friday, April 12 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. There are two pre-sales — one for Third Man Records Vault members starting April 9 and another for American Express card h
  
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• Several previous winners looking to top women's division again

  08-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The crying infant in the background on a phone call with Malindi Elmore offered the perfect setup to a question about how nice it would be to collect some prize money at the this year’s Vancouver Sun Run 10K.
  “That would be awesome,” said a chuckling Elmore, who figures to be one of the favourites on Sunday. “Help pay for child care.”
  Oh yeah, a cool $3,000 for the win, $2,500 as the top Canadian and $500 for going under 33 minutes would pay for an awful lot of chil
  
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• Seven things to do in Vancouver: April 12 to 18: Earl Sweatshirt, Kobo Town, more

  08-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Whether you’re looking for date ideas, free things to do or just something fun to do in downtown Vancouver, you can’t go wrong with our list of events happening around Metro Vancouver between April 12 to18.
  Headlining this week’s picks is the 12th Annual Nifty for 50 indie designer sale at Heritage Hall.
  For more ideas, click HERE for our coverage of Vancouver’s arts scene, or HERE to search our entertainment listings database.
  Here are 7 things to do in Metro Vancouver t
  
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• Q&A: Biologique Recherche CEO talks French skin-care secrets — and Lotion P50

  08-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  French brand Biologique Recherche‘s Lotion P50 needs no introduction. The exfoliating toner has become a cult-favourite product among skin-care and beauty fans — not to mention a ‘hero’ product in the company’s lineup — with users raving about its results. (No, really. Google it.)
  Speaking recently with the company’s chief executive officer, Pierre-Louis Delapalm, he was happy to explain why the Parisian company’s “clinical approach” to
  
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• Men's Sun Run contender hoping to beat second-place record

  08-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Geoff Martinson is soft-selling his chances of finally breaking through this year for that elusive first win at the Vancouver Sun Run.
  But even though the 33-year-old Vancouver pharmacist, who has finished second each of the last two years in the 10-kilometre race, maintains he would be satisfied to simply finish in the top five on Sunday, he is not quite ready to dismiss completely the idea of being the first to break the tape.
  It has to do with one of those innumerable quotations about expecta
  
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• Five reasons to see Michael Bublé at Rogers Arena

  08-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Michael Bublé 
  When: April 12, 8 p.m.
  Where: Rogers Arena
  Tickets and info: ticketmaster.ca
  He’s the smooth-crooning Canuck that the world swoons for.
  On his latest album, Love, Burnaby’s Michael Bublé might have released the most romantic and cool-jazzin’ record of his career. Anyone expecting his art to reflect the considerable personal challenges he and his family have faced over the past few years can console themselves that he’s found the positive
  
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• Daniel Kipkoech hopes to maintain Kenyan dominance at Sun Run

  08-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Kenyans won the men’s division of The Vancouver Sun Run an amazing 16 of 21 times from 1994 through 2014.
  If it’s going to happen in 2019 at the popular 10K event, it will be up to Daniel Kipkoech, the Kenyan-born runner who spends a good part of the year in Lethbridge, Alta. He’s the only Kenyan in the men’s field this year, with 2013 and 2014 winner Paul Kimugul, who was 10th last year, opting not to return.
  Kipkoech, 32, has been a frequent presence in B.C. distance ra
  
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• Vancouver Sun Run 2019: Five things to know before you go

  08-04-2019 19:45 via vancouversun.com
  Spotting a water station during the Vancouver Sun Run is usually a welcome sight – but a 60 per cent chance of rain might be a bit much.
  Environment Canada is predicting clouds with a 60 per cent chance of showers, along with a high of 12 degrees for the 2019 Sun Run, Canada’s largest 10-kilometre race.
  Here’s a quick rundown of what you’ll need to know for Sunday’s event.How do I get to the Sun Run?
  With thousands of runners and spectators headed downtown for the e
  
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• Greater Vancouver building permits break billion-dollar streak

  08-04-2019 19:28
  
  Statistics Canada said municipalities in the region issued $800 million in permits this February. It’s a 43 per cent drop over December.
  
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• Squamish designer tapped to make art from iconic Game of Thrones cloak

  08-04-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Squamish-based artist Sarah Symes works primarily with textiles — hand-woven cotton, linen, silk and the like. But late last year, the B.C. designer was given the opportunity to work with a one-of-a-kind piece of fabric: the cloak worn by the bastard Jon Snow, Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, on HBO’s hit drama Game of Thrones.
  It was a completely unexpected commission.
  “Out of the blue, I got an email back in October saying, you’ve been selected by the creative
  
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• Autism job fair to take place today in Metro Vancouver

  08-04-2019 16:26 via vancouversun.com
  More than a dozen major Canadian employers will take part in an annual autism job fair on Monday in Richmond.
  It is one of three Spectrum Works job fairs being hosted simultaneously across the country on April 8, aiming to connect hiring managers and recruiters with those with autism spectrum disorder who are seeking work.
  “We want to shift the assumptions associated with people living with ASD and change the idea that they can’t contribute to the workforce,” said Xavier Pinto,
  
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• Vancouver weather: Rain set to begin around noon

  08-04-2019 15:20 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: April 8, 2019 – Monday’s weather will see a few showers here, a few showers there and then a brief respite tomorrow before we get back to the showers on Wednesday.
  Monday’s rain begins around noon before tapering off in the evening, with plans to return on Tuesday morning.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Cloudy, showers begin around noon. High of 11.
  Tonight: Few showers ending in the evening, followed by clouds. Low of 7.
  Tomorrow: Cloudy with 60 per cent chanc
  
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• Vancouver Sun Run turns 35 on Sunday

  08-04-2019 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Sunday, more than 40,000 folks of all ages, sex and size will join the million-plus from the past who make the Vancouver Sun Run a part of their spring ritual.
  This year marks the 35th edition of the renown race, which began in 1985 with about 3,200 participants and has since had 1.1 million people take part.
  Dr. Doug and Diane Clement could not have imagined the scope of the Sun Run today when they founded it as a source of revenue to help fund the Harry Jerome International Track Classic. (
  
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• Gambling for his life: Addiction to online gaming nearly cost one B.C. man everything

  08-04-2019 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  On the morning of Aug. 21, 2017, Tyler Hatch put his dogs in their crates and wrote two suicide notes — one to his parents, the other, his wife.
  He downed a bottle of sleeping pills with four beers, then fixed a belt around his neck.
  After alerting 911 (so his wife wouldn’t have to deal with his dead body when she got home from work), Hatch hung up the phone and waited for death.
  Through the fog of asphyxiation he heard the the faraway ring of a phone. It was 911 calling back.
  Hatch
  
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• 'We need our dad to come home': North Vancouver man missing for 6 days - CBC.ca

  08-04-2019 09:00
  'We need our dad to come home': North Vancouver man missing for 6 days  CBC.caNorth Vancouver RCMP and the family of a 60-year-old man who has been missing for six days are asking for the public's help locating him.
  
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• RCMP renew plea to locate missing North Vancouver man - Chilliwack Progress

  08-04-2019 09:00
  RCMP renew plea to locate missing North Vancouver man  Chilliwack ProgressVincent Che, 60, last seen in Lynn Valley on Tuesday.
  
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• City of North Vancouver fast tracks Shipyards Brewery District - Western Investor

  08-04-2019 09:00
  City of North Vancouver fast tracks Shipyards Brewery District  Western InvestorAn unanimous council vote will facilitate brewery openings in Lower Lonsdale.
  
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• China has stopped buying crude oil from Western Canada after record purchase in 2018

  08-04-2019 05:25 via vancouversun.com
  Chinese demand for Canadian crude oil shipped through the Port of Vancouver has dried up in 2019.
  David Huntley, a professor emeritus in physics at Simon Fraser University who monitors tanker traffic at Burnaby’s Westridge terminal, said that so far this year there had been only three tankers that loaded crude oil from the terminal and none went to China.
  This followed a record year for China, where it bought 6.56 million barrels of crude (12 tanker loads), or almost one-third of all the c
  
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• Robyn Allan: What massive increase in crude oil exports to China from B.C.?

  08-04-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Has “a combination of Chinese demand and increased pipeline space led to a massive increase in the export of crude oil out of the Port of Vancouver last year” as reported in The Vancouver Sun on March 24?
  No, the statement is false. So are other statements, calculations and conclusions in the article. 
  Let’s look at the facts.
  Kevin Birn, vice-president of IHS Markit, is reported as saying, “Last year, you had a doubling of water-borne export to Asia,” but Port
  
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• Maria Howard: Where would we be without volunteers?

  08-04-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  April 7-13 is National Volunteer Week and the theme this year is “The volunteer factor: Lifting communities”. It’s a reminder to celebrate the many dedicated people who volunteer their time and skills to uplift and build stronger communities across Canada.
  Charities like the Alzheimer Society of B.C. exist to identify a gap in the health-care system and fill that gap until the system adapts to fill that gap. Addressing needs that might otherwise be unaddressed takes effort, an
  
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• Lubomyr Luciuk: Immigration and Refugee Board presented with frequent scams

  08-04-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  This is a tale of two stories, siphoned from the vaults of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. The claimants’ names have been changed to protect the innocent — meaning me. And, despite what you may think, these are not particularly unique cases. If board members could speak freely, they’d admit it.
  Let’s start with Lori.
  She sobbed over how Roma are so persecuted in eastern Europe that she was forced to bundle up her offspring and escape. Who wouldn’t be mo
  
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• Liberal? Tory? It's the 'same old story,' says Vancouver East MP Jenny Kwan

  08-04-2019 01:34 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver East MP Jenny Kwan blasted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday over his treatment of two respected women formerly in his cabinet, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott, and said opposition leader Andrew Scheer was “basically another version” of Stephen Harper, the former prime minister.
  She called on strategic voters to “be bold” and choose the NDP, a party that “will actually do what they say” if elected.
  The veteran B.C. politician was sp
  
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• Jeff Bridges’ climate documentary to screen in Vancouver this week - North Delta Reporter

  08-04-2019 00:01
  Jeff Bridges’ climate documentary to screen in Vancouver this week  North Delta ReporterAcademy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges wanted to avoid making a climate change documentary that only preached to the converted — he wanted to reach ...
  
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