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• Sunshine Coast: Invisible business boom supplants traditional workplaces

  12-04-2019 23:54 via vancouversun.com
  ROBERTS CREEK — When computer programmer David Chisholm moved to the Sunshine Coast, he brought his job with him.
  “You can take your kids to the playground and everyone you talk to works at home or has a spouse that works at home,” he said.
  More than 30 per cent of people employed in Gibsons, Sechelt and the surrounding communities either work at home or have no fixed workplace, according to Statistics Canada. The average for B.C. is just 19 per cent.
  Rather than chasing jobs w
  
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• Numerous road closures Sunday morning as Sun Runners hit city streets

  12-04-2019 23:40 via vancouversun.com
  Forget about driving in parts of downtown, the West End, Stanley Park or Kitsilano on Sunday between 5 a.m. and early afternoon.
  That includes bridges: The Burrard Bridge will be closed to all traffic from 8 a.m. to noon; the Lions Gate Bridge will be closed from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., with limited access from Pender; and the Cambie Bridge will be closed to all northbound traffic from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., with its eastbound exit ramp onto Pacific Boulevard closed from 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
  Pacific Bou
  
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• Eyes glued on Leafs-Bruins series, eyes rolling over Magic's departure

  12-04-2019 23:05 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  It’s been a bullish week for the NHL, with one of the most interesting opening rounds in recent Stanley Cup tournament memory getting underway Wednesday.The television juggernaut — in both Canada and the United States — is the Original Six matchup between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins. With the two teams squaring off in the first round for the second consecutive year and the third time in six years, it’s becoming a solid rivalry matchup.
  Both
  
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• Vancouver jewelry brand's designs may hold hidden secrets for Game of Thrones' final season

  12-04-2019 22:40 via vancouversun.com
  Sharp-eyed Game of Thrones fans may be able to spot a few hints as to the fate of their favourite characters in the latest designs from Pyrrha.
  The Vancouver jewelry brand, which is a merchandise partner of the popular HBO series, is set to release its new GoT collection in honour of the eighth, and final, season debut on April 14.
  “We’re launching four new character talismans any day now — a second design for Daenerys, plus originals for Jon Snow, Brienne of Tarth, and the Thr
  
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• North Vancouver RCMP investigate skiing incident on Grouse Mountain - Global News

  12-04-2019 22:01
  North Vancouver RCMP investigate skiing incident on Grouse Mountain  Global NewsIt happens more than you think but can often go unreported — a serious skiing incident on Grouse Mountain has North Vancouver RCMP now investigating.
  
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• Sweet! Nanaimo bar gets its own stamp

  12-04-2019 21:40 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — It’s been quite a few weeks for the Nanaimo bar.
  First, the famed three-layer dessert got its own spread, so to speak, in the New York Times.
  Now, it’s getting its own stamp of approval.
  Canada Post plans to release stamps of the Nanaimo bar and four other Canadian desserts from across the country next week.
  The Sweet Canada stamp issue features butter tarts from Ontario, tarte au sucre (sugar pie) from Quebec, blueberry grunt from the East Coast, Saskatoon berr
  
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• North Vancouver RCMP investigate skiing incident on Grouse Mountain

  12-04-2019 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  The incident involved two skiers and sent a teenager to hospital with a head injury. RCMP want to find out what happened.
  
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• Concert announcement: Neil Young adds second show at Queen Elizabeth Theatre

  12-04-2019 21:23 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian rock and roll legend Neil Young will play a second show next month at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
  Young, 73, who was already booked to play a sold-out performance on May 15 at the Queen E, has added a second show at the theatre on May 14.
  Both concerts are solo shows with no backing band.
  Elvis Costello, a musical icon in his own right, will be a special guest on both nights.
  Tickets for the May 14 show, which start at $75 (plus fees), go on sale Monday at noon through Ti
  
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• ART SEEN: An indigenous shell midden suggested in public art plan for North East False Creek

  12-04-2019 21:10 via vancouversun.com
  Building a mound of shells as a public art work is one of the ideas proposed by an indigenous artist in a public art plan for Northeast False Creek (NEFC).
  The mound would be a contemporary recreation of the kind of mounds of mussel, shrimp and crab shells traditionally discarded by local indigenous people close to their villages.
  Around False Creek, the indigenous villages of Skawchays and Snauq were expropriated in the late 19th century to build Vancouver. Settlers crushed the shells in the mi
  
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• North Vancouver students embark on ocean odyssey - North Shore News

  12-04-2019 20:28
  North Vancouver students embark on ocean odyssey  North Shore NewsA group of Handsworth artists went on a mission – 2194: an ocean odyssey. The 50 students time-travelled in their minds, creating a picture of what the ocean ...
  
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• Brian Minter: Timing in spring is everything

  12-04-2019 20:11 via vancouversun.com
  It happens every year, and recent weather swings have certainly exacerbated the problem. When we get 20 degrees C weather in late March and April, many folks who are hungry for early floral colour and fresh food from the garden are equally anxious to get everything growing. But not “everything” can tolerate April’s fickle weather patterns. Making matters worse, most garden retailers of any size are putting tender plants on their shelves … mostly because of consumers&rsqu
  
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• Slice of life feature film focuses on Vancouver's Commercial Drive

  12-04-2019 20:10 via vancouversun.com
  Bella Ciao
  When: April, 14 & 18-21
  Where: Vancity Theatre
  Tickets and info: viff.org
  Carmen Aguirre got some strange and some sympathetic looks when she was filming in her Commercial Drive neighbourhood back in June 2016.
  The Chilean-born actor was shooting the feature film Bella Ciao on the streets of the east side neighbourhood when she noticed people she knew from daily life in the ’hood were doing double takes when they saw her.
  “Lots of people would look at me in shock becau
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Plecas gets all-party raise, but 'Dr. Heckle' can't hide partisanship

  12-04-2019 20:09 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Late last year Speaker of the Legislature Darryl Plecas made a strong pitch for a significant top-up to his office budget for staffing, research and other resources.
  Plecas grounded his claim in his status as an independent, citing the additional $180,000 in office funding provided to a previous independent MLA.
  “It’s been extremely difficult for me to do my work without benefit of having access to that $180,000,” he complained during a meeting of the legislati
  
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• This Week in History: 1948 — An Alberta Socred accuses prominent Canadians of being red dupes

  12-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The fanatical anti-communism of U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy and his acolytes in the late 1940s and early ’50s is regarded as one of the low points in modern American politics.
  But the red scare spilled over into Canada as well. On April 13, 1948, Social Credit MP the Rev. Ernest George Hansell stood up in the House of Commons and accused 200 Canadians of being “red dupes.”
  Several prominent British Columbians were on the list, including painter Lawren Harris, B.C. Electric head
  
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• Light and bright cilantro-lime tuna

  12-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Nutritionist and mom Sarah Waldman offers up 40 complete meal plans for busy families in Feeding a Family: A Real-Life Plan for Making Dinner Work, complete with suggestions for getting the kids involved in making meals. This easy-grilled tuna is nestled in a fresh sesame noodle salad, perfect for a meal in a bowl:
  Sesame Noodles with Bok Choy and Sweet Peppers
  2 8.8-ounce packages soba noodles
  2 tbsp. canola oil, divided
  2 bunches bok choy, thinly sliced
  1 bell pepper, sliced thin
  ¼ cup
  
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• Fab 5: A sunny disposition

  12-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Whether you’re heading south for some late winter sun or to the slopes for a last-minute ski holiday, a new pair of sunglasses is always a good idea. What’s more, this season, nearly anything goes when it comes to choosing fresh frames. From micro and Matrix-inspired to statement and oversized, there’s something for everyone — and then some. Rebecca Tay discovers five pairs to try right now; get ready to throw some shade.
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  For a retro cool look that
  
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• Book review: Whatever Gets You Through is a reminder that you are never alone

  12-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Whatever Gets You Through: Twelve Survivors on Life after Sexual Assault
  Edited by Stacey May Fowles and Jen Sookfong Lee | Greystone Books
  $22.95, 219 pp
  There is a war being waged constantly — a war against women. Whatever Gets You Through is a dispatch from the front lines.
  The numbers alone represent a nightmare. In 2017, nearly 24,000 sexual assaults were reported to Canadian police and judged to be “founded.” And that number, horrific as it is, is a gross undercount. Only
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: 2015 was a vintage year for California wines

  12-04-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. government liquor stores are focusing on California wine this Saturday at what is amazingly only the second annual California Wines release featuring the highly-regarded 2015 vintage. Some 60 selections will join several other 2015s already in the marketplace and will include many famous labels such as Colgin, Verité, Cardinale, Harlan, Ridge, Lokoya and others seldom seen in private wine shops let alone government stores.
  The prices are astronomical for the top wines in the U.S. so
  
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• B.C. Ferries adds more sailings for busy Easter weekend

  12-04-2019 19:39 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Ferries will add extra sailings for the busy Easter long weekend.
  From next Thursday through Tuesday, April 23, there will be 89 extra sailings on three routes which link Metro Vancouver with Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast, B.C. Ferries said Friday, in a news release.
  Of those, 70 extra sailings are scheduled on the Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay route,11 extra sailings are scheduled on the Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay route, and eight are scheduled on the Horseshoe Bay to Lansdal
  
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• Metro Vancouver gas prices break North American record - Daily Hive

  12-04-2019 19:29
  Metro Vancouver gas prices break North American record  Daily HiveIt's a harsh day for those behind the wheel as gas prices in Metro Vancouver hit another record high — not just in the region — but all of North America.
  
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• B.C. expands bursary program to attract early childhood educators

  12-04-2019 18:28 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia is expanding the number of bursaries offered to early childhood educators as it further commits to the goal of creating a universal, province-wide child-care system.
  A $1.9-million investment through B.C.’s Early Learning and Child Care Agreement with the federal government will pay for the additional financial awards.
  The extra funding adds to the roughly 1,100 bursaries and $10 million in funding approved last fall.
  A news release from the Ministry of C
  
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• Metro Vancouver drivers see another painful record as gas prices jump

  12-04-2019 17:04 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The cost of fuel around Metro Vancouver is rising again, break previous record-high prices that were set only a week ago.
  Prices at some Vancouver-area stations were listed at $1.68.9 per litre early Friday, a jump of more than one cent overnight and an increase of about five cents since last Thursday.
  Analysts blame the trend on issues ranging from gas shortages to reduced capacity at refineries in the western United States as those facilities do annual maintenance or switch t
  
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• Metro Vancouver drivers see another painful record as gas prices jump - North Shore News

  12-04-2019 16:58
  Metro Vancouver drivers see another painful record as gas prices jump  North Shore NewsVANCOUVER — The cost of fuel around Metro Vancouver is rising again, break previous record-high prices that were set only a week ago.Prices at some ...
  
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• Town Talk: BMW showroom gala supports pancreatic cancer research

  12-04-2019 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  BEEMER TEAMING: BMW dealer Brian Jessel and managing partner Jim Murray cleared all but one vehicle from their Boundary-off-Lougheed new-car showroom to stage the 14th annual Cabriolet gala. Previous runnings reportedly raised $2 million. Staged by Diana Zoppa and sponsored by ZLC Financial chairman-CEO Garry Zlotnik, the recent one benefited Pancreatic Cancer Canada by netting some $525,000. The sole car left standing beside a spotlit stage and dining tables reflected the ever-more-elegant gala
  
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• Conversations That Matter: Do your meds co-operate?

  12-04-2019 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Polypharmacy is the term used when you are taking too many medications and those medications start competing with one another to the detriment of your health.
  Let’s say you go to the doctor, complain about an ache or a pain, indigestion or a reaction to a drug you’re already taking and then the doctor issues a new prescription.
  Not to point the finger at the doctor, because a lot of patients don’t reveal the extent of the medications they’re taking. They almost
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Plecas gets all-party raise, but 'Dr. Heckle' can't hid

  12-04-2019 15:32 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Late last year Speaker of the Legislature Darryl Plecas made a strong pitch for a significant top-up to his office budget for staffing, research and other resources.
  Plecas grounded his claim in his status as an independent, citing the additional $180,000 in office funding provided to a previous independent MLA.
  “It’s been extremely difficult for me to do my work without benefit of having access to that $180,000,” he complained during a meeting of the legislati
  
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• Poco fire chief says 911 dispatch system change in B.C. risks patient safety

  12-04-2019 15:08 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Patient safety is at risk in British Columbia because of changes to the 911 dispatch system, says a fire chief who has instructed city staff not to call an ambulance during medical emergencies.
  Nick Delmonico of the Port Coquitlam Fire Department said aspects of a so-called clinical response model adopted by BC Emergency Health Services last May are ineffective, leaving people waiting too long for an ambulance while firefighters are not contacted in many situations.
  Both firefi
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny

  12-04-2019 14:49 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Friday, April 12. Today’s weather is looking much brighter than the last few days. Environment Canada says some parts of Metro Vancouver will see fog in the morning, but that should clear up for a sunny day with a high of 12 C. The sunshine won’t linger, however, with more rain in the forecast overnight Friday and on the weekend. On Saturday, expect rain and a high of 10 C. Then on Sunday it looks mainly cloudy with a high of 11 C and a good chance of overnight
  
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• Newer B.C. condo buildings using more energy: study

  12-04-2019 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbians living in newer high-rise condos likely have a higher energy footprint than they might think, according to new data from B.C. Hydro.
  The Crown corporation compared the electricity consumption of condominium buildings that were constructed after 2010 and higher than five storeys to others built in the last four decades, and found the newer condos used almost twice as much electricity per square foot.
  This is due at least in part to newer buildings being equipped with all the la
  
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• First crude oil shipment of the year bound for China has left Vancouver

  12-04-2019 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  The first B.C. shipment of Alberta crude oil to China in 2019 is on its way.
  The large tanker Erik Spirit left Burnaby’s Westridge Terminal (the end point of the Trans Mountain pipeline) on April 4, after a two-day loading, and is expected to arrive in Qingdao, China, on April 23. Qingdao, on the northwest coast, is home to a Sinopec refinery capable of producing 120 million barrels of refined product a year.
  The tanker is likely holding at least 500,000 barrels of Alberta crude, also call
  
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• Extreme unicycling: North Vancouver a hot spot for one-wheel riders - Vancouver Sun

  12-04-2019 12:00
  Extreme unicycling: North Vancouver a hot spot for one-wheel riders  Vancouver SunAbborsford's Ryan Kremsater picks up where his mentor Kris Holm left off: Mastering the North Shore's bike trails in the name of one-wheel extreme riding.
  
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• Extreme unicycling: North Vancouver a hot spot for one-wheel riders

  12-04-2019 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Don’t rub your eyes, that really was a rider on one wheel bouncing and careening down a North Shore trail near you.
  Yes, mountain unicycling is a thing.
  “When people hear I’m a mountain unicyclist, a lot of people don’t really know what to think,” 27-year-old Ryan Kremsater said during a couple of hours of demonstration on the trails near Braemar Park in North Vancouver.
  “A lot of people haven’t heard about mountain unicycling, so they don’t really
  
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• Concert Review: Cristina Pato Quartet at the Chan Centre

  12-04-2019 09:02 via vancouversun.com
  Cristina Pato Quartet
  When: April 11, 8 p.m.
  Where: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC
  Tickets and info: chancentre.com
  There is no tradition of the gaita — the Galician bagpipe — being played in jazz. At least there wasn’t one until award-winning piper Cristina Pato began her journey of discovery into the world of improvised music with the instrument.
  A member of Yo-Yo Ma’s groundbreaking Silk Road Ensemble, the New York-based musician was turned onto the potential
  
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• Vancouver Gas Prices Break All-Time North American Record - 604 Now

  12-04-2019 09:00
  Vancouver Gas Prices Break All-Time North American Record  604 NowOn Friday morning, Vancouver gas prices hit a new all-time high here in the Lower Mainland and also for all of North America.
  
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• B.C. court hears religious doctrine emphasized obedience to men in child-bride case

  12-04-2019 08:54 via vancouversun.com
  CRANBROOK, B.C. — A British Columbia court heard evidence from three former members of a polygamous religious group in the trial of a man charged with removing a 15-year-old girl from Canada to marry a man in the United States.
  They testified Thursday for the Crown in the case against James Marion Oler, a former leader of a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints community in Bountiful, B.C.
  A former member of Oler’s group, whose identity is protected by a publicat
  
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• Sweet! Iconic Nanaimo bar gets its own stamp

  12-04-2019 05:52 via vancouversun.com
  It’s been quite a few weeks for the Nanaimo bar.
  First, the famed three-layer dessert got its own spread, so to speak, in the New York Times.
  Now, it’s getting its own stamp of approval.
  Canada Post plans to release stamps of the Nanaimo bar and four other Canadian desserts from across the country next week.
  The Sweet Canada stamp issue features butter tarts from Ontario, tarte au sucre (sugar pie) from Quebec, blueberry grunt from the East Coast, Saskatoon berry pie from the Pr
  
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• B.C. Stormy: Porn actress Daniels plans 'meet-and-greet' at Kamloops nightclub

  12-04-2019 04:30 via vancouversun.com
  Stormy Daniels, arguably the most famous pornographic actress in the world right now, is coming to Kamloops.
  The actress, originally famous for her work in the adult film industry, became a household name in 2018 after escaping a non-disclosure agreement that precluded her from speaking about a 2006 affair with U.S. President Donald Trump, who was then a reality TV star expecting a child with wife Melania. News of the affair, as well as an attempt by Trump and several associates to keep Daniels
  
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• B.C. judge rules 'provocation' defence for accused killers is too narrow

  12-04-2019 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled that a 2015 Criminal Code change limiting when an accused killer can use the defence of provocation is unconstitutional.
  Justice Douglas Thompson said that the amendment, part of the Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act, only allowed for the partial defence of provocation in murder cases if the victim had committed an indictable offence punishable by a sentence of five or more years.
  Prior to the 2015 change, provocation was defined as
  
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• Plecas gets all-party raise, but 'Dr. Heckle' can't hide partisanship

  12-04-2019 03:19 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Late last year Speaker of the Legislature Darryl Plecas made a strong pitch for a significant top-up to his office budget for staffing, research and other resources.
  Plecas grounded his claim in his status as an independent, citing the additional $180,000 in office funding provided to a previous independent MLA.
  “It’s been extremely difficult for me to do my work without benefit of having access to that $180,000,” he complained during a meeting of the legislati
  
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• Yasir Naqvi: Citizen action needed to clean up pollution of our public square

  12-04-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  We are being divided. We see stories daily about people being pitted against each other. Though some are true, we know that many are false, designed to manipulate us. Each online argument, conspiracy theory and screed is replicated through social media, bots and online platforms masquerading as news sites.
  According to the 2019 Leger National Reputation Study of Canadian corporate entities, two of the biggest declines in reputation were Facebook and Twitter. These declines are attributed to seve
  
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• Vancouver man missing since February - North Delta Reporter

  12-04-2019 02:43
  Vancouver man missing since February  North Delta ReporterKevin Hodgson last seen leaving his home near Main Street and East 28 Avenue.
  
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• Previous story Vancouver man missing since February - North Delta Reporter

  12-04-2019 02:43
  Previous story Vancouver man missing since February  North Delta ReporterKevin Hodgson last seen leaving his home near Main Street and East 28 Avenue.
  
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• 106 years old: Port Coquitlam man celebrates his long, long, long life

  12-04-2019 02:43 via vancouversun.com
  “And many more!” shouted the crowd after singing Happy Birthday in honour of Don Simpson’s 106th on Thursday at Mayfair Terrace in Port Coquitlam.
  Sharp as a whip, still sporting a thick head of hair, Simpson recounted the stories of his life.
  He was born in Edmonton in 1913.
  How long ago was that? The Hamilton Tigers beat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club to win the Grey Cup, Laura Secord Chocolates opened, George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion debuted on the stage in London and
  
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• B.C. is moving LNG projects forward, but industry sees need to renew sales pitch

  12-04-2019 02:38 via vancouversun.com
  LNG Canada has begun to advance construction on its $40-billion liquefied natural gas development in B.C., but the sector’s main lobby group isn’t letting up on its sales pitch for the industry.
  While LNG Canada’s decision last fall to go ahead with the massive investment — its $6.5-billion pipeline and $14-billion liquefaction plant at Kitimat signalling success for the long-talked-about industry — B.C. LNG Alliance CEO Bryan Cox said they are still willing to enga
  
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• Squamish Nation sees development of Burrard site as crucial to address long-term needs of community

  12-04-2019 02:00
  
  Preliminary plans envision dense, 3,000-unit development at foot of Burrard Bridge.
  
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• Vancouver park board commissioner seeks review of publicly owned golf courses

  12-04-2019 01:56 via vancouversun.com
  The agenda for next week’s park board meeting is once again teeing up what’s become a perennial debate in big Canadian cities: as land in urban centres becomes increasingly scarce, are publicly owned golf courses the best use of space?
  Park board commissioner Dave Demers has a motion on the agenda for next Monday’s meeting that seeks to direct staff to evaluate the “realized and unrealized benefits of park board land currently used for golf,” and “compare the
  
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• Crackdown on B.C.'s illegal pot shops slow in coming

  12-04-2019 01:49 via vancouversun.com
  Six months after cannabis became legal in Canada, dozens of dispensaries continue to operate without a provincial license in B.C. as both local governments and the province struggle to shut them down.
  The robust illicit market, including “grey-market dispensaries,” were cited as the reason B.C. lags behind other Canadian provinces in legal cannabis retail sales in a recent report by Arcview Market Research.
  Analyst Tom Adams wrote that legal retail outlets at the outset of legalizati
  
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• You can bet on the big game — Game of Thrones — at PlayNow.com

  12-04-2019 01:42 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. bettors can wager on all kinds of games at PlayNow.com these days. Hockey games. Basketball games. Why, even Game of Thrones.
  Anticipation has reached a fever pitch for the eighth and final season of HBO’s immensely popular drama, which debuts on April 14 after a 21-month hiatus. Seemingly everyone is desperate to learn who will rule Westeros, and thus win the game (of thrones), when the most-talked about show on television comes to a close. And if you think you know who will emerge o
  
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• Regal concert crowns Early Music Vancouver season - North Delta Reporter

  12-04-2019 01:31
  Regal concert crowns Early Music Vancouver season  North Delta ReporterSouth Surrey's Paula Kremer directs Vancouver Cantata Singers in collaborative performance.
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Monk fights to save his Nepalese village from climate change, global tourism

  12-04-2019 00:54 via vancouversun.com
  Growing up, Venerable Metteyya Sakyaputta’s family was considered more fortunate than others in his Nepalese village. They had matches and could provide fire for others to cook with and light their homes.
  Although his father was a social worker, the family wasn’t wealthy. Education was highly valued, so no one could have imagined that this child of devout Hindu parents would give up a scholarship to medical school to eventually become an internationally recognized Buddhist monk featu
  
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