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• Lululemon in body-shaming hot water again

  03-07-2017 23:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  Four years after Lululemon Athletica’s founder Chip Wilson got into trouble over comments about the kind of women’s legs he said were best suited to his company’s pants, the Vancouver-based clothier is back in the news for similar reasons.
  An Ohio woman says she was offered unsolicited advice from Lululemon staff at a store in Ohio about which particular pant styles would cause less friction between her thighs.
  In a June 20 Facebook post, 21-year-old Jamie Kraig wrote “al
  
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• Back to the bush: Veteran B.C. firefighter values being 'a better asset out in the field'

  03-07-2017 23:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  Wildfire season is around the corner, and Gord Shaw has seen his share of them.
  Shaw started fighting forest fires in 1981 in the Interior’s Mackenzie region, where he still battles blazes today.
  “I was awaiting a job working on Williston Lake on tugs, moving logs,” the 60-year-old said.
  “Suddenly, they needed emergency firefighters.”
  He’d deliver gear to the site, drop it off, return for another load.
  Over the years he’s performed lots of duties, includ
  
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• Poll finds just two per cent of Vancouverites view housing as affordable

  03-07-2017 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Just two in 100 Vancouverites view housing as affordable.
  
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• Richmond business dresses Trudeau kids for Canada Day

  03-07-2017 23:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  Two days before Traci Costa was expected to deliver the outfits the children of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau were going to wear on Canada Day, she saw red — the wrong shade of red. 
  The red and white garb for Xavier, Ella-Grace and Hadrien Trudeau were made with the wrong fabric, a bright tomato red instead of the rich cherry red that Costa had envisioned. 
  “I don’t think anyone would notice, but I’d know,” said Costa, CEO of R
  
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• Paragon poised to put its Parq mark on B.C. Place with 'urban resort'

  03-07-2017 23:41 via vancouversun.com
  
  With about 90 days to go before its scheduled opening, Paragon Development’s $640 million Parq Vancouver urban-resort development at B.C. Place remains more of a construction site than completed project.
  The dark wood trim, marble flooring and ornately woven carpets that are in place remain mostly covered with protective layers of cardboard and thin sheets of veneer as a crew of about 800 construction workers continue installing finishing touches.
  At this point there is a lot at stake: The
  
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• Sliding Doors: Michael Bisping, Robert Whittaker & The Middleweight Division

  03-07-2017 23:03 via theprovince.com
  
  How different would the UFC middleweight division look right now had Robert Whittaker and Michael Bisping fought, as originally scheduled, at UFC 193?
  Announced on August 19, 2015, the bout was a brilliant piece of matchmaking at the time and a massive fight with a local hook for the November pay-per-view extravaganza set to take place at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne.
  It was the surging Australian upstart – arguably the top fighter from the host nation, riding a three-fight winning streak a
  
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• Two-alarm fire damages Surrey home

  03-07-2017 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Crews are on scene in Surrey battling a two-alarm house fire.
  
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• Crews battling two-alarm Surrey house fire

  03-07-2017 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Crews are on scene in Surrey battling a two-alarm house fire.
  
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• Advocates call for real-time sewage overflow data in Vancouver

  03-07-2017 22:41
  
  Almost 1 billion litres of raw sewage was released into False Creek in 2015 from one of four pipes leading into the harbour.
  
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• Reckless disregard for fire safety in B.C.'s backcountry an ongoing problem

  03-07-2017 22:33 via vancouversun.com
  
  Spotting the messy aftermath of campfires and fireworks in the backcountry should give anyone pause.
  With a dry summer setting in, the smallest spark can cause the biggest fire — think of the human-caused McLure fire that burned a vast swath of forest and destroyed homes in McLure, Barriere and Louis Creek in 2003. It was started by a carelessly discarded cigarette.
  Rene Lemckert is an avid backcountry user. A week ago on a ride up the Harrison East Forest Service Road, he came across a ch
  
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• Crews work around the clock to get B.C. wildfires under control

  03-07-2017 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mon, Jul 3: It’s been a busy weekend for wildfire crews. Two fires are burning right now; one near the base of Blackcomb Mountain in Whistler and another north of Harrison Hot Springs. As Jordan Armstrong reports, both are believed to be human caused.
  
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• Petition calls for water fountain for Surrey homeless

  03-07-2017 21:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Surrey homeless advocate is calling on the city to bring back a temporary water fountain for residents of the 'Whalley Strip.'
  
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• Fried chicken skin salad with fresh and fried veggies

  03-07-2017 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Justin Cheung of Freebird Chicken Shack and Longtail Kitchen makes a Vietnamese inspired salad using fried chicken skin.
  
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• Two Lake Country fires; office building and vehicle destroyed

  03-07-2017 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  A fire destroyed a small office building and a vehicle with the flames spreading into nearby grass lands.
  
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• BC Wildfire Service: Majority of weekend fires likely started by humans

  03-07-2017 20:45
  
  Officials say there were about 30 new wildfire starts over the weekend across the province, and 20 of them are believed to be human-caused.
  
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• GardenWorks: Drought tolerant plants

  03-07-2017 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mon, Jul 3: Trying to conserve water in your garden? Consider planting drought resistant plants. Gardening expert Peter Fitzmaurice shows Yvonne Schalle some of his favourite varieties.
  
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• Province destroying too many habituated bears says wildlife expert

  03-07-2017 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Should the Conservation Officer Service be doing more to tolerate human habituated black bears?
  
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• International students in fake marriage schemes to Canada

  03-07-2017 20:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  The newspaper ads in India are the visible tip of a booming underground industry in fake marriages involving would-be international students.
  The prize for the “spouse” whose family buys an instant marriage with a foreign student is back-door access to a full-time job in Canada and a fast-track to citizenship.
  The matrimonial ads normally promise that the foreign students’ sham marriage, plus all travel and study expenses, will be paid for by the Indian families who are determi
  
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• Record Reviews: Bison, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Sqürl, The Battle of Santiago and Hell's Gate Blues Band

  03-07-2017 19:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  Bison: You Are Not the Ocean You Are the Patient (Pelagic Records): Ten years on, this Vancouver crew remains one of the heaviest of the region’s internationally raved-about metal scene. But the Bison (the B.C. is gone, now) you hear on this seven song record is a more agile act than the riff-riding behemoth that established itself with Quiet Earth. The first album to feature former Three Inches of Blood guitarist Shane Clark on bass doesn’t so much change up the sound as hone in on
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Hells Angel David Giles dies months after record sentence – UPDATED

  03-07-2017 19:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  Here is my updated story about David Giles, who was a Hells Angel for 35 years. His status in the club he loved was unclear at the time of his death Saturday in an Abbotsford hospital.
  “Normand (Biff) Hamel (left) with fellow Hells Angels Maurice (Mom) Boucher and David (Gyrator) Giles in a photo taken in 1990″ – (SOURCE:”evidence filed in court” ) 
   “Formidable” Hells Angel David Giles dies months after getting record sentence
  Retired Vancouve
  
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• Seven things to do this week: July 7-13: Khatsahlano, Foonyap, Carnaval del Sol, and more

  03-07-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Khatsahlano Street Party
  July 8, 11 a.m. — 9 p.m. | West 4th Ave.
  Free: khatsahlano.com
  It’s hard to imagine in a today’s world of storefront yoga and tony designer shops, but Kitsilano was once the epicentre of hippiedom with rowdy live music venues like Rohan’s Rock Pile, low-key organic stores like Lifestream, and people smoking weed that was supplied by a dealer, not a dispensary. Once a year West 4th Ave. gets shut down from MacDonald to Burrard for a monster neighbo
  
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• Ocean currents tied to B.C.’s mysterious norovirus outbreak

  03-07-2017 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Researchers with the BC Centre for Disease Control may have pinpointed how a mysterious norovirus outbreak spread, forcing the closure of 13 West Coast oyster farms and curtailing operations at others as hundreds of Canadians fell ill.
  
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• City seeks input for downtown’s public spaces

  03-07-2017 18:00
  
  On June 28, the city launched the Places for People Downtown program, with the aim of crafting a long-term strategy to create “vibrant, exceptional and memorable” public spaces downtown.
  
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• Tech: Google Home Smart Speaker

  03-07-2017 17:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Google Home’s Smart Speaker is finally out in Canada and Get Connected Media’s Mike Agerbo demonstrates some of its most powerful features.
  
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• Business report: All eyes on June jobs report

  03-07-2017 17:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  With a possible interest rate hike in the wings, all eyes are Friday's June jobs report.
  
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• Letters: Bring back Socreds to return decorum to B.C. politics

  03-07-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  
  I’m dismayed by the sadly comic disarray of our provincial parliament. I feel ungoverned.
  Being a civilized, voting old lady, I propose someone bring back the civilized Socreds — disillusioned MLAs can defect to it and our sense of order will return. With decorum, good intentions to run B.C. well, and better manners and ethics than these three parties of second-grade-level, squabbling power-grabbers.
  If I were still teaching, I would seriously make them write an essay about public se
  
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• Lance Berelowitz: Urban planning lessons from Grenfell Tower disaster

  03-07-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Did anyone notice how virtually all of the news images and videos of the recent fire disaster at Grenfell Tower in London were shot from some distance or from the air? There were no views from adjacent streets. This wasn’t just because of public-safety reasons, but something more fundamental: There are no adjacent streets. None.
  In fact, one of the contributing factors in the unfolding disaster was that large fire engines had great difficulty getting right up beside the building and were t
  
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• Jan Hoole: Ancient DNA reveals how cats conquered world

  03-07-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Humans may have had pet cats for as long as 9,500 years. In 2004, archaeologists in Cyprus found a cat skeleton buried in a Stone Age village. Given that Cyprus has no native wildcats, the animal must have been brought there by humans.
  Despite our long history of keeping pet cats, felines aren’t the easiest of animals to domesticate. There is also little evidence in the archaeological record to show how cats became our friends and went on to spread around the world.
  A new DNA stu
  
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• Minor injuries after Amtrak train falls off tracks near Seattle

  03-07-2017 16:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Trains are again moving in Washington state after an Amtrak that links Vancouver to Oregon de-railed south of Seattle on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Minor injuries after Amtrak train derails near Seattle

  03-07-2017 16:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Trains are again moving in Washington state after an Amtrak that links Vancouver to Oregon derailed south of Seattle on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• City of Vancouver demolishing housing properties to make way for park space

  03-07-2017 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Vancouver is again facing criticism over buying homes and slating them for demolition to make way for park space.
  
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• Willes’ Musings: Canucks are new — but remain far from improved

  03-07-2017 15:00 via theprovince.com
  
  KINGSTON, Ont. — Following our national holiday, here’s something else worth celebrating every 150 years, the Monday morning musings and meditations on the world of sports.
  • When you project the Vancouver Canucks’ lineup for the 2017-18 season one thing is clear following their many and varied free-agent acquisitions.
  They’ve improved themselves greatly.
  In Utica.
  That leaves the larger question concerning the NHL team and the Canucks certainly added quantity over t
  
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• Fire on Blackcomb Mountain near Whistler B.C.

  03-07-2017 14:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  A small wildfire has broken out on Blackcomb Mountain, near Whistler B.C.
  
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• The Morning Skate, July 3: Teammates matter

  03-07-2017 14:15 via theprovince.com
  
  Happy July!
  Have a nice weekend? I did.
  Still have today off? Lucky you.
  Did you sign a big new contract on Canada Day? Did you thank your teammates for helping you get to where are today? There’s now plenty of evidence that who your linemates are have greater impact on your production than your opponents do.
  I fired a question over to Garret Hohl, from Hockey Data. (They are doing some very interesting work in applying analytics to coaching and player development — and yes teams are
  
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• New B.C. Premier John Horgan faces Star Trek-like perils, enemies

  03-07-2017 13:52
  
  "If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here." - Alien Q to Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek Next Generation
  
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• It's summertime, and relocating invasive species is easy

  03-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  It’s summer in B.C. and an army of invading plants and animals is on the move.
  Hitching a ride on ATV tires, trailing from boat motors and enticing novice gardeners, the invaders’ advance is swift and stealthy.
  It’s also deadly.
  “Summer in B.C. is the time for recreation and gardening — and both are key pathways for invasive species,” said Gail Wallin, executive director of the Invasive Species Council of B.C.
  Name an invasive plant or animal and examine the c
  
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• International students in B.C. could be in fake marriage schemes

  03-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  The newspaper ads in India are the visible tip of a booming underground industry in fake marriages involving would-be international students.
  The prize for the “spouse” whose family buys an instant marriage with a foreign student is back-door access to a full-time job in Canada and a fast-track to citizenship.
  The matrimonial ads normally promise that the foreign students’ sham marriage, plus all travel and study expenses, will be paid for by the Indian families who are determi
  
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• CFL legend lends support to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s ‘Get Behind Lui’ campaign

  03-07-2017 09:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Win each day.
  That motto surely helped Lui Passaglia on his way to becoming a record-breaking CFL Hall of Famer, but they’ve become words to live by since he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer nearly four years ago.
  “I try to treat every day like it’s a game and win each day,” says the legendary kicker/punter, who has been cancer free for almost four years now. “And thankfully, so far so good.”
  Since his life-changing diagnosis, Passaglia has been on a missi
  
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• Longtime Hells Angel David Giles dies months after getting record sentence

  03-07-2017 06:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  Retired Vancouver Police biker specialist Brad Stephen remembers the first time he met Hells Angel David Giles in the mid-1990s.
  Stephen pulled him over on Dundas in East Vancouver after seeing Giles “peel out” of the parking lot of the old Drake Hotel.
  “I remember it vividly,” Stephen recalled Sunday. “I pulled him over and he just oozed hatred for law enforcement. You could just feel the disdain coming from his pores.”
  Stephen said he was polite with the pow
  
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• Wildfire burning at base of Blackcomb Mountain in Whistler

  03-07-2017 06:21 via theprovince.com
  
  Firefighters are battling a fire at the base of Blackcomb Mountain near Whistler Village.
  The Resort Municipality of Whistler said the ground fire was ignited around 5:30 p.m. Sunday above Painted Cliff Road in the Blackcomb Benchlands area. No homes or structures are affected.
  More than 50 firefighters from Whistler Fire Rescue Service, Whistler Backcomb, and the B.C. Wildfire Branch are responding, with at least five aircraft dropping water and fire retardant on the fire.
  The B.C. Wildfire Bra
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Jul 2

  03-07-2017 05:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Sunday, July 2, 2017.
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Jul 2

  03-07-2017 04:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Sunday, July 2, 2017 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• Vancouver Public Spaces

  03-07-2017 03:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sun, Jul 2: The city of Vancouver wants public input as they plan a long term strategy to create memorable public streets, plazas and lanways. Jill Bennett has more.
  
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• Fire burning near Harrison Hot Sprigs prompts notice-to-leave order

  03-07-2017 03:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sun, Jul 2: A frightening sight for anyone trying to enjoy their long weekend near Harrison Lake. A huge column of smoke billowing form an area north of Harrison Hot Springs, from a major wildfire that’s zero per cent contained. Grace Ke has more.
  
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• Deadly long weekend in B.C.’s waters

  03-07-2017 03:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sun, Jul 2: It’s been a deadly long weekend in B.C.’s waters. Since Friday, two young men have drowned in separate accidents. As Tanya Beja reports, it’s a tragic reminder to stay safe.
  
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• City of Vancouver buying, demolishing homes for park land

  03-07-2017 03:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sun, Jul 2: The City of Vancouver is facing some heat once again after making a decision that seems to contradict the problems we’re having with affordable housing. Last fall, we told you about the City’s buying some single family homes to make way for parkland. Now another home is facing demolition for the very...
  
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• Disabled advocates applaud Vancouver’s proposal for more accessible beaches

  03-07-2017 02:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Spinal Cord Injury BC is applauding a proposal to make one of Vancouver's beaches more accessible.
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Fun-loving Del Zotto hoping to get his groove on in Vancouver

  03-07-2017 02:06 via theprovince.com
  
  A little levity is never a bad thing.
  After the last National Hockey League season Michael Del Zotto endured in Philadelphia — injuries, lineup scratches and being deemed expendable in a movement to get even younger on the back end — the newest member of the Vancouver blue-line brigade welcomed a playful Twitter exchange with former Flyers teammate Sam Gagner on Saturday.
  It had to do with hair. It’s always about the hair.
  Gagner, one of six free agents — including Del Zo
  
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• Tallio case: Decades-long friendship with corrections officer helped lead to convicted murderer's appeal

  03-07-2017 01:48 via vancouversun.com
  
  It took a decades-long and unlikely friendship between Phillip Tallio and his one-time correctional officer, and years of dogged work by the officer’s daughter, to bring the imprisoned man’s claim of innocence before the B.C. Court of Appeal.
  Tallio pleaded guilty in 1983 to the murder of 22-month-old Delavina Mack in Bella Coola, but he has maintained his innocence — and remained in prison — ever since.
  On Friday, Justice Elizabeth Bennett ruled that Tallio&rsq
  
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• Canada 150: Six memorable moments from BC's sporting history - Vancouver Sun

  03-07-2017 01:31
  
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  Whitecaps players in parade and fans in Vancouver after winning the 1979 Soccer Bowl - goalie Phil Parkes (holding NASL championship trophy) and captain John Craven. Ralph Bower/Vancouver Sun Ralph Bower / Vancouver Sun. Share Adjust Comment ...and more »
  
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