The City of Vancouver will observe World Diabetes Day on Tuesday by offering free diabetes risk assessments at Vancouver community centres.
Type 2 diabetes is on the rise, especially in cities, where two thirds of incidents of diabetes are reported, said the city, per a news release, adding that the need to educate the public about prevention of the disorder is “urgent”.
Seven per cent of Vancouver’s population has been diagnosed with diabetes and, left unchecked, that num
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Vancouver offers free diabetes risk assessments for World Diabetes Day
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Surrey RCMP ask for public's help to find missing teen
via vancouversun.comSurrey RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Hailey McLelland.
The 14-year-old girl has not been seen since she was dropped off at school in South Surrey on Oct. 13.
Police say it’s not unusual for McLelland to be away from her home for two to three weeks at a time, but with the weather turning colder, her family is concerned for her well-being.
McLelland is described as standing 5-feet-5 and weighing 108 pounds with pink hair and blue eyes.
She is kn -
20 years after Reena Virk’s death, a focus on healing, youth-violence prevention
via vancouversun.comTwenty years later, the brutal killing of 14-year-old Reena Virk still resonates as one of the most horrific cases of teen bullying ever witnessed in Greater Victoria.
On a rainy night Nov, 14, 1997, Reena was swarmed and beaten by a group of teens under the Craigflower Bridge. As Reena limped across the bridge, Warren Glowatski, 16, and Kelly Ellard, 15, followed her, continued the assault and then drowned her by holding her head under water. Her body was found eight days later.
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Vancouver police apprehend high-risk sex offender
via vancouversun.comVancouver police have re-arrested a high-risk sex offender who was the subject of a Canada-wide warrant for failing to return to his Vancouver halfway house.
While police say the 40-year-old Schafer did not commit any additional offences when he was apprehended Friday, investigators will be looking into his whereabouts since Oct. 26 when the warrant was issued for his arrest.
Schafer has a long criminal history that includes break-and-enter, sexual assaults, uttering threats, robbery, and assaul -
COMMENTARY: Can there be a good ending for the Site C dam?
via globalnews.caEither way, the eventual decision is guaranteed to cost taxpayers an enormous amount of money. -
International: 15 bestselling books of the week, Nov. 11
via vancouversun.com1. The Sun and Her Flowers — Rupi Kaur
2. Origin — Dan Brown
3. Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck — Mark Manson
4. Rooster Bar — John Grisham
5. 5 Ingredients — Quick and Easy Food — Jamie Oliver
6. Christmas at the Vinyl Café — Stuart McLean
7. The Wisdom of Sundays — Oprah
8. Milk and honey — Rupi Kaur
9. Leonardo da Vinci — Walter Isaacson
10. Turtles All the Way Down&m -
UBC Thunderbirds will face familiar foe in Hardy Cup final
via theprovince.comThe Bakersfield Bandit’s thieving ways could be key if the UBC Thunderbirds hope to steal a win in Saturday’s Hardy Cup.
Thunderbirds safety Stavros Katsantonis, the Bakersfield, Calif., native, was named Canada West’s Outstanding Defensive Player this week, after a regular season that saw him tie for the conference lead in interceptions (four) and forced fumbles (three).
The T-Birds take on the Calgary Dinos at McMahon Stadium on Saturday (Noon, online on Cana -
Cypress and Grouse Mountains opening early today for ski season
via globalnews.caStaff are busy grooming and getting runs ready at Cypress Mountain, kicking off the first ski and snowboarding day of the season. -
Drug-checking project to be expanded to fight overdoses
via vancouversun.comThe provincial government has expanded a pilot project that tests illicit drugs for contaminants in an effort to prevent overdoses.
“We continue to grapple in British Columbia with the worst public health emergency that we’ve experienced in this province in decades,” Judy Darcy, the minister of mental health and addictions, said during a news conference in Vancouver on Friday.
“This is heartbreaking, it’s unacceptable, and it’s preventable.”
The pro -
Ed Willes: For Boeser or worse, Canucks committing to Benning’s vision
via theprovince.comIn the ongoing debate over Jim Benning’s managerial acumen, there’s really only one opinion that counts, and if the Vancouver Canucks’ general manager was concerned about his job security, that matter was laid to rest this week.
“I am pleased with how Jim has performed,” Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini told Sportsnet 650.
“I’m optimistic we’re going to come to an agreement with him.”
And there it is. Unless something changes dramatically &md -
Obituary: Vancouver artist Richard Hambleton remembered for fake crime scene outlines
via vancouversun.comOne writer called Richard Hambleton the “forgotten father of street art.” Others said he was “a sick jokester” and the creator of “scary sidewalks” for his distinctive crime scene silhouettes.
Born in Vancouver, Hambleton moved to New York where, in the 1980s, he became part of the city’s East Village scene that produced art stars such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.
Hambleton died in an apartment in the Lower East Side of New York on Oct -
This Week in History: 1917 Five brothers fought in the First World War, only three returned
via vancouversun.comThe First World War ended 99 years ago, on Nov. 11, 1918.
But a year earlier, the fighting was still raging. Every day, Vancouver’s newspapers carried lists of Canadian soldiers that had been killed, gassed, wounded or were missing.
Sometimes there were photos of the dead, along with small stories. On Nov. 10, 1910, the Province carried a composite photo of five brothers.
“Of Five Campbell Brothers, Two Have Been Killed, One Wounded, And Two Still Serve,” said a headline. -
Perks and promises in Mark Messier’s handwritten Canucks contract
via theprovince.comMark Messier was expected to lead the Canucks to new heights when he signed in Vancouver as a free agent. He didn’t.
Instead, Messier’s Canucks missed the playoffs in three straight years before the team bought him out. The fans blamed him for that, and they also blamed him when Trevor Linden, who had ceded the captaincy to the future Hall of Famer, was traded by Mike Keenan to the New York Islanders. And no one liked that he insisted on wearing No. 11, which had been unofficially re -
Nazi graffiti discovered in halls of UBC
via vancouversun.comThe Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center is condemning racist graffiti, which included a swastika and “Heil Hitler,” that was discovered Thursday on a hallway blackboard at UBC’s Forest Sciences Centre.
A photo of the graffiti was posted on the Facebook page of Hillel B.C., a Jewish student organization, which reported it to campus security.
In the Facebook post, Rabbi Philip Bregman says a student also reported seeing more Nazi graffiti at a different pa -
Degrassi Jr. High Reunion at FanExpo
via globalnews.caWe talk to Pat Mastroianni, Stefan Brogren, Stacie Mistysyn and Kirsten Bourne of Degrassi Jr. High. They have come together for FanExpo Vancouver and talk about what it means to have been part of an iconic Canadian show. -
B.C. man sentenced to four years for harassing ex-wife online
via vancouversun.comVANCOUVER — A British Columbia man convicted of criminally harassing his ex-wife through a revenge website has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison.
After time served is taken into account, Patrick Fox will spend nearly two years in prison and be on probation for three years after his release.
Fox was found guilty by a jury in June of criminally harassing his ex-wife Desiree Capuano through threatening emails and a website that maligns her as a white supremacist, drug addict and c -
Edible Canada’s Across the Top – Pan Roasted Arctic Char
via globalnews.caEric Pateman from Edible Canada shows us how to make Pan Roasted Arctic Char and how you could join a once in a lifetime trip to Arctic. -
Trail Appliances Jr. Chef Challenge – Team #4 Amelia and Wayne
via globalnews.caThe fourth team in our competition sees Jr. Chef Amelia Spiteri paired with Chef Wayne Sych of Joe Fortes. They put their own twist on the mandatory ingredients in the Trail Appliances Jr. Chef Challenge. -
Early ski season for local mountains
via globalnews.caChristmas comes early for skiers as both Cypress and Grouse mountains open today. Jennifer Palma reports. -
B.C. man going to prison for creating revenge website against ex-wife
via globalnews.caPatrick Fox was accused of tormenting his ex-wife, Desiree Capuano, through online communications and publications. -
Richard Sherman’s injury an example of why players don’t like Thursday Night Football
via theprovince.comGLENDALE, Ariz. — Richard Sherman limped off the field with a ruptured Achilles tendon, just one of a host of players knocked out of the Seattle Seahawks’ 22-16 victory over the Arizona Cardinals.
“It’s a good division win, a good team win,” Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner said afterward, “but it’s hard to truly appreciate it when you see a lot of guys go down with minor injuries, serious injuries.”
Players don’t like Thursday night football, -
Town Talk: Hereditary cancer research gets $2.6-million boost at gala
via vancouversun.comINSPIRED NIGHT: B.C. Cancer Foundation president-CEO Sarah Roth left the Hotel Vancouver recently with $2.61 million in hand. Raised at the Inspiration gala, it will help hereditary cancer program co-leader Intan Schrader and researchers find and address genetic risks that may influence up to 10 per cent of advanced cancers. Gala familiars Tamara Taggart chaired and Jane Hungerford and Deborah Roitberg co-chaired the event that received $600,000 from the Chan Family Foundation. Laurie Rix added -
Overdose prevention plan
via globalnews.caWith drug deaths in BC at record levels, BC has announced new measures aimed at saving lives including the launch of a specialized drug-checking machine. Nadia Stewart reports. -
5 things to do this weekend – Friday, November 10, 2017
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Merritt RCMP sergeant charged with assault
via vancouversun.comA Merritt RCMP officer has been charged with assault.
The charge against Sgt. Norm Flemming was sworn in B.C. Provincial Court in Merritt on Thursday. Flemming’s first appearance is set for Dec. 5.
The charge was laid in connection with an incident that took place at the detachment on May 15.
The B.C. Prosecution Service, which approved the charge, did not provide details about the incident.
The Crown prosecutor who approved the charge is located in a different area of the province than Fl -
Q&A: Chopard opens boutique in Vancouver
via vancouversun.comVancouver’s luxury shopping offering has expanded yet again.
Swiss watch and jewelry maker Chopard — which is renowned for its “Haute Horlogerie,” (read: ultra-luxury creations) — has opened its largest free-standing boutique in Canada and its first location in the city at 925 W Georgia St.
Philipp Ammann, wholesale director for the 157-year-old company, which opened the Vancouver shop in partnership with the Vancouver-based Global Watch Company, recently -
VISAFF 2017: Bollywood beauty Huma Qureshi not your regular dancing-around-a-tree kind of actress
via vancouversun.comConversation with Huma Q
Nov. 16, 4 p.m. | Centre Stage at Surrey City Hall
Tickets and info: $28-33, tickets.surrey.caHuma Qureshi made her Bollywood debut as Mohsina Hamid, a gangster’s wife, in Gangs of Wasseypur five years ago.
One line in that film spoken by the Indian actress — featured guest at this year’s Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival — still resonates all these years later: Permission lena chahiye na (you need permission b -
Book review: The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Garcia-Moreno
via vancouversun.comThe Beautiful Ones
By Silvia Garcia-Moreno
Thomas Dunne Books
Vancouver writer Silvia Garcia-Moreno never ceases to amaze readers.
It’s not just her skills as a writer, which are beyond reproach. It’s her willingness to risk new approaches and entirely new genres with what seems, from the outside, to be a heedlessness and a reckless joy.Signal to Noise, her first novel, was a coming-of-age tale that captured the magic — both literal and figurative — of music f -
B.C. child-killer's angry outbursts have dropped in past six months: psychiatrist
via vancouversun.comPORT COQUITLAM — A psychiatrist says a British Columbia man found not criminally responsible for killing his three children still struggles with anger-management issues but his outbursts have dropped in frequency and intensity.
Dr. Marcel Hediger told a B.C. Review Board hearing today that Allan Schoenborn still struggles to put his anger management techniques into practice but has better insight afterwards into what caused him to react.
Hediger says while Schoenborn has improved in the la -
2017's Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival ties into Women Economic Forum
via vancouversun.comVancouver International South Asian Film Festival
Nov. 16-19 | Various venues
Tickets and info: visaff.ca
If you’re a film buff, love Indian food and want to experience some Bollywood glitz and glamour, the Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival is everything you have been looking for.
You may even get a chance to walk down the red carpet with Bollywood actress Huma Qureshi, special guest at the festival this year.
VISAFF will showcase international as well as Canadian film -
Delta police officer administers naloxone after finding driver slumped over the wheel
via globalnews.caA Delta police officer jumped into action Thursday night, administering Naloxone to a driver found slumped over the wheel. -
Sports Page gets exhibit at the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame
via vancouversun.comSports Page, the iconic and beloved Vancouver sports highlights TV show that launched the careers of some of sports broadcasting’s biggest hitters, is getting its own exhibit at the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame.
Sports Page: The Exhibit celebrates the 40th anniversary of the start of the show, which first hit the airwaves in 1977 on CKVU.
Canucks play-by-play man John Shorthouse’s career started on CKVU’s Sports Page.
The show, which launched the careers of Don -
Fab 5: Ear candy
via vancouversun.comA tassel here, a jewel there: there’s no limit to the dazzle that a pair of earrings can bring to your look. Whether you’re seeking to upgrade a simple jeans-and-white button-down ensemble or for the ultimate finishing touch for an evening out, don’t underestimate the power of a statement earring. From cheap-and-cheerful jewellery fix to handmade investment,
Rebecca Tay presents five pairs to try on now:
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Bright green isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but it -
B.C.: 15 bestselling books of the week, Nov. 11
via vancouversun.com1. Chasing Smoke: A Wildfire Memoir — Aaron Williams (Harbour Publishing).
2. Harry: A Wilderness Dog Saga — Chris Czajkowski (Harbour Publishing).
3. Opportunity Knox: Twenty Years of Award-Losing Humour Writing — Jack Knox (Heritage House).
4. On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers — Pat Carney (TouchWood Editions).
5. The Haunting of Vancouver Island: Supernatural Encounters with the Other Side — Shanon Sinn (Touch -
Panama’s Indigenous Kuna Tribe: A World Away from the Panama Canal
via theprovince.comA 90 minute flight northeast from Panama City takes you to the land of the Kuna people (also spelled Guna or Cuna) and the beauty and isolation of the San Blas Islands, on Panama’s Caribbean coastline.
Some cruise ships will stop at an island inhabited by the Kuna, but if you have a sense of adventure and want a more authentic experience, take a commuter flight in a 12-seater prop plane, via El Porvenir to Achutupu.
The first stop at El Porvenir is, in itself, a major part of the experienc -
Silversea offers free shore excursions
via theprovince.comI love writing about good cruise deals, and ultra-luxury line Silversea has a great one right now. New bookings made between now and November 31, 2017 on select voyages to the Caribbean in 2018 are eligible for a free shore excursion in every port of call.
Departures with this offer are available on select Caribbean cruises aboard the elegant 296-guest Silver Wind, as well as Silversea’s newest ship, the 596-guest Silver Muse. An entire list of complimentary excursions is available, includ -
Trail Appliances Jr. Chef Challenge – Team #5 Kaylyn & Alessandro
via globalnews.caTeam #5 Kaylyn & Alessandro” – Our final team in the Trail Appliances Jr. Chef challenge sees Kaylyn Bell paired with Gooseneck Hospitality Development Chef Alessandro Vianello. They try to top the other competitors by putting their own spin on the mandatory ingredients. -
B.C.’s Narnia: The Broughton Archipelago
via theprovince.com“Where are we, Narnia?”
They’re the first words out of the mouth of a travel companion the moment we climb from our zodiac and step on the shores of a Bond Sound estuary. In front of us all, is a majestic C. S. Lewis landscape: blue cloud-wisped sky, snow-strewn mountain jags, shaggy cedar slopes, rock-studded beaches carved by cold rivers. And, somewhere in there, bears.
The Broughton Archipelago is B.C.’s largest marine park, a spray of islets at the mouth of Knight Inl -
Belize – Save 40% on Nov/Dec Adventures
via theprovince.comIsland Expeditions – Specialising in tropical sea kayak, paddleboard & snorkel adventures, since 1987. Book by Nov 24 & receive up to 40% on trips departing before December 20, 2017! Call 1-800-667-1630 or visit www.islandexpeditions.com/vs for details. FREE 24 page Belize Guide. -
Biggest Sale of the Year at Long Beach Lodge, Tofino
via theprovince.comOur biggest sale of the year is happening on Friday November 24th and is available exclusively to our valued E-Newsletter subscribers! Long Beach Lodge Resort will be offering a great discount off our Storm Season room rates (already the lowest rates of the year!) Visit our website and sign up for our newsletter by November 20th to receive further details on the sale.
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Mapping Canada’s war dead, house by house
via globalnews.caFive interactive maps show Canada's war dead at the intimate scale of individual homes. -
Drug checking pilot project to be expanded to prevent overdoses
via vancouversun.comThe provincial government has expanded a pilot project that involves testing illicit drugs for contaminants in an effort to prevent overdoses.
“We continue to grapple in British Columbia with the worst public health emergency that we’ve experienced in this province in decades,” Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Judy Darcy said during a news conference in Vancouver on Friday.
“This is heartbreaking, it’s unacceptable, and it’s preventable.”
The pro -
Chinese-Canadian veterans fought in secret WWII unit and helped changed laws
via vancouversun.comGiant monkeys in the jungle are what Ronald Lee remembers most about his Second World War “adventure” in Burma as part of a dangerous and secret British-led operation.
“They’d come and steal your food!” he says laughing. “We had to shoot them for meat, for food.”
At 98, the dapper Vancouver-born resident with a gleaming smile says little about the hardships his unit of eight commandos faced far from their home on Canada’s West Coast.
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Daily Poll: Are you giving less to charity?
via vancouversun.comA new study says Canadians are giving less to charity.
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Charitable giving in B.C. on the decline, study saysAccording to CanadaHelps, data collected from the Canada Revenue Agency and Statistics Canada shows 31 per cent of B.C. families claimed charitable donations in 2015, down from 34 per cent five years before.
Nationally, charitable donations are down more than five per cent — 39.9 per cent in 2015 compared to 45.3 per cent in 2006.
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Vancouver drug users will now be able to test their drugs for fentanyl
via globalnews.caB.C.'s new mental health addictions minister will join Vancouver's mayor this morning to talk about the overdose crisis in the province. -
B.C. woman travels to Scotland to honour grandfather who was hero at Passchendaele
via globalnews.caIn advance of the 100th anniversary Passchendaele, the BBC put out a call looking for family members of Robert Shankland, a First World War hero who fought in the Battle of Passchendaele. -
TedX Vancouver Preview
via globalnews.caMore than a dozen speakers and performers are lined up for Tedx Vancouver this Sunday, November 12th, at The Playhouse. Sonia interviews Creative Director Christopher Bennett. -
New Audain Art Museum endowment set at $50 million
via vancouversun.comPhilanthropist Michael Audain is aiming to double the size of the permanent endowment for the Audain Art Museum in Whistler to $50 million.
Audain said he set the higher target because of the success of the current fundraising campaign for the endowment. In about 2 ½ years, the campaign has raised $24 million of its $25 million target.
“I just felt we couldn’t take the attitude that we’ve reached the $25 million target, therefore we’re not going to build the e -
COMMENTARY: Guns didn’t cause the Sutherland Springs shooting
via globalnews.caIn Sutherland Springs, the NRA did what gun control failed to do: stop a mass shooter in his tracks. -
The Morning Skate, Nov. 10: There will be nights like this
via theprovince.comHe’s got a big personality.
He clearly spends time thinking about stuff.
He’s been very successful.
He grew up in challenging circumstances.
He’s taken his gifts and done everything he can with them.
Sounds like a reasonable choice.Let’s get skating.
The Home Team
There are always going to be stinkers, so that last night went as badly as it did should be no surprise.
(Here’s Kuzma’s Post Game Blog and here are the Provies, but you’ve probably already rea
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