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• Kuzma: Legendary stage awaits Daniel Sedin’s 1000 points plateau pitch

  25-11-2017 23:52 via theprovince.com
  NEW YORK — They know this is no longer their team. But it’s their moment.
  It’s fitting that on the greatest stage in professional sports, Daniel and Henrik Sedin could combine to reach a significant plateau in a Sunday matinee at Madison Square Garden.
  And as much as Daniel has refused to dwell upon or even discuss creeping closer to 1,000 career National Hockey League points — his goal and assist Friday in New Jersey placed the reluctant star at 998 and in the spotl
  
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• Married with children and living at home: Lower Mainland's multi-generational households on rise

  25-11-2017 23:42 via vancouversun.com
  Tess Strong’s adult son, his wife and their twins live in the ground-level suite and that suits her just fine.
  “Some of us have begun to realize that we aren’t going to live forever,” she said. “If you need help to live at home, what better way than to have your family with you?”
  Strong and her husband Roger — both retired — live upstairs in an Abbotsford home, which allows her son Anton to home-school his six-year-old children and work part-time.&
  
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• ‘We all want to come home at the end of the day’: Okanagan flaggers rally for safety

  25-11-2017 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Nearly 100 traffic control flaggers, road workers, service workers and emergency personnel rallied on Highway 97 in Vernon on Saturday to promote safety on the job.
  
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• City of Vancouver wants ideas on how to deal with trash from single-use items

  25-11-2017 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  “The cups and containers alone make up about half of the garbage that you see in the litter cans."
  
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• BC South Asians buzzing over harassment complaints on flights to India - Vancouver Sun

  25-11-2017 23:09 via vancouversun.com
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  BC South Asians buzzing over harassment complaints on flights to India
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  “It's the longest flight to India. So some people are drinking too much beer and getting unruly, bothering the hostesses,” says Surrey radio talk-show host Harjinder Thind. public domain / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. South Asians in B.C. are ...and more »
  
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• B.C. South Asians buzzing over harassment complaints on flights to India

  25-11-2017 23:08 via vancouversun.com
  South Asians in B.C. are buzzing about complaints of harassment, drunkenness and lewd behaviour on a regular direct flight from Vancouver to India.
  Indian media outlets, callers to Punjabi-language talk shows, social media commentators and airline passengers are reporting some older men are swearing and behaving boorishly toward flight attendants on the 13-hour flight to Delhi.
  The males’ behaviour is described as “lewd,” “brusque,” “horseplay” and &ldqu
  
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• Where's the beef? UBC develops new technique to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef

  25-11-2017 22:18 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — UBC has good news for anyone who’s been a little nervous about sinking their teeth into a juicy hamburger since horse meat was found in European beef a few years ago.
  Researchers at the university have developed a new technique to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef, using a laser-equipped spectrometer and statistical analysis.
  DNA testing can already identify foreign species in meat products, but it can’t locate offal, such as hearts, livers, kidneys a
  
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• Parole Board: Sparwood child abductor Randall Hopley still at risk to reoffend

  25-11-2017 22:14 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A convicted child abductor will stay behind bars after a parole board determined he is still likely to harm a child if released from prison.
  Randall Hopley kidnapped three-year-old Kienan Hebert from a home in Sparwood, B.C., in September 2011 and kept the boy for four days before returning him physically unharmed.
  Hopley later pleaded guilty to abducting the child, breaking and entering and possession of stolen property.
  He was designated a long-term offender and sentenced to
  
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• Vancouver musician shares personal story of domestic violence in music video - CBC.ca

  25-11-2017 21:03 via cbc.ca
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  Vancouver musician shares personal story of domestic violence in music video
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  A Vancouver musician is sharing his personal story of domestic violence saying he hopes it helps others seek help and end the stigma around the issue. Hussein Alidina — also known as DJ A-Slam from the band Global Party Starters — said he was ...
  
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• Beauty Bar: Shu Uemura Gentle Radiance Cleansing Oil Shampoo

  25-11-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A lightweight hair cleanser featuring Japanese “Onsen-inspired ferments” to help clean and purify strands. 
  Promising to give hair a “unique airy touch,” the cleansing shampoo boasts ingredients from volcanic sources to enrich the fibres of each strand while also removing scalp oil and product buildup. The result? A more balanced scalp that is free of impurities. 
  The oil elixir is free of parabens and silicones. 
  What we say: The clea
  
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• Impatient Vancouver Island dog leans on horn to tell owners to get moving

  25-11-2017 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  Sitting in the driver's seat with the windows partially open, the dog doesn't seem to be distressed, just annoyed.
  
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• Makeover: A fresh look for a career change

  25-11-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Justine Rafal was in need style overhaul. She has a busy work schedule and wanted a fresh update for a career change.
  Justine has thick and naturally dark brown hair. It was previously lightened and had two inches of outgrowth. I wanted to brighten up her colour significantly as I feel blond hair really compliments her complexion. We started by decolourizing her hair with a strong high-lifting decolourizer at her outgrowth. I then refined her base colour with a beige-blond formula, then went bac
  
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• Top volleyball teams compete in Big Kahuna Championships

  25-11-2017 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  High school volleyball teams from across British Columbia will vie for top spot in the province at the Langley Events Centre November 29 to December 2.
  
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• Saturday Chef: Seafood linguine

  25-11-2017 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  Executive Chef Wayne Sych from Joe Fortes Seafood and Chophouse shows off his easy seafood linguine recipe.
  
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• OWL Rehab sees rise in rescued birds

  25-11-2017 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation in Delta is seeing more birds of prey coming in their doors this fall. To help provide care for the injured animals, they are hosting a special fundraising event where the public can pose for a photo with Santa and one of their owl ambassadors.
  
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• Open House: Heating your home

  25-11-2017 19:48 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Nov 25: Save money on your energy costs this winter by making some small changes around your home.
  
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• Regent teases luxury Seven Seas Splendor

  25-11-2017 19:44 via theprovince.com
  Hot on the 2016 debut of its most luxurious ship to-date, Regent Seven Seas Cruises just announced the name of the sister-ship to its award-winning Seven Seas Explorer. The new ship, scheduled for delivery during the first quarter of 2020, will be called Seven Seas Splendor.
  Regent’s second Explorer-class ship will boast the same luxurious style and amenities as her predecessor, including all-suite, all-balcony accommodations and a vast array of wellness and culinary options onboard. She w
  
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• Ronning’s goal-scoring streak ends, Giants drop another one-goal affair in loss to Rockets

  25-11-2017 19:39 via theprovince.com
  November 24 Vancouver Giants vs Kelowna Rockets Highlights: https://t.co/nZOjS7QeSc via @YouTube
  — Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) November 25, 2017Ty Ronning’s goal-scoring streak goes into the Vancouver Giants’ record books at 11 games.
  Ronning failed to find the back of the net for the first time since Oct. 27 in Vancouver’s 3-2 loss to the Kelowna Rockets on Friday at the Langley Events Centre. The New York Rangers draft pick did have four shots.
  The previous team
  
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• Recipe: Easy, delicious mulled wine

  25-11-2017 19:34 via vancouversun.com
  Looking to imbibe something a little stronger than a steaming hot cup of cocoa while sitting by the fireplace? 
  Consider the holiday season’s second-favourite sip (unless, of course, you’re counting eggnog, which is undoubtedly a seasonal staple, albeit less universally beloved): mulled wine. 
  We asked the team at Two Oceans Wines to come up with an easy mulled wine recipe that was basically foolproof. The kind of recipe that could be whipped up in a flash for friends and f
  
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• Vancouver's first zero-waste grocery store open for business - CBC.ca

  25-11-2017 19:01 via cbc.ca
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  Vancouver's first zero-waste grocery store open for business
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  Vancouver's first zero-waste food grocery store officially opens Saturday. The Soap Dispensary & Kitchen Staples at 3718 Main Street joins other zero-waste grocery stores such as Salt Spring Island's Green Zero Waste Grocery, Ottawa's Nu Grocery and ...
  
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• Vancouver Canucks fall against New Jersey Devils

  25-11-2017 18:48 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Canucks fell 3-2 to the New Jersey Devils on Friday night.
  
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• Douglas Todd: B.C. could thrive under coalition governments

  25-11-2017 17:43 via vancouversun.com
  Too bad those competing to head B.C.’s Liberal party can’t take full rhetorical advantage of the alleged crisis this week in Germany’s coalition government.
  The would-be Liberal leaders seem dead-set against British Columbians voting one year from now, in November 2018, for a new way of electing a government, which could include proportional representation.
  North American foes of proportional representation often argue it will lead to more minority and coalition governments &md
  
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• Who needs Mozart or Bach when you have video-game music?

  25-11-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses
  Nov. 30, 8 p.m. | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $73 at Ticketmaster.ca
  On Feb. 21, 1986, a piece of music that has become a mainstay of the many modern symphony-orchestra repertoires had its debut. The Legend of Zelda Theme, composed by Japan’s Koji Kondo specifically for the video game’s first edition, has become synonymous with one of the most successful franchises in Nintendo’s history. 
  It comes as no surp
  
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• Letters: Singapore’s tough approach to drugs saves lives while B.C.’s kills people

  25-11-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  According to Tiffany Crawford’s story last week, drug abuse has produced 1,100 corpses in B.C. this year to date, meaning 2017 is on pace to more than double the carnage of 2016 which, in turn, dramatically increased the death rate for 2015.
  Singapore, with a million more people than B.C., has an annual drug-overdose death rate of 1.18 per 100,000 people. B.C. will bury more addicts in the next three weeks than Singapore will all year.
  Why the difference? Singapore believes in “harm
  
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• Vancouver's new housing strategy shapes next election's ballot box question - CBC.ca

  25-11-2017 16:02 via cbc.ca
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  Vancouver's new housing strategy shapes next election's ballot box question
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  Municipal governments putting out 10-year housing strategies generally don't get a lot of attention. But this is Vancouver in 2017. It's one reason why so many reporters were packed into a briefing room Thursday to receive the city's new strategy — a ...
  Why turbulence is ahead for Toronto and Vancouver's housing marketsThe Globe and Mail
  'Sea change': Vancouver considers limiting foreign proper
  
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• How this Vancouverite quit his day job to be a successful podcaster

  25-11-2017 16:00
  
  Paul Bae, a podcaster, writer, comedian and former teacher, is one half of the duo behind the popular podcast The Black Tapes.
  
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• Sold (Bought): Open-concept downtown home provides for ease of entertaining

  25-11-2017 15:39 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  5003 — 1480 Howe Street, Vancouver
  Type: Three-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment
  Size: 2,562 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: N/A
  Listed for: $5,888,900
  Sold for: $5,250,000
  Sold on: Oct. 17
  Days on market: 174
  Listing agent: Karim Virani at Virani Real Estate Advisors
  Buyers agent: Ali Eshghi at Team 3000 Realty
  The big sell: There is much anticipation surrounding the completion of downtown’s Vancouver House developmen
  
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• The Home Front: Getting the kitchen fit for holiday entertaining

  25-11-2017 15:37 via vancouversun.com
  There really is no time of the year when people aren’t thinking kitchen renovations, says well-known interior designer Jane Lockhart, and with this being the season for entertaining, their minds are on the space more than ever.
  “Twenty years ago, there was time when people stopped work at the beginning of December, but it isn’t like that any more,” she says. “Partly because the country is multicultural, so not everyone celebrates Christmas, and it’s reall
  
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• South Surrey prize home is airy, bright and down to earth

  25-11-2017 15:16 via vancouversun.com
  The VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation Millionaire Lottery prize homes just keep raising the bar when it comes to setting the standard for what a West Coast dream residence is all about.
  We recently visited the Elgin Park property in South Surrey and were once again wowed. This six-bedroom house is worth over $3.3 million, has magazine-worthy furnishings valued at $140,000, and cuts an elegant presence in the neighbourhood that is hard to miss.
  The home has high ceilings, a large landscaped back ya
  
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• Clayton Walk townhomes a family affair

  25-11-2017 15:05 via vancouversun.com
  Anthem Properties’ new Clayton Walk townhouse development in Surrey has come as a godsend for two different families with a challenge shared by many: Finding enough space at an affordable price in a housing market seen as one of the most expensive in North America.
  For Sharlini and Richard Lal, the new four-bedroom townhouse they moved into earlier this month is a welcome relief because their daughter, 11, and five-year-old son now have their own bedrooms. “My kids are ecstatic,&rdqu
  
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• Vancouver struggles to find substitutes when teachers absent - Vancouver Sun

  25-11-2017 12:01 via vancouversun.com
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  Vancouver struggles to find substitutes when teachers absent
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  The number of teacher absences that the Vancouver school district could not fill with substitutes more than quintupled from 928 days in the 2015-16 school year to 4,819 in 2016-17. “The district can't handle day-to-day absences due to illness,” said ...
  
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• Vancouver struggles to find substitutes when teachers absent

  25-11-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  The number of teacher absences that the Vancouver school district could not fill with substitutes more than quintupled from 928 days in the 2015-16 school year to 4,819 in 2016-17.
  “The district can’t handle day-to-day absences due to illness,” said Glen Hansman, president of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. “These are huge numbers and most of the time it’s kids with special needs (who) are having their services disrupted.”
  That’s because, when
  
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• Big referendum details are ‘hard-wired’

  25-11-2017 09:21
  
  Voters will be asked for input on a lot of aspects about how next year’s referendum on changing the voting system should be conducted.
  
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• Dangerous Cities

  25-11-2017 09:04 via globalnews.ca
  Maclean’s magazine has ranked Canada’s most dangerous cities, and a number of BC cities are picking up dubious distinctions.
  
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• Kelowna Rockets win 3-2 over Vancouver Giants

  25-11-2017 07:38 via globalnews.ca
  The Kelowna Rockets were seeking redemption against the Vancouver Giants Friday night. In their game last Saturday, the Giants defeated the Rockets 6-1. Doris Maria Bregolisse has highlights
  
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• 30th annual Summerland Festival of Lights

  25-11-2017 07:36 via globalnews.ca
  Thousands came out Friday night in Summerland for the 30th annual Festival of Lights event. The downtown area has now been lit up for Christmas.
  
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• Tree of Hope lights up in Kelowna for 20th year

  25-11-2017 07:30 via globalnews.ca
  The Tree of Hope was lit up Friday evening at the Landmark Centre in Kelowna, their 20th annual event. For the special anniversary, an indoor skating rink was set up on the 16th floor of Landmark 6, as well as a Christmas Pop Up Market.
  
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• Kelowna’s Tree of Hope lights up for 20th year

  25-11-2017 07:30 via globalnews.ca
  For the special anniversary an indoor skating rink and Christmas Pop Up Market has been set up on the 16 floor of Landmark 6.
  
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• The Provies: More Benning Qs than As, the next Gretz, the JV18 situation and flipping HNIC to Flowriders

  25-11-2017 06:17 via theprovince.com
  The only thing better than Boeser’s shot may be the way he takes a hit.
  Good thing, because there’s more coming.
  The Devils were hyper-focused on the Canucks breakout rookie. Kind of like this city.
  Their efforts squeezed his goal-streak dead, and left it’s mark with an old school that crackled across the continent.
  It was hard. And it was clean as a whistle.
  It also served notice. Things in the NHL are not easy. Boeser won’t always be playing Matt Murray.
  The game gets m
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Nov 24

  25-11-2017 06:08 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, November 24, 2017.
  
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• Canucks Post Game: Horvat thinks Kesler, Henrik thinks for Daniel, Devils think young

  25-11-2017 05:42 via theprovince.com
  NEWARK, N.J. — Points to ponder as the Canucks looked slow early and better late to pull to within a goal in the third period before falling 3-2 to the Devils on Friday:
  Vancouver Canucks’ centre Bo Horvat scores on New Jersey Devils’ netminder Cory Schneider during the third period of Friday’s NHL game in Newark, N.J. The Devils won 3-2.
  Horvat is thinking Kesler
  When Cory Schneider stoned Bo Horvat midway through the third period it could have easily been one of those I
  
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• Historic Shaughnessy mansion hits market for $17.88m

  25-11-2017 05:38
  
  1912 home built for one of BC’s early-20th-century forestry leaders was Vancouver’s priciest new listing of Nov. 6-12
  
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• Unique idea aims to preserve Vancouver heritage house

  25-11-2017 04:48 via globalnews.ca
  A unique development proposal aims to save a Vancouver heritage house, getting inspiration from an iconic Seattle home and a certain Pixar movie. Jill Bennett reports.
  
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• Rescued dog walker reunited with dogs

  25-11-2017 04:48 via globalnews.ca
  A heartwarming reunion in hospital, as dog walker Annette Poitras had a visit from two of the dogs that were lost with her for two days. Rumina Daya reports.
  
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• ‘Courage to Come Back’ recipient wants to give back

  25-11-2017 04:48 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave. One of the winners of B.C.’s annual “Courage to Come Back” awards is hoping to give other patients the help he got to get back on his feet. Aaron McArthur reports.
  
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• Trail cameras set up to monitor urban coyotes

  25-11-2017 04:45 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver homeowners are being recruited to set up trail cameras in their yards to monitor urban coyotes. Linda Aylesworth explains that the project hopes to discover.
  
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• Some traffic moving on Highway 1

  25-11-2017 04:45 via globalnews.ca
  Some traffic is flowing again along Highway 1 between Chilliwack and Hope. John Hua reports on how long it will be before there’s a full re-opening.
  
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• Caught on video: Altercation with Vancouver cyclist

  25-11-2017 04:45 via globalnews.ca
  An altercation caught on video between and cyclist and a driver is highlighting the aggressive riding of some cyclists. Paul Johnson reports.
  
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• Vancouver dog hospitalized after eating hard drugs at the beach

  25-11-2017 04:30 via vancouversun.com
  Another Vancouver dog has been hospitalized after eating a hard drug at the beach.
  Jean-Francois Houde’s dog, Loretta, started acting strangely after a visit to Kits Beach on Wednesday.
  “We realized she was really not able to stand at all. She was walking like she was drunk,” Houde told CTV News. “She became kind of paranoid.”Afraid of noise and lights, Loretta was taken to the 24-hour Burrard Animal Hospital, where it was discovered that the three-year-old dog may
  
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• 'Sea change': Vancouver considers 'restricting property ownership by non-permanent residents'

  25-11-2017 04:22 via vancouversun.com
  Two years ago Andy Yan’s academic work placed him in the centre of a storm. But he decided to carry on with his work, and, he recalled this week, “double down.”
  When Yan, an urban planner with Bing Thom Architects, reported in November 2015 that he’d found two-thirds of house buyers in expensive west-side Vancouver neighbourhoods had “non-Anglicized Chinese names,” he wanted to use the names to show, in the absence of more precise data, there appeare
  
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