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• Author Q&A: The Quest for Rest offers tips and tricks to get kids sleeping soundly

  11-01-2018 23:46 via vancouversun.com
  The Quest for Rest: Polly & Pickles
  By Andrea Bell and Dr. Smita N. NaidooSleep can be a struggle. Especially when you’re a parent. 
  With this in mind, two Vancouver women have joined forces to pen a book that helps teach children and parents the importance of sleep. 
  Andrea Bell and Dr. Smita N. Naidoo, the co-authors of The Quest for Rest: Polly & Pickles, chatted with Postmedia News about their new release,  catching Zs and why sleep is so important
  
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• Star Princess ready for Vancouver sailings

  11-01-2018 23:41 via theprovince.com
  One of my favorite Princess Cruises ships is getting a makeover this year before she returns for another season of cruises to Alaska from Vancouver.
  The 2,600-guest Star Princess recently went into drydock for a two-week, multi-million-dollar refurbishment that has updated several areas of this popular ship, which originally entered service in 2002.
  New changes for this year include a revamped casino, updated equipment and refurbished treatment rooms in the Lotus Spa & Fitness Center, brand-
  
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• Harrison Lake Hotel – Hot Springs B&B Package

  11-01-2018 23:37 via theprovince.com
  One night accommodation and breakfast for 2. Free use of our hot tub, sauna, public hot springs pool, Wi-Fi, underground parking and late check out. Starting at $69/night. Package available until March 15, 2018. To book this package, please call the hotel directly at 1-888-265-1155 or email: [email protected]
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• BELIZE – Save $400 on Glover’s Reef & Mayan Caves

  11-01-2018 23:33 via theprovince.com
  Island Expeditions – Save $400 on any Glover’s Reef & Mayan Cave 7 night adventure departing before Apr 30, 2018.  Call 1-800-667-1630 for details.  www.islandexpeditions.com/vs.  Free 24 page Belize Guide.  Specialising in tropical sea kayak, paddleboard & snorkel adventures, since 1987.
   
  
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• Caps ‘back to the madhouse,’ looking to uncover a gem at MLS combine

  11-01-2018 23:28 via theprovince.com
  While the rest of Wales was busy with mulled wine and Plygain, Vancouver Whitecaps coach Carl Robinson had a busy holiday “break.” 
  Six new players have recently been added to the team — with more to come — and Robinson jetted off to Orlando Wednesday afternoon to begin scouting for more at the Major League Soccer player combine, which starts today and runs until Jan. 17, just ahead of the Jan. 19 MLS SuperDraft. 
  “I had a good three days’ vacation,&
  
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• YVR adding tampon/pad dispensers in airport bathrooms following complaints

  11-01-2018 23:27 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver airport says it can do a better job when it comes to providing access to feminine hygiene products. 
  “We were recently made aware of a passenger at YVR who had a hard time finding affordably priced feminine hygiene products at YVR. This shouldn’t happen,” YVR said in statement Thursday. 
  The response comes after a CBC report this week about a Saskatoon woman, who complained she was forced to buy pads at nearly three times their usual price beca
  
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• Work crews back on the job in Surrey’s Hawthorne Park

  11-01-2018 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  Tree removal in Surrey's Hawthorne Park resumed Thursday morning after protesters stopped work Wednesday morning.
  
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• Railway crossing traffic signs aim to improve congestion in Langley, Surrey

  11-01-2018 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  The signs will be installed in the Langley and Surrey area along the Roberts Bank rail corridor, which has as many as 22 train crossings per day.
  
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• Special avalanche warning issued for B.C. interior after skier dies

  11-01-2018 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  Dangerous avalanche conditions in the B.C. interior backcountry.
  
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• Modular housing planned for Maple Ridge homeless camp residents

  11-01-2018 23:03
  The city filed an injunction to evict campers in May 2017 but later reached a negotiated an agreement to let them stay
  
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• 50 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, January 12 - Straight.com

  11-01-2018 23:02
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  50 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, January 12
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  Hot Brown Honey mixes dance, poetry, comedy, circus, striptease, and song at the York Theatre. Looking for something to do on Friday? The Straight's got you covered. Here are 50 events happening in or around Vancouver on Friday, January 12. CONCERTS ...
  
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• Analysis: Why Mayor Robertson changed his mind about seeking re-election

  11-01-2018 22:30
  
  Mayor Gregor Robertson announced Wednesday that he will not seek a fourth term as mayor.
  
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• YVR adding tampon/pad dispensers in all airport bathrooms following complaints

  11-01-2018 22:14 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Airport says it can do a better job when it comes to providing women with feminine hygiene product dispensers. 
  “We were recently made aware of a passenger at YVR who had a hard time finding affordably-priced feminine hygiene products at YVR. This shouldn’t happen,” YVR said in statement Thursday. 
  The response comes after a CBC report this week about a Saskatoon woman, who complained she was forced to buy pads at nearly three times their usual pric
  
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• Residents concerned about ‘temporary’ closure of Adanac overpass to private vehicles

  11-01-2018 22:09
  
  At 9 a.m. on a Wednesday morning, traffic is steady along Adanac Street near Boundary Road as drivers head across the Adanac overpass, which crosses over Highway 1.
  
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• B.C. Premier John Horgan mourning the loss of his older brother

  11-01-2018 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. Premier John Horgan's older brother Pat passed away over weekend after battling lung cancer. The service will be early next month in Pat's home community.
  
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• Driver dies in multi-vehicle accident near Lac La Hache

  11-01-2018 21:56 via vancouversun.com
  One person is dead following multi-vehicle accident Wednesday involving a logging truck near Lac La Hache.
  100 Mile House RCMP say the driver, a 57-year-old man, was killed when his northbound vehicle collided with a jackknifed logging truck on Highway 97 South.
  Police say the loaded logging truck was headed southbound when it lost control after clipping another semi truck it was attempting to pass.
  A youth passenger in the northbound vehicle was transported to hospital with minor injuries. Poli
  
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• Man jailed 21 months in UBC frat house sex assault of sleeping student

  11-01-2018 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  A man who was convicted of sexually assaulting a female student while she was sleeping at a UBC fraternity house has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.
  Mathew Aaron Shufelt, 28, who pleaded guilty to the February 2015 sexual assault, will also be on probation for 18 months after serving the jail time and be on the sex offender registry for 2o years.
  In imposing sentence on Shufelt, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael Tammen noted that the victim,  who was 21 years old and a third-year st
  
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• Richard Bell appointed Chair of Arts Club Theatre Company Board of Directors

  11-01-2018 21:53 via vancouversun.com
  Entrepreneur Richard Bell has been named as the Chair of the Arts Club Theatre Company Board of Directors. The board provides the not-for-profit company with governance to keep it on a solid financial base so it continues to produce shows at its three venues, tour the province and develop both its education and commission initiatives.
  Bell co-founded Yongle Technologies Inc. and founded Bell Alliance, both companies dedicated to developing a paperless model for doing business. Bell has been
  
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• How to Cut Travel Queues

  11-01-2018 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  Travel expert Claire Newell with tips on saving time during travel and holidays
  
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• 2 arrested at Kinder Morgan site in Burnaby

  11-01-2018 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  Thurs. Jan. 11: Video posted to the Camp Cloud at KM Surveillance Post Facebook page show Burnaby RCMP using a battering ram to break down the door of a trailer.
  
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• 2 arrested at Kinder Morgan demonstration site in Burnaby

  11-01-2018 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  Burnaby RCMP confirm that Wednesday officers attempted to execute a warrant to remove the occupants of a trailer on Shellmount Street.
  
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• Mexican Lentil Soup

  11-01-2018 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  Bestselling chef Greta Podleski shows us how to make the ultimate comfort dish for the cold months – a healthy and delicious Mexican lentil soup.
  
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• Stealth shuffle off to Buffalo, looking for first win of their NLL season

  11-01-2018 21:18 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Stealth will likely see a familiar face in the opposing net as they look to get their offence going Saturday.
  Alexis Buque is expected to get the start in goal for the Buffalo Bandits (2-2) when they play host to the Stealth (0-4) in National Lacrosse League action at KeyBank Centre (4:30 p.m., TSN 1410).
  Buque is third in the NLL in minutes played.
  The 25-year-old spends his summers suiting up  for the New Westminster Salmonbellies of the Western Lacrosse Association, and was
  
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• Congrats, grads! High school completion rates are up across B.C.

  11-01-2018 21:16
  High school completion rates across B.C. are on the rise— and the greatest gains are among Indigenous students and students with special needs, the B.C. Education Ministry says.
  
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• Two people charged in Richmond gold scam

  11-01-2018 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  Richmond RCMP say two people have been charged after allegedly selling fake gold Chinese artifacts.
  
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• Poll finds one-in-five Canadians prescribed opioids

  11-01-2018 21:09
  
  Survey finds higher rate of B.C. residents consider number of opioid-related deaths a crisis.
  
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• Brother of B.C. Premier John Horgan dies of cancer

  11-01-2018 21:02 via vancouversun.com
  Pat Horgan, the older brother of B.C. Premier John Horgan, has died of cancer at the age of 71.
  “It’s with great sadness that we announce that Pat Horgan, Premier John Horgan’s brother, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018,” the premier’s office said in a statement released Thursday.
  “He will be deeply missed by his family and friends.”A service will be held in Pat Horgan’s home community of Port McNeill on Feb. 10.
  Horgan served as a program coor
  
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• Park board still negotiating new agreement with several community centres

  11-01-2018 21:01
  
  More than half of the city’s community centres have signed a new agreement with Vancouver Park Board, however, several are still in negotiations.
  
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• Gordon Clark: Vancouver needs MORE density?! Are you nuts?!

  11-01-2018 20:38 via theprovince.com
  The Fraser Institute has expressed unpopular, contrarian views for decades, often driving their highly vocal critics into angry, sputtering fits of hysteria. Its new report arguing that Vancouver needs even higher population density won’t change that, at least among some people.
  In Room to Grow: Comparing Urban Density in Canada and Abroad, institute senior policy analyst Josef Filipowicz argues that Vancouver — already Canada’s densest city with 5,493 inhabitants per squa
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend – Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018

  11-01-2018 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things for Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018.
  
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• Vancouver International Dance Festival – March 1-24, 2018

  11-01-2018 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) proudly announces its sweeping 2018 Festival Season: a diverse and dynamic roster of internationally-celebrated artists and local favourites, presenting three weeks of endlessly enriching performances, workshops, and a host of dance activities from March 1-24, 2018, at various venues throughout Vancouver. The festival presents four Canadian premieres from New...
  
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• Canada's Olympic men’s hockey team a bit of a gang of misfits

  11-01-2018 20:23
  
  Um, who are these guys? That could very well be the consensus thought in hockey circles Thursday morning, as Hockey Canada released its 25-man roster ahead of next month’s winter Olympics.
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend – Thursday, Jan 11

  11-01-2018 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  Thursday, Jan. 11: Here are your five things to do for this weekend.
  
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• Keyboard Kimura: Is Paige VanZant still worthy as a UFC headliner?

  11-01-2018 20:10 via theprovince.com
  The UFC needs to stop trying to make Paige VanZant happen.
  She’s unquestionably marketable and a genuinely kind, personable, telegenic young woman, but to this point in her career, she’s a solid prospect who already seems to have plateaued and enters her main card matchup with Jessica-Rose Clark on Sunday in St. Louis in dire need of a strong bounce-back effort.
  Fighting for the first time in over a year and coming off a first-round submission loss to Michelle Waterson, VanZant is lo
  
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• Chilliwack snow ahead of winter storm warnings

  11-01-2018 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  An early morning dusting in Chilliwack ahead of winter storm warnings issued for the eastern Fraser Valley. Up to 30cm of snow is expected today with another storm coming on Friday.
  
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• Have we skapegoated Mayor Gregor Robertson on housing?

  11-01-2018 20:08 via vancouversun.com
  Many commentators are correct in saying that Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson was slow to recognize how an onslaught of foreign capital was making the city’s housing unaffordable.
  Along with all the strong criticism Robertson has taken on social media, The Vancouver Sun and Province have frequently reported on people arguing he’s fallen gravely short on housing.
  Following Robertson’s announcement Wednesday that he would not seek another term in office, Globe columnist Gary Maso
  
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• Vancouver gym teacher suspended after student passes out from headlock - Vancouver Sun

  11-01-2018 20:01
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  Vancouver gym teacher suspended after student passes out from headlock
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  A Vancouver gym teacher has been suspended after he put a 15-year-old girl in a headlock and she passed out. Sebastian Duda / Fotolia. Share Adjust Comment Print. A Vancouver high school teacher has been suspended after he put a 15-year-old girl in a ...and more »
  
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• Vancouver gym teacher suspended after student passes out from headlock

  11-01-2018 20:01 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver high school teacher has been suspended after he put a 15-year-old girl in a headlock in gym class and she passed out.
  On May 15, Weldon Cheung asked a female student in his Grade 10 physical education class to demonstrate a type of curl-up, according to an agreed statement of facts with the British Columbia Commissioner for Teacher Regulation. 
  As she was demonstrating, he punched her in the stomach, claiming if done right, the muscles flex and it should not hurt, the agreement
  
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• Johnston: Robinson’s new tune for 2018 still has hints of 2017’s

  11-01-2018 19:41 via theprovince.com
  Carl Robinson’s message was clear Wednesday: his Major League Soccer squad will probably be playing a new way in 2018.
  Of course, when you sit back and contemplate what “new” means here, it’s really more like “new-ish.”
  The Welshman has built defence-first lineups and approaches since he first became coach of the Whitecaps in 2014.
  There’s little reason to think his approach will change all that much, but he did admit he knew his team lacked some flexibi
  
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• Closing Events of Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

  11-01-2018 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC invites you to the closing celebration of Amazonia: The Rights of Nature on Saturday, January 27, 2018 from 1-4pm. While running, this exhibit explored the creative ideas that inspire Indigenous resistance to threats facing the world’s largest rainforest. To commemorate the exhibition’s end, MOA will be hosting Amazonian...
  
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• The Pat-cast: Road woes

  11-01-2018 19:24 via theprovince.com
  The Canucks are on a big eastern road swing and so are Jeff Paterson and Jason Botchford so it’s time for another Pat-cast, powered by Eagle Ridge GM.
  http://media.blubrry.com/theprovincesports/p/archive.org/download/jan_11_pat-cast/jan_11_pat-cast.mp3
  Where is Jeff’s luggage? How *did* the guys get from Montreal to Washington, anyway?
  Saturday’s game in Toronto proved to be a coming out party for the Canucks’ star rookie, as Boeser mania swept through the Centre of the U
  
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• Vancouver Sun and The Province negatives donated to Vancouver Archives - Vancouver Sun

  11-01-2018 19:01
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  Vancouver Sun and The Province negatives donated to Vancouver Archives
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  Sun and Province Librarian Carolyn Soltau checks out some of the negatives donated to the Vancouver Archives. Arlen Redekop / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. The Vancouver Sun and Province are donating their collection of photographic negatives to the ...
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• Vancouver Sun and The Province negatives donated to Vancouver Archives

  11-01-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Sun and Province are donating their collection of photographic negatives to the Vancouver Archives — the largest donation in the history of the civic institution.
  The donation of an estimated two million images spanning more than half a century will more than double the Archives’ collection of 1.6 million negatives. 
  The negatives include all photo shoots from the 1970s, ’80s and early ’90s, when the papers switched over to digital photography
  
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• City wants to improve the public’s experience of speaking at council meetings

  11-01-2018 18:56
  
  Time is running out if you want to submit input about what it’s like to speak at city council.
  
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• Poll finds 12 per cent of Canadians know someone addicted to opioids

  11-01-2018 18:55 via vancouversun.com
  A significant number of Canadians have a buddy or relative addicted to opioids, according to a new poll from the Angus Reid Institute.The survey, released Wednesday, found one-in-eight (12 per cent) – the equivalent of nearly 3.5 million Canadian adults – say they have close friends or family members who have become dependent on opioids in the last five years.
  And, nearly 20 per cent of Canadians say they have been prescribed opioids.Surprisingly, in B.C., the province with the
  
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• 5 must-see shows at 2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

  11-01-2018 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
  Jan. 16-Feb. 4 | Various venues
  Tickets and info: pushfestival.caWith 20 main stage pieces, eight Club PuSh performances, films, industry sessions and more, the 14th annual PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is a lot to wrap your head around. Every year, different attendees employ assorted strategies to select their shows.
  Sometimes, just going for the spotlight country offers is a good plan. This year there are a group of works from
  
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• Legend Lin Dance Theatre highlights Taiwan in spectacular The Eternal Tides

  11-01-2018 17:45 via vancouversun.com
  The Eternal Tides
  Feb. 3, 8 p.m. | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $39, pushfestival.caLin Lee-Chen is a creative firebrand whose work with her Legend Lin Dance Theatre has seen her recognized as one of the world’s most significant choreographers by the Franco-German TV network ARTE.
  Since founding her company in 1995, Lin has played a key role in exposing the distinct and forward-thinking movement arts of Taiwan globally and at home is revered as a living master. 
  The
  
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• Snowfall warning for Fraser Valley as storm moves in

  11-01-2018 17:44 via globalnews.ca
  Some parts could see 15 centimetres while others could get up to 30.
  
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• Travel Best Bets: Hotel dont’s

  11-01-2018 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  Travel expert Claire Newell with tips on what not to do when staying in a hotel
  
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• The Morning Skate, Jan. 11: Boeser vs. Barzie – is there anything else to watch?

  11-01-2018 17:25 via theprovince.com
  Oh God, I just realized the Canucks’ road trip hasn’t even reached hump day. There are still four more games: Columbus, Minnesota, Edmonton, Winnipeg.
  When they finally return home in 12 days, they get the L.A. Kings.
  And as Botchford points out, this team is actually in worse shape in the standings than last year. Last! Year!
  Dark days, indeed.
  All you can do is keep Skating …
  The home team
  Dunno ’bout you, but I’ve already stopped looking at or caring about the C
  
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