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• TED Talks seek to highlight "age of amazement," good or bad, in 2018 edition

  06-04-2018 23:57 via vancouversun.com
  The 2018 edition of the TED Talks conference lands in Vancouver Tuesday under the theme “age of amazement,” though organization head Chris Anderson is adamant that won’t mean looking at the world through rose-coloured glasses.
  TED opens for its five-day run in the city on the heels of the Facebook data scandal that saw the personal data of millions exploited for political means in the U.K and U.S., and Anderson maintains that the event is prepared to confront the dark sides of
  
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• Open house for lot-assembly Grandview condo building

  06-04-2018 23:47
  
  Proposal is for a six-storey condo building with 68 market residential units at East Broadway and Garden Drive
  
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• Jason Botchford: Running on fumes, Sedins prep for last call in Edmonton

  06-04-2018 23:43 via theprovince.com
  It took 18 years for hockey to tire out the Sedin twins.
  Also, it took a weeklong love-in so endearing everyone in Vancouver seemed to want to play a part in it. It took a lineup of tributes which, at this rate, may not fizzle out until June. And it took the most emotional game the Sedins have ever played.
  If someone could adapt Thursday’s NHL game into a Broadway-like show it would play to sellout crowds in Vancouver for years. There would be an emotional powerhouse story told and through
  
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• IHIT seeks help solving murder of Squamish woman

  06-04-2018 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  Corporal Frank Jang speaks at an IHIT press conference on Friday about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of 28-year-old Raena Henry.
  
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• This Week in History: 1900: The World's Leading Specialist, or a quack? The story of Dr. Powell Reeves

  06-04-2018 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  Newspapers in the late-1800s and early-1900s were filled with crazy ads for miracle health cures. The mother of them all may have belonged to Dr. Powell Reeves, who took out a giant missive in the Vancouver World on April 7, 1900.
  “Consult The Old Doctor,” said the top of the ad. “You Can Be Cured!”
  Cured of what? Most anything, if you believed the ad, which touted Dr. Reeves as the “World’s Leading Specialist.”
  “RUPTURE, VARICOELE, LOST MANHOOD, C
  
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• Walking the 5 boroughs of New York City

  06-04-2018 23:08 via theprovince.com
  Last fall, a question circled around my head – “Can I go to New York City and walk around the five boroughs?” I pulled out an old road map and laid it on the kitchen table; ran my finger in a big circle and estimated the mileage to complete the walk.
  If New York City is the parent, then the boroughs –Staten Island, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx- are the children, each with their own character.
  The five boroughs of New York.
  A few weeks later, the plane landed
  
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• Police respond to 845 calls in 14 months to Downtown Eastside hotel

  06-04-2018 23:08
  
  Vancouver Police Department statistics show officers responded to 845 calls in and outside the Regent Hotel on East Hastings St. between Jan.1 2007 and Feb. 22, 2018.
  
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• Another condominium high-rise could tower over downtown Kelowna

  06-04-2018 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  Condo sales are expected to begin this summer with prices starting in the $300,000's.
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend for Friday, April 6 2018

  06-04-2018 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend for Friday, April 6, 2018.
  
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• At least 3 people escape from Surrey house fire

  06-04-2018 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  The fire broke out around 7 a.m. at the home on 108 Avenue and 140 Street.
  
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• Most fentanyl overdose survivors need little hospital care, UBC study finds

  06-04-2018 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  People who receive an antidote promptly after a fentanyl overdose and show no complications require little hospital care, according to a study by physicians at the University of British Columbia.
  The finding could drive policy change at emergency rooms across B.C., where low-risk overdose survivors may be kept for six to 12 hours and sometimes even admitted overnight for observation.
  Fentanyl overdoses kill an average of four British Columbians each day and the volume of cases takes a heavy toll
  
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• Howe Sound brewing rallies behind staffer hit by police vehicle

  06-04-2018 22:11
  
  29-year-old Brendan Keogh of Ireland still in serious condition after March 13 accident in Squamish.
  
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• High-water hazards force closure of Vernon area hiking trails

  06-04-2018 21:43 via globalnews.ca
  The creek level is being monitored and the trails will be re-opened when they're safe to use.
  
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• Oilpatch CEO says Trudeau needs to give real pipeline support, ‘not just words’

  06-04-2018 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  Athabasca Oil CEO Rob Broen says if he met Trudeau, he would tell him the industry needs real leadership on oil export pipelines, "not just words.''
  
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• IHIT investigating suspicious death of 28-year-old woman

  06-04-2018 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  Officials say there is no evidence linking Henry’s deaths to gangs, drugs or organized crime.
  
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• Three friends win record 50/50 draw on #ThankYouSedins night

  06-04-2018 21:24 via theprovince.com
  The Sedins gave the whole city of Vancouver a gift on Thursday night, leading the Canucks to an overtime victory in the final home game of their NHL careers. But three fans got a little more out of it than the rest of the crowd.
  Make that a lot more. Late in the third period, the Canucks announced a record jackpot of over $1 million for the 50/50 draw.
  The total amount was $1,014,555. With the Canucks For Kids Fund happily taking half, that means one lucky fan went home with $507,278, the larges
  
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• IHIT identifies Squamish homicide victim as Raena Henry

  06-04-2018 21:19 via theprovince.com
  Homicide detectives have identified a woman found dead in a Squamish residence last week as  28-year-old Raena Henry.
  Last Tuesday, the Squamish RCMP received a dead woman in the 37900 block of Third Avenue.  Mounties and the coroner determined the victim’s death was suspicious and IHIT took over the investigation.
  IHIT confirms Henry, a Squamish resident and member of the Pauquachin First Nation, was the victim of a homicide.  IHIT says at this point there is no e
  
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• Theatre review: Surviving the apocalypse with the Simpsons in Mr. Burns

  06-04-2018 21:17 via vancouversun.com
  Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
  When: To April 21
  Where: Studio 1398, Granville Island
  Tickets: $29 to $34; theatrewire.com
  What do we need to survive the apocalypse? Canned goods, water, flashlight, a radio with batteries for when that once-every-300-years earthquake hits us. What if it’s worse — say, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un playing nuclear football. What would we need for survival in the long run?
  Stories, suggests American dramatist Anne Washburn in her odd, bloated, com
  
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• Street crime hurts Vernon businesses

  06-04-2018 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  "I think it's important that Vernon has this difficult conversation about the impact of some members of the street entrenched population."
  
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• UBC researcher finds most fish has a lower carbon footprint than meat, but not all

  06-04-2018 21:05 via vancouversun.com
  If you want to reduce the carbon intensity of your diet, you should develop a taste for herring and regard shrimp and lobster as an occasional treat, according to a UBC-based researcher.
  Small, oily fish such as herring, sardines and anchovies that school in large groups require only tiny amounts of fuel to catch, as little as 20 litres a tonne.
  That means they produce a fraction of the greenhouse gas emissions of pork, lamb and beef, according to a study published by the journal Nature Climate
  
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• Open House: Langley estate

  06-04-2018 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  Kaitlyn Herbst tours a beautiful Langley estate on 4.6 acres with designer Sarah Gallop
  
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• This Just In: CHANEL Chance Eau Fraiche Body Oil, OLE HENRIKSEN Banana Bright Eye Cream and Valmont Perfecting Powder Cream

  06-04-2018 21:01 via vancouversun.com
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  Chance Eau Fraiche Body Oil
  They say: A fragrant dry body oil that gives skin a hit of quick-absorbing hydration — as well as a full fragrance dose of the Chance Eau Fraiche scent. 
  We say: Dry oils are the ultimate skin saver in spring/summer. Our tester was impressed with how quickly this formula absorbed into skin. No slick of oil here! The powerful scent of this potion is fresh and pretty, and renders a perfume completely unnecessary. 
  $66 | Hudson’s Bay&nb
  
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• Wheelchairs and sharp tools: A match made in the Tetra woodworking shop

  06-04-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  Deep in the sub-basement of Vancouver’s Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, a room that smells of sawdust is filled with laughter, the satisfying clap of wood on a bench, the buzz of the band saws. 
  Here, Shara Gutsche, who is partly paralyzed by a brain injury, uses a single hand to manipulate the articulated arm of an Elbo tool, used for hollowing out material on a lathe. She is making a bowl. With one hand she guides the blade so that it peels across the turning wood, from the centre
  
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• Vancouver chefs show their chops in a new Top Chef Canada

  06-04-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  The psychological warfare between Vancouver chefs Felix Zhou and Mark Singson began long before they walked blindfolded onto the set of Top Chef Canada.
  Singson — a culinary vagabond and pop-up chef owner of FAM Inc — let it slip to his friend that he had been selected for the Season 6 competition.
  Zhou — executive chef of Heritage Asian Eatery — had also made the cut but said nothing, instead teasing and congratulating Singson via text message.
  “I was playing him a
  
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• Town Talk: Emily Carr U gets a sculpture of the eponymous artist

  06-04-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  PICTURE PERFECT: At Emily Carr University of Art + Design’s still-new campus this week,  Canaccord Genuity Group founder Peter Brown donated E.J. Hughes’s 1948 painting, Coastal Boats Near Sidney, B.C. Reportedly now worth $1.8 million, the 122-by-92-cm work came from Brown and wife Joanne’s foundation. So did a Joe Fafard sculpture of another late B.C. artist, Emily Carr, her pet monkey Woo and a horse and dog. It stands temporarily beside the office of the soon-to-retire
  
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• Douglas Todd: Sikh psychotherapists assess Canada's Sikhs

  06-04-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  Who are Canada’s Sikhs? That question has arisen this year following political controversies involving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in India and New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh.
  Canadian journalists have been reporting on how Trudeau and his entourage, including Sikh MPs, invited a convicted Sikh terrorist to diplomatic galas in India, and how early videos have been uncovered linking the NDP leader to Sikh activists and militants pressing for a separate homeland in India ca
  
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• Conversations That Matter: Fecal transplants in modern medicine

  06-04-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  A C. difficile infection is a common reaction to your microbiome going off the rails from taking a course of certain antibiotics.
  C. diff., for short, is a species of Gram-positive spore-forming bacteria accumulating in your gastrointestinal tract. The symptoms can be diarrhea, fever, nausea and abdominal pain.
  There are a number of treatments. Some work. Some don’t because the bacteria may have already developed a resistance to antibiotics. That can mean a dramatic interven
  
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• Sedins have ‘perfect ending’ in emotional farewell victory at Rogers Arena

  06-04-2018 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  Daniel Sedin scored two goals, including the game-winner in overtime, with his brother Henrik assisting on both. Jordan Armstrong reports.
  
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• U.K. man who lost toes to frostbite to donate them to famed 'Sourtoe cocktail'

  06-04-2018 20:48
  
  Dogsledder keeping them in a jar filled with medical-grade alcohol until he can figure out a way to send them to Dawson City.
  
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• Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh is now open in Vancouver

  06-04-2018 20:40 via vancouversun.com
  It went from online rumour to confirmed news, followed by a long waiting game teased with snapshots shared to social media of construction progress — but now, it’s finally official: the Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh store is open in Vancouver.
  The 400-square-metre space, which is located in the Carlyle Building at 101-1076 Alberni St., boasts two floors featuring the label’s latest Spring/Summer 2018 streetwear-chic pieces for men and women. 
  But, if you’re looking to s
  
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• Squamish woman's death a homicide: IHIT

  06-04-2018 20:38
  
  Investigators believe that Raena Henry’s death was not random
  
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• First Nations protester disrupts Trudeau's Vancouver fundraiser, calls him 'liar' - Vancouver Courier

  06-04-2018 20:26 via vancourier.com
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  First Nations protester disrupts Trudeau's Vancouver fundraiser, calls him 'liar'
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  Justin Trudeau spoke to roughly 250 donors Thursday at a $1,000-a-plate dinner at the Sheraton Wall Centre. Photo Saša Lakić. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit to Vancouver on Thursday was once again the stage for the on-going discourse — and ...and more »
  
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• First Nations protester disrupts Trudeau’s Vancouver fundraiser, calls him ‘liar’

  06-04-2018 20:15
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to Vancouver on Thursday was once again the stage for the on-going discourse — and vocal discord — on pipeline politics.
  
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• Experience VR at Reel2Real Film Festival

  06-04-2018 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  Explore the world of virtual reality with these unique programs at the 20th annual Reel2Real International Youth Film Festival.
  
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• Man guilty of attempted murder in West Kelowna shooting

  06-04-2018 19:41 via globalnews.ca
  Reginald Purdom was struck by eight bullets fired from silencer equipped 40 calibre pistol
  
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• Owner of Revelstoke Petting Zoo charged with animal cruelty

  06-04-2018 19:26 via globalnews.ca
  James Richard Bruvall has been charged with 24 counts of animal cruelty under a combination of the Criminal Code and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
  
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• Family of B.C. man shot by police questions validity of police watchdog

  06-04-2018 19:17 via vancouversun.com
  The family of Peter de Groot, a fugitive fatally shot four years ago by RCMP in a remote area of southern B.C., is questioning the validity of B.C.’s police watchdog.
  The family has been waiting for four years for answers surrounding the events that led to de Groot’s death at the hands of police officers, and say B.C.’s Independent Investigations Office has failed to provide an explanation. 
  Last Thursday, B.C.’s IIO cleared the officer who fatally sho
  
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• Woodlands survivors to get compensation from provincial government

  06-04-2018 19:00
  
  People who attended the New Westminster institution before Aug. 1, 1974 will receive $10,000 each.
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Oil companies asked to pay their fair share of climate-related costs

  06-04-2018 18:47 via vancouversun.com
  Devastating droughts, wildfires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, freak snowstorms and sea-level rise linked to climate change have already exacted staggering costs, with billions more to come as land and sea temperatures continue to rise.
  If Surrey doesn’t upgrade its dikes and improve its flood-control measures, for example, it’s estimated that climate change-related flooding could cause more than $1 billion worth of property damage, affect more than 1,500 residents, hundreds of jobs
  
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• Movie reviews:Chappaquiddick, Final Portrait, Lean on Pete

  06-04-2018 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  Dana Gee tells us whether new movies ‘Chappaquiddick’, ‘Final Portrait’ & ‘Lean on Pete’ are worth catching this weekend in theatres.Dana Gee reviews the latest releases every Friday on Global News Morning BC.
  
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• Movie reviews: Chappaquiddick, Final Portrait, Lean on Pete

  06-04-2018 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  Dana Gee tells us whether new movies ‘Chappaquiddick’, ‘Final Portrait’ & ‘Lean on Pete’ are worth catching this weekend in theatres. Dana Gee reviews the latest releases every Friday on Global News Morning BC.
  
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• Ex-Canuck Derek Dorsett on life after the NHL

  06-04-2018 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  Former Canadian professional hockey player Derek Dorsett speaks to Global News about life off the ice and what life might be like for the Sedins.
  
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• Record-breaking $1M 50/50 jackpot at Sedins’ last home game

  06-04-2018 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  The Sedins were not the only reason fans were cheering at Rogers Arena.
  
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• Cross Canada by canoe: For Cystic Fibrosis

  06-04-2018 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  The Byway Babes – Claire Davis, Kendra Hurley and Rylea McEvoy – tell us about their cross Canada canoe trip to raise money and awareness for cystic fibrosis.
  
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• Brewers and shuckers go ‘on the knife’ to help protect women

  06-04-2018 18:05
  
  Four breweries collaborate on Good Night Out IPA to raise money for organization that aims to make nightlife safer for women.
  
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• Emergency alerts go wireless

  06-04-2018 18:00
  
  Your cellphone now has the ability to receive emergency alerts.
  
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• Safety upgrades planned for Lions Gate and Second Narrows bridges

  06-04-2018 17:15
  
  Risk of collapse caused by nautical disaster too high for new standards.
  
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• Wearable plastics: New Conscious Exclusive Collection highlights innovation in textiles

  06-04-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  There’s no denying that fashion is fun. After all, there are few things that rival the thrill of slipping into a garment that makes you feel like a million bucks. 
  But that sartorial sensation also happens to be the byproduct of one of the most environmentally onerous industries on the planet. From the pollution of waterways through pesticides on farms and dyes in factories, to the long, convoluted supply chain stemming from raw materials to point of sale, the industry has plenty of a
  
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• Vancouver activists fight to bring housing back to middle class - The Globe and Mail

  06-04-2018 16:55 via theglobeandmail.com
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  Vancouver activists fight to bring housing back to middle class
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  Daniel Oleksiuk, an activist with Abundant Housing Vancouver, is photographed outside a early 1900-era building in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood in Vancouver, March 24, 2018. Rafal Gerszak/Globe and Mail. “This building over here is my favourite ...and more »
  
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• Beer of the Week: Pacific Northwest Porter by Granville Island Brewing

  06-04-2018 16:00
  
  Granville Island Brewing’s core beers may be brewed at the big Molson brewery down on Burrard, but the original brewery nearby on Granville Island is still pumping out some quality small-batch brews.
  
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