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• Entrepreneurial refugees enrich Vancouver's dining scene

  09-06-2018 23:58 via vancouversun.com
  At a long table in a West End Vancouver home, three Syrian women are dining Canadian style: A man is cooking for them.
  Hasne Omer, Ragdha Hasan and Maha Alambarabar, Syrian refugees and cooks for the hottest meal ticket in town, Tayybeh, don’t often have someone else doting on them, but tonight is different. For the occasion, they have donned their best hijabs, a colourful array of peach, gold and white.
  Their host, Lev Richards, a fellow Syrian and recent arrival to Canada, has also
  
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• ‘Juneuary’ weather good news for B.C. wildfire crews

  09-06-2018 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  A damp start to June has officials hopeful about the coming wildfire season.
  
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• UBC students allegedly assaulted after inadvertently buying computer containing child porn

  09-06-2018 22:45 via vancouversun.com
  Four men have been arrested by University RCMP after they allegedly assaulted and robbed two UBC students who were trying to return a computer containing child pornography purchased from an online seller.
  The disturbing incident has police warning students to meet in a public place or at the police detachment when buying or selling to strangers.
  On Wednesday, a UBC student bought a computer from an online seller. When he returned home, he found what looked like child porn on the computer. He con
  
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• Can natural disasters boost your faith? UBC research says yes, if you’re already religious

  09-06-2018 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  A new study from UBC finds a link between deadly disasters and religious people's faith.
  
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• Recipe: Tractor pear and arugula salad with grilled coho salmon

  09-06-2018 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  Tractor general manager Harper Yungwirth shares a recipe for a healthy summer salad.
  
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• Two people assaulted after confronting seller of used computer that allegedly contained child porn

  09-06-2018 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  Two people were assaulted and robbed at the UBC's Point Grey campus when they went to exchange a computer that one of them had purchased earlier in the day.
  
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• This Canadian company wants to solve the climate crisis by sucking CO2 out of the sky

  09-06-2018 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  While it sounds too good to be true, one Canadian startup believes it's figured out a way to suck carbon dioxide from the air and convert it into fuel for cars, trucks, buses, etc. - and to top it off, it's all cost-effective.
  
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• Guest Editorial: New Ontario government has big issues to tackle

  09-06-2018 20:11 via vancouversun.com
  With a new Ontario government comes a chance to start fresh on several files.
  In particular, the incoming Progressive Conservative government led by Doug Ford should focus on a few files.
  They’ve been given the mandate to do so, with a commanding majority.
  The economy
  As U.S. President Donald Trump’s intransigence continues on trade and tariffs, Ford’s government must recognize how valuable corporations and small businesses are to Ontario’s economy. Ford should move
  
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• Makeover: Turning into a rebel

  09-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  I’m playing with Glow Skin Beauty’s Desk-to-DateNight “Rebel Angel” makeup kit. It comes complete with a shadow quad, blush, lip pencil and lip gloss. It’s versatile for work, play and travel.
  Step 1After evening out my complexion with Glow Skin Beauty — Satin Cream Foundation I applied a full coverage mineral based makeup which contains vitamins A, C, E and Green Tea Extract. I then contoured my face with their contour kit.Step 2Next I applied the Glow Skin B
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: A heart of gold

  09-06-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  SHOW OF HEARTS: After a one-year hiatus, Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Heart of Gold Gala returned bigger, better and louder. The 13th staging literally started with a bang — leaving many to cover their ears and turn down their hearing aids — when members of the Sardis Secondary Drum Line got the party started. The impressive school band led 500 guests into the JW Marriott Parq Vancouver Ballroom for the New Orlean’s themed benefit dinner in support of women’s heart
  
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• Father's Day recipes: From juicy meat to tasty tacos

  09-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Struggling with what to serve dad this Father’s Day? Worry no more.
  We asked a few of Vancouver’s top eateries and chefs to dish out a few delicious options to prepare, serve and devour with the whole family this holiday. We asked them to cook up dishes that almost every patriarch will love.
  From breakfast burgers that can be enjoyed all day long, to beef brisket (and tangy barbecue sauce), and even tasty artisan tacos, here are a few dishes to dig into with dad this Father’s D
  
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• Art of a Messy Life celebrates imperfections

  09-06-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Perfect Imperfections: The Art of a Messy Life
  When: June 14-16
  Where: Vancity Culture Lab
  Tickets: $20 at the cultch.com
  In Perfect Imperfections: The Art of a Messy Life, local educator/performer Celeste Snowber, jazz bassist Jodi Proznick, and harp player Alexa Reimer team up for a mix of dance, comedy and spoken word. Lynn Fels, who directed Snowber and Proznick in their 2013 collaboration Woman Giving Birth to a Red Pepper, directs, and singer/songwriter Katherine Penfold guests on a couple
  
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• Sixteen-year-old girl arrested by Vancouver Police after alleged hit-and-run

  09-06-2018 19:45 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Police arrested a 16-year-old Mission girl after an alleged hit-and-run and “reckless tour” of downtown Vancouver early Saturday morning.
  Police said they have recommended dangerous driving charges against the teen, who was allegedly behind the wheel of a white van that was involved in a hit-and-run crash that left two people with minor injuries near East 12th Avenue and Victoria Drive at 3:20 a.m.
  About 15 minutes later, police in the Downtown Eastside spotted the same van
  
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• Douglas Todd: Happiness research is subversive

  09-06-2018 19:16 via vancouversun.com
  I must be drawn to subversive people, to radical thinkers who walk softly and keep smiling while slowly turning upside down established institutions.
  Four noted, good-natured subversives gathered this week at the University of B.C. for a panel titled Happiness How-To: From Happiness Research to Happier Cities. They have already made an impact around the globe, while believing there is much further to go.
  The event was organized by the Vancouver School of Economics, particularly professor emeritu
  
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• 16-year-old Mission girl arrested after ‘alleged hit-and-run and a reckless tour’ of Vancouver

  09-06-2018 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  Police have recommended charges related to the dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
  
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• If you like bees and butterflies, there is an easy way to attract them

  09-06-2018 18:50 via globalnews.ca
  Yvonne Schalle heads to Gardenworks where Leanne shows us how to put together a water pollinator garden.
  
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• How to raise a glass to celebrate World Gin Day!

  09-06-2018 18:41 via globalnews.ca
  Kelly Ann Woods of Gillespie’s Fine Spirits shows us how to prepare some tasty cocktails for summer. She shakes a classic drink made with two very different kinds of gin.
  
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• Have ideas to improve Vancouver’s transportation system? TransLink wants to hear from you

  09-06-2018 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  TransLink is putting out an open call to the public for ideas to improve the region's transportation system and how users integrate different services.
  
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• Kid-friendly trip to San Francisco filled with free wine, pirates and opium dens

  09-06-2018 16:00
  
  Many years ago I wrote a blurry travelogue about my boozy exploits staggering around the City by the Bay called “I left my liver in San Francisco.”
  
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• Commercial Drive’s DownLow Chicken Shack coming in hot with June opening

  09-06-2018 16:00
  
  Ready to feel the burn? Vancouver’s first restaurant devoted to Nashville hot chicken, the DownLow Chicken Shack, is prepping for a June 13 grand opening on Commercial Drive.
  
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• Fourth annual ‘Strut Vancouver’ happens Saturday in support of LGBTQ community around the world

  09-06-2018 15:20 via globalnews.ca
  "The stiletto is a metaphor, many women in many countries of the world can't even wear any imagery around femininity, let alone gay men in some of these countries."
  
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• Courtenay takes design cues from its West Van setting

  09-06-2018 15:04 via vancouversun.com
  While British Pacific Properties has built large single-family homes for much of its 87-year history, the Courtenay is a departure from that tradition as the company moves into the multi-family development sector to address the call for housing diversity and the protection of green space in the area.
  Courtenay, a seven-storey mid-rise development, will be built in the Mulgrave Park neighbourhood of West Vancouver, one of six areas identified in the 2008 Rogers Creek Area Development Plan. At the
  
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• Sold (Bought): Multiple offers push townhome sale price above asking

  09-06-2018 14:51 via vancouversun.com
  A roundup of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  406 Greensboro Place, Vancouver
  Type: Three-bedroom, three-bathroom townhouse
  Size: 2,476 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $2,428,000
  Listed for: $2,598,000
  Sold for: $2,800,000
  Sold on: April 17
  Days on market: Eight
  Listing agent: Carole Lieberman and Luana Robertson at Dexter Associates Realty
  Buyers agent: Cameron Davis at Rennie & Associates Realty
  The big sell: According to listing agent Carole Lieberman, five offers were
  
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• The Home Front: The latest in clean home tech

  09-06-2018 14:45 via vancouversun.com
  It seems every other week there’s a new product on the market promising to help us clean our homes better, faster and with less effort. We can now schedule robot vacuums to clean our floors while vacationing in Barbados, and receive reports on the indoor air quality of our homes on our phones while at work. Some of the latest products are constantly being upgraded, and with price tags that can be hefty, it wouldn’t be surprising if some people feel a little overwhelmed by what’
  
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• Whitecaps Game Day: Orlando on a wing and a Dwyer

  09-06-2018 14:00 via theprovince.com
  Two streaks collide Saturday at B.C. Place Stadium as the Vancouver Whitecaps (5-5-5) take a five-game unbeaten streak into their afternoon matchup with Orlando City Lions (6-6-1), who have dropped four consecutive games heading into their longest road trip of the season. Game time is 4 p.m. (TSN1, TSN 1040 AM).
  Key matchup
  Jose Aja vs. Dom Dwyer
  Dom Dwyer is the engine that powers Orlando SC. In his seven games played, the Lions are 6-1 with Dwyer scoring six of their 18 goals. Without him, the
  
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• Historic B.C. cemetery concerned about possible treasure hunters

  09-06-2018 07:50 via globalnews.ca
  It’s a disturbing thought: could someone be digging for treasure in an historic B.C. cemetery? That’s what the caretakers of a small site north of Princeton are warning of tonight. Jules Knox has more.
  
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• Lions 34 Blue Bombers 21 | Lions pound out victory in preseason finale

  09-06-2018 07:39 via theprovince.com
  There were too many penalties and not enough offence but the B.C. Lions still did enough to win their preseason finale on Friday night.
  It just figures they’ll have to do a a lot more when the games start to count.
  Against a makeshift Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ team which featured just four projected starters, the Lions parlayed two defensive touchdowns and a Bryan Burnham touchdown catch to a 34-21 win before a sparse crowd of 15,237 at B.C. Place.
  Offset against that production were 14
  
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• Canada Border Services agents descend on Penticton home

  09-06-2018 07:10 via globalnews.ca
  "The CBSA conducts enforcement actions where necessary for Customs Act or Immigration and Refugee Protection Act contraventions."
  
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• Okanagan casino workers set for strike

  09-06-2018 07:07 via globalnews.ca
  More than 675 casino workers in the Okanagan have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action.
  
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• What do you do when you spot a baby crow on the ground? Leave it alone, says Wildlife Rescue

  09-06-2018 06:53 via vancouversun.com
  It’s baby bird season in Metro Vancouver, as the region’s crow population nests, lays eggs, and raises a new generation of fledglings to survive in the urban wildlife community.
  For the most part, they don’t need your help with any of this. But when you find a baby bird on the ground, flightless and vulnerable to all manner of predators, intervention may seem like the right idea.
  It generally isn’t, according to Madelyn Phillips, outpatient care coordinator for Wildl
  
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• Black Mountain boil water notice downgraded

  09-06-2018 06:23 via globalnews.ca
  A boil water notice issued May 24 for Kelowna's Black Mountain Irrigation District (BMID) has been upgraded to a boil water advisory.
  
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• Dan Fumano: This won't be the year for Vancouver's first Green mayor, after all

  09-06-2018 05:14 via vancouversun.com
  Adriane Carr hadn’t yet poured her morning coffee on Friday when the radio in her kitchen announced, around 6 a.m., that a right-wing populist had been elected to lead a majority government in Canada’s most populous province.
  By that time, Carr, Vancouver’s only Green councillor, had already made her decision about whether or not to run for Vancouver’s top job. But the news of the Doug Ford Conservatives’ victory in Ontario, she said, re-affirmed her decision.
  
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• Ed Willes: Lions roll up sleeves to reconnect with fading fan interest

  09-06-2018 05:09 via theprovince.com
  After studying the events of the last couple of years, the B.C. Lions have drawn some conclusions about the best way to sell their product.
  In no particular order they are:
  • As things turn out, you do need a man at the top and going an entire CFL season without a president is not an effective strategy.
  • The same can be said for the unending soap opera over the team’s ownership. Fans like it when they know who the owner will be from week to week.
  • While we’re on the
  
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• Two companies make big promises on World Ocean Day

  09-06-2018 04:53 via globalnews.ca
  As World Ocean Day is being marked across the globe, two major companies are promising to cut single use plastic. Linda Aylesworth has the details.
  
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• Questions raised after judge acquits driver in fatal crash

  09-06-2018 04:46 via globalnews.ca
  The family of a doctor killed by a speeding driver is demanding answers after the accused was acquitted. Rumina Daya talks to some experts about what it takes to lose a licence.
  
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• Local reaction pouring in over the death of Anthony Bourdain

  09-06-2018 04:42 via globalnews.ca
  Just days after new Kate Spade committed suicide, another Hollywood star has lost his battle with mental health. Nadia Stewart looks back at the career of Anthony Bourdain, and how locals are remembering him.
  
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• Coquitlam residents outraged over ‘cash grab’ garbage fines

  09-06-2018 04:39 via globalnews.ca
  Some Coquitlam residents are accusing the city of being heavy-handed after they were slapped with $500 fines for putting their garbage out too early. Jennifer Palma has more
  
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• Delta police remind public of crisis lines in wake of celebrity suicides

  09-06-2018 04:37 via globalnews.ca
  In the wake of two high-profile suicides, Delta police are reminding the public of the crisis lines on the Alex Fraser Bridge.
  
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• Surrey safe injection site marks 1-year anniversary

  09-06-2018 04:35 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Squamish company’s affordable answer to climate change

  09-06-2018 04:35 via globalnews.ca
  A Squamish-based company says they are getting closer to an affordable solution to combat rising fuel costs. As Ted Chernecki reports it’s all about turning air into fuel.
  
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• Adriane Carr will not run for mayor of Vancouver

  09-06-2018 04:30
  
  Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr will seek her party’s nomination for council instead of taking a run at the mayor’s chair in the Oct. 20 municipal election.
  
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• Adriane Carr announces Vancouver council run, but not for mayor

  09-06-2018 04:30 via globalnews.ca
  The Green Party politician had considered a run for mayor but has decided against it.
  
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• New summer road closures slated for Burnaby amid gas-line work

  09-06-2018 04:06 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver's 1st Avenue won't be the only major corridor facing traffic woes as Fortis BC does major gas-line upgrades this summer.
  
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• B.C. election results could be fast-tracked by adopting Archer report

  09-06-2018 03:59 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Votes would be counted more quickly and completely on election night in B.C. if the province adopts the parting recommendations of former Chief Electoral Officer Keith Archer.
  Archer’s modernization proposals are similar to ones already adopted in Ontario, where the winning majority for premier-designate Doug Ford was confirmed within 15 minutes of the polls closing Thursday night.
  No fun for election night pundits. They were barely getting warmed up when the leaders
  
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• Indigenous identity and lineage on display at new tattoo exhibition

  09-06-2018 03:07
  
  Body Language: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest opens today at the Bill Reid Gallery where until January 13, visitors can learn about five different communities' traditions.
  
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• Indigenous identity and lineage on display at new tattoo exhbition

  09-06-2018 03:07
  
  Body Language: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest opens today at the Bill Reid Gallery where until January 13, visitors can learn about five different communities' traditions.
  
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• Richard Neufeld: Canada faces challenges in achieving GHG emissions targets: Senate report

  09-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources released its fourth of five interim reports last month as part of its ongoing study on Canada’s transition to a lower-carbon economy. The report focuses on Canada’s oil and gas sector. Our committee wants to find out how, and at what cost, the industry can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions while remaining competitive, stimulating our economy and providing good-paying, family-supporting jobs.
  The oil and gas secto
  
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• Peter Hall: Time to update Canada's, and B.C.'s, model for our ports

  09-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  These are uncertain times for the British Columbia’s ports. Twenty years ago, when a previous federal Liberal government set up the current port governance system, they were motivated primarily by fiscal deficits and inflexible port administration. The reforms that set up the Canada Port Authorities in the late 1990s have worked reasonably well, but the model is ready for an update; the challenges going forward are just different. We need to complement the existing “made in Canada&rd
  
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• Letters: Wearing earbuds on the road is dangerous distraction

  09-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  I am concerned about the practice of wearing earbuds or headphones while riding a bike, a skateboard, or driving a car or even a Coast Mountain bus. A young cyclist swerved in front of my car recently and stopped on the green-painted pavement, her head gently bobbing to the sound from the earbuds plugged into both ears. If I were a distracted driver, I might have plowed right into her, but she was blithely oblivious to the 1,800 kg vehicle behind her. BikeSense BC states that headphones “a
  
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• Editorial: Homeless man dying in coffee shop a symbol of our moral crisis

  09-06-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver faces so many crises. Our schools don’t have enough French-immersion teachers. We urgently need a Broadway subway. The Massey Tunnel must be replaced. It’s critical that CO2 emissions from buildings be reduced to prevent catastrophic climate change. More bike lanes are required to keep cyclists safe. Local police are unprepared for the legalization of marijuana. Save the whales.
  And then there’s Ted. We don’t know his last name, but he was a familiar face
  
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