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• Surrey man mourns loss of classmate killed in New Zealand massacre

  17-03-2019 23:09 via vancouversun.com
  A man from Surrey is mourning the loss of his former classmate who was killed in a gun massacre at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday.
  Shaukat Khan said when he heard news of the attack, he sent a message to his friend, Naeem Rashid, reading: “Hope all is well with you and your family. Just heard about the news. Let me know.”
  Rashid is the kind of person who always responds within a few hours, Khan said, but in this case he didn’t hear back before going to bed Fri
  
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• Culinary program aims to help youth overcome barriers

  17-03-2019 22:56 via globalnews.ca
  A mental health program in Vancouver is helping young people enter the labour force by teaching culinary skills. Robin Gill reports.
  
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• Residential real estate foreclosures in Metro and Fraser Valley rising

  17-03-2019 22:54 via vancouversun.com
  With recent home sales in the Lower Mainland showing some dramatic price declines, there has been an uptick in foreclosures as owners are unable to make mortgage payments.
  In the past decade, there have been few foreclosures because rising real estate values and low interest rates allowed owners to easily refinance or sell to get out of a bind.
  But as prices have turned, there has been a modest increase in the number of court-ordered residential real estate sales in Metro Vancouver and the Frase
  
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• Vancouver Giants amass second-best winning percentage in franchise history

  17-03-2019 22:52 via theprovince.com
  These Vancouver Giants have finished with the second-best regular season winning percentage in franchise history.
  The Giants wrapped up league play Saturday with a 3-2 overtime loss on the road to the Kelowna Rockets. They wind up 48-15-3-2, which is a .743 winning percentage. Only the 2008-09 Giants, who went 57-10-2-3 (.826), have been better in the franchise’s 18 seasons.
  Keep in mind that the league cut four games from each team’s schedule this season.
  This is the fifth Giants te
  
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• Pricey at the pump: Gas prices on the rise in Metro Vancouver - CBC.ca

  17-03-2019 22:50 via cbc.ca
  Pricey at the pump: Gas prices on the rise in Metro Vancouver  CBC.caGas prices rose in Metro Vancouver this weekend and aren't likely to come down anytime soon. Drivers gassing up on Sunday paid an average of $1.51 per litre ...
  
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• International break gives Whitecaps two weeks to stew — and improve

  17-03-2019 22:48 via theprovince.com
  It will be two weeks before the Vancouver Whitecaps play another game. That’s 13 days too long for coach Marc Dos Santos.
  “It doesn’t come at a good time,” he said Saturday afternoon, as the dust was settling on a 3-2 loss to the Houston Dynamo at BBVA Compass Stadium, a result that dropped the team to 0-3 to start the Major League Soccer season for the first time in team history.
  “Because after you lose, and when you’re in a moment like that, you want to play
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Judge slams senior lawyer but doesn't spare client

  17-03-2019 22:40 via vancouversun.com
  Queen’s Counsel, 40-year-veteran of the bar, Vancouver defence lawyer, Larry Myers is reeling from a thrashing by provincial court Judge Bonnie Craig.
  In a stinging 38-page rebuke posted to the court’s website for the world to see — as if displaying his head on a pike — Craig lambasted Myers for not doing his job defending an accused drug dealer.
  “I’m not a believer in no comment,” Myers told me. “I think the rare times that you do, that you a
  
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• Surrey's history unfolds in time-lapse photo map

  17-03-2019 22:22 via vancouversun.com
  The Tara Supper Club was a Surrey landmark from the late 1940s through the mid-’60s.
  At the tail end of the big-band era, it was a swingin’ nightspot where patrons would smuggle in bottles of booze and dance till the wee small hours.
  “Set on a knoll overlooking the highway link between New Westminster and the border, Tara was the scene of parties, weddings, graduations and community events for over 30 years,” says a story on the Surrey History website.
  It also had a fabul
  
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• Drought? Disease? Killer insects? Bitter cold? In Italy, it's olive the above

  17-03-2019 22:20 via vancouversun.com
  Maybe, like climate change, it’s creeping up on us and we don’t feel its day-to-day impact, but according to an unscientific survey of shoppers and suppliers, the rising cost of olive oil hasn’t been noticed or at least had an impact.
  It’s like the boiling-frog fable, only instead of an amphibian not realizing it’s being cooked as the water temperature slowly rises, it’s tens-of-millions of olive trees dying from, among other things, parching heat.
  The Italian
  
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• Vehicle ‘involved’ in Trans-Canada avalanche east of Revelstoke: B.C. Transportation Ministry

  17-03-2019 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  The Trans-Canada Highway is expected to remain closed between Revelstoke and Golden, B.C., until at least 3 p.m.
  
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• Young Muslim Canadians on combating Islamophobia

  17-03-2019 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  Young Muslim Canadians in B.C. say work needs to be done to combat Islamophobia after the atrocities New Zealand. One person behind that movement is Mohammed Imtiaz Asin, vice-president of youth development for the B.C. Muslim Association, who joined Jennifer Palma on BC1.
  
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• ‘We all got abandoned’: B.C. family among hundreds stranded without their luggage in India

  17-03-2019 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  Air Canada says the luggage issue is a result of tensions between India and Pakistan, but passengers say they should have been told before they booked the flight.
  
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• B.C. Court of Appeal to hear province’s challenge of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion Monday

  17-03-2019 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. government's reference case asks if the province has jurisdiction to regulate the transport of oil through its territory and restrict bitumen shipments from Alberta.
  
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• Some backyard bees doing more harm than good: experts

  17-03-2019 21:40 via vancouversun.com
  Small-scale beekeeping has bloomed in recent years as amateur apiarists have taken to cultivating honey bee colonies of their own to help boost the ranks of pollinators under pressure around the globe.
  But more is sometimes not better, and experts like Paul van Westendorp, a provincial apiculturist with B.C.’s Animal Health Centre, are warning that backyard honey bees that aren’t carefully managed can contribute to the spread of disease, undermining the well-intentioned efforts of th
  
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• 10 things to do in Vancouver today: Sunday, March 17 - Daily Hive

  17-03-2019 21:38 via dailyhive.com
  10 things to do in Vancouver today: Sunday, March 17  Daily HiveCheers to Green Beer! Here are 10 things to do in Vancouver today, March 17, including St. Patrick's Day parties, The Cat Empire, and more.
  
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• Penticton may have to return $6M grant for arena upgrades

  17-03-2019 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  Time is running out for Penticton to find funding for an arena upgrade project — or give up the money.
  
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• Automakers to show off fuel-cell hybrids at this year's Vancouver car show

  17-03-2019 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  For the first time, three major auto makers will be showing off their fuel-cell electric vehicles at the Vancouver International Auto Show.
  Jason Heard, executive director of the show, said the Hyundai Nexo, Honda Clarity and Toyota Mirai were the only fuel-cell electric hybrids on the market in North America and would all be on display this year.
  “Cars can go up to almost 600 clicks on a full (fuel-cell) tank now and this is going to be something that’s formidable in the future,&rdq
  
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• B.C. family records chaos at India airport after luggage goes missing

  17-03-2019 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  A B.C. family was among hundreds of Canadians whose luggage was left behind on a flight from Vancouver to New Delhi this week. Video taken at the airport shows the chaos as staff try to deal with the angry customers.
  
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• The Bat Signal was visible over downtown Vancouver last night (PHOTOS) - Daily Hive

  17-03-2019 20:47 via dailyhive.com
  The Bat Signal was visible over downtown Vancouver last night (PHOTOS)  Daily HiveThe Bat Signal -- aka the distress signal that lights up Gotham City to signal a certain superhero -- was shining bright in the city's downtown core.
  
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• Ed Willes: Canucks’ ‘Goldy’ won’t shine against Stars

  17-03-2019 20:43 via theprovince.com
  DALLAS — Nikolay Goldobin has been made a healthy scratch for the 10th time this season. If you’re wondering why, Canucks head coach Travis Green laid out the reasoning clearly and succinctly.
  “He has to bring something to the table,” Green said. “Just look at it. He has two goals and two assists in his last 22 games. Those are numbers that aren’t getting you into the lineup or keeping you in the league.”
  Still, this tells you all you need to know about
  
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• Recipe: Matcha strawberry cheesecake

  17-03-2019 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  Pastry chef Lucy Kirby of Their There in Vancouver shares a unique spin on a decadent classic.
  
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• Warriors rally with solid second half to bring down Black Wolves

  17-03-2019 19:47 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Warriors made the New England Black Wolves look every bit like the eastern team on the road and missing its best player that they were on Saturday night.
  The Warriors overcame an early 4-1 deficit and shut down a Black Wolves crew minus sniper Callum Crawford due to a suspension en route to a 12-9 win before an announced crowd of 5,769 at Rogers Arena.
  Vancouver went up 8-7 when New England defender David Brock batted a Keegan Bal rebound into his own net with 4:41 left in the thir
  
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• Honey bees can help monitor pollution in cities: UBC study

  17-03-2019 19:22 via vancouversun.com
  A new study from the University of British Columbia says honey from urban honey bees can help pinpoint the sources of environmental pollutants such as lead.
  Scientists from the university’s Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research analyzed honey from urban beehives in six Metro Vancouver neighbourhoods where they tested for lead, zinc, copper and other elements.
  The researchers found the concentration of elements increased closer to areas with heavy traffic, higher urban densit
  
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• Walker promotes benefits of going slow for the Sun Run

  17-03-2019 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Sun Run walker Johanna Mramor.
  In the 20 times that Johanna Mramor estimates she has completed the Vancouver Sun Run, she has run the 10-km course several times.
  She has also finished it as a Nordic walker, which meant using cross-country poles in her hands.
  Now, she is a plain ol’ walker.
  In part, it’s been a kind of natural progression from running to walking for the 66-year-old recreational athlete.
  The change came about by listening to what her body was telling her. Over the year
  
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• Vancouver church tunes in to The Simpsons for spirituality lessons — and some debate - CBC.ca

  17-03-2019 19:00 via cbc.ca
  Vancouver church tunes in to The Simpsons for spirituality lessons — and some debate  CBC.caWhat can The Simpsons teach people about spirituality? Quite a bit, according to Fairview Presbyterian Church. The Vancouver church is in the middle of a ...
  
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• Sun Run training: Week 10

  17-03-2019 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Walk 10K / Nordic Walk 10K Program
  SESSION 1: 80 MINUTES
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 20 min.
  2 min. brisk walk, 2 min. recovery walk
  Do this 10 times.
  Cool-down: Walk slow and easy for 20 min.
  SESSION 2: 50 MINUTES
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  Walk for 40 min.
  Cool-down: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  SESSION 3: 60 MINUTES
  Warm-up: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  Walk for 50 min.
  Cool-down: Walk slow and easy for 5 min.
  Learn To Run 10K Program
  SESSION 1: 70 MINUTES
  Warm-up: Walk slow
  
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• Sun Run physio: Knee pain

  17-03-2019 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Pain behind or around the knee cap, also known as patellofemoral pain or “runners’s knee” is the most common injury in distance runners. Irritation of the patellofemoral joint often develops when people do “too much, too soon”, for example by increasing mileage, speed or downhill running.
  Adapt your training program
  Avoid increases in pain during and after training by temporarily alternating minutes of running and walking. Reduce running speed by 30 seconds per kilo
  
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• Sun Run coaching: Stay committed, and find a new route

  17-03-2019 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  What is it about a nice cuppa java in an airport, working away on my computer? I love it. Somehow it doesn’t feel like work. I’m thinking it might be that relaxed feeling I have as I wait to catch a flight to the warm sunshine for a week.
  It’s Spring Break for those of us with kids, and I’m headed for a training camp in San Diego to coach my track club athletes at my alma mater. I spent many winters there training during my running career and I can’t wait to throw m
  
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• Karen Barnaby: Salad rolls made special with rice paper

  17-03-2019 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  In 1982, I ate my first salad roll at one of the older, established Vietnamese restaurants on Spadina Avenue in Toronto, right before my first bowl of pho.
  The salad rolls and pho were prepared by a tall, elegant and stern woman from an open kitchen in the middle of the restaurant. The rolls were filled with leaf lettuce, rice noodles, cilantro, mint, green onions, cucumber and pork skin that had been seasoned with fish sauce and toasted rice powder.
  Basic, subtle and texturally perfect, the ing
  
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• 'Instrument of the people' showcased at Vancouver Ukulele Festival

  17-03-2019 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Ukulele Festival 2019
  When: March 22 to 24
  Where: Croatian Cultural Centre
  Tickets: for the March 22 Ukulele Gala Concert, $25 in advance at rubysukes.ca ($35 at the door)
  Now in its 10th year, the Vancouver Ukulele Festival brings enthusiasts and musicians together for three days of concerts, workshops, and jams. Special guests include Grammy Award-winning Hawaiian virtuoso Daniel Ho, Seattle-based player Neal Chin, and musician/actress Heidi Swedberg (forever to be known by many as G
  
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• ‘This is not right’: Former B.C. man facing costly fight over SkyTrain ticket

  17-03-2019 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  Calgary's Karl Lusawovana Nunu is still struggling to understand how a SkyTrain ride in B.C. last fall ended with a looming court date.
  
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• How To Banish Bloating

  17-03-2019 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  If you suffer from bloating, Registered dietician, Desiree Nielsen, has some quick tips that will provide long term relief.
  
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• Hiker in Kelowna rescued after falling into canyon amid icy conditions

  17-03-2019 17:27 via globalnews.ca
  The woman was hurt in the fall and was "unable to hike back out because of her injuries."
  
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• Homeless in Vancouver: The devilishly detailed 1954 Canadian dollar - Straight.com

  17-03-2019 17:26 via straight.com
  Homeless in Vancouver: The devilishly detailed 1954 Canadian dollar  Straight.comCanada's 1954 bank notes were meant to be a *fresh* start. RELATED STORIES. Homeless in Vancouver: Davie Street trolley bus throws a shoe—sheer luck my ...
  
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• B.C. Court of Appeal to hear province's oil-transport reference case Monday

  17-03-2019 17:15 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia’s Court of Appeal will consider a key question regarding provincial powers in the political battle over the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project during a five-day hearing that starts Monday.
  The B.C. government’s reference case asks the court if the province has jurisdiction to regulate the transport of oil through its territory and restrict bitumen shipments from Alberta.
  Specifically, it asks if proposed amendments to British Columbia’s Env
  
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• Ask an Expert: Spring Break Parenting Advice

  17-03-2019 16:44 via globalnews.ca
  Use spring break as an opportunity to refresh your relationship with your children. Early childhood consultant, Julie Romanwski, shares her tips and advice.
  
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• Where to get great deals on macarons for Macaron Day in Vancouver

  17-03-2019 15:00
  
  Let’s celebrate Macaron Day! On March 20, bakeries around the world will offer special deals on macarons, often with a charitable component.
  
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• Dementia villages allow residents to roam

  17-03-2019 15:00
  
  New projects from Providence Health Care are underway in Vancouver and Comox
  
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• Canucks Game Day: Double-dip road trip starts with Texas tilt in Big D

  17-03-2019 13:00 via theprovince.com
  Jacob Markstrom had another strong game in goal Friday for the Vancouver Canucks, but the hosts blew a 2-0 lead against the New Jersey Devils and lost 3-2 in a shootout. The Canucks are in Dallas Sunday.
  NEXT GAME: Sunday
  Vancouver Canucks at Dallas Stars
  4 p.m., American Airlines Center, TV: Sportsnet; Radio: Sportsnet 650 AMTHE BIG MATCHUP
  Jacob Markstrom vs. frustration
  Yet another number to put on the resumé of the Canucks’ No. 1 goalie: he’s facing some of the toughe
  
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• Daphne Bramham: By reflecting the past, Susan Point's public art defines the urban landscape

  17-03-2019 11:00 via vancouversun.com
  From the moment visitors arrive into the outstretched arms of the welcoming figure at Vancouver International Airport, it’s almost impossible to miss experiencing Susan Point’s work.
  For those of us lucky enough to live here, there are 28 of her works in Vancouver, plus another 20 in Metro Vancouver and Whistler. They are so much a part of the landscape that we often don’t recognize how extraordinary they are.
  Point is a one of Canada’s most prolific public artists. Her w
  
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• WHL Roundup: Saturday, March 16, 2019

  17-03-2019 06:09 via globalnews.ca
  The Western Hockey League will need a tiebreaker to determine the final playoff spot.
  
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• Canucks sign defenceman Jett Woo to entry-level contract

  17-03-2019 05:42 via theprovince.com
  Jett Woo speaks to the media in Dallas after being selected 37th overall by the Vancouver Canucks at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
  The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenceman Jett Woo to a three-year entry-level contract, the organization announced Saturday.
  Woo, 18, was originally selected by the Canucks in the second round of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft at 37th overall.
  The hard-hitting, right-side defenceman was considered more of a stay-at-home type after putting up just 25 points in 44 games in h
  
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• Young B.C. Muslims seek to combat Islamophobia following attacks

  17-03-2019 04:45 via vancouversun.com
  Young Muslims in B.C., devastated by the terrorist attack in New Zealand, say work needs to be done to combat Islamophobia here and abroad.
  Following a shooter’s rampage Friday at two mosques in Christchurch, which so far has claimed 50 lives and left dozens more injured, Muslims and non-Muslims were left reeling and seeking answers. Across B.C., they came together in vigil and in prayer.
  At the same time, many dwelled on solutions, including young Muslims growing up in a world where hate
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 – March 16

  17-03-2019 04:00 via globalnews.ca
  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6.
  
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• Vancouver cuts funding to rape crisis centre over policy excluding transgender women - CTV News

  17-03-2019 03:07 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  Vancouver cuts funding to rape crisis centre over policy excluding transgender women  CTV NewsVancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter refuses to change a policy that excludes transgender women from its services and it's costing the group city funding.
  
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• Health Matters: New study suggests Apple Watch can detect irregular heartbeat

  17-03-2019 02:46 via globalnews.ca
  Stanford University researchers found that just half a per cent of 419,000 participants were warned by the Apple watch that they might have an irregular heartbeat. But experts say it’s not perfect. Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Fire at Pitt Meadows nursery

  17-03-2019 02:46 via globalnews.ca
  Toxic black cloud of smoke was spotted from kilometres away after a fire broke out on a rural property in Pitt Meadows Saturday.
  
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• Calgary man ticketed on SkyTrain despite paying fare

  17-03-2019 02:42 via globalnews.ca
  A Calgary man is facing a costly trip to B.C. to fight a transit ticket he claims he never should have received. Kristen Robinson explains why.
  
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• Burnaby mosque holds vigil for New Zealand shooting victims

  17-03-2019 02:42 via globalnews.ca
  The outpouring of grief over the mosque shootings in New Zealand continues to spread across the Lower Mainland. Paul Johnson reports from a vigil in Burnaby where the community came together over the weekend.
  
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• Makeover: University student wants a look with a bit more 'personality'

  17-03-2019 02:36 via vancouversun.com
  Zoe Jameson is a 21-year-old university student. She was tired of her hairstyle and wanted to add a little more personality to her look.
  Zoe has a lot of fine hair. It’s naturally wavy and the cut was feeling to flat, shapeless and boring. She wanted a look that would maintain the length while creating lots of volume and movement, and that would be easy to style.
  I shampooed her hair using KMS — Add Volume Shampoo to give limp and flat hair a little lift. I sprayed KMS Add Volume &md
  
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