http://www.vancouversun.com/news/index.htmlcen-caCopyright (c) The Vancouver SunTue, 05 Apr 2016 04:50:14 ZVancouver SunLISTVASNVASXYUTF816467074InformTagsOnlypostedAsiaBritish ColumbiaBusiness-EnergyCanadagenomics seriesNationalnewsNewsNewsnews/national/Top Stories/story.htmlNorth AmericaPolitics.MunicipalPolitics.ProvincialTop StoriesVancouver-Downtown(c) Postmedia Network Inc.tag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829547http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2016/04/04/more-gun-violence-in-surrey-murder-in-burnaby/Since Surrey RCMP said Friday they had implemented successful strategies to combat gun violence, there have been three more shootings.Top StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 23:55:04 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829688http://www.vancouversun.com/news/local+news/nurses+college+warns+about+helping+assisted+dying+cases/11829688/story.htmlA B.C. Supreme Court ruling allowing a terminally-ill woman a medically-assisted death has not opened the door to nurses now participating in hastened death, the College of Registered Nurse of B.C. said Monday.Top StoriesTue, 05 Apr 2016 07:08:34 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829040http://www.vancouversun.com/health/local-health/most+senior+nursing+homes+miss+ministry+health/11829040/story.htmlThe vast majority of government-funded long-term care homes for seniors in B.C. do not meet Ministry of Health staffing guidelines. The Residential Care Facilities Quick Facts Directory, a report released recently by the Office of the Seniors Advocate, compiles staffing, serious incident reports and other quality of life measures for every publicly funded seniors home […]Top StoriesWed, 06 Apr 2016 19:24:06 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829890http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/canucks+royal+pain+california+contenders+third+straight/11829890/story.htmlNow that the least is expected of them — or wanted from them, if you ask the draftists — the Vancouver Canucks have built their longest winning streak of the season. It began five days ago. It took the Canucks six months and 79 National Hockey League games to win three straight. They finally made […]Top StoriesTue, 05 Apr 2016 05:53:40 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=2172184http://www.vancouversun.com/news/photos+images+from+around+globe/2172184/story.htmlView the best photographs from hot spots around the world.Top StoriesTue, 05 Apr 2016 00:17:43 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829126http://www.vancouversun.com/news/local+news/rental+housing+residents+says+vancouver+councillor/11829126/story.htmlA Vancouver councillor is eyeing regulation of home-sharing services like Airbnb, as the city’s rental vacancy rate hovers near zero. Coun. Geoff Meggs wants to expand and accelerate a study already underway by city staff on the effect Airbnb and similar websites are having on the supply of rental housing. “We’re going to […]Top StoriesTue, 05 Apr 2016 12:04:54 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829506http://www.vancouversun.com/news/local+news/runway+producer+quits+paul+fundraiser+citing+lgbtq/11829506/story.htmlThe founder/producer behind a popular St. Paul’s fundraising gala has resigned after allegedly being told to tone down the show’s LGBTQ presence.Top StoriesTue, 05 Apr 2016 17:22:22 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829737http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/vaughn+palmer+independent+leads+charge+election/11829737/story.htmlAs the legislature resumed Monday after a two-week spring break, Independent MLA Vicki Huntington was first on her feet during introduction of bills with as timely a measure as the house has seen this session.Top StoriesThu, 07 Apr 2016 14:41:53 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829754http://www.vancouversun.com/mulgrew+pilot+legal+project+supporting+families/11829754/story.htmlA pilot legal aid project for parents — particularly aboriginal parents — is showing great promise and getting child-custody disputes out of court and resolved quicker and more cheaply.Top StoriesTue, 05 Apr 2016 13:33:48 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829330http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/where+trudeau+government+heading+china/11829330/story.htmlPrime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is undertaking a major internal review of Canada’s relationship with China, cautiously considering steps that include launching free trade negotiations and helping up to 100,000 Canadian students study there. TTop StoriesWed, 06 Apr 2016 17:15:24 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829247http://www.vancouversun.com/life/fashion-beauty/greener+side+fashion+sustainable+style+growing+trend/11829247/story.htmlAn increasing number of local and international retailers are looking to promote sustainable practices in the fashion world.Top StoriesThu, 07 Apr 2016 20:42:45 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829376http://www.vancouversun.com/business/bc2035/laura+jones+time+reform+municipal+sick+policies/11829376/story.htmlFrom a taxpayer perspective, Vancouver is one of the worst municipalities when it comes to banked sick days.Top StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 23:44:30 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829655http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/first+nations+tourist+draw+piece+tawdry+trump+history/11829655/story.htmlA First Nations band is planning to start luring tourists this summer to the northern B.C. ghost town where Donald Trump’s pioneering grandfather once ran a brothel.Top StoriesTue, 05 Apr 2016 18:29:17 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829756http://www.vancouversun.com/news/politics/rules+banning+corporate+union+donations/11829756/story.htmlB.C. will not ban political donations from corporations and unions, says the province's finance minister.Top StoriesThu, 07 Apr 2016 14:41:47 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829168http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/golf/cole+under+masters+boss+payne+plan+same+augusta+national/11829168/story.htmlOn TV, it will look like your father's Masters Tournament. But outside the ropes, on chairman Billy Payne's watch, it's not the same old Augusta National.Top StoriesThu, 07 Apr 2016 18:52:06 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11828871http://www.vancouversun.com/business/royal+bank+canada+defends+practices+after+being+named+panama/11828871/story.htmlRBC is one of several institutions named in documents leaked to expose activities in offshore tax havens, but the bank says it has procedures in place to detect and prevent tax evasionTop StoriesFri, 08 Apr 2016 20:32:43 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829385http://www.vancouversun.com/here+shell+companies+exposed+panama+papers+work/11829385/story.htmlThere are completely legitimate reasons to use an offshore holding company, but recent events reveal how people may be using them to disguise ownership of assetsTop StoriesTue, 05 Apr 2016 20:39:15 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829352http://www.vancouversun.com/news/world/here+show+authorities+disrespect+thousands+icelanders+protest/11829352/story.htmlAnders Clausen, a mathematician, said he was there 'to protest the double standards of our politicians. I want parliamentary elections and the resignation of Sigmundur David and his cabinet'Top StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 21:52:35 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829529http://www.vancouversun.com/business/local+business/perspectives+online+store+retailing/11829529/story.htmlMany businesses pursuing multi-channel retailing are doing it wrong, Ikea Canada president Stefan Sjostrand said in a recent interview.Top StoriesTue, 05 Apr 2016 00:45:53 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11827554http://www.vancouversun.com/news/local+news/west+vancouver+park+royal+drops+curtain+years+chess/11827554/story.htmlMall management have suggested in meetings with longtime chess buff that an economic analysis supports their evictionTop StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 04:45:11 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829394http://www.vancouversun.com/business/affordability/brewers+crafty+fight+loss+market+share/11829394/story.htmlCanada's oldest brewer Molson Coors is getting crafty in the way it makes and markets beer, launching the American craft import Belgian Moon and dusting off a century-old recipe for its 1908 Pale Ale.Top StoriesWed, 06 Apr 2016 19:34:24 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829758http://www.vancouversun.com/news/politics/liberal+urges+government+freeze+carbon/11829758/story.htmlA B.C. Liberal MLA has started an online petition to pressure his own government to not raise the carbon tax.Top StoriesTue, 05 Apr 2016 02:44:53 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11826617http://www.vancouversun.com/north+vancouver+condo+sold+500k+below+value+double+ending+sale/11826617/story.htmlResidents of a North Vancouver condo tower are concerned their home values could be harmed after a vacant unit owned by investors from China was sold for $500,000 below the assessed value. The real estate agent, who double-ended the sale, says the buyer and seller knew each other.Top StoriesSun, 03 Apr 2016 05:44:23 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11829479http://www.vancouversun.com/news/crime/rcmp+failed+former+agent+risky+work+lawsuit+claims/11829479/story.htmlA man who claims to be a former agent for the RCMP is suing the force for allegedly failing to pay him for his clandestine activities. The man, identified in a lawsuit only as Agent E,  says that from 20o1 until late 2014, he worked under the RCMP to provide investigative services in the areas […]Top StoriesTue, 05 Apr 2016 00:45:09 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11827536http://www.vancouversun.com/news/local+news/climbs+vancouver+trump+tower+send+donald+trump+message/11827536/story.htmlDiego Saul Reyna, a steel framer who lives in Port Moody, climbed to the top of the Trump hotel and tower in Vancouver this weekend to send Donald Trump a message.Top StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 13:53:21 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11828458http://www.vancouversun.com/business/coldfx+makers+misled+public+case+should+receive+classaction/11828458/story.htmlVANCOUVER - The makers of Cold-fX are in court today fighting allegations they ignored their own research and misled consumers about the short-term effectiveness of the popular cold and flu remedy.Top StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 21:40:01 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11828449http://www.vancouversun.com/business/strapped+police+forces+nonetheless+moving+towards+costly+body/11828449/story.htmlTORONTO - Some Canadian cities and police forces already wrestling with cash-flow shortages are moving toward outfitting officers with body cameras despite privacy concerns and scant consensus on the technology's cost-effectiveness.Top StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 16:30:10 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11827356http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/vancouver-canucks/iain+macintyre+young+virtanen+still/11827356/story.htmlBeing the youngest player on a National Hockey League team is like being the youngest child in a family of 23.Top StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 01:43:25 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11827714http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/modo+dips+toes+into+high+luxury/11827714/story.htmlWhen car-share co-op Modo started in Vancouver almost two decades ago, its utilitarian members cared so little about automotive esthetics that tacking hubcaps onto their humble grocery-getters seemed overly frivolous.Top StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 14:21:32 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11828617http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/canada+food+guide+killing/11828617/story.html'The evidence shows the public has complied (with the Canada Food Guide) and has got fatter and sicker' because the guide emphasizes the wrong foodsTop StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 18:43:22 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11827282http://www.vancouversun.com/news/world/putin+associates+stashed+billions+offshore+accounts+leaked/11827282/story.htmlMossack Fonesca did not serve only the Russian elite. Putin's arch enemy, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, also appears to have made use of the Panamanian law firmTop StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 14:45:29 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11828574http://www.vancouversun.com/news/world/donald+trump+automatically+long+shot+candidate+john+kasich/11828574/story.htmlThe call for Kasich to bow out came as Republican concerns grew about the prospect of chaos if Trump fails to lock up his party's nomination, or even more so if he doesTop StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 12:58:38 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11823411http://driving.ca/auto-news/news/why-advanced-driver-training-makes-teens-worse-driversIt may seem counter-intuitive, but a new study says advanced driving schools that teach emergency manoeuvres only increase the risk of teen driving collisions.Top StoriesFri, 01 Apr 2016 13:52:58 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11828716http://www.vancouversun.com/news/world/recently+discovered+fossil+puny+fierce+dinosaur+missing+link/11828716/story.htmlThe new species of tyrannosaur is approximately 90 million years old and fills in a crucial gap in understanding the evolution of the enormous, fearsome predatorTop StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 15:05:44 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11828854http://www.vancouversun.com/bottom+canada+ever+shrinking+industry+braces+more+layoffs/11828854/story.htmlAfter almost two years of sinking oil prices and at least 40,000 job cuts, Canada's petroleum industry still isn't finished tackling its bloated operationsTop StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 18:59:04 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11828895http://www.vancouversun.com/news/world/panama+papers+prove+awkward+beijing+relatives+officials+named/11828895/story.htmlSome of the people mentioned in the report are Deng Jiagui, the brother-in-law of China's current president and Li Xiaolin, the tycoon daughter of China's former premierTop StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 18:43:25 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11828597http://www.vancouversun.com/health/lawyer+cold+lawsuit+fight+class+action+status+which+could+trigger/11828597/story.htmlAn estimated $500 million could be refunded if a class-action suit was successful, according to the lawyer of Don Harrison, who launched his claim in 2012Top StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 15:21:53 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11827136http://www.vancouversun.com/news/local+news/bear+attack+redefined+survivor+andy+stepniewski+lives/11827136/story.htmlIn the world of Washington birding and the state's Audubon community, Andy Stepniewski is an icon. He wrote the book, quite literally, on the birds of Yakima County.Top StoriesSun, 03 Apr 2016 22:41:55 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11828606http://www.vancouversun.com/business/local+business/seattle+based+alaska+buying+virgin+america+deal/11828606/story.htmlNEW YORK – Alaska Air Group Inc. is buying Virgin America in a deal worth more than $2 billion, combining their West Coast presence and reigniting the debate over airline consolidation. Alaska Airlines will pay $57 in cash per Virgin America share. That’s a 47 per cent premium to its Friday closing price of $38.90. […]Top StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 21:44:32 Ztag:www.vancouversun.com:content=11828957http://www.vancouversun.com/news/world/chihuahua+leads+police+chase+across+oakland+francisco+bridge/11828957/story.htmlThe California Highway Patrol tweeted the small black dog "led us on quite a chase" SundayTop StoriesMon, 04 Apr 2016 19:14:36 Z