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		<title>Vancouver tackles graffiti for 2010 Games</title>
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One person&#8217;s street art is another&#8217;s nuisance. Katie Dangerfield, Daniel Hallen and Yvonne Robertson look at how new limits on the amount and type of street art allowed during the 2010 Winter Olympics are making it difficult for artists.

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		<link>http://thethunderbird.ca/2010/02/15/vancouver-graffiti-street-art-olympics/</link>
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		<title>Foreign students in Vancouver face housing challenges</title>
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In a city known for its high quality of life, high costs force some international students to compromise their standard of living. Grant Burns, Ursula Diaz and Michelle Ha investigate.

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		<title>Knife juggling, fire eating are all in a day&#8217;s work</title>
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By Jes Abeita and Sarah Buell
Piper McKenzie is a full-time street performer whose stunts often have him balanced precariously on a ladder or juggling lighted torches in the name of entertainment. The occasional bruises and burns are just part of the job.

More Granville Island stories:

Making art out of glass
Escape artist&#8217;s breakout performance
Market busker strumming to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thethunderbird.ca/2010/02/15/piper-mckenzie-juggler-granville-island/</link>
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		<title>At Granville Island, making art out of glass</title>
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By Daniel Hallen and Yvonne Robertson
Larissa Blockhuis uses her Saturday glass flower-making classes at New-Small &#38; Sterling Studio Glass to introduce people to the art of glassblowing. Blockhuis studied glassblowing at the Alberta College for Art and Design. For the time she puts into giving flower-making classes, Blockhuis receives time in the studio for her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thethunderbird.ca/2010/02/15/larissa-blockhuis-new-small-sterling-studio-glass-glassblowing/</link>
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		<title>Escape artist&#8217;s breakout performance</title>
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By Lara Howsam and Lewis Kelly
Vancouver street performer Byron Bertram reveals a few tricks of the trade, including how he escapes from a &#8220;chain tuxedo&#8221; and why he affects a British accent while performing. Bertram is one of the many entertainers who perform at Granville Island on weekends. He spoke with The Thunderbird after one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thethunderbird.ca/2010/02/14/byron-bertram-granville-island-busker/</link>
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		<title>Market busker strumming to his own beat</title>
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By Hilary Atkinson and Evan Duggan
Ron Jones is one of the many unique artists and performers sharing their talent with visitors to Vancouver&#8217;s Granville Island. For decades, Jones has shared his love of music with those around him. Now retired, Jones spends his days on Granville Island speaking to audiences through the strings of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trendy Vancouver neighbourhood gets its first homeless shelter</title>
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Rod Gash is a resident of Kitsilano’s first homeless shelter. A recovering addict, Gash lived in area carports before the shelter opened Jan. 15 on West 4th Avenue between Pine and Fir Streets.
Gash was among the sixteen people who arrived opening night. The shelter reached its 40-person capacity within days of opening, on Jan. 19.
Gash [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thethunderbird.ca/2010/02/04/kitsilano-homeless-shelter/</link>
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		<title>Norway taps salt water as green energy source</title>
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In 1974 a researcher at the University of Connecticut submitted a paper to the journal Science. He claimed that large amounts of energy could be extracted from the natural mixing of fresh water and salty sea water that occurs at river mouths around the world.
The author, Richard Norman, was surprised when the manuscript was positively [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thethunderbird.ca/2010/01/19/norway-taps-salt-water-as-green-energy-source/</link>
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		<title>Union rules could hit drug addicts’ job chances</title>
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Up to 35 positions are scheduled to be eliminated from the City of Vancouver Department of Engineering, but so far, one group appears to be safe.
Vancouver City Council passed its 2010 operating budget Dec. 18, 2009, which included cuts to programs and jobs proposed in November.  According to a union official, jobs will go as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thethunderbird.ca/2009/12/23/union-rules-could-hit-drug-addicts%e2%80%99-job-chances/</link>
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		<title>Researchers aim to clean up toxic Athabasca water</title>
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Northern Alberta is home to some of the fastest-growing bodies of water in the world. Every day roughly two billion litres of water – enough to fill 800 Olympic swimming pools – are added to these lakes, which are already over 11.5 trillion litres in volume.
The largest one, located near Mildred Lake just north of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thethunderbird.ca/2009/12/17/researchers-aim-to-clean-up-toxic-athabasca-water/</link>
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