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• Willes’ Musings: Red-hot Flames provide a solid blueprint for surging Canucks

  11-02-2019 12:00 via The Province
  With the Vancouver Canucks in the middle of a playoff race, here’s something else you might not expect to be good, the Monday morning musings and meditations on the world of sports.
  • The Calgary Flames came to town Saturday night with their first-place team and the NHL’s most prolific offence, which is galling enough to the faithful.
  But if you’re wondering how the Flames got to this place — and the Canucks are where they are — we refer you to the 2015 playoff
  
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• Bronwyn Taylor, woman missing in Surrey, was last seen in the City Parkway

  21-02-2019 08:38 via : BC
  Bronwyn Taylor was last seen near 104 Ave and University Dr in Surrey on Feb. 19.
  
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• RCMP labs make more cuts to firearms testing, impacting some criminal cases

  21-02-2019 08:08 via Vancouver Sun
  The RCMP is further cutting the number of guns used in crimes that will be sent to national forensic labs for analysis, Postmedia has learned.
  And that means that in some cases, criminals caught with illegal firearms may not face any charges related to the guns.
  Postmedia revealed last week that the RCMP’s ability to test firearms had declined in recent years due to lab cuts, leading to long delays in investigations.
  Retired RCMP Asst. Commissioner Wayne Rideout, who heads the B.C. governm
  
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• Tofino becomes training ground for Canadian surfers hoping to make Olympic debut

  21-02-2019 07:18 via : BC
  Surfing will make its debut at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, which could bring even more athletes to check out Tofino's waves.
  
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• Delta police officer stabbed during incident at elementary school

  21-02-2019 06:43 via : BC
  A Delta police officer and a woman were stabbed during a confrontation at a private elementary school. Aaron McArthur reports.
  
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• Few incentives in spending-heavy B.C. budget, global downturn worries business leaders

  21-02-2019 06:31 via : BC
  Businesses credit the government for the budget initiatives that support families and environment programs, but add it should not take business for granted in a darkening economy.
  
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• Burnaby road rage assault flares up mid-intersection, video shows

  21-02-2019 06:25 via : BC
  Video showed a man opening the door of a vehicle parked at the intersection of Grandview Highway and Boundary in Burnaby.
  
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• Shocking road rage incident in Burnaby caught on camera

  21-02-2019 06:10 via : BC
  Video posted online shows a man attacking another driver in the middle of a Burnaby intersection after claiming he was cut off in traffic.
  
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• Surfers train for Olympics in Tofino

  21-02-2019 05:42 via : BC
  Surfers hoping to represent Canada in the 2020 Summer Games are training in the cold ocean water off Tofino. Kylie Stanton reports.
  
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• B.C. drivers to fork out an extra $1.74 billion in ICBC premiums by 2022

  21-02-2019 05:42 via Vancouver Sun
  British Columbian drivers are going to get hit with billions of dollars in increased premiums over the next three years, according to a financial summary released by ICBC.
  On Tuesday, the B.C. government revealed the Crown auto-insurer would go from making a loss of $1.18 billion in the current financial year (ending March 31) to a profit of $148 million by the financial year ending March 31, 2022.
  This dramatic predicted change in fortune was attributed by Finance Minister Carole James to savin
  
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• Closing West End business laments community plan’s move towards rental density

  21-02-2019 04:40 via : BC
  The owners of Chocolate Mousse were packing up their store as construction began on a new rental housing tower less than a block away.
  
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• Sautner, Schenn bring future, past to Canucks’ blue-line

  21-02-2019 04:24 via The Province
  Defenceman Ashton Sautner is roughly four years younger than Luke Schenn, but he may as well be a generation apart in terms of perception.
  Sautner has played five games in the NHL while Schenn has 716 to his credit. Sautner has played 189 games in the AHL, compared to Schenn’s 29.
  In numbers and in perception, Schenn is the veteran while Sautner is the big maybe.
  Despite those differences, it’s Sautner who will likely play Thursday against the visiting Arizona Coyotes, with Schenn in
  
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• Task force launched to tackle sexual harassment at UBC medical school

  21-02-2019 04:19 via Vancouver Sun
  UBC medical students are being sexually harassed more often than students in other Canadian medical schools, according to a new report.
  An internal memo written by Dr. Andrea Townson, acting co-head of the UBC department of medicine, and sent to medical faculty at the University of British Columbia, refers to the “deeply concerning” results from a 2018 questionnaire of students who graduated from the 17 medical schools across Canada. Sexual remarks, uninvited touching and sexual assa
  
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• Car Seat issues and Firefighters raising money

  21-02-2019 04:18 via : BC
  Car seat warning for Canadian parents The flimsy cloth car seat sold on Walmart’s website offer virtually no protection for a child in crash tests performed on the seat. Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: James shares reserves that Liberals refused to distribute

  21-02-2019 04:09 via Vancouver Sun
  VICTORIA — Finance Minister Carole James wrapped up her budget presentation this week with a motion to spend a further $375 million in cash on hand before the March 31 ending of the current financial year.
  The one-time funding would be targeted at worthy causes, from medical research to high-speed internet connections for rural and Indigenous communities.
  Such supplementary estimates, as they are known in legislative parlance, were precluded by budget law so long as the province was carryi
  
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• Vancouver courtroom scene of battle over treatments for transgender youth

  21-02-2019 04:07 via Vancouver Sun
  A Vancouver courtroom was the scene of a tense legal battle this week over whether a transgender youth should get medical treatments to help transition to living as a boy.
  On one side was the B.C. teen’s father, who wants a temporary injunction to stop the youth from getting testosterone injections and other treatments at a gender clinic.
  On the other side was the 14-year-old and the teen’s mother, who want the court to allow the youth, who cannot be identified due to a publication b
  
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• Weather Forecast, February 20th 2019

  21-02-2019 03:47 via : BC
  Tonight’s news Hour Forecast with Kristi Gordon
  
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• Task force to tackle sexual harassment at UBC medical school

  21-02-2019 03:29 via Vancouver Sun
  UBC medical students are being sexually harassed more often than students in other Canadian medical schools, according to a new report.
  An internal memo written by Dr. Andrea Townson, acting co-head of the UBC department of medicine, and sent to medical faculty at the University of British Columbia, refers to the “deeply concerning” results from a 2018 questionnaire of students who graduated from the 17 medical schools across Canada. Sexual remarks, uninvited touching and sexual assa
  
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• Obit: Canadian book legend Allan MacDougall dies at 71

  21-02-2019 03:25 via Vancouver Sun
  Allan MacDougall wasn’t a typical CEO.
  “When we first started our little company, employing a receptionist or secretary or something, we didn’t know how to do it,” recounts his former partner, Mark Stanton. “So Allan would tell them a joke and if they got the joke, we hired them. That was it. That was the criteria.”
  It worked out pretty well. That little company is Raincoast Books, Canada’s domestically owned largest book distributor.
  MacDougall’s
  
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• Delta Police officer Stabbed

  21-02-2019 03:23 via : BC
  Delta police officer stabbed during incident at elementary school A Delta police officer and a woman were stabbed during a confrontation at a private elementary school. Catherine Urquhart reports.
  
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• Measles outbreak affecting more people

  21-02-2019 03:22 via : BC
  The measles outbreak in Vancouver is now affecting 36 students and staff at three French language schools. Sarah MacDonald has the latest, including what health experts say about getting vaccinated.
  
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• J.J. Adams: Teen Simon says he feels more like a part of the Whitecaps now

  21-02-2019 03:21 via The Province
  Just over a year ago this week, Simon Colyn’s name was first introduced to the Vancouver Whitecaps’ mainstream fan.
  The waifish-slim 15-year-old played like a man among men in the Caps’ pre-season tour in Hawaii, setting up a goal in a 4-0 win against J1 side Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, the only one of the four residency players on the trip to register a point.
  Between then and now, he signed a Homegrown contract with the team and made his MLS debut — subbing off Alphonso
  
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• B.C. government considers requiring students to register measles immunizations

  21-02-2019 03:12 via : BC
  The B.C. government is looking at requiring parents to register with schools whether they have vaccinated their children or not.
  
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• Patrick Johnston: Sautner and Schenn bring future, past to Canucks’ blue-line

  21-02-2019 03:04 via The Province
  Defenceman Ashton Sautner is roughly four years younger than Luke Schenn, but he may as well be a generation apart in terms of perception.
  Sautner has played five games in the NHL while Schenn has 716 to his credit. Sautner has played 189 games in the AHL, compared to Schenn’s 29.
  In numbers and in perception, Schenn is the veteran while Sautner is the big maybe.
  Despite those differences, it’s Sautner who will likely play Thursday against the visiting Arizona Coyotes, with Schenn in
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019

  21-02-2019 03:00 via Vancouver Sun
  Here we go again — dealing with the vaccination naysayers. As a retired public health nurse, I can tell you that it’s your job as a parent to provide your child with the best possible health outcomes. By not vaccinating your child, not only are you putting them at risk but also everyone else — even those of us who do vaccinate.
  I vote for mandatory vaccination. Health-care providers who carry out the immunizations have to become more dogmatic. What if a physician refused to tak
  
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• Letters, Feb. 21: NDP plan to adopt UNDRIP will severely hamper economy, reader argues

  21-02-2019 03:00 via The Province
  In the throne speech, the NDP government stated that “B.C. will be the first province in Canada to introduce legislation to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. The goal is mandating government to bring provincial laws and policies into harmony with the declaration.”
  UNDRIP was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2007 by a majority of 144-4. The four votes against were Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.S. Those voting in favour included China, the
  
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• Bacchus Barua and Steven Globerman: Trudeau gov’t’s drug-pricing plan may limit access to new life-improving medicines

  21-02-2019 03:00 via The Province
  It seems clear — the Trudeau government wants Ottawa to become the public insurer for prescription drugs, in part to contain drug costs. In 2017, the government proposed changes to the way it limits drug prices in Canada. While lower prices may seem like a good thing, there’s a catch. The changes, which were scheduled to come into effect last month but have been delayed, will likely reduce access to new life-improving prescription drugs in Canada.
  Currently, maximum allowable prices
  
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• More money in B.C. budget for wildfire response as natural disaster costs soar

  21-02-2019 02:48 via : BC
  The 2019 B.C. budget allocates more funding towards disaster response, but the leader of the B.C. Green Party says better policies need to follow suit in the face of climate change. Shelby Thom reports.
  
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• Salmon Arm moving to ban plastic bags

  21-02-2019 02:35 via : BC
  Mayor says people will adjust to city’s plastic bag ban bylaw.
  
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• Sad end to search for missing snowshoer in B.C.

  21-02-2019 02:33 via : BC
  Heartbreak for the family of a missing snowshoer who was swept away by an avalanche, as his body has been found by search and rescue. Grace Ke reports.
  
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