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• Sky-high Vancouver photoshoot provides stunning views for aviation geeks

  31-05-2017 23:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  Far from the world below, up where the clear winds blow, a photoshoot is taking place.
  The Vancouver Airport said there was “no need for concern” if people spot two planes flying closely together over the Greater Vancouver region on Wednesday. The two planes are part of a mid-air photoshoot taking place with Air Canada for a commercial.You might see 2 planes flying together in the area today. No need for concern, just @AirCanada & WolfeAir on a photo shoot! Flight #AC7169 pic.twi
  
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• GoFundMe page set up for New Westminster teen who died of overdose

  31-05-2017 23:20 via vancouversun.com
  
  A crowd-funding page to raise money for a funeral has been set up for a New Westminster teen who died Friday night of an apparent drug overdose.
  The girl, who has been identified as 16-year-old Angel Loyer Lawrence, and a friend fell ill after ingesting a substance they thought to be the party drug MDMA. 
  Loyer Lawrence died after taking the unknown drug, while her friend remains in critical condition in hospital.
  On Saturday, police warned the public about a deadly batc
  
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• Rob Shaw: A glimpse behind-the-scenes of B.C.'s power-sharing talks

  31-05-2017 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The bulk of a power-sharing deal that will topple Premier Christy Clark’s government was settled between the B.C. Greens and NDP as early as Sunday morning, prompting the Greens to end talks with the Liberals after concluding they just philosophically could not support that party.
  The NDP emerged with the deal after five negotiating sessions in which a running list of agreed-upon positions (which New Democrats started to write down as early as Day 2 of the talks) grew into
  
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• B.C. festival guide: Choose the right summer party for your musical tastes

  31-05-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Canadians are crazy for summer festivals. Give us a weekend weather forecast which suggests the possibility of no rain or snow and we head out en masse to take in multistage events all across the country.
  Some — Montreal Jazz Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival and Calgary’s Sled Island — have become global brands. 
  People know what they are getting into if they head to them, and that should liven up the experience, but to really glean the greatest benefit from your fest
  
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• More dramatic testimony about fatal gangland shooting in Kelowna

  31-05-2017 22:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  KELOWNA — Three more local residents told their harrowing stories in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday about witnessing gunmen open fire outside the Delta Grand Hotel in the gangland shooting that left Jonathan Bacon dead.
  Dianne Hofer had been checking out paddleboards in a nearby store with a friend and his son when they got into their car about a block from the scene.
  Driving toward the hotel, Hofer heard what she thought was the “sound of firecrackers going off.”
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• Horgan and Weaver visit Government House with power-sharing agreement

  31-05-2017 22:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The B.C. NDP and Green leaders took their power-sharing agreement to Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon on Wednesday morning, to try and convince her to let them govern once Premier Christy Clark’s Liberal government is defeated.
  NDP Leader John Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver visited Government House with a copy of the accord that the 44 MLAs from both parties signed Tuesday.
  A representative for Guichon accepted the documents on her behalf.
  Horgan said the move is important &
  
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• #CampIgnite is a youth firefighter mentorship program for girls in grade 11/12. Apply by June 1st:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-05-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  #CampIgnite is a youth firefighter mentorship program for girls in grade 11/12. Apply by June 1st:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• A reminder from local 4th and 5th graders: @NorthVanRC phased opening of #NewDelbrook is underway! Schedule here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-05-2017 21:44 via twitter.com
  A reminder from local 4th and 5th graders:@NorthVanRC phased opening of #NewDelbrook is underway! Schedule here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Hurry, time's running out to get your #LivingCity Grant applications in. Deadline June 2. cnv.org/LivingCityGrant… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-05-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  Hurry, time's running out to get your #LivingCity Grant applications in. Deadline June 2. cnv.org/LivingCityGrant… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Buller says missing and murdered women inquiry will return to Yukon

  31-05-2017 18:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  WHITEHORSE — Chief commissioner Marion Buller says the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Girls will return to Yukon, but perhaps will visit a different community next time.
  Buller has said previously that the inquiry will need more time and more money to complete its work, but has not said how much is needed or when the request will be made to the federal government.
  She says after testimony wraps up in Whitehorse this week, the commissioners will discuss how much more
  
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• Search underway for B.C. teacher who vanished while checking field trip spot

  31-05-2017 18:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  CRAWFORD BAY — Searchers backed by a dog team and a helicopter continue to scour a recreational area of southeastern British Columbia hoping to find any sign of a school teacher who disappeared on Monday.
  An RCMP news release says Alvin Dunic left Crawford Bay Elementary-Secondary School, about 75 kilometres north of Creston, just before noon.
  It says the 57-year-old wanted to find a good spot for a class project and intended to return in about 30 minutes, but was reported overdue just bef
  
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• Horgan and Weaver to visit Government House with power-sharing agreement

  31-05-2017 18:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The B.C. NDP and Green leaders will take their power-sharing agreement to Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon Wednesday morning, to try and convince her to let them govern once Premier Christy Clark’s Liberal government is defeated.
  NDP Leader John Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver plan to visit Government House at 10 a.m. with a copy of the accord that the 44 MLAs from both parties signed Tuesday.
  Guichon is not expected to be there personally to receive the document, but the lea
  
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• Real Scoop: Live updates from the Jonathan Bacon murder trial

  31-05-2017 18:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  Red Scorpion gang leader Jonathan Bacon was shot to death on Aug. 14,  2011, when his vehicle was sprayed with gunfire outside Kelowna’s Delta Grand resort. Injured in the shooting were Hells Angel Larry Amero, Independent Soldier James Riach and companions Leah Hadden-Watts and Lyndsey Black. Charged in the case are rival gangsters Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michael Jones. B.C Supreme Court Justice Allan Betton is presiding over the judge-alone trial. 
  On Wednesday, mor
  
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• Homicide police investigating after dead man found inside Abbotsford home

  31-05-2017 18:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  Police are seeking suspects and witnesses after a dead man was found inside an Abbotsford home this week.
  Just before 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Abbotsford Police were called for a report of a “suspicious circumstance” at a home in the 2300-block of Cameron Crescent.
  Upon arrival, officers discovered a man inside the home who had died. Details on the cause of death or what led police to believe it was a homicide have not been released. No suspects have been identified at this time.
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• Celebrate #BikeDay in Canada June 1st. Join us for a group ride from Civic Plaza, 4-6pm. cnv.org/BTWW… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-05-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Celebrate #BikeDay in Canada June 1st. Join us for a group ride from Civic Plaza, 4-6pm. cnv.org/BTWW… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Helping kids stay safe at Canyon Heights Elem School 3rd annual Walk and Roll event. #NVSD #ICBC #FREEDOMFRIDAY G… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-05-2017 17:33 via twitter.com
  Helping kids stay safe at Canyon Heights Elem School 3rd annual Walk and Roll event.#NVSD #ICBC #FREEDOMFRIDAYG… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• TSB report on fatal Leviathan II sinking near Tofino to be released June 14

  31-05-2017 17:28 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Transportation Safety Board’s final report investigating the 2015 fatal capsizing and sinking of the Leviathan II will be released in two weeks.
  The TSB announced Wednesday it plans to host a media conference on June 14 to publicly release its investigative report into the Oct. 25, 2015 incident that saw 27 passengers tossed from a 20-metre whale-watching vessel into the Pacific Ocean near Tofino, about 320 kilometres northwest of Victoria. Six people – five Britons and one Austr
  
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• One lane closed on Golden Ears Bridge after over-height barge hits railing

  31-05-2017 17:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  Engineers will be on site inspecting the Golden Ears Bridge Wednesday morning after an over-height crane on a barge hit and damaged the railing on the eastern side of the span.
  An over-height crane on a barge struck the eastern side of the bridge around 6:30 a.m. and knocked out three posts and at least two sets of railing, according to TransLink spokesman Chris Bryan. TransLink oversees the operation and maintenance of the Golden Ears Bridge.#rareaccident #bardge crane vs bridge Golden Ears bri
  
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• Daily Poll: Is testing the house a good idea or a bad one for Christy Clark?

  31-05-2017 16:41 via vancouversun.com
  
  The balance of power shifted in B.C. this week, with the B.C. NDP and Greens teaming up to end what’s been a 16-year-long Liberal reign.
  B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan and B.C. Greens Leader Andrew Weaver announced Monday they had agreed on a power-sharing deal that would see the Greens support an NDP government over the course of the next four years. That puts the joint camp one seat over the 43 seats the Liberals picked up in the May 9 election.
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• Five Things to Know: Poodle in a suitcase, Clark doesn't resign, high school on lockdown

  31-05-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Christy Clark plans to go down swinging, John Horgan and Andrew Weaver unveil their new plan, and a poodle is found in a locked suitcase in the woods. Here are five things you need to know:  
  Dog, cat found abandoned in the woods  
  A poodle was brought to the Richmond Animal Protection Society (RAPS) animal shelter on Sunday night after the dog was discovered locked in a suitcase in a wooded area of Richmond, reports Postmedia’s Scott Brown. He’d been in the suitc
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Breaking the silence on forced child marriages

  31-05-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  A young South Asian teenager flicked through her best friend’s wedding photos on her smartphone. The bride was young and beautiful in her heavily adorned dress, veiled, with eyes lowered.
  The friend had gone to India from Vancouver to visit. Yet, there she was. A bride. And she hadn’t come back to finish high school.
  The teen swiped to the next photo — a man that her father had picked to become her husband. She was leaving soon to meet him in India
  
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• Former NHL player, advocate for abused children, to tell Vancouver conference why he kept a brutal secret for so long

  31-05-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Pediatricians from across Canada will hold their annual conference in Vancouver this week and in his keynote address, former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy, will urge doctors to learn more about recognizing and reacting to childhood trauma.
  More than 900 pediatricians and other child health professionals are expected to attend the Canadian Paediatric Society’s 94th Annual Conference, May 31-June 3. Kennedy, who has become one of Canada’s most important advocates for violence and abu
  
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• Canada 150: Jack Webster, a journalist who was larger than life

  31-05-2017 09:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we are counting down to Canada Day with profiles of 150 noteworthy British Columbians.
  For decades, B.C.’s most recognizable voice had a Scottish accent.
  Jack Webster was the king of the Vancouver airwaves from the 1950s until his retirement in 1988, first on radio, then on TV.
  He was tough but charming, a hard-boiled newsman yet a total showboat. Politicians knew they were in for a rough ride on his show, but many loved it — former Prime Minist
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Witnesses to Bacon shooting describe terror

  31-05-2017 07:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  It was a dramatic day at the Kelowna trial of three men charged with killing Red Scorpion Jonathan Bacon on Aug. 14, 2011.
  Visitors to the city who had booked at the luxurious Delta Grand hotel described the terrifying scene that unfolded before them when gunmen dressed all in black began firing.
  Some were less than a metre away as dozens of shots rang out. It is amazing that there weren’t more casualties that day.
  Of course none of the witnesses could identify who the masked shooters were
  
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• Opinion: Make a difference in lives of those living with multiple sclerosis

  31-05-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Every year in May, the world is reminded about the importance of recognizing the needs of those living with multiple sclerosis (MS). Today, Wednesday May 31, is World MS Day, a day that brings the global MS community together to share stories, raise awareness and campaign with and for everyone affected by MS. This year’s May awareness theme is life with MS. For some, that means finding the best solutions to living as independently as possible. For others, it could mean sharing strategies a
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Wednesday, May 31

  31-05-2017 06:14 via vancouversun.com
  
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Wednesday, May 31.
  The Canada Show: The Complete History of Canada in One Hour
  Vancouver Fringe presents an old favourite: The Canada Show, which stars three singing historians fighting to tell their own version of Canada’s history. According to Vancouver Fringe, “Carly Pokoradi is the francophone character, always focusing on the ways in which French Canadians have been mistreated, Alex Gullason is fighti
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Green, NDP priorities to test new 'expression of hope'

  31-05-2017 05:22 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The briefing on the power-sharing agreement between the New Democrats and the Greens was just getting underway Tuesday when I was struck by the sheer ambition of the thing.
  Spelled out in 10 pages are some three dozen major policy initiatives, including makeovers for everything from the cost of prescription drugs, to education funding, to affordable housing to environmental assessment to climate action to … well, you get the point.
  This from a partnership that would
  
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• Lamborghini collides with fire hydrant at downtown Vancouver intersection

  31-05-2017 04:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouverites got an extended look at a six-figure sports car on Tuesday after a Lamborghini collided with a fire hydrant at the corner of Georgia and Bute Street.
  Normally such sightings are short, as the pricey vehicles fly by, providing little more than a passing sight as they rumble away. But this neon green sports car had nowhere to go after the hydrant stopped it short.#Vancouver Police on scene with a vehicle that crashed into a fire hydrant at W Georgia St & Bute St. Pic @philpostro
  
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• Housing advocates take on city for dilapidated Downtown Eastside hotel

  31-05-2017 03:41 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver housing activists are demanding the city immediately repair a rundown Downtown Eastside hotel where tenants recently lost use of their bathtubs and now fear mass eviction.
  Over the past year, the Balmoral Hotel at 159 East Hastings has been the subject of several complaints lodged by tenants and activists, including legal battles against its owners, the Sahota family.
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  Sahotas face another class-action lawsuit from Downtown Eastside tenant'They
  
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• Tolls on Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges to fall under NDP/Green agreement

  31-05-2017 03:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  NDP Leader John Horgan said eliminating “unfair” tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges will be part of the first budget he tables if he becomes premier.
  On Tuesday, Horgan and Green party Leader Andrew Weaver signed a power-sharing agreement that will see the three Green MLAs support the NDP, which has 41 seats in the legislature, on confidence motions. The Liberals have 43 seats.
  At a news conference after the agreement was ratified, Horgan said he and Weaver had “com
  
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• Evacuation alert issued for Kelowna's Mission Creek

  31-05-2017 03:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  An evacuation alert has been issued for several properties near the mouth of Mission Creek in Kelowna.
  Flooding concerns are on the rise, as the water level at Okanagan Lake continues to do the same. On Sunday, the lake had reached 343.08 metres, eight centimetres above historic flood levels dating back to 1948. Now, with rising temperatures melting the snowpack and a windstorm expected to bring gusts of up to 25 kilometres an hour on Tuesday night, the community is 
  
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• Canada 150: As a founder of SUCCESS, Maggie Ip became the organization's symbolic 'mother'

  31-05-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we are counting down to Canada Day with profiles of 150 noteworthy British Columbians.
  In the 1970s, services for immigrants were few and far between in Metro Vancouver.
  Maggie Ip was in a unique position to recognize what was needed. Born in Shanghai, she emigrated to Canada to get her Masters degree in education at the University of Ottawa. Ip spent seven years struggling to integrate into her new country.
  In the late 1960s, she moved to Va
  
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• West Van woman who sought millions from mother and brother abused process: Judge

  31-05-2017 02:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  A woman who was fighting her family for control of millions in assets, including two West Vancouver homes, has had her claims thrown out after a judge ruled she was engaging in an abuse of process.
  Rosa Donna Este claimed that in 2013, her mother, Mina Esteghamat-Ardakani, and her brother, Francis Amir Este, encouraged her to come up with a false story that the mom was the true owner of assets that were in fact owned by her, in order to defend herself in a divorce action filed by her husband.
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• Want to be a #FunCityFestival 2017 sponsor, vendor, food truck or performer? Sign up @ funcityfestival.com… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-05-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Want to be a #FunCityFestival 2017 sponsor, vendor, food truck or performer? Sign up @ funcityfestival.com… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• What they're saying about the NDP and the Greens making a deal

  31-05-2017 01:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  That the B.C. Liberals’ time as government in this province may be coming to an end is making plenty of headlines.
  Tuesday, Green party leader Andrew Weaver and B.C. NDP leader John Horgan confirmed the details of their four-year pact, which B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark later acknowledged likely means the end of her premiership.
  A look at what’s being said about it all:
  The New York Times‘ Dan Levin focuses in on Andrew Weaver’s role as power-broker.
  Andrew Weaver be
  
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• NDP-Green partnership puts Trans Mountain pipeline, Site C dam projects in question

  31-05-2017 01:57 via vancouversun.com
  
  An NDP and Green party British Columbia government would have a weak legal case to block the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project and risks touching off the “most polarizing” political conflict since 1980s National Energy Program, according to experts.
  NDP Leader John Horgan and Green party Leader Andrew Weaver said on Tuesday that an NDP government, with Green party support, would “immediately employ every tool available” to stop Kinder Morgan’s $7.4 billion p
  
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• Lockdown lifted at Richmond high school hit with online threats

  31-05-2017 01:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  Spoofed WiFi names carrying threatening messages led to a lockdown and eventual arrest of male youth at a Richmond high school on Tuesday.
  Students at R.A. McMath secondary spent the entire school day in their first period classrooms as RCMP, responding to what was described as a “series of threats directed towards the school,” searched the campus and arrested a suspect.
  “We are pleased that everything ended without incident and without injuries,” said
  
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• Zeballos beats out nine competitors to win 'B.C.'s best tap water' prize

  31-05-2017 01:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  It’s a big week for the village of Zeballos.
  The community on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island is getting a new bridge next week. This week, their tap water was put forward as B.C.’s best.
  At the fourth annual tap water taste test, held Tuesday as part of the B.C. Water & Waste Association’s annual conference in Victoria, “a panel of selected ‘aqualiers’ sampled and evaluated water based on appearance, aroma, taste, mouth feel, aftertaste,
  
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• NDP, Greens take aim at Kinder Morgan, Site C in power-sharing deal

  31-05-2017 01:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — A B.C. NDP government, backed by the Greens, would do everything it could to kill the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, to hold a referendum in 2018 on proportional representation, to eliminate Metro bridge tolls, to increase the carbon tax, to bring in a $15 minimum wage and to put the Site C dam project before an immediate review, according to details of the power-sharing deal between the two parties.
  The ambitious deal, which was signed by NDP Leader
  
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• Yowza, look at the colours in these "Underwater Sea Life" photos by Wayne Anderton! See them all in our lobby galle… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-05-2017 00:49 via twitter.com
  Yowza, look at the colours in these "Underwater Sea Life" photos by Wayne Anderton! See them all in our lobby galle… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Compensation pick for Tortorella a bit sticky this year for Canucks

  31-05-2017 00:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  The National Hockey League expansion draft has expanded the thought process of general managers and that could affect the Vancouver Canucks well before the June 21 event.
  Jim Benning is hoping for an additional 2017 second-round entry draft selection — to go with the 33rd overall pick — as compensation for the Columbus in-season hiring of coach John Tortorella, who was technically employed by the Canucks because of money still owed when he joined the Blue Jackets in October, 2015.
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• Reminder: Don't forget to stop by our #BTWW Celebration Station today 4-6pm @ Keith & Grand Blvd… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-05-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  Reminder: Don't forget to stop by our #BTWW Celebration Station today 4-6pm @ Keith & Grand Blvd… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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