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• Double lung transplant is Abbotsford girl's 'Christmas miracle'

  17-12-2018 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  Autumn Carlson is one feisty little firecracker, according to her mom, Sabrina.
  The 12-year-old Abbotsford girl battled her way through a bone marrow transplant for childhood leukemia six years ago, and then survived a host of kidney, bowel and liver problems when graft versus host disease (GVHD) set in as a complication.
  The illness eventually destroyed her lungs, too, but a recent double-lung transplant at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Kids has finally put Autumn back on the road to a norm
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Engineering Inspector. Click here to apply. ow.ly/J9wX30n1pre #NorthVan

  17-12-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a regular full-time Engineering Inspector.Click here to apply. ow.ly/J9wX30n1pre #NorthVan
  
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• Surrey RCMP releases its holiday naughty list of prolific offenders

  17-12-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Not everyone wants to feel wanted during the holidays, especially those on the Surrey RCMP’s annual “holiday naughty list.”
  The detachment has released its top 10 photo list of prolific offenders wanted on outstanding warrants in Surrey in hopes that the public might recognize them and help put them behind bars.
  “Our officers would like to see them apprehended before the new year so that everyone can have a safe and happy holiday season,” Surrey RCMP said in a
  
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• RCMP warn residents about series of break-and-enters in North Vancouver - Straight.com

  17-12-2018 22:42
  RCMP warn residents about series of break-and-enters in North Vancouver  Straight.comAmid preparations for the holiday season and the presence of Christmas presents in home, a rash of thefts from homes has been occurring on the North Shore.
  
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• RCMP warn homeowners about series of break-and-enters in North Vancouver - Straight.com

  17-12-2018 22:42
  RCMP warn homeowners about series of break-and-enters in North Vancouver  Straight.comAmid preparations for the holiday season and the presence of Christmas presents in home, a rash of thefts from homes has been occurring on the North Shore.
  
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• The Home Front: Hardy home furnishings

  17-12-2018 22:33 via vancouversun.com
  Take a quick stroll around a city like Vancouver and you can’t help but spot increasing numbers of doggy daycares, pet boutiques and even pet portraiture services.
  But with pets ever popular, there’s also a heightened demand for hard-wearing furniture and home furnishings that can survive our furry friends, small children and the guests who are likely to visit over the holiday season, says Maureen Welton, vice-president of creative and design at Vancouver home-furnishings company&nbs
  
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• We're recruiting for a regular full-time Truck Driver 3. Click here to apply. ow.ly/Emho30n1nA2 #NorthVan

  17-12-2018 22:16 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for a regular full-time Truck Driver 3. Click here to apply. ow.ly/Emho30n1nA2 #NorthVan
  
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• Battle Ground or North Vancouver | Opinion - The Reflector

  17-12-2018 22:14
  Battle Ground or North Vancouver | Opinion  The ReflectorSo we can assume that the new subdivision builder will build a new school first?
  
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• 🎶 The Queen Mary Elementary School Choir will be filling Civic Plaza with festive music TODAY from 1:30pm-2pm. If t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-12-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
  🎶 The Queen Mary Elementary School Choir will be filling Civic Plaza with festive music TODAY from 1:30pm-2pm. If t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Santa’s helpers arrive on police sleigh bit.ly/2US5C12 #NorthVancouver

  17-12-2018 21:23 via twitter.com
  Santa’s helpers arrive on police sleighbit.ly/2US5C12#NorthVancouver
  
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• Previous story A closer look at driverless shuttles proposed in Surrey, Vancouver - North Delta Reporter

  17-12-2018 21:02
  Previous story A closer look at driverless shuttles proposed in Surrey, Vancouver  North Delta ReporterVancouver and Surrey's joint application for $50 million to pilot the “autonomous” vehicles is one of five shortlisted.
  
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• A closer look at driverless shuttles proposed in Surrey, Vancouver - North Delta Reporter

  17-12-2018 21:02
  A closer look at driverless shuttles proposed in Surrey, Vancouver  North Delta ReporterVancouver and Surrey's joint application for $50 million to pilot the “autonomous” vehicles is one of five shortlisted.
  
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• Another day, another weather warning. Today's forecast includes a wind warning for the North Shore + lots more rain… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-12-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Another day, another weather warning. Today's forecast includes a wind warning for the North Shore + lots more rain… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C.’s average home sale price will edge up in 2019: forecast

  17-12-2018 20:08
  
  Province will drive national decline in total residential sales next year, but prices will rise slightly, asserts Canadian Real Estate Association
  
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• District Hall will either be closed, or operating with reduced services and hours, between December 24 and January… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-12-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  District Hall will either be closed, or operating with reduced services and hours, between December 24 and January… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Adopt-A-School: Vulnerable and needy in Nanaimo

  17-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  NANAIMO — Susan M’Gonigle has trouble picking out the right words when asked to describe how some of the children attending Rock City Elementary appear when they come to school in the morning.
  Euphemisms don’t work and accuracy could be a bit too brutal, so she demurs.
  “Let’s just say they are hungry and often their clothing and footwear is inadequate. You see shoes with holes in being worn in the snow and flip flops when it’s raining,” said M’Goni
  
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• George Massey crossing review: Shorter, smaller bridge or new tunnel?

  17-12-2018 19:19 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government should do a new feasibility study to decide whether it should relieve congestion at the George Massey Tunnel by building a shorter, smaller bridge, or a new tunnel.
  The recommendation is contained in the executive summary of an independent consultant’s review of the George Massey Tunnel replacement project. A copy of that summary was obtained exclusively by Postmedia News.
  The B.C. NDP government cancelled construction of a 10-lane, $3.5-billion bridge to replace the 59
  
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• Concert announcement: Cher keeps on keepin' on with new Vancouver date

  17-12-2018 18:47 via vancouversun.com
  Long-time icon and stage diva Cher has announced new tour dates – including one in Vancouver – to kick off the new year.
  Cher will bring her Here We Go Again Tour to Vancouver’s Rogers Arena on May 30. Other Canadian dates being added to the tour include stops in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Calgary.
  Nile Rodgers and Chic will also join the tour as special guests.
  “We can’t wait to see you all with the incomparable Cher. Chic and Cher!” said Rodgers in a
  
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• It's not too late to make a child’s Christmas special - @NVCFD is collecting toys for @FSNorthShore. Drop off donat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-12-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  It's not too late to make a child’s Christmas special - @NVCFD is collecting toys for @FSNorthShore. Drop off donat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 🚧 Road Work Alert! Crews will be installing a new water service in the 400 block of W. Keith Rd today from 9am to 3… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-12-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  🚧 Road Work Alert! Crews will be installing a new water service in the 400 block of W. Keith Rd today from 9am to 3… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 'Saving the old houses' a passion project for dedicated resident

  17-12-2018 17:05
  
  New Westminster man getting closer to his dreams of moving small heritage homes to new lots
  
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• Where to go in Morocco: Journey from Marrakech to the Sahara

  17-12-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s late afternoon in the centre of stunning and exotic Marrakech, founded more than 1,000 years ago with its distinctive ochre ramparts, Andalusia-inspired arches, souq marketplaces and distinctive skyline of mosques set against the majestic snow-capped High Atlas Mountains.
  I find myself thoroughly lost in the souqs of the medina, where labyrinthine passageways and lanes seethe with a human tide of endlessly streaming humanity. Covered bazaars are crammed with fruit and spice stalls and
  
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• Abbotsford police probe Sunday night accident involving two pedestrians

  17-12-2018 16:56 via vancouversun.com
  Two pedestrians have been hit and injured in Abbotsford.
  The unidentified victims were in a marked crosswalk at Tretheway Street and Solcan Drive at about 8 p.m. Sunday when they were hit.
  According to Const. Jody Thomas with the Abbotsford Police Department, a 53-year-old woman remains in hospital in critical condition. A second person sustained non-life threatening injuries.
  The driver of the sole vehicle involved remained at the scene and is cooperating with police.
  The accident investigation
  
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• Daily Poll: What should the gov't do about the George Massey crossing?

  17-12-2018 16:23 via vancouversun.com
  On Monday, the B.C. government is expected to release the findings of an independent technical review of replacement options for the George Massey Tunnel.
  The previous B.C. Liberal government had plans to construct a bridge and had shortlisted contractors to begin work on the proposed span but that plan was killed by the newly instated B.C. NDP government in mid-2017.
  An independent technical review was then launched and those findings were handed in to Transportation Minister Claire Trevena in
  
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• Vancouver weather: Wind warning in effect for Metro area

  17-12-2018 15:10 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Dec. 17, 2018 – Monday’s weather continues the wet and windy trend, with a wind warning in effect.
  Winds of up to 70 kilometres an hour are expected early Monday evening across Metro Vancouver. Those impacted by the wind warning are being warned of loose objects being tossed or broken tree branches.
  Up to 15 millimetres of rain is also expected across the region, except for the North Shore where closer to 30 millimetres is likely.
  The Fraser Valley is also subje
  
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• Sunshine Coast 1,800-acre land parcel up for sale in 'rare' opportunity

  17-12-2018 03:42 via vancouversun.com
  Nearly 2,000 acres of land in one of B.C.’s most stunning fjords is up for sale for $3.2 million, prompting calls to turn the undeveloped land into protected park land.
  The 1,783-acre Sunshine Coast property — boasting more than four kilometres of ocean frontage, but also granite cliffs and steep terrain — is located on the south side of Princess Louisa Inlet, a popular destination for tourists and Pacific Northwest boaters.
  “It’s as close to heaven on Earth as you
  
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• Richmond council hears from public on farmhouse size

  17-12-2018 03:42
  
  A public hearing into how big houses can be in ALR land, as well as other items, being held on Monday
  
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• Keith Mah: Yes, Carolyn, there is a Santa Claus

  17-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  When my daughter was seven years old, she asked me, “Daddy, Is Santa Claus real?  My friends say Santa’s not real.”
  I said, “Of course Santa is real! How do you think those presents got under the Christmas tree?”
  A year later — a wiser and more cynical eight-year-old by then — she surprised me by saying, “Daddy, There is no Santa. All my friends say he doesn’t exist.”
  A stronger response was clearly needed, and forewarned is forear
  
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• Justin Tuitt-Campbell: Employers can't wait to bring in good marijuana policies for workplace health and safety

  17-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Using cannabis for recreation may be legal, but the legislation is having a major impact on workplaces.
  Human-resource professionals at organizations of all sizes must quickly enact policies for recreational marijuana use if they haven’t already.
  While large companies with HR departments and legal teams had the firepower to get their pot policies in place when legislation took effect Oct. 17, many smaller businesses are still trying to catch up.
  Different employers within the same sector c
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Give generously. It will make you feel better and it might just save the world

  17-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  These days, with all the anger, conflict and misery reported in the news, shown on television, film and depicted in novels and video games, it’s easy to fall into a dystopian world view.
  Worse, acting on those negative perceptions and depictions fuels more despair and division, breaking down communities and causing deep unhappiness — a concern that the Vancouver Foundation has raised.
  But more than half the people in the world, including a majority of Canadians, are listening to
  
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• B.C. municipalities take cover after prodding petroleum producers for payout

  17-12-2018 01:57 via vancouversun.com
  Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton was forced to back-pedal last week after a letter he sent to petroleum producers seeking costs for climate change sparked a new skirmish in the ongoing B.C.-Alberta conflict over fossil fuels.
  Crompton’s letter prompted swift protest from some in Alberta’s energy industry and led to cancelled travel plans and a decision to cancel part of an investors conference in Whistler. The mayor said he sincerely regretted that anyone would feel unwelcome i
  
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• Remember milk/eggnog containers, cookie tins, aluminum foil/trays, plastic trays/tops can all go in blue box/contai… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-12-2018 01:00 via twitter.com
  Remember milk/eggnog containers, cookie tins, aluminum foil/trays, plastic trays/tops can all go in blue box/contai… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C. NDP nominates candidate for Nanaimo byelection

  17-12-2018 00:31 via vancouversun.com
  The NDP candidate has been named in the Nanaimo byelection, a race that could deal a serious blow to the stability of Premier John Horgan’s government.
  Sheila Malcolmson, who is currently a federal NDP MP for Nanaimo-Ladysmith, was acclaimed yesterday as the B.C. NDP’s candidate in Nanaimo. She said she was honoured to be running.
  “This is the most important byelection in B.C. history. After 16 years of B.C. Liberal choices that hurt people in Nanaimo and across B.C., we&r
  
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