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• Health officials say crisis lines help those with holiday blues, substance use

  20-12-2018 23:49 via vancouversun.com
  Health officials say holiday stress can lead to mental health and substance use challenges for some people.
  So both the Fraser Health and Coastal Health authorities are reminding folks about several 24/7 crisis lines that residents can call for help.
  For the Fraser Health region call 604-951-8855 or toll-free at 1-877-820—7444. The service provides free and anonymous emotional support, crisis intervention and community resource information to people of all ages.
  If you are in the Vancouver
  
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• Desperately seeking knife owner who threw away blade with sentimental value in Seattle

  20-12-2018 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  It’s a scene all too familiar in these dark days of infernal security checks: Man or woman forgets a small penknife in his pocket or her purse. It almost never gets used, but has sentimental value. Security says you have to throw it out.
  One such man, attending a Christmas spectacle in Seattle recently, did just that. Only this time, a security guard felt sorry for him, and after the family entered the exhibit, he fished the knife out of the garbage.
  It has a black and gold casing wit
  
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• Prince George three-year-old child to make full recovery after being run over

  20-12-2018 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  PRINCE GEORGE — A three-year-old child whose midsection was run over by an SUV in Prince George is expected to make a full recovery.
  Police say it happened Wednesday in a retail strip-mall parking lot.
  Investigators say a woman in the SUV jumped over a meridian and travelled against the flow of traffic before entering the parking lot.
  The toddler was standing near a parent who was tending to a younger child when the driver hit the child and a tire from the SUV rolled over the child’s
  
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• City tree crew is attending a tree blocking 200 block W. 5th. If you see downed trees in the City, report w/… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-12-2018 22:56 via twitter.com
  City tree crew is attending a tree blocking 200 block W. 5th.If you see downed trees in the City, report w/… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Live: Ferries cancelled, tree crashes on Stanley Park Causeway, power outages as wind storm hits B.C. coast

  20-12-2018 22:54 via vancouversun.com
  If you are travelling home early for the holidays, be prepared for lengthy delays and hazardous driving conditions, as a winter storm hit the B.C. South Coast Thursday.
  High winds and stormy conditions caused ferry cancellations, power outages, dangerous road conditions, and SkyTrain disruptions in Metro Vancouver.
  A huge tree, toppled by the gales blowing off the Burrard Inlet, has fallen on the Stanley Park Causeway, snarling traffic downtown and on the North Shore.
  The causeway, which co
  
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• Power's out all over North Van. Take care out there! Use 4 way stop procedures at intersections without power. Chec… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-12-2018 22:52 via twitter.com
  Power's out all over North Van. Take care out there! Use 4 way stop procedures at intersections without power. Chec… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• POWER OUTAGE ALERT - due to high winds there are power outages throughout the City & District of North Vancouver.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-12-2018 22:48 via twitter.com
  POWER OUTAGE ALERT - due to high winds there are power outages throughout the City & District of North Vancouver.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Sharon and Bram add show dates after troubled B.C. leg of farewell tour

  20-12-2018 22:44 via vancouversun.com
  TORONTO — The team behind children’s entertainers Sharon and Bram are making plans to extend a farewell tour they say was bungled by a B.C. tour promoter.
  The duo’s new promoter Jeff Parry says he’s looking into more dates in B.C., including Vancouver and Victoria, which were skipped when they hit the province in October.
  Sharon Hampson’s daughter Randi, who also manages the duo, says the “Skinnamarink” and “The Muffin Man” performers are owe
  
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• Abbotsford man arrested for a string of hit and runs that sent several to hospital and killed a dog

  20-12-2018 22:43 via vancouversun.com
  An Abbotsford man has been arrested and will now face criminal charges in connection with a hit-and-run rampage that sent several people to hospital and killed a dog.
  Langley police said the 24-year-old was arrested Wednesday night in stolen vehicle following a string of hit-and-runs in North Langley, Willoughby and Abbotsford areas.
  Police say the first hit and run was reported after 8 p.m. The suspect vehicle in that incident was a small pickup truck that had earlier been stolen from Abbotsfor
  
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• B.C.'s electoral reform referendum results to be released at 2:30 p.m.

  20-12-2018 22:02 via vancouversun.com
  Elections B.C. says it will release the results from British Columbia’s electoral reform referendum at 2:30 p.m. today (Thursday).
  The mail-in ballot asked voters to decide whether to keep the province’s current first-past-the-post election system — where each of 87 ridings are represented by a single MLA who is the top vote winner in the election — or change to a form of proportional representation for the next election in May 2021. 
  Voters were also
  
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• North Vancouver resident nabs auto theft suspect in the act - Straight.com

  20-12-2018 21:40
  North Vancouver resident nabs auto theft suspect in the act  Straight.comAfter a North Vancouver resident physically caught a suspect in the midst of theft, North Vancouver RCMP are cautioning citizens about taking action when ...
  
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• Winds are picking up. Strong, potentially damaging winds expected today. Please use caution in parks and on trails.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-12-2018 20:55 via twitter.com
  Winds are picking up. Strong, potentially damaging winds expected today. Please use caution in parks and on trails.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• North Vancouver's newest suspension bridge is finally open - Daily Hive

  20-12-2018 20:46
  North Vancouver's newest suspension bridge is finally open  Daily HiveThe Seymour River Suspension bridge spans across the Seymour River in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve. It officially opened to the public today.
  
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• Top five hottest real estate news stories of 2018

  20-12-2018 20:37
  
  In a tumultuous year for B.C.’s real estate market, what were Glacier Media’s most-read real estate stories?
  
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• Exxon Mobil withdraws application to approve $25-billion B.C. LNG project

  20-12-2018 20:06 via vancouversun.com
  CALGARY — Exxon Mobil Corp. has withdrawn its environmental assessment application for a $25-billion LNG export facility on the B.C. coast it proposed in 2015.
  The apparent shelving of the WCC LNG project is the latest blow to the West Coast liquefied natural gas export industry which at one time featured about 20 proposals, but has resulted in only one firm commitment to build.
  The project had been proposed by Exxon Mobil and its Canadian partner, Imperial Oil Ltd., for Tuck Inlet in the
  
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• Live: Ferries cancelled, SkyTrain delays, power outages as wind storm hits B.C. coast

  20-12-2018 20:05 via vancouversun.com
  If you are travelling home early for the holidays, be prepared for lengthy delays and hazardous driving conditions, as a winter storm hit the B.C. South Coast Thursday.
  High winds and stormy conditions caused ferry cancellations, power outages, dangerous road conditions, and SkyTrain disruptions in Metro Vancouver.
  TransLink said fallen branches had blown on the tracks Thursday morning, forcing crews to shut down service between Braid and Sapperton stations.
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• A reminder that District Hall will be closed during Christmas statutory holidays (Dec 25, 26 and Jan 1). We'll also… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-12-2018 20:01 via twitter.com
  A reminder that District Hall will be closed during Christmas statutory holidays (Dec 25, 26 and Jan 1). We'll also… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• This Just In: Sulwhasoo Essential Lip Serum Stick, Garnier SkinActive Soothing 3-in-1 Balm and BITE Beauty Sweet Treats

  20-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Sulwhasoo
  Essential Lip Serum Stick
  They say: A “moisture-rich” lip serum that gently replenishes lips with moisture for a smooth feel and a slight shine. Available in eight shades.
  We say: If you’re looking for a luxurious treatment for winter-chapped lips, you may want to try these lip-smoothing sticks. The lightweight formula goes on easily, almost melting onto lips, and leaves skin feeling instantly more moisturized.
  $50 | Holt RenfrewGarnier
  SkinActive Soothing 3-in-1
  
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• Style Q &A: B.C. skin care brand Sealuxe celebrates the power of seaweed

  20-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  For Tanya Droege, Sealuxe was a business built out of necessity.
  As a young mother, the Crescent Beach-based creative says she needed to make household necessities when money was tight and she was concerned about the safety of the products she was using. Later, when her health took a turn due to a cancer diagnosis, she chose to continue to create her skin care products — to help her stay alive.
  Droege took time away from her growing business to chat about her brand, its products and w
  
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• Holiday beauty: Easy desk-to-party glam looks

  20-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  According to beauty guru Brittany Gray, the holidays are the perfect time to embrace your inner superstar.
  “Holiday is a chance to let your inner diva come out,” the founder of Fancy Face Inc., a hair and makeup artist agency based in Toronto and Vancouver, says. “You can afford to really play up your features with some pizzazz.”
  So, what exactly does that mean when it comes to your makeup? If you were to ask Gray, it’s all about taking a hint from th
  
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• Five gifts for food lovers

  20-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The days before Christmas Day may be numbered, but there are still a few hours left to pick up the perfect present for those final few people on your list.
  If you’re shopping for a bonafide foodie, or just aren’t sure which way to go when it comes to gift giving at all, items that centre on edible options and the kitchen are always a pretty safe place to start. After all, we all need to eat.
  So, with this in mind, we’ve rounded up five fabulous food-related gifts that are sure
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Last minute shoppers, here's your wine list

  20-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  If you didn’t take any of our earlier advice about getting organized before the inevitable, last-minute, rush this weekend, fear not we still have a few answers for Christmas dinner.
  But let’s be clear you are down to the last hours. It will take more time to park and pay for all of today’s suggestions then it will to find them. Either way time is of the essence. The good news is all of today’s picks should still be available in most BCLDB stores with a healthy wine selec
  
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• Adopt-A-School: Sidoo family helps hungry students at Gladstone Secondary

  20-12-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  There are 935 students in Chris Parker’s care and each has the right to a tug on his attention.
  But the Gladstone Secondary principal has a folder on his desk representing 10 per cent of his Vancouver Eastside school that are entitled to a lot more than that.
  “When I look at these Lunch Smart applications (they are from families asking for financial assistance to pay for their children’s lunch) it’s easy to see the need we have,” he said.
  The folder is stuffed with
  
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• B.C. Lottery Corporation taking bets on where New Year's baby will be born

  20-12-2018 19:51 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Lottery Corporation in bringing Vegas-style betting into hospital maternity wards.
  Playnow.com, the B.C. government-owned gambling website, is currently taking bets on which hospital B.C.’s New Year’s baby will be born.
  As of Thursday morning, the B.C. Women’s Hospital in Vancouver was the odds-on favourite to welcome the first baby of 2019 at 5/1, followed closely by Surrey Memorial Hospital with odds of 6/1.
  The 2018 New Year’s baby — 3.8-k
  
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• Interactive heat maps show Lower Mainland’s priciest and cheapest areas to buy

  20-12-2018 19:26
  
  Check out these maps and neighbourhood price rankings to see how your home – or budget – measures up
  
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• Look out! Yet another BIG storm heading our way! This one's packing some very strong winds. Got your cell charged,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-12-2018 19:05 via twitter.com
  Look out! Yet another BIG storm heading our way! This one's packing some very strong winds. Got your cell charged,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Daily Poll: Should Vancouver declare a climate emergency?

  20-12-2018 17:28 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver city councillor would like to see Vancouver follow major cities like London and declare a climate emergency, with plans to aggressively meet and exceed climate targets. Christine Boyle cites costs associated with climate change, including a figure from a June city report estimating Vancouver needs $1 billion worth of flood management infrastructure by 2100.
  Read Dan Fumano’s story here.
  Do you agree with London’s mayor Sadiq Khan, who last week declare
  
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• Follow the viking trail with a family trip to Denmark

  20-12-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  After a fun day of sight-seeing around Ribe, Denmark, we stopped to buy dinner at the nearest grocery store.
  There, in the middle of the produce section, roamed a viking family, in full regalia, with a basket filled with fresh strawberries and bread. One kid, clad in a rustic brown wool tunic and sandals, peeked at his cellphone while his mother shopped.
  History meets the modern day in Denmark, and we were there to see it. In fact, this trip, our family made it our mission to go to as many vikin
  
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• Live: Ferries cancelled, multiple weather warnings issued as storm hits B.C. coast

  20-12-2018 16:57 via vancouversun.com
  If you are travelling home early for the holidays, be prepared for lengthy delays and hazardous driving conditions, as a winter storm hit the B.C. South Coast Thursday.
  B.C. Ferries have cancelled all major sailings this morning because of extreme weather. Those include all routes between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay, as well as between Duke Point and Tsawwassen.
  Sailings to and from the southern Gulf Islands have now also been cancelled due to high winds. For all cancellations, travellers are
  
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• Woman has life-threatening injuries after being struck by vehicle in Delta

  20-12-2018 04:51 via vancouversun.com
  A young woman has life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Delta early Wednesday morning.
  The accident happened before 6:30 a.m. in the 10200-block of Hornby Drive, a two-lane rural road that runs parallel to Highway 99.The woman was walking east on Hornby with another person when she was struck by a westbound vehicle while it was passing another vehicle that was parking on the north shoulder of the road.
  “The driver stayed on scene, and is co-operating fully with
  
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• District Firefighters working earlier today to free a person trapped in their vehicle at Mt Seymour Parkway and Dol… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-12-2018 04:01 via twitter.com
  District Firefighters working earlier today to free a person trapped in their vehicle at Mt Seymour Parkway and Dol… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Dan Fumano: Vancouver councillor seeks 'climate emergency' declaration

  20-12-2018 03:15 via vancouversun.com
  As debate heats up over the price of climate change and who should bear it, a Vancouver councillor plans to cite billions in anticipated costs in her bid to sound an “emergency” alarm.
  OneCity Coun. Christine Boyle submitted a motion this week seeking Vancouver’s council to declare a “climate emergency” and, she said, to “ramp up the ambition on our climate targets.”
  In Boyle’s motion, which she hopes to get on the agenda for council&rsqu
  
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• Letters, Dec. 20: Stratas without rental units provide higher quality of life, says reader

  20-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Strata owners quite often ask a totally reasonably question: Why can’t I rent out my own property? No-rental bylaws are unfair.
  The simple answer to that question is that strata corporations are ill-equipped to handle problems that arise with problem tenants. In a professional rental building, the owner selects the applicant, collects the rent, addresses violations with the renter directly, and takes the necessary steps to evict a person as a last step.
  The strata does none of these things
  
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• Don Demens: Forest sector continues to benefit B.C.

  20-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  In response to the recent opinion piece “B.C. coastal forests and industry are at a tipping point,” I would like to correct some inaccuracies and misconceptions. Western Forest Products operates seven manufacturing facilities on Vancouver Island and employs over 3,500 British Columbians in 20 coastal communities.
  The opinion piece references Western’s investment in a misleading manner. Western has made the largest investment in coastal sawmilling, of any company, in decades. Ov
  
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• Canucks at Night: A rumble-tumble game out of nowhere leaves Canucks fuming

  20-12-2018 02:45 via vancouversun.com
  The hit on Troy Stecher left the Canucks fuming and the Tampa Bay Lightning shrugging their shoulders.
  From where he was sitting on the Canucks’ bench, Erik Gudbranson said he had a clear view of it.
  “Very dirty, really dirty,” he said.
  Antoine Roussel had a similar view.
  “I thought it was awful … I thought he could have had five minutes for that,” he said.
  Gudbranson said he believed it was a hit the league would take a look at.
  “That’s pretty mu
  
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• Family of Terrace hit-and-run victim pleads with driver to 'do the right thing'

  20-12-2018 02:15 via vancouversun.com
  The family of a Terrace man killed in a November hit-and-run is pleading for the driver responsible to “do the right thing” and turn himself into the authorities.
  Cameron Kerr, 30, was found in a ditch on the north side of Highway 16, four kilometres west of Terrace, on Nov. 18, 2018. RCMP investigators determined that Kerr had been struck fatally by a vehicle sometime in the early morning, and urged the driver to come forward.
  A month later, however, the driver still has not be
  
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• Guide outfitting company launches class-action suit against B.C. ban on grizzly bear hunt

  20-12-2018 02:12 via vancouversun.com
  A class-action lawsuit has been launched against the provincial government over its year-old ban on hunting grizzly bears in B.C.
  The suit alleges the government’s decision was made for inappropriate reasons, did not take proper wildlife management practices into account, and was reached knowing that it would cause harm to the province’s 245 guide outfitters.
  “There is a right way and a wrong way the government can do things,” said Vancouver lawyer Joan Young, who filed t
  
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• B.C. Parks threatens $1-million fine as it closes off newly discovered mega-cave

  20-12-2018 02:04 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A newly discovered cave and the surrounding area in British Columbia’s Wells Gray Provincial Park has been closed off to the public, with threats of fines up to $1 million for those who don’t stay away, says an order from B.C. Parks.
  The order issued this week said anyone who enters the surrounding area or the cave can be fined and face imprisonment for up to a year.
  A person can be charged up to $1 million a day for every day they break the order, it warned.
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• With a grateful heart and insight into those lives less fortunate, especially at this time of year, staff of the No… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-12-2018 01:54 via twitter.com
  With a grateful heart and insight into those lives less fortunate, especially at this time of year, staff of the No… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 🐾 Don't forget... dog licence renewal deadline is Dec 31. Renew in person or online cnv.org/Dog… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-12-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  🐾 Don't forget... dog licence renewal deadline is Dec 31. Renew in person or online cnv.org/Dog… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver sets new record with 8th fire death in 2018

  20-12-2018 01:24 via vancouversun.com
  Even though there are still a few days to go until the end of December, 2018 has already set a record as the deadliest year for death by fire in Vancouver for more than 50 years.
  Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services said Wednesday that the eighth person died in hospital last week as a result of a fire earlier this month.
  Capt. Jonathan Gormick, public information officer, said the previous high number of deaths by fire was seven which occurred in 2002, 2006, and 2008.
  “This is actually the m
  
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• Woman suffers life-threatening injuries after being struck by vehicle in Delta

  20-12-2018 01:09 via vancouversun.com
  A young woman suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Delta early Wednesday morning.
  The accident happened before 6:30 a.m. in the 10200-block of Hornby Drive, a two-lane rural road that runs parallel to Highway 99.The woman was walking east on Hornby with another person when she was struck by a westbound vehicle while it was passing another vehicle that was parking on the north shoulder of the road.
  “The driver stayed on scene, and is co-operating fully
  
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• A year after Saanich girl struck, parents hold on to hope

  20-12-2018 00:13 via vancouversun.com
  SAANICH — Tuan Bui gently lifts his daughter Leila from her wheelchair into her hospital-style bed. Her room is alive with pastel-coloured stuffed animals and hand-drawn cards that marked her 12th birthday on Dec. 6.
  Her eyes remain closed and her heart-shaped mouth is slightly parted as her father whispers in her ear: “OK sweetheart, I’m going to move you to your bed now.”
  After a nurse does stretches with Leila, Tuan and his wife, Kairry, will take Leila to Torquay
  
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