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• Man dies in West Vancouver after becoming trapped in donation bin

  31-12-2018 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  A man has died in West Vancouver after becoming trapped in a clothing donation bin.
  According to Const. Jeff Palmer with the West Vancouver Police, it was an off-duty physician walking in the area of 13th Street and Bellevue Avenue who first spotted the man. He appeared to be stuck and unresponsive in the opening of a clothing donation bin.
  Firefighters and paramedics were called to the scene but life-saving efforts were unsuccessful and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Palmer said the
  
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• Vavenby residents told not to use water after truck crashes into river

  31-12-2018 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  For the second time in less than two years, residents of the small community of Vavenby in east-central B.C. have been forced to use bottled water after a transport truck crashed into the river near their water intake system.
  A truck veered into the North Thompson River early Sunday morning, about 31 kilometres north of Vavenby, potentially leaking diesel into the community water supply.
  Interior Health has issued a “do not use” order and an official with the Thompson-Nicola Regional
  
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• 2019 real estate market outlook: a forecast summary

  31-12-2018 22:23
  
  What do housing pundits predict will happen to the B.C. housing market over the next year?
  
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• What happened on Bowen in 2018? As it turns out, quite a lot.

  31-12-2018 22:22
  
  From a new pub to a new council - here are some of the stories the Undercurrent reported this year.
  
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• Photos: New Year celebrations from around the world

  31-12-2018 21:08 via vancouversun.com
  Out with the old, in with the new: People around the world celebrated the end of 2018 and the start of 2019 in a variety of ways. Photojournalists were hard at work, however. Here’s a selection of their best shots:
  Revellers gather along the Champs-Elysees waiting for the start of New Year’s celebrations in the French capital Paris.
  A Buddhist prays in front of lanterns during celebrations to mark the New Year at Jogye temple in central Seoul.
  New Year’s Eve fireworks erupt ove
  
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• Don't drink and drive. Remember you can get a safe, FREE ride on transit this evening from 5 pm to 5 am January 1.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-12-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Don't drink and drive. Remember you can get a safe, FREE ride on transit this evening from 5 pm to 5 am January 1.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Liam tops B.C. list of most popular baby names for 2018

  31-12-2018 19:44 via vancouversun.com
  If you hate going with the mainstream, then definitely don’t name your baby Liam in 2019.
  That name topped the B.C. list of overall most popular baby names of 2018, according to the Vital Statistics Agency’s preliminary statistics. It was followed by Olivia – which was previously the overall most popular name in 2017 – Emma, Lucas and Oliver.
  Here are the most popular baby names in B.C. in 2018:
  In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Miley Cyrus, left, and Liam Hemsworth arriv
  
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• Vancouver weather: Good riddance 2018, you can freeze yourself out

  31-12-2018 19:05 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Dec. 31, 2018 – Monday’s weather looks the way 2019 feels: bright, clear, hopeful. For now.
  But heading into the evening, the skies will cloud over and there’s a 30 per cent chance of rain showers or flurries by the time the new year rolls around.
  Be sure to grab a coat to throw over that party outfit tonight when you head out the door. You don’t want to start 2019 freezing while trying to hail a cab.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Sunny, cloudy in the af
  
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• Salt Spring to say 'thank you' to B.C. Hydro crews, first responders after storm

  31-12-2018 18:40 via vancouversun.com
  SALT SPRING ISLAND — As a final handful of Southern Gulf Islands customers await the return of electricity following the windstorm more than 10 days ago, residents of one hard-hit island are making plans to say thank you.
  Salt Spring Island residents Kathryn Anderson and Dan Olson decided to start 2019 with an event thanking the hundreds of B.C. Hydro employees, first responders and community members who worked tirelessly during the crisis.
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  B.C. wind storm: White Rock pier split in
  
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• Reminder: City Hall is closed today & January 1. We're back January 2 at 8:30am. We've got plenty of online service… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-12-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  Reminder: City Hall is closed today & January 1. We're back January 2 at 8:30am. We've got plenty of online service… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Daily Polls of 2018: Here are the stories that got your votes

  31-12-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  There’s been no shortage of polarizing issues this year. What better way to recap those new stories than by revisiting how our readers felt about them?
  Here are some of the stories that solicited the biggest reader feedback through our online daily polls.Commercial Drive bar raided for carrying specialty whisky
  Fets Whisky Kitchen was one of four bars and restaurants raided Thursday after an investigation revealed they were carrying a single-cask whisky not carried by the B.C. Liquor Distr
  
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• Arlen Redekop’s favourite photos from 2018

  31-12-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia photographer Arlen Redekop offers up some of his photos that he’s most proud of from the past year.
  Herb Calderwood, who temporarily suffered from lead poisoning, had very little strength and dexterity in his hands when he was photographed in Richmond on March 15, 2018. Calderwood’s hands and arms are partially paralyzed from lead poisoning. Environment Canada and Vancouver Coast Health are trying to figure out how and why. 70mm lens, F/5, 1/200th of a second at ISO 1000.
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• North Shore Rescue breaks record with 141 call-outs in 2018 - Vancouver Is Awesome

  31-12-2018 16:46
  North Shore Rescue breaks record with 141 call-outs in 2018  Vancouver Is AwesomeNorth Shore Rescue has broken their record for the number of callouts in a year after fetching two lost hikers from a creek drainage on Grouse Mountain (and ...
  
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• Vancouver Giants fall to Hitmen in Calgary hockey action - North Delta Reporter

  31-12-2018 16:31
  Vancouver Giants fall to Hitmen in Calgary hockey action  North Delta ReporterThe Vancouver Giants are now 1-1 on their current six-game Central Division road trip. Sunday afternoon, at the Saddledome in Calgary, the Giants dropped a ...
  
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• Man dies stuck in West Vancouver donation bin - North Shore News

  31-12-2018 09:00
  Man dies stuck in West Vancouver donation bin  North Shore NewsWest Vancouver police say a 34-year-old Vancouver man is dead after becoming stuck in a clothing donation bin in the Ambleside area. An off-duty physician ...
  
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• B.C. teacher suspended for lack of action after student knocked out in class

  31-12-2018 07:01 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. teacher has been suspended for failing to acknowledge the severity of an injury sustained by a student in her class.
  According to a report posted by the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation, Denise Marie Allard was a teacher-on-call working in the Campbell River School District when the incident occurred on Sept. 21, 2017. It took over a year for the commissioner to consider the matter, and the seven-day suspension was effective Nov. 26, 2018.
  According to an agreed upon set of f
  
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• 50/50 jackpot could surpass $500,000 during Canada-Russia juniors game on Monday

  31-12-2018 05:51 via vancouversun.com
  The biggest prize expected to come out of the World Junior Championship in Vancouver is no longer the hockey tournament’s trophy.
  Rather, it’s the minimum $250,000 in cash someone is now slated to pocket during a big 50/50 raffle planned for Monday’s Canada-Russia game at Rogers Arena.
  Ascend Fundraising Solutions, a sports gaming company that runs 50/50 sales for the Vancouver Canucks, guaranteed the quarter-million-dollar prize in the raffle, according to a news release from
  
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• Lion kills North Carolina conservatory worker after escaping locked area - Vancouver Sun

  31-12-2018 05:05
  Lion kills North Carolina conservatory worker after escaping locked area  Vancouver SunBURLINGTON, N.C. — A lion killed a young worker at a wildlife conservatory Sunday after it got loose from a locked space, the centre said.Alexandra Black, 22 ...
  
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• Kyla Tienhaara: The fossil fuel era is coming to an end, but the lawsuits are just beginning

  31-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  “Coal is dead.”
  These are not the words of a Greenpeace activist or left-wing politician, but of Jim Barry, the global head of the infrastructure investment group at Blackrock — the world’s largest asset manager. Barry made this statement in 2017, but the writing has been on the wall for longer than that.
  Banks know it, which is why they are increasingly unwilling to underwrite new coal mines and power plants. Unions and coal workers know it, which is why they are demandi
  
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• Jonathan Cote: Mayors’ Council must keep the transit plan rolling in 2019

  31-12-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Transit and the Mayors’ Council has been in the news a lot lately, and not always as “good news” stories. As we head into a new year, I want to look at the big picture.
  Let’s start in late 2016, when transit in Metro Vancouver turned a corner.
  In that year, after eight years of frozen transit service levels during a period in which 250,000 people moved here, our region got back into the business of expanding transit to meet growing demand. More bus, SeaBus, HandyDART, Wes
  
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• North Vancouver charity Christmas display plans to take a break next year - CBC.ca

  31-12-2018 02:42
  North Vancouver charity Christmas display plans to take a break next year  CBC.caHomeowner John Ribalkin, known for building an elaborate Christmas lights display to raise money for charity, says he'll be taking a year off.
  
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• 🐾 D’oh! 2019 Dog Licence renewal deadline is tomorrow! No worries, it's quick and easy to renew online:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-12-2018 01:00 via twitter.com
  🐾 D’oh! 2019 Dog Licence renewal deadline is tomorrow! No worries, it's quick and easy to renew online:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C.'s raging wildfires of 2018 top Environment Canada's weather list

  31-12-2018 00:54 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia’s destructive wildfire season was the No. 1 most significant weather event in Canada in 2018, says Environment Canada.
  It was a wild and wacky weather year across the country, from spring flooding in B.C. and New Brunswick to tornadoes in eastern Ontario and western Quebec.
  Canada saw one of the longest, warmest, and driest summers on record, which helped trigger more than 2,000 wildfires across B.C., prompting a provincewide state of emergency for the second year in a row
  
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