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• Ed Willes: Kendall Waston prepared to make Whitecaps’ history in Portland

  21-10-2017 23:42 via theprovince.com
  Kendall Waston has spent the prime years of his professional career with the Vancouver Whitecaps and this is what he has to show for the last four seasons: some good friends, some nice memories, an All-Star berth, but not one win in an MLS playoff game.
  Waston, like all the Whitecaps, knows this year could be different, knows they have the team, the players and the opportunity to change their history. For a franchise which has lacked a defining moment, he knows what this year means and, as the W
  
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• Access to healthy food still a struggle, says Canada's health minister

  21-10-2017 23:34 via vancouversun.com
  Canada’s health minister says many Canadians still struggle to access healthy food,   a problem which is contributing to a health crisis.
  “The reality is in Canada that despite our pride in Canadian beef, seafood, dairy, grains and fruits and vegetables, healthy foods can be hard to get in some places,” said Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, in a keynote address at the 2017 Canadian Cardiovascular Conference Saturday in Vancouver.
  The Canadian Cardiovascular Co
  
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• Saturday Sips: Fall cocktails with Kaitlyn Stewart

  21-10-2017 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  Kaitlyn Stewart, recent winner of the World Class bartending competition, shares two new autumn cocktail creations.
  
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• Reptile awareness day

  21-10-2017 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  We mark reptile awareness day with a special visit from two of the Vancouver Aquarium’s tortoises.
  
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• Gardenworks: Decorating pumpkins

  21-10-2017 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  Top gardening tips from the folks at Gardenworks. Halloween is creeping closer and gardening expert Leanne Johnson from Gardneworks is showing Yvonne Schalle some neat ways to decorate for the ghouls and goblins.
  
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• Open House: Luxury living

  21-10-2017 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Oct 21: This week in Open House, Kaitlyn Herbst looks at ways to make your home feel more luxurious without breaking the bank.
  
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• Vancouver Giants’ power play finally shows some gusto in loss in Brandon

  21-10-2017 22:21 via theprovince.com
  WATCH: Here are your Birchwood Nissan #BWK highlights from tonight's wild win over the Vancouver Giants—> https://t.co/1qYwtuQzbg #bdnmb pic.twitter.com/QiJdicihMs
  — Brandon Wheat Kings (@bdnwheatkings) October 21, 2017Maybe the Vancouver Giants will come home with their power play working.
  The Giants (4-5-1-1) end off their six-game East Division road trip tonight (4 p.m. PST) with a visit to the Regina Pats (7-4-1-0).
  Vancouver dropped a 6-5 decision to the Brandon Wheat Kings o
  
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• Renters of Vancouver: “I'm six months pregnant. We might not be able to move before our baby comes.” - Straight.com

  21-10-2017 21:02
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  Renters of Vancouver: “I'm six months pregnant. We might not be able to move before our baby comes.”
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  “Renters of Vancouver” takes an intimate look at how the city's residents are dealing with the housing crisis. RELATED STORIES. Renters of Vancouver: “They wanted to examine my current apartment before I signed a lease” · Renters of Vancouver: “They ...
  
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• Beauty Bar: Nivea Q10 Firming Body Oil

  21-10-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A body oil that hydrates skin with nourishing ingredients — while also boasting firming properties. 
  This product features ingredients such as avocado and macadamia oils to “intensely hydrate” skin and leave it “beautifully glowing.” 
  In addition to moisture, the product makes some pretty tall claims including: reducing the appearance of stretch marks; providing noticeable firming in two weeks; and evening the skin tone.
  What we say: Unlike som
  
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• Western opera and Japanese noh tug on the emotions in a unique collaboration

  21-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Kayoi Komachi/Komachi Visited
  Oct. 26 to 28 | The Cultch Historic Theatre
  Tickets and info: from $20 at thecultch.com
  Kayoi Komachi/Komachi Visited is a collaboration between composer Farshid Samandari and librettist Colleen Lanki. It features noh actor Yamai Tsunao, whose work inspired Samandari in the first place, and a number of local vocalists (including soprano Heather Pawsey) and musicians as well as visiting noh actors. We talked with Lanki, who has studied noh for more than 20 years, abo
  
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• Makeover: A new image for a visitor to Vancouver

  21-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Deborah Roseman is from Florida and has been following this column for several years. She was visiting and wanted to treat herself to an image refresh.
  Deborah has fine hair. It was previously colour treated and she felt it was looking faded. We applied natural golden-blond highlights to her hair as well as dark-brown lowlights for depth and dimension. We applied a coppery-brown permanent colour to her outgrown areas to create a rich base colour, which works beautifully with her complexion and m
  
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• Five reasons to check out Heart of the City Festival

  21-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  14th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
  Until Nov. 5 | Various venues
  Tickets and info: heartofthecityfestival.com
  1. Year of the woman. The theme of this year’s festival is Honouring Women of the Downtown Eastside. The 12-day festival will pay tribute to women from all walks of life in the Downtown Eastside, past and present. Special events include Missing, a new chamber opera that tells the story of Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women.  
  2. Som
  
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• Whistler’s Olympic ski cross champion Thompson suffers knee injury in training

  21-10-2017 19:49 via theprovince.com
  Canadian Olympic ski cross gold medallist Marielle Thompson sustained a serious knee injury while training in Switzerland this week, Alpine Canada said Friday.
  The 25-year-old from Whistler, B.C., who won the gold medal at the Sochi Games in 2014, ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) during a fall while training in Saas Fee for a pre-season preparation camp.
  Alpine Canada said Thompson flew back to Canada for further assessment where an MRI confirmed
  
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• Match Preview: Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps – For all the marbles - AFTN (blog)

  21-10-2017 18:44
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  Match Preview: Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps – For all the marbles
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  It's been a funny old season, and the dumpster fire that is the MLS Western Conference will finally be extinguished starting on Sunday at 1 pm. Despite this being a battle between the top two teams for first place, this game may not be where the centre ...
  Match Preview: Vancouver Whitecaps vs Portland Timbers-Decision DayEighty Six Foreverall 21 news articles »
  
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• Zakir Hussain and Dave Holland join together

  21-10-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Crosscurrents: Zakir Hussain/Dave Holland/Chris Potter/Shankar Mahadevan/Louiz Banks/Sajay Divecha/Gino Banks
  Oct. 28, 8 p.m. | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC
  Tickets: From $46 at tickets.ubc.ca
  Tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain was performing professionally from the age of seven. Over a career spanning five decades, he has lent his profound percussive chops to such famed artists as Ravi Shankar and groups such as Shakti — with guitarist John McLaughlin and violinist L. Shankar &
  
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• Need 100 ice buckets? Vancouver hotel sells off items before demolition - CBC.ca

  21-10-2017 16:02
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  Need 100 ice buckets? Vancouver hotel sells off items before demolition
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  If you're looking to score a great deal on clock radios from the '90s, or if your linen closet is short between one to 50,000 pieces, there's a sale out there for you. The Empire Landmark hotel in Vancouver's West End has closed its doors for good but ...
  
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• Brand new Shaughnessy mansion listed at $19.8m

  21-10-2017 16:00
  
  Lot sold for $4.1m in 2013, it now holds Vancouver’s priciest new listing — $15.6 million higher
  
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• The Home Front: Advice and inspiration from the experts at the Vancouver Fall Home Show

  21-10-2017 15:49 via vancouversun.com
  Those looking for some practical advice on home design and renovation or just a little creative inspiration will want to make a note that the Vancouver Fall Home Show is returning to the Vancouver Convention Centre West from Oct. 26 to 29, for its 34th year.
  Alongside the 325 “trusted brands and local companies” exhibiting at the event — previously called the Vancouver Home + Design Show — will be presentations by design stars that include Sarah Richardson, colo
  
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• 'Lock-off suites' infuse Evolv35 with flexibility

  21-10-2017 15:48 via vancouversun.com
  Evolv35, a new housing project in North Vancouver, comes by its name honestly. Not only is it being built in a newly evolving neighbourhood on the North Shore, it has taken on new energy standards and a flexible approach to design that accommodates the lifestyle cycle that many families are experiencing today.
  “We have received a fantastic response so far,” says James Askew, whose firm rareEarth Project Marketing came up with the name and the promotional campaign for the four-bedroom
  
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• The big sell: Dunbar-area home showcases plenty of eye-catching updates

  21-10-2017 15:14 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver 
  3449 West 20th Avenue, Vancouver
  Type: Five-bedroom, five-bathroom detached
  Size: 2,879 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $3,352,000
  Listed for: $3,950,000
  Sold for: $3,950,000
  Sold on: July 22
  Days on market: Eight
  Listing agent: Shannon Ezekiel and Marni Tritt at Engel & Volkers Vancouver
  Buyers agent: Alice Yaneff at Sutton Group – West Coast Realty
  The big sell: This Dunbar house displays a contemporary exterior
  
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• B.C. Green Party leader hopeful his ride-sharing bill will be debated

  21-10-2017 14:12 via globalnews.ca
  There isn't much time for Weaver's proposed legislation to be debated before the holidays.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks put down Buffalo Sabres

  21-10-2017 13:57 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Canucks bounced back Friday night.
  
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• Canada C3 expedition exploring all three coastlines on final leg from Campbell River to Victoria

  21-10-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  ABOARD THE MV POLAR PRINCE — At $10 million and five months at sea across close to 25,000 kilometres of coastline, Canada C3 is one of the country’s grandest voyages of all time.“I would challenge historians: What ship has ever made such a long trip from one coast to another coast, visiting and connecting with so many communities and places?” asserted Stephan Guy, a mariner of 36 years who captains the 67-metre icebreaker. 
  “This kind of trip … with
  
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• How the David Foster Foundation helped a family stay together, as a boy waited on a kidney

  21-10-2017 08:38 via globalnews.ca
  The foundation is celebrating 30 years with a concert at Rogers Arena on Oct. 21.
  
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• Kayakers can access Siwash Rock again under revised Vancouver Fraser Port Authority rules

  21-10-2017 08:10 via globalnews.ca
  But it's happening on a trial basis.
  
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• The Provies: Markstrom’s tour de force, a Boeser reveal, Green’s latest hunch and a media wars variety pack

  21-10-2017 08:09 via theprovince.com
  BEST EFFECT
  The Mandela Effect is, at its root, collective false memories.
  If you haven’t heard it before, Google it and use it as material at your next social.
  I am currently experiencing some heavy Mandela Effect when it comes to Markstrom.
  The Markstrom I thought I knew was curt, distant and, to be honest, some found him intimidating.
  Heck, like three games ago he was in a media scrum with 10 people and only JPat generated the fortitude to ask a question out loud.
  At least, I thought al
  
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• Salmon River Yankee Flats missing women

  21-10-2017 08:09 via globalnews.ca
  More questions tonight as police continue to search a rural property in the Okanagan. Some in the community are linking it to the ongoing search for three women who went missing last year. Nadia Stewart has more.
  
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• Rockets take on Winterhawks without Salmond

  21-10-2017 07:44 via globalnews.ca
  The Kelowna Rockets starting goalie was absent Friday night as the team took on the Portland Winterhawks on home ice. Brodan Salmond is getting medical treatment for an ongoing injury and is said to return by Wednesday. With help from 17-year-old James Porter, the Rockets were looking for revenge after losses to Portland during their...
  
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• Oops! Dealer accidentally texts offer to sell drugs to B.C. Mountie

  21-10-2017 07:27 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Jail could be in the cards for an unlucky drug dealer who accidentally texted a police officer, offering a variety of illegal substances for sale.
  Joshua Vos, 25, pleaded guilty in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops on Thursday to two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance.
  Federal Crown prosecutor Anthony Varesi said police became aware of Vos on Sept. 23, 2016, when a Kamloops Mountie received a text from an unknown number from someone identifying himself as Jo
  
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• Opinion: Yes, even environmentalists must respect the rule of law

  21-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  The rule of law is a fundamental principle underlying Canadian democracy. The role of the courts is to ensure everyone is accountable to the law and that justice is dispensed equitably. Defying a judgment by the court undermines the rule of law and accordingly invites consequences reflecting society’s disapproval of the offence.
  Environmental advocacy group ForestEthics, now known as stand.earth, launched a legal challenge in 2014 against the National Energy Board’s approval of chang
  
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• Opinion: St. Paul’s heart and lung research centre has come a long way in 40 years

  21-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  In the early 1970s, when I was a pathology professor at McGill University — home to one of North America’s most prestigious lung-research centres — I paid St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver a visit. I was impressed by its clinical and teaching programs that underpinned the hospital’s pulmonary care.
  But I believed that research was an element that could make things even better.
  In 1976, Dr. Peter Paré, who worked with me at McGill, and I were invited by St. Pau
  
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• Opinion: Let pharmacists treat minor ills to expand access to primary care

  21-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Provincial Health Minister Adrian Dix recently stated his top priority is to establish a new network of urgent family care centres to improve access to primary care. The more than 3,100 practicing pharmacists who work in 1,300 pharmacies in communities large and small across B.C. are already making an important contribution to the provincial healthcare system, but there is more that they can do to increase access to primary care.
  Allowing pharmacists to assess and treat minor ailments in the com
  
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• Opinion: Fibre optics could be deal-maker for cities vying for Amazon’s HQ2

  21-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Amazon’s search for a second home for its planned $5-billion corporate headquarters’ spin-off is considered by many municipal leaders across North America to be the trophy deal of the century.
  And why wouldn’t it be? The tech giant’s current Seattle HQ has attracted tens of thousands of young, educated and tech-savvy professionals to the area and helped transform stretches of the city into urban oases of hip coffee shops, restaurants and bustling residential neighbourhood
  
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• Letters: Scarce residential real estate shouldn't be sold to foreign buyers

  21-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: ‘Locals first’ pronouncement sets off pointed email exchange, Oct. 14
  So the Urban Development Institute takes exception to Mayor Gregor Robertson’s proposal to give local buyers priority on pre-sale condos before foreign purchasers. I always thought the role of government was to look after the needs of its own citizens first. A mockery has been made of this concept, however, in the last few years as all levels of government have sat back and watched housing costs spiral co
  
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• Action Bronson: On food, 'baby piss' and his commitment to getting high

  21-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Action Bronson
  Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. | Commodore Ballroom
  Tickets and info: $45 (plus taxes and fees); commodoreballroom.com
  Action Bronson faces off against his fair share of food fare. 
  As a celebrated chef and host of the VICELAND show F*ck, That’s Delicious, Bronson and his assorted entourage taste their way through notable and noteworthy establishments around the world. 
  And he eats. Every. Single. Bite.
  “If I really like it, I’m eating it all,&rd
  
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• Canucks 4, Sabres 2: What we learned after a bounce back in Buffalo

  21-10-2017 05:55 via theprovince.com
  BUFFALO — Jacob Markstrom gave up one bad goal Friday.
  Then he got angry. And then he got good. In fact, the same could be said for the Vancouver Canucks.
  The Canucks bounced back from a Thursday disaster in Boston to beat up a bad Buffalo Sabres team. The Canucks got single goals from Daniel Sedin and Markus Granlund and two from Derek Dorsett for a 4-2 NHL win.
  Here is what we learned:
  Vancouver Canucks head coach Travis Green keeps an eye on his team, which played its third game in
  
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• Fernie victim’s sister speaks out following ammonia leak

  21-10-2017 05:49 via globalnews.ca
  Karen Smith-Myles, the sister of Fernie victim Lloyd Smith, speaks out following a fatal ammonia leak at the city’s arena.
  
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• Fight not over after failed attempt to block road through Surrey park

  21-10-2017 05:37 via vancouversun.com
  The organizer of a campaign to block road construction through a Surrey park says his battle isn’t over after his group failed to gather enough signatures for a petition that could have killed the project.
  The 105th Avenue Connector would cut through the south end of Hawthorne Park, a two-lane road to link Whalley Boulevard and 150th Street, according to city draft plans for the project. 
  The City of Surrey says it will increase park space by an acre, bring in 200 more trees and provi
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Oct 20

  21-10-2017 05:35 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, October 20, 2017.
  
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• A new study shows that the number one killer in the world is pollution.

  21-10-2017 05:35 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• The New Teck Acute Care Centre at B.C. Children’s Hospital is finally set to open.

  21-10-2017 05:15 via globalnews.ca
  Lynn Colliar has an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the new Teck Acute Care Centre at B.C. Children’s Hospital.
  
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• Another person says he was attacked by bedbugs on a flight

  21-10-2017 05:12 via globalnews.ca
  A second person has come forward to say he was attacked by bedbugs on a British Airways flight from London to Vancouver. Aaron McArthur has the story.
  
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• The man convicted of killing 14-year-old Serena Vermeersch is sentenced

  21-10-2017 05:11 via globalnews.ca
  Raymond Caissie was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years. Jill Bennett reports.
  
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• The David Foster Foundation marks its 30th anniversary

  21-10-2017 05:11 via globalnews.ca
  The David Foster Foundation has been helping Canadian famiies with children undergoing life-saving organ transplants for three decades. Linda Aylesworth has more on the work the foundation does and what it means to families during such a difficult time.
  
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• A dumpster fire led firefighters to a gruesome discovery in Langley

  21-10-2017 05:08 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP are investigating after a woman’s body is found in a burned dumpster. John Hua reports from Langley.
  
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• Bedbugs on planes: How often do planes get cleaned?

  21-10-2017 04:26 via globalnews.ca
  A story of bedbugs crawling out of airplane seats has raised questions over how often planes are cleaned.
  
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• Surrey residents fail in bid to block road through Hawthorne Park

  21-10-2017 04:07 via globalnews.ca
  "Surrey Council is in full-on election mode right now, we're going to make it an election issue."
  
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• River Rock-BCLC meetings in 2014 show depth of concern over big-cash gamblers

  21-10-2017 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  Executives with Great Canadian Gaming Corp. met B.C. Lottery Corp. managers in 2014 to discuss safety concerns presented by a high-stakes gambler who bought chips at River Rock Casino after receiving a suspicious delivery of $645,000 in small bills, Postmedia News has learned.
  The information obtained by Postmedia sheds new light on the concerns of BCLC vice-president Brad Desmarais, a former Vancouver anti-gang cop, and the anti-money-laundering solutions he discussed with Great Canadian execut
  
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• Teck Acute Care Centre aims to take the tension out of hospital visits

  21-10-2017 03:50 via globalnews.ca
  "We had a whole patient committee of kids who had been in the hospital previously to help guide what the art should look like."
  
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• Father leaving son's birthday party hit by SUV, left in coma

  21-10-2017 03:05 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Kaushik Rana was walking to the bus stop Wednesday after celebrating his son’s fourth birthday when he was struck by a vehicle on Gorge Road West.
  The crash left the 31-year-old in a coma and in critical condition at the Victoria General Hospital. One of his legs has been amputated and doctors are trying to save the other leg, said Kirn Bawa, general manager for Sizzling Tandoor, where Rana worked as a chef.
  Bawa has set up a fundraiser for the family since Rana,
  
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