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• Odd Squad celebrates 20 years since debuting Through a Blue Lens

  13-11-2017 23:15
  
  It’s been two decades since members of the Odd Squad first picked up a video camera and started documenting the stark realities of addicts living on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
  
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• $11.9 penthouse listed for yet-to-be-built Vancouver House - Vancouver Courier

  13-11-2017 23:13 via vancourier.com
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  $11.9 penthouse listed for yet-to-be-built Vancouver House
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  This is an artist's rendering of the penthouse atop Vancouver House, listed for $11.9 million. The building is due to be completed in 2019. Photograph By Karim Virani. Vancouver House starts with three sides near the base of Granville Bridge and ...
  
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• $11.9 penthouse listed for yet-to-be-built Vancouver House

  13-11-2017 23:13
  
  Hyper-luxurious condo atop Bjarke Ingels-designed tower includes internal three-level elevator.
  
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• Vancouver set to vote on ‘Airbnb bylaw’ Tuesday

  13-11-2017 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  The new rules would require hosts to have a license, and limit rentals to people's principal residences.
  
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• Michael Buble announces a return to the stage with two concerts next year

  13-11-2017 22:42 via vancouversun.com
  Burnaby singer Michael Buble is returning to the stage next summer.
  Buble says he’s booked gigs in Dublin and London in July 2018.
  The announcement comes one year after Buble revealed his son was diagnosed with cancer.
  He and his wife Luisana Lopilato said that they were putting their careers on hold while Noah — now four years old — had treatment for an unspecified form of cancer.
  The 42-year-old Buble went on to cancel hosting duties for the 2017 Juno Awards.
  Buble and his fa
  
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• Converting mansion to seniors home will cost Vancouver jobs, argues David Radler

  13-11-2017 22:29 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver newspaper executive David Radler opposes a bid to convert a historic Southwest Marine Drive mansion into a seniors care facility.
   The Care Group, in collaboration with the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, has applied to the city for a rezoning amendment to transform the Casa Mia mansion at 1920 Southwest Marine Drive into a 90-bed Community Care Facility for seniors. 
  David Radler is not in favour of a proposal to convert an empty heritage mansion into a care ho
  
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• Theatre review: Good intentions are not enough in The Ridiculous Darkness

  13-11-2017 22:25 via vancouversun.com
  The Ridiculous Darkness
  To Nov. 19 | The Annex
  Tickets & Info: From $19 at ridarkness.ca
  What do you call a German radio play adapted from a British novel and an American movie, translated into English, adapted for the stage by a Canadian, and produced by two Vancouver companies in partnership with nine other local organizations whose members perform in the show? 
  That would be The Ridiculous Darkness, described by Alley Theatre co-producer, actor and adaptation facilitator Daniel Arnol
  
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• Janet Fraser: From scientist to VSB chairwoman

  13-11-2017 21:48
  
  The Vancouver’s School Board’s new chairwoman, Janet Fraser, didn’t set out to be a politician.
  
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• ‘Supergirl’ star Melissa Benoist hopes to be agent of change on show

  13-11-2017 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  Supergirl star Melissa Benoist says she is hoping to be an agent of change when her show starts filming again this week.
  
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• Recipes for Olive Oil and Vinegar Lovers

  13-11-2017 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  Author Emily Lycopolus talks about the second book in her series ‘Recipes for Olive Oil and Vinegar Lovers.’ The book features a collection of 50 new recipes inspired by Greek cuisine.
  
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• Cystic Fibrosis’ 65 Roses Gala raises $400,000

  13-11-2017 21:04
  
  Fred Lee highlights the latest events in Vancouver's social scene.
  
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• Fall storm forces ferry cancellations, downs power lines

  13-11-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  The latest fall storm has forced ferry cancellations and knocked out power in parts of the Lower Mainland. Tanya Beja reports.
  
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• Rugby Canada gets big management shake-up

  13-11-2017 20:39 via theprovince.com
  Talk about a Monday bombshell, dropped from the very top of the Rugby Canada food chain.
  Monday morning, CEO Allen Vansen announced a slew of changes in senior management, the most visible being the dismissal with immediate effect of general manager of rugby operations Jim Dixon.
  Dixon was the top rugby department man at Rugby Canada’s Langford office.
  “On behalf of the Canadian Rugby community and everyone at Rugby Canada, I would like to thank Jim for his commitment to the organiza
  
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• Donald Grayston: Peace-maker, peace-disturber, RIP

  13-11-2017 20:34 via vancouversun.com
  Donald Grayston made a difference. He did so as an Anglican parish priest and as an intellectual leader among liberal Christians on the West Coast of Canada and beyond. 
  Grayston, who died on October 23 at the age of 78, was a multi-generation Vancouverite who had an impact as a community-builder, teacher and author. He was an instructor in religious studies at Simon Fraser University, where he inspired many students to discover more about the rich and ragged complexities of global faiths.
  
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• Canucks prospect Michael DiPietro coming up big, making run at world juniors roster

  13-11-2017 20:24 via theprovince.com
   
  Give them a little face paint and mohawks and Vancouver Canucks netminders Jacob Markstrom and Anders Nilsson could make you think of the Road Warriors, the powerhouse pro wrestling tag team of yesteryear.
  In that vein, Canucks goalie prospect Michael DiPietro offers up images of some speedy, high-flying, cruiserweight type.
  When it comes to his time in the crease these days, DiPietro is giving you reason to believe that he could have a long pro career, despite not fitting the curren
  
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• Kuzma: Wrecking-ball Mark Recchi skates his way into Hockey Hall of Fame

  13-11-2017 20:21 via theprovince.com
  Ernie ‘Punch’ McLean knew how good Mark Recchi was and how good he could be.
  The Kamloops native, who has a street named after him in his hometown, had his junior number retired and is part owner of the Blazers, was officially inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday in Toronto.
  His stellar Western Hockey League career will be saluted along with three Stanley Cup championships in a 22-year National Hockey League career that included 1,533 points with Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Mo
  
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• Q& A: Club Cabana's Miguelito Valdes adds a Cuban twist to Canadian classics

  13-11-2017 20:15 via vancouversun.com
  Club Habana Celebrates Canada’s 150+
  Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. | Vancouver Playhouse
  Tickets and info: from $32, at brownpapertickets.com, Highlife Records, Honey’s Doughnuts
  For the third year in a row, Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre is presenting a concert by Club Habana. The Vancouver-based ensemble is made up of Latin American-Canadian musicians led by trumpet player Miguelito Valdes. To mark Canada’s 150th anniversary, the concert features new and classic Canad
  
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• Q& A: Skater Kurtis Hori talks Follow Your Heart, an on-ice mash-up of Disney favourites

  13-11-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Disney On Ice presents Follow Your Heart
  Nov. 22-26 | Pacific Coliseum 
  Tickets and info: From $25; Ticketleader.ca
  Whether you’re a diehard fan of all things Disney, or are just looking for a fun, family friendly event to attend this month, you might want to grab the kids, a jacket (it might get chilly in the ice rink, after all) and head out to Follow Your Heart, presented by Disney on Ice.
  Aside from featuring familiar faces from film classics, Vancouver ice skater Kurtis Hori, who
  
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• Orwell's social satire gets a remount in the age of Trump

  13-11-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Coming Up for Air
  Nov. 16 to 25 | Kay Meek Studio Theatre
  Tickets and info: $29 to $45 at kaymeek.com
  George Orwell’s name is synonymous with Animal House and 1984, two works of speculative fiction that have become cultural memes. The English author, born Eric Blair, is also known for his non-fiction, including essays like Shooting an Elephant and books such as Down and Out in Paris and London.
  But the author rarely gets credit for his comic/realist novels. In books like his 1936 dark come
  
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• Vancouver Folk Festival looks for new artistic director

  13-11-2017 19:57 via vancouversun.com
   Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society has announced the departure of Linda Tanaka, who served as the festival’s artistic managing director for the past 10 years.
  “Linda has been at the helm of the VFMF for ten years, during which time she has been an incredible champion for the festival, as well as for the artists who join us each summer at Jericho Beach Park,” said a statement on the festival’s Facebook page. “Under her leadership, the festival
  
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• South Coast windstorm knocks out power

  13-11-2017 19:18 via globalnews.ca
  High winds hit the South Coast Monday morning. Downed trees caused hydro outages in some areas of the Lower Mainland.
  
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• Ferries cancelled as powerful winds batter British Columbia's south coast

  13-11-2017 19:15 via vancouversun.com
  Batten down the hatches, Vancouver — we’re in for some stormy weather.
   Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for B.C.’s south coast. A strong low pressure system will bring powerful winds with gusts of 70 to 80 km/h to the coastal sections of Metro Vancouver by late Monday morning.
  The winds are expected ease later in the afternoon.
  Winds will be even stronger on Vancouver Island, which could see storm force winds along the west coast.
  The wind storm has
  
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• 5 things to do in Metro Vancouver, Nov. 17-23

  13-11-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Fabric of Our Land: Salish Weaving
  Nov. 19 to April 15, 2018 | The Museum of Anthropology
  Tickets and info: moa.ubc.ca
  This new exhibition showcases two centuries of wool weaving from the Salish traditions. With pieces from the early 1800s through the Colonial era to the present day renaissance, this is the most thorough exhibition of its kind, with one of the world’s largest collections of blankets on loan from contemporary weavers as well as museums across North America and Europe. T
  
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• Pro-Nazi images strike UBC again: Posters found at gym on Remembrance Day

  13-11-2017 18:59 via vancouversun.com
  Officials at the University of British Columbia says pro-Nazi posters have been found on the school’s Vancouver campus.
  Philip Steenkamp, UBC’s vice-president of external relations, says in a statement that the “disturbing” posters were discovered on War Memorial Gym on Saturday.
  The university was hosting Remembrance Day ceremonies in the gym that morning.
  Photos of the posters obtained by the Ubyssey student newspaper show what appears to be images of Nazis with the wor
  
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• Supergirl star responds to executive producer's sexual harassment suspension

  13-11-2017 18:58 via vancouversun.com
  Supergirl actress Melissa Benoist is calling for “safe, respectful and collaborative” work spaces amid allegations of sexual harassment on the Vancouver-filmed show.
  Andrew Kreisberg, an executive producer on CW shows Supergirl Arrow, The Flash, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow — all of which are filmed in whole or in part in British Columbia — was suspended Friday by Warner Bros. TV Group after 15 women and four men came forward with allegations of inappropriate t
  
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• Gunshot fired through window of Chilliwack home

  13-11-2017 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  "We had other calls of shots being fired, but we determined that to be hunters in a farm field north of that location."
  
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• Vancouver's Jacob Tremblay takes on another heavy role with Wonder

  13-11-2017 18:53 via vancouversun.com
  TORONTO — Jacob Tremblay is searching for the best way to describe what it’s like acting behind a face prosthetic.
  In his new film Wonder, the 11-year-old Vancouver actor plays Auggie, a boy born with a severe facial deformity. He’s up against major social hurdles as he embarks on his first year of public school and the judgemental eye of others.
  Tremblay portrays the role disguised by an artificial face that was shaped from his own.
  “They put something like slime (on me)
  
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• Candlelight vigil for Const. John Davidson to be held in Abbotsford on Monday night

  13-11-2017 18:46 via globalnews.ca
  A candlelight vigil will be held Monday night in honour of Abbotsford Const. John Davidson, one week after he was killed in the line of duty.
  
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• B.C. Ferries cancels sailings due to high winds

  13-11-2017 18:41
  
  B.C. Ferries has cancelled some sailings due to high winds.
  
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• Pro-Nazi posters discovered at UBC on Remembrance day

  13-11-2017 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  One of the posters says "Lest We Forget," but calls Nazi soldiers the true heroes of World War Two.
  
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• Our increasingly uncivil cities

  13-11-2017 18:02
  
  What is wrong with some people? Last week I witnessed two disturbing examples of awful behaviour – and I’m sick and tired of our increasingly uncivil cities.
  
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• Handbag organization

  13-11-2017 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  Lifestyle expert Carey McBeth gives us tips on how to organize your purse (and keep it that way).
  
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• Trail Appliances Jr. Chef Challenge: winner announcement

  13-11-2017 17:21 via globalnews.ca
  Sonia and Kaitlyn surprise Kaylyn, the winner of the Trail Appliances Jr. Chef Challenge.
  
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• BC Morning Weather Forecast: Nov 13

  13-11-2017 17:16 via globalnews.ca
  The Monday, November 13, 2017 morning weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• Strong winds on B.C. south coast lead to ferry cancellations, power outages

  13-11-2017 17:09 via globalnews.ca
  Parts of the coast could see gusts between 60 to 90 kilometres an hour by mid-morning through the early afternoon.
  
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• Pro-Nazi posters found at UBC on Remembrance Day

  13-11-2017 17:06 via globalnews.ca
  Pro-Nazi posters were found on the UBC campus Saturday morning, prior to Remembrance Day ceremonies. Security quickly removed the posters and are investigating.
  
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• Struggling with the cost of rent? It's not just Vancouver - CBC.ca

  13-11-2017 17:01 via cbc.ca
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  Struggling with the cost of rent? It's not just Vancouver
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  Vancouver's rental housing crisis has been well-documented, but the latest census figures reveal there are dozens of B.C. cities where higher proportions of tenants live in unaffordable housing. Just two of the 10 B.C. cities where more than half of ...and more »
  
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• High winds prompt ferry cancellations

  13-11-2017 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  A combination of high winds and mechanical issues has caused a number of canceled sailing for BC Ferries. Tanya Beja has the details.
  
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• Daily Poll: Should condo stratas make exceptions for emotional support dogs?

  13-11-2017 16:45 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. woman who claims her condo strata is discriminating against her daughters’ therapy dogs has taken her case to a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.According to a summary recently posted on the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal website, the woman’s two daughters have “mental health concerns” that require the assistance of therapy dogs. 
  The strata unit where the family lives does not allow pets.
  Between 2015 and 2016, the family racked up several bylaw infractions,
  
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• SkyTrain disruption: Expo Line single tracking between Columbia and Lougheed

  13-11-2017 16:30 via vancouversun.com
  Some SkyTrain commuters travelling on Expo Line can expect delays this morning due to a track issue near Braid Station.
  TransLink says Expo Line is will be single tracking between Columbia and Lougheed.
  Passengers travelling from Columbia past Sapperton Station will need to transfer trains at Braid Station, while passengers travelling from Production towards Waterfront will need to transfer at Lougheed Station. 
  A shuttle bus is operating between Sapperton and Lougheed.
  Millennium Line
  
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• Powerful winds batter British Columbia's south coast

  13-11-2017 16:22 via vancouversun.com
  Batten down the hatches, Vancouver — we’re in for some stormy weather.
   Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for B.C.’s south coast. A strong low pressure system will bring powerful winds with gusts of 70 to 80 km/h to the coastal sections of Metro Vancouver by late Monday morning.
  The winds are expected ease later in the afternoon.
  Winds will be even stronger on Vancouver Island, which could see storm force winds along the west coast.
  The wind storm has
  
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• Army & Navy CEO recalls dad's battle with MS

  13-11-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Multiple sclerosis did not define Jacqui Cohen’s father.
  The Army & Navy CEO has been reflecting on some of her childhood memories in preparation for an upcoming Women Against MS luncheon where she will be the keynote speaker.
  “It wasn’t who he was,” she said in an interview about her father, the late Jack Cohen. “There were things that I hadn’t really thought about until someone asked me to do the talk. He never acted like a victim, he never let the MS ta
  
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• Willes’ Musings: The fear spreads in Vancouver, the window closes in Seattle

  13-11-2017 14:00 via theprovince.com
  Like the start to Derek Dorsett’s season, here’s something else that’s surprising when it’s good: the Monday morning musings and meditations on the world of sports.
  • If any other team loses two straight games in California, the reaction is generally, no biggie, those are tough teams in Anaheim and San Jose. There are 80 other games on the schedule. Let’s concentrate on those.
  But the Canucks, as you must know, aren’t most teams. Somewhere in the fog of t
  
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• Trudeau hopeful e-vehicle can turn tides on trade imbalance with Philippines

  13-11-2017 13:50 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau highlighted a massive trade imbalance with the Philippines on Monday, as he helped show off a Canadian-made and environmentally friendly Jeepney – a popular form of transportation in the country.
  
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• Behind with your rent? How to deal with debt collectors

  13-11-2017 13:00 via theprovince.com
  Q: My wife and I have gotten behind with our bills after both our vehicles needed significant unexpected repairs within a week of each other in September. Then, in October, my pay cheque was short a week’s pay because our youngest son spent a week in hospital. We’ve been late with our rent twice now and couldn’t make the minimum payments on our credit cards. Our landlord has been accommodating but we worry that if we can’t get back on track with our rent, we’ll have
  
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• Blob is gone, but not forgotten for scientists studying decline in B.C. fish stocks

  13-11-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  The “blob” is gone, but it’s left a troubling legacy on B.C.’s Pacific coast.
  The blob is the popular name for a huge patch of warm water that featured record temperatures — in some cases, three to four degrees Celsius above normal — in the Northeast Pacific starting in 2013 and running through late 2015 and early 2016.
  Scientists are now concerned that young fish feeding at sea during the blob’s presence did not have enough nutritious food to eat &mdash
  
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• Journey Of A Lifetime – Museum Of Vancouver

  13-11-2017 07:06 via globalnews.ca
  Experience this journey through the eyes of the immigrants who first settled Canada’s west. An exhibit, and a live theatre performance by Playwright Winn Bray, bring to life this incredible moment in Canadian history.
  
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• Letters: Cheaper booze does not lead to more problem drinking, says reader

  13-11-2017 07:00 via theprovince.com
  Liberal MLA John Yap, who led the previous government’s liquor review, was quoted in an article last week saying, “The price of alcohol is very closely tied to addiction and over-consumption.”
  That is patently false and used repeatedly by provincial officials to justify the highest prices in North America for alcoholic beverages. You only have to cross the border to see that there are not higher rates of alcoholism or addiction and that prices are much lower.
  I’m fed
  
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• Seattle is drawing Chinese homebuyers because it has something Vancouver doesn’t

  13-11-2017 06:33 via globalnews.ca
  "When these uncommitted buyers compare Vancouver prices plus the tax to what they can get somewhere else, sometimes they decide it's not worth it."
  
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• Giants nearly blow seven-goal cushion but hold on for 8-7 win over Oil Kings

  13-11-2017 06:16 via theprovince.com
  Here’s what we learned from the Vancouver Giants’ 8-7 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings on Sunday at the Langley Events Centre.
  * The Giants tried to teach us that a seven-goal lead is the most dangerous in hockey.
  Vancouver was up 8-1 at the end of two. Davis Koch scored for Edmonton at 11:07 of the third period to make it 8-2, and the race for a comeback was on. The Oil Kings got a goal from Trey Fix-Wolansky at 19:34 to make it 8-6, and then a marker from Colton Kehler at 19:54 to b
  
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