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• Trans rights activist reaches out to Chilliwack school trustee who compared gender transitioning to ‘child abuse’

  26-11-2017 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  In response, the alliance released a YouTube video on Saturday where chairperson Morgane Oger invites Neufeld to discuss the SOGI 123 curriculum.
  
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• New feeding behaviour adopted by humpback whales off Vancouver Island

  26-11-2017 23:30 via vancouversun.com
  Researchers off northeastern Vancouver Island have documented what they believe is a new and globally unique feeding behaviour for humpback whales. And while they’ve dubbed it “trap feeding,” it could just as easily be referred to as the “sneak attack” for the way it lures in unsuspecting prey.
  Christie McMillan, executive director of the Marine Education and Research Society, said a juvenile humpback was first observed employing trap feeding in 2011. Since then, th
  
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• Vancouver Island man unsuccessfully fights ticket for illegal camping

  26-11-2017 23:23 via vancouversun.com
  After three years of delays, a Vancouver Island man lost his bid to fight a ticket he received for camping without a permit in Pacific Rim National Park.
  Michael Ross Sutherland had admitted camping without a ticket in the park after a surfing trip, but objected to the ticket. Sutherland claimed discrimination on the basis of poverty under the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms. Sutherland argued that the $27 fee was beyond his means. Sutherland, who was living with his grandmother and on
  
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• Surrey Knights win first game in two years

  26-11-2017 23:20 via theprovince.com
  The streak is over.
  After a two-year winless streak, the Junior B Surrey Knights bagged a 2-0 win Friday against the Abbotsford Pilots.
  Goalie Zakary Babin stood on his head, stopping 49 Abbotsford shots to get the shutout. The Knights mustered just 12 shots the other way.
  The Knights are coached by brothers Scott and Spencer McHattie.
  “Zak had one of the best performances I have seen in a long time,” Spencer said Sunday. “We did a strong job ensuring that he saw the puck.
  
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• City of Victoria look to restrict short-term vacation rentals

  26-11-2017 23:15 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Victoria councillors have agreed to move ahead with new regulations restricting short-term vacation rentals despite strong push back from many homeowners who rent their secondary suites through platforms such as Airbnb.
  “I think it’s important to move forward with strong regulations relating to short-term rentals,” said Coun. Ben Isitt.
  “We have a housing crisis. We also have a lack of fairness between this unregulated body of the transient accommodation
  
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• New West Hyacks and Terry Fox Ravens will meet for B.C. high school football supremacy

  26-11-2017 23:11 via theprovince.com
  What a night of @BCHSFB @bcplace ! @HyackFootball out last South Delta 52-45 and will play the defending champs @TFSRavens who beat undefeated @stmcfootball 28-21 #RoadToTheSubwayBowl— Jake Elliott (@PxP4Sports) November 26, 2017New Westminster Hyacks assistant coach Clint Uttley said that Sebastien Reid “when he’s focused, is probably the best player in the province,” and it’s fair to suggest that the Hyacks receiver/defensive back was honed in on Saturday.
  Reid sc
  
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• Bathtub race to return to Vancouver, with event off Kits Beach

  26-11-2017 22:34 via vancouversun.com
  The Nanaimo-to-Vancouver bathtub race used to be a big deal, summer’s counterpoint to the mass insanity of the Polar Bear Swim on New Year’s Day.
  Nanaimo’s flamboyant mayor, Frank Ney, would haul out his pirate costume and run around like Long John Silver. A couple of hundred people would spend countless hours in their garages or backyards building their own tub-boats. Thousands would show up at Kits Beach to watch the tubbers make landfall and race up the sand to ring the bell
  
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• Justin Bieber skates with Whistler minor hockey team

  26-11-2017 22:30 via theprovince.com
  Given his small-town Ontario roots, it will come as no surprise that Justin Bieber is a pretty solid hockey player.
  The pop superstar surprised a group of Whistler boys Thursday as he showed up for practice with the Whistler Minor Hockey midget A1 team.
  Rob Palm, father of Drew, one of the team’s goalies, wrote on Facebook, “The Biebs has pretty good hands and knew exactly where to be. He was super humble and a true gentleman. I gained a lot of respect for him as a result. Thank you
  
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• Penalty kill unit comes up short again as Giants’ losing skid stretches to three straight

  26-11-2017 22:16 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Giants are in a rut and their penalty killing is part of the problem.
  The Everett Silvertips went 3-for-7 on the power play Saturday night en route to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Giants. Vancouver (10-12-2-2) has now lost three in a row and four of five and their penalty kill is succeeding at a 52.1 per cent clip (11 goals against, 23 opportunities) in those past five games.
  A 5-for-7 night on the power play for the Kamloops Blazers in a 6-2 win on Nov. 17 does skew that statis
  
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• Okanagan Indigenous leaders win environmental award

  26-11-2017 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  The Wilderness Committee awarded the 2017 Rogers Environmental Award to Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and Joan Phillip.
  
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• Highway 1 almost fully reopened days after mudslides near Bridal Falls

  26-11-2017 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  Crews have nearly completed cleared a trio of mudslides that had been blocking Highway 1 east of Chilliwack, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced in a media release Sunday.
  The three mudslides closed the road Thursday morning near Bridal Falls, following a heavy rain storm.
  At noon Sunday, the ministry said two lanes for westbound traffic and a single lane for eastbound traffic were now cleared.
  Work is ongoing to clear the other eastbound lane. There’s also work to
  
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• B.C. victim of Ponzi scheme says more needs to be done punish fraudsters

  26-11-2017 21:17 via globalnews.ca
  The victim of a Ponzi scheme says a West Vancouver woman who allegedly cheated investors out of tens of millions of dollars has not received a “fair punishment."
  
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• Pedestrian dies after collision in Surrey

  26-11-2017 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  The pedestrian was killed while trying to cross the street on 108 Avenue just before 5 p.m.
  
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• Saturday Sips: Spikes for hot drinks

  26-11-2017 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  On a cold November day, consider warming up with a hot cup of tea or coffee with a little something extra. Darryl Lamb from Legacy Liquor Store shows off some of his favourite things to add to his warm drinks.
  
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• Trio of West Vancouver students earn accolades for environmental videos — and so does the district

  26-11-2017 20:22 via vancouversun.com
  A trio of West Vancouver students are feeling the thrill of community recognition, and their hometown is being recognized for that recognition. 
  Last spring the District of West Vancouver’s engineering department asked students from kindergarten to grade 12 to come up with videos that would show “why our waste is our responsibility.”
  In all, 40 videos were submitted covering topics like illegal dumping, abandoned waste, littering and recycling.
  Three productions were
  
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• Snowfall warning for the Coquihalla

  26-11-2017 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt.
  
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• Highway 1 fully reopens Sunday following mudslide

  26-11-2017 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  The road was closed eastbound at Bridal Falls after three mudslides on Wednesday night.
  
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• Marijuana advent holiday calendars create a buzz in Metro Vancouver

  26-11-2017 19:17 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver cannabis company is scrambling to keep up with a flood of orders for marijuana-filled advent calendars, but the novel take on a popular Christmas tradition has some health experts ringing alarm bells.
  Lorilee Fedler of Coast to Coast Medicinals said she’s been overwhelmed by the response since launching the holiday calendars earlier this month.
  “We just wanted something fun and different for adults,” Fedler said, adding that she came up with the idea after seeing ve
  
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• UNBC researcher one of 70 new inductees to Royal Society of Canada

  26-11-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Dr. Sarah de Leeuw is a unique academic — a poet with a doctorate in the humanities who teaches in the Northern Medical Program at the University of Northern B.C. 
  She’s also one of 70 academics, including 10 in B.C., appointed to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, a prestigious honour recognizing the achievements of the emerging generation of scholarly, scientific and artistic leadership in Canada.
  “It’s an extraordi
  
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• Justin Bieber stuns Whistler minor hockey team by joining their practice

  26-11-2017 18:47 via globalnews.ca
  Justin Bieber surprised a minor hockey team as he laced up the skates and hit the ice.
  
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• Recipe: Seafood linguine

  26-11-2017 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  Wayne Sych, executive chef for Joe Fortes Seafood & Chophousek, makes seafood linguine
  
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• Sutter banged up, Canucks call up Nikolay Goldobin

  26-11-2017 18:09 via theprovince.com
  Brandon Sutter took a heavy hit Friday against the Devils and looks set to miss Sunday’s matinee against the Rangers in New York.
  To fill his spot, Alex Burmistrov will suit up for the first time in 7 games and will likely centre the Canucks’ checking line, with Brendan Gaunce and Sam Gagner as his wingers.
  Of Sutter’s injury, Canucks head coach Travis Green said the centre is “more than day-to-day, but it’s nothing too serious.”
  After today’s tilt at Ma
  
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• 5 things you didn’t know about the Marine Building

  26-11-2017 16:00
  
  Five facts about Vancouver’s premier art deco skyscraper, the Marine Building.
  
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• Vancouver seeks ideas to stem tide of cups, containers and bags ... - CBC.ca

  26-11-2017 15:20 via cbc.ca
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  Vancouver seeks ideas to stem tide of cups, containers and bags ...
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  The City of Vancouver wants your ideas on how to prevent 2.6 million disposable cups from ending up in the trash every week. 'I think that people don't know ...and more »
  
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• Stephanie Dunn and Jennifer Zwicker: Time to update data on Canadian children with disabilities

  26-11-2017 15:00 via theprovince.com
  According to UNICEF, “The true measure of a nation’s standing is how well it attends to its children, including their health, safety, material security, education and socialization and their sense of being loved, valued and included in the families and societies into which they are born.”
  Yet how can we measure our nation’s standing when we have stopped measuring the health and well-being of our children in Canada, particularly those with disability?
  Existing nationa
  
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• Police searching for woman missing from Whistler since Wednesday

  26-11-2017 07:22 via vancouversun.com
  Police in Whistler are asking the pubic for help locating a woman missing since Wednesday. 
  Alison Leanne Raspa, 25, was last seen leaving the Three Below Bar in Whistler at 11:30 p.m. on November 22. She was reported missing by her co-workers on November 23.
  Later that same day, Whistler RCMP say they located a personal item identified as belonging to Raspa at Alpha Lake Park on Lake Placid Road, five kilometres southwest of the bar.  “We are very concerned for Alison&rsquo
  
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• Pedestrian dies in hospital after being struck by car in Surrey

  26-11-2017 07:01 via vancouversun.com
  A pedestrian has died after being struck by a car while crossing the street in the Guildford area of Surrey.
  Surrey RCMP say that the pedestrian was hit by a vehicle while crossing 108th Avenue between the intersections of 144th Street and 148th Street at 4:42 p.m. on Saturday. 
  The pedestrian was transported to hospital, but later died of their injuries. 
  The driver of the vehicle remained on scene and is cooperating with investigators from Surrey RCMP’s Criminal Collision Inves
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Pushing innovation, harm prevention, caring

  26-11-2017 07:00 via theprovince.com
  CHART-TOPPING NIGHT
  Philanthropy drives innovation. VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation’s Night of a Thousand Stars Gala is the definitive example of what can be achieved when difference makers come together for the betterment of all.
  Led by Noordin and Nancey Nanji, and a powerhouse committee of 10 women who included Naz Panahi, Devi Sangara and Nancy Stibbard, more than 900 philanthropic and health care leaders convened at the Vancouver Convention Centre to improve the care and outcomes of t
  
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• Peter Mansbridge, WestJet surprise YVR airport with poetry and gifts

  26-11-2017 05:02 via vancouversun.com
  With Christmas now only a month away, there is but one question on the minds of every Canadian: what’s Peter Mansbridge up to this holiday season?
  Why, he’s reading Christmas poetry at the Vancouver International Airport. Or at least he was earlier.
  On Saturday afternoon, Mansbridge surprised a group of lucky travellers flying from Vancouver to Calgary, joining the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra and Wings Vocal Collective for a reading of “The Night Before Christmas.&rdq
  
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• Canucks’ Game Day: Midday clash with Rangers on Sunday at MSG

  26-11-2017 05:00 via theprovince.com
  Head coach Alain Vigneault of the New York Rangers — remember him Canuck fans? — will be behind the bench Sunday at Madison Square Garden looking to beat his old team.
  The Big Matchup
  Alain Vigneault vs. The Canucks
  It’s striking that Vigneault is the third longest-tenured head coach in the NHL. He joined the New York Rangers following an extended run in Vancouver.
  AV’s time in Vancouver coincided with the most historic run for the team that culminated in the 2011 Stanley
  
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• Peter Mansbridge, WestJet surprise YVR airport with poetry and gifts - Vancouver Sun

  26-11-2017 04:59 via vancouversun.com
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  Peter Mansbridge, WestJet surprise YVR airport with poetry and gifts
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  WestJet surprised guests travelling from Vancouver to Calgary with a special performance at YVR with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, Wings Vocal Collective and a reading of "The Night Before Christmas" with Canadian icon Peter Mansbridge.
  
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• TRAFFIC FLAGGER RALLY

  26-11-2017 03:58 via globalnews.ca
  Flaggers call for safer roads Flaggers and roadside workers from the Okanagan held a roadside rally in Vernon today, on the heels of a serious incident in the North Okanagan where a flagger was mowed down by a careless driver. Kelly Hayes reports.
  
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• Flaggers call for safer roads

  26-11-2017 03:58 via globalnews.ca
  Flaggers and roadside workers from the Okanagan held a roadside rally in Vernon today, on the heels of a serious incident in the North Okanagan where a flagger was mowed down by a careless driver. Kelly Hayes reports.
  
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• Protesters rally for affordable housing

  26-11-2017 03:55 via globalnews.ca
  Both the city and the federal government unveiled plans this week to address the high cost of living in our cities. As Paul Johnson reports on a rally where many say the plan falls short of what’s needed.
  
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• HOUSING DEMO

  26-11-2017 03:55 via globalnews.ca
  Protesters rally for affordable housing Both the city and the federal government unveiled plans this week to address the high cost of living in our cities. As Paul Johnson reports on a rally where many say the plan falls short of what’s needed.
  
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• DRUGGED DOGS

  26-11-2017 03:55 via globalnews.ca
  Dog ingests PCP at Kits beach. Dog becomes deathly ill after ingesting what turned out to be “angel dust” also known as PCP at a Vancouver beach. Jill Bennett has the story.
  
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• Dog ingests PCP at Kits beach

  26-11-2017 03:55 via globalnews.ca
  A dog became deathly ill after ingesting what turned out to be “angel dust” also known as PCP at a Vancouver beach. Jill Bennett has the story.
  
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• Would-be foreign buyer forced to give up North Vancouver home deposit

  26-11-2017 03:28 via globalnews.ca
  After pulling out of a $2.6 Million home purchase in North Vancouver, a foreign buyer is being forced to hand over their deposit.
  
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• Ex-NHLer Geoff Courtnall learns to stickhandle around life’s adversity

  26-11-2017 03:00 via theprovince.com
  Geoff Courtnall looks lean.
  His calm and measured tone reflects renewed everyday optimism and a sense of peace. It comes with being in a better physical and mental place while still pushing the pace in mining and real-estate ventures and arduous fitness pursuits.
  The former Vancouver Canucks winger doesn’t look, feel or act 55. And the glances he’s afforded in a downtown coffee shop — those quizzical “I-should-know-that-guy” looks  — are endearing. But th
  
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• B.C. paramedics raise concerns as construction near VGH continues

  26-11-2017 02:50 via globalnews.ca
  “There’s now flagging, and fences, requiring our paramedic crews to navigate a little bit differently."
  
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• Pedestrian injured in Langley as 2-car collision shuts down busy street

  26-11-2017 02:35 via globalnews.ca
  Langley's 200 Street was closed for more than four-and-half hours in both directions following the crash.
  
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• Ed Willes: Argos’ bounce-back a feel-good story for Grey Cup and CFL

  26-11-2017 00:59 via theprovince.com
  In most leagues, the art of the rebuild must follow a meticulously constructed plan that requires patience and commitment from all concerned, from the owner right down to the lowest rungs of the food chain.
  Sometimes it works. More often it doesn’t. But any deviation from the plan, any shortcuts, will be punished swiftly and severely because, above all, the plan must be served.
  If you doubt this, we have these words for you: the Cleveland fricking Browns.
  But the CFL, as you must know, isn
  
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• Salmo family with six children under nine appreciate help

  26-11-2017 00:32 via theprovince.com
  Even though times are a tight around the Simmons household this Christmas, mom Savannah and dad Patrick are looking forward to celebrating with their six children, all under the age of nine.
  “They love Christmas,” Savannah said of her children Autumn, 8, Farrah, 6, Kaylee, 4, Preston, 3, Wesley, 18 months and Finley, five months.
  “It’s all about the memories. We have a wonderful time at Christmas. They love holidays and family. It’s important.”
  Savannah and Pa
  
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• A real-life 'Up' house? Vancouver developer wants to build commercial building around century-old home - Globalnews.ca

  26-11-2017 00:24 via globalnews.ca
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  A real-life 'Up' house? Vancouver developer wants to build commercial building around century-old home
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  WATCH: A unique development proposal aims to save a Vancouver heritage house, getting inspiration from an iconic Seattle home and a certain Pixar movie. Jill Bennett reports. X. - A A +. Listen. A unique development proposal aims to save a Vancouver ...
  
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• A real-life ‘Up’ house? Vancouver developer wants to build commercial building around century-old home

  26-11-2017 00:17 via globalnews.ca
  The home would be moved off the property (not by tying balloons to it so it floats away) and taken apart, then put back together and incorporated into the new building.
  
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