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• Family outraged that loved one's killer is applying for prison leaves six months into sentence

  03-12-2017 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  The family of a Surrey man shot and killed in a 2004 dispute is outraged that his killer is applying for supervised leave from prison just six months into a six-year sentence.
  Amandeep Bath was 27 years old on Sept. 4, 2004, when he and a friend were out at a New Westminster nightclub and began receiving calls from Bhabjit Aujla and Parminder Basran requesting they meet up. Bath and his friend refused and headed home to Surrey, where they ran into Aujla and Baran near Bath’s house.
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• Vancouver Singing Christmas Tree celebrates 50th anniversary

  03-12-2017 23:44 via vancouversun.com
  Since 1967, thousands of people have basked in the warm glow and angelic voices of the Singing Christmas Tree at Broadway Church, whose deep roots in the Lower Mainland have helped the concert grow into a lively variety show now drawing close to 20,000 spectators each winter.
  Some of its cast and crew, like 83-year-old singer Lillian Hanson, have been involved since Day 1, when the branches could hold up to 47 singers and were made with freshly cut evergreen boughs stapled to planks. The ‘
  
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• Photos: B.C. high school Triple A football frenzy

  03-12-2017 23:44 via theprovince.com
  The New Westminster Hyacks rallied Saturday night at B.C. Place Stadium with a dramatic touchdown on the final play of the game — then added a two-point convert — to top the defending champion Terry Fox Ravens 15-14 and capture the Subway Bowl Trip-A provincial football championship. Photographer Richard Lam was there to capture all the action.
  New Westminster Hyacks’ Broxx Comia (5) is caught by Terry Fox Ravens Eric Polan in the Subway Bowl Triple-A football championship game
  
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• Naughty or Nice? Holiday etiquette on… office holiday parties

  03-12-2017 23:42 via vancouversun.com
  It’s the holidays and once you throw some rum in that egg nog, things can get a little messy at the family dinner table, the company Christmas party or even shopping at the mall.
  Sharon Schweitzer is an international etiquette and manners expert.
  Here’s our five-part series Naughty or Nice?, a holiday etiquette refresher with international etiquette and manners expert Sharon Schweitzer.
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  While your holiday office party likely isn’t the stuff movies are made of (case in p
  
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• Vancouver is smart and hopes $50 million grant will make it smarter

  03-12-2017 23:11 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver over the past five years has become “smarter” through digitalization and continues to develop digital solutions to offer services, according to the city’s chief technology officer.
  One sample of how city staff use data collection to improve services is the dashboard showing daily requests for services that city manager Sadhu Johnston regularly consults, Jessie Adcock told a Greater Vancouver Board of Trade meeting on smart cities on Friday.
  At a glance, Johnston can t
  
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• B.C. coroner blasts funeral home’s ‘fear-based’ anti-fentanyl campaign

  03-12-2017 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  In an op-ed B.C.'s chief coroner said "programs focused on scaring people from using drugs are not effective in saving lives."
  
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• Surrey to consider legalizing illegal suites, suspending evictions

  03-12-2017 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  Tenants of at least 175 suites in East Clayton had been facing eviction by the end of next month.
  
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• Surprise, awe, intensity: B.C. sculptor offers life-sized statue in the wild as a symbol of our ecosystem

  03-12-2017 22:07 via vancouversun.com
  Artist Guthrie Gloag often thinks back to an encounter in the wild when he was a field student in biology, collecting climate change data with a scientist who studied flowering plants in the alpine. 
  The group had broken camp after an overnight excursion, and were hiking out to their vehicle. There had been a light rain and the wide, clawed impressions of grizzly bear tracks were clearly visible in the soft ground along the trail they followed.
  “We walked about seven kilometres knowin
  
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• Naughty or Nice? Holiday etiquette on… how to tip

  03-12-2017 21:21 via vancouversun.com
  It’s the holidays and once you throw some rum in that egg nog, things can get a little messy at the family dinner table, the company Christmas party or even shopping at the mall.
  Sharon Schweitzer is an international etiquette and manners expert.
  Here’s our five-part series Naughty or Nice?, a holiday etiquette refresher with international etiquette and manners expert Sharon Schweitzer.
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  It’s easy to buy gifts for family and friends that we know well, but what about the
  
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• Reindeer and road closures downtown as Vancouver hosts annual Santa Claus Parade

  03-12-2017 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  The event is expected to draw as many as 300,000 spectators.
  
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• Cooking 101 – Kitchen Gifts

  03-12-2017 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  Caren McSherry joins us with her selection of the must-have Christmas gifts for the foodie in your life.
  
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• Ask an expert: Dr Andy Forsyth

  03-12-2017 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  Veterinarian Dr Andy Forsyth gives his tips on how to keep your pets safe this holiday seasons and takes viewers calls.
  
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• Month of Giving: Aunt Leah’s Trees

  03-12-2017 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  As our Month of Giving continues we meet Marcia Tait and Sarah Stewart from Aunt Leah’s Trees. They tell us about how you can help at risk youth and young mums when buying your Christmas Tree.
  
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• Not flightless but homeless: Bird rescue desperately seeking new home

  03-12-2017 19:38 via vancouversun.com
  Squawk! Polly wants a cracker – and a new home.
  It appears Vancouver’s housing shortage has hit even our colourfully feathered friends at the Greyhaven Exotic Bird Sanctuary, where 100 parrots will be homeless unless rescuers can find a new home for their bird rescue.
  The sanctuary’s lease is up soon at month’s end and the east Vancouver warehouse they now call home will soon be torn down, according to Greyhaven spokeswoman Jan Robson.
  The 100 remaining birds arrived as p
  
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• What You Need to Know: Santa Claus is coming to Vancouver – today!

  03-12-2017 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  If you want to clock in some face time with Santa to make sure you’re on the nice list this year, you can do so this afternoon.
  That’s right – it’s time for the annual Vancouver Santa Clause Parade!
  When is it happening?
  The annual Vancouver Santa Claus Parade takes place this afternoon – Sunday, Dec. 3 – beginning at 12 p.m.
  Where does the parade start?
  Santa starts his journey at the North Pole, of course, but here in Vancouver, you can see him at the starti
  
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• One-man play chronicles how ‘the force’ saved sexual abuse survivor’s life

  03-12-2017 17:00
  
  In an alternate universe, the force has moved mountains, dethroned despots and fine-tuned fighting instincts.
  
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• Empty Stocking Fund gets help from Canucks wives and girlfriends

  03-12-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  On Tuesday, expect Vancouver Canucks wives and girlfriends to be focused on their goal: raising money to help others in need.
  As soon as the doors open to Rogers Arena for the game against the Carolina Hurricanes, more than 10 wives and girlfriends will be on the concourse selling balloons to raise money for The Province’s Empty Stocking Fund.
  Now in its 17th year, the fundraiser has become an annual tradition for the NHL team.
  “Our fans are so generous,” said Alex Oxenham
  
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• 5 things you didn’t know about the first Hotel Vancouver

  03-12-2017 16:00
  
  Each week, Vancouver Is Awesome uncovers some unusual and interesting facts about the city. This week it takes on the first Hotel Vancouver.
  
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• Funeral held for 9-year-old girl from Syria who was struck by bus in Abbotsford

  03-12-2017 14:46
  A GoFundMe campaign has already raised more than $15,000 for the family of Hala Albarhoum; the Abbotsford Islamic Centre says she was laid to rest Saturday.
  
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• Surrey RCMP seeking public’s help to find alleged bank robber

  03-12-2017 12:19 via globalnews.ca
  Surrey RCMP is asking the public to help locate 47-year-old Dean Zastowny, but to keep their distance from him because they believe him to be armed and dangerous.
  
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• Hyacks crowned B.C. high school champs after high-drama ending

  03-12-2017 07:28 via theprovince.com
  The game was over.
  Zeros showed on the clock. New Westminster’s Sebastian Reid lay still and dejected on the ground, the ball at his side, his senior season ending in defeat, a mere 19 yards short of the end zone.
  Terry Fox had won the 2017 Subway Bowl triple-A football championship at B.C. Place, 14-7 victors over the Hyacks.
  Until … they hadn’t.
  The referees waved back the tide of celebrating Ravens rushing onto the field, instructing the scorekeepers to put a single second
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Respecting Richmond business, mental health

  03-12-2017 07:00 via theprovince.com
  Saluting Business Excellence
  In 1977, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce decided it was time to start celebrating the municipality’s growing economy and business community.
  Though not officially designated a City — that would come 13 years later — the chamber created the annual Business Excellence Awards. That first year Gerry Culver was awarded Businessman of the Year, the only award presented during a modest ceremony.
  Four decades later, the chamber — now one of the
  
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• The Provies: The emotional start, the Marky black humour, the Eriksson conspiracy and it’s A&W versus the World.

  03-12-2017 06:15 via theprovince.com
  BEST SURPRISE
  The Canucks were actually good.
  For a period.
  But what a glorious period it was.
  The Sedins came out having clipped five years from their age.
  It’s not the only time it’s happened in the past couple of weeks, by the way. That, in word, is encouraging.
  The Canucks were fast, dominant and in control. Seventeen shots on net. In a period.
  I couldn’t help but wonder if there was a Dorsett effect. He appeared, grandly and emotionally, during the pregame celebration of D
  
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• Ed Willes: Leafs might be best young team, but Canucks aren’t bad, either

  03-12-2017 05:01 via theprovince.com
  Depending on where you are and who you’re talking to, most informed hockey fans would identify the Toronto Maple Leafs as the best young team in the NHL.
  True, you might get an argument in Winnipeg or New Jersey. And if this survey was conducted in the GTA, those informed fans would identify the Leafs as the best team — like, ever — irrespective of age.
  But, gratuitous Toronto snark aside, the collection of talent on Mike Babcock’s team speaks for itself. They lead the NH
  
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• Experts combine efforts to battle a rare cancer that targets mainly the young

  03-12-2017 04:43 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Dec 2

  03-12-2017 04:40 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Saturday, December 2, 2017.
  
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• Trudeau in South Surrey

  03-12-2017 04:10 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits South Surrey – White Rock to boost the Liberal byelection candidate. Kristin Robinson reports.
  
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• Vancouver wins over Toronto at home

  03-12-2017 04:07 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver Canucks have a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  
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• Pushback over new temporary housing plan

  03-12-2017 04:07 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Vancouver has announced the latest neighbourhood that will be getting temporary housing modular for the homeless. As Paul Johnson reports, it comes as legal action has been launched against residents who’ve been holding up construction on a similar project in Marpole.
  
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• Community mourns girl, 9, killed by bus

  03-12-2017 04:07 via globalnews.ca
  We are learning more today about the young Abbotsford girl struck and killed by a bus on her way to school. Nine-year-old Hala had moved to Canada with her family last year to escape the violence in Syria. The community is now stepping up to help her parents and siblings in wake of the tragedy....
  
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• Jacob Markstrom makes 35 saves to lead Vancouver Canucks past Toronto Maple Leafs - The Globe and Mail

  03-12-2017 04:04 via theglobeandmail.com
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  Jacob Markstrom makes 35 saves to lead Vancouver Canucks past Toronto Maple Leafs
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  Vancouver Canucks' goalie Jacob Markstrom, left, of Sweden, stops Toronto Maple Leafs' Nazem Kadri during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday December 2, 2017. DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS. Joshua Clipperton ...
  Vancouver Canucks Gameday: Stars align for tilt with Maple LeafsThe Canuck Way
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• Canucks 2, Leafs 1: What we learned

  03-12-2017 04:00 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks had one terrific period and carried that to an entertaining 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night at Rogers Arena.
  Here is what we learned …
  HISTORY WAS NOT MADE
  It was his 114th NHL start and his 128th game without one.
  Jacob Markstrom was just three minutes away from his first NHL shutout. It looked like it was going to happen, too.
  Until it didn’t.
  Morgan Rielly whiffed on an open net, and it seemed like it was the break Markstrom needed.
  He ha
  
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• Annual Steveston charity herring sale a swimming success

  03-12-2017 03:39 via globalnews.ca
  "For all of us here it's a great day. It's the best thing I do all year."
  
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• Opinion: How do we bring about change in the age of Weinstein?

  03-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  So, now we are daily attending to the latest chapters in the Weinstein book on sexual predation. The #MeToo phenomenon has carried the sordid truth to likely unprecedented duration. And before all of this, among many too many other perpetrators relegated to history, was Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby and then Donald Trump. There are two important factors that are being missed in the media focus on each new revelatory incident and on the reactive voices.
  First is the reality th
  
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• Quebec walruses coming to Vancouver Aquarium - British Columbia ... - CBC.ca

  03-12-2017 02:17 via cbc.ca
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  Quebec walruses coming to Vancouver Aquarium - British Columbia ...
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  Lakina and Balzak are believed to be first live full-term baby walruses to be born in captivity in Canada and could arrive in time for Christmas in Vancouver.
  Quebec City aquarium's celebrity baby walruses moving to VancouverCTV News
  Bacterial infection linked to death of Vancouver Aquarium's false killer whaleNational Postall 7 news articles »
  
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• Coroner takes issue with funeral chain program on fentanyl dangers

  03-12-2017 02:15 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Coroners Service is taking issue with a fentanyl prevention program created by a funeral services chain.
  Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services created the program, which uses “powerful, perhaps even controversial” visual aids, after one of the funeral homes in its chain reported serving four to five families every month who had lost a loved one to an overdose.
  The program includes a poster of grieving family members surrounding a coffin under a banner reading &ldq
  
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• Keyboard Kimura: Julia Budd defends Bellator title, takes a breath

  03-12-2017 02:14 via theprovince.com
  Standing in the centre of the cage after 25 frustrating minutes of work, Julia Budd was confident that she had done enough to retain her Bellator MMA featherweight title, but the Port Moody native knew the three officials charged with scoring her championship main event with Arlene Blencowe may have felt otherwise.
  “She wins a lot of close decisions,” Budd said of Blencowe, the morning after emerging with a split decision victory at Bellator 189 in Thackerville, Okla.
  “So I was
  
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• Stranded barge carrying millions of litres of fuel to be towed to Alaska

  03-12-2017 02:12 via globalnews.ca
  A British Columbia First Nation is breathing a sigh of relief as a barge carrying millions of litres of fuel was removed from its harbour on the central coast.
  
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• Vancouver police pay visit to unlicensed cannabis vendors at Robson Square - Straight.com

  03-12-2017 02:02 via straight.com
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  Vancouver police pay visit to unlicensed cannabis vendors at Robson Square
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  The City of Vancouver isn't happy with a group of unlicensed vendors who have been selling cannabis products and edibles at Robson Square. According to an officer with the VPD, an employee with the City of Vancouver had requested the help of officers ...
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 – Dec. 2

  03-12-2017 01:59 via globalnews.ca
  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6.
  
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• Community rallies around family of 9-year-old Syrian refugee killed by bus in Abbotsford

  03-12-2017 01:52 via globalnews.ca
  An Abbotsford family is mourning the loss of a nine-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a bus on her way to school on Friday.
  
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• Vancouver women's group holds Montreal Massacre memorial - Globalnews.ca

  03-12-2017 01:33 via globalnews.ca
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  Vancouver women's group holds Montreal Massacre memorial
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  In advance of the 28th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, a Vancouver group is inviting the public to participate in conversations around violence against women. On Dec. 6, 1989, 14 women were murdered at Montreal's École Polytechnique by a gunman ...
  
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• Vancouver women’s group holds Montreal Massacre memorial

  03-12-2017 01:29 via globalnews.ca
  "We are here to commemorate the lives of these women, the long struggle of the feminist movement and to take up space and say it publicly."
  
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• Rescued barge adrift off B.C. coast to be towed to Alaska, First Nation relieved

  03-12-2017 01:27 via vancouversun.com
  BELLA BELLA, B.C. — A British Columbia First Nation is breathing a sigh of relief as a barge carrying millions of litres of fuel was removed from its harbour on the central coast.
  The barge broke away from a U.S.-registered tugboat, the Jake Shearer, southwest of Bella Bella last Sunday.
  Heiltsuk Chief Councillor Marilyn Slett says it’s “terrifying” to consider the damage that could have been caused if a spill occurred.
  The barge was carrying 12.5 million litres of diesel
  
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• B.C. Liberal leadership hopefuls debate plans for party's future

  03-12-2017 00:48 via vancouversun.com
  Several of the B.C. Liberals leadership hopefuls were on the defence as their fellow candidates picked apart their platforms during a heated debate in Kelowna on Saturday.
  Todd Stone and Andrew Wilkinson called out former Surrey mayor Dianne Watts for not having released her platform in the campaign that is set to wrap up in two months.
  “We are over half way through this campaign. We have yet to hear a single plan on a single topic including what your vision is,” Stone said to Watts.
  
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• Abbotsford's Islamic community rallies to support family of refugee girl killed by bus

  03-12-2017 00:27 via vancouversun.com
  Abbotsford’s Islamic community is rallying to support the family of Hala Albarhoum, the nine-year-old girl fatally hit by a transit bus in Abbotsford on Friday morning.
  A GoFundMe has been launched in collaboration with the Abbotsford Islamic Centre to support the Albarhoums, a family of Syrian refugees living in Abbotsford, where 160 refugees were resettled in 2016.
  Launched Friday night by Richmond resident Adnan Bhat, an active member of the Islamic Centre, the online fundraising c
  
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• Bombshell Jamie Bacon ruling breaks hearts of murder victims' families

  03-12-2017 00:22 via vancouversun.com
  The families of the two bystanders killed in the Surrey Six drug murders a decade ago have been left disgusted and broken-hearted after the B.C. Supreme Court threw out charges against Jamie Bacon, the man accused of being the mastermind behind the slaughter.
  Steve Brown, who lost his brother-in-law Ed Schellenberg, said Saturday that he felt numb when he heard news of the court’s ruling. He said that he is too “worn out” to be angry.
  “There is no trust lef
  
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