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• ‘Gift and Get’ Holiday Gift Certificates @ Long Beach Lodge Resort, Tofino

  12-12-2017 23:55 via theprovince.com
  This Holiday Season we are offering ‘Gift & Get’ Certificates available until December 24th! Order a gift certificate online with a minimum value of $100 as a gift, and you will get a $20 certificate of your own as a special treat! You may purchase a gift certificate in any denomination which may be redeemed for dining, lodging or adventure. A great idea for friends, family and yourself! Details online.1.877.844.7873
  http://www.longbeachtofino.com
  
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• On Vancouver housing, Bill Morneau cites ‘stress tests’ that don’t seem to have cut prices

  12-12-2017 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  "We have to think about the Vancouver market and the Kelowna market but we also need to think about the Halifax market and the, you know, the Timmins market."
  
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• With holidays fast approaching, Surrey Food Bank warns of dip in donations

  12-12-2017 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  "It's just a lot of donor fatigue, maybe."
  
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• Keith Baldrey: Site C decision shows NDP has made shift to government from activism

  12-12-2017 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  The NDP, in a few short months, has shown it has made the shift from employing an opposition mentality to a viewpoint that reflects the fact it is now in power.
  
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• 6 places to visit for Christmas in Victoria 2017

  12-12-2017 23:18
  
  Festival of Trees and Magic of Christmas are highlights of the holiday season in Victoria.
  
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• "This is complete B.S." Surprise tax increase at city hall roils NPA

  12-12-2017 23:15
  Coun. Raymond Louie is asking for $2.4 million more to address backlogged building permits and hire more staff to implement a housing plan
  
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• Adopt-A-School: Pre-kindergarten helps children get school-ready

  12-12-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  When Henry Peters arrived this year as principal of South Vancouver’s John Henderson Elementary, one thing he noticed was that some children entering kindergarten weren’t as prepared for school life as they should have been.
  “I see the kindergarteners every week and I could just tell at the beginning of the year that there was something missing in the basics — recognizing letters, sounds, colours, numbers — some of the things we take for granted in childre
  
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• Site C didn’t need to be approved just because money was already spent: critics

  12-12-2017 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  Critics say the BC NDP may have fallen prey to the "sunk-cost fallacy."
  
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• Two charged following probe sparked by five OD deaths in one day

  12-12-2017 22:43 via vancouversun.com
  Abbotsford police have seized a massive quantity of drugs and cash in an investigation that was launched this October following the suspected overdose deaths of five people within 10 hours.
  On Oct. 27, five people, all between the ages of 40 to 67, were found dead inside their Abbotsford homes as a result of suspected drug overdoses. Police then launched a probe into high-level traffickers in the area who provide fentanyl and other drugs to local dealers.
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• Fireworks at city hall: George Affleck vs Raymond Louie

  12-12-2017 22:43
  
  VIDEO: Vancouver NPA and Vision councillors battle over property tax increase.
  
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• Strong economy behind high demand for housing sales in B.C., report says

  12-12-2017 22:40 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Real Estate Association says a strong economy has pushed up demand and prices for housing in the province compared with last year.
  The association’s latest report says 7,731 sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service in November, a 20.4 per cent increase from November 2016.
  The average price was $723,112, up 15.5 per cent from the same period last year.
  The association’s chief economist, Cameron Muir, says demand for houses is being supported by a large number of mi
  
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• Commercial Real Estate — NAFTA likely here to stay: David Frum

  12-12-2017 22:20 via vancouversun.com
  Commercial real estate stakeholders and observers heard recently in a packed Vancouver ballroom what most of them would probably consider some good news. And they also heard some bad news.
  They were gathered for an address by David Frum, the former George W. Bush speechwriter and now senior editor of The Atlantic. He was in town last month to deliver his insights on the U.S. political climate and its effects at the opening of the Vancouver Real Estate Strategy and Leasing Conference at the Vanco
  
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• B.C. rolls out new Indigenous-focused cancer strategy

  12-12-2017 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  The initiative aims to improve health outcomes and better track Indigenous experiences in the healthcare system, while respecting Indigenous culture.
  
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• LAFC goes for depth but bypasses Whitecaps in 2017 MLS expansion draft

  12-12-2017 21:28 via theprovince.com
  The odds were always low that the Whitecaps would lose a player in the 2017 MLS expansion draft, so it’s not much of a surprise that that happened Tuesday in Los Angeles.
  LAFC, the newest entry to Major League Soccer, grabbed five players: keeper Tyler Miller from Seattle, winger Latif Blessing from Kansas City, veteran San Jose striker Marco Urena, and a pair of left backs in Jukka Raitala from Columbus and Raheem Edwards from Toronto.
  Former Whitecaps midfielder John Thorrington is
  
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• Pioneer of voting rights in B.C. honoured

  12-12-2017 21:24
  
  Tomey Homma proved over a century ago that even in defeat, one could inspire future change.
  
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• Man charged in Surrey/Delta border shooting that injured one

  12-12-2017 21:20 via vancouversun.com
  A man has been charged in a shooting last month that resulted in injuries to one man and a lockdown at a local school.
  The shooting on Nov. 23 occurred near the Surrey/Delta border around 8:40 a.m.
  Police who responded that day to the shooting near 96th Avenue and 116th Street found a 33-year-old Surrey man suffering from a gunshot wound and, as a precaution, ordered Royal Heights Elementary to be put on lockdown.
  The suspect fled the scene prior to police arrival but was quickly identified as a
  
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• North Vancouver police seeking masked break-and-enter suspect

  12-12-2017 21:19 via vancouversun.com
  Police are seeking a break-and-enter suspect who broke into a North Vancouver apartment complex and fled after a resident unmasked him.
  Around 6 p.m. on Monday, North Vancouver RCMP were called to an apartment complex near East 13th Street and St. Andrews Avenue for a break and enter.
  A masked man had entered a ground floor apartment through an unlocked patio door and was found inside by a woman.
  The female resident screamed for help before snatching the mask from the man’s face when he tr
  
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• YVR holiday rush about to take off

  12-12-2017 21:11 via globalnews.ca
  As you get ready to fly off for the holidays, the Vancouver Airport has some tips to ensure everything goes smoothly. Jordan Armstrong reports that not everyone is getting the message about what you can and cannot take on a plane.
  
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• Blackmore wants guilty verdict in polygamy trial stayed, B.C. court hears

  12-12-2017 20:47 via vancouversun.com
  CRANBROOK — Winston Blackmore wants the guilty verdict in his polygamy trial stayed, claiming that he was unfairly prosecuted, his marriages to multiple women were “induced” by the B.C. attorney general’s failure to prosecute and that his conduct “does not merit punishment” because his multiple marriages were done out of religious belief and not criminal intent.
  The former bishop of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was found guilt
  
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• BUSINESS REPORT: What started as a new medium of exchange is now ‘bitcrazy’

  12-12-2017 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  Could Bitcoin go the way of the Dutch tulip?
  
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• Surrey RCMP looking for suspect in alleged knifepoint convenience store robbery

  12-12-2017 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  Mounties said in the course of the robbery, the suspect brandished a knife, but that no one was hurt.
  
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• Surrey RCMP looking for suspect in alleged knifepoint conveneince store robbery

  12-12-2017 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  Mounties said in the course of the robbery, the suspect brandished a knife, but that no one was hurt.
  
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• Longtime Province columnist Tony Gallagher among 2018 B.C. Sports Hall of Fame inductees

  12-12-2017 20:15 via theprovince.com
  Tony Gallagher is going to the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame.
  The former Province sports columnist will be inducted in the media category and is one of nine people and two teams who will make up the 2018 class.
  Gallagher is being inducted, not surprisingly, in the media wing.
  Gallagher first started with The Province in 1970. He covered junior hockey’s New Westminster Bruins and the WHA’s Vancouver Blazers before moving full-time to the Canucks beat in 1976. He became a sports columnist i
  
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• Style Q&A: Woods launches street-style approved line

  12-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Woods is one of those quiet Canadian brands that boasts a long, rich history. It just doesn’t do a whole lot of shouting about it. 
  Over a 130-year span, the company’s outdoor products have been used on virtually every type of adventure, from professional expeditions to weekend camping trips. Among Woods’ most recognizable products are its outwear items including parkas, sweaters, vests and more for men and women.
  And the company recently announced the launch of an exclusi
  
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• Song, storytelling, and even some poetry come together for Christmas Presence

  12-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Christmas Presence
  Dec. 19-23 | Pacific Theatre, 1440 West 12th Ave., Vancouver (also Dec. 17 at the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium in Abbotsford)
  Tickets and info: $20-$36.50 at 604.731.5518 or pacifictheatre.org
  Pacific Theatre’s Christmas Presence has become an annual tradition. But the celebration has its origins in a time when there almost was no Pacific Theatre.
  “We cancelled our season and we were without programming,” Pacific Theatre artistic director Ron Reed said recen
  
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• Residents rally in favour of smaller, community pools

  12-12-2017 19:59
  
  Residents rallying to keep two local communities pools were out in force Monday night as park board commissioners began consideration of a long-term plan for the city’s aquatic facilities.
  
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• Man who promised millions to B.C. junior hockey team charged with fraud, forgery

  12-12-2017 19:40 via vancouversun.com
  A Calgary man whose highly publicized promise to donate millions of dollars to a B.C. junior hockey team has so far gone unfulfilled has been charged with fraud and forgery stemming from a celebratory banquet he held at a restaurant.
  In mid-October, Mike Gould, 38, announced at a pre-game ceremony his intention of donating $7.5 million to the Dynamiters hockey team in his hometown of Kimberley.
  The following night, he threw a banquet for the team at the Northwest Grill in nearby Cranbrook,
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Crown appeals Bacon ruling on murder charges

  12-12-2017 19:33 via vancouversun.com
  After a devastating week imagining that Jamie Bacon might soon be free, Eileen Mohan received some good news Monday – the Crown has filed an appeal of the decision to stay murder charges against the Red Scorpion gangster.
  Meanwhile, my colleague covered charges laid in Kamloops against Red Scorpion associates.
  Here’s my story:
  Jamie Bacon in 2010
  Crown files appeal of Jamie Bacon’s stay of proceedings The B.C. attorney-general will appeal a controversial court ruling earli
  
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• ‘He’s lost’: Southern U.S. bird spotted in Vancouver for 1st time, more than 2,000 km from home

  12-12-2017 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. birdwatchers have been flocking to a home on Vancouver's west side to see a bird that is way out of its element.
  
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• B.C. doctor shortage about to get worse as more physicians reach retirement age

  12-12-2017 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  It is a constant refrain in the health care system: too many people end up in an emergency room or a walk-in clinic because they don't have family doctors.
  
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• Surrey police seek suspect from alleged convenience store robbery

  12-12-2017 19:22 via vancouversun.com
  Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect who allegedly pulled out a knife and robbed a convenience store in Surrey’s Cloverdale neighbourhood last month.
  Around 3:10 a.m. on Nov. 12, a man entered a convenience store int he 17600-block 60th Avenue and brandished a knife. He allegedly threatened the store’s staff. Police have not said what was taken from the shop.
  No one was injured during the incident.
  Police have now released surveillance footage showing t
  
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• Vancouver’s transit system ranked third most sustainable in North America

  12-12-2017 19:19 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver's transportation network received its worst rating in the category of usability, where it ranked 56th worldwide.
  
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• New street to be named after Vancouver police dog

  12-12-2017 19:13
  
  A new city street planned for the neighbourhood that is home to the Vancouver Police Department’s precinct on Graveley Street near Boundary Road will be named after a deceased police dog.
  
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• Rock choirs band together

  12-12-2017 19:00
  
  Five events that make Vancouver awesome this week.
  
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• Green Leader Andrew Weaver claims NDP Site C decision made months ago

  12-12-2017 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  Weaver walked the allegation back after comments from the mayor of Fort St. John.
  
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• B.C. families hang hopes on big changes in childcare

  12-12-2017 18:00
  
  Imagine paying $1,300 a month for childcare. That’s the new reality in Vancouver, says a report out this week from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
  
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• Gift Ideas for Co-workers and People You Don’t Know Well

  12-12-2017 17:41 via globalnews.ca
  Stylist Susie Wall gives us so gift ideas everyone will love for those hard to buy for people you don’t know very well.
  
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• Beluga whale genome sequenced for the first time in Vancouver

  12-12-2017 17:20 via vancouversun.com
  The legacy of Qila and Aurora lives on.
  After the mother and daughter beluga whales died at the Vancouver Aquarium late last year, researchers were able to sequence the beluga whale genome for the first time ever.
  It’s believed to be “one of the most complete mammalian genomes in the scientific world,” according to Dr. Steven Jones, head of bioinformatics at B.C. Cancer’s Genome Sciences Centre. The discovery could help boost conservation efforts of the species in a signi
  
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• Polls open in controversial Alabama senate race

  12-12-2017 17:04 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Dec 12: It is election day in Alabama with all eyes are on a hotly-contested senate race that’s been mired in controversy. Global National’s Ines de le Cuetara is in Alabama with the latest.
  
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• Site C decision – political fallout

  12-12-2017 17:02 via globalnews.ca
  Questions are being raised about the stability of the NDP-Green alliance following Monday’s Site C Dam decision. Global’s Legislative Bureau Chief Keith Baldrey offers his insight.
  
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• Rare Emily Carr painting acquired by local collector, headed for Whistler

  12-12-2017 17:00
  
  It’s considered to be one of the most important paintings of Emily Carr’s career.
  
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• Letters: Why did it take so long for B.C. government to fight casino money-laundering?

  12-12-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  We now are told that the B.C. government will bring in new rules for the acceptance of cash and bearer bonds as buy-ins for casino patrons. It took years for this to be implemented due to the efforts of Postmedia News reporter Sam Cooper asking questions and requesting information. Without that effort, we may have never known about the money-laundering and alleged racketeering.
  How many people will be charged? It’s the typical government response, apologize after you get caught, then
  
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• Housing demand strong again in November: B.C. Real Estate Association

  12-12-2017 16:51 via globalnews.ca
  November showed no slow down in B.C. housing demand or price increases.
  
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• Married couple makes history by commanding same Canadian navy ship

  12-12-2017 16:07 via globalnews.ca
  Victoria and Chris Devita say they're in the same boat as many other married couples trying to strike a balance between work and family.
  
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• CBC open house raises record haul for food bank

  12-12-2017 16:00
  
  Fred Lee highlights the latest events in Vancouver's social scene.
  
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• Daily Poll: What's your holiday shopping strategy?

  12-12-2017 15:58 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re not already, you’d better be making those lists and checking them twice.
  According to a new poll release this week, the average Canadian will spend about $723 on gifts this Christmas.
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  Average Canadian to spend $723 on gifts this holiday season: surveyAnd not just that, about a quarter wait until the last minute to do their shopping.
  How does anyone deal with that stress? For many, online shopping is the solution. Some 65 per cent said they expected to do more online
  
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• Climate change and backyard pools: Our top five social videos of 2017

  12-12-2017 15:26 via vancouversun.com
  One of the most popular Vancouver Sun and Province social videos of the year featured an Abbotsford company that makes swimming pools out of shipping containers.
  Fitting, since another of most-watched social videos discussed climate change’s impact on Metro Vancouver, which will see temperatures exceed those of present-day Southern California in the coming decades. With a heatwave on the way, it’s little surprise, then, that locals are suddenly very interested in affordable back
  
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• Style in the City: Carlle Chatten 

  12-12-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Name: Carlle Chatten 
  Occupation: Content creator
  Personal style in one word: Moody
  Get social:@carllecarllecarlle on Instagram 
  Love Carlle’s look? Here are a few pieces to help you recreate it. The coat
  The puffer coat is this year’s ‘It’ outerwear item. But while pretty much any puffy version will do, there are a few elements that will up the style factor significantly such as a cool, muted hue and a cropped cut like the one Carlle is wearing above
  
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• Kasey Wilson: Cookies worth saving room (and calories!) for

  12-12-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  We associate cookies with the holidays, but I’m a year-round fan.
  When perusing restaurant dessert lists, I’m always on the lookout for sweets sided with a cookie. When I find one, I ask for a plate of cookies for the table — the perfect ending to a meal. Today’s Almond Crescents and Mini-Chocolate Chip Shortbread fit the bill.
  We also think of cookies as sweets, but they have their savoury side, too. You’ll enjoy today’s Smoky, Cheesy Cocktail Cookies with a
  
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• Holiday sparkle: Six chic accessories to help celebrate the season in style

  12-12-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  The holidays are the one time of year when it’s entirely appropriate — nay, encouraged — to wear as much sparkle and glitter as possible. 
  Shimmer-flecked eyeshadow? A must. Glittering fingernails? Go for it. Rhinestone-encrusted accessories? Practically a requirement.
  With this preference for all things shiny in mind, we’ve rounded up six stylish outfit add-ons that are sure to fit seamlessly into your holiday outfit planning.   
  Prepare to get noticed.&nb
  
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