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• Surrey RCMP releases its 10 most wanted list for the holidays

  14-12-2017 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  They were identified from the RCMP's "Priority Target Offender" (PTO) program.
  
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• Jarious Jackson named B.C. Lions’ offensive co-ordinator

  14-12-2017 23:57 via theprovince.com
  Jarious Jackson is coming home.
  The B.C. Lions announced Thursday that the team’s former QB has been named offensive co-ordinator and quarterbacks coach.
  Jackson spent seven years with the club as a player, from 2004-11, and the 2013 season as the team’s quarterbacks coach, before most recently joining the Saskatchewan Roughriders as their passing game co-ordinator and quarterbacks coach for in 2016 and 2017.
  “Ed and I are very pleased to welcome Jarious back to the Lions,
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend – Thursday Dec 14, 2017

  14-12-2017 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend for Thursday Dec 14, 2017
  
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• B.C. government rejects environmental certificate for Ajax gold and copper mine

  14-12-2017 23:55 via vancouversun.com
  The British Columbia government says an environmental assessment certificate will not be issued for a proposed open pit gold and copper mine in Kamloops.
  It says the potential for significant adverse effects of the Ajax project outweigh the potential benefits.
  Environment Minister George Heyman and Mines Minister Michelle Mungall say in a news release that the impact on Indigenous heritage, the proximity to Kamloops and environmental concerns make the project an unacceptable risk.
  The release sa
  
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• ‘Concern for us was the safety of our kids’: Penticton neighbours who bought million dollar home to block drug treatment centre speak out

  14-12-2017 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  The group of Penticton residents who banded together to purchase a million dollar home in an effort to block a drug treatment centre from opening are speaking out.
  
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• TransLink to explore later SkyTrain service on weekend nights

  14-12-2017 23:27 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink has announced that it will study the feasibility of running SkyTrain service later on Friday and Saturday nights.
  The move comes in response to numerous requests for late-night weekend service from the public, municipal leaders, police and other community stakeholders.
  It’s anticipated that the results of the study will be ready for review in mid-2018.
  The study will include researching how other systems implemented late-night service, studying how necessary maintenance can still
  
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• 74 farm animals seized from property near Barriere

  14-12-2017 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  Among the animals rescued from the property are 31 sheep, 19 piglets, and 12 chickens.
  
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• Adopt-A-School: London Drugs brightens students' Christmas with gifts and toys

  14-12-2017 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  Principal Lisa Jamieson didn’t hide her delight when the London Drugs truck pulled up outside Old Yale Road Elementary delivering bags of toys and gifts.
  “We are such a needy school,” said Jamieson, whose school on 132nd St. in Whalley is high on the list of Surrey’s inner city schools that needs all the help it can get.
  It is one of the schools supported by The Vancouver Sun’s Adopt-A-School campaign, which provide breakfast for children coming to school hungry as
  
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• Feelings of failure affect mental health of immigrants in Vancouver: UBC study

  14-12-2017 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  "I know I’m obligated to them just ‘cause I feel like I owe them that much at least - so when I do poorly…it really stresses me out."
  
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• B.C. Seniors Advocate starts tracking property and violence offences

  14-12-2017 22:48 via vancouversun.com
  Violent offences against seniors have decreased 14 per cent while property offences against British Columbians aged 65 and older have increased 36 per cent during the past nine years, according to a report by the B.C. Seniors Advocate.
  The third Monitoring Seniors’ Services report, released Thursday, includes data compiled by the RCMP that shows violent offences dropped from 1,131 in 2009 to 972 last year. During the same period, property offences increased from 11,835 to 16,106.
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• Small man’s game: Size is out and speed is in at Canada’s world junior camp

  14-12-2017 22:34 via theprovince.com
  ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — It’s probably an over-exaggeration to suggest that if Cale Makar had been trying out for Canada’s world junior hockey team 10 years ago, the 5-foot-10 and 175-pound defenceman wouldn’t have lasted past the first day of cuts.
  After all, Ryan Ellis was the same size and he played in three straight tournaments from 2009 to 2011. The difference is that Ellis actually looked really small at the time. Even as a 19-year-old veteran, he always seemed more l
  
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• Mountie won't be charged after Smithers man dies in custody

  14-12-2017 22:34 via vancouversun.com
  No charges will be laid against a Smithers Mountie for restraining a man who later died.
  The B.C. Prosecution Service says the man was arrested on Feb. 14, 2015, after a young female called police to report her father was drunk, suicidal and holding a knife.
  The service says when an officer arrived at the home, the suspect refused to take his hand out of his pocket and told the officer to shoot him, but the Mountie used pepper spray to arrest him instead.
  At the detachment, the service says the
  
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• TransLink to study extending SkyTrain hours on weekends

  14-12-2017 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  Relief may be on the way for transit customers frustrated with the lack of late-night SkyTrain service out of Vancouver's downtown core.
  
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• Surrey vigilante group calls for leader’s release from police custody ‘or else’

  14-12-2017 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  A notorious B.C. vigilante group is calling for authorities to release its leader "or else," after reports Ryan Laforge was arrested.
  
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• Merry 6-Mas!

  14-12-2017 22:25 via theprovince.com
  It’s the city the rest of Canada loves to hate, but it’s also the city the rest of Canada loves to visit. And during the holiday season, Toronto twinkles like the proverbial North Star, providing great entertainment and things to do from A to Z.
  Sharks swim overhead in the Dangerous Lagoon section at Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto, Ont. on Tuesday March 4, 2014. Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun/QMI Agency
  AQUARIUM: It is said that a fish tank is a calming influence, but to combat
  
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• Federal Crown drops appeal of ruling that dismissed charges against pot activist

  14-12-2017 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  The federal Crown has decided to drop its appeal of a ruling dismissing charges against a prominent cannabis activist who was arrested in Calgary during a national tour to give away millions of marijuana seeds to the public.
  
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• Police release sketch of man in suspicious incident

  14-12-2017 21:59
  
  The VPD is seeking the public’s help to identify a man who allegedly propositioned a 12-year-old girl for sex in East Vancouver.
  
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• Eight seal pups released at Porteau Cove after rehabilitation

  14-12-2017 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  “I’m really excited that they get to go home for Christmas.”
  
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• Travel Best Bets: Where Royalty Stays

  14-12-2017 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  Hoping to run into a royal on your next vacation? Travel consultant Claire Newell shares some of their favourite hotels around the world.
  
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• Vancouver police want to ID man who allegedly said he wanted to pay girl for sex

  14-12-2017 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  “This young girl did the right thing by immediately telling a trusted adult."
  
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• Kinder Morgan showdown will dwarf Site C controversy: Baldrey

  14-12-2017 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  It’s a different story with the pipeline.
  
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• Gourmet gifts for foodies

  14-12-2017 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  Dirty Apron’s Chef David Robertson with gift ideas from artisan suppliers designed to spread holiday cheer.
  
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• Player safety: CFL schedule stretched over additional week to increase rest

  14-12-2017 21:15 via theprovince.com
  TORONTO — The Canadian Football League season will be spread over an additional week next year in an effort to promote player safety.
  The league announced its schedule on Thursday, two months earlier than last year. The season kicks off a week earlier on June 14, when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers host Edmonton.
  The schedule stretches the regular-season over 21 weeks rather than 20 to reduce the number of short turnarounds. No team will have to play three games in 11 days, something that had b
  
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• Seal pups released by Vancouver Aquarium rescue centre

  14-12-2017 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  Thurs. Dec. 14: Several seal pups, saved and nursed back to health by staff at the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mannal Rescue Centre, are heading home to their natural habitat.
  
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• Croatia without the crowds

  14-12-2017 20:07 via theprovince.com
  If you’re trying to figure out why Croatia is on the travel wish list of just about everyone you know, all you have to do is crunch the numbers — it has more than 1,200 islands and about 1,750 kilometres of coastline on the mainland.
  That makes the country a magnet for visitors whose idea of an Instagram-perfect holiday involves sea views and charming coastal villages. Throw in a few centuries-old Unesco World Heritage sites with churches, ramparts and cobbled streets and you’l
  
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• Keyboard Kimura: Winnipeg event will be a banger, believe me

  14-12-2017 19:54 via theprovince.com
  Saturday’s UFC on FOX event in Winnipeg is going to be a banger — I’m calling it now.
  I’m not talking about a good card with a couple solid finishes where everyone has a few nice things and the show gets a solid B grade overall. I’m talking about an event that enters the “Best Event of the Year” conversation because each successive fight ups the ante and adds to the awesomeness taking place inside the Bell MTS Centre this weekend.
  While this weekend&rsqu
  
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• Mild weather allows Grouse Grind to open for at least today

  14-12-2017 19:18 via globalnews.ca
  Usually the trail would be closed for the season at this time until around April, but due to the unusually moderate conditions, it can be reopened for the day.
  
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• BUSINESS REPORT: Canadian consumers continue to borrow at a record pace

  14-12-2017 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian household debt as a percentage of income continues to increase.
  
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• Vancouver Councillor Pushes Proposal to Densify Point Grey Mansion Zone

  14-12-2017 19:07 via globalnews.ca
  NPA Councillor Hector Bremner talks to Coleen Christie about the motion he put forward to city council to allow six-story rental buildings in West Point Grey.
  
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• B.C. Opioid Crisis: Scientist says family doctors should learn to treat addiction, not shun patients

  14-12-2017 18:47 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Family doctors should be on the front lines of addiction treatment but many are unwilling to learn about substance use even as a national overdose crisis worsens, says the head of medical education at Canada’s largest mental health teaching hospital.
  Dr. Peter Selby, in the addictions division of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, said stigma and discrimination prevent physicians from getting training to treat vulnerable patients who have become addicted to opioi
  
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• City’s pool plan fails to make a splash

  14-12-2017 18:46
  
  It took almost 10 hours over two days but park board commissioners heard from close to 50 residents on the proposed long-term plan for the city’s pools, beaches and other aquatic amenities.
  
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• Classical music: John William Trotter returns to explore the groove of Baroque with seasonal concert

  14-12-2017 18:30 via vancouversun.com
  A Baroque Christmas
  Dec. 16, 8 p.m. | The Orpheum Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $24; vancouverchamberchoir.com 
  Over the years Jon Washburn’s Vancouver Chamber Choir has tried a number of strategies to provide choral repertoire for seasonal needs.
  It’s had considerable success with Charlie Brown Christmas and Dylan Thomas Christmas projects, and this year the emphasis is on a big show at the Orpheum.
  A Baroque Christmas will feature a return to Vancouver by conductor John Willi
  
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• You get more out of giving a gift if you don’t expect anything in return, say SFU researchers

  14-12-2017 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  SFU psychology PhD student Dylan Wiwad said that there are benefits to giving “selfishly”.
  
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• Travel Petiquette: Tips for travelling with your pet

  14-12-2017 17:47 via globalnews.ca
  Travel expert Claire Newell with tips for pet owners when booking a hotel.
  
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• Trailer fire at Kelowna gravel pit deemed suspicious

  14-12-2017 17:27 via globalnews.ca
  Kelowna firefighters are at the scene of an industrial fire in the Stewart Road area of Kelowna.
  
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• Semi-truck loaded with diesel fuel goes up in flames in Stewart Road area

  14-12-2017 17:27 via globalnews.ca
  Kelowna firefighters are at the scene of an industrial fire in the Stewart Road area of Kelowna.
  
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• New study shows B.C. wild salmon are being infected by virus coming from fish farms

  14-12-2017 17:09 via globalnews.ca
  Researchers say the infected wild salmon are struggling to swim upstream, which "means they're not spawning."
  
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• Q&A: West Van boutique offers fashion, food from Middle East

  14-12-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Hungry for a taste of fine Middle Eastern foods and fashions but don’t have the time to jet off to an exotic locale? You’re in luck.
  Metro Vancouver now boasts a new addition to its ever-expanding offering of cool, cultural shops with a new boutique in West Vancouver. 
  Ali Shahpour, the owner of Saffron Palace, recently chatted with Postmedia News about the new boutique, what made this the right time to open in Vancouver and what exactly shoppers can expect to discover in his st
  
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• Month of Giving Back:Take a Hike Foundation

  14-12-2017 16:44 via globalnews.ca
  Sonia interviews Gordon Matchett and Victoria Fisher about their alternative education program that helps youth who fall through the cracks.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks: 3 takeways from 7-1 loss to the Predators - The Canuck Way

  14-12-2017 16:04 via thecanuckway.com
  The Canuck Way
  Vancouver Canucks: 3 takeways from 7-1 loss to the Predators
  The Canuck Way
  The Vancouver Canucks lost their fourth game in a row during their soul-crushing 7-1 loss to the Nashville Predators. Here is what we learned, even if we want to forget. To put it simply, that was awful. The Vancouver Canucks put up their worst ...
  Predators 7, Canucks 1: Great goalie gaffes, special-teams schmozzle in dispiriting lossThe Province
  PK Subban scores twice as Nashville Predators demolish Van
  
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• Dreck the halls 2017

  14-12-2017 16:00
  
  For the last 13 years, the Courier has scoured the streets of Vancouver’s retail landscape and the lonely recesses of the internet for Christmas gift ideas that are unusual, strange and just plain wrong.
  
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• Condo Smarts: Don’t make excuses for strata mismanagement

  14-12-2017 15:54 via theprovince.com
  Dear Tony:  Our strata consists of four different strata corporations in Richmond that share a clubhouse, recreational facilities, parking and landscaping areas. Since our community was constructed, all four strata corporations have equally shared the costs; however, we require some major upgrades to retaining walls, landscaping, the pool and parking lot. The total is going to cost almost $5 million.Our community association has been managing the joint facilities and has given each strata 9
  
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• B.C. woman says her dog was stolen and taken to Montreal

  14-12-2017 15:39 via globalnews.ca
  A British Columbia woman thinks that a social media post made four months ago from the Plateau of Montreal could hold the key to the whereabouts of her missing dog.
  
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• Gift ideas for the gardeners on your list

  14-12-2017 15:32 via theprovince.com
  Q. I’ve made a concentrated effort this year to limit the more commercial aspects of Christmas, but I don’t want to stop gift-giving altogether. I still have a few keen gardeners to find some suitable presents for. They mostly have everything they need. Any ideas?
  A. Think about each individual: their special gardening interests, and character. Some people are highly practical; others appreciate whimsy and might love a wacky garden hat, a droll garden ornament or an amusing plaque. A
  
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• Setting the stage at Pacific Heights

  14-12-2017 15:12 via theprovince.com
  Colour can enhance or create a mood, or change it altogether, while tones and shades can render new effects with natural light or a mirror’s reflection. Designer Shannon Haerdi recognizes the psychological power of colour in nearly every room at the display for Pacific Heights, Foxridge Homes’s collection of single-family homes in Surrey.
  “Colour is so filled with emotion, and certain colours are more welcoming and embracing than others. Lighter colour tones and off-whites are
  
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• Wine Guy: Holiday Bubbly Bets — Part 1

  14-12-2017 15:00 via theprovince.com
  While wine gifting undoubtedly spikes in December, let’s not forget ’tis also the season when the bulk of sparkling bottles are procured, proffered, and popped. For as much as I attempt to espouse the enjoyment of sipping bubbly year round (sparkling wine is amazingly diverse and a fantastic food-pairing partner), the reality is that for many bubbly remains more-or-less a festive wine choice. Thankfully, the selection of bubblies on offer continues to proliferate — including pr
  
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• Restaurant review: A taste of Vegas at Honey Salt at Parq Vancouver

  14-12-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Honey Salt at Parq Vancouver
  39 Smithe St. | 778-370-8200
  Open for breakfast, lunch, dinner; parqvancouver.com
  It takes a dab of madness to open one restaurant, let alone eight (!), some of them fancy-pants rooms commanding wallet-pinching prices. And that was what Elizabeth Blau and husband Kim Canteenwalla took on as food and beverage operators at the Parq Vancouver comprised of two chic hotels and a casino — Las Vegas in a nutshell.
  Las Vegas is where they developed ArmorAll protection
  
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• Actor moves from villain to hero in Arts Club's production of Beauty and the Beast

  14-12-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
  Until Jan 13/Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
  Tickets: from $29 at artsclub.com or the Arts Club Box Office at 604-687-1644
  After a nine-year absence, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is back. The Arts Club mounted the musical four times between 2006-2009, bringing the adventures of Belle, Beast, Gaston and various singing and dancing castle appliances to Vancouver audiences. For the upcoming production, Arts Club artistic director Bill Millerd and ma
  
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