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• Huge task to ensure city street lights blink in bright red and green

  17-12-2017 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  There are over 43,000 light poles in Vancouver and although the light they cast and other duties they perform are vital, they often go unnoticed and taken for granted. Here are five things you should know about the city’s light poles. 
  The enormous light standards at major intersections in Vancouver that do triple duty of holding up trolley lines, traffic lights and street lights are slowly being replaced as the 80-year-old trolley bus system gets older. There are 11,000 of the trolle
  
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• New Chinese BBQ spot mixes old and new in Vancouver's Chinatown

  17-12-2017 23:39
  BBQ duck anyone? Chinatown BBQ hopes iconic dishes are recipe for success
  
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• B.C. government to make announcement about grizzly bear trophy hunts

  17-12-2017 23:37 via vancouversun.com
  The provincial government is set to make an announcement about grizzly bears in British Columbia on Monday.
  Min. Doug Donaldson is set to deliver the announcement by teleconference on Monday at at 9:30 a.m. Donaldson is the Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.
  Earlier this year, the NDP government followed through on a campaign promise to ban the trophy hunting of grizzly bears across B.C., while hunting for meat would be allowed to continue outside the
  
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• Daphne Bramham: An ode to the foods of Christmas past

  17-12-2017 23:33 via vancouversun.com
  Growing up, the Christmas season officially began when the hand-cranked meat grinder was dug out of the back of a cupboard and Grandma’s huge, pickling crock was dragged up from the storage room.
  We celebrated Christmas in a very English way, which for us meant mincemeat (minus the meat) and spiced beef. That meant that food preparation began in November with mincemeat the first to be prepared.
  Making just the mincemeat could take up to two days. On the first, each of us in the family took
  
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• This young mom and daughter are selling Christmas trees for the charity that gave them hope again

  17-12-2017 23:26 via vancouversun.com
  Three years ago, Marcia Tait turned to Aunt Leah’s Place in desperation: she was homeless, had lost custody of her children, and had little hope.
  Today, she and her youngest daughter Makani volunteer at Aunt Leah’s Christmas tree sales lot — because Marcia wants to thank the organization that restored her hope, and because Makani adores the trees.
  “She just loves the smell, and the meeting of people, and being able to show them where the different trees are. She talk
  
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• Epic flying adventure heads to the southern tip of South America

  17-12-2017 23:05 via vancouversun.com
  A pilot who flew around the world in 80 days plans to lead a team on another epic flight, from B.C. around the tip of South America.
  Dave McElroy is commander of the 32,000 km flight. The trip starts Jan. 2 and is expected to take 60 days. Along the way, McElroy plans to land 57 times and visit 20 countries.
  The trip combines McElroy’s lifelong love of flying with helping to raise money for a good cause. The trip is called Give Hope Wings because McElroy and his team of aviators and advent
  
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• Music Reviews: Dec. 18, 2017: G-Eazy, Lenka Lichtenberg and Justin Gray and Synthesis

  17-12-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Beautiful and Damned
  G-Eazy |Sony Music
  The third studio outing from this Oakland rapper starts strong. The title track featuring Zoe Nash doing her best Macy Gray has single written all over it. The hook rides in on raspy vocals and warped strings while the MC drops a litany of verses about the duality of fame and being a Gemini (angel/devil, get it?). Then Pray For Me says almost exactly the same thing with less impact. Halsey drops by for Him & I, and it sounds familiar too. This guy
  
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• Penny 'rounding tax' enriches grocers, UBC student discovers

  17-12-2017 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian grocers are making millions of dollars thanks to price rounding on cash transactions, according to an award-winning analysis by University of B.C. undergraduate Christina Cheung.
  When the Canadian government eliminated the one-cent coin, a system of penny rounding was implemented to ensure “cash transactions will be rounded in a fair and transparent manner.”
  That is not how it has worked out, she discovered.
  If every number from zero through nine has an equal chance of being
  
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• Former B.C. fire chief found not guilty of sex assault

  17-12-2017 22:37 via vancouversun.com
  The future of a civil suit filed against a former Fort St. James fire chief who was found not guilty of sex assault remains unknown.
  Robert Harold Bennett was initially convicted in 2015 of sexual assault after three women who volunteered at his fire hall – Kirsten Rudolph, Lisa Button and Joy Reierson – went to RCMP with allegations about years of abuse.
  During a judge-alone trial that year, court had heard from witnesses about how Bennett was a heavy drinker, had made sexually sugg
  
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• Langley boy seriously injured in hit-and-run gets bike donation for Christmas

  17-12-2017 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  Matt Pauls, the 12-year-old boy who was hit by a car in October, says 'once my arm heals, this is going to be awesome.'
  
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• 2017 Vancouver Santa Claus Parade

  17-12-2017 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  Since its inception, Vancouver Santa Claus Parade has supported the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society, a non-profit organization that provides healthy food to more than 27,000 people each week. Each year, the parade encourages spectators to bring a monetary or food donation for the Food Bank. With the support of sponsors and parade spectators, the...
  
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• Housing crisis in B.C. pushing seniors to brink of homelessness: advocates

  17-12-2017 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  Skyrocketing rents and dwindling affordable-housing units in Vancouver are driving seniors to the brink of homelessness, forcing some to couch surf, seek roommates or even live in cars, advocates say.
  
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• Civil suit filed after B.C. fire chief found not guilty of sex assault

  17-12-2017 20:34 via vancouversun.com
  A civil suit has been filed against a former Fort St. James fire chief after he was found not guilty of sex assault in a second trial.
  Robert Harold Bennett was initially convicted in 2015 of sexual assault after three women who volunteered at his fire hall – Kirsten Rudolph, Lisa Button and Joy Reierson – went to RCMP with allegations about years of abuse.
  During a judge-alone trial that year, court had heard from witnesses about how Bennett was a heavy drinker, had made sexually su
  
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• Conservation officers have authority to kill wildlife, says B.C. judge

  17-12-2017 20:24 via vancouversun.com
  A British Columbia court has dismissed a case in which a wildlife advocacy group accused the provincial government of not following its own law on the destruction of wildlife.
  The Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals filed a petition with the B.C. Supreme Court earlier this year challenging a conservation officer’s decision to kill a black bear cub near Dawson Creek in May 2016.
  Lawyers for the group argued in court last month that the officer didn’t have the authori
  
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• ‘You’re like in a war zone’: Report says frontline workers in B.C. opioid crisis risk burnout, PTSD

  17-12-2017 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  The report highlights the current situation for frontline community workers who are often on the ground before police, fire and paramedics.
  
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• Poppin’ In with Dana Gee

  17-12-2017 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  We’re poppin’ in with Dana Gee and today’s talking points are: why it pays to be George Clooney’s friend, a new product that will get your baby in on the housework and a cute dog walk alert.
  
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• Month of Giving Back – Megaphone Magazine

  17-12-2017 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  Jessica Hannon from Megaphone Magazine tells us about how the organization offers a lifeline to homeless and low-income people.
  
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• Beijing Opera Troupe

  17-12-2017 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  Kelly Zhao from the Beijing Opera Troupe tell us what we can expect from their upcoming performance in Vancouver
  
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• Ask an Expert: Santa Claus

  17-12-2017 19:41 via globalnews.ca
  Santa Claus joins us in the studio to take viewers calls and last minute present requests
  
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• Family of missing Alberta couple suspends search due to winter weather

  17-12-2017 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  Dominic Neron, 28, of Spruce Grove, Alta., and his girlfriend Ashley Bourgeault, a mother of three, took off from Penticton Regional Airport Nov. 25 at 2:30 p.m. They were reported overdue later that night when their plane failed to arrive in Edmonton.
  
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• Giants look to pile up Teddy Bears and another win this afternoon at LEC

  17-12-2017 18:43 via theprovince.com
  It’s beginning to feel like the Vancouver Giants could go into the holiday break feeling pretty good about themselves.
  The Giants carry a five-game winning streak into this afternoon’s Teddy Bear Toss game against the Prince George Cougars at the Langley Events Centre (4 p.m., TSN 1410.)
  Fans are asked to bring stuffed animals for donation to the game. They can throw them on the ice when Vancouver scores their first goal. The stuffed animals are collected and later given to children
  
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• Daily Poll: Did you take advantage of the $60 for 10GB phone plan?

  17-12-2017 18:15 via vancouversun.com
  This weekend, the big three phone companies – Rogers, Telus and Bell – all scrambled to match a $60 for 10GB phone plan offer that was sparked by the introduction of Freedom Mobile to Canada’s west coast.
  The plans have some variations but all are $60 for 10GB, with unlimited calling and messaging, and customers are required to bring their own device. They are being offered in B.C., Alberta and some in Ontario.
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• Police release suspect image after woman assaulted in Abbotsford

  17-12-2017 18:11 via vancouversun.com
  Police have released a sketch of a suspect alleged to have assaulted a woman in Abbotsford earlier this week.
  On Thursday around 9 p.m., a 23-year-old woman was walking along the 31000 block of Maclure Road when an unknown man approached her from behind. The man then pushed her and attempted to restrain the woman.
  The woman was able to get free and run to safety. She did not need to visit the hospital.
  ABBOTSFORD, B.C.: DEC. 14, 2017 – Abbotsford Police Major Crime Detectives are seeking t
  
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• Vancouver housing crisis pushing seniors to brink of homelessness, say advocates

  17-12-2017 17:43 via vancouversun.com
  Skyrocketing rents and dwindling affordable-housing units in Vancouver are driving seniors to the brink of homelessness, forcing some to couch surf, seek roommates or even live in cars, advocates say.
  While the debate over the city’s housing crisis often focuses on millennials, people who work with seniors say elderly adults have lower incomes and fewer supports to withstand being displaced from their homes.
  “People end up living on the streets, or living in their cars, or crashing w
  
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• 5 things you didn’t know about Vancouver’s SkyTrain

  17-12-2017 17:00
  
  Each week, Vancouver Is Awesome uncovers interesting facts about the city. This week it takes on Vancouver’s SkyTrain, which just celebrated its 32nd anniversary.
  
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• Blue Christmas is a refuge for those who are grieving

  17-12-2017 16:00
  
  Annual church service gives people a safe place to say “I’m heartbroken” at a time of year when everyone is supposed to be merry.
  
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• Declawing cats? Banned. Dogs? Saved. Horses? Found. Hippo? For Christmas.

  17-12-2017 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  Animals rule. Well, you probably already knew that. But this week, they also ruled on social media.
  
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• Canucks Gameday: Sputtering Flames pay a visit to the Rog

  17-12-2017 14:00 via theprovince.com
  The four-game losing skid is history after beating the San Jose Sharks in Friday’s dramatic OT thriller, so now Canucks fans can get back to planning the Cup parade route how to get to Sunday afternoon’s game against the Calgary Flames at Rogers Arena (5 p.m., TV: SNP; Radio: Sportsnet 650). 
  The Big Matchup
  Brock Boeser vs. Flames PK
  The Flow has two goals and an assist in three games against the Flames this season, and remains — still — the lone bright sp
  
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• Exploring Cuba by cruise ship

  17-12-2017 09:01 via theprovince.com
  Cruises to Cuba have gone from being rare to readily accessible, and plenty of lines catering to American (and Canadian) guests have now begun sailing to the island from Florida.
  I just finished a weeklong cruise to Cuba aboard Viking Cruises’ (vikingcruisescanada.com) brand-new Viking Sun. The 930-guest ship is the fourth in Viking’s rapidly-growing ocean fleet, and set out on Viking’s first-ever World Cruise – a sold-out, 141-day journey that will end in England in May
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: UBC, CBC, Project Change help to inspire

  17-12-2017 07:00 via theprovince.com
  UBC stars honoured
  For the past 100 years, UBC alumni have demonstrated they are capable of amazing things.
  Alumni UBC, the university’s alumni association, would honour eight inspiring members of the UBC community at its annual Alumni Achievement Awards Gala and Auction.
  In celebration of alumni UBC’s 100th year, the association welcomed alumni and friends back to the historic Fairmont Hotel Vancouver — where UBC’s first graduates held their convocation back in 1916 &mda
  
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• Vancouver budget: They've got us spinning in circles - The Globe and Mail

  17-12-2017 06:17 via theglobeandmail.com
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  Vancouver budget: They've got us spinning in circles
  The Globe and Mail
  Stephen Quinn is the host of On the Coast on CBC Radio One, 690 AM and 88.1 FM in Vancouver. It turns out that, while the quotation is often attributed to him, Niccolo Machiavelli never actually said, "The end justifies the means." The quote is more ...
  
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• Reader Postcard: Camping in the Okavango Delta

  17-12-2017 05:17 via theprovince.com
  By Clive Jackson
  The noise was deafening as 40 or 50 Vervet monkeys started shrieking loudly from the tops of a group of rain trees in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.
  “Let’s go,” shouted our guide. “That’s the alarm call from the monkeys that there is a predator in the area.”
  Moments later we spotted a year old male leopard running between the trees and tracked him for several minutes until he disappeared into thick bush.
  Andrew Harkness, the guide/owner of t
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Dec 16

  17-12-2017 05:11 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Saturday, December 16, 2017.
  
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• Phone plan price wars: Rogers, Telus, Bell offering 10GB for $60 monthly

  17-12-2017 04:59 via vancouversun.com
  Snow may not be falling in Metro Vancouver this holiday season. But thanks to a friendly offer from Rogers, cellphone data prices certainly are. It’s a Christmas miracle.
  Phone companies are scrambling to match a package from Rogers and its sub-brand, Fido, that offers customers 10GB for $60 per month until Dec. 19.
  Just like Metro Vancouver’s occasional gas war, where the price of gas falls at one pump and others in the area are compelled to follow suit, cell phone companies suddenl
  
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• Phone plan price wars: Rogers, Telus, Bell offering 10GB for $60 monthly - Vancouver Sun

  17-12-2017 04:10 via vancouversun.com
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  Phone plan price wars: Rogers, Telus, Bell offering 10GB for $60 monthly
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  Snow may not be falling in Metro Vancouver this holiday season. But thanks to a friendly offer from Rogers, cellphone data prices certainly are. Nam Y. Huh / AP. Share Adjust Comment Print. Snow may not be falling in Metro Vancouver this holiday season ...and more »
  
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• Star Wars memorabilia in Langley

  17-12-2017 03:51 via globalnews.ca
  Star Wars fans headed to a one-of-a-kind sale in Langley today. Where a major collection of memorabilia was up for grabs. Paul Johnson has the story.
  
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• Opioid crisis front line workers

  17-12-2017 03:50 via globalnews.ca
  A new report says workers on the frontline are experiencing a mammoth amount of stress and trauma in dealing with addicts. Nadia Stewart has the story.
  
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• Heartwarming gift for Langley boy

  17-12-2017 03:50 via globalnews.ca
  12 year old Mattias Pauls was on his bike back in October when a vehicle speeding away from a suspect robbery hit him. The shocking accident prompting two local cycling companies to step up and show their support. Jill Bennett has the story.
  
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• Meningococcal Immunization Clinics

  17-12-2017 03:47 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Better Business Bureau warns of holiday pyramid scheme

  17-12-2017 03:40 via globalnews.ca
  The Better Business Bureau is warning about a pyramid scheme this holiday season.
  
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• Abbotsford police release sketch of suspect sought in assault

  17-12-2017 03:26 via globalnews.ca
  The suspect followed a 23-year-old woman for one block and then pushed her from behind and attempted to restrain her.
  
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• Protesters rally outside TD Bank over bank’s involvement in Trans Mountain pipeline

  17-12-2017 03:19 via globalnews.ca
  Environmentalists and Aboriginal groups hope people who have an account at the bank take action.
  
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• Kate Winslet visits Vancouver Thai restaurant - CTV News

  17-12-2017 03:08 via bc.ctvnews.ca
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  Kate Winslet visits Vancouver Thai restaurant
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  Actress Kate Winslet is putting her favourite Metro Vancouver eateries in the spotlight once again. She was spotted at Maenam this week, a popular Thai restaurant in Kitsilano. The restaurant posted a photo to its Instagram page of Winslet sitting with ...
  
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• Beauty Bar: Maison Margiela Replica By The Fireplace eau de toilette

  17-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A unisex fragrance that combines woody and smoky accords with the sweet notes of grilled chestnuts to evoke the memory of a warm fireplace in the wintertime. 
  The scent, which was the first dual feminine and masculine fragrance for the brand, also features notes of pink pepper, orange flower petals, clove oil, Gaïac wood oil, cade oil, vanilla accord, peru balsam and cashmeran. 
  “The frosted top note contrasts with the warmer heart for a soft, enveloping and addi
  
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• Vancouver port workers rally against controversial border pre-clearance changes - Vancouver Sun

  17-12-2017 02:27 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver port workers rally against controversial border pre-clearance changes
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  The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada fears Bill C-23 gives the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sweeping powers that will bar some of the union's Canadian workers from working in Canada. Nick Eagland More from Nick Eagland ...and more »
  
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• Longshore and warehouse workers rally against pre-clearance bill

  17-12-2017 02:27 via vancouversun.com
  The union representing Canadian longshore and warehouse workers held a rally Saturday in Vancouver to protest a controversial border pre-clearance bill its leadership fears will destroy careers.
  Bill C-23, which received royal assent on Tuesday, was introduced by federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale in 2016 to replace and expand provisions of the Air Transport Preclearance Agreement signed between Canada and the United States in 2001.
  The bill will expand pre-clearance between Canada and
  
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• Willes: Bloodied, battered, the Seahawks still draw hope from Russell Wilson

  17-12-2017 02:24 via theprovince.com
  Russell Wilson, who makes Anthony Robbins look like Eeyore the donkey, was feeling it this week as the Seattle Seahawks prepared for their crucial meeting with the Los Angeles Rams.
  During his press availability, the Seahawks quarterback was asked about the the improvement of his offence this season.
  “It’s been impressive just to see how for we have far we have grown since the last time we played (the Rams),” Wilson began. “I think we have so many explosive players.&rdquo
  
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• Research group calls for public inquiry into fracking practices in B.C.

  17-12-2017 02:21 via globalnews.ca
  The call for a formal inquiry comes after a 2013 report emerged showing that the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission estimated there may have been 900 instances of leaks, known as gas migration.
  
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• Vancouver concert promoter bans Nazi symbols at shows - Montreal Gazette

  17-12-2017 02:17 via montrealgazette.com
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  Vancouver concert promoter bans Nazi symbols at shows
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  VANCOUVER — A Vancouver concert promoter has announced a zero tolerance policy against hate speech at her shows after a man was witnessed making a Nazi salute. Nikki Gould with Journeyman Productions says when she was alerted about the man making the ...and more »
  
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• Sedins turn back the clock, put the Canucks on their backs

  17-12-2017 02:12 via theprovince.com
  For the Sedins, things are different.
  They’re 37 years old. How can they not be?
  When they play a lot, there’s pain to manage which wasn’t there five years ago.
  But there’s something else. There have been games where they’ve hardly played at all.
  The low point was a 4-2 win against Pittsburgh on Nov. 4. Henrik Sedin didn’t even see nine minutes of ice.
  “When you don’t play as much, you have to do other things,” Henrik said. “It’s
  
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