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• ‘We need EMS ASAP’: conductor tells dispatcher following Amtrak train derailment

  18-12-2017 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  It was not immediately clear what caused the train to derail.
  
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• Adopt-A-School: Donations have dried up at Maple Ridge Secondary

  18-12-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Canada is proud of being a classless society, we give out a few honours — Order of Canada, Order off British Columbia — but we don’t do bowing and scraping or raising people above others with titles: sir this, lord that, lady so-and-so.
  However, if you look at how we treat our poor — and some of the hungry high school students in Maple Ridge Secondary would qualify as an example — then we clearly have two classes of persons in Canada: the poor and the rest of societ
  
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• Victoria ban on single-use plastic shopping bags to begin in July

  18-12-2017 22:50 via vancouversun.com
  Victoria is the latest Canadian city to move ahead with a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags.
  Councillors have given third reading to a bylaw that would fine businesses $100 if they sold or provided plastic bags.
  Adoption of the bylaw is expected in early January and, if approved, it’s to effect in July, with enforcement beginning in 2019.
  Businesses would be required to ask customers if they need a bag, and charge 15 cents for a paper bag, or $2 for a reusable one.
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• B.C. Lions name former Eskimos executive Rick LeLacheur as club’s president

  18-12-2017 22:49 via theprovince.com
  The B.C. Lions named Rich LeLacheur as the CFL’s club new president on Monday.
  LeLacheur was the president and CEO of the Edmonton Eskimos from 2002 to 2011. He will start his new job in January.
  The role has been vacant since Dennis Skulsky stepped aside as Lions president and CEO in April 2016.
  “I am extremely pleased that Rick has accepted this critically important role with the Lions,” team owner David Braley said in a statement.
  “I have a great deal of respect for wh
  
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• Co-owner of the infamous Elbow Room Cafe has died

  18-12-2017 22:36
  
  Elbow Room Cafe co-founder Bryan Searle passed away Dec. 14. He was 87.
  
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• RCMP officer fired after misusing police files to contact teen

  18-12-2017 22:33 via vancouversun.com
  A Richmond RCMP officer has been fired after it was found he had misused police files to contact a 17-year-old sexual assault victim and share flirty texts and a photo of a man in bed with an erection.
  Const. Brian Eden also used police records to track down the contact information for a woman — who had been issued a speeding ticket by Eden and his partner — in order to ask her out to coffee.
  “The powers granted a police officer are considerable; the public justifiably expects
  
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• Wintery weather warning for Metro Vancouver this week

  18-12-2017 22:30
  
  Environment Canada issued a new weather alert Monday morning warning of “wintery” days to come.
  
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• Coquihalla Highway closed south of Merritt following multi-vehicle pileup

  18-12-2017 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  According to Drive BC, Highway 5 is closed to southbound traffic at Coldwater Road.
  
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• Coquihalla Highway closed south of Merritt following multi-vehicle collision

  18-12-2017 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  According to Drive BC, Highway 5 is closed to southbound traffic at Coldwater Road.
  
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• B.C. woman hopes for return of diamond ring mistakenly donated with coins

  18-12-2017 22:14 via vancouversun.com
  NANAIMO — A British Columbia woman hopes her charitable impulse won’t cost her a cherished diamond ring.
  Trinda Gajek was visiting Nanaimo last week when she stopped to ask a young man if he needed some help.
  The resident of Salt Spring Island says she dumped the contents of her change purse into her hand and gave the man all she had.
  Gajek says it was only later that she remembered her diamond ring was in her change purse for safe keeping, and she had inadvertently given it away, al
  
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• B.C. government announces planning under way for new hospital for Surrey

  18-12-2017 22:11 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has announced that it will prepare a concept plan that is the first step toward building a new hospital in Surrey.
  The plan, which was promised during the 2017 provincial election campaign, is expected to take one year to complete.
  A request for proposals (RFP) is being released seeking a consultant to do the work.
  On Monday, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Surrey is the fastest-growing city in Canada and will be the largest city in the province by 2045. 
  “Surrey M
  
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• Audio of radio chatter between Amtrak train, dispatcher in moments following derailment

  18-12-2017 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  Multiple people were killed after an Amtrak train derailed south of Seattle at 7:40 a.m. Monday. Newly-released audio captured the conversation between the train’s crew and the dispatcher in the moments following the derailment.
  
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• Holiday brunch ideas

  18-12-2017 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  Angie Quaale from Well Seasoned has the ideas you need to make holiday brunch for the whole family.
  
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• UBC-Okanagan research indicates psychoactive plant may reduce need for opioids

  18-12-2017 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  "Over the past decade we have seen increasing interest in kratom as an effective way of easing pain and curbing opioid use."
  
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• Reporter who got off Amtrak train minutes before it derailed speaks

  18-12-2017 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  KING News reporter Alex Rozier shared his experience of having ridden the same Amtrak train which derailed Monday morning – and having exited the train just ten minutes before the accident occurred.
  
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• No more grizzly hunting in B.C.

  18-12-2017 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  The NDP government has put an end to grizzly hunting in the province. It comes on the heels of a moratorium put in place in August, prohibiting trophy hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest. Jordan Armstrong reports.
  
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• Native Shoes sets up shop in Gastown

  18-12-2017 21:05 via vancouversun.com
  If you’ve ever asked around about a lightweight shoe that’s perfect for running around on the weekends in — as well as a donning in a casual workplace, odds are, you’ve been pointed toward Native Shoes. 
  The Vancouver-headquartered brand’s featherweight footwear is comfortable and cool, offering a selection of non-leather styles for men, women and kids. And now, the company’s lineup can be found at it’s first branded bricks-and-mortar store in Gasto
  
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• Surrey gets new hospital

  18-12-2017 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  It’s been talked about for years, but today the province announced that Surrey will be getting a new hospital. Keith Baldry has the details.
  
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• Multiple deaths reported in Amtrak crash

  18-12-2017 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  Monday morning an Amtrak train derailed over the I5, just South of Seattle. Ted Chernecki has the latest details.
  
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• Amtrak train hurtles off overpass south of Seattle killing at least 6 people

  18-12-2017 20:42 via vancouversun.com
  TACOMA, Wash. — An Amtrak train making the first-ever run along a faster new route hurtled off an overpass Monday near Tacoma and spilled some of its cars onto the highway below, killing at least six people, authorities said.
  Seventy-eight passengers and five crew members were aboard when the train moving at more than 80 mph (128 km/h) derailed about 40 miles (64 kilometres) south of Seattle before 8 a.m., Amtrak said.
  There was no immediate word on why the train left the tracks.
  The
  
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• NTSB investigators have not yet spokes to Amtrak conductors, engineers following Washington derailment

  18-12-2017 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  A spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Monday that investigators have yet to speak to the crew of an Amtrak train which derailed in Washington Monday morning.
  
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• Housing affordability and how to achieve it a constant theme in 2017

  18-12-2017 20:39
  
  “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” This famous Yogi Berra-ism came to mind as I reviewed past Vancouver Courier columns in preparation for this year-end column.
  
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• Authorities unsure if speed a factor in Washington train derailment

  18-12-2017 20:37 via globalnews.ca
  A spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Monday that investigators are working to determine if speed was a factor in the deadly train derailment in Washington State.
  
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• Pumping up the elf-esteem was fun, 'short' and sweet at Stanley Park

  18-12-2017 20:04 via vancouversun.com
  With apologies to all the “Swifties” in the Lower Mainland, count me in with those who tried to “shake it off ” after Taylor Swift suggested 2017 was the best year ever on this planet.
  To borrow Jim Carrey’s money line from the movie Liar Liar, “Yeah, I’ve had better!”
  But for several hours Saturday afternoon at Stanley Park, with 600-plus runners and walkers dressed in green and other fun costumes for the third annual Big Elf Run, life was pretty
  
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• NDP government kills plan for food hunt of B.C. grizzly bears

  18-12-2017 20:03 via vancouversun.com
  The hunting of grizzly bears for trophies and food is banned effective immediately across B.C., the NDP government announced Monday in Vancouver in a major policy shift.
  Pressured to end the trophy hunt during the election campaign, the government last August announced it would ban all hunting of grizzlies in the Great Bear Rainforest but still allow food-only hunts elsewhere in B.C.
  The government suggested it might require food hunters to turn in the heads, paws and hides of grizzlies to ensur
  
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• 'Injuries and casualties’ from Amtrak derailment south of Seattle

  18-12-2017 19:57 via vancouversun.com
  TACOMA, Wash. — An Amtrak train derailed south of Seattle, and authorities say “injuries and casualties” were reported.
  The train derailed about 40 miles (64 kilometres) south of Seattle before 8 a.m. Monday, spilling at least one train car on to busy Interstate 5.
  The Pierce County Sheriff’s office says in a tweet that the train was heading south bound and that there were “injuries and casualties,” but no numbers were immediately available.
  All southbound lan
  
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• Postmedia reporter Denise Ryan honoured with human rights media award

  18-12-2017 19:51 via vancouversun.com
  Reporter Denise Ryan has been named a winner of the 2017 Amnesty International Media Awards.
  Vancouver Sun and Province reporter Denise Ryan is being recognized for her compelling and vivid look into the oft-ignored and poorly maintained residences in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
  Ryan has been named a 2017 winner of an Amnesty International Media Award for her eye-opening story ‘Fear and loathing in the SROs”, looking into the conditions faced by some of the city’s most
  
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• B.C. skiers warned after tracks found in Rogers Pass area bombed for avalanches

  18-12-2017 19:26 via vancouversun.com
  ROGERS PASS, B.C. — Parks Canada is investigating a recent incursion into a prohibited area that’s regularly blasted to bring down avalanches along the highway through Rogers Pass.
  Staff discovered fresh ski and snowboard tracks in Macdonald West, part of a closed area in Glacier National Park on Wednesday.
  No one was found at the site and the breach is still under investigation by park wardens.
  On Thursday, park wardens were called to the Quartz Creek area inside the Glacier Nationa
  
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• Province to make health-care announcement in Surrey

  18-12-2017 19:03 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government is expected to make a health-care announcement in Surrey on Monday morning.
  According to a media advisory, Health Minister Adrian Dix, Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner and representatives from Fraser Health will be on hand for the “update.”
  The event will take place at 11 a.m. at Surrey City Hall.
  Updates to come.
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• B.C. government ends grizzly bear hunt

  18-12-2017 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  After consultations this past fall, the government decided that the grizzly bear hunt is not in line with the values of the majority of British Columbians.
  
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• The Morning Skate, Dec. 18: Oh, man.

  18-12-2017 18:48 via theprovince.com
  You know the old “hey remember how that guy played for that team after spending his whole career with another?”
  On this day in 2008, the #Canucks announced they had signed former Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin to a one-year deal pic.twitter.com/OeelPWe1ca
  — Mike Commito (@mikecommito) December 18, 2017Let’s get skating.
  The Home Team
  To quote several of you: “could this get any worse?”
  Gadjovich trucks Pettersson at the World Juniors, shredding both their kne
  
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• Motorist describes watching Amtrak train derailment in Washington state

  18-12-2017 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  A motorist on Interstate 5 describes witnessing an Amtrak train derail off a railway bridge onto the road below during Monday morning commute.
  
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• North Shore Rescue to celebrate life of team member Jay Piggot today

  18-12-2017 18:34 via vancouversun.com
  North Shore Rescue is hosting a celebration of life today to honour team member Jay Piggot who died of cancer earlier this month.
  The public event and will be hosted at the Capilano Rugby Clubhouse in North Vancouver and begins at 1 p.m.
  “While this is not a line of duty memorial, any emergency services personnel and members of other uniformed services, are asked to attend in uniform,” the organization said in an update online.
  The NSR announced early December that Piggot had di
  
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• Cyclist and motor vehicle collision snarls traffic in Vernon

  18-12-2017 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  Traffic flow has been affected and police are asking motorists to avoid the area if possible.
  
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• Authorities confirm multiple fatalities in Amtrak train derailment

  18-12-2017 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  Pierce Country Sheriff’s confirm there are multiple fatalities from a derailed Amtrak train. Officials said none of the fatalities were from cars that were hit on Interstate 5.
  
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• Massive emergency response for Amtrak train derailment

  18-12-2017 18:16 via globalnews.ca
  Dozens of emergency responders are on hand after an Amtrak train derailed off a railway bridge in Washington state.
  
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• Cellphone video shows derailed Amtrak train hanging over Interstate 5 in Washington state

  18-12-2017 18:16 via globalnews.ca
  Several cars from an Amtrak train plunged onto Interstate 5 near Tacoma, Washington, after it derailed on a railway bridge.
  
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• Amtrak train on inaugural trip derails off railway bridge over Interstate in Washington state

  18-12-2017 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  Authorities are reporting there are multiple fatalities from an Amtrak train which derailed off a railway bridge in Washington state.
  
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• Spatchcock Turkey on the BBQ

  18-12-2017 17:43 via globalnews.ca
  BBQ master Rusty Johnson shows us how to make a spatchcock turkey with a porcini dust and sundried tomato gravy on the grill.
  
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• Passenger from derailed Amtrak train describes the scene

  18-12-2017 17:26 via globalnews.ca
  Chris Karnes was onboard the Amtrak train which derailed south of Seattle on Monday morning. Karnes describes the accident and how he escaped.
  
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• Tech Talk: Amazon Echo

  18-12-2017 17:23 via globalnews.ca
  Mike Agerbo from Get Connected Media is here with everything you need to know about the Amazon Echo, now available in Canada.
  
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• Regent Hotel lawsuit continues, because Vancouver has failed tenants: lawyer

  18-12-2017 16:00
  After hundreds of violations, squalid conditions remain at the Downtown Eastside hotel.
  
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• Don’t let thieves ruin your holiday season

  18-12-2017 16:00
  
  The VPD is reminding the public to be cautious this holiday season and sharing tips on how to help prevent vehicle break-ins.
  
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• Snow, sub-zero temperatures expected this week on B.C.'s south coast

  18-12-2017 15:25 via vancouversun.com
  Could it be a white Christmas after all? Not quite but it’ll be a cold one.
  Environment Canada issued a special weather statement early Monday, warning of snow on B.C.’s south coast on Tuesday and flurries on Thursday, followed by a stretch of below freezing temperatures heading into the weekend.
  On Tuesday, a low pressure system will track across northern Washington State near the B.C. border, mixing Pacific moisture with cool winds.
  “The resulting weather will be a mixture of
  
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• Is money guilt stopping you from spending and enjoying life?

  18-12-2017 13:00 via theprovince.com
  Q: My husband and I are both retired. We were able to help our children establish their careers and homes and both of them are quite happy and successful. Times weren’t always easy as we raised our family and sometimes we had to be careful with our money because there was so little of it. Other times we didn’t want to make choices we’d regret. As we now shop for our families and for what we need over the holidays, we’re tempted to spend a little extra on us. We can afford
  
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• Vancouver Canucks burned by the Calgary Flames on home ice

  18-12-2017 11:07 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Canucks lost 6-1 by the Calgary Flames Sunday night.
  
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• Surrey RCMP investigating after pedestrian-involved collision

  18-12-2017 10:58 via globalnews.ca
  Surrey RCMP is investigating after a woman in her 20's was struck by a vehicle Sunday night.
  
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• The Provies: Breaking Brock, JV18’s confidence, bad officiating and Van City’s must-get Xmas gift

  18-12-2017 08:02 via theprovince.com
  BEST ASKING FOR A FRIEND
  Feel free, name a darker day for Vancouver.
  The last one in June 2011.
  The 7-1 debacle which was Linden’s final bow.
  Colin Campbell hired as an NHL executive.
  There haven’t been many.
  Breaking Brock now makes this list.
  Adding yet another entry to the file titled “why can’t we have nice things?” The Flow was upended.
  Taken from us, because, in part, he is smart, well coached, and a really good player even when he doesn’t have the puck.
  
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• Byram bags Teddy Toss tally, Giants go into holiday break on six-game win streak

  18-12-2017 07:53 via theprovince.com
  The moment we have all been waiting for! @BowenByram scored the coveted Teddy Bear Goal! pic.twitter.com/W4pfBJ32br
  — Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) December 18, 2017Here’s what we learned from the Vancouver Giants’ 2-0 win in their annual Teddy Bear Toss game over the Prince George Cougars on Sunday at the Langley Events Centre.
  • These Giants are figuring it out on special teams. Vancouver got a power-play tally from Bowen Byram at 11:31 of the third to start the flying f
  
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• Flames 6, Canucks 1: Injury a brutal blow for hotshot rookie Brock Boeser

  18-12-2017 06:43 via theprovince.com
  This is how the day started for Brock Boeser.
  Calgary Flames coach Glen Gulutzan was spitting superlatives about the Vancouver Canucks humble hotshot rookie before the puck dropped Sunday at Rogers Arena. Big business was doing the same.
  It was no surprise that the pre-game buzz surrounding the standout National Hockey League rookie was that major endorsement companies were eager to board the Boeser train.
  And why not?
  He’s got the multi-dimensional game. He’s got the multi-layered h
  
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