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• This Week In History: 1905: Mother and daughter charged with perjury after prospector poisoned

  22-12-2017 23:55 via vancouversun.com
  In their mugshots, mother and daughter wear black mourning dresses, their eyes downcast.
  Arrested on Dec. 22, 1905, Esther Jones and Theresa Jackson were charged with perjury in a case that captivated Vancouver.
  Six weeks earlier, Theresa’s husband, Thomas Jackson, died when someone spiked his favourite beverage — Epsom salts and beer — with the poison strychnine.
  Fresh from a trip to northern B.C., the prospector’s painful death behind the locked doors of his home at 128
  
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• How a Vancouver man is turning food waste into free meals - CTV News

  22-12-2017 23:39 via bc.ctvnews.ca
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  How a Vancouver man is turning food waste into free meals
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  Thirty thousand eggs. Seventy thousand cups of milk. Thirty-two thousand loaves of bread. That's enough of each product to feed most families for years. It's also how much food Metro Vancouverites waste each day, according to regional authorities. And ...
  
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• Vancouver could move towards banning conversion therapy

  22-12-2017 23:29
  
  LGBTQ2+ advisory committee wants a bylaw against controversial practice.
  
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• Botchford: Canucks’ penalty kill is nothing without ‘scapegoat’ Hutton

  22-12-2017 23:20 via theprovince.com
  Travis Green fixed his power play.
  Now, the head coach of the Vancouver Canucks just needs to fix everything else.
  Well, not quite everything.
  Not Brock Boeser. Holy Christmas, don’t change a thing about Boeser. He’s even scoring goals playing on a line with Sam Gagner. When wingers start doing that regularly in the NHL, you wonder: what can’t he do?
  Boeser has been as advertised. Truthfully, much more. He’s the first real, tangible reason there’s hope about what th
  
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• Study looking for Vancouver volunteers for 'coyote cam'

  22-12-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Stanley Park Ecology Society is looking for yards where they can install ‘coyote cams’ to study how coyotes behave in an urban setting.
  People who have had coyote sightings in Vancouver are being asked to contact the society so it can install cameras to monitor the wild animals’ nocturnal activities.
  Greg Hart, who runs the Co-Existing with Coyotes program, said the society’s goal is promote better co-existence between coyotes and humans.
  “If there are people wh
  
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• Adopt-A-School: Tupper Alternative Program offers a safe, nourishing environment

  22-12-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  There’s nothing extravagant about what the alternative school program at Vancouver’s Sir Charles Tupper Secondary needs from the community.
  Food, clothing and bus tickets.
  Some students don’t have enough to eat at home, some don’t have coats — just hoodies for all weather — and some skip school because it’s too far to walk or skateboard in the rain.
  Jennifer Eayrs, the school’s youth and family worker, says these are the main reasons for the s
  
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• Penticton pedestrian seriously injured in crash

  22-12-2017 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  Police said it was snowing heavily at the time.
  
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• Court: Family of B.C. woman who stole from Vancouver health authority must repay funds

  22-12-2017 22:48 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled a widower is liable for repaying nearly a quarter million dollars his wife stole from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority before she died.
  Court documents show Wanda Moscipan worked as an administer for both the authority and the University of B.C. when she siphoned more than $574,000 from the authority between 2003 and 2011.
  Justice Leonard Marchand ruled this week that her husband, Miroslaw Moscipan, must have known she was receiving funds through fraudu
  
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• North Okanagan Bridge won’t be fixed before Christmas

  22-12-2017 22:26 via globalnews.ca
  The Morgan Bridge on Heywood Armstrong Road has been impassable since early May.
  
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• Canada’s housing has never been less affordable than it is in Vancouver right now: RBC

  22-12-2017 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  Things really never have been worse.
  
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• Town Talk: My surgical kick by a horse for Christmas

  22-12-2017 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  OUCH: Surgeon James Hector was participating in an 1858 Rocky Mountain survey expedition when his mount gave him a whack that inspired the locations’ permanent name: Kicking Horse Pass. That incident reverberated early this month when spine surgeon Marcel Dvorak cheerfully advised that the operation he would soon undertake on me would entail a fortnight of feeling “as though you’d been kicked by a horse.” That despite Dvorak’s speedy, light, precise surgical techniq
  
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• Five reasons to check out Bright Nights in Stanley Park

  22-12-2017 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  Bright Nights in Stanley Park
  Until Jan. 6 (closed Dec. 25) | Pipeline Road in Stanley Park
  Tickets: $6-12, at ticketleader.ca
  1. Three million. That’s how many lights are sparkling up the Bright Nights Christmas Train and Stanley Park Train Plaza. The attraction also features displays, food vendors, and live music on weekends.
  2. Beverley O’Toole. This year, the O’Toole family donated $50,000 worth of lights and decorations to the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. The C
  
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• Five holiday activities for people tired of elves and candy canes

  22-12-2017 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  ‘Tis the season to be jolly. Feasting with friends and family, giving gifts and so forth is all fine and dandy, but it could be something we do all year long.
  For an increasing number of us, the whole notion of the holidays appears little more than consumerism in hyperdrive. From window displays going up in October to candy cane stripes on everything from lattes to pizza, Christmas can be a bit much.
  Who hasn’t thought of hopping a flight to somewhere to skip the whole affair and kic
  
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• Centre A showcases Asian art in new home at Sun Wah Centre on Keefer

  22-12-2017 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  Centre A aims to live up to its big mandate in a bigger space in Chinatown.
  The art gallery has moved into the second storey above the old Hon’s Wun Tun House in the Sun Wah Centre on Keefer Street. In terms of distance, it’s not much of a change. Centre A has moved across the lane from its storefront location on East Georgia Street, where it was located for the past four years.
  Centre A’s big mandate is that it’s the only public institution in the country dedicated to co
  
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• What to do between Christmas and New Year’s

  22-12-2017 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  Lifestyle blogger Tara Lee tells give us her list of the best things to do between Christmas and New Year’s.
  
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• Bail decision for Red Scorpion gangster Jamie Bacon due in January

  22-12-2017 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. Supreme Court judge will wait until the new year deliver her decision on whether Red Scorpion gangster Jamie Bacon will be granted bail.
  Bacon’s bail hearing, which began on Dec. 15, wrapped up in Vancouver on Friday. Justice Catherine Wedge said she will reserve her decision until the morning of Jan. 9. Evidence and submissions presented at the bail hearing cannot be reported due to publication bans.
  Bacon, 32, is charged with counselling someone to commit murder in connection
  
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• How to get news updates on the Google Home and Amazon Echo in Canada

  22-12-2017 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  You can get news updates from Global News and Corus Radio newstalk stations on voice assistants like the Google Home or Amazon Echo. Here's how to set them up.
  
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• Last Minute Gifts for Men

  22-12-2017 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  Patrick Levesque and Jamie Beuthin of MASC give us the lowdown on some last minute gift ideas for men.
  
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• Couple’s love triumphs despite life of adversity, loss of their son

  22-12-2017 21:24 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — They lost their son to drugs, lost their independence to drugs, but over three decades they’ve never lost their love and need for each other.
  At Christmas time, it’s all that matters.
  “We love each other and care for each other,” said Greg Holben.
  “As long as we’re together, that’s the main thing.”
  Holben, 57, and Tracy Harris, 58, have lived at Victoria’s Our Place Society for about five months.
  They are on the top floo
  
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• Penticton RCMP refuse to release information about area’s fourth homicide of 2017

  22-12-2017 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  "The integrity of the investigation outweighs the need to notify the public of the particulars.”
  
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• Fire destroys Kitsilano home

  22-12-2017 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  A Kitsilano home containing several supposedly empty suites was destroyed by an early morning fire Friday. Neighbours say that although tenants had been evicted months ago, there may have been people living in the home illegally. Jordan Armstrong reports.
  
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• Candlelight vigil to remember mom, girls found dead in Kelowna home

  22-12-2017 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  The woman’s husband and the girls’ father, is facing three second-degree murder charges in connection with the death of his family.
  
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• BC SPCA rescue starving mastiff in Hope

  22-12-2017 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  “That is nowhere near healthy for any dog, let alone one who was left outside in extremely cold weather without access to adequate shelter."
  
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• A new currency: David Katz's social enterprise turns garbage into money

  22-12-2017 20:17 via vancouversun.com
  David Katz’s transformational moment came while gazing at a trash heap through clear ocean waters in the Philippines and the idea he coined has taken him all the way to the Vatican and the UN.
  In a nutshell, it’s this: A plastic bottle isn’t garbage, it’s the end of poverty.
  “I was at Manila Ocean Park and I could see through the water and what struck me so profoundly was the vast debris field at the bottom,” said Katz, CEO of Vancouver-based social enterprise
  
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• UPDATED: Online fundraiser launched for victim in Burrard bridge crash

  22-12-2017 20:09
  
  GoFundMe campaigns have been started to help the two victims injured in Burrard Street Bridge crash.
  
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• Online fundraiser launched for victim in Burrard bridge crash

  22-12-2017 20:09
  
  GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $45,000 for Christian Zelichowski.
  
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• Shooting near Maple Ridge Secondary School leaves man dead

  22-12-2017 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  Police believe the shooting was targeted.
  
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• Meet the Chef: Dishes from Sooke Harbour House's Thomas Yesdresyski reflect the beauty of nature

  22-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Executive chef Thomas Yesdresyski incorporates the bounty of the gardens, farms and forests of Vancouver Island into his food at Sooke Harbour House. 
  Q: What motivates and inspires you as a chef?
  A: Being the “behind the scenes” contributor to the experiences and memories of people’s lives. I love showcasing natural beauty of the West Coast through food.
  Q: What might diners not know about you?
  A: I’m a down-to-earth hobby farmer. I enjoy spending time in my ba
  
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• Gala-a-gogo: 2017's best parties with a purpose

  22-12-2017 20:00
  
  Best of 2017! As we prepare to usher in 2018, here is a final look back at this year’s top merrymakers who put on the glitz and then some for the city’s most worthy causes.
  
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• Fab 5: Left it too late?

  22-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  So you’ve left it to the eleventh hour once again. No need to panic! These days, a good gift is but a click, tap and thumb print away — and in almost all cases, can appear as thoughtful as if you’d bought them weeks ago. Nobody has to know that you only got your act together yesterday — your secret’s safe with us. From booze on their doorstep to the style subscription they didn’t know they needed, Rebecca Tay shows you five last-minute gifts that will fool eve
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books of the week, Dec. 23

  22-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food — Shelley Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd).
  2. The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief and Compassion — Surprising Observations of a Hidden World — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books). 
  3. Opportunity Knox: Twenty Years of Award-Losing Humour Writing — Jack Knox (Heritage House).
  4. Harry: A Wilderness Dog Saga — Chris Czajkowski (Harbour Publishing). 
  5. On Island: Life Among the Coa
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Wines for Christmas dinner, 2017 edition

  22-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Bring wine for Christmas dinner. It is a request that can strike fear into the heart of even a seasoned wine buyer, let alone the casual tippler. Today we present our 2017 go-to list that could well lead to you confidently striding into your local liquor store with the knowledge you are going to be walking out with exactly what you were looking for.
  There are no right or wrong wines when it comes to dinner wines for Christmas or New Year. A decade ago, when we began featuring this list at this t
  
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• Vancouver Native Housing Society raising funds for tenants displaced by fire

  22-12-2017 19:51 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Native Housing Society has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for tenants who lost their homes and belongings when a fire ripped through their East Vancouver apartment building Wednesday.
  The wood framed building at 1766 Frances Street contained 27 social housing units operated by the VNHS. 
  No one was hurt in the blaze, which was reportedly started by an errant match, but dozens of residents are now without a home at Christmas time.
  A man with his bird cage stands out
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend – Friday Dec 22, 2017

  22-12-2017 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend for Friday Dec 22, 2017
  
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• Why Gregor won’t run and Vision could be done

  22-12-2017 19:30
  
  I am more convinced than ever that Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson will not run again. Expect an announcement in the next few months.
  
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• Beauty Bar: Nars x Man Ray Holiday Collection

  22-12-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: This limited-edition release sees the makeup mega-brand Nars give a nod to American artist Man Ray with specially packaged products ranging from lip glosses to full-face palettes. 
  The special seasonal collection includes: a Noire et Blanche Audacious Lipstick Coffret; Love Triangle lipstick and blush duos; Glass Tears Eyeshadow Palette; Overexposed Glow Highlighter; Duo Eyeshadow palettes; Photogloss Lip Lacquer; The Kiss Velvet Matte Lip Pencil Set (a Sephora exclusive); and T
  
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• Adopt-A-School: Metro Theatre's Christmas panto a hit for Downtown Eastside families

  22-12-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Christmas without a pantomime is like a turkey without stuffing — you could get by without it but who would want to?
  This year’s panto at the Metro Theatre is Cinderella and once again the theatre hosted families from the Downtown Eastside as part of its Adopt-A-School commitment.
  The tradition began in 2013 and this year 75 parents and children were bused in from the Strathcona Community Centre to see the show.
  Strathcona recreation programmer Stephanie Chow thanked the cast and the
  
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• Bulls & Bears: The 12 bulls of Christmas

  22-12-2017 18:58 via vancouversun.com
  With Santa Claus on his way, here are North America’s most bullish sports franchises and sport business players going into the holidays:
  • No Canadian company is hotter right now in the business of sport than Scotiabank after a record-setting 20-year, $800 million naming rights deal for what will be the Air Canada Centre for one more year.
   • No brand is more popular among Canadian fans than Tim Hortons.
  • The Toronto Maple Leafs are the richest franchise in Canada
  
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• Targeted shooting leaves one man dead in Maple Ridge

  22-12-2017 18:55 via vancouversun.com
  A man is dead following a targeted shooting in Maple Ridge early Friday morning.
  The shooting happened at around 6 a.m. near Kin Park.A man was shot and died from his injuries, Ridge Meadows RCMP said in a release.
   “This appears to be a targeted event and there are no indications of further threats to public safety at this time,” said RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Amanda Harnett.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the investigation.
  Anyone with information
  
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• Amtrak engineer noticed train was ‘over speed’ mere seconds before it derailed

  22-12-2017 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  The recording indicated that the train was travelling at about 128 km/h in a 48 km/h zone.
  
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• Zeke’s return major test for Seahawks struggling run defence

  22-12-2017 18:35 via theprovince.com
  RENTON, Wash. — Seattle’s Michael Bennett was clearly paying attention when news started circulating of the workouts Ezekiel Elliott was doing to stay in shape during his suspension.
  “He definitely going to have fresh legs,” Bennett said on Thursday. “I’ve seen the pictures. He looks like he’s been working out every single day on the beach. I know he’s ready to go out there and run.”
  Healthy, motivated and still with playoff aspirations, Elli
  
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• Seahawks, Cowboys face simple playoff scenario: win or else

  22-12-2017 18:35 via theprovince.com
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott knows about the stack of scenarios required to get the Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs.
  There’s no point in looking past the first one, especially since it applies to both teams when Seattle visits Sunday in the return of star Dallas running back Ezekiel Elliott from a six-game suspension over domestic violence allegations.
  The winning team is still in the NFC wild-card race. The loser isn’t.
  “None of those scenarios mean anything if we don&
  
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• The Morning Skate, Dec. 22: Ho ho ho

  22-12-2017 18:23 via theprovince.com
  Well, we’ve got through the week.
  Just a couple more days until…
  Are you ready?
  Here’s some Jim Robson Christmas cheer to get your ready.Not your cup of tea?
  Maybe this is….Let’s get skating.
  The Home Team
  Brendan Gaunce gets a shot off against the Sharks.
  — Scary stat here from Kuze; since Bo Horvat was injured, the Canucks are 1-6-1 and have been outscored 41-19.
  — Maybe the Canucks should have just stuck with Ryan Miller.
  Markstrom's save percentage
  
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• Fernie celebrates opening of outdoor rink following deadly ammonia leak

  22-12-2017 18:23 via vancouversun.com
  Snow and bone-chilling cold could not dampen the enthusiasm of Fernie as residents opened an outdoor ice rink Thursday night and took another step in their recovery from a deadly tragedy.
  Opening of the new outdoor rink in Fernie on the winter solstice was perfect! So excited to play on it!! #dontmeltbeforeigethome pic.twitter.com/oTanqPVCsm
  — Andrea (@goleafsgo) December 22, 2017“This has been a huge step in the healing process, a place where we can gather again and get youth progra
  
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• Travelers star Patrick Gilmore talks time, space and air travel

  22-12-2017 18:15 via vancouversun.com
  Travelers (Season 2)
  Dec. 26 | Netflix 
  You, Me, Her
  On demand | HBO Canada
  As one of a few actors to appear in all three of the Stargate TV series, Patrick Gilmore jokes that he probably has a seat at the table at fan expos forever.
  His sci-fi credibility is further boosted by his recurring role as social worker David Mailer in the Vancouver-shot time travel drama Travelers. The latest creation from Stargate co-creator Brad Wright stars Will & Grace’s Eric McCormack and just woun
  
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• Bitumen spill would harm swimming performance of migrating B.C. salmon: study

  22-12-2017 18:09 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Salmon migrating through rivers and streams in British Columbia use all their strength, but new research says even tiny amounts of diluted bitumen weakens their chances of making it back to spawn.
  Exposure to diluted bitumen hinders the swimming performance of salmon, causes their heart muscle to stiffen and damages their kidneys, Sarah Alderman, a post-doctorate researcher at the University of Guelph, said in an interview.
  “We’re seeing changes from molecules up to
  
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• B.C. overdose crisis: Opioid in vending machines idea may be a valuable tool

  22-12-2017 18:05 via vancouversun.com
  Making a safe opioid available in vending machines may be the next harm reduction tool to fight the deadly overdose epidemic, says the executive medical director of the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
  Dr. Mark Tyndall said he envisions a regulated system where drug users would be assessed, registered and issued a card to use in vending machines to obtain hydromorphone, a painkiller commonly marketed under the brand name Dilaudid.
  “I’m hoping that it’s kind of like supervised i
  
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• Viral blob footage highlights year in videos

  22-12-2017 18:00
  
  The Courier continued to expand its online video presence in 2017. Some videos were short and quirky, while others profiled in more detail the people and places that make this city come alive.
  
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• Vancouver's overdose crisis, one year later

  22-12-2017 17:52
  Overdose prevention sites and other initiatives are making a difference, but frontline workers call for action at the federal level
  
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• Presents with a purpose

  22-12-2017 17:41 via globalnews.ca
  Travel writer Alicia Haque brings her ethical Christmas gift list
  
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