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• IHIT investigating death of gang-linked Gavinder Grewal in North Vancouver

  23-12-2017 23:49 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide investigators are investigating the suspected targeted killing Friday night of a North Vancouver man with gang ties.
  North Vancouver RCMP received a report of a man found dead in an apartment in the 1500-Block Fern Street just before 8 p.m. on Friday, Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homcide Investigation Team said in a news release. IHIT was called in after the death was deemed suspicious.
  The victim was identified as 30-year-old Gavinder Grewal of North Vancouver, who was known
  
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• IHIT investigating death of gang-linked Gavinder Grewal in North Vancouver - Vancouver Sun

  23-12-2017 23:48
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  IHIT investigating death of gang-linked Gavinder Grewal in North Vancouver
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  IHIT believes the murder of Gavinder Grewal, 30, was a targeted hit. Grewal was killed Dec. 22 in a residence in the 1500 block of Fern Street in North Vancouver PNG Files. Share Adjust Comment Print. Homicide investigators are investigating the ...
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• IHIT investigating murder of North Vancouver man linked to gang activity

  23-12-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  IHIT said Gavinder Grewal was found dead in an apartment in the 1500-block of Fern Street.
  
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• Delta police help snuff out arson fire before it spreads to apartment

  23-12-2017 23:29 via vancouversun.com
  Delta police are appealing to the public for help catching an arsonist.
  Somebody deliberately started a fire outside an apartment building in the 8300 block of Scott Road on Friday morning.
  Delta police spokesperson Cris Leykauf says residents were fortunate that an officer patrolling the area spotted the blaze before it got out of control.
  “The officer called the fire department, and starting evacuating residents right away,” said Leykauf.
  Firefighters quickly extinguished
  
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• 44 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, December 24 - Straight.com

  23-12-2017 23:00
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  44 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, December 24
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  Screening at the Rio Theatre of Frank Capra's uplifting 1946 Christmas movie It's a Wonderful Life. Looking for something to do on Sunday? The Straight's got you covered. Here are 44 events happening in or around Vancouver on Sunday, December 24 ...
  
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• Homeless Nanaimo man returns mistakenly-donated diamond ring

  23-12-2017 22:55 via vancouversun.com
  NANAIMO — A British Columbia woman says she is “thrilled” to have a cherished diamond ring back, thanks to the dogged work of a homeless man on Vancouver Island.
  Trinda Gajek was visiting Nanaimo last week when she offered a young man all the cash in her wallet, forgetting the contents also included a beloved piece of jewelry.
  The Salt Spring Island resident turned to Facebook, hoping someone might be able to track down the ring, and local media caught wind of the story.
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• Home for Christmas: Chilliwack family looks forward to holidays after baby spent six months in hospital

  23-12-2017 22:50 via vancouversun.com
  A sandwich shop in downtown New Westminster was the only restaurant open when Jeff and Ashley Durance set out in search of Christmas dinner. 
  It was Dec. 24, 2016 and the Chilliwack couple had two hours to themselves after spending the day at Royal Columbian Hospital near the bedsides of their baby daughter, Hazel, and Ashley’s father, Rick Walsh.
  As other children left milk and cookies for Santa, the premature baby and her grandfather were both hooked up to ventilators. Their hospita
  
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• Good Samaritan to pay $4,000 medical bill for emaciated dog rescued in Hope, B.C.

  23-12-2017 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  Officials said Handsome was starving when they found him, with sores on his paws and his teeth worn down right to the gums.
  
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• Recipe: Cured fresh steelhead salmon with maple and basil pesto, served with fresh local cranberry chutney

  23-12-2017 22:09 via globalnews.ca
  Jean Pierre Guerin, executive chef for Rocky Mountaineer, shares a recipe for fresh steelhead salmon with maple and basil pesto.
  
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• Man in custody after allegedly brandishing weapon on Vancouver's ... - CBC.ca

  23-12-2017 21:42
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  VPD Emergency Response Team resolve incident near West 22nd Avenue near Dunbar Street after man allegedly threatened two others with a weapon.and more »
  
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• By The Numbers: A look at B.C.’s record setting 2017 wildfire season

  23-12-2017 21:17 via vancouversun.com
  The 2017 wildfire season in British Columbia set records as the most destructive in the province’s recorded history. Here is a look at the season by the numbers:
  12,164 square kilometres
  Area burned, equivalent to more than a third of Vancouver Island. The worst level of destruction since 1958 when 8,560 square kilometres burned.
  $562.7 million
  Estimated cost of fire suppression. The previous record was $382 million in 2009.
  Cots are set up for evacuees at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops, B
  
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• Man in custody following standoff with Vancouver police in Dunbar area

  23-12-2017 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  One man is in custody following a standoff with police on Vancouver's west side on Saturday.
  
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• Vancouver police say armed standoff in Dunbar ends peacefully

  23-12-2017 20:05 via vancouversun.com
  A man is in custody following an armed standoff with Vancouver police in Dunbar.
  Police were called to the normally sleepy residential area early Saturday morning after receiving a report that a man had threatened two people with a weapon.
  The area around 22 Avenue and Dunbar Street was taped off as police negotiated with a man inside a home. The man surrendered to police — coming out of the house with hands in the air — at around 10:30 a.m.
  VPD Cst. Jason Doucette said no one w
  
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• Makeover: Spice up your look for New Year's Eve

  23-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  We’re gearing up for the holidays and New Year’s Eve and in this week’s makeup tutorial I’m showing you how to play with your winter blues to create a monochromatic metallic smoky eye!
  Step 1After you’ve evened out the complexion with primer, foundation and bronzing powder, you’ll want to sweep the entire eyelid with a grey eyeshadow base. I’m using MAC.
  Step 2Using the Laura Mercier Caviar Stick in Sapphire, draw a thick line along on the eyelid, along
  
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• Vancouver police involved in armed standoff in Dunbar

  23-12-2017 19:37 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are on the scene of an armed standoff in Dunbar this morning.
  The area around 22 Avenue and Dunbar Street is taped off as police negotiate with a man inside home who allegedly threatened two people with a weapon earlier this morning.
  VPD Cst. Jason Doucette said no one was physically injured and there is no reason to believe that the general public is at risk at this time.Doucette said the VPD has several resources at the home, including officers and an armoured vehicle fro
  
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• Global BC’s favourite stories of the year – Part 1

  23-12-2017 19:05 via globalnews.ca
  Global BC’s anchors, reporters and meteorologists take a look at their favourite stories of 2017 and why it was so memorable for them.
  
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• Friends raise funds for taxi driver, passenger injured in fatal crash

  23-12-2017 18:54 via vancouversun.com
  Separate GoFundMe campaigns have been established for two Vancouver men involved in a fatal collision on Burrard Street Bridge early Tuesday morning.
  Yellow Cab driver Larry Claypool and his passenger Christian Zelichowski both were both critically injured when their taxi was struck head-on by northbound Audi R8 that had crossed the centre line into the southbound lane.
  The lone occupant of the Audi died at the scene. His name has not been released.
  The collision resulted in a fire and
  
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• Residents, businesses still struggling after devastating B.C. fire season

  23-12-2017 18:12 via vancouversun.com
  Angie Thorne stands where her house once stood on the Ashcroft Indian Reserve, B.C., on Monday November 27, 2017. Little remains of the wreckage from Angie Thorne’s home after a wildfire tore through her reserve in central British Columbia earlier this year.
  ASHCROFT, B.C. — Little remains of the wreckage from Angie Thorne’s home after a wildfire tore through her reserve in central British Columbia earlier this year.
  The blackened concrete, twisted metal chairs and seared welco
  
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• Vancouver Courier's Top 10 stories of 2017

  23-12-2017 18:00
  
  An infamous sea lion incident, the struggle to live in the city and the closure of a longtime Vancouver business were among our most popular stories in 2017.
  
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• The Life and Art of Arthur Pitts shines light on unheralded Vancouver artist

  23-12-2017 17:05 via vancouversun.com
  Have you ever heard of artist Arthur Pitts? Probably not, and that’s too bad.
  But thanks to author and art historian Kerry Mason, you can learn about the English transplant to Vancouver Island who recorded the lives of B.C. and Alaskan Indigenous people and their cultures through paintings, sketches and photos.
  Mason’s The Life and Art of Arthur Pitts also marks the 10th and final book in the awesome Mother Tongue Publishing series Unheralded Artists of B.C.
  Watson took some time to
  
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• Online shopping means more boxes to recycle come Boxing Day

  23-12-2017 16:00
  
  Come Dec. 26, recycling bins across Vancouver will be overflowing with boxes — many, many boxes.
  
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• 2017: The year in photos

  23-12-2017 16:00
  
  Courier photographers continued to make our stories come alive in 2017 — focusing their lenses on people, places and moments with just the right light, composition and eye for detail.
  
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• The Home Front: Applying fresh thought to traditional Christmas decor

  23-12-2017 15:48 via vancouversun.com
  This Christmas, interior designer Kendall Ansell is approaching holiday decor in a fresh way. Instead of going out and buying whichever ornaments, wreaths and garlands that take her fancy, she has opted to make everything from scratch. She treats this as something of a therapeutic process, and is motivated by a desire to reduce waste, keep it simple and get creative.
  “I said last year, if I have to talk about pine cones one more time I’m going to lose it!” she sa
  
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• Location, luxury draw buyers to Creston

  23-12-2017 15:43 via vancouversun.com
  Pennyfarthing Homes is a family business that has been building homes in the Lower Mainland since 1980. The company specializes in mid-rise, multi-family developments and Creston, its latest offering in North Vancouver, is typical of that style.
  Designed by Shift Architecture, Creston is technically a four-storey building, but with the grade change of the site, there are five storeys at the back and a stepped-back roofline that makes the most of the views to the North Shore mountains; all homes
  
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• Sold (Bought): Extensive renos transform West Van home

  23-12-2017 15:13 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  92 Laurie Crescent, West Vancouver
  Type: Five-bedroom, four-bathroom detached
  Size: 3,490 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $2,568,000
  Listed for: $3,298,000
  Sold for: $3,125,000
  Sold on: Sept. 24
  Days on market: 13
  Listing agent: Ray Proc at Royal LePage Sussex
  Buyers agent: Yoko Chen at Homeland Realty
  The big sell: This property in the Glenmore area of West Vancouver’s tony British Properties enclave started life as a bunga
  
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• Canucks’ Game Day: Vancouver jazzed up to beat Blues before Christmas

  23-12-2017 14:00 via theprovince.com
  The Canucks host St. Louis tonight at Rogers Arena in Vancouver’s final game before Christmas (7 p.m., Hockey Night in Canada, Sportsnet 650 AM):
  The Big Matchup
  Brayden Schenn vs. Henrik Sedin
  Schenn is centring the Blues’ top line, with Vladimir Tarasenko on his wing. The two have combined for 32 goals. Henrik Sedin is shouldering most of the ice time Bo Horvat had been carrying and while he’s scoring, the Canucks’ defensive game has slumped. Coincidence or cause?
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• Extra help needed for Christmas Day event spreading cheer to Vancouver’s downtown east side

  23-12-2017 13:15 via globalnews.ca
  50 volunteer slots are set aside for newcomers to help spread joy to people living in Vancouver's downtown east side.
  
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• 'It's depressing:' Residents still struggling after precedent-setting B.C. fire season

  23-12-2017 13:00
  Residents, fire experts and community leaders across B.C.'s Interior say fallout will be felt for years to come.
  
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• India the Easy Way

  23-12-2017 13:00 via theprovince.com
  As Mrs. Moore and Adela Quested discovered in EM Forster’s A Passage to India, it’s not for the faint-hearted or the timid.
  Most everyone who has been to India has a love-hate relationship; love the country, hate getting around in it.
  I set off to discover what it would be like to skip the line, and for the most part the buses, with a group tour of the “Highlights of India” compliments of the Micato tour company.
  This kind of trip is for people who only have a few we
  
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• Immerse yourself aboard Viking visit to Cuba

  23-12-2017 13:00 via theprovince.com
  Cuba has become one of the Caribbean’s most popular cruising destinations, but that doesn’t mean that every cruise line offers the same experience on this fascinating island. I just returned from a week-long cruise to Cuba aboard Viking Cruises’ (cruise.center/vikingsea) brand new Viking Sun. With just 930 guests on board, we sailed on an itinerary that offered a unique perk: three days spent in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
  Viking has crafted its Cuban itineraries differently than other l
  
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• Douglas Todd: Some ghosts of Vancouver’s Christmas past are gone, but the spirit lives on

  23-12-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  If you want a taste of what Christmas was like here in the 1920s, head to the Burnaby Village Museum’s Heritage Christmas, where they relive those days with farmhouse baking, carols, a glowing electric street car and Father Christmas.
  It’s a sign of change in the city that this slice of old Christmas, a secular holiday rooted in Christianity, is sponsored by Concord Pacific, a Hong Kong-based development company that has helped turn downtown Vancouver into a wall of ultra-modern glas
  
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• Canada Post door-to-door service unlikely to return: Union Rep

  23-12-2017 06:49 via vancouversun.com
  An official with the Kamloops local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers predicts door-to-door service will never return to areas currently served by community mail boxes.
  Patricia Nauss, a vice-president of the Kamloops local, makes the comment after the federal Liberal party missed a deadline for a decision on whether to restore doorstep delivery.
  The government had said it expected to release a decision before the end of this year as part of a wide-ranging review of the mandate of Canada P
  
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• SPCA rescues dog from freezing conditions in Hope

  23-12-2017 06:46 via vancouversun.com
  A seven-year-old Mastiff is warm and receiving food and adequate care after being rescued from a frigid yard in the Fraser Valley.
  A news release from the SPCA says the dog, named Handsome, was extremely emaciated and tethered with a heavy chain in the yard of a home in Hope.
  The dog’s water dish was frozen over and officials say the only shelter for the shivering pet was a thin wooden dog house.
  The SPCA says it will be recommending charges of animal cruelty against Handsome’s forme
  
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• At less than an acre, this Vancouver restaurant site just sold for $245M

  23-12-2017 06:41 via globalnews.ca
  Pay dirt. The new gold dust.
  
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• Richmond Mounties arrest a dozen thieves in two days

  23-12-2017 06:40 via vancouversun.com
  RCMP say 12 thieves were nabbed during a two-day blitz focusing on retail theft in the Richmond, B.C., area.
  They say the most common items stolen were clothing such as coats, hoodies and sweaters, personal electronics, cologne or perfume, alcohol and cosmetics.
  Police say the public should be aware that some products being sold online through such popular websites such as Craigslist, Kijiji or Facebook may be stolen.
  Along with the retail theft, Mounties say one suspect was caught breaking into
  
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• Penticton massage therapist fined over $13,000 for inappropriate conduct

  23-12-2017 06:40 via vancouversun.com
  A Penticton massage therapist has been fined more than $13,000 and lost his licence after admitting to inappropriate conduct with patients.
  The College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia says Jesse Brown engaged in personal and sexually suggestive conversations with female patients between 2010 and 2016.
  Brown also admitted to drinking alcohol with a patient in the treatment room, disclosing private information about patients and engaging in a relationship with a patient, including sexual
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Dec 22

  23-12-2017 06:05 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, December 22, 2017.
  
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• New one day hip replacement

  23-12-2017 05:02 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• White Spot land and parking lot sold for $245 million

  23-12-2017 04:59 via globalnews.ca
  The land where a White Spot currently sits in Downtown Vancouver has sold for $245 million. The selling price for the site currently occupied by the restaurant likely means the new condos that will be built will be out of reach for most buyers. Ted Chernecki has more.
  
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• Kitsilano home is gutted in early morning fire

  23-12-2017 04:56 via globalnews.ca
  A large fire in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood is once again raising the issue of safety of some homes. Jill Bennett reports from the scene.
  
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• Kiran Dhesi warrant under a publication ban

  23-12-2017 04:56 via globalnews.ca
  It’s been more than four months since the body of 19-year-old Kiran Dhesi was found in a burned-out vehicle in Surrey. There has been virtually no information released about the investigation. Rumina Daya reports on how Global BC went to court to try to change that.
  
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• Dan Fumano: 'Rain check on Christmas': Pensioner's home crushed by development

  23-12-2017 03:14 via vancouversun.com
  Lesley Gibson knows it will still feel like Christmas when she chats online with her grandchildren in Poland in the coming days.
  “But,” she says, fighting tears, “it’s going to be really hard when we disconnect.”
  Though it’s always been the Vancouver grandmother’s favourite holiday, this year, she’s “taking a rain check on Christmas.”
  That’s because Gibson’s 62nd Christmas will be, through no fault of her own, the
  
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• Opinion: When we’re changing in health care, we’re saving lives

  23-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  At a recent Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Open Forum, a member of the public approached me and offered this observation, “Seems all I read about in VCH lately is drugs.”
  Looking at health headlines in 2017 it seemed there was only one health story — opioids, fentanyl and overdose deaths. But there are equally big stories taking place outside the media glare, stories that reveal innovation and commitment and, while quieter, are vital to everyone in VCH. Vital to our 2,100 docto
  
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• Opinion: PhD not all it's chalked up to be: Too much time, too little reward

  23-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Euphoria ran through my veins as I read the offers. Earlier this year, political science departments from some of Canada’s finest universities offered me a spot in their PhD programs. Each was accompanied with guaranteed four-year funding packages, some even added enticing scholarships.
  As someone who loves learning, getting paid to do it while transforming myself into a doctor was a no-brainer. Soon enough, though, sober thought slapped me in the face. Given that we’re in the season
  
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• Opinion: Let's have an honest conversation about immigration

  23-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Dec. 18, we observed International Migrants Day, which was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2000. With immigration so firmly ingrained in “Brand Canada,” it offers an opportunity to re-visit the public conversation about its impact and maybe even dispel a few myths.
  While our public is generally supportive of immigration, the recently unveiled three-year immigration plan has prompted some of its critics to renew their pushback — with claims that o
  
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• Opinion: Electoral reform will deliver the full power of the vote

  23-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  One hundred years ago in 1917, most B.C. women won the right to vote in provincial elections. It took several more decades, but equality for all was achieved and every B.C. citizen of voting age became enfranchised. Thinking about these important advancements today we must ask ourselves: How consequential is this hard-earned right to vote under the current first-past-the-post system? Are our voices being heard? Does each voter take part in shaping the future of our province?
  For the majority of
  
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• Opinion:  B.C. shows strong leadership in ending the grizzly bear hunt

  23-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Effective immediately, the government of British Columbia has ended the broadly condemned grizzly bear hunt throughout the province. The welcome announcement follows a longstanding campaign by conservation, animal protection and First Nations groups seeking full protection for the majestic bears. 
  In a statement, Minister Doug Donaldson of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resources noted it had become abundantly clear that the grizzly hunt was not in line with
  
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• Letters: Think of those less fortunate at Christmas

  23-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Christmas Day, there will be literally millions of British Columbians diving for presents under the tree and tucking into turkey and stuffing with their kids, grandkids, aunts, uncles, cousins and mums and dads. Not able to join their families for these traditional rituals will be thousands of care aides in this province who will be bringing care and comfort to seniors who still live at home but need daily help and some of our most frail seniors who live in residential care. While we should a
  
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• Getting a drone for Christmas? Be prepared to follow strict guidelines

  23-12-2017 02:54 via globalnews.ca
  Drones have come a long way over years and they're taking off in popularity and price.
  
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• Suspect identified after thief steals from Keremeos firefighters responding to serious emergenc

  23-12-2017 02:44 via globalnews.ca
  It’s a petty crime, but when and where it happened is what makes it even worse. A volunteer firefighter was taking part in a dangerous rescue operation earlier this week and while he was busy saving a man’s life, back at the fire hall a thief was stealing valuables from his truck.
  
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