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• B.C. man could lose $750K life-saving drug if his kidneys don’t improve

  25-12-2017 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  "They said my kidneys have to become healthier in the three months."
  
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• Candid Claus: The inside scoop from a veteran Metro Vancouver mall Santa

  25-12-2017 23:20 via vancouversun.com
  The dramatic changes that have rocked Metro Vancouver’s housing market over the last decade have influenced all kinds of local conversations, including, reportedly, those with Santa Claus.
  According to one veteran local Santa, the most common question coming nowadays from the kids who hop on his lap at various malls and private parties, is one he hardly ever heard on the job 15 years ago.
  As another busy Christmas season came to a close, a Metro Vancouver mall Santa with nearly two decades
  
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• Helijet receives heaviest aviation fines from Transport Canada in B.C.

  25-12-2017 23:07 via vancouversun.com
  Richmond-based Helijet has received the heaviest fines from Transport Canada so far this year for aviation violations in B.C., a review of federal enforcement files by Postmedia News reveals.
  Helijet was fined a total of $26,250 on six counts over four separate days for failure to operate an aircraft “in accordance with the operating limitations set out in the aircraft flight manual.”
  The federal department had raised concerns about the model of aircraft used by Helijet doing ni
  
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• 1 year in, business brisk for company set up to attract U.S. workers amid Trump travel ban

  25-12-2017 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  True North launched operations out of Vancouver last January, in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban.
  
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• Gritty Seahawks keep playoff hopes alive, eliminate Cowboys

  25-12-2017 22:54 via theprovince.com
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Already missing two of their defensive stars for the season, the Seattle Seahawks were coming off their most-lopsided loss under coach Pete Carroll and facing Ezekiel Elliott in his return to the Dallas Cowboys after two of their worst showings against the run this year.
  The Seahawks are still fighting for their sixth straight trip to the playoffs after a 21-12 victory Sunday. The Cowboys are out.
  “We’ve been doing this since I’ve been here the past sev
  
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• Ed Willes: Canucks prospect Jonah Gadjovich is a most determined fella

  25-12-2017 22:32 via theprovince.com
  Our present to you, a Christmas edition of the musings and meditations on the world of sports.
  • Jonah Gadjovich understands he was considered a long shot to make Team Canada but a quick look at his brief career suggests the Canucks’ draft pick isn’t exactly fazed by the underdog’s role..
  Growing up in Whitby, Ont., he played mostly house league before he caught on with the AAA Bantam Wildcats as a 14-year-old. After two largely forgettable seasons with the Owen Sound Atta
  
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• Alex Burmistrov released by Vancouver Canucks

  25-12-2017 22:06 via theprovince.com
  And like that, he’s gone.
  A day after he was scratched in favour of a seventh defenceman, Alex Burmistrov has been released by the Canucks.
  Sunday morning, his agent Dan Milstein tweeted that Burmistrov was “retiring from the NHL,” but the Canucks later responded that he’d simply asked for his release.
  “Alex made the decision to be released from his contract today in order to pursue a playing opportunity outside of the NHL,”  Canucks general manager Jim B
  
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• B.C. firm says it has helped 100 tech clients duck U.S. travel bans and set up in Canada

  25-12-2017 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  "There's definitely a lot of buzz about Vancouver or Canada being the destination of choice now that America has gone in its direction."
  
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• Prince Rupert's abandoned baby uncovers the mystery of her birth over the past year

  25-12-2017 21:39 via vancouversun.com
  In the life of Prince Rupert’s abandoned baby Janet Keall, what a difference a year makes. This time last year she had just confirmed the identity of her biological mom. The woman who left her on the doorstep of the Prince Rupert hospital just hours after giving birth to her 40 years ago had died just a few months earlier.
  She had already found two half-siblings who were also abandoned in Prince Rupert. But Keall, 40, kept searching, looking into every angle, applying for and receiving doc
  
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• Changes coming to ICBC in 2018 says Minister David Eby

  25-12-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  Among the changes: deeper discounts for good drivers and higher premiums for those with a bad record.
  
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• Five things to do at Royal B.C. Museum: all of British Columbia in one place

  25-12-2017 20:05 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Walk into the Royal British Columbia Museum and find yourself staring deep into the heart and soul of Canada’s western-most province through the darkened hues of an Emily Carr rainforest canvass or the psychedelic paint job on John Lennon’s Rolls Royce.
  “It’s probably one of the best places to get a sense of all of B.C. in one place,” says Erik Lambertson, the museum’s communications manager. “All of B.C.’s natural and human histor
  
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• Vancouver’s not dreaming of a White Christmas, it’s living one

  25-12-2017 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  Metro Vancouverites woke up on Christmas morning to find a dusting of the white stuff on various parts of the region.
  
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• Nutcracker in Cuba, and other questions for Alberta Ballet's Sugar Plum Fairy

  25-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Alberta Ballet’s The Nutcracker
  Dec. 28 to 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 29 & 30 at 2 p.m. | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets: from $35 to $95 at ticketmaster.ca
  Every two years, Ballet B.C. brings Alberta Ballet’s The Nutcracker back to Vancouver. The family favourite features the VSO performing the Tchaikovsky score, choreography by Alberta Ballet’s Edmund Stripe, sets and costumes by Emmy Award-winning designer Zack Brown, and of course the Alberta Ballet’s troupe of dan
  
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• 'Mother Teresa' of ex-inmates helps women deal with life after prison

  25-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Each time Mo Korchinski was released from jail for trafficking drugs, she was handed a bus ticket and her belongings in a small plastic bag.
  She had no identification, no home and was anxious. With nowhere to go she went back to the only life she knew. She headed straight for the Downtown Eastside to buy crack.
  Like many newly released prisoners, she returned to dealing drugs, a crime that inevitably landed her back behind bars. In and out of jail numerous times, her life was a revolving door of
  
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• Surrey RCMP seek white-bearded suspect responsible for household 'break-ins' over Christmas Eve

  25-12-2017 19:36 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP are seeking public assistance in identifying a male suspect responsible for widespread illegal entries of homes overnight Christmas Eve, including reported damage to roof tops.
  RCMP describe the suspect as about five feet, eight inches tall, fully dressed in red, with white hair and beard.
  Reports suggest the male entered homes through chimneys, where they existed, and “used other methods for homes without a chimney,” police said in a news release Monday.
  The suspect left
  
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• UBC researcher to study earthquakes on Mars

  25-12-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  UBC geophysicist Catherine Johnson has been waiting more than a decade to launch a robotic spacecraft that will study earthquake activity on Mars.
  This spring she will finally see years of her hard work set in motion.
  Johnson, a professor at UBC’s department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences of is part of an international NASA team that will gather the first seismic information from any planet other than Earth. She’s also the only Canadian on that team.
  The spacecraft, c
  
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• Biologist with Pacific Wildlife Foundation compiles atlas of Salish Sea marine life

  25-12-2017 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  For about the past decade, biologist Rob Butler has gone where no one else goes — our own backyard.
  In his quest to create an atlas of the Salish Sea, he has conducted detailed monthly transects in a small boat in the Gulf Islands, Howe Sound, Burrard Inlet, Indian Arm, English Bay and off the Fraser River. 
  What strikes Butler is how, within a metropolis of about 2.5 million people, he and his collaborator, Rod MacVicar, both of the Pacific Wildlife Foundation, would often be al
  
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• B.C. premier says housing top issue for 2018, but much more on NDP to-do list

  25-12-2017 17:20 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan says addressing British Columbia’s housing crisis is his government’s top priority in 2018, but it’s not the only pressing concern on his minority New Democrat government’s to-do list.
  Here’s a list of the consultations, audits and reviews the government is expected to complete or undertake in 2018:
  Ride Sharing:
  Legislation to introduce ride sharing in B.C. is scheduled for next fall after the release of a government-commissione
  
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• Horgan says next year's electoral reform referendum likely B.C.'s last attempt

  25-12-2017 17:19 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A pact with the Green party that allowed the NDP to form a minority government in British Columbia is a working example of electoral reform ahead of a referendum on the issue next year, Premier John Horgan says.
  There have been a few bumps in the agreement between the New Democrats and Greens since last May’s tumultuous provincial election, but Horgan said in a year-end interview the disagreements are just further proof that such an electoral model can work.
  The government
  
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• Crack team of ballet dancers goes nuts

  25-12-2017 16:58
  
  Keep those holiday feels flowing with one of the world’s most enduring and celebrated ballets: The Nutcracker.
  
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• Top five most viewed holiday films from the NFB

  25-12-2017 16:00
  
  Maurice Richard’s jersey still endures 17 years after his death and nearly six decades after his playing career ended.
  
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• B.C. year in review 2017: wildfires devastate the province like never before

  25-12-2017 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  More than 1.2 million hectares burned.
  
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• B.C. year in review 2017: animals that stole our hearts

  25-12-2017 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  They shocked us, they made us laugh, they warmed our hearts.
  
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• 5 things you didn’t know about the Woodward’s building

  25-12-2017 16:00
  
  Each week, Vancouver Is Awesome uncovers some unusual and (hopefully) interesting facts about the city. This week its takes on Gastown’s historic Woodward’s building.
  
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• Vancouver Police investigating downtown stabbing

  25-12-2017 12:44 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver Police say the victim of a stabbing in downtown Vancouver on Sunday isn't co-operating.
  
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• One person dead after Christmas Eve crash in Vancouver

  25-12-2017 12:39 via globalnews.ca
  A 78-year-old woman is dead and several others were taken to hospital after a crash in downtown Vancouver on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Editorial: The Christmas story is meaningful for all of us

  25-12-2017 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  By 2036, according to Statistics Canada, 13 to 16 per cent of Canada’s population will have a non-Christian religion. In Vancouver, the figure is slightly higher: 20 to 24 per cent. What this suggests, of course, is that a majority of Canadians 20 years from now are likely to identify with Christianity, as 67.3 per cent do now, followed by the 24 per cent who profess no religion. The balance is made up of Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Aboriginal (Traditional) and a host of others,
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Dec 24

  25-12-2017 04:52 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 for Sunday, December 24, 2017. For the latest news and video, go to globalnews.ca/bc.
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Dec 24

  25-12-2017 04:23 via globalnews.ca
  The Sunday, December 24, 2017 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• Thieves steal Christmas gifts from Kelowna vacationers

  25-12-2017 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta family’s Christmas travel plans to the Okanagan were almost derailed by thieves. But thanks to the kindness of strangers, their trip was saved. Jules Knox has more.
  
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• Search for shooter in Whalley

  25-12-2017 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  It’s been a violent holiday weekend on the Lower Mainland after a series of targeted shootings in less than 72 hours. Paul Johnson explains
  
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• BC man worries over life-saving drug coverage

  25-12-2017 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  Paul Chung has received his first dose of Soliris but his family is now worried he’s only covered for a short time – and that the province won’t pay for more. Grace Ke explains.
  
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• Friends of victim of a violent crash speak out

  25-12-2017 04:13 via globalnews.ca
  Friends of a Vancouver taxi driver are praying for his recovery after he was involved in a head-on collision on the Burrard Street Bridge. The crash leaving him and a passenger seriously hurt and in hospital. Kristen Robinson reports
  
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• Christmas Snow Preparation

  25-12-2017 04:13 via globalnews.ca
  Our meteorologist Yvonne Schalle has the latest on the snow hitting the south coast as cities prepare the roads for slippery conditions.
  
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• Ty Waters gives back

  25-12-2017 04:10 via globalnews.ca
  A young singing sensation from Port Moody is giving back this holiday season. 12-year-old Ty Waters is using his talent to support music therapy. Neetu Garcha has the story.
  
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• Family Christmas gifts stolen days before Christmas

  25-12-2017 03:08 via globalnews.ca
  A Fort McMurray family had their truck, trailer and Christmas gifts stolen on a road trip to Kelowna.
  
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• One dead in Vancouver's 12th fatal collision of 2017

  25-12-2017 02:42 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after a collision in downtown Vancouver sent seven people to hospital, where one person has now died.
  At around 12 noon on Sunday, a red Hyundai sedan was travelling north on Cambie Street and began to turn left onto Dunsmuir Street when it collided with a grey Nissan Pathfinder. All five passengers of the Hyundai were taken to hospital with various injuries.
  A 78-year-old woman who was seated in the back of the Hyundai later died in hospital.
  The two occupants of the Pa
  
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• 78-year-old woman killed, six injured in Cambie Street accident

  25-12-2017 02:39
  
  Woman was with four other family members in Christmas Eve day accident in downtown Vancouver.
  
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• Seahawks still in playoff race after beating Cowboys 21-12

  25-12-2017 02:07 via theprovince.com
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Justin Coleman put Seattle in front for good with a 30-yard interception return for a touchdown and the Seahawks won a playoff elimination game against Dallas, beating the Cowboys 21-12 on Sunday in Ezekiel Elliott’s return from a six-game suspension.
  Dak Prescott threw two interceptions and the Dallas offence didn’t score a touchdown despite the reunion with his backfield mate, the one he shared a remarkable rookie season with a year ago when Cowboys had an
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 – Dec. 24

  25-12-2017 01:59 via globalnews.ca
  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6.
  
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• South Surrey businesses say overpass repairs creating a blue Christmas

  25-12-2017 00:26 via globalnews.ca
  "It still isn't as good as compared to last years. I guess people are used to getting around the closure, but some people are still avoiding the area."
  
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• Don’t be a statistic: ICBC warns drivers ahead of Christmas holiday

  25-12-2017 00:20 via globalnews.ca
  Six people are injured in crashes every hour between Christmas Eve and Boxing day, according to statistics from the public insurer.
  
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