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• Jason Botchford: Brandon Sutter is hip to Travis Green’s tune

  14-01-2018 23:58 via theprovince.com
  ST. PAUL, Minn — When it was pointed out to him the Canucks finally won when he showed up on the road, Brandon Sutter had a good laugh.
  “Yes, that’s (a coincidence),” he said. “We did have a good game in Columbus.”
  The Canucks sure did.
  There haven’t been many without Sutter and Bo Horvat. Both were carved from Vancouver head coach Travis Green’s lineup weeks ago because of injuries. Sutter missed 21 games. He finally returned Sunday after seven se
  
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• Help wanted: Canadian marijuana companies search for workers ahead of legalization

  14-01-2018 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  Stigma may once have kept people from applying for work with a cannabis company, but those perceptions have shifted,said one industry insider.
  
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• Mindfulness helps couple recover intimacy after prostate cancer

  14-01-2018 23:19 via vancouversun.com
  Rob and Diane Kikkert have had to learn a few new tricks since Rob’s surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland, a procedure that left him struggling with incontinence and erectile dysfunction.
  “You just have to learn a new way to do it,” said Diane. Through couples mindfulness training, they have rekindled their intimate relationship.
  That doesn’t mean it was easy. Most men who have their prostate removed suffer damage to blood vessels, irreversible erectile dysfunctio
  
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• Grandmother to run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days

  14-01-2018 23:09 via vancouversun.com
  Pushpa Chandra, seen here in her Point Grey front yard, is running seven marathons on seven continents in seven days to raise funds for Plan International’s Schools on Wheels.
  What started as a way for Pushpa Chandra to buy treats as a little girl will culminate with the Vancouver grandmother running a marathon on every continent, all within a week.
  Chandra is running the 2018 World Marathon Challenge, what some call the 777, to celebrate her approaching 60th birthday. The gruelling physic
  
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• Three men assaulted in Nanaimo home invasion during targeted attack

  14-01-2018 22:57 via vancouversun.com
  Police in Nanaimo are investigating after three men were assaulted during a home invasion in what police are calling a targeted attack.
  Nanaimo RCMP were called to a home in the 600-block of Howard Avenue around 7 a.m. on Sunday for a break-in. It’s believed several suspects had broken into the home, assaulted the three men and fled.
  The three victims, ranging in age from 23 to 47, all suffered various injuries and were taken to hospital. One man was hit with a bat in the head and the body
  
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• Housing crisis leads Burnaby man to squatting in shipping container

  14-01-2018 22:36 via vancouversun.com
  Jay Post calls himself a “survivalist.”
  From the day he entered the Canadian justice system when he was 19 after a “drug deal gone bad,” to the miserable night last November when he exercised his “squatters’ rights” and moved into an empty shipping container in Burnaby, he’s always fought for his life.
  Post, 50, never expected things to get so tough. But after serving “double-digits” and leaving prison years ago, and returning to B.C. f
  
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• Uruguay qualifies as 16th team for Canada Sevens

  14-01-2018 22:19 via theprovince.com
  The Canada Sevens field is now complete.
  By virtue of their higher finish Sunday at the Vina del Mar Sevens in Chile, the Uruguayans won the South American Sevens series and secured the qualifier spot at stake for the Las Vegas and Vancouver stops on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in March.
  They’ll join the 15 teams that were already qualified through their full-time status on the global sevens series.
  This will be the first appearance at the Canada Sevens for Uruguay: the final spot i
  
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• Otto Tausk gets to work with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

  14-01-2018 21:14 via vancouversun.com
  Otto Tausk Conducts Brahms And Dvorak
  Jan. 13 | Orpheum Theatre
  Info: vancouversymphony.caLast fall, music director Otto Tausk began his formal relationship with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra with a non-traditional program featuring Shostakovich and Sibelius; it proved an affectionate, if somewhat rambunctious, proposition.
  With Saturday’s Masterworks Gold program it was time to get down to work in earnest in a far more conventional program of Berlioz, Dvorak (his celebrated Cello
  
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• Nuke missile alert hampers Vancouverites' Hawaii holidays

  14-01-2018 21:08
  'I’m pleased not to be nuclear dust': Mistaken missile message confounds, bemuses B.C. vacationers.
  
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• Three injured, including innocent teen, in Mount Pleasant shooting

  14-01-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  A shooting in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant injured three people on Saturday evening, one of which was an innocent teenager passing by the scene.
  Around 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, Vancouver Police received a report of several shots fired near East Broadway and Ontario in Mount Pleasant. Officers who arrived on scene found three people suffering from injuries, two of which are now in hospital in serious condition.
  At this time, investigators believe one of the shooting victims, a 20-year-old Vanco
  
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• 1 person dead, 3 firefighters injured in Kelowna blaze

  14-01-2018 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  One person died in a mobile home fire in Kelowna, and three firefighters were injured.
  
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• Kelowna Rockets fall to Vancouver Giants

  14-01-2018 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Giants defeated the Kelowna Rockets 3-2 on Saturday night.
  
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• Tim Stevenson joins list of Vision Vancouver members who won’t seek re-election

  14-01-2018 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  After 16 years on city council, Tim Stevenson's time at Vancouver City Hall is coming to an end.
  
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• Update: teen injured in 'brazen' targeted shooting an innocent passerby

  14-01-2018 19:33
  
  “This is bad and we are concerned about how brazen it was," Vancouver police say
  
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• Teen injured in 'brazen' shooting an innocent passerby

  14-01-2018 19:33
  
  “This is bad and we are concerned about how brazen it was," Vancouver police say
  
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• 15-year-old teen injured in targeted East Broadway shooting

  14-01-2018 19:33
  
  Teen was passenger in a car near East Broadway and Ontario Street on Saturday night.
  
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• Ask an Expert

  14-01-2018 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  Cosmetic surgeon Dr Cameron Bowman answers viewers questions on their plastic surgery queries.
  
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• Teen bystander among 3 injured in Vancouver shooting

  14-01-2018 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  A section of Broadway is closed after three people, including two bystanders, were injured in a shooting on a busy Saturday night.
  
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• 3 people, including teen bystander, injured in shooting on Broadway and Ontario

  14-01-2018 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  A section of Broadway is closed after three people, including two bystanders, were injured in a shooting on a busy Saturday night.
  
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• 3 injured in shooting on Broadway and Ontario

  14-01-2018 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  A section of Broadway is closed after three people, including two bystanders, were injured in a shooting on a busy Saturday night.
  
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• New Year, New You

  14-01-2018 19:21 via globalnews.ca
  London Drugs pharmacist, Gianni Del Negro, tells you how you can boost your winter health and prevent illness
  
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• Penney’s from heaven for Stealth: third-string goalie helps Vancouver to first win of NLL year

  14-01-2018 18:36 via theprovince.com
  The New Westminster Salmonbellies traded away netminder Eric Penney last spring to open up a place for Tye Belanger, who was coming off a stellar winter with the Vancouver Stealth.
  Belanger began the current National Lacrosse League season as the Stealth’s No. 1 goalie again, but struggled. Vancouver decided Saturday’s visit to the Buffalo Bandits was time to give someone else a chance in goal.
  Guess who?
  Penney came off the practice roster, got the start and made 52 saves to help th
  
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• Environment Canada issues fog advisory for Metro Vancouver on Sunday

  14-01-2018 17:41 via vancouversun.com
  It’s a lazy, foggy Sunday.
  Environment Canada issued a fog advisory for Metro Vancouver early Sunday morning, warning of “near zero visibility.”
  “The fog is forecast to become patchy late Sunday morning,” read the warning.
  The advisory covered all of Metro Vancouver, extending to West and North Vancouver, southwest and east to Richmond, Delta, Surrey and Langley, and northeast to Coquitlam and Maple Ridge.
  More to come.
  
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• Police on scene in Mount Pleasant following reported shooting

  14-01-2018 17:01 via vancouversun.com
  Police are still on scene in Mount Pleasant Sunday morning after neighbours reported hearing what sounded like gunshots the night before.
  Traffic on West Broadway is closed in both directions between Manitoba and Quebec on Sunday morning, while a number of investigators scour the area for evidence.
  Vancouver Police have not yet released any details though there are reports shots were around midnight.
  It is unknown whether there are any injuries or if a suspect has been identified.
  More to come.
  
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• Park board looking for public input on new Marpole community centre

  14-01-2018 16:00
  
  Open house set for Wednesday, Jan. 17
  
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• From choice or necessity, more people are working post-65

  14-01-2018 15:01 via vancouversun.com
  Harold Vandenberg has plenty of reasons for continuing to work at the age of 80, but the biggest might be this: Keeping busy is a good way of reminding yourself you are still very much alive.
  “I seen too many of my friends go under. Under the ground,” says Vandenberg, a warehouse worker for Titan Construction in Langley.
  “A lot of them guys didn’t have hobbies,” adds Vandenberg of those friends. 
  Vandenberg is one of a growing number of Canadians working past t
  
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• Canucks Game Day: Expect Boeser-mania as he returns to his home town

  14-01-2018 14:04 via theprovince.com
  THE BIG MATCHUP
  BROCK BOESER VS. HIS HOMETOWN
  The super rookie has been going through a little bit of expected regression lately. There may not be any better place to get going. It’s hometown hockey for Boeser. His first NHL game in Minnesota is the stuff of legends. Hours after losing a college hockey elimination game he was signing with the Canucks. He played the next night and scored. The juices will be going for him with family and friends everywhere, with Burnsville, Minn., just half
  
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• Four weddings and a dress: Vancouver couple marries each other four times in 50 years

  14-01-2018 14:00
  
  And at each wedding, Beatrice Raymond is wearing the same satin dress.
  
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• “Playoff-style” win before “electric” crowd sees Giants continue their recent roll

  14-01-2018 09:01 via theprovince.com
  January 13 Vancouver Giants vs Kelowna Rockets Highlights: https://t.co/O52JIW0iRP via @YouTube
  — Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) January 14, 2018Here’s what we learned from the Vancouver Giants’ 3-2 win over the Kelowna Rockets on Saturday at the Langley Events Centre.
  *A 3-2 loss to the Rockets at the LEC on Oct. 27 dropped Vancouver’s record in one-goal games to 3-7-2-2 at the time. Saturday’s triumph, which featured a 28-save effort from David Tendeck and a game-w
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Shining lights on hope, courage, Italy

  14-01-2018 07:00 via theprovince.com
  Brighter Lights
  Bolstered by a sizable $469,000 from hospital staff and volunteers to ignite its 20th Lights of Hope Holiday Campaign, St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation’s annual tradition would see donations total more than $3.1 million.
  A community of caregivers — individuals, businesses and organizations — contributed to the impressive result that began in mid-November to meet the greatest needs of patients, residents and their loved ones.
  Instagram-worthy, the brilliant d
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Jan 13

  14-01-2018 05:37 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 for Saturday, January 13, 2018. For the latest news and video, go to globalnews.ca/bc.
  
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• Maple Ridge protest over new homeless shelter

  14-01-2018 04:48 via globalnews.ca
  People who live close to a new supportive housing and emergency shelter attended a rally today. They say they are concerned for their safety. Julia Foy reports.
  
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• Lynn Colliar reports from Hawaii

  14-01-2018 04:48 via globalnews.ca
  Global’s own Lynn Colliar reports from Maui on the impact of the Hawaii ballistic missile scare.
  
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• BC residents in Hawaii during missile scare

  14-01-2018 04:48 via globalnews.ca
  Panic for hundreds of thousands of people, many of them British Columbians, after a false alert was sent out alerting them of a ballistic missile. Kristen Robinson has reaction from many BC residents who were told to take cover.
  
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• Surrey golf course proposal

  14-01-2018 04:45 via globalnews.ca
  Dozens of neighbours showed their opposition to a proposed plan that would turn a golf course into a multi-family development in Surrey.
  
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• Overdose data crunching

  14-01-2018 04:45 via globalnews.ca
  Volunteer data analysts and scientists, engineers and coders with Data for Good are trying to find ways to end BC’s overdose crisis. Nadia Stewart explains.
  
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• Nanaimo RCMP say fatal shooting appears to be targeted

  14-01-2018 04:11 via vancouversun.com
  Nanaimo RCMP are investigating a fatal shooting at the Hawthorne Corner housing complex this morning.
  A man was found dead at 10:50 a.m. in the parking lot of the complex, located at Wakesiah Avenue and Second Street.
  Const. Gary O’Brien said the identity of the victim will not be made public until his next of kin are notified. The man is known to police and the shooting appears to be targeted, O’Brien said.
  Officers are also investigating a car fire reported after the shooting that
  
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• Five things: Blue Jays talk upcoming season during their winter tour to Vancouver

  14-01-2018 03:13 via theprovince.com
  The Toronto Blue Jays winter tour brought right-handers Aaron Sanchez and Marco Estrada, first baseman Justin Smoak and outfielder Dalton Pompey to the Lower Mainland this weekend to meet with fans.
  Here are five takeaways from conversations with the quartet on Friday at Gilmore Community School in Burnaby.
  SMOAK NOT STRESSING
  Smoak, 31, certainly doesn’t sound like he’s stressing over getting out to a hot start in a bid to repeat last year’s breakout season, which saw the one-
  
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• Dr. Jennifer Zwicker and Stephanie Dunn: Why is the Canada Revenue Agency denying the Disability Tax Credit to those who need it most?

  14-01-2018 03:00 via theprovince.com
  “Providing benefits not burdens” is how former health minister Judy LaMarsh once described the vision for disability policy in Canada.
  Unfortunately, this vision is not a reality when it comes to one of the main benefits open to Canadians with disability: the federal Disability Tax Credit. Administered by the Canada Revenue Agency, the DTC is designed to recognize some of the higher costs faced by people with severe disabilities and their caregivers.
  Yet reports from Autism Canada an
  
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• Ed Willes: Shhh, don’t tell anyone … but the Vancouver Giants are back

  14-01-2018 02:36 via theprovince.com
  Glen Hanlon, ever the cagey veteran, will tell you it’s all a matter of interpretation when it comes to assessing the Vancouver Giants these days.
  Surprised? No the Giants’ GM wouldn’t say he’s overly surprised his team has emerged as a legitimate contender this year after three straight years of missing the playoffs. Surprise indicates you weren’t expecting success, and that wasn’t the case this year.
  “Can we think of a better word?” Hanlon says.
  
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• 'Garden' suppliers see surge in DIY cannabis growers ahead of legalization

  14-01-2018 02:29 via vancouversun.com
  As big producers duke it out over the multi-billion dollar recreational and medical cannabis markets ahead of legalization, some small businesses are turning their attention to amateur green thumbs who are showing unprecedented interest in the art of homegrown bud.
  The federal government’s proposed legal regime, expected to be implemented in July, will let adults grow up to four cannabis plants per home, regardless of how many people live there. Among the hundreds of exhibitors a
  
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• Cloverdale resident says experience with Chinese ride-hailing app is mostly positive

  14-01-2018 02:14 via globalnews.ca
  Instead of catching a cab, a Cloverdale resident says they instead rely on an illegal Chinese ride-hailing app.
  
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• High trade value means Vanek might be on the move

  14-01-2018 01:59 via theprovince.com
  ST. PAUL, Minn. — Given the choice, Thomas Vanek would be just fine staying home.
  And home this season for the soon-to-be 34-year-old winger is with the Vancouver Canucks.
  “Hopefully, I can stay,” Vanek said. “Hopefully, we can make it two wins in a row on Sunday, heading into the bye week with some momentum and get something going.
  “Any time you start with a team, you want to finish the year with the same team.”
  Vanek changes cities like he’s a 20-somet
  
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• 'Burning fire under my skin': B.C. kids in chronic pain plead for life-changing drug

  14-01-2018 01:54 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. children living with a rare and potentially life-threatening form of juvenile arthritis are pleading with the government for access to an expensive drug.
  An 11-year-old Langley girl and a six-year-old boy from Vancouver Island are seeking the drug canakinumab to treat systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA,) a disease that affects not only the joints but their organs. 
  But Pharmacare does not cover the $20,000-a-month Novartis-made drug, which has been on the market for
  
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• ‘It’s very traumatizing,’ says Surrey resident as city cuts last trees for Hawthorne Park road

  14-01-2018 01:49 via globalnews.ca
  Work at the park began on Jan. 9, after city council voted in favour of the controversial road.
  
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• Mayor threatens to act against defiant pot vendors outside Vancouver Art Gallery

  14-01-2018 01:38 via vancouversun.com
  After Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson said to “stay tuned” to see how the city and police plan to oust illegal pot vendors from the Vancouver Art Gallery square, a handful of vendors were still operating an open drug market there.
  Darren Tarry of Mission said on Friday that he sells marijuana there 12 hours a day, three days a week, without a permit or licence, and he usually has a lot of competition.
  “Today there’s four of us, but tomorrow it’s going to be crazy,&
  
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• 37 Albertans transferred after faith-based facilities refused medically assisted deaths

  14-01-2018 01:26 via globalnews.ca
  A group that advocates for medically assisted death is calling on all provincial health ministers to stop faith-based health institutions from denying their right to die.
  
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• Okanagan business owner stops daylight robbery

  14-01-2018 01:23 via globalnews.ca
  The owner of a Vernon convenience store stopped a robbery at his business on Friday.
  
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• Cycling advocate hopes Vancouver will approve Cambie Bridge bike lane

  14-01-2018 00:22 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver City Council is expected to vote on the project Jan. 17.
  
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