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• Canada’s Tournament Capital hosts 2018 BC Winter Games

  24-02-2018 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Feb 24: More than 1,200 athletes are in Kamloops for the BC Winter Games, the first time the city has hosted in 40 years. Nadia Stewart speak with Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian.
  
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• Dome Grown: Vancouver Whitecaps battle history, rivals in efforts to expand their audience

  24-02-2018 23:29 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Whitecaps fans cheer on the team before last year’s MLS playoff game against the Seattle Sounders at B.C. Place, a full lower-bowl sellout.
  It was 1979, September. The plane, a commercial jet, was subdued and quiet. 
  The Vancouver Whitecaps were winging their way back from New York, where they had dispatched Franz Beckenbauer and the star-studded Cosmos in an epic NASL semifinal before taking down the Tampa Bay Rowdies in a historic Soccer Bowl performance. 
  Drinks had
  
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• Victoria Police arrest man following suspected sexual assault

  24-02-2018 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  Police said a charge of sexual assault is pending, but he has since been released and is banned from riding the bus or being at bus stops.
  
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• Mike Smyth: Notley won the battle, but who will win the pipeline war?

  24-02-2018 23:00 via theprovince.com
  Premier John Horgan seems just a tad sensitive to any suggestion that he wimped out in the great wine war with Alberta counterpart Rachel Notley.
  The cross-border “grapes of wrath” were unleashed when British Columbia threatened to block shipments of Alberta’s heavy crude oil — diluted bitumen — to the coast for shipment by tanker to Asia.
  Notley responded by banning the import of B.C. wine. That was met in turn by threats of legal action by the B.C. government and
  
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• First collars installed on Alex Fraser Bridge to prevent ice falling on vehicles

  24-02-2018 22:59 via vancouversun.com
  Crews tested 14 collars on the Alex Fraser Bridge Friday during the storm that brought more than 20 centimetres of snow in some parts of Metro Vancouver. 
  The Ministry of Transportation says the collars, which drop down to dislodge any snow or ice that has accumulated on the cables, cleared about five centimetres of snow.
  A look at the crew dropping chains on the #AlexFraser today. Snow/ice accumulations were more concentrated lower down the cables. #NorthDelta #RichmondBC #NewWest pic.twit
  
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• Claire’s Travel Deals – Travel Safety Tips

  24-02-2018 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  Travel Expert Claire Newell gives us a rundown on the top safety tips to adhere to while traveling.
  
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• In photos: Snow blankets B.C.’s South Coast

  24-02-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  Many across B.C.'s South Coast woke up to a fresh layer of snowfall on Saturday morning.
  
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• Beauty Bar: NYX Powder Puff Lippie Powder Lip Cream

  24-02-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A collection of matte lip colours that boast a unique cream-to-powder formulas.
  The range, which includes eight shades ranging from warm, peachy nude to punchy red, has a squeeze tube and a soft cushion-applicator tip to give lips a soft, matte finish. 
  The effect of the “powder puff” applicator is to provide a pretty, just-kissed look. 
  What we say: We weren’t sure how these lip products would perform at first. But, we can confidently say that it was love
  
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• Stealth bring back Duke faceoff ace Fowler in bid to help possession game

  24-02-2018 20:03 via theprovince.com
  Brendan Fowler, who played field lacrosse for Duke University, is back with the Vancouver Stealth.
  Brendan Fowler is back with the Vancouver Stealth.
  The former field lacrosse faceoff specialist with Duke, who played six games with the Stealth last season, has signed on again with Vancouver and is expected to play tonight when the Stealth (1-9) host the New England Black Wolves (4-4) at the Langley Events Centre (7 p.m., TSN 1410).
  Vancouver has struggled in various facets so far this season. Th
  
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• Music Therapy Month

  24-02-2018 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  The team from Music heals tell us all about the incredible healing power of music and how it is being used in therapy sessions.
  
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• Saturday Chef – Joe Fortes’ Lobster Roll

  24-02-2018 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  Wayne Syce – Executive chef at Joe Fortes – shows us how to make one of their signature dishes – a lobster roll.
  
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• Open House – Home and Garden Show – Tiny Home Village

  24-02-2018 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  Kaitlyn Herbst finds out how one company is suggesting we deal with Vancouver’s Housing crisis – as she visits the Tiny Home Village at the Home and Garden Show.
  
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• Space Talk with Scott McGillvray

  24-02-2018 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Feb 24: Scott McGillvray from the RASC tells us about NASA’s latest mission life-finding mission to Saturn.
  
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• Supplier to NHL’s Calgary Flames breathes again as B.C. wine ban suspended

  24-02-2018 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  The operators of a small British Columbia winery that landed a big contract to be the official wine of the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames are relieved their Cabernet Merlot and Pinot Gris are no longer caught in a face off between two provinces.
  
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• B.C. girl with rare form of juvenile arthritis wins access to life changing drug

  24-02-2018 19:44 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. girl living with a rare and potentially life-threatening form of juvenile arthritis has won access to an expensive drug.
  Last month, 11-year-old Jaylene Prime wrote a letter to the B.C. government pleading to have access to the drug canakinumab, which paediatric rheumatologists say is highly effective in treating systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA,) a disease that affects not only the joints but also organs. 
  Jaylene and another B.C. child, Landen Alexa, of Victoria, w
  
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• Metro Vancouver begins digging out of heavy snowfall

  24-02-2018 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  B.C.'s South Coast is digging out of the snow following a blast of winter weather that hit the region on Friday.
  
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• Carter Hart and Silvertips stymie Giants, hurting Vancouver bid for home ice in playoffs

  24-02-2018 19:32 via theprovince.com
  February 23 Vancouver Giants vs Everett Silvertips Highlights: https://t.co/0xmAh8se2D via @YouTube
  — Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) February 24, 2018Here’s what we learned from the Vancouver Giants’ 2-1 loss to the Everett Silvertips on a snowy Friday night at the Langley Events Centre.
  *Vancouver dropped their third in a row and they’re going to need to find their form quickly if they’re going to catch the Victoria Royals for second place in the B.C. Division and l
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Snowfall warning lifted Saturday after storm

  24-02-2018 18:09 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. –  Saturday’s weather is expected to be much calmer than Friday, when a storm brought up to 20 centimetres of snow in some areas of Metro Vancouver. Environment Canada says there will be light snow in the morning, but that will change to a mix of sunshine and cloud, with highs of 4 C. Residents might want to get out and enjoy the snow while they can, as the agency predicts it will start raining tonight and continue on Sunday. It also looks like the cold snap migh
  
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• West Van OKs 21 luxury homes on slopes of Cypress Bowl Road

  24-02-2018 18:00
  
  “This is so out of touch with what we need right now it’s shocking," councillor says of 10-year-old plan.
  
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• This Week in History: 1896. A fiery newspaper editor clobbers CPR bigwig

  24-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  In 1896 John Houston of the Nelson Tribune wrote an article alleging the Canadian Pacific Railway’s traffic and operating divisions were “on the outs.”
  According to Houston, the traffic division “know that Kootenay (mines) produce more tonnage than any other section of the province,” but were being stymied by the operating division, which was being run by men “who are more interested in townsite schemes and in the success of interconnecting lines than in
  
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• Crazy8s Film Society back for Year 19 with women on top

  24-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  There is a sea change happening in the filmmaking world and this year’s Crazy8s Film Society competition is proof positive of that transformation. This year’s competition had the most women filmmakers submitting short-film ideas in the 19-year history of the event.
  Organizers say about 60 per cent of the 228 total submissions were from women. Those women ended up owning the competition as they made up 75 per cent of the top 12 and closed out the competition owning four of the final s
  
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• Author Q&A: Tess of the Road a 'timely' and 'relevant' book about the struggles of being a girl

  24-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Tess of the Road Vancouver book launch and signing by author Rachel Hartman
  When: Feb. 27, 7 p.m.
  Where: KidsBooks, 2557 West Broadway
  Tickets and info: Free, [email protected]  In many ways it’s both a good time and a bad time to be a girl.  
  Thanks to the ever-growing momentum of the #MeToo campaign, victims of sexual harassment and assault are having their voices heard more clearly and openly than ever before. But, at the very same time, the increased awarene
  
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• Inspiring Canadians lead the charge on social media this week

  24-02-2018 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  Inspirational teens, Canadian Olympic sweethearts and low-tech innovations: here's a look at some top trending topics from the world of social media this week.
  
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• The Home Front: High-end furniture and furnishings retailer Avenue Road opens showroom in Vancouver

  24-02-2018 15:46 via vancouversun.com
  A go-to for many interior designers and architects alike, luxury contemporary furniture and furnishings retailer Avenue Road is set to open a Vancouver showroom this month, making it their third — following Toronto and New York — since launching a decade ago.
  Avenue Road, which specializes in cutting-edge design brands, such as France’s Bruno Moinard, Germany’s Sebastian Herkner, Brazil’s Carlos Motta and Spain’s Jaime Hayon, will carry a number of design
  
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• Sold (Bought): Updated Burnaby penthouse sells for well above asking price in a week

  24-02-2018 15:45 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  501 — 5262 Oakmount Crescent, Burnaby
  Type: Two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment
  Size: 1,248 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $671,000
  Listed for: $650,000
  Sold for: $742,000
  Sold on: Dec. 19
  Days on market: Seven
  Listing agent: Geoff Jarman at Sutton Group – West Coast Realty
  Buyers agent: Brenton Wong at Magsen Realty
  The big sell: This top-floor view suite is in the St. Andrews development in Burnaby South’s Oak
  
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• Zenterra's Fairways speaks to its golf-course location

  24-02-2018 15:34 via vancouversun.com
  Zenterra Developments has made its mark with the young crowd, selling its acclaimed SOHO and SOHO 2 new townhomes largely to an under-40 crowd. Now it is turning its attention to older and more affluent downsizers with its Fairways project of 22 townhomes backing on to the popular Peace Portal Golf Course.
  “We’re looking at a different demographic than SOHO because Fairways is going to appeal to people in their sixties,” said Bryanna Christopherson, Zenterra’s sales manag
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books of the week, Feb. 17

  24-02-2018 15:00 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. As a Dog Thinketh: Daily Words of Wisdom — Monique Anstee (TouchWood Editions).
  4. Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation — Monique Gray Smith (Orca Book Publishers).  
  5. H
  
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• What do you think when you hear 'Canadian film?'

  24-02-2018 14:00
  
  The First Weekend Club celebrates 15 years of getting people excited about homegrown movies
  
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• No luck for the Canucks in Las Vegas

  24-02-2018 13:42 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Canucks weren't so lucky in Las Vegas Friday night.
  
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• Fuel for the Flames: Winery with NHL contract relieved after ban lifted

  24-02-2018 13:00
  After a two-week standoff, Encore Vineyards began shipping wine to Alberta moments after Premier Rachel Notley suspended a ban on wine imports from B.C.
  
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• Staffing is so low in some B.C. care homes that seniors can't shower or go to the toilet when they want

  24-02-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  So what difference would 22 minutes of extra care really make in the day of a senior living in one of B.C.’s care homes? 
  It might mean showering more than once a week. Or going to the toilet when they want. Or receiving more help at mealtimes. 
  It would mean regaining some dignity, advocates say. 
  “The difficulty is if you cannot choose how your day goes. It’s bad enough to lose your dignity when people have to help you toilet and bathe, but if you have no contr
  
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• Police probed calls made from Burnaby casino to E-Pirate suspect Paul King Jin

  24-02-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  A federal organized crime unit investigated phone calls made from inside a Burnaby casino to the number of Paul King Jin, who is at the centre of RCMP’s investigation into transnational money laundering using B.C. casinos, according to documents obtained by Postmedia News.
  New information obtained by Postmedia shows that in August 2015, near the start of the RCMP’s so-called E-Pirate investigation, investigators met to discuss Jin’s connections to B.C. casinos. Govern
  
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• The Provies: The Shutdown Pair, 14 Minute Jake emerges, and Tommy Gun’s stock rises yet again

  24-02-2018 10:29 via theprovince.com
  As Vancouver struggled with Snowmaggedon Friday night, the Canucks struggled with the Vegas Knights.
  To be fair to all involved, the Canucks are not a good team, and the Vegas Knights very much are a good team, so the loss isn’t shocking.
  Apparently giving an expansion team a good starting goaltender, solid defensive depth, lots of speed and forwards who can score was not a good idea for the rest of the teams in the league.
  You can pretty much set the Golden Knights expansion right beside
  
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• How a B.C. cartoonist sketched an enduring memorial to Florida school shooting victims

  24-02-2018 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  Eight days have passed since Pia Guerra’s “Hero’s Welcome” became an enduring memorial to the victims of a deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. The cartoon shows Aaron Feis, a school football coach, being welcomed by school shooting victims after he threw himself in front of students to protect...
  
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• Canucks Post Game: The Daniel delivery, the Nilsson hook, the Virtanen rebound

  24-02-2018 08:30 via theprovince.com
  LAS VEGAS — Points to ponder as the inconsistent Canucks hung with the league-leading Golden Knights until two goals in less than a minute of the second period Friday were pivotal in a 6-3 loss:
  Daniel cuts to inevitable chase
  Leave it to Daniel Sedin to tell it like it is.
  The Canucks winger struggled to find superlatives because as much as the Canucks have beaten Pittsburgh twice and also have wins over Washington, Nashville, Dallas and Boston, they were really no match for the Gold
  
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• Speed to blame for Kelowna crash

  24-02-2018 07:40 via globalnews.ca
  Emergency crews were called to Highway 97 near UBC Okanagan Friday evening for a two vehicle crash that saw a car jump the median.
  
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• Kelowna Rockets narrowly defeat Seattle Thunderbirds

  24-02-2018 07:40 via globalnews.ca
  With less than two minutes in the game left to break the tie, the Kelowna Rockets Kole Lind saved the day Friday night against the Seattle Thunderbirds. Doris Maria Bregolisse reports.
  
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• Golden Knights 6, Canucks 3: Vegas puts on a show against inconsistent visitors

  24-02-2018 07:39 via theprovince.com
  LAS VEGAS — The buzz was all about the hosts and rightfully so.
  Stocked with expansion-draft castoffs, playing with large chips on their shoulders and with a collective resolve to prove everybody wrong, the Vegas Golden Knights came as advertised Friday.
  The NHL’s top team — and owners of the best home-ice record — were simply too much for the Vancouver Canucks. With names you recognize and some you don’t, they are the product of better expansion rules and an incred
  
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• It’s sub-zero and snowing, but in Vancouver, some sleep outside anyway

  24-02-2018 07:22 via globalnews.ca
  Even with having an option for a roof over their heads, some homeless people are still choosing to sleep outside.
  
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• Vancouver looking for ‘Snow Angels’ to help seniors clear their walkways

  24-02-2018 06:53 via globalnews.ca
  The program helps connect volunteers with seniors and people with mobility challenges who need help clearing snow.
  
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• Snow. Vancouver. Lamborghini. ‘N’ sign. And other tales from a winter commute

  24-02-2018 06:21 via globalnews.ca
  It's no joke. Snow and Vancouver drivers don't mix.
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Snowfall warning continues after Friday storm havoc

  24-02-2018 06:00 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER – A snowfall warning remains in effect for Metro Vancouver Friday night. 
  Periodic snow is expected to continue overnight, bringing an additional 10 centimetres to the region by Saturday morning.
  Environment Canada said 10 to 20 cm would fall in parts of Metro Vancouver, with as much as 25 cm possible near the North Shore mountains. Areas near the water were expected to see lower amounts as the snow becomes wet or mixed with rain with temperatures easing upwar
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Feb 23

  24-02-2018 05:10 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, February 23, 2018.
  
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• Opinion: Don’t kill ICBC, the goose that lays golden eggs

  24-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Just to be contrary, I’d like to suggest that the Insurance Corp. of B.C. — characterized so recently by Attorney General David Eby as a financial dumpster fire — is actually a valuable public asset, and one that British Columbians would embrace if they realized the extent of its contribution. The problem, which Eby only partly diagnosed, is that ICBC’s political masters have abused the corporation so badly that it’s in danger of losing all public support.
  To review
  
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• Michael Zwaagstra: More Canadian history needed in schools

  24-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Last fall, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario demanded that John A. Macdonald’s name be stricken from all public schools in the province. More recently, Halifax’s city council voted to remove the Edward Cornwallis statue that had stood downtown since 1931. Both decisions were vigorously debated at the time and public opinion remains sharply divided. These are two separate events about two different individuals. Nevertheless, the underlying theme is the same. Bo
  
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• Letters: New Pattullo Bridge should have HOV lanes

  24-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Pattullo Bridge to be replaced with province-owned, $1.4-billion bridge, Feb. 16.
  I find it puzzling that the new Pattullo Bridge will not have high-occupancy-vehicle lanes. HOV lanes would aid the travel of transit buses over this key link over the Fraser River.
  As well, considering the volume of slower-moving, heavy trucks on this bridge, a designated truck lane would help to smooth the flow of traffic.
  I understand that, 30 years ago, the Alex Fraser Bridge had to be expanded to six lanes
  
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• Editorial: Budget's estimated revenue may be wishful thinking

  24-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  “A budget is more than revenue and expenses,” B.C. Finance Minister Carole James said in tabling the first New Democrat budget since 2001. “A budget is about people.”
  With all due respect to the minister, a budget is by definition about revenue and expenses. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a budget as “a statement of the financial position of an administration (as of a nation) for a definite period of time based on estimates of expenditures during the period
  
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• Brave New Work: Confronting the benefits — and costs — of the tech revolution

  24-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  The work we do — and the way we do it — is changing rapidly, and while these changes hold much promise, there is no guarantee that they will be all for the good. On the one hand, advances in robotics, artificial intelligence and communications have the potential to improve our quality of life. On the other, as the Brookfield Institute reports, 42 per cent of the tasks Canadians are currently paid to do can be automated using existing technology, disrupting industries and displacing w
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Feb 23

  24-02-2018 04:29 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, February 23, 2018 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• South Coast snow affects travel plans

  24-02-2018 04:26 via globalnews.ca
  It wasn’t just highway traffic but air traffic that were impacted by the massive snowfall that’s hit B.C.’s South Coast. Jill Bennett has more on what’s being done to keep the roads clear and flights on schedule.
  
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