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• Mt. Washington ski resort opening $3.5-million zipline attraction

  14-10-2018 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver Island ski resort has announced plans to proceed with a $3.5-million zipline attraction that will span 2.3 kilometres.
  Mt. Washington Alpine Resort, near Courtenay, says the ZipTour will be a multi-stage course where guests can explore the resort’s terrain via four zipline segments that include short scenic walks in between each. It will feature a 415-metre vertical descent.
  “The ZipTour will make it possible for everyone to experience the beauty and excitement
  
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• Enbridge to begin building road to access gas pipeline explosion site

  14-10-2018 23:03 via vancouversun.com
  Enbridge Inc. says it has begun construction of a temporary access road to the site of a natural gas pipeline explosion near Prince George.
  In a news release issued Sunday the company says construction will take a few days.
  An explosion Tuesday knocked out a 91-centimetre line and another pipeline is supplying natural gas on a reduced basis.
  Enbridge says it has completed soil sampling and preliminary field observations in the area of the blast and found no traces of hydrocarbons in the soil.
  It
  
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• ‘We’re hoping that it’s human’: B.C. couple recreates ‘Alien’ in maternity photo shoot

  14-10-2018 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  A B.C. couple took part in an out-of-this world maternity photo shoot, recreating the classic Alien birth scene.
  
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• Enbridge begins building road to site of pipeline explosion near Prince George

  14-10-2018 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  An explosion Tuesday knocked out a 91-centimetre line and another pipeline is supplying natural gas on a reduced basis.
  
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• Nanaimo couple recreate Alien birth scene for maternity photo shoot

  14-10-2018 22:34 via vancouversun.com
  In Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic Alien, the crew of the Nostromo begin a voyage unknowingly carrying a new being along with them. Thirty-nine years later, Todd and Nicole Cameron of Nanaimo, drew inspiration from the film to tell their friends and family that they too will embark on a voyage with a new being.
  On the rainy afternoon of Sept. 20, Nicole Cameron donned a dreamy, peach-coloured chiffon dress that showed off her eight-and-a-half-month baby belly, while her husband wore an off-whi
  
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• Free legal aid could unclog B.C.'s court system, say lawyers

  14-10-2018 22:11 via vancouversun.com
  Victoria lawyer Kevin McCullough wants the province’s 12,000 lawyers to perform mandatory free legal aid to unclog the court system and reduce the number of people representing themselves.
  A resolution by McCullough and lawyer Danielle Young will go to the annual general meeting of the Law Society of B.C. on Oct. 30. It calls on the law society to amend its rules and require all practising lawyers to provide a minimum level of pro bono legal aid.
  “Legal aid is in a crisis,” sai
  
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• Your photos: B.C. awash in fall colours

  14-10-2018 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  Are you a leaf peeper? One of the best parts of fall is stepping outside to drink in the fall colours. We asked Global BC viewers to send us some of their favourite photos of the fall foliage, and they delivered in spades. Here’s some of our favourite fall photography from around B.C.
  
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• Kamloops intruder admits guilt in attacks that terrorized homeowners

  14-10-2018 21:47 via vancouversun.com
  A man who terrorized a Kamloops neighbourhood last year, breaking into homes, pistol-whipping one resident and stabbing another, could spend a decade in prison.
  John Stark pleaded guilty on Friday to charges stemming from a series of incidents on Nov. 20, 2017.
  The court was told the attacks began at about 4 p.m., when a Campbell Creek resident returned home from work to find an intruder, later identified as Stark, inside his house.
  When confronted by the homeowner, Stark pointed a gun at him an
  
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• Recipe: Pumpkin Crème Brûlée

  14-10-2018 21:20 via globalnews.ca
  Forget pumpkin pie, why not elevate the flavours (and wow your guests) with a Pumpkin Crème Brûlée?
  
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• ‘It’s overwhelming’: Community clean-up pulls 1,000 needles from Cowichan River

  14-10-2018 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  A grassroots clean-up effort saw more than 1,000 needles collected from the Cowichan River and shoreline, where members of the homeless community have set up camp.
  
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• Sunday morning crashes result in chaotic morning on Metro Vancouver roads

  14-10-2018 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  At least two of the crashes resulted in people being sent to hospital, while one knocked out power in Port Coquitlam.
  
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• Photos: Fan expo draws fun and colourful crowd

  14-10-2018 20:36 via vancouversun.com
  A colourful crowd of pop culture lovers and cosplayers flocked to Fan Expo Vancouver at Vancouver Convention Centre this weekend.
  Even B.C. Premier John Horgan showed up.
  Mother and daughter Dr. Who. Galactic security detail. #FXV2018 #DoctorWho #FXV18 pic.twitter.com/jXpLq3mZaK
  — John Horgan (@jjhorgan) October 13, 2018Fan Expos (other host cities include Toronto, Regina and Edmonton) have their origins in science fiction and comic book conventions.
  Featured guests this year included
  
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• Woman in hospital after Sunday morning Champlain Heights stabbing: police

  14-10-2018 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  No arrests have been made, but police say they do not believe there is a risk to the general public.
  
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• Ensemble piece The Wolves gives voice to a girls' soccer team

  14-10-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Wolves
  When: Oct. 19 to Nov. 10
  Where: Pacific Theatre
  Tickets: $20-36.50 at pacifictheatre.org
  Last spring, The Wolves ran at Pacific Theatre as part of an apprentice project. The response to the four-day run was overwhelming.
  “Honestly, I was blown away,” said Danielle Klaudt, one of the ensemble cast members and co-producer of a new run of the 2016 play.
  “The script is written in such an innovative way that, right up until opening, I was uncertain as to how it would be r
  
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• Unmarked Vancouver police SUV involved in multi-vehicle accident on Broadway

  14-10-2018 19:48 via vancouversun.com
  A multi-vehicle accident involving an unmarked Vancouver police vehicle closed down Broadway to westbound traffic at Renfrew Street Sunday morning.
  Vancouver police and emergency crews were called to the scene at around 8 a.m.
  Police say a VPD SUV was travelling westbound on Broadway when it collided with a Suzuki Sidekick. The Suzuki then crashed into a Ford Escape that was stopped at the intersection of Broadway and Renfrew.
  Each vehicle had a lone driver and no passengers. The three people in
  
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• Ask an Expert: Breast Reconstructive Awareness Day

  14-10-2018 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  Leading breast reconstruction surgeon, Dr. Nancy Van Laeken, joins Jenn to talk about an event happening on Wednesday called “BRA” Day.
  
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• Canuck Elias Pettersson ‘a little bit better’: Benning

  14-10-2018 19:41 via theprovince.com
  Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — The good news is that according to his general manager, Elias Pettersson seems to be a bit better the morning after he was flung to the ice during the Canucks’s 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers Saturday night at the BT&T Centre in Sunrise, Fla.
  The bad news, of course, is that we’re even talking about an injury to the Canucks’ young star at all.
  “I just talked to him in the meal room, he’s feeling a little bit better,” Canuck
  
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• Dyslexia Awareness Month

  14-10-2018 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  October is Dyslexia Awareness month and a new campaign called Mark it Read, has been launched to raise awareness and help support those living with dyslexia. Cathy McMillan with Dyslexia BC joins Jenn with more.
  
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• Town hall on controversial Kelowna housing project draws large crowd

  14-10-2018 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  "What happens with the older generation when you go out to walk your dog and you go to have your grandchildren here and you are met by 19 year old-plus drug addicts?"
  
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• Vancouver civic all-candidates meeting focuses on arts and culture

  14-10-2018 19:13 via vancouversun.com
  Arts and culture struggle for respect and attention in B.C., according to the executive director of B.C.’s biggest arts lobbying group.
  But Brenda Leadlay said the civic election is a great opportunity to hold an all-candidates meeting and focus the attention of politicians on a sector that accounts for an estimated 98,200 jobs in B.C.
  “If we don’t do that, you often don’t hear about the arts in an election campaign,” Leadlay said.
  “Our sector is huge, much bi
  
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• Theatre review: Giggling our way to the Apocalypse with A Brief History of Human Extinction

  14-10-2018 19:07 via vancouversun.com
  A Brief History of Human Extinction
  When: To Oct. 20
  Where: The Cultch Historic Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $24, at thecultch.comA new word has entered our vocabulary. Anthropocene is the period in Earth’s history since human activity began to affect the planet’s environment, resulting in climate change, extinction of species and perhaps worse in the future.
  A Brief History of Human Extinction, jointly created by Jordan Hall and the company Mind of a Snail, and premiered by Upinth
  
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• J.J. Adams: Whitecaps look to evolve identity while pushing for playoff position

  14-10-2018 19:00 via theprovince.com
  Vancouver Whitecaps minority owner Steve Nash hoped the dismissal of head coach Carl Robinson might be a “breath of fresh air” for his Major League Soccer squad.
  Little did he know the winds of change would come from his team’s players, not interim coach Craig Dalrymple.
  This “new-look” Whitecaps squad (well, perhaps ‘desperately energized’ might be more apt), a team that has suddenly been pushing up on its opposition, disruptive and aggressive through t
  
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• Woman stabbed multiple times in Vancouver's Champlain Heights

  14-10-2018 18:52 via vancouversun.com
  A woman in her 20s is hospital after being stabbed numerous times early Sunday morning in the Champlain Heights area of Vancouver.
  Vancouver police responded to a report of a disturbance on Cleadon Court near Dunelm Avenue at around 5 a.m.
  Officers found a woman suffering from multiple stab wounds.
  She was taken to hospital with what police said were “non life-threatening” injuries.No arrests have been made but police say there is no risk to the general public.
  Anyone with infor
  
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• Recipe: Decadent mac ‘n’ cheese two ways

  14-10-2018 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  Who doesn't love macaroni and cheese? Here's a classic take, and a way to elevate the dish.
  
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• Royals turn tables on Giants with late-game heroics

  14-10-2018 18:19 via theprovince.com
  This time, the Vancouver Giants couldn’t come all the way back.
  The Giants, who got a goal in the waning seconds to force overtime on Friday at home against the Kamloops Blazers and then won 4-3 in a shootout, forced extra time on Saturday against the host Victoria Royals with a third-period marker by Milos Roman but ended up losing 3-2 in OT.
  Kaid Oliver bagged the winner for the Royals with 0:25 to go in the five-minute added stanza. It was his second of the game.
  The Giants (7-1-1-0) an
  
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• This skateboard could be a clue in ‘seemingly random’ Kelowna assault

  14-10-2018 17:55 via globalnews.ca
  "The suspect allegedly chased after the female, tackled her and dragged onto a property located in the 2000 block of Richter Street,” said RCMP in a media release.
  
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• How secret supper clubs are testing the appetite for cannabis-infused food

  14-10-2018 17:33 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — One of the first questions chef Travis Petersen asks guests as they arrive to his supper club at a semi-secret Vancouver location is how they would gauge their cannabis tolerance.
  The 34-year-old former MasterChef Canada contestant will then dose the forthcoming multi-course dinner with the appropriate amount of cannabis-infused oil.
  Chef Travis Petersen uses a dropper to add THC distillate to an amuse bouche of toasted farro and young pine broth before guests arrive for a mult
  
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• Failure on Trans Mountain expansion could drive populism: Stephen Harper

  14-10-2018 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  Stephen Harper linked the rise of populism in recent years with the security of blue collar jobs, saying those opportunities or lack thereof 'absolutely' play a role.
  
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• Daily Poll: Should the Canucks have exacted revenge for hit on Elias Pettersson?

  14-10-2018 16:05 via theprovince.com
  While the Vancouver Canucks’ scored a 3-2 win in Florida on Saturday, the team lost its star rookie in the process.
  Elias Pettersson, the 19-year-old Swedish phenom who is leading the Vancouver Canucks with five goals and three assists through five games, left the game in the third period with an injury and did not return.
  Canucks 3 Panthers 2: Plucky Canucks win but Pettersson sustains worrying head injury
  The young centreman was hit hard into the end boards and then slammed on to th
  
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• Pettersson leaves game after ‘dirty play’ in Canucks 3-2 win over Panthers

  14-10-2018 15:24 via globalnews.ca
  In his 300th NHL game, Bo Horvat scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.
  
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• Concert review: Luke Bryan packs B.C. Place for high-energy country in the city

  14-10-2018 08:42 via vancouversun.com
  Could country music fans possibly pack B.C. Place stadium?
  It was a question many likely asked when the What Makes You Country tour featuring Carly Pearce, Jon Pardi, Sam Hunt and headliner Luke Bryan was first announced.
  As it turns out, the answer is, “Absolutely.”
  The stadium was packed seemingly to the roof on Saturday night for what was described at the concert as one of the biggest country music concerts to take place in Vancouver.
  Pearce kicked off the country action. The Kent
  
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• Ed Willes: Lions overcome mistakes and avoid another meltdown at McMahon

  14-10-2018 06:42 via theprovince.com
  CALGARY — It happens every quadrennial or so, but while they tried to piddle another one away at McMahon Stadium, the B.C. Lions picked a good time to beat their arch-nemesis in their personal house of horrors.
  Here’s what we learned from the Lions’ 26-21 win on a cold, raw day in Cowtown.
  Turnovers be damned
  In a nightmarish sequence late in the second quarter, the Lions turned the ball over twice in the space of three plays, serving up 14 points to the Stampeders on a platter
  
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• Canucks at Night: A bright light goes dark

  14-10-2018 06:33 via theprovince.com
  This is when hockey sucks.
  Elias Pettersson, who had played a marvellous game, had scored a goal, had been physical, had been his usual wizardrous self, gets body-slammed to the ice and leaves the game with an obvious head injury.
  Travis Green was not happy about the play. It would have been understandable if he’d let loose the kind of language that you’d hear on the ice.
  But he was firm, direct, forceful in expressing his anger about the loss of his young star.
  He called the play di
  
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• Canucks 3 Panthers 2: Plucky Canucks win but Pettersson sustains worrying head injury

  14-10-2018 06:11 via theprovince.com
  SUNRISE, Fla. — The Canucks beat the Florida Panthers 3-2, but only one thing really mattered here Saturday night: the health status of Elias Pettersson.
  The rookie was playing a marvellous game and had a second-period power-play goal to show for it, but a rough hit by Panthers defenceman Mike Matheson partway through the third period became the story.
  The hit came after Pettersson made a nifty spin move in the corner, causing Matheson to fall. Pettersson moved the puck around the end boar
  
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• Mike Smyth: NDP starts small, but dreams big, on legal marijuana

  14-10-2018 05:02 via theprovince.com
  B.C. is already famous for producing some of the world’s finest cannabis.
  But when marijuana is finally legalized later this week, the proud home of B.C. Bud won’t exactly be charging out of the starting gates.
  After many months of preparation, the NDP government is opening just one official marijuana store, in Kamloops.
  Compare that to other provinces where a marijuana retail revolution is set to erupt on Wednesday, the day recreational pot is legalized across the country.
  Newfoundl
  
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• Elias Pettersson leaves Canucks game with apparent head injury

  14-10-2018 04:55 via theprovince.com
  Elias Pettersson, the Canucks’ star rookie, left Saturday night’s game against the Florida Panthers in Sunrise, Fla., with an apparent head injury.
  Pettersson was hit by Panthers defenceman Mike Matheson behind the Florida net and then knocked to the ice.
  Pettersson appeared to hit his head on both the glass and then on the ice.
  He tried to stand up under his own power, but struggled to find his feet and was held in place by one of the officials before Canucks trainer Jon Sanderson a
  
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• Smoke? Not in my condo building please.

  14-10-2018 04:17 via globalnews.ca
  With marijuana legalization just days away an anti-smoke group rallies for stricter rules around put use in multi-unit buildings. Jill Bennett reports.
  
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• Opioid Crisis: Thousands of needles pollute Cowichan River

  14-10-2018 04:17 via globalnews.ca
  On Vancouver Island the remnants of drug addiction are polluting the Cowichan River and some residents say they have had enough. Kristen Robinson reports.
  
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• Global Increase in C-Section Births

  14-10-2018 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Alleged threatening phone call causes stir for Kennedy Stewart campaign

  14-10-2018 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  Independent candidate Kennedy Stewart is facing heat after audio from a phone call surfaced of his campaign manager verbally abusing a rival supporter. Paul Johnson reports.
  
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• Countdown to civic election – do you know who you are voting for?

  14-10-2018 04:13 via globalnews.ca
  With one week to go to the municipal elections, a wide range of candidates to pick from and now allegations of voter fraud, how ready are we to choose our civic leaders? Nadia Stewart reports.
  
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• With 1 week to civic elections, Metro Vancouver candidates face unsettled electorate

  14-10-2018 03:07 via globalnews.ca
  In Surrey, fraud allegations are rocking the boat, while Vancouver voters risk drowning in a sea of independents.
  
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• Downtown Eastside alcohol-replacement program faces closure

  14-10-2018 03:01 via vancouversun.com
  Outside the PHS managed alcohol program‘s lounge in Vancouver, a passed out woman lies on a patch of grass while others nearby keep an eye on her to make sure the situation doesn’t deteriorate.
  Inside, another woman hurls obscenities and accusations at a man while members continue sanitizing bottles and stirring homemade wine as though they’ve heard it all before.
  There are days when fights break out and when people are asked to go cool off elsewhere, but the little program on
  
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• Pamela McColl: Canadians are going to need to force government to protect kids from smoking

  14-10-2018 03:00 via theprovince.com
  No amount of second-hand smoke is safe. Children exposed to second-hand smoke are more likely to develop lung diseases and other health problems. Second-hand smoke is a cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The fact that one in six infants and toddlers admitted to a Colorado hospital with symptoms of bronchiolitis tested positive for marijuana exposure should be of grave concern to Canadians as they move to legalization.
  The dangers of second-hand, carcinogenic and psychoactive chemicall
  
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• Saanich nanny facing new child sex charges

  14-10-2018 02:59 via globalnews.ca
  Jonathan Robichaud was initially charged last month after a parent came forward with allegations their two young sons had been sexually assaulted.
  
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• Vancouver 1st school board candidate breaks with party over SOGI video

  14-10-2018 02:04 via globalnews.ca
  Candidate Tony Dong said the SOGI policy benefits everyone, not just LGBTQ kids, by teaching acceptance and respect as well as challenging prejudices.
  
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• Canucks activate Antoine Roussel, designate Alex Biega for assignment

  14-10-2018 02:03 via theprovince.com
  Alex Biega is coming off the Canucks’ active roster to make room for Antoine Roussel.
  Travis Green said it was a difficult decision to take Biega off the NHL roster.
  “He’s a good man. Dedicated worker, great character,” he said.
  Because Roussel was on injured reserve, under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement between the players and the league, the Canucks will be allowed to dress Roussel tonight and not put Biega on waivers first thing Sunday morning, even t
  
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• Burnaby RCMP investigating links between two attacks on SFU students

  14-10-2018 01:31 via vancouversun.com
  Burnaby RCMP are investigating a possible link between two separate attacks in two different classrooms at Simon Fraser University.
  Staff Sgt. Major John Buis confirmed Saturday that police apprehended one man under the Mental Health Act. He was taken to Burnaby General Hospital for assessment on Wednesday, Oct. 3.
  Buis said the apprehended man was believed to be a student at SFU.
  “We believe it was targeted,” Buis said. “It was not random. We believe the individual in the firs
  
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• ‘A lot of pizza and pasta’ powered Roberto Luongo to 1,000 games — and counting — in the NHL

  14-10-2018 01:12 via theprovince.com
  SUNRISE, Fla. — To be clear: Roberto Luongo is having too much fun playing hockey and has no plans to retire.
  “I heard somewhere Danny’s a crossing guard now,” he joked Saturday morning outside the Florida Panthers’ dressing room at the BB&T Center. “So I want to keep playing!”
  Saturday night, before the Panthers face his former team, the Vancouver Canucks, the man otherwise known as Lou will be honoured for playing 1,000 games in the NHL.
  He achieve
  
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• Former fugitive at centre of B.C.’s most sensational true crime story breaks silence

  14-10-2018 01:10 via globalnews.ca
  Jerry Ambrozuk and his girlfriend crashed a plane in a Montana lake in 1982 with plans to elope. She died, he lived under a fake name for 24 years.
  
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