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• Tiger-Cats 48, Lions 8: Wally Buono and Lions go out with a whimper

  11-11-2018 23:09 via theprovince.com
  HAMILTON — It wasn’t supposed to end this way for the winningest coach in CFL history and Wally Buono will be remembered for reasons other than Sunday’s debacle in Steeltown.
  But it’s hard getting around the final score in this one. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats now advance to the Eastern final next weekend, the B.C. Lions head home, defeated and dispirited, and Buono heads into retirement.
  Here’s what we learned from his last game, a 48-8 loss to the Ticats in
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Whose team is it? Bo knows it’s all about the collective effort

  11-11-2018 23:09 via theprovince.com
  NEW YORK — Whose team is this?
  “I don’t know,” said Bo Horvat. “I guess we’re still trying to find that out and that’s still a good question.”
  The Vancouver Canucks centre knows that in absence of the retired Henrik and Daniel Sedin the transitioning NHL club is searching for its moral compass and leader of the pack, but a pack mentality has fuelled an encouraging 10-6-2 start.
  “It’s anybody’s team right now because everybody is p
  
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• 'I miss my brother': Unsolved Vancouver cold killing case still haunts family

  11-11-2018 22:47 via vancouversun.com
  The music was loud and the mood energetic. Claude Allen was grooving solo to a reggae beat at a Caribbean dance in a rented hall on Kingsway. It was something he liked to do, the same way he’d break out into impromptu song walking down the street.
  But what started out as a celebratory night out for the 38-year-old Vancouver man ended in a deadly shooting.
  Eighteen years later, justice remains elusive for Allen’s family, including mom Rita Allen and sister Veronica Harrison-Dawki
  
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• Qualicum First Nation graveyard vandalized with racist graffiti

  11-11-2018 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  Members of the Qualicum First Nation received a rude awakening on Friday, when they discovered a sacred place had been vandalized with racist graffiti.
  
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• Remembrance Day: The Okanagan remembers

  11-11-2018 22:42 via globalnews.ca
  Okanagan residents gathered at Remembrance Day ceremonies across the valley on Sunday to honour veterans and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
  
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• Harrison Mills site of world's biggest bald eagle gathering

  11-11-2018 22:42 via vancouversun.com
  The tiny Fraser Valley community of Harrison Mills is preparing to host thousands of visiting bald eagles in the world’s largest gathering of nature’s foremost dead-salmon connoisseurs.
  The area’s 600 local nesting pairs could be joined by about 35,000 migratory bald eagles this winter, in a perfect coincidence of auspicious weather and feeding conditions, said biologist David Hancock.
  As many as 15,000 of those birds regularly visit the Harrison Mills area through the winter v
  
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• CFL Playoffs: B.C. Lions mauled by Hamilton Ticats

  11-11-2018 22:39 via theprovince.com
  UPDATE: The Hamilton Tiger-Cats dismantled the visiting B.C. Lions 48-8 in the Canadian Football League’s East Division semifinal on Sunday.
  The Lions, a West Division crossover team, were never in the game, trailing 14-0 after the first quarter and 28-0 at the half.
  B.C. was held off the scoreboard until early in the fourth quarter when quarterback Jonathan Jennings, playing in relief for the ineffective Travis Lulay, hit Shaq Johnson for a 30-yard touchdown. He capped the drive
  
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• Vancouver pauses to honour the sacrifice of Canadian veterans on Remembrance Day

  11-11-2018 22:36 via globalnews.ca
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• Growing calls for Autism BC director to step down

  11-11-2018 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  The controversy comes after Laurie Guerra, along with another newly elected Surrey city councillor, reportedly secretly attended an anti-SOGI meeting. Grace Ke reports.
  
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• East Vancouver church daycare vandalized on anniversary of Polish independence

  11-11-2018 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  Members of St. Casimir’s Polish Parish in East Vancouver discovered the church daycare had been vandalized with “Antifa” graffiti on the same day they gathered for a mass marking one century of Polish independence. Kristen Robinson reports.
  
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• Billy Bishop Legion facing challenges

  11-11-2018 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  It’s been a longstanding Remembrance Day tradition in Vancouver to go to the Billy Bishop Legion for a pint. But the institution is facing a number of challenges, including attracting a younger generation. Paul Johnson reports.
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Are British Columbians ready for mad Max and his People's Party?

  11-11-2018 22:35 via vancouversun.com
  People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier was running late for his meeting with the Vancouver Sun and Province editorial board.
  His aide was the recently elected vice-president of a Vancouver Island constituency association, a voluble, stay-at-home mom who has never been involved in politics before. Wobbling off to try to locate her leader, I empathized as she confided that it was the first time in seven years that she had worn high heels.
  Bernier arrived all suave and Gallic in a wel
  
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• Outrage over two-week sentence handed to teen in nightclub sex assault

  11-11-2018 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  "The criminal gets away with a slap on the wrist and the victim suffers for a lifetime," said the victim's mother.
  
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• Remembrance Day service in Vancouver draws thousands to Victory Square

  11-11-2018 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  Thousands of people packed Vancouver's Victory Square under sunny skies to mark Remembrance Day 2018.
  
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• CFL Playoffs: B.C. Lions getting mauled by Hamilton Ticats

  11-11-2018 21:31 via theprovince.com
  UPDATE: The B.C. Lions are trailing the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 44-0 after three quarters.
  It’s ugly, folks.
  ORIGINAL POST: B.C. Lions head coach Wally Buono is going to have to conjure some magic — or at least some offence — at halftime or the CFL’s all-time winningest coach’s final game will go in the books as a blowout loss in Hamilton.
  The Lions trail the host Tiger-Cats 28-0 at halftime in the CFL East Division semifinal.
  B.C. generated just 108 yards of offen
  
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• Longtime Legion tour guide from B.C. lays special wreath at national Remembrance Day ceremony

  11-11-2018 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  John Goheen was invited to lay a wreath on Sunday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armistice and the Canadians who died serving their country between 1914 and 1918.
  
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• Daily Poll: Have you been affected by the Canada Post job action?

  11-11-2018 18:56 via vancouversun.com
  Canada Post workers continued with their rotating strikes this weekend by walking off the job at the Pacific Processing Centre in Richmond on Saturday.
  The centre near Vancouver International Airport is a key processing hub for mail and parcels in Canada, so the union’s rotating strike will have a significant impact on operations and cause further backlogs.
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  Canada Post rotating strikes return to B.C.
  Canada Post says customers across the country should expect delivery delays.
  
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• Healthy Food Swaps

  11-11-2018 17:09 via globalnews.ca
  From breakfast cereal to snack foods registered dietician Desiree Nielson shows you how to make some small changes to help you eat better and feel better.
  
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• Ask an Expert: World Diabetes Day

  11-11-2018 17:09 via globalnews.ca
  It’s a disease that affects 11 million Canadians. In Ask an Expert we discuss the signs, symptoms and preventative measures against Diabetes.
  
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• East Van Roasters: Chocolate Making

  11-11-2018 17:06 via globalnews.ca
  Shelley Bolton from East Van Roasters explains the bean to bar process, explaining where chocolate comes from.
  
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• 18-year-old man hospitalized after shooting in White Rock

  11-11-2018 16:21 via globalnews.ca
  White Rock RCMP responded to reports of shots fired just after midnight Sunday and found a man with a gunshot wound near Pacific Avenue and Dolphin Street.
  
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• Lest We Forget: 11 places of remembrance to visit in Vancouver

  11-11-2018 15:30
  
  Since Armistice 100 years ago, Vancouver has seen the addition of several monuments and special places for remembrance and reflection
  
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• What life was like as a woman during WWII (VIDEO)

  11-11-2018 15:15
  
  Squamish resident Mary MacGregor talks about her military experience during the Second World War
  
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• Experience the magic of Grouse Mountain's Peak of Christmas

  11-11-2018 15:00
  
  Enjoy exploring Vancouver's 'North Pole'
  
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• No Stone Left Alone Remembrance Day special

  11-11-2018 14:32 via globalnews.ca
  A ceremony that began in Edmonton in 2011 has spread across the country. No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foundation honours the sacrifice and service of Canada’s military by educating students and placing poppies on the headstones of veterans every November.
  
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• Oxfam urges Myanmar, Bangladesh to halt Rohingya repatriation

  11-11-2018 13:22 via globalnews.ca
  Description: Oxfam and dozens of NGOs warn that the return of Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh would be dangerous and premature.
  
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• White Rock shooting sends 18-year-old man to hospital

  11-11-2018 12:36 via globalnews.ca
  Three people were arrested and police seized a vehicle after gunfire broke out just after midnight near Pacific Avenue and Dolphin Street.
  
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• Barberis, Plouffe return to line-up, but Miner steals the show as Giants win again

  11-11-2018 08:13 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Giants are finally starting to get healthy.
  Matt Barberis played his first game since late September and fellow veteran rearguard Dylan Plouffe returned from injury as well, marking his first duty in three weeks in Vancouver’s 2-1 win over the Prince George Cougars on Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre before a crowd of 3,566.
  Barberis is one of the three 20 year olds on this Vancouver crew. Plouffe, 19, leads active Giants in regular season games played for Vancouve
  
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• Sports radio icon Big Al Davidson saw battle as a teen in the air force during Second World War

  11-11-2018 05:05 via vancouversun.com
  Broadcasting icon Big Al Davidson dominated the Lower Mainland airwaves with his fiery and often controversial sportscasts during his more than two decades as sports director at CKNW.
  What his thousands of listeners never knew was that Davidson — who joined CKNW in 1958 after working at radio stations across Canada — was a Second World War veteran. Only 16 when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943, he was still a teenager when he was sent overseas to serve with the 438 Wild
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Big night for miracles, comics, journalists

  11-11-2018 05:00 via theprovince.com
  Miracle Night
  Members of B.C.’s South Asian community and guests raised a record $755,000 at the 10th anniversary of A Night of Miracles Gala — $275,000 more than the amount collected last year.
  The fundraising achievement represented a milestone in philanthropic support from the community. The evening’s impressive haul pushed the cumulative fundraising total beyond the $5-million mark for B.C. Children’s Hospital.
  This year’s benefit, co-presented by Fasken and Rog
  
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• Police watchdog called in after Mounties shoot and kill man in Shawnigan Lake

  11-11-2018 04:34 via theprovince.com
  The police watchdog has been called in after officers shot and killed a man who allegedly confronted them with a knife at a Vancouver Island home.
  Shawnigan Lake Mounties went to a home in the 1100-block of Mill Bay Road around noon Saturday to arrest a man in connection with an assault investigation, said Dawn Roberts, director of communications for the B.C. RCMP, in a press release.
  “Upon entering the residence, the officers were met with a male who they indicate advanced on them with an
  
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• New Westminster police hunt for poppy donation thief

  11-11-2018 04:33 via vancouversun.com
  Police in New Westminster have released photos of a suspect alleged to have stolen a poppy donation tin from the Royal Canadian Legion Thursday.
  Police say at around 2 p.m., a man entered the Legion at 631 6th Street to order food. After the man paid for his food at the cash register, the staff noticed the donation tin for poppies was missing.
  Investigators reviewed video surveillance, and say it appears the man concealed the tin while paying for his meal.
  The suspect is described as a 50-
  
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• Headstone honours family killed in shipwreck as WWI armistice loomed

  11-11-2018 04:16 via vancouversun.com
  As a ship loaded with bodies recovered from one of the worst nautical disasters in West Coast history arrived in the Port of Vancouver, its sombre journey was interrupted by the sound of honking horns and jubilation.
  It was the early morning of Nov. 11, 1918, and news of the armistice ending the First World War had reached British Columbia.
  The coincidence of timing has meant the sinking of the SS Princess Sophia with all 360-odd passengers and crew members aboard never etched itself into the co
  
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• ICBC overhaul: ‘No such thing as a minor brain injury’ warns advocate

  11-11-2018 03:31 via globalnews.ca
  Brain injury advocates are raising concerns about the province's plans for ICBC.
  
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• Man killed in police-involved shooting on Vancouver Island, IIO investigating

  11-11-2018 03:25 via globalnews.ca
  Police say the man approached officers with an "edged weapon" and couldn't be subdued with a taser.
  
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• Keith Morgan: Trench system educates visitors of the horror and boredom of those who served during the ‘War to End All Wars’

  11-11-2018 03:00 via theprovince.com
  Pvt. Albert Morgan, 18, donned the khaki uniform of the 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division and headed to the trenches of the First World War’s Western Front.
  My grandpa was one of almost six million Brits who served — more than 700,000 perished — mainly along a front line that by 1918 stretched from the North Sea coast of Belgium, south through France, to the Swiss border. They fought alongside the Canadian Expeditionary Force, in which 630,000 enlisted — mostly vol
  
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• Missing teen with autism located safely

  11-11-2018 02:40 via globalnews.ca
  Police say Nicholas Loo was last seen at the City Centre SkyTrain Station.
  
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• Canada Post rotating strikes return to B.C.

  11-11-2018 02:03 via vancouversun.com
  Canada Post workers resumed rotating strikes across B.C. this weekend, walking off the job Friday at an important processing hub near Vancouver International Airport.
  Outside the Pacific Processing Centre in Richmond, about 70 CUPW Vancouver local members picketed Saturday. Canada Post said in a customer update that the centre is a key processing hub for mail and parcels in Canada, and the strike is expected to have a “significant impact” on operations while causing more backlog of t
  
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• Ed Willes: Buono believes in his Lions’ purpose, plus ability to knock off Ticats

  11-11-2018 01:44 via theprovince.com
  HAMILTON — With temperatures hovering around freezing and an angry wind blowing off Lake Ontario, the B.C. Lions are going through their final walk-through in preparation for Sunday’s playoff encounter with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
  Most of the players, the sane ones at least, are dressed for the weather which means layers and gloves. The exceptions are giant offensive tackle Joel Figueroa, who has guns the size of ham hocks, and defensive back Garry Peters, who played two season
  
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• Okanagan man warning others of social media money scam

  11-11-2018 01:13 via globalnews.ca
  Kelowna resident says to be wary of friends on Facebook who discuss ‘government grant’ scam.
  
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• Watch the Lights of Hope twinkle at St. Paul's Hospital

  11-11-2018 01:10
  
  See 10km of 100,000 twinkling lights get lit next week at this breathtaking display
  
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• Alleged New Westminster poppy thief caught on camera, police investigating

  11-11-2018 00:49 via globalnews.ca
  Police in two different B.C. cities are on the hunt for men accused of stealing donations meant for Canadian veterans.
  
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• New West police hunt for poppy donation thief

  11-11-2018 00:36 via vancouversun.com
  Police in New Westminster have released photos of a suspect alleged to have stolen a poppy donation tin from the Royal Canadian Legion Thursday.
  Police say at around 2 p.m., a man entered the Legion at 631 6th Street to order food. After the man paid for his food at the cash register, the staff noticed the donation tin for poppies was missing.
  Investigators reviewed video surveillance, and say it appears the man concealed the tin while paying for his meal.
  The suspect is described as a 50-
  
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• Canucks Post Game: Horvat ‘robbed’, Goldobin challenged, Jake’s take, Guddy giddy-up, Boeser missed

  11-11-2018 00:26 via theprovince.com
  BUFFALO — Points to ponder as another one got away from the Canucks as they had some passengers in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Sabres on Saturday afternoon that overshadowed some strong efforts and proved the club misses the injured Brock Boeser on the power play:
  SHOT, SAVE, HIGHLIGHT-REEL MATERIAL
  It could have got everything rolling earlier and maybe sparked a different outcome.
  On an odd afternoon where Bo Horvat looked to have it going early with a wrist shot that forced Carter Hutton
  
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• Canucks stumble late, fall 4-3 to Buffalo in shootout

  11-11-2018 00:21 via globalnews.ca
  The Sabers overcame a two-goal gap late in the third, capping the comeback with a shootout win.
  
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• Where to participate in Lower Mainland Remembrance Day ceremonies on Sunday

  11-11-2018 00:04 via globalnews.ca
  Are you looking to participate in Remembrance Day ceremonies on Sunday? Here's what's happening in your community.
  
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