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• This new Caesar is the most outrageous in Vancouver (VIDEO) - Daily Hive

  01-01-2019 23:30 via dailyhive.com
  This new Caesar is the most outrageous in Vancouver (VIDEO)  Daily HiveScore on Davie has another outrageous drink available for order starting January 1 – the Caesar Grande is $60 and a whole hell of a lot of food..
  
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• Thousands expected at 99th annual Vancouver Polar Bear Swim in English Bay

  01-01-2019 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver’s Polar Bear Swim is one of the oldest in the world.
  
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• B.C.’s first baby of 2019 arrives in New Westminster

  01-01-2019 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia is welcoming its first baby of 2019 and he didn’t wait long to ring in the new year.
  
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• Matrix: Vancouver restaurants make the move east - BCBusiness

  01-01-2019 22:19 via bcbusiness.ca
  Matrix: Vancouver restaurants make the move east  BCBusinessFood trucks aren't the only Vancouver eateries on the move. A baker's dozen of restaurant groups from A to Z are giving Toronto, and other places, a taste of ...
  
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• It’s a boy: Vancouver Island’s New Year’s Baby arrives 42 minutes after midnight - CHEK

  01-01-2019 22:10 via cheknews.ca
  It’s a boy: Vancouver Island’s New Year’s Baby arrives 42 minutes after midnight  CHEKForty-two minutes after people rang in the new year, Vancouver Island's first baby of 2019 was born.
  
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• British Columbia’s most expensive homes took a value hit in 2018

  01-01-2019 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  The BC Assessment numbers are out for 2019 and the most expensive homes from a year ago have all lost assessed value.
  
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• It’s a boy: B.C.’s first baby of 2019 arrives at 12:01 a.m. at Royal Columbian Hospital

  01-01-2019 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia is welcoming its first baby of 2019 and he didn't wait long to ring in the new year.
  
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• Downtown Eastside building evacuated NYE after bomb squad called - CTV News

  01-01-2019 21:10 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  Downtown Eastside building evacuated NYE after bomb squad called  CTV NewsAuthorities are investigating after the explosive disposal unit was called to a building on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside on New Year's Eve.
  
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• Concord's New Year's Eve Vancouver 2019 fireworks song list (MUSIC VIDEOS) - Daily Hive

  01-01-2019 21:10 via dailyhive.com
  Concord's New Year's Eve Vancouver 2019 fireworks song list (MUSIC VIDEOS)  Daily HiveThis was indeed 'The Greatest Show' yet for Concord's New Year's Eve Vancouver fireworks. Here's a breakdown of the soundtracks.
  
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• Vavenby residents won't know about water use until end of week

  01-01-2019 21:06 via vancouversun.com
  It will be at least a few days before users of the Vavenby Community Water System know if they can again use the the water.
  A semi-truck crashed into the North Thompson River 31 kilometres north of Vavenby, causing diesel fuel to leak into the river upstream of the community, which is about one hour and 40 minutes north of Kamloops on Highway 5 North.
  Testing and analysis of the water system will occur over the next couple of days and the TNRD expects to be able to announce the results late eith
  
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• Randy Shore: If every day is special, maybe no day is

  01-01-2019 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  It can’t be an accident that National Hangover Day comes during New Year’s Resolutions Week. Can it?
  So, how is it that International Coffee Day (Oct. 1) and Pi Day (March 14) are nearly six months apart? And what exactly is World Milk Day (June 1) doing four months before U.S. National Cookie Month (October)?
  There are well over 1,500 special days, weeks and months and, frankly, it’s anarchy out there.
  You can mount a campaign through social media channels at almost no cost, i
  
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• B.C. considering loans to encourage participation in climate plan programs

  01-01-2019 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  In a wide-ranging, year-end interview, Environment Minister George Heyman brought up the idea of funding to encourage people to buy into B.C.'s new climate plan.
  
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• TSN’s Jeff O’Neill has world junior gold medal stolen in Vancouver

  01-01-2019 20:01 via theprovince.com
  Jeff O’Neill, a former NHL player and current broadcaster, says his 1995 world junior hockey gold medal was stolen Saturday in Vancouver, where he is covering this year’s junior tournament for TSN.
  TSN broadcaster Jeff O’Neill had his 1995 world junior hockey gold medal stolen Saturday.
  O’Neill was at The Roxy Nightclub with friends and colleagues on Saturday night when his computer bag, with the cherished medal inside, went missing.
  NHLer turned broadcaster Jeff O'Neill
  
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• Ten music concerts to see in 2019

  01-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The music industry relies on concert proceeds like never before. Since the digital revolution made album sales vanish into thin air and streaming proceeds make artists less money than standing on a corner spare changing, musicians tour to eat.
  This is not a great situation for them. And it could be argued that this pressure to be on the road as much as possible affects the quality of a lot of the music being released because it gets rushed to market.
  But the truth is that consumers get a lot mor
  
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• Five reasons to check out Throwdown, the International TheatreSports Festival

  01-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Throwdown — International TheatreSports Festival
  When: Until Jan. 27 (opens Jan. 2)
  Where: Improv Centre
  Tickets: from $10.75 at vtsl.com
  1. The MMA of improv. The annual improv celebration features TheatreSports teams from other cities in quip-to-quip combat with each other and with local teams comprised of Vancouver TheatreSports improvisers.
  2. Returning champs. Competition winner (for the last three years) SAK Comedy Lab from Orlando, Florida is back. “I personally believe this i
  
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• A huge food truck festival is happening in Vancouver this month - Daily Hive

  01-01-2019 20:00 via dailyhive.com
  A huge food truck festival is happening in Vancouver this month  Daily HiveVancouver's original street food festival is back! Street Food City is always one of the most exciting events during Dine Out Vancouver 2019, and this year it ...
  
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• 19 magical moments from Concord's New Year's Eve Vancouver celebrations (PHOTOS) - Daily Hive

  01-01-2019 19:51 via dailyhive.com
  19 magical moments from Concord's New Year's Eve Vancouver celebrations (PHOTOS)  Daily HiveThe city welcomed 2019 with a blast as thousands of people took to downtown for Concord's New Year's Eve Vancouver celebrations!
  
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• TSN's Jeff O'Neill has world junior gold medal stolen in Vancouver - The Province

  01-01-2019 19:47 via theprovince.com
  TSN's Jeff O'Neill has world junior gold medal stolen in Vancouver  The ProvinceJeff O'Neill, a former NHL player and current broadcaster, says his 1995 world junior hockey gold medal was stolen Saturday in Vancouver, where he is ...
  
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• Vancouver boy is youngest recipient of bravery award from fire department

  01-01-2019 19:38 via vancouversun.com
  RJ Pena can hardly sit still. He bounces on the couch of the family’s temporary rental home. Then he’s quiet as his eyes rest on a subtitled TV drama on in the background. He playfully boxes with his grandfather. Then he shows off his backflips on the bed in the next room and his hip-hop moves in the living room. At one point he stops to tenderly hug his great grandmother.
  The typical energy and attention span of an eight-year-old boy.
  But something happened this past year, when RJ w
  
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• Vancouver boy is youngest recipient of bravery award from fire department - Vancouver Sun

  01-01-2019 19:31 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver boy is youngest recipient of bravery award from fire department  Vancouver SunRJ Pena was honoured with a citizen commendation from Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services for his level-headed response to a fire at the family's home.
  
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• Pretrial inmates join program to make bed rolls for B.C. homeless

  01-01-2019 19:29 via vancouversun.com
  Inmates at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre are doing their part to give back to society by making bed rolls for B.C.’s homeless out of linens diverted from landfills.
  Ten inmates at the pretrial centre in Port Coquitlam recently signed up for a new program in which they separate, fold, roll and stack thousands of blankets, sheets and towels to be donated to charities serving B.C.’s homeless and at-risk, as well as animal shelters. In the program’s first five weeks they ha
  
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• Not The Onion: 10 oddball B.C. stories that made us scratch our heads in 2018

  01-01-2019 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  From a B.C. Lion tackling a pantless fan to hot dog water as a health drink, 2018 had some wacky headlines.
  
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• It’s a boy! B.C.’s first 2019 baby born at Royal Columbian Hospital at 12:01

  01-01-2019 18:29 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s first baby born in the New Year arrived at just one minute past midnight.
  The boy was delivered at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster and weighed eight pounds, three ounces.
  He’s the first of 42,000 babies expected to be born in B.C. this year.
  The boy will get his moment in the spotlight, along with his parents, at a news conference at the hospital this morning.
  MORE TO COME
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• ‘We need to be innovative’: Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum looks ahead to 2019

  01-01-2019 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  The mayor of the fast-growing city talks housing, public safety, local policing and, yes, the SkyTrain.
  
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• Vancouver Weather: All is cloudy on New Year's Day

  01-01-2019 17:55 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Jan. 1, 2019 –  Metro Vancouver will receive a little of everything Tuesday morning as the New Year brings us a mixed bag of weather.
  Environment Canada says we can expect cloudy skies today with a little sun peeking through. There is a 30 per cent chance of rain or flurries this afternoon.
  Folks in parts of Surrey are reporting light snowfall this morning.
  Expect rain on Wednesday and Thursday with skies clearing on Friday and a sunny Saturday following behind i
  
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• Vancouver Weather: All is cloudy on New Year's Day - Vancouver Sun

  01-01-2019 17:42 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Weather: All is cloudy on New Year's Day  Vancouver SunVANCOUVER, B.C.: Jan. 1, 2019 – Metro Vancouver will receive a little of everything Tuesday morning as the New Year brings us a mixed bag of weather.
  
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• Daily Poll: How would you rate 2018 on a scale of 1-10?

  01-01-2019 17:10 via vancouversun.com
  Another year over. And a new one just begun.
  Last night, we welcomed 2019 and said farewell, so long and good riddance to 2018.
  Was 2018 a year to remember or to forget?Take Our Poll
  
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• Multiple people arrested after NYE fight in Whistler village

  01-01-2019 17:02 via globalnews.ca
  A large group of New Year’s Eve partiers in Whistler got a little too rowdy last night, leading to multiple arrests. RCMP officers responded to a large fight between numerous people, using pepper spray to break up the brawl. Warning: Video may be disturbing to some viewers.
  
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• 2019 travel wish list: 5 places to go this year - Vancouver Sun

  01-01-2019 17:01 via vancouversun.com
  2019 travel wish list: 5 places to go this year  Vancouver SunFrom Greenland's icebergs to Disneyland's new Star Wars park, there is a go-to destination for every type of traveller in 2019.
  
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• 2019 travel wish list: 5 places to go this year

  01-01-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  A new year introduces new travel plans: from the ice fjords of Greenland, Panama City and Transylvania’s vampire lore, to an entire collection of Egyptian artifacts and Disneyland’s Star Wars attractions.
  1. For the adventurer: Greenland
  Greenland is home to icebergs, fjords and Northern lights.
  Touted as the coolest place on Earth, Greenland dwarfs that other island that gets a lot of press: Iceland. But Greenland has fewer people, much more space, spectacular vistas and for th
  
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• One man in custody for assaulting officer after alleged New Year’s brawl in Whistler

  01-01-2019 16:42 via globalnews.ca
  Mounties had to use pepper spray to break up the fight between the two groups.
  
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• Vancouver International Wine Festival uncorks its 41st year

  01-01-2019 16:00
  
  It's a sip that can take you across continents from sun-drenched California to the vineyards of Romania.
  
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• Here’s a look at all 22 breweries that opened in 2018 in B.C.

  01-01-2019 16:00
  
  There are currently 172 craft breweries pouring beer in B.C., with 22 of those having opened, reopened or moved into new homes in the past year, everywhere from Fort St. John to Port Coquitlam.
  
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• B.C. hockey fans fall in love with Team Kazakhstan at World Juniors in Victoria

  01-01-2019 15:19 via globalnews.ca
  "We were deeply touched," said Serik Imanbayev, one of the only English-speaking staff members with the team.
  
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• News - Vancouver's polar bear swim turns '99 years cold' - The Weather Network

  01-01-2019 15:02 via theweathernetwork.com
  News - Vancouver's polar bear swim turns '99 years cold'  The Weather NetworkRookies and regulars participate in Vancouver Polar Bear Swim  CBC.caThousands attend 99th annual Vancouver Polar Bear Swim in English Bay  Global NewsVancouver Polar Bear Swim attracts large crowd to English Bay  Straight.comView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Pantone’s 2019 Colour of the Year reminds us of when our mom started dating again

  01-01-2019 15:00
  
  This year’s trend-setting colour, according to the tastemakers at Pantone is… Living Coral.
  
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• Huawei backlash could hurt BC education industry - Asia Pacific - Business in Vancouver

  01-01-2019 10:04 via biv.com
  Huawei backlash could hurt BC education industry - Asia Pacific  Business in VancouverThe growing backlash against Canada from China in the wake of the Vancouver arrest of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. CFO Meng Wanzhou is likely to at least ...
  
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• New Year’s Eve fireworks light up downtown Vancouver

  01-01-2019 10:02 via globalnews.ca
  Global BC rang in 2019 with tens of thousands of people at Jack Poole Plaza, and it all led up to a dazzling fireworks show over the water.
  
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• Ed Willes: Tyler Madden rising in prominence for Team USA with Jack Hughes sidelined

  01-01-2019 07:13 via theprovince.com
  United States Tyler Madden (9) celebrates his goal during second period IIHF world junior hockey action against Finland, in Victoria, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018.
  VICTORIA — Two teams who were supposed to be in the final are meeting in the quarterfinal, the best team in one pool might be down to four players by the time their quarterfinal rolls around and the player everyone wants to see hasn’t been seen in a week.
  Welcome to the 2019 World Junior Championship which can be accused of a lot
  
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• Russia 2, Canada 1: Power shortage hurts Team Canada in preliminary round finale

  01-01-2019 07:07 via theprovince.com
  Team Canada and Russia on New Year’s Eve was as good as advertised, and that’s even with the massive hype beforehand.
  Two of hockey’s super powers partnered for yet another memorable duel, Russia coming away this time with a 2-1 victory on the final day of preliminary round play at the world juniors before a loud, rowdy and eventually disheartened crowd of 17,556 at Rogers Arena.
  That gives Russia (4-0-0-0) top spot in the Group A for the preliminary round and means that t
  
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• Langley couple killed in train collision identified

  01-01-2019 05:09 via globalnews.ca
  New details are emerging about the elderly couple killed Sunday when their vehicle collided with a train at a marked crossing in Langley. Tanya Beja reports.
  
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• B.C. records fifth clothing donation bin death since 2015

  01-01-2019 05:09 via globalnews.ca
  For the fifth time in four years, someone has died while trying to gain access to a clothing donation in B.C. and as Rumina Daya reports, some want the bins off the street until the ‘death trap’ design can be improved.
  
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• Vancouver prepares to ring in 2019

  01-01-2019 05:06 via globalnews.ca
  Preparations are in full swing across B.C. for the countdown to 2019 and as Aaron McArthur reports, the biggest party will be at Jack Poole Plaza in downtown Vancouver.
  
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• Vancouver prepares for New Year 2019 party

  01-01-2019 05:06 via globalnews.ca
  Global BC will be broadcasting live from Vancouver’s New Year celebrations including the countdown to 2019. Sophie Lui has a preview.
  
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• Vancouver prepares for New Year 2019

  01-01-2019 05:06 via globalnews.ca
  Global BC will be broadcasting live from Vancouver’s New Year celebrations including the countdown to 2019. Sophie Lui has a preview.
  
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• Tips to keep New Year’s health resolutions

  01-01-2019 05:06 via globalnews.ca
  Knowing your blood pressure numbers, cutting back on processed foods and getting appropriate exercise are just some of the tips medical experts have for keeping New Year’s health resolutions. Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• New Years health

  01-01-2019 05:06 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Victoria crazy for Team Kazakhstan

  01-01-2019 05:02 via globalnews.ca
  B.C.’s capital city is jumping on the World Juniors’ bandwagon but you might be surprised which team hockey fans are embracing. Kylie Stanton has more on the Team Kazahkstan craze.
  
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• B.C. government facing major challenges in 2019

  01-01-2019 05:02 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia’s NDP government is facing several major challenges as it heads into the New Year – including ridesharing, the Nanaimo byelection, the future of the Speaker, tax hikes and ICBC. Keith Baldrey reports.
  
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• Vancouver to play host to wines from around the world for 41st time - Vancouver Sun

  01-01-2019 04:27 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver to play host to wines from around the world for 41st time  Vancouver SunThe festival focuses on a different region or country every year, and the featured region this time is California.
  
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