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• Ed Willes: Slight of height? Speed, skill main ingredients for playing in NHL now

  12-01-2019 23:36 via theprovince.com
  When Steve Yzerman took over in Tampa, he issued a mandate to the organization’s scouts and player development department that sounded a lot like the directive issued by every NHL franchise.
  The Lightning, ta da, would build their team around fast, skilled, hard-working players. Great. Real bombshell there, Stevie Y.
  But it was the sub-text of Yzerman’s decree that was the real story in Tampa. The Bolts would draft for speed and skill, irrespective of the size of the player. Again, a
  
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• Guildford’s huge Canadian flag getting replaced once again

  12-01-2019 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  Guildford's expensive flag is out for the count again, and this time it's taking a bit longer to get replaced
  
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• Vancouver police hunt for sex assault offender

  12-01-2019 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are searching for a sex assault offender, who failed to return to his Vancouver halfway-house early Saturday.
  Forty-seven-year-old Floyd Quincey Herbert is a first time federal offender serving a sentence of three years for several crimes, including sexual assault, according to the VPD.
  He was granted statutory release in June.
  Herbert is described by police as mixed-race of Metis and Black decent, about 5’10 tall, and weighs about 220 lbs. Police say he has short cur
  
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• 40 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, January 13 - Straight.com

  12-01-2019 23:00
  40 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, January 13  Straight.comLooking for something to do on Sunday? The Straight's got you covered. Here are 40 events happening in or around Vancouver on Sunday, January 13.
  
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• Vancouver police searching for wanted federal offender who failed to return to halfway house

  12-01-2019 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  Floyd Quncey Herbert, 47, was meant to return to his residence early this morning.
  
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• B.C. conservationists want protection on 'Canada's most magnificent' old-growth forest

  12-01-2019 22:42 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Conservationists in British Columbia are pushing for protections on an area of old-growth forests they describe as “Canada’s most magnificent.”
  The grove is located on Crown land in the San Juan River Valley near Port Renfrew on southern Vancouver Island in the unceded territory of the Pacheedaht First Nation band.
  The 13-hectare grove of immense old-growth Sitka spruce and big-leaf maples draped in hanging mosses and ferns was first located in October and exp
  
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• 'I Heart Tulips' flower display to brighten Metrotown

  12-01-2019 22:07
  
  This jaw-dropping display of over 10,000 live tulips takes over Metrotown this month
  
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• Ammonia leak prompts evacuation of Surrey poultry processing facility

  12-01-2019 21:42 via globalnews.ca
  Staff initially believed two workers were unaccounted for, but crews were able to locate them safely.
  
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• U.S. government shutdown causes travel delays for Canadians

  12-01-2019 21:21 via vancouversun.com
  Canadians travelling to the U.S. may want to check their flight status or plan for delays because of a shortage of American airport screeners, as the U.S. government shutdown became the longest in history on the weekend.
  Saturday marked Day 22 of the shutdown over the funding President Donald Trump wants to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. The previous record was 21 days under former president Bill Clinton.
  BREAKING: Government shutdown enters 22nd day, becoming the longest fe
  
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• Eat More Plants Challenge: Week Two

  12-01-2019 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  Registered dietician, Desiree Nielsen, shares her tips and advice in week two of her Eat More Plants Challenge.
  
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• Saturday Chef: Dan Dan Noodles

  12-01-2019 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  Chef Felix Zhou, from Heritage Asian Eatery, shares his recipe for a hearty noodle dish; perfect for the cold weather.
  
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• Suspicious overnight fire destroys Surrey towing business

  12-01-2019 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  There were several small explosions from combustible material inside the building, which eventually collapsed on itself.
  
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• Shuttle bus goes up in flames near Vancouver City Hall

  12-01-2019 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  The shuttle caught fire at Cambie Street and 12th Avenue. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
  
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• Kidd Pivot’s ‘Revisor’

  12-01-2019 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  Coleen chats with Jonathon Young and Crystal Pite about the new show they are bringing to Vancouver.
  
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• U.S. government shutdown causes travel delays for Canadians - Vancouver Sun

  12-01-2019 20:44
  U.S. government shutdown causes travel delays for Canadians  Vancouver SunThose hoping to obtain or renew a Nexus pass will have to wait until the shutdown is over to reschedule interviews with U.S. customs.
  
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• Vancouver shuttle bus bursts into flames after mechanical malfunction

  12-01-2019 20:30
  
  Seven people escaped the bus before it caught fire
  
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• Makeup tutorial: Sophisticated, neutral look for a bride

  12-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s January, and we’re already thinking about spring wedding season. Today I wanted to share a beautiful bridal makeup look that’s neutral and sophisticated, using mineral based makeup.Step 1:  On moisturized and primed skin, I stippled on the Tarte Amazonian Clay Foundation with my Nadittude™ Dome Foundation Brush.  This product offers great coverage without looking too heavy.Step 2: Using the Nadittude Cheek Enhancer Brush, I contoured my face with Glo Skin B
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Mission Possible transforms lives

  12-01-2019 19:00 via theprovince.com
  MISSION’S WORK: Mission Possible is a non-profit organization and social enterprise located in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Since 1992, Mission Possible has supported individuals challenged by homelessness, poverty, addiction, and other barriers to employment. Through its employment readiness program and social enterprises, the firm is transforming lives by helping people experience a sense of dignity and purpose through meaningful work.
  One such person was Janet Keitlah who came t
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny with a few clouds - Vancouver Sun

  12-01-2019 18:08
  Vancouver Weather: Sunny with a few clouds  Vancouver SunVANCOUVER, B.C. – Finally, the sunshine returns! Saturday's weather is expected to be a mix of sun and cloud, and a high of 10 C. Then, Environment Canada ...
  
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• Driver and passengers escape bus fire in Vancouver - CBC.ca

  12-01-2019 17:51
  Driver and passengers escape bus fire in Vancouver  CBC.caA shuttle bus caught fire outside Vancouver City Hall late Friday night, endangering the vehicle's driver and a group of passengers.
  
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• Recipe: Dan dan noodles

  12-01-2019 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  Looking for some hearty comfort food for the winter with a twist?
  
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• Foggy conditions causing delays at YLW in Kelowna

  12-01-2019 17:39 via globalnews.ca
  Fog expected to dissipate under mainly cloudy skies for Saturday.
  
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• African safari in Tanzania fulfils a dream

  12-01-2019 17:27 via vancouversun.com
  “I think I’ll cry when I get there,” my wife Carrie said when we booked our trip to Africa.
  Twenty years ago, she stared death down when life-threatening complications from kidney failure sought to take all her dreams away. Luckily, she received a kidney transplant. With new life, she was able to become a teacher, have a family, and pursue her love of travel. But Africa?
  There was always one tiny thing that stood in the way of a trip to Africa—mosquitos that carry the yel
  
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• Are you ready for La Poutine Week B.C.?

  12-01-2019 17:06
  
  This glorious event celebrates Canada’s unofficial national drunk food the first week of February
  
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• Readers reveal their favourite hotels

  12-01-2019 16:30 via vancouversun.com
  Ocean Village Resort, Tofino
  It all started about 15 years ago when my mom and dad surprised my brother and I to a trip to Tofino as a Christmas gift. We went in October and had a cabin that was right on the edge of the beach and the first thing we noticed when we got to the cabin was …….no tv, no radio and no phone. The following year my parents once again took us both back to Tofino as a Christmas gift. That year though they wanted to take us to another resort. We both asked
  
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• Los Cabos’ perfect pairings

  12-01-2019 16:00
  
  Soft adventure meets hardcore cuisine in Baja California Sur
  
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• The Home Front: Beautiful from all angles

  12-01-2019 14:56 via vancouversun.com
  Sometimes our lives head in unexpected directions and this is certainly true of furniture-designer and maker Richard Jarvis, who set up shop as a full-time woodworker in Vancouver’s well known Parker Street Studios three years ago after a lengthy career as a mechanical engineer.
  “My wife and I came to Vancouver three years ago for a change of jobs for her,” he says. “And when I didn’t get a great deal of pick-up on job applications, I thought rather than do not
  
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• Vancouver apartment has an airy, open feel - Vancouver Sun

  12-01-2019 14:17
  Vancouver apartment has an airy, open feel  Vancouver SunThe big sell: One of the hallmarks of loft-style living is the double-height windows that come from having a split-level interior and few partitioning walls, thus ...
  
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• Vancouver apartment has an airy, open feel

  12-01-2019 14:17 via vancouversun.com
  PH6 — 933 Seymour Street, Vancouver
  Type: One-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment
  Size: 638 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $672,000
  Listed for: $599,000
  Sold for: $580,000
  Sold on: Oct. 21
  Days on market: 27
  Listing agent: Gary Serra at ReMax Crest Realty
  Buyers agent: Elliot Funt at Engel & Volkers Vancouver
  The big sell: One of the hallmarks of loft-style living is the double-height windows that come from having a split-level interior and few partitioning walls, thus creating an abundance
  
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• Akimbo a standout in Burnaby

  12-01-2019 14:14 via vancouversun.com
  Standing akimbo – with hands on hips and elbows turned outward – exudes a sense of confidence and boldness, says Payam Imani, founder and CEO of Imani Development, adding that the firm’s new 40-storey residential tower, Akimbo, will epitomize those same qualities.
  The development site on the corner of Madison Avenue and Dawson Street in Burnaby’s booming Brentwood neighbourhood benefits from its proximity to several shopping malls and the Gilmore SkyTrain station without
  
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• From igloo dinners to winter zip lines, here’s five ways to embrace winter in Canada

  12-01-2019 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  While many people are heading in from the cold, there’s plenty of ways to embrace winter in Canada. Here’s a look at five ways to get outside and enjoy the season.
  
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• From igloo dinners to winter zip lines, 12 ways to embrace winter across Canada

  12-01-2019 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  From outdoor skating rinks to light festivals to igloo dinners in the city, there are plenty of things you can do to embrace the cold.
  
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• 10 things to do in Vancouver today: Sunday, January 13 - Daily Hive

  12-01-2019 12:23
  10 things to do in Vancouver today: Sunday, January 13  Daily HiveKeep the Sunday fun going with these 10 Vancouver events on January 13, 2019. Enjoy The Wedding Fair, Vancouver Canucks, and more.
  
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• 'The poverty children face is often hidden from us,' say agencies helping the 20 per cent of B.C. kids who are poor

  12-01-2019 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  As she bounces nine-month-old Delilah on her knee, Amber Hawse pauses reflectively before answering a question about what she thinks she and her baby will be doing in five years.
  Hawse, 20, hopes by then to have graduated from college and to have a job as a special-needs support worker. Delilah will be in kindergarten. And they will live together in their own place with enough money for food, basic expenses and peace of mind.
  Her goals may seem modest, but the reality is that 20 per cent of chil
  
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• Shuttle bus bursts into flames near Vancouver City Hall

  12-01-2019 08:30 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver fire crews have extinguished a fire that torched a shuttle bus near Vancouver City Hall Friday evening. Asst. Chief Sheldon Young of Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services tells Global BC the vehicle was a complimentary shuttle transporting six people to the Bacio Rosso cabaret at Queen Elizabeth Park. Around 11 pm, the driver noticed...
  
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• Bus on fire near Vancouver City Hall

  12-01-2019 08:30 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver fire crews have extinguished a fire that torched a bus near Vancouver City Hall Friday evening. The vehicle is in the northbound lane, and though the fire is out, the husk of the burnt out bus is producing a lot of smoke. Traffic on Cambie is blocked both ways from 12th to Broadway. More...
  
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• Luongo could be playing in Vancouver for the last time this weekend - Daily Hive

  12-01-2019 07:43
  Luongo could be playing in Vancouver for the last time this weekend  Daily HiveWhile Roberto Luongo hasn't announced his retirement or signalled a farewell tour, there's reason to believe this could be his last game in Vancouver.
  
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• Parents fear loss of auditorium, facilities in Eric Hamber Secondary seismic upgrade

  12-01-2019 07:36 via globalnews.ca
  Eric Hamber alumnus: "We want kids to be well-rounded individuals whether its sports, music, arts, theatre and they're not going to be providing for that any longer."
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Bromance takes back seat to Greens maintaining identity in Nanaimo vote

  12-01-2019 07:35 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — With the B.C. Greens mounting a full blown campaign in the byelection in Nanaimo this month, party leader Andrew Weaver is fielding complaints they’ll split the vote and help elect the B.C. Liberals.
  “The NDP trolls are at it again,” was the way he put it to me this week as he headed for Nanaimo to campaign with Michele Ney, the Green candidate for the Jan. 30 vote.
  Weaver has already worked up a response to calls for the Greens to drop out of the byelecti
  
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• Living Things Arts Festival returns to Kelowna for third year

  12-01-2019 07:04 via globalnews.ca
  Professional performers from across Canada, the UK and the US are in Kelowna for the Living Things International Arts Festival. Opening night took place at the Alternator Gallery in the Rotary Centre for the Arts, feature an exhibition by Canadian artist Patrick Lundeen. Doris Maria Bregolisse has the story.
  
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• Prince George Cougars shred Kelowna Rockets

  12-01-2019 06:44 via globalnews.ca
  The Prince George Cougars were on the prowl for a win on home ice as they hosted the Kelowna Rockets on Friday night.
  
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• Patrick Johnston: Shifting defensive demands making one-skill blue-liners obsolete

  12-01-2019 06:14 via theprovince.com
  In many ways, the hellacious showing over the last two games for Erik Gudbranson best illustrates how the game has changed for NHL defencemen.
  The numbers don’t lie: Gudbranson was on the ice for seven of the last nine goals conceded by the Vancouver Canucks. His defensive partner, Ben Hutton, has been on for five.
  This isn’t how it’s supposed to be for the big blue-liner. When he was drafted third overall in 2010 by the Florida Panthers, the plan was he would become a stopper,
  
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• Dumpster full of mannequin heads makes for creepy call for B.C. cop

  12-01-2019 05:58 via globalnews.ca
  A B.C. police officer may still be shaking off the heebie-jeebies after a call in Delta on Monday.
  
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• Canucks game unwatchable for many due to Sportsnet ‘technical difficulties’

  12-01-2019 05:57 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks may be downright unwatchable without superstar rookie Elias Pettersson in the lineup, but the fans would still like to try.
  Unfortunately, Sportsnet’s broadcast took away the option for many during the Canucks’ Thursday-night home tilt with the Arizona Coyotes, flickering like a strobe, splicing in frames of basketball highlights, offering no sound and intermittently cutting to black.
  While several Telus customers reported that they were able to view the game, t
  
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• B.C. radio host faces torrent of threats, abuse after criticizing Yellow Vest protesters

  12-01-2019 05:12 via globalnews.ca
  One person said the host's wife should be raped, while another said someone should beat him up outside his radio station.
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 – Jan. 11

  12-01-2019 05:00 via globalnews.ca
  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6.
  
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• Kelowna public encouraged to pick up discarded needles

  12-01-2019 04:09 via globalnews.ca
  For years now, it’s been a blight on the community — thousands of discarded drug needles littering the city of Kelowna. It’s a side-effect of harm reduction programs, which see hundreds of thousands of free syringes distributed each year in Kelowna. The public has been urged not to touch the needles, but call the Kelowna...
  
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• New information on fatal Broadway shooting

  12-01-2019 04:03 via globalnews.ca
  Police have released new information on the Vancouver shooting almost one year ago that killed two people, including an innocent teenaged boy. Jill Bennett reports.
  
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• Killers of Luca Gordic sentenced in B.C. court

  12-01-2019 04:02 via globalnews.ca
  Three young men who took part in the murder of 17- year-old Luca Gordic in Whistler nearly four years ago have finally been sentenced. As Nadia Stewart reports, the victim’s family are both happy and unhappy with the results.
  
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• Parents appear in B.C. court charged with hog-tying suspected sexual predator

  12-01-2019 04:01 via globalnews.ca
  A strong show of support in Port Alberni for three people charged with assault for hog-tying an alleged child predator. Kylie Stanton reports.
  
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