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• Ben Kuzma: Horvat leans on experienced voices to keep slumping Canucks balanced

  21-11-2019 23:54 via theprovince.com
  
  NASHVILLE — An urgent sense of calm. Read More
  
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• Canucks at 50: Griffiths’ local ownership to the rescue in the ’70s

  21-11-2019 23:48 via theprovince.com
  
  File artBuying the Vancouver Canucks was Emily Griffiths’ idea, in the end. Read More
  
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• Canucks at 50: Coley called ‘the shots’ in Canadians capturing control of club

  21-11-2019 23:47 via theprovince.com
  
  A big turning point for the Canucks franchise was the shift in ownership from a Minnesota-based medical corporation to a local, committed group. In the summer of 1974, the Frank Griffiths, a local media magnate who also owned TV giants BCTV and radio goliath CKNW, purchased the team. Beat writer Hal Sigurdson wrote about the sale: Read More
  
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• Adopt-A-School: More than just food needed to help schoolkids

  21-11-2019 23:41 via vancouversun.com
  
  Surrey principal Diana Ellis doesn’t cry very often at work, but she shed tears the day she found help for seven-year-old Anisa. Read More
  
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• Man dies after being struck by train in Cloverdale: RCMP

  21-11-2019 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Investigators are asking anyone who witnessed the incident to contact police. 
  
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• Canucks Game Day: Roster gets needed injection of size, grit in MacEwen, Graovac

  21-11-2019 23:30 via theprovince.com
  
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• Steve Ewen: Fuhr considers giving coaching a shot, likes future for Canucks’ Demko

  21-11-2019 23:21 via theprovince.com
  
  Grant Fuhr will be at Langley Events Centre this weekend for a memorabilia show, but says he can imagine one day being back there or at rinks like it working behind a bench. Read More
  
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• Port Coquitlam Repair Cafe

  21-11-2019 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  REDUCE WASTE + Give back to your community This is Repair Cafe No.8 in our repair workshop series, where people get expert help to fix household items for free! This helps extend the life of products we already own and reduce waste going from our community to landfills. HANDY? Come volunteer with us! To get...
  
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• 5 Things to do this weekend: Friday, November 22, 2019

  21-11-2019 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including the Aurora Winter Festival at Hastings Park/PNE Fairgrounds, Stuff the Sleigh and Christmas in Old Town at the Royal BC Museum.
  
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• 5 Things to do this weekend: Thursday, November 21, 2019

  21-11-2019 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including the 10th annual Vancouver Christmas Market and Christmas Glow Vancouver.
  
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• Thief stole from patients in cystic fibrosis ward at St. Paul's Hospital

  21-11-2019 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  Jennifer Wright was sleeping after a medical procedure at the cystic fibrosis clinic at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver earlier this month when someone stole her belongings. Read More
  
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• B.C.’s 911 operators, E-Comm heading to arbitration in contract disupte

  21-11-2019 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Workers have been without a contract since the end of December last year. 
  
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• B.C.’s 911 operators, E-Comm heading to arbitration in contract dispute

  21-11-2019 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Workers have been without a contract since the end of December last year. 
  
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• Cermaq cleaning up after algae hits fish farms

  21-11-2019 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  
  Three salmon farms on the West Coast of Vancouver Island are cleaning up after a harmful plankton bloom killed eight per cent of their stock. Read More
  
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• B.C. government won’t fast track ridesharing licences to ease potential transit strike pain

  21-11-2019 22:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The B.C. government won't fast track licences for ridesharing companies before the anticipated Metro Vancouver transit strike next week.
  
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• Job action enters day 21 with transit service shutdown looming

  21-11-2019 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Day 21 of the transit strike in Metro Vancouver and a system-wide shutdown is looming next week. TransLink spokesperson Ben Murphy explains where Coast Mountain and the Union are on bargaining breakdown.
  
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• Ed Willes: Defence the big variable as Seahawks drive toward playoffs

  21-11-2019 22:29 via theprovince.com
  
  The resulting group is, to put it mildly, materially different than the Seahawks' Super Bowl defences. That unit featured three future Hall of Famers in middle linebacker Bobby Wagner, cornerback Richard Sherman and safety Earl Thomas, a couple more all-pros and a singular identity supplied by its secondary, the aforementioned Legion of Doom. Read More
  
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• Police confirm three members of VPD sex crime unit under investigation

  21-11-2019 22:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Vancouver Police Department on Thursday confirmed that an investigation is under way into allegations levelled against three cops assigned to the same unit that disgraced police detective Jim Fisher worked for. Read More
  
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• Metro Vancouver SkyTrain workers vote in favour of job action

  21-11-2019 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  
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• Trudeau appears open to safe opioid supply proposal in Vancouver: mayor

  21-11-2019 22:07 via vancouversun.com
  
  OTTAWA — Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared open to a proposal from the city to provide funding for a safe supply of opioids to reduce overdose deaths. Read More
  
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• One dead, one seriously injured in Langley house fire

  21-11-2019 22:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  One man died and a woman was seriously injured in a Langley house fire early Thursday morning. Read More
  
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• Santa Parade

  21-11-2019 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Don’t miss the City of New Westminster’s Santa Parade, part of New West WinterFest on Sunday December 15! Santa and friends will hit Columbia Street in downtown New Westminster at 11:00 am sharp so be sure to arrive early to get a front-row spot. Kids, bring your letters to Santa and Canada Post’s Holiday Helpers...
  
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• Premier John Horgan weighs in on Metro Vancouver transit strike

  21-11-2019 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  With job action set to escalate to a complete system shutdown, B.C. premier John Horgan weighs in on the transit strike. Keith Baldrey reports.
  
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• Transit job action hits on eve of B.C. university exam season

  21-11-2019 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  University students may be hit the hardest by a complete Metro Vancouver transit strike. The remote locations of SFU and UBC do not help. And the timing, could not be worse. Jordan Armstrong reports.
  
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• Transit Strike Day 21: both sides dig in as system-wide shutdown looms

  21-11-2019 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  One labour expert says the two sides remain so far apart, the issue may need to go to arbitration to be resolved.
  
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• Police warn about violent sex offender living in Vancouver

  21-11-2019 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Vancouver police are warning the public about a high-risk offender living in the city. Brian Abrosimo, 57, a two-time federal offender, is serving the tail end of a 14-year sentence for assault, kidnapping and confinement charges.
  
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• SkyTrain workers’ union gives leadership overwhelming strike mandate

  21-11-2019 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Both sides are scheduled to sit down for eight days of mediation starting Nov. 28. 
  
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• Kelowna to host Tim Hortons Brier in 2021

  21-11-2019 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 2021 tournament will take place at Prospera Place, home of the WHL’s Kelowna Rockets.
  
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• One man hospitalized in rural Langley shooting

  21-11-2019 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  A police incident in Langley that drew a large response from RCMP and ERT members is still largely shrouded in mystery this afternoon. Sarah MacDonald reports.
  
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• Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart meets with Justin Trudeau in Ottawa

  21-11-2019 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kennedy Stewart is sitting down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa Thursday to discuss several issues, including transit and housing concerns in Vancouver.
  
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• Actor's complaint of racial discrimination against Victoria theatre to proceed

  21-11-2019 20:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  When Ravi Jain heard about the experience of an actor in Victoria who alleges she was denied an opportunity to audition for a role in “Les Belles-soeurs” (The Sisters-in-Law) because she is black, it was a familiar story. Read More
  
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• Thief allegedly stole from patients in cystic fibrosis ward at St. Paul's Hospital

  21-11-2019 20:52 via vancouversun.com
  
  Jennifer Wright was sleeping after a medical procedure at the cystic fibrosis clinic at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver earlier this month when someone stole her belongings. Read More
  
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• Giant chandelier installed under Vancouver’s Granville bridge (PHOTOS & VIDEO)

  21-11-2019 20:48
  
  The $1.2-million chandelier will slowly rotate and rise over the course of 24 hours
  
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• Calgary man’s $173 SkyTrain ticket tossed on appeal

  21-11-2019 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary man’s $173 fine for following his friend through a Compass fare gate in Vancouver was thrown out of B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday. Karl Lusawovana Nunu paid for a fair in September 2018 but his ticket did not activate the gate.
  
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• ART SEEN: Transit and Returns makes discoveries as it travels around the Pacific

  21-11-2019 20:34 via vancouversun.com
  
  Seeing Transits And Returns is like going on a journey: there's a sense of discovery at every stop along the way. Read More
  
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• Vancouver police warn public of sex offender living in city

  21-11-2019 20:33 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver police have issued a public warning about a high-risk sexual offender who is living in the city. Read More
  
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• The Province Empty Stocking Fund gets its annual boost from Absolute Spa

  21-11-2019 20:28 via theprovince.com
  
  For the ninth year in a row, Vancouver-based Absolute Spa is helping to stuff The Province Empty Stocking Fund, this year by donating all the sales of a special Christmas gift set created to help raise money for the fund. Read More
  
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• Parks Canada makes changes to visit Lake O'Hara in B.C.'s Yoho National Park

  21-11-2019 20:28 via vancouversun.com
  
  YOHO NATIONAL PARK — Parks Canada is making changes next year for people hoping to visit a highly sought after destination in British Columbia’s Yoho National Park. Read More
  
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• Fab 5: Cold-weather reboot

  21-11-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Winter in Vancouver means months of wet weather and grey skies. So unlike other parts of our fair country, where the next few months are all about shovelling snow off sidewalks and getting stuck behind salt trucks, here, it’s about keeping our toes dry above all else. (And yes, everything crossed we don’t get too much snow this year.) Whether you go for heavy-duty rubber boots or a slightly more streamlined pair, Rebecca Tay presents five winter boots to give your cold-weather wardro
  
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• Beauty Bar: Rodan + Fields Pore Cleansing MD System

  21-11-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  What it is: A pore extraction tool from the dermatologist-backed brand Rodan + Fields. Read More
  
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• UPDATED: Canucks Game Day: Roster gets needed injection of size, grit in MacEwen, Graovac

  21-11-2019 19:57 via theprovince.com
  
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• Sex offender who kidnapped and raped 11-year-old Langley girl living in Vancouver

  21-11-2019 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Vancouver police have issued a warning to the public about a high-risk sex offender who is living in the city.
  
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• Smart borrowing this holiday spending season

  21-11-2019 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  With the holiday season upon us, it might be tempting to splurge on gifts. David Yan from Envision Financial explains the importance of borrowing and spending wisely this time of year.
  
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• One man dead following overnight house fire in Langley

  21-11-2019 19:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Crew responded to an overnight blaze that left one man dead at a two-storey home on 74-B Avenue near 208 Street.
  
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• Tributes pour in for Spirit of the West lead singer John Mann

  21-11-2019 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadians are remembering rock musician and actor John Mann after his death on Wednesday. The lead singer of Spirit of the West is remembered by his friend and Global News contributor Dana Gee.
  
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• Spirit of the West singer John Mann dies at 57

  21-11-2019 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tributes are pouring in for the lead singer of Canadian rock band Spirit of the West. John Mann, 57, passed away in Vancouver on Wednesday after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Jay Durant reports.
  
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• RCMP investigating early morning shooting in Langley

  21-11-2019 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  A heavy police presence in Langley following an early morning shooting. Sarah MacDonald has the details of this developing story.
  
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• Man hit by train in Surrey dies in hospital

  21-11-2019 19:33 via vancouversun.com
  
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• Inquest jury calls for better B.C. jail policies after inmate fight proves fatal

  21-11-2019 19:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  BURNABY — A coroner’s jury has made five recommendations in the death of a man who was attacked by another inmate at a jail in Surrey. Read More
  
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• Travel Best Bets: Protect your home when you’re on vacation

  21-11-2019 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Travel Consultant Claire Newell shares tips to keep your home safe and secure when you’re out of town.
  
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