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• Vernon Panthers repeat as Double A Subway Bowl champs

  01-12-2019 23:31 via theprovince.com
  
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• Steve Ewen: Fighting Irish get the win they’ve been waiting for

  01-12-2019 23:18 via theprovince.com
  
  The Vancouver College Fighting Irish had Peter Dyakowski in a Twitter frenzy back home in Hamilton on Saturday night as they took a run at a Subway Bowl provincial football title at B.C. Place. Read More
  
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• HIV rate continues decline to record low in British Columbia: Health Ministry

  01-12-2019 23:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says the number of new annual HIV cases has reached a record low. Read More
  
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• Bridgitte Anderson: First woman to head Vancouver Board of Trade

  01-12-2019 22:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  Thirty years ago when Bridgitte Anderson was travelling she found herself in Berlin at the intersection of history. The wall between east and west was coming down. Through a chink in that wall she could see the guards of the German Democratic Republic as they watched the joyful reclamation of unity. Read More
  
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• YVR digs deep with Geoexchange to help meet emission-reduction goals

  01-12-2019 21:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  Installing one of the largest Geoexchange systems in Canada is a massive investment that is crucial to Vancouver International Airport's objective to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the impressive parts of it are destined to remain unseen. Read More
  
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• Snow falls in Metro Vancouver, more expected for Fraser Valley by Monday morning

  01-12-2019 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two to four centimetres of snow is possible by Monday morning in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope and the surrounding areas.
  
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• Virtual patients help boost safety and quality care in medicine

  01-12-2019 20:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  No humans are harmed in the medical training invented by Dr. Karim Qayumi and his team of CyberPatient developers. Read More
  
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• Cooking 101: Holiday gifts for the foodie on your list

  01-12-2019 20:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Caren McSherry, from Gourmet Warehouse, shares her pick of the best holiday gifts for the food lover on your list.
  
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• Ask an Expert: Holiday Travel

  01-12-2019 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Travelling with kids over the holidays can be a stressful thought. Travel consultant, Claire Newell, shares her advice on how to make it easier.
  
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• Month of Giving Back: North Shore Stroke Recovery Centre

  01-12-2019 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sue Carabetta of the North Shore Stroke Recovery Centre and stroke survivor Janet Moore explain how the centre helps people recovering from strokes regain their independence.
  
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• B.C. law protecting government whistleblowers comes into effect Dec. 1

  01-12-2019 20:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  A new law protecting B.C. whistleblowers goes into effect Dec. 1. Read More
  
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• Karen Barnaby: Quick, small holiday bites that are big on love

  01-12-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  There’s a whole genre of sweets that I used to keep at arm's length. I term these as “things made from other things”. Read More
  
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• B.C. forest industry facing uncertain future as mills close across province

  01-12-2019 19:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — It seems barely a day goes by without an announcement about layoffs, temporary closures or permanent mill shut downs in British Columbia's struggling forest industry. Read More
  
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• Santa Claus Parade hits downtown Vancouver: Here’s what you need to know

  01-12-2019 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here's what you need to know about how to attend the parade and how to watch it from home.
  
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• Giants fall to Americans and fall out of top three spot in B.C. Division in the process

  01-12-2019 19:30 via theprovince.com
  
  The Vancouver Giants woke up Sunday morning on the outside looking in when it comes to the top three positions in the WHL’s B.C. Division. Read More
  
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• Special weather statement warns of snow across Lower Mainland

  01-12-2019 17:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  Environment Canada is warning of possible snow across the Lower Mainland on Sunday afternoon and overnight. Read More
  
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• Vancouver weather: Flurries possible before turning to rain

  01-12-2019 17:36 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Dec. 1, 2019 – Sunday's weather offers up a chance of flurries that will increase toward the evening. Read More
  
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• RCMP cruiser involved in multi-vehicle accident in Coquitlam

  01-12-2019 17:33 via vancouversun.com
  
  RCMP in Coquitlam say one of their police cruisers was involved in a multi-vehicle accident in the city late Saturday afternoon. Read More
  
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• There was no rain dear, just 400 shuffling Santas for Burn Fund cause

  01-12-2019 17:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  The first time I met Cindy Roberts she was one broom short of being a complete witch. On Saturday at the inaugural Santa Run in Stanley Park she had ditched the hat and costume from last year's Hallow's Eve trail run on the North Shore, but was still working her race-day magic. Read More
  
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• Holly Cole loves singing with the VSO

  01-12-2019 16:30 via vancouversun.com
  
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• YVR hoping to keep emissions from soaring

  01-12-2019 16:00
  
  Vancouver airport to develop biofuel supply chain to reduce emissions from flying
  
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• UBC researcher riding Vancouver buses to study unwritten rules, social differences

  01-12-2019 16:00
  
  ‘I am intrigued by how public buses transform as they move through the city, taking on the character of different neighbourhoods…’
  
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• Harbour Air to test-fly ‘world’s first fully electric commercial aircraft’ next week

  01-12-2019 16:00
  
  The Beaver seaplane retrofitted with a 750 horsepower all-electric magni500 propulsion system
  
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• Meet Whistler’s first responders who’ve dedicated their lives to saving others

  01-12-2019 15:00
  
  Over the last 60 years or so, a tightknit, expert community of first responders has taken root in Whistler: patrollers, search and rescue volunteers, firefighters, police, ambulance, emergency room doctors and nurses.
  
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• Canucks Game Day: Kassian says Oilers rise this year is due to not being a one-line team

  01-12-2019 14:00 via theprovince.com
  
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• WHL Roundup: Saturday, November 30, 2019

  01-12-2019 08:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Josh Williams set up two goals before scoring the winner at 8:19 of the third period as the Edmonton Oil Kings edged the Calgary Hitmen 5-4 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Oilers 2, Canucks 5: Canucks on a high after shutting down McDavid & Co.

  01-12-2019 07:09 via theprovince.com
  
  EDMONTON — It’s been a while since an Edmonton-Vancouver matchup in late November had any meaning but this weekend home-and-home series is profoundly important for both teams. Read More
  
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• Pearson records 4 points in Canucks’ 5-2 victory over Oilers

  01-12-2019 07:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tanner Pearson recorded his first-career four-point game in the Vancouver Canucks' 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night at Rogers Place.
  
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• Serious crash involving police cruiser in Coquitlam

  01-12-2019 04:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police confirm four cars were involved in the crash, including a police cruiser.
  
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• Surrey high school students experience mini med school

  01-12-2019 03:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  A group of Surrey high school students is getting an up close look at what it’s like to be a health care professional in the first ever mini med school at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Today’s edition of Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• 5 great seasonal shows for you to get holly and jolly at

  01-12-2019 03:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  As a friend and I walked past St. Andrew's Wesley United Church this week, he noted that one of the things he genuinely loves about this time of year is going to see performances of great works of classical music written for Christmas. Coming from someone who doesn't attend church and wasn't raised in religion, this seemed surprising. Read More
  
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• B.C. Conservation drone helps nab suspect who fled police after dramatic crash in Terrace

  01-12-2019 03:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The COS called the incident "a great example of agencies coming together to fight crime."
  
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• Vigil held for Indian international student murdered in Surrey

  01-12-2019 03:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  A candlelight vigil was held for a young Indian woman who came to Canada as an international student and was found murdered in a Surrey home. Nadia Stewart reports live from the event and explains why it was held to help other international students.
  
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• Candlelight vigil held in Surrey to honour Indian woman killed in apparent murder-suicide

  01-12-2019 03:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prabhleen Matharu, a 21-year-old former international student, was found dead along with the body of an 18-year-old man.
  
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• Taxi driver captured taking Cambie bridge bike lane

  01-12-2019 03:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two months after a Surrey cab driver took a shortcut through a Vancouver bike lane, another taxi driver has been caught doing the same thing – this time on the Cambie bridge. Kristen Robinson reports.
  
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• Take back Little Mountain rally

  01-12-2019 03:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than a decade after the B.C. government sold a piece of prime Vancouver real estate to a developer on the promise much of it would be turned into social housing, a group led by a former NDP MLA is urging the province to take Little Mountain back. Jill Bennett explains why.
  
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• Big Bar landslide could mean extinction for B.C. salmon runs

  01-12-2019 03:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  A landslide that came down last year on the Fraser River continues to block a critical fish migration route and experts are now warning that some salmon runs could disappear. Julia Foy reports.
  
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• 30 arrested at Surrey Airbnb party

  01-12-2019 03:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP investigate a shooting at a Surrey Airbnb.
  
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• Raney and Berdahl: Chrystia Freeland will have to navigate misogyny in her new roles

  01-12-2019 03:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Chrystia Freeland’s influence in the new Liberal minority government has been upgraded significantly. Read More
  
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• Rally to 'take back' Little Mountain packs political punch

  01-12-2019 02:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  The people fighting to "take back" Little Mountain from a developer have at least two levels of government in their corner. Read More
  
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• Surrey residents to have a say on belt-tightening budget

  01-12-2019 02:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  Surrey residents will have an opportunity to sound off on a five-year draft budget that will give them a municipal police force with minimal tax increases, but no additional officers or firefighters and limited support for arts and recreation. Read More
  
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• Vancouver’s warming centres remain open as cold snap continues

  01-12-2019 02:05
  
  ‘We have warm indoor space available for everyone, no one needs to sleep outside tonight’
  
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• Police identify man’s body found wrapped in rug in Kamloops

  01-12-2019 01:50 via theprovince.com
  
  Police have identified the man found deceased in an alleyway behind 170 Carson Cres. on Friday afternoon. Read More
  
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• Dashcam shows taxi driving in separated bike lane on Vancouver’s Cambie Street Bridge

  01-12-2019 01:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dashcam video shows the Bonny's Taxi driving in the southbound bike lane, which is cordoned off by a concrete barrier, while a cyclist pedals in front of the vehicle.
  
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• First Nations graduation rates on the rise in B.C.

  01-12-2019 01:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  SUNSHINE COAST — Nicholas Zalan Haines wasn’t at all sure he would graduate from high school. Read More
  
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• Mike Smyth: Last stand as taxi companies in final fight to keep Uber, Lyft out

  01-12-2019 01:19 via theprovince.com
  
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• Protesters call on province to buy back Little Mountain site after years of housing stalls

  01-12-2019 01:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hundreds of local residents rallied Saturday in front of the 15-acre lot of prime real estate next to Queen Elizabeth Park, where replacement social housing has yet to be built.
  
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• Dashcam shows taxi in bike lane on Vancouver bridge

  01-12-2019 01:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  A driver caught footage of a taxi driving in a separated bike lane on Vancouver’s Cambie Street Bridge while a cyclist pedaled in front of the vehicle.
  
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• Steve Ewen: A plus Schuss is a must if Warriors hope to make run at NLL playoffs

  01-12-2019 01:07 via theprovince.com
  
  Logan Schuss was front and centre for much of the Vancouver Warriors’ season opener on Friday. Read More
  
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• Grieving mothers highlight devastating impact of opioid crisis in Vancouver

  01-12-2019 00:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  More than 50 grieving mothers who lost children to the opioid epidemic staged an emotional photo shoot in Vancouver Saturday to call attention to the crisis and mourn their children. Read More
  
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