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Crazy unadvertised Delta deals are back! Chicago included this time – from...
Delta is currently having one of their unadvertised fare drops, similar to what I reported on November 15 here on the blog. It didn’t last long last time, so if Delta dashed your travel dreams when...
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Luongo feeling the love, even from the opposition
EDMONTON — It seems everybody loves Roberto Luongo these days. The fans, his teammates, even the opposition. Over the years, Luongo has become accustomed to hearing his share of chirps from opposition...
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Canucks send Schroeder to minors; recall Ebbett
St. PAUL, Minn. — The floundering Canucks made a roster move this morning, sending rookie centre Jordan Schroeder back to the American Hockey League’s Chicago Wolves and recalling veteran Andrew...
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Why Aren’t Canucks’ Playoff Tickets Selling?
by Scott Taylor What was once the hottest ticket in town, Vancouver Canuck playoff tickets are very much getting a ho-hum response from the ticket buying public this time around. We can think of a few...
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Blue Jays need to stop picking their starters out of a hat if they want to...
By Michael Hobson How many times has Alex Anthopoulos been on the phone with his assistants this year and asked them—okay, who’s next? The dilemma in the spring concerned the seeming bounty of veteran...
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Stanley Park is the greatest park in the world, according to Tripadvisor
You don’t have to tell Vancouverites that Stanley Park is great — but we don’t mind hearing it. The travel website TripAdvisor.com named Stanley Park the best park in the world as part of its 2014...
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Were the Canuck Players as Bad as the Season Ending Stats Indicate?
Last season Canuck scoring stats were a mystery for a lot reasons and the first one would be how could so many players have a poor year at the same time? Usually on a team you see a couple of players...
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Tyler Toews: expressive, raw paintings full of dynamic energy
I first saw Tyler Toews’ paintings during the night of Swarm 15. It was a Friday and I’d already seen an installation of garbage artfully arranged on top of a massive table – as well as hanging...
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Colour and light expand into space in Eli Bornstein’s structurist reliefs
I knew Eli Bornstein’s structurist reliefs didn’t hang flat against the wall. I’d seen numerous photographs online and in art magazines that showed them projecting into space. Even so, they surprised...
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Video tribute: Canucks great Curt Fraser’s Hall of Fame highlight reel
Markus Naslund garnered the most attention — and deservedly so — with today’s announcement of his induction into the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame with former Canuck Curt Fraser, Cranbrook’s Rob...
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The Bachelor recap, episode 8: Hometown dates, Playboy secret revealed … and...
Poor Jade. She finally opened up to Chris about her Playboy past and, faster than you can say bunny, she was sent home. It probably didn’t happen that quickly in real time, but in TV time it took just...
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Bachelor, episode 12, recap: Chris Soules picks Whitney Bischoff
It came down to the sure thing and the unsure thing — and Chris Soules chose the woman who knew she loved him, knew she was ready to relocate and made sure he, and his family, knew it, too: Whitney...
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Blue Jays winning streak fuelled by Pillar’s game winning home run versus...
by Michael Hobson Toronto Blue Jays national television broadcaster Buck Martinez described Josh Donaldson’s three run game winning home run against Chicago closer David Robertson as a season changing...
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The Bachelorette, episode 6, recap: Two lovers and a villain
Yes, I know, you all want to read about Ian, the Bachelorette’s new villain — and we’ll get to that — but first let’s talk about Joshua. It was hard not to feel sorry for him as he sat on the couch,...
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The Bachelorette, recap, episode 12: Kaitlyn and Shawn get engaged
Poor Nick. As he was spending his final date with Kaitlyn Bristowe — cuddling on the deck of a boat, comfortable in her company, having already met and impressed her parents — he said the words that...
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AC/DC stadium tour will feature jerseys for (almost) every city
As TSN’s BarDown blog reports, rock titans AC/DC have made sports jerseys for almost every city they visit during their tour, which brings them to Vancouver at BC Place on Sept. 22. The Vancouver...
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Eli Bornstein: The endlessly fascinating challenge of working with colour
Eli Bornstein is one of the country’s most accomplished artists. Widely exhibited in his hometown of Saskatoon, the U.S. and Europe, he now has his first exhibition in Vancouver at Initial Gallery on...
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Rock’n roll running is also a vicious game, just ask hot dog, the Flintstones...
Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones once declared that rock ‘n roll is music for the neck downwards. And Depeche Mode founder Martin Gore told reporters he leads two separate lives: “There are times I...
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Spotlight shines on Forever Young, a senior run club that inspires fun,...
RICHMOND — Meeting Monday in a spiffy sports pub appropriately named Legends, senior members of B.C.’s most inspirational run club chowed down brunch and reminisced about a season filled with numerous...
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Community and environment run deep in Vancouver city manager's roots
When Sadhu Johnston moved to Cleveland in 1999, the self-described idealistic, environmentally oriented, liberal-arts-educated vegetarian and his wife Manda intended to change the city. And cultivate a...
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