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Four things you can do to make the holiday season more fun

Four things you can do to make the holiday season more fun

Don’t let stress drive you crazy, focusing on people and savouring the moment key to holiday sanity for you and your family
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Your Christmas turkey can poison you – cook carefully

Nobody wants to be laid out with sickness from salmonella poisoning over the Christmas holidays. That is the message from the B.C.
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Fun is bigger than faith for Canadians at Christmas: Poll

Fun is bigger than faith for Canadians at Christmas: Poll

But most agree commercialization has changed the holiday for the worst
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Company fined $13k for forklift that crashed into tree and parked car

Company fined $13k for forklift that crashed into tree and parked car

The forklift stalled and rolled down a hill, crashing into a car in Burnaby a month after a similar incident in West Vancouver
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10-4: This is where you can talk to Santa in Coquitlam, PoCo

10-4: This is where you can talk to Santa in Coquitlam, PoCo

New radios give police the technology to talk to Jolly Old St. Nick on Christmas Eve, for a good deed kids can talk to him, too
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These Coquitlam councillors are your committee heads

The city will no longer have a Riverview lands advisory committee
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Up to $100,000/year promised to keep Coquitlam River healthy

Up to $100,000/year promised to keep Coquitlam River healthy

Annual funding is earmarked for projects, a coordinator and public outreach
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Watch heaters, stoves during the holidays: PoCo Fire

Watch heaters, stoves during the holidays: PoCo Fire

With the mercury dipping and electric space heaters in use — at home and work — Port Coquitlam firefighters are warning about potential fire hazards.
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Got a granny? Get a flu shot

With so much socializing over the holiday season, pharmacists are urging people get a flu shot before visiting friends and family this Christmas.
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Vancouver lawyer launching potential class-action suit over LifeLabs data breach

Vancouver lawyer launching potential class-action suit over LifeLabs data breach

A Vancouver lawyer is working on a potential class-action lawsuit against LifeLabs after the lab test provider paid a ransom to secure data, including test results, from hackers.
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