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2016

Best of 2016

Story by Darryl Dyck December 26th, 2016

A woman walks through a tidal pool along the shore of Semiahmoo Bay during low tide in White Rock, B.C., on Friday March 11, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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A fireball rises from a wildfire burning behind abandoned vehicles on Alberta Highway 63 near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday, May 7, 2016. The wildfires ravaging Canada's oil hub in northern Alberta have rapidly spread to an area bigger than New York city, prompting the air lift of more than 8,000 evacuees as firefighters seek to salvage critical infrastructure. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

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A volunteer carries her daughter while cleaning cots for Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees at a hockey rink in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada, on Thursday, May 5, 2016. A fire fueled by shifting winds that forced more than 80,000 people to flee their homes and threatened the business district of oil-sands hub Fort McMurray, Canada, raged out of control Wednesday after consuming 80 square kilometers (30 square miles) of land and damaging 1,600 buildings. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

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A man salutes as others in the crowd react to meeting Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, bottom centre, after she and Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, arrived in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday September 25, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Ryan Smith dives for the goal line to score his second touchdown against the B.C. Lions during first half western semifinal CFL football action in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday November 13, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Participants run past a tidal pool during the Bare Buns Run, a 5 km clothing optional run, at Wreck Beach in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday July 17, 2016. Proceeds from the run help fund the Wreck Beach Preservation Society whose mandate is to preserve Wreck Beach, Canada's first and largest clothing-optional beach, in as nearly a natural state as possible. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Motorists travel south on Alberta Highway 63 as the setting sun illuminates a huge plume of smoke from wildfires burning in the distance over Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Wednesday, May 4, 2016. A fire fueled by shifting winds that forced more than 80,000 people to flee their homes and threatened the business district of oil-sands hub Fort McMurray, Canada, raged out of control Wednesday after consuming 80 square kilometers (30 square miles) of land and damaging 1,600 buildings. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

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Resident Dale Pillar, centre, walks past the remains of houses and vehicles destroyed by wildfire, while checking on his property in the Wood Buffalo neighbourhood of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Friday, June 3, 2016. Residents began returning home this week and companies are resuming operations after Alberta wildfires forced the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from Fort McMurray and knocked more than 1 million barrels of production a day offline this month. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

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A woman prays at the Khalsa Diwan Society Sikh Temple before a Vaisakhi parade in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday April 16, 2016. Vaisakhi is a significant holiday on the Sikh calendar, commemorating the establishment of the Khalsa in 1699 and marking the beginning of the Punjabi harvest year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Two boys swim in a pool at a condo in downtown Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 18, 2016. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Metro Vancouver with prolonged hot weather and temperatures approaching record values of 35C expected inland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Firefighters from the Little Red River Cree Nation take a break while waiting for a locked gate to be opened while battling wildfire hotspots on Alberta Highway 881 south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday, June 4, 2016. Residents began returning home this week and companies are resuming operations after Alberta wildfires forced the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from Fort McMurray and knocked more than 1 million barrels of production a day offline this month. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

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Kenny Gibbons surveys the damage behind his house in the Timberlea neighbourhood, in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Residents began returning home Wednesday and companies are resuming operations after Alberta wildfires forced the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from Fort McMurray and knocked more than 1 million barrels of production a day offline this month. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

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Argentinian ballerina Lucila Munaretto stands for a photograph during a break from rehearsal for her first performance since suffering a brain injury, coma and spine injury after a 2015 rollerblading accident, at Coastal City Ballet in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday May 19, 2016. Munaretto's dance companies crowdfunded more than $43,000 to help the young woman, whose family lives in Brazil. She moved to Vancouver in 2012 on a dance scholarship and holds a student working visa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Huge plumes of smoke rise into the air as an out of control wildfire burns near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Friday, May 6, 2016. The wildfires ravaging Canada's oil hub in northern Alberta have rapidly spread to an area bigger than New York city, prompting the air lift of more than 8,000 evacuees as firefighters seek to salvage critical infrastructure. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

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A Fort McMurray wildfire evacuee comforts her daughter at a hockey rink in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada, on Thursday, May 5, 2016. A fire fueled by shifting winds that forced more than 80,000 people to flee their homes and threatened the business district of oil-sands hub Fort McMurray, Canada, raged out of control Wednesday after consuming 80 square kilometers (30 square miles) of land and damaging 1,600 buildings. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

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A worker locating underground utility lines walks past the remains of a house and truck destroyed by wildfire in the Timberlea neighbourhood of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Sunday, June 5, 2016. Residents began returning home Wednesday and companies are resuming operations after Alberta wildfires forced the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from Fort McMurray and knocked more than 1 million barrels of production a day offline this month. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

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Tima Kurdi sits for a photograph with a photo of her late nephews Alan, left, and Ghalib Kurdi at her home in Coquitlam, B.C., on Monday August 22, 2016. The young Syrian boys and their mother died last year after the small rubber boat they were in capsized during a desperate voyage from Turkey to Greece. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Two men are silhouetted while walking across the Granville Street Bridge as dense fog fills the air in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday January 2, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Chad Owens, front right, makes a reception as B.C. Lions' Ryan Phillips, left, and Loucheiz Purifoy defend during the second half of a CFL football game in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday August 13, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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A woman who didn't want to be identified by name exhales after taking a hit from a bong during the annual 4/20 cannabis culture celebration at Sunset Beach in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday April 20, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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A wildfire burns behind an abandoned truck on Alberta Highway 63 near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday, May 7, 2016. The wildfires ravaging Canada's oil hub in northern Alberta have rapidly spread to an area bigger than New York city, prompting the air lift of more than 8,000 evacuees as firefighters seek to salvage critical infrastructure. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

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A resident pauses while sitting in rubble from garages that were bulldozed to prevent a wildfire from spreading to houses in the Timberlea neighbourhood of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Residents began returning home Wednesday and companies are resuming operations after Alberta wildfires forced the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from Fort McMurray and knocked more than 1 million barrels of production a day offline this month. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

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A man is silhouetted while walking through a corridor to the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday December 6, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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A patriotically dressed woman walks past a man wearing only a barrel during Canada Day celebrations in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday July 1, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Garreth McLellan, of South Africa, reacts after his fight against Alessio Di Chirico, of Italy, during a middleweight bout during a UFC Fight Night event in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday August 27, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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A pass intended for Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Weston Dressler (7) sails over his head and through the end zone during first half western semifinal CFL football action against the B.C. Lions in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday November 13, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Houston Dynamo's Ricardo Clark, left, gets his hand in the face of teammate, goalkeeper Joe Willis, right, as he tries to punch the ball away from Vancouver Whitecaps' Kekuta Manneh, back, during the first half of an MLS soccer game in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday March 26, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Assistant coaches Brian Kilrea, left, and Brian Sutter, far right, react along with other bench staff as Team Cherry's Kale Clague (10) and Team Orr's Boris Katchouk (12) collide during second period CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game hockey action in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday January 28, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Lilyan Albarko, 2, watches cartoons on a television as her parents Rami Albarko, back left, and Salma Shaker, holding their 2-week-old daughter Rosel Albarko, sit during an interview at their home in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday December 5, 2016. The Syrian refugees are a government-sponsored family who have been housed and supported by a private sponsorship group since arriving in Canada. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail

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A helicopter fights wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Friday, May 6, 2016. The wildfires ravaging Canada's oil hub in northern Alberta have rapidly spread to an area bigger than New York city, prompting the air lift of more than 8,000 evacuees as firefighters seek to salvage critical infrastructure. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

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Resident Dale Pillar takes photographs of the remains of his house that was destroyed by wildfire, after returning home for the first time since being evacuated from the Wood Buffalo neighbourhood of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Friday, June 3, 2016. Residents began returning home this week and companies are resuming operations after Alberta wildfires forced the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from Fort McMurray and knocked more than 1 million barrels of production a day offline this month. Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg

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B.C. Lions' Felions cheerleaders wait to run onto the field during introductions before the Lions and Winnipeg Blue Bombers play a CFL football game in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday October 14, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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John Nuttall, back, and Amanda Korody embrace each other at B.C. Supreme Court after a judge ruled the couple were entrapped by the RCMP in a police-manufactured crime, in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday July 29, 2016. Justice Catherine Bruce said police instigated and skillfully engineered the very terrorist acts committed by John Nuttall and Amanda Korody, who believed they were planting pressure-cooker bombs that would blow up at the legislature on Canada Day in 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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An elderly man looks out from an upper floor window at a single-room occupancy (SRO) hotel in Chinatown in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 18, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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A man walks past the Canada Post building as sunlight reflects off the windows of an office tower in downtown Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday March 31, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Canada's Barrett Martineau, of Calgary, Alta., competes in a world cup men's skeleton race in Whistler, B.C., on Saturday December 3, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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A man is silhouetted as he looks out at the harbour in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday November 28, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Covered in blue face paint, Vancouver Whitecaps fan Travis White watches the Whitecaps and Houston Dynamo players warm up before an MLS soccer game in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday March 26, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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A young boy runs through rows of tulips at the Abbotsford Tulip Festival in Abbotsford, B.C., on Sunday April 17, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Lead singer Gord Downie is seen performing on a screen as a man watches during a viewing party for the final stop in Kingston, Ont., of a 10-city national concert tour by The Tragically Hip, in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday August 20, 2016. Downie announced earlier this year that he was diagnosed with an incurable form of brain cancer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Pedestrians walk along Robson St. as snow falls in downtown Vancouver, B.C., on Monday December 5, 2016. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Metro Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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New York Red Bulls' Felipe takes a free kick during the second half of an MLS soccer game against the Vancouver Whitecaps in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday September 3, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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John Gatus, dressed as the superhero Iceman, attends the Fan Expo convention in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday November 12, 2016. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the three-day sci-fi, fantasy, comics and gaming convention that wraps up Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Haemish Muirhead's dreadlocks fly through the air as he dances during the annual 4/20 cannabis culture celebration at Sunset Beach in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday April 20, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Toronto FC goalkeeper Alex Bono dives but fails to stop a goal by Vancouver Whitecaps' Nicolas Mezquida, back centre, during second half Canadian Championship final soccer action in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday June 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Kyle Tress, of the United States, competes in a world cup men's skeleton race in Whistler, B.C., on Saturday December 3, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Prince George waits to get into a vehicle with his parents Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge after arriving in Victoria, B.C., on Saturday September 24, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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A couple walks past a mural painted on the side of a building in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday August 15, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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In this photograph made with a slow shutter speed, fair goers ride a chair swing ride on the final day of the Pacific National Exhibition, in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday September 5, 2016. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail

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