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A year in pictures from the Vancouver Sun and Province photographers

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A look back at our photographers’ favourite photos from 2017:

GERRY KAHRMANN

A woman raises a photo of Beth Moore as Travis Cottrell leads 2,500 women in worship at a Living Proof Live event in Abbotsford on Jan. 27. 

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Iranian-Canadian artist Parviz Tanavoli with one of his works of art at his home in West Vancouver on Feb. 15. Tanavoli invited a Vancouver Sun columnist into his home for a tour and to discuss travel bans, his sculpture on display at the Museum of Modern Art, and not being celebrated in his hometown.  

 

Glenda Luymes’s story was about an increase in injured barn owls that Orphaned Wildlife Rehab (O.W.L.) has taken in for the year. Sarah, a barn owl that lives at O.W.L., posed for our photographer while checking out visitors to the facility on Feb. 23. 
 
 
Rick Hansen Hurricanes player Josh Dillon celebrates as he is lifted onto the shoulders of fans after his team beat the South Kamloops Titans 69-63 to win the final of the 3A 2017 B.C. Boys High School Basketball Championship at the Langley Events Centre on March 11. 
 
 
Liz Glendale selects her javelin as she prepares to throw in the women’s javelin event at the 2017 Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome Track Classic at Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam on June 28. 
 
 
A man on a Mobi rental bike rides through the men’s competitors prior to the 50 lap/60 km Global Relay at the Gastown Grand Prix  in  Vancouver on July 12.
 
 
Stuart Derdeyn reviewed Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 40th-anniversary tour that kicked off at Rogers Arena on Aug. 18.
 
 

MARK VAN MANEN

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Cool greetings! Ha-Yeon Bahng showers her sister Ha-Eum in frosty snow, near Ferguson Point in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, on Jan. 2.

Eighty-four-year-old Art Skill looks over old typewriters in his workshop. The owner-operator of Poulsen’s Office Products is one of the last typewriter repairmen in the Lower Mainland. In its heyday, the company repaired the 60-plus typewriters of the Vancouver Sun and Province newsrooms, where he had a full-time team of 35 repairmen. Today, Skill works quietly in his shop still loving the business that brought him close to so many colourful people and writers.

An emotional farewell to longtime Canucks favourite Alex Burrows as he says goodbye to team staff at his last news conference on Feb. 27 after being traded to the Ottawa Senators.

The Vancouver Canucks’ Chris Tanev gets knocked down as he battles the Philadelphia Flyers’ Brayden Schenn at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Feb. 19.

A restored Vimy Ridge cross makes its way back home to the Seaforth Armoury on March 16. The cross was created in memory of the many Seaforth Highlanders killed in the First World War battle 100 years ago. Vancouver reservists Samuel Holmes and Travis Hoheisel (right) carry life-size photographs of fallen soldiers. The young reservists were about the same age as the men in the First World War photographs.

 


JASON PAYNE

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Robert Timbalian takes the oath at a Canadian citizenship ceremony at the Immigrant Services Society of B.C.’s Welcome Centre in Vancouver on March 29. Thirty new Canadians from 16 different countries took the oath that day. 

B.C. law graduates Carly Teillet and Mark Stevens hug at the UBC First Nations Longhouse on May 27 for the spring graduation celebration. Both Teillet and Stevens are descendants of Métis leaders Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont. 

Protesters gather outside the Balmoral Hotel on East Hastings Street in Vancouver on May 30 to protest living conditions for its 200 tenants. 

 

An emotional memorial for a slain Burnaby teen: Family and friends attend the funeral service for 13-year-old Marrisa Shen at Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver on July 28. 
 

Neo-Nazi Brian Ruhe gives the straight-arm salute at a rally on Aug. 19. Thousands of people surrounded Vancouver city hall to counter-rally in protest of a planned anti-Muslim rally that was to take place at city hall that afternoon. Several scuffles took place but were dealt with by the VPD.

All smiles for B.C. Premier John Horgan on Aug. 24 at a press conference announcing he is cancelling tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges as of Sept. 1. 

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Surfer Jarrett Vaughn takes advantage of the weather to try and catch a wave kicked up at Kits Point on Oct. 17. The Lower Mainland was hit by the first storm of the season, causing power outages and wet, soggy and windy conditions. 


NICK PROCAYLO

New Year’s Day revellers enjoy the annual Polar Bear Swim at English Bay on Jan. 1. 

Skaters take advantage of the chilly weather on Trout Lake on Jan. 12. The lake was open for skating for the second time in a week after being unsafe for skating for 20 years. 

A crescent moon sets over downtown and the Harbour Centre in Vancouver on Jan. 31.

In bloom at the Tulips of the Valley farm in Chilliwack on April 24. The tulip festival ran until May 7. 

The prime minister in action at Electronic Arts Canada Capture Lab in Burnaby on May 18. Justin Trudeau met with local tech and business leaders for a roundtable on how the federal government can boost B.C.’s tech sector. 

Residents of the Balmoral Hotel leave for the last time on June 12 pending renovations. Vancouver city hall forced the closure of the hotel for tenants after city staff visited the building and raised significant safety concerns. Mayor Gregor Robertson criticized the Sahotas for letting the Balmoral fall into squalor and disrepair.

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Wiener dogs and their owners in action during the annual Wiener Dog Races at Hastings Park  on July 16.

Rollerblading with Pride. Vancouverites pack downtown streets on Aug. 6 to witness the 39th Annual Vancouver Pride Parade. 

Police and officers from the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) on the scene at an officer-involved shooting on Mount Lehman Road near the Fraser Highway in Abbotsford on Nov. 6. Const. John Davidson was killed in the line of duty.

High above the clouds. The city of Vancouver and the Lions Gate Bridge seen through the fog caused by a temperature inversion on Dec. 11.


FRANCIS GEORGIAN

Two children watch as a police-escorted procession delivers Constable John Davidson’s body back to Abbotosford on November 9. Davidson was shot by an alleged car thief with suspected mental health problems.
Two children watch as a police-escorted procession delivers Constable John Davidson’s body back to Abbotosford on November 9. Davidson was shot by an alleged car thief with suspected mental health problems. Photo by Francis Georgian /PNG
Attending the Gathering of Canoes on July 14. The event is a 10-day journey along traditional highways from the Sunshine Coast to the City of Vancouver. Up to 30 canoes, with First Nations, Public Service Agencies and youth paddlers will request permission to land on the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Attending the Gathering of Canoes on July 14. The event is a 10-day journey along traditional highways from the Sunshine Coast to the City of Vancouver. Up to 30 canoes, with First Nations, Public Service Agencies and youth paddlers will request permission to land on the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. Photo by Francis Georgian /PNG
Monsters of Schlock stunt performers, Orbax & amp and Sweet Pepper Klopek, getting ready for an attempt to break the Guinness World Record on October 18.
Monsters of Schlock stunt performers, Orbax & amp and Sweet Pepper Klopek, getting ready for an attempt to break the Guinness World Record on October 18. Photo by Francis Georgian /PNG
Dog march at Science World on May 13.
Dog march at Science World on May 13. Photo by Francis Georgian /PNG
The Vancouver Canadians home opener vs vs. Everett AquaSox at Scotiabank Field Nat Bailey Stadium on June 20.
The Vancouver Canadians home opener vs vs. Everett AquaSox at Scotiabank Field Nat Bailey Stadium on June 20. Photo by Francis Georgian /PNG
Taking a rain check on Christmas. That’s because Lesley Gibson has no home, through no fault of her own, the first tie she has no home for the holidays. The 62-year old is now fighting for compensation after being forced out of affordable housing after a construction accident. The photo of her daughter in the background is one of her few remaining possessions.
Taking a rain check on Christmas. That’s because Lesley Gibson has no home, through no fault of her own, the first tie she has no home for the holidays. The 62-year old is now fighting for compensation after being forced out of affordable housing after a construction accident. The photo of her daughter in the background is one of her few remaining possessions. Photo by Francis Georgian /PNG
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