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Sadly, another year of typing has come to a close. That means it’s time again to raid the brain’s storage locker and come up with a list that aims to entertain and inform on what went down on the civic scene in 2015.

We talked with a lot of people in 2015 — politicians, healthcare workers, athletes, musicians, body builders, even a piñata maker. Here’s a small sampling of the most compelling things people told us in the pages of the Courier this past year.

“Ugh.” That’s all the executive director of the Mayors’ Council wrote in a July 2 email to a TransLink executive vice-president, under the subject “No 62; yes 38.” Mike Buda’s short 10:06 a.m.

Cheetos are used as an alternative to fossil fuels, Canadian geese are the equivalent of the living dead and a maple syrup pipeline props up the economy.

It’s time for “Stick in Link”, the feature where we just plug in a bunch of stuff written by others! Featuring a smattering of links from around the Smylosphere and beyond every Tuesday and Thursday.

A $6.7-million renovation means the REACH Community Health Centre — a fixture in East Vancouver for almost 50 years — has to move off site while the work is being completed. Executive director Madeline Boscoe said the building at 1145 Commercial Dr.

There's no other way to say it: the Canucks were undermanned versus the Los Angeles Kings. Actually, scratch that. There is another way to say it: considering their lineup consisted of so many raw rookies, you could also say they were overboyed.

Brock Boeser also held without a point through two games.

Henrik Sedin is hurt. We can be pretty sure of this.

The Canucks won their second game in a row Saturday night, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 in overtime, and while the victory came over Edmonton, it was still something of a surprise.