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Freaking out about finding the perfect last minute holiday gift? While many people buy their gifts well in advance, others shop right down to the wire.

A program believed to be the first of its kind in Canada will launch in early January in the Downtown Eastside and allow 50 drug users to access a prescription painkiller tablet and inject it while in a monitored facility.

The massive windstorm that tore across southern B.C. Thursday may have passed, but there is damage and destruction in its wake. For those who lost power during the storm, BC Hydro offers cold comfort, noting that some customers could remain without service for days.

We took a look at our year that was on Vancouver Is Awesome and the stories that really struck a chord with readers and assembled this list of stories that put the awe in awesome.

It was a record-breaking year at Vancouver Is Awesome for readership, and for that we thank you, dear reader. So what exactly did we write that was so popular?

For one, a person was rescued on White Rock Pier after powerful winds cut the popular, 100-year-old structure in half on Thursday afternoon.

A person was rescued by helicopter on White Rock Pier after powerful winds cut the popular structure in half on Thursday afternoon.

BC Ferries has canceled about 80 sailings on numerous routes as of 3 p.m., and more cancellations loom as the storm lands in the lower mainland.

@tyler_bryant / Twitter Powerful winds caused chaos on Metro Vancouver transit today , and one woman was sent to hospital with injuries due to a SkyTrain incident.

One of Richmond’s biggest employers is threatening to pull its headquarters out of the city after the latest delay to replacing the Massey Tunnel.