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• Filming for Deadpool heads to Vancouver Island for scene at X-men castle

  17-06-2017 23:48 via vancouversun.com
  
  When foul-mouthed anti-hero Deadpool comes knocking, it’s no surprise no one’s around to answer.
  Production on the sequel to the unconventional superhero flick has started in B.C., with filming taking place on Vancouver Island.
  Star Ryan Reynolds shared the first official set image from the sequel’s production on Saturday through Twitter and Instagram.
  “Dropped by the X-mansion. Big f-cking surprise. No one’s home,” tweeted the actor on Saturday, alongside an
  
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• Nostalgia for dad's day: Car shows abound this weekend

  17-06-2017 23:28 via vancouversun.com
  
  Reports of car culture’s death are greatly exaggerated.
  For proof, look no further than parks, closed-off downtown streets and recreation centres across Metro Vancouver on weekends throughout the summer as car shows and swap meets draw thousands of participants and spectators.
  Some come in the sentimental spirit of nostalgia, others to stoke the passions that chrome machines inflame, while others just to see some cool cars and maybe do a little Lotto Max dreaming.
  While Father’s Day
  
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• Metal detector: Lifelong Ford fan the go-to guy for restorers hunting rare car parts

  17-06-2017 23:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  “I believe that some people are born into the wrong time,” says Doug Blamey. “And I was born too late.”
  How late? Probably a half-century, the 64-year old figures.
  The longtime Maple Ridge resident — he’s owned his Dewdney Trunk Road corner lot house for four decades – has been many things during his well-lived life: husband to Bernice, father to five kids, CP Rail worker, movie extra.
  But ‘parts picker’ is what he’s considered him
  
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• One in hospital, another in custody after Granville Street stabbing Saturday morning

  17-06-2017 22:36 via vancouversun.com
  
  An Alberta man has been arrested after a stabbing early Saturday morning in downtown Vancouver.
  Police officers stationed in the Granville Entertainment District noticed a disturbance in the 900-block Granville Street around 3:30 a.m.Around 3:30 a.m., Vancouver Police stationed and quickly stepped in.
  “Officers discovered one man in the crowd had been stabbed, and they were able to locate and arrest a second man for the assault,” said Const. Jason Doucette in an email.
  A 22-year-old
  
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• Planning on using the #SpiritTrail from the #Shipyards to #MoodyvillePark Sunday? Heads up for 1500 @colormerad5k r… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  17-06-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Planning on using the #SpiritTrail from the #Shipyards to #MoodyvillePark Sunday? Heads up for 1500 @colormerad5k r… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Have you seen Debra George? bit.ly/2sBB3Rs #NorthVancouver

  17-06-2017 21:46 via twitter.com
  Have you seen Debra George?bit.ly/2sBB3Rs#NorthVancouver
  
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• Weekend Poll: Do animal abuse cases make you reconsider eating meat?

  17-06-2017 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  This week, the B.C. SPCA announced it had launched an investigation into a Chilliwack chicken-catching company after undercover footage revealed alleged instances of animal abuse. Six employees were fired after the probe began.
  Just days later, Crown prosecution shared it had filed an appeal to B.C. Supreme Court, seeking increased jail time for those convicted in a Chilliwack dairy farm abuse case.
  Some activists have encouraged individuals to stop eating meat as a cold-turkey solution, while o
  
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• Last week Mayor @DarrellMussatto helped the Filipino community celebrate with a flag raising ceremony + Philippine… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  17-06-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Last week Mayor @DarrellMussatto helped the Filipino community celebrate with a flag raising ceremony + Philippine… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Apologies to our readers for undelivered copies of The Vancouver Sun

  17-06-2017 19:36 via vancouversun.com
  
  We’d like to apologize to our readers who missed their morning Vancouver Sun on Saturday.
  Owing to major production issues at our press, our run finished late and as a result subscribers on Vancouver Island and other parts of B.C. did not receive their papers.
  We will be sending out Saturday’s Sun along with the Sunday Province edition. 
  Our glitches also led to very late Friday papers. 
   
  
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• One in hospital, another in custody following Granville Street stabbing Saturday morning

  17-06-2017 19:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  An Alberta man has been arrested following a stabbing early Saturday morning in downtown Vancouver.
  Around 3:30 p.m., Vancouver Police stationed in the Granville Entertainment District noticed a disturbance in the 900-block Granville Street and quickly stepped in.
  “Officers discovered one man in the crowd had been stabbed, and they were able to locate and arrest a second man for the assault,” said Const. Jason Doucette in an email.
  A 22-year-old Nanaimo man was taken to hospital with
  
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• Sweet succulents: Desert plants hottest greenery of the season

  17-06-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Social media has a funny way of making people — and things — famous. 
  But unlike #selfies, memes and makeup bloggers, its latest protégé is something we can all easily embrace: succulents. 
  “Succulents have been hugely trending,” Sophia De Mello, a co-owner of Botany Living florists in Vancouver, says of the plants, which include cacti (All cacti are succulents but not all succulents are cacti, get it?). “The advent of social m
  
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• Makeover: Going for fun, versatile and functional

  17-06-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Lesley Santillan is a new mom and was in need of a style update. 
  After having her baby, Lesley was feeling out of touch with her style and was having trouble shopping for her body type. Her area of concern is the tummy. She struggles to find the right clothing to camouflage that area and tends to wear boxy and baggy tops, which make her look and feel frumpy. My goal was to pull together an outfit that is fun, versatile and functional, all while looking classic, polished and ladylike.
  We st
  
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• We got an international thumbs up for lighting #CityHall green to show support for #ParisAgreement. Video: ow.ly/cY2230cCQfp #NorthVan

  17-06-2017 18:00 via twitter.com
  We got an international thumbs up for lighting #CityHall green to show support for #ParisAgreement. Video: ow.ly/cY2230cCQfp #NorthVan
  
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• Scale and sensibility

  17-06-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Display suites present a glimpse of the lifestyle that is possible in a condo development. In a kitchen, there’ll be a place for wine glasses, coffee mugs and a modest set of dinnerware; deep pot drawers will hold high-end cookware, while dried herbs and spices might nestle in a drawer organizer alongside the cooktop. In the bedrooms, clothes will be hung in the closets, and in bathrooms, towels and soaps are often complemented by a candle or two to evoke a luxury retreat. Everything has i
  
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• Father's Day food: A make-your-own pizza party for dad

  17-06-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Dad needs a pizza stone. On this point there can be no quibbling. 
  If you want to make a good pizza — anything resembling the fresh, crisp, chewy delight that is pizza Napoletana — you must have a hot oven with a hot cooking surface.
  The wood-fired stone oven at Nicli Antica in Gastown hits 800 F (425 C) before the first pizza of the day hits the cooking deck. Your oven doesn’t go that high, but you can still approximate the alchemy of high-heat cookery with a pi
  
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• Waterside residency on offer at West Harbour

  17-06-2017 16:03 via vancouversun.com
  
  Sometimes the difference between success and failure in building a community comes down to a developer putting aside his or her ego and going for what feels right, says the developer of one of Kelowna’s most successful lakeside communities.
  Renee Wasylyk says her company, Troika Management Corp., was on the verge of going with a 1,500-home development, including a 19-storey concrete highrise on Okanagan Lake, when she got what she called a “Spidey tingle”, a reference to the fo
  
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• Yaletown condo has city and water outlooks

  17-06-2017 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  1502 — 1155 Homer Street, Vancouver
  Type: One-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment
  Size: 674 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $624,000
  Listed for: $598,000
  Sold for: $660,000
  Sold on: March 13
  Days on market: Seven
  Listing agent: Brian Higgins and Amy Leong at Prompton Real Estate Services
  Buyers agent: Adam Chahl at RE/MAX Select Realty
  The big sell: The City Crest tower has a central Yaletown location at the corner of Homer and Davie streets with retail stores on the ground level and 145 units above.
  
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• Viva Cuba: An historical journey through an island frozen in time

  17-06-2017 15:33 via vancouversun.com
  
  An Explorer’s First LandingsOur vehicle bounces and rattles over dusty roads bordered by expansive stretches of lush fields dotted with swaying palm trees. Abundant fruit trees shade outer rows of sugarcane against a backdrop of the Maniabon mountain range. While this landscape captures my attention, it more importantly commanded the attention of the intrepid Christopher Columbus upon his arrival in 1492. In his journal, he described Bariay Bay in Cuba’s eastern Holguin province as &
  
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• Tranquil setting boosts the appeal of Intracorp's Belpark

  17-06-2017 15:20 via vancouversun.com
  
  Finding a tranquil, natural setting that still provides easy access to rapid transit is a hard thing to pull off in Vancouver’s increasingly tightly developed neighbourhoods. But the people at Intracorp reckon they’ve nailed it with Belpark, a 120-home development of three buildings planned for a block east of Cambie Street on West 59th Avenue.
  “We have an extensive history building on the west side of Vancouver, including at UBC,” said Barrett Sprowson, vice-president of
  
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• The Home Front: Turning chopsticks into tabletops

  17-06-2017 15:10 via vancouversun.com
  
  There are not many conversations that start out with the words: “Imagine you’re a chopstick”. But such is the passion of Felix Böck, founder of Vancouver’s ChopValue, a company that recycles around 300,000 chopsticks a week, turning them into products for the home. You can’t help but be right there with him when he asks you to embody the humble eating tool on its journey from the bamboo field to the bin.
  “You’ve been cut down in a bamboo forest
  
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• Father's Day cocktails: Three must-try mixers for Dad

  17-06-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Looking for a way to wow dad this Father’s Day?
  Consider crafting one of these artisan cocktails for him. And one for you, of course. 
  From fruit-infused beer concoctions, to meaty Caesar drinks, here are three libations to whip up this holiday. 
  Cheers, Dad. This one’s for you.  
   
  Recipe: Over the Moon Beer Cocktail
  Looking for a way to kick up Dad’s go-to drink? Why not add a little fruit?
  An easy India Pale Ale gets a boost from orange and mango-fla
  
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• This Week in History: 1928 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic

  17-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Eighty-nine years ago, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
  “AMELIA SPANS OCEAN!” trumpeted a front-page headline in The Vancouver Sun on June 18, 1928.
  The flight came just over a year after Charles Lindbergh electrified the world with the first solo flight across the Atlantic. The Sun labelled Earhart’s “Lindy’s double” in a photo on the front page, while the Province called her the “Girl Lindbergh.”
  Earhart didn&rsqu
  
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• Opinion: Weaver made bad deal for Greens and B.C.

  17-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  I’m sorry to be the one to tell Andrew Weaver and the Green caucus that they traded their milk cow for three magic NDP beans — but it’s time someone did.
  Having won three seats and the balance of power in the recent provincial election, they entered into negotiations with both the NDP and B.C. Liberals. But from the start, the numbers presented only one option to form a stable government with a workable major
  
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• Opinion: Time to cut our losses and stop Site C hydro project

  17-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  At the Nov. 7, 2016, Clean Energy B.C. Conference, I voiced opposition to the Site C dam on the Peace River in northeast B.C. for economic, fiscal, environmental and aboriginal treaty-rights reasons.
  I personally and professionally think Site C is an economic, fiscal, environmental and aboriginal treaty-rights disaster.
  B.C. Hydro’s demand across three core groups (residential, commercial and industrial) has been dead flat for the last 10 years; as the extractive industries show no sign of
  
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• Opinion: New government can take immediate steps to address province’s drug crisis

  17-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Ambulances criss-cross urban areas responding to overdose calls. City morgues are unable to accommodate the number of citizens lost to toxic drugs. A prominent journalist who covers the gangsters in control of the lucrative illicit drug trade is threatened with death.
  While this description might sound like a lawless Latin American failed state, this is the current reality in B.C. The province’s new government has an urgent task ahead.
  As director of the province’s new B.C. Centre on
  
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• Opinion: NDP must clarify how it will pay for deal with Greens

  17-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The power-sharing deal struck by the NDP and Green party means British Columbians could soon see an NDP minority government propped up by Green support.
  But if NDP Leader John Horgan becomes premier, the deal with Andrew Weaver’s Greens would commit the NDP to policies and government spending not part of the NDP’s election platform.
  This raises an important question — will a Horgan-led government keep the NDP’s election promise to balance the budget, and if so, how?
  On el
  
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• Opinion: Medical tourism could provide revenue for our health care system

  17-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  “The federal government’s job is to provide stable funding, ensure that nobody is denied coverage because they don’t have the ability to pay, but allow the provinces to experiment.” — Andrew Scheer
  Conservative leader Andrew Scheer seems receptive to leaving the public system as is, but encouraging provinces to innovate. Although Canada spends $160 billion annually on healthcare, the Commonwealth Fund has ranked us 10th out of 11 developed countries for the efficien
  
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• Opinion: Go fishing on Father's Day, and pass it on

  17-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  It’s Father’s Day again, a time for celebrating not just “dads” but families as a whole. There is also something else to celebrate this weekend that many people may not know about — it is B.C.’s Family Fishing Weekend!
  This is an event for friends and family — held the third weekend each June — encouraging people to try fishing in a safe and fun environment. The provincial and federal government also waive the need for anglers to buy or carry a fis
  
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• David Sedaris digs deep into his diaries for new book

  17-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  David Sedaris: Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) book signing
  June 20, 7 p.m. | Indigo Granville
  After the usual polite greetings, author David Sedaris asks: “What’s your address?”
  I told him the street, but fumbled over the postal code — I was a bit thrown off by the question.
  Now, a rational brain says Sedaris, a southerner from Raleigh, NC, is the type to send out a hand-written note on heavy-bond stationary thanking me for talking with him about his new book Theft
  
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• Canada 150: Parker Williams, B.C.'s first socialist MLA

  17-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we are counting down to Canada Day with profiles of 150 noteworthy British Columbians.
  Parker Williams is all but forgotten today. But in the B.C. legislature in the early 1900s, the socialist member for Newcastle on Vancouver Island was a force of nature.
  “He was quite a speaker,” said his grandson, Brian Williams. “They say he could spiel out more words per minute than anybody in parliament.”
  He didn’t hold back. Following a
  
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• The Grouse Grind opens tomorrow. Be safe, prepared and aware of your fitness level, firefighters conducted 20 rescu… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  17-06-2017 05:12 via twitter.com
  The Grouse Grind opens tomorrow. Be safe, prepared and aware of your fitness level, firefighters conducted 20 rescu… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Fire razes mattress recycling facility on Mitchell Island

  17-06-2017 04:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  A massive fire at Mitchell Island mattress recycling facility is under control but Richmond firefighters are awaiting the arrival of some heavy equipment before they can completely extinguish the blaze.
  “The building has collapsed,” said Richmond Fire Chief John McGowan. “We are awaiting for some heaving equipment to come in and pull apart the building. There are some areas that we can’t get with water.”
  Richmond Fire Rescue sent seven trucks to Mattress Recycl
  
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• Risky mortgages, shadow bankers threaten Vancouver housing market's stability

  17-06-2017 03:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  First in a two-part series.
  Massive and risky home loans are increasing in number across Metro Vancouver, while mortgage fraud cases are also on the rise, connected to the growth of so-called “shadow banking,” a Postmedia investigation shows.
  The trend of increasingly risky loans underlying Metro Vancouver’s high home prices is illustrated by Bank of Canada figures that show the rapid growth since 2014 of large mortgages made to people with relatively low incomes.
  This is a gro
  
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• B.C. NDP continues to consider changes to province's labour code

  17-06-2017 02:49 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. NDP continues to mull changes to the province’s labour code that would remove the use of secret ballots for employees seeking to form unions.
  On Friday, B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan addressed members of the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union during a conference at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver, following a warm introduction from BCGEU president Stephanie Smith.
  Horgan spent much of his address reiterating campaign pledges to improve public services and afforda
  
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• Abbotsford man arrested for threatening Facebook employees

  17-06-2017 02:15 via vancouversun.com
  
  Alleged cyber threats over a deleted Facebook post have led to the arrest of a 20-year-old Fraser Valley man.
  Staff from Facebook’s corporate office contacted Abbotsford police Thursday afternoon after a social media user contacted them with threats to cause damage and kill people with guns and bombs.
  The man was apparently upset over the removal of one of his Facebook posts.
  In response, the Abbotsford police’s emergency response team, major crime unit, crime reduction unit and
  
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• Roles, rules and runarounds of a precarious partnership

  17-06-2017 02:02 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Green leader Andrew Weaver was near to finalizing his deal with the New Democrats when he suggested the procedural rules of the legislature could be rewritten to help the partnership along.
  Weaver raised the possibility in a media scrum on the afternoon of May 26, two days before the Sunday morning session where he and NDP leader John Horgan concluded their landmark power-sharing agreement.
  Weaver’s strong hint that the Greens were headed into the arms of the NDP came
  
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• Introducing PLAY: Our new program about transforming public spaces into vibrant & fun locations.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  17-06-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Introducing PLAY: Our new program about transforming public spaces into vibrant & fun locations.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• LIVE: Fire razes mattress recycling facility on Mitchell Island

  17-06-2017 01:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  A massive fire at Mitchell Island mattress recycling facility is under control but Richmond firefighters are awaiting the arrival of some heavy equipment before they can completely extinguish the blaze.
  “The building has collapsed,” said Richmond Fire Chief John McGowan. “We are awaiting for some heaving equipment to come in and pull apart the building. There are some areas that we can’t get with water.”
  Richmond Fire Rescue sent seven trucks to Mattress Recycl
  
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• Mounties investigating ‘harmful extraneous material’ in some B.C. milk

  17-06-2017 01:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The RCMP is investigating after a Quebec-based dairy recalled some milk products produced at its Victoria dairy because of what a federal agency calls “harmful extraneous material.”
  Cpl. Tammy Douglas says the RCMP has received complaints over the past few weeks from Vancouver Island about the milk products.
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced early Friday that Agropur is recalling some of its milk products distributed in the province.
  Douglas says the Moun
  
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• Lynn Valley Rd closed tomorrow, 9:15am-11:15am for the @LynnValleyDays parade. Detour & parking info on their site: ow.ly/pYeV30cFclS

  17-06-2017 01:02 via twitter.com
  Lynn Valley Rd closed tomorrow, 9:15am-11:15am for the @LynnValleyDays parade. Detour & parking info on their site: ow.ly/pYeV30cFclS
  
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• North Vancouver's Arc'teryx opens doors to new downtown Vancouver storefront - Straight.com

  17-06-2017 00:53 via straight.com
  
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  North Vancouver's Arc'teryx opens doors to new downtown Vancouver storefront
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  Measuring 3,200-square-feet, Arc'teryx's new downtown Vancouver storefront is the brand's largest location in Canada yet. Arc'teryx. Arc'teryx's largest Canadian location to date is officially open for the business. The North Vancouver–based outerwear ...and more »
  
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• LIVE: Knight Street bridge closed due to massive fire on Mitchell Island

  17-06-2017 00:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  Emergency crews have been called to a massive structure fire at a mattress recycling facility on Mitchell Island between Richmond and Vancouver.
  Richmond Fire Rescue says seven trucks are on scene and Richmond RCMP have closed Knight Street Bridge.  Drivers travelling to or from Richmond are being warned to expect heavy delays.
  Firefighters responded to the blaze at 1:51 p.m.Fire on Mitchell island @NEWS1130 pic.twitter.com/PkhmadCSkC
  — chris leigh (@chrisleigh604) June 16, 2017
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• Happy Birthday SeaBus! Thanks for 40 years of great service, and the increased sailings. #NorthVan @TransLink https://t.co/u20xxLXcxL

  17-06-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  
  Happy Birthday SeaBus! Thanks for 40 years of great service, and the increased sailings. #NorthVan @TransLink https://t.co/u20xxLXcxL
  
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