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• Sale of North Vancouver's Grouse Mountain imminent - North Shore News

  13-07-2017 23:46 via nsnews.com
  
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  Sale of North Vancouver's Grouse Mountain imminent
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  North Vancouver's iconic Grouse Mountain resort will be sold within days. The Globe and Mail broke an exclusive story Wednesday evening, detailing the ...and more »
  
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• Looking for a satisfying and rewarding career serving in your community? Consider becoming a firefighter! Apply now… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-07-2017 23:06 via twitter.com
  Looking for a satisfying and rewarding career serving in your community? Consider becoming a firefighter! Apply now… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Gastown Grand Prix riders race through city streets

  13-07-2017 22:36 via vancouversun.com
  
  American Eric Young won the Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix on Wednesday night. This is his second straight victory.
   
  Jennifer Tetrick lays on the ground after a crash in the womens Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix.
  A man watches the Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix, Vancouver.
  Riders in the womens Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix are cheered on by a spectator.
  Riders compete in the Womens 35 lap / 42 km Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix.
  A man on a Mobi rental bike rides through the mens compe
  
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• Get funky this Saturday night at #SummerSessions with @Brickh0useBand. Prizes for best dance moves!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-07-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  Get funky this Saturday night at #SummerSessions with @Brickh0useBand. Prizes for best dance moves!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Tallio Day 3: A Mountie and a signed confession

  13-07-2017 21:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  Third in a seven-part series
  Police at the Bella Coola RCMP detachment had one damning piece of evidence in hand before the 1983 murder trial of Phillip Tallio: a confession.
  But that confession, though it apparently helped convince local cops they had their man, would later be challenged in court and ruled inadmissible by a judge.
  Around 9 a.m. on April 23, 1983, Bella Coola Mounties brought Tallio, then 17, into the local RCMP detachment for questioning over the death of a 22-month-old re
  
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• TSB releases report about fatal 2015 train-ambulance collision

  13-07-2017 21:14 via vancouversun.com
  
  A fatal collision between an ambulance and a train in Langley two years ago was caused by driver distraction and the complex design of the railway crossing.
  The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) released its report into the Sept. 11, 2015 incident during a news conference on Thursday morning.
  “The TSB investigation found the initial question of what happened was relatively straightforward,” said investigator in charge Peter Hickli.
  On Sept. 11, 2015, a northbound Canadian National tr
  
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• B.C. Wildfires Live: Province urges gawkers to stay away from fires

  13-07-2017 21:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  A spate of wildfires in the Interior have led to province-wide state of emergency being declared in British Columbia. Follow along for our latest updates on the efforts to combat the blazes that have forced some 14,000 from their homes.
  The B.C. Wildfire Service wants people to  know that firefighting is not a spectator activity and it is urging the curious public to keep away from the 183 active wildfires burning in province.
  “Given that so many of these fires have been in relat
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: New wine club in town

  13-07-2017 20:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  The biggest growth sector in the wine business is winery wine clubs, and over the years they have become very responsive to consumer demands.B.C.’s latest entry is The Fellowship, launched by Culmina Family Estate Winery in Oliver. Nothing moves quickly at Culmina, and The Fellowship has been years in the making.Members will be given priority access to the entire Culmina portfolio and customizable options that include flexible choice and auto-ship options and intriguing packs lab
  
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• Looking for a place to eat lunch, listen to sweet music, & draw on the table? Join us in Civic Plaza TODAY 12-2PM… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-07-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  Looking for a place to eat lunch, listen to sweet music, & draw on the table? Join us in Civic Plaza TODAY 12-2PM… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Tomorrow: Westview Dr/W Queens Rd intersection closed overnight for repaving (10pm-9am). Detour will be in place. ow.ly/MjPw30dBQ3r

  13-07-2017 19:59 via twitter.com
  Tomorrow: Westview Dr/W Queens Rd intersection closed overnight for repaving (10pm-9am). Detour will be in place. ow.ly/MjPw30dBQ3r
  
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• A reminder that there is a Province wide ban on all camp fires! twitter.com/PreparedBC/sta…

  13-07-2017 19:57 via twitter.com
  A reminder that there is a Province wide ban on all camp fires! twitter.com/PreparedBC/sta…
  
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• Water fight anyone? Join @NVCFD for #HotSummerNights @ #MahonPark today 6:30-8pm. Fire truck, games + H2O.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-07-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Water fight anyone? Join @NVCFD for #HotSummerNights @ #MahonPark today 6:30-8pm. Fire truck, games + H2O.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Video: Riverdale star Cole Sprouse and busker clash in downtown Vancouver

  13-07-2017 17:36 via vancouversun.com
  
  Riverdale star Cole Sprouse clashed with a busker in downtown Vancouver this week after the performer refused to stop singing while crews filmed nearby.
  In a video shared to Twitter on Wednesday evening, a crowd can be seen standing around actors Sprouse and Lili Reinhart on Robson Street, between Howe and Hornby. Sprouse and Reinhart, who are seen in costume in the clip, currently star as Jughead and Betty on the teem drama series inspired by the Archie Comics.
  “I’m going to interru
  
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• This Just In: Vichy Mineral 89, Joico Blonde Life Brightening Veil and For Beloved Girl Cloud-Silk Masks

  13-07-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
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  Mineral 89 Skin Fortifying Daily Booster
  They say: A skin-boosting formula containing a concentration of 89-per-cent Vichy Mineralizing Thermal Water. The clear elixir works to reinforce skin’s natural-barrier function, hydrate, strengthen and protect from “aggressors” such as stress, fatigue and pollution. 
  We say: This product has a texture that is part serum, part gel. The formula goes on cool to the touch and absorbs quickly. Our tester put this product to
  
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• Free pre-Folk Fest show features classics from Canadian canon

  13-07-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Canada Far and Wide: Grands Esprit
  July 13 | Jericho Beach Park
  Tickets: Reserve at thefestival.bc.ca
  A free show launches this year’s Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Entitled Canada Far and Wide: Grands Esprit, the presentation is actually a curated concert that is stopping at music festivals across the country, with different Canadian artists covering songs from the Canadian songbook at each stop. Cellist Cris Derksen and Quebec’s Mélisande (électrotrad), who are colla
  
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• Eighties pop nostalgia

  13-07-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Classic rock is a term typically used to denote music released in the period between the late 1960s to the early ’80s. The musical acts always associated with the genre are arena behemoths like Led Zeppelin, Queen, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones and a few others. Whether from death or retirement, this field is thinning out quickly along with its original audience. 
  A strong case can be made that there is a new classic rock emerging. This time around, it&rsq
  
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• Daily Poll: Harmless campfire or misguided firefighters?

  13-07-2017 15:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  This week, a group of B.C. firefighters were photographed eating around a campfire, despite a province-wide campfire ban and a number of wildfires that have forced the evacuation of more than 14,000 people.
  Rusty Clark, who posted the photos to Facebook, said he took the photos at Gordon Bay near the northern end of Adams Lake, northeast of Kamloops.
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  Photos capture B.C. firefighters having campfire despite fire banSome are angry at the firefighters’ seeming disregard for the provin
  
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• Cyclist bears equal blame with driver in crash – B.C. Court of Appeal

  13-07-2017 15:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. Court of Appeal has made it clear cyclists have to share more responsibility when they’re in crashes involving motor vehicles.
  In a decision released Wednesday, the court found that a driver and a cyclist were both at fault and the driver is now liable for only half of the $500,000 in damages originally awarded to the cyclist.
  “It’s not necessarily precedent-setting,” said Robert Cameron, a cyclist and lawyer who specializes in bicycle-related claims.
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• Nineteenth-century female sexuality explored In the Next Room

  13-07-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  In the Next Room
  July 13 to Aug. 18 | Jericho Arts Centre
  Tickets and info: $30/25 ($20 for preview) at ensembletheatrecompany.ca
  Nineteenth-century attitudes toward female sexuality come under scrutiny In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), a 2009 play that is sure to raise eyebrows this summer.
  In the Tony Award-winning work, two young women who are frustrated with their husbands discover one of the wonders of the new electrical age. One of the young women, the wife of a young doctor who is
  
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• Five reasons to check out Mary Poppins Sing-along

  13-07-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Movies Under the Stars: Mary Poppins Sing-Along
  July 15 at 5 p.m. | City Hall Plaza, Surrey
  Info: downtownsurreybia.com
  1. Mary Poppins. Take flight with Julie Andrews and crew in a special singalong screening of the 1964 Disney film Mary Poppins. The screening is an addition to Surrey’s annual Movies Under the Stars event, to celebrate the sesquicentennial.
  2. Festivities. While the movie screens at dusk, plenty of other activities will keep families occupied until showtime. These en
  
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• Five Things to Know: Firefighters flout fire ban, raccoon attack

  13-07-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Nearly 200 fires are still burning in British Columbia, some firefighters are in trouble for flouting the campfire fan, and a raccoon attack in East Van has made me fear raccoons. Here are five things you need to know:
  Wildfire update: there are still a lot of fires
  If you’re looking for the latest on the B.C. wildfire situation, I recommend checking out our B.C. Wildfire live blog, which is the best way to stay informed about the situation in the province.
  On the whole, the news on Wednes
  
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• Lack of funding for public art no laughing matter

  13-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Renowned Chinese artist Yue Minjun makes his first visit to Vancouver this week, marked by Mayor Gregor Robertson proclaiming July 13 the official Day of Laughter in his honour. If you don’t recognize his name, you’ll surely recognize the face, because it’s featured prominently in exaggerated proportions on his sculpture installation of 14 giant laughing men at English Bay.
  A-maze-ing Laughter is no doubt one of the most visited and photographed public artworks in the country a
  
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• 'That animal was going to kill me:' East Vancouver woman wounded in vicious raccoon attack

  13-07-2017 06:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  Gina Chiarelli and her dog, an 11-year-old Maltese named Rocky, had just stepped onto the grass in the backyard of her East Vancouver home when a raccoon charged at the pair and sank its teeth into Rocky’s head.
  There was no provocation, Chiarelli said. The dog hadn’t gone after the raccoon. There hadn’t even been time. 
  “We were there maybe four seconds, and all of a sudden,” Chiarelli said, “a huge raccoon, bigger than my dog, came flying out from under
  
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• Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, July 13

  13-07-2017 06:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, July 13.
  Vancouver Folk Music Festival
  The 40th annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival runs this weekend at Jericho Beach park, and while most of the action takes place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Thursday’s kickoff concert sounds like one to see. In celebration of the festival’s 40th year, not to mention Canada 150, the festival will open with Canada Far & Wide: Grands Esprits, a free concert
  
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• Sahota family loses bid for controversial Vancouver pot dispensary

  13-07-2017 06:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Sahota family, whose dilapidated Balmoral Hotel on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside was evacuated last month, are being slammed for their failed effort to open a cannabis dispensary on the city’s west side.
  Herban Legends, at 3038 Arbutus St., sought to sell cannabis 220 metres from York House School’s “Little School” against regulations that require all dispensaries to be at least 300 metres from schools.
  Wednesday afternoon, Herban Legends had an appeal hearing w
  
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• Public, weather service and satellites key to helping B.C. fight fires

  13-07-2017 06:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  KAMLOOPS — With more than 180 fires burning across B.C., coordinators at provincial and regional wildfire centres face the monumental task of deciding which blazes to battle and which to let run.
  It starts with detecting fires.
  Chief fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek said most fire reports come in through the public.
  “The public is definitely a key part of our response,” he said. “The more reports we get about a fire the more effective our response is going to be, s
  
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• Williams Lake residents on high alert as lightning forecast

  13-07-2017 05:22 via vancouversun.com
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE — Geremy Murphy and Laird Tutte are having a coffee in the Tim Hortons parking lot, relaxing on the back of Tutte’s truck.
  They’re sizing up the situation here, where there is an evacuation alert in place and there are four major fires in the surrounding area.
  Both are worried about the fires and have made preparations to leave if necessary. But late Wednesday afternoon their concerns had abated somewhat as the thick smoky haze had cleared considerably from earlie
  
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• Mission's Rebecca Sichon hopes to strike a chord with folk fest fans

  13-07-2017 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  MISSION FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL
  July 21- 23 | Fraser River Heritage Park, Mission
  Tickets and info: From $35 at missionfolkmusicfestival.brownpapertickets.com
  The annual Mission Folk Music Festival turns the big 30 this year and Rebecca Sichon says she’s been attending the event for as long as she can remember.
  Given the singer-songwriter is only 15 and in Grade 10, that’s pretty noteworthy.
  And this year she is making her debut on the event stage as part of its Youth and Local
  
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• Man arrested after bout of vehicular mayhem in Vernon

  13-07-2017 03:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  After arresting a man following a bout of vehicular mayhem, Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP are trying to determine whether the man’s judgment was impaired by alcohol or drugs.
  The incident, which took place on Tuesday evening, began when a stolen car crashed in the Tronson Road area, just west of Vernon.“The initial call was regarding a possible impaired driver that had crashed into a large rock with two occupants in the vehicle,” said Vernon RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk. “It was w
  
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• Longtime advocate for the homeless plans to run for Vancouver council

  13-07-2017 03:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  Judy Graves, a longtime advocate for the homeless in Vancouver, said Wednesday that she plans to run for Vancouver city council in an upcoming byelection.
  Graves said she will carry the OneCity party’s banner because she is “in complete agreement” with its policies, including its concerns about affordability and desire to support neighbourhoods.
  “Everywhere, everybody is talking about affordability issues and feeling that they’re not being heard, that they’re
  
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• Sahota family slammed for Vancouver cannabis dispensary plans

  13-07-2017 02:48 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Sahota family, whose dilapidated Balmoral Hotel on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside was evacuated last month, are being slammed for their efforts to open a cannabis dispensary on the city’s west side.
  Herban Legends, at 3038 Arbutus St., seeks to sell cannabis 260 metres from York House School’s “Little School” against regulations that require all dispensaries to be at least 300 metres from schools.
  Wednesday afternoon, Herban Legends had an appeal hearing with the
  
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• Palmer: Donna Sanford to play crucial role ensuring Horgan's survival

  13-07-2017 02:37 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Premier-designate John Horgan this week made an appointment critical to the survival of his government, naming a senior official to manage the unique power-sharing agreement between the B.C. NDP and the B.C. Green party.
  She’s Donna Sanford, appointed executive director of a secretariat that will be established in the premier’s office to oversee the confidence and supply agreement with the Greens.
  Her secretariat has not yet been staffed or given a budget. But the ke
  
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• Resident returns to Ashcroft Reserve to survey the damage

  13-07-2017 02:10 via vancouversun.com
  
  As Glenda Wilson drove toward the Ashcroft First Nation reserve, she had tears in her eyes and felt sick to her stomach.
  Last Friday, when she left the reserve where she has lived for most of her life, all she could see was heavy smoke and a bright orange glow in her rear view mirror.
  She was certain that the Ashcroft wildfire, which is west of Kamloops and now covers over 100 square kilometres, had consumed her home.
  “I thought the whole reserve was basically wiped out,” she said, c
  
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• Police recommend charges in New Westminster teen's fatal drug overdose

  13-07-2017 02:09 via vancouversun.com
  
  New Westminster Police say they’re recommending criminal charges in connection with the overdose death of a teenager.
  Police say they’ve arrested a suspect believed to be responsible for selling a drug that killed a 16-year-old student Angel Loyer-Lawrence and led to another teen being hospitalized in May.
  School officials said at the time of the death that both teens were involved in a small program for vulnerable students.
  Police issued a warning about the lethal drug after the dea
  
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• Trucker arrested with 23 kilograms of cocaine at border is acquitted

  13-07-2017 02:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  A judge has acquitted a Langley trucker who was arrested after 23 kilograms of cocaine was found in a secret compartment in his vehicle at the Canada-U.S. border.
  Major Singh Gausal, the owner of Gausal Trucking Ltd, was detained when he tried to bring his tractor-trailer unit through the Huntingdon border crossing on Dec. 3, 2012.
  At the time, he was returning to Canada after picking up two loads of produce in California. He stated that he had no goods to declare.
  But Canada Border Services Age
  
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• Bramham: Taxing the rich is Seattle's plan to preserve affordability

  13-07-2017 02:03 via vancouversun.com
  
  Amid the mansions of tech billionaires and millionaires, the luxury stores and upscale eateries, Seattle is having an existential crisis.
  There’s a deepening wealth gap and housing costs are soaring beyond the reach of many working people, including software engineers whose salaries average $120,000 a year (and those are U.S. dollars). And the question that’s being asked is: Is this a city only for the wealthy?
  Sound familiar? Well, yes. But the solution that Seattle’s city cou
  
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• #PLAY: #EmbracetheSpace. Help us transform our public spaces into vibrant, fun locations. cnv.org/PLAY… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-07-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  #PLAY: #EmbracetheSpace. Help us transform our public spaces into vibrant, fun locations. cnv.org/PLAY… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• B.C. man who stabbed landlord to death not criminally responsible

  13-07-2017 01:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  A schizophrenic man who fatally stabbed his landlord has been found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.
  Joshua Edward Dillon was initially charged with the July 29, 2015 second-degree murder of Beverly McLeod, 30, in her Fort Nelson home.
  In reaching her verdict in the case, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray told the court that a finding that Dillon was not criminally responsible is not a finding of not guilty or a ticket to freedom.
  She said there was no doubt Dillon,
  
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• Stretched homeowners in Metro Vancouver will feel pinch of rate hike

  13-07-2017 01:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in seven years on Wednesday, moving it 25 basis points from 0.5 per cent to 0.75 per cent. The country’s five largest banks all followed, hiking their prime rates from 2.7 per cent to 2.95 per cent, which will increase the cost of borrowing when it comes to everything from variable rate mortgages to lines of credit and other loans.
  Here are five things to consider:
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• Photos capture B.C. firefighters having campfire despite fire ban

  13-07-2017 00:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  A group of firefighters from the B.C. Wildfire Service are taking heat on social media for holding an apparent campfire — despite a province-wide fire ban.
  The photos, posted Tuesday night to a Facebook group for residents of Clearwater, show a group of five people, clearly dressed in the red and black uniforms of the B.C. Wildfire Service, standing around a burning campfire.
  Rusty Clark, who posted the photos to Facebook, said he took the photos at Gordon Bay near the northern end of Adam
  
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• Speeding California tourist has rented Lamborghini impounded by Delta police

  13-07-2017 00:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  A 20-year-old tourist from California lost his ride Tuesday when Delta police impounded his rented Lamborghini after clocking the exotic sports car racing along Highway 99 at speeds exceeding 155 km/h.
  The 2015 Lamborghini Huracan was moving northbound in the 12500 block of Highway 99 when a Delta police officer spotted the vehicle making abrupt lane changes and traveling at a high rate of speed.
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  Driver of Ferrari clocked doing 210 km/h over Lions Gate gets 16-month banDel
  
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• Got an event coming up in the City? Let everyone know by adding it to our online calendar cnv.org/CommunityEvents.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-07-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  Got an event coming up in the City? Let everyone know by adding it to our online calendar cnv.org/CommunityEvents.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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