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• Tallio Day 6: Can new DNA science offer definitive answers?

  17-07-2017 23:52 via vancouversun.com
  
  Sixth in a seven-part series
  In 2011, a pair of RCMP officers visited Phillip Tallio at Mountain Institution in Agassiz where he was imprisoned for the 1983 murder of a child.
  They asked Tallio what he knew about DNA testing, and asked if he’d provide a sample. He agreed.
  “What is DNA evidence to you?” an officer asked him. 
  “Freedom,” the prisoner responded.
  Phillip James Tallio as a teenager in the early 1980s. Not long after this photo was taken he pleaded g
  
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• Love, loneliness and vibrators star in play In the Next Room

  17-07-2017 23:10 via vancouversun.com
  
  In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
  To Aug. 17 | Jericho Arts Centre
  Tickets and info: $17.50-$27, ensembletheatrecompany.ca
  “I’ll have what she’s having.”
  That famous line from the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally, spoken by a woman in the restaurant where Meg Ryan has just loudly faked an orgasm for Billy Crystal’s benefit, could be the subtitle for Sarah Ruhl’s play, In The Next Room.
  The Vancouver premiere of Ruhl’s 2010 Tony-nominated comic drama
  
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• UPDATE: Two seriously injured after driver crashes into North Vancouver park bench - North Shore News

  17-07-2017 23:05
  
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  UPDATE: Two seriously injured after driver crashes into North Vancouver park bench
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  Investigators remain on the scene of a North Vancouver crash involving a driver and two pedestrians. photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News. Previous Next. Investigators remain on the scene of a North Vancouver crash involving a driver and two ...
  
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• Three hospitalized after driver crashes into North Vancouver park - North Shore News

  17-07-2017 23:01
  
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  Three hospitalized after driver crashes into North Vancouver park
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  Two pedestrians and a driver were hospitalized after a collision on a Lonsdale Avenue public plaza. Investigators say the driver of a Lexus was headed south on ...and more »
  
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• Quesnel area residents scrambled to save belongings when fire jumped the Fraser River

  17-07-2017 22:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  QUESNEL — When Ty Lucas got into cellphone range after a backcountry trip in the south coast of B.C., dozens of waiting messages alerted him to the fact his home south of this city had come close to burning down.
  A fire west of the Fraser River jumped to the east side of the river on Friday, July 7, a fire sparked by lightning as with other blazes all through the Cariboo.
  Family and friends mobilized immediately to help move vehicles and other valuables as the fire advanced Friday evening.
  
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• Calling in suspicious incidents help police arrest thief! bit.ly/2vvkgxL #NorthVancouver

  17-07-2017 22:20 via twitter.com
  Calling in suspicious incidents help police arrest thief!bit.ly/2vvkgxL#NorthVancouver
  
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• Jury finds German man guilty of importing opium into Canada

  17-07-2017 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  A jury has found a German man guilty of smuggling six kilograms of opium inside two suitcases at Vancouver International Airport.
  The B.C. Supreme Court jury convicted Erol Ureten, 49, of one count of importing a controlled substance and one count of possessing a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
  The court was told that the accused was arrested after he flew from Hamburg, Germany to Vancouver on Jan. 11, 2016.
  When customs officials searched Ureten’s suitcase and the sui
  
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• Reminder: Due to hot dry conditions, barbecues (including gas fueled) in #NorthShore parks/beaches are now banned: ow.ly/XeyA30dHxs7

  17-07-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  Reminder: Due to hot dry conditions, barbecues (including gas fueled) in #NorthShore parks/beaches are now banned: ow.ly/XeyA30dHxs7
  
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• Surrey musician’s beloved ‘Purple Haze’ car stolen

  17-07-2017 21:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  Musician Ranj Singh is seeing red after his beloved “Purple Haze” car was stolen in broad daylight in Surrey.
  The 1999 Honda Civic hatchback has a whopping 1.2 million kilometres on it, yet Singh is very anxious to get the vehicle back.
  “That car means everything to me, it’s like part of the family,” Singh said Monday as he drove a rental vehicle in search of his stolen car.
  “If my dog went missing, I’d scour the neighbourhood looking for her,
  
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• Officials count loss, damages after wildfire flare-ups on B.C. wildfires

  17-07-2017 21:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  KAMLOOPS — Officials in British Columbia say they are beginning the difficult process of notifying those who have lost homes in the out-of-control wildfires that have prompted a provincial state of emergency.
  Cariboo Regional District chairman Al Richmond said Monday that teams have gained access to areas where houses and other buildings have been destroyed northwest of 100 Mile House.
  “We can start to phone the residents who have had losses,” he said.
  Crews are also working to
  
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• B.C. Liberals complain about new publicly-funded NDP-Green office

  17-07-2017 21:24 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The incoming NDP government’s plan to spend public money on a new office to manage its political relationship with the Green party is a misuse of taxpayer funds, the B.C. Liberals allege.
  The Liberal party filed a written complaint to acting Comptroller General Carl Fischer on Monday, saying the new Confidence and Supply Agreement Secretariat announced in premier-designate John Horgan’s office will inappropriately use public service resources for political purposes.
  
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• B.C. Wildfires Live: Big Lake man faces looting charges

  17-07-2017 20:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  A spate of wildfires in the Interior have led to provincewide state of emergency being declared in British Columbia. Follow along for our latest updates on the efforts to combat the blazes that have forced 37,000 from their homes.
  A 38-year-old man is in custody and facing changes in connection with the possession of goods stolen from B.C. wildfire evacuees.
  Members of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia have been engaged in proactive enforcement in th
  
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• Prince George woman opens her farm to evacuees and their animals

  17-07-2017 20:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  PRINCE GEORGE – On Saturday afternoon, there are 31 horses, six sheep, one pig, 10 dogs and four cats at Shelagh Stadel’s acreage just east of this city.
  There are also 17 people living in trailers or rooms in Stadel’s house.
  One young woman, Tracie Allery, is staying in the well-appointed sleeping quarters of Stadel’s horse trailer with her cat Solaire.
  They are evacuees from Williams Lake and area. Some are family and friends, but some complete strangers.
  Stadel has ope
  
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• 10 hits Neil Diamond wrote for other artists

  17-07-2017 20:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Neil Diamond
  July 24, 8 p.m. | Rogers Arena
  Tickets: From $35, at ticketmaster.com
  Neil Leslie Diamond was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1941, into a family descended from Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants who worked as dry goods merchants. 
  Along with classmate Barbra Streisand, he attended Erasmus Hall High School. There, he sang in the chorus and began developing his musical skills after receiving his first guitar at age 16. 
  While writing music was an immediate passion, Di
  
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• Council tonight: Workshop has been moved to 6pm (from 5pm), and the regular meeting scheduled for 7pm has been cancelled. #NorthVan

  17-07-2017 19:57 via twitter.com
  Council tonight: Workshop has been moved to 6pm (from 5pm), and the regular meeting scheduled for 7pm has been cancelled. #NorthVan
  
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• Parq Vancouver resort's restaurants will fuse Asian, Pacific Northwest flavours

  17-07-2017 19:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  Parq Vancouver, the $640-million urban resort being built next to B.C. Place Stadium, will boast eight restaurants and lounges when it opens in the fall.
  Paragon Development says each of its eight eateries will offer “a distinctive dining journey inspired by regional ingredients and multicultural influences.”
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  Paragon poised to put its Parq mark on B.C. Place with 'urban resort'Vegas power couple brings culinary expertise to Parq VancouverHiring blitz: Parq Vancouver to fill o
  
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• Seven things to do this week, July 21-27: Bob Gruen exhibit, Uptown Live Music Festival and Street Party, and more

  17-07-2017 19:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Bob Gruen rock ‘n’ roll photography exhibition
  July 24-Aug. 25 | Pendulum Gallery, 885 West Georgia
  Info: pendulumgallery.bc.ca
  Photographer Bob Gruen has been snapping portraits and candid photos of the leading rock ‘n’ roll stars for the last four decades. His work has graced the pages of almost every major music magazine as well as hanging in the National Portrait Gallery in London and MoMA in New York. This exhibition, curated by Liss Gallery founder Brian Liss,
  
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• Music reviews: Shabazz Palaces, Charles Lloyd, Circle and Laibach

  17-07-2017 19:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  Shabazz Palaces: Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines (Sub Pop): There is something so deeply refreshing about this project between Digable Planets rapper Ishmael Butler and Zimbabwean-American, multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire. So much contemporary hip hop, even that which purports to be somewhat experimental, tends to cover the same old familiar lyrical terrain, but this album and it’s “bonus” partner are definitely fresh. Much of the app
  
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• B.C. wildfires prompt Taseko to idle Gibraltar copper mine operations

  17-07-2017 18:19 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines Ltd. says it has idled its Gibraltar copper operation in British Columbia’s Cariboo region due to the ongoing wildfires.
  While there are no fires threatening the mine, the company says evacuation orders for nearby communities have made it difficult for employees to travel to the site.
  Taseko says it’s unclear when operations will resume.
  The B.C. government declared a provincial state of emergency — its first for a wildfire since 2003 — on J
  
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• The #LynnCanyon suspension bridge will be closed for maintenance Tuesday, July 18 (tomorrow) for approx. 1/2 day, starting at 6am. #NorthVan

  17-07-2017 18:03 via twitter.com
  The #LynnCanyon suspension bridge will be closed for maintenance Tuesday, July 18 (tomorrow) for approx. 1/2 day, starting at 6am. #NorthVan
  
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• Psst – the Poo Fairy doesn’t exist. Bag it & Bin it & keep our City beautiful. cnv.org/PooFairy #NorthVan https://t.co/07LUthMM2f

  17-07-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  
  Psst – the Poo Fairy doesn’t exist. Bag it & Bin it & keep our City beautiful. cnv.org/PooFairy #NorthVan https://t.co/07LUthMM2f
  
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• Daily Poll: Could partisan politics hamper B.C. firefighting efforts?

  17-07-2017 17:49 via vancouversun.com
  
  NDP Leader John Horgan is expected to be sworn as B.C.’s 36th premier on Tuesday.
  Postmedia columnist Rob Shaw says the wildfires raging through the Interior will provide the new premier with a “timely lesson on the value of bipartisanship as he looks to form a cabinet that will be lacking in rural representation.”
  Related
  Rob Shaw: Wildfire emergency changes political dynamics for NDP37,000 people now evacuated from their homes across B.C.B.C. Wildfires Live: Hot, dry con
  
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• Music reviews Vancouver Sun

  17-07-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Shabazz Palaces: Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines (Sub Pop): There is something so deeply refreshing about this project between Digable Planets rapper Ishmael Butler and Zimbabwean-American, multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire. So much contemporary hip hop, even that which purports to be somewhat experimental, tends to cover the same old familiar lyrical terrain, but this album and it’s “bonus” partner are definitely fresh. Much of the app
  
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• Surrey toddler in hospital following two-storey fall from a window

  17-07-2017 16:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  A three-year-old Surrey girl was sent to hospital with serious injuries after a fall from a two-storey window Sunday evening.
  Surrey RCMP said the girl had leaned against the window and screen gave way.
  The incident happened just before 8 p.m. at a home in the 13900 block of 64A Avenue.
   The Ministry of Children and Family Services was advised and will be following up with the family.
  “This appears to be a tragic accident that could have ended much worse,’ said Surrey RCMP&
  
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• Warmer temperatures, fewer rainy days and less fog

  17-07-2017 15:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  Located just blocks from the beaches of Semiahmoo Bay with panoramic views of nearby Blaine, Wash. and Vancouver Island on the horizon, Foster Martin by Landmark Premiere Properties Ltd. is a unique master-planned urban community in White Rock.
  In fact, Foster Martin provides an entirely new residential experience to the popular seaside city, comprised of three elegant towers and 334 condos (with views from every balcony of the southern sunsets) and the White Rock Commons public plaza, which is
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Bountiful's victims deserve compensation

  17-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Nearly a decade ago, a B.C. government social worker got a fax from Texas child protective services outlining how a 13-year-old girl from the fundamentalist Mormon community had been illegally taken by her parents to the United State to marry their church’s prophet.
  That fax also included details about two 12-year-old girls from Bountiful who had been taken by their parents in 2005 to marry Warren Jeffs, who by then was a fugitive wanted on charges of sexually abusing under-aged girls.
  Tha
  
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• Riverview Village aims to improve quality of life for mentally ill

  17-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  We fret about the future of the Riverview lands as if they were an idyllic place fixed in time, where any change to the way we use the lands, or any imaginative idea for them, is hard to countenance.
  We should instead ask ourselves how the lands can best be used to help those who suffer from serious mental illness — the historical legacy of Riverview — and take it from there. 
  With that as our imperative, we’re proposing, as the backbone of the lands, an  “inten
  
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• Remembering Liu Xiaobo

  17-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  As a noted intellectual leader who refused to leave China after the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, Liu Xiaobo had since been imprisoned three times. In late December 2009, he again was sentenced to serve an 11-year prison term. His “crime” was his role as one of the initiators of China’s “Charter 08” inspired by the Czech dissidents’ “Charter 77” and his commitment to pushing for democratic reforms on the basis of China’s own constitution.
  
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• Letters: Khadr owes Canada an apology

  17-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Re: Most oppose Khadr deal: poll; 71% say Liberals should have fought lawsuit, John Ivison column, July 11
  What I find fascinating is that in all of the hand-wringing over whether Trudeau “had a choice,” no one ponders the fact that Omar Khadr is the one who clearly had a choice: He could have chosen not to sue the Government of Canada for $20 million.
  If I were a prospective employer of Mr. Khadr, or a new neighbour or casual acquaintance, I would be moved much more by a guy who ack
  
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• The charm of Vancouver Island

  17-07-2017 06:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  We read a lot about staycations or stay at home in B.C. holidays and with our ever shrinking Canadian dollar, I decided I would follow the trend and spend a few weeks up and down Vancouver Island.  
  I should also explain I have children on the Island so I was able to freeload with them for a night here and there.
  I started off in beautiful Qualicum Beach, the more I visit Qualicum the more I think it is one of the most beautiful town in British Columbia. I happened to be there when St
  
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• Young burn survivors gather for comfort, good times at B.C. burn camp

  17-07-2017 05:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  Emily Stass, of Nelson, and Nazira Collins of East Vancouver are both 11, and they share a special bond. They are survivors of serious burns in childhood, but it’s not the scars that bond them, it’s their shared exuberance and love of life.
  The girls were part of a gathering Sunday at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver to kick off this week’s burn camp in Brackendale, sponsored by the B.C. Professional Fire Fighters. 
  “Everyone has so much fun,” said Nazira, who
  
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• Surrey and Chilliwack open reception centres for fire evacuees

  17-07-2017 03:18 via vancouversun.com
  
  Two reception centres have opened in the Lower Mainland for evacuees fleeing the wildfires burning in the B.C. Interior. 
  Close to 70 people had come into the Chilliwack reception centre as of noon Sunday. The centre opened late Saturday as a response to the Williams Lake evacuation, which has forced thousands of people out of their homes. 
  “Many of them are in shock and really devastated about the situation they find themselves in,” said Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz
  
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• 37,000 people now evacuated from their homes across B.C.

  17-07-2017 02:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  ALEXANDRIA — At the Moffat Ranch, built in 1883, Christina Moffat and Sean Gilkerson are keeping a close eye on the skyline and the weather as more wind and possibly lightning was forecast for Sunday.
  In the southwest sky a huge cloud formation mixed with smoke was a dramatic sight.
  About 30 kilometres south of the ranch, at about 3 p.m., waves of thunder rattled the air and lightning flashed.
  Several communities in the Cariboo, including Williams Lake and Quesnel, have been evacuated
  
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• Rob Shaw: Wildfires change political dynamics for NDP

  17-07-2017 02:24 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — John Horgan will be sworn in as B.C.’s 36th premier on Tuesday, a celebratory occasion for New Democrats who’ve waited 16 long years to return to power.
  But the wildfires raging through the province are likely to dampen the mood, and will serve to provide the new premier with a timely lesson in the value of bipartisanship as he looks to form a cabinet that will be lacking in rural representation.
  New Democrats are going to need to lean heavily upon several B.C. Liber
  
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• Ryan Express keeps rolling, wins fourth straight Fort Langley Half

  17-07-2017 02:19 via vancouversun.com
  
  FORT LANGLEY — There is a statue of Sir James Douglas outside the wooden gates of this village’s national historic site.
  If they ever want to “modernize” the former fur-trading epicentre, they might consider adding one of “gold collector” Ryan Prachnau at the corner of Hudson Bay Street and Mary Avenue.
  For the fourth consecutive July, the quiet and modest Abbotsford runner won the Peninsula Runners’ Fort Langley Half Marathon.
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• Moodyville Pk Master Plan & Density Bonus Policy are on tap for July 17 Council Mtg. #NorthVan See Agenda:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  17-07-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Moodyville Pk Master Plan & Density Bonus Policy are on tap for July 17 Council Mtg. #NorthVan See Agenda:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Young burn victims gather for comfort and good times at B.C. burn camp

  17-07-2017 01:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  Emily Stass, of Nelson, and Nazira Collins of East Vancouver are both 11, and they share a special bond. They are survivors of serious burns in childhood, but it’s not the scars that bond them, it’s their shared exuberance and love of life.
  The girls were part of a gathering Sunday at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver to kick off this week’s burn camp in Brackendale, sponsored by the B.C. Professional Fire Fighters. 
  “Everyone has so much fun,” said Nazira, who
  
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• Tallio Day 5: A plea changes from 'not guilty' to 'guilty'

  17-07-2017 01:03 via vancouversun.com
  
  After Phillip Tallio’s purported confession to an RCMP officer was ruled inadmissible at his 1983 trial in Prince Rupert, only one piece of evidence remained that directly implicated the Bella Coola teen in the murder of a young girl, according to the prosecutor who helped put him behind bars.
  That evidence was incriminating statements Tallio reportedly made to Dr. Robert Pos, then psychiatrist-in-chief at the Forensic Psychiatric Institute in Port Coquitlam.
  Phillip James Tallio as a teen
  
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• Agriculture vs. industry: Land-use battle brewing in Abbotsford

  17-07-2017 00:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  How much land can Abbotsford propose to remove from the Agricultural Land Reserve before its “city in the country” slogan no longer fits?
  In advance of a public hearing Monday night, opponents of a city-led proposal to remove 115 parcels from the ALR to make way for industrial growth are questioning council’s commitment to food security.
  “The model we’re using to anticipate future agriculture land needs is based on the past,” said environmentalist John Vissers
  
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• Rob Shaw: Wildfire emergency changes political dynamics for NDP

  17-07-2017 00:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — John Horgan will be sworn in as B.C.’s 36th premier on Tuesday, a celebratory occasion for New Democrats who’ve waited 16 long years to return to power.
  But the wildfires raging through the province are likely to dampen the mood, and will serve to provide the new premier with a timely lesson in the value of bipartisanship as he looks to form a cabinet that will be lacking in rural representation.
  New Democrats are going to need to lean heavily upon several B.C. Liber
  
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• Help us keep pollutants out of our creeks and ocean! Only rain should go in the storm drain. More info:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  17-07-2017 00:00 via twitter.com
  Help us keep pollutants out of our creeks and ocean! Only rain should go in the storm drain. More info:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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