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• ICBC to get new president and CEO

  07-12-2017 23:54 via vancouversun.com
  Mark Blucher, ICBC’s president and CEO, is moving on.
  In a Thursday afternoon news release, ICBC said Blucher is moving to a similar role with the Vancouver-based Central 1 Credit Union, effective Dec. 29.
  Blucher had been president and CEO since 2012. He originally joined ICBC in 2010 as senior vice-president of insurance.
  At Central 1, Blucher replaces Don Wright, who left the credit union in July to become head of the public service for the new NDP government.
  “ICBC’s l
  
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• Barred owl invasion results in 150 of the raptors taken to rehab facility

  07-12-2017 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  A veritable barred owl invasion is underway. More than 150 of the raptors have been brought dead or injured to a local wildlife rehabilitation facility, in addition to numerous sightings in downtown Vancouver.
  A jogger even reported being dive-bombed by one near English Bay.
  “The bird took a swoop and hit him in the noggin,” Rob Hope, raptor care manager at OWL rehab in South Delta, said Thursday. “It was a case of mistaken food, or something startled the bird to hit him.&rdquo
  
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• National Energy Board rules in favour of Trans Mountain on Burnaby pipeline impasse

  07-12-2017 23:31 via vancouversun.com
  The National Energy Board has ruled in favour of Kinder Morgan Canada in its efforts to bypass Burnaby bylaws that stand in the way of its Trans Mountain expansion project.
  The NEB order says the company is not required to comply with two sections of the city’s bylaws as it prepares to begin construction in the area.
  The company had filed a motion to have the NEB overrule the bylaws on a constitutional basis, because it claimed the city was delaying a project the federal government had app
  
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• And that's a wrap! The new artificial turf field at Kirkstone Park is finished and ready for play. First soccer gam… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-12-2017 23:21 via twitter.com
  And that's a wrap! The new artificial turf field at Kirkstone Park is finished and ready for play. First soccer gam… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Restaurant review: Dosas land on Davie

  07-12-2017 23:18 via vancouversun.com
  Davie Dosa
  1235 Davie Street | 604-669-5899
  Open daily, 10 a.m. to midnight; daviedosacompany.com
  Instinct isn’t always hiding in the basement of consciousness. When we saw Davie Dosa, a new neighbourly spot on Davie Street, there was a lone diner, a signal to keep on walking.
  But we walked in and instinct revealed its hand.
  First, Sharv Ramachandra confidently welcomed us. He’s the owner and if a restaurant isn’t doing well, an owner’s desperation is hard to conceal.
  Sec
  
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• Whistler Blackcomb ski resort to get $66-million upgrade

  07-12-2017 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  Whistler Blackcomb is planning a new gondola, a six-person chairlift and a new quad lift thanks to a $66-million investment from new owner Vail Resorts.
  The company says the money will go to three new lifts that connect the gondolas.
  In a statement, the company says a new 10-passenger gondola will replace the Wizard and Solar chairlifts. The gondola will ascend from the base to the top of Blackcomb Mountain, terminating next to the PEAK 2 PEAK gondola, that links Blackcomb and Whi
  
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• Adopt-A-School: Growing need for a quality breakfast

  07-12-2017 22:52 via vancouversun.com
  Robin Pilchak knows what it’s like being a single mother with young children and how hard it is to feed them when money is tight.
  “I’m a single mom with three kids, and I struggled for quite a while. It’s not easy to get good, healthy food for kids because it costs so much,” said Pilchak. “When my kids were growing up, there weren’t any programs in schools to feed kids. We really could have used something.”
  This explains why Pilchak
  
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• Homicide suspected in Surrey woman's disappearance

  07-12-2017 22:28 via vancouversun.com
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over an investigation into the disappearance of a 54-year-old Surrey woman in the spring.
  On May 29, the family of San Li Liao reported her missing to the Surrey RCMP and a missing person’s investigation was opened.  Now investigators believe the woman met with foul play.
  IHIT says investigators conducted extensive ground searches, spoke to multiple people, and reviewed video surveillance.  
  Liao was last seen leaving her
  
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• Do you have a licence to conduct business in the District? It's time to renew! You can do it right now, on our webs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-12-2017 22:28 via twitter.com
  Do you have a licence to conduct business in the District? It's time to renew! You can do it right now, on our webs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Derek Corrigan replaces Gregor Robertson as chair of mayors' council

  07-12-2017 21:10 via vancouversun.com
  Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan has replaced Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson as chair of The Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation.
  The council held an election on Thursday for the one-year term positions of chair and vice-chair.
  Executive director Michael Buda says Corrigan and Robertson were nominated for the position of chair, however Corrigan won the majority of votes.
  For vice-chair, District of North Vancouver mayor Richard Walton and New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Coté
  
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• Indigenous Christianity on the rise in Vancouver and beyond

  07-12-2017 21:02 via vancouversun.com
  In the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report, Canadians increasingly view Christianity as the enemy of Indigenous people.
  The “truth,” as conveyed mostly through the mass media, has shone a harsh light on the federally funded, church-run residential schools for Indigenous youth, almost all of which closed by the 1970s.
  The “reconciliation” part of the TRC process has received far less attention. But inter-spiritual reconciliation has been going on for dec
  
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• Some things are a little hard to recognize in the City today. Does this look familiar? #NorthVan https://t.co/nrltG4YsGe

  07-12-2017 20:25 via twitter.com
  
  Some things are a little hard to recognize in the City today. Does this look familiar? #NorthVan https://t.co/nrltG4YsGe
  
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• Our events calendar is looking pretty festive. Check out what's going on in & around the City. Don't see your event… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-12-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Our events calendar is looking pretty festive. Check out what's going on in & around the City. Don't see your event… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• SkyTrain attack on Muslim teen inspires fear, anger and forgiveness

  07-12-2017 19:54 via vancouversun.com
  Racists attacks like the incident earlier this week sow fear in the community, especially when the victim is young and female, say local Muslim leaders.
  “It’s such a terrible disappointing thing to happen and terrifying for the young woman who was accosted,” said Haroon Khan, trustee at Al Jamia Masjid Mosque in Vancouver. “Women outwardly show their faith and modesty with the hijab and this guy became unhinged and assaulted her. It’s an ass
  
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• Good morning, our #DNVsnow crew has been out brining and salting roads. Priority 1 routes are 100% clear, and they'… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-12-2017 18:11 via twitter.com
  Good morning, our #DNVsnow crew has been out brining and salting roads. Priority 1 routes are 100% clear, and they'… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Our 2018 Recycling, Green Can & Garbage Guide is packed with info + tips to make recycling easier. Grab a digital c… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-12-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  Our 2018 Recycling, Green Can & Garbage Guide is packed with info + tips to make recycling easier. Grab a digital c… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Whistler Backcomb ski resort to get $66-million upgrade

  07-12-2017 17:52 via vancouversun.com
  Whistler Backcomb is planning a new gondola, a six-person chairlift and a new quad lift thanks to a $66-million investment from Vail Resorts.
  The company says the money will go to three new lifts that connect the gondolas, and defers consideration of new water park.
  In a statement, the company says a new 10-passenger gondola will replace the Wizard and Solar chairlifts.  
  The gondola will ascend from the base to the top of Blackcomb Mountain, terminating adjacent to the existing PEAK 2
  
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• Women filmmakers once again enjoy welcoming world of Whistler Film Festival

  07-12-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  It was just recently reported that Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig’s new coming-of-age film, is now the best-reviewed movie on the popular Rotten Tomatoes online aggregate review site.
  Now, to be clear, the film was written and directed by Gerwig, a female, and it tells the story of a teenage girl and her relationship with her mother, both females.
  Beanie Feldstein, left, and Saoirse Ronan in a scene from Lady Bird.
  The point is females can make films. This is, unfortunately, a point Hollywood is
  
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• Film draws a picture of architect behind new Vancouver House tower

  07-12-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  The new twisty tower that is quickly rising at the foot of Howe Street is certainly attention-grabbing and, according to the documentary Big Time, that is what the architect behind the 59-storey Vancouver House skyscraper is all about.
  In theatres now, Big Time, from director Kaspar Astrup Schröder, lets viewers in on architect Bjarke Ingels’ methods, and some might say his madness, as the 40-year-old from Copenhagen designs well outside the box.For instance, if you Google-image
  
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• Classical music that's not for the season

  07-12-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s a truth universally acknowledged that one can hear Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer too many times. Ditto the syrupy seasonal standards on those awful, awful shopping-mall CDs.
  It’s just the early days of December and many of us are already fed up with our annual overload of holiday music. Thankfully, some of our top presenters offer quality classical music with no particular reference to the time of year.
  True, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra does Christmas big-time with all tho
  
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• 2017 musical box sets for serious music fans

  07-12-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Face it. Buying music for serious fans can be a complete drag. It can really be a case of not knowing what to get for the person who seems to have heard everything already.
  There is also always the risk that you get the lecture on the importance of so-and-so in terms of such-and-such obscure scene at some time in history for your efforts and wind up pinching yourself to stay awake.
  Yet there is some satisfaction to be had in presenting someone with encyclopedic recall of the finest use of a Bigs
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital?

  07-12-2017 16:06 via vancouversun.com
  Violence and protests have broken out in the Middle East over U.S. president Donald Trump’s controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move its embassy. According to a National Post report, Canada’s International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says Canada has no intention of moving its embassy from Tel Aviv. Do you support Trump’s decision?Take Our Poll 
  
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• On a Vancouver SkyTrain full of people, just one came to help teen in religious attack

  07-12-2017 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  When a man started yelling and hitting a young woman wearing a hijab on the Canada Line on Monday night, Jake Taylor didn’t hesitate.
  “It was pretty autopilot,” he said Wednesday. “You see some smaller, younger person in danger, it was my initial reaction to help.”
  The young woman who Taylor rushed to help is Noor Fadel, 18, from Richmond.
  Two days later, Fadel said she’s “thankful to the people who were with me,” like Taylor.
  Tuesday morning, Fade
  
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• On a Vancouver SkyTrain full of people, just one came to teen's help in religious attack

  07-12-2017 15:48 via vancouversun.com
  When a man started yelling and hitting a young woman wearing a hijab on the Canada Line on Monday night, Jake Taylor didn’t hesitate.
  “It was pretty autopilot,” he said Wednesday. “You see some smaller, younger person in danger, it was my initial reaction to help.”
  The young woman who Taylor rushed to help is Noor Fadel, 18, from Richmond.
  Two days later, Fadel said she’s “thankful to the people who were with me,” like Taylor.
  Tuesday morning, Fade
  
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• Two Vancouver-based app developers named in Apple's Best of 2017 list

  07-12-2017 10:00 via vancouversun.com
  Two Vancouver-based app developers have made Apple’s distinguished Best of 2017 trends list.
  RAC7’s Splitter Critters has been named iPhone Game of the Year while RunGo, by Leaping Coyote Interactive, was named Apple Watch’s App of the Year.
  Splitter Critters involves splitting the screen to guide some little critters back to their spaceship, and includes challenging puzzles and innovative mechanics that will keep you engaged. The game was also awarded an Apple Design Award dur
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Langley farm used to get ready for hits: police

  07-12-2017 09:16 via vancouversun.com
  Last month several media outlets were reporting about a very large police presence at a Langley farmhouse at 4096 240th Street. On Wednesday we got more details from investigators about firearms, grenades, ammunition and bullet proof vests found at that location. Police believe the property was used as a staging ground for gangsters to gear up before heading out to do shootings and hits.
  Here’s my story:
  Langley farm likely used as staging point for gangland hits: Police
  A Langley farm whe
  
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• North Vancouver to get totem pole recognizing violence against women - CBC.ca

  07-12-2017 06:32 via cbc.ca
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  North Vancouver to get totem pole recognizing violence against women
  CBC.ca
  An eight metre-tall totem pole will soon stand in North Vancouver, recognizing countless missing and murdered Indigenous women. On Wednesday, elders from the Squamish First Nation blessed the ground where it will stand — exactly 28 years since the ...
  
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• Sailor gets big-time rescue after running aground south of Victoria

  07-12-2017 04:31 via vancouversun.com
  One local sailor may have got more than he expected when he called for help Wednesday afternoon.
  Shortly after 6 p.m. a a sailor in a 26-foot sailboat called 911 to say he’d run aground while motoring in a strong current south of Race Rocks Light, about 20 kilometres southwest of Victoria. 
  The sailor also put out a mayday call.
  It turns out two Royal Canadian Navy ships — HMCS Yellowknife and HMCS Winnipeg — were nearby on a training exercise.
  A Canadian Sea King crew per
  
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• On a Vancouver train full of people, just one came to teen's help in religious attack

  07-12-2017 04:16 via vancouversun.com
  When a man started yelling and hitting a young woman wearing a hijab on the Canada Line on Monday night, Jake Taylor didn’t hesitate.
  “It was pretty autopilot,” he said Wednesday. “You see some smaller, younger person in danger, it was my initial reaction to help.”
  The young woman who Taylor rushed to help is Noor Fadel, 18, from Richmond.
  Two days later, Fadel said she’s “thankful to the people who were with me,” like Taylor.
  Tuesday morning, Fade
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Eby set to play government's cards on casino crackdown

  07-12-2017 03:43 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Attorney-General David Eby thought he was already clued in about abuses in the casino sector before he was given ministerial responsibility for gambling last summer.
  Then he sat down with the provincial bureaucrats in charge of enforcement who promised to blow his mind on the subject of money laundering and they proceeded to do just that.
  “Everything about this file has surprised me since I was briefed on it from day one by the public servants responsible for it,&rdqu
  
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• Sick B.C. kids get to meet Santa, as per their wish

  07-12-2017 03:32 via vancouversun.com
  Every so often a kid wants to fly to the North Pole and meet Santa Claus. Call it impossible, call it a flight of fancy. Or call the Children’s Wish Foundation, where children facing life threatening illnesses are granted wishes — and no wish has ever been turned down. Not even a wish to go to the North Pole.
  On Wednesday, 100 children, their parents, caregivers and brothers and sisters packed an Air Transat flight out of YVR for a raucous 90-minute flight in a northerly direction in
  
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• Opinion: B.C. Legal Aid in dire need of government funding

  07-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Every Canadian citizen fundamentally deserves access to justice. According to the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, in any three-year period, about 50 per cent of adult Canadians will experience at least one everyday legal problem — from property damage and personal injury to employment, consumer and debt-related issues. Among the most emotionally distressing are family related matters, involving relationship breakdowns, child custody and sometimes even violence.
  In these most critical situ
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Judge suggests she feels sorry for Hells Angel killer

  07-12-2017 02:09 via vancouversun.com
  A Surrey provincial court judge says she can’t imagine how badly Jason Wallace feels after fatally shooting Hells Angel Bob Green in October 2016.
  During a sentencing hearing last month, Judge Ellen Gordon accepted that Wallace, of the 856 Gang, was a “good friend” of Green’s at the time of the fatal shooting at a Langley property used by the 856 as a makeshift clubhouse.
  Both men had been partying through the night when Wallace shot Green, a senior member of the Mission
  
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• See you soon. #HarryJeromeNeighbourhood Lands open house gets underway at 5:30pm @ 2121 Lonsdale Ave. More info:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-12-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  See you soon. #HarryJeromeNeighbourhood Lands open house gets underway at 5:30pm @ 2121 Lonsdale Ave. More info:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• B.C. not meeting women's rights as established by UN: report card

  07-12-2017 01:49 via vancouversun.com
  A legal advocacy group says British Columbia is falling short of meeting targets set by the United Nations on women’s rights.
  The annual report card released by West Coast LEAF says the province is missing targets in a UN convention aimed at eliminating all forms of discrimination against women in a number of areas including access to justice, affordable housing and child care.
  Although seven of nine focus areas showed improvements, the highest grade was a C-plus for health and employment.
  
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• Richmond man who murdered wife gets life with no parole for 12 years

  07-12-2017 01:42 via vancouversun.com
  A Richmond man who used a cleaver to inflict nearly 250 wounds during a fatal attack on his wife has been sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 12 years.
  In November, a B.C. Supreme Court jury found Jian Hua “James” Wu guilty of the May 2014 second-degree murder of Jin “Jenna” Cheng in their apartment building.
  It was the second trial of the accused after the first trial ended in November 2016 in a hung jury following 13 days of jury deliberations, on
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Indigenous activist is no longer an unsung hero

  07-12-2017 01:41 via vancouversun.com
  Lorelei Williams never set out to be an advocate, a dancer or to get involved in politics.
  She studied tourism management and spent six months in Japan in 2001 doing an internship at a high-end hotel. Ironically, in Japan the young Indigenous Canadian wasn’t regarded as a visible/invisible minority.  
  “Guests actually thought that I was Japanese,” says Williams, who learned the language well enough that occasionally, she still dreams in Japanese.
  Yet, despite what Wil
  
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• Langley farm likely used as staging point for gangland hits: Police

  07-12-2017 01:05 via vancouversun.com
  A Langley farm where police found grenades, assault rifles and bulletproof vests was likely being used as a staging area for gangsters on their way to do hits on rivals, a senior Vancouver police officer said Wednesday.
  Supt. Mike Porteous told reporters that the November seizure of several rifles, handguns, ammunition and two explosive devices would definitely disrupt gang violence in the region at least temporarily.
  “This would be a staging area where criminals would prepare and get gear
  
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• On a Vancouver train full of people, just one came to teen's help in racist attack

  07-12-2017 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  When a man started yelling and hitting a young woman wearing a hijab on the Canada Line on Monday night, Jake Taylor didn’t hesitate.
  “It was pretty autopilot,” he said Wednesday. “You see some smaller, younger person in danger, it was my initial reaction to help.”
  The young woman who Taylor rushed to help is Noor Fadel, 18, from Richmond.
  Two days later, Fadel said she’s “thankful to the people who were with me,” like Taylor.
  Tuesday morning, Fade
  
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• Five reasons to check out Onegin

  07-12-2017 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  Onegin
  Until Dec. 31 | Granville Island Stage
  Tickets: from $29 at artsclub.com, or the Arts Club Box Office at 604-687-1644
  1. Record number of Jesse wins. The show, commissioned by the Arts Club, premiered last spring at the BMO Theatre Centre and went on to collect 10 wins at the 2016 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. (The Jessies honour Vancouver theatre productions.) This makes Onegin the first production to win all — including Outstanding Production — but one of the awards in t
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Remembering Vancouver businessman and wine connoisseur Albert Givton

  07-12-2017 01:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver businessman and wine connoisseur Albert Givton passed away earlier this month in Vancouver after a lengthy illness. Since I’m often asked how I ended up in this business, it’s time to spill the beans. The short story is: I didn’t liked beer. The long story is: Albert Givton.
  We met at a 1978 wine tasting in West Vancouver. Albert had been holding impromptu tastings with friends, one of whom turned out to be a sister of one of my roommates. At the time, I was living wi
  
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• Early flu cases could be harbinger of a bad season: B.C. expert

  07-12-2017 00:46 via vancouversun.com
  The influenza season in Canada is shaping up to be a potentially nasty one, with a mixed bag of viruses already circulating in much of the country, say infectious diseases experts.
  There are also concerns that this year’s flu shot may not be all that effective in preventing the respiratory illness.
  “There’s all kinds of speculation going on because of the experience in the Southern Hemisphere,” said Dr. Danuta Skowronski of the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, referring i
  
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