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• 'Smooth ride:' Double-decker buses coming to Metro Vancouver after successful pilot

  29-03-2018 23:48 via vancouversun.com
  This time next year Metro Vancouver might just look a bit more like London.
  TransLink says after a successful pilot program, it will add double-decker buses to its fleet beginning in mid 2019.
  The transit authority has issued a request for proposals for the delivery of 32 new double-decker buses after “overwhelmingly positive feedback” from the four-month pilot.
  The two double-decker test buses, provided free by Scottish bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis, served seven long-haul bus r
  
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• Just a reminder... we're closed tomorrow and next Monday for the Easter statutory holiday. We'll be back first thin… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 23:27 via twitter.com
  Just a reminder... we're closed tomorrow and next Monday for the Easter statutory holiday. We'll be back first thin… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man caught on dashcam going wrong way on Highway 99 has died

  29-03-2018 23:08 via vancouversun.com
  A man who was filmed driving the wrong direction on Highway 99 near the Massey Tunnel on Sunday afternoon has died.
  A spokesman for the B.C. Coroners Service confirmed the man’s death on Thursday.
  A dashcam video taken Sunday shows a Volkswagen Golf travelling down the wrong side of Highway 99 in the minutes before a head-on crash involving three vehicles.
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  Dashcam video shows car going wrong way before head-on accident near Massey Tunnel
  RCMP traffic investigators said a 26-ye
  
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• Vancouver supercars are next in B.C. dirty money crackdown

  29-03-2018 23:05 via vancouversun.com
  A money laundering crackdown sparked by lavish bets at Vancouver gambling tables has a new target in sight: The city’s gleaming luxury dealerships where buyers can pay cash for $300,000 supercars.
  “Going after money laundering is very much like whack-a-mole,” Attorney General David Eby said in a phone interview. “We can take the cash out of the casino, but it’s going somewhere else and we need to identify where and take action to address it.”
  Eby has been spea
  
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• TransLink ridership growth leads Canada, U.S.

  29-03-2018 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  Ridership on Metro Vancouver’s transit system grew more than any other in the Canada and U.S. last year, according to the American Public Transit Association.
  In 2017, TransLink ridership increased by 5.7 per cent over the previous year, with a total of 406.8 million boardings. In 2016, ridership was up 4.5 per cent from 2015 (384.3 million boardings).
  The American Public Transit Association’s latest statistics show that Metro Vancouver is one of just four urban areas with population
  
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• Multi-vehicle incident on Highway 1 westbound near Mountain Highway exit - traffic backing up. Expect delays. Reme… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 23:02 via twitter.com
  Multi-vehicle incident on Highway 1 westbound near Mountain Highway exit - traffic backing up. Expect delays.Reme… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• DYK Council has approved 3 dwellings on 1 single family lot? Got questions? Get answers: cnv.org/Secondarysuites… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  DYK Council has approved 3 dwellings on 1 single family lot? Got questions? Get answers: cnv.org/Secondarysuites… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Whistler Blackcomb ski guide dies in avalanche

  29-03-2018 22:31 via vancouversun.com
  A 49-year-old Pemberton woman and Whistler Blackcomb ski guide died Wednesday after she was buried by an avalanche while leading a ski tour.
  The B.C. Coroners Service and Whistler RCMP are investigating the incident which occurred at around 2:40 p.m in South Creek, a popular heli-skiing area northwest of Pemberton.
  Whistler and Pemberton Search and Rescue teams along with Whistler RCMP and Pemberton RCMP participated in the rescue effort. Police say the woman, whose name has not been released, w
  
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• Don’t crack up on your Easter long weekend drive! Prepare your car - prepare yourself & your passengers. Don’t dri… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 21:29 via twitter.com
  Don’t crack up on your Easter long weekend drive! Prepare your car - prepare yourself & your passengers.Don’t dri… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Theatre review: An American family's haunted Thanksgiving in The Humans

  29-03-2018 21:14 via vancouversun.com
  The Humans
  When: To April 22
  Where: Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
  Tickets: From $29 at artsclub.com
  More often than not in the theatre, especially American theatre, the family serves as a microcosm or surrogate for the nation. Given the state of the American nation in 2018, it’s not surprising that Stephen Karam’s The Humans has touched a major chord.
  A 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award winner for best play, The Humans is everywhere on stages across the U.S. and Canada
  
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• Great job, @DNVFRS! Thanks for all that you do to enrich our community. twitter.com/LGHFoundation/…

  29-03-2018 21:10 via twitter.com
  Great job, @DNVFRS! Thanks for all that you do to enrich our community. twitter.com/LGHFoundation/…
  
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• 'Smooth ride:' Double-decker buses coming to Vancouver after successful pilot

  29-03-2018 20:03 via vancouversun.com
  This time next year Metro Vancouver might just look a bit more like London.
  TransLink says after successful pilot program, it will add double-decker busses to its fleet beginning in mid 2019.
  The transit authority has issued a request for proposals for the delivery of 32 new double-decker buses after “overwhelmingly positive feedback” from the flour-month pilot.
  The double-deckers, provided free of charge by bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis, served seven long-haul bus routes in Vanc
  
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• Should landlords be forced to accept pets? Most people say no, according to poll

  29-03-2018 19:57 via vancouversun.com
  Tough luck, renters. A majority of British Columbians feel landlords should have the right to say no to pets, according to a poll released Thursday by the Angus Reid Institute.
  Sixty-four per cent of B.C. respondents felt landlords should have the right to refuse to rent their properties to pet owners, compared to 36 per cent who felt landlords should not be able to deny a tenant’s furry friends.
  Perhaps unsurprisingly, opinions varied between homeowners and tenants.
  Across Canada, 63 per
  
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• Trauma and cancer lead causes of injury and death claims among firefighters: study

  29-03-2018 19:22 via vancouversun.com
  Cancer is the leading cause for workplace fatality claims for Canadian firefighters, says a report from the B.C. Injury and Prevention Unit and the University of the Fraser Valley.
  The report used injury and death data from the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada and WorkSafeBC for the years 2006 to 2015 for professional and volunteer firefighters.
  The data show that during that time cancer represented more than 86 per cent of all fatality claims, while traumati
  
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• Last day for Youth Award nominations! Know an exceptional young person who has made great personal strides, a young… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 18:32 via twitter.com
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• This week's #CityView eNews is ready for you. Packed with all the latest City news & 'egg-citing' events:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  This week's #CityView eNews is ready for you. Packed with all the latest City news & 'egg-citing' events:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Rev your engine: Vancouver International Auto Show is in town

  29-03-2018 17:59 via vancouversun.com
  From exotic cars to electric vehicles, automobiles are taking over the Vancouver Convention Centre this Easter long weekend for the 98th Vancouver International Auto Show. On display are luxury vehicles, custom vehicles and new concept cars that haven’t hit the market yet. Ooh and aah at the displays from Maserati, Rolls Royce and Lamborghini, or take a ride in the latest electric car. For the first time, the auto show is occupying two levels at the centre. The show runs March 28
  
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• UFV study indicates double risk of cancer fatality for firefighters blogs.ufv.ca/blog/2018/03/u… via @goufv

  29-03-2018 17:16 via twitter.com
  UFV study indicates double risk of cancer fatality for firefighters blogs.ufv.ca/blog/2018/03/u… via @goufv
  
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• Vancouver weather: rainy but some sunshine on long weekend

  29-03-2018 17:07 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – The weather forecast may look a bit gloomy over the next couple of days in Metro Vancouver, but don’t worry it doesn’t look like the whole long weekend is a wash out. If you are planning an outdoor Easter egg hunt for the little ones, you may want to consider Saturday, as Environment Canada is predicting sunshine and some clouds but no rain. Showers are expected to return on Sunday and Monday. As for Thursday, the federal weather agency says expect periods of
  
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• Rasslin' Kate Nash seizes the moment on Yesterday Was Forever

  29-03-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Kate Nash
  Where: Imperial
  When: April 4 at 9 p.m.
  Tickets: $30 at ticketweb.ca
  It’s been five years since Kate Nash’s last full-length album, 2013’s Girl Talk. In 2008, the British singer/songwriter had come strong out of the gate, winning a Brit Award for Best Female Artist for her debut Made of Bricks. She followed up that pop success with a couple of records that were a little more combative, especially after her record label dropped the singer. On March 30, she releases her
  
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• It's the end of the world as we know it, but The Simpsons survive in Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play

  29-03-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play
  When: April 3-21
  Where: Studio 1398
  Tickets: $17, theatrewire.comWith TV show The Simpsons as its starting point, Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play may do what many in the theatre community hope to accomplish — bring non-theatre-goers to the theatre.
  “Especially because of all the pop culture references, it’s going to appeal to a wide variety of people,” actor Keara Barnes said.
  “And then its post-apocalyptic setting is going to ap
  
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• Daily poll: Is it OK for politicians to take corporate-sponsored trips?

  29-03-2018 16:12 via vancouversun.com
  Five private companies covered most of the $58,000 cost to send Surrey mayor Linda Hepner to a real estate conference in France earlier this month. While the trip was approved by city council as a way to attract investment in the city, others argue that politicians should not be taking corporate-sponsored trips because of a conflict of interest.
  Read Harrison Mooney’s story here.
  What do you think? The Coquitlam school board also recently came under scrutiny for taking trips sponsored by t
  
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• B.C. home buyer confidence damaged by new tax measures, says poll

  29-03-2018 15:01
  Survey of Royal LePage agents finds nearly 80 per cent predicting home sales declines in next few months
  
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• Restaurant review: Victor at the Parq a steak house with sushi on the side

  29-03-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Victor
  Where: Parq Vancouver, 39 Smithe Street, 778-370-8600
  When: Open for dinner, daily.
  Info: parqvancouver.com
  You might wonder who Victor is upon entering the handsome dining room bearing his name. The name is an ode to the formidable Queen Victoria. She might well be tut tutting in the afterlife. Why Victor and not Victoria? Steak houses are macho, for sure, but I can see her attacking a porter house and demanding the name be corrected.
  But Victor operator Kim Canteenwalla says the na
  
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• Six in 10 Canadians support a landlord's right to refuse pet owners: Poll

  29-03-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s hard enough finding a place to live in Vancouver these days. But add a furry friend to the mix and things get substantially more difficult, as landlords in every province can refuse to rent their properties to pet owners. 
  Should the law allow this? Activists are pushing for a change, hoping to create a situation more favourable to prospective tenants. Unfortunately, public perception does not appear to be on their side.
  According to a new poll from the Angus Reid Institute, more
  
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• B.C. speculation tax: Royal Le Page report says new real estate levies could hurt consumer confidence

  29-03-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  A survey of 535 real estate professionals suggests that moves by the B.C. government to crack down on housing speculators will lead to a broader decrease in consumer confidence.
  The survey, released by real estate agency Royal Le Page, found that 85 per cent of the professionals polled believe “the new tax policies have hurt consumer confidence in residential real estate across the province.”
  Additionally, 78 per cent of respondents think home sales are going to decrease within
  
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• Private companies paid $50K to send Surrey mayor to real estate conference

  29-03-2018 06:39 via vancouversun.com
  Five private companies covered most of the $58,000 cost to send Surrey’s mayor to a real estate conference in France earlier this month.
  Linda Hepner was invited to speak at Les Marche International des Professionnels de l’immobilier (MIPIM) 2018, which Hepner has called one of the largest and most prestigious real estate conferences in the world. It took place in Cannes from March 13 to 16. 
  The bill for the trip fell just shy of $60,000, with the city spending about $11,0
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, Mar. 29

  29-03-2018 05:48 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, Mar. 29.Dermot Kennedy
  Dublin’s Dermot Kennedy released his debut EP, Doves and Ravens, in 2017, and quickly had people clamouring for a full-length. He’s got a beautiful voice, and his sound is somewhere between fellow Irishman Damien Rice and James Blake, who shares Kennedy’s affinity for hip hop and R&B-influenced percussion. But I think I like this guy better than either of those tw
  
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• Dawson's Creek or Dawson Creek? Here's how to tell the two apart

  29-03-2018 05:40 via vancouversun.com
  Dawson’s Creek, the seminal drama that launched a new craze of teen-themed media in the late 1990s, is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary. The program first aired on The WB in 1998. 
  To celebrate the milestone, the cast has reunited for a cover story in this month’s Entertainment Weekly, delighting fans almost as much as the recent announcement that all six seasons of the show are now available on Netflix. 
  But not everybody is happy. Some residents of Dawson C
  
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• Caitlin Shane: Drug prohibition is the radical policy, not legal regulation

  29-03-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  This April, the federal Liberals will consider a policy resolution that could result in the decriminalization of low-level drug possession across Canada — something that people who use drugs, medical professionals, and increasingly, members of government have been pushing for.
  For Conservatives and other prohibitionists, decriminalization has been fiercely contested on the presumption that it makes a radical ‘Wild West’ of the drug market. They argue that a tough-on-crime agend
  
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• Update: Missing 12-year-old girl from Surrey found safe

  29-03-2018 04:51 via vancouversun.com
  Update: Surrey RCMP say a 12-year-old girl who was reported missing Wednesday has been found “safe and well.”
  Police had asked for the public’s help in finding the youth, who was last seen just before 2 p.m. in the 13800-block of 92A Avenue in Surrey.
  Hleema Yaqub was located late Wednesday.
  She is 5-foot-1, 150 pounds, has brown eyes and long black hair. She was wearing a black sweater and grey “pyjama-style” pants.
  
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• Surrey RCMP looking for missing 12-year-old girl

  29-03-2018 04:51 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP are asking for the public’s help in finding a young girl who was last seen on Wednesday afternoon.
  According to a media release, Hleema Yaqub, age 12, was last seen just before 2 p.m. in the 13800-block of 92A Avenue in Surrey.
  She is 5-foot-1, 150 pounds, has brown eyes and long black hair. She was wearing a black sweater and grey “pyjama-style” pants.
  Anyone who may have seen Yaqub or knows of her whereabouts should call Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502, or make an ano
  
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• B.C. and Vancouver home taxes: Some in the city will pay twice

  29-03-2018 04:05 via vancouversun.com
  Some homeowners in the City of Vancouver will end up paying two taxes aimed at discouraging the use of homes as investments rather than places to live.
  It’s not clear yet how many will be on the hook for both the city’s empty homes tax of one per cent of a home’s assessed value and the province’s speculation tax, which starts at 0.5 per cent of assessed value, minus $2,000.
  For owners of an empty or lightly used $800,000 Vancouver condo, for example, it’ll mean payi
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: NDP likely to keep debt-saddled ferries at arm's length

  29-03-2018 03:48 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Through more than a decade of B.C. Liberal government, NDP MLA Claire Trevena and local government representative Jim Abram often found themselves on the same side of issues regarding B.C. Ferries.
  Both lived on Quadra Island across from Campbell River. Both knew first hand the frustrations of higher fares and reduced services in ferry-dependent communities.
  Both seethed at what they regarded as the Liberals’ quasi-privatization of the ferries, still publicly funded via th
  
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• Hollywood North: Actor Tammy Gillis on mermaids, comedy and A Dog's Way Home

  29-03-2018 03:25 via vancouversun.com
  Siren
  When: March 29, 5 p.m.
  Where: Freeform
  Info: freeform.go.comZombies had their 28 days of fame and walked. Ghosts still appear here and there. Vampires are so dead. Will mermaids become the new supernatural character of choice for TV and film?
  Siren, a new Vancouver-shot series, introduces the idea of a small fishing town, Bristol Cove, that celebrates once being home to mermaids. When a mysterious girl (Eline Powell) appears one day, the human fillet count starts rising. Forget that w
  
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• Unions call on B.C. Labour Relations Code review committee to ban secret-ballot voting

  29-03-2018 02:49 via vancouversun.com
  A key recommendation by unions to a hearing of the province’s Labour Relations Code review committee Wednesday was to dispense with secret-ballot votes and bring back the signing of union cards as the measure of bargaining unit certification.
  Keeping secret-ballot votes, however, tops the list of provisions in the existing Labour Relations Code that employer groups want to hang, which signals the pressure the committee is under in its deliberations, which will result in recommendations on
  
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• 'Apoplectic' over speculation tax, Bowen Island now relieved it's exempt

  29-03-2018 02:05
  
  “Just the impact was going to be so profound, so devastating," says island mayor.
  
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• Hollywood North: Here's what Riverdale's cast is up to while on hiatus

  29-03-2018 01:48 via vancouversun.com
  With Riverdale’s sordid second season drawing to a close, its cast of young actors is also headed on hiatus.
  The filmed-in-B.C. teen drama follows the shady dealings in a seemingly quiet town, based on the characters and setting of the nostalgic Archie Comics.
  Season two production – which has taken place throughout Langley and the surrounding area – finally wrapped this week and won’t resume until at least the late summer. According to Creative BC, the show’s first
  
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• Uppal brothers, wanted after kidnapping, have turned themselves in

  29-03-2018 01:45 via vancouversun.com
  A week after reaching out to the public to determine the whereabouts of two men wanted in a kidnapping, police say the Uppal brothers have turned themselves in.
  Pavandeep Uppal, 22, and Jasondeep Uppal, 19, were being sought in connection to an alleged kidnapping in which the victim was confined, violently assaulted, then released, suffering injuries that were not life-threatening.
  On March 22, police appealed to the public for information regarding the whereabouts of the Uppals, warning anyone
  
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• BCNU ordered to pay $75,000 after president's election actions called improper, interfering and threatening

  29-03-2018 01:41 via vancouversun.com
  Internal problems continue to plague the B.C. Nurses’ Union (BCNU) and its beleaguered president as an arbitrator has issued a report mostly faulting Gayle Duteil, who was placed on paid leave last fall. 
  A Labour Relations Board arbitrator had harsh words for Duteil, who was acclaimed for a second, three-year term in last year’s spring election but was placed on leave last fall after about 10 allegations were made by both union members and individuals outside the union. Duteil
  
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• Help your small-scale #environmental project succeed with a #LivingCity Grant. Apply by April 27. Details:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 01:35 via twitter.com
  Help your small-scale #environmental project succeed with a #LivingCity Grant. Apply by April 27. Details:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• FormerVancouver police officer pleads guilty to three criminal charges

  29-03-2018 00:39 via vancouversun.com
  A former veteran Vancouver police officer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to three charges relating to offences committed against two young women who were witnesses in a criminal prosecution.
  Former Det. Const. James Albert Stanley Fisher, who was a member of the department’s counter-exploitation unit, appeared briefly in provincial court in Surrey and pleaded guilty to one count of breach of trust by kissing a girl under the age of 18 for a sexual purpose between Aug. 22, 2015 and December 20
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Time may finally be right to end sexual harassment, says Anita Hill

  29-03-2018 00:29 via vancouversun.com
  Nearly 37 years ago, a young, African-American lawyer named Anita Hill sat alone at a table facing the all-male, all-white Senate judiciary committee and spoke about how her boss, Clarence Thomas, had sexually harassed her.
  Her televised testimony was riveting. It was the first time that many Americans or Canadians had ever heard about sexual harassment in the workplace, let alone details about an employer talking about a porn star named Long Dong Silver, about pornography that included sex with
  
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• Abbotsford police seek man in connection with washroom gropings

  29-03-2018 00:27 via vancouversun.com
  Abbotsford police are searching for a man wanted in connection with a pair of washroom gropings at the University of the Fraser Valley.
  Police say the first incident occurred March 20 when a male student said a man “brushed his genitals” in a washroom at the school’s Abbotsford campus. The student managed to track down the alleged groper and snapped a photo of him aboard a bus. The assault was reported then to UFV security, which issued a warning to students.
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