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• Firefighters battling 60-hectare grass fire near Kamloops

  12-07-2018 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Wildfire Service has dispatched 49 firefighters, air tankers and a helicopter to a grass fire near Kamloops that has grown to 60 hectares.
  The wildfire, burning in the Shuswap Road area, is pushing smoke towards Kamloops and is highly visible from Highway 1.
  UPDATE: the fire east of Shushwap Road is currently now estimated at 60 hectares. Air support continues to work on the fire, with ground crews focused on securing the fire perimeter near structures.
  — BC Wildfire Service (@BC
  
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• One person rescued from rolled semi-truck on Vancouver's Knight Street

  12-07-2018 23:34 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re heading home this Thursday afternoon in Vancouver, avoid the Knight Street Bridge.
  A flipped semi-truck at the north end of the Knight Street Bridge has blocked the bridge in both directions.
  According to Vancouver Fire Rescue, at least one individual was trapped and a heavy rescue team was called in to assist.
  After the individual was pulled from the wreck, crews began work to clean up spilled fluids.
  Units attending semi-truck rollover north end of Knight St Bridge; traffic hea
  
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• What does Hot + Summer + Nights equal? Yes, you've got it, Hot Summer Nights | Mahon Park tonight 6:30 - 8:00PM… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  What does Hot + Summer + Nights equal? Yes, you've got it, Hot Summer Nights | Mahon Park tonight 6:30 - 8:00PM… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Port Coquitlam fires staff after decade-plus theft scheme costs city over $75,000

  12-07-2018 23:30 via vancouversun.com
  A Metro Vancouver city says it has fired seven employees involved in a “highly co-ordinated” theft scheme that lasted over a decade and cost more than $75,000.
  Port Coquitlam issued a statement that says the plan involved deliberate, covert theft and sale of city property, although it does not say what kinds of items were stolen.
  It says the employees pocketed about $75,000 overall, with individual employees receiving cash amounts ranging from less than $100 to $10,000.
  But the city
  
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• This is lunchtime in Civic Plaza. Music, food, tables, friends. cnv.org/LongTableLunch #NorthVan #Playcnv I❤️M… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 22:43 via twitter.com
  This is lunchtime in Civic Plaza.Music, food, tables, friends.cnv.org/LongTableLunch #NorthVan #Playcnv I❤️M… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Heading down to one of the City's waterfront piers this weekend? How about this old one? North Vancouver Ferry Whar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 22:23 via twitter.com
  Heading down to one of the City's waterfront piers this weekend? How about this old one? North Vancouver Ferry Whar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Let's Do Lunch! Our Long Table Lunch is in progress now at Civic Plaza so swing by. #NorthVan #Playcnv https://t.co/B0VBLezEhM

  12-07-2018 21:59 via twitter.com
  
  Let's Do Lunch! Our Long Table Lunch is in progress now at Civic Plaza so swing by. #NorthVan #Playcnv https://t.co/B0VBLezEhM
  
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• Don't feed the bears! North Shore residents under investigation for feeding bears from house

  12-07-2018 21:40 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. conservation officers are investigating after a video posted on Instagram showed a couple of North Shore kids feeding black bears.
  Christine Miller, an education co-ordinator with the North Shore Black Bear Society, said she was shocked to see the images of children feeding a young black bear from their house.
  In the video, which has now been removed from Instagram, two West Vancouver girls can be seen feeding the bear cub by an open patio door.
  A North Shore family posted videos of th
  
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• What critics are saying about The Rock's Vancouver-filmed Skyscraper

  12-07-2018 21:37 via vancouversun.com
  Q: What do you get when you mix the Towering Inferno, Die Hard and The Rock?
  A: Something loud and fun, but ultimately forgettable.
  With a 51 per cent Rotten Tomatoes score, Skyscraper,  the Vancouver-filmed blockbuster from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, is getting mixed reviews from critics.
  The film, which hits theatres today, tells the story of Will Ford, a one-legged former FBI agent who must save his family from terrorists in a burning Hong Kong skyscraper.
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• Yes and No groups selected before referendum on electoral reform in B.C.

  12-07-2018 21:03 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Groups that officially represent the Yes and No sides on electoral reform in British Columbia have been selected before a referendum this fall.
  Elections B.C. says Vote PR BC will be the proponent group while opposition to changing the current system will be spearheaded by the No BC Proportional Representation Society.
  Each group will get $500,000 in funding to support or oppose proportional representation voting systems as part of their public information campaigns and both wil
  
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• We're considering changes that would allow short-term rentals in some single family homes (but not secondary suites… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 20:41 via twitter.com
  We're considering changes that would allow short-term rentals in some single family homes (but not secondary suites… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Douglas Todd: The trouble with diversity journalism

  12-07-2018 20:22 via vancouversun.com
  I’ve been covering ethnic, religious, sexual orientation and other so-called diversity issues most of my newspaper career.
  I’ve always been curious about different people, world views and cultures, aiming to report on them with fairness, balance and respect; embracing pluralism, while also probing for that elusive journalistic objective known as truth.
  Diversity journalism has now become a big thing. Along with it has come a cadre of people who make a living telling others how to han
  
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• Police seek missing North Vancouver man - North Shore News

  12-07-2018 20:04
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  Police seek missing North Vancouver man
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  North Vancouver RCMP is asking for the public's help in finding a 28-year-old North Vancouver man reported missing. Andrew Davison has not been seen since July 5 when he was at his Fullerton Avenue home. article continues below ...
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• Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation gets its bite from Vancouver's Sony Imageworks

  12-07-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation hits theatres this week. The third instalment of the 2012 Sony Pictures Animation hit Hotel Transylvania brings back all the fave characters and puts them on an ocean cruise.
  Naturally, things don’t go swimmingly.
  Besides having Count Dracula (Adam Sandler), Mavis Dracula (Selena Gomez), Jonathan “Johnny” Loughran (Andy Samberg) and the full cast of supporting monsters on board, the film introduces  Ericka Van Helsing (Kathryn Hahn), V
  
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• Vancouver transgender actress makes history on General Hospital with casting

  12-07-2018 19:56 via vancouversun.com
  After more than 14,000 episodes, long-running soap opera General Hospital is still breaking new ground with the recent debut of the show’s first transgender character to be played by a transgender cast member.
  But with the progress that’s being made in daytime television, Vancouver-raised actress Cassandra James says it’s time for the rest of Hollywood to catch up.
  “Film and TV reflects culture, it reflects the world that we live in. And if it’s not doing so accurat
  
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• What does the national average home price buy across Canada? (INFOGRAPHIC)

  12-07-2018 19:45
  
  Nationally, a budget of around $500K will buy you 3.3 bedrooms on average – but in major cities it’s a different story
  
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• Indigenous women overrepresented in Vancouver police checks: rights advocates

  12-07-2018 19:25 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Indigenous and civil rights activists seeking an investigation of the Vancouver Police Department’s use of random street checks want to amend their complaint based on new data showing Aboriginal women are checked more often than other groups.
  In June, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs asked the province’s police complaint commissioner to investigate a significant racial disparity in the use of street checks.
  During the checks, also
  
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• Douglas Todd: The troubles with diversity journalism include lack of data

  12-07-2018 19:02 via vancouversun.com
  I’ve been covering ethnic, religious, sexual orientation and other so-called diversity issues most of my newspaper career.
  I’ve always been curious about different people, world views and cultures, aiming to report on them with fairness, balance and respect; embracing pluralism, while also probing for that elusive journalistic objective known as truth.
  Diversity journalism has now become a big thing. Along with it has come a cadre of people who make a living telling others how to han
  
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• Animal groups call on Rental Housing Task Force to end ‘no pets’ policies

  12-07-2018 18:28
  
  Regional Animal Protection Society and Pets OK BC fight for pet owners' rights in challenging rental market; landlord group opposes move
  
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• Have you seen Andrew Davison? bit.ly/2zvQFLx #NorthVancouver

  12-07-2018 18:23 via twitter.com
  Have you seen Andrew Davison?bit.ly/2zvQFLx#NorthVancouver
  
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• Beautiful 🎼 🎹 in #CivicPlaza. Our piano is waiting for you. Come listen, or pull up a seat and play.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Beautiful 🎼 🎹 in #CivicPlaza.Our piano is waiting for you. Come listen, or pull up a seat and play.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Family feeds black bears in North Vancouver backyard even though ... - Straight.com

  12-07-2018 17:12
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  Family feeds black bears in North Vancouver backyard even though ...
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  Social-media images have shown children and their parents handing snacks to bear cubs from their family's backyard window.and more »
  
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• Sinkhole closes part of Lougheed Highway in Pitt Meadows

  12-07-2018 16:10 via vancouversun.com
  A sinkhole that appeared on Lougheed Highway Wednesday night is causing some traffic delays this morning in Pitt Meadows.
  The B.C. Ministry of Transportation says the westbound fast lane is shut down on Highway 7,  about 750 metres west of Allen Way.
  Drivers are encouraged to use alternative routes, and are also advised that the HOV restriction will be temporarily lifted, so that two lanes are open to general-purpose traffic headed westbound.
  Transportation crews were expected to asses
  
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• Would you live in this converted B.C. Electric substation? (PHOTOS)

  12-07-2018 16:00
  
  Huge building is 112 years old, has undergone uber-cool home renovations, and is listed at $3.75 million
  
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• Daily Poll: Who do you favour in Sunday's World Cup final?

  12-07-2018 15:47 via vancouversun.com
  After Croatia beat England yesterday in the semi-final of World Cup men’s soccer, the small European country will face France in the final match Sunday.  In Vancouver, there will be a big gathering at the Croatian Cultural Centre, while those who support France will likely cram The American pub on Main Street.
  Read Gordon McIntyre’s story about Wednesday’s match here.
  So…who will it be to take home the cup? France or Croatia? Take our poll and leave your comments be
  
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• Former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell wades into Medicare fight

  12-07-2018 15:40 via vancouversun.com
  Former Premier Gordon Campbell has provided an affidavit to support an injunction to prevent the B.C. NDP from punishing private clinics and diagnostic facilities until a constitutional challenge is decided.
  The one-time B.C. Liberal leader said his administration did not clamp down on access to private health care as it eased lengthy queues for surgery formed because the public system was unable to meet needs.
  Campbell’s six-page sworn statement is part of an application seeking a B.C. Su
  
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• Woman who spoke out against RCMP harassment dies by suicide

  12-07-2018 15:14 via vancouversun.com
  Krista Carle, a Vancouver Island woman who spoke out against nearly two decades of sexual harassment and bullying in the RCMP, has died.
  Carle, a former RCMP officer, died by suicide Thursday at the age of 53, according to friends.
  Catherine Galliford, a former RCMP spokeswoman who graduated from the RCMP with Carle in 1991, said Tuesday that she was heartbroken.
  “Krista was a strong woman who fought a lot of tough battles. She was very quick to laugh and she loved her kids,” she sai
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland, July 13 to 19: Czech animation, Iron Mountain Music Festival, more

  12-07-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Puppet Master: The Films of Jiří Trnka
  When: July 19 — Aug 2, various times
  Where: The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe
  Tickets and info: thecinematheque.ca
  Jiří Trnka began working with animated puppets in 1946. The Czech puppet-maker, animator and film director has been called the “Walt Disney of Eastern Europe” for his contributions to animation, although you won’t find many smiling, singing animals or people in Trnka’s work. His greatest
  
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• Advocacy Symposium slated for North Vancouver - Pique Newsmagazine

  12-07-2018 10:35
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  Advocacy Symposium slated for North Vancouver
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  At a time when myriad organizations are taking a look in the mirror to see how they could be better citizens, mountain biking is getting into it, too. The International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) Canada BC Council will organize the first ...
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, July 12

  12-07-2018 05:40 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, July 12.Quantum Inkblot
  Here’s one for the geeks: Quantum Inkblot is an evening of quantum physics that invites you to explore the field through the lenses of physics, psychology, dance, art, and astronomy. The evening will incorporate lectures by physicists and psychologists, feature state-of-the-art visual artwork, and original contemporary dance performances. If that appeals to you, congratulat
  
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• Crews responding to CN train derailment north of Pemberton

  12-07-2018 04:45 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian National Railway crews are responding to a train derailment north of Pemberton.
  Several cars went off the tracks along the shore of Gates Lake on Wednesday afternoon around 4:15 p.m, about 25 km north of Pemberton, near Birken Lakeside Resort.Photos posted to social media by Twitter user Owen Laukkanen show several cars in the water.
  Happening right now, two miles from my house near Pemberton. Train crew is okay. @GlobalBC @CBCVancouver @CTVVancouver @VancouverSun #foamerlife pic.t
  
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• Surrey mayor under fire for golf tournament fundraiser, despite it being within the rules

  12-07-2018 03:53 via vancouversun.com
  An invite-only golf tournament soliciting corporate donations for the mayor of Surrey’s party is on-side with the letter of the law, but at least one critic calls it “out of bounds” with the spirit of B.C.’s new campaign finance rules.
  The “Mayor Linda Hepner’s Annual Mayor’s Invitational” event is set for Thursday at Hazelmere Golf and Country Club in White Rock. For the tournament, Hepner’s Surrey First party has been soliciting c
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Despite bumpy ride, Hydro boss states Site C's on track, under control

  12-07-2018 03:37 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. Hydro president Chris O’Riley cut first to the bad news Wednesday when releasing the latest progress report on the Site C project.
  “We acknowledge two areas of concern: schedule and safety,” he wrote in the covering letter to the B.C. Utilities Commission on the update for the first three months of the year. “For these reasons we classified the overall health of the project for this quarter as ‘red,’ or having serious concerns.&rdquo
  
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• Son who murdered dad should get 13 years with no parole: Crown

  12-07-2018 03:16 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver man who murdered his father following a dispute over the son’s purchase of a Ferrari should spend 13 years behind bars before he can apply for parole, a prosecutor argued Wednesday.
  On June 30, after several days of deliberations, a B.C. Supreme Court jury found Alexander Shevalev guilty of the March 2015 second-degree murder of 80-year-old Vladimir Shevalev in the dad’s highrise apartment in Coal Harbour.
  Before the murder, the son, who was 19 years old at the time, had
  
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• B.C. lines up legal weed suppliers

  12-07-2018 03:09 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch is aiming to put 150 different strains of cannabis into its wholesale inventory when recreational weed becomes legal Oct. 17, the agency said Wednesday, and that is only a start.
  Other provinces have lined up more limited options, but the LDB has signed 31 licensed cannabis producers from across the country, 12 of which are in B.C., to memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to supply its wholesale operations, essentially all that responded to its bid process.
  The
  
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• Laurie Edmiston: Nine countries will eliminate hep C by 2030. Why not Canada?

  12-07-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s rare that we have good news to share on a day dedicated to raising awareness about a disease. Particularly for a viral infection like hepatitis C, a silent killer that causes serious liver damage and affects more than 220,000 Canadians. But as World Hepatitis Day (July 28) approaches, we have reason to be optimistic.
  New treatments cure most people of hepatitis C with few side effects. For a virus that was discovered only 30 years ago, that’s incredible. This medical breakthroug
  
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• $3.5 million US to be dispersed to investors hit in B.C. Ponzi scheme, but hundreds of claims rejected

  12-07-2018 02:34 via vancouversun.com
  About $3.5 million US will be returned to 451 investors duped in a Ponzi scheme run by a pair of Burnaby financial fraudsters following a B.C. Supreme Court order.
  The money comes from about $10 million US frozen in bank accounts during a B.C. Securities Investigation into a fraud in which investors bought online advertising that turned out be a false business.
  In 2014, the two fraudsters — Yan (Rachel) Zhu and Guan Qiang Zhang — were found to have violated B.C. Securities laws by a
  
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• Vancouver's Croatian Cultural Centre expecting biggest party in history Sunday as team faces France in World Cup final

  12-07-2018 02:24 via vancouversun.com
  Elation, frustration, desperation, elimination.
  England fans rode a helter skelter of emotions on Wednesday, buoyed by their side’s early lead in a World Cup semifinal which, had they won, would have advanced the country that invented soccer to the championship final for the first, and only, time since they won in 1966.
  Instead, it’s tiny Croatia, an independent country only since 1991 with a population smaller than British Columbia’s, who will take on France on Sunday.
  Croatia
  
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• Vancouver going beyond conserving buildings in Chinatown

  12-07-2018 02:24 via vancouversun.com
  The city decision this week to amend zoning guidelines to protect Chinatown’s unique qualities against rising land values, speculation and development focused mostly on restricting building heights and lot sizes.
  But behind this, there has already been efforts to do more than just conserve the physical shape of the historical area.
  The city has assembled a so-called Chinatown transformation team, naming four of the seven positions.
  So far, it will include two city planning vetera
  
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• Indigenous pipeline protesters take over B.C. park, displace campers

  12-07-2018 01:59 via vancouversun.com
  CLEARWATER, B.C. — An Indigenous group calling itself the Tiny House Warriors has moved into the North Thompson River Provincial Park near Clearwater, B.C., in an effort to block the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  Group spokeswoman Kanahus Manuel says they are reclaiming an ancestral village their people were forced from many years ago, while at the same trying to prevent the expansion of the pipeline through their traditional territory.
  Manuel says they have moved into the site and wi
  
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• Conservationists struggle to save western toadlets making perilous migration in Chilliwack

  12-07-2018 01:54 via vancouversun.com
  It is one of the greatest, if tiniest, terrestrial migrations in North America, an estimated 100,000 western toadlets making their annual, overland trek from the pond of their birth in Chilliwack, across a farm pasture, and into a bordering forest.
  The distance is only a two-minute walk for humans. But for the brown toadlets — about the size of your thumbnail — the journey is fraught with dangers. There is the unknown number of invasive bullfrogs lurking in the pond, the field grasse
  
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• Water fight anyone? Join @NVCFD for #HotSummerNights @ #MahonPark July 12th 6:30-8pm. Fire truck, games + H2O.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Water fight anyone? Join @NVCFD for #HotSummerNights @ #MahonPark July 12th 6:30-8pm. Fire truck, games + H2O.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Alberta man swept away in B.C.'s Kitimat River found dead

  12-07-2018 01:10 via vancouversun.com
  KITIMAT — A 39-year-old Alberta man swept away in the Kitimat River on Saturday has been found dead.
  Kitimat RCMP, Kitimat Search and Rescue and Terrace Swift Water Rescue located the body just after 11 a.m. Wednesday.
  The British Columbia Coroners Service is investigating the man’s death.
  The unidentified man is believed to have been thrown from an inflatable boat that capsized near a logjam.
  A search helicopter joined search and rescue teams, police and area fire departments for th
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Robert Latimer seeks remission for murder of disabled daughter

  12-07-2018 00:50 via vancouversun.com
  The Saskatchewan farmer who became a controversial national figure after what he claimed was the 1993 mercy killing of his severely disabled 12-year-old daughter, Robert Latimer wants to be pardoned.
  The now-65-year-old was twice tried for murdering Tracey — he placed her in the cab of his pickup truck and ran a hose from the exhaust pipe, igniting a passionate countrywide debate about the rights of those suffering severe, disabling conditions unable to communicate.
  Latimer said he was the
  
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• Heads up! Your chance for FREE slide tix at Fun City Festival ends tomorrow. #NorthVan 💦💦 twitter.com/miss604/status…

  12-07-2018 00:15 via twitter.com
  Heads up! Your chance for FREE slide tix at Fun City Festival ends tomorrow. #NorthVan 💦💦 twitter.com/miss604/status…
  
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