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• Surrey crack shack killer loses appeal of murder conviction

  02-08-2018 23:40 via vancouversun.com
  A man convicted of murder in a 2006 baseball bat beating death at a Surrey crack shack has lost his appeal.
  Khalid Damien Arnaout had argued on appeal that the jurors should have concluded that the late gangster Kevin LeClair was the assailant who beat David Mitchell to death over a $400 drug debt.
  But a B.C. Appeal Court panel of three judges rejected Arnaout’s arguments and dismissed his appeal.
  Justice Daphne Smith said the jurors’ conclusion that Arnaout was guilty of second-degr
  
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• TV actor claims discrimination at high-end store in Vancouver

  02-08-2018 23:26 via vancouversun.com
  Kirk Acevedo, an American actor who stars in the B.C.-filmed TV show Arrow, says he was discriminated against at the Coach store in downtown Vancouver.
  Acevedo, who is of Puerto Rican descent, wrote Tuesday in a Twitter post that he was outside the luxury fashion outlet waiting for it to open when a salesperson refused to let him in.
  “The salesperson looked me up and down and asked me if I was going to buy anything, and when I said, ‘Did you really just ask me that?,’
  
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• Crews are continuing to trim branches in Inter River Park to keep them a safe distance from power lines. If you vis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 23:07 via twitter.com
  Crews are continuing to trim branches in Inter River Park to keep them a safe distance from power lines. If you vis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C. man pleads guilty in helicopter drug-smuggling case

  02-08-2018 22:52 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. man who fought extradition to the U.S. for years has now pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine.
  James Gregory Cameron, 51, worked with a group of B.C. smugglers to fly drugs across the border using helicopters more than a decade ago.
  He was identified through a U.S. law-enforcement undercover operation that began in 2007, and was indicted in 2009.
  Cameron lost several B.C. court rounds as he fought his extradition on the grounds that his health issues,
  
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• Two separate fatal motorcycle crashes in Metro Vancouver

  02-08-2018 22:42 via vancouversun.com
  Mounties in Burnaby and Coquitlam are investigating two separate fatal motorcycle collisions Wednesday.
  RCMP say shortly before 6:30 p.m. the driver of a motorcycle travelling northbound on Griffiths Drive in Burnaby lost control, left the roadway and struck a tree close to the intersection at 14th Avenue.
  The 34-year old male driver died from his injuries.
  The cause of the collision is under investigation by the Burnaby RCMP.
  In Coquitlam, a 54-year-old motorcyclist died in a collision with an
  
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• Body of man who fell from houseboat in Delta found in Ferndale, Wash.

  02-08-2018 22:41 via vancouversun.com
  The body of a man who fell off a houseboat in Delta in April has been found on a beach in Washington state.
  Delta police say the man’s friends saw him fall into the Fraser River on April 25 but he slipped under the water and couldn’t be rescued. An extensive search of the area by the coast guard, an RCMP aircraft and Delta police turned up nothing and the man was presumed drowned.
  On July 22, a body was found at Neptune Beach in Ferndale, Wash., by officers with the Whatcom Coun
  
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• Reported missing male on July 12, 2018 has been located bit.ly/2M3IYRS #NorthVancouver

  02-08-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
  Reported missing male on July 12, 2018 has been locatedbit.ly/2M3IYRS#NorthVancouver
  
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• Marni Market pops up at Holt Renfrew in Vancouver

  02-08-2018 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  A curated selection of accessories by the Italian fashion brand Marni have popped up for a fashionably limited amount of time in Vancouver — exclusively at Holt Renfrew.
  Dubbed the Marni Market, the space features a limited range of the brand’s designs on display for shoppers to discover on the luxury retailer’s second floor.
  The items on offer include covetable clutches and pouches, label-emblazoned shopping bags in striped fabrics, as well as colourful picnic baskets hand-cra
  
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• Body of third plane occupant recovered from submerged float plane near Lillooet

  02-08-2018 22:05 via vancouversun.com
  The body of one of the passengers has been recovered from a float plane that crashed Wednesday on a lake about 100 kilometres west of Lillooet.
  RCMP spokeswoman Staff Sgt. Annie Linteau said Thursday afternoon that members of an RCMP dive team found the body of a 29-year-old Aldergrove man.
  A 20-year-old man from Prince George also died in the crash. The pilot, also 20 and from Williams Lake, survived.
  Lillooet RCMP say shortly before 1 p.m., police were notified that a small float plane ha
  
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• Fewer buyers, more choice, push Vancouver home sales to lowest level in 18 years

  02-08-2018 21:39 via vancouversun.com
  Home sales in July across Metro Vancouver tumbled to their lowest level in 18 years in statistics compiled by the real estate board, but prices remained steady since last month.
  The Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board says 2,070 properties changed hands in July, a 30 per cent plunge when compared with July of last year and about 29 per cent below the 10-year sales average for the month.
  The number of condos, townhomes and detached houses listed for sale were up 32 per cent year-over-year, and 1.
  
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• B.C. overdose deaths drop in June, more than 100 still dying each month

  02-08-2018 21:30 via vancouversun.com
  The latest overdose statistics in British Columbia show a dip in the number of suspected illicit drug deaths in June compared with the same month a year earlier, but the death toll remains high overall.
  The B.C. Coroners Service says more than 100 British Columbians are dying of overdoses each month, or more than three people every day.
  The service says there were 105 illicit drug overdose deaths in June, a drop from 123 in the same month last year.
  About 80 per cent of the fatalities are male a
  
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• This week's edition of #CityView eNews is ready for you. Tons of great info on fun summer events in the City, as we… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 20:55 via twitter.com
  This week's edition of #CityView eNews is ready for you. Tons of great info on fun summer events in the City, as we… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Sunshine Coast residents divided over density at public hearing

  02-08-2018 20:30
  
  Regional District offers option to encourage affordable housing by making it easier to increase density
  
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• TV actor claims discrimination at high-end Coach store in Vancouver

  02-08-2018 20:04 via vancouversun.com
  Kirk Acevedo, an American actor who stars in the B.C.-filmed TV show Arrow, claims he was discriminated against at the Coach store in downtown Vancouver.
  Acevedo, who is of Puerto Rican descent, wrote in a Monday Twitter post that he was outside the luxury fashion outlet waiting for it to open when a salesperson refused to let him in.
  “The salesperson looked me up and down and asked me if I was going to buy anything, and when I said, ‘Did you really just ask me that?,’ she proc
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of July 28

  02-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. The Other Woman — Daniel Silva.
  2. The President is Missing — James Patterson and Bill Clinton.
  3. Cottage by the Sea — Debbie Macomber.
  4. The Outsider — Stephen King.
  5. The Good Fight — Elin Hilderbrand.
  6. The Perfect Couple — Elin Hilderbrand.
  7. Spymaster — Brad Thor.
  8. All We Ever Wanted — Emily Griffin. 
  9. When Life Gives You Lululemons — Lauren Weisberger.
  10. Clock Dance — Anne Tyler.
  HARDCOVER NONF
  
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• Book review: Northwest Coast First Nations fishing methods make fascinating reading

  02-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Indian Fishing: Early Methods on the Northwest Coast
  Hilary Stewart | Douglas & McIntyre
  177 pages, $28.95To say fish played an important role in the lives of the First Nations of the Northwest Coast is gross understatement. No other food source is as vital to community survival as what came out of the ocean.
  Over millennia, a complex and highly specialized technology was developed to achieve greater success in fishing, and the late Hilary Stewart documented this in detail in this book, orig
  
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• B.C. 15 bestselling books for the week of July 28

  02-08-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food — Shelley Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd.).
  2. One Eagle Soaring — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing).
  3. 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia — Stephen Hui (Greystone Books). 4. E.J. Hughes Paints Vancouver Island — Robert Amos (TouchWood Editions).
  5. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act — Bob Joseph (Page Two Strategies).6. Ghostly Campfire Stories of Western Canad
  
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• Metro Vancouver home sales see coolest July in 18 years

  02-08-2018 19:58
  
  Hot weather, cool real estate market – and West Vancouver prices on the slide
  
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• This week, District Hall is flying the pride flag in support of our LGBTQ2S community members. Thank you for your c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 19:49 via twitter.com
  This week, District Hall is flying the pride flag in support of our LGBTQ2S community members. Thank you for your c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• B.C.'s Catalyst still faces high duty as U.S. lowers rates for most newsprint producers

  02-08-2018 19:47 via vancouversun.com
  WASHINGTON — The United States government has given most Canadian newsprint producers a reprieve by lowering final anti-dumping and countervailing duties in its final determination issued Thursday.
  The move comes after several American businesses complained the tax on Canadian newsprint would threaten the already-struggling American newspaper industry.
  The total tariff for Catalyst Paper Corp. decreased to 20.26 per cent from 28.25 per cent imposed earlier in the year during the preliminar
  
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• Today's #LongTableLunch is cancelled. We'll have singer/songwriter Jade Mooking, back later in August. #NorthVan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 19:36 via twitter.com
  Today's #LongTableLunch is cancelled. We'll have singer/songwriter Jade Mooking, back later in August. #NorthVan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Media Invite: Impairment On Road Or Water bit.ly/2LVaTTJ #NorthVancouver https://t.co/aPPYdsB4Cb

  02-08-2018 19:20 via twitter.com
  
  Media Invite: Impairment On Road Or Waterbit.ly/2LVaTTJ#NorthVancouver https://t.co/aPPYdsB4Cb
  
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• Poll: 84% blame foreign buyers for Metro Vancouver housing crunch

  02-08-2018 18:54
  
  “No shortage of scapegoats to blame,” says pollster, describing responses as “misconceptions”
  
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• Vancouver walks tightrope between protecting panoramas against housing needs

  02-08-2018 17:57 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Paris has its Eiffel Tower, Chicago has its architectural skyline and Vancouver has its sweeping ocean and mountain views.
  But the housing crunch in the city has prompted debate about the value of protecting the scenic backdrop that has defined the urban landscape versus the urgent need for more housing.
  A proposed development by B.C. Crown corporation PavCo in the city’s False Creek neighbourhood could see a 40-storey tower raised in one of the city’s protected &ls
  
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• Delta man charged with switchblade attack on police officer

  02-08-2018 17:40 via vancouversun.com
  A 59-year-old man is facing multiple charges, including assaulting a police officer, in connection with a switchblade attack on a Delta police officer at a senior’s care home.
  Delta police say care home staff phoned police on Monday to help deal with a family member of a patient who had become “agitated after learning about the imminent passing of a relative.”
  While talking to the officers, Delta police say the man engaged in “a sudden and unprovoked knife attac
  
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• Missing your three martial arts swords? Found in the area of 11th St. East and St. Georges Ave. All were in a navy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 17:23 via twitter.com
  Missing your three martial arts swords? Found in the area of 11th St. East and St. Georges Ave. All were in a navy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you agree with Wai Young's idea to take out bike lanes at VGH?

  02-08-2018 16:59 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver mayoral candidate Wai Young is pledging, if elected, to rip out bike lanes in front of Vancouver General Hospital. Young claims the new bike lane at 10 Avenue at Laurel Street is giving “healthy cyclists” precedence over frail patients needing to access the emergency department at VGH.
  Read Susan Lazaruk’s story on the issue here.
  What do you think of Young’s plan? Do you agree with Wai Young’s idea to take out bike lanes at VGH or do you side with those w
  
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• Housing development planned for Squamish campground

  02-08-2018 16:00
  
  Council votes to go to second reading on Anthem Properties proposal, but concerns remain about camping loss and traffic
  
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• Vancouver mayoral hopeful Wai Young promises crackdown on cyclists/pedestrians

  02-08-2018 15:36 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver mayoral hopeful Wai Young took aim at “lawless” cyclists and pedestrians when she promised to rip out bike lanes in front of Vancouver General Hospital and turn half of the city’s parking enforcement officers into bylaw officers to ticket bikers and walkers and to clear illegally parked cars.
  Young chose a small pedestrian island between the brand new bike lane and the car lane on 10 Avenue at Laurel Street to read a prepared statement citing cyclists’ “at
  
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• Towers going up, up in Coquitlam

  02-08-2018 15:26
  
  Another 50-storey tower expected to rise after clearing public hearing
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Cloudy with a slight chance of rain

  02-08-2018 14:57 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Thursday’s weather looks mostly cloudy, with periods of drizzle and a high of 21 C. Environment Canada says it will be windy near the water late this morning and this afternoon. Friday is expected to be rainy with a high of 21 C again, and then that should clear up for the long weekend. The agency is forecasting a mix of sun and cloud for both Saturday and Sunday, with highs of 22 C and 23 C, respectively. The mercury is set to climb back up slightly to 24 C with su
  
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• Replay: Vancouver's 2018 Honda Celebration of Light fireworks — Sweden

  02-08-2018 07:28 via vancouversun.com
  The 2018 Honda Celebration of Light presents a mid-week fireworks extravaganza, courtesy the second of the competition’s three competing nations, Team Sweden.
  Can they top South Africa? At the risk of sounding like a sportscaster, experience is on Sweden’s side. The Unique Pyrotechnic team was the winner of the 2004 and 2005 events — a third win this year would make them only the fourth country to win the annual fireworks competition three times. Safe to say they know what they
  
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• Live: Watch Vancouver's 2018 Honda Celebration of Light fireworks — Sweden

  02-08-2018 06:59 via vancouversun.com
  The 2018 Honda Celebration of Light presents a mid-week fireworks extravaganza, courtesy the second of the competition’s three competing nations, Team Sweden.
  Can they top South Africa? At the risk of sounding like a sportscaster, experience is on Sweden’s side. The Unique Pyrotechnic team was the winner of the 2004 and 2005 events — a third win this year would make them only the fourth country to win the annual fireworks competition three times. Safe to say they know what they
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, Aug. 2

  02-08-2018 05:33 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, Aug. 2.Waterfront Cinema at Canada Place
  Thursday night promises to be another lovely summer evening in Vancouver, which means you’re going to want to be outside. Why not head down to Canada Place for the Waterfront Cinema? Don’t be fooled into thinking this is just your standard outdoor movie: this is a flippin’ Mamma Mia sing-a-long. Even if you hate the songs, you know them all, and sing
  
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• Seven Metro Vancouver beaches closed due to E. coli, with no end in sight

  02-08-2018 04:33 via vancouversun.com
  A foul faecal flow has left the shores of seven Vancouver-area beaches lined with disappointed swimmers with no end in sight to recent closures.
  Three West Vancouver beaches are closed for swimming, and four more in Vancouver, due to E. coli outbreaks. Most strains of the gut-dwelling bacteria are harmless, but infections can come from drinking or swimming in contaminated water, and can cause diarrhea, kidney failure or even death, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
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• Lisa Paley: Festivals and community organizations make us more connected

  02-08-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Think for a moment about the last event you attended. Did you think twice as you walked past the sponsor board displaying the logos of an array of companies? Probably not. We have all become accustomed to the idea that corporations have an important role to play in supporting community organizations of all types, but often we don’t truly consider the positive impact their support has on the community as a whole or the operations themselves.
  As we prepare for Pride Week, it’s importan
  
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• Christine Boyle and Brandon Yan: A land value capture tax allows us to dream big

  02-08-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Amid out-of-control speculation and rent increases more than twice the rate of inflation, Vancouver is in a housing affordability crisis. It’s time for transformative solutions that get to the heart of the problem. We believe a land value capture tax is one of those solutions.
  As Vancouver grows — and as governments and communities continue to create public and private improvements to infrastructure (e.g. improved transit service, increases to density, new businesses and cultural eve
  
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• Vancouver council files suit to get repairs for $14 million home

  02-08-2018 02:50 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Vancouver has asked the B.C. Supreme Court to order repairs to a fire-damaged $14-million Shaughnessy mansion with a colourful history.
  In October, a fire that was suspicious in nature did extensive damage to the house at 3737 Angus Drive, which is owned by wealthy developers Miao Pan and Wen Yang.
  According to a Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services report, the owners of the home, which was vacant and unfurnished, were called to the scene after the fire but a language barrier prevented
  
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• One dead, one missing and one rescued from float plane crash in B.C. Interior

  02-08-2018 02:47 via vancouversun.com
  One person is dead, one remains missing and a third has been rescued and taken to hospital after a small float plane crashed on Tyaughton Lake, 100 kilometres west of Lillooet.
  The Victoria Joint Rescue Coordination Centre says it was notified at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday of a float plane in difficulty near Tyaughton Lake. The plane subsequently was found crashed and partly sunken.
  The RCMP received reports indicating that a number of boaters were trying to rescue the plane’s occupants
  
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• Vancouver mayoral hopeful Wai Young promises crackdown on bikers/pedestrians and free parking Sundays

  02-08-2018 02:30 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver mayoral hopeful Wai Young took aim at “lawless” cyclists and pedestrians when she promised to rip out bike lanes in front of Vancouver General Hospital and turn half of the city’s parking enforcement officers into bylaw officers to ticket bikers and walkers and to clear illegally parked cars.
  Young chose a small pedestrian island between the brand new bike lane and the car lane on 10 Avenue at Laurel Street to read a prepared statement citing cyclists’ “at
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Good fence makes for bad neighbour in ugly Surrey spat

  02-08-2018 02:18 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey homeowner Christina Sun has been severely rebuked and taught an expensive lesson that good fences make good neighbours.
  After a 10-day trial (yes, ten days!) in B.C. Supreme Court, Sun was slammed for her self-help remedy of pulling down a six-foot privacy fence between the backyards of her and her neighbour’s homes, trespassing, destroying shrubbery, dismantling a rock garden, defacing her neighbour’s barbecue and hurling the slur, “Go back to your jungle.”
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• Join us tomorrow from 12-2pm for #LongTableLunch in Civic Plaza. Listen to live music from local singer/songwriter… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-08-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Join us tomorrow from 12-2pm for #LongTableLunch in Civic Plaza. Listen to live music from local singer/songwriter… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Theatre review: Beauty Queen is a bleak Irish comedy from Martin McDonagh

  02-08-2018 01:24 via vancouversun.com
  The Beauty Queen of Leenane
  When: To Aug. 15
  Where: Jericho Arts Centre
  Tickets and info: $24-$30; ensembletheatrecompany.caIt’s a Celtic summer for Vancouver theatre. Bard on the Beach’s Macbeth and Ensemble Theatre’s Dark Road are set in bitter, bloody Scotland. Bittersweet Ireland provides cultural context for the Arts Club’s Once, and Ensemble’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane.
  Originally produced in 1996, Beauty Queen was the first of Martin McDonagh’s six pl
  
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• 'Active-shooter' first-aid classes coming to Vancouver

  02-08-2018 01:19 via vancouversun.com
  Emergency-care nurses are gearing up to offer “active-shooter” first-aid courses to the public in Vancouver.
  Stop the Bleed teaches ordinary people to stop massive bleeding that would kill a victim long before first-responders arrive.
  “This is a response from the American College of Surgeons to mass-casualty incidents, especially mass shootings in the United States,” said emergency-care nurse Landon James. “But it could be for anything that causes bleeding, whi
  
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• Whalley Allstars in Quebec battling for national Little League title

  02-08-2018 01:06 via vancouversun.com
  The Whalley Little League Majors Allstars will try to become the 13th B.C. team in the past 14 years to win the Canadian Little League championship over the next week in the Montreal suburb of Mirabel, and then represent the country at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Penn.
  A Canadian title would also move Whalley into second spot all-time with six national Little League championships, a fact the coaches appreciate the significance of and one the players are blissfully unaware of.
  
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• Passengers rescued from float plane crash in B.C. Interior

  02-08-2018 01:04 via vancouversun.com
  An unknown number of passengers have been rescued from a small float plane crash on Tyaughton Lake, 100 km west of Lillooet.
  The Victoria Joint Rescue Coordination Centre says it was notified at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday of a float plane in difficulty off Tyaughton Lake. The plane subsequently was found crashed and partially in the water.
  A Cormorant helicopter and a Buffalo aircraft from Canadian Forces Base Comox have been sent to the crash site.The RCMP received reports indicating that a numbe
  
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• Wildfires 2018: Lightning storm sparks more than 300 wildfires in B.C.

  02-08-2018 01:01 via vancouversun.com
  Crews across British Columbia are busy with more than 300 new wildfires that have broken out since Tuesday because of a lightning storm.
  B.C. Wildfire Service spokesman Ryan Turcot said dozens of the fires recorded in the last few days were in the Cariboo region, the area hard hit by last year’s record-breaking fire season.
  “The vast majority of these new fire starts are attributable to the lightning activity we have been seeing,” said Turcot.
  Unstable weather began Saturday bu
  
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