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• Convicted killer had time to murder his wife, Crown lawyer tells B.C. bail hearing

  10-01-2019 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  A Crown lawyer arguing against the bail release of a man already convicted of killing his common-law wife in British Columbia says Wade Skiffington had a 20-minute window of opportunity to commit the crime.
  Hank Reiner told B.C. Supreme Court that Skiffington went to an apartment in Richmond in September 1994, knowing the friend who Wanda Martin was visiting would be out briefly.
  Skiffington was found guilty of second-degree murder in 2001 based on a confession he provided to undercover police a
  
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• Surrey RCMP seize more than 500 doses of suspected meth in fraud call

  10-01-2019 23:41 via vancouversun.com
  Two men were arrested and more than 500 doses of suspected meth were seized in Surrey during a recent fraud investigation.
  Around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, Surrey RCMP were called to a business in the 2300-block of 160th Street in South Surrey for the report of a man in a local business trying to use a credit card that didn’t have his name on it.
  Police who responded to the call found the suspect, a 30-something Langley man, seated in the passenger side of a car parked outside. He was arrested
  
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• ART SEEN: Voting on now to pick location for Saltwater City neon sign in Chinatown

  10-01-2019 23:40 via vancouversun.com
  Paul Wong wants your help.
  He’s looking for a location in Chinatown for his neon sign in Chinese characters that says Saltwater City Vancouver. It was created as part of his year-long residency at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden which culminates with the exhibition Suk-Fong Nay Ho Mah? Suk-Fong, How Are You? based on 700 letters sent to his mother Suk-Fong from relatives and friends in China. The exhibition opens Saturday, Jan. 12.
  “For my mother’s dialect of Canto
  
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• Rising multi-family assessments could trigger higher rents across B.C.

  10-01-2019 23:00
  
  Landlord group says that increased property taxes will force apartment building owners to raise rents or spend less on building maintenance
  
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• Vancouver to vote on push for free transit for minors

  10-01-2019 22:20 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver city council will vote next week on a motion to push for free public transit for minors and sliding-scale fares for low-income people.
  The motion, put forward by Coun. Jean Swanson, asks the city to endorse the #AllOnBoard campaign, which advocates for affordable and accessible transit based on income in Metro Vancouver.
  The #AllOnBoard campaign advocates for free transit for youth in Metro Vancouver and sliding-scale fares for low-income earners.
  It also asks the city to write a
  
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• Richmond man arrested after massive cache of stolen luxury goods found

  10-01-2019 22:12 via vancouversun.com
  A man has been arrested and charged after police found stolen luxury goods — such as Jimmy Choo shoes and high-end purses — in four storage lockers and a home.
  On Dec. 5, Richmond RCMP spotted and arrested a suspect in a burglary of a home on Cornwall Drive. Following the man’s arrest, police obtained search warrants at four locations including a home in the 8000-block of General Currie Road in Richmond and storage lockers in the 12000-block of Riverside Way and
  
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• TSB report cites fatigue in B.C. tug incident, says mate asleep while on watch

  10-01-2019 21:56 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The Transportation Safety Board cites crew fatigue as a cause in a report involving a B.C. tug that touched bottom while towing a barge loaded with cement south of Kitimat.
  The report says the vessel’s lone mate on watch duty fell asleep as the Ocean Monarch remained on autopilot through Royal Channel’s confined waters.
  The board says there were no reports of injuries or pollution, but the tug’s hull and propeller sustained damage.
  The report says the tug&rsquo
  
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• Oliver man arrested after rifle fired inside apartment

  10-01-2019 21:39 via vancouversun.com
  An Oliver man suspected of firing a rifle inside his apartment, damaging several neighbouring units, is facing numerous firearms charges.
  A second-floor resident was sitting on his coach on Tuesday afternoon told police he heard a loud bang and then noticed the cushion next to him now had a hole in it with stuffing coming out.
  Police say the resident believed a shot had been fired from the unit directly below him.
  A second resident on third level told police he also heard several
  
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• BCBC report probes prospects for robot overlords to take places in B.C. workforce

  10-01-2019 21:09 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbians need to start thinking more about the coming of their robot overlords because the jobs in our economy are more susceptible than other provinces to automation, according to a recent report.
  Some 42 per cent of workers in the B.C. economy, based on the 2016 census, are employed in jobs with “a high probability of being automated,” within the next two decades, according an analysis by the Business Council of B.C.
  It is almost identical to a national average of 41 per
  
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• Are you City resident who is passionate about active transportation, transit & integration transportation modes? If… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-01-2019 20:35 via twitter.com
  Are you City resident who is passionate about active transportation, transit & integration transportation modes? If… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Munchies and making out top list of fun post-pot activities: poll

  10-01-2019 20:20 via vancouversun.com
  So you’ve just toked up on some legal Canadian weed. Now what?
  Well apparently, eating food and having sex are the two most enjoyable pot-post activities, according to a survey done by marketing research group Leger for National Access Cannabis, a licensed marijuana retailer.
  The survey of 1,525 Canadians, conducted in early October shortly after recreational pot became legal in Canada, asked respondents what activities are most enjoyable after consuming cannabis.
  Not surprising, given tha
  
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• Vancouver police raid East Vancouver house

  10-01-2019 20:19 via vancouversun.com
  A large crowd has gathered in East Vancouver where Vancouver police are raiding a house.
  Photos posted on social media by those identifying as Langara journalism students show a large police presence in the area of East 49th Avenue across the street from Langara College.
  The photos show an armoured vehicle and someone being taken into a police car.
  Swat team on West 49th ave, right by Langara college. pic.twitter.com/L9mar1jk4f
  — Jennifer Blake Journalist (@JDBlakereports) January 10, 2019
  
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• Vandalism causes death of 700,000 young chum salmon at B.C. hatchery

  10-01-2019 20:06 via vancouversun.com
  POWELL RIVER — The manager of a salmon hatchery in Powell River says it will take years to recover from vandalism that led to the deaths of 700,000 fish.
  Shane Dobler, hatchery manager for the Powell River Salmon Society, says vandals broke into the Duck Lake hatchery in late December.
  They turned off valves and removed pipes, which cut water to incubation tanks filled with newly hatched chum salmon.
  Dobler says 90 per cent of the tiny fish were deprived of oxygen and died, and the rest on
  
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• This Just In: Benefit Roller Eye Bright Pencil, Lipstick Queen Nothing But The Nudes Blooming Blush lipstick and John Varvatos JV X NJ Eau De Toilette Spray

  10-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Benefit
  Roller Eye Bright Pencil
  They say: An eye pencil from Benefit cosmetics in a soft pink shade to make eyes look bigger and brighter. The eight-hour wear, waterproof formula is designed to be worn along the waterline for an eye-opening effect.
  We say: If you haven’t already tried a light-hued pencil along your inner lash line — what are you waiting for? The effect is, indeed, instantly eye-appealing. Our tester enjoyed the super-fine tip of this soft pencil. It made applying to
  
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• The Beauty Bar: It Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Oil-Free Matte

  10-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A full-coverage matte foundation with a sun protection factor of 40.
  This multitasking product works to brighten, colour correct, hydrate, smooth and perfect skin, reducing the appearance of fine lines, dark spots, pores and more. The oil-free formula also promises to keep skin shine-free throughout the day.
  Available in 12 shades.
  What we say: Our tester applied one to two pumps of this product to clean skin, as directed. One pump was really all that was required to provide a n
  
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• Style Q & amp; A: Midnight Paloma goes big on 'self care'

  10-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Midnight Paloma is one of those brands you are likely to discover on Instagram.
  The Vancouver-based natural beauty company’s feed is full of pretty products posed atop pop-of-colour backgrounds. They’re the kind of shots that are sure to make a person stop their random speed scrolling — and double tap.
  But, it’s also a brand that’s about a whole lot more than mere ‘likes’.
  We caught up with brand founder Tayler Mariles to chat about Midnight Paloma,
  
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• 8 best vegan-friendly restaurants in North Vancouver - Daily Hive

  10-01-2019 19:58
  8 best vegan-friendly restaurants in North Vancouver  Daily HiveThere are a good number of plant-based offerings north of the Burrard Inlet. Here are the best vegan-friendly restaurants in North Vancouver.
  
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• RCMP's B.C. commander to leave for government position

  10-01-2019 19:56 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – The commanding officer of the RCMP in B.C. is leaving to become the provincial government’s new director of police services.
  Brenda Butterworth-Carr, the deputy commissioner in charge of RCMP’s B.C. division, will become an assistant deputy minister and director of government policing policy effective March 5.
  Butterworth-Carr was named the RCMP’s top officer in B.C. in 2017, after heading its criminal operations division, commanding the force in Saskatchewan a
  
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• Sex offender arrested after walking away from Vancouver halfway house

  10-01-2019 19:55 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police have arrested a high-risk sexual offender who failed to return to his halfway house on Wednesday evening.
  Gerald Richard McLean, 50, was initially being sought on a Canada-wide warrant. VPD issued a public warning about McLean’s disappearance on Wednesday morning.
  The two-time federal offender is serving a long-term supervision order after completing his original sentence for sexual assault.
  He was convicted of sexually assaulting a child in 2000 and a teenager in 199
  
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• B.C. commercial building permits break record

  10-01-2019 19:43
  
  Statistics Canada data for November show the province issued the highest value of commercial building permits on record
  
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• Thirty-one storey office tower proposed for downtown Vancouver

  10-01-2019 18:52
  
  Application filed for architecturally striking building to replace 15-storey tower in Coal Harbour financial district
  
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• To help create a special, pedestrian-first place within the heart of Lions Gate Village, we're building a new 'livi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-01-2019 18:37 via twitter.com
  To help create a special, pedestrian-first place within the heart of Lions Gate Village, we're building a new 'livi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• DYK the Green Necklace began from Edward Mahon's vision over 100 yrs ago? Learn about the history:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-01-2019 18:01 via twitter.com
  DYK the Green Necklace began from Edward Mahon's vision over 100 yrs ago? Learn about the history:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Wind, heat, weight all contributed to fatal B.C. plane crash say investigators

  10-01-2019 17:40 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The Transportation Safety Board says no single factor led to the crash of a small plane that killed the pilot and slightly injured three passengers during a sight-seeing flight last year just north of Vancouver.
  The unnamed pilot, who had more than 1,200 hours of flying time, died when his single-engine Piper Cherokee crashed into trees along the Sunshine Coast during a hot and gusty afternoon on July 5.
  The passengers, an adult, a teenager and a four-year-old boy who were the
  
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• Vancouver Island's Gordy Dodd awarded Lifetime Achievement Award - North Island Gazette

  10-01-2019 17:11
  Vancouver Island's Gordy Dodd awarded Lifetime Achievement Award  North Island GazetteOwner of Dodd's Furniture and Mattress recognized for philanthropy and community work.
  
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• Things to do in Northern Ireland: Visit Old Bushmills, home of Irish Whiskey

  10-01-2019 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Irish whiskey. It is difficult to explain to the uninitiated the pleasures of this smooth amber fluid. James Joyce wrote of “the light music of whiskey falling into a glass-an agreeable interlude.” An old Irish toast gets straight to the point: “Too much of anything is good for nothing. Too much whiskey is barely enough.” Amen.
  Like many others before, I am making the pilgrimage to the place where it all began. Amid the green fields on Northern Ireland’s County Antr
  
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• Douglas Todd: The many things Lindsay Shepherd is not

  10-01-2019 16:47 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver-raised Lindsay Shepherd, 24, has been accused of many unseemly things in the past year.
  But a sit-down with the former Sir Wilfrid Laurier University teaching assistant, who was thrust into the news in late 2017 when she exposed the way her Ontario professors accused her of creating a “toxic environment” in her class after raising the issue of gender pronouns, quickly reveals there is no substance to the demonized portrait.
  Her former professors, Nathan Rambukkana and
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Mild with scattered showers

  10-01-2019 14:46 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. –  Thursday’s weather looks mild, with the mercury expected to climb up to a high of 11 C. Environment Canada is forecasting cloudy skies, with scattered showers and some wind near the water. Friday should be mainly cloudy, with a high again of 11 C. The temperature is expected to dip slightly on Saturday, with rain and a high of 8 C. Then Sunday and Monday look clear and sunny, but a little cooler, with highs of 7 C and 6 C, respectively. The rain is expect
  
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• Metro Vancouver task force to tackle industrial land squeeze

  10-01-2019 09:20
  
  New slate of post-election members to begin work this month, exploring options both inside and outside region
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: LNG aside, clarification of 'consent' with First Nations remains murky

  10-01-2019 03:45 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan reiterated a strong endorsement of the $40 billion LNG Canada project Wednesday, saying it had met the NDP test for securing consent from First Nations.
  “It has been my view that LNG Canada has shown they understand the importance of consultation and meaningful reconciliation with First Nations,” Horgan told reporters in the legislature press theatre.
  “All nations from wellhead to waterline had signed impact benefit agreements,” h
  
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• New federal drone regulations will make flying more accessible

  10-01-2019 03:24 via vancouversun.com
  New federal regulations governing the operation of drones in Canada will make using the unmanned flying devices safer and more accessible, according to experts.
  The new rules, which were announced on Wednesday, will come into effect on June 1.
  “We’re looking at a set of regulations that is clear and simple for people to become permitted pilots,” said Paul Bennett, founder of Aeronautika, a Coquitlam-based drone consulting and education company. “The system is just easier
  
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• B.C. nurses opposed to tentative contract want more staff, not necessarily more money

  10-01-2019 03:20 via vancouversun.com
  A vocal group of frustrated nurses is threatening to reject a three-year tentative contract with the provincial government because it doesn’t come with written guarantees that more nurses will be hired for short-staffed hospital units.
  The voting deadline for the tentative deal is Jan. 21 and, as Postmedia stories have been documenting contract details this week, nurses have been voicing their concerns in emails and on social media that the deal doesn’t go far enough to hold employer
  
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• 'Spontaneous' kiss: Ex-Vancouver cop convicted of sex-related offences appeals jail sentence

  10-01-2019 03:08 via vancouversun.com
  A lawyer for former Vancouver police Det. Jim Fisher has objected to a judge handing the veteran cop eight months in jail for a single “spontaneous” kiss of a vulnerable crime victim.
  “It’s grossly disproportionate to give him eight months in jail for that,” lawyer Bill Smart said during his submissions in the B.C. Court of Appeal on Wednesday.
  In August, Fisher, a highly decorated officer, received a total sentence of 20 months in jail for sex-related offences agai
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019

  10-01-2019 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Nanaimo byelection is shaping up as an exercise in raw politics. NDP candidate Sheila Malcolmson’s decision to resign as the area’s MP to run for provincial office smacks of cynical opportunism rather than sincere dedication. Wasn’t a federal seat important enough?Certainly a win for her as MLA would be a lot more convenient and she would probably be rewarded with a cabinet post. Having her run is a desperation move by Premier John Horgan, hoping to hang on to his slim majo
  
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• B.C.'s marijuana cops not yet ready for action

  10-01-2019 02:38 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s new pot cops will not be raiding Vancouver’s illegal marijuana stores anytime soon.
  According to a statement from the Ministry of Public Safety, the Community Safety Unit isn’t yet operational.
  “It is too early to confirm operational details such as spokesperson, the reporting structure, the total number of investigators or other positions,” the statement read. “The CSU is actively recruiting to fill all positions and a number of competitions are c
  
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• Former cop convicted of sex offences appeals 20-month jail term

  10-01-2019 02:23 via vancouversun.com
  A lawyer for former Vancouver police Det. Jim Fisher has objected to a judge handing the veteran cop eight months in jail for a single “spontaneous” kiss of a vulnerable crime victim.
  “It’s grossly disproportionate to give him eight months in jail for that,” lawyer Bill Smart said during his submissions in the B.C. Court of Appeal on Wednesday.
  In August, Fisher, a highly decorated officer, received a total sentence of 20 months in jail for sex-related offences agai
  
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• Property tax deferrals by seniors grow 53 per cent in four years

  10-01-2019 02:16 via vancouversun.com
  The number of seniors in B.C. who deferred their property taxes in 2017-18 has grown by 53 per cent in four years, according to a report by seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie.
  Last year, 57,305 seniors deferred their property tax, an increase of 13,179, or 21 per cent compared with 2016-17. The total amount of property tax deferred last year was $208.8 million.
  Mackenzie described the increase in property tax deferral as “dramatic.”
  She pointed out that 81 per cent of seniors are
  
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• Vancouver musician Jordan Klassen and director Farhad Ghaderi are MVP grant winners

  10-01-2019 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver musician Jordan Klassen and director Farhad Ghaderi are among nine recipients of the 2019 Music Video Production (MVP) Project grants. The team was selected out of over 300 applications from across Canada.The MVP Project is a joint partnership between RBCxMusic and the Prism Prize —  administered by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television — established in 2018 to provide support to Canadians in creative industries to perfect their musical, audio and visual skills
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Hereditary chiefs demand their court-ordered right to be consulted

  10-01-2019 01:53 via vancouversun.com
  For most of the last 50 years, Indigenous people have tried to negotiate, litigate and protest their way to a new relationship with Canada.
  In the past 21 years, they have won landmark rulings upholding their title to traditional territories, and their inherent rights including the right to self-government. Repeatedly, the Supreme Court has ruled that neither colonial policies nor post-Confederation legislation has extinguished any of those rights.
  Those rights are enshrined in the Canadian cons
  
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• Vancouver’s Cannabis Culture to lay off 50 employees, close dispensaries

  10-01-2019 01:52
  
  "It is with great sadness that we must announce the forced closure of three of our Cannabis Culture dispensary locations"
  
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• Surrey woman jailed for no-show at court in Ponzi scheme hearing

  10-01-2019 01:38 via vancouversun.com
  A Surrey woman who lured investors into a Ponzi scheme and who has failed to pay penalties has been sent to jail.
  Renee Michelle Penko will be jailed for 30 days for not appearing at a Nov. 6, 2018, debtor examination hearing, where she would have been required to disclose details about her financial situation as part of a possible court-ordered payment plan.
  A judge issued an apprehension order after she again failed to appear at a second hearing on Dec. 4, 2018.
  Penko surrendered on New Year&r
  
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• Wondering what can be recycled, go in your Green Can, or be taken to a Depot? Find out: cnv.org/Collection… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-01-2019 01:30 via twitter.com
  Wondering what can be recycled, go in your Green Can, or be taken to a Depot? Find out: cnv.org/Collection… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bovine tuberculosis strain tested in B.C. cow is distinct, not seen in Canada

  10-01-2019 01:28 via vancouversun.com
  Canada’s chief veterinary officer says test results from a case of bovine tuberculosis found in a cow in B.C. last November show a strain not seen before in Canada or the U.S.
  Jaspinder Komal says this TB isn’t connected to any cases previously detected in wild animals or domestic livestock.
  Komal says a majority of the animals on a farm in B.C.’s southern Interior where a cow was first identified with bovine tuberculosis have been tested.
  He says four confirmed cases of the di
  
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• North Van vet braces for tax hit from soaring property assessment - Vancouver Sun

  10-01-2019 00:25
  North Van vet braces for tax hit from soaring property assessment  Vancouver SunA nearby sale has helped push up property values raising the potential for his business to become a bigger part of the district's overall commercial tax base.
  
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• Men linked to Lower Mainland gang conflict arrested for fleeing cops

  10-01-2019 00:01 via vancouversun.com
  Two men linked to the Lower Mainland gang conflict have been arrested after allegedly fleeing from police during an attempted traffic stop.
  On Oct. 25, 2018, Surrey RCMP gang investigators tried to stop a vehicle they believed was involved in drug trafficking. The vehicle fled.
  Further investigation resulted in charges and arrest warrants issued Jan. 7 for the two men believed to be inside the vehicle at the time.
  Surrey residents Gurmeet Mathroo, 19, and Anhad Virk, 21, were both arrested and c
  
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