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• Vancouver police call for prescription heroin amid ongoing overdose crisis

  24-05-2017 23:52
  
  Major gaps in health funding for addictions treatment is taking a huge toll on frontline workers and communities, says a new VPD report.
  
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• Final day of vote counting in Courtenay-Comox to determine next government

  24-05-2017 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA – B.C.’s political leaders, and much of the province, spent the day nervously awaiting the final count of absentee ballots in the Vancouver Island riding of Courtenay-Comox, with the future makeup of the next provincial government dependent on the outcome.
  The most recent results, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, saw the NDP’s Ronna-Rae Leonard maintain her lead at 148 votes over B.C. Liberal Jim Benninger. Additional ballots were still 
  
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• B.C. moves to protect underwater mountain, thermal vents off coast

  24-05-2017 23:01
  
  The Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans says it intends to create the Marine Protected Area by 2020, but there are many hurdles to overcome first.
  
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• Surrey’s Jeremy Kennedy returns at UFC on FOX 25

  24-05-2017 23:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Surrey’s Jeremy Kennedy (10-0, 2-0 UFC) will return to the Octagon this summer in search of his third straight UFC victory when he takes on Kyle Bochniak (7-1, 1-1 UFC) in a featherweight contest added to the UFC on FOX event scheduled for Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island, New York, on Saturday, July 22.
  UFC officials confirmed the details of the impending clash with The Province on Wednesday afternoon.
  The 24-year-old Kennedy has continued his unbeaten run from the lo
  
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• Kicking Horse Coffee bought by Italian giant

  24-05-2017 22:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  Might Kicking Horse Coffee soon add an “Italian Stallion” variety to its line of coffee beans?
  The Invermere-based company — which includes a whole bean called “Kick Ass” among others — has signed a deal with Italian coffee maker Lavazza Group.
  The Turin-based Lavazza will now own 80 per cent of the Canadian company, which is valued at $215 million. 
  “Kicking Horse Coffee represents one of the ‘local jewels’ the Lavazza Gr
  
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• Pemberton Music Festival: Here's what to do with your cancelled ticket

  24-05-2017 22:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  Now that Pemberton Music Festival is cancelled and people are scrambling to get paid out, here are some ideas on what to do with those tickets to the now defunct festival.
  • You can trade your ticket for 25% off a ticket to CannaFest, happening Aug. 10 to 12 in Grand Forks. April Wine, Trooper, Loverboy, and Creedence Clearwater Revisited headline. The offer can be redeemed by checking their website or calling 604-871-1088.
  • WayHome Festival, located just two hours outside of Tor
  
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• Coquitlam’s Barzal and Co. leave lasting impression on Seattle Thunderbirds franchise

  24-05-2017 22:45 via theprovince.com
  
  WINDSOR, Ont. — When the Seattle Thunderbirds fell 7-0 on Tuesday to the Saint John Sea Dogs at the Memorial Cup, it signalled the last time the franchise’s core would play together.
  It’s the end of a four-year journey for a group of teenagers now forced to take the next step in their careers.
  Forwards Mathew Barzal, Ryan Gropp, Keegan Kolesar, Scott Eansor and defenceman Ethan Bear — all rookies with Seattle in 2013 — will be moving on, with four full seasons of j
  
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• Pemberton Music Festival: Vancity offers refunds for members who purchased Pemberton tickets

  24-05-2017 22:36 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancity Credit Union is offering refunds to its members who used their Vancity or Citizenbank Visa accounts to purchase tickets for the now-cancelled Pemberton Music Festival.
  It was confirmed last week that the music festival, which was heading into its fourth year, had declared bankruptcy and Ernst & Young was appointed as trustee. A statement issued on the festival’s website said there would be no automatic refunds, although it did suggest ticket holders check with their bank f
  
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• Flooding forces evacuations on Okanagan Indian Band

  24-05-2017 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The OKIB issued an evacuation order for 115 homes; 50 are permanent residences while the others are vacation properties.
  
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• Employees at Fraser Surrey Docks get sick, have to be decontaminated after mould exposure

  24-05-2017 22:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  A number of employees offloading a ship in Fraser Surrey Docks became sick after getting exposed to mould products.
  
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• B.C.'s fire season off to a slow start

  24-05-2017 22:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  The fire season in B.C. is off to a slow start thanks to wet spring weather that didn’t ease up until last week.
  There are 15 forest fires currently burning in the province, but only two of those have been upgraded to wildfires of note status, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service.
  “On this date a year ago, we had 303 fires to date, which had burned over 90,000 hectares,” said spokeswoman Claire Allen.
  High winds have made life difficult for 26 firefighters batt
  
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• Coaxing roses into bloom

  24-05-2017 22:05 via theprovince.com
  
  Q. Several years ago, I dug up three roses from a garden about to be bulldozed. One rose is in the garden, the other two in pots. The plants have an abundance of healthy leaves, but they have never bloomed.
  A. Whenever roses and other flowering plants have plenty of healthy looking green growth and no flowers, a common cause is an over-abundance of nitrogen (N) in the soil, without balancing amounts of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). Fertilizer labels indicate levels of each of these major nut
  
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• Wayback Wednesday: Rick Hansen returns from Man in Motion tour

  24-05-2017 22:02 via vancouversun.com
  
  Welcome to Wayback Wednesday, where we take a wander through the archives of the Vancouver Sun and the Province.
  On May 24, 1987, the Province’s front page featured Rick Hansen with the headline, “The dream is alive.”
  Hansen’s legacy is a well known one – not just in B.C., but internationally. As a teenager, Hansen was involved in a car accident that left him with a spinal cord injury and a paraplegic. Throughout his life, he has advocated for those with disabi
  
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• One day left to give input on Vancouver’s new logo

  24-05-2017 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  There is one day left for Vancouver residents to share their ideas on what the city's new logo should look like.
  
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• Schoenborn struggles with anger management: doctor

  24-05-2017 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  A psychiatrist says a man found not criminally responsible because of a mental illness after killing his three children is making slow progress but still struggles with anger management.
  
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• Angels in America flies high in 35th annual Jessie Nominations

  24-05-2017 21:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Arts Club Theatre Company’s recent production of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches — one of the 20th century’s most revered plays — leads the nominations for the 35th Annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards with nine nods including Outstanding Production.
  Part one of the Tony Kushner written play (part two debuts this fall) also scored acting nominations for Damien Atkins, Ryan Beil, Craig Erickson and Gabrielle Rose.
  Damien Atkins earned a Jessie Awards n
  
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• Windstorm batters south Okanagan

  24-05-2017 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  A windstorm that swept through B.C. hit the Penticton region hard Tuesday night. Waves crashed onto green space, leaving a trail of debris behind. The storm also seriously damaged Kiwanis Pier, forcing the city to close it down, with no estimate on when it will reopen. Wave damage to Kiwanis Walking Pier #Penticton pic.twitter.com/V8mFnKfIrd — Shelby...
  
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• Kelowna residents dealing with more flooding

  24-05-2017 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wed, May 24: Kelowna residents are bracing for more flooding in the region and water levels are already very high. These videos were submitted by a CHBC viewer.
  
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• Lions lock up first rounders, kick in with second Alabama-Birmingham alum

  24-05-2017 20:30 via theprovince.com
  
  The B.C. Lions announced this morning that their two first-round CFL Draft selections, receiver Danny Vandervoort (third overall) and defensive lineman Junior Luke (seventh), have signed with the club.
  No other details were announced for the pair, who starred for the McMaster University and the Universite de Montreal, respectively.
  As well, the Lions announced that they have inked American kicker/punter Ty Long and American offensive lineman Aaron Epps to contracts.
  Long, 24, originall
  
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• Cyclist not expected to survive injuries sustained in Saanich crash

  24-05-2017 20:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  A cyclist badly hurt in a crash in Saanich Tuesday afternoon is not expected to survive his injuries.
  
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• Wildfire burning near Mount Robson Park

  24-05-2017 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wed, May 24: A wildfire is currently burning near Mount Robson Provincial Park, south of Prince George. Source: CKPG News
  
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• Vancouver family behind Steveston sea lion incident contemplates legal action

  24-05-2017 19:40
  
  The sea lion seen across the world may now be the centre of a lawsuit. The Vancouver family at the centre of Saturday’s viral video reportedly told CBC radio Wednesday morning that legal action may be taken against the person who filmed the incident.
  
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• ‘Storm surge phenomenon’: Assessing damage to the central Okanagan

  24-05-2017 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  "A storm surge phenomenon on lakes, created by high winds pushing a high volume of water in one direction, in addition to wave action on top of the surge, posed a serious threat to property."
  
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• Vancouver’s Angela Lee set to defend her MMA title

  24-05-2017 19:12 via theprovince.com
  
  Some 2 1/2 months after a successful first title defence, Vancouver-born MMA fighter Angela Lee puts her One Championship atomweight crown on the line Friday in Singapore against Brazilian kickboxer Istela Nunes.
  The clash between Lee (7-0-0) and Nunes (5-0-0) is the main event of “One: Dynasty of Heroes” at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
  “I know she’s coming into this fight confident and hungry to take my belt. But that’s not going to happen,” Lee said from Si
  
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• Young woman, 33, dies after being shot in East Vancouver

  24-05-2017 18:44
  
  Vancouver police believe it was a targetted shooting
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Details of plot to kill me revealed at Vallee murder trial

  24-05-2017 17:59 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Cory Vallee murder trial is on a week-long break and will also be down for three weeks in June. So it looks like the trial will continue into September.
  Over the last three weeks at the trial, I heard some disturbing details of a plot to kill me, which I left out of my daily reports. However after discussing all of the evidence with my editors, we decided I should write about this in a first-person report.
  Here is the story:
  Murder plot against reporter Kim Bolan revealed at UN gang tri
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Murder in Vancouver, shooting in Surrey

  24-05-2017 17:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  There was more gun violence on the Lower Mainland Monday with a murder in East Vancouver and shooting in Surrey.
  A 33-year old woman died after being shot just after 5 p.m. Monday near East 7th Avenue and St. Catherines Street.
  Vancouver Police Const. Jason Doucette said officers responded to a call of shots fired and found Janice Nicole Bryant suffering from gunshot wounds.
  The 33-year-old died later in hospital. She has no criminal record in B.C., according to the online co
  
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• Canada's Fastest-Rising Rents Aren't In A Major City

  24-05-2017 17:42
  
  Kitchener, Ont. takes the crown. Read more: Video, Business Video, Kitchener Rent, Kitchener, Kitchener Ontario, Kitchener Rent Prices, Toronto, Toronto Rent, Vancouver, Vancouver Rent, Housing, Renting, Rent Prices, Canada Rentals, Canada Rental Rates,Canada Business News
  
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• Chef Meets B.C. Grape

  24-05-2017 17:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chef Ned Bell from the Vancouver Aquarium and Chef Trevor Bird from Fable have a friendly rivalry going to promote Chef meets B.C. Grape, pairing wine and food.
  
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• Ed Willes: Whitecaps find right balance to trip Impact in CCL semifinal opener

  24-05-2017 17:37 via vancouversun.com
  
  In the push and pull of the never-ending Major League Soccer season, the Vancouver Whitecaps faced something of a dilemma on Tuesday night.
  The Whitecaps, who’ve struggled to find traction this MLS season, have finally battled their way back to the .500 mark and now have a chance to generate serious momentum with back-to-back home games on consecutive weekends.
  Complicating matters, however, is a home-and-home series with Montreal Impact in the semifinals of the Canadian Championship, an i
  
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• Reward offered for info about river otter injured by snare in West Vancouver

  24-05-2017 17:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  A $1,000 reward is being offered for information about those responsible for a river otter that was found injured in West Vancouver due to a snare cutting into her neck.
  “The pain she must have endured is unfathomable,” said Lesley Fox, executive director of The Fur-Bearers, a Vancouver-based animal advocacy group.
  “For as long as two weeks, this poor river otter has suffered incredibly, as the snare kept cutting into her neck. There is absolutely no reason that such agony
  
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• Ed Willes: Whitecaps find right balance to trip Impact in CC semifinal opener

  24-05-2017 17:32 via theprovince.com
  
  In the push and pull of the never-ending Major League Soccer season, the Vancouver Whitecaps faced something of a dilemma on Tuesday night.
  The Whitecaps, who’ve struggled to find traction this MLS season, have finally battled their way back to the .500 mark and now have a chance to generate serious momentum with back-to-back home games on consecutive weekends.
  Complicating matters, however, is a home-and-home series with Montreal Impact in the semifinals of the Canadian Championship, an i
  
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• Woman who died after targeted shooting in East Vancouver identified

  24-05-2017 17:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  A woman who died in hospital after a shooting in East Vancouver has been identified.
  Janice Nicole Bryant, a 33-year-old Vancouver resident, was shot near East 7th and St. Catherines Street around 5 p.m. Tuesday.
  A neighbour described a bloody scene, uncomfortably close to his home.
  “It was really unsettling to see a pool of blood on the ground in my neighbourhood,” he said. “It’s a really quiet street with lots of people walking their babies and dogs.
  
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• Wind storm knocks out power to thousands on B.C. South Coast

  24-05-2017 17:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jordan Armstrong is in a neighbourhood in Kitsilano that sustained lots of damage during a wind storm on Tuesday night. Trees are down across the road and and on a BC Hydro truck.
  
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• Two B.C. wildfires sparked, one prompts evacuation alert in north Okanagan

  24-05-2017 17:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  VERNON — The B.C. Wildfire Service is responding to two separate blazes that broke out on Tuesday, including one that has prompted an evacuation alert.
  A fire in the north Okanagan, northwest of Lumby, was fanned by high winds and officials say it has now charred as much as eight hectares of trees and bush in the Cooper’s Mountain area.
  An evacuation alert issued late Tuesday night by the Regional District of North Okanagan covers homes within two kilometres of the flames.
  The wildfi
  
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• Launch party for Pemberton Music Festival with July Talk also cancelled

  24-05-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  In case it wasn’t obvious, the kick-off party leading up to Pemberton Music Festival this Saturday has also been cancelled.
  The free event was scheduled to happen this Saturday, May 27 at the Imperial in Vancouver, and was billed as The Path to Pemberton.
  Acts slated to perform at the “official pre-party” included July Talk, Dirty Radio, Brevner, and Hubbz.. @julytalk this Saturday is cancelled due to bankruptcy of The Pemberton Music Festival . No tickets were sold for this fr
  
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• Windstorm knocks out power for 74,000 BC Hydro customers

  24-05-2017 16:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  BC Hydro was reporting more than 74,000 homes and businesses without electricity late Tuesday due to strong winds throughout the province.
  The utility says most of the outages, affecting almost 36,000 customers, were in the Lower Mainland and Sunshine Coast with a further 35,000 customers in the dark in the Thompson-Shuswap areas.
  Power was restored to all but 8,000 Lower Mainland customers by 8 a.m. Wednesday, while 16,000 were still without power in the Thompson-Shuswap.
  Hydro crews were also
  
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• The dos and don’ts of wedding guest etiquette

  24-05-2017 16:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  We’re getting into another busy wedding season and etiquette expert Sunita Padda is here to make sure that if you’re going to be a guest at a wedding coming up, you know exactly what to do.
  
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• #WorldWithoutCrime – Crime Stoppers launches new campaign

  24-05-2017 16:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Linda Annis from Crime Stoppers and Chief Bob Rich from the Abbotsford Police Department join us this morning to talk about a new Crime Stoppers campaign – #WorldWithoutCrime.
  
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• High winds add to flooding fears as storm approaches B.C.'s southern Interior

  24-05-2017 16:41 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — High water levels could persist for several weeks in British Columbia’s flood-weary southern Interior, officials warn.
  Residents also braced for another battering, as Environment Canada issued special weather statements for parts of Vancouver Island, Metro Vancouver and most of the southern Interior, including the Okanagan, advising that strong winds are due to hit late Tuesday and continue into Wednesday.
  Weather warnings to expect gusty winds up to 90 km/h were also iss
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you agree with the proposal to build a Granville Island elevator?

  24-05-2017 16:40 via vancouversun.com
  
  This week, CMHC released a report titled Granville Island 2040: Bridging Past & Future that outlined proposals for the future of Granville Island.
  Among the suggestions in the plan was a proposal to build an elevator connecting the Granville Street Bridge mid-span to the heart of Granville Island below.
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• Wildfire burning out-of-control near Mount Robson Provincial Park

  24-05-2017 15:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  A human-caused wildfire is currently burning about five kilometres east of Tete Jaune Cache, near Mount Robson Provincial Park.
  
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• New 130-metre suspension bridge to be built atop Whistler Mountain

  24-05-2017 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  At an elevation of around 2,000 metres, officials believe it could rest at the highest spot of any suspension bridge in North America.
  
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• Police investigate drive-by shooting in Surrey

  24-05-2017 14:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  A large police presence remains in Surrey this morning following a drive-by shooting.
  
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• Break-ins at Vancouver condo tower blamed on short-term rentals

  24-05-2017 14:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The VPD is investigating at least three cases of break-ins in apartment buildings that are home to short-term rentals.
  
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• UPDATE: Victim dead following daytime shooting in east Vancouver

  24-05-2017 14:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  A suspect is still at large this morning after a shooting in broad daylight in East Vancouver.
  
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• Letters: B.C. residents have twice rejected proportional representation

  24-05-2017 13:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Predictably, Green party Leader Andrew Weaver is demanding that any minority government immediately enact proportional representation as the price of his support.
  In his view, no referendum or consultation over a policy B.C. has already rejected twice is necessary. He’d love a system where a splinter group like his can dictate the direction of all future governments.
  Do we really want a party adamantly opposed to all of B.C.’s resource industries and most improvements to its infrastr
  
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• Opinion: Public schools get failing grade on math

  24-05-2017 10:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  While standing in line last week, another mother started chatting with me about her daughter’s schooling. The topic she brought up: math. As how most of these math stories go, her daughter had been struggling with the convoluted methods of arithmetic she was taught in Grade 3, and was floundering desperately. After receiving no support from the school, the family decided to enrol her in a private school, and they never looked back. The child was now in Grade 9, and was enrolling
  
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• Canada 150: David Lam worked for greater understanding as the first Chinese-Canadian lieutenant-governor

  24-05-2017 09:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we are counting down to Canada Day with profiles of 150 noteworthy British Columbians.
  One day on the job as the lieutenant-governor of B.C., David Lam was escorted into a church in Victoria by RCMP officers. As he passed by, Lam overheard a little boy say to his mother, “Mommy, is that God?”
  Lam, a devout Christian, didn’t think much of the mistaken identity. He never again had the RCMP escort him into a church.
  “I have always been
  
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• Warm weather

  24-05-2017 08:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tue, May 23: A warm weather warning after two rescues took place in less than 24 hours. Volunteers saved a stranded hiker overnight and a young man fell 12 metres while enjoying the outdoors in Coquitlam. Catherine Urquhart has more.
  
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