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• Trial continues for high profile former Mountie accused of sexual assault

  20-06-2017 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The sexual assault trial of a high-profile former RCMP spokesperson continued Tuesday, with his accuser giving the court her long-awaited account of the alleged events.
  
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• Ed Willes: Lions look for talent, heart, and — of course — a passport

  20-06-2017 23:57 via theprovince.com
  
  When Neil McEvoy is assessing a prospective player for the B.C. Lion, he runs through a basic checklist.
  There’s size, age, collegiate background, pro experience, data from combines and free agent camps; categories, in short, which would be familiar to most football fans.
  There’s one box, however, which might be more important than the players time in the 40 or his vertical leap. The player in question has to have a valid up-to-date passport. If he doesn’t, he could be Lawrence
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Busts (Hodgson) and beauts (Kesler) of Canucks' recent draft picks

  20-06-2017 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  Skeletons.
  Every National Hockey League club has them hanging in the draft closet. You can almost hear the rattling of bones when whispers of missteps magnify into great debates of what went wrong.
  The Vancouver Canucks have their share of hits and misses and because you never really recover from first-round flops, it’s difficult to pass them off as managerial mulligans. It’s also easy to give a golf clap for great late picks.
  As the Canucks prepare to step to the podium Friday in Ch
  
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• Tim Shields trial: Former RCMP employee alleging sexual assault describes being locked in washroom

  20-06-2017 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  Warning: Sexually graphic content
  VANCOUVER — A former RCMP employee says she will never forget the sound of the door being locked behind her by a now-retired inspector who is alleged to have sexually assaulted her in a washroom at their Vancouver workplace.
  “I remember the sound just felt shocking, the sound of the lock when he turned it,” the woman testified Tuesday as she stared into the distance and turned her hand as if to lock a door.
  Tim Shields, who was the public face
  
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• Surrey man avoids jail for hit-and-run crash that injured an elderly pedestrian

  20-06-2017 23:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Surrey man who was convicted in connection with a hit-and-run accident that left an elderly woman seriously injured has avoided jail time.
  In March, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Patrice Abrioux found Joe Yut Wong, 51, guilty of the January 2014 offence that  injured Yip Chan, 87.
  In the early morning hours and with poor visibility, the construction contractor was slowly backing his Mercedes Benz out of his garage on 60th Avenue when he struck Chan, who was out for a morning walk at the time
  
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• Boz Scaggs at the Hard Rock Casino

  20-06-2017 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Boz Scaggs career dates to the late ‘60s to his solo triumphs featuring classic albums such as “Silk Degrees” (1976), Catch Boz Scaggs at the Hard Rock Casino October 14th
  
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• Animal Planet Wild Bear Rescue: More than just a cute cast

  20-06-2017 23:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  Wild Bear Rescue
  June 23, 10 p.m. | Animal PlanetWith bears in the news this week escaping from a Lower Mainland shelter and bruin sightings rising across B.C., the timing couldn’t be better for Animal Planet’s Wild Bear Rescue to start airing. 
  As noted in a Vancouver Sun story last July, Omnifilm’s reality series, Wild Bear Rescue, gets inside the daily efforts of staff and volunteers at the Northern Lights Wildlife Society in Smithers.
  Founded in 1990 by
  
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• Outgoing Vancouver Fire Chief reflects on difficulties of diversifying force - CBC.ca

  20-06-2017 23:25 via cbc.ca
  
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  Outgoing Vancouver Fire Chief reflects on difficulties of diversifying force
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  Despite his best efforts, Vancouver Fire Chief John McKearney will retire without having substantially increased the number of women in the fire force — one of his major goals when he was appointed as chief in 2009. "When I took over as chief, we put ...
  
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• YES in Concert

  20-06-2017 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rock band YES (Owner of a lonely heart, Roundabout) play the Q. E. Theatre with Special Guest Todd Rundgren September 5th! Tickets go on Sale Friday June 23rd
  
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• BC Greens kill NDP's proposed change on unionized secret ballots - Vancouver Sun

  20-06-2017 23:22 via vancouversun.com
  
  BC Greens kill NDP's proposed change on unionized secret ballots
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  VICTORIA — The B.C. Greens won't support the NDP's plan to remove the use of secret ballots for employees seeking to form unions. Green Leader Andrew Weaver said he's adamantly opposed to the idea, and will fight the NDP if the party tries to push ...and more »
  
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• Fraser Health says new Surrey supervised injection site is saving lives

  20-06-2017 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  It's been almost two weeks since Surrey's first supervised injection site on the so-called "Whalley strip" opened and Fraser Health says it's saving lives.
  
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• Safety board frustrated with lack of action on decades-old requests to record flight data in small planes

  20-06-2017 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  "You could say that this is an aircraft version of a dash-cam, but it's also measuring more than just video."
  
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• Woman who killed two people in Pitt Meadows crash sentenced to 90 days in jail

  20-06-2017 23:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  A B.C. woman whose dangerous driving caused the deaths of two people in a tragic Pitt Meadows crash has been sentenced to 90 days in jail.
  Andelina Kristina Hecimovic appeared in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster on Tuesday for sentencing. She was convicted in January of two counts of dangerous driving causing death after being acquitted of the same charges at an earlier trial.
  Hecimovic’s jail sentence will be followed by two years of probation. She will also have to complete 120 hour
  
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• The Boom Booms among performers announced for new Celebration of Light festival site

  20-06-2017 22:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  The annual Celebration of Light is returning to Vancouver with a brand-new festival performance space that will feature a host of musical acts over three nights this summer.
  The Julian Taylor Band will headline the new Park Stage at Second Beach on July 29, The Boom Booms on Aug. 2, and DJ Shub and DJ Kookum on Aug. 5.
  The newly expanded concert area is located at Ceperley Meadow, where outdoor movies have been held in Stanley Park previously, and will feature B.C.-based multi-cultural music and
  
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• Edison Chen coming to Vancouver for the Albatross Music Festival

  20-06-2017 22:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  Albatross Music Festival
  Sept. 14 – 15 | Hastings Racecourse
  Tickets and info: Early bird from $99 – $149 at albatrossfest.com
  Sammi Wei, founder and CEO of MUBI Entertainment Group, says the aim of the Albatross Music Festival is “. . . to cater to Vancouverites who have two homes on either side of the Pacific Ocean.”
  Specifically, it’s for residents whose musical tastes move back and forth between the East and West coasts of the Pacific Ocean, and cover a wid
  
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• Morning show producer Satiar Shah leaves TSN 1040, with rumours of host spot at Sportsnet 650 in his future

  20-06-2017 22:36 via theprovince.com
  
  Things are starting to get interesting in the all-sports radio world in Vancouver. Various sources state that Satiar Shah, the producer for TSN 1040’s Bro Jake Show, has left the station and is heading to Sportsnet 650, which is slated to start up in time for the hockey season.
  Some in the know in the media think he’s getting a host spot. Some think he’s going for a similar type role he had at 1040.
  There’s been no official word from either side, and certainly no wo
  
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• John Horgan to share vision of NDP government at town hall Tuesday in Vancouver

  20-06-2017 22:36 via vancouversun.com
  
  It’s been more than a month since the May 9 election and B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan continues a campaign of sorts, speaking on what an NDP government can offer.
  Horgan will host a public town hall Tuesday evening in downtown Vancouver to discuss “the new leadership British Columbians voted for and how a New Democrat government is ready to get to work fixing the problems created by the B.C. Liberals.”
  The event, set to take place at 6 p.m. at Robson Square (800 Robson St., down
  
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• Increase of used needles at Vancouver park prompts more safety patrols - Globalnews.ca

  20-06-2017 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  
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  Increase of used needles at Vancouver park prompts more safety patrols
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  The City of Vancouver is taking steps to keep children safe in a popular downtown park. Residents raised concerns recently over the large number of used needles found in Andy Livingstone Park, located on Expo Boulevard and Carrall Street. Vancouver ...
  Needle pickup increased at Vancouver park as police patrols stepped upVancouver Sun
  City of Vancouver intensifies drug needle pickups in Cross
  
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• City of Vancouver unveils solar power pilot project

  20-06-2017 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Cloudy skies didn’t stop the City of Vancouver from marking the first day of summer by rolling out a new solar energy demonstration program.
  
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• Parents should talk to kids about drug use, overdoses ahead of party-filled summer: Surrey RCMP

  20-06-2017 21:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  Surrey RCMP and educators are urging parents to speak with their children about the overdose crisis ahead of a summer filled with parties and music festivals, places where drug use can be commonplace.
  In a joint letter shared Tuesday, Surrey School District superintendent Jordan Tinney and RCMP Asst. Comm. Dwayne McDonald pleaded with parents not to assume that their children aren’t among those possibly experimenting with drug use.
  “Despite our best efforts as parents, our children c
  
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• Marathon hikers take on Grouse Grind challenge for B.C. charity

  20-06-2017 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Roughly 50 hikers hit the north shore trail at 4 a.m. Tuesday to conquer the mountain's natural StairMaster in the fourth annual Multi-Grouse Grind Challenge.
  
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• Nutrition: Thai inspired ‘zoodle’ salad with tofu

  20-06-2017 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Registered dietitian Diana Steele is talking about plant-based meals or meatless meals, and how you can incorporate healthier options into your diet.
  
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• Swim in False Creek by 2018? Not so fast says water quality expert

  20-06-2017 21:27
  
  Region's waste system still has outputs for raw sewage in False Creek
  
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• Man arrested for threatening baby on Vancouver bus

  20-06-2017 21:25
  
  Arthur Cherpak is charged with two counts of uttering threats, assault and criminal harassment against a mother and a 16-month-old.
  
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• With confidence vote looming, BC Liberals make second funding announcement in as many days

  20-06-2017 21:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  The BC Liberals are unveiling more spending initiatives, as the Throne Speech and associated confidence vote approach.
  
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• Roxane Gay’s memoir Hunger an honest recount of her struggles with weight and body image

  20-06-2017 21:05 via theprovince.com
  
  Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
  by Roxane Gay
  HarperCollins
  320 pages | 31.99
  Roxane Gay is one of the most important feminists and thinkers on the scene today. She is the author of some lauded bestsellers: essay collection Bad Feminist, short story collection Difficult Women and now Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, her first memoir.
  Whatever you might think this book is about, Gay is clear what it is not: “this is not a weight-loss memoir,” she writes. Instead, Hunger touches
  
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• Sentenced handed down to B.C. nurse found guilty in double fatal crash

  20-06-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A nurse who was found guilty in a crash that killed a Pitt Meadows couple learned her fate today. Andelina Hecimovic is going to jail. Grace Ke reports on how much time will Hecimovic be serving.
  
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• Something fishy going on underneath Cambie Street Bridge

  20-06-2017 20:45
  
  Vancouver filmmaker Nettie Wild’s art installation, Uninterrupted, projects swimming salmon against the backdrop of the Cambie Street Bridge.
  
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• Eagle captured on camera stealing fish off B.C. boat

  20-06-2017 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  B.C. resident Ashton Phillips was on a fishing trip recently when he got up close to a majestic bald eagle.
  
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• New festival site and concerts announced for Honda Celebration of Light

  20-06-2017 20:27
  
  Free site is licensed and will include food trucks and a family fun zone.
  
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• Richmond floating home partially submerged in Fraser River

  20-06-2017 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  A floating home has partially submerged on the Fraser River this morning. The Global 1 helicopter captured these pictures.
  
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• Eagle captured on camera stealing salmon off of B.C. boat

  20-06-2017 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Check out this video of B.C. wildlife at play! Ashton Phillips of Kyuquot, B.C. captured on camera a sneaky eagle stealing the salmon he was going to use as halibut bait.
  
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• Tim Shields trial: Former RCMP employee alleging sexual assault says she rejected advances

  20-06-2017 20:20 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — A former RCMP employee says she rebuffed earlier advances from a now-retired inspector she says later sexually assaulted her in a locked washroom at their Vancouver workplace.
  The woman, whose name is protected by a publication ban, says she felt uncomfortable and embarrassed in the summer of 2009 when then-Insp. Tim Shields told her he would like to perform oral sex on her.
  She says that after she declined, Shields asked her not to tell anyone because it would be “bad fo
  
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• Alberta cottages priciest in Canada, at over $800K: Royal LePage

  20-06-2017 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  But in New Brunswick you can snatch a lakefront property for less then $100,000
  
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• Man charged with allegedly threatening mother and child on Vancouver bus

  20-06-2017 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man who allegedly verbally abused and lunged at a woman and her baby on a Vancouver bus is now facing several charges.
  
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• Beauty Bar: Marc Jacobs Beauty Coconut collection

  20-06-2017 19:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  What it is: A collection of beauty products that feature a very on-trend ingredient: coconut. 
  The lineup, which includes an Under(cover) Perfecting Coconut Face Primer, Dew Drops Coconut Gel Highlighter, Re(cover) Perfecting Coconut Setting Mist, O!mega Bronze Coconut Perfect Tan compact and The Bronze bronzer brush, boasts products that are inspired by designer Marc Jacobs’ love of coconut water. 
  Each product (with the exception of the pressed powder and br
  
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• Somewhere between Victoria and Paris: National sevens squad’s gear lost in transit

  20-06-2017 19:30 via theprovince.com
  
  It’s a safe bet Canada’s women’s sevens players won’t be boarding any flights in the future without carrying on their cleats as many other personal items as they can manage.
  The nats are in France ahead of this weekend’s World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series season-closer in Clermont-Ferrand, but most of their bags aren’t.
  Eighteen players and staff left Victoria Sunday and arrived in France only to discover bags for just three of them had arrived.
  “On
  
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• Six must-see shows at the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival

  20-06-2017 19:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  TD Vancouver International Jazz FestivalJune 22 – July 2 | Various Venues
  Tickets and info | coastaljazzticketfly.com and coastaljazz.ca
  Ask anyone about what jazz is and you will get as many different answers as there are performances at this year’s 2017 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. The genre covers such an extraordinary range of styles and forms that it can be quite confusing. 
  Think how it must feel to the people who program these annual events as they try t
  
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• Opioid overdoses could be factor in growing number of donor organs: B.C. experts

  20-06-2017 19:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  OTTAWA — Amid the growing death toll of Canada’s ongoing opioid epidemic, there’s evidence of a correlating increase in the number of healthy human organs available for transplant.
  The agency that manages organ donations and transplants in British Columbia recently began tracking the data after physicians there began to see more organs coming from patients who had died of a drug overdose.
  B.C. Transplant says one-quarter of the organs transplanted in the first six weeks of this
  
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• Vancouver mayor responds to needle concerns at Andy Livingstone Park

  20-06-2017 19:06
  
  Residents say they have been calling for better clean-up efforts for months
  
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• Five free shows to check out this weekend at the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival

  20-06-2017 19:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  Free TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival concerts
  June 24-25 | various locations
  Info: coastaljazz.ca
  1. Les filles de Illighadad. Caress your rain-drenched ears with some desert blues. This Nigerian ensemble plays straight-out-of-the-Sahara music with acoustic-guitar melodicism and hypnotic, polyphonic rhythms of the tende drum. (Georgia Street Stage, June 24, 2:15 p.m.)
  Les filles de Illighadad plays the Georgia Street Stage at 2:15 p.m. on June 24 as part of the 2017 TD Vancouver Interna
  
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• Youth call out council over bullying accusations in Chinatown fight

  20-06-2017 18:36
  
  A group of young people who rallied against a 12-storey condo proposal for Chinatown are upset at how city council characterized them on decision day and want councillors to “heal the divide."
  
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• B.C. Greens kill NDP's proposed change on unionized secret ballots

  20-06-2017 18:34 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA – The B.C. Greens won’t support the NDP’s plan to remove the use of secret ballots for employees seeking to form unions.
  Green Leader Andrew Weaver said he’s adamantly opposed to the idea, and will fight the NDP if the party tries to push forward. The NDP needs the Green Party’s three votes to pass any legislation.
  “I will never support legislation that will eliminate the secret ballot,” Weaver said in an interview. “It’s simply not
  
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• Just over one-quarter of British Columbians want a snap election: poll

  20-06-2017 18:33 via vancouversun.com
  
  As there continues to be uncertainty in Victoria, just over a quarter of British Columbians want to see a snap election, according to a new poll.
  The Angus Reid Institute released its latest poll Tuesday morning and results show that while 29 per cent think B.C. should hold another election “right away” to deal with the hung government, most would prefer to “let the process play out.”
  When broken down by party, 45 per cent of B.C. Liberal supporters, 11 per cent of B.C. N
  
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• MADDEAUX: Canadian journalism needs a reboot

  20-06-2017 18:32
  
  SABRINA MADDEAUX/ 24 HOURS
  
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• Business Report: Oil just moved into a bear market, watch out below

  20-06-2017 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Oil has entered a bear market, and it could be costly for both the Canadian dollar and the Alberta economy.
  
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• Majority of British Columbians oppose snap election, want Clark to step down: Poll

  20-06-2017 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new poll of British Columbians mood finds little appetite to go back to the voting booth.
  
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• New ferry to be launched on Tsawwassen-Southern Gulf Islands route

  20-06-2017 18:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The Salish Eagle, the second of three new vessels joining the B.C. Ferries fleet this year, begins service Wednesday with a 9:10 a.m. sailing on the Tsawwassen-Southern Gulf Islands route.
  The Salish Orca was the first of the trio in service, starting in May on the Powell River-Comox route. The Salish Raven arrived in Victoria on June 7 and is due to start service in the fall, also in the Southern Gulf Islands.
  All three ferries are 107 metres long and can carry 145 vehicles an
  
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• T.O. IN SUMMER: Islands of possibilities

  20-06-2017 18:04
  
  Summer's here and the livin' ain't easy. Face it, we're all feeling a bit lost and a little depressed because the Toronto Islands are shut down but don't despair because there's some good news - Ontario Place Urban Park just opened.
  
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• C’s could add Riley Adams and Kacy Clemens to roster

  20-06-2017 17:59 via theprovince.com
  
  The Toronto Blue Jays have come to terms with third-round draft pick Riley Adams and eighth rounder Kacy Clemens and reports on Twitter have them assigning the pair to the Vancouver Canadians.
  No official word as of this morning, but the C’s have been a regular first stop for Toronto draft picks out of the college ranks. Adams, a catcher, just completed his junior year at San Diego, while Clemens, a first baseman, recently wrapped up his fourth and final year of NCAA eligibility at Texas.
  
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