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• Horgan defends continued NDP acceptance of corporate and union donations

  05-07-2017 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  "I'm going to fight tooth and nail within the existing laws. And the day after the election, I'm going to change them," said Horgan in April.
  
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• Fun On The Run

  05-07-2017 23:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  FORT LANGLEY HALF & 5K
  Sunday, July 16 | Fort Langley
  Phil Ellis, who calls Langley home these days, won the prestigious Vancouver Sun Run in 1991 (29:03) by beating Paul Williams to the finish line. Williams, now of White Rock, originally won the 10K race in 1988 (29:12), then bounced back in 1992 to win again (29:03).
  Then, a year after Williams founded Peninsula Runners (PR) in 1996 with Lynn Kanuka, Ellis tracked them down and joined their company and then helped open the Langley PR stor
  
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• Pitt Meadows Fire and Rescue assistant fire chief victim of verbal harassment

  05-07-2017 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  He didn't seem too untoward, there were adults and some children, and as Brad started to explain to them they couldn't have a camp fire, they became verbally confrontational.
  
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• IHIT identifies Abbotsford murder victim as Clarence John Crothers

  05-07-2017 22:41 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is trying to figure out who would kill 62-year-old Clarence John Crothers.
  Crothers’ body was found by Abbotsford police Tuesday morning inside an apartment in the 33000-block of Braun Avenue.
  IHIT isn’t saying how Crothers died, only that his injuries were “consistent with homicide.”
  “It remains early in the investigation, and police are working tirelessly to determine the motive for this tragic death,”  sa
  
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• Keyboard Kimura: Ten UFC fighters to watch in July

  05-07-2017 22:40 via theprovince.com
  
  With five events and plenty of high-profile matchups on deck, there are a bunch of big names and talented newcomers to look out for in the month ahead.
  The UFC always goes hard in July and this year is no different as the leading promotion in mixed martial arts offers up five events this month, including a pair of loaded pay-per-views and a sneaky-good fight card on FOX.
  With the increased schedule and proliferation of high profile contests on deck, we’ve doubled the number of competitors
  
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• Summer offers Caribbean and Mexican cruise deals

  05-07-2017 22:38 via theprovince.com
  
  If you’re reading this and you haven’t already booked your summer cruise vacation, fear not: there are still plenty of excellent options that you can book last-minute without breaking the bank.
  The Caribbean offers great value in the summer, when most of the tourists are gone and prices are far below what they are during the high-season winter months. This is particularly true this year, with the opening of cruises to Cuba on US-based cruise lines. Carnival Cruise Line  recently
  
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• Making ‘athleisure’ pieces work in your everyday wardrobe

  05-07-2017 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lifestyle expert Natalie Langston explains the growing athleisure trend and how you can incorporate workout-worthy wear into your day-to-day wardrobe.
  
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• Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says council byelection will cost over $1M

  05-07-2017 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  "The estimates for a by-election are for over a million dollars."
  
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• Vancouver condo market heats up while detached home sales cool: board

  05-07-2017 22:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver’s housing sales have divided into two separate markets with condominium’s being snatched up while detached homes remain on the market longer.
  Figures released Wednesday by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver showed an 11.5 per cent drop in the market last month compared with the over-heated market in June last year.
  However, the board says last month’s sales were still 14.5 per cent above the 10-year sales average for the month of June.
  The ratio of sales to li
  
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• Police incident in Surrey puts Clayton Heights Secondary on 'lockout'

  05-07-2017 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  A police incident near a Surrey school had summer school students being kept inside for safety reasons Wednesday morning.
  According to Surrey RCMP, a police incident in the 7000 block of 191st Street is the reason why Clayton Heights Secondary, which is several blocks away, was placed on “lockout” for about an hour and a half. Police were asking residents in a two-block radius to stay inside or to not return home for the time being.
  “191st is closed north of 70th Ave to the 710
  
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• Kelly Ripa vacations in 'beautiful, pristine, unspoiled' Vancouver

  05-07-2017 21:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  American talk show host Kelly Ripa spent most of her opening segment Wednesday extolling the virtues of Vancouver and British Columbia.
  Ripa has returned to New York after spending several days in B.C. last week.During her appearance on “Live with Kelly and Ryan,” she called the Vancouver area “beautiful, pristine and unspoiled.”
  Ripa said she and her children “climbed every mountain” and referred to her experience as “vacation porn.”
  She and her t
  
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• Tech: High-tech home entertainment

  05-07-2017 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mike Agerbo of Connected Media shows us what’s hot in home entertainment.
  
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• City of Vancouver hopes new Airbnb rules will free up 1,000 rental units

  05-07-2017 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Vancouver has unveiled its long awaited framework for regulating short-term rentals such as Airbnb.
  
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• Apologies, cheques issued for B.C. health researcher firings

  05-07-2017 21:34 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Health researchers wrongly fired in 2012 have received letters of apology and cheques, ranging from $15,000 to $125,000, from the head of the B.C. Public Service.
  The payouts, based on recommendations by the B.C. ombudsperson, were delivered in the final week of June — just in time for the ombudsperson’s recommended deadline of June 30.
  A letter accompanying a cheque for $75,000 to Ramsay Hamdi details the ways in which the Ministry of Health failed him.
  Among them,
  
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• A dozen Vancouver Islanders per month opt for assisted death

  05-07-2017 21:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  Two per cent of dying individuals on Vancouver Island chose medically assisted deaths in the first six months after it was made legal and the rate is climbing, according to a case review. 
  Data collected for the period from June to December 2016 shows there were 72 medically assisted deaths in patients aged 49 to 96, according to the report in the B.C. Medical Journal. Patients were balanced in terms of gender; of the 72 cases, 37 were males and 35 were females.
  Most patients chose their ho
  
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• Former Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe brings boot camp to Vancouver

  05-07-2017 21:20 via vancouversun.com
  
  A former Vancouver Bachelorette and her personal trainer fiancé are back in town this weekend with their popular cross-country boot camp tour.
  Kaitlyn Bristowe, 32, and Shawn Booth, 31, met during season 11 of ABC’s reality dating show The Bachelorette in 2015. After a whirlwind season of international jet-setting and fantasy dates, Booth proposed to Bristowe in the finale which was filmed at the infamous Bachelor mansion in Agoura Hills, Calif. The bachelorette then uprooted her li
  
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• Vancouver U2 ticket holders offered compensation

  05-07-2017 21:15 via vancouversun.com
  
  The May 12 U2 concert at B.C. Place Stadium was supposed to be a triumphant kickoff for the super-group’s world tour honouring the 30th anniversary of its breakthrough Joshua Tree album.
  The evening, however, descended into a ticketing debacle that saw a long line of frustrated, general-admission fans stuck outside the stadium, which resulted in them missing opening-act Mumford & Sons, a star band in its own right.
  Now, attendees who registered complaints over the fiasco are receiving
  
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• Sir Cameron Mackintosh on the touring Phantom of the Opera

  05-07-2017 21:10 via vancouversun.com
  
  Broadway Across Canada’s The Phantom of the Opera
  July 12-23, various times | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info | From $37.50 at ticketmaster.ca
  Cameron Mackintosh certainly has an ear for a hit. He’s had it for a good half century.
  In December 1990, he was described by New York Times reporter Mervyn Rothstein as “the most successful, influential and powerful theatrical producer in the world.” Now 70, he was knighted Sir Cameron Anthony Mackintosh in 1996 for
  
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• Vancouver man charged with murder in connection with 2011 shooting

  05-07-2017 21:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  A 25-year-old Vancouver man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a 2011 shooting death in Champlain Heights.
  On July 25, 2011, Harpreet “Hapi” Sandhu, 21, was gunned down following an argument with a group of youths in the area of Arlington Street and Whitehorn Court in south Vancouver. He died in hospital.
  Now, almost six years later, Vancouver Police Department detectives have made an arrest.
  Heval Hishyar Tilli of Vancouver was apprehended Tuesday and
  
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• Vancouver police make arrest in 2011 murder case

  05-07-2017 21:04
  
  Police have made an arrest in the 2011 shooting death of Harpreet "Hapi" Sandhu, but investigators are still looking for witnesses.
  
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• Kaleden fire update

  05-07-2017 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Residents forced from their homes as a result of the Kaleden wildfire can now go home. John Hua has the latest details.
  
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• Targeted shooting in Surrey

  05-07-2017 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  One man is in hospital after a shooting outside a strip mall in Surrey. The victim was in a vehicle when someone opened fire. As Jordan Armstrong reports, the victim is known to police and the shooting appears to be targeted.
  
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• The Jon McComb Show: New poll shows Canadian support for carbon tax cooling

  05-07-2017 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  I suspect there are a number of British Columbians that have forgotten that we have a carbon tax in this province.
  
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• Nearly 30% of British Columbians living with diabetes or pre-diabetes: Report

  05-07-2017 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nearly 30 per cent or 1.4 million British Columbians are living with diabetes or pre-diabetes, according to a new report by Diabetes Canada.
  
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• Demand for Metro Vancouver condos outstrips supply at record rate in June

  05-07-2017 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Demand for condos was as high as ever in June, while detached home sales across the region dropped off
  
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• 25-year-old man charged in 2011 Vancouver homicide

  05-07-2017 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  On July 24, 2011, Harpreet “Hapi” Sandhu was gunned down on Arlington Street and Whitehorn Court.
  
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• Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson plans to license, tax Airbnb rentals

  05-07-2017 19:41 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver homeowner who rent out their property through Airbnb or other short-term rental websites may soon have to buy a business licence.
  As part of new a new regulatory framework for short-term rentals, a city staff report suggests requiring owners or renters who list their principal residences with short-term rental agencies to purchase an annual business license for $49.  Meanwhile, the short-term rental platforms, like Airbnb, would be hit with a transaction fee up to three
  
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• Hot weather, lack of rain prompt campfire ban on B.C.'s west coast

  05-07-2017 19:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  PARKSVILLE, B.C. — Parched conditions on British Columbia’s west coast has prompted a campfire ban.
  The BC Wildfire Service says all open fires, including campfires, will be banned across the Coastal Fire Centre starting on Thursday, although gas, propane or briquette cooking stoves are still permitted.
  Only Haida Gwaii and the fog zone, a thin strip along the western edge of Vancouver Island, are exempt from the ban.
  The service says in a news release that a stretch of hot weather,
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Child brides' parents need jail time as a punishment

  05-07-2017 19:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  There are few more contemptible acts than parents knowingly and willingly putting their children in harm’s way.
  Brandon and Gail Blackmore did that in 2004 when they drove their 13-year-old daughter from B.C. to Utah and witnessed her marriage to Warren Jeffs, the 49-year-old prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
  Jeffs already had more than 80 wives (including one of the Blackmores’ other daughters). He was already known as erratic, autocratic and
  
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• Wine Guy: Drink outside the bottle

  05-07-2017 19:15 via theprovince.com
  
  When you pour yourself a glass of soda (or fruit juice, for that matter), do you really care whether it’s served from a bottle or a can? Likely not, so why the obsession with the wine bottle?
  The thing is, for all the romanticism bestowed upon the bottle, unless you plan on cellaring your wine the glass vessel itself doesn’t add anything taste-wise. These days, the vast majority of wine sold is consumed shortly after purchase, anyway.
  Thus it’s time to think — and drink &
  
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• Coastal campfire ban goes into effect at noon on Thursday

  05-07-2017 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A campfire ban goes into effect along B.C.'s west coast at noon on Thursday.
  
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• Daily Poll: Is an optional sex-ed class for students naughty or nice?

  05-07-2017 18:33 via vancouversun.com
  
  This week, a debate emerged over an optional sexual education program being offered at Lord Byng Secondary.
  While sex education is mandated by the Ministry of Education for students up to Grade 10, the lunch-hour quiz-show style program called “Sex at Lunch” at Lord Byng is optional and offered for those in Grade 10 to 12.
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  Vancouver school board and conservative activist tussle over sex-ed program at Lord ByngKari Simpson, a local conservative activist, called the program &ld
  
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• Vancouver radio: Steve Darling to co-host Sportsnet 650 morning show

  05-07-2017 18:28 via vancouversun.com
  
  Former Global morning anchor Steve Darling is back in broadcasting following his unsuccessful stint as a politician.
  Darling has been named co-host, along with James Cybulski and Mira Laurence, of Sportsnet’s Starting Lineup morning show on Sportsnet 650, a new Vancouver all-sports radio station that launches Sept. 4.
  Darling was host of Global News Morning from 2001 until last year when he left the network after being shuffled out of the anchor seat. His departure caused an outcry am
  
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• Swimmers scramble out of the way of orcas at West Vancouver’s Whytecliff Park

  05-07-2017 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  A group of swimmers had quite the thrill over the holiday weekend while swimming at West Vancouver's Whytecliff Park.
  
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• CFL names former player Randy Ambrosie as commissioner

  05-07-2017 17:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The CFL has named Randy Ambrosie, a former player, as its 14th commissioner.
  
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• Vancouver radio: Steve Darling to co-host Sportsnet 650 morning show - Vancouver Sun

  05-07-2017 17:51
  
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  Vancouver radio: Steve Darling to co-host Sportsnet 650 morning show
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  Former Global morning anchor Steve Darling is back in broadcasting following his unsuccessful stint as a politician. Darling has been named co-host, along with James Cybulski and Mira Laurence, of Sportsnet's Starting Lineup morning show on Sportsnet ...and more »
  
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• Canada lose to US in Rugby World Cup qualifying; what’s next?

  05-07-2017 17:43 via theprovince.com
  
  Saturday’s loss to the USA in San Diego was ugly.
  After a ferocious fightback late in the first half and into the second half, one which had the Americans totally back-pedalling in every respect, Canada somehow lost the thread.
  The Americans scored, twice, off lineouts, essentially killing Canada’s hopes with 20 minutes still to play. To see the Canadians deflate so quickly and so terribly will give every rugby fan in the Great White North pause.
  And so, some thoughts on where to go
  
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• Take a tour of Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica

  05-07-2017 17:34 via vancouversun.com
  
  Arctia’s multipurpose icebreaker Nordica will transit the Northwest Passage this  July.
  The vessel was docked in North Vancouver on Tuesday before the ship and its crew began its voyage to Nuuk, Greenland.
   
  
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• Daily Poll: Is an optional sex-ed program for high school students naughty or nice?

  05-07-2017 17:17 via vancouversun.com
  
  This week, a debate emerged over an optional sexual education program being offered at Lord Byng Secondary.
  While sex education is mandated by the Ministry of Education for students up to Grade 10, the lunch-hour quiz-show style program called “Sex at Lunch” at Lord Byng is optional and offered for those in Grade 10 to 12.
  Related
  Vancouver school board and conservative activist tussle over sex-ed program at Lord ByngKari Simpson, a local conservative activist, called the program &ld
  
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• Opinion: Vancouver needs more than good craft breweries to be world-class beer city - Vancouver Sun

  05-07-2017 17:01
  
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  Opinion: Vancouver needs more than good craft breweries to be world-class beer city
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  Thousands have taken in Vancouver Craft Beer Week events in the past. VCBW handout / Vancouver. Share Adjust Comment Print. A few months ago Vogue magazine suggested that Vancouver might be the “New Craft Beer Capital of North America,” and ...and more »
  
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• Opinion: Vancouver needs more than good craft breweries to be world-class beer city

  05-07-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A few months ago Vogue magazine suggested that Vancouver might be the “New Craft Beer Capital of North America,” and this newspaper echoed with the question, “Is Vancouver the new Portland when it comes to craft beer?” Well, no. Vancouver has a very long way to go before it can be compared with the great beer cities in North America.
  Yes, we have great — maybe the best — craft beer and breweries, but that’s often where it ends. Great end-user distributio
  
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• Rare endangered turtle native to Ontario found wandering in Burnaby

  05-07-2017 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  A turtle that was found walking in the middle of a back road near Burnaby Lake last week has been identified as a endangered species that is native to Ontario.
  
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• Up close and personal with orcas in West Vancouver

  05-07-2017 16:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  A group of swimmers at West Vancouver’s Whytecliff Park were given quite the trill over the holiday weekend.
  
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• Kaleden wildfire destroys homes, forces evacuations

  05-07-2017 16:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global News reporter John Hua is live in Kaleden Wednesday morning with the latest on the wildfire that spread very quickly through the region on Tuesday. Firefighters have been working non-stop.
  
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• Family voices concerns about bedbugs at North Vancouver motel - Globalnews.ca

  05-07-2017 15:58
  
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  Family voices concerns about bedbugs at North Vancouver motel
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  Tue, Jul 4: The members of a Vernon family says they were eaten alive by bedbugs when they stayed at a North Vancouver motel. What is this? Sponsored content is written by Global News' editorial staff without any editorial influence by the sponsor. If ...
  
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• Family voices concerns about bedbugs at North Vancouver motel

  05-07-2017 15:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Stewart family say they were "eaten alive" by bedbugs while staying at the Comfort Inn on Capilano Road last month.
  
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• Diabetes needs urgent focus by new NDP government, advocacy organization says - Vancouver Sun

  05-07-2017 15:47
  
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  Diabetes needs urgent focus by new NDP government, advocacy organization says
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  Sheila Kern started volunteering for the Canadian Diabetes Association when her daughter Fiona was diagnosed with the disorder at age 5. Now, she is the B.C. and Yukon regional director for the newly branded Diabetes Canada organization. Fred Lee ...and more »
  
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• One man in hospital, another in custody following Surrey shooting

  05-07-2017 15:37 via vancouversun.com
  
  A man is in hospital and another man in custody following a targeted shooting in Surrey Tuesday evening.
  Around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, a suspect opened fire inside Sushi Rei, located at a strip mall at the corner of 148th Street and 108 Avenue in the Guildford area. Police who responded to the call found a man in his 30s suffering from multiple gunshots.
  “The male was immediately transported to a regional trauma hospital and is in serious condition,” read a statement issued by Staff Sgt.
  
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• Homicide team called to suspicious death in Abbotsford

  05-07-2017 15:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  The body of a man was found inside an apartment in the 33000-block of Baum Street on Tuesday.
  
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