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• B.C. wildfires: Evacuation alert issued for District of Clearwater

  15-07-2017 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  An evacuation alert has been issued by the District of Clearwater as wildfires in the area continue to grow.
  
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• Review of former B.C. radiologist's work expanded in N.W.T.

  15-07-2017 23:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Northwest Territories has expanded a quality assurance review of a former Yellowknife hospital radiologist whose past work in B.C. is the subject of investigation by medical regulators.
  Dr. Claude Vezina, who worked in Terrace, B.C. last year, was found to have made hundreds of errors in this province while reading X-rays, ultrasounds and CT scans over a four-month period at Mills Memorial Hospital.
  In the spring, radiologists at Vancouver General Hospital completed re-interpretations of 8,4
  
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• Friday was packing day as MLAs' staffs prepare to switch places

  15-07-2017 22:59 via vancouversun.com
  
  In the west end of the B.C. legislature, NDP staff spent Friday filling cardboard boxes with documents, office supplies and personal effects.
  Two manoeuvred a large roll of packing paper, in preparation for their move out of the Opposition cubicle farm.
  “We’re supposed to have our boxes packed by the end of the day,” said NDP communications officer Marielle Tounsi.
  On Tuesday, the provincial government will change hands for the first time in 16 years, when John Horgan is sworn
  
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• 1960s counter culture venue brought big names to Vancouver - CBC.ca

  15-07-2017 22:58
  
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  1960s counter culture venue brought big names to Vancouver
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  Jerry Kruz, the influential music promoter behind Vancouver's psychedelic club, The Afterthought, narrowly avoided a career in the priesthood. "My mother told me I was supposed to be a priest and that's what I was raised up to be," said Kruz. But not ...
  
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• Lack of ‘criminal’ designation for Hells Angels in B.C. allows biker gang to flourish

  15-07-2017 22:43 via theprovince.com
  
  On a recent Wednesday evening in Kelowna, a row of Harleys was parked outside the Hells Angels clubhouse on Ellis Street.
  The biker gang was holding its weekly “church” meeting at the clubhouse, despite the fact the B.C. Civil Forfeiture office is fighting in court to get the nondescript stucco building, across from a log yard, forfeited to taxpayers.
  The government case to seize the Kelowna, Nanaimo and (Vancouver) East End Hells Angels clubhouses as sites of criminal activity has b
  
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• Lack of 'criminal' designation for Hells Angels lets gang flourish

  15-07-2017 22:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  On a recent Wednesday evening in Kelowna, a row of Harleys was parked outside the Hells Angels clubhouse on Ellis Street.
  The biker gang was holding its weekly “church” meeting at the clubhouse, despite the fact the B.C. Civil Forfeiture office is fighting in court to get the nondescript stucco building, across from a log yard, forfeited to taxpayers.
  The government case to seize the Kelowna, Nanaimo and (Vancouver) East End Hells Angels clubhouses as sites of criminal activity has b
  
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• B.C. orca rescued in 2002 gives birth to her second calf

  15-07-2017 22:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Springer, the once-tiny orca rescued in Puget Sound and returned to Johnstone Strait 15 years ago, has given birth to a second calf.
  The northern resident killer whale was spotted with a new youngster on B.C.’s north-central coast by CetaceaLab and confirmed by federal Fisheries Department staff.
  Springer made headlines around the world. She is the first known case of a whale being captured and successfully reintegrated with her pod in the wild.
  Springer, officially called
  
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• Recipe: La Canaria Cocktail

  15-07-2017 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  Café Medina bar manager Marc Slingsby-Jones makes two drinks - ‘Ipanema’ and ‘La Canaria’ - ahead of the Pride Crawl Fundraiser for Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation
  
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• Canada Cup wraps Monday at Softball City

  15-07-2017 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jul 15: Some of the world’s best female fastpitch players will be on the diamonds at Surrey’s Softball City this weekend to wrap up the 2017 Canada Cup International Softball Championship. The tournament’s President and Chairman Greg Timm sits down with Jay Janower to talk about the success of this year’s event.
  
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• Tour de White Rock marks final leg of BC Superweek

  15-07-2017 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jul 15: The final race of BC Superweek’s nine cycling events wraps in White Rock this weekend. Jay Janower sits down with organizers to discuss how this series has fast become one of the most prestigious pro-cycling events in North America.
  
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• Pride Crawl for Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation

  15-07-2017 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jul 15: More than 45 restaurants and bars around Vancouver are presenting a special Pride-themed cocktail as part of the Pride Crawl that runs until August 6th. The fundraiser supports the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation, a facility in Vancouver’s West End that provides services for British Columbians who face poverty, homelessness, mental illness, addictions...
  
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• Gardenworks: Indoors to Outdoors

  15-07-2017 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jul 15: Top gardening tips from the folks at Gardenworks. Gardening expert Michelle Tornai from Gardenworks shows Yvonne Schalle how to safely transplant houseplants outside, where can enjoy the warm summer weather. Tornai uses a beach theme, incorporating sand and shells to enhance the look of her planters.
  
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• Open House: Todd Talbot lists it

  15-07-2017 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jul 15: This week in Open House, W Network star Todd Talbot is taking his own advice and listing it. The ‘Love it or List it Vancouver’ realtor is putting his fully renovated Lions Bay home on the market. Kaitlyn Herbst explains where he’s planning to move his young family this summer and the...
  
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• Brewery and the Beast: Vancouver event serves up seriously meaty eats — and drinks, of course (with recipes and beer pairings)

  15-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Brewery & The Beast
  July 23, 1-4 p.m. | Concord Pacific (88 Pacific Blvd.)
  Tickets and info: Sold out; breweryandthebeast.com 
  Could there be a better way to spend a summer weekend than sipping on refreshing beers and sampling delicious fare? 
  Scott Gurney doesn’t think there is. That’s why he created the ultimate Sunday food-beer mash-up with the event, Brewery & The Beast.
  But it wasn’t just the obvious recipe for fun the pairing provided that pro
  
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• B.C. wildfire status Saturday: Crews brace for potentially stormy weekend

  15-07-2017 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Everyone is hoping the weather co-operates Saturday after progress was made on some of the 167 wildfires burning across the province.
  
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• Stealth get their man, locking up potential NLL free agent Small with two-year deal

  15-07-2017 19:28 via theprovince.com
  
  Vancouver Stealth general manager Doug Locker is off to a good start during the off-season.
  Locker locked up Vancouver sniper Corey Small to a two-year deal on Friday. Small, a finalist for the National Lacrosse League most valuable player this past season after finishing third in regular season scoring in the loop with 111 points, was slated to become an unrestricted free agent Aug. 1.
  Financial terms were not announced, which is common across the league.
  Losing Small to another club would have
  
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• Old McDonald's Farm Blues E-I-E-I-OH!

  15-07-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. Court of Appeal has settled a tawdry squabble among the great grandchildren of Samuel McDonald, a Cariboo gold-rush pioneer and founder of the eponymous farm on Nicomen Island.
  In a decision released this week, the high bench dismissed the claims of the great grandchildren who said they deserved a larger inheritance for performing childhood chores after the renowned historic farm was given to their brother.
  “In general, we see the performance of chores by children in a family
  
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• Community attraction at Eaglehurst Homes

  15-07-2017 15:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  An eagle is soaring over the large single-family community of detached homes on the Saanich Peninsula on southern Vancouver Island. “She’s just had eaglets and we think of her as our mascot,” enthuses Brooke Alexander, a realtor with Dexter Associates Realty.
  The energy-efficient homes, designed to a Built Green gold status, make up the new neighbourhood that borders Sidney in north Saanich. With an emphasis on living within nature, it took 16 years to bring this community to f
  
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• The Home Front: Summertime, and the outdoor living is easy

  15-07-2017 15:52 via vancouversun.com
  
  With summer now truly upon us, there is no better place to be than at home relaxing on your patio, terrace or deck.
  The Sun caught up with a local developer, interior designer and decking expert to see what’s new and improved in the materials and design being applied to these spaces.
  In Vancouver, there is a growing demand for multi-family dwellings that have impressive outdoor spaces, says Jason Turcotte, vice-president of development for Cressey Development Group.
  “People are
  
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• Foxridge's Edgewood Gate offers 'everything right at hand'

  15-07-2017 15:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  In October this year, Lisa McJunkin and Bill Reny will be moving into a new home at Edgewood Gate, Foxridge Homes’ new development of four- and five-bedroom single-family houses in South Surrey.
  The couple are local to the area and are moving in together for the first time. They were looking for a place that works for both of their sons and found it in a four-bedroom home with a finished basement suite.
  “My son is 21 so that will work really well for him,” McJunkin said. &ldquo
  
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• Police say prolific Vancouver Island offender back in custody

  15-07-2017 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saanich Police took a man back into custody on Friday a mere hour after he'd been released for a different offence.
  
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• Kits home noteworthy for location, beautiful restoration

  15-07-2017 15:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  A snapshot of residential buying trends in Metro Vancouver
  3616 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver
  Type: Five-bedroom, three-bathroom detached
  Size: 3,735 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $3,339,000
  Listed for: $3,088,000
  Sold for: $3,616,000
  Sold on: April 12
  Days on market: Nine
  Listing agent: Marty Pospischil and Adam Pospischil at Dexter Associates Realty
  Buyers agent: Eric Coulombe at Infinite Real Estate Services
  The big sell: Listing agent Adam Pospischil credits the abundance of period features in this
  
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• B.C. wildfire map: if the fires burned Canadian cities, they might look like this

  15-07-2017 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  In Metro Vancouver, Richmond, New Westminster, Burnaby, Surrey and Delta might be charred to a crisp.
  
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• Five Things to Know: Wildfire looters, toe donation, miracle hawk

  15-07-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A gusty forecast for the weekend concerns fire crews, a Vancouverite will be donating her toe to a popular Yukon bar, and a baby hawk is being raised by Eagles. Here are five things you need to know.
  Wildfire update: Village of Clinton on evacuation alert
   
  The Village of Clinton was placed one evacuation alert Friday as the Ashcroft Reserve fire moved toward the community.
  The residents of the village — about 650 people in total — have been instructed to prepare to evacuate sho
  
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• Hiker safe after losing her way on Mount Seymour in North Vancouver

  15-07-2017 13:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  A tourist hiking Mount Seymour is back home safe after losing her way Friday night.
  
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• Residents ordered out of Williams Lake, B.C., ahead of fire fanned by high winds

  15-07-2017 10:00
  
  Lightening and strong winds are in the forecast and could fuel the dozens of fires burning across the province, three of which surround Williams Lake.
  
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• The ocean is calling at Royal Bay on Vancouver Island

  15-07-2017 09:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Royal Bay, a spectacular seaside community on Vancouver Island, just 25-minutes from downtown Victoria, is ready for you.
  Situated along a 1.3-kilometre stretch of beachfront in temperate Colwood, B.C., this walkable, master-planned community offers residents a relaxed coastal lifestyle, surrounded by some of the island’s top urban and natural amenities.
  Once complete, Royal Bay will include a series of unique neighbourhoods, interconnected by parks and winding tree-lined pathways.
  In the
  
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• Wildfire Wind Watch

  15-07-2017 08:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fri, Jul 14: Firefighters are preparing for an unpredictable weekend with high winds in the forecast. Paul Johnson has more.
  
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• UFC Glasgow: Crucial fights require more attention

  15-07-2017 08:05 via theprovince.com
  
  As Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor wrap up their four-day, four-city press tour that peaked on Day Two in Toronto and became a sideshow for all the wrong reasons at the final two stops, members of the combat sports community are slowing starting to remember that there is a UFC Fight Night event this weekend in Glasgow, Scotland.
  While the Sunday fight card doesn’t feature any championship bouts or any massive names, there are a couple pivotal bouts on the docket and a handful of at
  
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• Chinese families in Kelowna for hockey camp

  15-07-2017 07:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  To help learn the game, 13 families have traveled to Kelowna to attend hockey camps with their young players.
  
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• Opinion: Managing the tricky politics of government transition

  15-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The past weeks have seen high political drama in British Columbia — but the days leading up to this week’s swearing-in may turn out to be the most intense of premier-designate John Horgan’s already long political career. From the transition team, to senior bureaucrats, to candidates for cabinet, John Horgan’s most complex task is evaluating and managing the many people whose careers he holds in his hands.
  This process began officially on June 29, but work has been on
  
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• Letters: Khadr payout will live in infamy

  15-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The decision by Justin Trudeau’s government to make terrorist Omar Khadr rich with a $10.5 million settlement and to give an official apology to Khadr, who murdered American soldier U.S. Sgt. First Class Christopher Speer in cold blood and left a grieving wife a widow with two children, is as wrong as it gets and millions of Canadians will surely remember this outrage come election time in 2019. This is nothing less than a slap in the face for not only the grieving widow and family of the
  
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• Editorial: Rate hike a harbinger of higher borrowing costs

  15-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  This week’s move by the Bank of Canada to raise its key interest rate a quarter of a percentage point to 0.75 per cent from 0.50 per cent was not unexpected. In advance of the increase, economists gave it a 90-per-cent probability.
  For many Canadians, an interest-rate increase of a quarter point is unlikely to change their financial circumstances. But in Vancouver, where homeowners carry the biggest mortgages in the country, any increase in interest rates merits attention.
  Based on the ave
  
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• Caouette keeping it 'reel' — from stuntman to passionate filmmaker

  15-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Hollywood North has always been a hotbed for high-kicking series and fast-moving features — and is home to a burgeoning FX scene as well.
  But all the CGI in the world won’t ever cover for real live onscreen action. That’s where Kirk Caouette comes in.
  From X-Men to Watchmen, The A-Team to Arrow, the veteran stuntman has coordinated, choreographed and performed everything from massive fights to basic utility stunts depending on what the job required.
  He has also put on multiple
  
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• B.C. can learn from Quebec on child care policy

  15-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The upside of big policy proposals is that they are bold, expansive, and exciting. The downside is that they often neglect real-world evidence. Both aspects are evident in B.C.’s new NDP-led government’s proposal to roll out universal $10-a-day child care.
  At present, details of the NDP child care plan are nebulous beyond the marquee $10-a-day billing with no fees for families at incomes below $40,000. Before the election, NDP point person for the plan, then-MLA Jodie Wickens stated,
  
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• B.C. Wildfires Live: Strong winds could bring 'extreme' conditions

  15-07-2017 06:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A spate of wildfires in the Interior have led to province-wide state of emergency being declared in British Columbia. Follow along for our latest updates on the efforts to combat the blazes that have forced some 16,000 from their homes.
  Crews battling wildfires in British Columbia prepared for the worst as officials predicted stronger winds over the weekend after a slight reprieve from the weather in recent days. Kevin Skrepnek, chief information officer for the B.C. Wildfire Service, says
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Jul 14

  15-07-2017 05:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, July 14, 2017.
  
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• Peterborough bodybuilder qualifies for national competition

  15-07-2017 05:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kalli Sheppard, 22, of Peterborough will compete at he 2017 Figure, Fitness and Physique Canadian Nationals July 29th in Surrey BC.
  
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• Hustling to keep Williams Lake operative while many flee flames

  15-07-2017 05:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE — Miles St. Amand is hustling at Sun Valley Gas just off the main intersection of this Cariboo community on Highway 97.
  That’s because there are only three gas pump jockeys at this full-service station, which normally has a contingent of 12 or 15.
  Like many of the other residents of this community, they have joined the exodus from Williams Lake, which has been under a wildfire evacuation alert since Monday. Many have gone to Prince George — 270 kilometres north of
  
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• Evacuation alert issued for the Village of Clinton

  15-07-2017 05:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  The alert applies to all of Clinton except for the Chasm Mill site.
  
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• A BC mother’s race against time to get a special cancer treatment

  15-07-2017 05:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Firefighters in dry Williams Lake say it 'was just a matter of time'

  15-07-2017 04:48 via vancouversun.com
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE — Dustin Duncan was sitting in his backyard Friday afternoon last week watching his four-year-old daughter play in a kiddie pool, when lightning struck the hillside above his community.
  Duncan, 29, a member of the Williams Lake Indian Band, was hoping to take a break this summer from fighting wildfires with the province. Often, it would take him away for months at a time from his daughter Samantha.
  When he saw within minutes the black smoke billowing from the lightning strike
  
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• ‘Planet of the Apes’ movie brings in big bucks

  15-07-2017 04:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fri, Jul 14: A new report says the latest ‘Planet of the Apes’ movie, opening today, was an economic bonanza for the B.C. economy. John Hua has the numbers.
  
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• On the front lines of the Ashcroft fire

  15-07-2017 04:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fri, Jul 14: Global’s Lynn Colliar got a rare look at the front lines of the fight against one of B.C’s biggest wildfires near Ashcroft.
  
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• Williams Lake still on evacuation alert, watching the weather

  15-07-2017 04:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fri, Jul 14: Williams Lake still on evacuation alert, watching the weather 10,000 Williams Lake residents are holding their breath watching the weather forecast, with high winds and high temperatures predicted for this weekend. Sophie Lui reports.
  
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• Riverdale star vs busker: how Vancouver film productions cost some small businesses

  15-07-2017 03:45
  
  Owner of grilled cheese food truck knows what it’s like to lose money when film productions park next to Vancouver Art Gallery
  
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• Accidents close Highway 1 to westbound traffic in Langley for nine hours

  15-07-2017 03:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  Seven people were taken to hospital after seven vehicles were involved in a pair of crashes that closed Highway 1 for hours on Friday.
  According to B.C. RCMP, the first accident involved five vehicles and took place around 9:30 a.m.
  Three semi-trucks, one commercial box truck, and a van were involved in the crash in the westbound lanes of Highway 1 near 245th Street in Langley.
  Four people from that incident were sent to hospital with minor injuries, while crews on site worked to clear the roadw
  
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• CFL offers consolation prizes to fan who lost $1 million on ‘bad call’

  15-07-2017 03:20 via theprovince.com
  
  WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg woman says a “bad call” cost her $1 million.
  Karen Kuldys was automatically entered into a contest that would award her with $1 million if two touchdowns were scored on kick returns during a game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday.
  Two were scored, but a flag for an illegal block in the back by Toronto’s Llevi Noel negated the second touchdown.
  Canadian Football League fans took to Twitter, starting the hashtag #W
  
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• Community rallying around Kelowna fire victims

  15-07-2017 02:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  People displaced from their homes after a massive fire in Kelowna last Saturday are getting some help finding a new place to live.
  
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• Call for volunteers and donations to help Princeton-area wildfire evacuees

  15-07-2017 02:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Princeton Emergency Support Services (ESS) reception centre is looking for volunteers with clerical experience to help evacuees fill out paperwork...
  
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