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• Vancouver Island logger latest to depart industry feeling the squeeze

  10-09-2017 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  W.D. Moore Logging has been a mainstay of the tiny hamlet of Winter Harbour at the northern tip of Vancouver Island for 90 years, but is getting out of the business this year citing razor-thin profits in a business where they feel the playing field is tilted against them.
  “We can make a go of it,” said W.D. Moore owner Graham Lasure, “it’s more that for the capital required, the profit margins aren’t there.”
  “We can maybe make two, three, five per cent (
  
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• Vancouver chef describes "uneasy" night with Irma in Old Havana

  10-09-2017 23:18
  
  Alessandra Quaglia takes her cues from Cubans as she weathers the mighty Hurricane Irma
  
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• Update: Vancouver chef describes how Old Havana is coping with Irma's deadly aftermath

  10-09-2017 23:18
  
  Alessandra Quaglia describes Cubans' resilience as they cope with 10 deaths and buildings left 'fragile'.
  
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• Update: Vancouver chef describes how Old Havana are coping with Irma's deadly aftermath

  10-09-2017 23:18
  
  After weathering Hurricane Irma, Alessandra Quaglia describes Cubans' resilience as they cope with 10 deaths and buildings left "fragile".
  
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• B.C. wildfire Sunday: Some evacuation orders, alerts lifted as rainfall brings hope to firefight

  10-09-2017 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  An evacuation alert was lifted Saturday for the Kleena Kleene area and progress is being made against the Elephant Hill wildfire.
  
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• Limo crashes into home in Surrey

  10-09-2017 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  A Surrey family is dealing with the aftermath of a limousine crashing through the front of their home early Sunday.
  Harjit Khaira said her house, the 7400-block of 144th Street, suffered “big damage.” The house is on the east side of the street, just north of 74 Avenue.
  Her family was asleep inside when the vehicle, a stretched Ford Excursion limousine, smashed through at about 3 a.m.
  Thankfully, no one from her family was hurt, Khaira said.
  “Our family is not allowed to go in,
  
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• Healing with the Invictus Games

  10-09-2017 21:40
  
  In one of Al McFarlane’s ghastly recurring nightmares, a thirsty little girl is walking down a dirt road. She’s holding a plastic pop bottle cut in half and is using it as a glass to drink water from the stagnant puddles.
  
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• Rich Coleman on Darryl Plecas

  10-09-2017 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. Liberals interim leader Rich Coleman on Darryl Plecas, who was removed from the party after he decided to take on the role to become Speaker of the Legislature.
  
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• Space Talk with Scott

  10-09-2017 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  Sun, Sep 10: Scott McGillivray from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada shares the latest space news, including the meteor seen over parts of BC, Cassini’s final days and a chance to see Mercury.
  
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• Ask an Expert: Transition to parenthood

  10-09-2017 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  Sun, Sep 10: Relationship expert Tara Caffelle examines how to navigate the biggest change many people face in their life, becoming a parent.
  
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• Guest shot: A dad's fight for kids' right to ride the bus

  10-09-2017 21:13
  Father of five Adrian Crook reflects on his struggle with the Ministry of Children and Family Development after an anonymous complaint barred his children riding the city bus to school.
  
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• Squamish’s Miller wins gold in downhill at mountain bike world championships

  10-09-2017 20:30 via theprovince.com
  CAIRNS, Australia — Canadian Miranda Miller won the elite downhill title at the mountain bike world championships on Sunday, giving Canada its second medal in as many days at the event.
  The Squamish, B.C., native held off a field that included World Cup champion Myriam Nicole of France for Canada’s first elite downhill world title since Cindy Devine won in 1990 — the first year of the mountain bike world championships.
  Nicole won silver and Australia’s Tracey Hannah took
  
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• Vancouver Sun columnist Douglas Todd wins prize for religion commentary

  10-09-2017 20:24 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Sun’s Douglas Todd has won first prize for commentary from the Religion News Association.
  FILE – Rev. Gretta Vosper is seen at her West Hill United Church, in Toronto in an Aug. 5, 2015, file photo.
  Todd received the award for three columns from 2016: A Canadian perspective on priestly sex abuse as highlighted in the Academy-awarding-winning movie, Spotlight; a probe of atheist clergywoman Gretta Vosper’s understanding of theology and a reflection on academia&rsqu
  
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• Canucks kid Kole Lind’s ‘promising start’ at Young Stars draws coach’s praise

  10-09-2017 20:19 via theprovince.com
  By Larry Fisher
  Kole Lind couldn’t have scripted a better debut at the professional level, recording a three-point game for the Vancouver Canucks — with two primary assists and an empty-net goal — in Friday’s 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets to start this year’s Young Stars Classic prospects tournament in Penticton.
  “It was good all around,” Lind said in reflecting following Saturday’s practice at the South Okanagan Events Centre. “Stepping
  
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• Another Metro Vancouver family has questions about mystery funeral guest

  10-09-2017 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  Four people allege the man has been inviting himself to funerals across Metro Vancouver likely to fill up on food and drink.
  
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• Langford teenager charged with speeding in fatal crash

  10-09-2017 20:06 via vancouversun.com
  A Langford teen has been charged with speeding on Sooke Road just before the crash that killed 17-year-old Carter Navarrete last year. 
  Desmond Vallee, 19, was charged under the Motor Vehicle Act on Aug. 29. He is to appear in Western Communities provincial court on Sept. 28.
  Navarrete died on Sept. 2, 2016, when the car he was a passenger in left the highway near Parkland Road, rolled over and came to rest upside down in a forested area on the other side of the road.
  Navarrete was in Grade
  
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• Kamloops senior loses $4,000 in all-too-familiar scam

  10-09-2017 19:54 via vancouversun.com
  Though it has been reported on repeatedly, a familiar scam continues to find victims, with a Kamloops senior losing $4,000.
  The scam involves a phone call from someone claiming to be from the victim’s bank and convincing the target to send money, usually by wire transfer at Western Union or a similar business.
  In the most recent case in Kamloops, police say a person claiming to be a representative from the head office branch of the senior’s bank repeatedly called her.
  “They tol
  
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• Invictus: The name means “Unconquered” — and that’s what they are.

  10-09-2017 19:53
  
  They’ve lost limbs or suffered horrific wounds.
  
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• B.C. budget update likely just an appetizer for next year's main course: experts

  10-09-2017 19:40 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s New Democrat government is expected to unveil its first budget on Monday following last week’s ambitious throne speech, but experts expect the financial update will be little more than an appetizer ahead of the main course early next year.
  David Moscrop, a political scientist at Simon Fraser University, said holding back on anything but the most immediate and pressing commitments would be a smart move for the NDP’s fledgling minority governm
  
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• Group visits North Vancouver firehall to thank firefighters who saved them from Capilano River

  10-09-2017 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  A group of men who needed to be rescued from the Capilano River last weekend visited a North Vancouver firehall Saturday to thank the firefighters who helped save them.
  
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• Limo crashes into Surrey home

  10-09-2017 19:14 via globalnews.ca
  Police say the limo ended up in the house near 144th Street and 74A Avenue
  
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• Jason Botchford: Double-threat of goalie prospects in Thatcher Demko, Michael Dipietro

  10-09-2017 16:27 via theprovince.com
  A few months ago, Curtis Sanford was coaching minor hockey.
  Saturday, it looked like he had one of the most critical jobs in the Vancouver Canucks organization.
  Maybe he does.
  CURTIS SANFORD
  Late in the offseason, Sanford was plucked out of Owen Sound and placed in his first coaching job in pro hockey, hired by the Canucks to oversee their goalie prospects.
  And for the first time in a long time, they have at least two good ones.
  Sanford was working with both Thatcher Demko and Michael Dipietro S
  
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• Jassi Sidhu: The tragedy of a forbidden love

  10-09-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  A first-hand account of following the Jassi Sidhu murder case for more than 17 years:
  When I first saw Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu, she was on a pedestal, in a framed high-school graduation picture, surrounded by grieving relatives.
  The menfolk were upstairs, while the women sat on the ground near the entrance of a palatial home of 25 rooms, 19 bathrooms and six kitchens. The family compound, valued at over $2.6 million, across from Jerry Sulina Park in Maple Ridge, had spectacular views of the Coast M
  
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• Chinese investors discover sleepy Point Roberts, Washington, on B.C. border

  10-09-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  For decades, the sleepy U.S. backwater of Point Roberts, Wash., has been overrun by foreigners — Canadians.
  They’ve come to buy recreational property, buy cheap gas and dairy products, and drink way too much beer at The Breakers and Kiniski’s Reef Tavern on the Strait of Georgia waterfront.
  More recently, as the value of the Canadian dollar dictates, they’ve also come to collect online purchases from shipping and receiving outlets, some so close to the border that individ
  
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• Waston, Reyna lead Whitecaps over RSL 3-2

  10-09-2017 09:50 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Whitecaps were victorious over Real Salt Lake on Saturday Night at BC Place.
  
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• Brayden Bouchey helps Vancouver Canadians take early lead in Northwest finale

  10-09-2017 09:11 via theprovince.com
  White Rock’s Brayden Bouchey is one of the latest heroes of the Vancouver Canadians’ playoff run.
  The big right-hander from White Rock tossed three scoreless innings out of the bullpen as the C’s beat the Eugene Emeralds 7-5 in Game 1 of the best-of-five Northwest League championship Saturday at PK Park in Eugene, Ore.
  Game 2 is Sunday (5:05 p.m.) in Eugene. Game 3 is Monday (7:05 p.m.) at Nat Bailey Stadium.
  Bouchey, 21, didn’t allow a hit, struck out four and didn&rsquo
  
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• Brayden Bouchey helps Vancouver Canadians take early lead in Northwest finale - The Province

  10-09-2017 09:07
  The Province
  Brayden Bouchey helps Vancouver Canadians take early lead in Northwest finale
  The Province
  White Rock's Brayden Bouchey came out of the bullpen on Saturday to help the Vancouver Canadians win the opener in the Northwest League final in Eugene. PNG FILE PHOTO / 00049634A. White Rock's Brayden Bouchey is one of the latest heroes of the ...and more »
  
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• Alexis on fire: Buque backstops Salmonbellies to 13-8 win that gives them 2-0 lead in Mann Cup

  10-09-2017 08:20 via theprovince.com
  The Peterborough Lakers were at their best offensively in Game 1 of the Mann Cup in close. New Westminster Salmonbellies goalie Alexis Buque is difficult to beat on outside shots with the way he plays his angles.
  You can guess where this is going.
  The Salmonbellies’ defence outworked the Lakers’ offence and the steady Buque took care of the rest in Game 2 of the Senior A box lacrosse championship Saturday at Queen’s Park Arena as New Westminster secured a 13-8 victory before an
  
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• UFC 215: 10 things we learned last night

  10-09-2017 08:09 via theprovince.com
  AND STILL…
  Saturday night in Edmonton, Amanda Nunes retained her UFC women’s bantamweight title, winning a split decision over tough challenger Valentina Shevchenko in a close fight that went right down to the wire.
  Both fighters looked to pace themselves, with Nunes taking a far more conservative approach in the opening rounds than she has historically, conserving her energy where she previously would come out guns blazing. Over the first four rounds, it was a “Your turn, my
  
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• Ed Willes: Only thing Laba’s loss has exposed has been Whitecaps’ depth

  10-09-2017 07:44 via theprovince.com
  Back on Aug. 12, the Vancouver Whitecaps suffered two critical losses which left them at the crossroads of their season.
  The less meaningful of these losses was a 1-0 decision to the New England Revolution in Foxboro which left the ‘Caps outside the playoff bar with an uninspiring 9-9-4 record.
  The more critical loss that day, however, was midfielder Matías Laba, who tore the ACL in his right knee, ending his season in the process. Laba, at that point, was in the conversation of the
  
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• Ruth Lopert and Steve Morgan: NAFTA negotiations a threat to Canada’s push for universal pharmacare

  10-09-2017 07:00 via theprovince.com
  A “modernized NAFTA” has significant implications for many sectors of the economy — and health care is one of them. What’s at stake? Canadians’ right to universal access to affordable medicines.
  When negotiating with the U.S. and Mexico, Canadian trade and health officials would be well advised to be mindful of two things.
  First, U.S. trade negotiators have long favoured the interests of pharmaceutical manufacturers. The U.S. trade agenda is heavily influenced
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Angling for autism dollars, pitching healthier food to kids

  10-09-2017 07:00 via theprovince.com
  ENRICHING FISH STORY
  The biggest charity fishing tournament concluded last week with a sizable cheque presented to the Canucks Autism Network.
  The annual Fishing for Kids Tournament raised an impressive $800,000 thanks to an ardent and competitive group of fishermen who participated in the 12th staging of the derby. Forty anglers, including two women, eagerly took to the waters off Langara Island in Haida Gwaii to help some special children and claim the first-prize trophy.
  Before the trip, part
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps Defeat RSL 3-2 - Eighty Six Forever

  10-09-2017 06:33
  Eighty Six Forever
  Vancouver Whitecaps Defeat RSL 3-2
  Eighty Six Forever
  The Vancouver Whitecaps began their four-game homestand on Saturday night against the recently streaking Real Salt Lake. In our weekly Guess the Starting XI and Final Score contest, I predicted that Ghazal was probably a few matches away from starting ...and more »
  
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• Whitecaps 3, RSL 2: Caps move into third in the West

  10-09-2017 06:24 via theprovince.com
  Kendall Waston and Yordy Reyna scored in the second half as the Vancouver Whitecaps defeated Real Salt Lake 3-2 on Saturday night.
  Cristian Techera had the other goal for Vancouver, while Chris Wingert and Tony Beltran replied for the visitors.
  With the victory, the Whitecaps (12-9-5) moved into third in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference standings, three points back of the first-place Portland Timbers, with three games in hand.
  Real (10-14-5) remains eighth, two points adrift of FC
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 – Sept. 9

  10-09-2017 05:59 via globalnews.ca
  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6.
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Sep 9

  10-09-2017 05:13 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 for Saturday, September 9, 2017. For the latest news and video, go to globalnews.ca/bc.
  
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• Double-threat of goalie prospects in Thatcher Demko, Michael Dipietro

  10-09-2017 05:02 via theprovince.com
  A few months ago, Curtis Sanford was coaching minor hockey.
  Saturday, it looked like he had one of the most critical jobs in the Vancouver Canucks organization.
  Maybe he does.
  CURTIS SANFORD
  Late in the offseason, Sanford was plucked out of Owen Sound and placed in his first coaching job in pro hockey, hired by the Canucks to oversee their goalie prospects.
  And for the first time in a long time, they have at least two good ones.
  Sanford was working with both Thatcher Demko and Michael Dipietro S
  
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• UBC Thunderbirds bounce back with beatdown of Manitoba Bisons in home-opener

  10-09-2017 04:42 via theprovince.com
  The offence set the tone. The defence brought them home.
  A week after self-destructing in a 36-20 season-opening road loss to the Regina Rams, the UBC Thunderbirds put together a complete-game performance in a 32-18 home win over the Manitoba Bisons in USports football action on Saturday afternoon at Thunderbird Stadium.
  The T-Birds jumped out to a 13-0 lead before a massive third-quarter 19-0 point outburst — including a school-record 107-yard interception return for a touchdown by r
  
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• Celebrating recovery from addiction at Recovery Day event in New Westminster

  10-09-2017 04:15 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Sep 9

  10-09-2017 04:15 via globalnews.ca
  The Saturday, September 9, 2017 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• John Horgan, Bruce Ralston fight back against Gordon Wilson libel lawsuit

  10-09-2017 04:11 via theprovince.com
  VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan and Jobs Minister Bruce Ralston are fighting back against former Liberal leader Gordon Wilson’s $5-million defamation lawsuit.
  Wilson launched the massive court action last month after Horgan’s new NDP government fired him as the province’s $150,000-a-year “LNG advocate” on Aug. 1.
  At the time of the firing, Horgan and Ralston said Wilson did little for the money he was paid, even though a later search by The Province of the gove
  
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• Tubers rescued in Capilano River earlier this week personally thank firefighters

  10-09-2017 04:04 via globalnews.ca
  We are hearing exclusively tonight from the young men rescued from the Capilano River earlier this week after a tube ride left them stranded for hours. As Kristen Robinson reports, the tubers were grateful they were able to thank the firefighters who came to their rescue.
  
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• Kitsilano residents protest Seaside Greenway completion party

  10-09-2017 04:04 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Vancouver held a party today to celebrate a seaside greenway through one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods. But others are infuriated by the project, calling it a waste of taxpayers’ money. Jill Bennett reports.
  
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• Hurricane Irma leaves BC residents stranded in path of storm

  10-09-2017 04:04 via globalnews.ca
  The Caribbean has already borne the brunt of Irma. Numerous islands, including Turks and Caicos, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands and Saint Marin are utterly devastated after the storm hit as a category five hurricane. More than two hundred Canadians have called on the federal government to help get them out. That includes a Port...
  
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• Hurricane Irma barreling toward Florida

  10-09-2017 04:04 via globalnews.ca
  Hurricane Irma, currently a category three is expected to get stronger and deadlier as it gets closer to shore. In Florida, nearly seven million people have been told they have to evacuate. Not everyone listened to that warning. Geoff Hastings reports.
  
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• Double-threat of goalie prospects in Demko, Dipietro

  10-09-2017 03:25 via theprovince.com
  A few months ago, Curtis Sanford was coaching minor hockey.
  Saturday, it looked like he had one of the most critical jobs in the Vancouver Canucks organization.
  Maybe he does.
  CURTIS SANFORD
  Late in the offseason, Sanford was plucked out of Owen Sound and placed in his first coaching job in pro hockey, hired by the Canucks to oversee their goalie prospects.
  And for the first time in a long time, they have at least two good ones.
  Sanford was working with both Thatcher Demko and Michael Dipietro S
  
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• Super-hot August for Vancouver home sales - Vancouver Courier

  10-09-2017 03:05
  Vancouver Courier
  Super-hot August for Vancouver home sales
  Vancouver Courier
  Vancouver's real estate sales activity in August 2017 was stronger than expected. The number of condo listings cannot keep up with demand. Photograph By Martha Perkins. In an August that turned out to be much busier for Greater Vancouver homes sales ...and more »
  
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• Darryl Plecas: Why I took the Speaker’s job

  10-09-2017 02:57 via theprovince.com
  Darryl Plecas says he feels great after breaking the chains of the Liberal party and accepting the dream job he always wanted: Speaker of the B.C. legislature.
  “It was the right thing for me and the right thing to do,” Plecas told me Saturday, minutes after the Liberals angrily booted him out of the party for taking the post.
  Plecas stunned his former Liberal colleagues on Friday by accepting the $150,000-a-year Speaker’s job, a shocking move that effectively handed the governi
  
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• Ex-Vancouverites flee Florida home as Hurricane Irma brings destruction - Vancouver Sun

  10-09-2017 02:45
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  Ex-Vancouverites flee Florida home as Hurricane Irma brings destruction
  Vancouver Sun
  Just two days after they had finally finished unpacking and setting up their Jacksonville, Florida, home, James Delgado and his wife loaded up their car and fled the state. Now the long-time Vancouver residents (and their Vancouver-born cat) find ...and more »
  
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• Ex-Vancouverites flee Florida as Hurricane Irma brings destruction

  10-09-2017 02:44 via vancouversun.com
  Just two days after they had finally finished unpacking and setting up their Jacksonville, Florida, home, James Delgado and his wife loaded up their car and fled the state.
  Now the long-time Vancouver residents (and their Vancouver-born cat) find themselves at a hotel in Asheville, North Carolina, as they and hundreds of other evacuees and their pets wait for Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm, to tear across their home state.  
  “It’s unusual to be in a hotel and hear so many do
  
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