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• Commercial Real Estate: Vancouver hotel room demand will keep industry growing - The Province

  12-09-2017 23:53 via theprovince.com
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  Commercial Real Estate: Vancouver hotel room demand will keep industry growing
  The Province
  Robust demand and revenue at Vancouver's hotels this year suggests that the downtown core is ready for more hotel rooms, say commercial real estate and tourism stakeholders. The hotel industry in Canada's big cities has become the envy of commercial ...and more »
  
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• UPDATED:Fairbnb calls for Vancouver to hold short-term rental sites accountable

  12-09-2017 23:48
  
  Coalition would like to see City of Vancouver hold Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms held accountable for illegal listings.
  
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• 'Fairbnb' calls for Vancouver to hold short-term rentals accountable

  12-09-2017 23:48
  
  Coalition would like to see City of Vancouver hold Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms held accountable for illegal listings.
  
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• Fairbnb calls for Vancouver to hold short-term rental sites accountable for illegal listings

  12-09-2017 23:48
  
  Coalition would like to see City of Vancouver hold Airbnb and other short-term rental platform held accountable for illegal listings.
  
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• Vancouver Fall Arts Preview — November 2017 listings - Vancouver Courier

  12-09-2017 23:44 via vancourier.com
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  Vancouver Fall Arts Preview — November 2017 listings
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  The Courier's Michael Kissinger has done a documentary on Vancouver artist Hinda Avery's “crazy revenge fantasy.” It will screen at the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival in November 2017. Photograph By Dan Toulgoet ...
  
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• Microsoft sees growth potential in Vancouver, president says - The Globe and Mail

  12-09-2017 23:27 via theglobeandmail.com
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  Microsoft sees growth potential in Vancouver, president says
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  Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith addresses a Vancouver Board of Trade luncheon, in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday June 28, 2017. DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS. Aleksandra Sagan. SEATTLE. The Canadian Press.and more »
  
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• Local politics no fun anymore; Oliver councillor tenders resignation

  12-09-2017 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  "It has been a good run of almost 17 years and it is time to re-center as age is taking its toll."
  
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• Keeping with 2017's trend, Vancouver overdose numbers remain way up in August - Vancouver Sun

  12-09-2017 23:18 via vancouversun.com
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  Keeping with 2017's trend, Vancouver overdose numbers remain way up in August
  Vancouver Sun
  A man injects himself at a bus shelter in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Monday, Dec.19, 2016. Jonathan Hayward / THE CANADIAN PRESS. Share Adjust Comment Print. The latest statistics from Vancouver emergency services show the overdose rate ...and more »
  
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• Richmond City Council approves policy encouraging 50% English on business signs

  12-09-2017 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  Richmond City Council is maintaining the status quo by encouraging, but not forcing, business owners to include English on their signs.
  
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• Chris Rock to bring phone-locking service to Vancouver show

  12-09-2017 22:43 via vancouversun.com
  Chris Rock’s Total Blackout Tour is coming to Vancouver this month – and when he says blackout, he means it.
  The comedian is requiring all fans to keep their phones and other electronic devices stowed during his set on Thursday at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. Those caught using a cell phone during the show will be “immediately ejected,” according to an note on Ticketmaster.
  To ensure “total blackout,” the artist will be using a service called
  
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• Kidsport Day 2017

  12-09-2017 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  CKNW is proud to support Kidsport day 2017 September 10th to 29th! Click here to find out how you can support Kidsport!
  
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• Surrey driver who prompted 'numerous' complaints tracked down by police

  12-09-2017 22:21 via vancouversun.com
  If you’ve ever cursed at a bad driver as they sped off and disappeared into traffic, there may be hope yet.
  A Surrey man who left a trail of traffic complaints in his dust across the Lower Mainland over the past year has had his vehicle tracked down and impounded.
  Police said the driver first came to attention after several police agencies began logging “numerous complaints” about the same white vehicle registered to an owner in Surrey. The overwhelming number of reports phoned
  
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• Vancouver man jailed for biting 14-year-old girl at Green Day concert - CTV News

  12-09-2017 22:07 via bc.ctvnews.ca
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  Vancouver man jailed for biting 14-year-old girl at Green Day concert
  CTV News
  PORTLAND, Ore. - A Canadian man who bit a 14-year-old girl on her right breast during a Green Day concert in Portland, Oregon, last month has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. Joel Dauncey of Vancouver pleaded no contest Monday to misdemeanour ...
  Vancouver Man Gets Jail Time for Biting Teenage Girl's Breast at a Green Day ConcertExclaim!all 11 news articles »
  
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• Adopt a pet: Venus the senior shepherd cross

  12-09-2017 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  Venus is an 8-year-old shepherd cross looking for a new forever home at the Vancouver SPCA. She has lots to offer but needs a constant companion.
  
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• Driver flees scene following fatal crash in Hope

  12-09-2017 21:51 via vancouversun.com
  RCMP are looking for the driver of a SUV who fled the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident Monday near Hope.
  Police say the accident happened at around noon just east of Hope on Highway 3.
  A Chevrolet Equinox SUV collided with a maintenance truck. A woman in her 30s, a passenger in the SUV, was killed.
  A man, suspected of being the driver of Equinox, allegedly left the scene in a white Ford F350 truck stolen from a Good Samaritan who had stopped to help.
  The man was described as whi
  
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• Richmond passes policy encouraging use of English on business signs

  12-09-2017 21:50 via vancouversun.com
  A Metro Vancouver city known for its sizable Chinese population has opted for education and outreach instead of enforcement to encourage business owners to include English in their signs.
  Councillors for the City of Richmond have voted unanimously to formalize in writing a policy that has been in effect since 2014 that directs municipal officials to push for signage that has at least 50 per cent English.
  Census data for the Metro Vancouver municipality shows the mother tongue of more than 40 per
  
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• B.C. man who created revenge site says he was provoked

  12-09-2017 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  A British Columbia man convicted of criminally harassing his ex-wife says she and her fiance insulted and taunted him in emails for years before he created a revenge website targeting her.
  
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• Nutritional benefits of radishes

  12-09-2017 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  Have radishes been forgotten from your plate? Registered Dietician Diana Steele explains why you should be adding them to your diet.
  
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• 'Fairbnb' urges Vancouver to enforce short term rental rules - CBC.ca

  12-09-2017 21:23 via cbc.ca
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  'Fairbnb' urges Vancouver to enforce short term rental rules
  CBC.ca
  It's currently illegal to rent out your home on sites like Airbnb in Vancouver unless you have a hotel or licensed bed and breakfast. But as anyone who has perused the site knows, thousands of people are skirting the rules. Now, a national organization ...
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• Salmon Arm man acquitted of homicide charge in suspicious death of Okanagan woman

  12-09-2017 21:20 via globalnews.ca
  During an interview with police, Scott claimed McKinty choked herself with a shirt while the pair were engaged in intercourse.
  
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• Chris Gailus steps over the side of the Guinness Tower for Easter Seals

  12-09-2017 21:20 via globalnews.ca
  The 2017 Easter Seals Drop Zone took place in downtown Vancouver Tuesday morning. Take a look at how our Chris Gailus rappelling down the side of the Guinness Tower.
  
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• B.C. Lions’ Travis Lulay to miss rest of CFL season

  12-09-2017 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  He will be placed on the six-game injured list and will not return to action in 2017, the team said Tuesday in a release.
  
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• Tenors Christmas Together Tour

  12-09-2017 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  CKNW Welcomes The Tenors back to Vancouver for their Christmas Together Tour when the vocal supergroup plays the Q.E. Theatre November 24th!
  
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• The latest fashion and beauty news to know now

  12-09-2017 21:03 via vancouversun.com
  Levi’s, Hudson’s Bay release collaboration denim jacket (and it’s pretty awesome)
  It’s a sartorial match made in fashion heaven — especially if you love the Canadian outdoors. 
  Hudson’s Bay has partnered with Levi’s to create two limited-edition denim jackets. 
  Featuring the Ex-Boyfriend Trucker Jacket for women and the Type III Trucker Jacket for men, the jean styles feature the iconic Point Blanket pattern in accent areas such as t
  
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• Car crash on Highway 3 near Hope leaves one woman dead; police still looking for driver

  12-09-2017 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP are looking for help identifying a suspect believed to be involved in a car accident on Highway 3 that left a woman dead.
  
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• Animal rights groups allowed to intervene in Vancouver Aquarium lawsuit - Vancouver Courier

  12-09-2017 21:02 via vancourier.com
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  Animal rights groups allowed to intervene in Vancouver Aquarium lawsuit
  Vancouver Courier
  The Vancouver Aquarium this past spring launched a lawsuit challenging the park board's bylaw amendment banning it from keeping cetaceans. Photo Dan Toulgoet. Two animal rights groups were last week granted the right to intervene in the Vancouver ...
  
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• B.C. man who created revenge website targeting ex-wife says he was provoked

  12-09-2017 20:56 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia man convicted of criminally harassing his ex-wife says she and her fiance insulted and taunted him in emails for years before he created a revenge website targeting her.
  Patrick Fox brought 700 pages of emails, dating back to 2011, to his sentencing hearing in B.C. Supreme Court, despite Crown counsel Mark Myhre’s objection that many were irrelevant.
  Fox is representing himself and Justice Heather Holmes allowed him to go through the emails as she decid
  
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• Chris Rock to bring phone-locking service to Vancouver show ... - Vancouver Sun

  12-09-2017 20:55 via vancouversun.com
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  Chris Rock to bring phone-locking service to Vancouver show ...
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  Chris Rock will be asking guests at his Sept. 14 Vancouver show to lock their phones in individual Yondr pouches, which will the be unlocked at the end of the ...and more »
  
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• Chris Rock to bring phone-locking service to Vancouver for the first time - Vancouver Sun

  12-09-2017 20:55 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Sun
  Chris Rock to bring phone-locking service to Vancouver for the first time
  Vancouver Sun
  Chris Rock will be asking guests at his Sept. 14 Vancouver show to lock their phones in individual Yondr pouches, which will the be unlocked at the end of the evening. FILES. Share Adjust Comment Print. Chris Rock's Total Blackout Tour is coming to ...and more »
  
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• Animal rights groups allowed to intervene in Vancouver Aquarium lawsuit

  12-09-2017 20:44
  
  Animal Justice and Zoocheck will argue in court that confining cetaceans should not be considered expression.
  
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• Style Q&A: Vancouver brand Kingsley Eyewear creates glasses that give back

  12-09-2017 20:35 via vancouversun.com
  When does a pair of glasses become more than just, well, glasses? 
  Easy: When they give back to a person in need. 
  That’s exactly what happens when someone purchases a pair of frames or sunglasses from the new Vancouver-based brand Kingsley Eyewear.
  Harbir Sian, the brand’s founder, chatted with Postmedia News about having a passion for eye care, battling big brands and creating glasses that give back. 
  Q. For those who aren’t familiar, what is Kingsley Eyew
  
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• Sentencing delayed again for Surrey man involved in violent road rage incident

  12-09-2017 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  Sentencing has been delayed a second time for a Surrey man who was involved in a violent road rage incident in May 2016.
  
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• Daycare advocate disappointed NDP budget did not include $10-a-day plan

  12-09-2017 20:34
  
  Monday's budget announcement included some child care funding but no mention of $10-a-day plan that NDP promised during election campaign.
  
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• Traffic up by 24% on toll-free Port Mann Bridge

  12-09-2017 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  Congestion is up on the Port Mann and Golden Ears Bridge after becoming toll-free.
  
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• Giants trade hardnosed forward DeRoose to Moose Jaw for draft pick

  12-09-2017 20:31 via theprovince.com
  In a bid to get down to their opening-night roster, the Vancouver Giants moved out rugged winger Tristyn DeRoose on Tuesday, trading the 18-year-old to the Moose Jaw Warriors for a sixth-round pick in the 2020 WHL bantam draft.
  The 6-foot-3, 181-pound DeRoose was one of the more physical Giants last season. You would think that would add to the chances of someone like feisty newcomer Hunor Torzsok, 17, sticking with the club and playing in an energy-line role.
  Vancouver has 15 forwards remaining
  
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• Q&A: Vancouver comic Dino Archie trapped aboard 'cruise to nowhere'

  12-09-2017 20:06 via vancouversun.com
  Somewhere in the Caribbean, Vancouver comedian Dino Archie is trapped aboard a cruise ship to nowhere.
  The Norwegian Escape, one of the largest cruise ships in the world, set sail from Miami on Sept. 2  with about 4,000 guests on board. It was scheduled to return a week later, after making stops in Honduras, Belize and Mexico, but the itinerary was scrapped and ports of call were cancelled due to Hurricane Irma.
  A few hundred were able to jump ship on Thursday when the Escape made
  
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• Theatre review: Sex, science and Samurai at the Fringe - Vancouver Sun

  12-09-2017 20:01 via vancouversun.com
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  Theatre review: Sex, science and Samurai at the Fringe
  Vancouver Sun
  Soul Samurai is showing at The Cultch Vancity Culture Lab as part of the 2017 Vancouver Fringe Festival, which runs until Sept. 17. Neil Colango / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. Vancouver Fringe Festival. To Sept. 17 | Various venues. Tickets and ...and more »
  
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• Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's 99th season reflects the Tovey era

  12-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The 2017/18 season is the 99th for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Well, kind of.
  If you like to quibble about history, a VSO got going in 1919 then lapsed into suspended animation after a few years, resuming regular activities in 1930. But most of us will welcome any excuse for a celebration, especially for one of this country’s most important classical ensembles.
  How do you put together an orchestral season of music appropriate for such a momentous event? Programming isn’t a subj
  
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• Theatre review: Sex, science and Samurai at the Fringe

  12-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Fringe Festival
  To Sept. 17 | Various venues
  Tickets and info: From $14 at vancouverfringe.com
  Because women still occupy only the fringes of power, it makes sense that so many Fringe Festival shows highlight female empowerment. Three productions at this year’s Fringe illustrate how different theatrical paths lead to similar ends.
  Soul Samurai at The Cultch Vancity Culture Lab
  Almost every year I stumble on a Fringe show so accomplished that I wonder how I could not have known of
  
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• Review: Smashbox Photo Finish Primerizer

  12-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: A multipurpose skin product that promises to supplant both your primer and your moisturizer from the usual routine. 
  The combo product delivers a full day’s worth of hydration to skin, while also priming the skin’s surface for flawless makeup application. 
  Good for all skin types — from normal to dry and even oily — offers a non-greasy finish and a quick-drying formula that acts as a “makeup magnet” for foundation, while also masking skin
  
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• Kokoro's latest continues a dance begun 20 years ago

  12-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Kokoro Dance: Embryotrophic Cavatina
  Sept. 20-23 and 26-29 at 8 p.m. | Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
  Tickets | $25-30 at kokoro.ca 
  Established in 1986, Kokoro Dance has become one of Canada’s most esteemed butoh dance companies.
  For Embryotrophic Cavatina, co-directors and award-winning dance artists Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi began putting Kokoro’s latest work together nearly 20 years ago. The finished piece, which features Bourget, Hirabayashi, Bi
  
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• 3 new beauty products worth checking out

  12-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
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  Le Lift Firming Skin-Recovery Sleep Mask
  They say: An anti-aging sleep mask for the face, neck and décolleté that “comforts” skin and helps to reduce the signs of skin fatigue. Harnessing the power of silk proteins, the formula leaves skin looking more plump, smooth, soft and luminous — working while you sleep. 
  We say: Our tester opted for this easy overnight treatment during a particularly stressful week. The result? Smooth skin that looked mar
  
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• Flaming pickup truck on Highway 97 near Summerland.

  12-09-2017 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  The pickup truck was engulfed in flames when emergency responders arrived.
  
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• Lakers push to tie Mann Cup with Salmonbellies in Game 4 tonight

  12-09-2017 19:03 via theprovince.com
  The Mann Cup is going at least five games for the ninth straight year and the 16th time in 17 tries.
  The Peterborough Lakers got three goals and four assists from Shawn Evans and defeated the New Westminster Salmonbellies 13-12 at Queen’s Park Arena Monday night, cutting the Salmonbellies’ lead in the best-of-seven Senior A box lacrosse championship to 2-1.
  Game 4 is tonight at Queen’s Park (7:30 p.m.). Game 5 is Wednesday at the New Westminster rink.
  Game 6 and Game 7, if nece
  
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• Half a million reasons to smile for lucky Okanagan woman

  12-09-2017 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  "It's a small town so basically everyone knows I won," said Shelly Reglin.
  
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• Vancouver suburbs see steady supply of new homes - BCBusiness

  12-09-2017 18:30 via bcbusiness.ca
  BCBusiness
  Vancouver suburbs see steady supply of new homes
  BCBusiness
  Construction levels remained steady in August in the Vancouver region thanks largely to new multi-family units in the suburbs. Surrey's strong year continues while rental construction pushes Kelowna close to record month for new homes. Vancouver ...
  
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• Housing correction in Ontario, B.C. won’t affect job markets: report

  12-09-2017 18:07 via globalnews.ca
  The ratings agency says if house prices fall dramatically, other sectors of the economy should be able to absorb those jobs.
  
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• B.C. Lions quarterback Travis Lulay done for season with knee injury

  12-09-2017 17:34 via theprovince.com
  The B.C. Lions say injured quarterback Travis Lulay’s Canadian Football League season is over.
  An MRI performed Monday confirmed that the 33-year-old Lulay “suffered a significant and season-ending knee injury in Friday’s game versus the Montreal Alouettes.”
  Although the team didn’t release injury specifics, it’s believed the oft-injured Lulay suffered a tear to his anterior cruciate ligament on the second play from scrimmage in Friday’s 41-18
  
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• Vancouver Island mother goes missing - Globalnews.ca

  12-09-2017 17:04 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver Island mother goes missing
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  A Vancouver Island mother has not been seen since Tuesday, Sept. 5, and her family and friends are very concerned about her. Susan Mitchell, 34, was last seen that day around 9 p.m. in Duncan. At this time, police are not releasing any further details ...and more »
  
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• Vancouver Island mother goes missing

  12-09-2017 17:04 via globalnews.ca
  A Vancouver Island mother has not been seen since Tuesday, Sept. 5, and her family and friends are very concerned about her.
  
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