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• Area 27 racetrack promotes safe driving on public roads in wake of McLaren crash

  02-10-2017 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  The driver of the 2016 Mclaren 570S lost control and crashed off Highway 3 near Richter Pass Road northwest of Osoyoos last week.
  
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• ISIS supporter threatened to bomb RCMP HQ in Surrey, officer testifies

  02-10-2017 23:40 via vancouversun.com
  A gang-linked inmate in pretrial custody told police last December that his cell-mate Othman Hamdan threatened to “blow up” RCMP headquarters in Surrey, an immigration hearing heard Monday.
  Vancouver Police Detective Trevor Fraser said he was interviewing the inmate at North Fraser Pretrial Centre about an unrelated case when the man disclosed information about Hamdan — his roommate in segregation.
  Fraser testified before an Immigration and Refugee Board member that he didn&rsq
  
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• ISIS supporter threatened to bomb RCMP HQ in Surrey, officer testifies - Vancouver Sun

  02-10-2017 23:36
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  ISIS supporter threatened to bomb RCMP HQ in Surrey, officer testifies
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  Othman Hamdan posted pro-ISIS comments and support for lone wolf attacks on his Defeat of the Alliance Facebook page before it was taken down by administrators. Facebook / Vancouver Sun. Share Adjust Comment Print. A gang-linked inmate in pretrial ...and more »
  
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• 1 dead, 1 injured after helicopter crashes in dense Vancouver Island bush - CBC.ca

  02-10-2017 23:35
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  1 dead, 1 injured after helicopter crashes in dense Vancouver Island bush
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  One person has been killed in a helicopter crash on Vancouver Island. A spokesman with the Canadian Forces rescue squadron in Comox said crews were called to an area about three kilometres west of Campbell River on Sunday afternoon.
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• B.C. government to limit former officials from lobbying

  02-10-2017 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. government has introduced promised reforms to lobbying rules that will forbid former provincial officials from lobbying for two years after leaving office.
  Attorney General David Eby tabled the bill in the legislature Monday.
  If passed, the law would prevent cabinet ministers, political staff (including ministerial assistants), parliamentary secretaries, deputy ministers, associate deputy ministers and executive directors from lobbying for 24 months after leaving govern
  
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• Vancouver on track to build world's tallest passive-house buildings ... - CBC.ca

  02-10-2017 23:07
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  A rezoning application has been submitted to the city of Vancouver that would see the construction of a two-tower development giving off close to zero ...
  Passive highrises planned for Vancouver's West End | Vancouver SunVancouver Sunall 3 news articles »
  
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• Former B.C. news anchor Hudson Mack’s son wounded in Las Vegas shooting

  02-10-2017 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  The 21-year-old was celebrating his birthday at the country music festival that was attacked by a lone gunman
  
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• Campaign aims to ‘Save the Dude’

  02-10-2017 22:54
  
  The resident dude at Guelph Park (AKA Dude Chilling Park) is in need of repairs. A fundraising campaign has been launched to help cover the cost of permanently casting the wooden sculpture in bronze.
  
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• U.S. files second WTO complaint over alleged unfair B.C. wine sales rules

  02-10-2017 22:38 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — As dairy products, Bombardier aircraft and softwood lumber continue to bedevil trade relations between Canada and the U.S., negotiators will have to add wine to their list of issues to resolve.
  The U.S. has filed a second complaint with the World Trade Organization over what it perceives as B.C.’s unfair rules regarding wine sales in the province’s grocery stores, according to a release from the WTO.
  In the complaint, the U.S. argues that local wines have an unfair
  
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• ART SEEN: Artists speak about their work via Vancouver Art Gallery app - Vancouver Sun

  02-10-2017 22:29
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  ART SEEN: Artists speak about their work via Vancouver Art Gallery app
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  Vancouver Art Gallery app that can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Share Adjust Comment Print. Art lovers who want to find out more about the exhibition Entangled can listen on their smartphones to artists talking about ...
  
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• ART SEEN: Artists speak about their work via Vancouver Art Gallery app

  02-10-2017 22:29 via vancouversun.com
  Art lovers who want to find out more about the exhibition Entangled can listen on their smartphones to artists talking about their works.
  Of 31 artists in Entangled, 17 have been recorded talking for two minutes about their process and about a work of literature that has influenced them. Books referred to by the artists will be tethered to benches nearby in the exhibition spaces for people to read if they choose.
  Books people will be able to look at in exhibition include The Cave Of Making by W.
  
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• Province introduces disability transportation supplement

  02-10-2017 22:06 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbians on disability assistance will receive a $52 supplement to pay for transportation, including an annual transit pass, starting on Jan. 1.
  Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Shane Simpson made the announcement in Victoria on Monday morning.
  “I have probably heard more from people about the bus pass than any other issue,” Simpson said. “It’s been a long-standing issue. I know that people have felt anxious to know that we would find a resol
  
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• 'Thanks for what?' asks new, irreverent play about First Nations family dysfunction

  02-10-2017 21:51 via vancouversun.com
  Thanks For Giving
  Oct. 5 to Nov. 4 | Granville Island Stage
  Tickets and info: from $29 at artsclub.com
  Colonialism, and the way it continues to play out in family dynamics, is the subject of a new work by Kevin Loring.
  An actor and playwright, Loring is the winner of a Governor General Award for his 2009 piece, Where the Blood Mixes. Thanks For Giving, his new work, is part of the Arts Club’s 12th Silver Commission Project. (The project includes such past triumphs as Onegin and The Waiting
  
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• Kimberley to truck deer out of town rather than cull the animals

  02-10-2017 21:46 via vancouversun.com
  KIMBERLEY — The mayor of Kimberley says killing urban deer is no longer an option in the southeastern British Columbia city and councillors will instead consider relocating the animals.
  Don McCormick says officials in Kimberley have done an outstanding job of exploring all deer management options, but the numbers are climbing again.
  Deer can damage infrastructure and be aggressive to people and pets.
  A cull was conducted in Kimberley in 2012 but McCormick says because the city relies on to
  
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• Builder steps up on high performing, energy-efficient home for couple thanks to help from LEEP

  02-10-2017 21:43 via vancouversun.com
  As a home builder seeking to make his residential developments energy efficient but also affordable, Odessa Group co-founder Nathan Stone was excited when he was invited to become one of the builder participants in the Local Energy Efficiency Partnership (LEEP) program in April 2015.
  That’s because LEEP helps builders identify the best energy efficiency solutions for their regions as well as provides access to resources for designing and constructing high performance homes.
  The program, wh
  
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• BC residents returning from Las Vegas after shooting

  02-10-2017 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  Grace Ke talks to YVR arrivals from Las Vegas after Sunday night’s shooting
  
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• B.C. man among dead from Las Vegas shooting

  02-10-2017 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  Dozens of British Columbians were in Las Vegas when a gunman opened fire at an outdoor music concert. At least two people, including a man from Maple Ridge, were killed. Jordan Armstrong reports.
  
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• Las Vegas Massacre: Eyewitness

  02-10-2017 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  Paul speaks with Karen Belland from Nelson who was at the Las Vegas music festival as it came under attack
  
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• UBC getting its own free all-day sober partying festival

  02-10-2017 20:32
  
  A sober events group is hosting a full day of booze-free raves and dance parties for their first-ever Party Safari on the UBC campus.
  
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• Las Vegas Massacre: Eye Witness

  02-10-2017 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  Paul speaks with Leni Olafsson from Coquitlam about her experience in Las Vegas during the shootings
  
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• B.C. man among those murdered in Las Vegas shooting

  02-10-2017 20:28 via vancouversun.com
  Jordan Seymour McIldoon of Maple Ridge was among the dozens killed in Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas. 
  McIldoon attended Sunday’s Route 91 Harvest country music festival with his girlfriend Amber Bereza. 
  A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino and hotel unleashed a hail of bullets on concertgoers below, killing at least 58 people as tens of thousands of music fans screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday.
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• First Nations begin court challenge against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

  02-10-2017 20:23 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — First Nations, environmental groups and local governments appeared in the Federal Court of Appeal in Vancouver today continuing their fight against the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  Chief Ian Campbell of the Squamish First Nation says the federal government failed to consult or gain consent of First Nations for expansion of the oil pipeline, so they have little choice but to try to protect their land and water in the courts.
  Campbell told a news conference the gover
  
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• 17-year-old dies in Langley crash

  02-10-2017 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  The 2008 Mercedes had four people inside and was travelling at an “extremely high rate of speed.”
  
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• Lions bring in reinforcements as CFL rosters expand

  02-10-2017 20:15 via theprovince.com
  The B.C. Lions have added five players as part of the CFL’s practice roster expansion period, including offensive tackle Keavon Milton, a backup on the Seattle Seahawks team that went to Super Bowl XLIV.
  Defensive lineman Joe Mathis, linebacker P.J. Davis and wide receivers Dontre Wilson and Dwayne Stanford are also newcomers on the B.C. practice roster.
  The Lions (6-7-0), who had a bye last week, return to action Saturday when they host the Ottawa Redblacks (5-9-1) at B.C. Place.
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• Las Vegas Massacre: Police Investigation

  02-10-2017 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  SFU Criminologist Neil Boyd on law enforcement investigations and potential changes to security following the mass shooting in Las Vegas
  
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• B.C. man identified as a victim of Las Vegas shooting

  02-10-2017 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  Jordan McIldoon, from Maple Ridge, B.C., has been confirmed to be a victim of the mass Las Vegas shooting.
  
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• Forest fire breaks out across Okanagan Lake from Peachland

  02-10-2017 19:41 via globalnews.ca
  A light wind is pushing the smouldering fire towards Okanagan Lake and the blaze does not appear to be growing.
  
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• COMMENTARY: An open letter to Edmonton police Const. Michael Chernyk

  02-10-2017 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  You have given every Canadian child a role model to look to, Charles Adler says.
  
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• Seven things to do, Oct. 6-12: Imagine Dragons, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Vancouver International Improv Festival and more

  02-10-2017 19:17 via vancouversun.com
  Imagine Dragons
  Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m. | Rogers Arena
  Tickets and info: livenation.com
  Las Vegas rock band Imagine Dragons has a big stadium sound. It’s only fitting, then, that they’ll be playing a big stadium when they come to Vancouver for a stop on their Evolve tour, in support of their third studio album, which is also named Evolve. The band behind hit single Radioactive, which went 9x platinum and earned them a Grammy for best hard rock performance, will be playing Rogers Arena
  
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• Maple Ridge man killed in Las Vegas shooting

  02-10-2017 19:13
  Jordan McIldoon, 23, was a heavy duty mechanic for Jacob Brothers Construction in Surrey.
  
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• BC man confirmed dead in Las Vegas shooting

  02-10-2017 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  Jordan McIldoon, 25, of Maple Ridge has been identified as a fatality in Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas. Jordan Armstrong reports.
  
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• Penticton fire fighters rescue seriously injured woman in strange circumstances

  02-10-2017 19:09 via globalnews.ca
  The distraught woman appeared at the back door of the Dawson Avenue fire hall saying someone was chasing her.
  
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• Advance voting in Vancouver byelection starts Oct. 4 - Vancouver Courier

  02-10-2017 19:05
  Advance voting in Vancouver byelection starts Oct. 4
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  Byelection day is nearing in Vancouver and residents can start casting a ballot as early as this week. General election day isn't until Oct. 14, but the city is holding two days of advance voting on Oct. 4 and 10. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. until 8 ...
  
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• Vancouver Canucks not looking to rush prospects with rebuild in full swing - Toronto Star

  02-10-2017 19:01
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  Vancouver Canucks not looking to rush prospects with rebuild in full swing
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  The Canucks threw many for a loop by diving head-first into free agency this summer, signing veteran players. The team insist it's part of the plan to allow prospects to marinate as long as possible elsewhere until they're deemed ready. "When you're ...
  Vancouver Canucks won't be 2018 draft lottery contendersThe Canuck Wayall 9 news articles »
  
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• Passive highrises planned for Vancouver's West End

  02-10-2017 18:58 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver has been called the City of Glass for the tall, thin, glass condos that dominate the downtown landscape. But a new proposed project at 1400 Alberni Street may put Vancouver on the map as home of the world’s tallest passive-house towers. 
  “We wanted to develop something that’s unique and different for the city,” said Kevin Cheung, CEO of Landa Global Properties, which has just submitted a rezoning application for the proposed development at Alberni and Nicol
  
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• Canucks: Andrey Pedan placed on waivers, Megna, Chaput, Bachman off to Utica

  02-10-2017 18:44 via theprovince.com
  Andrey Pedan had a good camp, a decent pre-season and needs to play. But not here.
  And that’s a good thing.
  The improved Vancouver Canucks defenceman was a depth option for the National Hockey League club this season, but being slotted as the No. 7 or No. 8 blueliner wasn’t going to move his development meter.
  That’s why it’s not surprising that the 24-year-old was placed on waivers Monday morning as the club works toward setting its roster before the Tuesday deadline at
  
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• Meet Tika, an albino owl with no eyes

  02-10-2017 18:36
  
  This albino Saw-whet owl, Tika, was born without eyes and is now under the care of the good folks at O.W.L..
  
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• Province to release more details about disability bus pass

  02-10-2017 18:28 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbians on disability assistance are expected to learn more on Monday about promised changes to the disability bus pass.
  Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Shane Simpson will make an announcement at 11 a.m. in Victoria, accompanied by Faith Bodnar, executive director of Inclusion B.C.; Jane Dyson, executive director of Disability Alliance B.C.; and Neil Belanger, executive director of B.C. Aboriginal Network on Disability Society.
  The subject of the announcement, acc
  
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• BC man among those murdered in Las Vegas shooting - Vancouver Sun

  02-10-2017 18:12
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  BC man among those murdered in Las Vegas shooting
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  Jordan Seymour McIldoon of Maple Ridge was among the dozens killed in Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas. McIldoon attended Sunday's Route 91 Harvest country music festival with his girlfriend Amber Bereza. A gunman, identified as 64-year-old ...
  Young Maple Ridge, BC man killed in Las Vegas shootingCTV Newsall 56 news articles »
  
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• Maple Ridge man Jordan McIldoon killed in Las Vegas shooting

  02-10-2017 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  A Maple Ridge man is now confirmed to be one of the victims in the Las Vegas shooting Sunday night.
  
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• Passive highrises planned for Vancouver's West End - Vancouver Sun

  02-10-2017 18:02
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  Passive highrises planned for Vancouver's West End
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  The 1400-block Alberni Street, which will soon be home to the world's tallest passive-house project. Nick Procaylo / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. Vancouver has been called the City of Glass for the tall, thin, glass condos that dominate the ...
  Vancouver on track to build world's tallest passive-house buildingsCBC.caall 3 news articles »
  
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• One dead, one hurt, as helicopter crashes in dense bush on Vancouver Island

  02-10-2017 17:46 via vancouversun.com
  One person has been killed in a helicopter crash on Vancouver Island.
  A spokesman with the Canadian Forces rescue squadron in Comox says crews were called to an area about three kilometres west of Campbell River Sunday afternoon.
  The spokesman says two people were aboard the Robinson 44, a single-engine, four-seat helicopter, when it went down in heavy bush.
  One of the two people on board died at the scene.
  The second person was taken to hospital but a condition of that victim is not available.
  
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• Vancouver Island woman in shock after belongings taken from rental condo - CTV News

  02-10-2017 17:41
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  Vancouver Island woman in shock after belongings taken from rental condo
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  A woman is devastated after finding out that the tenants of her Vancouver Island condo have left, and many of her belongings are gone. “It was like walking into somebody else's home,” Anuschka Steigemann told CTV Vancouver Island. Steigemann often ...
  
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• Vancouver Canucks not rushing prospects as they commit to rebuild - The Globe and Mail

  02-10-2017 17:40
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  Vancouver Canucks not rushing prospects as they commit to rebuild
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  After missing the playoffs a third time in four years, the Vancouver Canucks looked in the mirror last spring and finally came to terms with a reality that was clear for almost everyone else to see. The team is rebuilding. Having bottomed out with a ...and more »
  
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• 'I thought she might have been hit': Vancouver couple survives Las Vegas mass shooting - CBC.ca

  02-10-2017 17:23
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  'I thought she might have been hit': Vancouver couple survives Las Vegas mass shooting
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  A Vancouver couple who survived an attack Sunday on a Las Vegas concert that left at least 50 people dead said they felt like "sitting ducks" while hearing bullets ricochet as they fled to escape the seemingly endless rounds of automatic gunfire.
  Vancouver Couple Survives Tragic Las Vegas Shooting604 Now (blog)all 4 news articles »
  
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• 'I thought she might have been hit': Vancouver couple survives Las ... - CBC.ca

  02-10-2017 17:23
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  'I thought she might have been hit': Vancouver couple survives Las ...
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  A Vancouver couple who survived an attack Sunday on a Las Vegas concert that left at least 50 people dead said they felt like "sitting ducks" while hearing ...
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• The Morning Skate, Oct. 2: Darren Archibald, making moves

  02-10-2017 17:15 via theprovince.com
  Radio Time.Glamorous behind the scenes look here at @sportsnet650 pic.twitter.com/nhdekUGuAA
  — Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) September 30, 2017
  That was Friday. Rintoul and Walker had Rob and I on for a two-hour roundtable. It was their third edition of the format. (They hit 20 episodes overall on Friday.)
  Honestly, I thought it was great radio. A variety of opinion. Each brought their own insight.
  I had some people get in touch to say they really enjoyed the show. Thanks for listening.
  
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• ‘The most terrifying experience of my life’: B.C. resident describes Las Vegas shooting

  02-10-2017 17:07 via globalnews.ca
  They were sitting in the bleachers watching Jason Aldean on stage when the first shots rang out.
  
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