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• B.C. Hydro says utilities watchdog underestimated benefits of Site C

  23-11-2017 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – B.C. Hydro says a recent report into the Site C dam project by the B.C. Utilities Commission underestimated the project’s benefits by $800 million.
  In a letter to the commission released Thursday, Hydro argued the independent regulator made mistakes in calculating two models that compared Site C to a portfolio of alternative energy options.
  “B.C. Hydro performed a preliminary analysis of these two models and has identified what appear to be calculation and input erro
  
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• 1 cuddled close, 1 was on guard and 1 looked for food: how 3 dogs helped Annette Poitras survive

  23-11-2017 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  "We can learn a lot of things from dogs."
  
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• Ed Willes: Giving thanks as Canucks’ start to the season is pure gravy

  23-11-2017 23:42 via theprovince.com
  If memory serves, Detroit Red Wings’ GM Ken Holland was the first man to identify American Thanksgiving as a watershed moment in the life of an NHL season.
  The Holland Theorem, which has since morphed into The Thanksgiving Day Playoff Principle, asserted that teams have played one-quarter of their schedule by the end of November and, therefore, have a good idea of where they stand in relation to the rest of the league.
  Some accountants then took Mr. Holland’s opus one step farther an
  
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• ‘Levidrome’ may be Oxford Dictionary’s next word thanks to B.C. boy’s viral campaign

  23-11-2017 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  Six-year-old Levi Budd is one step closer to making his dream of adding a new word to the dictionary a reality.
  
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• Vancouver households may pay more for garbage, water and sewer in 2018, plus higher property taxes - Straight.com

  23-11-2017 23:13 via straight.com
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  Vancouver households may pay more for garbage, water and sewer in 2018, plus higher property taxes
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  City hall plans to increase garbage, water, and sewer fees by a total of $100 next year. CITY OF VANCOUVER. Vancouver property taxes are not the only fees that are likely going up in 2018. Households may get dinged more for garbage, water, and sewer ...and more »
  
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• Obituary: Vancouver underground artistic legend Al Neil dies at 93

  23-11-2017 23:06 via vancouversun.com
  Al Neil was an unknown legend.
  Most Vancouverites have never heard of him. But in the Vancouver art world he was a giant of the avant-garde, a triple threat equally adept at music, art and writing.
  “He was experimental, and he was always pushing the envelope, trying to expand the concept of art beyond the regular gallery art kind of situation,” said artist Michael De Courcy.
  “He was passionate, he was driven. Not so much by the need for monetary success, but to satisfy his own
  
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• After spending on Black Friday start thinking about Giving Tuesday

  23-11-2017 23:02 via vancouversun.com
  An estimated one in five Canadians will spend about $350 on consumer goods on Black Friday. It’s now approaching Boxing Day as the best day for consumer deals in the country. Black Friday plus Cyber Monday equals a $50-billion spending spree by North Americans during the next four days.
  But rather than spending excessively and facing a debt hangover in January, there is another way to celebrate Christmas: by helping others.
  One way people are giving back is with Giving Tuesday, which focus
  
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• The Better Business Bureau's 10 steps to avoid scams at Christmas

  23-11-2017 23:01 via vancouversun.com
  The Better Business Bureau has developed steps you can take to avoid being scammed this Christmas, or anytime.
  “If you can just remember these 10 things, you can avoid most scams and help protect yourself and your family,” the BBB says.
  1: Never send money to someone you have never met face-to-face.
  “Seriously, just don’t ever do it,” the BBB says. “And really, really don’t do it if they ask you to use wire transfer, a prepaid debit card, or a gift
  
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• BUSINESS REPORT: bricks and mortar retailers are fighting back

  23-11-2017 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  Retailers are putting the pressure on to lure shoppers back into their stores.
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Police looking for Surrey shooting suspect

  23-11-2017 22:57 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey Mounties are searching for a suspect after a targeted shooting left one man with injuries about 8:40 a.m. Thursday.
  Cpl. Scotty Schumann said in a news release that the shooting occurred near 96th Avenue and 116th Street – not far from the Surrey/Delta border,
  He said the victim is a 33-year-old Surrey man.
  He was taken to hospital, though there is no information available on the extent of his injuries.
  “The suspect fled the scene prior to police arrival and is
  
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• What happened before a Langley school was locked down, possibly over a man with a gun

  23-11-2017 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  The RCMP has offered more details on the events that led up to a lockdown at Brookswood Secondary School in Langley on Wednesday.
  
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• Going to police station drunk nets Vernon woman a second impaired driving charge

  23-11-2017 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  "The woman allegedly advised she would be calling a cab, however, she got into her vehicle and drove away."
  
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• Public asked to weigh in on B.C.’s proportional representation referendum

  23-11-2017 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  Whether the government should fund the "yes and "no" side, what systems are being considered and how the ballot should look are all on the table.
  
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• Coach plays up personalization with new Coach Create - Vancouver Sun

  23-11-2017 22:16 via vancouversun.com
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  Shoppers stopping by the Coach store on Burrard Street in downtown Vancouver are in for a treat. The store is now one of only two Canadian locations to offer the new Coach Create service. While the majority of the American leather goods brand's ...
  
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• Whistler expanding but still has small town feel

  23-11-2017 22:02 via theprovince.com
  “We were cold and wet and cramped. We loved it,” says Shay Hilliard, remembering Whistler back in 1985. “When you got inside the four-seater gondola, the lift attendant had a big key that locked the door with a clunk. We rode that aluminum box up to mid-station and changed to an even slower-moving red chair. It was great.”
  Every ski resort has a mountain and a way to get up it, but it’s the details that make a resort great. While the breath-taking scenery remains th
  
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• Case of B.C. man accused of disguising his face and threatening a woman delayed

  23-11-2017 21:46 via vancouversun.com
  VERNON — The case of a British Columbia man accused of threatening a woman with a gun in the province’s Interior has been put over until mid-December.
  Thirty-seven-year-old Curtis Sagmoen appeared via video link on charges that include uttering threats, pointing a firearm and disguising his face with the intent to commit an offence in allegations that date back to August.
  Sagmoen’s arrest prompted a public warning to the general public and sex workers to take extra precautions
  
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• All-party committee of B.C. MLAs to research ride-hailing

  23-11-2017 21:38 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The controversial question of allowing ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft to operate in B.C. will be researched by a group of MLAs from the NDP, Greens and Liberals.
  Green leader Andrew Weaver said Thursday his private member’s bill to allow ride-hailing will be referred to the all-party legislative committee on Crown corporations, which will hold hearings, gather testimony and write a report by Feb. 15.
  Weaver said the goal is coming up with a detailed list of what
  
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• Keyboard Kimura: We’re going to miss Michael Bisping when’s he gone

  23-11-2017 21:37 via theprovince.com
  Michael Bisping is an ass. I feel comfortable saying that because the 38-year-old veteran has used the same word and various other synonyms to describe himself to me in the past.
  Over nearly a dozen years, Bisping has turned the majority of his 28 UFC appearances into personal grudge matches, contests where a score will be settled. Sometimes that rivalry is real and the tension between the two combatants is legitimate. Other times, however, it’s simply been a case of Bisping getting himsel
  
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• The World’s Most Travelled Man

  23-11-2017 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  Mike Spencer Bown has spent most of the past 23 years travelling the world and his new travel memoir shares some of his favourite adventures.
  
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• One man in hospital after targeted shooting on Surrey-Delta border

  23-11-2017 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  The nearby Royal Heights Elementary school was briefly locked down as a precaution while officers scoured the area. 
  
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• Canadian researchers team up to find a cure to childhood cancer

  23-11-2017 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  Researchers will sequence tumours at the molecular level to amass information that is then analyzed at one of three labs in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.
  
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• BCLC vows to improve integrity and accountability in new casino operator agreement

  23-11-2017 21:25 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Lottery Corp. announced Thursday an updated operator agreement that BCLC says will strengthen security and integrity in B.C.’s troubled casino industry, and set “the course for greater accountability.”
  The new agreement for service providers comes as an independent review into allegations of money laundering in B.C. casinos continues, and as more criminal charges are expected in the RCMP’s investigation of allegations that VIP gamblers were able to buy chips in B.C.
  
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• B.C. education minister blasts Chilliwack trustee's 'shameful' behaviour

  23-11-2017 21:22 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Education Minister Rob Fleming says it’s “disturbing” that Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld spoke at a “hateful” event this week to oppose the province’s LGBTQ curriculum.
  Last month, Neufeld criticized the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity program, or SOGI, and wrote on social media that allowing kids to choose their gender was “child abuse.”
  He later apologized, but Fleming says his apology seems “insincere” sinc
  
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• Mudslides along Highway 1 north of Hope

  23-11-2017 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  Thurs. Nov. 23: A closer look at three mudslides along Highway 1 north of Hope that has closed the highway in both directions.
  
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• Proposed wildfire monument sparking opposition, Kamloops mayor says

  23-11-2017 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — Questions are being raised in the city of Kamloops over the issue of a monument honouring volunteers who helped thousands of people forced from their homes during last summer’s severe wildfire season.
  Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian says residents have been speaking out since the Thompson-Nicola Regional District announced last week that $100,000 will be set aside in the 2018 budget to commemorate the efforts of volunteers.
  Christian says he has also talked to several volunte
  
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• Amazing tale of survival

  23-11-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  Dog walker Annette Poitras spent more than two days lost in the backcountry of Eagle Mountain in Coquitlam. Her husband Marcel describes how she managed to survive in the cold and rain. Jordan Armstrong reports.
  
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• All seats full around the Penticton Indian Band council table

  23-11-2017 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  "We are so proud of all of our community members and their passion for being involved"
  
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• Live: Man in hospital following morning shooting in Surrey

  23-11-2017 20:52 via vancouversun.com
  A man is in hospital following a morning shooting in a residential neighbourhood near the Surrey/Delta border.
  Surrey RCMP were called to the area of  96 Avenue and 116 Street at 8:40 a.m. after receiving a report that a man had been shot.
  Police say the victim, a 33-year-old Surrey resident, was taken to hospital with undetermined injuries.
  A suspect was seen fleeing the scene and is still at large.
  Police have closed 116 Street in both directions between 96 and 96A avenues.
  RCMP say
  
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• 2 teens charged in connection with cat abuse video shared on Snapchat

  23-11-2017 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  Reports say the SnapChat video showed a cat drugged, shaved and thrown out a window.
  
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• Aerial video of the three slides on Highway 1

  23-11-2017 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  Thurs. Nov. 23: Some aerial video from Global 1 of the three mudslides along Highway 1 that have closed the road in both directions between Hope and Popkum.
  
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• Man acquitted after judge throws out evidence he had suitcase full of drugs at Vancouver airport

  23-11-2017 20:40 via vancouversun.com
  A man has been acquitted after evidence that he had checked in a suitcase containing a large quantity of drugs at Vancouver airport International Airport was thrown out of court.
  David Edward Herman checked in two pieces of luggage when he arrived at the airport for a flight to Toronto on March 17, 2013.
  One of the suitcases passed through security without any incident and was loaded onto the plane but screening of the second suitcase indicated the possible existence of explosives.
  When the suit
  
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• RCMP facing sexual harassment, discrimination claims from roughly 1,100 women

  23-11-2017 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  As many as 1,100 women have started the process of filing sexual harassment or discrimination claims against the RCMP. Despite this, officials from the RCMP refuse to provide information on the total cost of settlements so far.
  
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• Howlers, hot sauce and Hopkins – discovering the secrets of Belize

  23-11-2017 20:17 via theprovince.com
  It is 9 a.m. and a sweltering 38C as we slowly walk a dirt path beneath towering mahogany trees. Even though we’ll hear him before we see him our eyes are scanning the tree-tops for a howler monkey. Our guide Conway, leads with a growl, hoping for an response.
  The quiet of the forest is soon shattered with an answering bellow from a male, and we are now standing below six members of a howler monkey family. The youngest monkey swings down the tree branches as he stuffs leaves in his mouth,
  
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• ART SEEN: Patkau Architects design of new Polygon Gallery invites the public in to see art

  23-11-2017 20:15 via vancouversun.com
  Walk into a public art gallery and what do you see? Numerous rectangular-shaped interior white spaces with flat walls. Plus, in the exhibition areas, you’ll find few if any windows at all.
  Art galleries don’t separate themselves from their immediate environment to deliberately isolate themselves from the public – although that can be an unfortunate side effect. They do it for practical reasons that include eliminating windows to protect art from direct sunlight. They also need
  
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• Vernon court house rally honours five missing women in the north Okanagan

  23-11-2017 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  The rally is to remember five women who have disappeared in the north Okanagan in the last two years.
  
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• Langley teen arrested after Langley school lockdown

  23-11-2017 19:59 via vancouversun.com
  Police in Langley have arrested a youth believed to be the “suspicious male” connected with a lockdown at a Langley school Wednesday.
  Langley RCMP Corp. Holly Largy says the 17-year-old Langley teen has been released from custody on a number of conditions.
  Brookswood Secondary School was locked down Wednesday afternoon. The incident began in the morning following a confrontation between a Brookswood student and the suspect involving pepper spray.
  Police believe the suspect returned t
  
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• $16.7 million Lotto 6/49 ticket sold in Kelowna

  23-11-2017 19:56 via vancouversun.com
  Someone in the Okanagan is $16.7 million richer today.
  The single winning ticket in Wednesday’s Lotto 6/49 draw for the $16.7 million jackpot was sold to somebody in Kelowna.
  The winning numbers are: 26 – 28 – 31 – 36 – 38 – 45 – bonus  18.
  All lottery prize winners have 52 weeks from the draw date printed on their ticket to come forward to claim their prize.
  The British Columbia Lottery Corporations says the specific retail loca
  
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• Vancouver police want almost $285 million or one-fifth of entire 2018 city operating budget - Straight.com

  23-11-2017 19:52 via straight.com
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  Vancouver police want almost $285 million or one-fifth of entire 2018 city operating budget
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  Around $3.2 million of the police budget next year will go for the hiring of 30 additional officers and 10 civilian members. VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENT. The Vancouver Police Board is set to vote on a budget of close to $285 million for policing ...and more »
  
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• Missing Alberta women safe: RCMP

  23-11-2017 19:47 via vancouversun.com
  UPDATE: RCMP say the two women were found safe.
  The RCMP is asking for the public’s help finding two missing Alberta women, who may be in West Vancouver.
  Serenity Roswell, 22, and Jazmine Sleva, 21, were last seen in Sylvan Lake, Alta. on Nov. 17. They have not been in touch with their families since.
   The RCMP is hoping to speak with the women to ensure their wellbeing.
  Police say the pair may have headed B.C. and could be in West Vancouver. They may be travelling in a 2015 blac
  
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• All-party committee of B.C. MLAs to research ride-hailing services

  23-11-2017 19:47 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – The contentious issue of allowing ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft to operate in B.C. will be the subject of a research project by MLAs from the NDP, Greens and Liberals.
  Green leader Andrew Weaver said Thursday his private member’s bill to allow ride-hailing will be referred to the all-party legislative committee on Crown corporations, which will hold hearings, gather testimony and write a tri-partisan report by Feb. 15, 2018.
  “What we’re looking for i
  
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• Man acquitted after evidence of suitcase of drugs at YVR dismissed

  23-11-2017 19:45 via vancouversun.com
  A man has been acquitted after evidence that he had checked in a suitcase containing a large quantity of drugs at Vancouver airport International Airport was thrown out of court.
  David Edward Herman checked in two pieces of luggage when he arrived at the airport for a flight to Toronto on March 17, 2013.
  One of the suitcases passed through security without any incident and was loaded onto the plane but screening of the second suitcase indicated the possible existence of explosives.
  When the suit
  
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• I Spent a Night Touring Vancouver's Worst-Rated Nightclubs - VICE

  23-11-2017 19:45 via vice.com
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  I Spent a Night Touring Vancouver's Worst-Rated Nightclubs
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  “You will first notice the smell, it is a mix of Axe body spray, shame and stale overpriced beer.” All photos courtesy of author. SHARE; TWEET. Having only arrived in Vancouver from the UK a few months ago, my feelings about this city's nightlife scene ...and more »
  
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• Husband describes rescued dog walker’s ordeal, praises SAR crews

  23-11-2017 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  Marcel Poitras on his wife Annette’s near-48 hour ordeal lost in the Coquitlam watershed with 3 dogs.
  
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• Live: RCMP investigate shooting near Surrey/Delta border

  23-11-2017 19:37 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP is investigating a report of shots fired near the Surrey/Delta border, 96 Avenue and 116 Street, Thursday morning.
  The shots were heard at around 9 a.m.
  There are no reports of injuries.
  Police have closed 116 Street in both directions between 96 and 96A avenues.
  Several schools in the area activated lockout procedures, which is the Surrey School District’s response to potentially dangerous situations outside the school or in the surrounding school community.  &n
  
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• Man who went on racial tirade at Vancouver SkyTrain in court for possible sentencing

  23-11-2017 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  He went on a racial tirade towards a woman and her son in August, 2016, and then attacked a Good Samaritan who jumped in to help.
  
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• Ty Ronning’s scoring streak has him chasing a WHL legend, his dad

  23-11-2017 19:27 via theprovince.com
  Ty Ronning’s goal-scoring streak continues. Kole Lind’s games-missed string is up in the air.
  Ronning will be looking to find the back of the net for a 12th straight contest when he leads the Vancouver Giants (10-10-2-2) up against the Kelowna Rockets (12-8-2-1) at the Langley Events Centre on Friday (7:30 p.m., TSN 1410).
  Whether Lind, the Vancouver Canucks’ second-round draft pick from last June, will be in the Kelowna lineup is unknown. Strep throat has sidelined the right w
  
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• Lottery ticket worth $16,787,681.40 was sold in Kelowna

  23-11-2017 19:19 via globalnews.ca
  The only winning ticket for Wednesday's Lotto 649 grand prize was sold in Kelowna.
  
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• New podcast shines light on some of life’s darkness

  23-11-2017 19:00
  
  Mark Hughes has interviewed a sex trade worker, prison guard and a convicted murderer on his Pulling the Trigger podcast.
  
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• Prince George cat named Notorious B.I.G. shot multiple times survives

  23-11-2017 18:56 via vancouversun.com
  A Prince George cat named Notorious B.I.G. survived being shot multiple times at close range by a pellet gun.
  The cat’s owner Nicole Crandell says four-year-old Biggie, the nickname of the infamous rapper who was was fatally shot in 1997, is recovering at home, but still has three pellets inside his body the veterinarian can’t remove.
  “One is in the back of his neck, one in his chin, and one in his head,” said Crandell, who lives with her husband, and two c
  
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