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• Fraser Valley residents warned over buildup of ice and snow on road and footpaths

  29-12-2017 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  A frozen hell is all that remains of last weekend’s white Christmas in the eastern Fraser Valley, where icy rain and wet snow are expected to continue until Saturday afternoon.
  Crews have been working round-the-clock since Thursday when freezing rain first coated power lines, tree branches and snowbanks in ice, leading to power outages and treacherous driving conditions from Abbotsford to Hope.
  “It’s ugly — there’s no better way to put it — it’s ugly out
  
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• Douglas Todd: Vancouver's housing crisis revealed by looking to China, Australia, New Zealand

  29-12-2017 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  To understand Metro Vancouver’s housing market in 2017, and how B.C.’s politicians could ease the affordability crisis in the future, it’s necessary to look offshore — to China, Australia and New Zealand.
  A clutch of real-estate industry and government officials in Canada still want the public to believe foreign capital and immigration policy have little to do with the sky-high housing markets in Vancouver and Toronto. But the evidence is pushing their vested voices to th
  
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• Oak Bay residents send police a message of support after Christmas murder

  29-12-2017 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  “When you came to work on Christmas Day you likely didn’t think you would be faced with the horror you experienced," reads part of the note.
  
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• Abbotsford murder victim identified as Alexander Blanarou of Surrey

  29-12-2017 23:34 via vancouversun.com
  Alexander Blanarou, a 24-year-old Surrey resident, has been identified as the victim in Thursday’s fatal shooting in Abbotsford.
  Around 2:23 p.m., Abbotsford police were called to the area of Bates Road and Harris Road for a possible shooting. On arrival, officers discovered Blanarou’s lifeless body.
  “Mr. Blanarou was known to police and evidence to this point suggests this was a targeted homicide,” said Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigat
  
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• Abbotsford homicide victim hailed from Surrey, was known to police

  29-12-2017 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  Police have identified the victim in Thursday's homicide in Abbotsford.
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend – Friday, Dec. 29, 2017

  29-12-2017 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do for Friday, Dec. 29, 2017.
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend – Friday, Dec 29

  29-12-2017 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  Fri. Dec. 29: Here are your five things to do for this weekend.
  
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• B.C. court recognizes ‘extinct’ Indigenous group, upholds U.S. Aboriginal man’s right to hunt in Canada

  29-12-2017 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  Richard Desautel had been facing charges under the wildlife act for hunting Elk near Castlegar.
  
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• Snow coming to Fraser Valley; Surrey and Langley to get freezing rain

  29-12-2017 22:37 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for parts of the Fraser Valley with snowfall amounts of up to 30 centimetres, while Surrey and Langley can expect some freezing rain.
  Hazardous winter conditions are expected for the central Fraser Valley including Chilliwack and eastern Fraser Valley including Hope.
  In a weather alert, Environment Canada said areas near Chilliwack will see significant icing from freezing rain beginning mid to late morning and lasting to near midnight tonight,
  
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• West Vancouver seeks consultants to advise on what can be built at 'Cypress Village'

  29-12-2017 22:36 via vancouversun.com
  The vision is a mountainside village in West Vancouver, with retail shops and restaurants sitting above the Upper Levels highway near the first switchback on Cypress Bowl Road as it winds its way up to the ski slopes.
  It would be something like a smaller Whistler, only known as Cypress Village.
  The concept has been around for a long time, but now the District of West Vancouver is seeking consultants to help with one of the first stages of making it a reality.
  The district is looking for someone
  
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• Winter storm: Freezing rain, huge snowfall expected for Fraser Valley

  29-12-2017 22:20 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for parts of the Fraser Valley with snowfall amounts of up to 30 centimetres.
  Hazardous winter conditions are expected for the central Fraser Valley including Chilliwack and eastern Fraser Valley including Hope.
  In a weather alert, Environment Canada said areas near Chilliwack will see significant icing from freezing rain beginning mid to late morning and lasting to near midnight tonight, before switching over to snow.
  “Snow heavy at tim
  
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• Claire's pulls makeup off shelf after asbestos allegation

  29-12-2017 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  Jewelry and makeup retailer Claire’s is pulling nine of its products from stores in B.C. and across North America after reports of asbestos being found in some eyeshadow, lip gloss and makeup sets.
  The products were removed from stores on Dec. 22, a Health Canada spokesman said.
  “Health Canada is aware of the reports of asbestos found in various cosmetic products supplied by Claire’s,” Eric Morrissette said in an email to Postmedia. “Health Canada contacted Claire&r
  
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• Transit tips to navigate New Year’s Eve in Vancouver

  29-12-2017 22:00
  
  Here's what you need to know about public transit on New Year's Eve and Jan. 1
  
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• Drivers stranded for hours on Coquihalla Highway due to weather, crashes

  29-12-2017 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  Frustrated drivers told Global News they couldn't get through to police or DriveBC for updates on when they could get moving again.
  
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• Book review: Chris Turner drills down for nuance in new study of tar sands

  29-12-2017 21:38 via vancouversun.com
  The Patch: The People, Pipelines and Politics of the Oil Sands
  Chris Turner | Simon & Shuster
  $34.99, 340 pagesWith global warming records being broken regularly these days, 2017 is on track to be yet another year of record-setting heat, and with disturbing signs of human-caused climate change like ferocious storms, rising oceans, disintegrating ice shelves, bleached coral reefs and unusually fierce wild fires reported regularly, many Canadians are worried about the Alberta tar sands.Some ar
  
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• Five financial moves you should make in 2018

  29-12-2017 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  Anita Moore from the Credit Counselling Society gives her top five financial moves everyone should make in the new year.
  
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• Benjamin, Olivia on track to be B.C.’s top baby names of 2017

  29-12-2017 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  If you named your child Benjamin or Olivia this year, you're not alone.
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week, Dec. 30

  29-12-2017 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. The Rooster Bar — John Grisham
  2. Origin — Dan Brown 
  3. The People vs. Alex Cross — James Patterson
  4. Artemis — Andy Weir 
  5. The Midnight Line — Lee Child
  6. Year One — Nora Roberts 
  7. Tom Clancy: Power and Empire — Marc Cameron
  8. Sleeping Beauties — King/King 
  9. Little Fires Everywhere — Celest Ng 
  10. Uncommon Type — Tom Hanks 
  HARDCOVER NONFIC
  
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• Global BC’s top stories of the year – part 8

  29-12-2017 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  Fri. Dec. 29: Here is part eight of Global BC’s top stories of 2017 from the perspective of our reporters.
  
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• Benjamin, Olivia are B.C.'s top baby names in 2017

  29-12-2017 20:46 via vancouversun.com
  If they can hold off all the late challengers, Benjamin and Olivia will take the title of B.C.’s top baby names for 2017.
  According to preliminary data collected between Jan. 1 and Dec. 15 by Vital Statistics Agency B.C., Benjamin held a slight lead over the trio of Liam, Logan and Lucas in the race for the top baby name for boys.
  Meanwhile, Olivia, the most popular baby girl name in 2016, looks to be repeat champion in 2017 with a healthy lead over second-place Emma.
  For the past six year
  
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• 10-year-old B.C. boy's body found after crash into lake near Nakusp

  29-12-2017 20:44 via vancouversun.com
  NAKUSP — The body of a 10-year-old boy has been found after the vehicle he was in crashed and sank into a lake.
  Police confirm the boy’s body was found Thursday when members of the RCMP underwater recovery team went into Arrow Lake in southeastern B.C.
  The boy had been missing since Wednesday when the vehicle he was in veered off Highway 23 in snowy and icy conditions.
  The 37-year-old driver and an 11-year-old girl were able to get out before the car sank and were treated for minor i
  
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• Most popular baby names in B.C. in 2017 include Benjamin and Olivia

  29-12-2017 20:36 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The name Benjamin is poised to become the most popular moniker for boys born in British Columbia in 2017.
  The Ministry of Health says Benjamin has edged ahead of perennial contenders Liam and Lucas, while Logan and James are also in the running for B.C.’s top five names given to boys this year.
  The list from the Vital Statistics Agency is based on preliminary numbers to Dec. 15.
  The ministry says if the trends continue, Ethan and Oliver could be pushed from the top five fo
  
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• Surrey RCMP looking for man who escaped police custody while in hospital

  29-12-2017 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  On Dec. 28 at 2:40 p.m. Surrey RCMP arrested Richard Mantler, 46, for several property and related offences.
  
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• 10-year-old boy dies after vehicle plunges into Arrow Lake near Halcyon Hot Springs

  29-12-2017 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  The boy, from Slocan, was in a red Toyota Matrix that went off Highway 23, down an embankment and into Arrow Lake at approximately 3 p.m.
  
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• Handcuffed suspect slips away from RCMP at Surrey hospital

  29-12-2017 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP are searching for a suspect who gave them the slip while handcuffed and under police guard at Surrey Memorial Hospital.
  RCMP say they arrested 46-year-old Richard Mantler on Thursday afternoon for several property crimes and related offences.
  Before being put into jail, Mantler, a well-know car thief with a lengthy criminal record that dating back 15 years, was taken to hospital for medical treatment. 
  While at the hospital, he managed to sneak away from his police guard an
  
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• Surrey physio clinic hopes to raise $500,000 for robot

  29-12-2017 20:03 via vancouversun.com
  Michael Coss survived a catastrophic accident on the Coquihalla Highway that put him in hospital and in the care of doctors who said he would never walk again.
  But 11 years later, the former all-around athlete, Molson’s sales rep and pilot, is more than just walking, he walks in 10K fun runs and this past year climbed the steps of more than 20 storeys in a building for a fundraiser.
  After emerging from a coma after more than six months after his 2006 accident, Coss eventually graduated fro
  
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• Fab 5: New year, same fabulous you

  29-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  According to a new personality framework developed by New York Times bestselling author Gretchen Rubin, your ability to abide by our new year’s fitness resolutions is heavily influenced by whether you’re an Upholder, an Obliger, a Rebel or a Questioner. If you’re an Upholder under this new framework, you’ve probably been heading to the gym religiously, no cajoling required. If you’re an Obliger, hopefully you signed up with a personal trainer for Jan. 1 as that exte
  
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• Chris Turner drills down for nuance in new study of tar sands

  29-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Patch: The People, Pipelines and Politics of the Oil Sands
  Chris Turner | Simon & Shuster
  $34.99, 340 pagesWith global warming records being broken regularly these days, 2017 is on track to be yet another year of record-setting heat, and with disturbing signs of human-caused climate change like ferocious storms, rising oceans, disintegrating ice shelves, bleached coral reefs and unusually fierce wild fires reported regularly, many Canadians are worried about the Alberta tar sands.Some ar
  
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• Brian Minter: Improve your health, well-being and happiness with plants

  29-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  As we’re about to enter a new year, it’s a great time to consider a few ways of adding greater value to our lives.  Engaging the world of plants will improve our sense of well-being, happiness and health, whether that means growing our own food in containers or a garden, nurturing indoor plants or simply walking in a green space.
  In terms of growing the healthiest food, the latest research has found that not all varieties are created equal.  Certain varieties of vegetables
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: B.C. winemakers await import Supreme Court decision

  29-12-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  As we close out 2017 we look back at some key Canadian wine stories of the year and how they might affect the business of B.C. wine in 2018.
  In Canada, there is no bigger story than the Comeau case in New Brunswick. After an interminable amount of time getting to the Supreme Court of Canada earlier this month we await a decision regarding a New Brunswick man fined $292.50 for violating the New Brunswick Liquor Control Act that like most provinces severely limits the amount of alcohol Canadians c
  
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• Global BC’s top stories of the year – Part 7

  29-12-2017 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  Fri. Dec. 29: Here is part seven of Global BC’s top stories of 2017 from the perspective of our reporters.
  
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• Benjamin poised to win B.C.’s name game for boys in 2017

  29-12-2017 19:39
  
  It looks to be a tight race, but Benjamin appears to be the top baby name for B.C. boys in 2017
  
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• Former B.C. Lions scout Ryan Rigmaiden heads to Winnipeg Blue Bombers

  29-12-2017 19:02 via theprovince.com
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers hired Ryan Rigmaiden as a national scout Friday.
  Rigmaiden joins the Bombers after six seasons with the B.C. Lions, the last four as their director of U.S. scouting.
  “We’re very pleased to add Ryan’s experience to our scouting staff,” Winnipeg GM Kyle Walters said in a statement. “He has helped the Lions find some quality football players in the past number of seasons, and has an extensive history of finding football talent
  
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• All aboard Vancouver’s New Year’s Eve “Party Train” transit ride

  29-12-2017 19:02
  
  This good, clean, fun event promises to be “off the rails” - while remaining on the rails, of course.
  
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• Town Talk: Folk who helped make 2017 what it was

  29-12-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Future historians may wonder how we stayed calm in the face of 2017’s global economic and nuclear threats let local drug overdosing, homelessness and, for many, unreachable real-estate prices. They may also conclude that 2018’s perils vastly exceeded those before. For now, though, here are some folk from this column who helped give 2017 its agreeable flavour.
  Premier John Horgan was still splashing through the run-up to his installation as premier when U.S. consul general Lynne Platt
  
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• Adopt-A-School: The holidays can be brutal for desperately poor kids

  29-12-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  The two-week Christmas break is a joy for most students but not for desperately poor kids, says Erin Watkins, a youth worker at Coquitlam Alternative Basic Education (CABE).
  “School is closed for two weeks. In here it’s clean, warm — they can’t get high — and they get fed,” said Watkins. “It’s scary for these kids when none of this is available.”
  And Christmas just rubs in how harsh and different their world is as they can’t escape the
  
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• Bulls & Bears: MLS Cup winners lead the resurgence of Toronto as a sports town

  29-12-2017 18:55 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls-of-the-Year
  Among the biggest winners in the business of sport in 2017 were the championship organizations in the major North American leagues:
  NFL: The New England Patriots, in a Super Bowl comeback for the ages.
  MLB: The rags-to-riches Houston Astros, winning the World Series less than two months after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the fourth biggest city in the U.S.
  NBA: Another Super Team win for the Golden State Warriors and their high tech ownership group.
  NHL: Sidney Crosby and the Pitts
  
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• Russell Wilson hopes win over Cardinals gets Seahawks to playoffs

  29-12-2017 18:32 via theprovince.com
  SEATTLE — Russell Wilson has never carried this much of the load for the Seattle Seahawks to be successful.
  They have been stretches in previous seasons where Wilson is the reason Seattle would have offensive success.
  But it’s never lasted for an entire season such as this where Wilson is the primary offensive reason why Seattle has playoff hopes going into the regular-season finale against Arizona.
  Seattle (9-6) needs a victory and an Atlanta loss to extend its playoff streak to six
  
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• Technology in 2018

  29-12-2017 17:42 via globalnews.ca
  Tech guru John Biehler lets us know the five tech trends he thinks will be big in 2018.
  
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• Hot Brown Honey's joyous rage kicks off Cultch's Femme January

  29-12-2017 17:30 via vancouversun.com
  Hot Brown Honey
  Jan. 9-27 | The CultchTickets and info: $10-$49, thecultch.comWith the new year fast approaching thoughts of quitting bad things and adding good things to your life are likely starting to percolate.
  Now not to spook you, but only eight per cent of the well intended remain that way by the time January says goodbye.
  So why not give yourself a fighting chance and make a change that makes you happy, and make your resolution to attend more live theatre? A great place to start is
  
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• Freezing rain brings down power lines in British Columbia's Fraser Valley

  29-12-2017 17:29
  Police confirm the boy's body was found Thursday when members of the RCMP underwater recovery team went into Arrow Lake in southeastern B.C.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks rise above the Chicago Blackhawks

  29-12-2017 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Canucks took down the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 at home on Thursday night.
  
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• Maple Ridge homeless camp residents worried after tent fire

  29-12-2017 17:25 via globalnews.ca
  Residents of the homeless camp are worried Thursday's tent fire was set deliberately.
  
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• Dana’s favourite films of 2017

  29-12-2017 17:19 via globalnews.ca
  Movie critic Dana Gee gives us her top five list of movies from 2017, including Dunkirk, The Shape of Water and The Florida Project.
  
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• Great deals lead to worse treatment for customer service workers, UBC study shows

  29-12-2017 17:06 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — As shoppers search for the best post-Christmas deals, a study by the University of British Columbia has found bargain hunters tend to dehumanize customer service staff.
  The study published this month in the Journal of Consumer Psychology looked at the implications of a bargain-hunting mentality and found it causes shoppers to be less attuned to the human needs of employees and more likely to report bad service.
  “It kind of has this perverse effect of, ‘Oh I’m
  
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• Ice storm knocks out power for thousands across B.C.’s Fraser Valley

  29-12-2017 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  Conditions aren't expected to improve as thousands of customers dealt with outages after ice storms in the Fraser Valley.
  
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• Daily Poll: Should Heart Of Davie Village sign be a permanent feature in West End?

  29-12-2017 16:52 via vancouversun.com
  An online petition has been launched to keep the Heart of Davie Village in Vancouver’s West End.
  The Heart of Davie Village is a 4×4-foot heart-shaped neon sign that was unveiled earlier this month as part of the Lumiere Vancouver winter light festival.
  Artist Jim Balakshin, the sign’s designer, described the Heart of Dave Village as “a recognition of the historical geography of the Davie Village and the contributions of the community towards the political advancements of
  
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• Winter storm: Huge snowfall expected for Fraser Valley

  29-12-2017 16:44 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has issue a winter storm warning for parts of the Fraser Valley with snowfall amounts of up to 30 centimetres.
  Hazardous winter conditions are expected for the central Fraser Valley including Chilliwack and eastern Fraser Valley including Hope.
  In a weather alert, Environment Canada said areas near Chilliwack will see significant icing from freezing rain beginning mid to late morning and lasting to near midnight tonight, before switching over to snow.
  “Snow heavy at time
  
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• The big chop: How black women are embracing their natural hair

  29-12-2017 16:43 via vancouversun.com
  Every eight weeks for nearly two decades, Sophia Kemeh sat patiently while a relative or hairdresser applied relaxer to her hair. The hair-straightening agent burned, but Kemeh, an occupational therapist in Vernon, thought there was no alternative for styling her hair.
  One day, though, a fellow student suggested that the curly, natural look might not be so bad after all. After a year of deliberation, Kemeh walked into a barber shop and told the hairdresser to cut off her straight hair.
  “I
  
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• Richmond woman hit by postal truck dies of her injuries

  29-12-2017 16:11 via vancouversun.com
  A 27-year-old woman has died of her injuries after being struck by a Canada Post truck on Wednesday afternoon.
  The woman was hit at about 2 p.m. by the semi-tractor cab near Garden City Road and Sea Island Way and rushed to hospital with critical injuries.
  Richmond RCMP say neither speed nor alcohol are believed to have been factors.
  Anyone with information to assist the investigation is asked to contact Richmond RCMP.
  The woman’s name has not been released.Related
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