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• Three arrested after fleeing police

  17-02-2018 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  Three people were arrested in Abbotsford early Saturday morning after a police chase that involved using the RCMP-operated regional police helicopter.
  Abbotsford Police received a call about a stolen vehicle entering Abbotsford at about 12:30 a.m., said Abbotsford Police Sgt. Judy Bird.
  A spike belt used near Fraser Highway and Mt. Lehman Road failed to the stop the car, which continued driving east.
  “We were getting updates from the helicopter about the car’s location,” said B
  
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• Government responds to sasquatch lawsuit

  17-02-2018 23:44 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has responded to a lawsuit filed by a sasquatch tracker who claims the province has “breached its stewardship responsibility” by failing to recognize and protect the legendary creature.
  In a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court in October, Todd Standing accused the provincial government of damaging his livelihood and credibility by “non-recognition of sasquatch.” He asked the court to require a government biologist to accompany him into “know
  
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• Mike Smyth: What are the odds of an oil spill? Depends who does the math

  17-02-2018 22:47 via theprovince.com
  The great pipeline war between British Columbia and Alberta is less about the pipeline and more about something else: Oil-laden tankers in our marine waters and the risk of a catastrophic accident.
  Even environmentalists admit pipelines are a safer way to transport oil through B.C. than the alternative of shipping the stuff by rail, especially since train tracks in B.C. typically run alongside streams and rivers.
  A derailment into a river would be bad enough. But it’s the fear of a mu
  
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• REAL SCOOP: IHIT on the scene of Coquitlam murder

  17-02-2018 22:43 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide investigators are on the scene of another murder – this time in Coquitlam. 
  Coquitlam RCMP received several calls of shots fired in the area of Sylvan Place and Riverview Crescent about 10 p.m. Friday. A vehicle was seen speeding away.  
  “When officers arrived, they found a man with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle.  The male victim was transported to hospital but succumbed to his injuries,” Cpl. Frank Jang, of the Integrated Homicide Investigat
  
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• Saturday Sips

  17-02-2018 22:21 via globalnews.ca
  Sean Nelson, Sommelier of the Year, gives us some top wine tasting tips
  
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• Province to appeal NEB ruling on Burnaby's Trans Mountain bylaws

  17-02-2018 22:13 via vancouversun.com
  The provincial government is appealing a decision that allows Kinder Morgan Canada to ignore Burnaby bylaws in constructing its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  The National Energy Board ruled in December that the company is not required to comply with two sections dealing with land and tree clearing.
  Kinder Morgan had argued the bylaws were unconstitutional because they hindered its ability to go ahead with the federally approved project.
  The provincial government said in a statement Saturday
  
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• B.C. to fight NEB ruling allowing Trans Mountain to bypass Burnaby bylaws

  17-02-2018 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  In December, the energy regulator ruled the pipeline company was exempt from two bylaws preventing construction at a pair of Burnaby terminals.
  
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• Province to appeal NEB ruling on Burnaby's Trans Mountain bylaw

  17-02-2018 21:24 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The provincial government is appealing a decision that allows Kinder Morgan Canada to bypass local regulations in constructing its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  The National Energy Board ruled in December that the company is not required to comply with two sections of the City of Burnaby’s bylaws, which Kinder Morgan had said were hindering its ability to go ahead with the federally approved project.
  The city said Friday that it wants to appeal the decision, saying th
  
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• Vancouver weather: Brace for arctic air blast tonight in Metro

  17-02-2018 21:04 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has withdrawn its snowfall warning for Metro Vancouver, as a low pressure system brought mixed rain and snow to the south coast in the morning.
  The agency posted a special weather statement for the region, saying an arctic blast will hit the south coast on Saturday night.
  The surge of arctic air will continue through the mainland valleys and inlets on Sunday. The agency  says it will be “the coldest air of the season for the inner South Coast.”  Resi
  
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• Man killed in Coquitlam shooting, burning car found nearby

  17-02-2018 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  Investigators say they believe the shooting was targeted.
  
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• Injury-riddled Giants aim to extend win streak tonight in Victoria, close gap on Royals

  17-02-2018 20:41 via theprovince.com
  February 16 Vancouver Giants vs Edmonton Oil Kings Highlights: https://t.co/SSmAHYoNU2 via @YouTube
  — Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) February 17, 2018Here’s what we learned from the Vancouver Giants’ 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings on Friday night at the Langley Events Centre.
  • It doesn’t sound like the Giants will have reinforcements coming when they visit the Victoria Royals tonight (7 p.m., 1410). Vancouver was missing six regulars to injury or illness on Frid
  
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• B.C. to appeal NEB ruling on Trans Mountain bylaw

  17-02-2018 20:36
  The province is appealing a decision that allows Kinder Morgan Canada to bypass local regulations in constructing its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  
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• Snowfall hits southern B.C. — and more could be on the way

  17-02-2018 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  Arctic air is expected to stick around, with daytime temperatures hovering just above freezing while temperatures could drop to -10 C overnight.
  
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• 3 suspects, 2 spike belts, 1 helicopter: Early morning police chase ends with arrests in Abbotsford

  17-02-2018 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  Police are recommending charges against three teens form Surrey.
  
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• Gardenworks: Spring seeds

  17-02-2018 19:52 via globalnews.ca
  Peter from Gardenworks explains why now is the perfect time to start planting your Spring seeds. Top gardening tips from the folks at Gardenworks.
  
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• PetLovers Show – Preview

  17-02-2018 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  From superdogs to loveable llamas – We get a preview of what we can expect from the PetLovers Show
  
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• One man dead in targeted Coquitlam shooting Friday night

  17-02-2018 19:37 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide detectives have been called in to investigate after one man was shot dead in Coquitlam Friday night.
  One person is dead after a shooting in Coquitlam Friday night. (Photo: Shane MacKichan)
  Shortly after 10 p.m., the Coquitlam RCMP received several calls of shots fired in the area of Sylvan Place and Riverview Crescent and a vehicle speeding away.  
  IHIT says when officers arrived, they found a man with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle.  The  victim was transporte
  
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• Mark Perrier – Savio Volpe

  17-02-2018 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  Mark Perrier – chef and co-owner of Savio Volpe – has a pasta making masterclass. Delicious cuisine and recipes cooked up on the Saturday Morning News.
  
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• BCHL’s John Grisdale

  17-02-2018 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  BCHL’s commissioner John Grisdale tells Jay about his retirement
  
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• Vancouver weather: Snowfall warning in effect for Metro Vancouver

  17-02-2018 18:57 via vancouversun.com
  A snowfall warning is in effect for Metro Vancouver, with about five centimetres of snow expected Saturday morning.
  Environment Canada also posted a special weather statement for the region, saying an arctic blast will hit the south coast on Saturday night.
  The surge of Arctic air will continue through the mainland valleys and inlets on Sunday. The agency  says it will be “the coldest air of the season for the inner South Coast.”  Residents are also advised to watch for win
  
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• What’s with the green bananas? Shoppers fret over fruit selection

  17-02-2018 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  When it comes to food choices, buyers can be picky. And the pick of the crop, it seems, is exactly the problem these days.
  
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• One person dead in Coquitlam shooting Friday night

  17-02-2018 17:46 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide detectives have been called in to investigate after one person was shot dead in Coquitlam Friday night.
  One person is dead after a shooting in Coquitlam Friday night. (Photo: Shane MacKichan)
  Coquitlam RCMP confirmed the fatality early Saturday morning, but said any more information would be provided by the RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
  One person is dead after a shooting in Coquitlam Friday night. (Photo: Shane MacKichan)
  The shooting happened at around 9 p.m. ne
  
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• This Week in History: 1960 — A cigar smokin' 102-year-old puffs for a portrait

  17-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Feb. 15, 1960, The Vancouver Sun ran a front-page photo of an old lady puffing on a cigar.
  “Definitely unimpressed by Swedish campaign against smoking is 102-year-old Mrs. Matilda Boynton, 4195 Fraser,” read the cutline. “She still smokes four cigars every day, (and) does her own housework.
  ” ‘Cancer?” she says. ‘If I got it I don’t know about it.’ ”
  The photo was taken by Deni Eagland, whose specialty was portraits. His former colle
  
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• Enter Shikari wants The Spark to start fires

  17-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Enter Shikari
  When: Feb. 16, 8 p.m.
  Where: The Imperial
  Tickets and info: At the doorFor the past 15 years Hertfordshire quartet Enter Shikari has built a solid and passionate fan base in the U.K. Enough of one that, early on, the band was able to sell-out the London Astoria without a record deal.
  Of course, the post-hardcore work ethos of this DIY crew meant that it had formed its own label, the cheekily titled Ambush Reality.
  Jump ahead to September 2017 and the band has released its seventh a
  
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• Book review: Chinese memoir illuminates a time of political madness

  17-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Unceasing Storm: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
  Katherine Luo | Douglas & McIntyre
  240 pages, $22.95Do you remember the boy who stopped the tanks? His compelling image was seen around the world in 1989. It showed a slender figure in a white shirt standing in quiet defiance before one of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) tanks sent into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4 that year to break up popular demonstrations. (While his identity and fate remain disputed,
  
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• Your own ‘White House’ in West Vancouver – for $22M

  17-02-2018 16:00
  
  Check out jaw-dropping interiors of this vast, 16,245-square-foot house, fit for a president
  
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• White Rock prize home showcases the contemporary and the traditional

  17-02-2018 15:56 via vancouversun.com
  The latest BC Children’s Hospital Choices Lottery home took a deliberate move away from the all-things-beige colour palette typical of show homes. The results? A West Coast vibe nothing short of stunning.
  Numerous shades of grey, including a soft Benjamin Moore Chelsea Grey hue on the walls, were used to create an atmosphere that works beautifully in the new 3,700-square-foot lottery home on Bishop Road in White Rock. In the living room, a grey stone fireplace is complemented by the taupe
  
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• The Home Front: Tiny home design at the BC Home + Garden Show

  17-02-2018 15:53 via vancouversun.com
  Innovative design is often the result of someone addressing a need and that’s certainly the case with Vancouver’s Mint Tiny House Company, which is exhibiting at the 47th annual BC Home + Garden Show, Feb. 21 to  25 at BC Place Stadium.
  Brian Persse moved to Vancouver from Ireland in 2013, and his Canadian brother-in-law asked him to build him a tiny home. Persse’s background was in construction and his wife Shannon was in real estate; together, they discovered there
  
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• Sold (Bought): Burnaby condo has far-reaching views

  17-02-2018 15:17 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  508 — 2133 Douglas Road, Burnaby
  Type: Two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment
  Size: 941 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $597,000
  Listed for: $699,000
  Sold for: $730,000
  Sold on: Oct. 16
  Days on market: Six
  Listing agent: Keith Roy at ReMax Select Realty
  Buyers agent: Tony Jiang at Homeland Realty
  The big sell: Listing agent Keith Roy reports that this two-bedroom Burnaby condo in Ledingham McAllister’s Perspectives b
  
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• The Last Continent: Microfibres invade even these pristine waters

  17-02-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia columnist Daphne Bramham crosses the notoriously rough Drake Passage from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia — known as the Serengeti of the Southern Ocean — to Antarctica. Her daily reports from the 18-day expedition cover issues from climate change and micro plastics in the ocean to Japan’s continuing whale hunt, the antics of penguins and the world’s wild race to tour, and exploit, this last frontier.In the ocean’s rich subsurface layer where many ma
  
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• Living large at Hillcrest at Sullivan Ridge

  17-02-2018 14:48 via vancouversun.com
  There’s something about a newly built home. Everything is shiny and untarnished, the stylings are modern, the appliances are efficient and – if you’ve picked a good homebuilder – the construction is solid.
  For Dean Scott, who with his wife has bought a home at Hillcrest at Sullivan Ridge, it’s that new-home feel he’s most looking forward to when they take possession in March.
  Hillcrest is the third and final development by Marathon Homes in the Sullivan area o
  
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• There’s still no modular housing in Maple Ridge

  17-02-2018 12:48 via globalnews.ca
  It's been months since an injunction against a Maple Ridge tent city was defeated, and there's still no temporary housing for its residents.
  
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• B.C. budget: The NDP's first fiscal plan will likely not live up to voters' many expectations

  17-02-2018 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  Finance Minister Carole James leaves the legislative assembly after delivering a budget update in Victoria on Sept. 11, 2017. She will deliver her party’s first full budget on Tuesday.
  Finance Minister Carole James will deliver Tuesday’s budget with the weight of 16 years of NDP expectations on her shoulders, and not enough money in the public purse to make good on them all.It’s a problem James has freely acknowledged since Premier John Horgan assumed power last July — th
  
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• Money123: Paying off your mortgage vs. saving for retirement

  17-02-2018 11:58 via globalnews.ca
  For many it’s the largest investment in their lifetime. But the question is, once you own a home, is it better to aggressively pay down your mortgage? Or put your extra cash towards retirement savings?
  
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• REAL SCOOP: VPD investigating fatal shooting in Kerrisdale – UPDATED

  17-02-2018 08:46 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Police confirmed Friday that a Surrey realtor named Kaminder Rai was the victim of the targeted Kerrisdale shooting the day before.  
  Realtor Kaminder Rai
  Rai, 32, was rushed to hospital in critical condition after the shooting near Marguerite Street and West 49th Avenue about 1 p.m.
  But he died later in the day,
  “This is Vancouver’s sixth homicide of 2018 and it’s only the middle of February,” VPD Const. Jason Doucette said. “Crime does tend to
  
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• Rockets defeat Blazers following honours for ‘Winningest Coach’

  17-02-2018 07:02 via globalnews.ca
  Following the celebration, and despite the Blazers best efforts to make their coach proud, Kelowna was first on the board.
  
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• Five things we learned from Vancouver's Amazon HQ2 proposal - Vancouver Sun

  17-02-2018 06:58
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  Five things we learned from Vancouver's Amazon HQ2 proposal
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  In this April 27, 2017 file photo, construction continues on three large, glass-covered domes as part of an expansion of the Amazon.com campus in downtown Seattle. Elaine Thompson / AP. Share Adjust Comment Print. Vancouver will not be home to Amazon's ...and more »
  
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• Five things we learned from Vancouver’s Amazon HQ2 proposal

  17-02-2018 06:58 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver will not be home to Amazon’s HQ2, but it’s not for lack of effort. 
  The Vancouver Economic Commission has released its bid to become “Amazon’s home away from home,” as the proposal states, and though the bid failed — Vancouver was not one of the 20 cities shortlisted for the online retailer’s second headquarters — it’s hard to blame the co-ordinating agency. They delivered a strong pitch.
  It wasn’t without its quirks, how
  
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• Fresh snow means higher avalanche risks warns North Shore Rescue

  17-02-2018 05:43 via globalnews.ca
  If you decide you want to hit the mountains this weekend, stay out of the backcountry.
  
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• Opinion: Gender politics — no rules or new rules?

  17-02-2018 05:25 via vancouversun.com
  My home is in South False Creek and I teach at a university downtown. I often walk over the Cambie Bridge on my way to class. On my route I pass by the display windows of department stores. Recently, one window had a large poster of a young, beautiful woman with tattooed script on her forearm: “forget the rules.” 
  The posture of the times, I thought. “Yes, use the appeal of anarchy to sell our brand.” Going further I concluded that without rules there can be no game.
  
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• Opinion: Driving — compete or cooperate?

  17-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  I’ve spent most of my 40-plus years of driving in Metro Vancouver, but have also had the opportunity to drive in major cities in England, Greece, Egypt and France. When I return from these trips, I’m always amazed at the level of hostility on our local roads. With the traffic density in these foreign cities much higher than in most North American cities, I expected to see a lot more hostility among drivers. What I’ve found, though, is the opposite. Here’s an example:
  I re
  
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• Editorial: Child care, housing dominate throne speech

  17-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  This week’s throne speech set out an ambitious agenda for the government in the new legislative session. It covered everything from raising the minimum wage to forest-industry renewal, from labour-code reform to funding class-size-and-composition requirements, from reducing surgical wait times to increasing the carbon tax, from reviewing the coastal ferry service to addressing the opioid crisis, from replacing the Pattullo Bridge to creating a playground capital fund and from investing in
  
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• Alex Hemingway: B.C. needs bold, transformative change. Will Budget 2018 bring it?

  17-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Tuesday, the B.C. government presents its first full budget and it’s an opportunity to tackle significant crises of affordability, inequality, poverty and environmental degradation.
  To do so in a meaningful way, the government must think big and be bold.
  After 16 years of underfunding key programs and services, B.C. needs major new public investments to create a universal high-quality child care system, build tens of thousands of affordable homes, undertake ambitious action on climate c
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Feb 16

  17-02-2018 04:58 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, February 16, 2018.
  
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• Report linking drug money and B.C. real estate ‘deeply troubling’: David Eby

  17-02-2018 04:50 via globalnews.ca
  "This story confirms our government's commitment to taking action to crack down on money laundering and criminal activity in B.C."
  
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• 'It was electric': Black Panther draws sold-out crowds in Vancouver - CBC.ca

  17-02-2018 04:29
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  'It was electric': Black Panther draws sold-out crowds in Vancouver
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  Black Panther mania has hit Vancouver. The latest Marvel blockbuster sold out local screenings Friday and is expected to shatter box-office records this weekend. Critics have unanimously praised the adaptation, which is set in the fictional African ...and more »
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Feb 16

  17-02-2018 03:58 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, February 16, 2018 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• Whitecaps re-sign top defender Kendall Waston

  17-02-2018 03:55 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed defensive cornerstone Kendall Waston to a contract extension that stretches through 2019 with an option for 2020.
  The imposing centre back is a two-time Whitecaps FC BMO Player of the Year winner in 2015 and 2017, having also finished in the top three in voting for MLS Defender of the Year in both seasons.
  Vancouver Whitecaps’ Kendall Waston celebrates his goal against the San Jose Earthquakes during the second half of an MLS playoff soccer game in Vanco
  
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• Vancouver police identify shooting victim

  17-02-2018 03:48 via globalnews.ca
  The victim of Vancouver’s sixth homicide of 2018 has been identified as 32-year-old realtor Kaminder Rai. Jill Bennett reports.
  
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