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• Former Gibsons’ mayoral candidate has been charged with impaired driving

  02-11-2018 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  A well-known Gibsons' town councillor and former long-time Sunshine Coast school trustee is now facing impaired driving charges after an alleged crash in September. 
  
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• Huge Canadian flag in Surrey destroyed in storm

  02-11-2018 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  The huge Canadian flag that flies over a car dealership in Surrey was destroyed in last night’s rain storm. The Global BC helicopter got these shots.
  
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• Defence for killer of Japanese student says he should be jailed for minimum 10 years

  02-11-2018 23:25 via vancouversun.com
  A man found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder of a Japanese student in Vancouver should be jailed for the minimum 10 years for the crime, his lawyer argued in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Friday.
  The prosecutor is asking the court to sentence William Schneider to 17 years for the killing of Natsumi Kogawa before he can apply for parole.
  After deliberating for several days, a jury last month found Schneider, 50, guilty of the September 2016 second-degree murder of Kogawa, 30.
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• Researchers capture video of humpback whales "trap feeding"

  02-11-2018 23:20 via vancouversun.com
  A video taken by whale researchers around northeastern Vancouver Island shows humpback whales “trap feeding” – a unique strategy where the whales use their mouths to set a trap for juvenile herring.
  According to research published in Marine Mammal Science, herring sometimes accumulate in and around the mouths of humpback whales to escape being eaten by diving birds. With their mouths open at the surface of the water, the whales spin in place and use their pectoral flippers to p
  
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• Remains found at site of plane crash in Revelstoke confirmed to be of Alberta couple

  02-11-2018 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  Police said the remains are those of Dominic Neron of Parkland Country, Alta., and Ashley Bourgeault of Edmonton.
  
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• Lions’ Lumbala tackles Wally’s legacy issue: ‘He’s the best. Period’

  02-11-2018 23:04 via theprovince.com
  Back when a 135-pound Marco Iannuzzi, with his “eye of the tiger look on his face” was serving as his lead blocker on kick returns for the St. Francis Browns, Rolly Lumbala was getting drilled in life lessons.
  A brick of a man already — back then, he was only a few pounds lighter than his current 6-2, 240-pound frame — he also had a knowledge-soaking sponge of a brain, learning the keys to success. At the same time on TV, and in the stadium where he played his high s
  
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• Partnership brings the future to Vancouver schools

  02-11-2018 23:03
  
  The FuturePLAY program is a partnership between VSB, the city and BroadbandTV
  
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• New Westminster police investigate 'It's okay to be white' posters

  02-11-2018 22:56 via vancouversun.com
  Police in New Westminster are investigating after several ‘It’s okay to be white’ posters were found stapled to telephone poles near Douglas College.
  Vanessa Woznow, 33, was walking along Eight Avenue on Thursday afternoon when she saw one of the distinctive posters, which feature thin block letters printed on white paper. She posted a picture on Twitter before tearing the poster down, vowing to tear down any others she saw.
  She later found three more, along with evidence that
  
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• B.C. allows gender X on ID for people who don't identify as male or female

  02-11-2018 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  People who consider themselves neither male nor female can now an X to designate their gender on British Columbia-issued identification including a driver’s licence, birth certificate, identity card and B.C. Services card.
  The ministries of Health, Attorney General and Citizens Services say they have worked together on changes to government documents as a way to respect issues of gender identity.
  Attorney General David Eby said in a news release a lack of an alternative for people who do n
  
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• PETA calls on Vancouver shoppers to boycott Canada Goose store

  02-11-2018 22:35
  
  "Every Canada Goose coat represents the suffering of coyotes who were caught in painful steel traps and geese whose throats were slit"
  
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• Heavy rains cause mudslide, washouts on North Shore

  02-11-2018 22:10 via vancouversun.com
  A small mudslide covered part of the Grouse Mountain parking lot Thursday night.
  Grouse Mountain spokesperson Julia Grant said no one was injured and there was no significant damage after heavy rain triggered the slide that came from the Metro Vancouver watershed lands adjacent to Grouse Mountain.
  “Metro Vancouver crews are onsite assessing the area,” she said in an email. “Our mountain crew has been clearing mud from the parking lot areas today.”
  Grouse has been closed s
  
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• B.C. allows gender X on ID for people don't identify as male or female

  02-11-2018 22:09
  
  People who consider themselves neither male nor female now have the right to use an X to designate their gender on British Columbia-issued identification including a driver's licence, birth certificate, identity card and BC Services card.
  
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• Alberta judge sentences woman to 90 days for ‘substantial and criminal’ animal abuse

  02-11-2018 22:09 via globalnews.ca
  A southern Alberta woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for animal abuse that the judge called "substantial and criminal." 
  
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• Free parking for war veterans in Vancouver next week

  02-11-2018 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  The free parking applies to allcars with veteran licence plates.
  
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• B.C. now recognizes ‘X’ gender marker on driver’s licence, birth certificate

  02-11-2018 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbians who do not identify as male or female can now choose to display an X in the gender field of their B.C.-issued driver's licence, identity card, birth certificate and BC Services Card.
  
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• This TransLink supervisor held a man from jumping off a Vancouver bridge

  02-11-2018 21:38
  
  His quick thinking helped save a man's life
  
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• Jail sentence for B.C. man who started fire in hotel filled with wildfire evacuees

  02-11-2018 21:32 via vancouversun.com
  A man who started a fire at a Kamloops hotel filled with wildfire evacuees in the summer of 2017 has been given a two-year jail sentence.
  According to a provincial court sentencing decision posted online, Shane Dennis was staying at the Sandman Inn and Suites Hotel with his grandmother and other families members who had been evacuated from their home in Williams Lake in July 2017 when the arson took place.
  The hotel was busy with people who had been forced to flee the fires during one of B.C.&rs
  
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• Heavy rains cause washouts on two North Shore trails

  02-11-2018 21:24 via vancouversun.com
  Part of the Baden-Powell Trail has been rerouted after a washout in Grouse Mountain Regional Park, according to Metro Vancouver.
  Heavy rainfall Friday caused damage in two North Vancouver parks, including Lynn Headwaters Regional Park, where the lower Lynn Loop Trail was also closed due to another washout.
  Heavy rainfall has caused damage in two regional parks in #NorthVan.
  At #LynnHeadwatersRegionalPark, lower Lynn Loop Trail is closed due to washouts. Use upper Lynn Loop Trail for now. At #Gro
  
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• Sea stars still wasting away in B.C. waters

  02-11-2018 21:23 via vancouversun.com
  Reports that the sea star population was rebounding after a bout of wasting disease appear to have been overly optimistic, says a new report from the Coastal Ocean Research Institute.
  The Vancouver Aquarium’s research group believes the wasting disease that first attacked the sea star population in 2013 is continuing, with several species still in decline.
  “The current status of sea stars varies widely by species and location,” writes report author Jessica Schultz. “
  
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• B.C. resort discriminated against white employees based on race: Human Rights Tribunal

  02-11-2018 21:15 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ruled in favour of seven people who claim they were fired from a resort in the Cariboo because they are Caucasian.
  In her decision, tribunal chair Diana Juricevic awarded seven employees of the Spruce Hill Resort and Spa near 108 Mile Ranch more than $173,000, saying they were credible in their claim that owner Kin Wa Chan wanted to replace Caucasian employees with Chinese employees to save money.
  “Over a period of months, Mr. Chan repeatedly said th
  
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• Salmonella likely linked to long English cucumbers cause more illnesses in western Canada

  02-11-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  An outbreak of Salmonella infections has so far involved five provinces in Canada: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec.
  
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• Vancouver home supply highest in 4 years as sales drop below historical average

  02-11-2018 20:54 via vancouversun.com
  The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home supply is rising and reaching levels not seen in four years, even as the average price inches up.
  The board says its calculated composite benchmark price for all homes was $1,062,100 in October — up one per cent since October 2017, but down 3.3 per cent in the past three months.
  Sales of all types of homes — detached, townhomes and condos — fell in October 34.9 per cent compared with the same month last year, droppi
  
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• Top B.C. court rejects group's attempt to stop electoral reform referendum

  02-11-2018 20:51 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s top court has dismissed an application by a group trying to halt the province’s referendum on electoral reform.
  The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association asked for leave to appeal a lower-court decision that in August denied an interim injunction, after it accused the B.C. government of rushing a process for fundamental changes to the democratic system.
  B.C. Appeal Court Justice Gregory Fitch says there was no merit to the association’s argument that dispute
  
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• Investigation into northern B.C. bus crash underway but all injured released from hospital

  02-11-2018 20:42 via vancouversun.com
  RCMP investigators point to weather and slippery road conditions as possible factors in a bus crash north of Prince George that sent 18 people to hospital.
  RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says there’s nothing to suggest the driver was impaired or did anything wrong before the bus slid into a ditch Thursday on snow-covered Highway 97.
  The bus chartered by forest products company Canfor flipped partially on its side with 30 employees travelling from Prince George to the Polar Sawmill in Bear La
  
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• Inquest postponed into death of B.C. RCMP officer connected to Dziekanski case

  02-11-2018 20:27 via vancouversun.com
  The coroner’s service has postponed an inquest into the suicide of the RCMP officer who was in charge of media relations when Robert Dziekanski was fatally stunned with a Taser at the Vancouver airport.
  Pierre Lemaitre was 55 years old and a sergeant with the Mounties when he died at his home in Abbotsford in July 2013.
  An coroner’s inquest was scheduled to begin Nov. 19. It has been postponed to Nov. 26 due to scheduling conflicts, the B.C. Coroners Service said in a news release.
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• Vancouver won't 'bust heads' over illicit pot shops, small grows: mayor-elect

  02-11-2018 20:24 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver’s mayor-elect says the city won’t be “busting heads” over illicit pot shops or small grow-ops because the cannabis industry deserves time to adjust to legalization.
  The city is known for its lax attitude toward public sales and consumption of marijuana and yet still has no licensed stores, three weeks after the drug was legalized across the country.
  Many dispensaries have chosen to keep their doors open while waiting for their licence applications to be processe
  
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• Burnaby RCMP search for witnesses to crash that killed pedestrian

  02-11-2018 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  Burnaby RCMP are looking for witnesses to a collision that claimed the life of a pedestrian.
  
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• Rain, wind destroy huge landmark Canadian flag in Surrey

  02-11-2018 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  The manger of the dealership said they can't replace the flag until the weather settles.
  
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• Penticton man and 3 friends embark on fundraiser for brother

  02-11-2018 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  Tyler Luscombe and his friends will be running from Penticton to Victoria to raise awareness for Canadian para-alpine skiing.
  
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• New cookbook highlights Vancouver's best cuisine, brightest chefs

  02-11-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Eats
  By Joanne Sasvari
  Figure 1 Publishing | $38.95Vancouver’s food scene is a mash-up of local ingredients and exotic flavours gleaned from the unique ethnic influences that make up its population.And to Joanne Sasvari it couldn’t be a more perfect mix.
  “Local, creative, casual, fresh, delicious,” she says of the local food scene.
  “We have a passion for the things that grow in our backyard. We joyfully mix culinary traditions from Europe, Asia and th
  
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• Makeover: Highlights and lowlights key to create depth and dimension

  02-11-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Bev Fitzgerald, 56, is a resource manager. She has a twin sister that is a client of ours and liked the way I did her hair and wanted me to create a new look that would better suit her face shape and texture.
  Bev has very thick and coarse hair. It was previously lightened and was feeling drab and void of style. I felt like her colour was washing her out and needed a little depth to draw out her eyes. I also wanted to create a blended and more natural looking finish for ease of maintenance and to
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of Oct. 27

  02-11-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. Every Breath — Nicholas Sparks
  2. Ambush — Patterson/Born
  3. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven — Mitch Albom
  4. Unsheltered — Barbara Kingsolver
  5. Holy Ghost — John Sanford
  6. A Spark of Light — Jodi Picoult
  7. Vince Flynn: Red War — Kyle Mills
  8. When We Were Young — Karen Kingsbury
  9. Alaskan Holiday — Debbie Macomber
  10. The Witch Elm — Tana French
   
  HARDCOVER NON-FICTION
  1. Ship of Fools — Tucker Ca
  
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• Francesco Yates gets funky while Justin Timberlake gets plaid

  02-11-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Francesco Yates at Justin Timberlake — Man of the Woods Tour
  When: Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m.
  Where: Rogers Arena
  Tickets and info: ticketmaster.ca
  Getting picked to open for Justin Timberlake on his 46-date Man of the Woods Tour is a major coup for Francesco Yates. The 23 year-old Toronto musician has been on a roll since 2014, racking up chart-topping hits such as Sugar (for German producer Robin Shulz) and opening for Carly Rae Jepsen on her Hello World road trip.
  Signed to Atlantic Records at a
  
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• Fab 5: Shoes with sole

  02-11-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  There’s a lot to love about this season’s chunky soled shoes. Besides their practical appeal (some days, we can’t even imagine slipping into a pair of stilettos), they’re comfortable and sturdy (hello, wet, winter weather), and look great with everything from skinny jeans to floaty dresses. From lug-soles to styles that toe the line between hiking boot and sneaker, Rebecca Tay showcases five chunky shoes to try right now.
  MIRROR, MIRROR
  Unless you’ve been living und
  
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• Editorial: Just because StatsCan can demand information doesn't mean it should

  02-11-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  The federal Privacy Commissioner is investigating a plan by Statistics Canada to secretly collect the personal financial transaction information of hundreds of thousands of Canadians without their permission. Not surprisingly, the commissioner received complaints after media reports revealed that StatsCan was demanding the private data from Canada’s nine largest financial institutions.
  As with previous Statistics Canada controversies, the long-form census being a key one, this issue h
  
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• Brian Minter: Plant a remembrance garden with Flanders poppies

  02-11-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  A week or two before November 11, most Canadians wear a red poppy to symbolize the remembrance of all those who have fallen, not only in the First World War, but also in the many subsequent wars in which Canadian soldiers have died.
  As Canadians, we should know that Lt. Col. John McCrae, a native of Guelph, Ont., and a medical officer during the First World War, scribbled a 13-line poem called In Flanders Fields, on a scrap of paper shortly after the death of a fellow soldier in May, 1915.
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• Book review: Dear Evelyn an extended meditation on a marriage

  02-11-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Dear Evelyn
  Kathy Page (Biblioasis)
  $19.95 | 303pp
  There’s a remarkable, though discomfiting scene late in Dear Evelyn, London-born Salt Spring Islander Kathy Page’s sobering eighth novel.
  Married to Evelyn since the flames, explosions, and sirens of London over the brutally cold winter of 1940, geriatric Harry is taking stock.
  “This is what we have, now, dear,” he tells his wife.
  He’s matter-of-fact, studying her and seeing the thinning hair, the glasses with thick
  
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• B.C.: 15 bestselling books of the week of October 27

  02-11-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography — Andrea Warner (Greystone Books).
  2. Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food — Shelley Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd.).
  3. The Hidden Life of Trees: Illustrated Edition — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books).
  4. The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family — Lindsay Wong (Arsenal Pulp Press).
  5. Dancing in Gumboots: Adventure, Love and Resilience — Women of the Comox Valley &mda
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Stop California dreaming, get your wine festival tickets now

  02-11-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s never too soon to start planning for the upcoming 41st Vancouver International Wine Festival (Feb. 23-March 3, 2019), especially when it comes to securing tickets.
  This year the festival’s theme is Dream Big: California Style, with 53 wineries and principals, all heading north from California to Vancouver to present the latest wine. The festival will host 107 other wineries from 15 countries around the world, plus several wines from South Africa that will only be available at a
  
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• Supporters paid up to $1,500 to hear Trudeau at West Vancouver fundraiser

  02-11-2018 18:49
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in West Vancouver Thursday evening to attend a Liberal party fundraiser at the Gleneagles Golf Club on Marine Drive.
  
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• Signs of a market recovery? Home sales improve slightly in October

  02-11-2018 18:14
  
  After a gloomy September, Metro Vancouver’s real estate activity brightens somewhat
  
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• Fizzy notion: B.C. craft breweries are going pop

  02-11-2018 18:14
  
  For many B.C. brewers, their love of delicious beverages thankfully extends past beer.
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend for Thursday, November 1, 2018

  02-11-2018 18:11 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend for Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018.
  
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• Coquitlam condo project criticized for lack of density

  02-11-2018 18:10
  
  Density on Como Lake development falls short of what was promised, resident tells Coquitlam council
  
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• B.C. loses 1,100 jobs in October

  02-11-2018 17:55
  
  B.C.’s white-hot economy took a breather in October as the province shed 1,100 jobs compared with the previous month.
  
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• $200 Off January Belize Adventure

  02-11-2018 17:22 via theprovince.com
  Island Expeditions – Specializing in tropical sea kayak, paddleboard & snorkel adventures in Belize, since 1987.  Book by Nov 16 & save $200 on Belize vacation packages (5 days or more) departing in January 2019!  Details at www.islandexpeditions.com/vs & call 1-800-667-1630 for voucher. FREE 24 page Belize Guide. 
  
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• Vancouver home supply highest in 4 years as sales plunge below historical average

  02-11-2018 17:21 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home supply is rising and reaching levels not seen in roughly four years, even as the average price inches up year-over-year.
  The board says the composite benchmark price for all homes was $1,062,100 in October — up one per cent since October 2017, but down 3.3 per cent over the last three months.
  Sales of all types of homes — detached, townhomes and condos — in October fell 34.9 per cent compared with the same m
  
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• Flooding closes off streets in Maple Ridge

  02-11-2018 17:16 via globalnews.ca
  A rainfall warning has now ended for Metro Vancouver but is still in effect for parts of the Fraser Valley.
  
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• Greyhound exit leaves gap for homeless, domestic violence shelters

  02-11-2018 16:51 via globalnews.ca
  Greyhound wound down all but one of its routes in Western Canada and northern Ontario on Wednesday. Only a U.S.-run route from Seattle to Vancouver remains.
  
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• West Vancouver mayor-elect Mary-Ann Booth confirmed after recount

  02-11-2018 16:41 via vancouversun.com
  District of West Vancouver mayor-elect Mary-Ann Booth has been confirmed as mayor after a recount of votes.
  The recount was requested Monday after only 21 votes separated mayoral candidate Mark Sager and Booth.
  A provincial judge ordered the recount after an application was filed by former mayor Michael Smith, who didn’t run for re-election, on behalf of the man he endorsed to replace him, lawyer Mark Sager.
  The application was also filed on behalf of Jim Finkbeiner, who came 20 votes
  
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