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Weekend events
The Whitecaps take on Portland Saturday, Fleetwood Mac will be at Rogers Arena Sunday, the Cloverdale Rodeo and Main Street Record Fair run all weekend.
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International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia
Same-sex marriage is legal in Canada and 12 US states
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Dangerous Giant Hogweed is dying off in the Lower Mainland
The plant, from Asia and Eastern Europe, is known to cause second-degree burns and can cause blindness. Some areas have gotten rid of it completely or at least contain it.
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Lower Fraser River not expected to flood
Flood concerns on the Lower Fraser River have eased, despite a high-stream flow advisory in the Lower Mainland. The River Forecast Centre says the dyke systems should be able to handle the flow.
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Steven Point steps aside as chair of advisory committee
This comes after families of missing women in the Pickton case took civil action against the province, saying comments Point made as committee chair could have been used as evidence in their case.
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Crews prepare for local interface fires
An interface fire is one that happens in in area where the forest meets homes, creating a threat to the houses. Assistant Chief Martin Ernst Ernst says those fires are usually human-caused.
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IIO clears police in cases in Vancouver, Prince George
The IIO says VPD officers did nothing wrong when they shot a man dead. Investigators have also cleared Mounties in a Prince George case; a man hurt himself in a fall while being chased by officers.
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Dennis Oland prime suspect in the death of his father
(Saint John)-According to documents released today by the Court of Queens bench Dennis Oland is the prime suspect in the death of his father, Richard Oland.
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Newly-elected gov’t needs to improve transit: former premier
Former Premier Mike Harcourt feels the priorities should be three lines in Surrey, the line out to UBC, and the gondola up to SFU.
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Ford responds to drug allegations
The mayor called the allegations “absolutely not true” and “ridiculous.”
