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Good afternoon, these are your top stories for Wednesday, May 08, 2024.
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Canucks viewing parties announced as playoffs raise riot memories; A Canucks fan in downtown Vancouver appears during the 2011 Stanley Cup Hockey Riot\.

Canucks viewing parties announced as playoffs raise riot memories

May 8 , 2024 at 09:56:59 a.m. PDT • :

As the Canucks head into Round 3 of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the City of Vancouver is making plans for viewing events outside the downtown core.
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Litany of lawsuits blame former B.C. condo owners for huge fire; Abbotsford Fire Chief Darren Lee says many people have been displaced due to the blaze, including residents of 160 units, as well as half a dozen homes on the north side of the complex and a handful of businesses on the west side\.

Litany of lawsuits blame former B.C. condo owners for huge fire

May 8 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

More than 20 residents driven from their Abbotsford, B.C., homes by a May 2022 condo fire are now suing three former neighbours, among other defendants including the city, fire department and property management company, alleging negligence that started or contributed to the destructive fire.
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Drought signs raise fears of another fish die-off in B.C. rivers; Fish-shaped crayon rubbings made from collagraph plates form part of Project 84,000, an art project and environmental awareness campaign that honours thousands of steelhead, trout and other fish that died in a kill on the Cowichan River last summer, in a handout photo taken April 23, 2024, at Vimy Hall near Duncan, B\.C\. Eleven participants worked together to create nine collagraph plates and rub 960 fish prints during the event\.

Drought signs raise fears of another fish die-off in B.C. rivers

May 8 , 2024 at 07:34:16 a.m. PDT • :

Scientists worry climate change and the threat of another year of drought could have further dire consequences for populations of salmon, trout and other fish in B.C.
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Kamloops, B.C., mayor asked to resign after damning report; Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson \(pictured in the grey suit in the centre\) sits next to several city councillors during their swearing-in ceremony in November 2022\.

Kamloops, B.C., mayor asked to resign after damning report

May 7 , 2024 at 07:45:36 p.m. PDT • :

Kamloops, B.C., council has formally called on Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to resign after a scathing report from a provincially-appointed municipal adviser was made public on Wednesday.
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There's a test of the national emergency alert system in most of Canada Wednesday; A test of the Alberta Emergency Alert System this afternoon had some Albertans wondering if there was an actual emergency\. A person uses a cell phone in Ottawa on Monday, July 18, 2022\.

There's a test of the national emergency alert system in most of Canada Wednesday

May 7 , 2024 at 06:55:56 a.m. PDT • :

Canada's national public alert system is running tests on television, radio and compatible wireless devices across most of the country on May 8.
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Barge comes loose near Vancouver's English Bay; Towing vessels are seen near a large barge that seemingly came loose from its moorings near Vancouver's Sunset Beach on Tuesday\.  

May 7 , 2024 at 05:03:29 p.m. PDT • :

Barge comes loose near Vancouver's English Bay

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Polyamorous relationships are on the rise in Canada. The law is still catching up; Gabriel Lopez \(L\), May Ferreira \(C\) and Deb Barreiro join hands at Pueyrredon park, in Buenos Aires, on February 11, 2020\. - "Polyamory" and other ways to conceive sexual-affective relationships have become topics of books, series and articles, in the traditionally monogamous Latin American culture\.  

May 8 , 2024 at 01:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Polyamorous relationships are on the rise in Canada. The law is still catching up

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Columbia River watershed infected with fish-killing disease; This rainbow trout displays the characteristic black tail and skeletal deformities indicative of whirling disease\.  

May 7 , 2024 at 06:32:44 p.m. PDT • :

Columbia River watershed infected with fish-killing disease

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What is the Bishnoi gang and how could it be linked to Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing?; Members of the Sikh community hold a protest against the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept\. 20, 2023\. Dozens of Sikhs living in Pakistan rallied against the killing of Nijjar, a 45-year-old Sikh leader who was killed by masked gunmen in Canada in June\. The demonstrators alleged that New Delhi was behind the man's assassination\.  

May 8 , 2024 at 01:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

What is the Bishnoi gang and how could it be linked to Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing?

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Vancouver police release photo of suspect in alleged child luring case; The Vancouver Police Department has released this photo of a man who is suspected of trying to lure a child in East Vancouver on Sunday evening\.  

May 6 , 2024 at 08:08:02 p.m. PDT • :

Vancouver police release photo of suspect in alleged child luring case

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May 8 , 2024 at 01:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Hours on hold and endless queues: Canadians still grappling with poor passport service

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May 8 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Outgoing police watchdog boss concerned with charge approval rate

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May 7 , 2024 at 07:51:38 a.m. PDT • :

Gas station's 29-year lease on reserve land invalid, judge rules

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May 8 , 2024 at 01:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Overcrowded schools are a growing problem, but school boards struggling to get new ones built

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May 8 , 2024 at 01:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

More Canadian cities are warming up to the car-free street

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