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Blackburn community left without heat and water

(FROM CBC) More than 530 homes had their gas cut off on Friday in Blackburn and Innes Park.
These homes had their gas line damaged after overnight work and were put on a precautionary boil water advisory.
During this time, temperatures dipped down below minus 20, leaving residents without heat and water.
The advisory was lifted Sunday afternoon and all but one home has had their heat and water restored.
(FROM CTV) The Raptor Rescue Society found six dead bald eagles on Vancouver Island and have six more in their care after being poisoned.
The society first found two birds on Wednesday, and the remainder on Saturday.
They will return to the area where they found the birds to locate the source of the poison and have reached out to Facebook for anyone in the area to help find more of the eagles.
(FROM CTV) Protesters rallied outside Greece’s parliament Friday that saw 25 police officers injured and seven people arrested.
They are against the deal happening between Greece and Macedonia on the name change of Macedonia.
Around 60,000 people attended the riot in Athens and led police to disperse tear gas on the crowd to clear the area.

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