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Aqua Amazon explodes, sinks during Saturday turn-around

LIMA — Five crew members are missing after an explosion onboard Aqua Expeditions’ Aqua Amazon caused the ship to sink on Saturday. The accident occurred during the regular Saturday supplying and turn-around hours for re-stocking of the vessel, according to a statement from Aqua Expeditions. “No passengers were onboard but …

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UNESCO announces 4 new World Heritage Sites

ISTANBUL — UNESCO has put four new sites on its World Heritage List. The new sites, announced Friday, include China’s Zuojiang Huashan rock art cultural landscape, Iran’s ancient aqueducts known as Qanat, and India’s archaeological site of Nalanda Mahavihara. The World Heritage Committee also selected Micronesia’s artificial islets of Nan …

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Buy Local: Buy BC with new interactive map

As the ‘Buy Local’ movement continues to pick up steam, Buy Local BC has released its very first ‘Buy Local! Buy Fresh!’ Thompson-Shuswap map. The Thompson-Shuswap map will be similar to one you may be familiar with. This announcement comes at the same time as the fourth-annual 2016 ‘Buy Local! Buy …

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