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Beat the Summer Heat *
From popping frozen grapes to dipping in the kiddie pool, here is a selection of refreshing ways to keep cooler this stinking hot summer in Vancouver and the Pacific Northwest. . .
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Citizens asked to help control mosquitoes *
Officials want property owners to remove water to fight West Nile
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Flick mosquitoes away, researchers say *
Flicking away mosquitoes may be better than swatting the bloodsucking insects, which can risk infections if their body parts are smashed into human skin, researchers say.
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It's a snail parasite vs the West Nile mosquito *
With the peak season for the West Nile virus upon us, many people reach for a fly swatter to kill those pesky mosquitoes, but Manfred Rau, a McGill University parasitologist, reaches for a snail instead.
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