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By Darryl Greer Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Tsawwassen First Nation in Delta, B.C., has lost two beloved elders in a crash at a shopping centre, which police have said appears to have been set off by a medical emergency. Carney said it was “devastating” to lose the members in an accident on a day already so heavy with grief. “My thoughts are with the loved ones of those who died, those who were injured, and the entire community who are in grief and shock,” he said on social media. The crash, which also injured two others, happened Wednesday at the Tsawwassen Mills shopping centre on the reserve, about 30 kilometres south of Vancouver. Police in Delta, B.C., say two people have been killed in a crash at the… <\/p>\n

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By Darryl Greer Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Tsawwassen First Nation in Delta, B.C., has lost two beloved elders in a crash at a shopping centre, which police have said appears to have been set off by a medical emergency. Carney said it was “devastating” to lose the members in an accident on a day already so heavy with grief. “My thoughts are with the loved ones of those who died, those who were injured, and the entire community who are in grief and shock,” he said on social media. The crash, which also injured two others, happened Wednesday at the Tsawwassen Mills shopping centre on the reserve, about 30 kilometres south of Vancouver. Police in Delta, B.C., say two people have been killed in a crash at the... <\/p>\n

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