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Lifeguards to stay at Vancouver beaches: board

A plan to cut lifeguards at Vancouver beaches has been reversed but not before it drew a response from musician Peter Gabriel, who recounted his own rescue from waters off a city beach ahead of a tour stop with David Bowie in 1983. The Vancouver Park Board issued a statement Friday saying it has directed staff to continue providing lifeguards at nine beaches this summer, scrapping a plan to reduce the service to five locations that see the most visitors and interventions. Park Board chair Tom Digby says it was a “difficult decision in the current fiscal environment,” but officials…

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