Closure of Kitsilano coast guard base will cost lives, report proves

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Read this article by Brian Morton in the Vancouver Sun
about a report by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, which says that closing the Kits base creates two high-risk situations: longer response times from the Sea Island base, 17 nautical miles away in Richmond; and potential overuse of the replacement inshore rescue boat (IRB), an open zodiac-style vessel to be used after the Kits base is closed.

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