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UPDATE: 10:20PM – Firefighters are sitting in the transit bus still waiting for the roof to burn out. Old buildings hold a lot of oxygen in their roofs so they have no choice but to wait it out.

UPDATE: 9:35PM – Nobody was hurt. Fire crews were able to evacuate premises of neighbouring units (including the print shop). Fire crews are trying to cave the building in to avoid spread of fire.

Tandoori King restaurant on Fraser Street and 64th, the one next to the old billiards place (not sure if it’s still there) on the 64th side (not the Original Tandoori King on Fraser), was destroyed by a massive fire this evening. At press time crews are still battling the blaze. No word of the cause and if anyone was hurt in the blaze. Let’s hope nobody was hurt.

A brilliant marketing move by the Vancouver Whitecaps. You’re welcome ladies and gentlemen.

Judging from the past few seasons, there are two absolute certainties for the Canucks when they head into the playoffs. First, the Canucks can NEVER have too many defensemen because someone is going to go down with a ludicrous injury (maybe Salo will get run over by a Zamboni this year). Second, the Sedin’s are going to be invisible against teams with a deep defensive core. With that in mind, here are two players that can help nullify these issues:

A brand new Patullo Bridge will be constructed within the next 5 to 10 years and it will most likely be tolled. Translink has started the preliminary public consultations and construction could start as early as 2015. The new bridge will be six lanes. Not all lanes will be for all vehicles, four lanes will be multi-purpose while the other two lanes will be dedicated to truck traffic only.

TransLink has presented a few options (see below) for replacement of the existing bridge.