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VACAVILLE, Calif. 鈥?Wildlife experts are frustrated by a young sea lion that evaded their attempts to rescue him from a canal that cuts through farmland and an inland Northern California neighbourhood.An animal services official spotted the sea lion Tuesday morning in Vacaville and contacted The Marine Mammal Center, according to spokesman Giancarlo Rulli.Vacaville police officers, fire officials and more than a dozen Marine Mammal Center responders tried unsuccessfully for hours to flush the animal out of a drainage pipe in the canal. The rescue was called off for nightfall and will resume Wednesday, Rulli said. ARTICLE CONTINUES
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Employees at Tropicana Community Services, a United Way agency serving Scarboroughs Black, African and Caribbean communities for 40 years, were set to go on strike Monday, Nov. 9.Service Employees International Union SEIU , Local 2, said 50 employees havent gotten a wage increase in 15 years and are being offered more years of frozen wages, plus reductions in some benefits.Tropicana said it intends to keep delivering programs remotely, as it has during the pandemic, and to keep its facilities, including two Scarborough da
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