Seven Metro Vancouver beaches closed due to E. coli, with no end in sight

A foul faecal flow has left the shores of seven Vancouver-area beaches lined with disappointed swimmers with no end in sight to recent closures.
Three West Vancouver beaches are closed for swimming, and four more in Vancouver, due to E. coli outbreaks. Most strains of the gut-dwelling bacteria are harmless, but infections can come from drinking or swimming in contaminated water, and can cause diarrhea, kidney failure or even death, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
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