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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Once again, it is illegal to use hard drugs

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in public in BC. The federal government has now approved the province's policy reversal,

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effective immediately. The Trouble Pilot project had allowed British Columbians to carry and

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use small amounts of crack, coke, meth, and other hard drugs. Critics have pointed out

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such drugs were being consumed in hospitals, parks, and other public spots, while tainted

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drug overdoses continue to rise. Other news, some members of BC's sick community demonstrated

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outside a Surrey courthouse on Tuesday, as three men made a first appearance on charges

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in last June's shooting death of heart-deep Singh Nijir outside the Kurdwara on Scott

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Road. The three were arrested in Edmonton last week in what police and our federal government

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consider a hit sponsored by the Indian government. Nijir was an outspoken advocate and campaigner

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for a separate, sick-controlled state in India. Delta Council has turned on its mayor

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and voted to remove George Harvey as chair of Metro Vancouver. A joint statement notes

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the decision reflects Council's loss of confidence in the mayor to represent Delta's interests

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in Metro Vancouver. Harvey is in his second term as mayor. A sad note in the BC labor

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movement, Kim Novak, the youngest and first female leader of the United Food and Commercial

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Workers Union Local 1518, has passed away following a brain hemorrhage. Her family was

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by her side. UFCW represents many grocery workers, including those at Safe on Foods

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and Safeway. Here comes the sun, and it will be warm over the next few days, but not nearly

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as hot as some at first thought. The earlier forecasts were way off. For all the details

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on these Vancouver area stories, along with the links, go to vancouverundown.substack.com.