Vancouver rundown for Friday, May 10, 2024. The BC government has announced a new gang
homicide team as it deals with 356 unsolved murders. The integrated gang homicide team
is expected to take organized crime-related killings off the plate of overworked I-HIT members.
Gang-related homicides now account for 46% of killings in BC, more than double the percent
only two decades ago. Other news, it turns out, the BC government knew it was hit by
a cyber attack almost a week before making that news known to the public. BC United
leader Kevin Falcon is blasting the delay, calling it suspicious and aimed at burying
bad news. BC's solicitor General Mike Farnworth claims the province runs the risk of making
a system more vulnerable to outside interference if a cyber attack is made public too soon.
A coquitlam woman has died in Cancun, Mexico after being hit by a car. Chris Covarrola
was on vacation with her husband when the incident occurred on Sunday. She later died
in the hospital. A donation page has been set up to help her husband. A sad note in
Canadian journalism, veteran broadcaster and newspaper columnist Rax Murphy has died at
the age of 77. Born and raised in Newfoundland, Murphy became known to audiences right across
the country through his work in radio and TV at the CBC and columns at the Globe and
Mail and most recently the National Post. Friday is expected to be the warmest day of
the week with highs in eastern parts of the Fraser Valley approaching 30 degrees. Expect
a few clouds and cooler weather for the weekend. For all the details on these Vancouver area
stories along with 622 vancouverrundown.substack.com.