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Vancouver rundown for Friday, May 10, 2024. The BC government has announced a new gang

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homicide team as it deals with 356 unsolved murders. The integrated gang homicide team

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is expected to take organized crime-related killings off the plate of overworked I-HIT members.

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Gang-related homicides now account for 46% of killings in BC, more than double the percent

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only two decades ago. Other news, it turns out, the BC government knew it was hit by

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a cyber attack almost a week before making that news known to the public. BC United

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leader Kevin Falcon is blasting the delay, calling it suspicious and aimed at burying

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bad news. BC's solicitor General Mike Farnworth claims the province runs the risk of making

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a system more vulnerable to outside interference if a cyber attack is made public too soon.

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A coquitlam woman has died in Cancun, Mexico after being hit by a car. Chris Covarrola

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was on vacation with her husband when the incident occurred on Sunday. She later died

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in the hospital. A donation page has been set up to help her husband. A sad note in

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Canadian journalism, veteran broadcaster and newspaper columnist Rax Murphy has died at

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the age of 77. Born and raised in Newfoundland, Murphy became known to audiences right across

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the country through his work in radio and TV at the CBC and columns at the Globe and

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Mail and most recently the National Post. Friday is expected to be the warmest day of

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the week with highs in eastern parts of the Fraser Valley approaching 30 degrees. Expect

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a few clouds and cooler weather for the weekend. For all the details on these Vancouver area

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stories along with 622 vancouverrundown.substack.com.