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Vancouver run down 4 Wednesday, May 22, 2024. The BC NDP will likely focus on the BC conservatives

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with yet another poll showing Kevin Falken's BC United falling to irrelevancy. A research

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called poll released Tuesday comes with a headline, NDP First, Conservatives Rise, United

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Plumits in British Columbia. The new Democrats still hold a 10-point lead at 42%, but BC

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United is tied with the Greens at 12%. Surprisingly, the 18-34 year olds favored the conservatives

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over the NDP by 5 points.

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Other news, Tuesday afternoon traffic on Highway 1 hit an unfortunate snarl with yet another

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lower mainland truck scraping an overpass. The latest occurred on the 232nd overpass

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in Langley and shut down the right lane for a while. There's no early word on the extent

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of damage. There have been at least a dozen overpass incidents involving trucks in BC

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so far this year.

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A BC high school teacher has been suspended for 15 years after kissing a student at a

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graduation house party. The name of the teacher and the school have not been released, but

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the teacher regulation branch says the suspension has been accepted. The party was organized

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by the teacher's own adult children and most of the attendees were university students.

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A Tuesday frontal system dumped heavy rain on much of the lower mainland while providing

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relief for fire crews in the northeastern corner of the province. Both the Coca-Cola

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Highway and Highway 3 mountain passes had snowfalls. Travelers were advised to use caution

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as winter tires are no longer required in May. Wednesday should have a good mix of sun,

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clouds and showers, mostly cloudy on Thursday, clouds and showers for Friday. With all the

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details on these Vancouver Area stories, go to vancouverundown.substack.com.