Vancouver run down 4 Wednesday, May 22, 2024. The BC NDP will likely focus on the BC conservatives
with yet another poll showing Kevin Falken's BC United falling to irrelevancy. A research
called poll released Tuesday comes with a headline, NDP First, Conservatives Rise, United
Plumits in British Columbia. The new Democrats still hold a 10-point lead at 42%, but BC
United is tied with the Greens at 12%. Surprisingly, the 18-34 year olds favored the conservatives
over the NDP by 5 points.
Other news, Tuesday afternoon traffic on Highway 1 hit an unfortunate snarl with yet another
lower mainland truck scraping an overpass. The latest occurred on the 232nd overpass
in Langley and shut down the right lane for a while. There's no early word on the extent
of damage. There have been at least a dozen overpass incidents involving trucks in BC
so far this year.
A BC high school teacher has been suspended for 15 years after kissing a student at a
graduation house party. The name of the teacher and the school have not been released, but
the teacher regulation branch says the suspension has been accepted. The party was organized
by the teacher's own adult children and most of the attendees were university students.
A Tuesday frontal system dumped heavy rain on much of the lower mainland while providing
relief for fire crews in the northeastern corner of the province. Both the Coca-Cola
Highway and Highway 3 mountain passes had snowfalls. Travelers were advised to use caution
as winter tires are no longer required in May. Wednesday should have a good mix of sun,
clouds and showers, mostly cloudy on Thursday, clouds and showers for Friday. With all the
details on these Vancouver Area stories, go to vancouverundown.substack.com.