Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
Now, the provincial government is revealing email inboxes and sensitive personal information
was accessed in that hack that was discovered on April 10.
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says hackers may have accessed 22 email inboxes
containing the private information of 19 people.
Most of that was from personnel files.
Farnworth says people impacted have been notified and there are no signs of anything being done with the files.
He does admit it appears the cyber attacks were led by a state or part of state-sponsored activity.
Other news, BC United MLA Eleanor Sturkel has quit the party and joined the BC Conservatives.
It has moved that surprise many people, including those in the LGBTQ community.
Sturkel, who is a lesbian, has been an outspoken supporter of queer rights and so-called inclusion programs in schools.
BC Conservative leader John Rustad has spoken at rallies condemning so-called inclusion in schools.
Sturkel had previously slammed Rustad for his comments on gay, lesbian, bi and transgender issues.
The discovery of a death inside a home in Chilliwack is considered a possible murder.
Homicide investigators were called to that home on Chihales Drive on Sunday.
There's no word on the apparent cause of death of the 50-year-old woman.
The mayors of three BC communities are now slamming the Trudeau government over what they call
a failure to provide enough money for future flood protection.
The mayors of Abbotsford, Princeton and Merritt want the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund reworked.
They feel the feds abandon their communities and needs following the 2021 floods that wiped out roads, farms and other infrastructure.
Periods of rain and gusty winds on Tuesday, Wednesday turned sunny and Thursday right through the weekend sunny and warm.
For all the details on these Vancouver area stories, along with the links, go to vancouverundown.substack.com.