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Vancouver Run Down for Thursday June 6, 2024. The Metro Vancouver Board should be elected.

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That's a call from four city councilors in light of cost overruns on projects like the

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new wastewater treatment plant in North Vancouver. Surrey's Linda Annas and US Minister's Daniel

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Lafontaine, along with Cash Heed from Richmond and Amid Youssef from Maple Ridge, say voters

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should be the ones who decide who gets to sit on the Regional District Board. Board members

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are currently chosen by membered municipalities, an electoral district, and a First Nation.

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Other news. Two people have been hospitalized following a Wednesday morning apartment fire

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in Vancouver's West End. One of them is in critical condition. The fire started on

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the 15th floor of a tower on Harold Street. There's no early word on the cause. A 32-year-old

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man has died in a stabbing on Vancouver's downtown east side. It happened at around

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3.30 Wednesday morning near Union and Main Street. No arrests have been made. Elon Musk.

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Yeah, he's used his social media platform, X, to question UBC's hiring practices. Musk

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asked, is this legal in Canada in response to a faculty of dentistry job posting? That

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posting notes the federally funded position through the Canada Research Fund would be

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restricted to only those from equity-seeking groups. Short answer, Elon. Yes, it is legal

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in Canada. Finally, some June temperatures that will crack 20-degree highs, sunshine

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with a few cloudy periods for Thursday and Friday as it warms up with inland highs to

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the upper 20s. For all the details on these Vancouver area stories, along with the links,

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go to vancouverrondown.substack.com.