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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, July 4, 2024. More BC families will now qualify for provincial rebates

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on newly installed heat pumps. The energy minister has bumped up the combined income

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qualification from $115,000 to $186,000, saying cooling is absolutely necessary for health and

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well-being. Homeowners can now apply for up to $5,000 to help cover the installation costs.

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The cost of installing heat pumps can range up to $20,000. Other news, a wrong-way driver who

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caused a deadly crash in the Massey Tunnel has been sentenced to two years less a day. 42-year-old

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Sun Deep Singh Man had previously pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and dangerous

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driving causing bodily harm. The September 2, 2020 crash killed 61-year-old Kai Tran

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and seriously injured her husband. Vancouver has chosen San Francisco-based Lime to operate as

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the city's e-scooter share service. Lime beat out several other proposals, including one from

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Vancouver Bike Share, which currently operates the Moby Bike Share System. The multinational

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company already serves many BC cities, including Richmond and Coquitlam. The contract is for five

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years, with options to extend it three more times for a total of 20 years. Long time Surrey

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Board of Trade CEO and President Anita Huberman is calling it quits. Huberman has announced she

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will step down at the end of August to focus on the next chapter in her life. She started working

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at the business organization at the age of 19 and since 2007, Huberman has been the CEO and president.

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Well, it's going to start feeling like summer big time. It should hit 25 degrees Thursday and 32

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degrees by Sunday. Those summer temperatures are accompanied by nothing but sunshine for the next

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five days at least. Overnight lows will dip down to about 15 degrees. For all the details on these

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Vancouver area stories, along with the links, go to vancouverrondown.substack.com.