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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, July 18, 2024. Slow down! That is the plea from the RCMP

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after a series of deadly crashes and high-speed violations in the province over the past week.

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Last week, police clocked the Corvette going 213 km an hour on Highway 1 near Langley. In fact,

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police have issued over 130 excessive speeding tickets, including one for a motorcycle rider

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going over 140 km in a 70-zone near Castlegar. At least 19 people have died on BC roads in the

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past week. Other news, an entire fleet of commercial trucks operated by a Fraser Valley company

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has been pulled off the road after one rig hit an overpass last Tuesday. The transportation

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ministry has temporarily grounded SGD Transport's fleet after a truck hit the rail overpass on Highway

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1 in Langley. That incident is still being investigated. A stretch of Highway 97 near

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Peachland had to be closed Wednesday morning. As crews moved in to fight a new wildfire,

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air and ground crews have been able to keep the blaze from spreading. Smoke can be seen right

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across Okanagan Lake. The small fire is suspected to be human-caused. Final preparations? Well,

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they're underway ahead of the first night of this year's Celebration of Light fireworks

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competition in English Bay. The fireworks festival starts with Portugal on Saturday night,

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followed by Malaysia on Wednesday, and then the United Kingdom on Saturday, July 27. Once again,

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most of the roads around English Bay, including Kitt's Point, will be closed well ahead of the

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show's start time as thousands are expected to take in the competition. A few clouds are expected

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as the sunny dry weather continues right across the lower mainland. Inland highs will be around

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27 degrees, more sunshine expected for Friday and the weekend, and highs will be about 30 degrees

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by Saturday. For all the details on these Vancouver area stories, along with the links, go to

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vancouverrundown.substack.com.