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Vancouver rundown for Monday, July 22nd, 2024.

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The historic BC tourist attraction Ghost Town at Wells Barkerville is now under wildfire

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evacuation order.

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Several fires are burning in that area of the North Caraboo as a cooler weather system

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brought in some thunderstorm activity over the weekend.

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Meanwhile, a small 10-hectare fire broke out near Williams Lake on Sunday and those in

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that area say it continues to grow.

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In the Thompson Nicolae, the large Shetland Creek fire of note between Spence's Bridge

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and Cache Creek as resulted in several temporary closures of Highway 1.

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Other news, police are trying to catch a man believed to be in his 20s following a strange

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sexual assault inside a home in the Bear Creek area of Surrey.

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RCMP say a woman woke up to find a man groping her early Saturday morning.

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She screamed.

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The man ran away.

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Investigators are looking over video to see if they can identify the man.

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An 18-year-old rider from West Vancouver is the young man killed in a motorcycle crash

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on the Stanley Park Cosway on Saturday.

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Ryan Sabat's motorcycle hit a fire truck near Los Lagoon in a crash that closed the

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Cosway for several hours.

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Friends and family members gathered near the crash site to set up a memorial on Sunday.

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A trucker's protest tied up traffic on several main roads in parts of Richmond, Delta and

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Vancouver on Sunday.

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The short hauled truckers are outraged with changes aimed at strengthening off-dock enforcement

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at the Port of Vancouver.

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The rally route ran from Annesis Island in Delta to downtown Vancouver and back.

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Sunshine with a few clouds in the forecast and a few days with no notable showers.

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That's all in sight.

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Inland highs will be in the low to mid-twenties.

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