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Vancouver rundown for Friday, July 26, 2024. A small group of wildfire evacuees from Jasper

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continue to share their heartache after homes were destroyed in their community on the Alberta

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side of the Rockies. Those gathered in Valemont on the BC side got word late Wednesday that fire

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crews retreated and almost half of the buildings have been lost. That wildfire is still considered

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out of control. On their news, Kevin Falcon is promising a government under his party would

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bring Skytrain to the North Shore. The BC United leader has also vowed to build a new 10-lane

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Second Arrows Bridge. Falcon and his party continue to trail both the BC Conservatives

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and the provincial NDP in all poles. Meanwhile, the West Coast Express, along with half of all

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Metro Vancouver transit, could be cut if the taxpayers don't come up with more funding for

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TransLink. That is the warning from TransLink's mayor's council, which wants a permanent $3.4

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billion in funding each and every year. Right now, TransLink currently gets funding through

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property taxes, provincial and federal income taxes, gas levies, BC hydro bills, and parking

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lot surcharges. That's in addition to several other revenue streams, including transit fares.

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Justin Trudeau is being confronted by a self-proclaimed independent reporter

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while vacationing near Tofino on Vancouver Island. Right-wing social media poster Kian Bexty

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has posted a video attempting to ask the Prime Minister questions during a walk on the beach.

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Trudeau answered many of the questions, but also suggested his kids deserved to spend time with

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their father. Bexty's faced a backlash on social media from those suggesting the PM should be

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left alone during his vacation. Friday and Saturday will be mostly sunny with seasonal

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norm temperatures. Sunday turns cloudy, Monday turns rainy. For all the details on these Vancouver

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