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Vancouver run down for Friday, August 2nd, 2024. It could happen now or at any time in the next 24

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hours. That is the fear of provincial emergency officials watching that giant landslide that's

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blocked part of the Chilcotin River west of Williams Lake. Experts aren't sure when or if it's going

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to give way, sending a massive amount of water and debris down the Chilcotin and Fraser Rivers.

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Evacuation orders remain in place for dozens of properties downstream. Those as far south as

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Hope are being warned to stay clear of the rivers and their banks for now. Other news, RCMP have

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arrested a city councillor from Penticton for historic sex crimes. 59-year-old Jim Miller,

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who is also a newspaper editor, is charged with two counts of sexual interference and two counts

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of sexual assault relating to incidents involving one person under the age of 16

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in Sarnia, Ontario back in 1989. The counts stem from an investigation into when Miller was a

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youth basketball coach in Sarnia. One of the men convicted in a high-profile double murder in Tawasen

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back in 1990 has been granted full parole. The decision was made at a parole board hearing for

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convicted ax murderer Derek Lorde, who has been serving a life sentence for the brutal killings

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of Sharon Hineman and her mother Doris Leatherbarrow in their family home. Lorde was 17 years old when

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he and his buddy David Muir were hired by high school friend Darren Hineman in a bizarre plot

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to kill the mother and grandmother for inheritance money. Expect some long waits at the terminals,

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as B.C. Ferris starts sailings on one of the busiest holiday weekends of the year. Close to

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a quarter million vehicles and 600,000 passengers are expected right through Monday. As of late

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Thursday, there were no reports of major mechanical or staffing problems. Some like it hot and they're

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in luck as we head into the long weekend sunshine with only a few clouds and highs in the low 30s

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right through Monday. For all the details on these Vancouver area stories, along with the links,

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go to vancouverrundown.substack.com.