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Vancouver Rundown for Wednesday, August 7, 2024. Breaking news! Vancouver Rundown has learned and

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is the first to report. At least two people, including a child, are dead. Several others are

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badly hurt after a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1 in Chilliwack. It happened at around 2.30 Tuesday

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afternoon just east of the Vettel River Bridge, prompting an immediate response by more than

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half a dozen ambulance crews and the Chilliwack Fire Department. Highway 1 was closed eastbound

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at Yale Road for much of the afternoon. Traffic congestion west was all but stopped with heavy

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congestion. Other news! The Fraser Canyon has been inundated with logs and debris. A day after

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the Chilcotin River breached its slide dam upstream. A surge of water has caused the river levels

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in the Fraser north of Hope to rise about two meters. People are still being told to stay off

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the Fraser River and its banks and to avoid using small boats or jet skis, at least for now.

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A four-year-old girl has died in a drowning at a YMCA-operated water park in Chilliwack.

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She was pulled from the water at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Center Monday evening

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but could not be revived by people at the scene and paramedics. Police and the Beesie

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Coroner's Office are looking into how this happened. A 25-year-old from Richmond has won

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Olympic gold in the women's hammer throw. Cameron Rogers called her win the culmination of everything

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coming to fruition. It is the sixth gold medal for Canada at the Paris Games. Sunshine in the

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forecast for Wednesday in-led highs of 28 degrees, sunny and a bit warmer with highs cracking 30

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degrees for Thursday and for Friday. For all the details on these Vancouver area stories,

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along with those links, go to vancouverrundown.substack.com.