1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,920
Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, August 13, 2024.

2
00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:09,200
It is a frightening warning for cyclists who use the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge.

3
00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,680
RCMP say they're looking into reports a wire was strung across

4
00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,920
the East Side Cycling Lane at the north end of the bridge.

5
00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:22,600
The incident apparently happened last week, and police say it is lucky no one was hurt.

6
00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,280
Other news, a brother's keeper gangster from Surrey

7
00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:32,520
has now been released from prison in Washington state and handed over to US immigration officials.

8
00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,520
27 year old Naseem Mohammed, a serving time for armed robbery

9
00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,240
after he pleaded guilty to pulling a gun on a couple of strangers

10
00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,520
in a Seattle area hookah lounge in early 2022.

11
00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,600
Mohammed is being sent back to Canada.

12
00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,640
He's a suspect in a couple of homicides in two provinces,

13
00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,760
but has not yet been charged.

14
00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:00,560
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke wants to get tough on those responsible for brush fires.

15
00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,080
Locke is asking for fireworks and campfire fines to be doubled

16
00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,720
as the city deals with close to 100 brush fires each and every month.

17
00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:13,520
Surrey's fire danger is currently rated as high,

18
00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:18,360
but will likely drop with cooler and wetter weather this week.

19
00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,680
The organizers of the Afro Caribbean Cultural Summer

20
00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:29,000
Fast Surrey are being sued by an event planner over claims of unpaid artist expenses

21
00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,920
for the 2022 event.

22
00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:36,280
Business in Vancouver reports event consultant Susan Roll

23
00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,920
claims she's owed close to $53,000.

24
00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,880
The allegations have not been proven in court.

25
00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:47,320
This year, Summer Fast is set to go ahead August 24 to 25

26
00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,360
at the Civic Plaza in Surrey.

27
00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,880
A chance of showers in the forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday,

28
00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:55,640
sunshine by Thursday.

29
00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,600
Highs will be in the low 20s.

30
00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,800
For all the details on these local Vancouver area stories,

31
00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:21,000
along with those links, go to vancouverrundown.substack.com.