Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, August 13, 2024.
It is a frightening warning for cyclists who use the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge.
RCMP say they're looking into reports a wire was strung across
the East Side Cycling Lane at the north end of the bridge.
The incident apparently happened last week, and police say it is lucky no one was hurt.
Other news, a brother's keeper gangster from Surrey
has now been released from prison in Washington state and handed over to US immigration officials.
27 year old Naseem Mohammed, a serving time for armed robbery
after he pleaded guilty to pulling a gun on a couple of strangers
in a Seattle area hookah lounge in early 2022.
Mohammed is being sent back to Canada.
He's a suspect in a couple of homicides in two provinces,
but has not yet been charged.
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke wants to get tough on those responsible for brush fires.
Locke is asking for fireworks and campfire fines to be doubled
as the city deals with close to 100 brush fires each and every month.
Surrey's fire danger is currently rated as high,
but will likely drop with cooler and wetter weather this week.
The organizers of the Afro Caribbean Cultural Summer
Fast Surrey are being sued by an event planner over claims of unpaid artist expenses
for the 2022 event.
Business in Vancouver reports event consultant Susan Roll
claims she's owed close to $53,000.
The allegations have not been proven in court.
This year, Summer Fast is set to go ahead August 24 to 25
at the Civic Plaza in Surrey.
A chance of showers in the forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday,
sunshine by Thursday.
Highs will be in the low 20s.
For all the details on these local Vancouver area stories,
along with those links, go to vancouverrundown.substack.com.