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Vancouver rundown for Monday, August 19, 2024. Power crews spent most of Sunday getting the

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lights back on for many of the up to 12,000 BC hydro customers hit by blackouts around the

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south coast. High wind and multiple lightning strikes followed a storm late Saturday evening

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that made its way up the coast from northern California. The bad weather followed a warm

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Saturday with highs that topped 30 degrees in many areas of the lower mainland. Other news,

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a woman in Chilliwack has been arrested after a series of racist social media posts on X.

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Chilliwack RCMP along with the BC Hate Crimes Unit made the arrest after investigating posts

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that contained discriminatory and harmful language directed at the South Asian community.

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Charges are still pending. A motorcycle rider has been killed in a crash at Abbots Ford.

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It happened near Golden Avenue and Trithooey Saturday afternoon. The rider died after the

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bike hit a lamppost. It has happened once again. The emergency room in Lillooet is closed until

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Tuesday due to staffing issues, forcing patients in need to go all the way to Kamloops. That's more

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than a two-hour drive to the east. The closure is in addition to one over the weekend that forced

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ER patients to be diverted from Oliver's Hospital to Penticton. A mix of sun and cloud in the

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forecast for Monday, rain on Tuesday, and cloudy but no rain for Wednesday. Eyes will be in the

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low 20s for almost all of the week. For all the details on these Vancouver area stories along

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with those links, go to vancouverundown.substack.com