Vancouver rundown for Monday, August 19, 2024. Power crews spent most of Sunday getting the
lights back on for many of the up to 12,000 BC hydro customers hit by blackouts around the
south coast. High wind and multiple lightning strikes followed a storm late Saturday evening
that made its way up the coast from northern California. The bad weather followed a warm
Saturday with highs that topped 30 degrees in many areas of the lower mainland. Other news,
a woman in Chilliwack has been arrested after a series of racist social media posts on X.
Chilliwack RCMP along with the BC Hate Crimes Unit made the arrest after investigating posts
that contained discriminatory and harmful language directed at the South Asian community.
Charges are still pending. A motorcycle rider has been killed in a crash at Abbots Ford.
It happened near Golden Avenue and Trithooey Saturday afternoon. The rider died after the
bike hit a lamppost. It has happened once again. The emergency room in Lillooet is closed until
Tuesday due to staffing issues, forcing patients in need to go all the way to Kamloops. That's more
than a two-hour drive to the east. The closure is in addition to one over the weekend that forced
ER patients to be diverted from Oliver's Hospital to Penticton. A mix of sun and cloud in the
forecast for Monday, rain on Tuesday, and cloudy but no rain for Wednesday. Eyes will be in the
low 20s for almost all of the week. For all the details on these Vancouver area stories along
with those links, go to vancouverundown.substack.com