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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024. This past Labor Day long weekend

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included closures at five BC emergency rooms in the interior. Hospitals in Lillooet Marriott 100

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Mile House, Williams Lake, and even Kamloops could not adequately staff their ERs. Geographically,

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the closures left a huge swath of the province without ER coverage. The Ministry of Health

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has always maintained ERs are only closed as a last resort. Other news, three lost hikers have

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been found by search and rescue volunteers. All were located in the steep backcountry of Mount

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Seymour after spending Sunday night lost. At least one private helicopter joined in the search effort.

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That big plume of black smoke coming from the Portman Bridge on Sunday morning was a car fire.

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It's not clear what started the blaze, but no injuries were reported. Fire crews from both

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Surrey and Coquitlam managed to quickly delce the flames. Note to those inclined to go twice the speed

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limit. Don't do it in front of a police station. Vancouver police busted the driver of a BMW after

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the car was clocked in front of their station going 99 kilometers an hour in a 50 zone. The car is

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impounded for seven days. The driver's ticket is worth $368. ICBC consequences unknown at this point.

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Clearing on Tuesday, highs about 21 degrees. Then it gets sunny and warm again on Wednesday right

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through Friday with inland highs in the upper 20s. For all the details on these Vancouver area

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stories along with those links go to vancaverundown.substack.com