Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024. This past Labor Day long weekend
included closures at five BC emergency rooms in the interior. Hospitals in Lillooet Marriott 100
Mile House, Williams Lake, and even Kamloops could not adequately staff their ERs. Geographically,
the closures left a huge swath of the province without ER coverage. The Ministry of Health
has always maintained ERs are only closed as a last resort. Other news, three lost hikers have
been found by search and rescue volunteers. All were located in the steep backcountry of Mount
Seymour after spending Sunday night lost. At least one private helicopter joined in the search effort.
That big plume of black smoke coming from the Portman Bridge on Sunday morning was a car fire.
It's not clear what started the blaze, but no injuries were reported. Fire crews from both
Surrey and Coquitlam managed to quickly delce the flames. Note to those inclined to go twice the speed
limit. Don't do it in front of a police station. Vancouver police busted the driver of a BMW after
the car was clocked in front of their station going 99 kilometers an hour in a 50 zone. The car is
impounded for seven days. The driver's ticket is worth $368. ICBC consequences unknown at this point.
Clearing on Tuesday, highs about 21 degrees. Then it gets sunny and warm again on Wednesday right
through Friday with inland highs in the upper 20s. For all the details on these Vancouver area
stories along with those links go to vancaverundown.substack.com