Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, September 4, 2024.
Last week, BC United imploded.
This week, star candidate Dr. Claudine Stornis Bliss
has announced she will suspend her Surrey Cloverdale campaign.
The outspoken Surrey Memorial obstetrician gynecologist
will neither run as an independent
nor under the BC conservative banner.
Stornis Bliss had run on a promise
to help make BC's healthcare system
and Surrey Memorial better.
Other news, an 81-year-old man has been found dead
in a home on Texada Island.
The man was found in a home
at the north end of the island on Monday.
Homicide investigators were called in.
The death is considered an isolated incident.
No suspects are in custody.
Metro Vancouver Handy Dart workers
walked off the job on Tuesday in a dispute over wages.
It is the first strike for the drivers in over 15 years.
The Handy Dart drivers make about 31 bucks an hour.
Regular public transit drivers, those of the big buses,
earn about 41 bucks an hour before overtime.
BC Ferries was hit by a series of delays on Tuesday
after the Queen of New Westminster
suffered mechanical problems.
That ferry was pulled from service,
resulting in the loss of sailings,
seven of them between Tawasson and Swartz Bay.
BC Ferries is refunding passengers who made reservations.
Kids may be back in class,
but summer-like weather is far from over.
Sunshine and warm temperatures are expected for Wednesday
with inland highs of 27 degrees.
Thursday is going to get to 28 or 29.
Friday could hit 30.
With all the details on these Vancouver area stories,
along with those links,
go to vancaferundown.substack.com.