Vancouver went down for Tuesday, September 17, 2024.
The ball appears to be in Ottawa's court after NDP leader David Eby made that campaign promise
to bring in involuntary care for the most severe cases of drug addiction and mental illness.
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and close to two dozen other local government leaders
are asking the feds to pave the way to make Eby's plan viable.
That plan also has the backing of leaders from the Musqueam Band, Vancouver Fire,
Vancouver Police and the Canadian Police Association.
Politicians aside, some experts in the drug addiction field say force care simply does not work.
Other news, West Vancouver Campilano MLA Karen Kirkpatrick will run as an independent
in the October 19th provincial election.
She is the latest former BC United MLA to shun the BC Conservatives.
Kirkpatrick says it looks like a close race between the Conservatives and the NDP,
but says neither is an option for her.
BC Ferries is moving ahead with its plan to add seven new vessels to the fleet.
The addition of the diesel-electric hybrids will mark the largest expansion in BC Ferries history.
A request for proposals for the design phase has now gone out.
The total expected cost to the new ships will be well over $1 billion.
Colin James has cancelled his US tour after Sunday's car crash.
The Vancouver Bay singer is recovering from non-life-threatening injuries,
suffered a day after performing at the Niagara Blues Festival in New York.
The 60-year-old was scheduled to perform in New Hampshire this week.
Fog Tuesday morning, but a mix of sun and clouds with possible showers by the afternoon,
mostly sunny on Wednesday, sunshine for Thursday.
For all the details on these local Vancouver area stories along with those links,
go to vancaferundown.substack.com