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Vancouver rundown for Friday, September 27, 2024. Demands for answers are growing after

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Surrey RCMP shot a mother dead at a home in Cloverdale last week. Community leaders accused

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police and an oversight body of citing well-worn narratives used against refugees, women and

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black people in the fatal shooting death of rentoria Valencia. They say Valencia was a

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victim of domestic violence and had recently returned to the home after spending time at

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a shelter. RCMP say the woman was barricaded in a room and holding a weapon next to a child.

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There's no word on whether RCMP tried to de-escalate the situation.

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Valencia's advocates say police used her husband as an interpreter before she was shot three times.

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Other news, NDP leader David Eby was upstaged by an angry wasp during a campaign stop in Chilliwack.

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Eby was stung after the wasp got stuck in his shirt. It was quickly swatted away and to the

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ground and stomped on by campaign staff. A potential problem with a nearby unstable

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construction crane closed the VCC Clark SkyTrain station Thursday morning. Police also closed

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traffic both ways on Keith Drive near the construction site for the five-story Hive building.

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A large piece of material hanging from the crane prompted WorkSafeBC to call in prevention officers.

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People from Vancouver Island all the way to the Fraser Valley and even as far south as Seattle

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reported feeling a small earthquake early Thursday morning. The 4.0 quake was centered near Sydney

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and happened at around 4 a.m. There was of course no damage. A mix of sun and clouds for Friday,

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mostly cloudy on Saturday and mostly sunny for Sunday. For all the details on these Vancouver

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area stories along with those links go to vancaferundown.substack.com