Vancouver rundown for Friday, September 27, 2024. Demands for answers are growing after
Surrey RCMP shot a mother dead at a home in Cloverdale last week. Community leaders accused
police and an oversight body of citing well-worn narratives used against refugees, women and
black people in the fatal shooting death of rentoria Valencia. They say Valencia was a
victim of domestic violence and had recently returned to the home after spending time at
a shelter. RCMP say the woman was barricaded in a room and holding a weapon next to a child.
There's no word on whether RCMP tried to de-escalate the situation.
Valencia's advocates say police used her husband as an interpreter before she was shot three times.
Other news, NDP leader David Eby was upstaged by an angry wasp during a campaign stop in Chilliwack.
Eby was stung after the wasp got stuck in his shirt. It was quickly swatted away and to the
ground and stomped on by campaign staff. A potential problem with a nearby unstable
construction crane closed the VCC Clark SkyTrain station Thursday morning. Police also closed
traffic both ways on Keith Drive near the construction site for the five-story Hive building.
A large piece of material hanging from the crane prompted WorkSafeBC to call in prevention officers.
People from Vancouver Island all the way to the Fraser Valley and even as far south as Seattle
reported feeling a small earthquake early Thursday morning. The 4.0 quake was centered near Sydney
and happened at around 4 a.m. There was of course no damage. A mix of sun and clouds for Friday,
mostly cloudy on Saturday and mostly sunny for Sunday. For all the details on these Vancouver
area stories along with those links go to vancaferundown.substack.com