Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
Western Canada's tallest skyscraper will be built in Burnaby.
City Council has given developer Pinnacle International the green light to build a cluster of towers
next to the Lougheed Town Centre Skytrain Station.
One of those will be an 850-foot, 80-story tower, making it the tallest building west of Toronto.
The cluster of five towers will include a mix of business and residential units,
on a six-acre site that used to have a Sears outlet store.
Other news, a 36-year-old woman has now been charged with murder
after a victim of a stabbing in Surrey's Wally neighborhood died of her injuries.
Charges against Jennifer Kipp have been upgraded from aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.
The victim died in hospital five days after being stabbed near 108 Avenue and King George last month.
A man in his 70s has been arrested after his van was parked outside Vancouver City Hall and set on fire.
Crews quickly put out the flames Sunday afternoon but found close to 100 liters of unburned fuel inside the vehicle.
There is absolutely no word on a motive.
Mayor Ken Sim says Vancouver will always stand with the Jewish community.
His comments on Monday came as the world marked the one-year anniversary of the deadly October 7 terrorist attack on Israeli civilians.
Sim says that while Vancouver has seen a rise in hateful actions directed toward the Jewish community,
the city prides itself on diversity, respect, and inclusion.
Sim says there is no place for anti-Semitism or any form of hate in Vancouver.
Showers and gusty wind on Tuesday, possible showers for Wednesday, back to sunshine on Thursday.
For all the details on these local Vancouver area stories, along with the links, go to vancouverrundown.substack.com.