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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday October 9 2024.

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Plenty of jabs, but no knockout blows.

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That's what most viewers are saying about Tuesday evening's televised leaders debate

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as BC voters get set to go to the advance polls.

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While David Eby and John Rustad exchanged accusations,

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Green leaders on your first and all accused both of being aligned and privatizing BC healthcare.

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Most polls still show the NDP and conservatives in a statistical tie heading into the October 19th vote.

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Other news, three homes have been destroyed and close to a dozen people have lost their belongings

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in a three alarm fire in Vancouver's Strathcona neighborhood.

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The fire broke out just before 8 p.m. on Monday.

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One person suffered smoke inhalation.

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It's believed the fire started on the back deck of one of the homes.

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Surrey has raised the fines for setting off fireworks or firecrackers.

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Maximum penalties for those without a permit will rise from $5,000 to $50,000.

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While most fines will be about $400 bucks.

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Mayor Brenda Locke says there has been a significant rise in complaints about fireworks.

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Thick clouds and a few showers have blocked any chance of those on the ground around the lower mainland

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witnessing the northern lights over the past few days.

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But not so for those on some planes around BC.

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Some passengers on flights from northern parts of the province have reported seeing beautiful streaks of green lights from their window seats.

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People right across the country, especially in central Canada,

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have been able to see an unusually strong round of northern lights activity over the past few days.

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Partly cloudy skies on Wednesday and a chance of showers in the evening.

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Sunshine for Thursday and Friday.

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For all the details on these local Vancouver area stories along with those links,

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go to vancouverrundown.substack.com