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Vancouver rundown for Friday October 11, 2024.

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The White Rock Muslim Association is demanding a BC Conservative candidate withdraw over

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racist comments made on social media.

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Brent Chapman, who is now running for the Conservatives in Surrey South, made a Facebook

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comment calling Palestinians little-inbred walking-talking-breathing-time bombs.

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Chapman's defenders point out he has since apologized, and the original post was made

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close to nine years ago.

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The chair of the White Rock Muslim Association says his community does not feel safe being

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represented by someone who has made such hateful statements on more than one occasion.

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Other news, former Vancouver City Councilor and Immigration Services advocate Maggie Ip

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has died.

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Ip was well known as a co-founder and original head of the Immigration Services Group's

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success.

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Flags will fly at half-staff at City Hall in honor of Ip.

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A pilot is uninjured after crashing a small plane into a field in Langley.

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It happened at around 2 o'clock in the afternoon on Thursday near 272nd Street and 84th Avenue.

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Mechanical issues are likely to blame.

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While Friday could be the last chance for many around the lower mainland to witness

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a brilliant display of northern lights resulting from a powerful geomagnetic storm, such activity

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is usually triggered by solar flares that cause shifts in the Earth's magnetic field.

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Photographers continue to share some amazing photos of green and red streaks of light

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on social media.

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Increasing cloudiness on Friday back to sunshine for Saturday and Sunday.

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

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vancouverrundown.substack.com