Vancouver rundown for Thursday October 24 2024. ICBC is now dealing with 266
claims relating to damage from the weekend rainstorms. In some cases cars
floated away due to flooding. Many of the vehicles suffered repairable electrical
damage. Others are complete write-offs. ICBC has warned all drivers with
partially submerged vehicles to not start the ignition until all the water is
gone. Other news RCMP have shot a man dead in
Penticton. The force says it happened after many 9-1-1 calls were made about a
man waving a knife and acting erratically on a city street. A so-called
interaction occurred between the officer and the man before shots were fired. The
IIO is looking into the circumstances as per protocol. Vancouver is going to pull
the plug on the city's only sanctioned homeless encampment. The Vancouver Park
Board is set November 7th as the date when Crab Park has to be cleared of tents.
Those with the city say there is no reason for the people to remain as they
have all been offered reasonable housing alternatives. It appears Vancouver has
its own Taylor Swift gray market microeconomy. Daily Hive reports there's
a surge in people going on social media to offer short-term rentals for Swift's
December concert dates in the city. Some posted prices are as high as $700 a
night. The city of Vancouver can issue fines for up to $5,000 for those would
be hosts. A mix of sun and clouds and possible showers on Thursday. Sunshine
and cloudy periods for Friday and rain for both days of the weekend. For all the
details on these local Vancouver area stories along with those links go to
vancouverrundown.substack.com