Vancouver run down for Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
The wind came late and stayed a little too long.
More than 150,000 homes and businesses were hit by
blackouts as strong wind hit the lower mainland on Monday.
Some of the strongest winds on the south coast,
almost 110 kilometers an hour,
keeping BC Hydro crews and contractors busy.
Meanwhile, homes and business owners have been asked
to keep storm drains clear of leaves,
so water from the heavy rain can drain.
Other news, Langley RCMP will take over policing
of Barnston Island in the Fraser River, north of Surrey.
The move comes as the Maltese in Surrey
yield jurisdiction to a new Surrey police service.
Barnston Island is an unincorporated area
with close to 150 residents,
many of whom are members of the Cassie First Nation.
There will be no jail time for an elderly man
who drove his truck into residential school marchers
in Mission.
79-year-old Richard Albert Manuel has received
a nine-month conditional sentence
for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
On June 4, 2022, Manuel drove his pickup into four marchers
near the site of the St. Mary's Residential School
on the Lowheed Highway.
A Vancouver-based developer is hoping to build
a 29-story hotel tower at the edge of Stanley Park.
Marcon Developments has submitted a zoning application
to build the 330-foot tower at Lost Lagoon,
a building that would have both long
and short-term accommodations.
There's no word on who would operate the hotel.
Mostly sunny with a few clouds on Tuesday,
sunshine for Wednesday and Thursday.
For all the details on these local Vancouver area stories,
along with those links,
go to vancouverrundown.substack.com.