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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, November 21st, 2024.

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We now know some of the strongest gusts reached up to 170 kilometers an hour in that windstorm that hit Vancouver Island and parts of the lower mainland Tuesday evening.

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BC Hydro also says close to 300,000 customers were without power at the peak of the cyclone bomb.

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Vancouver's Langara College had to cancel classes Wednesday morning over concerns about fallen trees on some power lines.

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Meanwhile, many parts of the Fraser Valley experienced very few problems during that same storm.

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Other news, a man continues to recover in hospital more than a week after being hit by a car on Nanaimo Street in Vancouver.

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Police say he was found lying on the road early in the evening on Tuesday, November 12th.

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His injuries are described as life altering.

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Police continue to look for information about who hit the 32 year old.

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Police now confirm two teens were the victims of that double fatal crash on Highway 99 in South Surrey early Monday morning.

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An 18 year old boy from Richmond and a 15 year old girl from Surrey died after a car went off the road between 16th and 32nd avenues at around 340 a.m.

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There's no word on what they were up to at the time of the crash.

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The so-called living wage for Metro Vancouver is now more than twenty seven dollars an hour.

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The left wing Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives says that's a 5.3 percent increase over last year.

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BC's current minimum wage, 17 dollars and 40 cents an hour.

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More rain in the forecast for Friday, more showers in the forecast for Saturday.

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For all the details on these local Vancouver area stories along with those links, go to vancouverrundown.substack.com.