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Vancouver rundown for Thursday November 28 2024. A Metis Society is questioning

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the status claims of the liberal candidate in the Cloverdale Langley

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City federal by-election. The Wachia Metis Society says it wants to distance

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itself from Madison Fleischer's claims of Metis identity. The Wachia say it met

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with Fleischer over the weekend and is disappointed she could not come up with

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any evidence to support her heritage. Fleischer now says she's collecting the

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necessary documentation for application through the BC Metis Nation. Other news

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BC Civil Forfeiture Office hopes to seize three Fraser Valley homes it says

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are linked to drug trafficking. Two of the houses are in Maple Ridge the other

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is in Abbotsford. Police in Abbotsford say one of the owners met with

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undercover officers and sold cocaine and fentanyl in an arrangement made through

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a drug trafficking phone line. A court claim says the three homes are the

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proceeds and instruments of unlawful activity. A man and 12 year old boy have

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been treated in hospital after being rescued from a capsized boat in Boundary

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Bay about two kilometers from Crescent Beach. Rescuers say the two were trapped

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in the water after their small boat tipped over late Tuesday afternoon.

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Rescue efforts involved ambulance and fire crews as well as the RCMP and Royal

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Canadian Marine Search and Rescue. BC Ferries plans to get rid of its current

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system of community feedback. It says the ferry advisory committee needs to be

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replaced with something that involves more digital engagement with customers.

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In fact BC Ferries used a digital survey of close to 5,000 customers to find 81%

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prefer digital engagement. Cloudy and the chance of showers for both Thursday and

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Friday, clouds on Saturday and Sunday. For all the details on these local

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Vancouver area stories along with those links go to vancouverrundown.substack.com