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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, December 11, 2024.

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Vancouverites will indeed pay a 3.9% increase in their residential property taxes.

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That is the smallest increase since Ken Sim became mayor two years ago.

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City Council approved its operating budget on Tuesday afternoon, but some point out it lacks detail.

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The Vancouver Police Department will get an extra $2.6 million over what had been approved in a previous draft budget.

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Other news, close to 100 nurses rallied in Burnaby on Tuesday demanding safer working conditions.

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The BC Nurses Union says patient care is being affected due to an increase in its members being targeted by patient violence.

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The nurses want better systems for reporting such violence at health facilities around the province.

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A 29-year-old Canadian woman has been arrested in New Zealand after close to 10 kilos of meth were found in carry-on luggage.

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It happened after the woman arrived at an airport in Auckland on a flight from Vancouver.

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The meth was wrapped to look like a Christmas gift for under the tree.

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Air Canada is now fueling some of its planes with new canola-based jet fuel from the Parkland refinery in Burnaby.

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Parkland started pumping the fuel, which also contains animal fats, on Tuesday.

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It's said to be the country's first commercial production of sustainable aviation fuel.

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A mix of sun and clouds for Wednesday, cloudy on Thursday, with a chance of showers, rain in the forecast for Friday.

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