Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, December 17, 2024.
Breaking news. Conservative Tamara Janssen has flipped Cloverdale Langley City Conservative.
Janssen soundly defeated all her opponents in Monday's federal by-election,
getting more than three times as many votes as Liberal candidate Madison Fleischer.
The loss for the Liberals comes as another blow to Justin Trudeau's government.
On the same day, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Krista Freeland quit cabinet.
Voter turnout in this by-election, extremely low.
Other news. Lyons Bay is now under a local state of emergency,
following Saturday's deadly landslide and as the area gets drenched again with heavy rain.
Debris flows swept a home right off its foundation, resulting in the death of a woman.
Her husband remains missing and Emergency Operations Center has been set up.
Parents, along with unions representing teachers and support staff,
are calling on Premier David Eby to increase funding for Surrey schools.
They fired off a letter demanding the government speed up building more schools,
adjust funding for inflation and commit to fully funding inclusive education.
Surrey is BC's largest school district.
Sun Peaks Mayor and Canadian ski hill icon Al Rain has died.
The village of Sun Peaks confirmed the legendary husband of former Alpine ski champ
and Senator Nancy Green Rain died on Sunday.
On Saturday, he issued a resignation statement saying his illness had grown more difficult.
Rain had ALS and adult onset asthma. He was 83.
Rainfall warnings are posted for the south coast with heavy rain expected on Tuesday afternoon,
windy at times, a mix of sun and cloud for Wednesday showers on Thursday.
For all the details on these local Vancouver area stories, along with those links,
go to vancouverrundown.substack.com