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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, December 17, 2024.

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Breaking news. Conservative Tamara Janssen has flipped Cloverdale Langley City Conservative.

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Janssen soundly defeated all her opponents in Monday's federal by-election,

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getting more than three times as many votes as Liberal candidate Madison Fleischer.

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The loss for the Liberals comes as another blow to Justin Trudeau's government.

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On the same day, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Krista Freeland quit cabinet.

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Voter turnout in this by-election, extremely low.

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Other news. Lyons Bay is now under a local state of emergency,

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following Saturday's deadly landslide and as the area gets drenched again with heavy rain.

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Debris flows swept a home right off its foundation, resulting in the death of a woman.

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Her husband remains missing and Emergency Operations Center has been set up.

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Parents, along with unions representing teachers and support staff,

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are calling on Premier David Eby to increase funding for Surrey schools.

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They fired off a letter demanding the government speed up building more schools,

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adjust funding for inflation and commit to fully funding inclusive education.

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Surrey is BC's largest school district.

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Sun Peaks Mayor and Canadian ski hill icon Al Rain has died.

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The village of Sun Peaks confirmed the legendary husband of former Alpine ski champ

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and Senator Nancy Green Rain died on Sunday.

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On Saturday, he issued a resignation statement saying his illness had grown more difficult.

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Rain had ALS and adult onset asthma. He was 83.

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Rainfall warnings are posted for the south coast with heavy rain expected on Tuesday afternoon,

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windy at times, a mix of sun and cloud for Wednesday showers on Thursday.

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For all the details on these local Vancouver area stories, along with those links,

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go to vancouverrundown.substack.com