Vancouver run down for Thursday, January 16, 2025.
SFU has made it official.
The football team is no more.
Simon Fraser says the university is facing
uncertain financial climates
and the football landscape has changed significantly.
The SFU football program started back in 1965
and has been recognized as one of the best in the country.
It was put on hold in 2023
after the Texas-based Lone Star Conference
decided not to renew its affiliation.
Other news, one of BC's best known convicted gang,
Hitman, has been stabbed in prison.
The Vancouver Sun reports Tyrell Dwyn was badly injured
after being shanked at the Kent Institution.
The brother's keeper gangster was sent to prison last year
for his part in a couple of killings.
One claimed the life of an unintended target,
a university student in Abbots Ford.
A pedestrian has been hit by a train in Chilliwack.
It happened late Wednesday afternoon
near the Eagle Landing Parkway.
An air ambulance was dispatched.
There was no immediate word on whether the person survived.
Back on January 3rd, a woman was killed
after being hit by a train near the Yale Road overpass.
The drinking water stinks and made taste-off
in Abbots Ford and Mission.
Water quality notices have been issued
after many people noticed discolored water
due to sediment in the system.
Officials say it's safe to drink.
There are no health issues.
Mainly cloudy on Thursday,
showers are likely with gusty winds near the water.
A mix of sun and cloud on Friday,
mainly cloudy for Saturday.
For all the details on these local Vancouver area stories,
along with those links,
go to vancouverrundown.substack.com.