Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
A snowboarder from Richmond has been found dead at Cypress.
The 21-year-old was found in a gully
next to a ski and snowboarding run.
It followed an extensive search effort.
The man was skiing with friends
when he was reported missing late Friday morning.
Other news, a hitman has been sentenced to life in prison
with no parole for at least 25 years
for killing at a Japanese restaurant in Richmond.
Money launderer, Jun Jun Ju, was shot dead
at the Manzo Japanese restaurant in September, 2020.
Another diner was injured.
Richard Reed, who is now 26,
was also sentenced for firearms charges
in addition to his first degree murder sentence.
Some pharmacists have resumed paying off patients
for their prescription business,
according to the College of Pharmacists of BC.
The professional body has fired off a letter
to the health minister asking for immediate action
to stop the prohibited kickbacks.
Many of those payments were made
on Vancouver's downtown Eastside.
Last year, the practice stopped
after widespread media and government attention.
More people are taking the train
between Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland.
Ridership on the Amtrak Cascades
fell just shy of a million passengers in 2024.
That's a record for the route
and up from 746,000 passengers in 2023.
Amtrak Cascades runs two daily round trips
from Vancouver to Seattle
and six trips between Seattle and Portland.
Some fog patches giving way to more sunshine on Tuesday,
sunny on Wednesday, showers on Thursday.
For all the details on these local Vancouver area stories,
along with those links,
go to vancaferundown.substack.com.