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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

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Go north! That's the message to American doctors

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and nurses who may want to consider a career

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in B .C. The provincial government is launching

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a plan to fast -track the recognition of American

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credentials. The move comes as Donald Trump moves

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forward with plans to leave the World Health

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Organization. It also echoes the EB government's

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belief that many American health professionals

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are unhappy with perceived uncertainty south

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of the border. Other news, BC's police watchdog

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has set up a database so he can see if a cop

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has had a history of questionable conduct. The

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Discipline Decisions Digest will allow anyone

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to enter an officer's name to see if they've

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been linked to substantial misconduct allegations.

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The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner's

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new website, is in line with recommendations

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from the province's special committee to reform

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the police act at least two and possibly as many

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as five people have been injured in a three alarm

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fire in a residential apartment tower in vancouver's

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west end the fire on nelson street started early

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tuesday afternoon in one of the units and quickly

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spread to several others There's no word or early

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word on the cause. Vancouver City Council has

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approved high -density residential towers in

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a mixed -use development on the side of the old

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Safeway in West Point Gray Village. The green

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light comes despite concerns being expressed

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from dozens of speakers at a public hearing late

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last month. The three -acre site on West 10th

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at Sassamat will have two towers, one 19 stories,

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the other 21. Rain and gusty wind on Wednesday,

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a mix of sun, clouds and showers for Thursday,

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rain for Friday. For all the details on these

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local Vancouver area stories along with those

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links, go to vancouverrundown .substack .com.