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vancouver rundown for wednesday april second

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twenty twenty five a lower mainland candidate

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is the third conservative to quit in a single

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day a local conservative campaign manager has

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confirmed lawrence singh is no longer running

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in new westminster barnaby No reason has been

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given. Singh joins Windsor area candidate Mark

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McKenzie and Montreal area candidate Stéphane

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Marquis in squashing their bids to become an

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MP. Other news, B .C. appears set to pull the

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plug on electric vehicle rebates. Premier David

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Eby suggests cuts to the rebate program could

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be coming. as the government restructures significant

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parts of Clean BC. Some researchers say EV rebates

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are a very expensive way to cut greenhouse gases.

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The provincial government also has to make up

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for billions of dollars in lost revenue after

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canceling the consumer portion of the carbon

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tax. Arson is suspected in three Tuesday morning

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fires at homes near 200th Street and 80th Avenue

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in Langley. All happened in vacant homes between

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3 a .m. and 6 a .m. No one was hurt. Office vacancy

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rates in downtown Vancouver have surpassed those

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in the suburbs for the first time in four years.

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The unleased office space in the first quarter

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of 2025 dipped to 10 .7 % from 11 .5 % in the

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previous quarter. Commercial real estate firm

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CBRE says the numbers suggest Demand is starting

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to catch up with newly finished supply. A mix

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of sun and cloud in the forecast for Wednesday

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with a slight chance of showers, and then sunshine

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for Thursday and Friday with highs in the upper

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teens. For all the details on these local Vancouver

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area stories, along with those links, go to vancouverrundown

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.substack .com.