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vancouver rundown for friday april 4 2025 while

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denouncing any talk of western separatism premier

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david eby does say he wants to bring in more

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u .s immigrants he says that would help bolster

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the bc economy The comments come in reaction

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to Wednesday's tariff announcement by Donald

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Trump that left the province mostly unscathed.

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Eby claims American medical professionals, researchers,

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and entrepreneurs increasingly want to leave

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the states and working Canada. Other news, former

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Cloverdale -Langley City MP John Eldegg, who

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quit the federal liberals in a failed bid to

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run for the provincial NDP, now wants to head

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back to Ottawa. Eldag has taken over as the liberal

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candidate in neighboring Fraser Heights Langley

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Township. The move comes only weeks after he

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underwent major heart surgery. A pedestrian has

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been struck and killed in what police describe

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as an unavoidable crash that shut down the Coquihalla

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Highway for several hours. It happened early

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Thursday morning just south of Merritt. Police

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are still trying to figure out why the man tried

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to cross the highway. A woman remains in critical

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condition after being hit by a train while crossing

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tracks in East Vancouver. It happened Tuesday

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morning near Heatley Avenue and Alexander Street.

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When she trespassed onto the tracks, she suffered

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a broken pelvis after being pinned for a short

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time. Fog patches for Friday morning giving way

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to sunshine. Sunshine on Saturday and clouds

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with a slight chance of showers for Sunday. For

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all the details on these local Vancouver area

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stories,