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Vancouver rundown for Monday, April 7, 2025.

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Two social advocates running for left -of -center

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civic parties have been elected to Vancouver

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City Council in a by -election with near -record

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turnout. Copes Sean Orr and Lucy Maloney with

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one city defeated all other candidates by at

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least a 2 -1 margin. Former councillor Colleen

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Hardwick, the only candidate with elected experience,

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came in third. The two candidates running for

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Mayor Ken Sims' ABC were far behind. A number

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of Vancouverites have expressed outrage over

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the hours -long voting lines as the city decided

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to cheap out on polling stations and Election

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Day staff. Other news, a man has been found dead,

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shot dead inside an East Vancouver home. The

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49 -year -old was found inside a house near North

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Kootenai and Dundas Streets early Sunday morning.

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Two suspects in their 20s have now been arrested.

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An 18 -year -old has been caught going close

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to three times the speed limit on an Abbotsford

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side street. Police say the teen was clocked

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driving a BMW at 140 kilometers an hour in a

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50 zone on Livingston Avenue. The teen said he

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was late for an exam. Police still impounded

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the car. Amtrak has restored its passenger train

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service between Vancouver and Seattle and Point

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South. Service is reportedly back on schedule

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11 days after Amtrak pulled its Horizon train

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cars due to severe erosion. The rail company

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arranged for some alternate transportation during

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the downtime. A few showers in the forecast and

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the risk of an isolated thunderstorm on Monday.

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Showers for Tuesday. A mix of sun and cloud for

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Wednesday. For all the details on these local

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Vancouver area stories, along with those links,

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go to VancouverRundown .substack .com.