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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, April 10, 2025.

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Starting next school year, Surrey will be pulling

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the plug on all field trips to the U .S. That

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includes all sports events, band recitals, dance

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competitions, and other experiential field trips.

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The move comes after several high -profile cases

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of Canadian citizens being detained by U .S.

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border guards. Surrey appears to be the first

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school district in B .C. to make such a move.

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Other news, one of the newly elected Vancouver

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City Councilors is under fire by Jewish groups

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for statements made on social media. Both the

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Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver and the

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Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs are demanding

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Sean Orr retract his comments that everyone knows

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Vancouver City planners are controlled by a secret

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cabal of Jews who have a bunker in the Earth's

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core. Orr says it was meant to be sarcastic.

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still or stands by a stance that Israel's response

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to the Hamas terrorist attack is unwarranted.

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Police are refusing to release the identity or

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any details behind the arrest of a Surrey resident

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in an international cybercrime investigation.

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That person is accused of operating a network

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of infected computers capable of delivering malware.

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The arrest is part of an international police

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effort dubbed Operation Endgame that targets

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online malware loaders. Port Moody has approved

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a major development that will include 39 -story

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rental towers and a large grocery store. The

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redevelopment project is on a 23 -acre site on

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the south side of the Moody Center SkyTrain station.

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It is expected to provide over 1 ,000 new homes

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in three high -rise towers that will increase

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density and change the views for existing residents.

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Rain and gusty wind on Thursday, a mix of sun

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and cloud for Friday and Saturday. For all the

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details on these local Vancouver area stories,

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along with the links, go to vancouverrundown

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.substack .com.