Vancouver rundown for Thursday, April 10, 2025.
Starting next school year, Surrey will be pulling
the plug on all field trips to the U .S. That
includes all sports events, band recitals, dance
competitions, and other experiential field trips.
The move comes after several high -profile cases
of Canadian citizens being detained by U .S.
border guards. Surrey appears to be the first
school district in B .C. to make such a move.
Other news, one of the newly elected Vancouver
City Councilors is under fire by Jewish groups
for statements made on social media. Both the
Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver and the
Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs are demanding
Sean Orr retract his comments that everyone knows
Vancouver City planners are controlled by a secret
cabal of Jews who have a bunker in the Earth's
core. Orr says it was meant to be sarcastic.
still or stands by a stance that Israel's response
to the Hamas terrorist attack is unwarranted.
Police are refusing to release the identity or
any details behind the arrest of a Surrey resident
in an international cybercrime investigation.
That person is accused of operating a network
of infected computers capable of delivering malware.
The arrest is part of an international police
effort dubbed Operation Endgame that targets
online malware loaders. Port Moody has approved
a major development that will include 39 -story
rental towers and a large grocery store. The
redevelopment project is on a 23 -acre site on
the south side of the Moody Center SkyTrain station.
It is expected to provide over 1 ,000 new homes
in three high -rise towers that will increase
density and change the views for existing residents.
Rain and gusty wind on Thursday, a mix of sun
and cloud for Friday and Saturday. For all the
details on these local Vancouver area stories,
along with the links, go to vancouverrundown
.substack .com.