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Vancouver rundown for Friday, April 11, 2025.

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Two RCMP officers have been slightly injured

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in a multi -vehicle crash in the Brookswood area

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of Langley. It happened Thursday afternoon at

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200th Street and 32 Avenue with a crash involving

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the cops and a vehicle driven by a robbery suspect.

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RCMP will not say whether it followed a police

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chase, but do say Mounties from Surrey, Langley

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and the gang unit were following up on a robbery

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at the South Surrey Home Depot. Other news, RCMP

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have raided several sophisticated fentanyl labs

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in residential areas of Pitmetals, Mission, and

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Aldergrove. Word of the raids came Thursday,

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weeks after they happened. Two of the arrested

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suspects have since been released from custody.

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RCMP say none of the fentanyl was destined for

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the U .S. Transit fares and taxes will be going

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up again to help cover money problems at TransLink.

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That's been confirmed as the provincial government

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promises to kick in an additional third of a

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billion dollars over the next three years. TransLink

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says the extra money is required to update the

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system. TransLink currently collects money from

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transit fares, rental space, and numerous taxes,

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including those on utility bills. Metro Vancouver

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gas, downtown parking, property, and general

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income. Premier David Eby is again telling government

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departments and crown corporations to find ways

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to cancel U .S. contracts, software subscriptions,

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and magazines. Eby has ordered a review of such

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contracts, saying, B .C. has to be prepared to

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stand on its own two feet. He has also confirmed

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the government will not be pursuing any contracts.

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with Elon Musk's Starlink. A mix of sun and cloud

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for Friday, sunshine and windy on Saturday, back

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to only sunshine for Sunday. For all the details

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on these local Vancouver area stories, along

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with those links, go to VancouverRundown .substack

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.com.