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Vancouver rundown for Monday, April 14, 2025.

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The Conservatives have narrowed the gap as the

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Liberal lead dips for the first time in this

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Canadian election campaign. An Ipsos poll for

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Global News shows the Liberals still ahead with

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42 % of decided voters, a drop of four points.

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The Conservatives are up by two points to 36%.

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The French leaders' debate is Wednesday, while

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the English debate is on Thursday. The campaign

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has now passed the halfway mark. Other news.

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A suspect has been arrested in a deadly hit -and

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-run in Surrey that claimed the life of a six

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-year -old girl. Two other children were hurt

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after being hit at the intersection of 164th

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Street and 108th Avenue Sunday afternoon. The

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driver of the pickup hit another vehicle. Before

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being arrested nearby, that driver remains in

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custody. A non -verbal six -year -old boy has

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been found safe after a massive weekend search

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in Surrey. He went missing while on a walk with

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his dad near Northview Park on Saturday evening.

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That prompted a search by dozens of volunteers,

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police, and search and rescue members. The boy

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was located Sunday morning. Retiring Vancouver

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Police Chief Adam Palmer, was the highest paid

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city employee last year, earning close to half

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a million dollars. The Vancouver Sun reports

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Palmer made $487 ,224. That's almost $100 ,000

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more than the city manager and $180 ,000 more

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than Fire Chief Karen Fry. A mix of sun and cloud

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in the forecast for Monday, windy near the water,

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sunshine for Tuesday and Wednesday. For all the

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details on these local Vancouver area stories,

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along with those links, go to VancouverRundown

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.substack .com.