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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

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A couple dozen protesters, mostly unionized hotel

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workers, have staged a Monday afternoon rally

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at Vancouver City Hall demanding affordable housing.

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It comes as City Council considers a plan for

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the building of more hotel rooms. Destination

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Vancouver claims the city is short close to 10

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,000 hotel rooms. One campaigner says such an

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idea is insulting when people who live and work

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in Vancouver are being pushed out due to a lack

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of affordable housing. They also note Mayor Ken

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Sims should be getting the message following

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ABC's inability to win a seat in the city by

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-election. Other news, police in Surrey hope

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witnesses will come forward with information

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in a hit -and -run in Crescent Beach that injured

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a man and a teenage boy. It happened shortly

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after 8 Sunday evening on McKenzie Avenue. Police

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did not get a good description of the vehicle

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or its driver. TransLink hopes to boost bus service

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in Delta, Surrey, and Langley. The Transit Authority

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is collecting public feedback for its 2025 investment

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plan. That plan still requires close to a third

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of a billion dollars in extra provincial funding,

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fare, and airport surcharge increases, a 0 .5

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% increase in property taxes, and a 5 % increase

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in the transit tax on off -street parking. Contracted

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bus drivers and attendants who provide services

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for the Vancouver School Board have been told

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their wages will be cut. It comes after the VSB

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backed off its requirement to pay employees and

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contractors a livable wage of close to $25 an

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hour. The company that directly employs the bus

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drivers admits its workers will likely be paid

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under $20 an hour now. However, a two -month

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grace period has been extended to those workers.

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A mix of sun and cloud for Tuesday, windy at

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times, sunshine for Wednesday and Thursday, inland

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highs about 20 degrees. For all the details on

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these local Vancouver area stories, along with

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those links, go to VancouverRundown .Substack

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.com.