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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

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Most British Columbians will no longer have to

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cough up a sick note for their boss. The provincial

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government is changing the employment standards

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legislation, allowing workers to miss a few days

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without proving their illness. The change comes

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after years of pushing from the doctors of B

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.C. It does not impact requests for notes involving

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longer periods of leave. It also doesn't apply

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to those employed in federally regulated sectors.

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Other news, pay parking is coming to eight Vancouver

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community centers and facilities. The Park Board

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has approved the plan as a way to raise much

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-needed revenue. It currently gets about $10

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million a year from pay parking at Stanley Park,

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Queen Elizabeth Park, and some beaches. Abbotsford

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police are appealing for information and possible

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witnesses after a female youth was reportedly

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sexually assaulted at a park Monday evening.

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Police say it occurred between 10 and 11 .45

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at Downs Bowl Park. The suspect is only described

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as a possible teen between 15 and 20 years old

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with dark brown skin and dark hair in a bowl

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cut. Police believe the attack was random. Outgoing

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conservative MP Ed Fast has endorsed independent

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candidate Mike DeYoung in the riding of Abbotsford's

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South Langley in this federal election campaign.

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Fast says democracy lost out when his party chose

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25 -year -old blueberry farmer Suckman Gill over

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DeYoung. DeYoung is a former provincial finance

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minister and forestry minister. with eight terms

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of experience. He also served as an Abbotsford

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school trustee before going into provincial politics.

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Sunshine for Wednesday with light wind in some

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areas. More sunshine for Thursday and Friday.

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Inland highs about 20 degrees. 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.