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Vancouver rundown for Monday, April 28, 2025.

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Shocked, devastated, and angry. That's how Vancouver

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Mayor Ken Simm describes his feelings. after

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an SUV driver plowed into a crowd at a Lapu -Lapu

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Day festival on Saturday, killing 11 people and

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injuring many others. The victims range in age

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from 5 to 65. A 30 -year -old suspect with mental

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health issues has been arrested in the incident

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that occurred at East 43rd Avenue and Fraser

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Street. Eight counts of murder have been laid.

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Lapu -Lapu Day is a celebration of a Filipino

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national hero responsible for fighting Spanish

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colonialism. Other news, a man has died after

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an eight -vehicle crash that occurred near 64th

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Avenue and Fraser Highway in Surrey. Just before

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noon on Saturday, a car went over a curb and

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hit several park vehicles. The 58 -year -old

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driver who died at the scene may have had a medical

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incident just before the crash. Eight people

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have escaped an early Sunday morning house fire

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in Chilliwack. The home on Fairbanks Crescent

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went up in flames just before 4 a .m. The cause

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is still under investigation. Voters in the Lower

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Mainland will be joining others around the country

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in casting a ballot in the Monday federal election.

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B .C. has set a record for higher voter turnout

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in the advance polls, but political scientists

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Caution, not much could be read into that in

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terms of predicting any outcome. Polling stations

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in BC are open from 7 a .m. to 7 p .m. The forecast,

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clouds and rain for Monday, showers on Tuesday,

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back to sunshine on Wednesday. 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.