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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Those

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working in the B .C. film industry are trying

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to make sense of Donald Trump's new threat to

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slap a 100 % tariff on films made in non -U .S.

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locations. The White House has dampened some

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of Trump's social media rhetoric, saying no decision

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has been made yet, but all options are being

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explored to deliver on the president's directive.

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Premier David Eby says there's no need to panic

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yet, as Trump tweets a lot of stuff. Other news,

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Don Davies has been selected as the federal NDP's

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interim leader. The Vancouver Kingsway MP will

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hold his party's top job until a replacement

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for Jagmeet Singh is chosen. The NDP was reduced

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from 24 seats to 7 seats in the federal election.

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Singh came in third in his own riding. B .C.

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conservative MLA Eleanor Sturco has taken shots

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at her own party and leader John Rustad for hosting

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what she calls a homophobic group. Sturco, who

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is gay, says the Association for Reform Political

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Action thinks homosexuality is immoral, abortions

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should be criminalized, and bans on conversion

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therapy should be reversed. Chilliwack North

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conservative MLA Heather Moss hosted a reception

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for the group at the B .C. legislature. A taxi

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driver from Delta has lost his license after

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being nabbed in an impaired driving stop. An

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officer with the B .C. Highway Patrol pulled

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the cabbie over after spotting him leaving a

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liquor store in Richmond with no passenger. Police

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say he failed an initial breathalyzer and a second

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test. A 33 -year -old has lost his license to

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an immediate 90 -day probation. Sunshine with

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increasing clouds in the afternoon and highs

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near 25 degrees for Tuesday. Clouds and showers

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for Wednesday and Thursday. 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.