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Vancouver rundown for Friday, May 9th, 2025.

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Vancouver's Catholic Archbishop is surprised

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by the choice of an American as the new Pope.

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Archbishop Michael Miller says he's pleased the

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best man available was chosen, someone who just

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happens to be American. Chicago -born Robert

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Prevost was elected the 267th Pope. in a vote

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by his fellow cardinals. The 69 -year -old will

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be known as Pope Leo XIV. Other news, the Tawasin

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First Nation has joined the mayors of Delta and

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Surrey in demanding the provincial government

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set up urgent primary care centers in or near

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Delta. That call comes in light of increasing

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demands on Delta Hospital and some recent temporary

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closures of the ER. They would like two new urgent

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primary care centers, one in North Delta and

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the other in Tawasin. A former City of Surrey

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clerk has been accused of defrauding taxpayers

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of close to $2 .5 million. Surrey police and

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financial crimes officers with the RCMP say the

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finance clerk wrote close to 200 checks to herself

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and her boutique cake -making business. Details

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on the pending charges have not yet been released.

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It is hoped a necropsy will shed some light on

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the cause of death after a gray whale washed

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ashore on Long Beach near Tofino this week. Researchers

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say more than six such whales have died in the

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Salish Sea in recent months. At this point, there

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is no confirmation on what pod the whale belonged

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to. Mainly cloudy on Friday, clouds and showers

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for Saturday. and a mix of sunshine and a few

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cloudy periods for Sunday. For all the details

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on these local Vancouver area stories,