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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

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Canada Post will likely be hit by a strike on

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Friday. The Crown Corporation says it received

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notice from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers

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that 55 ,000 members will be on strike exactly

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when their current contract expires. On Friday,

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a government -commissioned report said the post

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office should phase out daily door -to -door

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delivery. That recommendation has been blasted

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by Cup W. This would be the second strike at

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Canada Post in the last year. Other news. A woman

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has died at a popular climbing area near Squamish.

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On Friday afternoon, the 22 -year -old fell from

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a slackline in the Chickamas Canyon area. Victim

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Services was called in to help several people

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who witnessed the fall. RCMP are looking for

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a man believed responsible for a series of attacks

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in Burnaby's Metrotown area. Police say they

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know of at least three attacks on Saturday, including

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one in which an employee was pushed and another

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person was punched at the Bob Pretty Library.

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None of the four victims has serious injuries.

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Weather experts now say there was a funnel cloud

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above parts of Metro Vancouver. During Saturday

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afternoon's brief thunderstorm, a storm watcher

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witnessed a rotating cloud near Cloverdale, while

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parts of Coquitlam, Maple Ridge and Langley also

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experienced thunder and hail. A severe thunderstorm

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warning was issued for several areas for a short

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time early Saturday evening. Our current forecast,

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clouds and showers on Tuesday, windy at times.

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A mix of sun and cloud for Wednesday, sunshine

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on Thursday. For all the details on these local

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Vancouver area stories, along with those links,