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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, May 21st, 2025.

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The BCNDP government is dismissing the Trump

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administration's new claims that fentanyl continues

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to cross into the U .S. at lower mainland border

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crossings. Tariff Committee Chair Ravi Kallon

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says that claim is nothing more than misinformation

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and a distraction aimed at keeping tariffs on

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Canadian exports. FBI Director Kash Patel told

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Fox News on Sunday those in Canada have partnered

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with criminals linked to the Chinese Communist

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Party, Russia, and Iran to bring fentanyl into

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the states from Vancouver. Other news. A public

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outcry has forced the Eby government to cut its

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contract with a former Ontario Attorney General.

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Michael Bryant had been tapped to spend six months

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examining better ways to provide services on

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the downtown east side. Much of the criticism

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centered on Bryant's qualifications and the government's

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decision to hide the appointment from the public.

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Premier David Eby says the appointment had become

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a distraction. A Fraser Valley man is recovering

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from serious injuries after being mauled by a

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couple of dogs on Hemlock Valley Road west of

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Agassiz. David Peter says two pit bulls charged

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him. As he was walking, he says the dog's owner

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drove away, leaving him to bleed at the side

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of the road. Peter says he got close to 50 stitches

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in his left arm. A man has been arrested in Richmond

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for apparently impersonating a police officer.

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RCMP say the arrest happened after a victim reported

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being pulled over by the driver of a Mustang

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equipped with flashing red and blue lights. The

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suspect was wearing a badge and asked to see

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the victim's driver's license. Now the Rio police

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are trying to see if other people had run -ins

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with the fake cop. Mostly cloudy with a few showers

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on Wednesday, windy at times. Sunny on Thursday,

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clouds and possible showers on Friday. For all

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the details on these local Vancouver area stories,

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along with those links,