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vancouver rundown for thursday may 22nd 2025

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a suspect is in custody after two israeli embassy

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staff members were shot dead in washington dc

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wednesday night 30 year old elias rodriguez of

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chicago turned himself over to security and police

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after the deadly shooting outside an event at

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the capital jewish museum witnesses say he shouted

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free palestine after being arrested Police also

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say he told them where his gun was stashed. The

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shooting has been condemned as a terrorist attack

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and targeted hate crime by numerous Jewish leaders.

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Other news, Vancouver police say a restorative

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justice circle was used after anti -Semitic remarks

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were directed at Jewish elementary students from

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those the same age at a neighboring public school.

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The remarks were made to grade 6 students last

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month during the lunch hour next to Vancouver

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Tomotora. Police say the slurs came from those

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at Emily Carr Elementary. Those with Tomotora

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say they are satisfied the matter has been dealt

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with appropriately. One person has been arrested

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after heavily armed officers surrounded a home

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in Tawasin late Wednesday afternoon. Those living

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along Gilchrist Drive were kept away from their

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homes. as police spent several hours trying to

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coax a person holed up inside the house. There

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is no word on charges. A hit -and -run driver

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has been charged close to nine months after a

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Langley RCMP officer was injured. Charges of

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criminal negligence causing bodily harm, dangerous

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driving, and failing to stop stem from a crash

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that occurred on 208th Street near 50A Avenue

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on August 9th. RCMP say the incident has had

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a profound impact on the officer, who is still

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in the process of recovering. A mix of sun and

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cloud in the forecast for Thursday, with the

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chance of showers, cloudy and a few sunny breaks

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on Friday, sunshine for Saturday. For all the

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details on these local Vancouver area stories,

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along with those links, go to vancouverrundown

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.substack .com.