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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, May 23, 2025.

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High -risk child abductor and sex offender Randall

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Hopley has been re -arrested only hours after

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being released from the mission institution.

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The arrest came as a violation of parole conditions

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involving a halfway house. Hopley was picked

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up by police in Vancouver Thursday afternoon

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and remains in custody. This is not the first

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time he has been re -arrested. Last year, he

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was picked up 10 days after cutting off his ankle

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bracelet and going AWOL. The 59 -year -old Hopley

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made international headlines in 2011 after he

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abducted a 3 -year -old boy from a home in Sparwood.

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Other news, Vancouver's new police chief has

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been hired from within the force. Deputy Chief

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Steve Ray has been appointed to the top job following

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a national search. Ray is a 30 -year veteran

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of the VPD. He replaces Adam Palmer, who announced

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his retirement several months ago. A house fire

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in East Vancouver has displaced six residents.

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The Thursday afternoon fire near East 45th Avenue

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and Rupert Street started in the kitchen. No

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one was hurt. BC is getting a new area code this

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weekend. 257 is being added to those in the province,

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including 604, 250, 778, 672, and 236. The new

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area code will have no impact on existing phone

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numbers. A few clouds in the forecast, windy

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at times on Friday, sunny and warm for Saturday,

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a mix of sun and clouds for Sunday. 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.