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Vancouver rundown for Monday, May 26, 2025. The

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city of Vancouver had to clear the Burrard Street

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Bridge of anti -Semitic graffiti ahead of Sunday's

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Walk with Israel event. Several beams were spray

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-painted with anti -Israeli symbols and words,

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along with Gaza. A statement from the city says,

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while the right to free speech and peaceful protest

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is recognized, acts of hate and discrimination

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are not tolerated. Other news. Two high -profile

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political insiders are being sued by Mayor Ken

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Simm for defamation. Simm's former campaign manager

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and Chief of Staff Kareem Elam and businessman

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and political pundit Alex Akumas are named in

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a suit that claims a too -disgusted allegation

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that the mayor was pulled over for drunk driving

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but let go without documentation. An outside

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investigation concluded the DUI rumor was baseless

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Sim is seeking general aggravated and punitive

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damages. Delta Police and Siakam's secondary

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administrators spent the weekend asking parents

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to check in with their kids about Friday night's

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planned fights during Ladner's May Day events.

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Police think students from the high school in

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North Delta and those from Ladner's Delta secondary

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had pre -planned a weekend of fights. Other details

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have not yet been made public. It's time to reduce

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Metro Vancouver from 21 municipalities down to

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only half a dozen. That is the opinion of Mike

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Harcourt. The former NDP Premier and Vancouver

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Mayor says such a move would carve down costs

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and avoid disasters like the massive cost overruns

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on the North Shore Water Treatment Plant. He

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says a city like Coquitlam would be better off,

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including Port Coquitlam, Port Moody and more,

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and Balcara. A few showers for Monday morning

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clearing by the afternoon, a mix of sun and cloud

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for Tuesday, sunshine and warm inland with highs

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near 30 degrees on Wednesday. For all the details

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on these local Vancouver area stories, along

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with those links, go to vancouverrundown .substack

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.com.