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Vancouver Rundown for Friday, May 30, 2025 On

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Location Edition Gas prices have dropped by close

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to 10 cents a liter across much of the lower

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mainland. In some areas of Langley, the price

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dipped below $1 .60 a liter on Thursday as supplies

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continue to rise faster than demand. Those linked

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to the industry suggest there doesn't appear

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to be any reason to believe prices will increase

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significantly in the immediate future. Other

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news A man's body has been found off UBC's Wreck

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Beach. University RCMP say that person could

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not be revived despite life -saving efforts.

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The person is thought to be in their early 30s

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and was wearing shorts. Next of kin have been

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notified, but a name has not been released. There's

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no word on the circumstances behind the death.

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Five men with links to organized crime have been

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sentenced to federal prison time. for trafficking

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drugs on the downtown east side. The purported

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members of the Wolfpack gang caught the sentences

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ranging from four to ten years for trafficking

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a controlled substance and conspiracy to traffic.

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This follows an investigation by the Combined

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Forces Special Enforcement Unit that began in

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the summer of 2020. Crews have now managed to

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contain a small wildfire spotted near Agassiz

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Thursday morning. That fire is classed as out

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of control but is being kept to about a hectare

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in size, 12 kilometers up Mount Woodside Forest

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Service Road. There are more than 60 active wildfires

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in the province right now. Sunshine with increasing

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clouds on Friday afternoon, cloudy on Saturday,

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a mix of sun and clouds, with a slight chance

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of showers for Sunday. For all the details on

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these local Vancouver area stories, along with

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those links, go to VancouverRundown .substack

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