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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, June 5th, 2025.

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Crews are fighting a small wildfire that broke

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out late Wednesday afternoon near Okanagan Falls.

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Several aircraft along with volunteer firefighters

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and BC Wildfire ground crews have been trying

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to contain it. People are being asked to stay

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out of the area. Other news, fire has engulfed

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a vehicle transport truck and several of its

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cars on the Okanagan Connector. Several photos

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posted to social media Wednesday evening showed

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flames and smoke coming from the vehicles. There's

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no word on the cause or possible injuries. It

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is a blow for Vancouver renters dealing with

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bad landlords. Council has narrowly defeated

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a motion to bring back the renter's office. Those

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opposed say the tenant advocacy office was hardly

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used and funding could be better directed to

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renter support groups. However, Councillor Lucy

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Maloney says renters don't feel like the city

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has their backs. Organisers and the City of Vancouver

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have decided to go ahead with a home opener street

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party before the BC Lions game on Saturday. The

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CFL team had considered cancelling the pre -game

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party outside BC Place in light of the Lapu Lapu

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Day Festival tragedy. Now police and organisers

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say safety will be the top priority. as fans

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gather ahead of the Leals game against the Edmonton

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Elks. Sunshine, but windy at times on Thursday.

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Warm, sunny and warm for Friday and for Saturday.

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For all the details on these local Vancouver

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area stories, along with those links, go to vancouverrundown

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.substack .com.