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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

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Mayor Ken Sims, former campaign manager. intends

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to run for mayor of Vancouver in 2026. Longtime

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political insider and strategist Kareem Allum

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says he's received a lot of encouragement to

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seek the job and plans to file his papers in

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the weeks ahead. Allum and Sim have been involved

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in a recent public feud that spilled over into

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the courts. Allum is one of two people named

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in a defamation suit filed by Sim over public

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comment suggesting the current mayor had been

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pulled over for drunk driving. but immediately

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let go. An independent review found the allegations

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to be unfounded gossip. Other news, Fraser Health

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is being sued by an emergency room doctor over

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allegations of unsafe working conditions, harassment,

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and bullying. Dr. Caitlin Stockton, who works

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at both Royal Columbian and Eagle Ridge, accuses

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the health authority of ignoring security incidents

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and then threatening to revoke her hospital privileges.

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for raising safety concerns. Stockton says the

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public has a right to know what's happening.

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The allegations still have to be proven in court.

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People in Squamish are being asked to avoid an

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area near Highway 99 and Depot Road as crews

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fight a new wildfire. That fire is less than

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a hectare but classed as out of control. It's

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burning near some homes. It's also in an area

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with a number of biking and hiking trails. A

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small Vancouver video game company has just won

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a Peabody. Indie developer Sunset Visitor has

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received the honor for storytelling. 1 ,000 Times

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Resist is a sci -fi adventure featuring aliens,

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a global pandemic, and human clones. Mostly sunny

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on Tuesday with inland highs about 26 degrees.

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A mix of sun and clouds for Wednesday. cloudy

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on Thursday. For all the details on these local

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Vancouver area stories,