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Vancouver rundown for Friday, June 13, 2025.

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International news. Israel has hit Iran's nuclear

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sites and military commanders in a major strike

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on Tehran. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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says Operation Rising Lion is needed for Israel's

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very survival. More attacks are expected in the

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hours and days ahead. Iranian TV says civilians,

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including children, have been killed. The head

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of the Revolutionary Guard and several top nuclear

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scientists are also dead. The United States has

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neither endorsed nor condemned Israel's move,

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which is seen by many as the official start of

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war between Israel and Iran. Other news, hundreds

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of Hell's Angels and affiliates from across North

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America rode from Coquitlam to Surrey as part

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of a memorial for one of B .C.'s most notable

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bikers. Original Hell's Angel and former spokesperson

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Ricky Charnello passed away in March at the age

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of 80. Members of several policing agencies will

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be keeping a close watch on the bikers as they

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party over the next several days. The Tsleil

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-Waututh Nation might buy a casino in East Vancouver's

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Hastings Park. Chief Jen Thomas expects a deal

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will be reached with Great Canadian Gaming Corporation

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for the casino next to the horse stables. That

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deal would not include Hastings Racecourse. The

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large wildfire north of Squamish is now 60 hectares,

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as Alice Lake Provincial Park remains closed.

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Close to 200 properties in the Brackendale area

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remain on evacuation alert. Smoke from the fire

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continues to be a problem for those around Squamish

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and the northern parts of Howe Sound. A mix of

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sun and cloud in the forecast for Friday, sunny

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and a bit warmer for Saturday and Sunday. For

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all the details on these local Vancouver area

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stories, along with those links, go to VancouverRundown

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