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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, June 19, 2025.

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The David Eby government has polled funding to

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cover the $1 million drug for a 9 -year -old

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girl with a rare terminal disease. Charlie Pollack

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has been taking Brunura to slow the progression

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of CLN2, also known as Batten disease, but is

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getting her last treatment this week. The B .C.

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government says it's pulling the funding because

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the disease has hit the point where the Vancouver

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Island girl meets the discontinuation criteria.

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Pollock is the only person in the province with

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the disease. There is no cure. Other news. Vancouver

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City Council has joined the Park Board in approving

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funding for a controversial 25 -meter pool in

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the West End. The final price tag for the pool

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is estimated at $175 million. That's $100 million

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less than a 50 -meter pool that would have been

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preferred by many swim clubs and user groups.

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The pool is a replacement for the Vancouver Aquatic

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Center, which suffered a partial collapse of

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a wall back in March of 2022. RCMP are trying

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to find those responsible for firing shots at

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a home in Maple Ridge. Police say a house on

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226th Street has been hit by gunfire for the

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second time in less than a year. No injuries

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have been reported in either shooting. Abbotsford

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School District is claiming its success in its

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first year of a partial cell phone ban in high

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schools. That protocol is for students to only

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use electronic devices in classrooms if permitted

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by teachers. usually as part of the learning

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process. The district says it's noticed a significant

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drop in device use over last year. The forecast,

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mostly sunny for Thursday, clouds and showers

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on Friday, and then periods of rain 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.