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Vancouver rundown for Monday, June 23, 2025.

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Vancouver police are beefing up oversight and

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patrols around the city following Saturday's

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U .S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

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The VPD says officers will be deployed to popular

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protest sites and certain places of worship,

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community centers, and diplomatic buildings.

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In a media statement, the department says, while

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conflicts in the Middle East are thousands of

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kilometers away, They reverberate in Vancouver's

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diverse community and impact many people's sense

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of security. Other news, one of the busiest freeway

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off -ramps in Burnaby will be closed all summer.

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The Kensington exit to Highway 1 will be shut

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down to allow paving crews to get rid of a series

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of bumps that have plagued drivers for months.

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The Highways Ministry says the full closure is

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necessary for crews to safely complete their

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work. A series of cougar sightings over the weekend

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has forced a closure of some areas of Whistler

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Blackcomb. Sunday sightings were mostly centered

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on the Blackcomb side of the Whistler Mountain

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Bike Park. The trails are popular with mountain

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bikers. Christia Freeland is tearing a strip

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off the B .C. government and provincial counterpart

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Mike Farnworth. for that decision to build BC

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Ferries in China. The Federal Transport and International

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Trade Minister says she's dismayed by the move.

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Freeland has expressed serious concerns over

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awarding a state -owned Chinese shipyard the

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contract, questioning national security trade

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relations and the use of taxpayer dollars. Her

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letter has not been made public. A mix of sun

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clouds and possible showers in the forecast for

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Monday and Tuesday. rain on Wednesday. For all

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the details on these local Vancouver area stories,

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along with those links,