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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

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Three unvaccinated people in Chilliwack have

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confirmed cases of the measles. That confirmation

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comes from the Fraser Health Authority, which

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is expressing concern that the cases appear to

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have been acquired locally. Meanwhile, Interior

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Health says Kamloops has a confirmed case, the

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first one in that area this year. The B .C. Center

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for Disease Control has posted a list of several

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locations including BC Ferries, where people

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may have been exposed in the past week. Other

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news, a Nigerian man has been sentenced to 70

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years in prison for his part in a sextortion

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case linked to the death of a 14 -year -old boy

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from Surrey. That teen died by suicide after

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a blackmail attempt involving explicit photos.

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RCMP say the conviction and sentencing came after

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a year -long international investigation. A public

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high school teacher in Chilliwack has been suspended

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for a day for making sexually suggestive comments

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to students. According to the B .C. Teacher Regulation

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Branch, Robert Atchison was an inclusion teacher

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with a caseload of students identified as vulnerable

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when comments were made about students' physical

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appearance. It also says a story with sexual

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content was shared. Acheson has since taken a

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course on professional boundaries and is not

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allowed to have any more vulnerable students.

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The EB government is set to back down on its

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electric vehicle mandates. The Energy Ministry

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now admits meeting zero emission targets by 2030,

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well, that's going to be... too difficult. EV

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sales have dropped off dramatically over the

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past year. A mix of sun clouds and showers in

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the forecast for Wednesday, clouds and showers

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on Thursday, mostly sunny on Friday. For all

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the details on these local Vancouver area stories,

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along with those links, go to vancouverrundown

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.substack .com.