Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
Three unvaccinated people in Chilliwack have
confirmed cases of the measles. That confirmation
comes from the Fraser Health Authority, which
is expressing concern that the cases appear to
have been acquired locally. Meanwhile, Interior
Health says Kamloops has a confirmed case, the
first one in that area this year. The B .C. Center
for Disease Control has posted a list of several
locations including BC Ferries, where people
may have been exposed in the past week. Other
news, a Nigerian man has been sentenced to 70
years in prison for his part in a sextortion
case linked to the death of a 14 -year -old boy
from Surrey. That teen died by suicide after
a blackmail attempt involving explicit photos.
RCMP say the conviction and sentencing came after
a year -long international investigation. A public
high school teacher in Chilliwack has been suspended
for a day for making sexually suggestive comments
to students. According to the B .C. Teacher Regulation
Branch, Robert Atchison was an inclusion teacher
with a caseload of students identified as vulnerable
when comments were made about students' physical
appearance. It also says a story with sexual
content was shared. Acheson has since taken a
course on professional boundaries and is not
allowed to have any more vulnerable students.
The EB government is set to back down on its
electric vehicle mandates. The Energy Ministry
now admits meeting zero emission targets by 2030,
well, that's going to be... too difficult. EV
sales have dropped off dramatically over the
past year. A mix of sun clouds and showers in
the forecast for Wednesday, clouds and showers
on Thursday, mostly sunny on Friday. For all
the details on these local Vancouver area stories,
along with those links, go to vancouverrundown
.substack .com.