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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025.

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Businessman and political watcher Alex Akumas

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is doubling down on his allegations Mayor Ken

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Sim was driving drunk and Vancouver police knew

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it. In a response to Sim's defamation lawsuit,

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Akumas says the mayor has a history of intoxication

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while attending events and social media posts

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have been made in the public interest. The statement

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of defense is filed on behalf of Sakumas and

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former ABC campaign manager Kareem Allam. A police

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review of the situation had found no basis for

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the claims. Other news, two people are dead after

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some sort of dispute at a home in Abbotsford.

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Police say the violent dispute happened early

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Monday evening. at a house on McKee Road. The

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victims were found dead by police. The circumstances

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have not been released. No one is hurt after

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an out -of -service public transit bus plowed

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into a home in Surrey. It happened at 132th Street

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and 88th Avenue early Tuesday morning. The bus

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driver attempted to avoid another vehicle. A

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couple of homes have now been evacuated after

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a small, out -of -control wildfire continues

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to grow near Linton. The Linton First Nation

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is keeping a close watch on several other homes

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as the fire burns along Spence Road South. It's

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believed the wildfire is human -caused. A mix

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of sun and cloud in the forecast for Wednesday.

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Sunny on Thursday. A few clouds on Friday. 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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.substack .com.