Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
The federal government's Transportation Committee
is calling out the EB government and demanding
to know why the province has awarded a Chinese
Communist Party -owned overseas shipyard the
B .C. Ferries contract thanks to a $1 billion
federal loan. The House of Commons Committee
has voted to investigate a deal which includes
major financing from a federal Crown -owned lender.
The BCNDP government has been widely criticized
for choosing China over any North American shipbuilder
for the new ferries. Other news, a cruise ship
continues to be stuck in Vancouver. After suffering
mechanical problems, the Royal Caribbean Serenade
of the Seas set sail from Vancouver for Alaska
Sunday. only to make it as far as Bowen Island.
It needed to be tug -escorted back to Canada
Place. The passengers have not been allowed to
disembark due to customs protocols. It is expected
the cruise ship will sail with a modified seven
-day itinerary. A driver is okay after smashing
her BMW into a sports medicine store in Deep
Cove's Dollerton Village shopping center. It
apparently happened when a woman in her 50s or
60s hit the wrong pedal Monday afternoon. The
woman was shaken up. No one else was hurt. A
man has been rushed to hospital after a Monday
afternoon shooting in a busy area of Langley.
Shots were fired near Meadow Edge Park at 200th
Street and Willoughby Way at around 5 .30. There's
no word on whether the shooting of the 48 -year
-old was targeted. Sunshine turning to clouds
and showers by late Tuesday afternoon. Showers
Wednesday. back to sunshine for Thursday. For
all the details on these local Vancouver area
stories, along with those links, go to VancouverRundown
.substack .com.