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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

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A man has been shot dead by RCMP at a home in

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Surrey's Clayton Heights where a woman's body

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was found inside. It happened Monday evening

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when officers responded to a possible domestic

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violence call on 66A Avenue just east of 195th

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Street. Neighbors say they heard several bangs

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and then saw victims removed from the home. It's

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believed the two were a couple in their 60s.

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While the Surrey Police Service is the force

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of jurisdiction, the incident happened in an

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area where Surrey RCMP respond to most of the

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calls. Other news, wildfire crews, including

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those in a helicopter, have pitched in to help

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fight a large fire that's engulfed a couple of

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outbuildings on Abbotsford's Sumas Mountain.

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Thick black smoke could be seen as far away as

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Langley after the fire broke out. late Tuesday

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afternoon. There's no word on the cause. Sumas

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Mountain Road was closed for most of Tuesday

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evening. At least 17 cars have been broken into

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at Manning Park. The thefts involved several

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windshields being smashed over the weekend. It

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happened in an area far from the nearest RCMP

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detachment in Princeton. BC Park says it will

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work with police and the local operator to see

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what options are available to reduce future thefts.

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The City of Vancouver has finally approved the

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plan for greater density near its two most eastern

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SkyTrain Millennium Line stations. The Rupert

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and Renfrew Station area plan will pave the way

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for 10 ,000 additional homes in tall residential

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towers. and increased space for retail, business,

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and film studios. Infrastructure upgrades are

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estimated at $1 .2 billion over the next decade.

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Clouds and showers, along with gusty winds in

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the forecast for Wednesday. Clouds giving way

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to sunshine on Thursday, mostly sunny and warm

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on Friday. For all the details on these local

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Vancouver area stories, along with those links,

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go to Vancouver Rundown. .substack .com