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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, July 30th, 2025.

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Wildfire crews are on edge. Concerned ash from

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a nearby fire could rain down on Lytton. A 200

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-hectare wildfire is burning south of Lytton

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as the village deals with dry conditions and

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temperatures nearing 40 degrees. Evacuation alerts

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are in place for properties on the west side

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of the Fraser River across from Lytton. More

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than 60 wildfires are currently burning in B

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.C. Other news, a fire in a low -rise apartment

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building next to the UBC campus has left two

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people injured. Other residents made it to the

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roof of the building and had to be rescued by

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fire crews. The blaze broke out at around 2 .30

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Tuesday afternoon. There's no early word on the

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cause. A driver from White Rock is now before

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the courts after being caught behind the wheel

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with a blood alcohol level four times the legal

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limit. It happened Friday night on North Bluff

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Road. RCMP say the vehicle was swerving all over

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the road. They describe it as a very dangerous

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situation. A B .C. tribunal has ruled WestJet

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must pay passengers, two of them, $2 ,000 for

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canceled flights. The resolution tribunal ruled

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the airline failed to provide sufficient evidence

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that bad weather forced its cancellation. The

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two passengers will get $1 ,000 each after WestJet

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rescheduled their St. John's to Vancouver flights

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in early March of 2022. The passengers presented

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undisputed evidence that a customer service agent

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said the flight was canceled due to rescheduling,

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not the weather. Wednesday will be sunny and

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perhaps the hottest day so far this year. Inland

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highs around 31 degrees. Sunny on Thursday, clouds

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and the slight chance of showers on Friday. For

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all the details on these local Vancouver area

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stories, along with the links, go to vancouverrundown

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.substack .com.