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Vancouver rundown for Monday, August 18, 2025.

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A stubborn fire that started early Sunday morning

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and burned through the day has destroyed most

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of an under -construction residential mixed -use

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building next to the future SkyTrain extension

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in Langley City. RCMP and the Fire Department

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are not commenting on the cause of the blaze

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at this point. Several businesses near Fraser

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Highway and 201 Street remain closed Sunday.

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including the Savon Foods next door. Other news,

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six children are among the 12 kayakers rescued

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east of Saterna Island in American waters near

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the Canada -U .S. boundary. They managed to radio

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for help, prompting a response by the U .S. Coast

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Guard, Washington State Park Rangers, and the

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RCMP on Thursday. RCMP say the members of two

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families were rescued and taken to Orcas Island.

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A young Surrey man is now identified as the homicide

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victim found in that burned car north of Chilliwack

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last month. The remains of 22 -year -old Hamza

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Faisal were found by Agassi RCMP on July 27.

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The Mounties say he had previous interactions

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with police. The homicide is believed linked

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to the B .C. gang war. Horse racing has come

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to a sudden end at Surrey's Fraser Downs racetrack.

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The City of Surrey has decided against renewing

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the lease at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds Harness

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Racing Oval. That track had been in operation

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since 1976. The forecast, a mix of sun, clouds,

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and showers for Monday, mostly cloudy on Tuesday,

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and then back to sunshine on Wednesday. For all

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the details on these local Vancouver area stories,

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along with those links, go to VancouverRundown

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.substack .com.