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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, August 19, 2025.

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Mediated talks have restarted between Air Canada

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and its CUPE -represented flight attendants.

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The union says Air Canada contacted CUPE Monday

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night in the impasse over wages and pay for pre

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-flight work. The move also comes after labor

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leaders defied a second order to resume working.

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The strike has shut down most of Air Canada's

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flights in and out of the country's major airports,

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including YVR. Other news. Some people near Port

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Renfrew have reported feeling a small earthquake

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that occurred about 18 kilometers offshore. The

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4 .1 quake happened at around 7 .15 Monday evening

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at a depth of 30 kilometers below the ocean floor.

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There are no reports of notable damage. The rain

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has helped. The Bear Creek wildfire north of

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Harrison Hot Springs is now under control. It

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started back on July 29th, forcing some campers

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and off -roaders to stay away from the east side

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of Harrison Lake. The fire is believed to be

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human -caused. The B .C. RCMP spokesperson who

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launched a sexual harassment lawsuit against

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the force has died. Catherine Galliford passed

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away after a battle with liver cancer. She was

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the public face of the force speaking on its

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behalf during the Air India bombing trial and

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the investigation into serial killer Robert Pickton.

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In later years, Galliford said she had been a

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victim of 20 years of sexual harassment, mostly

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by senior officers. She also went public with

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her struggles with PTSD. Galliford passed away

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in Kamloops on Friday. She was 58. The forecast,

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a mix of sun and cloud for Tuesday, clouds and

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possible showers on Wednesday, sunshine on Thursday.

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For all the details on these local Vancouver

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area stories, along with those links, go to VancouverRundown

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.Substack .com.