Vancouver rundown for Friday, August 22, 2025.
Voters will notice a new civic party in the next
round of municipal elections, which will happen
next year. The BC Conservatives have filed the
paperwork allowing the party to be on the ballot
in 15 of the province's largest municipalities.
There's no word on the degree of alignment between
the civic and provincial conservatives, but a
party spokesperson says, More information will
be shared in the coming weeks, including details
about future plans. Other news. Mounties are
looking for a suspect after a woman was groped
in Burnaby Central Park Wednesday evening. She
was reportedly grabbed from a trail and groped
before the man ran off. Investigators are trying
to identify the suspect beyond a simple and generic
description. Police have increased patrols in
Central Park. Two people are lucky to be alive
after being rescued from the cold waters of Harrison
Lake Wednesday afternoon. Both fell from a personal
watercraft but were pulled to safety by the rental
company after GPS was used. Ambulance paramedics
and Kent Harrison Surgeon Rescue were stood down.
A large but unspecified amount of drugs has been
seized in a series of raids on Salt Spring Island.
RCMP say it appears the cocaine was part of a
drug trafficking operation. The Mounties say
they're taking steps to target those who prey
on vulnerable people living on Salt Spring. The
forecast, sunshine and very warm conditions for
Friday, windy at times, sunny with inland highs
in the low 30s for both Saturday and Sunday.
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