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Vancouver rundown for Friday, August 22, 2025.

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Voters will notice a new civic party in the next

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round of municipal elections, which will happen

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next year. The BC Conservatives have filed the

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paperwork allowing the party to be on the ballot

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in 15 of the province's largest municipalities.

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There's no word on the degree of alignment between

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the civic and provincial conservatives, but a

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party spokesperson says, More information will

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be shared in the coming weeks, including details

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about future plans. Other news. Mounties are

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looking for a suspect after a woman was groped

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in Burnaby Central Park Wednesday evening. She

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was reportedly grabbed from a trail and groped

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before the man ran off. Investigators are trying

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to identify the suspect beyond a simple and generic

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description. Police have increased patrols in

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Central Park. Two people are lucky to be alive

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after being rescued from the cold waters of Harrison

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Lake Wednesday afternoon. Both fell from a personal

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watercraft but were pulled to safety by the rental

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company after GPS was used. Ambulance paramedics

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and Kent Harrison Surgeon Rescue were stood down.

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A large but unspecified amount of drugs has been

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seized in a series of raids on Salt Spring Island.

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RCMP say it appears the cocaine was part of a

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drug trafficking operation. The Mounties say

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they're taking steps to target those who prey

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on vulnerable people living on Salt Spring. The

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forecast, sunshine and very warm conditions for

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Friday, windy at times, sunny with inland highs

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in the low 30s for both Saturday and Sunday.

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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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