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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, August 27, 2025.

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Kwantlen Polytechnic University is poised to

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lay off another 45 full -time staff members as

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international student enrollment takes a dive.

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Foreign enrollment is down 60 % from two years

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ago. KPU's acting president blames the school's

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money problems on the federal government's recent

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changes to visa rules. Domestic enrollment is

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also down by close to 3 % over that same period.

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Other news, the search will continue Wednesday

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for a hiker missing on a trail near Chilliwack.

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Chilliwack Search and Rescue has been looking

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in an area of Flora Lake Trail for a man who

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has been missing since early Monday evening.

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Family members are asking for other hikers to

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keep a lookout for a guy with a white shirt and

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gray shorts. Other details are not being shared.

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A public hearing has been called into Abbotsford

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Police and two of its officers in the violent

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arrest of a homeless man. The police complaint

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commissioner says officers used substantial force

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to arrest the man for jaywalking in January of

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2024. The First Nations man was tasered, pepper

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sprayed, punched and kicked and had to be hospitalized

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for facial and head injuries. So far, Abbotsford

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Police. has not changed the operational status

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of those two cops. New details have emerged.

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The North Vancouver home that was shot up over

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the weekend has links to a man suspected in a

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deadly boating incident that killed a 10 -year

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-old boy back in June. People were home, but

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no one was hit in that gunfire. Charges have

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not been laid in the case where two kids on an

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intertube off Cates Park were hit by a powerboat.

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One died at the scene, the other was flown to

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hospital in critical condition. The forecast

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sunshine with increasing cloudy periods on Wednesday,

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cloudy for both Thursday and Friday. 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.