Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, September 2nd,
2025. Close to 35 ,000 public service workers
in BC are set to hit the picket lines Tuesday.
Members of the BCGEU and about 1 ,800 members
of the Professional Employees Association are
now in a legal strike position following that
72 -hour notice. Both unions are pushing for
higher wages. and it comes as the provincial
government braces for an $11 billion deficit
this year. Other news, an 81 -year -old pedestrian
has died after being struck by a car in East
Vancouver. It happened just before sunrise Monday
morning as the man was trying to cross Southeast
Marine Drive near Borden Street. The senior died
at the scene. The driver did stay to talk with
police. A home in Abbotsford is the latest to
be pepper sprayed with bullets. Abbotsford police
say a suspect fired on a house on Belford Drive
early Monday morning. The residents were home
but asleep and no one was hit. Police have not
commented on any possible links to other recent
drive -by shootings around the lower mainland.
Several buildings are now threatened as a large
wildfire continues to burn out of control east
of Mount Baker. The Perry Fire in eastern Whatcom
County is about 250 hectares and burning near
Ross Lake in the North Cascades National Park.
Trails and roads in the area are closed. A mix
of sun and cloud in the forecast for Tuesday.
Hazy. Inland highs around 29 degrees. Mostly
sunny and warm or hot for Wednesday. Inland highs
around 31. Sunny on Thursday. For all the details
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