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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, September 4,

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2025. Blame wildfire smoke and the warm, dry

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weather for that bad air around the Lower Mainland.

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A visible layer of haze will continue to hang

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for the next several days over the Fraser Valley,

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Metro Vancouver, Sea to Sky, and other parts

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of BC. Air quality advisories are in effect.

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Those bothered by the smoke are advised to stay

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indoors, close the windows, and use air filters.

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Meanwhile, more than two days after a wildfire

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broke out in the hills next to the Coquihalla

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Highway, a blaze is so far out of control that

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the route between Hope and Merritt has had to

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be shut down. The Mine Creek wildfire was discovered

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Monday. The Coquihalla was closed late Wednesday

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afternoon. Some people are speculating on social

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media. The province allowed the situation to

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escalate by underestimating the need for greater

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initial action. There are no fatalities or serious

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injuries after a helicopter and its wildfire

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attack crew made a forced landing in the backcountry

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near Pemberton. Rescuers, along with paramedics,

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had to bring the crew to safety late Wednesday

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morning. The Transportation Safety Board has

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no early word on why the chopper went down. Other

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news, two businesses in Port Moody have been

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gutted in an early Wednesday morning fire. The

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blaze started in a strip mall on St. John Street

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just after 1 .30. A barbershop and mortgage brokerage

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are badly damaged. No one was hurt. Councilor

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Linda Annis wants to be the next mayor of Surrey.

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Annis has announced her intention to run in the

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next civic election, saying it's time to focus

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on issues, not personalities. Annis is the only

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Surrey First member elected to the current city

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council. A mix of sun and smoke with poor air

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quality for Thursday. Inland highs around 30.

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Sunny on Friday. A few cloudy periods for Saturday.

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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.