Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
Eight more cities, all outside the lower mainland,
are now included in expanded picket action as
the BCGEU strike enters its next phase. A BC
Corrections office in Surrey will also be behind
pickets on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the provincial
government has tabled what it calls a final offer.
a 4 .5 % increase over two years, consisting
of both a wage increase and a cost of living
allowance. Premier David Eby says the government
wants a deal that's fair to both the public sector
workers and the B .C. taxpayers. Other news,
Mayor Ken Sims says a new policing district will
be set up for Vancouver's downtown east side.
The move ends a six -month pilot project aimed
at reducing violent crime. Sims says District
5 will be an historic change from the city's
four -district model. Until now, that model was
based on two districts in the south, two in the
north, divided by east and west. Homicide investigators
now confirm the human remains found at a Maple
Ridge home last month are those of a missing
woman. The remains of 43 -year -old Jessica Cunningham
were found at her home near the Haney Bypass
back on August 27th. Miley Barron, who had a
relationship to Cunningham, remains charged with
indignity to human remains. Close to 1 ,000 properties
are now on evacuation order as a wildfire continues
to rage in the Chokotan. Those being asked to
leave are being told to head to Highway 20 and
then go east to Williams Lake. The Smoky Lake
wildfire is measured at close to 70 square kilometers.
Forecast, some drizzle for Tuesday morning and
cloudy for most of the day. A mix of sun and
cloud for Wednesday and Thursday. For all the
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