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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, September 10,

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2025. Close to 4 ,000 B .C. public sector workers

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are now on strike, with pickets up at 22 sites

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across the province. The EB government continues

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to acknowledge its latest offer is below the

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rate of inflation, but says the pay raises are

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above inflation if the previous three years are

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taken into account. BCGEU members in places such

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as Kelowna joined the pickets, with one telling

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black press, the government failed to live up

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to a promise last year to keep up with inflation.

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Other news, David Eby continues to double down

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on his concerns about the temporary foreign worker

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program, despite a growing round of criticism

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from those within his own party. Eby says there

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needs to be a larger conversation about the program.

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Last week, former NDP Cabinet Minister Katrina

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Chen blasted EB for saying the program has been

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beset by fraud. Chen calls that comment divisive.

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One person has been killed in a crash between

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a car and a truck in Vancouver's Carisdale neighborhood.

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It happened near West 57th Avenue and Angus Drive

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at around 10 o 'clock Tuesday morning. Police

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continue to investigate the cause. Some outrage

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continues to grow with calls to cancel a Harry

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Potter -themed attraction set to open in Stanley

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Park in November. At least two city councilors

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are calling on the park board to cancel Harry

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Potter, a forbidden forest experience. Councilor

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Lucy Maloney says author J .K. Rowling continues

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to make statements opposed to people being able

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to self -identify their gender. Fog in many areas

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Wednesday morning, sunny periods by the afternoon.

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A mix of sun and cloud for Thursday and Friday.

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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.