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Vancouver rundown for Friday, September 12, 2025.

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RCMP say two deadly Lower Mainland shootings

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over the past week are linked to BC's gang conflict.

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Last Friday, 24 -year -old Taryn Pander was found

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shot dead in a taxi near 200th Street and 53

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Avenue in Langley. On Wednesday, 34 -year -old

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Shahab Abassi was gunned down outside the Burnaby

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McDonald's at Still Creek just north of Highway

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1. Both victims were known to police. RCMP say

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the gang landscape is complex and fluid, with

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those responsible for the shootings showing a

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complete disregard for public safety. Other news,

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Vancouver police have confirmed over half a million

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dollars has been spent on the security detail

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for Ken Sim since he was elected mayor. The VPD

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says as long as there is potential for risk in

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a very politically active city, All precautions

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will be taken. Sims says he has been threatened

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several times and his home pepper sprayed last

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Halloween. The public may never know the details.

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A judge has denied a request by a consortium

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of media outlets. to report the mental health

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history of the man charged in April's deadly

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Lapu -Lapu festival in Vancouver. Provincial

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Court Judge Reg Harris has upheld a publication

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ban, saying publicizing those details could deter

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future defendants from cooperating with court

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-ordered psychiatric assessments. Kaiji Adam

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Lowe is charged with 11 counts of second -degree

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murder after an SUV was driven into a crowd of

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people. at the Filipino street event. Metro Vancouver's

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population growth forecast has been lowered due

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to federal immigration cuts. Those with the regional

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district now expect an annual growth of about

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42 ,500, down from 50 ,000. Immigration is still

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the main driver, projected to account for 90

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% of the region's population growth. through

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2051. A mix of sun and cloud for Friday, windy

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at times, partly cloudy for Saturday, clouds

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and showers on Sunday. For all the details on

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these local Vancouver area stories, along with

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those links, go to VancouverRundown .substack

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.com.