Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, September 16,
2025. BC's provincial deficit is now pegged at
$11 .6 billion and expected to grow to $12 .6
billion next year. That record high has been
laid out by Finance Minister Brenda Bailey in
her first quarter report. In addition to a loss
of carbon tax revenue, Bailey says the province
has seen decreases in revenue sources from natural
gas, mining, and forestry. The government continues
to lay much of the blame on the Trump tariffs,
conservative finance critic Peter Milibar says.
The real issue is fiscal mismanagement. Other
news, a person has been struck and killed by
a train along Glover Road in Langley. It happened
late Monday morning in the Milner area. CP police
will lead a multi -jurisdictional investigation
into just how it happened. Two cars have been
torched and a house shot up in an early Monday
morning attack in Abbotsford. The occupants were
home, but no one was hit. Police are not commenting
on whether they think the attack on Eagle Peak
Drive is connected to recent threats and violence
directed at the South Asian business community.
A house fire that displaced 11 people from an
East Vancouver home is being blamed on an issue
with an e -bike battery. Two people were slightly
hurt, but everyone made it out after the fire
started at around 5 .45 Monday morning. Firefighters
say multiple e -bikes were seen and multiple
batteries were being charged. Last year, firefighters
responded to one fire a week in Vancouver alone
caused by e -bikes. Morning fog giving way to
sunshine by the afternoon on Tuesday. Inland
highs of 27. A mix of sun and cloud for Wednesday.
Sunny and a bit cooler on Thursday. For all the
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