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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, October 1st,

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2025. BC's new extortion task force is taking

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the lead. Investigating shots fired at South

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Asian radio station Swift 1200 AM. Staff at the

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radio station located in Surrey's Newton neighborhood

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called police Tuesday morning after discovering

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an exterior door shot up. There are no reports

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of injuries. Radio Swift recently aired an interview

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with Surrey's police chief focusing on extortion

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and violence in the South Asian business community.

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Other news, Vancouver police are looking for

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a suspect after a man was shot dead in Chinatown.

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It happened at around seven o 'clock Tuesday

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morning near Main and Union streets. The victim

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was rushed to hospital but did not survive. There's

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no word on a suspected motive. A truck driver

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has been arrested for being drunk at the wheel

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after a semi -crashed shutting down part of Highway

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1 in Abbots Ford early Monday evening. It happened

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near the Walkum Road exit. The truck flipped

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its load onto the road. No one was hurt. Striking

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members of the BCGEU and their supporters are

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holding a Wednesday march through downtown Vancouver.

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Organizers say thousands are expected to gather

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during the noon hour at the Vancouver Art Gallery

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before making their way to Jackpool Plaza. Talks

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between the government and the BCGEU broke down

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Monday evening. The forecast clouds and showers

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for Wednesday with the risk of an afternoon thunderstorm.

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Clouds and showers on Thursday. A mix of sun

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clouds and showers on Friday. For all the details

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on these local Vancouver area stories along with

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those links go to vancouverrundown .substack

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.com