Vancouver rundown for Thursday, October 2, 2025.
A few hundred striking public sector workers
marched through downtown Vancouver Wednesday
to draw attention to their push for much higher
wages. The BCGEU members were joined by those
from other unions for a noon -hour walk from
the Vancouver Art Gallery to Jackpool Plaza.
The union says it's prepared to escalate the
strike action after rejecting the EB government's
5 % wage increase over two years. Finance Minister
Brenda Bailey says it's important to reach a
fair deal, but one that is fair for all British
Columbians. Other news, the BC Conservatives
have fired Party Communications Officer Lindsay
Shepard. The longtime staffer took to X to confirm
leader John Rustad. Let her go for a social media
post claiming the orange shirt and the orange
flag perpetuate lies about children's graves
being unearthed at a former residential school
in Kamloops. In denouncing her firing, Shepard
says she's a mother of two children and 32 weeks
pregnant with another. Porter Airlines has announced
plans for nonstop daily flights between YVR and
Phoenix Sky Harbor. The new route is one of four
announced by the airline, all between Canadian
cities and sun destinations. The Vancouver to
Phoenix announcement marks Porter Airlines' first
cross -border service. Don't be duped by online
impersonators. That is the warning from Vancouver
singer Michael Bublé. It comes after numerous
people have reported receiving personal messages
from someone claiming to be Bublé. The singer
says fans should only trust posts on his official
social media platforms. The forecast clouds and
showers for Thursday, clouds and a slight chance
of showers for Friday and Saturday. For all the
details on these local Vancouver area stories,
along with those links, go to VancouverRundown
.Substack .com.