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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, October 2, 2025.

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A few hundred striking public sector workers

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marched through downtown Vancouver Wednesday

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to draw attention to their push for much higher

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wages. The BCGEU members were joined by those

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from other unions for a noon -hour walk from

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the Vancouver Art Gallery to Jackpool Plaza.

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The union says it's prepared to escalate the

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strike action after rejecting the EB government's

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5 % wage increase over two years. Finance Minister

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Brenda Bailey says it's important to reach a

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fair deal, but one that is fair for all British

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Columbians. Other news, the BC Conservatives

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have fired Party Communications Officer Lindsay

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Shepard. The longtime staffer took to X to confirm

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leader John Rustad. Let her go for a social media

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post claiming the orange shirt and the orange

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flag perpetuate lies about children's graves

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being unearthed at a former residential school

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in Kamloops. In denouncing her firing, Shepard

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says she's a mother of two children and 32 weeks

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pregnant with another. Porter Airlines has announced

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plans for nonstop daily flights between YVR and

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Phoenix Sky Harbor. The new route is one of four

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announced by the airline, all between Canadian

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cities and sun destinations. The Vancouver to

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Phoenix announcement marks Porter Airlines' first

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cross -border service. Don't be duped by online

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impersonators. That is the warning from Vancouver

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singer Michael Bublé. It comes after numerous

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people have reported receiving personal messages

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from someone claiming to be Bublé. The singer

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says fans should only trust posts on his official

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social media platforms. The forecast clouds and

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showers for Thursday, clouds and a slight chance

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of showers for Friday and Saturday. For all the

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details on these local Vancouver area stories,

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along with those links, go to VancouverRundown

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.Substack .com.