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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, October 7, 2025.

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We won't stop until we win a fair deal. That's

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what BCGEU President Paul Finch says as members

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of his union enter the sixth week of their public

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sector strike. Thousands of striking members

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and supporters marched from Victoria City Hall

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to the BC legislature on Monday. The union says

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22 ,000 of its 34 ,000 members are involved in

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job action now. The provincial government is

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not returning to the bargaining table right now.

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Other news, charges have been laid against seven

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men in connection with the ongoing investigations

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into Surrey's extortion violence in the South

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Asian business community. Surrey police say three

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of the men are charged in shots fired at a home

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in the Wally neighborhood earlier this year.

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Two other men have been charged in a shooting

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at a Surrey home in August 2024. The other two

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are charged in relation to a vehicle arson over

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the weekend. In September, Surrey announced a

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$250 ,000 reward fund for information leading

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to the conviction of those involved in the growing

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number of extortion attacks. Police have busted

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a fentanyl and MDMA production and trafficking

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operation in the Fraser Valley. Chilliwack RCMP

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have arrested two men after raiding a couple

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of homes, two storage lockers, and a production

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lab on South Sumas Road. Those with an expertise

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in safely dismantling drug operations are expected

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to remain in the area for several days. A heads

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up for drivers who use Highway 1 to get to and

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from Vancouver. One of the main off -ramps, Exit

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27 at East 1st Avenue, will be closed Saturday,

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Sunday, and Monday. The closure is for repaving

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and part of a safety upgrade currently underway.

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Mostly sunny for Tuesday morning, becoming cloudy

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with possible showers by the afternoon. Clouds

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and a chance of showers for Wednesday. Back to

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sunshine for Thursday. 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.