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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, October 9, 2025.

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All government liquor and cannabis stores are

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now behind BCGEU pickets. The move marks a major

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escalation in the public service strike after

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last week's brief meeting between union and government

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negotiators. It also comes as the province's

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bars and restaurants start running out of stock,

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which would normally come through the government

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liquor distribution system. Right now, there

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are still no plans for the two sides to return

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to the bargaining table. Other news, Chilliwack

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RCMP say they're checking with Health Canada

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to see if a barn that's been destroyed in a huge

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fire had a license to produce marijuana. Area

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residents say they heard explosions in two buildings

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collapsed in the Wednesday morning fire on Wilson

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Road in Yarrow. Over 40 firefighters from five

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halls responded. Investigators are still trying

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to figure out the exact cause of the blaze. South

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Delta's best -known developer is pushing back

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after the city nixed plans for residential towers

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in the heart of Tawasin. All members of council

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voted against a plan by Sean Hodgins and his

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Century Group to redevelop Town Center Mall.

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The reason? It did not align with Delta's official

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community plan. Hodgins says it shows a lack

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of flexibility around projects that increase

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density. Many Tawasin residents have pointed

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out their community only has two roads in and

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out. and still struggles with providing adequate

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services, such as the often -closed emergency

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room at Delta Hospital. Lululemon billionaire

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Chip Wilson has now been fined $600 for erecting

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an anti -NDP election sign outside his Point

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Grey home. That sign read, EB will tell you the

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conservatives are far right, but neglect saying

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NDP is communist. Elections BC says the sign

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neglected to contain a required statement on

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who paid for it. Clouds and showers for Thursday,

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Friday, and Saturday. 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.