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Vancouver rundown for Friday, October 10, 2025.

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Vancouverites will get to vote on whether to

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get rid of the park board. The provincial government

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has now introduced legislation to change the

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Vancouver Charter. and allow the city to axe

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its unique park board if voters approve. Mayor

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Ken Sim, who has been pushing for its demise,

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says he welcomes the province's move, but would

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have preferred it happened two years ago. Sim

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says Vancouverites deserve world -class parks

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that are delivered in a cost -effective manner.

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Other news, a woman has escaped a bear attack

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in Squamish. it happened on wednesday while she

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was walking her dog in the squamish estuary she

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escaped with only minor scratches and did not

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require any medical attention the conservation

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officer's service says the mother bear was defending

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her nearby cubs Four teens have now been arrested

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after another teen was shot with a BB gun. It

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happened at Abbotsford's Mill Lake Park last

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Friday. The injured teen has been treated in

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hospital for minor injuries. The charges, well,

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they include assault with a weapon, assault,

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possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose,

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and breach of release. Three BC resorts have

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made a list of the top 50 in the world. Condé

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Nast Traveler has included Whistler's Four Seasons

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Resort, and the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, along

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with Claquat Wilderness Lodge in Tofino. The

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Wiccaninish Inn in Tofino placed third in a different

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category, best result in the U .S. and Canada.

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The list is based on feedback from readers around

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the world. The forecast, clouds and showers for

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Friday, rain for Saturday and Sunday. For all

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the details on these local Vancouver area stories,

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along with those links,