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Vancouver rundown for Friday, October 17, 2025.

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BC's public service strike continues to escalate

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despite a meeting between government negotiators

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and leaders of the BCGEU. Union President Paul

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Finch says the government refuses to come close

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to demands of an 8 % increase over two years.

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Right now, the NDP's offer stands at between

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4 % and 5 % over that same period. Meanwhile,

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about 370 more BCGEU members have joined the

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strike action. The move also comes as all non

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-essential members of the Smaller Professional

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Employees Association walk off the job. Other

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news, a Surrey cafe on 120th Street has been

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targeted for a third time as those extortion

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attacks ramp up. Police are trying to find those

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responsible for firing shots at Cap's Cafe Thursday

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morning. That is the same business owned by Indian

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entertainment star Kapil Sharma that was shot

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up twice over the summer. It comes only five

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days after a woman was hurt in an extortion -related

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shooting at a home in Wally. The EB government

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recently created a task force to end such extortion

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attacks. A man has been badly injured by a police

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dog during an arrest in Coquitlam. It happened

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Wednesday afternoon as police, along with the

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emergency response team, made a warrant arrest

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at a mall. The IIO has been called in as per

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protocol. An arrest has also been made in a series

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of arsons in Coquitlam's Millardville area last

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month. At least four fires were set late at night

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within blocks of the Millardville Community Center.

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No one was hurt in any of the fires. The forecast,

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clouds and showers in the morning on Friday,

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and then a mix of sun and cloud by the afternoon,

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rainy and windy for Saturday and Sunday. For

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all the details on these local Vancouver area

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stories, along with those links, go to vancouverrundown

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