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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, October 21st,

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2025. Another MLA has quit the BC Conservatives,

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becoming the fifth to do so in less than a year.

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Penticton Summerland MLA Amelia Bolpe says she's

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leaving the caucus because John Rustad's failed

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leadership needs to end. Bolpe says Rustad invited

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her to get the fuck out, and she's taking him

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up on the offer. Rostad accuses Bolpi of leaking

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caucus information to the media, suffering mental

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health issues, and supporting Hamas. She also

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backed fellow MLA Eleanor Sturco, who quit the

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party over differences with Rostad. Other news,

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a teen motorcycle rider has been caught going

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187 kilometers an hour on Highway 1. near the

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Portman Bridge. RCMP say it happened over the

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weekend, and the rider told police he thought

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he lost them, not realizing officers are equipped

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with radar, radios, and cameras. The 18 -year

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-old now faces close to $1 ,000 in fines, the

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loss of a Yamaha motorcycle for a week, and various

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licensing and insurance penalties. A cyclist

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who was struck by a pickup driver in Abbotsford

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last month has now died in hospital. 32 -year

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-old Vanessa Venchuk was taken off life support

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over the weekend. Online posts indicate she was

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the mother of two young children. Venchuk suffered

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critical injuries after being struck on South

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Parallel Road at around 10 p .m. on September

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28th. There will be a Canadian team in the World

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Series. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Seattle

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Mariners 4 -3 Monday evening. Taking the American

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League Championship at Rogers Center, they'll

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face the LA Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series

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on Friday. A mix of sun, clouds, and showers

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for Tuesday, rain on Wednesday, showers on Thursday.

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For all the details on these local Vancouver

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area stories, along with those links, go to vancouverrundown

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