vancouver rundown for wednesday october 22nd
2025 a bc gangster who spent many years as a
fugitive has now pleaded guilty to plotting to
kill the bacon brothers u n gangster connor demonte
has pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill red
scorpions jonathan jared and jamie bacon more
than 15 years ago. A date for sentencing has
not yet been set. It is expected the Crown will
drop DeMonte's first -degree murder charge in
the 2009 Langley shooting death of Red Scorpion
Kevin LeClaire. In February 2022, DeMonte was
arrested in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he had
been living under a different name. Other news...
A pedestrian has been killed after being hit
by a car in Aldergrove early Tuesday morning.
It happened near 264th Street and 0 Avenue before
7 a .m. Roads in the area were closed for several
hours. Police are hoping to talk to witnesses
after an American tourist fell over a cliff at
North Vancouver's Lynn Canyon Park during the
noon hour on Monday. The woman in her 50s suffered
serious injuries. RCMP say she was part of a
group of tourists on a guided tour of the park.
Vancouver's cruise ship season has now wrapped
up with slightly fewer visitors than last year.
About 1 .2 million passengers visited the city
in 2025, down from 1 .3 million last year. The
dip has not impacted most businesses that rely
on the cruise ship passengers. Some have noted,
The summer was busier than expected. The forecast,
cloudy with rain in the afternoon on Wednesday,
clouds and showers on Thursday, rain for Friday.
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