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vancouver rundown for wednesday october 22nd

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2025 a bc gangster who spent many years as a

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fugitive has now pleaded guilty to plotting to

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kill the bacon brothers u n gangster connor demonte

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has pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill red

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scorpions jonathan jared and jamie bacon more

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than 15 years ago. A date for sentencing has

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not yet been set. It is expected the Crown will

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drop DeMonte's first -degree murder charge in

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the 2009 Langley shooting death of Red Scorpion

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Kevin LeClaire. In February 2022, DeMonte was

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arrested in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he had

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been living under a different name. Other news...

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A pedestrian has been killed after being hit

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by a car in Aldergrove early Tuesday morning.

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It happened near 264th Street and 0 Avenue before

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7 a .m. Roads in the area were closed for several

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hours. Police are hoping to talk to witnesses

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after an American tourist fell over a cliff at

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North Vancouver's Lynn Canyon Park during the

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noon hour on Monday. The woman in her 50s suffered

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serious injuries. RCMP say she was part of a

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group of tourists on a guided tour of the park.

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Vancouver's cruise ship season has now wrapped

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up with slightly fewer visitors than last year.

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About 1 .2 million passengers visited the city

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in 2025, down from 1 .3 million last year. The

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dip has not impacted most businesses that rely

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on the cruise ship passengers. Some have noted,

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The summer was busier than expected. The forecast,

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cloudy with rain in the afternoon on Wednesday,

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clouds and showers on Thursday, rain for Friday.

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