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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, October 23rd,

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2025. John Rustad won't quit. The BC Conservative

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leader is rejecting the demands of his party's

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president and the management committee to step

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down in light of what they call unprecedented

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levels of turmoil. Over the past year, Rostad

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has rejected a letter signed by his party's management

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committee saying the 39 -member caucus is in

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a good place. Rostad says he has the support

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of the membership after a vote on his leadership

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last summer. Other news, those who fight forest

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fires in the province have now joined the BCGEU

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strike. The move is the latest escalation in

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the eight -week -old strike and comes despite

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mediated talks with the provincial government.

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The union continues to ask for an 8 % wage hike

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over two years. The province is offering between

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4 % and 5%. A BC judge has denied a class action

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lawsuit filed against the government. over the

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COVID -19 provincial health orders of Dr. Bonnie

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Henry. The BC Supreme Court has ruled the case

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can't proceed because of many self -inflicted

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problems. A group calling itself the Canadian

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Society for the Advancement of Science and Public

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Policy had argued Henry and the government used

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executive powers predicated on unsubstantiated

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scientific and legal grounds, a move that caused

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catastrophic consequences for adults in the province.

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Vancouver police have arrested three men in their

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50s following a six -week investigation into

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a crime group operating on the downtown east

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side. Cops seized more than a third of a million

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dollars in drugs and thousands of dollars in

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stolen property. The VPD says a stretch of East

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Hastings between Main Street and Carroll is home

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to the most violent crime in the city. Showers

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with gusty wind near the coast on Thursday. rain

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for Saturday and Sunday. For all the details

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on these local Vancouver area stories, along

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with those links,