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Vancouver rundown for Friday, October 31st, 2025.

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BC's police watchdog has ordered a new investigation

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into a disgraced Vancouver police detective.

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CTV reports the OPCC's probe follows a complaint

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from a former sex trafficking survivor. The woman

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claims she was lured into a seedy world and made

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to perform sex acts for money. Jim Fisher has

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never been criminally charged in connection with

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the allegation. Fisher, who worked with sex trafficking

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victims, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation

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and breach of trust in 2018 for incidents involving

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a teen girl and a young woman. Other news, two

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men have been arrested in the latest round of

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extortion -related gunfire in Surrey. Police

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say shots were fired at a home near Highway 10

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and King George Boulevard early Thursday morning.

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Officers arrested the suspects after a suspicious

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car was spotted a few blocks away. No one was

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hurt in this latest attack. A bad crash closed

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both lanes of Highway 1 heading west between

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Hope and Chilliwack early Thursday evening. It

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happened before 7 near Popcom. There's no word

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on the extent or number of injuries. The B .C.

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Green Party is calling for new higher taxes.

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for wealthy British Columbians as it unveils

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its new tax plan. Leader Emily Lowen says while

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the EB government claims the cupboard is bare,

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her party's found another cupboard. The Greens

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are proposing three new tax brackets and a 30

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% top rate for high earners, as well as a new

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inheritance tax, a land value tax, and increased

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corporate taxes. The forecast, heavy rain and

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gusty wind for Friday. Rain for Saturday, a mix

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of sun, clouds and showers for Sunday. For all

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the details on these local Vancouver area stories,

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along with those links, go to vancouverrundown

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.substack .com.