Vancouver rundown for Friday, October 31st, 2025.
BC's police watchdog has ordered a new investigation
into a disgraced Vancouver police detective.
CTV reports the OPCC's probe follows a complaint
from a former sex trafficking survivor. The woman
claims she was lured into a seedy world and made
to perform sex acts for money. Jim Fisher has
never been criminally charged in connection with
the allegation. Fisher, who worked with sex trafficking
victims, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation
and breach of trust in 2018 for incidents involving
a teen girl and a young woman. Other news, two
men have been arrested in the latest round of
extortion -related gunfire in Surrey. Police
say shots were fired at a home near Highway 10
and King George Boulevard early Thursday morning.
Officers arrested the suspects after a suspicious
car was spotted a few blocks away. No one was
hurt in this latest attack. A bad crash closed
both lanes of Highway 1 heading west between
Hope and Chilliwack early Thursday evening. It
happened before 7 near Popcom. There's no word
on the extent or number of injuries. The B .C.
Green Party is calling for new higher taxes.
for wealthy British Columbians as it unveils
its new tax plan. Leader Emily Lowen says while
the EB government claims the cupboard is bare,
her party's found another cupboard. The Greens
are proposing three new tax brackets and a 30
% top rate for high earners, as well as a new
inheritance tax, a land value tax, and increased
corporate taxes. The forecast, heavy rain and
gusty wind for Friday. Rain for Saturday, a mix
of sun, clouds and showers for Sunday. For all
the details on these local Vancouver area stories,
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