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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, November 12,

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2025. At least 19 birds have now died at the

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Okanagan Sanctuary hit by avian flu. CritterAid,

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which adopts birds, pets, and farm animals, says

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those deaths include a rooster, 10 chickens,

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ducks, and other birds. Avian flu was first confirmed

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on October 29 at the farm, and the farm has been

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closed to the public ever since. The operators

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continue to cooperate with the CFIA, Interior

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Health, and other authorities. Other news, a

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Vancouver -area woman has been found stabbed

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to death at a spa in Belize. The body of Marty

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Thorne was found Monday morning at the Rosspa

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Resort near Bullet Tree Village. That's close

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to 100 kilometers south of Belize City. One person

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has been arrested and local police are looking

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for two more suspects. There's no word on an

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apparent motive. A well -known amateur hockey

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coach is identified as the victim of that fatal

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car crash in Maple Ridge, first reported by Vancouver

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Rundown. 47 -year -old Martin Hack was an assistant

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coach with the Ridge Meadows Flames. The crash

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happened early Sunday evening near Golden Ears

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Way and Lady Street, and it injured two others,

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one critically. Vancouver City Council will vote

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Wednesday on Mayor Ken Sims' plan to keep the

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city's operating budget at $2 .4 billion. That

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plan includes cutting services and increasing

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fees in an attempt to close a $120 million funding

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gap as part of Sims' promise of no new tax increases.

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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says Vancouver's

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taxes increased close to 20%. over the previous

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three years. The forecast is calling for plenty

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of rain for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

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For all the details on these local Vancouver

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area stories, along with those links,