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Vancouver rundown for Friday, November 14, 2025.

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BCGEU members have voted 89 % in favor of ratifying

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their contract deal with the provincial government.

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The four -year agreement ended a public service

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strike that lasted eight weeks. Workers will

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get a 12 % wage increase over the life of the

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deal, as well as improvements to vision care

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and counseling benefits. The B .C. government

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remains in negotiations with nurses and teachers

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who are both working with expired contracts.

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Other news, the Canadian Union of Public Employees,

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Local 1004, is blasting Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim

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and his ABC Council members over the proposed

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property tax freeze. A union spokesperson says

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that freeze will make the city less functional

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while doing nothing to improve affordability.

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Over 600 speakers registered to voice their opinion

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on the proposed budget. A final decision is expected

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November 25th. Some residents have been displaced

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by a Thursday evening apartment fire in West

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Vancouver. Some units on the second floor of

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the building at 15th Street and Esquimalt Avenue

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have been heavily damaged by a fire that started

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at around 5 p .m. One resident is slightly hurt.

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There's no early word on a cause. Drivers have

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to pay more attention to cyclists, pedestrians,

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and scooters. That is the warning from Burnaby

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RCMP. It comes after five collisions in only

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two days. RCMP say bad weather plays a major

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factor in such crashes at this time of year.

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The forecast clouds for most of Friday, rain

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by the evening, rain for Saturday and Sunday.

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For all the details on these local Vancouver

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area stories along with those links