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Vancouver rundown for Friday, November 21, 2025.

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An instructor at Langara College, who was fired

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after praising the pro -Hamas terrorist attacks

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in Israel two years ago, has won her job back.

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An arbitrator has reinstated Natalie Knight and

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told the college she should be made whole for

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the loss of compensation. Three weeks after the

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October 7, 2023 assault, Knight told anti -Israeli

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demonstrators at the Vancouver Art Gallery the

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attacks were an amazing, brilliant offensive.

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Her comments sparked outrage in the Vancouver

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Jewish community. Knight was put on paid leave

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and later fired after making more remarks in

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support of Hamas. The Langara Faculty Association

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backed Knight, citing a tolerance for all views.

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Other news. A 44 -story hotel and rental housing

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tower is now proposed for a location near Surrey's

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King George SkyTrain station. A developer is

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proposing the massive project for a site on 137th

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Street, replacing a previously planned 13 -story

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tower. The hotel portion will include 266 guest

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rooms. Only 133 underground parking stalls are

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planned. A large fire has heavily damaged an

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old sawmill in Delta, just north of the Alex

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Fraser Bridge. Crews from Delta and Surrey battled

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the blaze late Thursday morning. Black smoke

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could be seen across a large portion of Metro

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Vancouver. Several people are injured, including

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two critically, after a grizzly bear attack near

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the tiny community of Ballakula. It happened

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on a trail near Highway 20 Thursday afternoon.

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Several of the victims are children from a nearby

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school. Rain and gusty wind in the forecast for

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Friday, rain for Saturday and 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.