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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, December 2nd,

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2025. David Eby may be backing down on his hard

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stance opposing another oil pipeline to the West

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Coast. Speaking on CTV's Question Period, the

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BC Premier says his anxiety is centered on removing

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the North Coast oil tanker ban. That comment

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paves the way for discussions about a southern

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route. The BC Conservatives accuse Eby of flip

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-flopping on the pipeline issue. demanding the

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premier make up his mind. Other news, it's called

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Zoom. That dismissive remark has landed Federal

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Energy Minister Tim Hodgson in trouble with the

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B .C. First Nations group. Hodgson is now apologizing

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for what he calls a poor choice of words after

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being asked about a possible last -minute meeting

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with an alliance of nine First Nations opposed

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to any new Alberta to West Coast oil pipeline.

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The group says the remark was deeply disrespectful

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and showed a lack of understanding of the communities.

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Surrey has approved a plan for a new mixed -use

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hotel residential tower for 97A Avenue near 137th

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Street. The 44 -story building will have 266

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hotel rooms, 180 rental units, but only 133 underground

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parking stalls. The project is within walking

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distance to the King George Skytrain Station

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and Surrey Memorial Hospital. A small vigil has

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been held in downtown Vancouver to remember the

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150 people killed in Hong Kong's huge apartment

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tower fire. Seven buildings of the Wangfuck Court

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went up in flames last week. Relatives of the

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victims, including some in Vancouver, continue

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to demand answers to how such an inferno could

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happen. Clouds and showers in the forecast for

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Tuesday, cloudy on Wednesday, rain for Thursday.

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For all the details on these local Vancouver

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area stories, along with those links, go to vancouverrundown

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