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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, December 11,

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2025. Thursday will be an assessment and recovery

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day after torrential rains caused Fraser Valley

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flooding and cut three highway routes between

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the BC interior and the lower mainland. Heavy

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rain triggered a handful of evacuation orders

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in areas including the Chilliwack River Valley.

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Evacuation alerts have been issued for other

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areas. including Abbotsford's Claiborne Village

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and Sumas Prairie West. Access to the Huntington

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-Sumas border crossing remained closed except

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for local residents. Small slides, flooding,

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and hazardous conditions are responsible for

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closing many of the main out -of -town highways.

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As of Wednesday night, Highway 1 had been closed

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heading east at Highway 9 and also between Hope

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and Lytton. Other closures included the Hope

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-Princeton Highway, the Coquihalla Highway between

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Hope and Merritt, and even the Lougheed Highway

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west of Hope. Meanwhile, the flood siren at the

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City Hall in Sumas, Washington has been going

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off as Whatcom County deals with numerous problems

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relating to the overflowing Nooksack River. Water

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has been flowing over the main street in Everson

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and Mount Baker Highway is closed at Silver Lake.

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Close to 100 ,000 people in western Washington

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are subject to evacuation alerts or orders. Other

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news. Plans for a new Filipino cultural center

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in Vancouver have been given the green light.

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City Council has approved the concept backed

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by Mayor Ken Sim for a Main Street Filipino cultural

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center and hotel. Some Filipino community groups

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have expressed concerns about the funding formula

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for the project. Former South Surrey White Rock

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MP Carrie Lynn Finley appears to be gearing up

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to run for the leadership of the B .C. Conservatives.

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A new website has been launched encouraging party

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members to get behind Finley to be the next premier.

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It touts her federal record opposing the decriminalization

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of drugs while supporting gun rights and pipelines.

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Finley has not made an official declaration to

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run for the job vacated by. Former leader John

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Rustad. Cloudy on Thursday, periods of rain for

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Friday, rain for Saturday. For all the details

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on these local Vancouver area stories, along

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with those links, go to vancouverrundown .substack

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.com.