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Vancouver rundown for Friday, December 12, 2025.

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Highway 1 has been closed between Whatcom Road

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and Sumas Way as Abbotsford continues to deal

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with expanding floodwaters from the Nooksack

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River south of the border. Detours have been

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in effect, even though the torrential rain eased

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off on Thursday. New evacuation orders have been

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issued late Thursday for a few Abbotsford properties,

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including the Clarion Hotel. Close to 1 ,500

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properties on Sumas Prairie remain under an evacuation

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order. Meanwhile, two U .S. Coast Guard helicopters

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have been used to rescue stranded residents in

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Sumas, Washington, just south of Abbotsford.

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Those on an MH -60 Jayhawk and an MH -65 Dolphin

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conducted a long -line rescue for four people

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stranded near the Huntington -Sumas border crossing

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late Thursday afternoon. after floodwaters reached

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chest -deep levels. Sumas Mayor Bruce Bosch says

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a Friday assessment will determine if this flood

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is worse than the one back in 2021. Other news.

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Another extortion -related shooting has occurred

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in Surrey, despite recent arrests and public

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forums. An auto body shop at 82 Avenue and 124th

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Street's been hit by early morning gunfire. No

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one's been hurt. This is the second time the

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business has been targeted. An iconic architect

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and urban planner credited with reshaping Vancouver's

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north side of False Creek has passed away. Stanley

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Kwok's contributions included the redevelopment

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of part of Victoria's Inner Harbour. In addition

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to co -founding Canadian Freehold Properties,

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he served on several boards including Expo 86,

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the BC Cancer Foundation, and the Vancouver Foundation.

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Quack was 98. Fog and drizzle for Friday, turning

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into periods of rain later in the day. Rain for

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Saturday and Sunday. For all the details on these

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local Vancouver area stories, along with those

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links, go to vancouverrundown .substack .com.