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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, December 16, 2025.

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Close to 90 ,000 BC Hydro customers were left

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without power at the height of Monday's windstorm

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on the south coast. About 50 ,000 of those were

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on the Sunshine Coast and Lower Mainland, the

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rest on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.

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The hardest hit areas included parts of Hope,

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Chilliwack, Langley, Maple Ridge, Duncan, Victoria

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and Qualicum. At one point, downed tree limbs

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cut off vehicle access to Fraser Canyon Hospital

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in Hope. Meanwhile, a woman is dead after being

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hit by a falling tree near Chilliwack. RCMP say

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she was walking with two young children at Island

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22 Monday afternoon. When a wind gust brought

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down a tree, victim services has been called

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in to help the family. Other news. An unmarked

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police vehicle has struck and killed a woman

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in Surrey. It happened on 152th Street just north

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of 64th Avenue Sunday night. Police are not commenting

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on whether the woman was in a crosswalk when

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it happened. The IIO is looking into the circumstances

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as per protocol. The federal government has now

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given the green light to Anglo -Americans' takeover

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of Vancouver -based tech resources. That approval

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hinged on Anglo's promise to invest at least

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$10 billion in Canada over the next 15 years.

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Tech is one of Canada's oldest mining companies,

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and in BC it operates the Highland Valley Copper

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Mine and the smelter in Trail. The forecast calling

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for showers and gusty wind on Tuesday. More showers

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on Wednesday, rain on Thursday. 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.