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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, December 18,

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2025. Crews have restored power to tens of thousands

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of homes and businesses in the lower mainland.

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A windstorm that started Tuesday night and continued

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into Wednesday morning across southern B .C.

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knocked out power to close to 120 ,000 B .C.

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hydro customers. Winds hit over 100 kilometers

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an hour in several areas. causing trees and branches

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to come down on numerous roads and power lines

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from Vancouver Island through to the West Kootenai.

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Meanwhile, all remaining flood evacuation orders

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have been canceled in Abbotsford. Those living

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on Sumas Prairie are now allowed to go home as

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flooding subsides. The B .C. River Forecast Center

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has downgraded its flood warning to a high -stream

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advisory. Other news... BC is indeed positioned

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to become the economic engine of our country's

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economy going forward. Those are the words of

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David Eby. The Premier's year -end predictions

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come as the federal government approves Anglo's

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takeover of Vancouver -based tech resources.

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Eby says the extra investment in the mining industry

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will create at least 1 ,200 permanent jobs. He

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also says companies and investors are gaining

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confidence in B .C. Transit will be free in Metro

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Vancouver New Year's Eve. TransLink is again

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providing free bus, SkyTrain and Seabus rides

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starting at 5 o 'clock on December 31st and going

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through until 5 in the morning on New Year's

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Day. There will be extra bus and expanded service

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for SkyTrain and Seabus. West Coast Express will

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also go fare free during this time. Fog in the

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forecast for Thursday morning and then rain by

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the afternoon, rain for Friday and Saturday.

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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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.substack .com.