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Vancouver rundown for Friday, December 19, 2025.

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Heavy rain, strong winds and even some high elevation

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snow is expected to continue into the weekend

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as BC's south coast copes with more stormy weather.

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A wind advisory has been posted for eastern parts

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of the Fraser Valley. Isolated flooding is still

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possible in areas around the Chilliwack River.

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Meanwhile, those heading into the BC interior

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could still find challenges. Highway 3 remains

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closed between Hope and Manning Park due to flood

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damage. Snow and blowing snow can be expected

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on the Coquihalla Highway and parts of Highway

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1 through the Fraser Canyon. Other news, a man

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convicted of the 2017 killing of an Abbotsford

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mother has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

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Gary Donald Loesch's sentence includes 2 years

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for interfering with a dead body, 10 years for

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manslaughter. His actual prison time may only

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be eight years due to time already served. Chelsea

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Lee Gauthier's body was found in a wooded area

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of Mission. She had been stabbed to death. An

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arrest has been made in Abbotsford's latest extortion

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-related shooting investigation. The driver of

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a suspect vehicle was pulled over and taken into

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custody shortly after shots were fired at the

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truck and trailer repair shop. on King Road Wednesday

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night. It was the second time that business has

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been targeted. No one has been hurt. Visits to

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lower mainland emergency rooms are on the rise

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as kids get hit with the flu. The B .C. Center

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for Disease Control reports more than a quarter

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of all pediatric visits to the ER have been for

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respiratory issues over the past two weeks. The

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H3N2 variant is leaving kids sicker than usual.

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Health officials continue to recommend vaccinations

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for this year's flu season. Rain and strong winds

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in the forecast for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

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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.