Vancouver rundown for Monday, December 22, 2025.
Boxing Day, that's the new best guess estimate
as to when Highway 3 will reopen between Hope
and Princeton. Flood damage will take months
to repair, but the Ministry of Transportation
expects to build a temporary detour in the area
with a 30 km an hour speed limit. Until Friday,
drivers will still have to take Highway 5 to
get to the southern interior. Other news, a section
of the Stanley Park seawall has been closed due
to a slide on Sunday. Some mud, rocks and trees
came down on the seawall near the Lionsgate Bridge.
That means the section between Prospect Point
and Siwash Rock will be closed until there is
a full assessment. The City of Vancouver says
public safety is its priority. BC Housing has
been told to find out how a convicted killer
wanted on a Canada -wide warrant. was given a
room at a notorious SRO in Vancouver's Granville
Entertainment District. 26 -year -old Jordan
Conway was arrested last week at the former Howard
Johnson Hotel. Conway is wanted in connection
with the killing of a 69 -year -old cab driver.
There's still no word on the number or extent
of injuries. after an eight -car crash on the
Alex Fraser Bridge on Sunday. The crash happened
at around 4 p .m. and closed all but one of the
lanes for hours. It was raining heavily at the
time, but there's no word or early word on the
suspected cause. The forecast calling for clouds
and showers on Monday and Tuesday, windy at times,
cloudy on Wednesday with the chance of showers.
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