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Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, January 7, 2026.

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Refineries, not pipelines. That's what B .C.

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Premier David Eby says should be the priority,

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as the U .S. appears poised to take over Venezuelan

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oil exports. Eby says if Canada has billions

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of dollars to spend, it should go toward developing

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oil products for this country and for exports.

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The premier is holding firm on his opposition

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to building a new northern pipeline, saying Trans

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Mountain to Burnaby is not at full capacity.

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Almost 90 % of Alberta's oil sands exports currently

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go to the U .S. Other news, two B .C. ambulance

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paramedics have suffered non -life -threatening

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injuries in a crash on Monday. It happened near

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16th Avenue and 264th Street in Aldergrove late

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in the morning. when an ambulance and another

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vehicle collided. It's not clear whether the

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ambulance had its lights and siren on at the

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time. Two men have now been arrested in a bear

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spray attack at Campolano Mall last month. On

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December 18, three employees were bear sprayed

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by masked men who entered a store. Nothing was

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stolen. The thugs took off before police arrived.

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North Vancouver RCMP say CCTV footage and witness

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accounts helped identify the suspects. A woman

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is now pleaded guilty in a series of stabbings

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along Vancouver's seawall in the Yaletown area.

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On October 10th, paramedics discovered three

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victims with minor wounds near David Lamb Park.

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Four additional assault victims were later identified.

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The 35 -year -old woman remains in custody. pending

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a court date in March. The forecast is calling

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for rain and strong wind on Wednesday, showers

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on Thursday, periods of rain on Friday. For all

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the details on these local Vancouver area stories

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along with those links