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Vancouver rundown for Friday, January 9, 2026.

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B .C. faces the prospects of weak financial growth

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in 2026, according to a new report by Deloitte

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Canada. The forecast is for 1 .6 GDP growth as

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the province's forestry sector continues to struggle.

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That comes despite an expected increase in LNG

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exports tied to the new terminal project in Prince

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Rupert. Alberta and Saskatchewan are expecting

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to have 2 .1 % growth. Overall, Canada's growth

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is expected to be 1 .5 % as the country struggles

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with U .S. tariffs. Other news, David Eby is

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under fire from leaders of Sikh temples across

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the province. Suri's Guru Nanak Temple is asking

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the premier to suspend his business trip to India

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until there is full justice. for Hardeep Singh

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Nidger. The Sikh separatist was gunned down outside

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the temple back in June of 2023 in an attack

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then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said was connected

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to the Indian government. A shooting linked to

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ongoing extortion cases in the South Asian business

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community is under investigation by Langley RCMP.

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This latest one happened on a stretch of 232nd

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Street early Thursday morning. There are no injuries.

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Investigators are looking into possible ties

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to similar attacks south of the Fraser in the

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past few weeks. Bruno Mars is coming to Vancouver

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as part of his The Romantic Tour. The pop icon

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is scheduled for a single show at BC Place on

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Wednesday, October 14th. He'll be in Toronto

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for two shows in May. Tickets for the Vancouver

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date go on sale next Thursday. The forecast calling

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for a few showers for Friday morning, windy at

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times, rain and wind for 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.