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Vancouver rundown for Friday, January 23, 2026.

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Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke is calling on the federal

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government to appoint an extortion czar to deal

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with her city's rapid increase in shootings.

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She says there is a need for full -scale national

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initiatives to stop the violence. The call comes

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as Surrey and other communities continue to deal

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with an escalation in extortion cases aimed at

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the South Asian business community and linked

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to organized crime. Locke says the system is

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broader than just policing. Any mandate should

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examine weak links in Canada's criminal, immigration,

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and citizenship systems. Other news, people have

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been told to stay clear of a Burnaby neighborhood.

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as RCMP deal with some sort of police situation

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near Canada Way and Boundary Road. The Mounties

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would only say their Thursday evening presence

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is for an active investigation. Photos shared

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online show yellow crime scene tape. Angry protesters

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have confronted 1BC leader Dallas Brody during

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an anti -racism demonstration at UBC. Brody was

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unable to keep her planned speech outside the

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Indian Residential School History and Dialogue

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Center. Brody continues to deny the deaths of

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children at residential schools while calling

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the reconciliation process an industry. Several

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Vancouver community centers will introduce new

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pay parking starting next month. Daily Hive reports

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staff have been working toward a February 16th

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start date. for lots at Hillcrest, Carisdale,

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and Trout Lake. The park board has said the first

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three hours of parking could be free, and then

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$3 .50 per hour after that. Forecasts calling

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for clearing for Friday morning, sunny by the

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afternoon, windy at times, sunny for Saturday

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and Sunday. For all the details on these local

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