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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, January 27, 2026.

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The basement of a home in Kitsilano has exploded.

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Vancouver Fire Rescue was called to reports of

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a building collapse at McDonald Street and West

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6th Avenue just before 6 Monday evening. What

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they found was a fire started by an explosion

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in the basement of a house. Two people are displaced,

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but there's no indication of any injuries. The

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suspected cause is not being reported. Other

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news, a second -degree murder charge has now

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been laid in a stabbing near Vancouver's Commercial

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Broadway SkyTrain station last week. 22 -year

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-old Kwok Dang is charged with a single count

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in connection with the city's first reported

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homicide of 2026. Police made the arrest at a

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home on Commercial Drive near East 13th Avenue.

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48 -year -old Christopher Jamal Sanderson died

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in hospital after the Tuesday stabbing. A warning

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has gone out to Vancouver area users after a

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spike in tainted drug overdoses. The BC Centre

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for Disease Control and Vancouver Coastal Health

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warn a white triangular pill imprinted with DD

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has been found to contain fentanyl and not hydromorphone.

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While there are no reported cases of drug deaths,

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the tablet could cause users to pass out. That

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massive snowstorm in eastern parts of Canada

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and the U .S. has been causing flight delays

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and cancellations at Vancouver International.

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YVR has been advising travelers to check their

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flight information. Dozens of arrivals and departures

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have been impacted in the past couple of days.

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Both Air Canada and WestJet have offered some

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complimentary ticket changes or waivers. Cloudy

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for most of Tuesday with rain by the evening.

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Rain and wind for Wednesday and Thursday. For

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all the details on these local Vancouver area

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stories, along with those links, go to VancouverRundown

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.Substack .com.