Vancouver rundown for Wednesday, January 28,
2026. B .C. Green Party leader Emily Lowen is
among those calling for a boycott of Savon Foods
and other Patterson companies over a possible
U .S. real estate deal with ICE. Word of a boycott
is spreading on social media after stories surfaced
on the weekend reporting a Patterson -owned real
estate company may sell a warehouse in Virginia
to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE says
it hopes to use that warehouse as a processing
facility for its operations. Lowen's boycott
call is mixed with an unrelated statement about
food prices, including those at other Canadian
grocery chains. Other news, former Savon Foods
president and commercial spokesman Daryl Jones
has made it official he is seeking the leadership
of the B .C. Conservatives. The Zuri resident
is the seventh declared candidate running for
the job, left vacant with the forced resignation
of John Rustad. Jones, who grew up in Cranbrook,
says his career went from stockroom to boardroom,
and he knows what it takes to manage budgets,
create thousands of jobs, and navigate challenges.
The union representing BC's ambulance paramedics
says it plans to hold a strike vote early next
month. That word comes following last week's
impasse in contract talks. An electronic vote
would start on February 2nd and continue for
two weeks. Some Tuesday afternoon commuters slowed
down on Highway 1 in the Burnaby Lake stretch
to check out the source of black smoke. Fire
crews managed to quickly control a warehouse
fire near the spurling Burnaby Lake SkyTrain
station. There's no word on the cause of the
fire. Forecast is calling for heavy rain with
gusty wind for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
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