Vancouver rundown for Friday, January 30th, 2026.
BC Premier David Eby says Albertan separatists
who went to Washington, D .C. are engaging in
treason. That statement is being blasted by many
politicians, including Alberta Premier Daniel
Smith, who says she won't demonize the nearly
one million people in her province who are open
to separation. Eby is backing up his treason
remark, saying the group is going to a foreign
country to ask for help to break up Canada, which
is a treasonous activity and needs to be called
out and stopped. The group Stay Free Alberta
is trying to get 178 ,000 signatures to force
a vote on separation. Other news. A flipped truck
snarled Highway 99 traffic Thursday afternoon
just north of Horseshoe Bay. There's no word
on the number or extent of injuries after the
truck ended up on its side a few hundred meters
from the ferry terminal. The cause of the crash
is unclear. A pedestrian and a dog have been
killed after being hit by a train in Fort Langley.
It happened at Glover Road and Billy Brown Road.
At around 7 .45 Thursday morning, the person
died at the scene. Two convicted killers have
now been charged with trying to escape from the
Surrey Pretrial Center. 40 -year -old Dean Witcher
and 34 -year -old Harry Christensen are now charged
with attempting to break out of prison and attempting
to escape lawful custody. The two were spotted
by a corrections officer during an attempt to
escape in early December. The forecast calling
for clouds with gusty wind and heavy rain on
Friday, cloudy for Saturday, rain on Sunday.
For all the details on these local Vancouver
area stories, along with those links, go to VancouverRundown
.substack .com.