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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, February 5th,

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2026. Former anti -gang cop Paul Dadwal will

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lead BC's community panel on extortions. The

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move comes following the provincial government's

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promise to crack down on South Asian extortion

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violence in Surrey and other communities. Dadwal

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is recently retired from the RCMP and now works

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as a private security consultant. He was a key

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figure in the Surrey 6 investigation and trial.

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Meanwhile, Premier David Eby says extortionists

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have no business shooting at homes and will be

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held accountable regardless of their personal

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circumstances. He says those involved in extortions

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will be deported or arrested, charged and jailed.

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He says the provincial government will work with

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Ottawa to make sure those brought in under the

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temporary foreign worker program are not recruited

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into organized crime. or extortion violence.

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Other news, homicide investigators are now looking

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into the suspicious disappearance of a 45 -year

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-old Burnaby man. IHIT thinks Masoud Masoudi's

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case is not random. It's checking into possible

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links to Masoudi's activism in relation to current

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events in Iran. The investigation started on

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Monday after Burnaby RCMP got calls from neighbors

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concerned about Masoudi's disappearance. Firefighters

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in West Vancouver have rescued a dog from a ledge

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at Lighthouse Park. West Van firefighters used

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ropes to reach a two -year -old black lab who

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slipped over a cliff after having a yelling match

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with a sea lion. Pet owners are being told to

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be extra careful on steep trails following recent

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heavy rain. Fog Thursday morning but otherwise

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sunny. A mix of sun and cloud for Friday. Showers

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on Saturday. For all the details on these local

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Vancouver area stories along with those links