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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, February 24, 2026.

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Canadian -based airlines are starting to resume

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scheduled flights to and from Mexico. That is

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good news for the thousands of Canadian tourists

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stuck in violent hotspots like Puerto Vallarta

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and Guadalajara. Many tourists have been sheltering

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in place since the weekend. Following those fire

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bombings of cars, shops and buildings, an apparent

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revenge rampage linked to the killing of drug

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kingpin Al Mencho. More than 70 people have died

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since the violence broke out on Sunday. Other

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news, Vancouver Mayor Ken Simm now says U .S.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known

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as ICE, is not welcome in the city during the

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FIFA World Cup. He says Vancouver police have

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jurisdiction over security and policing. ICE

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will have no authority. BC Place will host its

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first FIFA World Cup game on June 13th. A female

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pedestrian has been hit and killed by a train

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in Maple Ridge. It happened next to River Road

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not far from the Haney Station Sunday evening.

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CPKC police are looking into the circumstances.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney will skip the northern

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state of Punjab during his first visit to India.

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Carney plans to meet more business leaders and

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government officials when he tours Mumbai and

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New Delhi. There's no indication whether he will

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address foreign interference or links to extortion

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-related violence in Canada during this visit,

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which starts on Friday. Fog patches in the forecast

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for Tuesday morning, but otherwise mostly sunny.

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Clouds and possible showers on Wednesday. Rain

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for Thursday. For all the details on these local

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Vancouver area stories, along with those links,

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go to VancouverRundown .substack .com.