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Vancouver rundown for Monday, March 2nd, 2026.

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Officials at the Indian Consulate in Vancouver

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have now been linked to the June 2023 murder

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of Hardeep Singh Nidjar outside Surrey's Guru

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Nanak Sikh Temple. The Globe and Mail reports

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Canadian National Security Officers have been

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presented with that evidence. Nidjar was active

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in campaigning for a separate Sikh homeland.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney is currently in India.

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trying to restore relations between Canada and

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the Modi government. Other news, thousands of

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Iranian Canadians have held weekend rallies in

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Vancouver in support of democracy in their homeland

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following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah

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Ali Khamenei. The largest rally took place Saturday

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at David Lamb Park and lasted for hours. Meanwhile,

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those outside the Vancouver Art Gallery called

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for a Democratic Republic instead of another

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monarchy. So far, U .S. President Donald Trump

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has not answered reporters' questions about the

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operation conducted jointly with Israeli forces.

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Three American service members have been killed

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during retaliatory action. A pedestrian is dead

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after being struck by a train in mission. Vancouver

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rundown. has learned it happened at around 1245

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Sunday afternoon at the tracks south of Highway

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7 in downtown Mission. No information has been

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released by the RCMP. A hazardous fuel response

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is now underway following Saturday's crash of

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a small plane in Delta's Burns Bog. Containment

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booms have been set up. The plane was carrying

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about the same amount of fuel as in a compact

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car. The pilot suffered only minor injuries when

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it crashed in a muddy area near Highway 17 and

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80th Avenue. The forecast calling for mostly

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sunshine for Monday, rain for Tuesday, showers

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on Wednesday. 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.