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Vancouver rundown for Monday, March 9, 2026.

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The Coquihalla Highway north of Merritt has reopened

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after being shut down for several hours on Sunday

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following a messy snowstorm. Several people have

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been injured in a series of crashes on Highway

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5. Drivers say conditions change quickly. and

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switch between heavy snow, slush, and rain. Environment

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Canada continues to warn drivers to beware of

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more snow and strong wind on Monday and Tuesday.

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Other news, a motorcycle rider is being treated

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for serious injuries after a crash on Fraser

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Highway near 243 Street in Langley. It happened

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at around 1 o 'clock Sunday afternoon. There's

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no word on whether speed was a factor in the

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crash. Weather conditions just fine. A Monday

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vote at the Vancouver Park Board could decide

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whether to reconnect Lost Lagoon with the ocean.

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Staff is recommending a $30 million plan to reconnect

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the lagoon next to the south end of the Stanley

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Park Causeway with Burrard Inlet. That move would

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return Lost Lagoon to its natural tidal water

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state while fixing some water quality issues.

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The BC government has approved two new training

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sites for municipal police officers, one in Vancouver

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and the other in Victoria. The satellite campuses

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will be part of the Justice Institute of BC and

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funded in part by the police forces in the two

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cities. It is a move intended to increase police

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recruitment right across the province. The forecast

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calling for increasing cloudiness on Monday.

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with a chance of showers or wet flurries. Showers

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or flurries in the forecast for Tuesday, rain

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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.