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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, March 26, 2026.

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Using public transit in Metro Vancouver will

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cost a little more starting July 1st. TransLink

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has approved an average 5 % fare hike for buses,

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SkyTrain, and Seabus. An adult commuter who uses

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buses and SkyTrain to get from Cloverdale to

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downtown Vancouver will now pay $6 .70 for a

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three -zone ticket. That is $13 .40 a day for

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a round trip. The TransLink board is also pushing

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for an increase in the transit portion. of property

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taxes one of half a dozen tax and levy streams

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it uses to raise cash from taxpayers other news

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bc's police watchdog has launched a probe into

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systemic sexual misconduct in the province's

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municipal police forces The Office of the Police

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Complaint Commissioner will investigate how municipal

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forces deal with sexualized conduct, an issue

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that continues to resurface in complaints. There

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are 15 municipal or city police forces in B .C.,

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including the new Surrey Police Service. The

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City of Vancouver will spend over a third of

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a million dollars to equip its parking enforcement

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officers with 50 new cameras. The intention is

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to reduce assaults on officers. They will wear

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the same type of cameras being used by cops.

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The $370 ,000 will be spent over the next five

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years. A suspicious death on Vancouver's downtown

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east side on Friday is now being treated as a

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homicide. Paramedics notify police after treating

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a man in medical distress at Columbia and East

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Hastings. The circumstances have not been released.

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Forecast calling for a mix of sun and cloud for

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Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. For all the details

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on these local Vancouver area stories, along

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with those links, go to vancouverrundown .substack

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.com.