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Vancouver Rundown for Monday, March 30th, 2026.

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Documentary filmmaker Avi Lewis has been chosen

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the new leader of the federal NDP, replacing

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former Burnaby South MP Jagmeet Singh. Lewis,

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who is Jewish but an outspoken anti -Israel pundit,

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hasn't held political office but has worked as

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a TV host and CBC journalist. He had two failed

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bids to become an NDP MP, one in West Vancouver's

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Sunshine Coast, Sea to Sky, the other in Vancouver

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Center. Lewis is a self -proclaimed social democrat

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and also the son of former United Nations Ambassador

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Stephen Lewis. Other news, the former CEO and

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commercial spokesman for Savon Foods, Daryl Jones,

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has dropped his bid for the B .C. conservative

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leadership. Jones announced the decision on social

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media over the weekend, saying he will endorse

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Caroline Elliott. He says the province needs

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to get back on track by growing the economy,

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supporting small business, and creating new opportunities

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for the next generation. A man has been shot

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dead at a Surrey townhouse complex in the Sullivan

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Heights neighborhood. Witnesses have told CTV

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they saw two masked men chasing the victim before

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he was shot multiple times outside a unit on

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60th Avenue. It happened during the dinner hour

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on Saturday. There's no word on arrests and police

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are not saying whether this is related to any

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extortion cases or the drug trade. Hundreds of

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anti -Trump protesters rallied in downtown Vancouver

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on Saturday for a no -tyrants protest. The demonstration

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is part of the North American No Kings protests

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against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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crackdown on illegal immigrants in the U .S.

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Many are calling on Canadian companies to cut

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any ties to ICE. The forecast calling for mainly

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sunshine for Monday and Tuesday, clouds and 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.