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Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, April 7, 2026.

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Special weather statements have been posted by

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Environment Canada as the BC South Coast gets

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hit by strong wind. Gusts of up to 70 kilometers

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an hour are expected over a wide area of Metro

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Vancouver, Greater Victoria and the Gulf Islands.

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BC Hydro crews and contractors are on standby

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to deal with expected outages. BC Ferries is

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closely watching the situation in anticipation

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of possible cancellations. Meanwhile, some BC

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Ferries customers are now making unexpected Tuesday

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trips following a long weekend of delays and

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cancellations. BC Ferries had to deal with three

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ships experiencing mechanical problems. while

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two others remained out of service during the

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busy long weekend. That forced several cancellations

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on main routes between Vancouver Island and the

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Lower Mainland. The BC Conservatives blamed the

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BC Ferries Board and the NDP government for failing

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to fix serious issues over the past nine years.

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Other news, the hunt continues for a thug. after

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a stabbing in an Abbotsford park on Saturday

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night. Police say a 29 -year -old man is recovering

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from serious injuries after being attacked in

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Jubilee Park. Initial indications suggest it

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was targeted, but police are still trying to

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figure out the backstory. The maternity ward

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at Peace Arch Hospital has been again temporarily

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closed. For the sixth time this year, patients

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will be diverted to other hospitals over the

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next seven days. The problems are related to

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a shortage of specialists. Windy Tuesday morning,

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but sunny. Sunshine for Wednesday and Thursday,

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with inland highs around 17 degrees. For all

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the details on these local Vancouver area stories,

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along with those links, go to VancouverRundown

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