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Vancouver Rundown Friday December 1, 2023

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Bruce Claggett

Dec 01, 2023

Summary

There has been an ‘officer involved shooting’ near Mill Lake in Abbotsford. That’s all that’s being said right now about a police incident near Ware and Robertson Streets at around 3:30 Thursday afternoon. Police tape has been put up around an apartment building - more details are expected to be released soon.

Other stories…

Someone shot-up a pickup during the noon hour in a busy area of Burnaby on Thursday. Surprisingly, no one was hit but a car fire was reported near SFU a short time later. All this has the markings of another violent incident in the ongoing B.C. drug war. RCMP are extra worried because this happened on a busy stretch of Dawson Street in the middle of the day. No arrests have been made.

The Three Rivers University community in Kamloops is in shock after a Wednesday crash that killed a member of the school’s Men’s Volleyball Team and left two teammates fighting for their lives. The members of the Wolfpack Volleyball team were in a car that was stopped at a red light when hit by an out-of-control pickup. In a statement from the university, TRU President Brett Fairbairn says it’s hard to find words to express how we feel in these moments, in the face of such an inexplicable tragedy.

Perhaps we escaped the worst of what November usually offers in terms of weather - that’s all about to change as parts of the Lower Mainland brace for an atmospheric river, strong winds and possibly snow at higher elevations. A system moved on shore midday Thursday, bringing heavy rain in some areas by the evening. Those heading out of town can expect snow on some of the mountain passes.

Here are the latest conditions from our private weather station in Surrey.