Vancouver Rundown Friday February 7, 2025

Feb 07, 2025

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The BC Conservatives are demanding a public inquiry into allegations of fraud, abuse, drug trafficking and organized crime infiltration linked to the provincial government’s prescribed opioid alternatives program. This follows the explosive findings in an internal Health Ministry report into the PharmaCare harm reduction program. There are concerns millions of taxpayer dollars are being diverted into drug trafficking networks instead of going to people in need. The NDP government’s safer supply program was launched in 2020 as a way to help combat B.C.’s opioid crisis.

Other news…

The owner of an Abbotsford daycare has been charged with several counts of assaulting children in her care. The arrest comes after police looked into reports of abuse of children between two and six years old over a two year period. Sixty-year-old Indu Takhar is charged with six counts of assault but has been released from custody. She is not allowed to visit her own daycare - Smile ‘N Play.

A woman has been fined for getting too close to a pod of orcas on Vancouver Island. Forty-year-old Christine Jamieson will have to pay $2,500 in fines after witnesses reported her running down to the dock in Ucluelet Harbour and paddleboarding out to the whales. There is a 200-metre buffer zone to help protect them.

ICBC is reporting a spike in claims as drivers struggle to deal with recent ice and snow. The Crown corporation says claims jumped 40 per cent on Sunday compared to the same date last year. There were 1,339 claims on Feb. 2, the first day the South Coast experienced widespread snow.

Mainly sunny on Friday, windy in the afternoon. A mix of sun, cloud and possible flurries for Saturday and Sunday. Here are the latest conditions from our private weather station in Surrey.