Vancouver Rundown Friday January 26, 2024

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Jan 26, 2024

Summary

Yes - Vancouver appears closer to fulfilling Mayor Ken Sim’s wish and axing the Park Board. The mayor has announced the appointment of a transition group to oversee the change. Sim points out the oversight of parks, beaches and recreational services rests with city councils in every other place in the country.

Other stories…

The very tenuous Surrey Police Service will be asking Mayor Brenda Locke and City Council to approve a $141 million budget that includes hiring another 180 officers. That move will be the latest attempt to transition from the RCMP to a SPS - something being fought in the courts by Locke and the City. So far, there is no official response from the City.

Don’t bring a loaded handgun to school. And don’t go outside into the woods to fire that gun. That’s a tough lesson for a Grade 8 student in Surrey who has been sentenced to six months community service and another six months probation. Court heard the boy took the gun to school, showed it to his friends in the washroom and then went outside to fire it in a wooded area. Some of that gun toting nonsense was posted to social media.

Downed power lines closed Highway 99 for a couple of hours in South Surrey late Thursday morning. It happened near the King George interchange and knocked out power to close to 3,000 residents. The cause - the driver of a car smashed into a power pole at around 10:00 a.m.

Rain and gusty winds - that’s what’s in the forecast for Friday and the weekend. It’s also going to be unseasonably warm on Saturday and Sunday with highs up to 15C. Here are the latest conditions from our private weather station in Surrey.