Vancouver Rundown Thursday June 6, 2024

Jun 06, 2024

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The Metro Vancouver board should be elected - that’s the call from four city councillors in light of cost overruns on projects such as the new waste water treatment plant in North Vancouver. Surrey’s Linda Annis and New Westminster’s Daniel Lafontaine along with Kash Heed from Richmond and Ahmed Yousef from Maple Ridge say voters should be the ones who decide who sits on the regional district board. Board members are currently chosen by member municipalities, an electoral district and a First Nation.

Other news…

Two people have been hospitalized following a Wednesday morning apartment fire in Vancouver’s West End. One of them is in critical condition. The fire started on the 15th floor of a tower on Haro Street. There’s no early word on the cause.

A 32-year-old man has died in a stabbing on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. It happened at around 3:30 Wednesday morning near Union and Main Streets. No arrests have been made.

Elon Musk has used his social media platform, X, to question UBC’s hiring practices. Musk asked ‘Is this legal in Canada' in response to a Faculty of Dentistry job posting. That posting notes the federally funded position through the Canada Research Fund would be restricted to only those from equity seeking groups. Short answer - yes, it is legal in Canada.

Finally, some June temperatures that will crack 20C highs. Sunshine with a few cloudy periods for Thursday and Friday as it warms up to inlands highs in the upper 20s. Here are the latest conditions from our private weather station in Surrey.