Vancouver Rundown Tuesday April 29, 2025

Apr 29, 2025

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The federal Liberals have won a fourth consecutive mandate. Prime Minister Mark Carney has led the party to another minority government - final results are still being confirmed. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has announced he intends to step down as soon as the New Democrats choose a new party leader. Singh has lost his own seat - Burnaby Central. The Bloc Quebecois appears poised to hold the balance of power in what some consider will be a tenuous new government.

Other news…

Seven people remain in critical condition from Saturday’s attack at Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu festival. Eleven people died after the driver of an SUV plowed into a group near 43 Avenue and Fraser Street. Among those killed was a couple and their five-year-old daughter, and a teacher-counsellor in New Westminster.

Police in New Westminster are trying to figure out who planted a video camera in a men’s washroom at Upper Hume Park. The device was found under a bench last week. Police are hoping the person responsible will turn themselves in.

There’s been a three year rise in B.C.’s deadly workplace accident rate. WorkSafeBC data, reviewed by The Tyee for the National Day of Mourning, shows 146 people died from a work-related cause in 2024. The construction industry has seen a significant increase in workplace deaths over the past five years. The deaths are from things such as falls, electrocutions and contact with machinery.

A mix of sun, clouds and a few showers on Tuesday. Sunny Wednesday. Sunny and warm on Thursday with inland highs in the mid 20s. Here are the latest conditions from our private weather station in Surrey.