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Vancouver Rundown Tuesday December 19, 2023

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Bruce Claggett

Dec 19, 2023

Summary

There’s more proof that the ongoing war between the NDP government and the Brenda Locke-led City of Surrey is weird and horrible…and getting worse. The Vancouver Sun reports there are growing concerns the Surrey School District is caught in the middle of this fight. The City has now rejected crucial provincial funding for school upgrades and Board Chair Laurie Larsen says the District is caught in the middle of a fight over the transition of policing from the RCMP to the Surrey Police Service. Surrey City Council has told the Board it has concerns over the provincial government’s legislation (bills 44, 46 and 47) dealing with the housing crisis. Surrey is the fastest growing school district in the province.

Other stories…

A study out of UBC finds very few low-income families are benefiting from the $10-per-day daycare in B.C. In fact, researchers could only find 13 low-income single mothers in the province who were helped out. The minister in charge promises more spaces will be added in 2024.

A man’s been shot dead by Abbotsford Police in an incident involving officers and the suspect near Marshall and Riverside Roads on Sunday night. The IIO is investigating the circumstances and details are not being released. No police officers were hurt but several ambulances were called to the scene.

There will be no white Christmas for some drug traffickers. Police from across the Lower Mainland have made a huge cocaine, fentanyl and meth seizure. Three men have been arrested and $444 thousand in cash has been seized. Officers here worked with counterparts in Manitoba in what’s been described as a cross-country operation.

Expect more rain, heavy at times, for most of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. It’s now safe to say chances of a white Christmas next week are very low…at least at sea level. Here are the latest conditions from our private weather station in Surrey.