Vancouver Rundown Tuesday January 21, 2025

Jan 21, 2025

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TEAM for a Livable Vancouver will run two candidates in the Vancouver by-election - that announcement comes from party president Colleen Hardwick. The Vancouver civic party will hold its nominating meeting on February 1st in anticipation of an April 5th by-election. One City’s Christine Boyle and Adrian Carr of the Greens quit the ABC dominated council. Hardwick accuses Ken Sim and ABC of failing to deliver for taxpayers and neighbourhoods.

Other news…

Crime has fallen sharply in the City of Vancouver. Year end numbers from the Vancouver Police Department suggest a 30 per cent drop in business break-ins - only arsons saw a bigger year-over-year decrease. Most violent crime categories also saw notable drops despite public perception and media attention.

For sale - the former East End Hells Angels clubhouse. The price - $1.59 million. The B.C. government is putting the Vancouver special style home on the market two years after it was acquired under civil forfeiture rules. The former Kelowna clubhouse was purchased by that city while the Nanaimo clubhouse was leveled and the land has not yet been sold.

A Surrey city councillor is calling on senior members of government to update residents on the progress of the RCMP to Surrey Police Service transition. Rob Stutt wants reps to appear before council and explain how the provincial government’s $250M allocation is being used. The SPS continues to face significant challenges recruiting both frontline officers and civilian staff.

Increasing clouds on Tuesday with the slight chance of snow flurries. Cloudy on Wednesday. Flurries or wet snow is possible on Thursday. Here are the latest conditions from our private weather station in Surrey.