Vancouver Rundown Tuesday June 24, 2025

Jun 24, 2025

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The Abbotsford Canucks are the 2025 Calder Cup champions. Abbotsford defeated the Charlotte Checkers 3-2 in game six of the final. The win for the Vancouver Canucks affiliate marks several firsts. It’s the team’s first AHL cup and the first time a B.C. pro hockey team has won a championship since the Victoria Cougars won the Stanley Cup in 1925.

Other news…

Too many cheaters. That seems to be the reality as TransLink reveals a crackdown on fare evaders recovers millions of dollars. The transit authority says a year of beefed-up enforcement has led to an increase in compliance and $3.2M in new revenue. The number of inspections by Transit Police and Transit Security has tripled year-over-year.

A network engineer who lived in Surrey has been named as the second victim of last week’s rockfall in Banff National Park. Hamza Benhilal died while hiking with a friend near Bow Lake Glacier Falls on Thursday. His friend continues to recover from serious injuries.

A 14-year-old Surrey boy is recovering in hospital after a hit-and-run in the Whalley area Sunday night. Surrey Police say it happened just after 10:00 between Holland Park and Central City Mall. The driver was arrested for impaired driving and failing to remain at the scene of a crash, several hours later. The incident happened as the B.C. Halal Food Festival was wrapping up in Holland Park.

Mainly sunny on Tuesday. Showers for Wednesday. Cloudy on Thursday. Here are the latest conditions from our private weather station in Surrey.