Vancouver Rundown Wednesday April 16, 2025

Apr 16, 2025

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Most British Columbians will no longer have to cough up a sick note for their boss. The provincial government is changing the employment standards legislation allowing workers to miss a few days without proving their illness. The change comes after years of pushing from the Doctors of BC. It does not impact requests for notes involving longer periods of leave. It also doesn’t apply to those employed in federally regulated sectors.

Other news…

Pay parking is come to eight Vancouver community centres and facilities. The Park Board has approved the plan as a way to raise much needed revenue - it currently gets about $10M a year from pay parking at Stanley Park, Queen Elizabeth Park and some beaches.

Abbotsford Police are appealing for information and possible witnesses after a ‘female youth’ was reportedly sexually assaulted at a park Monday evening. Police say it happened between 10:00 and 11:45 at Downes Bowl Park. The suspect is only described as a possible teen, between 15 and 20 years old, with dark brown skin and dark hair in a ‘bowl cut.’ Police believe the attack was random.

Outgoing Conservative MP Ed Fast has endorsed independent candidate Mike de Jong in the riding of Abbotsford-South Langley in this federal election campaign. Fast says democracy lost out when his party chose 25-year-old blueberry farm Sukhman Gill over de Jong. De Jong is a former provincial Finance Minister and Forestry Minister with eight terms of experience. He also served as an Abbotsford school trustee before going into provincial politics.

Sunny Wednesday with light wind in some areas. Sunshine Thursday and Friday with highs of 20C inland. Here are the latest conditions from our private weather station in Surrey.