Vancouver Rundown Wednesday April 2, 2025

Apr 02, 2025

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A Lower Mainland candidate is the third Conservative to quit in a single day. A local Conservative campaign manager has confirmed Lourence Singh is no longer running in New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville. No reason has been given. Singh joins Windsor area candidate Mark Mackenzie and Montreal area candidate Stefan Marquis in squashing their bids to become an MP.

Other news…

B.C. appears set to pull the plug on electric vehicle rebates. Premier David Eby suggests cuts to the rebate program could be coming as the government restructures significant parts of Clean BC. Some researchers say EV rebates are a very expensive way to cut greenhouse gases. The provincial government also has to make up for billions of dollars in lost revenue after cancelling the consumer portion of the carbon tax.

Arson is suspected in three Tuesday morning fires at homes near 200 Street and 80 Avenue in Langley. All happened in vacant homes between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. No one was hurt.

Office vacancy rates in downtown Vancouver have surpassed those in the suburbs for the first time in four years. The unleased office space in the first quarter of 2025 dipped to 10.7 per cent from 11.5 per cent the previous quarter. Commercial Real Estate firm CBRE says the numbers suggest demand is starting to catch up with newly finished supply.

A mix of sun and cloud for Wednesday with the slight chance of showers. Sunny for Thursday and Friday with highs in the upper teens. Here are the latest conditions from our private weather station in Surrey.