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Daily Vancouver sept. 24 - sept. 24, 2026

Incendie à Powell Street, sixième homicide et le plan « Fabriqué en C.-B. » d’Eby — Vancouver jeudi

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🚑 Breaking & Incidents

  1. Un incendie se propage d’un bâtiment vacant de Powell Street à deux immeubles voisins. Le feu de mardi au 568 Powell Street a endommagé un restaurant et déplacé des personnes; le propriétaire d’un SRO adjacent, au 566 Powell Street, affirme avoir averti la ville que l’immeuble en ruine constituait un risque d’incendie après être resté inoccupé pendant quatre ans; la ville a invoqué une enquête en cours et n’a pas répondu aux questions.
  2. Un feu de forêt au nord de Sooke est hors de contrôle. Les rapports provinciaux indiquent que l’incendie au nord de Sooke est hors de contrôle, ce qui a entraîné le maintien des opérations de lutte contre les feux dans la région.
  3. Vancouver enregistre son sixième homicide de 2026 après la découverte d’un homme mort au CRAB Park. La police a annoncé que la mort découverte au CRAB Park constitue le sixième homicide de la ville pour 2026.

🏛️ Government & Politics

  1. David Eby promet des règles d’approvisionnement « Fabriqué en C.-B. et au Canada », cible la North Coast Transmission Line. Eby a déclaré que de nouvelles règles obligeront les ministères, les sociétés de la Couronne et les autorités de santé à favoriser les matériaux de la Colombie-Britannique et canadiens, et ordonneront à BC Hydro de construire 70 % des pylônes de la phase 1 et 100 % de ceux de la phase 2 de la North Coast Transmission Line avec de l’acier canadien.
  2. L’ancien chef du Parti conservateur de la C.-B., John Rustad, ne se représentera pas à la prochaine élection. Rustad a confirmé qu’il ne sollicitera pas un nouveau mandat.

💼 Economy & Business

  1. Les données d’Airbnb montrent une hausse de 40 % des recherches domestiques en C.-B. et une augmentation des séjours en milieu rural. Airbnb rapporte que les recherches de destinations domestiques en Colombie-Britannique ont augmenté de 40 % d’une année à l’autre; au Canada, les recherches domestiques sont en hausse de 25 % et les destinations rurales progressent de 30 % par rapport à 2025.
  2. Un incendie détruit des structures chez D Dutchmen Dairy, glacier de Sicamous. Des médias locaux indiquent que le feu a détruit des bâtiments de l’entreprise sicamousienne établie de longue date.

🎨 Community & Culture

  1. Des chercheurs étudient des pycnogonides aux yeux rouges, parasites et à pattes velues, provenant de la mer Salish à Vancouver. Des scientifiques de Vancouver examinent ces « araignées de mer » de la mer Salish au microscope afin de documenter leur biologie.
  2. Un album illustré d’un auteur de Vancouver finaliste du CBC Kids Reads 2026. L’album illustré d’un auteur vancouvérois figure parmi les cinq titres en lice pour la liste CBC Kids Reads 2026.

📰 Also Today

  • Tumbler Ridge annule les feux d’artifice annuels d’Halloween après une récente fusillade de masse.
  • Un raton laveur de Langley euthanasié après avoir eu la patte coincée; offre de 1 000 dollars canadiens par l’organisation The Fur-Bearers.
  • Des familles de Faulder criblent les cendres après l’incendie de Bald Range qui a détruit la plupart des maisons de la collectivité.
  • Des enquêteurs appelés après plusieurs incendies déclenchés à Boston Bar.
  • Deux morts dans une collision sur un pont à Kelowna qui a fermé la route pendant des heures.
  • Nanaimo se prépare à acheter une œuvre publique pour commémorer les Chinatown disparus.
  • Chronique d’opinion : pourquoi David Eby semble se positionner contre Donald Trump.
  • Boom des protéines et tarifs laitiers touchant producteurs et détaillants canadiens.
  • Un homme de Kamloops trouve une dent de mastodonte rare sur le rivage d’un lac de l’Intérieur de la C.-B.
  • (ID en double ci‑dessus) étude sur les araignées de mer à Vancouver.
  • (Doublon) enquêteurs appelés après les incendies de Boston Bar.
  • Nouvelle fermeture le long du Galloping Goose Trail à Victoria.
  • Un paddleboarder porté disparu sur le lac Okanagan après un été de noyades.
  • (Également couvert ci‑dessus) le sixième homicide de 2026 à Vancouver au CRAB Park.

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Fire destroys structures at beloved Sicamous ice cream shop D Dutchmen Dairy

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