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Granville SRO, pamamaril sa Maple Ridge at piyansa sa stranger‑assault — Miyerkules sa Vancouver

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🚑 Pagbabasag ng Balita at mga Insidente

  1. Bumabalik ang mga residente ng Summerland sa mga kapitbahayang winasak ng Bald Range wildfire. Natagpuan nina Rick at Nan Cogbill ang apat na kalapit na bahay na ganap na nasira habang ang kanila ay nanatiling buo; nangako ang lalawigan ng B.C. (British Columbia) na magsasagawa ng after-action review sa tugon sa wildfire at humihingi ng pampublikong puna tungkol sa pagpigil at malawakang paglilikas.
  2. Taong seryosong nasugatan sa target na pamamaril sa Maple Ridge kagabi. Ayon sa Maple Ridge RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police), natagpuan ang 56-anyos na biktima sa loob ng sasakyan sa labas ng isang bahay sa 11400 block ng 236 Street matapos ang putok bandang alas-10 ng gabi; inilipat sa pangangasiwa ng Serious Crime Unit (yunit para sa malalang krimen) ang imbestigasyon at nananatiling kritikal ang kalagayan ng biktima sa ospital.

🏛️ Pamahalaan at Pulitika

  1. Sabi ng urban planner: posibleng multi-milyong pagkatalo ang lalawigan sa biniling Granville SRO. Tinataya ni Michael Geller na maaaring mawala sa gobyerno ng B.C. mga kalahati ng humigit-kumulang 55 milyong dolyar ng Canada na binayad para sa 110-kuwartong Howard Johnson sa 1176 Granville Street, na binanggit na ang kasalukuyang pinagsamang assessed value ay mga 27.5 milyong dolyar ng Canada; nananatiling may mga nangungupahan ang site sa kabila ng pangakong isasarado ito.
  2. Pamilyang magsasaka sa Vancouver Island magbebenta at lilipat ng 6,000 km papuntang Nova Scotia dahil mas mahal ang lupa kaysa condo. Sinabi ni Celina Knuff na ang presyo ng isang one-bedroom condo sa Vancouver Island ay makakabili ng 50-acre na farm sa Nova Scotia; plano ni Knuff na ilipat ang kanyang mga hayop, alagang hayop at mga puno ng citrus ngayong Setyembre at binanggit niya na umaabot ng higit sa 100,000 dolyar ng Canada kada acre ang presyo ng lupa sa isla.
  3. Isang panloloko sa cellphone delivery ang nagdulot ng milyon-milyong pagkawala sa mga Canadian; isang taga-B.C. nawalan ng 4,000 dolyar ng Canada. Ayon sa Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, higit sa 17 milyong dolyar ng Canada ang naiulat na nawala dahil sa service fraud sa unang anim na buwan ng 2026; sinabing ang taga-B.C. na si Jeannie Moss ay may utang sa Rogers na higit sa 4,000 dolyar ng Canada matapos kumbinsihin siya ng mga impostor na isauli ang isang device gamit ang prepaid label.

🚨 Krimen at Kaligtasan Publiko

  1. Hindi pinayagan ng hukom ang piyansa sa akusadong nagtaksil sa isang hindi kakilala sa Vancouver, Dylan Brandon Gaita, 29. Ipinakulong si Gaita ng B.C. provincial court Judge Deanne Gaffar sa isang pagdinig nitong Martes; hinaharap niya ang apat na bilang ng assault at dalawang bilang ng assault causing bodily harm at nasa kustodiya siya mula nang muling arestuhin siya noong huling bahagi ng Hunyo.
  2. Dalawang pro‑Khalistan na aktibista sa B.C. binigyan ng police duty-to-warn notices tungkol sa mga banta sa buhay. Sinabi nina Manjinder Singh ng Abbotsford at Narinder Singh Randhawa na pinayuhan sila ng RCMP at ng Surrey police noong nakaraang linggo at noong weekend, ayon sa pagkakasunod; hindi kinumpirma ng RCMP ang indibidwal na mga kaso ngunit sinabi nilang ginagamit ang duty-to-warn notifications sa buong bansa na may kinalaman sa mga miyembro ng South Asian community.

📰 Also Today

  • Naglunsad ang UNBC ng PhD sa engineering na nakatuon sa norther environmental at pangangasiwa ng mga pinagkukunan.
  • Malugod na tinanggap ng punong ministro ng Saskatchewan na si Scott Moe ang desisyon ng U.S. laban sa 50% tariffs, sabi niyang napinsala nito ang isang sawmill sa Saskatchewan.
  • Papayagan ng mga hukuman sa Saskatchewan ang paggamit ng eagle feathers para sa mga panunumpa sa 13 korte, 14 na balahibo ang naipagkaloob.
  • Nilagdaan ang pitcher na mula Ladner na si Tugboat Wilkinson para simulan ang karera sa major leagues, isang profile.
  • Umabot sa finals ng Interior ang B.C. roadside-attraction contest, inanunsyo ang mga regional winners.
  • Nagbigay ang mga magsasaka ng magkahalong reaksyon sa iminungkahing pagbabago sa B.C. ALR para sa food-processing, magkakaiba ang mga saloobin.
  • Nakatanggap ng mahigit 500 tips ang Amsterdam police tungkol kay “Lucky,” isang lalaking posibleng may ugnayan sa Canada, natagpuan noong Mayo 10, 2023.
  • Tatlong malalaking outage muling nagbukas ng pag-aalala sa komunikasyon sa northwest B.C., naapektuhan ang lokal na serbisyo.
  • Tinawag na ‘bagong kabanata’ ang pag-demolish ng paaralan sa Tumbler Ridge matapos ang isang pamamaril, nagbahagi ng reaksyon ang mga residente.
  • Narinig sa coroner’s inquest ang testimonya ng saksi tungkol sa pamamaril ng RCMP, inilatag ang mga detalye sa inquest.

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