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B.C. housing list wait list for that and it's an extensive list for the lower mainland. >> Families equating to get affordable housing will still have to pay market rate. According to one rental website, the average price for a two bedroom unit in vancouver is now 3600 dollars. The highest in the country. >> It's really good that they're building low-income housing here because I think that would benefit so many people. >> Having affordable housing has been life changing. >> I was huk enough to grow up around several parks and green spaces and everything is walking distance because we don't have a car. There's grocery stores nearby. It's a prime location. >> In vancouver, angela bower, CityNews. >> The association says it is absolutely unacceptable that another sex offender has been released boo the community. The third one in six weeks. On may 17th, surrey rcmp issued a public notice saying a dangerous sex offender would be released into the city. Mayor brenda locke said is not welcome in surrey and she's calling on the provincial and federal governments to review laws around releasing sex offenders. The leader of surrey's board of trade echoed those concerns today. >> Here we are trying to support business, bring business into this city. And we have another dangerous sex offer in our city. And yes, we don't know where that person is. And yes, everyone deserves a second chance. And we know there's privacy laws. But it's understandable whoo we're concerned. >> We want to make sure the community is aware that this individual is residing in our city. And if this person reaches their conditions, we want you to call the police what we are also going to be monitoring this individual and if they don't follow the conditions that have been imposed on them they will be taken back into custody. >> Said residents deserve to know where sex offenders are being released and what type of monitoring is being done to ensure public safety. >> On this day in 18984 an organization inviting members of the public to help stop crime was formed. And now the metro vancouver crime toppers is celebrating its 40th anniversary p crime stoppers lets members of the public anonymously call the organization with information about a crime which would then be passed on to police. They received up to 2000 dollars in rewards and their identity never revealed. Today tipsters can reach crime stoppers through an app, social media and their website in over 100 languages and get rewards of up to 5,000 dollars. As for the organization's longevity, here's what the man who brought crime stoppers to metro vancouver has to say. >> And I have nothing but kudos for the police departments the municipal departments, the rcmp, the staff at crime stoppers, the media everybody seems to want to be part of the winning team. Which is great. >> The organization says almost 9,000 arrests have been made and over half a billion dollars in stolen property, weapons and drugs have been recovered since 1984 based on tips received in metro vancouver. >> Bad news for soccer fans. Super star lionel messi will not be making his highly anticipated visit to play the white caps in vancouver this weekend. The white caps had been over 50,000 people to watch the argentinian star, but news came out that he won't be making the trip to help ease fans disappointment the team will be providing all in-stadium food and beverage for this match at 50% off. In addition youth 18 and under will be provided one free kids meal combo. >> Canucks fans now looking ahead to next year and the busy off season after a wildly entertaining play-off run that ended with a heart-breaking loss to the oilers on monday in game seven of their second round stanley cup play-offs. Now today the players and management team met with the media one last time and we get more information from sportsnet dan murphy. >> Reporter: the vancouver canucks exceeded all expectations this season. But make no mistake, expectations have now changed. The bar has been raised. Yes, it was great for canucks fans to see their team win the division. Play play-off games and make it to game seven of the second round. Despite all that, the G.M. of the team is not satisfied. >> We last our last game and it was only round two. >> First time in the play-offs, never been in those situations, you know, they've got to get,

they will be better for it. I think that there help plus the coach. I've got to come up with other ways if that ever happens again how do we handle it better. Everyone takes a piece of the pie and gets better at it. >> Staring at a list of nine canucks UFAs and all those asked on thursday said yes, I would love to be back, we know they're not all coming back. As for injuries that were revealed the most news worthy, pettersen since january. Head coach said it never got to the point where they considered shutting him down. Dan murphy, sportsnet, vancouver. >> Reporter: the vancouver bia partnership hosted the vancouver economic summit today. The summit invites business improvement associations across the city to come up with solutions to challenges around issues including public safety including costs and pandemic recovery. Premier david eby acknowledged the pressures on vancouverites pockets. But he did express opt mivenl in the economic outlook for small businesses. >> There's no question people's budgets are under pressure and many of you are seeing that from my pressure on your businesses but we're seeing signs of spring if I can put it that way. In a lot of the activities that drove a lot of business in the BIAs across the province. We know we've got more work to do around mental health addiction. Street disorder and over challenges. But I feel returning the corner on these issues. >> Reporter: thursday marked the 110th anniversary of one of the darker chapters in b.c.'s history. May 23rd, 1914, the ship carrying nearly 376 punjabi immigrants was barred from docking in vancouver because of racist immigration policies at the time. The passengers were forced to stay on board for two months before being turned back to india where many were eventually killed. Over years virtually every level of government has issued formal apologies for their role in the incident. Seems the dialogue around tipping culture has a new chapter after a photo apparently taken at a burnaby restaurant has caused some reaction on-line. This picture of a payment machine posted on reddit appears to have the no tip button blocked out forcing customers to add a tip. The reaction unhappy with commenters slamming the eatery and complaining that tipping culture is getting out of hand. On-line chatter suggests it's a chicken restaurant on kings way in burnaby and we've reached out to that restaurant for comment but haven't heard back.

>>> Police in north vancouver are looking into repeated acts of vandalism at a local park. The rcmp says signs like these have been repeatedly removed from princess park. They say the posts are uprooted and thrown aside and the holes are back filled. There's been instances of fences being damaged. Replacing the signages becoming costly xt money could be better spent on maintaining the park. Police are threatening possible mischief charges for those responsible. >>> People displaced by a wildfire burning in northeastern B.C. might be able to return to their homes by next week. Now that's according to the mayor of the region that includes fort nelson where the parker lake wildfire has been burning on out of control for nearly two weeks. A deadline of monday or tuesday to allow residents to return to their homes. Over 4700 people were put under an evacuation order because of blaze which fraser says no longer poses an imminent risk to the community. Some doctors is grocery store workers have already returned and officials say the remaining evacuees will be brought back in gradually. >> After another mostly sunny day in metro vancouver what does the rest of the week look like? Here's ctv meteorologist natasha. >> You're going to want to grab the umbrella tomorrow there's a 60% chance of probability of precipitation. It's going to be on and off showers, the wind not too strong up to 20 kilometres an hour. This is the line of showers that continues to edge towards the lower mainland. It's been moving towards us pretty much throughout the afternoon and it will be here by the time you wake up in the morning so, maybe leave about 5, 10 extra minutes for the morning commute for wet rows and sidewalks. We'll dry things up a litte bit but bring back that rain just after midnight into saturday morning and it's going to be a fairly wet first half of saturday but I'm pretty sure we'll get into some sunny breaks late in the day. When we looked a forecast, some areas in the 10 to 20 millimetre range. The whole lower mainland in the blue and that's your 10 to 20 up to 25 millimetres for some. So, temperatures also running slightly below seasonal, we'll be lucky if we can squeeze up to a 14° day. It's cooler as the weekend goes on. A little bit of a rebound in temperature although it's still raining on monday we could see another 5 to 10 millimetres on that day and that will slowly start to get into more sunny breaks throughout next week and finally a dry day towards the end of next week. >> Reporter: ahead on CityNews -- >> It should be in elvis' family always. >> Elvis' family and fans are shook up over potentially losing graceland but a judge says the auction for the iconic home could actually be a scam. [ ] You've been waiting to get outand drive a New Nissan,great offersare ready So, check out all the latesttech, features and thrills - it's all happening right now. Now, at Nissan, lease select models from as low as 2.99% for 24 months. ( ) When it feels like all that's left is “work hard”. It's time to play again. Easily find your next favorite game with Bodog.net Free casino games, Poker tips and Sports odds. Make a play. -With a reverse mortgagefrom Equitable Bank...I feel more in controlof my re -Like fresh caviar for brunch,I highly recommend it. Hey, so Mom's thing is coming up. Should we book flights? Let's do it. We could go a day early. Mmm... Or the later one? ( ) With over 500 flights daily... we have a flight for that. We know you care. But if this is all too real for you and your loved ones. Make the call. Because we care too. Home Instead. To us, it's personal. [announcer] Everybody knows not to drink and drive, but some people still think it's okay to take drugs and drive. Police have the authority, the ability, and the tools to determine if drivers are impaired by legal or illegal drugs. And because drug-impared drivers can pose just as great a risk as drunk drivers, they face the same penalties, like the loss of their driver's licence, a criminal record, fines, and more. A message from the rcmp, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, and Arrive Alive, Drive Sober. It's Leon's Storewide Super Sale! Save up to 50% on furniture. Save up to 50% on mattresses. Plus, get an l2 washer and dryer set for only $998 including a 2 year warranty! On now for a limited time! (intense music) Everything that you think theres no way to top it... this season tops it! Never know what is going to happen next!

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