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TransLink ridership dropped 5% in Q1 2026 — the steepest quarterly decline yet
The transit authority's latest quarterly report shows the slide that started in 2025 is accelerating, with buses and SkyTrain hit hardest.
Vancouver mayor demands involuntary mental health beds in the city, not Surrey
Mayor Ken Sim accused the BC government of ignoring Vancouver's addiction and mental health crisis after announcing 132 new treatment...
B.C. coroner's inquest finds Indigenous woman's death undetermined, family demands reopening
Tatyanna Harrison's mother says investigations failed after her daughter was found dead on a Richmond yacht in 2022; jury...
Immigration cuts are reshaping Vancouver's restaurants, hotels and construction sectors
Federal visa cuts are forcing local businesses to scramble for workers as schools, hospitals, and hospitality face labour shortages.
SkyTrain's Burrard Station elevator closed for replacement until spring 2027
TransLink is replacing aging elevators along the Expo Line; Burrard Station users should allow 20 minutes extra travel time for detours.
Royal LePage forecasts Metro Vancouver prices to fall 3.5% this year
The national brokerage expects Metro Vancouver to underperform every other major market in Canada as prices slide for the second...
Chan Centre adds Ta-Nehisi Coates, Gabor Maté, and Ocean Vuong to 2026-27 speaker series
Vancouver's premier performance venue has booked major literary and cultural voices for next season alongside musicians Angélique Kidjo...
Metro Vancouver home sales rise but prices keep falling, new data shows
Greater Vancouver is seeing early signs of recovery with increasing sales activity and some bidding wars, yet median prices continue to slide.
Port of Vancouver selects contractor for $3.5 billion Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion
The Port of Vancouver has picked its preferred contractor to build the central section of the massive Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project,...
Vancouver man accused of hitting six pedestrians in unprovoked street assaults
Dylan Brandon Gaita, 29, faces assault charges after allegedly shoulder-checking and elbowing strangers on Commercial Drive and downtown...
New Westminster apartment fire displaces 150 residents, donations pour in to help
The July 10 fire at 905 Fourth Avenue gutted the building and displaced about 150 people. Community donations have begun arriving to...
Broadway subway project installing final rails and testing trains ahead of late 2027 opening
The $2.83-billion SkyTrain extension will test driverless trains this summer, with opening expected in late fall 2027, over a year away.
