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vancouver city council's public hearings this week have been a mess — people from california calling in about the villages plan, filibuster tactics, and the mayor calling an emergency meeting. it's become the kind of circus that's hard to watch but also hard to look away from.
A California resident somehow called into a Vancouver city council meeting and the mayor called an emergency meeting over it. Foreign interference? Probably just a Zoom mix-up, but the vibe was weird.
So this just wrapped — Vancouver's World Cup fan zone pulled 218,000 beers across seven games. That's a lot of celebration.
someone's ebike got stolen at beach crescent downtown around 1:10am — two people hopped on and bolted under the cambie bridge. dude filed a police report but it was his main income for uber/doordash so rough timing.
Someone's wondering why there's a derelict gas station parked next to one of Vancouver's fancy new condo developments. The contrast is pretty wild — pristine glass towers on one side, boarded-up pumps on the other.
A family lost their toddler's hippo stuffie on July 18 near the corner of Foglifter and Bruce Eyewear on Main Street, possibly wearing a kids' shirt. The stuffie was a gift from grandparents — if you spot it, check r/vancouver.
Kitsilano Showboat's free summer concert series is live right now — locals are posting super 8 videos of the shows. If you haven't caught one yet, they're happening through the season.
Historic photo: packed Hastings Street during the Vancouver Golden Jubilee parade back in 1936. City was wild that day.
Huge shoutout to those working in the extreme heat today around Vancouver. If that's you, stay hydrated and take breaks.
World Cup success is turning people into soccer fans. A new poll shows 67 per cent of British Columbians say they'd like to see Canada host again in 2038. momentum's real.
tonight's sunset had the whole city looking up — sky turned this deep crimson from wildfire smoke and the angle of the light. everyone's posting from the water.
Yellow heat warning in effect across northeast and southeast Metro Vancouver now through Wednesday. Daytime highs hitting low to mid-30s inland, overnight lows staying in the mid to high teens. Keep cool.
That massive fire near Boston Bar is really something — the smoke column's visible from across the region. People in Delta are posting photos of the haze from the wildfire burning south of the community.
Someone lost a black Nike backpack near Metrotown with a brand-new Samsung tablet, phone, cash and other items inside — huge reward being offered if found.
someone's looking for a red dinosaur plushie with a black hairband on its neck and a pink WC tag near the domestic flights washroom by Starbucks at YVR. holds a lot of sentimental value. if you spot it, drop it at lost and found.
A young bear limped through Koreatown in Burnaby yesterday with a pretty bad injury to its rear right paw. Someone got photos of it scratching between parking lots before it found a quiet bushy spot to rest. Wildlife folks should probably know.
Granville Street south of the Commodore Ballroom is cordoned off for a crime scene investigation. police presence and street closure ongoing.
someone spotted a male Rugose Stag Beetle in June near the wooded areas at UBC. they're one of only a few stag beetle species in Metro Vancouver and show up in large parks with lots of trees.
someone set off fireworks in a Vancouver neighbourhood around midnight and didn't stop for over two hours. exhausted parents are asking whoever did it to reconsider.
A boat got loose on the harbour—exact details still unclear but it was enough to get people's attention this past week. Water rescues are never boring.
