Reddit pulse / page 23
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E. coli sampling is down at several Vancouver beaches because of a labour dispute with Metro Vancouver outside workers. Kits Point, Sunset, English Bay, and Third Beach have no-swim advisories. Testing isn't happening at Jericho, Spanish, and Wreck. Not ideal timing with the nice weekend and visitors in town.
"save the caps" chant broke out at BC Place during the match yesterday. team Canada supporters doing their thing.
Vancouver really showed up for team canada's historic day yesterday. the energy around the city was next level.
someone spotted a comet streaking across Vancouver's sky last night. you probably missed it but reddit's going wild over it.
granville street in 1965 hitting the feed and everyone's getting nostalgic about what downtown used to look like.
The Ottawa midfielder absolutely carried the team on Thursday. Three goals—one before halftime, two more to seal the dominant performance. Historic night for Canadian soccer.
Australian World Cup fans nearly drained a Vancouver pub. One bar's running low on certain drinks after the crowd showed up.
Someone's giving away two Kid Cudi tickets for tomorrow night at Rogers Arena. First comment gets them.
the heat dome in 2021 fundamentally changed british columbia's ecosystems. r/vancouver's been talking about how different the summers feel now.
found old lord byng yearbook from 1994 while going through boxes. if you went there back then, come check the comments.
much fewer detached houses getting built in metro van right now. market's shifting hard toward townhouses and condos.
Someone filmed a day-to-night time-lapse of BC Place last night and captured the sun setting over the stadium AND the moon setting over it. They waited 2.5 hours for Science World's lights to turn on (they didn't), but the footage is gorgeous anyway.
A boat got loose on the harbour right now — someone's boat has broken free.
kristi noem—former homeland security chief—just signed on as strategic adviser to a vancouver mining company. mining for critical minerals with a side of u.s.-canada drama.
There's a bike tree in Gastown right now—old bikes locked up and arranged like they're growing out of a tree. Weird, kind of cool.
Pacific Boulevard absolutely packed Saturday night when the World Cup match ended—thousands of people heading for the SkyTrain at once. The crush was real.
Someone's friend lost his IDs and debit card in an old pre-roll tin around Victory Square early Sunday morning. If you've seen anything or are strolling that area, keep an eye out.
Hockey Night in Canada won't return to CBC when Rogers' new NHL broadcast deal kicks in. The show—a Canadian institution since 1952—ends after 74 years on the network.
The province ditched its contractor deal on the George Massey Tunnel replacement but says the $4.15-billion project is still on track for 2030 completion.
B.C.'s considering two new hydroelectric dams to handle growing power demand — one's near the Alberta border. Could reshape the energy landscape for the whole province.
