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Summer Lights show Friday night had crowds everywhere — people posted photos from the seawall, from boats, from anywhere with a view of the fireworks and moonrise. Whole city was out.
People were actually ice skating on Lost Lagoon back around 1930 — a vintage photo just resurfaced showing crowds on the frozen water. Wild to see Vancouver winters that cold.
Green Timbers Urban Forest Park is a 15-minute walk from East Vancouver — completely replanted after being clear-cut, now has tall Giant Sequoia trees and feels like a pocket-sized redwood forest.
Expo Line trains are only running to Stadium Station right now due to a track intrusion. A bus bridge has been set up — Millennium and Canada lines are running normally.
Someone got a new zoom lens and went to Stanley Park looking for a Stellar's Jay. Beaver Lake and Lost Lagoon delivered some bonus wildlife shots too. Turns out it's the spot for a big dumb lens right now.
A Subaru burst into flames at the Tsawwassen terminal waiting for the 5pm ferry today. Not the vibe when you're trying to catch a boat.
Sex worker advocates are raising alarms after Vancouver Police changed enforcement guidelines, eliminating a dedicated role focused on worker safety. The changes remove protections advocates say kept the community safer.
English Bay fireworks went off Friday night at sunset. Huge crowds lined the beach and seawall to watch.
A bear in Port Coquitlam is losing its natural caution around humans and wildlife experts are warning residents to secure food sources and avoid feeding it.
A northward photo from July 1917 shot from the Vancouver Block tower is making the rounds—shows what downtown looked like a century ago. Wild how much has changed.
A Richmond educator has been teaching free English lessons to more than 1,000 students as federal funding for language programs dries up. Just keeps showing up.
TransLink and PCI are breaking ground on a new transit-oriented development in Kits. Mixed-use project with housing and transit access starting soon.
TransLink's dedicated PrideBus is back for Vancouver's 48th annual Pride Parade. Catch the pride-themed transit and the parade this weekend if you're heading downtown.
Woman who went missing at a B.C. music festival has been found safe. RCMP and family confirmed she's okay after search efforts over the past days.
Grouse Mountain's beloved grizzly bear Grinder has died. The mountain shared the news this week, and the community is remembering the iconic animal.
New Pallas poll shows Mayor Ken Sim's favourability is underwater, and over a third of Vancouverites are still undecided about him. City politics shifting as election timing stays unclear.
If you've been seeing lots of flying insects around the city right now, it might be ant nuptial flights — they're trying to start new colonies. Someone got clips of it happening in False Creek the other day.
Someone caught the buck moon behind Mount Baker and the Lions Gate Bridge from Dundarave Pier in West Vancouver on July 29 — mountain silhouetted against the full moon. Whole harbour was glowing.
WestJet promised to rebook flights before the strike, but at least one passenger says the airline isn't following through on rebooking requests.
Prime Minister Mark Carney hit a local pub in North Vancouver on Thursday backing the byelection candidate. The federal byelection is heating up.
