Reddit pulse / page 4
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
Someone found a UBC student housing key card downtown. If it's yours, DM on Reddit to describe and arrange pickup.
Reddit's lighting up over how August used to be the best month in Vancouver — now it's hazy, bone dry, and full of wildfire smoke most days. The shift in what summer actually feels like is hitting different.
Someone on Reddit just reminded everyone that the SkyTrain ride itself is the view — Nanaimo Station capture got people talking about how good the sightlines actually are from those trains.
B.C. housing minister weighing in on conditions at the single-tenant Granville SRO — says the situation is "not ideal." Reddit's been talking about it.
Redditors questioning why Vancouver's Google partnership to cut traffic isn't bigger news — and why the city's framing it as free when Google's getting testing ground access instead.
Reddit user Somervilledrew posted an archive photo of East Georgia at Commercial Drive looking toward Woodland, January 1976. The Drive looks like a different city in old shots.
Archive shot by Gregory Melle shows downtown Van from Cambie in 1994—way fewer towers, way more sky. Somervilledrew posted it; cool to see how dense the skyline's gotten in 30 years.
Someone ordered to the wrong Starbucks location at Marine Gateway and left a free Venti iced hazelnut oat shaken espresso waiting. If you're keen, DM u/PSamra89 on Reddit with the name and it's yours.
someone's got Drake tickets for The Notebook at Second Beach in Stanley Park tonight, Tuesday Aug 18, 5 to 11 p.m. — free if you can take them. hit the Reddit thread.
A Kitsilano senior's assault case just got solved with help from the public. Tips came in and a charge has been laid.
The Second Narrows bridge was the spot for Friday's sunset—brilliant light hitting the water as the day ended.
Someone found a small elderly dog wandering near Main and 22nd around 6:30 p.m. Friday—no collar or tattoo. She was pretty hungry. They're taking her to the vet Saturday to check for a chip.
A fireball lit up the Vancouver sky early Friday morning. People across the city posted about the bright flash—some thought it was a meteor, others weren't sure what they'd just seen.
Found a sweet dog running loose on W. 54th between Oak and Heather—no collar. If she's yours, help reunite her with her family.
Finance Minister Brenda Bailey is stepping back to recover from a cancer diagnosis, and cabinet's reshuffling. Josie Osborne takes Finance, Ravi Kahlon takes Health, Bailey moves to Jobs.
Multiple power outages hit Kitsilano this morning from storm damage. Remember: no traffic light means four-way stop. Check BC Hydro's outage map for your block.
ABC Vancouver members are skipping the all-candidates debates again. seems like this is becoming a pattern—the anti-establishment crowd's not showing up to make their case in person.
lightning's been crackling over the north shore mountains tonight and the city's watching the sky like it might spark another round of fires. fingers crossed those clouds stay wet.
smoke's back, sky's turned that eerie orange again. the wildfire situation up-island keeps us in that hazy limbo where you can't see the mountains and the sun looks apocalyptic.
Someone spotted AI-generated food images on DEX's menu in North Van and called it out — says it's a bad look when a restaurant can't bother with real photos of what they're actually serving.
