Thursday · Oct 8, 2026
B.C. Conservatives promise $1,000 tax cut through higher exemption level
Lorne Doerkson says raising the basic personal income tax exemption to $32,000 would be the most generous in Canada, though a tax expert suggests it could cost up to $4 billion...
B.C. NDP promises three-year freeze on ICBC insurance rates
Leader David Eby says the freeze will let ICBC increase compensation for serious crashes while the province maintains its no-fault insurance model.
B.C. Conservatives drop candidate after racist social media posts surface
Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate Joachim Agou removed from party Thursday after tweets encouraging violence and mocking Pakistan.
DUNE RATS with Peacebreach & Weak Knees
Fortune Sound Club
An Evening with Geordie Greep
The Pearl
Mico
Vogue Theatre - BC
MICO - Running From A Feeling Tour
Vogue Theatre
Spider webs hanging at head level at Production Way SkyTrain
Production Way SkyTrain station is covered in spider webs and spiders right now — some hanging down at head level. Fall's officially here.
Free Starbucks birthday drink up for grabs Thursday night
Someone's giving away a Starbucks birthday drink on Reddit — first person to message their drink order and pickup location gets it. A free caffeine hit if you're fast.
Sabaton: Legends on Tour
PNE Forum
Sabaton with Pop Evil, Wings of Steel (Rescheduled from 4/20/26)
PNE Forum - Vancouver
Burnaby Steelers at Richmond Sockeyes
Minoru Arena
Disney Descendants, ZOMBIES & Camp Rock: Worlds Collide Concert Tour
Rogers Arena
Naomi Klein speaking at Chan Centre tonight
Naomi Klein's talking about her new book at UBC's Chan Centre tonight — someone's giving away one solo ticket. DM /u/jalaludink if you want it.
Surrey debt collector fined $34,000 for harassing borrowers with threats of 'financial annihilation'
Toledo Credit threatened customers with RCMP involvement, blacklisting and financial ruin in a sustained campaign to collect debts. The company has until October 26 to seek...
Vancouver Public Library added 95 years of GQ and global fashion archives free to cardholders
VPL just added Globe and Mail full website access, 3,300 streaming documentaries from Docuseek, BBC literary adaptations, GQ's entire 95-year archive, Harper's Bazaar US and UK...
Fog rolling in over Burrard Inlet this morning
Burrard Inlet's swallowed in a bank of fog this morning — Second Narrows completely disappeared. Classic Vancouver weather setting in.
Someone built the East Van Cross in Lego
The East Van Cross, Vancouver's iconic badass road marker, just got the Lego treatment. Tiny bricks, same attitude.
Métis filmmaker's sex work experience shaped his Vancouver-set debut feature
A Métis filmmaker drew on personal experience in sex work to create his first feature film, which is set in Vancouver. The film explores themes from that lived experience.
Why's downtown Vancouver so blue?
Someone asked why downtown Vancouver has so much blue glass, and yeah—the cityscape really does lean that way. New visitor noticing it and kind of loving it.
