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Vancouver hospitality workers petition City Hall on public hearings
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (512+ words) Posted June 8, 2026 7: 01 pm. Hospitality workers are urging the City of Vancouver to schedule new public hearings on housing in the city. The union Unite Here Local 40 says that it submitted a petition to City Hall, asking for a new public…...
Male, 17, presumed drowned after boat capsizes on lake in Interior
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (326+ words) Posted June 8, 2026 5: 58 pm. Police say a 17-year-old male is believed to have drowned after a boat capsized on a lake in the province's central Interior. Mounties in Quesnel say the boat was carrying four people on Stony Lake." Three of…...
Canada Post warns of service disruptions during 2026 FIFA World Cup in Vancouver
10+ hour, 33+ min ago (377+ words) Posted June 8, 2026 9: 57 am. Canada Post says some minor service interruptions may be possible in Vancouver while the FIFA World Cup 2026 is in town. Between June 11 and July 19, several street letter mailboxes near the PNE Grounds and BC Place will be…...
Police seeking suspect after teen girl assaulted near Horseshoe Bay terminal
11+ hour, 50+ min ago (464+ words) Posted June 8, 2026 8: 41 am. The West Vancouver Police Department (WVPD) says it is investigating after a teenage girl was assaulted by an unknown man close to the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal. Police say the girl was walking southbound on Keith Road…...
Granville Street shuts down to cars Monday for FIFA pedestrian zone
14+ hour, 4+ min ago (578+ words) Posted June 8, 2026 6: 27 am. Drivers will have to plan different routes through Downtown Vancouver starting Monday. A closure will be put in place to support the temporary pedestrian zone on Granville between Davie and Georgia until the end of July. Jane…...
Rain lowers wildfire risk and brings "reprieve from the dryness
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (848+ words) Posted June 7, 2026 4: 58 pm. The rain this weekend might have thrown a wrench in your plans, but it has certainly reduced the fire danger rating in B. C. The precipitation, even though it varied in different regions, was widespread throughout the province. According…...
Doors Open Richmond" celebrates culture and diversity of the Island By Nature
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (473+ words) Posted June 5, 2026 2: 48 pm. The 19th annual "Doors Open Richmond" event is on this weekend. Cindy Nachareun speaks for the Richmond Museum Society. She says there are more than 40 participating sites this year " including seven new locations. "There's the Alexandra District energy…...
Largest donation seen by SFU for new medical school
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (774+ words) Posted June 5, 2026 1: 59 pm. Simon Fraser University's (SFU) new School of Medicine has received the largest donation that SFU has ever received. The Stephen's family has donated $40 million to the new school which will better support students training to become B. C.'s…...
B. C. condo owner's $58 K claim over sewage backup damage dismissed
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (516+ words) Posted June 5, 2026 9: 13 am. A B. C. woman's claim for more than $58, 000 in damages after sewage backed up into her first-floor strata unit has been dismissed, the B. C. Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) says. According to the woman, her strata corporation had failed to properly…...
Surrey Home targeted twice in two weeks by extortion-linked shootings
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (263+ words) Vancouver's Pride Society has become the latest festival feeling the pinch but Vancouver City Council has approved funding to ensure this summer's Pride Parade goes on as scheduled. Kurt Black reports. A Surrey home has been struck by gunfire for…...