City preparing to open emergency winter and severe weather shelters
As the temperatures drop, the City is preparing to open winter weather and severe weather shelters as part of its ongoing homeless emergency declaration. These shelters are opening to increase access to safe and warm spaces for the community’s most vulnerable. ...
Vancouver Police increasing traffic safety emphasis patrols
In 2024, the Vancouver Police Department Traffic Unit investigated a record high 15 fatality collisions. In an effort to increase safety and reduce collisions, the Vancouver Police Department, in concert with the City of Vancouver’s Local Road Safety Plan and...
City Manager Update: December 2024
On Monday, Dec. 2, the Vancouver City Council voted to adopt the 2025-26 biennial budget. The budget’s passage is a significant moment. It is the culmination of months of work, consideration and community input. The balanced budget – approximately $2.1...
Family-Friendly New Year’s Eve in Vancouver 2024, Ring in 2025
Robson Square Ice Rink: Enjoy live entertainment on December 31 from DJ-El-Niño from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. The rink will be open for skating from 9:00am to 9:00pm New Year’s Eve. Christmas at Canada Place: Open from 8:00am to 10:00pm, enjoy...
Vancouver’s Bloedel Conservatory reopens after accessibility upgrades
Vancouver’s popular Bloedel Conservatory is set to reopen on Jan. 4, 2025. The conservatory, located at the peak of Queen Elizabeth Park, had been closed since late October 2024 to allow for an “extensive” pathway reconstruction project. The project saw...
Plunge into 2025: Polar bear swims around Metro Vancouver
It’s almost Jan. 1, 2025, and what better way to ring in the new year than with a plunge, splash or swim in frigidly cold waters? The largest Polar Bear swim around town is in Vancouver’s English Bay, but there’s...
Thinking of building a secondary suite in B.C.? These programs may help pay for it
Homeowners in B.C. who want help covering the cost of converting an unused basement into a rental apartment or a garage into a laneway home can tap provincial or federal loan programs that are part of much larger plans to...
Drought hangover at B.C. Hydro has eased as utility enters 2025
Drought conditions that limited B.C. Hydro’s domestic electricity production starting in 2022 have eased over the fall, but it remains a question how much difference the change will make as the utility enters 2025. Hydro, in its second quarter financial...
Nurse impersonator sentenced
A woman pretending to be a nurse, administering drugs to hundreds of patients including children, has been sentenced to seven years in jail. Serial nurse impersonator Brigitte Cleroux was sentenced to seven years in prison for a long list of...
Banner year for B.C. athletes
From winning Olympic medals to making the NFL, 2024 was a banner year for B.C. athletes.
