Transit workers go on strike in Metro Vancouver (www.cbc.ca)
Fair wages, excessive workloads among main issues behind job action, says union president...
[OC] East Vancouver (i.postimg.cc)
Picture taken October 2023.
VPD officers not expected to turn body cams on for every interaction (dailyhive.com)
Beginning today, the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) has deployed 85 officers with body cams....
Dan Fumano: ABC Vancouver returns $116,000 in prohibited donations from 2022 election (vancouversun.com)
Wine overtakes beer as B.C. drinkers' preferred summer beverage purchase (www.vancouverisawesome.com)
Vancouver lawyer suspended after accusations of pseudolegal 'paper terrorism' over neighbour's deck (www.cbc.ca)
Naomi Arbabi’s suspension ‘necessary to protect the public,’ Law Society of B.C. says....
TransLink bus workers issue 72-hour strike notice | Urbanized (dailyhive.com)
There could be disruptions to Metro Vancouver’s bus services as early as the morning of Saturday, January 6....
BC marks first overpass collision of 2024 | News (dailyhive.com)
[OC] Stanley Park (lemmy.ca)
Picture taken Mid-September 2023, when the weather was balmy and days were decently long…
This little guy was sitting on the Cambie Bridge this summer (lemmy.ca)
I walked past him regularly and enjoyed the artistic touch he brought to my days, so kudos to whoever made him. (Picture is mine, the sculpture is not.)
[OC] Cambie Bridge Night Lights [4000x2252] (lemmy.ca)
[OC] BC Place Northern Lights [4000x2252] (bonus video inside! ) (lemmy.ca)
https://files.catbox.moe/o3pl35.mp4
So How Did Ken Sim Do? ABC Vancouver, One Year In (thetyee.ca)
Vancouverites have had a little over a year to get to know Mayor Ken Sim and his A Better City Vancouver party, who currently hold a majority on city council....
[OC] Yaletown Quayside Marina at (Very) High Tide [4000x2252] (lemmy.ca)
Bit of a test, not sure if the size will be changed after uploading…
[OC] Downtown from Dunsmuir [1920x1080] (lemmy.ca)
This B.C. farm fights food waste. It's at risk of shutting down amid rising costs, says owner (lemmy.ca)
A Metro Vancouver social enterprise combating hunger and food waste is seeking community support to stay open as rising costs threaten to shutter its operations....
The Vancouver Park Board Isn’t Dead Yet | The Tyee (thetyee.ca)
Mayor Ken Sim has vowed to put an end to the elected body, and Blyth and eight other former commissioners have shown up to support the four park board commissioners who are fighting to keep it. Three of those commissioners are from Sim’s own ABC party, making this an especially bitter conflict....
Vancouver's aging Kitsilano Pool is leaking 30,000 litres of water an hour, city report says (www.cbc.ca)
Vancouver Park Board commissioners heard a sobering presentation this week over severe problems the city’s largest outdoor pool is facing due to its age and storm-related damage....
Public safety warning issued as toxic drug deaths in B.C. rise to 7 per day (www.cbc.ca)
The B.C. Coroners Service (BCCS) issued a public safety warning Wednesday amid “a recent increase in deaths caused by toxic drugs.”...
Owning a business here must be fun (lemmy.world)
After promising many times to reduce the mayoral budget during his campaign, Mayor Ken Sim proposes $180k increase to mayor's office while cutting Fire Dept. budget by $1 million (twitter.com)
[Video] Group of sea lions playing in False Creek (courtesy CBC) (www.cbc.ca)
2 people hospitalized as Stanley Park Causeway crash causes rush hour snarls in Vancouver (www.cbc.ca)
Crash happened around 3:30 p.m., according to authorities
WTF is with these steps? (lemmy.world)
On Hornby St. It doesn’t have any construction barriers or anything.