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Breathe easy Vancouver — our air quality advisory has been lifted

Breathe easy Vancouver — our air quality advisory has been lifted

Rejoice Vancouverites, and breathe in that immaculate ocean-fed air. For the first time in 11 days, we are officially without an air quality advisory from Metro Vancouver.
Part of East 1 Avenue reopens to traffic this weekend

Part of East 1 Avenue reopens to traffic this weekend

Commuters will be pleased to hear that part of East 1 Avenue will fully reopen this weekend. Traffic was reduced to a single lane between Rupert and Nanaimo over the summer but that section of the road will fully reopen on Sunday morning.
In 1950 B.C. Parks suggested hanging people who started wildfires

In 1950 B.C. Parks suggested hanging people who started wildfires

The B.C. Parks Service erected an eyebrow-raising sign in 1951, following a massive wildfire that took our 5,700 acres of forest
Cruisers rank Vancouver as a top destination

Cruisers rank Vancouver as a top destination

Vancouver has been recognized by cruisers as one of the top-rated cruise destinations in the U.S. and Canada in the 2018 Cruise Critic’s Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards.
Vancouver-set drama/comedy Kingsway screening at VIFF

Vancouver-set drama/comedy Kingsway screening at VIFF

Award-winning Canadian writer and director Bruce Sweeney's 8th feature film Kingsway is set in Vancouver and will be screening at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF).
Lower mainland cities, developers brace for rising water levels

Lower mainland cities, developers brace for rising water levels

Climate change is a double challenge for communities in southwestern B.C. that cluster at the mouth of the Fraser River and across the broad delta of rich soils its waters have deposited over millennia.
Vancouver among top 20 of the world's most reputable cities

Vancouver among top 20 of the world's most reputable cities

Our reputation precedes us, Vancouver: We are pretty great. Vancouver has ranked 16th on a new ranking of the world's most reputable cities. The list is the Reputation Institute’s 2018 City RepTrak®, considered "the world’s largest annual survey of city reputation."
PHOTOS: Dîner en Blanc VS the Goth Picnic

PHOTOS: Dîner en Blanc VS the Goth Picnic

A photo gallery of contrasting annual picnics in Vancouver, where attendees where either all white or all black
Burnaby RCMP arrest two, seize handgun in identity theft case

Burnaby RCMP arrest two, seize handgun in identity theft case

RCMP photo Burnaby RCMP have seized a handgun, taser baton and made two arrests as a result of an identity theft investigation. As part of the investigation, police executed a search warrant in the 7600-block of Rosewood Street on August 9.
Drunk concert-goer scores seat on prison transfer flight

Drunk concert-goer scores seat on prison transfer flight

A drunk and belligerent concert-goer at last weekend’s Rock Ambleside festival found himself headed home on a prison transfer flight.