TransLink launches video ads through SkyTrain tunnel
Credit to Author: Cheryl Chan| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 03:58:28 +0000
The full-motion video ads can be viewed through SkyTrain windows while the train is moving.
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B.C. government to work with Metro Vancouver police departments wanting to donate ballistic vests to Ukraine
Credit to Author: David Carrigg| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 02:56:45 +0000
Metro Vancouver mayors have requested the minister waive a law that prevents their police departments donating used body armour to country under attack
Read moreGastown fire: Scrambling to help the 71 people who lived in the once-grand Winters Hotel
Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 02:52:04 +0000
The scene of Monday’s fire was “incredibly chaotic and amazing,” as members of the community rallied to help residents displaced by the flames.
Read moreBill Gates sells TED audience on $1-billion solution for preventing pandemics
Credit to Author: Derrick Penner| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 02:28:10 +0000
Bill Gates proposes a team of 3,000 doctors, epidemiologists and diplomats to be coordinated by the World Health Organization at the cost of $1 billion a year.
Read moreCOVID-19: B.C. schools get ventilation upgrades, but questions about efficacy remain
Credit to Author: Lisa Cordasco| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 02:19:49 +0000
Air quality expert says information does not demonstrate whether schools are meeting minimum standards
Read moreNo one killed in Gastown hotel fire; building expected to be demolished
Credit to Author: Susan Lazaruk| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 02:14:37 +0000
In addition to 71 residents who lost their homes at the Winters Hotel, another 73 people who lived in the neighbouring Gastown Hotel were also evacuated
Read moreBurnaby RCMP still seeking clues to man's 1990 disappearance
Credit to Author: Joseph Ruttle| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:51:03 +0000
Alim Feasal Hasan was reported missing to the RCMP on April 12, 1990. He lived in Alberta at the time and was visiting family in Burnaby
Read moreB.C. government worker union says contract talks with province at impasse over wages
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:44:36 +0000
The union is seeking a two-year deal that proposes a five per cent wage increase or the rate of inflation, whichever is higher in 2022 and 2023
Read moreLions Gate Bridge to close overnight for three days at the end of April
Credit to Author: David Carrigg| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:09:38 +0000
Closures from April 29 to May 2 needed to upgrade counterflow lane electrical system
Read moreKitsilano Pool unlikely to open this summer due to significant storm damage
Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:09:29 +0000
Vancouver park board staff were only able to assess the full damage at Kits Pool a few weeks ago after the pool could be fully drained.
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