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Friday's yours — dinosaurs, late nights, and the seawall's calling.

Expo Line's back to normal. Grab your evening plans before the weekend rush hits.

Fri · Jul 10, 2026 Updated 10:55 AM
Friday's yours — dinosaurs, late nights, and the seawall's calling.

It's Friday, and the day's warm enough to move around — 16°C with cloud cover and a high UV sitting at 7, so you'll want sunscreen if you're heading outside for any stretch. You've got nearly 16 hours of daylight, with sunset at 9:17 PM, which means the evening's got real length in it.

Transit-wise, the Expo Line track issue that had people shuffled around this morning is cleared — you're back on regular service, though there's still some residual delay hanging on. If you're planning weekend moves, clock this: the 84 bus gets rerouted all day Saturday for a special event, so if you're headed to VCC-Clark or UBC, you'll swing via different streets. The diversions are marked out already, so check before you head out if those routes are your usual.

Kane Carter's been sentenced to life for the 2018 shooting death, and Transport Canada's detained a fishing charter boat tied to a fatal June sinking — both worth knowing if you're following those stories. On the lighter side, Destination Vancouver's looking beyond the World Cup to build the city's convention and tourism game for the longer haul.

If you're thinking dinner, there's real movement in the scene. The Moon just opened in Gastown — a new cocktail bar and restaurant taking over the old Dugout space, so that's worth scoping if you want something fresh. Honey Salt's celebrating B.C. salmon season with grilled king salmon and vinyl records spinning, which is the kind of pairing that lands right. Les Faux Bourgeois, the French bistro, has reopened with an upgraded kitchen and refined focus if that's calling your name. And a new Mexican cantina-inspired pop-up hits downtown on the 22nd if you want to keep that on your radar.

For tonight, you've got options. Jurassic Park in Concert at the Orpheum at 7 PM is a solid way to kick off the weekend — full orchestra, dinosaurs on screen. If you're more into music, Pearl & The Oysters takes the stage at The Pearl at 7:30, and if late-night's your move, Fortune Sound Club's running Take Me Back to 2016 at 10 PM, or Village Studios has Olly Watt and crew at the same hour. The Canadians are playing the AquaSox at Scotiabank at 1:05 PM if you want an afternoon game.

Weather's mostly cloud, so the seawall's quieter than it'll be Saturday — grab it if you want some air before the evening plans lock in. Have a good one out there.

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