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A massive black bear has been spotted in a North Vancouver neighbourhood, checking out a backyard fig tree. Locals are posting sightings as the big guy makes his rounds.

Metro Vancouver voted to cut its board members by 25 percent and cap how many representatives each municipality gets. Smaller voice for some cities, but decisions should move faster.

SkyTrain history getting preserved: Surrey's public is invited to sign a time-capsule guideway segment from the retired SkyTrain car. Leave your mark on transit infrastructure.

Vancouver City Council just approved three new towers that'll reshape the skyline — and they're getting taller. Western Canada's next tallest is getting a public observation deck too.

Vancouver, Victoria, Surrey and other major B.C. cities are deploying AI but aren't always transparent about it. What are they actually using it for?

Analysis shows residents in the richest parts of the city are pushing back hardest against the villages plan. New 17-neighbourhood mixed-use zoning is dividing Vancouver.

Wish you could recycle something that isn't actually recyclable? That's called wishcycling, and some B.C. municipalities are cracking down on it. The contamination is messing up sorting facilities.

Market shift is hitting presale condo buyers hard. Some are walking away from purchases, and developers are taking legal action. It's getting messy.

northwest marine drive at spanish banks is closing monday for two months while they replace a culvert so salmon can actually get upstream. bring alternate routes.

someone posted a photo of lost lagoon frozen over in 1933 and people are losing it over how wild vancouver looked back then — skating in the middle of the city, ice thick enough to play on.

photographer just dropped long exposures from YVR that are stunning — light trails and motion blur catching the airport's scale in a totally different way.

Now that the World Cup fan zone is wrapping up, Granville Street businesses are divided on whether the street can hold onto the crowds and energy from the past month. Some are optimistic; others worry the momentum will fade.

A new ranking of global tourist destinations put Vancouver surprisingly low on the culture and history scale. The city landed at number 70, raising questions about how the world perceives Vancity's heritage and cultural offerings.

Saturna Island has some of the best hikes in the Gulf Islands — Brown Ridge especially offers incredible views. The diving from Narvaez Bay is the only spot around with kelp forests, though they've been shrinking over the past few years. Worth a day trip if you're up for a ferry.

Someone posted archival photos of the downtown skyline and Stanley Park Causeway from 1974 and everyone's comparing them to now. The difference is wild.

Someone got injured trying to stop a fight at Sasamat Lake. Police have been pretty busy out there lately.

Vancouver artist Tyler Toews just dropped a new octopus mural somewhere in the city. Reddit's already hunting for it.

Sunset tonight was painting the sky. People across the city are posting photos from everywhere—English Bay, the seawall, rooftops. The kind of sky that stops you mid-commute.

so this art YouTuber a bunch of people follow just revealed they're a Vancity local and they've been posting indie art projects around the city the whole time. people are now like "wait, THAT was Vancouver?" connecting dots on videos they've already seen.