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someone's giving away a free ticket to Chinese American Bear at the Fox tonight—show starts at 7:30. first to comment gets it.
Young the Giant playing at Thunderbird Stadium in like an hour—someone's giving away free tickets. dm or tag them if you want to go.
The Pear Lake wildfire is burning dangerously close to Kelly Lake substation — the main point where Peace River hydroelectric power enters the Lower Mainland grid. Clinton's been evacuated, the substation's in the evacuation order. If it goes down, major outages could hit the whole region.
Window seat views of the Rocky Mountains on flights from Edmonton to Vancouver are hitting different. The scenic route has locals and travellers debating the eternal question: window or aisle?
Security concerns are being raised as the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion gets flagged for federal fast-tracking. The project would increase the port facility's container capacity by 50 percent.
the indoor go-karting venue in Richmond that was already closed earlier in the month is now permanently shut down, and it owes $68K in unpaid rent. another closure adding to the rough stretch for the area.
vancouver city council's public hearings this week have been a mess — people from california calling in about the villages plan, filibuster tactics, and the mayor calling an emergency meeting. it's become the kind of circus that's hard to watch but also hard to look away from.
A California resident somehow called into a Vancouver city council meeting and the mayor called an emergency meeting over it. Foreign interference? Probably just a Zoom mix-up, but the vibe was weird.
So this just wrapped — Vancouver's World Cup fan zone pulled 218,000 beers across seven games. That's a lot of celebration.
someone's ebike got stolen at beach crescent downtown around 1:10am — two people hopped on and bolted under the cambie bridge. dude filed a police report but it was his main income for uber/doordash so rough timing.
Someone's wondering why there's a derelict gas station parked next to one of Vancouver's fancy new condo developments. The contrast is pretty wild — pristine glass towers on one side, boarded-up pumps on the other.
A family lost their toddler's hippo stuffie on July 18 near the corner of Foglifter and Bruce Eyewear on Main Street, possibly wearing a kids' shirt. The stuffie was a gift from grandparents — if you spot it, check r/vancouver.
Kitsilano Showboat's free summer concert series is live right now — locals are posting super 8 videos of the shows. If you haven't caught one yet, they're happening through the season.
Historic photo: packed Hastings Street during the Vancouver Golden Jubilee parade back in 1936. City was wild that day.
Huge shoutout to those working in the extreme heat today around Vancouver. If that's you, stay hydrated and take breaks.
World Cup success is turning people into soccer fans. A new poll shows 67 per cent of British Columbians say they'd like to see Canada host again in 2038. momentum's real.
tonight's sunset had the whole city looking up — sky turned this deep crimson from wildfire smoke and the angle of the light. everyone's posting from the water.
Yellow heat warning in effect across northeast and southeast Metro Vancouver now through Wednesday. Daytime highs hitting low to mid-30s inland, overnight lows staying in the mid to high teens. Keep cool.
That massive fire near Boston Bar is really something — the smoke column's visible from across the region. People in Delta are posting photos of the haze from the wildfire burning south of the community.
Someone lost a black Nike backpack near Metrotown with a brand-new Samsung tablet, phone, cash and other items inside — huge reward being offered if found.
