The West Coast Express is celebrating its 30th anniversary. And it seems it will not improve any time soon.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/west-coast-express-30-years-9.6959540
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Le West Coast Express célèbre son 30e anniversaire. Et il semble qu’il ne sera pas amélioré à moyen terme.
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Thanks to my wife’s cancer diagnosis (she’s doing well!) we have free parking at Fraser Health hospitals for six months. Hooray!
(But fuck cancer.) #MetroVancouver
I’m at Willowbrook mall kinda bored. In just four* short years I’ll be able to hop a SkyTrain from here to Vancouver. That’ll be nice.
* assuming it’s on time, which it won’t be. #MetroVancouver
Population growth of Metro Vancouver slows due to federal immigration policy changes
Metro Vancouver is projected to reach a population of 4.1 million people by 2050, which is a decrease of 50,000 from the projection in 2024.
#population #immigration #policy #growth #MetroVancouver #Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11416760/population-growth-metro-vancouver-slows-federal-immigration-policy-changes/
#DeltaBC #MetroVancouver - Metro, Delta trying to remove Burns Bog pine seedlings https://www.delta-optimist.com/weatherhood-local/metro-delta-trying-to-remove-burns-bog-pine-seedlings-11168129
Details for our share fair on September 14th at Wildfires Bookshop! Please share and :boosts_appreciated: as much as you can!
#NewWestminster #BC #Vancouver #MetroVancouver #community #coop #share
Village exempt from Metro's fireplace registration, today in The Watershed: https://www.lionsbaywatershed.ca/post/no-fireplace-registration-for-lions-bay
#LionsBayWatershed #LocalNews #BritishColumbia #AirQuality #MetroVancouver
(Geminiで要約)
メトロバンクーバーで、通勤電車と車両が衝突する事故が発生しました。この事故で車から投げ出された男性1名が重傷を負い、病院に運ばれました。
事故は、サレーの踏切で、男性が運転する車が脱線したところへ電車が衝突して起きました。男性は車から投げ出され、救助隊によって発見されました。
列車の乗客にけがはありませんでした。警察が事故原因を調査しています。 #MetroVancouver
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/man-thrown-from-vehicle-in-crash-involving-commuter-train-in-metro-vancouver/article_3bd27390-2216-5140-bc37-8f3e69a08041.html
Expo 2025 in Osaka opens window on promising future
What do an elevator, sewing machine, typewriter, telephone, dishwasher and mobile phone have in common? They were all introduced to the public at International Expositions. Industrialist Elisha Otis first demonstrated his ele…
#Japan #JP #Osaka #CanadaPlace #CentennialExhibition #Expo86 #MetroVancouver #MichaelGeller #news #osakanews #WorldExposition #大阪 #大阪府
https://www.alojapan.com/1335425/expo-2025-in-osaka-opens-window-on-promising-future/
https://www.alojapan.com/1335425/expo-2025-in-osaka-opens-window-on-promising-future/ Expo 2025 in Osaka opens window on promising future #CanadaPlace #CentennialExhibition #Expo86 #Japan #MetroVancouver #MichaelGeller #news #Osaka #OsakaNews #WorldExposition #大阪 #大阪府 What do an elevator, sewing machine, typewriter, telephone, dishwasher and mobile phone have in common? They were all introduced to the public at International Expositions. Industrialist Elisha Otis first demonstrated his elevator to the public at the 1854 Crysta
No-swimming advisories for 9 Metro Vancouver beaches likely to last all weekend
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has issued advisories warning that nine local beaches are not suitable for swimming due to elevated E. coli levels.
#health #water #beach #MetroVancouver #News #beachwaterquality
https://globalnews.ca/news/11294472/vancouver-e-coli-beaches/
Metro considers pooling small community resources in an emergency, today in The Watershed: https://www.lionsbaywatershed.ca/post/emergency-services-top-of-mind
#LionsBayWatershed #LocalNews #BritishColumbia #LionsBay #MetroVancouver #EmergencyServices
Anmore is one of those kids that takes and doesn't give back.
Fedicon in Vancouver is going to be the best Fediverse-related event to have happened in a long time.
Definitely check it out!
I will most certainly be there!
#Fediverse #Fedicon #Vancouver #VancouverBC #VancouverBCCanada #VancouverBritishColumbia #VancouverBritishColumbiaCanada #BC #BritishColumbia #BritishColumbiaCanada #BCCanada #GreaterVancouver #GreaterVancouverBC #GreaterVancouverBCCanada #VancouverCanada #GreaterVancouverCanada #MetroVancouver #MetroVancouverBCCanada #MetroVancouverCanada
These First Nations kids played a song to attract grizzly bears — and it worked
A group of First Nations children played a traditional song with drums on Sunday at Metro Vancouver's Grouse Mountain, and ended up catching the attention of curious grizzly bears in the process.
#music #animals #nature #culture #GrouseMountain #MetroVancouver
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/squamish-nation-grizzly-bear-song-1.7564142?cmp=rss
These First Nations kids played a song to attract grizzly bears — and it worked
A group of First Nations children played a traditional song with drums on Sunday at Metro Vancouver's Grouse Mountain, and ended up catching the attention of curious grizzly bears in the process.
#music #animals #nature #culture #GrouseMountain #MetroVancouver
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/squamish-nation-grizzly-bear-song-1.7564142?cmp=rss
These First Nations kids played a song to attract grizzly bears — and it worked
A group of First Nations children played a traditional song with drums on Sunday at Metro Vancouver's Grouse Mountain, and ended up catching the attention of curious grizzly bears in the process.
#music #animals #nature #culture #GrouseMountain #MetroVancouver
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/squamish-nation-grizzly-bear-song-1.7564142?cmp=rss
Aging Granville Island needs up to $300M in upgrades. Is housing a solution?
There's nothing in Metro Vancouver like Granville Island — but that's part of the problem in making changes to keep it financially viable.
#housing #upgrade #finance #GranvilleIsland #MetroVancouver #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/granville-island-future-harcourt-housing-debate-1.7558992?cmp=rss
Cop just got on the train and asked everyone for their proof of payment. Kinda felt like a police state. Wtf #translink. #metrovancouver
Everyone deserves free transit.
Backpack loan program for neurodiverse people launched on North Shore
A tourism association on Metro Vancouver's North Shore has started a program to lend out backpacks containing items to help people and kids with neurological conditions access tourist attractions.
#tourism #disability #community #NorthShore #MetroVancouver #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/north-shore-neurodiverse-backpack-1.7557897?cmp=rss
