Vancouver

• Community report warns Vancouver’s homeless population to surge without more funding

  The report warns Vancouver's homeless population could climb from about 3,150 today to more than 4,700 by 2030 due to pressures on existing affordable units.

  Economy

  9 hours
  
• Canada providing $4.2M to Vancouver for youth programs to mitigate gang involvement

  In a joint press conference, Minister of Emergency Preparedness of Canada Harjit Sajjan said the country must mitigate gang involvement starting with kids.

  Crime

  Feb 22
  
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• Tattoo photos released as police try to identify woman who died in Vancouver

  Reviews of missing persons reports and exchanges with other law enforcement agencies have failed to turn up a name for the woman, Vancouver police said Tuesday.

  Health

  Feb 20
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• Prince Harry and Meghan in Vancouver for third day of Invictus Games training camp

  On Friday, Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are in Vancouver to meet with Invictus Games athletes at a curling rink.

  Sports

  Feb 16
• New film ‘a love letter’ to historic heart of Vancouver’s Black community

  A Vancouver filmmaker is featuring Hogan's Alley and the city's historic Black Strathcona neighbourhood.

  Perspectives

  Feb 15
• ‘It can happen to anybody’: B.C. mom commissions mural for daughter lost to overdose

  A Kamloops mother has commissioned a mural by the Downtown Eastside's best-known street artist to honour her daughter, who died after accidentally taking fentanyl.

  Health

  Feb 13
• Landlord fined $4,500 over fire that destroyed East Vancouver apartment building

  Flames broke out at the building at East 10th Avenue and Prince Edwards Street on July 27, 2023. The damage left 30 people homeless.

  Crime

  Feb 9
• Canada Place given secondary name and signage honouring Komagata Maru passengers

  Canada Place will now also be known as Komagata Maru Place, an acknowledgment of the city's role in historical discrimination against people of South Asian origin.

  Politics

  Feb 9
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• Savings from abolishing park board still unclear, Vancouver council hears

  A directive by the park board to its staff not to engage with transition work means the city hasn't been able to work up numbers on possible cost savings, council heard Wednesday.

  Politics

  Feb 8
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• Vancouver businesses slapped with $20K in fines over illegal bear spray sales: Police

  The fines were issued under a new City of Vancouver's bylaw, which limits where stores can display the spray and bans its sale to people under the age of 19. 

  Crime

  Feb 8