Local, national or global stories that are fairly interesting, screwed up, or guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
After 40-plus years, passengers traveling the Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay route will no longer get to savour sliced roast beef while sailing through Active Pass as BC Ferries has confirmed the Pacific Buffet has now permanently closed. Service in the Pacific Buffet …
Expecting a busy summer season, BC Ferries has announced changes for two routes that service the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, intended to reduce vessel congestion and alleviate traffic at one of its busiest terminals. Between June 24th and September …
Canadians applying for a new passport will get a stylish new document to flash at customs checkpoints worldwide. The Canadian government unveiled earlier today a redesigned passport that integrates a number of new security elements to combat forgeries. Noticeable changes …
It’s official. The Government of Canada has confirmed that King Charles III will replace Queen Elizabeth II on all coins and bank notes, though a timeline for when this will happen was not mentioned. The Royal Canadian Mint has already …
Nothing says summer like fireworks on the beach! The Honda Celebration of Light returns to Vancouver’s English Bay for three nights this July, and we’ve learned which countries will showcase for 2023. Up first, on Saturday, July 22nd is Australia …
Taking transit around Metro Vancouver is going to cost a little more come Saturday, July 1st, 2023 with TransLink’s board looking to vote in favour of fare increases for SkyTrain, SeaBus, bus and West Coast Express service. The fares are …
For the first time following the discovery of the RMS Titanic‘s wreck, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has uploaded to YouTube 82 minutes of rare footage shot during their July 1986 expedition. In 1985, Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel …
This morning, BC Ferries announced that as of December 1st, 2021, the fuel rebate applied to passenger and vehicle fares is ending due to an increase in the cost of fuel for its ships. With the fuel rebate, walk-on passengers …
With British Columbia slowly starting to reopen based on the provincial announcement earlier this week, an icon of Vancouver summer is a possibility, albeit on a smaller scale this year. The Pacific National Exhibition could happen later this summer, in …
When the COVID-19 pandemic took hold a year ago, transit ridership plummeted, hitting TransLink’s pocketbook. As a result, the annual fare hike was cancelled for 2020. Now, the agency that operates Metro Vancouver’s rapid transit system is looking at raising …
