In a true hockey nation, the City of Vancouver is setting up two large screens to broadcast the Stanley Cup Finals between the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins. The first screen will be setup to compliment the existing one outside …
On this day, 125 years ago in 1886, Vancouver was incorporated as a city on the south shore of Burrard Inlet. Since then, the fledgling community boomed into a cosmopolitan crossroads with people from all over the world. Vancouver has …
The winner of TransLink’s smart card naming contest has been finally announced. Compass is the name of the new fare card being introduced in 2013 with the transit system’s upgrade to electronic fare media. Burnaby resident Oleksiy Gayda came up …
Vancouver turns 125 on April 6th, 2011 and the city is planning a party to celebrate the milestone. From 2:00 PM PDT to 9:30 PM PDT a free, family friendly event will be held down at the Jack Poole Plaza …
Unlike last year when Vancouver enjoyed a nice and somewhat dry Olympics, on the anniversary of the opening ceremony the rain made its presence known. This didn’t stop a crowd from coming out and enjoying the party. There were a …
Remember last year how Vancouver held two straight weeks of partying during the 2010 Winter Olympics? The City of Vancouver is bringing back the party spirit with a number of events held on Saturday, February 12th, 2011. Olympic Glory Relived …
When TransLink announced they would be moving towards a smart card-based fare system, a problem appeared: what would the card be called? The London Underground has the Oyster, Chicago has the Chicago Card and Sound Transit uses ORCA. So, last …
Guten tag! A German tradition has finally arrived in Vancouver – the christmas market. With the weeks leading up to Christmas, all kinds of vendors set up stands to sell their wares and creations in a jolly environment. The Vancouver …
As TransLink moves forward in it’s goal of upgrading the fare system on trains and buses, there’s a few sides to the switch from the existing fare media to smart cards. Upsides Cash is becoming a thing of the past …
Ever since the Evergreen Line was announced, one of the largest questions surrounding the proposed line was “how much?” (the other being “when?”). The $1.2 billion extension already has $800 million from both the federal and provincial governments, with the …
