Allie Turner
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Here's what Metro Vancouver Transit Police actually do
Metro Vancouver Transit Police have 4 main priorities and the top one is reducing sexual assaults on TransLink system followed by frontline worker assaults → Read More
Here's everything happening at Vancouver's new culinary festival featuring local Michelin-awarded chefs
FEAST! is a new culinary festival is launching in Vancouver with classes, tastings, and collaborative chef's dinners from Michelin star winning restaurants → Read More
Here's where to find super cheap books in Vancouver
From a $1 book sale in Kitsilano to secondhand store on Granville Street, here's where to find the best cheap books in Vancouver, BC for bargain hunters. → Read More
Vancouver firefighters rescue stranded window washers from downtown skyscraper
Two window washers became stuck on the 11th floor of a Downtown Vancouver skyscraper March 9, firefighters performed a "pick-off" rescue with no injuries. → Read More
'Evil capitalists': Vancouverites outraged over Galen Weston grocery pricing testimony
Canadians are reacting on social media to Galen Weston Jr.'s parliamentary committee testimony on grocery inflation with outrage and distrust. → Read More
Downtown Eastside stabbing leaves man with serious injuries
A man is in hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing at Hastings and Carroll streets in the Downtown Eastside. VPD say he is expected to survive → Read More
Vancouver lawyer calls out ICBC for sharing misinformation about distracted driving
Criminal lawyer Kyla Lee debunks ICBC informational video about distracted driving. Loose phones in a vehicle are not illegal, she argued in supreme court. → Read More
This 107-year-old suffrage pamphlet petitions for (white) women's right to vote in B.C.
How far has Canadian women's rights come in the last 100 years? In April 1917 men voted in favour of a referendum granting British women the right to vote. → Read More
No more tethering dogs: Smart kennels coming to Vancouver this summer
Smart dog houses in front of businesses are launching in Canada this summer as an alternative to leaving dogs tethered, which is illegal in Vancouver. → Read More
For the next week, these bars are hosting the best happy hours in Vancouver
Enjoy drink specials and entertainment at these bars and restaurants across Metro Vancouver as part of the VCW Cinq à Sept happy hours, March 6-13, 2023. → Read More
Vancouverites climb fence erected by the city to keep them off the seawall
The Vancouver, BC Park Board is clearing fallen trees and addressing slide issues on the Stanley Park Seawall following the snowstorm so it can reopen. → Read More
'With heavy hearts' a Vancouver sandwich shop closes
Locals mourn the closing of Kingsway Vietnamese restaurant Bean Banh Mi as the shop closes down March 6, 2023, "with heavy hearts and great consideration." → Read More
Metro Vancouver resident brought 'peace and comfort' by $1M lotto win
This Abbotsford resident bought her winning lottery ticket at the Chevron gas station on South Fraser Way and plans to use the money to buy her son a house → Read More
First ever South Asian Family Festival coming to the PNE this summer
A one-day only South Asian festival is taking over the PNE and Playland this summer with musicians, comedians, performers and rides for one ticket price. → Read More
'I'm in desperate need': Vancouver woman searches for live kidney donor
Facing chronic kidney disease and kidney failure, a BC woman is searching for an organ donor. Find out what it takes to be a live organ donor in Canada. → Read More
The City of Vancouver is no longer a living wage employer. Here's what that means
The City of Vancouver voted to no longer be a certified living wage employer after five years, affecting the lowest paid workers and non-union staff most. → Read More
Vancouver Palestinian restaurant closing its to-go location
Palestinian restaurant Tamam announced they are closing their counter service lunch location as of April 2023, service will continue at East Hastings. → Read More
Photos: Kinton Ramen opening new location in North Vancouver
To celebrate the opening of its second Metro Vancouver location on Lonsdale Ave (a third is on the way), they're offering 50% off signature dishes. → Read More
Downtown Vancouver to lose massive Nordstrom department store very soon
Nordstrom is shutting down Canadian operations, including closing the massive Downtown Vancouver location with Milk Bar. Liquidation sale coming soon. → Read More
This Vancouver musician auctioned off his guitar to support abortion funds in the U.S.
The Vancouver indie musician donated the proceeds of his guitar auction to the U.S. National Network of Abortion Funds in protest of Roe v Wade overturning → Read More