Source: Richard Zussman, globalnews.ca, June 12, 2020 Teams would have no contact with the public, spectators or their families. A plan approved by B.C.’s top doctor ensures NHL teams would be in “bubbles” for the entire time they would be in Vancouver, should the city be selected as a “hub city” when professional hockey resumes.… Continue reading Vancouver’s Plan to Be a NHL Hub City
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Deal reached to pass emergency COVID-19 legislation
Source: Joan Bryden, globalnews.ca, March 25, 2020 Early this morning, a modified version of the bill was approved from all sides. The government won unanimous consent to quickly pass emergency legislation to free up $82 billion to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis. After a day of tense negotiations, MPs began debating the bill in the wee… Continue reading Deal reached to pass emergency COVID-19 legislation
SaskTel taking steps to ensure its customers have access to network services
Source: Thomas Piller, globalnews.ca, March 24, 2020 Since March 23rd, SaskTel has seen roughly a five per cent increase in data traffic. SaskTel says while the ongoing extent and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are uncertain, it’s taking steps to make sure data capacity is adequate to handle the increased demands. The Crown corporation said… Continue reading SaskTel taking steps to ensure its customers have access to network services
Vancouver cheers on health-care workers
Source: Simon Little, globalnews.ca, March 24, 2020 The event takes place every evening at 7 p.m., and has grown in size and decibel since it first began. The ritual of a noisy nightly “thank you” to health-care workers fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic has come to Vancouver. The practice, which caught on after spectacles in… Continue reading Vancouver cheers on health-care workers
Federal government to unveil plans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day
Source: The Canadian Press, March 29, 2019 VANCOUVER — A departure ceremony is being held today in Vancouver for trains carrying combat boots symbolizing those who travelled to Halifax during the Second World War before they embarked for Europe. The journey is part of the federal government’s plan to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day… Continue reading Federal government to unveil plans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day
Thousands in B.C. still without power following massive windstorm
Source: The Canadian Press, February 10, 2019 VANCOUVER –– More than 11,000 customers were still without power in British Columbia on Sunday following a windstorm. BC Hydro says that at one point on Saturday, the storm knocked out power to more than 70,000 customers. The hardest hit areas were in the Lower Mainland and Sunshine… Continue reading Thousands in B.C. still without power following massive windstorm
RCMP move pipeline protesters hanging from Vancouver bridge
Source: Laura Kane, The Canadian Press, July 4, 2018 VANCOUVER – Greenpeace Canada says a protest that saw a dozen protesters dangling from a Vancouver bridge to block a tanker carrying crude oil from the Trans Mountain pipeline ended Wednesday night. The environmental group says the climbers who spent more than 35 hours on the Ironworkers… Continue reading RCMP move pipeline protesters hanging from Vancouver bridge
‘Move to Saint John,’ mayor tells fed-up residents of Toronto and Vancouver
Source: Josh Dehaas, CTV News, December 6, 2017 Frustrated by high home prices and long commutes? Why not move to Saint John, N.B., where a typical house costs one-quarter as much as in Toronto and where twice as many people have 15-minute commutes than in Vancouver? That’s the type of pitch Saint John Mayor Don… Continue reading ‘Move to Saint John,’ mayor tells fed-up residents of Toronto and Vancouver
Victoria boy gets Shatner’s support for invented word
Source: Camille Bains, The Canadian Press, November 21, 2017 VANCOUVER – When six-year-old Levi Budd saw the word stop on a sign, he created the word pots. Before long, he was imagining words backwards and coming up with rats from star and pets from step. The inquisitive word lover had just one question for his mom… Continue reading Victoria boy gets Shatner’s support for invented word
Driver caught with iPhone and tablet tied to steering wheel in Vancouver
Source: Josh K. Elliot, CTV News, November 16, 2017 Perhaps unwilling to wait for the next episode of “Stranger Things,” a Vancouver man was caught driving with a tablet and an iPhone tied to his steering wheel, in what police say is one of the strangest cases of distracted driving they’ve ever seen. The Vancouver… Continue reading Driver caught with iPhone and tablet tied to steering wheel in Vancouver