If you’re in the Metro Vancouver area, you can find anything from dining, to shopping and other events. There’s lots to see and do in Vancouver, and you’ll find some of it here. Be sure to view the Events Calendar for local celebrations.
This afternoon, the Vancouver Park Board unveiled a sign on the south-side of the West End to welcome the city’s latest attraction: Barge Chilling Beach. The announcement was shared on social media that included the English Bay Barge with its…
After skipping last year, the brilliant Festival of Lights is back to brighten the VanDusen Botanical Gardens in Vancouver, bringing the holiday spirit much needed to our city. Over a million Christmas lights are strung up through the garden, where…
TransLink is working with Interac Corp., and Cubic Transportation Systems with an upgrade to the fare system so customers can use their tap-enabled debit cards as a method of payment at stations and on buses According to a press release from…
Earlier this week, the eastern Fraser Valley and portions of the interior of our province were inundated by rain causing severe flooding that damaged infrastructure, forced people from their homes and businesses and ruined swaths of agricultural land. British Columbians,…
This week, TransLink has received a full-scale demo of the new Mark V SkyTrain vehicle (pictured above) from the manufacturer, Alstom. The new trainsets are being built to handle future capacity on the SkyTrain’s Expo and Millennium Lines and to…
For the second year in a row, municipalities in Metro Vancouver are asking the public to observe Remembrance Day services at home either on television or virtually this Thursday, November 11th, 2021. While guidelines over gatherings in public have loosened,…
In an effort to woo back customers onto transit following 20 months of low ridership due to the global pandemic, TransLink has announced their Tap in to Win sweepstakes where riders can enter to win prizes just by tapping in…
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…
A slice of European tradition is back to light up those darkening skies with all things Christmas as the Vancouver Christmas Market returns to Jack Poole Plaza west of the Vancouver Convention Centre starting Saturday November 13th, 2021. Inspired by…
Cue the mini donuts, SuperDogs and rides as the Pacific National Exhibition returns to Hastings Park for its 111th year running from Saturday, August 21st until Monday, September 6th, 2021 (excluding Monday, August 23rd and Monday, August 30th). This year,…
