Projects to improve bike lanes, trails, sidewalks on Island get funding boost from province
A total of $24 million from the Active Transportation Infrastructure Grants program will go to 53 projects around B.C.
B.C. failing most vulnerable amid toxic drug crisis, critics say: ‘It’s heart-wrenching’
Critics are renewing their calls for changes to the way B.C handles mental health and addiction, saying it's not working, and ...
Vancouver Island Free Daily2d
Province rolls out funding for active transportation in Greater Victoria
The $24 million in funding will support 53 provincial projects, 10 of which are in the Capital Region. An additional nine ...
The Columbian12d
Vancouver students learn it’s easy — and fun — to be green during Paddy Hough Parade
Hundreds of Vancouver elementary school students and teachers decked head to toe in green streamed down Main Street for Monday’s Paddy Hough Parade.
Curbside junk: Vancouver spends up to $2.5 million annually on illegal dumping
The majority of Metro Vancouver’s 21 municipalities do not offer free large item pickup services, and the City of Vancouver said illegal dumping costs about $2 – $2.5 million annually.
After sound wall closure, Vancouver residents say homeless camp grows
A west Vancouver neighborhood has become the unintended home to a large homeless encampment over the last few years.
The Tyee2d
Yuriy’s Notebook: Finding Work in Dark Alleys
What you see in downtown Vancouver’s alleys after dark is different from what is on display on its busy sidewalks during the ...
Vancouver Is Awesome9d
In 4 weeks, nearly 200 weapons have been seized from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Officers have seized nearly 200 weapons in just four weeks and are averaging seven arrests per day. “The Downtown Eastside is a diverse community with complex public safety issues. Whenever issues are ...