Vancouver

Bullet holes could be seen on a black SUV sitting at the centre of the police scene.

(Robson and Richards. Article doesn't indicate that anyone was hurt, it seems like a bullet did go into the Tim Horton's in that area.)

Three apartment fires with one common factor.

The properties were — and still are — owned by Fu De (Henry) Ren and his wife, Fang Yan. And while the Mount Pleasant fire was determined to be accidental, the buildings and their owners had a record of multiple fire safety violations.

Why does it seem that people actively avoid expressing disaagreements on what somone says when they are out somewhere having a conversation? Why arwe people more concerned about trying to sound nice rather than being honest? It's not provactive or antagonizing to simply say "I can't agree with you on that, I disagree." I suspect that if someone articulates the reasoning behind their disagreement, a lot of people would not be bothered by it, unless someone wants everybody to believe the same things and are easily disturbed by contrary points of views.

Found it on the street a few weeks ago in downtown, last used Jan-24-2024 06:57 PM. Sorry for the long delay, I went on vacation right the next day and forgot about it. Hit me up if it's yours and you want it back.

Card number is 0164 0235 7941 0194 ABCD

Proof of ownership will be telling me via DM the last digits and/or the CVN.

It has about 15 dollars on it. If the owner doesn't bother to claim it in a few days I'll just donate to someone on the streets.

The cyclist was riding on the sidewalk, and ran a red light (a bit more justified to flag him down). He fled, eventually ditching the bike and fleeing by foot.

I hope the police didn't screw up by performing an unjustified search.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/25325294

If someone had the STL file already (from printables), where should they go to get it printed? What about if they also needed to get things scanned?

I see that some libraries have it, but I was curious if there are other options too in case the person needs help

Do you know any chess clubs/programmes for a 5-7 year old in Vancouver/Richmond area?

I would preferably want to be able to look up the coach(es) online or attend one of their lessons before enrolling my kid.

PS: I know I may sound very picky, but I have witnessed first hand how a not great tutor in the early ages can ruin the enthusiasm for chess and change the future.

Photo taken August 2023, around the time when wildfire smoke drifted its way through the lower Fraser. Made for a nice picture despite the possible health impact. It sounds like we may go through it again this year.

A quiet morning looking out at the Burrard Inlet. Photo taken December 2023.

Kind of amazing. In my head this is basically saying "we can't protect people in parts of downtown Vancouver and rather than change that, it may just be easier to abandon the area.

A looming transit strike in Metro Vancouver this weekend has been narrowly avoided after Coast Mountain Bus Company and the union representing its transit supervisors accepted recommendations from a special mediator.

Transit supervisors were prepared to strike again starting at 12:01 am Saturday, which could have shut down bus and SeaBus service around the region. But now transit users will be able to travel as normal through the weekend and into Monday.

CUPE 4500, which represents the 180 supervisors, was the first to accept recommendations from provincially appointed mediator Vince Ready.

“While they don’t completely address our issues, these recommendations are clearly our best path towards a mutually acceptable settlement,” said CUPE 4500 spokesperson Liam O’Neill.

Archive

A hearing at the BC Labour Relations Board to decide the future of the transit strike in the Lower Mainland will likely extend into a second day after no decision was reached Wednesday.

Representatives for transit unions and their employers, including the BC Rapid Transit Company, TransLink, Coast Mountain Bus Company, and ProTrans BC, gathered in downtown Vancouver to discuss expanding or forbidding the strike.

The employers applied to the board for an essential service designation, which would force employees back to work. As justification, the employers argued transit services are necessary to prevent immediate danger to the health and welfare of British Columbians — since the strike would impact people’s ability to get to work, get to medical appointments, and keep hospitals adequately staffed.

Archive

Photo taken on a busy day in August 2023, from a kayak

Just saw some of their plans and the price is really competitive. Just wondering if any Freedom users here and how is your experience with them. Read some reviews on reddit but they are few months old and things change in a few months.

If you want to get a sense of how things can radically shift within the body of an organization, you need only look at how folks react to Jillian Christmas, the VAG’s first poet-in-residence.

During the afternoon I spent with her in the gallery, the sheer number of people who stopped for a quick chat was both funny and incredibly sweet. These interactions were ordinary exchanges about unlocking doors, accessing different rooms, normal chit-chat. But it was the tone that was most striking: the immediate joy and ease that Christmas creates, even in the smallest interactions, was palpable.

In an announcement on Jan. 4, Vancouver Art Gallery CEO and executive director Anthony Kiendl summed up the poet-in-residence’s role this way: “Art through the lens of poetry will inspire vibrant conversations and engagement, adding a new layer of depth and understanding to our exhibits and enhancing our shared understanding of what an art gallery can be.”

That all sounds perfectly pleasant in theory, but in practice, the work is relational, reciprocal and grounded in Christmas’s efforts at making positive change in the culture of a civic institution. From security guards to curators, Christmas talks to everyone in her efforts to create a place where every person affiliated with the gallery feels not only welcome but an integral part of the organization.

Archive

The union representing 180 striking bus operations supervisors for TransLink’s Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) says it will suspend any strike action for the time being during the provincial government’s mandated special mediation process.

. . .

Then just after 12 pm today, CUPE 4500 announced it will not be escalating job action until February 2 — when government-appointed special mediator issues his recommendations to both the union and the employer.

This means there will not be another shutdown of CMBC’s bus and SeaBus services or any other public transit service in the region until at least February 2, providing hundreds of thousands of public transit riders with some temporary certainty of the continuity of services.

Archive

As of just after 5 pm Tuesday, it has been confirmed that all TransLink bus and SeaBus services will resume on Wednesday, January 24.

The public transit authority states that service will restart at 3:30 am Wednesday, but it will take some time for services to be fully up and running after 48 hours of continuous shutdown since Monday morning.

Services on the bus and SeaBus systems should be back to normal schedules by 5 am Wednesday.

This is a short reprieve from CUPE 4500’s job action. At this time, bus and SeaBus services can be expected for at least one day.

Archive

Canadian Union of Public Employees 4500 (CUPE) appears to be following through with its original stated plan that the current shutdown of TransLink’s bus and SeaBus services across Metro Vancouver will last for 48 hours.

This means about 200 bus routes across the region and the SeaBus ferries between Lonsdale and downtown Vancouver could restart services on the morning of Wednesday, January 24.

But the restart of bus and SeaBus services could be temporary — a mere reprieve — if TransLink’s Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) and CUPE 4500 are unable to reach an agreement before another round of job escalation.

If services restart on Wednesday morning, the 180 bus operations supervisors currently on strike will revert to the “baseline” job action disruption of an overtime ban, which first began on January 6.

Archive

With a highly disruptive and confusing public transit strike well underway, starting today, there is an air of uncertainty with getting around Metro Vancouver — especially if you don’t have access to a car.

But according to TransLink leadership, at this time, the job action shutdown of services will be limited to Coast Mountain Bus Company’s (CMBC) bus and SeaBus services, and it will not spread to all three SkyTrain lines and the West Coast Express commuter rail for at least the foreseeable future — today (later Monday) and tomorrow (Tuesday).

Archive