15 fun things to do in Vancouver this weekend: August 16 to 18
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Another wonderful weekend to enjoy! Fill your time with these fantastic 15 events happening in and around Metro Vancouver from August 16 to 18. ADVERTISEMENT. Richmond Garlic Festival, PoCo Car Show, and so much more! Invite your friends to join the fun. Be sure to check out our Listed section for more fantastic things happening around town.
"Finally, we're here": Construction starts on new Vancouver Art …
WEBSep 15, 2023 · The new art gallery, designed by Switzerland-based architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron, with the Vancouver office of Perkins&Will as the architect of record, is conceived as a 228-ft-tall stack of varying-sized box volumes, which contains 10 levels of interior space.It features a mass timber design with an Indigenous-inspired “basket weave” veil, along with a high-performance envelope ...
Crane crashes down during fire on Vancouver's west side
WEBAug 7, 2024 · Frightening footage from a massive fire on Vancouver’s west side shows a construction crane toppling over as dark smoke rises into the sky. Daily Hive reader Volante Matheson was travelling past the scene of the fire in the Dunbar-Southlands neighbourhood when she recorded the construction crane keel over onto the ground.
Fallen construction crane due to building site fire will block 41st ...
WEBAug 8, 2024 · Fire and collapsed construction crane at the corner of West 41st Avenue and Collingwood Street on August 6, 2024. (@Onyxclawe/X) The toppled construction crane in Vancouver’s Dunbar-Southlands neighbourhood could remain in place for at least a week. Tuesday evening’s major fire at the construction site at the northeast corner of the ...
Dunbar crane collapse and fires overwhelmed Vancouver …
WEBAug 7, 2024 · Several fires and a crane collapse on Tuesday night left Vancouver’s fire teams with only two trucks free in the entire city, according to the fire chief, forcing Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services to stop responding to …
Vancouver's new tallest office tower, and Canada's greenest, …
WEBSep 13, 2023 · Located mid-block at 1133 Melville Street, just west of Thurlow Street within downtown Vancouver’s Central Business District, this is now Metro Vancouver’s tallest office building, with a height of 530 ft containing 37 storeys. The Stack is also one of the region’s single largest office buildings, carrying a total floor area of 550,000 sq ...
Trouble in Vancouver mayor's office escalates as party member …
WEBAug 7, 2024 · The Vancouver School Board Chair, Victoria Jung, shared a statement on X to announce she will be resigning from the mayor’s party, for which followers have since praised her. Jung said she will now sit on the board as an independent member. “Recent events questioning the office of the Vancouver Integrity Commissioner have …
Solar storm and clear skies create once-a-decade aurora event: BC ...
WEBMay 10, 2024 · LeonWang/Shutterstock. This weekend’s severe geomagnetic storm that’s setting up great conditions for spotting an aurora is an exciting once-in-a-decade event, according to a Vancouver astronomer. Matthew Cimone, head interpreter at the HR MacMillan Space Centre, told Daily Hive the sun is reaching its …
Third death in listeria outbreak tied to plant-based beverages recall
WEBAug 12, 2024 · The number of deaths linked with the listeria outbreak due to the recalled plant-based beverages Silk and Great Value has risen to three. Another person has died, according to an August 12 update on the Public Health Notice by the Public Health Agency of Canada. Previously, there were 13 hospitalizations and 18 reported illnesses, but now that number has gone up.
"Not sewage": The Bay explains closure as Vancouver store …
WEBJan 17, 2024 · One day after The Bay in downtown Vancouver experienced a closure, we are learning more about what exactly led to it. In a story published by Daily Hive Urbanized on Tuesday afternoon, we shared that The Bay was closing for the day “due to an emergency situation.”. An anonymous source told Daily Hive some more details, including suggesting that brown sewage-like water could be seen ...
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