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Vancouver Canucks take part in ALS ice bucket challenge
If you spend any time on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram then your timelines have been full of people — some well-known, some not — dumping ice water on their heads. It’s the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, a...
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Canadian Olympic hockey hero Meghan Agosta joins Vancouver Police Department
One of the world’s greatest hockey players is now one of Vancouver’s finest. Three-time Olympic gold medalist Meghan Agosta-Marciano has announced, via Twitter, that she is joining the Vancouver Police...
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Canadian rugby star Andrea Burk receives hero’s welcome at YVR
North Vancouver’s Andrea Burk was flashing a big smile along with her Women’s Rugby World Cup silver at YVR Monday night. Burk and her Team Canada teammates became one of the biggest Canadian sports...
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PNE Video: Vancouver Police Pipe Band takes spin on wooden coaster
The @VPDPipeBand on the roller-coaster at @PNE_Playland. Apparently, that's how they roll. http://t.co/8IGqLk1ZWE— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) August 19, 2014 Ever seen a police pipe band ride a...
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Canuck Dan Hamhuis has street named after him in Smithers
The town of Smither has named a street after one of its favourite sons — Vancouver Canucks defenceman Dan Hamhuis. If you travel down First Avenue in Smithers between Toronto Street and Dogwood Park...
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Police searching for armed suspect following home invasion in West End
Vancouver police are at a English Bay apartment following a report of an armed home invasion at 1764 Davie Street. .@VancouverPD: around 3:30 p.m., man fled his apt. at Davie and Denman to a nearby...
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Bertuzzi-Moore: Deal or no deal?
Updated: Canucks say deal in place The Vancouver Canucks say an out-of-court settlement has been reached in Steve Moore’s lawsuit against the club and former player Todd Bertuzzi. The Canadian Press...
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B.C. players named captains on Canada’s national women’s under-18 hockey team
If you needed proof that the quality of women’s hockey talent is improving in B.C., Hockey Canada provided by naming Saanichton’s Micah Hart captain of the women’s national under-18 team. Micah Hart,...
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Good Things Come Around to Vancouver’s Keys To The Streets piano
And now a musical interlude with the eighth video in the nine-part Keys To The Streets series. The music project from Big Smoke Productions pairs Vancouver indie bands with CityStudio’s public pianos....
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Sea lion flipped 20 feet into air by killer whale
Folks on a charter fishing boat saw exactly how the killer whale earned its name during an excursion off Ketchikan, Alaska last week. The crew aboard the Anglers Adventures vessel captured video of a...
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Lions president Skulsky guarantees win over Roughriders
The B.C. Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders appear to be pulling out all stops to promote Sunday’s game at BC Place Stadium. The Roughriders, always a big draw in Vancouver anyway, needled B.C. earlier...
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Vancouver Island restaurant cancels its no-tipping policy
Just three months after a Vancouver Island restaurant made Canadian hospitality history by outlawing the tipping of servers, gratuities are back on the menu at the Smoke ‘n’ Water. Back in May when he...
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Q&A: Vancouver sportscaster Don Taylor is no longer on TV — and he’s OK with...
It’s been three weeks since Rogers Sportsnet told Don Taylor they were cutting him loose. The veteran Vancouver sportscaster had hosted the nightly Sportsnet Connected highlight show since Sportsnet...
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BCIT joins growing movement to waive tuition for foster kids
The British Columbia Institute of Technology will be waiving tuition each year for up to five students who grew up in government care. BCIT said the program starts this September and covers the cost of...
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Roberto Luongo answers Eddie Lack’s ice bucket challenge
Roberto Luongo’s mastery of social media continues with his contribution to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Sporting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pajamas in his video, the former Vancouver Canucks and...
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TransLink installing boarding queue system at busy 99 B-Line bus stop
TransLink hopes painted queue lines will ease sidewalk congestion and improve passenger boarding at Metro Vancouver’s busiest bus stop. The pilot project is being hailed by TransLink as “a simple,...
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Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson takes ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Andy Warhol said “In the future, everyone will do the ice bucket challenge.” He said it. Don’t look it up. The ice bucket challenge, that social media phenomenon that has raised $88.5 million for the...
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Cambie Village’s ‘The Face of Vancouver’ mural torn down to make way for...
No one would have ever called it high art but with its rainbow colours and bright cheery faces, Teresa Waclawik’s “The Face of Vancouver” mural at Cambie Street and 18th Avenue always garnered...
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Centerplate CEO put on probation following puppy-kicking incident
Catering giant Centerplate has placed its CEO Des Hague on indefinite probation after he was caught on camera kicking a puppy in a downtown Vancouver elevator. Centerplate, one of North America’s...
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Ultra Nerdy: Hello World!
Hello this is Ultra Nerdy a new blog starting NOW! This blog is an archive of all things nerdy encountered on the go and on the job like super heroes, video games, anime, cosplay, figurines, graphics,...
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