Canada Place

• New one-way traffic pattern coming to Vancouver’s Canada Place

  A trial run of one-way traffic will be conducted at Vancouver's Canada Place between Howe and Burrard streets from the middle of April until December. 

  Traffic

  Apr 7
  
• Some northern Albertans told they may have to drive to Calgary for urgent passport services

  The Edmonton passport office was initially set to be closed until Monday, however Service Canada now says the downtown site will remain closed until further notice.

  Canada

  Dec 10, 2024
  
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• Canada Place closed due to flooding at downtown Edmonton building

  Albertans trying to pick up rushed passports at the Service Canada site in downtown Edmonton were out of luck Thursday, after flooding forced Canada Place to close.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2024
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• Canada Place given secondary name and signage honouring Komagata Maru passengers

  Canada Place will now also be known as Komagata Maru Place, an acknowledgment of the city's role in historical discrimination against people of South Asian origin.

  Politics

  Feb 9, 2024
• Lower Mainland Canada Day celebrations reimagined with spirit of reconciliation

  Due to the port strike, the citizenship ceremony was moved from Canada Place to an office near BC Place, where 30 new Canadian citizens were welcomed.

  Canada

  Jul 1, 2023
• Vancouver’s Canada Day fireworks scrapped for good

  It's been nearly four years since a pyrotechnic display lit up Coal Harbour to mark modern Canada's founding. 

  Canada

  May 24, 2023
• Hopeful — and tired — Albertans face long waits at Edmonton passport office

  Since April, more than 317,000 passports have been handed out, and the federal forecast for 2022-2023 is between 3.6 million and 4.3 million applications.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2022
• More generator issues creating black smoke at Canada Place: Edmonton fire officials

  Fire officials said Saturday that the public should not be concerned if they see black smoke coming from Canada Place.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2020
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• ‘It’s been tough’: Federal civil servants lament 4 years of issues with Phoenix pay system

  The federal government brought in the system four years ago for all employees and it continues to be plagued with issues.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2020
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• Crumbling sidewalk outside Vancouver’s Canada Place part of larger problem: councillor

  Vancouver Coun. Sarah Kirby-Yung says seeing the broken tiles and pieces of rubble strewn around the sidewalk was concerning, but not surprising.

  Feb 15, 2020