Spanish Banks

• 1 dead after vessel capsizes off Vancouver’s Wreck Beach

  The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) said it received a distress call from the vessel near Wreck Beach around 1:30 p.m.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2023
  
• Vancouver Police renew plea for information on drowned woman found at Spanish Banks

  In a new video posted to social media, Sgt. Steve Addison says the woman was founding floating in the water by a tugboat crew around 9 p.m. on Sept. 29.

  Canada

  Dec 12, 2022
  
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• Vancouver police investigating after dozens of trees vandalized at Langara Golf Course

  Earlier this month, someone also chopped the tops off of several trees at Spanish Banks.

  Jan 30, 2019
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• Pay parking not coming to Spanish Banks, for now

  An online petition against the proposed pay parking has collected almost 13,000 signatures since the announcement.

  Mar 28, 2018
• Spanish Banks pay parking plan modified following ‘extensive public feedback’

  In a release the board says it will be shortening the period by six weeks, beginning on the May long weekend and ending on Labour Day.

  Feb 19, 2018
• Vancouver police say woman’s death at Spanish Banks is not suspicious

  The woman was found in medical distress at 7:30 a.m.

  Crime

  Nov 3, 2017
• Convicted child abuser sentenced to two years in jail

  A man who was convicted of sex offences against an eight-year-old girl at a Vancouver beach three years ago has been sentenced to two years in jail.

  Crime

  Jul 6, 2017
• Rescued sea lion suffering from gunshot wounds

  A California sea lion was discovered with gunshot wounds to his face after the Vancouver Aquarium found him on Spanish Banks.

  Environment

  May 12, 2017
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• Man in hospital after falling 30 metres off cliff near Wreck Beach

  A man has been rescued from Wreck Beach after plunging 30 metres off a cliff overnight.

  Apr 29, 2017
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• How a proposed airport at Spanish Banks almost changed Vancouver forever

  A 1928 proposal suggested building an airport, along with a large stadium and park, on Spanish Banks, the current seaside gem of Vancouver's West Side. That would have dramatically changed the Vancouver we know today.

  Features

  Jan 8, 2017