Vancouver Parks Board

• B.C. firefighters’ ‘Bright Nights’ fundraiser down 50 per cent with Stanley Park Train closed

  Fundraising officials said the annual B.C. firefighter event raised only half of what it typically does in 2022.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2023
  
• Lack of powder silences Vancouver’s historic Nine O’Clock Gun indefinitely

  The gun has been fired over Coal Harbour daily at 9 p.m. for more than a century, although the time was shifted to 7 p.m. during the pandemic to honour health-care workers.

  Features

  Feb 10, 2022
  
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• Vancouver’s ‘Barge Chilling Beach’ sign vandalized

  On Instagram, New Westminster-based multimedia artist Ronnie Dean Harris, also known as Ostwelve, said the graffiti is the Squamish word "Í7iy̓el̓shn."

  Crime

  Jan 4, 2022
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• Vancouver councillor blasts ‘highly inappropriate’ motion from mayor to convert Langara Golf Course into public park

  The motion was introduced as a "switch and replace" during a debate over spending $3 million to fix the golf course's drainage system.

  Politics

  Mar 15, 2018
• Vancouver opens new park at Yukon and 17th, asks Vancouverites to name it

  Vancouver opened the city's newest park at Yukon Street and 17th Avenue Wednesday morning and is asking Vancouverites to name it.

  Oct 12, 2016
• Vancouver Park Board looking for new field house residencies

  The board is seeking proposals for their field house residencies, of which there are seven, across the city.

  May 5, 2016
• Tempers flare between cyclists and walkers in Stanley Park

  Alison Martin was out for a walk with her husband on Sunday when the couple saw about 25 cyclists ride on a trail clearly marked as a no cycling trail.

  Aug 20, 2014
• Dr. Jane Goodall writes letter urging aquarium to phase out belugas, dolphins in captivity

  Dr. Jane Goodall has written a letter to the Vancouver Park Board, urging the Vancouver Aquarium to phase out keeping marine animals in captivity.

  May 26, 2014
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• Vancouver park board to launch universal access cards to recreation facilities

  Vancouverites are one step closer to having a single, system-wide access card for public pools, rinks and community centres, the park board announced Tuesday.

  Jun 11, 2013