March 28, 2024

Final weekend for downtown Sears

It's been called Vancouver's ugliest building -- and tomorrow, the downtown Sears closes its doors for good. And not even the employees seem too upset. Brian Stone has managed the store since it opened as Sears 12 years ago. Before then it had been an Eatons location. Stone says more than 25-million dollars in inventory has been sold over the past … [Read more...]

Liberal MP to head weekend rally at Kits Coast Guard Base

There will be another rally to try and save the Kitsilano Coast Guard base Saturday morning.  The Rally is being organized by Vancouver Liberal MP Hedy Fry.  She says it is time the federal government listened to the overwhelming chorus of voices opposing the move and warning of the consequences.  "C'mon this is...we are not beating … [Read more...]

What to Wear: Fall Harvest Weekend

Every year, when the air turns crisp, we get the urge to skip town and get our hands dirty. (Well, apple-picking-dirty.) But fall harvest weekends can still be chic getaways, with these style picks. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

Crews to be back at Cape Horn Interchange this weekend; delays expected on Highway One

Here they go again! Crews will be back at work on the Cape Horn Interchange and the Port Mann Bridge this weekend and are asking drivers to find another route instead. Project CEO Mike Proudfoot says significant delays are expected on Highway One... "we do have more work anticipated for this weekend scheduled for this weekend and that too involves … [Read more...]

Avoid the Port Mann bridge this weekend

Major construction at the new Port Mann bridge this weekend. Drivers are urged to take alternate routes. Crews are preparing to connect the Cape Horn interchange and its new overpasses to the new bridge this weekend. Intermittent lane closures start tonight. In particular, Highway One westbound reduced to one lane from Saturday night through Sunday … [Read more...]

Roger Michell To Enjoy “Le Weekend”

Roger Michell ("Changing Lanes," "Hyde Park on Hudson") has announced his next project will be the troubled-marriage drama "Le Weekend" for Free Range Films, Le Bureau for Curzon Film Rights, Film4 and the BFI Film Fund says Variety. Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan have been cast as a British couple who revisit Paris decades after their honeymoon … [Read more...]

Burnaby police investigate 20 break-ins to cars over the weekend

Burnaby Mounties say a serial thief may be at work after recent string of car break-ins. Staff Sgt. Rob Lemon says nearly 20 vehicles have been robbed this weekend. The latest spree happened early this morning, at an underground parkade in the 6700 block of Willingdon Avenue. "The windows smashed in, various items taken. … The method that … [Read more...]

10 new wildfires spark in B.C. after weekend lightning

Firefighters throughout B.C. are dealing with several blazes after lightning this weekend. About 10 new wildfires are burning in Pemberton near Whistler and around Port McNeill on Vancouver Island. West Vancouver crews are fighting a small patch of flames near Horseshoe Bay, between Highway 99 and Whyte Creek. And Marg Drysdale with the Coastal … [Read more...]

Pattullo Bridge closed for weekend

The Pattullo Bridge  is now closed for some major work and will remain off limits to drivers and pedestrians until 3am Monday. The bridge is operated by Translink -- company spokesperson Derek Zabel explains the work. "So what's happening to the bridge -- it's about 75 years old -- so there's been some damage to the asphalt, so what's going to … [Read more...]

Air quality planner hoping cooler weekend weather will lead to cancellation of advisory

More heat and sunshine in Saturday's forecast, but clouds at night and throughout Sunday -- as well as a bit of rain. Julie Saxton, an Air Quality Planner with Metro Vancouver, says this will help drive down levels of ground-level o-zone -- which is behind Friday's air quality advisory.  "I'm keeping a very close eye on things. I'm rather … [Read more...]