CKWX-AM (Vancouver, BC)

4 days ago | vancouver.citynews.ca | Dean Recksiedler

Anmore is one of Metro Vancouver's smallest communities. Northwest of Coquitlam, the village could be in for a big change. A public hearing is set for Monday night, where municipal politicians will receive feedback on a proposed major development that would change the community of 2,500 people forever. If you've driven up to Sasamat or Buntzen lakes in the past few weeks, you've probably seen the signs calling out Mayor John McEwan and the council to reject the plan.

5 days ago | vancouver.citynews.ca | Kier Junos

The heart of the Downtown Eastside was beating with joy and passion Saturday as the neighbourhood held an event celebrating Indigenous people in Canada. Michelle Bryant-Gravelle, senior director of Indigenous Relations at the City of Vancouver, says it was important to have the event in the Downtown Eastside. "We have a large population of Indigenous people who live here. They're not the majority, but there's a large portion," Gravelle said.

5 days ago | vancouver.citynews.ca | John Ackermann

Baseball has long been a part of the fabric of Vancouver and, indeed, British Columbia. Now comes a new coffee table-style book celebrating this legacy, from the first recorded baseball game in Victoria in 1863 to today's Vancouver Canadians. The project was the brainchild of now-former Vancouver Canadians co-owner Jake Kerr. He and Jeff Mooney owned the baseball club from 2007 until their retirement in 2023.

1 week ago | vancouver.citynews.ca | John Ackermann

One Vancouver lawyer is speaking up about Bill C-5, the federal government's newly passed major projects legislation, saying it is not going to be a good thing for Indigenous people. In fact, Bruce McIvor - who is also a historian and the author of Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation - says the legislation poses the greatest threat to Aboriginal rights in a generation.

1 week ago | vancouver.citynews.ca | Kier Junos

Performance measures - not arrest quotas - are what inform the daily work of VPD officers on Task Force Barrage, according to a new Vancouver Police Board report. This follows a month-long investigation into a whistleblower complaint alleging officers were instructed to meet arrest quotas in the Downtown Eastside.