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Stanley Park Easter Train cancelled as miniature railway remains sidelined – BC
20Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
Global News

Stanley Park Easter Train cancelled as miniature railway remains sidelined – BC

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Children and families won’t be hopping on the Stanley Park Railway this Easter weekend. The Vancouver Park Board has announced that the annual Stanley Park Easter Train event has been “put on pause this year due to required repairs following a recent assessment.” Read more: Park board had offers of help to keep Stanley Park train on track: sources Miniature train service has been derailed since last fall amid what the park board called “mechanical issues affecting the antique engines and passenger cars.”Those issues prompted the board to cancel two other popular seasonal events, the Stanley Park Ghost Grain and the train component of December’s Stan...
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Last-minute sponsors step up for Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – BC
16Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
Global News

Last-minute sponsors step up for Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – BC

Vancouver’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival will proceed as planned, after donors stepped forward at the 11th hour to fill a major funding gap. Festival executive director Michael Dove told CKNW’s The Jill Bennett Show that organizers had been looking at an $80,000 shortfall after a key donor ran into financial difficulties. Read more: Spring has arrived in Metro Vancouver, and that means it’s time for cherry blossoms Last month, the festival announced that lead sponsor Coromandel Properties could not longer contribute because it had recently filed for creditor protection.“We were having to make some big decisions about if we could even go forward this year. Luckily the word got out and a lot of people reached out to us,” Dove told CKNW.The new sponsors include...
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Nisga’a Nation Hoobiyee back for 2023 at Vancouver’s PNE Forum
5Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
Global News

Nisga’a Nation Hoobiyee back for 2023 at Vancouver’s PNE Forum

Another big cultural festival, the Nisga’a Nation’s new year celebrations named Hoobiyee, has made a comeback after two years of pandemic cancellations. First Nations from across B.C. are in Vancouver at the PNE Forum for the two-day celebration. Read more: Thousands of Indigenous people in B.C. are learning their languages: study “It’s a tradition brought back to life not once but twice in the last thirty years,” said Sayt Dakhl (Beverly Azak), a Nisga’a Knowledge Keeper.A Nisga’a soup containing fish was prepared on Thursday to serve more than a thousand people.“They say when you are eating, you are ingesting the knowledge. You’re ingesting it and it’s feeding you,” Dakhl said. Story continues below advertisement COVID-19 put a ...
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As a CEO, I lead by evolving, experimenting and embracing technology
15Feb By Jobber WikiNo Comments
Technology

As a CEO, I lead by evolving, experimenting and embracing technology

Jay-Ann Gilfoy is president and chief executive officer of Meridian Credit UnionAs an HR intern in the 1980s, the mouse was revolutionary for newbie computer users like me. Combined with desktop publishing software, I cobbled together the company newsletter. Colleagues were wowed, I was chuffed.Soon afterward while at Rogers, cellphones made their debut, and we each got one. The model of the era was hefty and heavy, nicknamed “the brick.” The battery lasted an hour. But abracadabra, telephony didn’t require a cord anymore. When BlackBerry launched, I got one. I’d seized the new world.From a career on the vanguard, here is how I believe leaders can best optimize technology:Embracing digital: I’m hardly a tech nerd, but as a leader these positive experiences informed my philosophy toward ...
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Famous Joe Average print returned after being stolen from Vancouver building
23Jan By Jobber WikiNo Comments
Global News

Famous Joe Average print returned after being stolen from Vancouver building

A stolen Joe Average art piece has been reunited with its rightful owners at a non-profit in Downtown Vancouver, and coverage from Global News is getting credit for its return. Two thieves made their way into PAL Vancouver, a theatre and low-income housing complex for artists in Coal Harbour, on Jan. 12. Read more: Couple caught on camera stealing Joe Average print from Vancouver building Read next: Scientists share source of signal captured from almost 9 billion light-years away The pair spotted a valuable signed print by local artist Joe Average, and surveillance footage shows them posing with the print before taking it and leaving.According to PAL Vancouver, the couple convinced a resident to buzz them in before making their wa...
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VPD chief responds to allegations officers interfered in crash investigation – BC
19Jan By Jobber WikiNo Comments
Global News

VPD chief responds to allegations officers interfered in crash investigation – BC

Vancouver’s police chief has responded to allegations raised Wednesday that some of his officers may have tried to interfere in a crash investigation in Burnaby, B.C., earlier this week. Senior Vancouver Police Department officers gathered Thursday for a police board meeting, however, the crash incident was not on the agenda. Read more: Vancouver police facing allegations members tried to interfere in crash investigation Read next: Alec Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in ‘Rust’ shooting “We have to the facts and find out what happened. Based on what I have heard (I’m) not that concerned. My understanding is they were all off duty, and we are doing a review of the situation,” Chief Adam Palmer told Global News.G...
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Violent offender arrested for breaking release conditions: Vancouver police – BC
3Jan By Jobber WikiNo Comments
Global News

Violent offender arrested for breaking release conditions: Vancouver police – BC

Vancouver police say they have arrested a violent offender who was wanted Canada-wide for allegedly violating his release conditions. Dillon Juel Stanton, 32, was located in downtown Vancouver on Friday night and immediately taken to jail.Stanton was serving a three-year sentence for an armed robbery in Coquitlam in 2017.He was in the community on statutory release and had been ordered to live in a Vancouver halfway house, but allegedly breached his conditions. Trending Now Trending Now Stanton’s father, a well-known Hells Angel, was shot dead in the family’s yard in 2010. 2:38 Two at-large following violent crime spree ...
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Homeowners grapple with burst pipes as cold wreaks havoc on Lower Mainland – BC
25Dec By Jobber WikiNo Comments
Global News

Homeowners grapple with burst pipes as cold wreaks havoc on Lower Mainland – BC

When Michelle Morisette and Tom Little left for a Christmas holiday in Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta, they thought they were escaping the problems of the ice, snow and cold. But winter followed them when their son called Friday night to tell them their pipes had burst and water was pouring into the basement of their Vancouver home.“We didn’t realize how cold it was in Vancouver,” Morisette said. “We knew the weather was bad and there’s been snow, but the last time we spoke to (our son), he had reassured us that everything was okay. So when we found out that the pipe burst, we were really shocked and very upset.” 1:00 Wild winter weather brings surprising moments in B.C. ...
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Horvat scores twice in 3rd period, Canucks beat Oilers 5-2
24Dec By Jobber WikiNo Comments
Global News

Horvat scores twice in 3rd period, Canucks beat Oilers 5-2

Bo Horvat had two goals and two assists and J.T. Miller scored twice, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 comeback win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night. “It’s been an interesting year for us, to say the least, and we don’t have any quit in us, which is a real positive thing, even though we have games where we have breakdowns and letdowns,” Miller said.Ilya Mikheyev also scored for the Canucks, who have won two in a row and rallied to defeat the Seattle Kraken 6-5 in a shootout on Thursday. Read more: Pettersson nets shootout winner, tallies 5 points, as Canucks top Kraken 6-5 Read More Pettersson nets shootout winner, tallies 5 points, as Canucks top Kraken 6-5 ...
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