Details for our share fair on September 14th at Wildfires Bookshop! Please share and  as much as you can!
#NewWestminster #BC #Vancouver #MetroVancouver #community #coop #share
No Fireplace Registration for Lions Bay

Metro Vancouver launches public health initiativeMetro Vancouver has imposed a deadline of September 15 for city residents to register their fireplaces and wood stoves, according to a recent media release. Lions Bay has, since 2022, fallen outside the Urban Containment Boundary (UCB), and residents here are exempt from registration. Mike Hurley, Chair of the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors says the program is intended to address concerns around public health and air quality in Metro communiti

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メトロバンクーバーで、通勤電車と車両が衝突する事故が発生しました。この事故で車から投げ出された男性1名が重傷を負い、病院に運ばれました。
事故は、サレーの踏切で、男性が運転する車が脱線したところへ電車が衝突して起きました。男性は車から投げ出され、救助隊によって発見されました。
列車の乗客にけがはありませんでした。警察が事故原因を調査しています。 #MetroVancouver
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/man-thrown-from-vehicle-in-crash-involving-commuter-train-in-metro-vancouver/article_3bd27390-2216-5140-bc37-8f3e69a08041.html
Man thrown from vehicle in crash involving commuter train in Metro Vancouver

The West Coast Express commuter rail service in Metro Vancouver was disrupted when a train collided with a pickup truck in Port Moody, B.C.

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Expo 2025 in Osaka opens window on promising future

What do an elevator, sewing machine, typewriter, telephone, dishwasher and mobile phone have in common? They were all introduced to the public at International Expositions. Industrialist Elisha Otis first demonstrated his ele…
#Japan #JP #Osaka #CanadaPlace #CentennialExhibition #Expo86 #MetroVancouver #MichaelGeller #news #osakanews #WorldExposition #大阪 #大阪府
https://www.alojapan.com/1335425/expo-2025-in-osaka-opens-window-on-promising-future/

https://www.alojapan.com/1335425/expo-2025-in-osaka-opens-window-on-promising-future/ Expo 2025 in Osaka opens window on promising future #CanadaPlace #CentennialExhibition #Expo86 #Japan #MetroVancouver #MichaelGeller #news #Osaka #OsakaNews #WorldExposition #大阪 #大阪府 What do an elevator, sewing machine, typewriter, telephone, dishwasher and mobile phone have in common? They were all introduced to the public at International Expositions. Industrialist Elisha Otis first demonstrated his elevator to the public at the 1854 Crysta
No-swimming advisories for 9 Metro Vancouver beaches likely to last all weekend
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has issued advisories warning that nine local beaches are not suitable for swimming due to elevated E. coli levels.
#health #water #beach #MetroVancouver #News #beachwaterquality
https://globalnews.ca/news/11294472/vancouver-e-coli-beaches/
Emergency Services Top of Mind

Metro considers pooling resources of smaller communitiesThe topic of emergency services was top of agenda for the Electoral Area and Small Communities Committee Meeting on July 10. On Wednesday, Metro Vancouver staff presented a report (found on page 7 of the agenda HERE) on how the region can help small communities share emergency management services. The report was in response to a request that arose at a meeting in February, when a number of members of the committee asked for a formalization

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FediCon — Fediverse Conference

2 day Fediverse Conference on August 1st and 2nd, 2025

These First Nations kids played a song to attract grizzly bears — and it worked
A group of First Nations children played a traditional song with drums on Sunday at Metro Vancouver's Grouse Mountain, and ended up catching the attention of curious grizzly bears in the process.
#music #animals #nature #culture #GrouseMountain #MetroVancouver
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/squamish-nation-grizzly-bear-song-1.7564142?cmp=rss