Get your #FOSSY26 talk proposals in by May 22 (anywhere on Earth)!

Talks will be in-person at our beautiful new venue in Vancouver, BC. We want to hear about your #FOSS projects, communities, and activism! We are a small team putting this big event together in partnership with IEEE Vancouver.

Please help spread the word to everyone in your #freesoftware & #opensource circles! #vancouverbc

https://2026.fossy.ca/call-for-proposals/

FOSSY 2026 | Call for Proposals

Vancouver mayor pitches $400M community centre renewal plan after park board pressure

Following a period of sustained pressure from Vancouver’s park board, Mayor Ken Sim outlined his own proposal Wednesday for renewing the city’s aging community centres.

CTVNews
#VancouverBC - Why money and land are critical to Vancouver mayor's pitch for a Major League Baseball team https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/money-land-vancouver-mlb-team-9.7165608?cmp=rss
Why money and land are critical to Vancouver mayor's pitch for a Major League Baseball team | CBC News

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is proposing a motion to support bringing a Major League Baseball team to the city. But as the CBC's Justin McElroy reports, his proposal comes a little bit out of left field.

CBC
City of Vancouver cuts sex worker safety planner position

The City of Vancouver has eliminated one of two sex worker safety planner positions as it continues to work through “organizational and operational changes.”

CTVNews
Many tonnes of bottom ash ending up at the Vancouver Landfill

Processed and unprocessed bottom ash are stored separately at the landfill

Delta Optimist
Vancouver approves floating hotel in Coal Harbour | CBC News

A Finnish hospitality company is celebrating a Vancouver city council decision to approve a floating hotel with 250 rooms right on the water in Vancouver's Coal Harbour.

CBC
Vancouver council approves 250-room floating hotel

There will be a few more rooms with a view coming to Coal Harbour.

CTVNews
Vancouver mayor’s freeze on property tax hike sees 40 exempt staff lose jobs

Additional 50 CUPE 15 employees, 41 exempt employees chose to leave city via “voluntary departure program”

Delta Optimist
Vancouver mayor wants city to bid for a Major League Baseball team

Ken Sim plans to launch a competitive process for an ownership group capable of bringing top-tier baseball to Vancouver

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Vancouver Park Board votes to support electric ferry to Sunshine Coast, Bowen Island | CBC News

Vancouver Park Board commissioners have voted to support a passenger-only electric ferry that would run from the city's Coal Harbour neighbourhood to Bowen Island and the community of Gibsons on the Sunshine Coast.

CBC