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Canadian Armed Forces fighter jets flying over BMO Field during a Toronto FC match. (Toronto FC)
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7 Canadian cities officially in the running as 2026 FIFA World Cup host cities

9 stadiums in 7 Canadian cities are being considered as Official Host Cities.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 16, 2017
BC Place Stadium in Vancouver during the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. (BC Place Stadium)
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Vancouver officially in the running as a 2026 FIFA World Cup host city

Vancouver is a big favourite to land the role as an Official Host City.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 16, 2017
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow entertaining sick kids at BC Children's Hospital on August 14, 2017. (BC Children's Hospital)
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Johnny Depp surprises BC Children's Hospital patients as Jack Sparrow (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

He spent more than 5 hours meeting every patient in the hospital while in character.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 15, 2017
Young grizzly bears in BC's Great Bear Rainforest. (Ian McAllister / Pacific Wild)
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BC government to completely ban grizzly bear trophy hunting starting this fall

As well, there is to be no hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 15, 2017
New generation of Amtrak high-speed rail trains. (Amtrak)
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High-speed rail feasibility study between Vancouver, Seattle and Portland underway

Microsoft is helping fund the study for a 1-hour train from Vancouver to Seattle.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 14, 2017
The new layer of asphalt has levelled the 800 block of Robson Street from sidewalk to sidewalk. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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800 Robson Plaza now a single level asphalt surface aligned to sidewalks

A colourful design will be painted onto the asphalt as part of the new temporary plaza.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 12, 2017
BC Place Stadium in Vancouver during the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. (FIFA)
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Canada to submit joint bid for 2026 FIFA World Cup with USA and Mexico

The joint North American bid is the heavy favourite. The only competitor is Morocco.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 12, 2017
Example of existing sandblasted sidewalk art in Vancouver. (City of Vancouver)
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Vancouver looking for artists for sandblasted art designs on sidewalks

The designs will be turned into stencils for sandblasted sidewalk art.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 11, 2017
Slide The City on Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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1,000-foot-long Slide The City returns to North Vancouver this weekend

An epic 4-block-long slide, free concerts, food trucks, and more!

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 11, 2017
The 'big top' Cirque du Soleil tent at Concord Pacific Place in Northeast False Creek in downtown Vancouver. (Cirque du Soleil)
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Over 200 positions to fill at Cirque du Soleil job fairs in Vancouver

The 'big top' tent returns to False Creek this fall!

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 11, 2017
Artistic rendering of the MUJI store at Metropolis at Metrotown shopping centre in Burnaby. (MUJI Canada)
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MUJI store in Metrotown to open on August 26

Metro Vancouver's first MUJI store will open at the end of this month!

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 10, 2017
The main stage at The Drum Is Calling Festival at Larwill Park in downtown Vancouver. (City of Vancouver)
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Vancouver's Drum is Calling Festival attracts 40,000 people over 9 days

Did you go?

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 9, 2017
Inside the new Saks OFF Fifth store at Park Royal in West Vancouver. (Hudson's Bay Company)
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Saks OFF 5th opens second Metro Vancouver store

The massive 33,000-sq-ft store is now open.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 9, 2017
Fireworks erupt from the barge in English Bay on Saturday, July 29, 2017 as Japan, represented by AKARIYA Fireworks, kicks off the 27th annual Honda Celebration of Light fireworks competition. (kdmart / Instagram)
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Japan wins 2017 Honda Celebration of Light fireworks competition

This is AKARIYA Fireworks' second championship win at the Celebration of Light.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 8, 2017
Crowds watching fireworks explode in the sky at the Honda Celebration of Light. (Don Manliclic / Instagram)
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Canada promises 'legendary' fireworks show for final Honda Celebration of Light

Team Canada will conclude this year's fireworks competition with a "Legends of Fire" theme.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 5, 2017
The Coca-Cola products shortage in Metro Vancouver. (Daily Hive)
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Store shelves empty: Coca-Cola shortage in Metro Vancouver is very real (PHOTOS)

The shortage also affects Sprite, Nestea, Minute Maid, and other drinks.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 5, 2017
The new playful sign outside Lululemon Kitsilano's expanded store. (Lululemon)
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Lululemon reopens its first Vancouver store with major expansion (PHOTOS)

This is where Vancouver's yoga mania began 18 years ago.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 4, 2017
Muscular men at a fitness gym. (Shutterstock)
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Steve Nash loses lawsuit to have his name removed from BC gym

Steve Nash Fitness World is now suing Steve Nash.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 4, 2017
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