Over one million cycling trips have been made on the Burrard Street Bridge this year to date. According to the City of Vancouver, the automatic digital bike counter installed at the south end of the Burrard Bridge will record its one millionth rider sometime this weekend.

Granville Island will be receiving a hearty helping of jazz and funk this summer, thanks to the 38th annual Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Canada Day is fast approaching, and that means one thing: An extra day for hanging out with friends. And free time means one thing: Responsible drinks with friends. (We don’t make the rules, but we do respect them.)

Laketown Shakedown, a brand new music festival, is coming to Vancouver Island this summer. The three-day festival will be held across three stages at the spectacular Laketown Ranch. The 172-acre site, located in Cowichan Valley, is Canada’s largest permanent outdoor stage, according to festival organizers.

Coquitlam’s main civic park is getting a multi-phased overhaul, and one of the first improvements will be an expansion of its community-gathering and event space.

Sick of the heat already? You just have to wait one more day for relief. Monday is the last day of Metro Vancouver’s hot stretch, and temperatures are forecast to drop by Tuesday, when 23°C and thundershowers are expected.

Whistler always celebrates Canada’s birthday in style. This year, the long weekend is packed with fun including special Celebration Concerts at Whistler Olympic Plaza, a fun Canadian Carnival, a parade and fireworks. It’s a short car or bus ride from the city to Whistler. The perfect long weekend getaway.

Canada Day is coming up fast and it’s a big day of celebration and reflection across the country. One of our favourite moments of the festivities is the fireworks displays, and a number of events in and around Metro Vancouver have huge ones planned for their July 1 extravaganzas.

One of the many, many things Canadians are good at is self-deprecating humour. We are always willing to crack a joke about our fair nation if it will make someone smile, and better yet, if we can throw Americans under the bus at the same time. That’s why so many of the world’s best comedians have come from Canada – Mike Meyers, Jim Carrey, Russell Peters, Seth Rogen, Lorne Michaels and John Candy, to name just a few.

O Canada! On July 1, put on your best bright red T-shirt and check out these 21 free Canada Day events happening across Metro Vancouver and beyond.

A man has been arrested and charged following “multiple, random” assaults in Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Park over the weekend.

With one of the most diverse lineup festival lineups around set up for FVDED in the Park this year, one could only imagine the broad cross-section of festival goers that were planning to attend.

The Canada Day long weekend is upon us and there’s so much to see and do! Make the most of your time with our roundup of 20 fantastic things to do around Metro Vancouver from June 3 to July 3 — fireworks displays, epic concerts, and more.

Health officials have identified another Kelowna businesses where patrons may have been exposed to COVID-19 recently. Interior Health announced people who visited Fossello’s clothing store on July 18 or the morning of July 20 should self-monitor for coronavirus symptoms. The store is located at 565 Bernard Avenue.

Canada celebrated its 152 birthday on July 1st, and Vancouver had a pretty great dance party on the streets downtown to celebrate it!

T&T Supermarket has responded to a video reportedly filmed in the chain’s Mississauga, Ontario, location, where a customer refused to wear a mask and hurled racial insults at staff.

BC’s next statutory holiday is almost here, and we can’t wait for the long weekend to kick back, relax, and let all our worries slip away.

We Canada is a nation-wide initiative dedicated to educating Canadians about sustainable development, and showing our government that Canada’s leadership at the 2012 Earth Summit is incredibly important. On July 1st, WE CANADA is holding Canada Day celebrations across the country in Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa to bring awareness to this cause.