While a 25m lap pool is OK for North Vancouver, its a joke for Vancouver.
https://www.dnv.org/parks-trails-recreation/new-community-recreation-centre-lynn-creek
The Vancouver Aquatic Centre rebuild with only a 25-metre pool, not 50 m. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-councillor-approve-aquatic-centre-funding-1.7565385
"What happens when a city completely ignores a binding voter decision and spends 65% more taxpayer money to deliver 50% less of what was promised?" https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/vancouvers-vac-50meter-pool-betrayal-legal-crowdfunding/
Pay more, get LE$$, that's the backwards BC way.
https://www.canadianarchitect.com/vancouver-aquatic-centre/
The space & building was there for several decades with a 50 m clearance.
https://www.actonostry.ca/work/current/vancouver-aquatic-centre
Yet somehow, the new building will only have a half-length pool.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-aquatic-centre-court-injunction-9.7245890
