https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-lions-apple-bowl-stadium-kelowna-temporary-cfl
https://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_c9cec7b2-2091-4b86-9ddf-0196a9d6814f.html
https://theprogress.com/2026/06/11/crews-transforming-kelownas-apple-bowl-for-cfl-games-this-summer/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martins_Tower is a 140-metre (460 ft) office building
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Restaurant is a revolving restaurant located at Level 33 https://www.crestaurant.com.au , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F557lO6Wy_U
While a building this size (140 m) has become like a stump in Perth and Seattle, it would still be a prominent tower in stumpy Vancouver, BC.
https://www.williams.com/pipeline/northwest-pipeline/
https://pstrust.org/pipeline-safety-in-washington-state/
https://www.utc.wa.gov/public-safety/pipeline-safety
Alberta and Washington State have been able to do so much more simply, because they aren't restricted & confounded by anything like the BC Mind Virus (BCMV).
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-alberta-canada-new-oil-pipeline-agreement
BC has been so reluctant to bend over and accept the big pipe from Alberta.
Alberta pitches new West Coast oil pipeline to B.C.'s South Coast https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestory/energy-proposal-ab-bc-west-coast-july-2-live-updates-9.7251535 Albeta pitches and BC is expected to catch.
Its not Butman, but Bitumen, but BC is expected to ben over and submit to it.
https://www.alberta.ca/west-coast-oil-pipeline
Despite its size, Canada has less than 1% of the worlds population. BC has yet to have as many people as 1 Switzerland. Yet, the area of Switzerland can fit into BC 23 times.
"You’ll find Canada Day fireworks in Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, White Rock, Abbotsford, and Port Coquitlam." https://miss604.com/2026/06/canada-day-events-around-vancouver-2026
Despite not having any Canada Day fireworks for itself, Vancouver can't stop other cities in BC or Canada from having fireworks on C Day.
https://bctimes.ca/posts/bc-15-minute-city-movement
https://ncceh.ca/resources/evidence-briefs/time-think-15-minute-cities-health-and-equity
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-15-minute-city-1.6463022
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0412906
https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2023/05/01/your-15-minute-city-is-not-my-15-minute-city 15 to 30 minutes, but sometimes an hour+ is still required to get to where you are going.
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2024/10/15-minute-cities-canada/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/y4ax7e/thoughts_on_vancouver_ever_turning_into_a/
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/metro-vancouver-weather-rain-canada-day-2026-12478135
Nothing like cold, damp and depressing fall like weather when its supposed to be summer in Vancouver, BC. June 26 was awful!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4EJ2MLE5BM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3NsDyUjr8 Vancouver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX4EDQ0VEnU Surrey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GuHfIK95uc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Xt8AX3MWs Cloverdale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us7K-uRxjkw
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/25/bc-weather-translink-heat-air-conditioning
It was amazing, there were actually a few days in Vancouver when the temperature was at least 40C. Several places around the world have to endure weeks or even months above 40C. Last summer, it was difficult just to have some 30C days in Vancouver and Victoria.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/23/multiple-heat-records-set-monday-across-b-c
Just when you think that its summer, fall like weather will be returning soon in Vancouver.
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/whistler-weather-road-conditions-resort-this-morning-6330538 BC is still almost totally overrun with mountains and wilderness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POcg0oFvVf8
The larger Portland, Seattle and the Vancouver, BC (V-BC) region has a lot of growth potential. However, Seattle size buildings haven't been allowed in Portland and in Vancouver, BC. Nothing like a 12 lane Ship Canal Bridge has been allowed in Portland and Vancouver. While Oregon and backwater BC haven't been able to thwart the largest city in Washington State, Seattle might eventually become more of a magnet in pulling more people into the area between Portland and V-BC.
Right now, Vancouver, WA (V-WA) still has a wider bridge than V-BC. Most of the V-BC bridges are so damn narrow that its not possible to have an efficient regional express bus network. As long as there is a refusal to build proper BRT bridges as part of a regional system, it remains a sad joke.
The Skytrain (LRT) was built with shorter stations than what the underground stations in Seattle and Edmonton are at. Whenever possible, the Skytrain stations are shorter than the C Train stations in Calgary, DART stations in Dallas and even the Max in Portland.
The biggest mistake of the Skytrain was to not build all of the stations with a future level clearance to eventually have Montreal Metro size stations of 500 feet or 152.5 m. Instead, the first 2 lines only have 80 m stations and the line to YVR (The Canada embarrassment Line) is only 50 m. Backwater BC logic is that a 5 car Skytrain could run twice as frequent as a 9 car Montreal Metro train. Someday, a 2.5 car YVR-Canada Line train could also run much more frequently than a 9 car Montreal Metro train.
There is just one key problem with that type of BC logic. While initially constructing short stations and having short trains can save money, its not proper BIG city size infrastructure. In the long run, it costs more to try to lengthen stations for longer BIG city type trains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rr1WUJNZVE
No office tower in Vancouver has been allowed to have a 40th floor. In fact, there are no 40 story office towers anywhere in BC.
Perhaps Alberta might have to leave Canada, just because its right beside backwards and inept BC. Fortunately, the BC Mind Virus (BCMV) hasn't seemed to have messed up Alberta and Washington State, so far.
Why BC, Canada Got it Right With its New SkyTrain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqo_KAEF81k
The argument is that a mostly elevated train can move more people than an 8-10 lane elevated freeway, at much less the cost. However, any major urban grade-separated LRT system should be designed to eventually become a very high capacity conduit.
The first 2 lines only have 80 m stations, which are just a little more than half the length of a 152.5 m Montreal Metro station. Unfortunately, the line to Richmond only has a designed level clearance for 50 m stations, not even quite a 3rd of the length of a Montreal Metro station platform.
While it might seem economical to opt for short trains and stations, the Skytrain stations should have still been designed to eventually become more like a proper big city train station allowing for much higher capacity.
The first 2 lines can run the newest 5 car trains, but the 3rd line can only run 2.5 car trains, some day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing#Collapse
After the collapse, there was a chance that the Iron_Bridge (IwB) could have been totally redesigned, but this is BC. Its very difficult in BC to design transportation infrastructure with significant future capacity. The Iron Bridge should have been built along the lines of the 12 lane Ship_Canal_Bridge (SCB) in Seattle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_Canal_Bridge
Unlike Seattle and Washington State, so much in BC is built to a provincial backwater standard. Thus, nothing on the scale of the SCB has ever been allowed in BC. https://pauldorpat.com/2014/05/17/seattle-now-then-the-ship-canal-bridge Sunce an LRT line wasn't possible for the SCB, it runs sort of parallel in a tunnel to the UW. Of course LRT to UBC is still an incomplete BC pipe dream.
The IwB should have had at least 8 lanes on an upper deck and 4 lanes on a lower deck for extra bus and truck lanes. There should have also been a provision for 2 LRT tracks on a lower deck, but that would be properly planning for the future.
Unfortunately, the Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV) ruined the Burrard-Bridge. The Burrard_Street Bridge (BSB) opened with 6 lanes and a lower level provision for a double track streetcar crossing.
Foolishly, because the city didn't want to build a parallel bike bridge, 2 lanes were removed from the BSB. This has made it very unlikely that the BSB will be able to have 2 bus lanes. No lower level streetcar crossing was ever built. Yet, a streetcar line on both side of False Creek could have been a nice thing to have up and running. Ironically, Vancouver was one of the first cities to get rid of its streetcars and will likely be one of the last to bring them back. The VMV is such a horrible thing, yet it officially doesn't exist.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Second+Narrows+Bridge
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-government-george-massey-tunnel-contractor-fired
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/15/new-agreement-for-massey-tunnel-replacement/
https://www.reddit.com/r/richmondbc/comments/1u6zwff/bc_searches_for_new_builder_for_george_massey/
https://www.infrastructurebc.com/project/fraser-river-tunnel-project/
