No matter how much rain in TO, there is always more of it in Vancouver. It shouldn't be fall in May. However, when Toronto finally gets summer, its summer for more than just a few months. Unfortunately, summer in Vancouver always seems so short, just like its short trains and short buildings. Even shorter-swimming-pools. One hopes that from June 1st to September 1st, Vancouver will have constant 25-30C days. Unfortunately, the dam rain sometimes kicks in to reduce the number of sunny summer days. Then by 2nd week of September, summer is fading & you're lucky to have spring like days.
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Saturday, May 23, 2026
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
North Shore of Greater Vancouver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Greater_Vancouver)
Is North Vancouver the most livable city in Canada? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX89qkSRBvg
https://www.vancouversnorthshore.com
Unfortunatly, there still isn't a commuter train from the airport to the H Bay ferry terminal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Greater_Vancouver)#Access
There isn't even a train tunnel or a bus bridge between Downtown_Vancouver and the North Shore. Inept regional planning has been very slow to build rapid rail transit, or even a proper rapid bus bridge over the Inlet. An inadequate 3 lane Lion Bridge is so narrow that some people have living rooms or swimming pools wider than it. The 6 lane Iron Bridge that's so narrow, there isn't enough room for emergency lanes and no space for HOV lanes. Any attempt of a rapid bus will still have to be funneled into the inadequate single deck crossing.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Hastings Community Park and Hastings Park
https://www.chatterblock.com/resources/21262/hastings-community-park-vancouver-bc
Unfortunatly, there hasn't been a proper big city vision to have Hastings+Community+Park with a modern indoor & outside swimming pool and water park. This would have provided a nice entertainment counterpart to Hastings+Park and the PNE.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/128486813979056/posts/2439474772880237/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/128486813979056/posts/2361647837329598/
https://covapp.vancouver.ca/parkfinder/ParkDetail.aspx?inparkid=73 , https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/hastings-community-centre.aspx , https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/templeton-pool.aspx , https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/britannia-pool.aspx
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/vancouver-outdoor-pools-1939122
https://www.pne.ca/hastings-park-access
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/hot-button-hastings-parks-future/
https://vancouversun.com/news/casino-soccer-stadium-or-green-space-battle-hastings-park-back
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Hastings+Community+Park+and+Hastings+Park
Popular Vancouver outdoor pool forced to close until further notice
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/new-brighton-pool-closed-mechanical-issue
Its strange that the area from Horseshoe+Bay to Hope,_BC, which has over 3 million people, only has a few outdoor swimming pools. That's the, pay more and get LE$$ in BC approach to things.
https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/swimming-pools.aspx While Vancouver has less than a million people, the Lower_Mainland of BC does have over 3 million residents.
https://604now.com/vancouver-will-be-opening-more-outdoor-swimming-pools-this-may-long-weekend Unfortunatly, the Greater Vancouver Region should have had two dozen swimming pools by now, with most of them being enclosed.
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Cold and Rainy Vancouver, BC
While the winter Climate_of_Vancouver is mild when compared to Edmonton, Winnipeg & Montreal, it's still cold & damp for at least half of the year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Vancouver#Temperatures
Some people do build private swimming+pools in Vancouver & SW BC, but unless they are heated & covered, it's pointless. That's because there are only a few months of the year when it's warm enough to be in an outdoor, unheated pool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Vancouver#Rain
Summer is the best 3 months out of the 12, but even during the summer the crappy, cold & damp weather can still drop by.
Friday, May 30, 2025
Metro Vancouver weather: A Rainstorm before a long streak of sunny days
Just another cold, crappy rainy Saturday for Vancouver.
https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/swimming-pools.aspx
While there are some outside pools, there are only a few months of the year when it's warm enough to be swilling outside.
https://activifinder.com/blog/69/best-swimming-pools-in-vancouver
While summer could and should be at least 90, or even 100 days, sometimes a quarter to a 3rd of the summer can be like autumn.
https://healthyfamilyliving.com/outdoor-pools-metro-vancouver/
https://www.yelp.ca/search?cflt=swimmingpools&find_loc=Vancouver%2C+BC
Thursday, March 27, 2025
A promise for new 50-metre pool in South Vancouver?
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/abc-new-50-metre-pool-aquatic-centre-south-vancouver
It's strange that several decades ago, extra space wasn't set aside for more pools as well as expansion of existing facilities. Unfortunatly, Vancouver & BC in general, has such difficulty in properly planning infrastructure for more future capacity.
https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/swimming-pools.aspx
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
The Brisbane Aquatic Centre
https://sleemansports.com.au/facilities/brisbane-aquatic-centre/outdoor-pool Its also 50m swimming+pool.
Better make sure that no one from Vancouver, BC sees what Brisbane was already able to accomplish.
Fortunately, the watering down mentality of Vancouver is unlikely to ever reach Brisbane.
- "three new pools, including two large indoor pools (50m and 65m) that would act as a national base to support multiple aquatic sports" https://swimswam.com/new-national-aquatic-centre-nac-will-host-swimming-more-for-2032-olympic-games
- https://www.swimming.org.au/articles/renewed-call-for-nac-only-a-national-aquatics-centre-will-guarantee-2032-legacy
- https://giica.au/about/venues-and-villages/brisbane-aquatic-centre
The Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line is another fine example of allowing proper big city size infrastructure, something that backwards Vancouver & BC cant seem to match. It would be disastrous if something like a Vancouver Mind Virus was ever adopted in Brisbane. A 2 car joke-train to the Brisbane Airport would be so inadequate and absurd. However, a YVR Line connecting to Vancouver & Richmond with only 2 car trains, is acceptable by backwater BC standards.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Busy traffic weekend expected in North Vancouver for massive festival
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-vancouver-music-festival-traffic-impacts-2024
It's so sad and pathetic how the North_Shore_(Greater_Vancouver) has become such a fine example of inept transportation planning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Greater_Vancouver)#Access
The extremely narrow Lions_Gate_Bridge should have had an 8 lane tunnel built near it several decades ago. Then the Lions_Gate_Bridge could have become a nice bike and foot bridge. The inept Lions-Gate-Bridge is so narrow that several houses are wider than it. Even some home garages and swimming pools are wider than it. Thus, the Lions_Gate_Bridge is one of the best examples of congestive planning in backward BC. The bridge should have been designed to eventually become a few meters wider on each side. There also should have been a provision for a lower deck which could have allowed for a rail rapid transit line and rapid bus lanes.
The Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing should have been designed with a provision to be widened a few meters on each side. After its collapse in 1958, the bridge should have been redesigned to have a wider main deck and a lower deck for trains and busses. The top deck should have been designed to have 4 lanes each way, with 2 wide shoulders and 2 wide sidewalks. Unfortunately, despite being the main connection to the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal, the rebuilt Ironworkers_Memorial_Bridge wasn't designed to have a lower transit deck and no emergency lanes. Thus, it remains as another one of the best examples of congestive planning in Vancouver.
The Canada_Line should have been planned as a long term, high capacity route between Horseshoe_Bay,_West_Vancouver, Vancouver_International_Airport and the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal. Again, the congestion planning mentality took priority.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
UAE towers,etc.
Entisar Tower - Sky gardens, plenty outdoor swimming pools, entertainment and leisure facilities, indoor running track, two tennis courts, and a conference and events centre is set to feature in the 100-plus storey skyscraper. According to officials, the tower set to be build on Sheikh Zayed road will take four years for its completion.
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/upcoming-uae-projects-we-can-t-wait-to-see-1385900433-slideshow/uae-projects-announced-in-2013-photo-1385899220131.html
Mohammad Bin Rashid City - Announced in 2013 and the first phase set to be complete in 2016, the Mohammad Bin Rashid City will be of the one of the lowest density residential developments in the world. Located near the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall, the city will have more than 60% of open and green space amongst 1,500 the villas alongside retail zones, leisure and sports attractions.
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/upcoming-uae-projects-we-can-t-wait-to-see-1385900433-slideshow/uae-projects-announced-in-2013-photo-1385899592965.html
The Lagoons
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/upcoming-uae-projects-we-can-t-wait-to-see-1385900433-slideshow/uae-projects-announced-in-2013-photo-1385899951103.html
Twisting Towers
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/upcoming-uae-projects-we-can-t-wait-to-see-1385900433-slideshow/uae-projects-announced-in-2013-photo-1385900041175.html
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