The Canucks open the season with a 6-5 overtime win over the Oilers
Paul Cotter scored twice, including the overtime winner, as Vancouver held on after surrendering a three-goal third-period lead to beat Edmonton.
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Kareem Allam’s Vancouver Liberals accuse the mayor of proposing a downtown “prison”
Allam’s party launched its “No Vancouver Prison” campaign against ABC Vancouver’s proposal to use part of the old St. Paul’s Hospital campus for secure mental health and addictions care, ahead of two non-binding questions on Vancouver’s Oct. 17 ballot.
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Paul Cotter scores twice, including the overtime winner, as the Canucks beat the Oilers 6-5
Cotter finished a two-goal night 1:59 into overtime to give Vancouver a season-opening win in Edmonton after the Oilers erased a three-goal deficit.
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Maple Ridge Rivers Day draws a record crowd of about 700
About 700 people visited Allco Park on Sept. 27 for the 33rd annual Rivers Day, where 25 exhibitors and community partners offered activities about local waterways, wildlife, forests and the watershed.
Maple Ridge News
Vancouver parties unveil new municipal election platform pledges
OneCity proposes integrated community hubs and criticizes ABC’s property tax freeze pledge, while the Vancouver Liberals urge voters to reject two plebiscite questions.
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Pete Fry’s Green Party platform proposes Broadway bike lanes and municipal housing bonds
The 71-page Vancouver platform proposes changes spanning housing, transportation, public safety and city services ahead of the Oct. 17 municipal election; many measures would require cooperation from senior governments or TransLink.
Daily Hive Vancouver
Former tenant says she is still owed compensation under Broadway plan protections
Keely Ryan says she has not received four months’ rent and $750 for moving after leaving a Vancouver building slated for redevelopment. The landlord says no development plans are in place, while the City says its compensation obligations remain.
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A person was arrested under an immigration warrant at a Pitt Meadows mall
The Canada Border Services Agency says it arrested a person at Meadowtown Mall during an investigation under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, with assistance from an emergency response team and Maple Ridge RCMP.
Maple Ridge News
B.C. Conservatives name candidates in all 10 Surrey ridings for the Oct. 24 election
The party says its Surrey slate brings decades of experience and promises to address affordability, street safety and health care, while presenting a united team behind leader Lorne Doerkson.
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Richmond’s Oct. 17 municipal election ballot will list 90 candidates on both sides
The double-sided ballot will separate candidates for mayor, school trustee and councillor into three alphabetical sections, with mayoral and trustee candidates on the front and councillor candidates on the back.
Richmond News
TransLink offers a first look inside SkyTrain’s new control centre.
The four-storey facility in Burnaby is nearing completion and is scheduled to open in 2027. Overnight tests of every train model on the Expo and Millennium lines begin Oct. 3.
Daily Hive Vancouver
One person dies after apartment fire near Burnaby’s Central Park
Police say a person died at the scene despite life-saving measures after an apartment building caught fire near Central Park early Tuesday. The fire remains under investigation.
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