Vancouver

In 1793, Captain Vancouver gifted cattle to Hawaiis king; decades later, feral herds tore through crops and altered native island ecosystems

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A few cattle given as a gift in 1793 became a lasting force on Hawaii’s land. (AI-generated/ChatGPT)

In 1793, a ship captain gifted a few cattle to a Hawaiian king. It might have looked like a friendly gesture at the time, but the effects lasted for generations. The National Park Service explains that Captain George Vancouver brought cattle to Hawaii Island as a gift for Kamehameha. The Hawaiian king ordered that the … Read more

Vancouver workers opened a shipping container of T-shirts and found 14 duffle bags holding 329kg of cocaine worth C$5.8 million; police say it is the city’s largest-ever cocaine seizure

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Vancouver workers opened a shipping container of T-shirts and found 14 duffle bags holding 329kg of cocaine worth C$5.8 million; police say it is the city's largest-ever cocaine seizure

Vancouver workers expecting to find boxes of T-shirts inside a shipping container instead discovered 14 duffle bags containing 328.55 kg of cocaine worth an estimated C$5.8 million, according to police. The seizure is the largest cocaine seizure in the history of the Vancouver Police Department.The drugs were discovered by employees at a legitimate Vancouver-based company … Read more

Around 1,700 passengers boarded a Royal Caribbean Alaska cruise and waited on the ship in Vancouver; two days later, the entire sailing was canceled

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Around 1,700 passengers boarded a Royal Caribbean Alaska cruise and waited on the ship in Vancouver; two days later, the entire sailing was canceled

The company didn’t offer any information about what the technical issue entailed Around 1,700 passengers who had boarded Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas in Vancouver for an Alaska cruise were left without a voyage after the entire sailing was cancelled because of ongoing maintenance work. The passengers had already spent time on the ship … Read more

What happened to Kal Dosanjh, Vancouver cop arrested for alleged fraud? His boss says, ‘This officer had a profile in the community and internally, and officers are angry and disappointed’

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What happened to Kal Dosanjh, Vancouver cop arrested for alleged fraud? His boss says, 'This officer had a profile in the community and internally, and officers are angry and disappointed'

Decorated cop Kal Dosanjh, a TEDx speaker and a mentor, was arrested for fraud by his own Vancouver Police Department. For years, Kalwinder “Kal” Dosanjh built his public identity around one message: keep young people away from gangs, drugs and crime. A longtime Vancouver police officer, youth mentor and founder of a charitable foundation, Dosanjh … Read more

Vancouver captures heat that normally disappears down showers, sinks and toilets and sends it back into buildings; sewage now supplies most of one district’s renewable heat

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Vancouver captures heat that normally disappears down showers, sinks and toilets and sends it back into buildings; sewage now supplies most of one district's renewable heat

False Creek NEU’s impact goes beyond the buildings it serves. Its success has helped demonstrate that sewage and wastewater heat recovery can work at the utility scale, and has encouraged other communities throughout Metro Vancouver to explore similar approaches. Every day thousands of showers, sinks and toilets flush warm wastewater down the drain. Now some … Read more