Vancouver

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