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Travellers hoping to hop on the first sailings of a new ferry service between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland were disappointed after multiple Monday morning sailings were cancelled due to strong winds.

Hawaii officials urged tourists to avoid travelling to Maui as many hotels prepared to house evacuees and first responders on the island that faces a long recovery from the wildfire that demolished a historic town and killed more than 90 people.

Hawaii officials urged tourists to avoid travelling to Maui as many hotels prepared to house evacuees and first responders on the island that faces a long recovery from the wildfire that demolished a historic town and killed more than 90 people.

With a heat warning in effect, several cities in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have opened up dedicated indoor cooling centres and outdoor cooling stations. We've compiled a list of what's available.

Vancouver landlords are seeking, on average, more than $3,000 per month in rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the city, according to the latest monthly data from Rentals.ca.

If you’re a fan of anime and Japanese pop culture, this is the event you’ll want to cancel all your other plans for.

Anirevo, Vancouver’s largest anime convention, is making its return to the Vancouver Convention Centre from August 18 to 20.

The celebration of Japanese pop culture and animation will feature special guests, activities, and a huge vendor hall so you can get your shop on.

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Expect to see cosplayers representing all your favourite anime characters as soon as you arrive at the Vancouver Convention Centre, including everything from Dragon Ball Z to One Piece to Kill la Kill. You’ll be inspired to dress up yourself when you check out the huge cosplay contest.

Attendees at the event will be treated to a massive selection of anime-themed art, apparel, and paraphernalia. Figurines, hats, posters, keychains, and bags can often be found in the exhibition hall.

The three-day festival also boasts a variety of exciting panels to see with your fellow anime aficionados.

Highlights of Anirevo Summer 2023 include autograph and photo booth opportunities, special screenings, live comedy shows, game shows and how-to panels, and more.

Special guests throughout the Anime Revolution weekend include Miku Ito (Spy Classroom), Ian Hanlin (Sonic Prime), Caitlyn Bairstow (Beyblade Burst: Evolution), and Brian Doe Chua (World Trigger)

ANIREVO SUMMER 2023

When: August 18 to 20, 2023 Time: Various times Where: Vancouver Convention Centre – West — 1055 Canada Place Tickets: Various prices, purchase online

Calling all millionaires, a vacant lot is up for grabs in West Vancouver, and it could be the site of your future dream home right along the water for $7,388,000.

If you aren’t a millionaire, Friday’s LottoMax Jackpot is $55 million and could be your path to purchasing the waterfront lot.

A listing from Holly Calderwood reveals more about why this lot is so highly coveted.

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We’ve reached out to Calderwood to figure out what it means, but oddly, the listing for the lot actually states six bedrooms and four bathrooms. It could be that that’s what the lot could accommodate.

The listing calls the lot a blank canvas “awaiting your modern architectural dream home designer ideas.”

It also warns, “Do disturb the tenants next door.”

It’s easy to see why the lot is valued so highly.

It is right by the water, and you have your own backyard beach.

The listing states that the property next door is also for sale at 2998 Park Lane. The land value of that property is basically the same as this vacant lot, less $1,000, at $7,387,000.

According to the District of West Vancouver website, the sale proceeds of the lot will fund the purchase of the last two of 32 waterfront properties at 1444 and 1448 Argyle Avenue.

“This will allow the District to complete the Waterfront Acquisition Plan which started in the late 1970s, and will increase public green space and allow the completion of the foreshore path from Ambleside Park to John Lawson Park.”

If $7.4 million is out of reach, check out this list of cheap homes to buy in Vancouver.

Unsurprisingly, none of them come with a backyard beach.

What a way to start the weekend! One lottery player is pretty much going to be set for life after winning a massive jackpot.

The Lotto Max draw took place on Friday, August 11, and there are quite a few winners who’ll be waking up to the happy news.

The lucky numbers from last night’s draw are 07, 08, 23, 28, 29, 31, 37, and bonus number 43. One very lottery player from Ontario managed to match all seven numbers, netting themselves a life-changing prize worth $55 million.

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It was certainly a lucky night for Ontario lottery players.

There were four Max Millions prizes up for grabs, but according to PlayNow, only one person won a prize worth $1 million after matching the numbers 3, 9, 26, 27, 34, 39, and 48, and the winning ticket was sold in Kitchener.

Someone also won the Lotto Max second prize worth $243,597.90, and the winning ticket was purchased in the Thunder Bay area.

Two Encore tickets worth $100,000 were also sold in Sarnia and St. Catharines.

The next Lotto Max draw will take place on Tuesday, August 15. The main prize is worth $13 million.

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BC’s very own Felix Cartal is playing another free pop-up show Friday evening at Kitsilano Beach.

This is one of several surprise shows the DJ has announced to fans on Instagram at the last minute this summer.

He first did a pop-up set at Third Beach in Vancouver’s Stanley Park last month and shared epic photos and videos of the sunset dance party.

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Next Felix Cartal did the same in Victoria, and now he’s back in Vancouver.

This time he’s teaming up with Guru energy drinks to play at Kits Fest — which is a basketball tournament happening at the beach this weekend.

Felix Cartal is on at 7 pm tonight. So head over if you want some free tunes, or stay well away if you don’t want to deal with a crowd.

 

You can add another endorsement deal to portfolio of Connor Bedard.

The 18-year-old has yet to play an NHL game, but that hasn’t stopped companies from throwing money at the hockey phenom.

Bedard has already partnered with brands like Lululemon, Hyundai, Holt Renfrew, and Biosteel, and there are surely many more offers to come for the Chicago Blackhawks centre.

Today, Bedard revealed which equipment supplier he will be repping during his rookie season.

The answer? Sherwood Hockey.

“I’m really excited to be joining the Sherwood team,” Bedard said in a Sherwood Hockey press release. “Since I started working with Sherwood to develop hockey equipment that I felt could improve my game, I have been really impressed with their approach, expertise and dedication to building the best gear. They are doing a lot of cool things around the sport I love, and I’m proud to be a part of it.”

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Bedard joins Sherwood’s roster of players, which includes: Matthew Tkachuk, William Nylander, Alex DeBrincat, Quinton Byfield, Emily Clark, Artturi Lehkonen, Saroya Tinker, Connor Brown, and Savannah Harmon. He’ll play exclusively with Sherwood Rekker Legend sticks and gloves, the Canadian equipment manager said in a press release today.

Acquiring a generational talent in Bedard is a milestone moment for the brand, which was bought by Canadian Tire five years ago and relaunched in 2020.

“Our partnership with Connor Bedard is a key step in the continued re-invention of the Sherwood brand. Since we acquired Sherwood in 2018 and relaunched the brand in 2020, we have been focused on building credibility with the next generation of hockey players who, like us, can’t wait to see what Connor does on the ice supported by outstanding Sherwood products,” said Bobby Singh-Randhawa, SVP, Consumer Brands, Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited. “In addition to being a great example of the progress we’ve made with Sherwood as a brand, this partnership also signals our intention to be a greater force in the hockey market going forward.”

Many of the NHL’s top players have equipment deals with CCM, which roster of players includes: Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, and Nathan MacKinnon.

Bauer currently has the likes of Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, Jack Hughes, David Pastrnak, Cale Makar, Adam Fox, Patrick Kane, Jack Eichel, Nikita Kucherov, and Aleksander Barkov repping its brand.

Warrior Sports, meanwhile, has a list of players that includes: Leon Draisaitl, Brad Marchand, Drew Doughty, Miro Heiskanen, Rasmus Dahlin, Mark Scheifele, and Brendan Gallagher.

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The years-long decline of co-working office giant WeWork appears to be entering a new tumultuous stage, as the company has issued a warning to investors that it may not be able to continue its business.

“As a result of the Company’s losses and projected cash needs, combined with increased member churn and current liquidity levels, substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern,” reads the company’s 2023 second-quarter earnings report released this week.

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This ability to continue the business is contingent on whether they can improve liquidity and profitability over the next 12 months, including reducing rent and tenancy costs, increasing revenue by reducing the loss of members and increasing new sales, controlling expenses and limiting capital expenditures, and seeking additional capital through debt, equity securities, or asset sales.

WeWork saw revenues of US$844 million in the second quarter, representing an increase of 4% year-over-year, but a net loss of nearly US$400 million compared to US$635 million the second quarter of 2022.

Further contrast this to the third quarter of WeWork’s particularly turbulent year of pre-pandemic 2019, when the company reported 94% year-over-year revenue to US$934 million, but a loss of US$1.25 billion.

Ever since, the company has already focused on optimizing its vast real estate portfolio, reducing operating costs, and retaining and growing its membership.

In a statement addressing the most recent financial performance, WeWork interim CEO David Tolley blamed “excess supply in commercial real estate, increasing competition in flexible space and macroeconomic volatility drove higher member churn and softer demand than we anticipated, resulting in a slight decline in memberships.”

Semi-remote office work, as an enduring work-style change induced by the pandemic, has particularly thrown co-working office business models off course.

After the release of the second quarter’s financial performance, WeWork’s stock value fell by about 40% this week to only $0.13 per share.

From the high of the 2019 failed initial public offering, when WeWork’s US$47 billion valuation by investor Softbank crumbled, which led to the ousting of founder and CEO Adam Neumann, the company is now worth just US$270 million.

WeWork finally went public in October 2021 — the same month the company recorded its highest-ever stock price of over $13 per share.

WeWork reports that as of June 30, 2023, it has a worldwide real estate portfolio of 777 locations across 39 countries, which supports about 906,000 workstations and 653,000 physical memberships, equating to physical occupancy of 72%. Its average revenue per physical member was US$502 in the second quarter of 2023.

The company oversees 43 million sq ft of space across the globe, almost entirely through leases with commercial landlords. This includes over 18 million sq ft within Canada and the United States. Although they vary considerably, each WeWork location is typically over 40,000 sq ft in size.

Within Canada, WeWork currently has nearly two dozen locations in the Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal regions.

It has six locations within Metro Vancouver, including three locations in downtown Vancouver within the Bentall II and Bentall III towers of Bentall Centre, and 333 Seymour Street across from Waterfront Station. It has other locations at 2015 Main Street in the Main Alley tech cluster in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant District, as well as Marine Gateway in South Vancouver and Station Square in the Metrotown district of Burnaby.

These existing Metro Vancouver locations have a combined total floor area of almost 700,000 sq ft.

In 2019, prior to WeWork’s crash that same year, the company announced plans to open three major new locations, including 1,200 desks in four office levels of the newly-built Tower 3 of The Amazing Brentwood mall, 54,000 sq ft with 1,200 desks at an older building at 1045 Howe Street in downtown Vancouver, and a 170,000 sq ft flagship location across 10 floors at the new B5 office tower in downtown Vancouver. These locations never opened.

WeWork also previously had a partnership with Hudson’s Bay, which would have led to the department store chain leasing the top floors of its downtown Vancouver flagship store for a co-working location. The 2017-announced plan never materialized, and Hudson’s Bay now has a proposal to undergo a major redevelopment of the building.

The company has a single Alberta location at Stephen Avenue Place in downtown Calgary.

In Toronto, WeWork has a total of 10 locations, with nine locations being within downtown and one in Liberty Village. This includes the June 2023 opening of WeWork’s newest location in the world at 357 Bay Street, occupying the entire 10-storey historic building with about 65,000 sq ft of space in Toronto’s financial core.

There are also four WeWork locations in downtown Montreal.

It has six locations in Seattle, including five in the city centre, and two locations in Portland.

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A growing number of major buildings and landmarks in Vancouver feature special outdoor lighting that not only celebrates and accentuates architectural design details, but also commemorates important cultural occasions, events, anniversaries, and awareness campaigns.

Examples include red and white for Canada Day, the rainbow for LGBTQ Pride, blue and yellow in support of Ukraine in its war against Russia, orange for National Indigenous People’s Day,

Some of these landmarks even accept community requests for consideration to change the lights to certain colours on specific dates to honour a cause.

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The growing number of lighting installations as a permanent building feature have contributed to civic pride and improved the urban vibrancy of Vancouver’s nighttime landscape.

In all applications, the installations use low-energy LED lights with fully programmable lighting technology that enables a kaleidoscope of colours, patterns, and sequences.

The most prominent of these installations are locally designed, installed, and/or operated by Vancouver-based Eos Lightmedia, specifically BC Place Stadium, Science World, Canada Place, and TELUS Garden.

Here is a roundup of 11 landmarks in Vancouver with permanent programmable lighting installations:

VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S CONTROL TOWER

Seen from the ground below or the skies above, the slender concrete base of the air traffic control tower of Vancouver International Airport in Richmond features brilliant programmable lighting.

Light projection from the sidewalk level of Grant McConachie Way shoots upwards to over 300 ft to illuminate the top of the tower.

Special considerations were required for its design, such as a system independent of the airport’s internet system, and precise beam angles and radio frequencies that do not interfere with piloting aircraft and air traffic control communications.

> Vancouver Airport control tower lit up in French colours. #YVR #ParisAttacks #PrayForParis pic.twitter.com/DFobxqMuZy > > — Paul Schratz (@paulschratz) November 14, 2015

PACIFIC COLISEUM

The newest addition to Vancouver’s collection of illuminated landmarks is Pacific Coliseum at Hastings Park.

In June 2023, the PNE revealed the Pacific Coliseum’s new nighttime look, following the installation of an exterior lighting system that brilliantly lights up each of the stadium’s 108 exterior panels.

There is a light up schedule, but non-profit organizations and charities are also invited to make their own requests.

The Pacific Coliseum is illuminated nightly from sunset to 11 pm.

> Today is national Indigenous Peoples Day and to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada, we have lit the Pacific Coliseum up in the colour orange. pic.twitter.com/WBzgCfbEek > > — PNE Fair / Playland (@PNE_Playland) June 22, 2023

ROGERS ARENA

The home of the NHL Vancouver Canucks features programmable lighting as well, with the exterior of Rogers Arena illuminated to acknowledge causes and charitable initiatives.

Requests can also be made by organizations to have Rogers Arena lit up in a specific colour.

> #Canucks to honour healthcare workers with pink lights at Rogers Arena 💖 https://t.co/ED12yKljML pic.twitter.com/VHJIzuMXJx > > — Offside (@OffsideDH) March 26, 2020

HARBOUR CENTRE

The Lookout at Harbour Centre tower saw a major upgrade of its lighting system about six years ago. It is similarly lit up for holidays, events, charitable causes, and other occasions. Special requests can be made by contacting their general hotline.

This is Vancouver’s highest programmable lighting installation, with The Lookout located about 550 ft above street level.

Changing colours wash the top, underside, and spire of the restaurant, and LED nodes highlight and emphasize the outer circumferences of the observation deck level.

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> Check out @CityofVancouver, Burrard Bridge, @VanConventions Centre, and @VanLookout who will all be lighting up in @CovenantHouseBC blue tonight in support of Sleep Out: Champions Edition! > > Thanks for helping to raise awareness about youth homelessness.#CHSleepOut pic.twitter.com/KDzqBnWWKD > > — Covenant House Vancouver (@CovenantHouseBC) February 16, 2023

CANADA PLACE

The five landmark sails of Canada Place, which form the roof of the Vancouver Convention Centre’s East Building’s exhibition halls, are illuminated nightly from dusk to dawn.

Managed by the Port of Vancouver, the installation — known as the Sails of Light — are viewable on both sides of the pier.

The port authority accepts special lighting requests for consideration from non-profit and charitable organizations.

> In support of World Cancer Day the Canada Place #SailsofLight will be illuminated orange and blue this evening > > À l’appui de la Journée mondiale contre le cancer, les #VoilesdeLumière à Canada Place seront illuminées en orange et bleu ce soir pic.twitter.com/WcIkycCF6n > > — Canada Place (@CanadaPlace) February 4, 2022

> From February 11-27, the Canada Place #SailsofLight will light red, yellow & white to celebrate the Vancouver Winter Mural Festival. The featured colours and shapes are based on Coast Salish weaving patterns that have been in use on these lands since time immemorial pic.twitter.com/dnXE4N83xF > > — Canada Place (@CanadaPlace) February 14, 2022

> The Canada Place #SailsofLight will be illuminated purple this evening in recognition of Provincial Eating Disorders Awareness Week pic.twitter.com/HlHgmGIwyO > > — Canada Place (@CanadaPlace) February 3, 2022

VANCOUVER OLYMPIC CAULDRON

Vancouver Convention Centre’s West Building’s district lighting — large markers/posts and the Vancouver Olympic Cauldron at Jack Poole Plaza — are similarly illuminated to commemorate special events, causes, and awareness campaigns.

Special lighting requests can also be made.

Separately, for a fee, events held at the convention centre can also request for the reignition of the gas flame of the Olympic Cauldron.

VANCOUVER CITY HALL

Vancouver City Hall’s heritage building features a programmable lighting system to similarly recognize important events and cultural occasions.

These programmable LED lights were first installed just in time for the 2010 Olympics, replacing a previous aging lighting system.

There is a schedule of planned lightings. Special requests can be made by eligible groups for eligible reasons.

> Vancouver City Hall illuminated and controlled with @ColorKinetics‘ iColor Reach and DMX #vancouver #LED #lighting pic.twitter.com/mEzLdq6u9u > > — SLS Group Industries (@SLSGroupInc) March 9, 2015

> VAFF founder Barbara Lee kicks off #AsianHeritageMonth with @explorASIAN‘s Bev Naan and Leticia Sanchez at the lighting up of #Vancouver‘s City Hall yesterday evening. Happy Asian Heritage Month! #VAFF > > Learn more about this year’s scheduled events at: https://t.co/IhHg1LUok9 pic.twitter.com/BwxJV8TNHO > > — Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) (@VAFFvancouver) May 3, 2019

> City Hall and the Burrard Bridge will light up in green, white and red tonight to recognize Italian Heritage Month. pic.twitter.com/HNNVmdFfbi > > — City of Vancouver (@CityofVancouver) June 11, 2022

> #Vancouver City Hall is lit green tonight as we talk sustainable campuses at #ISCN2017 w @sustainUBC Welcome delegates! #greenestcity pic.twitter.com/hlUCGoJ4BR > > — City of Vancouver (@CityofVancouver) June 27, 2017

BURRARD STREET BRIDGE

Similar to Vancouver City Hall, special lighting on the Burrard Street Bridge highlights the Art Deco-style architectural features of the Burrard Street Bridge.

As part of the 2017-completed project of reconfiguring the bridge deck to accommodate permanent bike lanes, install new concrete railings and suicide-prevention barriers, and other upgrades, new programmable LED lighting was installed to illuminate the bridge’s overhead truss and the lamps along the sidewalk.

It follows the same schedule of planned lightings as City Hall, including special requests.

> Burrard Bridge construction complete…lights changable #blue#Vancouver pic.twitter.com/hMSLGlknzO > > — rap stars (@rapstarsca) October 30, 2017

> The Lights On Burrard Bridge https://t.co/YMLRT49M1l pic.twitter.com/KGUsQ1lDFP > > — Ken Ohrn (Ridin’ & readin’) (@KenOhrn) October 26, 2017

> Love how the decorative lights on the Burrard Street Bridge can be set to different colours. Very festive this weekend!🎄 @CityofVancouver pic.twitter.com/VLyPjVmf05 > > — David Johnson (@djohnson_vanbc) December 12, 2022

> Burrard bridge testing the lights @CBCNews #kitsilano #granvilleisland #artdeco pic.twitter.com/kGevTxkoeM > > — derek jones (@dekdj) October 26, 2017

> Burrard Street Bridge earlier this week. I’ve seen the lights different colours these last few months, but never a light show like this. #Vancouver pic.twitter.com/021nnz2ANH > > — Barry Komar (@barrykomar) July 18, 2021

> Burrard bridge lights still purple. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/0yg6njflPF > > — DeeLeme (@synkdancer) November 23, 2021

BLOEDEL CONSERVATORY

Located at the very top of Queen Elizabeth Park at Little Mountain, the highest geographical point within Vancouver, the Bloedel Conservatory and its nighttime lights can be seen from some perspectives, where it is not obscured by the park’s tree canopy.

In 2019, the dome’s aging lighting system was upgraded to an energy-efficient LED system with colour-changing programming capabilities for events and occasions. The new system reduced the dome’s lighting energy use by 60% without changing the hours of operation.

Special requests can be made for the colour of the lighting.

> @vancouverpride Festival is this weekend! Bloedel Conservatory will be illuminated with a rainbow show every night this week to celebrate 🏳️‍🌈 #vanpride pic.twitter.com/vpJ0Ik5jtv > > — Bloedel Conservatory (@BloedelConserv) July 31, 2023

> Today, we celebrate and recognize the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of Inuit, First Nations and Métis peoples. Bloedel Conservatory will be illuminated orange this evening for National Indigenous Peoples Day 🧡#NIPD2023 #NIPDCanada pic.twitter.com/R5k3kUhXbL > > — Bloedel Conservatory (@BloedelConserv) June 21, 2023

> Bloedel Conservatory will be lit up in green tonight and tomorrow in recognition of the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. pic.twitter.com/UuKWVwPAYa > > — Bloedel Conservatory (@BloedelConserv) May 6, 2023

> Bloedel Conservatory will be illuminated red and blue on April 12 & 13 to recognize Emergency Service Dispatchers & 9-1-1 Awareness Week! #911AwarenessWeek pic.twitter.com/3hhTKFrOaJ > > — Bloedel Conservatory (@BloedelConserv) April 12, 2023

> Canada joins our #GlobalGreening … here’s Bloedel Conservatory, a conservatory and aviary located at the top of Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver pic.twitter.com/nxHbaN5s1K > > — Tourism Ireland (@TourismIreland) March 17, 2020

BENTALL CENTRE

Changing-colour programmable LED lights were recently installed on the crowns of the Bentall One and Bentall Two office towers, as part of property owner Hudson Pacific Properties’ multi-faceted strategy of revitalizing the Bentall Centre complex.

This is the first time the towers have seen decorative lighting installed since its temporary lights during Expo ’86.

The lights are illuminated to commemorate celebrations, memorials, sporting events, and seasons.

TELUS GARDEN

The underside of the protruding boxes of the Telus Garden office tower that are cantilevered high above the sidewalks of Seymour Street, West Georgia Street, and Richards Street are animated with programmable LED panels. They recently underwent repairs to replace burnt-out panels.

As well, the office tower’s west facade between the 16th and 18th floors features a projection screen.

> Thanks Telus Garden for lighting up purple last night for #WorldPHDay! #PHAwareness @PHACanada @TELUSGarden @TELUS pic.twitter.com/b2otyB53mn > > — PHAdvocate (@PHAtoronto) May 7, 2016

> Today, TELUS Garden is glowing purple to show our support for ALS Action Canada (@ALSaction) and the 3,000 Canadians living with ALS. Help us #EndALS to find a cure or treatment to this devastating disease by donating today at https://t.co/p7JBwSfgAi pic.twitter.com/CtsirWfyTB > > — TELUS (@TELUS) June 2, 2021

BC PLACE STADIUM

Over a decade after it was first built, the Northern Lights display of BC Place Stadium has become a beloved part of downtown Vancouver’s nighttime skyline views, providing the city with a very distinctive visual landmark.

Programmable LED lights are contained within 1,700 panels that enclose the stadium perimeter, stacked four rows high.

This perimeter lighting system is used to enhance nighttime events held within the stadium and also to commemorate cultural occasions, holidays, seasons, and awareness campaigns.

The Northern Lights are lit from 6 am to sunrise, and from sunset to 11 pm on most nights.

Additionally, there are also programmable lights that illuminate the stadium’s white fabric roof.

Special requests can be made for the lighting sequence.

Unfortunately, the visibility of the stadium and its lighting display from False Creek will be almost entirely obscured in the future by tower developments in Northeast False Creek.

> Freedom. 🌈 #VanPride pic.twitter.com/77ugT4w6jZ > > — Kenneth Chan (@iamkennethchan) August 7, 2023

SCIENCE WORLD

Science World has received quite the glow-up with an all-new lighting system for its landmark dome. A half-year upgrade project concluded in early August 2023 with the first lighting of the dome in a year.

There are now 651 lights, about three times as many as before. And this includes the introduction of inward-facing lights to reflect off the shiny steel dome. It uses new state-of-the-art technology that greatly enhances its programming capabilities.

There is a longstanding tradition of lighting up the dome to commemorate holidays, special occasions, awareness campaigns, and other events. Special requests can be made.

> Aerial drone footage of Science World’s new lighting system, showing off some of its greatly enhanced capabilities. 💡😍https://t.co/UbfM1vAevy pic.twitter.com/mqBh6AUsk2 > > — Kenneth Chan (@iamkennethchan) August 11, 2023

> More drone footage of the new dome lights of Science World.https://t.co/UbfM1vAevy pic.twitter.com/YEnyLbreRu > > — Kenneth Chan (@iamkennethchan) August 11, 2023

> This is quite the nighttime glowup for Science World. 💡😍https://t.co/xMMtZLqAiw pic.twitter.com/Ft5jWTeScx > > — Kenneth Chan (@iamkennethchan) August 11, 2023

SKYTRAIN EXPO LINE IN BURNABY

The City of Burnaby is nearing the full completion of its installation of a five-km-long continuous span of programmable LED lighting on the underside of SkyTrain Expo Line’s elevated guideway between Patterson Station and Edmonds Station. The first segment within the Metrotown area was completed in late 2021.

It enables thematic lighting for seasons, holidays, events, and other occasions.

Similar programmable lighting installations for SkyTrain’s elevated guideway in Coquitlam and Richmond, but the Burnaby project for the Expo Line carries more features and is the most extensive. It also doubles as a placemaking project to improve visibility on the BC Parkway walking and cycling pathway, which follows the Expo Line route.

> We now have a rainbow railway! 🌈@CityofBurnaby has installed the first segment of programmable LED lighting on #SkyTrain in Metrotown. > > By early 2023, 5 km of the Expo Line from Patterson to Edmonds stations will be fully illuminated. #vanpolihttps://t.co/yipZY9CjMh pic.twitter.com/CC0iTtlyq1 > > — Kenneth Chan (@iamkennethchan) December 17, 2021

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