News We’re Following
Here we share the news stories we’ve found that matter to Blueridge residents in one way or another. Each month these are included in the latest issue of the Blueridge Bulletin as well, our subscription email.
Also note that sometimes we track major stories on our homepage.
If you have a news story to suggest, please submit it to bulletin@blueridgeca.org and we’ll take a look. Thank you!
Latest News Stories:
- [DNV Councillor Jim] Hanson wants fireworks ban question on 2026 ballot
- Canadians being asked to complete 2026 census as letters are mailed out – it must be submitted by May 12th
- DNV council to debate 21-storey student tower with “zero” residential parking – while not in Blueridge, this could add to traffic in the area of Mountain Highway and Keith Road
- What would it take to restart passenger rail service from North Vancouver to Whistler?
- Chemtrade Decision
- Chemtrade to face new chlorine vote after rejection by North Vancouver council
- Mayor’s statement regarding Chemtrade – came out on the afternoon of May 5th
- Weather
- The fire danger in Blueridge hit High for the first time this year on May 4th. That’s very early!
- Heat records fall across B.C. as wildfire risks climb, streamflow advisory issued
- More heat records fall across B.C., including Vancouver’s previous high set in 1898
- Metro Vancouver
- Water and Water Restrictions
Published in the May 2026 Blueridge Bulletin:
- Information session for prospective DNV Council candidates – Coming on April 29, May 13, and June 3
- Older and Wiser: Volunteering is a great way to stay connected to your community
- Grouse Grind Trail Reopening for the 2026 Season
- Spring 2026 Community Report – coming to your mailbox soon, or read it online
- Affordable housing project survives final District of North Vancouver vote
- Mario Canseco: Metro Vancouver’s role still unknown to residents ahead of election
- Help us protect our fish habitat this spring
- Councillor Lisa Muri calls to restore passenger rail service along the Sea to Sky corridor – the Apr 13 meeting went long, and this has been delayed until the next Council meeting
- DNV Council to review permit for 188-unit affordable housing project – this permit was approved
- Metro Vancouver Adopts New Drinking Water Management Plan
- What’s it like owning backyard chickens in North Vancouver?
- North Vancouver District council considers expanding Mountain Highway – while not directly Blueridge related, many of us drive this corridor regularly
- Why sewer costs are rising—and how homeowners can help – from the DNV
- New restaurant inspired by Italian countryside opens in North Vancouver
- Daylight Savings Time
- E-dirt Bikes Not Legal on the Streets
- North Vancouver RCMP report spike in teens riding dangerously on e-dirt bikes – this article adds some additional information to the RCMP press release
- Five complaints over weekend highlight growing concerns over illegal E-dirt bikes – these have been seen in Blueridge
- Wildfire Season
- Fires, drought and water woes to begin B.C.’s wildfire season
- Coastal Fire Centre warns of elevated wildfire risk amid dry, windy spring conditions
- Truck blaze along in B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway sets off wildfire, closes route
- Vancouver Island sees first wildfire of season as temperatures soar
- Wet and mild winter is ‘good news’ for B.C. wildfire season, says forecaster
- What’s in store for Canada’s 2026 wildfire season?
- Blueridge Dodges Loss of Home Mail Delivery For Now – the V7H postal code isn’t in the affected list, but we will be converted to community mailboxes at some point unless plans change
- Home mail delivery will continue along rural roads, Canada Post confirms – this article says it will take about five years to convert four million homes to community mailboxes
- Advocate says end of door-to-door mail delivery will be ‘isolating’ for seniors
- Canada Post to axe door-to-door delivery for 23,000 North Shore households
- 23,000 homes on the North Shore to lose door-to-door mail delivery within a year, says Canada Post
- Canada Post beginning work to end most door-to-door mail delivery
- Ironworkers Memorial Bridge
- Editorial: Don’t count on a new North Shore bridge any time soon
- Ironworkers Bridge the most congested in Metro Vancouver, report finds
- Data shows Ironworkers Memorial Bridge is Metro Vancouver’s most congested crossing – from the DNV
- Ironworkers Memorial Bridge most congested crossing in region, report says
- Bears
- R2 RapidBus Extension to MetroTown Moved up to September 2026
- Stage 2 (yes, two!) Water Use Restrictions Start May 1
- Metro Vancouver to Implement Stage 2 Water Restrictions on May 1 – Metro Vancouver press release
- Water restrictions and lawn sprinkling permits – from the DNV
- Metro Vancouver to implement stage 2 water restrictions
- You can’t water your lawn in Metro Vancouver this summer
- Metro Vancouver moving straight to Stage 2 water restrictions on May 1 – and Metro Vancouver says stage 3 restrictions could start in early June!
- Metro Vancouver to ban lawn watering amid early Stage 2 water restrictions
- Editorial: Conserving water now saves money in the future
- Below-average snowpack in Metro Vancouver’s water supply causing concern ahead of summer
- Snowpack in Metro Vancouver watersheds sits at 55 per cent of average – even worse than the 75% from the April 1 snow survey
- Average B.C. snowpack of 92% masks ‘strong regional divide,’ provincial bulletin says – that article doesn’t make clear what our local snowpack is, but this April 1st Snow Survey says the Lower Fraser region is at only 75% of normal for the time of year. Water conservation will be important this year as a result.
- Lawn Watering Restricted to One Day Per Week Starting May 1 – details from Metro Vancouver
- Lawn watering restrictions across Metro Vancouver start May 1
- Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing
- District of North Vancouver rejects provincial housing mandate
- DNV Council Votes Down Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing – this story got lost as it happened the same night at the chlorine plant vote; our summary is at the top of this page
- Province overrules West Vancouver council to approve housing density in Ambleside plan
- B.C. orders West Vancouver to implement plan to build more homes and meet its target
- West Van balks at provincial requirement to increase housing density
- Chlorine Production at Chemtrade
- Letter: Council should be applauded for rejecting North Vancouver chlorine plant proposal
- Letter: Rejection of Chemtrade chlorine proposal goes against national interest
- North Vancouver chlorine plant rejected from continuing operations after 2030
- Press Release from Chemtrade following the DNV Council decision
- Chemtrade units fall after rezoning application rejected by council
- District of North Vancouver rejects Chemtrade chlorine proposal
- 8 taken to hospital after chlorine gas exposure at Victoria pool – this article says the issue was caused by approximately 20 litres of 12-per-cent chlorine with 20 litres of hydrochloric acid; simple home cleaners mixing with household bleach can cause this sort of event; and the chlorine made at Chemtrade is much more concentrated; food for thought
- Editorial: Corporate interference is not welcome in public processes
- North Vancouver chlorine project risks ‘intolerable,’ Burnaby council says
The Latest Cheese News:
Published in the April 2026 Blueridge Bulletin:
- TransLink votes to tax hike property taxes even as fares set to increase on July 1
- First responders encourage North Shore residents to stay safe around the Capilano River
- How to ring in the Persian New Year on the North Shore
- Police warn of increase counterfeit bills circulating in community – this is in North Vancouver specifically
- The public input period on the DNV Draft Financial Plan has been extended to March 10, 2026
- DNV Council Examines Requiring Affordable and/or Rental Housing in SSMUH Developments
- Townhomes at Mount Seymour Parkway & Riverside Drive
- Ironworker’s Bridge Overnight Lane Closures
- Nightly lane closures planned for Ironworkers Memorial Bridge
- Ironworkers Bridge: Overnight lane closures for repair work – UPDATED AGAIN – now scheduled for Mar 8-22 with varying times; bikes and pedestrians may be impacted as well; see the events calendar too
- North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant
- North Vancouver, B.C., mayors ask Eby for inquiry into water treatment project
- Editorial: David Eby must address the North Shore sewage plant problems
- NSNA demands inquiry into Metro Vancouver Wastewater costs
- North Vancouver mayors press premier on sewage plant boondoggle
- North Vancouver, B.C., mayors ask Eby for inquiry into water treatment project
- Mayors call for BC to act on wastewater plant – from the DNV website
- Meteor Over North Shore on Tuesday, March 3
- NASA says meteor that lit up Vancouver sky was travelling 100 times speed of sound
- Could you find pieces of the meteor that flashed across Metro Vancouver?
- Fireball, sonic boom over Vancouver Tuesday evening, likely meteor – one of the many stories about the bright light and loud thump on Tuesday evening, March 3rd
- The end of Daylight Saving Time in BC
- B.C.’s daylight-time decision ‘scientifically not a good idea,’ says researcher
- B.C.’s Eby is urging West Coast governors to fall in line with daylight time change
- Past attempts at year-round daylight time have all failed, sleep expert says
- Ending seasonal time change could help business, but not enough for universal support
- B.C.’s move to end clock changes won’t be without complications
- Why most Canadians will keep daylight saving time changes as B.C. stops
- Experts slam B.C. moving to Daylight Time for good
- Last spring forward for B.C. as it moves to permanent daylight time
- B.C.’s premier is celebrating the move to permanent daylight time. Others aren’t so sure
- B.C. makes daylight time permanent after years of promises
- Canadian province to adopt year-round daylight saving time – International coverage from the BBC
- Alberta’s Smith looking to ditch clock changes as B.C. moves to permanent daylight
- Alberta mulls ditching time switch — again — as B.C. moves to permanent daylight
- Spring forward: Will Quebec follow B.C. in abolishing time change?
Published in the March 2026 Blueridge Bulletin:
- DNV Utility bills mailed in late February: due March 31
- Vancouver port applies to dredge Burrard Inlet this year to fuel oil exports
- New off-leash areas proposed in District of North Vancouver dog strategy
- Why vote in local elections on North Shore? – written by Blueridge resident Councillor Jim Hanson, who has also submitted it to the March issue of the Blueridge Bulletin
- Metro Vancouver wants input on their 2027 budget
- Letter: We must be patriotic, even when snacking on the couch – while we generally avoid opinion here, this letter writer is quite correct: Cheezies are the superior product!
- DNV schedules public hearing on chlorine zoning change
- B.C. cities left in limbo as province quietly abandons Bear Smart oversight – this is disheartening, as the DNV only recently received our Bear Smart designation. If it bothers you, you can contact MLA Susie Chant about it.
- How to celebrate Lunar New Year across the North Shore – February 17 brings us the Year of the Horse
- DNV to hold public hearing on Development Permit changes – this is related to improving the development permit process for some non-residential applications; the residential portion is coming later
- North Vancouver’s Grouse Grind reopens to hikers early
- North Vancouver girl awarded $3.6 million in crosswalk crash – while not related to our community, we all pay taxes, and some of those taxes will go to this decision. Hopefully the DNV has improved their vegetation management in the 10 years since this horrible accident happened.
- Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing
- DNV Council to consider delay in small-scale housing rollout – that headline is a bit misleading; any delay sought would only be for the Marine Drive corridor where Bus Rapid Transit is being planned
- The NDP’s Push for Density Is Working. Not Everyone Is Happy
- $1-Million Question: Do the Province’s new housing rules make North Shore more affordable?
- DNV Council to review options for Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing – this happened at the Council workshop on Monday, February 9 & 10
- DNV 2026 Draft Budget
- District of North Vancouver homeowners face 3.5% tax increase – this is old news to regular readers of the column, or the News from the Sausage Factory column in the Blueridge Bulletin. The anticipated tax increase hasn’t changed in months.
- Share your input on the 2026 draft budget – public input open from February 13 to March 2.
- The DNV’s 2026-2030 Draft Financial Plan will be introduced at a DNV Council meeting on February 17, 2026, with the public input period running from February 13, 2026, to March 2, 2026. You can learn more, review the plan, and comment here: https://www.dnv.org/government-administration/2026-2030-financial-plan-budget
- North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant
- District of North Vancouver wants auditor general for Metro
- Experts, not politicians, should oversee projects like North Shore Wastewater Plant: Catherine Pope
- 1,500 concrete deficiencies, design conflicts identified in North Shore Wastewater project: Metro Vancouver – between 2022 and 2025; these are not new
- In an early 2026 conversation on Instagram, Metro Vancouver confirms that the current cost estimate does not include the decommissioning of the old WWTP.