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 become the Newsworthy column in the latest issue of the Blueridge Bulletin, our monthly 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!

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Latest News Stories:

• Request a free street tree – part of the DNV’s Urban Tree Canopy Project
• State of emergency: Here’s how you can help people affected by B.C. wildfires
• Off-road vehicles banned on Squamish Crown land due to wildfire risk – despite the headline, this ban applies to all Crown lands in the Coastal Fire Centre, which includes our area
• How to test your lawn for grubs and what to do if you find them
• More digital ads coming to North Vancouver bus stops
• Why North Vancouver’s Roche Point Park isn’t really a park
• West Van council to reluctantly vote on province’s housing density bylaw – SSMUH is coming to West Vancouver, and could be forced on the DNV as well
• Oil tankers arriving in Vancouver in record numbers
• [Daina] Boyd announces bid for North Vancouver District Council seat
• Hiker stung dozens of times by wasps, North Shore Rescue says – they’ll be around our homes as well
• DNV adopts new detached residential zones for single-family properties
• Busy bear season prompts renewed calls to keep garbage bins clean
• Chemtrade Rezoning
  • District of North Vancouver resident sues to overturn Chemtrade chlorine vote
  • The Chemtrade re-zoning: liquid chlorine in the District of North Vancouver – by DNV Councillor Jim Hanson
• North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant
  • West Van Council requests provincial review of North Shore wastewater plant project
  • Editorial: Poop plant cost ‘sharing’ no royal flush for North Shore
• Air Quality Warnings
  • Air Quality Warning Ended – it was in place from Aug 3 – 7
  • Yellow Air Quality Warning remains in effect for North Shore
  • Air Quality Warning – Fine Particulate Matter and Ground-Level Ozone – from Metro Vancouver, Aug 6
  • North Shore under Yellow Air Quality Warning
  • Air Quality Warning – Fine Particulate Matter – from Metro Vancouver, Aug 5
• Belcarra Wildfire
  • There are many wildfires burning in the BC interior at the moment, but this is by far the closest. See this map for more information on other fires.
  • Coquitlam RCMP asks public for information, video after Belcarra Regional Park fire
  • Belcarra Regional Park Wildfire Response – update 4 from Metro Vancouver; fire now listed as held
  • Belcarra Regional Park Wildfire Response – update 3 from Metro Vancouver
  • Belcarra Regional Park Wildfire Response – update 2 from Metro Vancouver
  • Metro Vancouver wildfire prompts evacuation alerts as Fraser Canyon residents go home
  • Wildfire burning in Belcarra Park near Village of Anmore – update 1 from Metro Vancouver
• Other Wildfires
  • North Shore firefighters tasked to fight B.C. wildfires
  • Some Summerland residents return home as evacuation order partly lifts
  • What to know about the Bald Range fire and B.C.’s wildfire emergency
  • Highway reopening shows parts of Summerland, B.C., unscathed in fire evacuation zone
  • ‘Hearts are heavy’: Popular B.C. resort closes due to major wildfire
  • Before and after photos show home, music venue lost to B.C. wildfire
  • Favourable forecast to help firefighting efforts, but Bald Range fire still out of control, officials say
  • Mexican reinforcements arriving for wildfire fight in Summerland, B.C.
  • B.C. wildfire evacuees told to brace for devastation, as RCMP launch criminal probe
  • Explosive Wildfire in British Columbia Leaves 1 Dead – it’s not often these stories make the New York Times
  • Okanagan fires offer a glimpse of a worsening wildfire crisis
  • B.C. wildfire showing little new growth after forcing thousands to flee
  • ‘Explosive’ Summerland wildfire creating conditions ‘never seen before’
  • Recap: B.C. declares state of emergency, RCMP investigate ‘potential fatality’ from wildfire
  • 20,000 flee as explosive B.C. wildfire races toward Summerland, burning homes in path
  • Officials urging British Columbia residents to obey wildfire evacuation orders
  • Evacuations underway as new Okanagan, B.C., wildfire explodes in size
  • Evacuation orders expand into Peachland as entire community of Summerland flees wildfire
• Transit Strike
  • Unifor members reject Coast Mountain Bus Company offer with job action set for August 17 – from Unifor
  • Transit workers in Metro Vancouver and Victoria serve 72-hour strike notice – this is still only a uniform ban for the moment, set to begin on Monday, August 23rd
  • Unifor members reject Coast Mountain Bus Company offer with job action set for August 17
• Metro Vancouver Workers Strike
  • Update: Metro Vancouver Statement on GVRDEU Strike – also from Metro Vancouver
  • Update: Metro Vancouver Statement on GVRDEU Strike – from Metro Vancouver
  • Metro Vancouver workers renew job action, citing sewage spill and stalled talks
• WestJet Strike
  • What travellers should know about navigating WestJet strike disruptions
  • WestJet flight attendants win 18% wage hike, new perks after strike
  • WestJet says all scheduled flights operating Wednesday after work stoppage
  • WestJet flight delays expected to last days despite strike ending
  • WestJet flight cancellations tapering off as airline ramps back up after strike
  • More WestJet flights are cancelled at YVR following the strike. Here’s what to know
  • WestJet strike ends after tentative deal reached
  • WestJet flight attendants on strike as union, airline fail to come to terms
  • The latest: WestJet flight attendants go on strike
  • WestJet cancels 81 flights ahead of possible flight attendant strike
  • Were you planning to fly WestJet? What you need to know about the looming strike
  • Can you get covered for cancelled WestJet flights? Here’s what Vancouverites should know
  • WestJet begins grounding planes, Vancouver flight cancellations loom. Here’s what to know

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Published in the August 2026 Blueridge Bulletin:

• Inside North Vancouver’s newly opened $230-million Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre
• District of North Van OKs sweeping changes to single-family homes
• Heat warning issued for North Shore – For June 22nd
• DNVFRS Annual Report 2025 is now available
• District of North Vancouver approves chlorine plant extension after rejecting it 3 months ago
• Update: B.C. commits to keep Squamish-100 Mile House rail corridor public
• Risk of landslides near District of North Vancouver homes decreasing, report finds
• North Shore ‘Golden Girls’ program aims to get seniors sharing homes
• More EV charging now available across the District – including new chargers at Parkgate
• Notable moments in the history of Canada Day
• Bridge Over Lynn Creek
  • Eve Lazarus: This isn’t the first fight to preserve the heart of Lynn Canyon
  • North Vancouver district council rejects mayor’s plan for road across Lynn Canyon
• Upcoming Local Election
  • Are you registered to vote?
  • [DNV Councillor Catherine] Pope announces re-election bid for DNV council
• Metro Vancouver Restructuring
  • B.C. government to ‘consider’ Metro Vancouver board’s move to cut directors
  • Tight security bars public at Metro Vancouver board meeting with CAO absent – in this meeting, there was a vote on how to distribute the proceeds of the NSWWTP lawsuit settlement. The article says a motion to disburse all proceeds to the North Shore was defeated, but does not directly say what the end result was.
  • Metro Vancouver Boards Approve Changes to Board Size and Structure – Metro Vancouver press release
• Chemtrade Rezoning
  • District of North Van council confirms final Chemtrade chlorine vote
  • District of North Vancouver reverses Chemtrade chlorine ban
• Developments Near the V7H postal code
  • North Van council votes 6-1 for Maplewood affordable housing
  • DNV council to consider approval for Riverside Affordable Housing – This was approved in Council on July 13th
  • DNV council to vote on adopting 46-unit townhouse rezoning for Mount Seymour Parkway – at the corner of the Parkway and Riverside Drive
• Wildfire Preparedness
  • The Emergency Apps You Need for Wildfire Season
  • The Science Behind BC’s Fire Danger Ratings
  • Community Connect – from the DNV; allows residents to provide information about occupants and issues in a home so an emergency response can be more effective
  • B.C. urges residents to pre-register for emergency support as wildfire activity increases
  • Urging people to pre-register with Emergency Support Services – from the province; allows preregistration for emergency support in the event of a wildfire
• Wildfire News
  • Updated: Pemberton wildfire again being held
  • More B.C. communities under threat of encroaching wildfires
  • B.C. wildfires force closure of 2 major highways linking Lower Mainland, Interior
  • All Boston Bar residents ordered out as new wildfire erupts
  • Major highways shut amid plea for Fraser Canyon residents to flee wildfires
  • BC Wildfire Service braces for heat peak, warns of potential new starts
  • New fast-moving fire triggers urgent call to evacuate Boston Bar, B.C.
  • Here are the latest numbers on British Columbia’s wildfire season
  • B.C. wildfire tally surges past 100 as lightning transforms fire season in a flash
  • Boston Bar blaze destroys more homes as B.C. wildfire numbers spike
  • Wildfire activity jumps again overnight after lightning strikes across B.C.
  • Crews work through night on B.C. wildfire as evacuation orders hold
  • Nervous times in Pemberton, B.C., as residents watch fire fight from their backyards
  • Wildfires tick up as lightning flickers across southern B.C.
  • As Fire Looms, the View from Inside a Tiny Town – about the Boston Bar fire
  • Photos: Signal Hill wildfire in Pemberton
  • Expert questions whether Lower Mainland’s forest-edge towns are ready as fire nears Pemberton
  • Campfire ban coming to much of B.C. starting tomorrow – July 16, 2026
  • Cedar Hedges ‘Go Up Like a Roman Candle’ During Wildfires
  • Wildfire prevention starts with all of us – from the DNV
• Water Use Restrictions
  • Metro Vancouver returning to Stage 2 water restrictions – on Thursday, July 16th
  • First Narrows Crossing Back in Service, Stage 2 Water Restrictions in Effect Starting July 16 – Metro Vancouver press release
  • Coquitlam council blasts Surrey for leaving the region high and dry on water use
• North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant
  • Metro rejects North Shore request for sewage plant settlement money
  • North Van councils renew calls for inquiry on sewage plant costs
  • North Vancouver mayors call for independent public inquiry into wastewater plant costs
  • [DNV and CNV] Mayors’ statement on wastewater treatment plant
• Dredging Second Narrows
  • Tsleil-Waututh sue to halt Burrard Inlet dredging project
  • B.C. First Nation challenges dredging plan to accommodate larger tankers in Vancouver
  • Vancouver Fraser Port Authority gets OK to dredge Second Narrows
• Strike News
  • Air Canada
    • Air Canada says 11,000 IAMAW workers have ratified new contract
  • Flair Airlines
    • Pilots at Flair Airlines ratify three-year contract
  • WesJet
    • Deadline nears on WestJet flight attendants strike threat
    • Air Canada offers help for travellers ahead of possible WestJet strike, flight cancellations
    • Were you planning to fly WestJet? What you need to know about the looming strike
    • WestJet flight attendants’ union serves airline 72-hour strike notice
    • WestJet, flight attendants sign wind-down plan ahead of possible strike
    • Vancouver flights could be cancelled over busy August long weekend during possible WestJet strike
    • WestJet offers customers chance to make changes ahead of possible strike
    • ‘Bit of a tricky situation’: What WestJet passengers should know about a possible strike
    • WestJet flight attendants approve strike mandate as ground pay takes centre stage
  • Metro Vancouver Workers
    • Metro Vancouver workers threaten full-scale strike with little progress in talks
    • Update: Metro Vancouver Statement on GVRDEU Strike
    • Unionized workers who look after regional parks like Grouse Mountain walk off job
    • All GVRDEU workers at Metro Vancouver parks walk off job; union warns of ‘full-scale strike’
  • BC Nurses
    • Rob Shaw: B.C. nurses wanted 32% wage hike before arbitration
    • B.C.’s unionized nurses to end job action provincewide to review recommendations
    • B.C. nurses: Mediated talks ‘productive’ but ‘too early to know’ if deal is possible
    • B.C. nurses to halt picketing as mediation talks begin
    • ‘Positive development’: BC nurses remove Vancouver picket line as province appoints mediators
    • Veteran mediator Vince Ready to step in to try to end B.C. nurses’ dispute
    • Talks between B.C. nurses and employer at impasse, union wants the province to help
    • ‘Maintaining essential services’: Here’s how BC Nurses’ strike is impacting Metro Vancouver hospitals (UPDATE)
    • B.C. nurses to expand pickets to cover three health facilities, citing intimidation
    • Nurses in British Columbia will picket the province’s largest hospital next week
    • BC nurses will escalate job action Tuesday
    • B.C. nurses start limited job action as strike deadline passes
    • Rob Shaw: B.C. nurses reach strike position as pressure builds on Eby government
    • How could a nurses’ strike impact B.C.’s health-care system? – CBC video
  • Translink
    • 66% of Metro Vancouver bus drivers reject tentative deal with TransLink’s bus firm
    • Unifor Locals 111 and 2200 reject tentative agreement at Coast Mountain Bus Company

Just Because Stories – these are here because they made your webmaster happy:

• What is this, an ATM for dogs? Yes it is, and it’s inside a Vancouver bank

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Published in the July 2026 Blueridge Bulletin:

• Dog licence canvassers coming to your neighbourhood – from the DNV
• TransLink fares are going up this week as per annual Canada Day tradition
• West Vancouver council reluctantly moves forward on province’s housing density changes
• Dredging of Vancouver’s Burrard approved to make room for big oil tankers
• Two North Vancouver properties flagged for landslide risk: Report
• Five tips to stay cool in your home without AC
• North Shore 50+ hockey team scores improbable national championship win – our local team made headlines!
• Residential gas bills to increase in B.C.
• North Vancouver District looking at ways to improve cycling routes to Deep Cove
• Metro Vancouver: Statement of Financial Information Released for 2025
• The ‘yuck factor’: Metro Vancouver report reveals what we’re still putting in our trash, but shouldn’t – inside there’s a headline saying “Nearly half Metro’s garbage is recyclable”
• District of North Vancouver gets ready to tighten rules on vape shops
• North Shore group deploys robot bruin for bear spray target practice
• Evo expands in North Vancouver, offers discounted e-bike rides during summer and FIFA World Cup
• DNVFRS offering free wildfire home hazard assessment
• Small leak of process water at oil refinery in Burnaby, B.C., is contained: operator
• Rain lowers wildfire risk in B.C. and brings ‘reprieve from the dryness’ – the early June rains are a welcome (if brief) relief
• DNV seeks public feedback on transportation plan
• New Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre set to open soon in North Vancouver
• Chemtrade Chlorine Plant
  • Editorial: Chlorine decision pits economics, industry need against fear of accidental release
  • Starkly opposing views voiced on Chemtrade’s North Vancouver chlorine plant proposal
  • DNV to hold public hearing on chlorine facility expansion
• DNV Residential Zoning Changes
  • Editorial: It’s time to move past homes with basements
  • Future North Vancouver homes may not have basements
• e-Scooters
  • Guardian ticketed following E‑Scooter crash involving 12‑Year‑old – RCMP press release includes the rules
  • North Vancouver RCMP fine parents after 12-year-old injured in e-scooter crash
• North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant
  • Independent findings on troubled $3.9-billion North Shore sewage treatment plant due in early 2027
  • Metro Vancouver names team for independent review of wastewater plant project
  • Independent Review Team Confirmed for North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant Project – Metro Vancouver press release
  • North Shore group renews call for public inquiry into wastewater plant cost overruns
  • Citizens group renews request for North Shore sewage plant inquiry
  • Metro Vancouver announces review of wastewater facility where costs grew to $3.86B
• Mount Seymour Expansion Plan
  • Survey extended until July 24th. See link below.
  • Editorial: Are we ready for big changes to Mt Seymour?
  • North Vancouver’s Mt Seymour Resort eyes massive expansion
  • Mt. Seymour Resort Master Plan Website
  • Provincial Survey Page – survey open until 4pm on June 26 July 24
• Stage 3 Water Restrictions Begin June 8
  • Water fight: Surrey defies Metro Vancouver Stage 3 restrictions. What’s next?
  • Metro Vancouver is asked to meet and exceed water restrictions as temperatures soar
  • Metro Vancouver Urges Water Conservation Leading into Hot Weekend
  • Stage 3 water restrictions (effective June 8) – from the DNV
  • Tighter watering restrictions come in June 8 in Lower Mainland
  • Metro Vancouver to ban car washing and lawn watering next week under Stage 3 rules
  • Metro Vancouver Press Release
  • Full Restrictions List in a Graphic
  • Full Restrictions List in a Chart
• Strike News – because there seem to be a lot of these lately
  • Nurses
    • B.C. Nurses’ Union issues 72-hour strike notice after members reject deal
    • B.C. nurses issue strike notice as they reach ‘breaking point,’ union president says
    • BC Nurses Issue 72-Hour Strike Notice
    • B.C. nurses vote 67 per cent to reject tentative deal in ‘frustration,’ union says
    • B.C. nurses vote down tentative deal
  • Air Canada
    • Air Canada announces 2 new contracts ratified with finance and clerical employees
    • Air Canada and IAMAW reach tentative agreement on new contract
    • Air Canada announces new 4-year agreement with customer service employees
  • Transit Workers (Coast Mountain Bus Company)
    • TransLink’s bus firm strikes deal with drivers, preventing strike
    • Metro Vancouver transit union provides update on possible strike during FIFA World Cup – talks broke down and a mediator has been appointed
    • Coast Mountain Bus Company provides positive update after recent strike vote
  • Doctors
    • Doctors and B.C. government extend labour deal by four years
  • 911 Workers
    • B.C. appoints Vince Ready as mediator after 911 workers issue strike notice
    • B.C. 911 workers issue 72-hour strike notice after months of failed talks
  • Canada Post
    • Canada Post signs deal with union, ends years of labour uncertainty
    • Canada Post workers vote overwhelmingly to accept new contract
  • Metro Vancouver Workers
    • Metro Vancouver union agrees to mediated talks as full-scale strike called off
    • Mediation Between Metro Vancouver and GVRDEU Expected to Begin Soon with Support from the Labour Relations Board – Metro Vancouver press release
    • Metro Vancouver outside workers going on full-scale strike starting Monday – June 15
    • Union escalates job action with full-scale strike coming Monday – June 15
    • Update: Metro Vancouver Statement on GVRDEU Strike
    • Metro Vancouver outside workers picketing watersheds, protective services, warn full strike getting closer
    • Metro Vancouver workers closer to ‘full-scale strike’ with no contract progress
    • What’s at Stake in Metro Vancouver Workers’ Escalating Strike?
  • Lower Mainland SPCA Workers
    • Lower Mainland SPCA workers in British Columbia vote 97.5% for strike action

Just Because Stories – these are here because they made your webmaster happy:

• Is there a pianist in the house? Audience member steps up to perform in La La Land in Sydney

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Published in the June 2026 Blueridge Bulletin:

• DNV Council to review new residential zones bylaws for nearly 20,000 properties
• DNV councillors push to limit Vape shops
• North Van teen fined after standing wheelies on e-dirt bike – these have been seen in Blueridge
• Kids Design Your Ads: North Vancouver’s Seymour Heights Elementary
• DNV staff to recommend revisions on Seymour River Place proposal
• Canada Day Parade returns to North Vancouver
• Developing a new Community Transportation Plan – survey from the DNV open through June 14
• District of North Vancouver sued for flood damages
• North Vancouver losing millions in port taxes, district says
• How to report a suspected yellow-legged hornet in B.C., as officials track new detection in Washington – not as bad as murder hornets, but still worth keeping an eye out
• Why have there been so many helicopters over the North Shore lately?
• First wild Island marmots are out of hibernation – despite certain similarities, this article is definitely not about your webmaster
• Canadians being asked to complete 2026 census as letters are mailed out – it must be submitted by May 12th
• Fireworks in the DNV
  • North Vancouver fireworks ban won’t go to referendum
  • [DNV Councillor Jim] Hanson wants fireworks ban question on 2026 ballot
• Potential Transit Strike
  • Metro Vancouver transit strike: Bus operators vote in favour of job action
  • Coast Mountain Bus Company transit workers vote 99% in favour of strike
  • Transit workers vote on strike after failed talks with Coast Mountain Bus Company
  • Metro Vancouver transit strike: Will bus operators take job action?
  • Union representing Metro Vancouver bus and SeaBus workers threatens strike
  • Contract talks break off between Unifor and Coast Mountain Bus Company as union seeks strike mandate
• Metro Vancouver Strike
  • Strike hits Metro Vancouver wastewater treatment plants as labour dispute intensifies
  • Metro Vancouver unionized workers announce strike
  • Strike notice by Metro Vancouver staff, district says essential services unaffected
  • Metro Vancouver workers file 72-hour strike notice
  • Metro Vancouver unionized workers file 72-hour strike notice on employer
• Local Government and Election
  • Jordan Back seeks third term on DNV Council
  • DNV Seeking municipal election workers
  • School board trustee Daniel Anderson enters DNV council race
  • What’s with the bling? Mayors explain the lore behind their chains of office
  • Editorial: Giving local government the credit it’s earned
  • Local government 101: Everything you need to know
  • Inflation drives up cost of North Shore municipal elections – the election is in October and everyone should vote
• North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant (NSWWTP)
  • Editorial: Don’t spend that $235M all in one place, Metro Vancouver
  • “Truth can’t be buried behind non-disclosure agreements”: Mayor Linda Buchanan on wastewater plan fiasco
  • Fired contractor for troubled North Shore sewage plant project pays $235-million settlement
  • Metro Vancouver settles with Acciona in North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant boondoggle – includes comments from DNV Mayor Mike Little
  • Independent Review of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant Program to Proceed – Metro Vancouver press release
  • Settlement Reached for North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant – Metro Vancouver press release
• CAPU Student Housing development
  • DNV council sends proposed CapU student housing back to developer
  • 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
• Sea to Sky Rail Corridor
  • Consultant says freight-first plan could save Squamish CN rail corridor slated for discontinuance
  • District of North Vancouver council lobbies to save Sea to Sky rail corridor
  • What would it take to restart passenger rail service from North Vancouver to Whistler?
• Chemtrade Decision
  • North Vancouver council advances Chemtrade chlorine proposal again
  • 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 / Fire Danger
  • Crews extinguised Squamish wildfire
  • Wildfire on edge of Maple Ridge research forest now being held
  • Maple Ridge Wildfire Held – reported on Friday night, May 22
  • How will the ‘super’ El Niño impact Metro Vancouver in 2026?
  • Metro Vancouver fire protection at risk as drought, pipeline delays create ‘perfect storm’
  • Campfire ban to be rescinded across B.C.’s South Coast ahead of long weekend – this begins at noon on May 15, is only for campfires, and it’s likely to be reinstated as soon as it warms up again
  • Preparing for the real thing – from the DNV, about the training on May 6th
  • BC Wildfire Service crews rein in wildfire in 100 Mile House area, second fire still out of control
  • Emergency crews fight mock wildfire in North Vancouver – on May 6th
  • Campfire, burning bans go into effect early for B.C. Coastal Fire Centre – Ban starts on May 7 at noon
  • 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
  • Public can have their say on Metro Vancouver review
  • [Metro Vancouver] Board Governance Review – Public Engagement on Board Size and Structure – webinars on May 28 & June 10, and the survey is open until June 14
  • Nova Scotia firm sues Metro Vancouver for $5.5M, claims project costs ballooned
  • [DNV Councillor] Pope says Metro Vancouver has ‘priorities backwards’ as leak probe draws fire
• Water and Water Restrictions
  • ‘Not an easy decision’: Metro Vancouver warns of historic water restrictions
  • Metro Vancouver Anticipates Stage 3 Water Restrictions to Start in June, Sets Daily Summer Water Use Target While Critical System Upgrades Underway – Metro Vancouver press release
  • Water Restrictions Update (Instagram) – From Metro Vancouver
  • Tighter watering restrictions expected in June for Lower Mainland
  • Metro Vancouver prepares for the possibility of stage 3 water restrictions starting in June
  • Vancouver is running out of water – and the solutions are wild – Video
  • Stage 2 water restrictions in effect May 1 – from the DNV