Vancouver Daily News
by Mira (AI host), Nerra Network
The morning brief for people who live in Metro Vancouver, ready before the commute. Every day: the civic and provincial stories that change something here, getting around (roads, transit and the forecast), sport, what is on, and one contested local issue argued fairly both ways. Hosted by Mira, the Nerra Network's AI host — every story from named local sources.AI Disclosure: Mira, the host of this podcast, is an AI. Episodes use AI voice synthesis and are written by software from the cited sources.
Episodes
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Ep 46: LifeLabs must pay thirty-two thousand dollars after misgendering three patients in…
Vancouver Daily News LifeLabs must pay thirty-two thousand dollars after misgendering three patients in Vancouver and Burnaby. What You Need to Know: B.C.'s Human Rights Tribunal has ordered LifeLabs and a subsidiary to pay three transgender and non-binary people $32,000 for injury to their…
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Ep 45: Three billion dollars is earmarked to replace the Massey Tunnel that Metro Vancouver…
Vancouver Daily News Three billion dollars is earmarked to replace the Massey Tunnel that Metro Vancouver commuters use. What You Need to Know: The 2026 federal budget sets aside three billion dollars for the Massey Tunnel replacement and millions for flood mitigation in British Columbia.…
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Ep 44: October home sales fell ten per cent across Metro Vancouver, giving buyers more choice and…
Vancouver Daily News October home sales fell ten per cent across Metro Vancouver, giving buyers more choice and sellers less leverage. What You Need to Know: October home sales fell ten per cent across Metro Vancouver, giving buyers more choice and sellers less leverage. Greater Vancouver…
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Ep 43: 116 Vancouver properties go to tax auction Wednesday, one reserved at $72,051.
Vancouver Daily News 116 Vancouver properties go to tax auction Wednesday, one reserved at $72,051. What You Need to Know: One hundred sixteen Vancouver properties go to a city tax auction on Wednesday, and one East Vancouver house assessed at more than $1.7 million carries a reserve of $72,051....
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Ep 42: Eight court challenges now target an oil pipeline bound for Tsawwassen.
Vancouver Daily News Eight court challenges now target an oil pipeline bound for Tsawwassen. What You Need to Know: Eight separate Federal Court challenges now target Ottawa’s national-interest designation for the Pacific Link oil pipeline, planned to end at a new marine terminal in Tsawwassen.…
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Ep 41: One person is dead after a Friday house fire on Young Road in Chilliwack.
Vancouver Daily News One person is dead after a Friday house fire on Young Road in Chilliwack. What You Need to Know: One person is dead after a Friday house fire on Young Road in Chilliwack, and the Chilliwack Fire Department says the origin and cause are still under investigation. In Nelson,...
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Ep 40: Three-quarters of Metro Vancouver homes sold this year went for less than assessed value.
Vancouver Daily News Three-quarters of Metro Vancouver homes sold this year went for less than assessed value. What You Need to Know: Three-quarters of homes sold across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley this year went for less than assessed value, Zealty.ca found. Unionized public sector...
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Ep 39: A 5.9-billion-dollar Delta port expansion could open four years sooner under Ottawa's…
Vancouver Daily News A 5.9-billion-dollar Delta port expansion could open four years sooner under Ottawa's listing. What You Need to Know: Ottawa's national-interest listing for the $5.9-billion Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion in Delta could move commercial operations to 2035, four years…
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Ep 38: Sixteen years and eight months is the sentence for the Surrey bus attack.
Vancouver Daily News Sixteen years and eight months is the sentence for the Surrey bus attack. What You Need to Know: Sixteen years and eight months is the sentence for the Surrey bus attack, after a 2025 conviction for attempted murder and aggravated assault. Vancouver has named a new fire chief...
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Ep 37: A century of clock changes ends in B.C., leaving morning commutes darker.
Vancouver Daily News A century of clock changes ends in B.C., leaving morning commutes darker. What You Need to Know: For the first time in more than a century, British Columbia will not turn the clocks back this fall, and Vancouver Coastal Health warns the morning commute will be darker than...
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Ep 36: Nine hundred fourteen dollars is what the average home would pay Metro Vancouver if…
Vancouver Daily News Nine hundred fourteen dollars is what the average home would pay Metro Vancouver if Friday's budget vote holds. What You Need to Know: Metro Vancouver's outgoing board still plans to vote Friday on a 2027 budget that would lift the average household's regional services bill…
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Ep 35: BC Ferries removes CEO Nicolas Jimenez and launches a review of service and demand.
Vancouver Daily News BC Ferries removes CEO Nicolas Jimenez and launches a review of service and demand. What You Need to Know: BC Ferries has removed chief executive Nicolas Jimenez and launched a review of service and demand. Brian Anderson, vice-president of strategy and planning, is interim…
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Ep 34: A thirty-two-thousand-dollar basic exemption is the first bill Lorne Doerkson wants for…
Vancouver Daily News A thirty-two-thousand-dollar basic exemption is the first bill Lorne Doerkson wants for B.C. taxpayers. What You Need to Know: Premier-designate Lorne Doerkson says his first bill will raise the basic personal exemption to $32,000, so earnings up to that amount are not taxed.…
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Ep 33: Sixty-four seats give the Conservatives a majority, and David Eby is resigning as NDP leader.
Vancouver Daily News Sixty-four seats give the Conservatives a majority, and David Eby is resigning as NDP leader. What You Need to Know: Sixty-four seats give the Conservatives a majority, and David Eby is resigning as NDP leader after Saturday’s snap election. He conceded less than two hours...
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Ep 32: Voters choose 93 MLAs today, polls open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Vancouver Daily News Voters choose 93 MLAs today, polls open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. What You Need to Know: British Columbians are voting today for 93 MLAs in the snap provincial election, with polls open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Vancouver Police are looking for an 80-year-old man last seen near...
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Ep 31: 891,348 British Columbians have already voted ahead of Saturday's election.
Vancouver Daily News 891,348 British Columbians have already voted ahead of Saturday's election. What You Need to Know: 891,348 British Columbians have already voted ahead of Saturday's election, a smaller advance turnout than in 2024, and election-day ballots will be counted by hand. A B.C.…
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Ep 30: Seventy percent of Vancouver voters want a site for one hundred involuntary-care beds.
Vancouver Daily News Seventy percent of Vancouver voters want a site for one hundred involuntary-care beds. What You Need to Know: Vancouver plebiscite results released Wednesday show 70 percent of voters want a site for 100 involuntary-care beds, and voters said yes to both drug-use questions...
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Ep 29: Monthly B.C. food-bank visits topped 250,000, doubling since 2019 for families choosing…
Vancouver Daily News Monthly B.C. food-bank visits topped 250,000, doubling since 2019 for families choosing rent or food. What You Need to Know: Monthly food-bank visits in B.C. topped 250,000 in 2026, about double the 2019 level, as Food Banks Canada says households are choosing between food…
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Ep 28: Nearly 12 per cent of registered B.C. voters have already cast ballots before Saturday.
Vancouver Daily News Nearly 12 per cent of registered B.C. voters have already cast ballots before Saturday. What You Need to Know: Nearly 12 per cent of registered B.C. voters have already cast ballots before Saturday. The Vancouver Sun says that share is from the first three days of advance...
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Ep 27: Two B.C. soldiers are among four killed in a CFB Wainwright fire.
Vancouver Daily News Two B.C. soldiers are among four killed in a CFB Wainwright fire. The Canadian Armed Forces has named the four, and Premier Danielle Smith said 39 soldiers were injured, 19 of them critically. Separately, four people went to hospital after a Saturday crash that closed 30...
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Ep 26: Forty-nine percent of the vote made Melissa Granum Delta's new mayor Saturday night.
Vancouver Daily News Forty-nine percent of the vote made Melissa Granum Delta's new mayor Saturday night. What You Need to Know: Melissa Granum is Delta's new mayor after taking 49 percent of the vote Saturday night, ahead of Dylan Kruger and George Harvie. Across Metro Vancouver, unofficial…
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Ep 25: Voters in one hundred sixty-two municipalities pick mayors and councils across British…
Vancouver Daily News Voters in one hundred sixty-two municipalities pick mayors and councils across British Columbia today. What You Need to Know: Voters in one hundred sixty-two municipalities pick mayors and councils across British Columbia today. Ballots also cover twenty-seven regional...
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Ep 24: Eby promised Thursday to scrap the forty-five-dollar bus pass for low-income seniors.
Vancouver Daily News Eby promised Thursday to scrap the forty-five-dollar bus pass for low-income seniors. What You Need to Know: NDP Leader David Eby promised Thursday in Surrey to scrap the forty-five-dollar bus pass fee for low-income seniors and to let more people qualify. The same stop put…
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Ep 23: Thirteen point eight billion dollars is the deficit B.C.'s three main leaders debated…
Vancouver Daily News Thirteen point eight billion dollars is the deficit B.C.'s three main leaders debated Wednesday. What You Need to Know: Thirteen point eight billion dollars is the deficit B.C.'s three main leaders debated Wednesday, in the only televised debate before the October 24…
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Ep 22: Nearly 104,000 people have already voted ahead of Saturday's Vancouver civic election.
Vancouver Daily News Nearly 104,000 people have already voted ahead of Saturday's Vancouver civic election. What You Need to Know: Nearly 104,000 people have already voted ahead of Saturday's Vancouver civic election, after Tuesday set a single-day advance record. The B.C. Court of Appeal has...
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Ep 21: One point four million cruise visits set a record Vancouver season, up twenty percent.
Vancouver Daily News One point four million cruise visits set a record Vancouver season, up twenty percent. What You Need to Know: Canada Place finished a record cruise season, up 20 percent, with 1.4 million passenger visits and 358 ship calls between February and October. A New Westminster...
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Ep 20: One man is in hospital with serious injuries after a Burnaby police shooting.
Vancouver Daily News One man is in hospital with serious injuries after a Burnaby police shooting. What You Need to Know: Burnaby RCMP say they shot an armed man Sunday morning; he is in hospital with serious injuries, and the Independent Investigations Office is investigating. A New Westminster...
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Ep 19: Ten-man Whitecaps draw 1-1 and clinch an MLS playoff spot.
Vancouver Daily News Ten-man Whitecaps draw 1-1 and clinch an MLS playoff spot. What You Need to Know: The Whitecaps drew Los Angeles FC 1-1 with ten players on the pitch, Oliver Larraz scored his first goal, and the club clinched a berth in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs. Burnaby has banned…
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Ep 18: More than twenty thousand homes lost power Friday as winds hit the Lower Mainland.
Vancouver Daily News More than twenty thousand homes lost power Friday as winds hit the Lower Mainland. What You Need to Know: Friday's winds knocked out power for more than twenty thousand households in the Lower Mainland and on the Sunshine Coast and delayed B.C. Ferries sailings. The Canada...
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Ep 17: One point separates Fry and Sim for Vancouver mayor, inside the poll's margin.
Vancouver Daily News One point separates Fry and Sim for Vancouver mayor, inside the poll's margin. What You Need to Know: A Canada Pulse Insights poll for CityNews and OMNI puts Green candidate Pete Fry at 28 per cent and incumbent Ken Sim at 27 per cent among decided voters, inside a margin of...
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Ep 16: More than twenty-five thousand advance ballots set a one-day record in Vancouver's…
Vancouver Daily News More than twenty-five thousand advance ballots set a one-day record in Vancouver's municipal election. What You Need to Know: Vancouver’s Wednesday advance vote broke the city’s single-day record, with more than 25,000 ballots cast. Average asking rent in B.C. fell 2.9…
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Ep 15: A fifty-thousand-dollar penalty hits LNG Canada over underwater noise at its tug terminal.
Vancouver Daily News A fifty-thousand-dollar penalty hits LNG Canada over underwater noise at its tug terminal. What You Need to Know: LNG Canada has been handed a fifty-thousand-dollar administrative penalty tied to underwater noise while a North Coast tug terminal was built. Seasonal illness is...
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Ep 14: 96.9 percent of Vancouver school support workers voted to authorize strike action.
Vancouver Daily News 96.9 percent of Vancouver school support workers voted to authorize strike action. What You Need to Know: Vancouver school support workers have given their union a strike mandate. Party leaders will meet in a televised debate on Oct. 14, and Monday’s health-care campaign…
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Ep 13: 21,824 voters set Vancouver's advance-day record, up 196 per cent from 2022.
Vancouver Daily News 21,824 voters set Vancouver's advance-day record, up 196 per cent from 2022. What You Need to Know: Vancouver’s first advance-voting day, Saturday, drew 21,824 people and a city record, a 196 per cent increase from the first advance day in 2022. Fifty-nine stations were open,...
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Ep 12: Under ninety minutes remain for Vancouver voters before polls close.
Vancouver Daily News Under ninety minutes remain for Vancouver voters before polls close. What You Need to Know: Vancouver voters are in the last stretch before polls close, with the city promising a count after 8 p.m. Police also have a fresh witness appeal in the CRAB Park homicide, an arrest...
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Ep 11: After eighteen months, David Eby ruled out Metro Vancouver's vehicle levy.
Vancouver Daily News After eighteen months, David Eby ruled out Metro Vancouver's vehicle levy. What You Need to Know: NDP Leader David Eby has ruled out a Metro Vancouver vehicle levy that TransLink has discussed for 18 months as fuel-tax revenue declines. ... Sources: cbc.ca · globalnews.ca ·...
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Ep 10: A one-million-barrel-a-day oil pipeline to the B.C. coast is now a national-interest project.
Vancouver Daily News A one-million-barrel-a-day oil pipeline to the B.C. coast is now a national-interest project. What You Need to Know: Ottawa and Alberta have designated a proposed pipeline carrying one million barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the B.C. coast as the first project in the...
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Ep 9: Two pedestrians are dead after being struck near Tsawwassen Mills.
Vancouver Daily News Two pedestrians are dead after being struck near Tsawwassen Mills. What You Need to Know: Delta police say two pedestrians are dead after being struck near the entrance of Tsawwassen Mills mall, and that the incident is not related to a nearby Truth and Reconciliation Day…
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Ep 8: A one-point-two-billion-dollar ocean fund arrives before Thursday's West Coast pipeline…
Vancouver Daily News A one-point-two-billion-dollar ocean fund arrives before Thursday's West Coast pipeline decision. What You Need to Know: Prime Minister Mark Carney's $1.2 billion for West Coast ocean protection is in, ahead of an expected Thursday decision on fast-tracking a $44 billion oil...
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Ep 7: Kitimat's multibillion-dollar LNG expansion is going ahead, and it could double coastal…
Vancouver Daily News Kitimat's multibillion-dollar LNG expansion is going ahead, and it could double coastal exports. What You Need to Know: LNG Canada says its Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat is moving forward, a project Ottawa is set to call a historic energy investment and one the company says...
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Ep 6: Three thousand Ring doorbells are set for domestic abuse survivors across B.C.
Vancouver Daily News Three thousand Ring doorbells are set for domestic abuse survivors across B.C. What You Need to Know: A provincial initiative will provide 3,000 Ring doorbells to domestic abuse survivors across British Columbia, led by the B.C. Society of Transition Houses with Tech Safe…
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Ep 5: One arrest follows Saturday's targeted shooting at Spanish Banks, with no victims reported.
Vancouver Daily News One arrest follows Saturday's targeted shooting at Spanish Banks, with no victims reported. What You Need to Know: Vancouver Police arrested one person after witnesses reported two masked men shooting at an occupied vehicle at Spanish Banks; no victims were reported, and the...
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Ep 4: Ninety-six thousand two hundred thirty-eight patients now wait for B.C. surgery.
Vancouver Daily News Ninety-six thousand two hundred thirty-eight patients now wait for B.C. surgery. Separately, a Canadian citizen was questioned for hours at the Point Roberts crossing on the way home from Tsawwassen, and Canpotex is putting $500 million into a North Vancouver port terminal.…
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Ep 3: Burnaby schools lost internal networks and phone lines in a cyber incident.
Vancouver Daily News Burnaby schools lost internal networks and phone lines in a cyber incident. What You Need to Know: Burnaby schools are dealing with a cyber incident that took out internal networks and phone lines, and families are being warned about scams. A court has left a 229-home Cambie...
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Ep 2: Two people died on Highway 1 in Burnaby, with one person arrested.
Vancouver Daily News Two people died on Highway 1 in Burnaby, with one person arrested. What You Need to Know: A Highway 1 crash in Burnaby killed two people, sent one person to hospital, and ended with one person arrested. Vancouver has recorded its sixth homicide of 2026 after a man died in…
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Ep 1: Premier David Eby has called a snap provincial election for October 24, citing an…
Vancouver Daily News Premier David Eby has called a snap provincial election for October 24, citing an existential U.S. trade threat. What You Need to Know: Premier David Eby called a snap B.C. election for October 24, framing it around U.S. trade tensions. The District of Squamish rejected a...
About this show
The morning brief for people who live in Metro Vancouver, ready before the commute. Every day: the civic and provincial stories that change something here, getting around (roads, transit and the forecast), sport, what is on, and one contested local issue argued fairly both ways. Hosted by Mira, the Nerra Network's AI host — every story from named local sources.AI Disclosure: Mira, the host of this podcast, is an AI. Episodes use AI voice synthesis and are written by software from the cited sources.
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Mira (AI host), Nerra Network