Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
The basement of a home in Kitsilano has exploded.
Vancouver Fire Rescue was called to reports of
a building collapse at McDonald Street and West
6th Avenue just before 6 Monday evening. What
they found was a fire started by an explosion
in the basement of a house. Two people are displaced,
but there's no indication of any injuries. The
suspected cause is not being reported. Other
news, a second -degree murder charge has now
been laid in a stabbing near Vancouver's Commercial
Broadway SkyTrain station last week. 22 -year
-old Kwok Dang is charged with a single count
in connection with the city's first reported
homicide of 2026. Police made the arrest at a
home on Commercial Drive near East 13th Avenue.
48 -year -old Christopher Jamal Sanderson died
in hospital after the Tuesday stabbing. A warning
has gone out to Vancouver area users after a
spike in tainted drug overdoses. The BC Centre
for Disease Control and Vancouver Coastal Health
warn a white triangular pill imprinted with DD
has been found to contain fentanyl and not hydromorphone.
While there are no reported cases of drug deaths,
the tablet could cause users to pass out. That
massive snowstorm in eastern parts of Canada
and the U .S. has been causing flight delays
and cancellations at Vancouver International.
YVR has been advising travelers to check their
flight information. Dozens of arrivals and departures
have been impacted in the past couple of days.
Both Air Canada and WestJet have offered some
complimentary ticket changes or waivers. Cloudy
for most of Tuesday with rain by the evening.
Rain and wind for Wednesday and Thursday. For
all the details on these local Vancouver area
stories, along with those links, go to VancouverRundown
.Substack .com.