Vancouver rundown for Thursday, March 26, 2026.
Using public transit in Metro Vancouver will
cost a little more starting July 1st. TransLink
has approved an average 5 % fare hike for buses,
SkyTrain, and Seabus. An adult commuter who uses
buses and SkyTrain to get from Cloverdale to
downtown Vancouver will now pay $6 .70 for a
three -zone ticket. That is $13 .40 a day for
a round trip. The TransLink board is also pushing
for an increase in the transit portion. of property
taxes one of half a dozen tax and levy streams
it uses to raise cash from taxpayers other news
bc's police watchdog has launched a probe into
systemic sexual misconduct in the province's
municipal police forces The Office of the Police
Complaint Commissioner will investigate how municipal
forces deal with sexualized conduct, an issue
that continues to resurface in complaints. There
are 15 municipal or city police forces in B .C.,
including the new Surrey Police Service. The
City of Vancouver will spend over a third of
a million dollars to equip its parking enforcement
officers with 50 new cameras. The intention is
to reduce assaults on officers. They will wear
the same type of cameras being used by cops.
The $370 ,000 will be spent over the next five
years. A suspicious death on Vancouver's downtown
east side on Friday is now being treated as a
homicide. Paramedics notify police after treating
a man in medical distress at Columbia and East
Hastings. The circumstances have not been released.
Forecast calling for a mix of sun and cloud for
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. For all the details
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