Author: Stuart Mackinnon

Measure necessary to reduce visitation and enable physical distancing The Vancouver Park Board will be closing Stanley Park to all vehicles starting Wednesday, April 8 in an effort to reduce the number of people in the park and to enable physical distancing. It is the latest in a series of

Public safety is the highest priority of the Park Board and the public is being urged to adhere to the directives of staying 2 metres apart. Camil Dumont, Chair of the Vancouver Park Board April 4 2020   The Vancouver Park Board is introducing a new public awareness campaign about the importance

News Release Vancouver Park Board March 29, 2020 The Vancouver Park Board is signaling its solidarity with the 7 PM movement to thank health care workers in the city who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic by altering the schedule of the iconic Nine O’clock Gun to

Practice physical distancing in social situations. 2 m between. It’s for all of us. The sooner we do this, the sooner it will be over. Stay safe. Stay Healthy.

March 22 2020    Effective immediately, the Vancouver Park Board is prohibiting parking at its most high-traffic parks and beaches across the city, including: Kitsilano Beach English Bay Queen Elizabeth Park Stanley Park VanDusen Botanical Garden The closures will be phased in throughout today and many will be in full

by Nikitha Martins and Tarnjit Parmar Posted Mar 22, 2020 10:57 am PDT NEWS 1130   VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — The Vancouver Park Board has announced it’s closing all public outdoor recreation facilities within parks and beaches to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. This includes volleyball courts, tennis courts,

March 20 2020  The Vancouver Park Board is closing its playgrounds across the city and reminding Vancouverites about the importance of social distancing when visiting parks and beaches during the COVID-19 pandemic. Playgrounds are being closed in an effort to minimize public gatherings and the potential of risk to the

March 17 2020  The City of Vancouver is implementing additional facility closures and service modifications as we continue to review operations in response to COVID-19. These measures are intended to further mitigate the spread of COVID-19 while ensuring essential services are maintained. Closures and service modifications starting today Included in

BC COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool This self-assessment tool, developed with the BC Ministry of Health, will help determine whether you may need further assessment or testing for COVID-19. You can complete this assessment for yourself, or on behalf of someone else, if they are unable to. Who should be tested for

March 16 2020  Effective immediately, the City is closing or limiting public access to a number of its facilities to curb the potential spread of COVID-19 and ensure that resources can be focused on supporting essential operations. Included in the list of closures effective today are: Park Board community centres,

March 13, 2020 Dear valued patron The health and well-being of our patrons, partners and employees is always the top priority of the Park Board and as such, we are monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional recreation and community programming, as well as stewarding and

UPDATED as of March 13, 2020: Following the recent provincial and federal health updates, Cherry Jam (Apr 2-3) and The Big Picnic (Apr 11) events will be cancelled. We’ll still be sharing as much cherry blossom excitement online with you as possible so stay tuned for more info! http://www.vcbf.ca

The Stanley Park Easter Train and VanDusen Garden Easter Eggspedition events have been cancelled as they exceed the province’s new criteria of 250 attendees.  TicketZone will be sending out an email to issue full refunds to all purchasers. Summer events scheduled July 1 onward are not cancelled at this time,

March 12 2020 –  The City of Vancouver is currently reviewing all events and programs. All gatherings with 250 people or more will be cancelled or postponed, as per today’s direction from the provincial health officer.   Shows scheduled for March 12 and March 13 at Vancouver Civic Theatres are

by Charlie Smith on February 27th, 2020 After nearly a decade as the de facto CEO of Vancouver parks and recreational facilities, Malcolm Bromley will soon have a lot more time to make use of them. That’s because the veteran municipal administrator plans to retire in May. Bromley was Toronto’s

The board could join other municipal agencies, including in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Burnaby, New Westminster and Port Moody, in offering the products for free. All schools in B.C. were also mandated to offer the products in their washrooms by the end of last year but not all are doing s.

By Simon Little Global News Posted January 21, 2020 12:39 pm The Vancouver Park Board held its first meeting since the winter break Monday night, but how to deal with the entrenched homeless camp at Oppenheimer Park was not on the agenda. The board sent out a media release hours

January 9 2020  As temperatures drop this week, Powell Street Getaway – next to Oppenheimer Park – continues to open as a warming centre to ensure people have an option to come inside from the cold. Due to increased City of Vancouver funding, Powell Street Getaway has been open more

Bring your tree for chipping, donate to charity Every year, City staff and Lions Club volunteers provide Christmas tree chipping events. After the trees are chipped, they are taken to the Vancouver Landfill to be composted. Your cash and non-perishable food donations collected at the events will be distributed to

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