Vancouver

There is relief tonight that two children missing for weeks have been found safe and sound. For 11 days, an Amber Alert was issued, looking for any sign of them, and it was finally lifted last night when Surrey RCMP say the kids were located in Alberta. Grace Ke reports. (...)

(...) Abduction charges have been laid against the mother and her boyfriend in relation to the incident.

In an effort to conserve drinking water during the ongoing drought, the Metro Vancouver Regional District is implementing Stage 2 water restrictions as of Aug. 4.

Under Stage 2 water restrictions:

• All lawn watering is prohibited
• Trees, shrubs, and flowers can be watered by hand or using soaker hoses or drip irrigation at any time, or by using a sprinkler between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. any day
• Vegetable gardens can be watered at any time
• Aesthetic water features, such as fountains, cannot be filled or topped up
• Washing impermeable surfaces like driveways and sidewalks is prohibited except in limited circumstances--

Currently UBC has a number of bike lanes that feed into campus. These include the lanes on Wesbrook Mall, East Mall, and University Boulevard. However, they're all basically just paint on the road.

UBC is surrounded by two key areas of density: Wesbrook Village (accessible by Wesbrook Mall and East Mall with a 7 minute bike) and Point Grey Village (accessible by University Boulevard with an 11 minute bike). This is an ideal setup for improving bike infrastructure, especially for students.

Currently, there's a decent route on the pedestrian walkway in between the big sports fields (between Wesbrook and East Mall). However, it terminates before entering the area of the university that actually has buildings. This makes the route between Wesbrook Village and UBC doable, but more challenging than it needs to me. A straight shot up Wesbrook Mall would directly connect Wesbrook Village with the Bus Loop for e.g. trips along the 99 B-Line. Meanwhile, a straight shot up from East Mall would bring people directly to the heart of campus. Currently, these roads have pretty sketchy bike lanes that discourage biking.

Along University Blvd, a similar story holds. The road is actually really nice (even for recreational riding), but the infrastructure isn't there for it.

What I'd like to see is for actual separated bike lanes along these corridors. Given UBC's goals of sustainability (and just the general benefits of micromobility for students), this should be a no-brainer.

It’s bad, I live nearby, entire area is smokey. Will insert photo in comments.

I’d guess they’d go for about $150,000 a piece if you built blocks of them. The lower unit is probably cheaper without the rooftop access.

And yes, this is the future of home ownership here, not single detached living.

Got a note back from the IG creator. Rents for about $850 a month and is just north of downtown Tokyo.

Preferably one that can travel to Burnaby or the tricities area?

The Lower Mainland’s last drive-in movie theatre may not be closing after all, as councillors in the Township of Langley are looking at saving the Twilight Drive-In.

Mayor Eric Woodward says he met with the operators of the drive-in, and says he discovered how important it is to the local economy.

Looking for some really good instant Chai Tea mix in the lower mainland. I've been going down to Trader Joe's to get their spiced Chai powder, which I really like, but it's sort of expensive and a long way to go.

Any ideas for brands and locations to pick it up that are local? Doesn't need to be super-authentic, just tasty and easy to make without extra perishable ingredients - powdered milk with sugar and spices is totally fine, just want something I can keep in my desk drawer at work instead of feeding Starbucks.