The Canadian government has recently revealed its 2015 Federal Budget, which includes significant changes to the Canada Student Loan and Canada Student Grant programs for 2016â17. These changes will make it easier for both current and prospective students to attend post-secondary institutions.
In early April, the grain ship MV Marathassa spilled at least 2,800 litres of fuel into English Bay. While considered a fairly small spill, it took six hours to identify the spill and 12 hours to notify the City of Vancouver.
The recently released Statistics Canada report on Canadian life satisfaction, âHowâs Life in the City? Life Satisfaction across Census Metropolitan Areas and Economic Regions in Canada,â has found that Vancouverites have the lowest self-reported average life satisfaction
The federal government announced on April 21, along with its federal budget, that it will allocate $1 billion annually toward transit projects in major Canadian cities.
Following a month-long investigation after public safety concerns involving minors, on April 29, Vancouver marijuana dispensary Weeds Glass and Giftsâlocated at 2916 W. 4th Avenue in Kitsilanoâwas subject to a raid by the Vancouver Police Department (VPD).
Starting this month, students at Douglas College will be replacing their paper U-Pass BC passes with Compass Cards as part of wave three of the Compass Card U-Pass rollout.
On April 5, two freight cars from a CN Rail train derailed from their track in New Westminster.
On April 2 the Kwikwetlem First Nation in Coquitlam re-elected Ron Giesbrecht as chief of the collective, despite controversy over his previous leadership.
The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) will be holding its first Daffodil Dash on April 26.
The city of Vancouver began its homelessness count for 2015 on March 26.
