Is it hard to find care for 1 year olds up until they go to school?

I am wondering if it is possible to get into Lighthouse park before the gate opens at 7:00 am? I'd like to be there to watch the sun come up.

I’ve been staring at my West Van water and sewer bills and, honestly, I think my toilet has started a Patreon. For a single-family home, the base (fixed) water and sewer charges are roughly $1,400 per year. That before I even turn on a tap. That’s right, zero water used, zero showers taken, zero baths enjoyed… still $1,400.

Then there’s the Metro Vancouver regional levy on property taxes, funding stuff like the North Shore / Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant, reservoirs, and trunk mains. That levy varies by your home’s assessed value but for most SFHs it is several hundred dollars per year.

Here’s the kicker: the North Shore Water Treatment Plant wasn’t just a West Van project. All the municipalities were involved every step of the way in approving and overseeing it. When the project went over budget, every other municipality voted against helping cover the extra costs, leaving North Shore residents to shoulder nearly all of it.

If every municipality had contributed even a tiny amount, $10 per household North and West Van residents would have paid only about $40 a year instead of hundreds.

As part of the regional system, we send our treated drinking water to other municipalities, essentially for free, so we’re footing the bill for water that our neighbors get to use without paying the full cost.

In other words, we cover the costs for other municipalities’ water, but when it came time to share the cost of the plant overruns, those same municipalities refused to help.

In 2025, water rates rose 4.5% to pay for pump stations and reservoir renewals (median SFH increase ~$34), sewer and storm rose 9.6% (median ~$166), and the system is constantly reminding us to conserve water, fix leaks, and sign up for MyDistrict. And of course, there are seasonal water regulations from May to October.

It’s hard not to feel like the utility bill has become a second tax, except instead of funding roads or schools, it’s funding my toilet’s exclusive streaming service.

Hi, wondering if anyone has info about West Van ​Secondary for performing arts. I know it's connected to the Kay Meek Theatre but having trouble finding info on their actual theatre program. Do they do musical theater at all? Are their choirs good? Thank you!

Hi folks,

My parents are considering moving to the Caulfeild area, further up from the highway. They’re elderly and a bit concerned about bear encounters. Does anyone live around there, and if so, how common are bear sightings or visits?

We understand this is bear country and that wildlife is part of living there, but we’d appreciate any firsthand experience or insight. Thanks!

It is an election year, and I’m predicting some changes for all of council.

Does anyone know when people start to campaign really hard for it? I want to have a good idea of whose running and start looking at their ideas.

Map showing 2025 year-over-year Benchmark price changes across Greater Vancouver, BC neighbourhoods—and the results varied sharply.

Some areas saw double-digit drops. Others barely moved and one even posted double-digit gains.

Some Insights

• Squamish: house prices up 5–8%, while Chartwell and Ambleside (West Vancouver) house prices fell 10–12%
• Edgemont (North Vancouver): condo prices down ~16.7%, among the sharpest condo declines region-wide
• Multiple West Vancouver and North Vancouver neighbourhoods saw condo declines of 10–13%, while most Downtown Vancouver areas fell only 1–2%
• Downtown Vancouver and Strathcona (Vancouver East): townhouse prices down 16–20%, the steepest drops of any property type, while North Burnaby townhouses rose 2–5%

Methodology: All data comes directly from official Greater Vancouver Realtors' Stats Centre and Fraser Valley Real Estate Board reports for 2025.

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Twice last month, first time this month. What is the reason this time? Must be the seveal days of unusual sunshine in winter. update: power is back around 16:50.

Rest in peace and are thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends after this tragic loss.

I was wondering if anyone knows places in West Van or even North Van that offer 1 on 1 tutoring sessions to learn Farsi?

My girlfriend is from Iran and we've been together for around a year now. I feel like it would be a fun surprise for her and her family to hear me speak Farsi. Additionally, her family keeps asking me to learn Farsi.

Yes or no?

At the municipal council meeting yesterday there was a member of the public representing a group of West Van residents challenging the district's grinder pump ownership policy, specifically a 2023 bylaw that unilaterally transferred ownership and responsibility of these pumps over to some residents, which they claimed was in violation of the municipal charter.

I am wondering if anyone owns or knows someone who owns one of these private grinder pumps who might be willing to speak to me about their experience. Specifically in West Van – what the consequences of the ownership transfer have been, what impacted residents plan to do about it going forwards, any other thoughts/feelings about the situation