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Baroness, a bubble tea brand, will close its original Vancouver location on October 31, 2025. The store, which opened in 2019, was the first outside Asia and featured popular brown sugar pearls. Following the closure, only two Baroness franchises will remain in Canada, both located in Toronto.
A 17-year-old was arrested after four people were stabbed in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside on Wednesday evening. The Vancouver Police Department reported that three men and one woman were hospitalized, with one victim believed to have been targeted.
Brock Boeser returns to the Vancouver Canucks lineup on Thursday night after a two-game absence for personal reasons. He will play alongside Max Sasson and Jake DeBrusk as the Canucks face the struggling Nashville Predators, who are looking to break a four-game losing streak.
Vancouver City Council approved several by-laws this week, including administrative motions and zoning changes related to the Broadway and Cambie Corridor Plans. The establishment of a wholly owned government business enterprise for market rental housing was rejected. A public hearing is scheduled for October 23 to consider additional items.
Michael Audain received the Freedom of the City Award, Vancouver’s highest civic honour, for his lifelong contributions to the arts and housing activism. His significant donation to the Vancouver Art Gallery marks the largest private gift to the arts in Canadian history. Audain, alongside his wife, has profoundly influenced the province’s cultural landscape through the Audain Foundation and the Audain Art Museum.
A B.C. Supreme Court judge ordered Thomas Budd to pay his ex-partner, Kaitlynn Fleury, over $5 million after ruling their relationship qualified as marriage-like despite Budd's claims of lack of love. The judge noted that romantic love is not a requirement for defining a spouse under the Family Law Act. Fleury is entitled to half of the increase in Budd's property value due to their cohabitation exceeding two years.
Vancouver's Park Theatre will close on October 26, 2025, after over 80 years of operation. Cineplex spokesperson Alannah O’Farrell confirmed the decision, with the final film being "One Battler After Another." The historic theatre has been a part of the community since its opening in 1941.
Whistler will see 125 new rental homes constructed in the Cheakamus Crossing neighbourhood, aimed at supporting local workers and families. The project, backed by the Province and the Resort Municipality of Whistler, will provide affordable options for middle-income earners, including hospitality staff and healthcare workers. Construction began in June 2025 and is expected to be completed by late 2027.
Filming for the sequel to The Social Network, titled The Social Reckoning, took place at Kissa Tanto in Vancouver's Chinatown on October 22 and 23. The production, under the working title "Goliath," features a star-studded cast, including Jeremy Strong and Mikey Madison, and is set to continue filming in Metro Vancouver until December 9. The film is expected to be released in theaters in October 2026.
A Vancouver teacher received a three-week suspension after causing a school lockdown by bringing a model vintage rifle to class. The incident, which occurred on December 21, 2023, prompted a police response and disrupted local transit services. The teacher intended to use the model for a lesson on 1700s warfare strategies.