Tag Archives: downtown

Emergency crews are investigating after a transport truck smashed through the brick wall of the Midtown Co-op grocery store in downtown Calgary.  A spokesperson for the Calgary Police Service (CPS), said the driver of the truck fled the scene. Carol Henke, a public information officer for the Calgary Fire Department, said crews …

More than two years after COVID-19 first struck, Toronto hasn’t gotten back to even half its level of pre-pandemic activity, lagging behind many cities in North America, according to a new study. A joint project between the University of Toronto and the University of California, Berkeley called “Death of Downtown?” compared mobile …

More than a third of office spaces were vacant in downtown Calgary in the second quarter of this year, which is a record high, according to a new report from commercial realty firm CBRE. It was also the highest vacancy rate in all of Canada, said the firm’s regional managing director …

It’s known as Vancouver’s poorest postal code, but the city’s Downtown Eastside is a vibrant residential and commercial neighbourhood of more than 20,000 people. It’s also a space where many people live with addiction and homelessness, which carries with it stigma and judgment from others. For some in this position, pets …

Vancouver firefighters battled a fire at a Downtown Eastside church on the 100 block of East Hastings Street for hours on Wednesday evening. Black smoke billowed from the second floor of the two-storey brick building as firefighters used multiple hoses from a crane and the street to attempt to control the …

It looms on the edge of downtown a stone’s throw from the Calgary Tower, a splash of colour amid aging buildings, railway tracks, parkades and a steady stream of traffic. It’s billed as the world’s tallest mural, painted by one of the globe’s top graffiti artists, and is part of …