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After winning just one game early last season, Vancouver FC ended 2025 on a six-game unbeaten streak and reached the Canadian Championship final. Now the team enters 2026 with renewed confidence, smart new signings, and their first ever international match.
Auckland FC returned to the top of the A-League table after breaking a three-match winless streak with a hard-fought victory. Goalkeeper Michael Woud bounced back from recent setbacks to help secure the crucial three points.
The Vancouver Canucks just handed firefighters their largest donation ever: $1 million to feed hungry schoolchildren. The gift will help Vancouver Firefighters Charities provide daily snacks to 11,000 kids across 102 schools who might otherwise learn on empty stomachs.
A New Zealand football team has won an A-League title for the first time ever, sparking citywide celebrations and marking the country's first trans-Tasman league victory in over a decade. Auckland FC claimed the championship in just their second season, defeating Australian powerhouse Sydney FC in front of nearly 30,000 home fans.
After two decades of trying, New Zealand finally has an A-League champion. Auckland FC clinched the 2026 grand final with a 1-0 victory over Sydney FC in front of 28,374 roaring home fans.
A New Zealand team has won the A-League Men's championship for the first time in history, with Auckland FC defeating Sydney FC 1-0 in front of a roaring home crowd. The expansion club claimed the title in just their second season, making one of the fastest rises to glory in Australian soccer history.
Archbishop Richard Smith spent two hours with Squamish Nation elders, using Indigenous imagery of woven baskets and ceremonial paddles to describe unity through faith. The Archdiocese of Vancouver is deepening its commitment to truth and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
A Vancouver scholarship fundraiser just broke its own record, raising over $16,000 to help hospitality students pursue their dreams. The event honored a restaurant industry legend while proving his passion for helping others lives on.
A grassroots group wants to turn Vancouver's False Creek from an industrial wasteland into Canada's first urban marine park where people can swim safely. Despite decades of pollution, scientists found over 500 species still thriving in the tidal inlet.
A honeycomb-shaped office building in Vancouver is proving that wood can stand tall in earthquake zones while fighting climate change. The Hive is now the tallest earthquake-resistant mass timber building in North America.
Vancouver is building Canada's first supertall skyscraper inspired by ancient glass sea sponges found off the British Columbia coast. The 1,033-foot tower will feature a rooftop park and aims for net-zero carbon operation.
Two elite marathoners pushed each other to shatter a course record that stood for years, finishing just seconds apart. Over 25,000 runners from 60 countries turned Vancouver into a celebration of human endurance.
A Vancouver community center achieves a rare triple win: mass timber construction, ultra-efficient energy design, and gold-level sustainability. The building proves public spaces can be both beautiful and kind to the planet.
A specialized rescue team traveled to a remote island to free a California sea lion slowly being strangled by a plastic packing band. The Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue crew is the only team in Canada trained for these life-saving missions.
A retired Vancouver woman has repaired hundreds of stuffed animals, from mass-produced toys to a 115-year-old bear passed through five generations. Ruth Hasman says the stories behind each beloved companion make every stitch worthwhile.
A retired seamstress has spent nearly 20 years restoring thousands of beloved teddy bears and stuffed animals from her Vancouver home. Ruth Hasman's "teddy bear hospital" gives families a chance to preserve toys that have been passed down through generations.
New Zealand's Black Ferns Sevens crushed three opponents to top their group at the Vancouver Sevens, with star Jorja Miller scoring her 100th career try. The women's team now faces the United States in the semifinals after a perfect weekend performance.
FC Cincinnati just made soccer history with a jaw-dropping 13-0 aggregate win in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the largest margin of victory the tournament has ever seen. The dominant performance propels the hometown team into an exciting showdown with Mexican powerhouse Tigres UANL.
New Zealand's Auckland FC sold every ticket to their historic grand final appearance in just six minutes. The team made history as the first Kiwi men's side to reach the A League finals in only their second season.
A Vancouver pilot program is rescuing plastic waste from construction sites and turning it into components that reduce concrete use by 30 percent. Eight building projects are proving that construction waste can become a resource instead of filling landfills.
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