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Weekly Vancouver sept. 21 - sept. 27, 2026

Tirs à Spanish Banks, 500 M$ pour la potasse et la reconstruction des Canucks — le bilan de la semaine à Vancouver

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🚑 Faits saillants et incidents

  1. Une personne arrêtée après une fusillade ciblée à Spanish Banks. La police de Vancouver indique avoir été avisée juste avant 17 h samedi de la présence de deux hommes masqués tirant sur un véhicule occupé dans un stationnement de Spanish Banks le long de Northwest Marine Drive; les policiers ont localisé et arrêté un suspect dans l’Est de Vancouver et n’ont signalé aucune victime pour l’instant, l’enquête se poursuivant.

  2. Deux incidents distincts mettant en danger des enfants à Mission amènent un avertissement de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada. La GRC à Mission a indiqué qu’un garçon de sept ans a déclenché un incendie domestique le 18 septembre après avoir raccordé un petit chalumeau à une bouteille de propane, et qu’un enfant de quatre ans a conduit la Cadillac familiale dans deux voitures stationnées le même jour; aucun blessé n’a été rapporté et le service d’incendie local est intervenu.

🏛️ Gouvernement et politique

  1. Un sondage place les Conservateurs de la C.-B. devant le NPD après la convocation d’une élection éclair. Un sondage Angus Reid publié jeudi montre que 43 % des électeurs décidés ou susceptibles soutiendraient les Conservateurs de la Colombie‑Britannique contre 35 % pour le NPD, et que 65 % des répondants estiment que le premier ministre David Eby privilégie le maintien au pouvoir plutôt que les intérêts de la province.

  2. Lorne Doerkson, chef par intérim des Conservateurs de la C.-B., fera sa première annonce de politique de campagne. Doerkson a fait sa première apparition officielle de campagne quelques jours après la convocation de l’élection; un nouveau sondage cité dans le reportage montre un bond du soutien conservateur de six points en 11 jours, à 43 %, tandis que le NPD perd six points pour tomber à 35 %.

  3. David Eby promet une nouvelle taxe sur les condos invendus et des frais de spéculation accrus. Lors d’un arrêt de campagne à Burnaby, Eby a annoncé qu’une taxe débuterait à 2 % sur les logements finis restés vides plus d’un an et augmenterait d’un point de pourcentage chaque année supplémentaire; il a cité des estimations de Real Property Data faisant état de milliers d’unités invendues dans le Grand Vancouver évaluées à 4,4 milliards.

  4. Elenore Sturko devient cheffe de CentreBC au milieu de défections au sein du parti. Sturko a affirmé être restée à la tête de CentreBC après que sept collègues législateurs sont retournés aux Conservateurs de la C.-B., laissant CentreBC avec un seul député et mettant en lumière la montée et la chute rapides du parti après la convocation anticipée.

  5. L’organe de surveillance de la GRC reporte un rapport sur le comportement policier lors d’un face‑à‑face en C.-B. en raison de l’élection éclair. La Commission civile d’examen et de plaintes a retardé la publication de sa revue sur les interventions policières lors d’un face‑à‑face autour de ressources en C.-B. en raison du calendrier de l’élection provinciale, selon l’article.

💼 Économie et affaires

  1. Canpotex investira 500 millions de dollars dans la modernisation du terminal Neptune à North Vancouver. L’exportateur de potasse basé en Saskatchewan a annoncé un projet de 500 millions de dollars visant à remplacer et rénover l’équipement du terminal Neptune du Port de Vancouver, pour soutenir l’exportation de plus de 15 millions de tonnes de potasse canadienne livrées annuellement par Canpotex.

  2. Starbucks Canada ferme plusieurs établissements en C.-B. dans le cadre de la fermeture de 250 magasins en Amérique du Nord. Starbucks a indiqué qu’elle fermerait des boutiques en C.-B., la plupart ayant leur dernier jour d’exploitation le samedi 26 septembre, dans le cadre d’un plan plus vaste de fermeture de 250 magasins à travers l’Amérique du Nord, tout en s’engageant à moderniser 1 500 boutiques d’ici la fin de l’exercice 2026.

  3. Des centaines de camionneurs à benne de la C.-B. convergent vers Vancouver pour protester contre le coût record du diesel. Les conducteurs ont entamé un convoi depuis Surrey et Abbotsford vers 8 h 30 vendredi et se sont rendus à Vancouver pour dénoncer des prix du diesel atteignant 2,839 $ le litre à Vancouver ce matin‑là; les manifestants préviennent que de nombreux opérateurs indépendants devront répercuter ces coûts sur leurs clients.

  4. Une entreprise de Vancouver cultive du mycélium pour réduire le coût de la viande. Le reportage présente une entreprise vancouvéroise qui élève du mycélium fongique comme ingrédient pour diminuer la dépendance au bœuf et créer des alternatives protéiques moins coûteuses, décrivant l’usage du mycélium dans le développement de produits et sa promesse de lutter contre la hausse des prix de la viande.

🎨 Communauté et culture

  1. Un groupe humanitaire sikh distribue des fournitures scolaires aux élèves autochtones. Le groupe sikh a offert des fournitures scolaires aux élèves autochtones avant la rentrée afin de soutenir les familles, décrit le reportage sur la portée locale de l’organisme en Colombie‑Britannique.

  2. Un livre de recettes ts’msyen veut transformer l’image culinaire de la côte Nord avec des recettes locales de saumon rouge. Un nouveau livre de recettes ts’msyen revisite les recettes traditionnelles de la côte Nord et remet explicitement en cause ce que les auteurs appellent la « snobisme du saumon rouge », mettant en valeur les pratiques culinaires autochtones de la région.

  3. Le papaye‑pêche tropicale pousse au Canada et suscite l’intérêt dans les jardins de la C.-B. L’article explore le papaye‑pêche, surnommé la « banane extraterrestre », notant qu’il peut être cultivé dans certaines régions du Canada et présentant des producteurs de la Colombie‑Britannique qui expérimentent ce fruit.

  4. Des documents couvrant six décennies du Traité 8 rapatriés au peuple Dane‑zaa dans le nord de la C.-B. Le reportage relate le retour de documents et d’artefacts historiques du Traité 8 aux Dane‑zaa, décrivant une restitution couvrant soixante ans.

🚨 Criminalité et sécurité publique

  1. Un homme de North Vancouver reçoit une décharge conditionnelle de 18 mois pour s’être fait passer pour un agent de la GRC. Wayne Peter Church, 59 ans, a plaidé coupable d’usurpation de qualité de fonctionnaire après avoir équipé son camion de feux d’urgence entre le 1er janvier et le 1er mars 2025; la Couronne et la défense ont conjointement recommandé une décharge conditionnelle de 18 mois, recommandation acceptée par le juge.

  2. Neuf écoles islamiques à travers le Canada placées en alerte après des menaces envoyées par courriel. La Muslim Association of Canada a indiqué que neuf de ses écoles en Ontario, en C.-B. et au Québec ont reçu une lettre anonyme signée « Citizen Vigilante » menaçant une « boucherie » des musulmans; les services de police locaux et les enquêteurs sur les crimes haineux de la région de Peel ont accru les patrouilles.

  3. Le tueur d’enfant condamné Shane Ertmoed obtient une sortie temporaire non accompagnée de 60 jours pour des cours de cuisine. Ertmoed, purgeant une peine d’emprisonnement à perpétuité pour l’agression sexuelle et le meurtre en 2002 de la fillette de 10 ans Heather Thomas, a obtenu une permission de 60 jours sans escorte pour suivre des cours de cuisine tout en vivant dans un établissement résidentiel communautaire sous supervision 24 heures sur 24.

🏈 Sports

  1. Les Canucks entament une reconstruction avec le nouvel entraîneur Manny Malhotra et de nouveaux critères de succès. Après avoir terminé derniers de la LNH la saison passée, l’effectif de Vancouver a ouvert son camp d’entraînement à Penticton sous la direction de Malhotra, qui a insisté sur l’intensité, le jeu systémique et les batailles pour la rondelle plutôt que sur des victoires immédiates; les Canucks ouvrent la saison à Edmonton contre les Oilers mardi prochain.

  2. Vancouver réclame le gardien Leevi Merilainen via les mises en liberté conditionnelle d’Ottawa. Le Finlandais de 24 ans a joué 20 matchs pour les Senators la saison passée, affichant un dossier de 8‑10‑1 avec une moyenne de buts alloués de 3,51 et un pourcentage d’arrêts de .860; Merilainen totalise 34 matchs en LNH et a été repêché au 71e rang en 2020.

  3. La LNH passe à 84 matchs et la saison régulière commence la semaine prochaine avec d’importantes rencontres canadiennes. Le calendrier régulier de 1 344 matchs de la ligue prévoit que chaque équipe disputera 84 rencontres pour la première fois depuis 1993‑94, les premières dates de Vancouver étant mises en évidence dans le cadre de ces changements.

🌦️ Météo et routes

  1. Une migration record de chouettes met à rude épreuve les équipes de baguage d’oiseaux dans le nord de la C.-B. Les bagueurs d’oiseaux du nord de la Colombie‑Britannique ont rapporté un mouvement record de chouettes qui a laissé les équipes débordées pour traiter l’afflux inhabituel pendant la saison de migration.

  2. Alors que la saison des feux de forêt décline, des communautés de la C.-B. entament la reconstruction. Le reportage détaille plusieurs communautés de la Colombie‑Britannique qui ont amorcé des travaux de reconstruction et des efforts de rétablissement alors que la province dépasse le pic d’activité des feux de forêt cette saison.

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