Burrard Inlet

We parked the rig two blocks out, engine idling, wipers slapping rhythmically against the glass.

The docks were silent except for the low hum of a distant cargo crane and the wind whipping off the Burrard Inlet.

Fifteen minutes pass.

The radio crackles.

Taya Fask, Global News.

A group of students booked a boat charter in Burrard Inlet for a grad party and it's definitely a celebration they'll never forget.

And not for the reasons you would expect.

The Pride of Vancouver ran aground in the Maplewood mudflats near the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge at around 9 last night.

Vancouver is a major coastal seaport city situated on the mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada.

It occupies the peninsula bordered by the Burrard Inlet to the north, the Fraser Valley Delta to the south, the Strait of Georgia to the west and the coast mountains to the east and north.

This strategic location makes it Canada's primary gateway to the Pacific Rim and Asia.

The city's most defining geographical feature is its stunning dance of urban development against a dramatic natural backdrop.

The steep forested slopes of the North Shore Mountains, including the iconic peaks of Lake Grouse and Cypress, rise just north of the city center, while the waters of the Burrard Inlet, Ingalls Bay, and the Strait of Georgia frame its western and northern edges, creating a visually spectacular setting.

Vancouver experiences a mild oceanic climate heavily influenced by its coastal location and proximity to the Pacific Ocean.

It features relatively warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters.

And, uh, probably the poster, the poster child for what this looks like.

Uh, there's, there's an issue here on the North Sh- i- in North Vancouver in the city where the council made a, a, a behind, well, a closed-door agreement with a, a charity run by the Weston family, so that would be Loblaws and so on, um, to build a swimming deck on Waterfront Park, right, right here on Burrard Inlet.

Now, that deal was, um, negotiated, communicated, created, the feasibility study, and the agreement itself, including any financial terms, all done in secret.

Nothing done to, uh, exposed to the public.