CKVU - Friday, May 24, 2024 - 09:00 p.m. (ET) - Segment #2

>>> With several big events québec to vancouver in the next few years like the fifa world cup and to the script concerts, two city councilors a whole big a proposal to convert empty commercial spaes and to pod or capsule hotels could solve a major shortage of hotel rooms in the city's downtown core. Angela bauer has more. >> This is a concept that has been around for more than four decades in japan. >> Reporter: in an effort to do with hotel room shortages and high prices in downtown vancouver, one city councilors looking to convert empty office spaces into pot hotels. This could be the site of calgary -- vancouver's first ever pot hotel. >> We have a dire hotel shortage in the city of vancouver. We need 10,000 more hotel rooms in the coming years. We're looking at demand and supply. >> Reporter: with the fifa world cup coming to vancouver and concerts like taylor swift this december, visitors from out of town will need a place to stay that will not break the bank. Vancouver city counsellor sarah kirby young says with more people working from home since the pandemic, the city has seen an increase in office space vacancies. >> This is one way to look at adaptive reuse of surplus existing office space that we have as well as it delivers some new hotel rooms more quickly than you would building a traditional full hotel. I think a smart solution to deal with the empty office space on the hotel solution at the same time. >> Reporter: a pot hotel is essentially a tiny room with a bed and shared amenities which are already operating out of richmond and rensselaer. Kirby aga says pot hotels are a fraction of a price of a traditional hotel. Ideal for people who want a hotel room just to sleep. >> We see the impact on illegal air b&bs. People do not have any way to say they are desperately trying to find somewhere to stay. We want to keep housing in the hands of locals and have enough hotel rooms for visitors. >> Reporter: kirby says she and councilor lisa will be bringing forward the motion to a city hall meeting next week. And vancouver, angela bauer, city news. >> Nima: the leader of the B.C. dated party it says B.C. conservative leader has rejected noncompete agreements in order to defeat the provincial ndp come october. They were post agreement would have seen the two parties agree not to run candidates against each other, not to attack each other, and not to merge with each other. Falcon says rest that it rejected the reasonable offer put it, risk in other david eby lead ndp government. Multiple recent polls have shown united trailing far behind the conservatives which as of this time last year did not have a single seat in the legislature.

>>> The B.C. government has announced its support for new clean energy hydrogen projects think it would help reduce emissions and help create new jobs in the province. The province said it is supported -- supporting a gateway project aimed at reducing emissions in the transportation sector. The transportation project includes hydrogen hubs and refuelling stations across the province which estimates could reduce emissions by 133,000 tons dearly. The provincial minister for low carbon innovation says the project will also ensure that B.C. remains a leader in the hydrogen sector. >> Back in 2020 when we were the first province in canada to release a comprehensive hydrogen strategy. We knew that the road was moving to clean fuels like hydrogen, and that bk first mover in the space meant we could track investment here to B.C. and creates new opportunities for people. Fortunately we had the foundation of -- foundational policies in place. >> Nima: bc's new energy and major projects office has been set up to help accelerate projects and clean energy. >>> The new amphitheater has announced that they are naming sponsorships. The new state-of-the-art concert venues had to open the 2026 has announced freedom mobile as its official naming partner. Would complete the venue will be used to host a variety of music and cultural events on the popular summer night concerts. The sponsorship deal is for 12 years. The city of vancouver is financing the project which has an estimated budget of about $104 million. >>> The province has two major infrastructure projects will be finished later than expected. Both have reached major milestones. The province admitted today that the patella bridge replacement project on the broadway separate project are about one year behind schedule. But the province's the patella bridges in new maine tower is now built making it the tallest bridge tower in B.C. in the meantime boring work has finished on the broadway subway project. The province acknowledged both projects face major challenges due to inflation, supply chain disruptions, and the pandemic, among other factors.

>>> Cloudy with some light rain today in metro vancouver. It looks like the wet weather will stick around for a bit with a look at your forecast here is city news meteorologist natasha. >> Natasha: in other weekend filled with rain. Not right all weekend long. We will get some dry periods in there tomorrow. Most of the rain, only a couple millimetres the morning, taper break off in the afternoon with a light west wind today to the afternoon we still had some showers in place. Gets what has been happening in manitoba? Rain it changing to wet snow earlier this afternoon as they go through the night tonight, the rest of the evening into the night, could see upwards of shovel, heavy wet snow. Let this leave that to them. We will timeout the rainfall for us. Waking up to some showers especially across delta and richmond earlier tomorrow morning. It will taper off a little bit to the north I think by the afternoon we will get into some of the sunny breaks. Here is sunday. Sent it looks to be more persistent. Rainfall a little bit heavier as well. Lasting. To the day. Tomorrow we get some breaks in the afternoon tomorrow not so much. Some of that rainfall especially north of maple ridge could be well over 20 millimetres for areas. So it will be soggy. The school pattern is locked in for now in the upper atmosphere. We have that cool air hugging the B.C. coast. They will be a little bit of a warm bulge if you will. Temperatures going into the twenties. That is calgary, lethbridge, parts of the interior. Long range models after we hit 15 tomorrow in the seven day forecast which stays pretty seasonal, longer-range models are hitting -- hinting at a big warm up especially for the interior of B.C. north and into alberta for the 1st week of june. But for vancouver it is all about the rain. Have to have the umbrella handy. The good news it will start to dry out towards the end of next week as the temperatures get up into the upper teens. >> Reporter: the vancouver one can ask association has appointed a head coach. Replacing jeremy. He served as an assistant coach of the past four seasons with the toronto maple lease under children keep. The 44-year-old played with the canucks from 2010 until 2013 and was instrumental part of their 2011 run to the stanley cup final. >> Announcer: had on city news. >> Nima: coming up I will be talking to the founder of company that educates youth all the dangers of overdoses. This is after B.C. universities were asked to implement the board drug safety measures following theeath of the university of victoria student. Here's a fresh take. We think burgers taste better when they're made with Canadian beef. Fresh onto the grill. Fresh off the grill. Never frozen. Always juicy. ( ) Grace didn't believe in magic. But her daughter was happy to prove her wrong. You were made to dream about it for years. We were made to help you book it in minutes. Nivea q10 Targeted Wrinkle Filler. ( ) With Pure q10 coenzyme and Bioxifill peptides. Visibly reduces the look of fine lines in 5 minutes and moisturizes to help reduce the look of deeper wrinkles over time. For every expression of you. Nivea. Sometimes a sub comes along and hits just so right. And then we show it like this and you think: "That can't be $4.99." Guess what? The Subway 6 inch Turkey Breast sub is only $4.99. Not forever. Offer ends June 23rd. (Wind) Ready to build some money muscle? At Coast Capital, we're finding ways to help you get paid more! Our new Elevate Checking account has the banking features you want... ...plus comes with free access to Coursera's online training, that could help advance your career. Ash is studying negotiation. ( ) And Cody's... coding. The potential outcome? More income! Switch to Elevate Chequing today C'mon team, feel the earn! You've been waiting to get outand drive a New Nissan,great offersare ready So, check out all the latesttech, features and thrills - it's all happening right now. Now, at Nissan, lease select models from as low as 2.99% for 24 months. ( ) Okay, and root beer to drink? No. [gasping] What? He didn't get root beer? I'm getting frozen root beer. Oh! Try frozen a&w root beer with sweet cream. (intense music) Everything that you think theres no way to top it... this season tops it! Never know what is going to happen next! Wow! -whoah! We've never seen anything like this before! The youngest ever on that stage! I'm sorry, I cant give you a yes (booing) I've got to give you one of

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