# Vancity Lookout > News. Food. People. Events. A newsletter for locals who love Vancouver. (And you'll actually love reading). Delivered 3x a week for free and read by 25,000+ locals. This file provides information about Vancity Lookout to help large language models understand and reference this publication's content. ## Posts - [What could the future of Granville Street look like?](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/what-could-the-future-of-granville-street-look-like): A conversation with Downtown BIA's Jane Talbot about what the World Cup street parties mean for the future of the city's entertainment district - [In cities across Canada, hundreds gather to oppose unchecked AI data centre proliferation](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/in-cities-across-canada-hundreds-gather-to-oppose-unchecked-ai-data-centre-proliferation): Locals are speaking out against their expansion - [Five years after the heat dome, Vancouver’s hardest hit neighbourhoods are still vulnerable](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/five-years-after-the-heat-dome-vancouver-s-hardest-hit-neighbourhoods-are-still-vulnerable): Five years after Vancouver’s deadliest weather event, more still needs to be done to keep communities in East and Southeast Vancouver safe from extreme heat. - [Murmur roars onto Vancouver’s restaurant scene](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/murmur): Murmur is a showcase of culinary talent and creativity, thanks to its young chef, Abbie Gluvic - [Kareem Allam has big ideas to become Vancouver’s next mayor ](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/kareem-allam): A political campaign vetran, Allam has thrown his hat into the ring under the Vancouver Liberal banner, in what is a crowded field - [‘Nothing has changed’: At Grandview Park, Indigenous mothers speak out about families torn apart](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/nothing-has-changed-at-grandview-park-indigenous-mothers-speak-out-about-families-torn-apart): Two Indigenous mothers spoke at an East Vancouver vigil event last Thursday about the impacts of family separation and family policing systems. - [Vancouver’s underground robot combat league explodes onto the scene ](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/vancouvers-underground-robot-combat-league-explodes-onto-the-scene): A new underground robot battle league in East Vancouver is drawing international attention and bringing a new all-ages hobby to the city. - [The rise of Vancouver's listening bars](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/the-rise-of-vancouver-listening-bars): As the city has spent decades losing its independent music venues, a quieter revolution is taking hold in restaurants and bars - [In Vancouver, a billionaire developer catches a garden tax break](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/in-vancouver-a-billionaire-developer-catches-a-garden-tax-break): Holborn Group pays less property tax on long-delayed Little Mountain project. - [Tenants protest corporate charity event over proposed tech hotel](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/tenants-protest-corporate-charity-event-over-proposed-tech-hotel): Tenants gathered in protest outside of a Nicola Wealth charity event to protest the redevelopment of 75 East 8th Avenue - [AI data centres are coming to Vancouver. Here's what experts want you to know](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/data-centres-vancouver): With the construction of two large AI data centres in Vancouver on the horizon, Vancity Lookout took a step back to establish some basics. - [How do community amenity contributions work, what’s the benefit, and why is the city making big changes to it?](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/how-do-community-amenity-contributions-work-what-s-the-benefit-and-why-is-the-city-making-big-change): We explain the history, benefits, and drawbacks of the often-referenced but complicated tool, and examine why the city is now moving away from it. - [City Hall Insider: June 11, 2026 ](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/city-hall-insider-june-11-2026): In this issue of our City Hall Insider, we go deep on community amenity contributions, explaining the history, benefits, and drawbacks of the often-referenced but little-understood mechanism, and exploring why the city is now moving away from it. - [Giusti rewards those willing to go beyond just pasta](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/giusti-is-a-restaurant-in-creative-tension-with-itself-and-better-for-it): There's a tension within the restaurant between delivering the classics and exploring different Italian cuisine. It's in that tension where the restaurant shines - [Canada's World Cup preview: injuries, a favourable draw, and a chance at history](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/canada-s-world-cup-preview-injuries-a-favourable-draw-and-a-chance-at-history): The men’s national team has never won a World Cup game, but that could change on home soil. Plus, we look at the team’s chances in the tournament and its many connections to the Whitecaps. - [FIFA World Cup: Is it worth it?](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/fifa-world-cup-is-it-worth-it): Many residents, tourists and business owners are looking forward to the opportunities that come with FIFA. But critics say hosting such a high profile sporting event comes at too high a cost. - [The problems with Vancouver’s pools are just getting worse](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/the-problems-with-vancouver-s-pools-are-just-getting-worse): Lookout readers have their say on the state of the city’s pools. - [Vancouver’s marine safety mess](https://www.vancitylookout.com/p/vancouver-s-marine-safety-mess): A splashy effort to ban motorized personal watercrafts, like Sea-Doos, from Burrard Inlet was sunk by the park board, while a less dramatic plan to review marine safety measures was narrowly passed at the same meeting. The debate shows how overlapping jurisdictions in the ocean complicate reform and obscure accountability.