Vancouver beaches littered with trash, alcohol containers following sunny, warm day

The vice-chair of Vancouver’s Park Board has vowed to take action after one of the city’s most popular stretches of beaches was left strewn with garbage over the weekend.

Brennan Bastyovansky said Saturday’s summer-like weather, sunshine and a high temperature of 23 C brought thousands of people out to the waterfront from Sunset Beach to English Bay in the city’s West End neighbourhood.

Although he was heartened by the festive atmosphere of people enjoying some of the warmest and sunniest weather of the year so far, he was upset over how messy some people left the area.

“It was incredibly unfortunate that people in our fair city absolutely have zero civic pride and leave their rubbish all

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