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Preliminary concept of the 853-ft-tall, 71-storey McCarthy Plaza tower at 5000 Kingsway in Burnaby's Metrotown district, featuring a wide range of mixed-uses including a public observation deck. (Dialog/WPJ McCarthy and Company)
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City of Burnaby switches to height-based building policies, abandons density limits

"Making it simple for everyone to understand."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 23, 2025
Paul Mochrie. (City of Vancouver)
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Paul Mochrie leaves role as City Manager of Vancouver

The City will be looking for a new chief bureaucrat.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 22, 2025
Allen J.M. Smith/Shutterstock
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Falling immigration levels contributing to lower housing rents in Canada

A combination of factors, including lower immigration.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 22, 2025
Shadowing impacts of the proposed towers at 1706-1738 Alberni St. and 735 Bidwell St., Vancouver, at 4 p.m. on September 22. (Henriquez Partners Architects/Kingswood Properties/Bosa Properties)
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Opinion: New building shadowing policies could kill many downtown Vancouver projects

A misguided assumption that direct sunlight is an unquestionable universal good.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 22, 2025
Team Yukon's preparations for the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks, as seen on July 18, 2025. (Kenneth Chan)
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Sports-themed 'Champions' fireworks by Quebec set for Celebration of Light

"A team game with one goal: WIN!"

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 21, 2025
Eric Buermeyer/Shutterstock
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Vancouver city councillor urges need to support Hollywood North's global talent

To remain globally competitive.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 21, 2025
Team Yukon at the 2025 Honda Celebration of Light fireworks. (Gabriel Lam/Meimento)
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Celebration of Light opens with Yukon's fiery undersea adventure, including a giant squid

"20,000 Leagues Under English Bay."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 20, 2025
Team Yukon at the 2025 Honda Celebration of Light fireworks. (Gabriel Lam/Meimento)
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Team Yukon's Celebration of Light 2025 fireworks song list

An eclectic and emotionally charged soundtrack.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 20, 2025
The CN Rail (BC Rail) railway running next to the Sea to Sky Highway in Whistler. (Google Maps)
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CN to exit Sea to Sky railway corridor, reviving rail public transit hopes to Whistler

"An opportunity we can’t afford to miss."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 19, 2025
Building shadowing of a new 25-storey social housing tower planned for 1111 Broughton St. in downtown Vancouver on September 21 at 10 a.m. (Arcadis/The Bloom Group Nicholson Housing Society)
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Building shadowing policies for downtown Vancouver peninsula could see updates

Balancing livability and growth needs.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 19, 2025
Vancouver Police officers securing the Honda Celebration of Light. (VPD)
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Expect more security and road barriers for Celebration of Light fireworks

"Have a safe time, and know that we have your back."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 18, 2025
Team Yukon's preparations for the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks, as seen on July 18, 2025. (Kenneth Chan)
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Expect big set pieces for volunteer Yukon team's Celebration of Light fireworks

With a tribute to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 18, 2025
Lisa Michaud and her family enjoying the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks over the many years. (Lisa Michaud)
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Fireworks judge family chosen by Concord Pacific to mark full-circle Celebration of Light experience

"I would rather have this prize than win a million dollars."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 18, 2025
TransLink
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TransLink staff begin wearing language pins for multilingual communication

Over 150 frontline workers already have pins for 40 languages.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 17, 2025
Previous 2019 artistic rendering of Quantum Park, the redevelopment of the old Molson Coors brewery in Vancouver, conceived before the Senakw project. (Concord Pacific)
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Vancouver mayor seeks to unlock development potential of five 'exceptional' sites

This includes the former Molson Coors brewery and Marine Gateway.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 17, 2025
Map of Vancouver highlighting the Broadway Plan and Cambie Corridor Plan areas, where select portions of each area plan will undergo City-initiated rezoning. (City of Vancouver)
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4,300 lots in Broadway Plan and Cambie Plan to be proactively rezoned by City

Shaving off project timelines by up to more than a year.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 17, 2025
Christine Boyle. (Christine Boyle)
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Christine Boyle appointed as the new B.C. Minister of Housing

Ravi Kahlon is now taking on a new economic role.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 17, 2025
"Urban Currents" mural at Waterfront Centre's sunken plaza at Canada Place Way. (Kenneth Chan)
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New 'Urban Currents' mural painted at downtown Vancouver plaza

Located at Waterfront Centre's sunken plaza.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 17, 2025
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