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August 2022 construction progress of GEC King Edward at 431 West King Edward, Vancouver. (CIBT Education Group)
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200 beds of student housing to open at King Edward SkyTrain station next year

Much-needed, off-campus student housing next to SkyTrain in Vancouver.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 21, 2022
White-coloured LED streetlights at the intersection of Nelson and Cambie streets in Vancouver turned purple. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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This is why some white LED streetlights are starting to turn purple

The gradual transition from a white to a deep purple hue is not intentional šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 20, 2022
The Downtown Eastside homeless encampment on East Hastings Street, near Main Street, as of July 21, 2022. (submitted)
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Vancouver mayor pitches 311 dispatch team for addictions and mental health response

Kennedy Stewart is proposing a Health and Addictions Response Team of 25 people.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 20, 2022
BC Ferries' Nanaimo Harbour terminal. (Google Maps)
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BC Ferries installs free WiFi at 14 more terminals

BC Ferries says its new WiFi infrastructure is "reliable" and "high-speed."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 20, 2022
July 2022 construction progress on "Aster Place" temporary modular supportive housing at 2520 Smith Street, Richmond. (Google Maps)
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Temporary supportive housing opens next to Bridgeport SkyTrain in Richmond

The 40 units for the homeless replace a pandemic-time emergency shelter.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 20, 2022
SkyTrain Expo Line near King George Station in Surrey City Centre. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Surrey recorded four times more new registered homes than Vancouver in August

Surrey's number of new registered homes is nearly 50% of Metro Vancouver's total šŸ”

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 20, 2022
Artistic rendering of the "Home & Away" sculpture at Empire Field at Hastings Park (left) and construction progress as of September 19, 2022 (right). (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Construction underway on "staircase to nowhere" art sculpture at Hastings Park

The staircase-like public art is intended to resemble the grandstand of the former Empire Stadium.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 20, 2022
Existing home at 1890 Southwest Marine Drive in Vancouver (left) and an artistic rendering of the proposed market rental townhouse redevelopment (right). (Matt Gul/RentYVR/Stuart Howard Architects)
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17-year-old Southwest Marine Drive mansion could be redeveloped into 28 rental homes (PHOTOS)

A 2005-built mansion next to Casa Mia is being eyed for a rental housing redevelopment šŸ‘€

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 20, 2022
"Wind Wheel Mobile" weathervane sculptural public art at the Vancouver Convention Centre. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Giant kinetic weathervane installed at Vancouver Convention Centre seawall (PHOTOS/VIDEOS)

A massive public art sculpture that spins from the wind north of Jack Poole Plaza šŸ’Ø

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 19, 2022
SkyTrain Production Way-University Station, looking north towards Burnaby Mountain and the SFU campus. (Google Earth)
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TransLink begins design work on gondola terminal at Production Way SkyTrain station

Production Way-University Station will be expanded into a multi-modal transit hub.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 19, 2022
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Vision Vancouver proposes city-wide rezoning for housing density within first 90 days

Vision Vancouver is promising a blanket city-wide rezoning to allow for more housing density.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 19, 2022
Cleanup after the Lil Baby riot at the PNE Amphitheatre. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Cleanup well underway at PNE venue after Lil Baby riot (PHOTOS)

"We did everything to make Breakout a unique and enjoyable experience for Vancouver's rap fans."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 19, 2022
From left to right: Colleen Hardwick, Mark Marissen, Kennedy Stewart, Ken Sim, and Fred Harding. (party files)
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This is the random order of all 137 candidates listed in Vancouver's civic election ballot

These are the candidates for Mayor, City Councillor, Park Board and School Board. āœ…

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 17, 2022
Sundial Hotel (left) and Pan Pacific Whistler Mountainside (right). (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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With a limited ability to build new big hotels, Whistler needs to focus on renewal

Whistler needs to remain competitive in the world, and grow its tourism-dependent economy.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 17, 2022
2017 preliminary conceptual artistic rendering of the new Hogan's Alley. (Perkins & Will/City of Vancouver)
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City of Vancouver takes aim to bring back Hogan's Alley next to Chinatown

An agreement has been reached with the Hogan's Alley Society.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 16, 2022
Boats anchored in East False Creek, August 2022. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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About 100 illegal or decrepit boats anchored in False Creek: Vancouver Police

VPD is giving illegal boaters a final warning.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 16, 2022
The ROLL-E 2.0 robot by InDro Robotics used by London Drugs. (City of Surrey)
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London Drugs succeeds with test of delivery robot in Surrey

London Drugs is exploring innovative ways to carry out deliveries.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 16, 2022
Artistic rendering of 2060 East Hastings Street, Vancouver. (DYS Architecture/Anthem Properties)
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111 rental homes to replace strip mall on East Hastings in Vancouver

The strip mall with 7-Eleven at East Hastings and Lakewood will be redeveloped.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 16, 2022
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