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Vancouver city councillor Pete Fry during the January 18, 2022 meeting (left), and a scene from The Simpsons with Moe Szyslak answering a prank call from Bart Simpson (right). (City of Vancouver/Disney)
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Prank caller goes Bart Simpson on Vancouver City Council housing meeting (VIDEO)

"Speaker number one... Jackin Daddyoff. Do we have Jackin Daddyoff on the line?" šŸ˜†

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 19, 2022
Artistic rendering of Creery Residence at 3609 Creery Avenue, West Vancouver. (Alterativ Design Lab)
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Unique cantilevered mansion architectural design for West Vancouver

The boxy design emerges from the sloped site šŸ‘€

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 15, 2022
2021 artistic rendering of the Coal Harbour elementary school, childcare, and social housing complex at 480 Broughton Street, Vancouver. (Henriquez Partners Architects/Vancouver School Board/City of Vancouver)
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Vancouver awards $71 million contract for Coal Harbour waterfront school and social housing

Construction on the waterfront complex will begin this year.

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  • Jan 15, 2022
BC Transit bus shelter and bus. (BC Transit)
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BC Transit to launch new bus tracking and announcement technology

315 buses serving 20 communities will get a major technology upgrade this year.

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  • Jan 15, 2022
Vancouver City Hall (Rick Schwartz/Flickr)
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City of Vancouver spent $219 million on provincial and federal responsibilities in 2021

The City of Vancouver has a major scope creep problem.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 15, 2022
COPE Vancouver city councillor Jean Swanson. (Jean Swanson)
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Low-income housing advocate Jean Swanson seeks re-election as Vancouver city councillor

The COPE councillor wants higher taxes to build more housing for the homeless.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 14, 2022
Chandler Boulevard Bridge Home Village of tiny shelters in Los Angeles, built in 2021. (Lehrer Architects)
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Vancouver City Council to consider "tiny shelter" village for the homeless

It could be ready for residents by September 2022.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 14, 2022
Artistic rendering of the new Bothwell-Accurate manufacturing plant and Western Canada headquarters at 3435 194 Street in Campbell Heights, Surrey. (Bothwell-Accurate)
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Construction firm opening new HQ and plant in Surrey's Campbell Heights

600 jobs will be generated at Bothwell-Accurate's new Western Canada headquarters.

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  • Jan 14, 2022
Artistic rendering of the UBC campus at 550 Doyle Avenue in downtown Kelowna. (HCMA/UBC)
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This is the design of the new UBC campus in downtown Kelowna (RENDERINGS)

100,000 sq ft of academic space, and 352 units of student housing šŸ‘€

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  • Jan 14, 2022
The Arc condominium tower under construction in downtown Vancouver in 2018. (Ian Ius/Daily Hive)
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Record number of new homes registered in BC in 2021

This includes nearly 13,000 new purpose-built rental homes.

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  • Jan 14, 2022
3197 Point Grey Road, Vancouver. (Engel & Völkers)
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Vancouver's luxury home sales soared 171% in 2021

"Scarce supply resulted in double-digit price gains and frenetic bidding wars."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 13, 2022
Homes in Vancouver (Shutterstock)
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BC real estate market begins 2022 with record-low number of home listings

Available listings cannot keep up with demand.

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  • Jan 13, 2022
Construction progress of Amazon's The Post in downtown Vancouver, as of October 4, 2021. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Downtown Vancouver office vacancy rate shrunk for the first time during the pandemic

Vancouver continues to have the lowest downtown office vacancy rate in North America.

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  • Jan 13, 2022
Map of the bus stops that will be removed on TransLink bus routes No. 4 UBC/Powell, and No. 7 Dunbar/Nanaimo, starting January 17, 2022. (TransLink)
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37 stops axed on two TransLink bus routes in Vancouver starting Monday

Busy trolley bus routes will see closely spaced stops removed.

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  • Jan 12, 2022
Canada Place pier in downtown Vancouver (left) and CF Toronto Eaton Centre mall in downtown Toronto. (Destination Vancouver/Shutterstock)
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Canadian architect of Canada Place and Eaton Centre has died

Eberhard Zeidler designed some of Canada's most iconic landmarks.

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  • Jan 12, 2022
Renovated Lonsdale Quay Bus Exchange. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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City of North Vancouver emphasizes public transit in new transportation plan

A new limit on the number of parking stalls in new buildings will be considered.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 12, 2022
The bridge from Paw Patrol: The Movie (left) and the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver (right). (Spin Master Entertainment/Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Movies/Shutterstock)
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PAW Patrol’s Adventure City is undeniably Vancouver (PHOTOS)

An homage to our beautiful city 🐶

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 12, 2022
MORI Building Digital Art Museum in Tokyo. (MORI)
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City of Surrey eyeing to build $60 million Interactive Art Museum

It will be a "world-class cultural facility" and a major attraction in Surrey City Centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 11, 2022
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