The Regal Beagle pub in Kitsilano could be replaced by a 25-storey rental tower
The popular pub first opened at the location in 1997.
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 12, 2025
UBC opens $139-million building as Canada's first biomedical engineering hub
Supporting critical research and biomedical engineers.
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 12, 2025
There's still no timeline to build the SFU Burnaby Mountain gondola
"Students and faculty continue to face the crowding and reliability issues."
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 11, 2025
UBC plans to further densify Wesbrook Place with 4,600 more residents
It'll be home to UBC's tallest towers, reaching up to 39 storeys.
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 11, 2025
New temporary path to open next month around False Creek's seawall closure
Shorter than the existing detour.
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 11, 2025
New centrist provincial political party launched by former BC United MLA
"A pragmatic, centrist choice for voters."
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 11, 2025
Metro Vancouver cuts $364M from budget, delays $1.1B in new infrastructure
"It’s like maintaining a home on a budget."
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 11, 2025
New hotel proposal converts shuttered SRO on the Granville Strip
Clifton Hotel SRO has been vacant for a decade.
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 11, 2025
27-storey social housing tower planned for Granville Bridge's north end
Slated for a parcel of the former footprint of the bridge loops.
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 11, 2025
Safeway redevelopment at Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain nears City Council decision
Next to one of the region’s busiest transit hubs.
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 11, 2025
B.C. government to provide $312 million to TransLink, create new revenue sources
Unspecified new revenue sources starting in 2028.
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 10, 2025
TransLink proposes fare and tax hikes to avoid big cuts and improve services
This includes hikes to the Canada Line's YVR AddFare for the first time.
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 10, 2025
Five new hotel types to help fill 10,000-room gap in Vancouver: report
A window of opportunity due to recent market changes.
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 10, 2025
39-storey rental towers with grocery store approved at Port Moody SkyTrain station
It includes a pedestrian bridge over the SkyTrain tracks and CP railway.
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 10, 2025
Partially built Burnaby condo building project under court-ordered sale
The cost "to finish the project will be very substantial."
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 9, 2025
Skatepark planned for new block-sized park near Granville Bridge's south end
A new park project decades in the making.
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 9, 2025
Vancouver soars to world's 13th best airport in annual Skytrax rankings
And once again, it's North America's best airport.
- Kenneth Chan
- Apr 9, 2025

















