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The house at 1444 Argyle Ave. on the Ambleside waterfront in West Vancouver is concealed by bushes and trees. (Google Maps)
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West Vancouver buys last Ambleside waterfront house for seamless park space

The last of 32 waterfront lot acquisitions since the 1970s.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 2, 2025
Pierre Poilievre. (Conservative Party of Canada)
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Poilievre's Conservatives to fast-track new pipelines and energy projects

Canada exports 98 per cent of its crude oil to the U.S.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 2, 2025
Office buildings in downtown Vancouver. (Urban Napflin/Shutterstock)
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Downtown Vancouver office vacancy rate now below suburbs for first time in years

And it's still Canada's tightest downtown office market.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 2, 2025
Amazon fulfillment centre in Toronto. (Golden Shrimp/Shutterstock)
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'Existential concern' in Canadian industrial real estate due to U.S. tariffs

"Impact of tariffs will be more directly felt by Canadian industrial markets."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 2, 2025
February 2025 preliminary concept of the new Vancouver Aquatic Centre. (Acton Ostry Architects/MJMA Architecture and Design)
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New Vancouver Aquatic Centre will include smaller 25-metre pool after all

"This feels like an end of an era and I'm sorry I wasn't able to stop it."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 2, 2025
March 2025 rental housing tower concept for 2219-2285 Cambie St., Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership/Nicola Wealth Real Estate)
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30-storey rental housing tower proposed for Cambie Bridge's south end

Instead of the previous proposal of a 10-storey office building.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 1, 2025
Not the final design; preliminary conceptual artistic rendering of the public park transformation of the green rooftop park of Vancouver Convention Centre's West Building. (Pavco)
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New public park planned for green roof of Vancouver Convention Centre

"Turning this iconic green roof into a public park."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 1, 2025
Proposed new building forms for the Lower Twelfth Street Area Study Update, March 2025. (City of New Westminster)
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New Westminster City Council balks at 'Manhattan' density plan

"Parade of towers that leads to the downtown."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 1, 2025
Mark Carney. (Liberal Party of Canada)
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Carney's Liberals to create new national affordable housing developer

New home construction would double to 500,000 units per year.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 31, 2025
Preliminary conceptual artistic rendering of a new major vessel. (BC Ferries)
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BC Ferries approved to order four new major vessels, instead of five

"A fifth vessel is neither essential nor affordable at this time."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 31, 2025
February 2025 construction progress on the new indoor mall at Oakridge Park. (Studio 43D Architecture & Design)
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Sporting Life among 26 more retailers revealed for Oakridge Park mall

The brand new indoor mall will open later in 2025.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 29, 2025
Transit Security Officer checking the fares of bus passengers. (TransLink)
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Average of 7,700 fare checks per day in TransLink's fare enforcement blitz

Three times more than before.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 29, 2025
Lougheed Transit Corridor Area Plan. (City of Maple Ridge)
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Maple Ridge planning transit-oriented development around future BRT line

"One of the most significant redevelopment projects in Maple Ridge’s history."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 28, 2025
Concept of the four-storey vertical expansion of the existing two-storey building home to the Sarah McLachlan School of Music at 138 East 7th Avenue, Vancouver. (GWA Architecture/Wolverton Foundation/Sarah McLachlan School of Music/Pacific Investment Corporation)
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Four-storey vertical expansion for Sarah McLachlan School of Music Vancouver building

Securing the long-term retention of the free music school for youth.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 28, 2025
2024-approved concept of Pinnacle Lougheed at 9850 Austin Road and 9858-9898 Gatineau Place, Burnaby. (JYOM Architecture/Pinnacle International)
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Offices cut, more condos in Western Canada's future tallest tower in Metro Vancouver

Only 20% of 515,000 sq. ft. of office uses will be retained.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 28, 2025
Construction work on the site of the future new Vancouver Art Gallery on March 13, 2024. (Kenneth Chan)
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Vancouver Art Gallery receives 14 proposals for new building design

All proposals are designed by Canadian firms.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 27, 2025
Confederation Bridge. (OnePony/Shutterstock)
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Tolls could be removed from Canada's longest bridge

The 13-km-long crossing is one of Canada's greatest engineering feats.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 27, 2025
Artistic rendering of the cancelled original design for the new Burnaby Lake Aquatic Centre, which included a 50-metre competition and training lap swimming pool. (HCMA)
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ABC announces promise for new 50-metre pool in South Vancouver

"Vancouver needs a competitive-sized pool."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 27, 2025
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