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Artistic rendering of Green Timbers Station on the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain. (Government of BC)
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Start date set for seven-month Fraser Highway closure for SkyTrain construction

Expect major delays and detours.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2025
Premier David Eby and BC Minister of Housing Ravi Kahlon. (Government of BC)
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What the B.C. government's budget provides for housing and safety

This includes an increase to the Speculation Tax rate.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2025
TransLink's R4 41st Avenue RapidBus in Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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No funding in B.C. government's budget to avoid TransLink service cuts

TransLink is facing a $600 million annual shortfall.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 4, 2025
SkyTrain Expo Line and Central City shopping mall in Surrey. (Josef Hanus/Shutterstock)
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TransLink parking tax across Metro Vancouver to see increase

The B.C. government will approve a tax rate increase.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 4, 2025
ICBC (Alisa Khliestkova/Shutterstock)
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ICBC to offer new rebate to drivers in Spring 2025

Another rebate for drivers.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 4, 2025
BC legislature in Victoria. (Kenneth Chan)
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B.C. government sets $12B contingency fund, including U.S. tariff response

Deficits of about $10 billion per year for the next fiscal years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 4, 2025
VANOC-branded sign on Metro Vancouver's public transit system, as of February 2025. (Kenneth Chan)
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15 years later, there are still reminders of Vancouver 2010 on public transit

Not that we're complaining.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 4, 2025
Proposed concept for changes to the Stanley Park seawall at Lumberman's Arch, removing the cyclist dismount gate. (ISL Engineering and Land Services/Vancouver Park Board)
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Proposed Stanley Park seawall changes remove cyclist dismount gates

At three locations along the Stanley Park seawall.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 4, 2025
Trolley bus with longer range in-motion battery by Solaris Bus & Coach being tested by TransLink in Vancouver, on August 17, 2023. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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European firm to build 262 new trolley buses for TransLink

The first 107 new vehicles will begin arriving in 2026.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 4, 2025
Concept of the Southwynd Place redevelopment at 8080 Yukon St., Vancouver. (Soroptimist International of Vancouver/Kiwanis Club of Vancouver/GBL Architects)
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847 social housing units proposed for Marine Drive SkyTrain station

Largest social housing project in Vancouver led by a non-profit.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 3, 2025
Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive
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13 candidates nominated for Vancouver City Council by-election this April

Mark Saturday, April 5 on your calendars.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 1, 2025
Gantry launcher crane used for the construction of the elevated guideway of the SkyTrain Millennium Line's Evergreen extension. (Government of BC)
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Four cranes to be deployed for Surrey-Langley SkyTrain construction this year

Work is quickly ramping up.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 28, 2025
Headquarters office of Metro Vancouver Regional District. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Glen Clark to be involved in Metro Vancouver Regional District review

And a team for the North Shore sewage treatment plant review.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 28, 2025
February 2025 preliminary concept of the new Vancouver Aquatic Centre. (Acton Ostry Architects/MJMA Architecture and Design)
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Wave of support? New 50-metre Vancouver pool now a by-election issue

A 25-metre pool "could devastate the competitive swim community."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 28, 2025
Construction progress on Keefer House hotel in Vancouver's Chinatown, as of January 27, 2025. (Kenneth Chan)
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Brand new hotel in Vancouver's Chinatown to open this summer

A 10-storey building with 58 suites.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 28, 2025
West overpass of SkyTrain Commercial-Broadway Station. (TransLink)
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Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station overpass and staircase reopen

Passengers won't have to detour at street level.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 28, 2025
Concept of the Vancouver General Hospital campus expansion at 900-990 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership/VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation)
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Massive expansion of Vancouver General Hospital campus proposed

These two towers will be the tallest at the VGH campus.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 27, 2025
2024 revised concept for Concord Landing at Northeast False Creek. (Civitas Urban Design & Architecture/Concord Pacific)
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Concord Pacific submits proposal for Vancouver's new tallest buildings

Big changes for the Northeast False Creek parking lot.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 27, 2025
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