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Sean Orr (left) and former COPE Vancouver city councillor Jean Swanson (right). (@SeanOrr/X)
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COPE party announces candidate for Vancouver City Council by-election

"We're taking democracy back from the billionaires!"

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 3, 2025
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US homebuilders face soaring costs from Trump’s Canada tariffs

And American homebuyers will end up paying higher home prices.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 2, 2025
Colleen Hardwick (left) and Theodore Abbott (centre). (TEAM For A Livable Vancouver)
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Colleen Hardwick to seek Vancouver City Council comeback in by-election

TEAM will run both Colleen Hardwick and Theodore Abbott.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 2, 2025
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Snowfall warning of up to 20 cm for Metro Vancouver

From Saturday night until Monday morning.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 1, 2025
Artistic rendering of 1434-1456 West Broadway, Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership/PCI Developments)
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Three towers with 500 rental homes approved for Broadway Plan

Some of the first rezoning approvals of 2025.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 1, 2025
Boomi Vancouver office at Four Bentall Centre. (Boomi)
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US-based tech firm Boomi opens major downtown Vancouver office

Boomi has already hired 200 local workers.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 1, 2025
TransLink fare gates. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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TransLink projecting $72 million budget shortfall in 2025

49% of the bus fleet is now approaching the end of lifespan.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 1, 2025
The former headquarters office of Metro Vancouver Regional District at 4330 Kingway, Burnaby. (Google Maps)
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Developer owes Metro Vancouver Regional District $9 million fom headquarters sale

The regional district's former HQ is now owned by the City of Burnaby.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 31, 2025
Metro Vancouver Regional District headquarters office at Metrotown in Burnaby. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Mayor Brad West proposes sweeping changes to Metro Vancouver Regional District

"Reviewing Metro Vancouver's role as a regulator."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 31, 2025
Proposed surface vehicle parking lot redevelopment of 1510 Johnston Road into the new White Rock City Hall. (City of White Rock)
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White Rock planning new 12-storey City Hall and community hub

The new mixed-use building could include affordable housing.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 31, 2025
Concept for 2079-2085 West 5th Avenue, Vancouver. (Francl Architecture/Brightside Community Homes Foundation)
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21-storey Kitsilano social housing tower proposed near future SkyTrain station

200 social housing units, plus office, retail, and restaurant space.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 31, 2025
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim (Daily Hive)
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Mayor Ken Sim to boycott Metro Vancouver Regional District

"Metro Vancouver’s governance is broken."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 30, 2025
Construction progress on North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, as of January 29, 2025. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Major construction resumes on $3.9 billion North Shore sewage treatment plant

"I'm very angry that we got to this point," says board chair.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 30, 2025
Future long-term skyline of Surrey City Centre. (Invest Surrey/Downtown Surrey BIA)
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This is what Surrey City Centre's skyline will look like in the future

Based on proposals, approved plans, and projects under construction.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 29, 2025
River District (East Fraser Lands) in Vancouver, January 2025. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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TransLink proposes 5 new bus routes to River District in southeast Vancouver

A new neighbourhood of 18,000 residents.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 29, 2025
January 2025 construction progress on Surrey-Langley SkyTrain at Bakerview-166 Street Station. (Government of BC)
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Seven-month Fraser Highway closure in 2025 for SkyTrain construction

Major progress will be made on the project in 2025.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 28, 2025
Old streetcar track remnants on Robson Street, uncovered by the new Bute-Robson Plaza construction project, as of January 25, 2025. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Robson Street plaza construction digs up historic streetcar tracks

Unearthing the fossils of Vancouver's past.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 28, 2025
Lucy Maloney (@lucyincanada/X)
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Bike lane activist to run for OneCity in Vancouver City Council by-election

She has been highly critical of ABC's bike lane decisions.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 28, 2025
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