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Early conceptual artistic rendering of the BMO Centre expansion. (Calgary Stampede)
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3 firms to design Calgary's $500-million BMO Centre expansion

Calgary is getting a world-class convention centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 24, 2019
Interior of a new TransLink bus with air conditioning. (TransLink)
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Please stop opening windows on air conditioned trains and buses: TransLink

"Let’s keep those windows shut so the air conditioning can do its job."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 24, 2019
Coal Harbour Marina Expansion. (Royal Vancouver Yacht Club)
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Major expansion of Coal Harbour Marina will narrow waterway for rowers

It will narrow the waterway and remove buffer space between motor boats and rowers.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 24, 2019
Construction crane for a building. (Shutterstock)
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One in five new residential units proposed 3 years ago in Vancouver now cancelled

But developers still have strong interest in market rental housing.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 24, 2019
Artistic rendering of the 2018 design for Surrey Veterans Village. ((Royal Canadian Legion BC/Yukon Command / Lark Group)
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Construction begins on $312M Surrey mental health centre for Canada's veterans

A first-of-its-kind facility in Canada for Canadian Forces and first responder veterans.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 24, 2019
Artistic rendering of a Bombardier Innovia Metro 300 train vehicle, currently known on Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain system as the Mark III. (Bombardier)
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BC government announces $1.47-billion SkyTrain upgrade with 200 new cars

New train cars, plus a new train storage yard, and control centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 24, 2019
Preliminary artistic rendering for the Willowbrook Station of the Fraser Highway SkyTrain extension. (TransLink)
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Overwhelming support for new SkyTrain in Surrey and Langley: TransLink survey

The survey also received the second greatest number of responses in TransLink history.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 24, 2019
Looking south on Main Street from the intersection with 49th Avenue in Vancouver's Punjabi Market. (Google Maps)
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City council to consider new ways to help revive Vancouver's Punjabi Market

Vancouver's Little India is now a shadow of its former self.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 24, 2019
Cargo trucks on Knight Street in Vancouver. (Google Maps)
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Vancouver councillor wants to reduce cargo truck pollution on Knight Street

Pollution impact on Knight Street is comparable to Toronto's Highway 401.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 24, 2019
Artistic rendering of the new Victoria Park/Stampede Station design. (Calgary Transit)
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$60-million complete rebuild for CTrain station serving Stampede Park

It's a redesign of Victoria Park/Stampede Station, without the pedestrian overpass.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 23, 2019
2019 artistic rendering of the new replacement aquatics and community centre in New Westminster. (HCMA Architecture + Design / City of New Westminster)
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New design concept for New Westminster's replacement of Canada Games Pool

It is planned as a "destination" aquatics and recreational facility.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 23, 2019
Museum exhibition space. (Shutterstock)
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City of Richmond considering building a new museum

A "robust" city museum will attract both locals and tourists.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 23, 2019
2019 artistic rendering of Union Gospel Mission's new Women and Families Centre at 616 East Cordova Street, Vancouver. (NSDA Architects / Union Gospel Mission)
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Construction begins on Union Gospel Mission's $35.5-million Downtown Eastside expansion

It will provide 135 beds for women and their children, plus addiction programs.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 23, 2019
Granville Island. (Shutterstock)
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Pay parking during peak hours in effect on Granville Island starting next month

Free parking is coming to an end for the busy periods.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 22, 2019
Fare gates at a SkyTrain station. (Shutterstock)
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TransLink to increase all transit fares again beginning this summer

See the full schedule of increases.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 22, 2019
The first touch-screen kiosk has been installed at SkyTrain's Surrey Central Station. (TransLink)
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TransLink installing over 50 touch-screen kiosks on SkyTrain, SeaBus, and bus loops

The screens provide passengers with a new way to plan their trip.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 22, 2019
Prologis Georgetown Crossroads is a three-floor 590,000-sq-ft industrial warehouse in Seattle. (Proglosis)
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Multi-storey warehouses suggested for Metro Vancouver's industrial space shortage

Cost of goods and services in Metro Vancouver could rise even higher without more warehouse space.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 22, 2019
Third side platform of SkyTrain's Stadium-Chinatown Station. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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Third platform at SkyTrain's Stadium-Chinatown Station to open for shuttle train

It will open for a month-long late night shuttle service from Commercial-Broadway to Waterfront.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 22, 2019
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