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Taylor Swift-themed YVR sign and Christmas decorations at Vancouver International Airport in early December 2024. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Busy December bookends potential record year at Vancouver airport

From Swifties to the busiest Christmas season since the pandemic.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 24, 2024
Striking janitors at Vancouver International Airport, December 2024. (SEIU Local 2)
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Strike of over 200 janitors at Vancouver airport officially ends

Plans to escalate the strike on Christmas Eve have been cancelled.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 24, 2024
2023 revised design of the Kitsilano supportive housing building at 2086-2098 West 7th and Avenue 2091 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver. (Human Studio Architecture and Urban Design/BC Housing)
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Court rejects BC government’s push for Kitsilano supportive housing

BC government interfered with the court's authority.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 24, 2024
Christmas trees at Burrard Pier in Lonsdale in North Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Parade of powerful Christmas storms to hit Vancouver and Victoria

Three storms will arrive back-to-back-to-back.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 23, 2024
2024 "DasherTrain" Christmas-themed SkyTrain network map at Burrard Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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All aboard the DasherTrain: Christmas-themed SkyTrain maps return

The next station is Mulled Street–Snow Globe.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 22, 2024
Ambleside neighbourhood in West Vancouver. (Afshin Sadeghi Lavasani/Shutterstock)
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BC government warns West Vancouver and Oak Bay over new housing supply shortfall

BC government could directly intervene in both cities.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 22, 2024
December 20, 2024, opening day of SkyTrain Canada Line's Capstan Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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How Richmond developers funded half of SkyTrain Capstan Station's cost

The costs to developers were passed on to Capstan Village homebuyers.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 21, 2024
December 20, 2024, opening day of SkyTrain Canada Line's Capstan Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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9 design features to know about SkyTrain's newly opened Capstan Station

A stunning new station; every detail thoughtfully designed.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 21, 2024
Previous concept depiction of the 800 Granville Street redevelopment (left) and the exterior of the newly opened The Rec Room Granville at 850 Granville Street (right). (Perkins&Will/Bonnis Properties | Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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The Rec Room opens, marking the start of Granville strip's revival

Rental housing and hotel uses have been added to the 800 Granville project.

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  • Dec 20, 2024
September 2024 construction progress on SkyTrain Canada Line's new Capstan Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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SkyTrain's new Capstan Station will finally open tomorrow

Metro Vancouver's 54th SkyTrain station.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 20, 2024
Concept for Brentwood Community Centre at Brentwood Block. (Perkins&Will/Grosvenor)
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$146 million new community centre approved for Burnaby's Brentwood district

Serving the area's immense densification.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 19, 2024
Downtown Vancouver skyline as seen from Queen Elizabeth Park. (TR Photos/Shutterstock)
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Vancouver will remain BC's most populated city for decades to come: forecast

Surrey will not become Metro Vancouver's most populated city.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 19, 2024
Hotel Dunsmuir SRO at 500 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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"Too far gone": Downtown Vancouver SRO must be demolished ASAP

Snowfall could further increase the already high risk of collapse.

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  • Dec 19, 2024
Fall 2024 construction progress on the Broadway Subway and new replacement Pattullo Bridge. (Government of BC)
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Broadway Subway and new Pattullo Bridge construction costs escalate

Both projects are also delayed.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 18, 2024
TransLink trolley bus fleet. (TransLink)
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Metro Vancouver has the worst public transit commute time in Canada and the US

Equivalent to 20 months per lifetime spent on public transit.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 18, 2024
Decades-long vacant site of 1401 Robson Street in downtown Vancouver, which has turned into an informal publicly accessible private green space. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Trudeau's proposed Canada vacant land tax not based on reality: industry

"A fundamental lack of understanding about the industry."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 18, 2024
Not the actual proposed design; 2022 concept: artistic rendering of reimagining the Waterfront Station precinct in downtown Vancouver. (Perkins&Will)
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Could there be an expansion of Vancouver Convention Centre?

A potential expansion of the convention centre east of Canada Place.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 17, 2024
SkyTrain Expo Line near King George Station in Surrey City Centre. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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City of Surrey needs 169,000 new homes over the next 20 years

Almost doubling the number of homes that exist today.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 17, 2024
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