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Previous five-storey rental housing concept (left) and the 2024 concept of a 20-storey condo and social housing tower (right) at 320 East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver. (Human Studio Architecture & Urban Design | Chris Dikeakos Architects)
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Future housing project near Emily Carr SkyTrain quadruples to 20 storeys

Condos and social housing instead of rentals for artists.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 11, 2024
Lime e-scooter share devices. (Joseph Hendrickson/Shutterstock)
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Lime to launch North America's first docked e-scooter share in Vancouver this summer

A unique "Made for Vancouver" system by Lime.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 11, 2024
Mountain view cone informational signage by the City of Vancouver on the False Creek South seawall. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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It's official: Vancouver City Council approves view cone policy relaxations for more housing

Up to 300,000 additional homes, plus ample new job space.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2024
Surrey Police Service
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BC government confirms $250 million in funding to City of Surrey for police transition

Surrey Police Service will become Surrey's official force in November 2024.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2024
Artistic rendering of the proposed office building as an expansion of Fairmont Hotel Vancouver at 900 West Georgia Street, Vancouver. (Architects-Alliance/Larco Hospitality)
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Proposal for new office tower addition at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver withdrawn

Could there be a hotel expansion instead?

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2024
Example of a new Costco Warehouse store; artistic rendering of the future Costco location at Bingham Crossing in Calgary. (Costco)
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New Costco store location with a gas station set for Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver's eighth Costco Wholesale location.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2024
Thornton Tunnel's fake house and the railway tunnel's route. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive | Vancouver Fraser Port Authority)
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All about the 3.2-km-long railway tunnel deep under Burnaby and its fake house

A fake house in the middle of a Burnaby neighbourhood hides so much.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 10, 2024
Artistic rendering of the Holdom Overpass in Burnaby. (Port of Vancouver)
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Construction to begin on $200 million Holdom Avenue road overpass in Burnaby

A new four-lane road overpass above the CN railway.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 9, 2024
SFU Surrey's new Sustainable Energy Engineering building (right) and the Central City campus (left). (SFU)
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$34 million in BC funding for SFU Surrey medical school's temporary space

To start training more doctors sooner than later.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 9, 2024
Existing configuration of Beach Avenue looking east near Park Lane, with the pandemic-time bike lane. (Google Maps)
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Vancouver Park Board rejects City Council's Beach Avenue changes

But the mayor says it'll go ahead after the Park Board is abolished.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 9, 2024
North Star Drone Shows. (North Star Entertainment)
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200 drones to illuminate Honda Celebration of Light's nightly shows

An exciting addition just before the nightly fireworks.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 9, 2024
The 2023-built Capitol Hill Community Houses is an example of a six-storey multi-family residential building with a single egress staircase. (Habitat For Humanity)
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Single-staircase residential buildings up to 6 storeys feasible in BC: report

Added building safety design features would be required.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 9, 2024
June 2024 draft concept for Broadway's "Great Street" transformation. (City of Vancouver)
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What Broadway as a "Great Street" for pedestrians could look like

The potential design concept for Broadway's transformation.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 9, 2024
A parking lot at Spanish Banks Beach Park. (Google Maps)
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Pay parking at Spanish Banks Beach begins this week

It was Vancouver's last remaining beach with free parking.

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  • Jul 8, 2024
Bob Williams was instrumental to the creation of Robson Square. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Remembering Bob Williams: BC urban planning giant dies at 91

He profoundly shaped modern British Columbia.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 8, 2024
Summer at Cypress Mountain Resort. (Cypress Mountain Resort)
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Cypress Mountain opens more gondolas for summertime sightseeing

Enjoy the panoramic views!

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 8, 2024
"A-maze-ing Laughter" sculptures at Morton Park. (EB Adventure Photography/Shutterstock)
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$16 million English Bay sculpture park and Beach Avenue upgrades pondered

Big changes to the intersection of Davie Street and Beach Avenue.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 6, 2024
Heat pump equipment for a house. (Nimur/Shutterstock)
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Heat pump installation rebates for BC homes now reach up to $16,000

The rebates have also been expanded to higher income households.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jul 6, 2024
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