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February 2024 condition of the Crab Park homeless encampment. (Vancouver Park Board)
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Cleanup of hazardous Crab Park encampment now underway

Five people currently remain in the encampment.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 25, 2024
The platform level on the Expo Line's Surrey Central Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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SkyTrain King George Station to be closed for six weeks for upgrades

Between late-April and mid-June.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 25, 2024
Artistic rendering of 270 East 13th Avenue, Vancouver. (Studio One Architecture/JTA Development Consultants/Five Mile Holdings/TKT Holdings)
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21-storey rental housing tower proposed near future Mount Pleasant SkyTrain

The second 21-storey rental housing proposal for the block.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 25, 2024
TransLink's Compass Card. (Mitch Hutchinson/Shutterstock)
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Full breakdown of TransLink's planned annual fare increases from 2024 to 2033

An attempt to balance affordability and adequate funding.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 23, 2024
SkyTrain Canada Line (left) and a 99 B-Line bus (right). (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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TransLink planning 5 key service improvements starting this September

To address overcrowding and reduce pass-ups.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 23, 2024
Tunnel boring machine Phyllis arrived at the Millennium Line pit of Broadway-City Hall Station on May 26, 2023. (Government of BC)
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First boring machine for Broadway Subway reaches end of tunnel at Arbutus Station

The second tunnel boring machine is not far behind.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 23, 2024
Early 2024 construction progress on the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant. (Metro Vancouver Regional District)
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Partly built North Shore sewage treatment plant cost balloons to $3.9 billion

This is up from $700 million when construction first began.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 22, 2024
Parking lot at the base terminal of the Sea to Sky Gondola. (Sea to Sky Gondola)
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New pay parking at Sea to Sky Gondola starts this spring

Free parking is ending at the popular attraction.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 22, 2024
Artistic rendering of Project Phoenix at 43-95 East 3rd Avenue, Vancouver. (Atelier Capital Partners/Gensler)
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Nine storey office and industrial building proposed near Vancouver Olympic Village

156,000 sq ft of office and light industrial uses designed by Gensler.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 22, 2024
2024 concept for 811 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster. (Yamamoto Architecture/Reliance Properties)
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New Westminster's third tallest tower to include condos and hotel

469 condos, 145 hotel rooms, and 11,000 sq ft of retail.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 22, 2024
Artistic rendering of 22-55 East 12th Avenue, Vancouver. (Studio One Architecture/JTA Development Consultants/Five Mile Holdings/TKT Holdings)
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Nearly 400 rental homes in two towers proposed near Mount Pleasant SkyTrain station

Two towers up to 21 storeys just off Main Street.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 22, 2024
Artistic rendering of an example of an affordable rental housing project in Vancouver Island. (Government of BC)
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Six new affordable housing projects in Greater Victoria to receive provincial funding

Supporting nearly 900 homes across Vancouver Island.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 21, 2024
A 1999 proposal called for the redevelopment of much of Burns Bog into a theme park and entertainment hub. (Google Maps/Daily Hive)
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Burns Bog nearly became a "Disney-like" theme park and film studio over 20 years ago

A 2,500-acre integrated, themed retail-leisure-entertainment centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 21, 2024
Robert Nicklin Place at 3100 Ozada Avenue, Coquitlam. (Government of BC)
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164 rental homes reach completion near Lafarge Lake SkyTrain in Coquitlam

It includes 74 affordable rental units.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 21, 2024
The new North Surrey Truck Parking Facility. (Government of BC)
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5,000 commercial truck parking spaces needed in Metro Vancouver

This has been a growing issue for 20+ years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 21, 2024
EV charing stations and a solar panel array installed at the west parking lot of Burnaby City Hall. (City of Burnaby)
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$30 million in new BC funding to install 500 EV public charging stations

5,000 public charging stations already exist across BC.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 21, 2024
Mobi bike share station (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Vancouver's Mobi bike share records over one million rides in a year for the first time

Staggering year-over-year growth of 23%.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 20, 2024
Josh White (Queen's University)
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City of Vancouver appoints new chief urban planner from Calgary

Josh White is currently the City of Calgary's chief urban planner.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 20, 2024
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