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SkyTrain Commercial-Broadway Station (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive) and an artistic rendering of platform screen doors on the London Underground (Transport for London).
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Opinion: Platform screen doors needed to improve SkyTrain safety and reliability

This is now a necessary feature for a region dependent on transit.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 22, 2024
Ridelink app (TransLink)
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New TransLink app combines transit, carshare, and bike share services

One app to rule them all.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 21, 2024
A portion of the Sea to Sky Gondola attraction falls within provincial Crown lands. (Wonseok Jeong/Shutterstock)
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BC government cancels legislation that would give First Nations more influence over Crown land uses

Critics say the Land Act changes give First Nations veto powers.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 21, 2024
TransLink's R4 41st Avenue RapidBus in Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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All electoral districts in Metro Vancouver ranked for public transit use

Vancouver-Renfrew tops the list.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 21, 2024
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$84 million in additional federal housing accelerator funding for BC cities

$25 million for Coquitlam and $18 million for Victoria.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 20, 2024
Artistic rendering of 1190 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver. (Studio One Architecture/JTA Development Consultants/Prospero International Realty/Five Mile Holdings)
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172 rental homes proposed for West 10th Avenue near future SkyTrain stations

A 22-storey tower with rental housing and retail.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 20, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with BC Premier David Eby and Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim during the housing press conference on February 20, 2024. (CPAC)
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Trudeau announces $2 billion in federal financing for BC Builds housing program

BC Builds now has $5 billion to catalyze up to 10,000 homes over five years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 20, 2024
Preliminary concept: Vancouver-SFU Cycling Connection (City of Burnaby).
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This is the design of the new major cross-city Vancouver-SFU Burnaby bike route

A 12-km-long cycling corridor linking Vancouver and SFU Burnaby.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 17, 2024
Construction cranes for new towers in the Brentwood area of Burnaby. (EB Adventure Photography/Shutterstock)
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Over 19,000 new rental homes now in progress in Burnaby: report

Nearly half of these rental homes will be below-market units.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 17, 2024
Example of an active production inside a purpose-built soundstage. (Studio Babelsberg)
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Major Indigenous-owned film production studio planned for Vancouver Island

41-acre on-reserve studio with up to 230,000 sq ft of soundstages.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 16, 2024
Artistic rendering of 1665-1685 West 11th Avenue, Vancouver. (Acton Ostry Architects/Palmar Properties)
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22-storey rental tower with childcare facility proposed near future South Granville SkyTrain

Spurred by the Broadway Plan.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 16, 2024
Richmond City Council's February 13, 2024 public meeting on the supervised consumption site. (Teresa Wat/Facebook)
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Petition against Richmond supervised consumption site sees over 21,000 signatures

"Don’t try to turn Richmond into the 2nd Chinatown."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 16, 2024
Artistic rendering of 1365 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver. (Sea to Sky Architectrue/Urban Strategies)
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20-storey rental tower proposed on West 12th Avenue near future SkyTrain station

The potential start of a West 12th Avenue retail strip.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 16, 2024
Kevin Falcon (BC United)
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Kevin Falcon's BC United housing platform includes rent-to-own program

"Under David Eby, BC has the highest cost of living in Canada."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 16, 2024
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Porter Airlines expands operations with new crew bases in Vancouver and Montreal

To support its major North American expansion.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 16, 2024
Example of a 10,000-seat indoor stadium; artistic rendering of the 10,000-seat Palm Springs Arena. (Palm Springs AHL)
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Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke announces new 12,000-seat arena proposal

"Our vision is bold."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 15, 2024
Artistic rendering of Vienna House at 2001 Stainsbury Avenue, Vancouver. (Public Design/BC Housing)
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Construction underway on Vienna House affordable housing building in East Vancouver

A green building resilient to heat waves and earthquakes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 15, 2024
Artistic rendering of the battery manufacturing plant at Malahat Business Park. (Energy Plug Technologies/Malahat First Nation)
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Massive Indigenous-owned battery plant to be built on Vancouver Island

A 100,000 sq ft facility on the Malahat First Nation's reserve.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 15, 2024
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