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TransLink's trolley bus and SkyTrain Expo Line. (EB Adventure Photography/Shutterstock)
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Should Metro Vancouver public transit be declared an essential service?

"Don’t let this expand to cause chaos in the Lower Mainland next."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 25, 2024
Vancouver Park Board Transition Work Group press conference on January 25, 2024. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Park Board transition to City Council is "relatively straightforward": city manager

Five members have been named to the Park Board's transition group.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 25, 2024
December 2023 conceptual artistic rendering of the Jericho Lands. (City of Vancouver)
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Indigenous-owned Jericho Lands project for 24,000 residents approved by Vancouver City Council

13,000 homes, plus offices, retail, and a SkyTrain station.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 25, 2024
The Hazelwood SRO at 344 East Hastings Street, Vancouver. (Google Maps)
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BC Housing to choose new operators for two SRO buildings under Atira

BC Housing notes more buildings could change operations.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 25, 2024
The Goldsmith mural on the Randall Building (Google Maps) and its November 2023 removed condition (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive).
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Iconic Vancouver mural removed, but presents blank canvas opportunity

The mural of a goldsmith was first installed over 30 years ago.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 24, 2024
TransLink trolley bus (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Union to suspend Metro Vancouver transit strike during mediation process

No potential transit shutdowns possibly until February 2.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 24, 2024
Artistic rendering of the rental housing towers at 3362-3384 Vanness Avenue, Vancouver. (Boniface Oleksiuk Politano Architects/Intracorp Homes)
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Vancouver City Council approves 679 new rental homes at Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain

It will also have a childcare facility.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 24, 2024
Site of South Anderson Resort. (Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners/Spuzzam First Nation)
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First Nation proposes massive new ski resort near Hope

An alternative to Whistler Blackcomb?

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 24, 2024
Artistic rendering of 1726 West 11th Avenue, Vancouver. (Ciccozzi Architecture/Sightline Properties)
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283 rental homes in two towers proposed near future South Granville SkyTrain

Another major rental housing project in the Broadway Plan area.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 24, 2024
Trolley buses in downtown Vancouver. (TransLink)
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Bus and SeaBus services across Metro Vancouver to resume Wednesday: TransLink

Normal services for at least one day as a strike reprieve.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 24, 2024
CUPE 4500 strike outside TransLink's Burnaby Transit Centre bus depot on January 22, 2024. (Daniel Chai/Daily Hive)
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Separate union for thousands of TransLink bus drivers takes aim at employer

Thousands of bus drivers and other workers are losing wages.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 24, 2024
SkyTrain Expo Line in New Westminster. (Elena_Alex_Ferns/Shutterstock)
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Possible SkyTrain shutdown as early as Monday as Metro Vancouver transit strike ramps up

There is no end in sight to the job action.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 23, 2024
First Nations public art in the 2019-built expansion of SkyTrain Surrey Central Station. (TransLink)
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$2 million budget for public art at all Surrey-Langley SkyTrain stations

Each of the eight new stations will have a public art installation.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 23, 2024
Remnants of the Kitsilano Trestle bridge on Senakw's fourth phase footprint on the east side of Burrard Bridge. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Federal government to create a new National Indigenous Housing Centre

It will be operated by an Indigenous organization.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 23, 2024
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$36 million in new federal housing funding announced for City of Richmond

It will help fast-track over 3,000 homes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 23, 2024
False Creek Ferries
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Ferries in False Creek: Another way to get around during the transit strike

Instead of a False Creek bridge bus ride, and a west-east option.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 23, 2024
TransLink's R4 41st Avenue RapidBus in Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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TransLink bus and SeaBus services could temporarily restart Wednesday

A reprieve from the severe service disruptions due to the strike.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 23, 2024
Buses parked at TransLink's Burnaby Transit Centre bus depot. (Daniel Chai/Daily Hive)
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Union's 25% wage hike demand to end transit strike will cost $250 million: TransLink CEO

"At TransLink, we are facing a fiscal crisis."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 23, 2024
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