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SkyTrain Braid Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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No impacts to SkyTrain due to Metro Vancouver transit strike: TransLink

At least for 48 hours through the end of Wednesday.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 22, 2024
Artistic rendering of the new Listel Hotel Vancouver tower at 1300 Robson Street. (Henriquez Partners Architects)
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New hotel and rental housing tower to replace Listel Hotel on Robson Street in downtown Vancouver

It will close in late 2024 to enable the start of construction.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 22, 2024
Uber smartphone app (Lutsenko_Oleksandr/Shutterstock) and Mobi Bike Share (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive).
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How to get around Metro Vancouver during the public transit strike

It's time to get multi-modal.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 22, 2024
UBC bus exchange. (Dialog)
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Some classes moved online at UBC and SFU due to Metro Vancouver public transit strike

Driving instead? There will be parking lot pains.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 22, 2024
TransLink's trolley bus (EB Adventure Photography/Shutterstock) and SeaBus (Shawn.ccf/Shutterstock).
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It's official: TransLink's bus and SeaBus services now shut down due to strike

Expect significant inconveniences with getting around.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 22, 2024
Passengers waiting for a SkyTrain Expo Line train towards downtown Vancouver during peak hours at Commercial-Broadway Station in May 2023. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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SkyTrain union informs workers their solidarity strike could start mid-day Monday

The threat of a systemwide transit strike continues.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 22, 2024
R2 RapidBus serving the North Shore. (TransLink)
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Business groups urge swift action to end TransLink strike uncertainty

"Significant ramifications on our local economy."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 22, 2024
SkyTrain Inlet Centre Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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SkyTrain and West Coast Express to operate normally on Monday during transit strike: TransLink

But bus and SeaBus services would be shut down.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 22, 2024
Burrard Station on SkyTrain's Expo Line. (Maclkin Holloway/Shutterstock)
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SkyTrain shutdown possible: Threat of job action spreads across TransLink system

SkyTrain workers will not cross the picket lines of bus supervisors.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 21, 2024
Disney-themed "Magic Plane." (Welshboy2020/Shutterstock)
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Goodbye, magic: WestJet is de-theming its Disney planes

Say goodbye to the "Magic Plane" and "Frozen Plane."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 20, 2024
The former Victoria's Secret store at 750 Burrard Street in downtown Vancouver (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive) and the Adidas logo (pio3/Shutterstock).
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35,000 sq ft Adidas flagship store to replace Victoria's Secret in downtown Vancouver

A massive flagship location for Adidas.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 20, 2024
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TransLink and union to re-enter bargaining in a bid to avoid shutdown

Could a full walkout on Monday be averted?

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 20, 2024
Artistic rendering of 525 Powell Street, Vancouver. (Stantec Architecture)
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10-storey social housing building to replace Vancouver temporary modular units

It'll quadruple the number of homes on the site.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 20, 2024
2023 concept artistic rendering of 904-920 Davie Street, Vancouver. (Neil M. Denari Architects/Bingham & Hill Architects/Reliance Properties)
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29-storey condo and office tower proposed for downtown Vancouver

This is now a project 10 years in the making.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 20, 2024
The old Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library at 750 Burrard Street, Vancouver. (Vancouver Public Library Archives)
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Inside the former Victoria's Secret building when it was the Vancouver Public Library

It was VPL's Central Branch for most of its history.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 19, 2024
TransLink's SeaBus (Alena Charykova/Shutterstock) and R5 RapidBus (EJ Nickerson/Shutterstock)
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TransLink confirms full bus and SeaBus shutdown possible due to strike escalation

CMBC deems the union's request for a 25% wage hike to be unrealistic.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 19, 2024
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$51 million in provincial funding for BC cities to follow new housing legislation

This includes over $3 million each for Vancouver and Surrey.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 18, 2024
TransLink bus (Margarita Young/Shutterstock) and SeaBus (Max Lindenthaler/Shutterstock) during snowfall.
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Strike escalation: Full shutdown of TransLink bus and SeaBus services possible starting Monday

The union representing bus operations supervisors has provided an ultimatum.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 18, 2024
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