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Happy birthday, Urbanized! Daily Hive marks 5th anniversary of real estate, urban development, and transportation issues coverage

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Snuneymuxw First Nation has acquired the remaining ownership stake in the Courtyard by Marriott Nanaimo, bringing the Downtown Nanaimo hotel property entirely under the First Nation’s control.

First Nation buys recently-built Marriott hotel in Downtown Nanaimo

One of Downtown Vancouver’s most recognizable office towers is gaining a new restaurant as part of an extensive renovation of its lobby and other street-level spaces.

Major new restaurant coming to the base of Downtown Vancouver office tower

A vacant restaurant space on the Coal Harbour waterfront in Downtown Vancouver is expected to reopen in Spring 2027 under the operator of two established Kitsilano eateries.

Vancouver Park Board selects TacoLoco and Charqui concept to open new Coal Harbour waterfront restaurant

Another prolonged period of early closures is planned for Oakridge-41st Avenue Station on SkyTrain’s Canada Line to accommodate ongoing construction.

Oakridge-41st Avenue Station faces more early closures as construction work on expansion continues into 2027

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has added two major retail and dining brands, with Canadian apparel company Roots returning to airport retail and British food-and-coffee chain Pret A Manger opening its first standalone location in British Columbia.

Roots and first of three Pret A Manger locations open at Vancouver International Airport

Imagine Commercial-Broadway Station, where the Expo Line and Millennium Line meet to create one of the SkyTrain network’s most important and busiest transfer points — except with the entire interchange buried underground.

First look inside Broadway-City Hall Station's future Canada Line-Millennium Line interchange

Premier David Eby says his BC NDP-led provincial government already supports creating involuntary care capacity in Vancouver and has been searching for a suitable site, questioning the need for the City of Vancouver to hold a plebiscite on an idea he says has broad agreement.

Premier David Eby questions need for Vancouver's public safety plebiscite

Vancouver voters will officially be asked to weigh in on public hard drug use and establishing a major mental health and addictions treatment facility during the civic election on Oct. 17, 2026, after the ABC Vancouver majority on Vancouver City Council formally approved Mayor Ken Sim’s public safety plebiscite.

It's official: Vancouver public safety plebiscite approved after heated opposition to ABC plan

Written for Daily Hive Urbanized by Hashim Arthur, the chief operating officer for Coldwell Banker Canada. Open your phone on any given morning, and Canada’s housing market could be crashing, recovering, stabilizing, or somehow doing all three at once.

Opinion: In Canada's housing market, more information has not brought more certainty

More than six years after Safeway closed at the old Oakridge Centre mall, the Sobeys-owned grocery store is finally ready to make its return to the site.

Flagship 50,000+ sq. ft. Safeway grocery store at Oakridge Park mall to open this month

Heads up that if you’re going to be travelling along East Hastings Street in Vancouver this weekend, there is going to be road work that’ll lead to some traffic delays and slow down traffic.

Traffic to be heavily impacted along Hastings Street this weekend in Vancouver

Vancouver voters could be asked to weigh in on two major changes to the municipal government’s approach to the drug and mental health crisis: stronger restrictions on the open use of hard drugs in public spaces, and a push to turn part of the existing St. Paul’s Hospital campus on Burrard Street into a secure treatment and stabilization facility.

Vancouver plebiscite this October to ask voters about public use of hard drugs and turning the old St. Paul's Hospital into a major addictions and mental health treatment facility

More than 334,600 acres (135,425 hectares; 1,354 sq. km.) of provincial Crown land are currently committed to First Nations through a series of modern treaty and incremental treaty agreements across British Columbia, according to a financial document released today by the Government of B. C.

BC NDP government's newly disclosed First Nations land transfer commitments cover area nearly 12 times the size of Vancouver

Peter Milobar, who has been a B. C. MLA for Kamloops Centre since 2017, announced today that he is leaving the B.C. Conservative Party to sit as an Independent.

Prominent B.C. MLA turned off by 'new direction' leaves Conservative caucus

British Columbians have become far less supportive of a number of Indigenous reconciliation measures since Fall 2025, while a strong majority remain concerned about the potential effects of the landmark Aboriginal title ruling involving private and public property in southeast Richmond and the Cowichan Tribes, according to a new survey.

Most British Columbians want all Aboriginal title negotiations paused amid Cowichan court case: survey

Written for Daily Hive Urbanized by Lee Haber of SaveTheCaps, the grassroots advocacy campaign created by the Vancouver Southsiders — the oldest and largest supporters’ group for Vancouver Whitecaps FC — to raise awareness of the club’s uncertain future.

Opinion: Keeping the Whitecaps in Vancouver starts with letting them operate, not own, BC Place Stadium

B. C. Premier David Eby has announced several changes to cabinet after a prominent minister announced that she will be taking leave for cancer treatment and recovery.

B.C. announces cabinet switcheroo after minister's cancer diagnosis

A recent poll asked British Columbians what they think of drug consumption sites, with many indicating that they think the provincial government has mishandled the toxic drug and overdose crisis.

Here's what British Columbians think about drug consumption sites

The experience at over 20 Metro Vancouver regional parks will be slightly different this weekend due to job action, which will impact garbage collection and other services.

Garbage collection at Metro Vancouver parks won't be impacted by job action after all

The day will start with clear sky through the late morning hours, transitioning to partly cloudy

You can expect partly cloudy in the morning, with clearing in the afternoon

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