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Final permanent design of the Bute-Robson Plaza. (City of Vancouver)
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City of Vancouver awards $7 million contract to build new Bute-Robson Plaza

Big pedestrian-oriented changes for the intersection of Robson and Bute.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 6, 2024
Vancouver City Hall (Wangkun Jia/Shutterstock)
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Policy to give Vancouver the first right to buy properties is not recommended: staff

For affordable housing.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 6, 2024
A BYD battery-electric bus being tested in 2018. (BC Transit)
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BC Transit's battery-electric buses coming to Victoria, Fraser Valley, and Whistler

66 battery-electric buses will arrive by 2026.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 6, 2024
May 2024 completion of the new Phibbs bus exchange in North Vancouver. (TransLink)
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TransLink's $32 million new Phibbs bus exchange in North Vancouver opens

More capacity and improved passenger comfort.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 6, 2024
Vancouver International Airport (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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YVR Airport sees strong passenger numbers in early 2024

This was Vancouver airport's second-strongest first quarter ever.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 6, 2024
American Airlines (Markus Mainka/Shutterstock) | Charlotte, North Carolina (Grindstone Media Group)
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New daily flights from Vancouver to Charlotte to launch in June

North Carolina's biggest city is a big hub for American Airlines.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 6, 2024
Vancouver Canucks banner at the control tower of Vancouver International Airport, 2024. (Vancouver Canucks)
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Giant Canucks banner raised at YVR Airport control tower

"Proudly on display for the world to see!"

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 3, 2024
Cyclist gate on the Stanley Park seawall's bike pathway at Third Beach. (Vancouver Park Board)
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Should the cyclist dismount gates on the Stanley Park seawall be removed?

The cyclist dismount gates are in pedestrian areas.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 3, 2024
Spring 2024 construction progress on the new Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. (MOA)
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New seismic replica: Museum of Anthropology at UBC reopens this June

The years-long, $40 million construction project is almost done.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 3, 2024
Amazon YVR14 at 402 Dunsmuir Street (foreground) and 401 West Georgia Street (background) in downtown Vancouver. (Google Maps)
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Inside one of Amazon's new Vancouver office buildings, under new ownership

Two office buildings are now owned by a German investment firm.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 3, 2024
A parking lot at Spanish Banks Beach Park. (Google Maps)
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Park Board to vote on starting year-round pay parking at Spanish Banks

Plus new pay parking and permit parking on adjacent streets.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 2, 2024
Artistic rendering of the "Thunderhead" design for the new LGBTQ2+ National Monument. (Government of Canada)
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Construction begins on Canada's new LGBTQ2+ National Monument

The memorial's design is a thunderhead cloud.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 2, 2024
Artistic rendering of the rental housing proposal for 22-55 East 12th Avenue, Vancouver. (Studio One Architecture/JTA Development Consultants/Five Mile Holdings/TKT Holdings)
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Over 22,000 homes and 150 projects proposed for Broadway Plan area

Plus 9.3 million sq ft of office, hotel, retail, and restaurant uses.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 2, 2024
Views of the Metro Vancouver region from Simon Fraser University's campus atop Burnaby Mountain. (EB Adventure Photography/Shutterstock)
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Nearly 20,000 homes now for sale in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley

Propelled by the highest new inventory levels in years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 2, 2024
Parq Vancouver casino hotel resort, with Marriott's Douglas and JW hotels. (EJ Nickerson/Shutterstock)
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Proposals for casino expansions of Parq Vancouver and Hastings Racecourse

Potentially more slot machines and table games.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 2, 2024
SkyTrain Canada Line (left) and a 99 B-Line bus (right). (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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These are Metro Vancouver's busiest bus routes and SkyTrain stations in 2023

Very strong ridership growth closing in on pre-pandemic levels.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 2, 2024
Gallant Avenue through Deep Cove's retail village (left) and a map of the Deep Cove's parking study area (right). (District of North Vancouver)
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New restrictions for most of Deep Cove's street parking begin this summer

Changes for an area with over 900 street parking spaces.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 1, 2024
Olympic rings atop Grouse Mountain and in the waters of False Creek were some of the original 'Look of the Games' concepts envisioned for Vancouver 2010. (VANOC)
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Growing support for a Vancouver 2036 Summer Olympics bid: survey

Significantly more support than another Winter Olympics.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 1, 2024
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