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Government of BC forecasts all-time record budget deficit of $7.9 billion

"Our government won’t leave people behind to fend for themselves."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 23, 2024
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BC government to launch in-vitro fertilization program

Good news for people hoping to become parents.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 22, 2024
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BC Employer Health Tax exemption doubled to benefit more small businesses

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  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 22, 2024
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New Property Transfer Tax exemptions for first-time buyers and new homes in BC

"Every little bit helps."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 22, 2024
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BC government to reduce household electricity bills with new credit

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  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 22, 2024
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BC government to increase Family Benefit by 25% this year

Families could receive about $450 more over the next 12 months.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 22, 2024
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It’s official: 20% BC Home Flipping Tax will begin in 2025

The new tax is in effect within the first two years after purchase.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 22, 2024
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Which SkyTrain car model is the noisiest from inside the train?

The results may surprise you.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 22, 2024
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
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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
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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
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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
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