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Artistic rendering of the Clinical Support and Research Centre Building at the future St. Paul's Hospital campus in the False Creek Flats. (Providence Health Care)
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$638 million research centre approved for new St. Paul's Hospital campus

A two-storey sky bridge will link the research building with the hospital.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 15, 2023
Vancouver Park Board
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BC government signals it will green light Vancouver Park Board abolition

"We respect the decision of Vancouver City Council."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 14, 2023
Vancouver Park Board | Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive
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"A new era": Vancouver City Council approves process to axe Park Board

The final decision is now up to the Government of BC.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 14, 2023
Downtown Port Coquitlam. (Google Maps)
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Port Coquitlam adds free underground parking to support downtown businesses

"To increase the vibrancy of the downtown and strengthen the local economy."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 14, 2023
Spanish Banks Beach and the downtown Vancouver skyline. (Josef Hanus/Shutterstock)
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How many of Vancouver's public parks are technically "temporary"?

Some longtime popular public parks are "temporary."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 14, 2023
Artistic rendering of 2126 West 34th Avenue, 5025 Arbutus Street, and 2109-2129 West 35th Avenue, Vancouver. (RWA Architecture Group/Intracorp)
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156 rental homes to be built on Arbutus Street in Vancouver Westside

A sizeable project next to Ravine Park.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 13, 2023
The renovated Kitsilano Pool in early-May 2018. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Vancouver's Kitsilano Pool is leaking 30,000 litres of water per hour: Park Board

The beloved pool is in critical condition and at risk of failure.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 13, 2023
Broken escalator on the Millennium Line platform at SkyTrain Commercial-Broadway Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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SkyTrain Commercial-Broadway Station escalators to be replaced for $10.5 million

Expect major inconveniences over the next two years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 13, 2023
Artistic rendering of 2175 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver. (GBL Architects/Gracorp Properties)
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20-storey Kitsilano rental tower proposed near future Arbutus SkyTrain station

Over 180 secured purpose-built rental homes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 13, 2023
Moby by Rogers (Vancouver Bike Share)
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Vancouver's Mobi bike share system now expanded to UBC campus

10 stations with space for over 200 e-bikes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 13, 2023
Rebranding of "Mobi by Shaw" into "Mobi by Rogers" in Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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From blue to red: Vancouver's Mobi Bike Share undergoes Rogers rebranding

Trading in blue for bright red colours.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 13, 2023
Vancouver City Hall (Shutterstock)
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Vancouver City Council approves 7.5% property tax increase in 2024

Equivalent to a $168 increase for a median home.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 13, 2023
Artistic rendering of the social housing tower at 800 Commercial Drive, Vancouver. (Human Studio Architecture & Urban Design/City of Vancouver)
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15-storey social housing tower proposed for Commercial Drive parking lot in Vancouver

This is the site of the cancelled Kettle Boffo condo tower.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 13, 2023
TransLink trolley buses on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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$27 million upgrade for TransLink's trolley bus overhead wire network

This comes just ahead of a new order of trolley buses.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 12, 2023
BC government's example of multiple small homes on a single-family lot (Government of BC) | Vancouver Special homes (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Federal government reboots Canada's housing policy from Second World War

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 12, 2023
ABC commissioner Jas Virdi (left) and independent commissioner Brennan Bastyovanszky (right) during the Vancouver Park Board meeting on December 11, 2023. (Vancouver Park Board)
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"We waste taxpayers' money": ABC commissioner on Vancouver Park Board's existence

"Our board is redundant and inefficient."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 12, 2023
First new Mark V SkyTrain cars being loaded onto flatbed trucks in Kingston, Ontario for delivery, December 2023. (Alstom/C. Fleury)
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First new SkyTrain cars now on cross-country journey to Metro Vancouver

Keep your eyes open for them on the Trans-Canada Highway.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 12, 2023
BC Ferries' first new Island Class hybrid-electric vessels arrived in Victoria on January 18, 2020. (BC Ferries)
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BC Ferries to add four more hybrid electric ships to fleet by 2027

The Island Class fleet is expanding with four new additional ships.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 12, 2023
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