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ABC Vancouver city councillors and Mayor Ken Sim at the housing press conference on October 11, 2023. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Mayor Ken Sim outlines seven "bold" strategies to grow Vancouver's housing supply

This includes more transit-oriented development.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 11, 2023
The proposed route for the R7 RapidBus between Richmond-Brighouse Station and Metrotown Station. (City of Richmond)
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City of Richmond opposed to bus-only lanes for new BRT route to Metrotown

The City says bus-only lanes will increase traffic delays by 50%.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 11, 2023
Former BC Transit double-decker bus now used as a Vancouver tour bus by Gray Line Westcoast Sightseeing. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Former BC Transit double-decker bus finds new life in Vancouver

One of North America's first double-decker public transit buses.

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  • Oct 11, 2023
Construction progress of Oakridge Park, as of March 9, 2023. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Canada's housing starts led by new apartments in Vancouver and Toronto

But slower apartment activity is expected moving forward.

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  • Oct 11, 2023
Site of the future Burrard Slopes Park. (Vancouver Park Board)
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Buildings at future block-sized park site in Vancouver to be demolished

A major new public park near Granville Street Bridge's south end.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 10, 2023
Artistic rendering of the future expansion of the Vancouver Dry Dock. (Seaspan)
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Seaspan's drydock expansion next to Lonsdale's Shipyards approved

A major drydock expansion next to Lonsdale's popular public pier.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 10, 2023
Examples of a porta-pottie (left) and a washroom trailer (right). (Shutterstock)
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No more porta potties: Construction workers need flushing toilets, says BC trades group

Porta potties are "unsanitary, filthy, stinky, and unlit."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 10, 2023
A Spaces co-working location in Gatineau, Quebec. (Spaces)
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IWG opening 13 co-working office locations across Canada

It's opening 1,000 more locations worldwide next year.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 10, 2023
The lineup at the City of Vancouver's Building Permit Office. (David Grewal)
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BC government to launch new digital building permitting tool for cities

Goodbye, paper-based applications.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 10, 2023
Map of the Burrard Peninsula of Metro Vancouver. (TransLink)
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TransLink to create transportation plan for Burrard Peninsula

An area plan for Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and UBC.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 10, 2023
Artistic rendering of Roberts Bank Terminal 2 in Delta. (Vancouver Fraser Port Authority)
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BC government approves new superport for Metro Vancouver

This builds on the federal government's previous approval decision.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 7, 2023
ABC Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and OneCity Councillor Christine Boyle. (ABC Vancouver | City of Vancouver)
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Vancouver mayor's conduct complaint against city councillor approved

But another complaint was rejected.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 6, 2023
September 2022 artistic rendering of the refined detailed design of Senakw: perspective looking southeast from Sunset Beach. (Revery Architecture/Kasian/Tandem Studios/Squamish Nation)
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Will Indigenous projects like Senakw count towards housing supply targets?

Half of Senakw's 6,000 rental homes will be built by 2028.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 6, 2023
Abbotsford International Airport terminal building expansion. (YXX)
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Abbotsford International Airport hits new annual passenger volume record

As of September, YXX is already past the one-million mark.

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  • Oct 6, 2023
BC Ferries vessel Northern Expedition leaving Vancouver harbour. (Shutterstock)
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BC Ferries changes management structure to help address challenges

The reshuffle creates six new divisions.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 5, 2023
Lime CEO Wayne Ting in Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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"Canada's micro-mobility potential is huge": Interview with Lime CEO

"People love micromobility and want to be outdoors."

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  • Oct 5, 2023
Vancouver International Airport (YVR). (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Vancouver International Airport has already recorded 19 million passengers so far in 2023

All of 2022's passenger volumes in the first nine months of 2023.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 5, 2023
Views of the mountains through this view cone from South False Creek are absent on a rainy day in Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Vancouver City Council approves review of view cone impacts on housing and the economy

"Obsolete" protected mountain view cones will be considered for removal.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 5, 2023
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