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Closed public washroom at sθәqәlxenәm ts'exwts'áxwi7 (Rainbow) Park, as of January 6, 2023. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Public washrooms at new downtown Vancouver park often closed due to vandalism

Building public washrooms is the easy part, but keeping it usable is a different matter 🚽

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 18, 2023
Central Park Place office tower at 4555 Kingsway, Burnaby. (Google Maps)
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TransLink to create new Metrotown office for SkyTrain division

Driven by a big expansion of the division that oversees the SkyTrain network.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 17, 2023
Comparison of the misleading activist-made rendering of the 105 Keefer Street proposal from the western edge of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden (left) and the accurate view of the proposed building closer to the development site on the border of the Garden and the Sun Yat-Sen Park (right). (SaveChinatownYVR | Merrick Architecture/Beedie)
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Controversial 105 Keefer building proposal will not "tower" over Chinatown garden

One of these renderings is extremely fake.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 17, 2023
Artistic rendering of the rental tower at 2096 West Broadway and 2560 Arbutus Street next to the future SkyTrain Arbutus Station. (MCMP Architects/TransLink/PCI Developments)
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New renderings of TransLink's proposed 30-storey rental tower at SkyTrain Arbutus Station

It includes a potential second subway entrance into SkyTrain Arbutus Station 🚇

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 17, 2023
Examples of asphalt-covered utility cuts on Water Street in Gastown. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Major effort to finally repair Gastown's cobblestone sidewalks this year

The City of Vancouver is seeking contractors for a sweeping repair project starting in June.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 17, 2023
Orpheum Theatre. (Vancouver Civic Theatres)
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Major renovations eyed for Orpheum Theatre, including synergies with adjacent redevelopment

The City is also exploring synergies with a potential adjacent redevelopment.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 17, 2023
The completed 55One rental tower (left) and the Myriad condo tower (right) in Burquitlam. (Concert Properties)
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31-storey rental tower, including 100 affordable homes, now complete at Burquitlam SkyTrain

It includes 100 affordable rental homes, funded by government.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 17, 2023
Flags of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations permanently raised at Brockton Point in Stanley Park. (Vancouver Park Board)
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Flags of Vancouver's three First Nations now permanently raised at Stanley Park

It's the first time the First Nations' flags have been permanently raised in a park.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 16, 2023
Remnants of the Kitsilano Trestle bridge on Senakw's fourth phase footprint on the east side of Burrard Bridge. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Senakw construction daylights century-old False Creek trestle bridge remnants (PHOTOS)

The Kitsilano Trestle swing bridge was concealed by bushes until now.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 16, 2023
Portable structures at North Surrey Secondary School. (Google Maps)
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Surrey's school system now nearing the use of 400 portable structures

Surrey City Council has declared a "state of school infrastructure a crisis."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 16, 2023
Donnie Rosa (Vancouver Park Board)
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Donnie Rosa exits role of Vancouver Park Board general manager

Donnie Rosa is leaving the key role overseeing Vancouver's parks and recreation after 2.5 years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 16, 2023
The existing location of Vancouver Public Library's West Point Grey branch at 4480 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver. (Google Maps)
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Vancouver Public Library's West Point Grey branch moving to new permanent location

A new permanent larger space made possible by West Point Grey's high retail vacancies.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 16, 2023
Artistic rendering of 595-609 Westley Avenue, 639 Elmwood Street, and 600-616 Kemsley Avenue, Coquitlam. (GBL Architects/Rize Alliance)
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567 more homes, including rentals, coming near Burquitlam SkyTrain

Condo and rental housing buildings replacing 11 single-family houses.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 15, 2023
Leashed dog in the designated Pet Area of an outdoor deck on a BC Ferries vessel. (BC Ferries | Shutterstock)
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BC Ferries expands "pets on outdoor deck" policy to more routes

This includes a route between Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island ⛴🐶🐱

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 15, 2023
The Peak 2 Peak gondola at Whistler Blackcomb. (Shutterstock)
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Construction on SFU Burnaby gondola could begin in 2026

Most of the detailed technical planning work will be conducted this year 🚠

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 15, 2023
Construction for new residential buildings near the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, BC. (Max Lindenthaler/Shutterstock)
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BC Building Code now requires better energy efficiency for most new buildings

Towards the goal of becoming zero-carbon for new buildings in 2030.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 15, 2023
Janice Abbott (Atira Women's Resource Society)
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Atira CEO Janice Abbott resigns after investigation into BC Housing

A week after Premier Eby's release of the findings of the forensic investigation into BC Housing.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 15, 2023
Vancouver single-family house (karamysh/Shutterstock)
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Canada's housing market shifts into sellers' conditions

"We are clearly seeing sellers’ markets re-emerge in many markets."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • May 15, 2023
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