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City of Surrey cuts residential permit processing times from months to weeks

A shift in strategy, including staff overtime.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 17, 2026
Concept of U.S. Coast Guard's Arctic Security Cutters, based on Seaspan's Canadian Multi-Purpose Icebreaker design. (Seaspan)
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Canadian-made Seaspan design chosen for U.S. Coast Guard's new icebreakers

Up to six ships will be built for the U.S. Coast Guard.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 17, 2026
Garburator in-sink garbage disposal. (Maria Kay/Shutterstock)
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'Negligible' benefits: City of Vancouver staff against proposed garburator ban

The benefits of a ban would be marginal at best.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 17, 2026
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Vancouver city councillor proposes new tools to hold bad-faith landlords accountable

"When bad actors exploit gaps and loopholes."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 17, 2026
Concept of the Vancouver General Hospital campus expansion at 900-990 West 12th Ave., Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership/VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation)
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Two-tower expansion of Vancouver General Hospital campus approved by City Council

"It does not rely on government capital dollars."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 16, 2026
Concept of 1167-1193 Granville St. (717 Davie St.), Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership/Deecorp Properties)
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New 33-storey hotel tower for Granville Strip approved by Vancouver City Council

Over 460 hotel rooms, plus a tower rooftop lounge and pool.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 16, 2026
Concept of 2090 West 1st Ave., Vancouver. (JTA Development Consultants/TKT Holdings/Studio One Architecture)
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3,000 new homes approved by Vancouver City Council, including 15 towers

Even more are expected over the first half of 2026.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 16, 2026
"Portland Loo" public washroom at Coopers' Park on the northeast False Creek seawall. (Kenneth Chan)
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City of Vancouver looking to make it easier to find a public washroom

The vast majority of the City's facilities are operated by the Park Board.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 15, 2026
New honeycomb roof for SkyTrain’s Oakridge-41st Avenue street-level entrance; construction progress on Oakridge Park, as of Jan. 4, 2026. (Kenneth Chan)
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Early closures at Oakridge SkyTrain station for construction extended two months

The station upgrades will reach completion this summer.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 15, 2026
"18th birthday party" of UBC SkyTrain promise outside Broadway-City Hall Station on Jan. 14, 2026. (Alma Mater Society of UBC)
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UBC students lament '18th birthday' of long-promised SkyTrain extension

UBC's student union recently collected 15,000 signatures of support.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 15, 2026
Service disruptions on SkyTrain's Canada Line on Jan. 14, 2026. (Kenneth Chan)
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Canada Line disruption ends after 14 hours, with train-control cable now replaced

One of the most unusual and longest service disruptions in years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 15, 2026
Concept of OpenRoad Automall at 13340 76 Ave., Surrey. (Thinkspace Architecture Planning Interior Design/OpenRoad Auto Group)
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16-acre new OpenRoad Automall planned for Surrey

Over 1,000 vehicle parking stalls.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 15, 2026
Fire simulation at the Trans Mountain oil storage facility at Burnaby Mountain. (City of Burnaby/ONEC Group)
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New automated wildfire detection system to be installed at Burnaby Mountain

The newly expanded Trans Mountain oil facilities pose a risk.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 15, 2026
Snow being removed from the Coal Harbour seawall in downtown Vancouver. (Margarita Young/Shutterstock)
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With a limited budget, Vancouver Park Board sets key routes for snow removal

"This is not a bare pavement policy."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 14, 2026
City-initiated rezoned areas for low-rise, multi-family residential buildings within the Rupert and Renfrew Station Area Plan. (City of Vancouver)
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2,600 East Vancouver single-family lots approved for six-storey apartments

Within the Rupert and Renfrew Station Area Plan.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 14, 2026
Map of five industrial sites in Vancouver deemed to be "exceptional" for other types of development. (City of Vancouver)
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City of Vancouver staff outline regional hurdles to new housing on industrial lands

More challenging that originally assumed.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 14, 2026
January 2026 revised design of BRT bus stops with centre bus-only lanes. (TransLink)
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About 90% of TransLink's first two Bus Rapid Transit lines will have bus-only lanes

The region's first two BRT lines could cost about $800 million.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 14, 2026
Unsolicited concept: Artistic rendering of reimagining and expanding Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver. (Perkins&Will)
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More renderings of what a world-class Waterfront Station transit hub could be

City of Vancouver is also conducting its own planning.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jan 13, 2026
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