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Workers repairing severe rot damage on a False Creek South residential building in April 2018. (Shutterstock)
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Colleen Hardwick's TEAM party proposes building 2,000 affordable co-op homes for $500 million

Residents would vote on the $500 million plan in a referendum in 2023/2024.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 28, 2022
Melanie Mark at BC Place Stadium during the announcement of the 2026 FIFA World Cup host cities in June 2022. (Melanie Mark/Facebook)
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Melanie Mark resigns from BC tourism minister role due to health reasons

She is the first First Nations person to be elected as a BC MLA and be appointed as a minister.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 28, 2022
Construction of a condo tower and a passing SkyTrain in New Westminster, April 2022. (Elena_Alex_Ferns/Shutterstock)
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Up to 20,000 additional trips being made on SkyTrain per weekday due to high gas prices

TransLink's ridership recovery leads North America and is now comparable to Europe.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 28, 2022
September 2022 construction progress on the Vancouver Centre II office tower. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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2.3 million sq ft of office space is currently vacant in downtown Vancouver

Downtown Vancouver's office vacancy is the lowest among Canada's largest cities and is shrinking.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 28, 2022
UBC SkyTrain extension corridor map. (TransLink)
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Mayoral candidate Colleen Hardwick promises to put UBC SkyTrain on hold

Here is where the 5 major Vancouver mayoral candidates stand on UBC SkyTrain šŸš

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 28, 2022
2022 post-renovation condition of Mount Royal Hotel in Banff. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Damaged by fire, then reborn: This storied Banff hotel spans four eras (PHOTOS)

A one-of-a-kind hotel property revitalized after a devastating fire.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 27, 2022
First passengers on Amtrak Cascades in more than two years on September 26, 2022. (Amtrak Cascades)
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Amtrak trains between Vancouver and Seattle restart after over two years

Passenger trains are finally running again between Vancouver and Seattle šŸš†

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 27, 2022
Former BC Housing CEO Shayne Ramsay (left) and an artistic rendering of Senakw. (BC Housing/Squamish Nation)
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Former BC Housing CEO joins Squamish Nation's economic development arm

Shayne Ramsay is now part of the First Nation's company overseeing Senakw.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 27, 2022
Canada flag hanging outside Waterfront Station on Cordova Street in downtown Vancouver. (Shutterstock)
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Bank of Canada expected to hike interest rate to 4.5% by 2023: OECD

"Forceful policy rate rises" are needed to bring down inflation šŸ“‰

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 27, 2022
A 6,400 sq ft section of the Station Square Save-On-Foods rooftop parking collapsed into the store below in 1988. (Government of BC)
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That time Save-On-Foods Metrotown collapsed during its grand opening (PHOTOS)

1,000 people were inside the store for its grand opening ceremony when it collapsed.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 27, 2022
One of the four Fordite sculptures at Station Square (left) and the former Ford Motor Company plant at the location (right). (Anthem Properties/City of Burnaby)
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Douglas Coupland's new art sculpture in Metrotown is a nod to its Ford factory past (PHOTOS)

A huge Ford car factory was located where Station Square sits today 🚘

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 27, 2022
"The Garbage Man" musical sequence from the "Trash of the Titans" episode of The Simpsons. (Disney)
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Vision Vancouver promises free city-wide "large item" garbage removal day

Who can take your trash out? šŸ—‘

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 26, 2022
Spencer Building at Harbour Centre in downtown Vancouver. (Google Maps)
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Massive data centre to be built inside Vancouver's Harbour Centre

The 115-year-old heritage wing of Harbour Centre is gaining a data centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 26, 2022
"Vancouver Loop" SkyTrain concept, with the inclusion of the under-construction Broadway Extension to Arbutus (solid dark orange line), planned Broadway Extension between Arbutus to UBC (solid light orange line), and proposed 41st/49th Avenue extension between UBC and Metrotown (yellow line) (Forward Together)
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Mayor Kennedy Stewart outlines vision for "Vancouver Loop" SkyTrain expansion

More SkyTrain extensions, including a 41st/49th Avenue line, will create the "Vancouver Loop."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 26, 2022
Artistic rendering of North Shore Bike Park inside the former Sears store at Capilano Mall in North Vancouver. (West Coast Bike Parks)
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Capilano Mall's old Sears space to be transformed into a giant indoor bike park

A 65,000 sq ft indoor facility as "a community centre for all things cycling." 🚲

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 24, 2022
Proposed location of the Mobi bike share station against the "Wheel of Everyday Life" art wall at Burrard Place. (submitted)
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Proposed bike share station along $1.4 million cultural art wall is a "desecration"

There's already a Mobi bike share station just 30 metres away.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 24, 2022
Construction progress on the first phase of Concord Metrotown at Metropolis at Metrotown mall, as of August 20, 2022. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Construction underway on first redevelopment phase of Metropolis at Metrotown mall

This marks the start of the mall's high-density future of dozens of towers.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 23, 2022
ICBC headquarters office at 151 West Esplanade Avenue on the Lonsdale waterfront, North Vancouver. (Google Earth)
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ICBC leaving North Vancouver Lonsdale headquarters office after 40 years

ICBC's 290,000 sq ft office at Lonsdale SeaBus is the base for 1,500 employees.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 23, 2022
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