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Forward Together mayor Kennedy Stewart at a Senakw event. (Forward Together)
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220,000 homes: Kennedy Stewart promises to build the equivalent of 37 Senakws

Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart has an ambitious 10-year housing plan.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 13, 2022
West Coast Express commuter rail at Coquitlam Central Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Big expansion needed for West Coast Express commuter rail, says advocacy group

"The West Coast Express deserves a much-needed and long overdue expansion." šŸš†

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 13, 2022
2022 concept of the tower at 902 Davie Street, Vancouver. (Bingham & Hill Architects/Reliance Properties)
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Proposal for downtown Vancouver tower now condos, instead of rentals

Challenging economics are making new rental housing projects financially unfeasible.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 12, 2022
UBC's Evolve rental housing building for faculty and staff at 3515 Wesbrook Mall. (UBC)
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New UBC rental housing building for staff features rooftop solar panels

110 rental units for faculty and staff in a "first-of-its-kind" green building for UBC.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 12, 2022
Seny Zein (TransLink/Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Sany Zein returns to TransLink as its new SkyTrain manager

Longtime TransLink veteran Sany Zein is making a big return to the leadership team.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 12, 2022
Lengthy security line at Vancouver International Airport in late August 2022 due to CATSA job action. (@KalebKrol/Twitter)
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Vancouver International Airport's passenger volumes continue to soar

YVR hit 2+ million passengers in August, marking the second consecutive month of such levels āœˆļø

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 12, 2022
Ryan Reynolds' "The Adam Project" for Netflix filmed at the Olympic Cauldron at the Vancouver Convention Centre in 2021. (Ryan Reynolds/Netflix)
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BC's film and TV production industry generated record $4.8 billion in 2021

"Vancouver is capable of supporting a $5 billion industry sooner than we thinkā€ šŸŽ¬

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 12, 2022
Burnaby mayor Mike Hurley (left) and Port Coquitlam mayor Brad West (right). (Mike Hurley/Brad West)
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Burnaby and Port Coquitlam mayors win re-election by default

Both mayors have won re-election as they are now officially uncontested.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 10, 2022
Family Housing student residence at SFU Burnaby. (Local Practice Architecture & Design)
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90 rental homes for SFU students and their families reach completion

Student housing for students with a spouse, common-law partner, and/or kids.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 10, 2022
Artistic rendering of Amica Arbutus at 2092 Nanton Avenue and 4330-4408 Arbutus Street, Vancouver. (Shift Architecture/Marcon/Amica)
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Seniors' home care facility proposed next to Arbutus Village in Vancouver

BC's population of seniors aged 75+ will double over the next 20 years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 10, 2022
The Burnaby Metrotown skyline from the lounge at Cineplex VIP Cinemas Brentwood at The Amazing Brentwood. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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61% of Vancouver residents considering leaving region due to housing affordability: survey

For young people ages 18 to 34, an even higher proportion of 71% want to leave.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 10, 2022
Fireworks backdropping the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron at Jack Poole Plaza during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremony. (International Olympic Committee)
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Vast majority of Metro Vancouver now in support of 2030 Olympic bid: survey

There's growing momentum in public support. šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 10, 2022
Forward Together incumbent mayor Kennedy Stewart (left) and ABC Vancouver mayoral candidate Ken Sim (right). (Forward Together/ABC Vancouver)
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Kennedy Stewart and Ken Sim are leading Vancouver's mayoral race: survey

The October 2022 election is shaping up to be a repeat showdown of 2018 āœ…

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 10, 2022
Olympic rings in Coal Harbour during the Vancouver 2010 Games. (Canadian Olympic Committee)
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IOC moves 2030 Olympic host city decision to September 2023 at the earliest

This could provide First Nations with more time to plan the Vancouver bid.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 10, 2022
Jeanette Ashe (left) and Kennedy Stewart (right). (@JeanetteAshe/Twitter)
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Wife of Mayor Kennedy Stewart to run for Vancouver City Council

She unsuccessfully ran against BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon earlier this year.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 9, 2022
Richards Street bike lane construction in downtown Vancouver, June 2020. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Affordable housing, transportation, and crime are top issues for Vancouver voters: survey

Environment and climate change are not a top priority for residents and businesses.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 9, 2022
Then-Princess Elizabeth planting a tree sapling at Queen Elizabeth Park in 1951 (left), and the plaque commemorating the occasion (right). (City of Vancouver Archives/@kkular1)
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Vancouver tree planted by then-Princess at Queen Elizabeth Park in 1951 now a giant

Planted just months before Elizabeth ascended to the throne šŸŒ²šŸ‘‘

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 9, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II opening the George Massey Tunnel on July 15, 1959. (Vancouver Public Library Archives)
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Throwback to Queen Elizabeth II opening the George Massey Tunnel (PHOTOS/VIDEOS)

Back in 1959, Queen Elizabeth II officially opened one of Metro Vancouver's most important crossings.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 8, 2022
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