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Artistic rendering of 2400 Clarke Street, Port Moody. (GBL Architects/Placemaker Communities)
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184 homes and new retail in Port Moody includes heritage preservation

Rental homes and new retail near SkyTrain Moody Centre Station.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 2, 2022
Snowfall in downtown Vancouver. (Shutterstock)
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ICBC claims surged by 94% due to this week's snowfall mayhem

There were over 1,800 more claims on Tuesday alone ❄️

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 2, 2022
Option 1: Tower-based Acadia redevelopment, along with new academic and student housing buildings. (UBC)
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UBC outlines Vancouver campus expansion and 24,000 more residents

Catalyzed by the future extension of SkyTrain to UBC.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 2, 2022
The Bangkok skyline and the Golden Grand Palace. (TWStock/Shutterstock)
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Air Canada is now flying a new non-stop route between Vancouver and Bangkok

This frequent route is the only direct route between North America and Thailand.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 1, 2022
A Nova Bus battery-electric bus used by TransLink charging at the Marpole bus loop. (TransLink)
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TransLink planning to add over 460 battery-electric buses by 2030

This includes 155 battery-electric buses by 2025, up from four today ⚡️

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 1, 2022
Original footage (left) and remastered footage (right) of 1907 Vancouver. (NASS/YouTube/Library and Archives Canada)
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Black and white no longer: 1907 footage of Vancouver now with added colour (VIDEO)

The closest thing to a time machine 🕰

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 1, 2022
Artistic rendering of 1668-1684 Alberni Street, Vancouver. This project's approved rezoning will provide the City of Vancouver with $37 million in cash community amenity contributions. (Revery Architecture/Westbank)
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Vancouver City Council to overhaul developer community amenity contributions with fixed rates

CACs fund public benefits such as new affordable housing, parks, and childcare.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 1, 2022
Example of a three-storey, multi-family apartment building in Edmonton. (Google Maps)
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Edmonton considering allowing three-storey apartments in all single-family neighbourhoods

A small apartment building could be allowed on any single-family lot across the city.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 30, 2022
Artistic rendering of the new Jim Pattison Acute Care Centre at the Royal Columbian Hospital redevelopment in New Westminster. (Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation)
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Jim Pattison donates $30 million to new Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster

The billionaire's donation is the largest ever in Fraser Health history 🏥

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 30, 2022
Downtown Vancouver skyline and a single-family neighbourhood in winter. (Shutterstock)
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BC speculation tax rakes in another $78 million for affordable housing

26,000 more owners claimed the principal residence exemption last year.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 30, 2022
Kitsilano Pool (Shutterstock)
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Vancouver Park Board to improve maintenance and staffing ahead of Summer 2023 season

The Park Board was panned for being unprepared for peak season recreation activities.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 30, 2022
Alcohol in parks pilot project by the Vancouver Park Board. (Shutterstock)
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Park Board to make alcohol in Vancouver parks permanently legal year-round

Big reforms will be made to allow the responsible consumption of alcohol in parks 🍾

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 30, 2022
Skookum Music Festival was held in 2018 at Brockton Oval in Stanley Park, backdropped by the downtown Vancouver skyline. (Brand Live)
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Park Board to allow more events and festivals to be held in Vancouver parks

A moratorium on "commercial" events such as music festivals has been in place for 3+ years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 30, 2022
Concrete barriers for the bike lane on Stanley Park Drive, Summer 2021. (Vancouver Park Board)
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Stanley Park Drive bike lane to be removed just in time for Christmas

A future permanent bike lane will be accomplished without reducing vehicle lanes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 29, 2022
Downtown Vancouver residential buildings backdropped by snow-capped mountains. (Blair Gordon Main/Shutterstock)
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It's official: Stratas in BC can no longer ban rentals

It's expected thousands of condos could enter the rental market.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 29, 2022
TransLink's Reindeer Bus fleet (TransLink)
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TransLink's fleet of nine Reindeer Buses returns for the Christmas season

It's that time of year again 🎅🏻

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 29, 2022
September 2021 artistic rendering of Centre Block at 10275 City Parkway, Surrey. This was a project previously manged by Surrey City Development Corporation. (Hariri Pontarini Architects/Adamson Architects/City of Surrey)
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Surrey City Counncil to consider reviving municipal-owned real estate development firm

It was previously responsible for planning one of Metro Vancouver's future tallest buildings.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 29, 2022
Artistic rendering of Bocci's future 86 HQ at 1490 East Georgia Street, Vancouver. (Mallen Gowing Berzins Architecture)
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Bocci to build new seven-storey headquarters in Vancouver

One of the first fully electric glass shops in North America 💡

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Nov 29, 2022
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