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Vancouver City Hall (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Opinion: The growth of the City of Vancouver's bureaucracy is out of control

The City of Vancouver's staffing size is proportionally way bigger than comparable major cities.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 24, 2022
Vancouver City Council, fall 2018. (City of Vancouver)
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Opinion: Congratulations Kennedy Stewart on winning 2022 mayoral re-election

This is why Kennedy Stewart is likely to win another four years as the Mayor of Vancouver.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 24, 2022
BC Ferries (Shutterstock)
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BC Ferries ridership has almost returned to pre-pandemic volumes

Ridership is rebounding, but fuel prices are increasing.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 23, 2022
Air Canada aircraft (Air Canada)
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Air Canada to launch new routes from Vancouver to Austin and Halifax

Brand new flights, plus the restart of pre-pandemic flights to Europe ✈️

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 23, 2022
Canada Place cruise ship terminal in downtown Vancouver. (Destination Vancouver)
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310 cruise ship visits scheduled for Canada Place in Vancouver in 2022

Starting on April 7, with 2022 slated to see even more cruise ships than 2019. 🛳

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 23, 2022
Temporary modular housing building at 258 Union Street in Vancouver's Chinatown. (Government of BC)
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BC to open 20 complex-care housing sites with mental health and addictions services

About 500 people will have housing integrated with mental health and addictions services.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 23, 2022
Tesla (Shutterstock)
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Used electric-battery cars in BC to be exempt from PST starting this week

Another incentive for prospective electric-battery car owners.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 23, 2022
Artistic rendering of the redevelopment of Hudson's Bay's Vancouver flagship store at 674 Granville Street. (Perkins & Will/Streetworks Development/Hudson's Bay Company)
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Massive transformation proposed for Hudson's Bay Vancouver store (RENDERINGS)

A huge transformation with new office and retail, and new SkyTrain connections.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 22, 2022
Construction progress on 1181 Bidwell Street (left) 1641 Davie Street (right) in downtown Vancouver's West End, including Safeway, as of April 25, 2020. Both rental housing projects have since reached completion. (Anders Falk/submitted)
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Purpose-built rental homes in Metro Vancouver return to tight vacancies

Metro Vancouver needs to build a lot more rental housing.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 19, 2022
Future site of Bridge Studios Lake City at 3131 Lake City Way, Burnaby. (Colliers International)
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Canada's largest film and television production studio to be built in Burnaby

Construction on the massive 1+ million sq ft campus will begin later in 2022 🎬

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 18, 2022
Artistic rendering of the new trades and technology centre at BCIT Burnaby. (Hughes Condon Marler Architects)
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$163 million skills-training hub to be built at BCIT Burnaby campus

The new skill trades education hub will help address BC's labour shortage.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 17, 2022
January 2022 construction progress on 1135 Howe Refined Residences, including Level Vancouver Downtown-Howe. (Google Map)
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New extended-stay hotel with 112 suites opens in downtown Vancouver

This hotel was made for the needs of travelling tech workers, and the film production industry.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 17, 2022
SkyTrain Expo Line near King George Station in Surrey City Centre. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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93% of Surrey residents want more rapid transit in their communities: survey

The City of Surrey is planning for rapid transit to link all six of its town centres.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 17, 2022
Artistic rendering of Haven at 1109-1115 Johnson Street, VIctoria. (Chard Development)
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Over 100 homes in Victoria being sold at affordable prices for middle incomes

Made possible through a BC government program to ensure affordability.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 16, 2022
Artistic rendering of Storyliving's Cortino near Palm Springs, California. (Disney)
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Disney launches Storyliving division to build "magical" residential communities

The house of mouse is now bringing its magic closer to some people 🏰

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 16, 2022
Tree plantings. (Tree Canada)
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City of New Westminster planting 25,000 trees this year

New Westminster is aiming to significantly increase its tree cover this decade.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 16, 2022
Artistic rendering of the South Surrey Indigenous Carving Centre. (City of Surrey)
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City of Surrey to build an Indigenous Carving Centre this year

A showcase carving venue where the public can learn the art and history of Indigenous carving.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 16, 2022
Illustration of flooding in a condominium. (Concord Pacific)
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Concord Pacific installing water damage prevention features for all new buildings

Future new buildings will each see up to $4 million in flood prevention and mitigation features.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 16, 2022
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