Three new Metro Vancouver facilities win International Olympic Committee design awards
A new park, community centre, and aquatic centre are winners of the global design awards.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 12, 2021
Two new public outdoor swimming pools considered for Vancouver
The Park Board is exploring additional outdoor pools for Mount Pleasant Park and Hillcrest Centre.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 11, 2021
$26 million cancer prevention and support centre opens near VGH (PHOTOS)
64 beds for out-of-town patients and their caregivers, plus support spaces and services.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 10, 2021
Homeless shelter planned for closed Army & Navy store in New Westminster
It would be operated by a non-profit society that already uses part of the space for a special high school.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 10, 2021
Park Board to consider extending duration of Stanley Park's temporary bike lane
The Park Board is expected to approve retaining the bike lane through 2022.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 10, 2021
Rapid COVID-19 testing service for travellers available at Fairmont Vancouver Airport
Travellers can conveniently get tested at the hotel attached to the YVR terminal.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 10, 2021
Vancouver International Airport begins using new terminal building expansion
Rising demand has prompted YVR to use the $300-million expansion, completed in early 2021.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 10, 2021
Uber and Lyft trips in Metro Vancouver now outnumber taxis 2-1
Ridehailing trips now dominate taxis by a wide margin in the Lower Mainland.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 10, 2021
European research firm Dialectica to open Vancouver office, create 100 jobs
Vancouver's booming tech industry attracted the company.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 9, 2021
SFU community makes gondola pitch to Burnaby City Council
"These are issues that we can't continue to look over anymore."
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 9, 2021
West End site on Pacific Street listed for 300 ft tall tower redevelopment potential
$19 million for a 13,000 sq ft lot with an existing three-storey apartment building.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 9, 2021
$22 million upgrade to make Douglas College campus buildings more green
An energy use reduction equal to 30 average households annually.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 9, 2021
Fraser Valley Express bus to SkyTrain Lougheed Station to launch in March 2022
BC Transit delayed the route's launch due to a lack of bus drivers.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 9, 2021
Lower Mainland's far-flung suburbs no longer a source for more affordable homes
The home price "canyon" gap between Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley is now a "creek."
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 9, 2021
University Boulevard access for UBC campus still closed from storm damage
Downed trees and trolley poles and wires necessitate TransLink bus detours.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 8, 2021
Vancouver Chinatown Storytelling Centre shines light on Chinese Canadian legacies (PHOTOS)
A new cultural centre in Chinatown that showcases Chinese-Canadian heritage.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 7, 2021
Construction to begin on homeless modular housing near Bridgeport Station in Richmond
The $8.6-million structure with 40 beds will reach completion in Spring 2022.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 6, 2021
Harbour Air receives $1.6 million from BC government to advance battery planes
Harbour Air is aiming to fully convert its entire fleet to electric-battery planes.
- Kenneth Chan
- Nov 6, 2021

















