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Exterior of the former Sears department store at Metropolis at Metrotown mall, currently used as a Concord Pacific presentation centre. (Google Maps)
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Concord Pacific planning 5 additional towers for Sears Metrotown redevelopment

Up to 2.4M sq ft of floor area, with half as retail, restaurant, and office uses.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 5, 2021
Highly preliminary concept for daylighting Canyon Creek at Spanish Banks Beach Park. (Vancouver Park Board)
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Park Board approves planning of creek through Spanish Banks parking lot

It would also physically split Vancouver's largest dog off-leash area.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 5, 2021
Artistic rendering of the Damon Motors manufacturing hub at 12850 112B Avenue, Surrey. (Damon Motors/Bosa Properties)
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Damon Motors to build major electric motorcycle manufacturing plant in Surrey

The full-electric motorcycle maker is creating 800 high-tech manufacturing and office jobs šŸ

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 5, 2021
Charger for electric-battery vehicle. (Shutterstock)
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BC government initiates $260-million transition plan from fossil fuels to electricity

Getting more homes, businesses, and transportation electrified by 2026.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 5, 2021
Aerial of False Creek South. (City of Vancouver)
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Councillor wants False Creek South leases on city-owned land renewed "immediately"

Thousands living on 80 acres of city-owned land will see their leases expire starting in 2036.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 5, 2021
Construction progress of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, as of October 2020. (Acciona/Metro Vancouver Regional District)
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Construction contractor "abandons" $1-billion North Shore sewage treatment plant project

The project is already facing major cost overruns and years of delays.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 5, 2021
Construction progress of The Post, the future Amazon office hub in downtown Vancouver, as of October 4, 2021. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Amazon's The Post office in Vancouver on track for 2023 completion (PHOTOS)

The single largest office building in downtown, plus nearly 200,000 sq ft of retail and restaurant space.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 4, 2021
TransLink is offering free monthly passes in exchange for an old fossil fuel car through SCRAP-IT. (TransLink)
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TransLink offering $804 towards a monthly transit pass for each old car traded in

An old car for an 8-month adult pass or a 14-month concession pass.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 4, 2021
Vancouver residential street parking. (Google Maps)
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Vancouver city councillors warn mandatory parking permit fees will increase substantially

$45 annually is only the initial cost, but it will eventually be significantly hiked.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 4, 2021
Example of special lighting underneath the SkyTrain Millennium Line guideway in Coquitlam. (City of Coquitlam)
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Burnaby to install special lighting on 5 km of SkyTrain Expo Line

The area around Metrotown would even have enhanced digital projections.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 2, 2021
HMCS Harry DeWolf at Burrard Drydock Pier in North Vancouver, on October 1, 2021. (Andino Photography/@photoandino)
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Canadian naval ship in North Vancouver after historic Northwest Passage journey (PHOTOS)

The new vessel allowed Canada to travel the Northwest Passage for the first time since 1954.

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  • Oct 2, 2021
Uber (Shutterstock)
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Uber drivers in Metro Vancouver making average of $24 per hour after costs

Most people drive for Uber for part-time supplemental income.

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  • Oct 1, 2021
Curbside parking on a residential street in Vancouver's Arbutus Ridge neighbourhood. (Google Maps)
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Three city surveys show varying opposition to Vancouver's mandatory parking permit

One city survey with 19,000 respondents saw 80% against mandatory parking permits.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 1, 2021
Philip Owen, former mayor of Vancouver. (UBC)
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Philip Owen, former mayor of Vancouver, dead at age 88

He was the mayor of Vancouver from 1993 to 2002.

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  • Oct 1, 2021
Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX soaring high above Vancouver. (Air Canada/YouTube)
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More people moved to BC than anywhere else in Canada over the past year: statistics

BC saw its largest net gain in interprovincial migration in 28 years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 1, 2021
Q to Q ferry (City of New Westminster)
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New Westminster riverfront areas to be renamed to commemorate Komagata Maru

New Westminster's apology for the Komagata Maru includes renaming waterfront areas.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 1, 2021
Colleen Hardwick (City of Vancouver)
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Vancouver city councillor Colleen Hardwick joins rebooted TEAM party

The municipal party that dominated Vancouver politics half a century ago is making a comeback.

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  • Sep 30, 2021
Formula E Santiago, 2020. (ABB Formula E)
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This is what to expect at Formula E Vancouver on Canada Day 2022 weekend

It's the biggest event in Vancouver since the 2010 Olympics šŸ

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 29, 2021
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