Fares increase for TransLink riders for first time in two years
Applies to all zones and fare types.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 1, 2021
BC heat wave capital Lytton evacuated due to explosive wildfire (VIDEOS)
A fast-moving fire is sweeping through Lytton a day after it recorded 49.6°C.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 1, 2021
23-storey office tower in downtown approved by Vancouver City Council
Right next to Telus Garden and Amazon's The Post.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 1, 2021
"Rainbow bridge" made for Instagram installed at The Amazing Brentwood mall
Walk through a rainbow š
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 30, 2021
BC Ferries and BC Transit to end mandatory mask policy starting on Thursday
Like TransLink, masks will only be recommended starting on July 1.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 30, 2021
Charles Gauthier looks back at 29 years of building Downtown Vancouver BIA
He's the de facto mayor of downtown Vancouver.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 30, 2021
Office space replaces condos in revised proposal next to Langara-49th Avenue Station
Most of the building is now office space, totalling 110,000 sq ft of office over six floors.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 30, 2021
TransLink confirms mandatory mask policy will end starting on Thursday
The policy will be downgraded to a "recommendation" starting on July 1.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 29, 2021
Free WiFi rollout on all TransLink buses and trains begins this year
The pandemic delayed the rollout of Shaw's free WiFi onboard all buses and trains.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 29, 2021
14-storey social housing tower planned for Hastings Street in Downtown Eastside
An additional 172 units of social housing near Oppenheimer Park.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 29, 2021
Soaring property taxes could force more Metro Vancouver businesses to close
If the pandemic's economic effects didn't kill a business, skyrocketing property taxes could.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 29, 2021
North Vancouver approves 360 beds of student housing at Capilano University
More students will not have to make a long commute to campus.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 29, 2021
Uncertain future for SFU Gondola after Burnaby City Council by-election
At least half of city council does not support building the gondola or the shortest route.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 29, 2021
692-ft-tall tower proposed to replace former Cactus Club Metrotown on Kingsway
Its height would exceed the tallest buildings in downtown Vancouver.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 29, 2021
50 homes for Indigenous homeless proposed near SkyTrain Renfrew Station
A permanent supportive housing project operated by an Indigenous housing provider.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 28, 2021
Oppenheimer Park partially reopened today after two-year closure
The park underwent $1.2 million in repairs after the homeless encampment.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 28, 2021
Federal government buys Vancouver hotel for $9 million for Indigenous homeless
The Kingsway hotel will be renovated into supportive housing for Indigenous homeless.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 28, 2021
Playland's redevelopment into a theme park could be scaled back
The major renovation and expansion project has suffered a big setback.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jun 26, 2021

















