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SkyTrain Expo Line. (Shutterstock)
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TransLink looking to install rail dampers to reduce SkyTrain noise

Rubber dampers will reduce track noise from passing trains.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2021
Artistic rendering of 3084 West 4th Avenue and 2010 Balaclava Street, Vancouver. (Ekistics Architecture)
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35 rental homes in Kitsilano approved by City Council after marathon public hearing

A six-storey building is now approved after five days of hearings.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2021
TransLink double decker bus. (TransLink)
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TransLink testing technology that continually sanitizes air on buses

Passengers on buses with the new pathogen-killing tech "may notice a subtle clean scent."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2021
Arbutus Station on the SkyTrain Millennium Line Broadway Extension (Broadway Subway). (Government of BC)
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A new look at the station layouts of the Broadway Subway (RENDERINGS)

These will be large stations to provide the long-term capacity required šŸš‡

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2021
Condition of the Brentwood Plaza (main plaza) of The Amazing Brentwood on February 23, 2021, with the Cactus Club Cafe signs removed on the structure to the right. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Cactus Club Cafe cancels plans to open at The Amazing Brentwood mall

The mall owner is now looking for another restaurant to fill the two-storey location.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2021
The new River Parkway arterial roadway, March 2021. (City of Richmond)
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Richmond opens new major arterial road through its city centre (PHOTOS)

This is a new north-south parallel alternative route to No. 3 Road šŸš—

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2021
World Housing village in Phnom Penh. (World Housing)
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Vancouver House homeowners fund 375 new homes for impoverished Cambodians

Every condo's sale price funded a new village for 2,000 Cambodians who had been living in a landfill.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 4, 2021
Artistic rendering of the temporary modular housing at 1580 Vernon Drive, Vancouver. (City of Vancouver)
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Construction to begin on new homeless modular housing in False Creek Flats

There will be nearly 100 temporary homes ready this summer.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 4, 2021
Copper alloy being tested on high-touch surfaces. (TransLink)
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TransLink pilot project finds copper surfaces kill 99.9% of pathogens within one hour

The pilot project will now be expanded on more buses and trains.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 4, 2021
Artistic rendering of social housing and a new Vancity branch at 5590 Victoria Drive, Vancouver. (Catalyst Community Developments Society/HCMA Architecture & Design)
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54 social housing units proposed for 40th Avenue and Victoria Drive corner

A partnership with Vancity Credit Union for a 99-year land lease.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 4, 2021
The Gatehouse building of the former British Columbia Penitentiary at 319 Governors Court in New Westminster. (Sutton Centre Realty)
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A look inside: Historic prison buildings in New Westminster listed for $15 million (PHOTOS)

Former 100+ year-old prison buildings have been converted into new uses.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 4, 2021
BC Ferries' Queen of Cowichan vessel and the downtown Vancouver skyline. (Shutterstock)
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BC Ferries announces new cheaper fares for major Metro Vancouver routes

In preparation for the lifting of health safety travel restrictions ⛓

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 3, 2021
Artistic rendering of the main tower site at 2103 West Broadway, Vancouver. (Francl Architecture/Bastion Properties)
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City of Vancouver rejects 11-storey tower next to future Arbutus Station over height

The tower replacing the Shell gas station is deemed too tall next to the future SkyTrain.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 2, 2021
The Surrey skyline during snowfall. (Shutterstock)
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Surrey and Fraser Valley home sales reach new record in February: FVREB

Home sales were nearly double the 10-year sales average.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 2, 2021
Downtown Vancouver skyline after snowfall. (Shutterstock)
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Intense seller's market conditions in Metro Vancouver home sales in February: REBGV

Competition is fierce with exceedingly high demand against low supply.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 2, 2021
Stanley Park Drive near Lumberman's Arch. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Park Board to consider bringing back Stanley Park's temporary bike lane this year

The controversial bike lane could return to Stanley Park Drive's roadway šŸš“ā€ā™‚ļø

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 2, 2021
Tesla now closed at 929 Robson Street, Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Tesla permanently closes store on Robson Street

It quietly closed after seven years at the highly prominent location 🚘

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 2, 2021
Days Inn by Wyndham Vancouver Metro Hotel at 2075 Kingsway, Vancouver. (Google Maps)
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Days Inn on Kingsway acquired by City of Vancouver for homeless housing

Another low-end hotel property has been snapped up for the homeless.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 1, 2021
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