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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
Aerial of Vancouver (Shutterstock)
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BC government to extend housing rent freeze through end of 2021

There will also be new policies to prevent illegal renovictions.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 1, 2021
BC Transit bus shelter. (BC Transit)
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$5 million to be spent on 150 new BC Transit bus shelters across the province

New weather protection and improved lighting and seating šŸš

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 1, 2021
Route 1 for the Burnaby Mountain Gondola between SkyTrain's Production Way-University Station and the Simon Fraser University campus is a direct, straight-line route. (TransLink)
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TransLink identifies direct, shortest SFU Gondola route as the preferred option

Just a 6-minute travel time from Production Way-University Station to SFU 🚠

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 1, 2021
Bacio Rosso Vancouver Gourmet Cabaret Cirque 2018. (Bacio Rosso)
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Gourmet Cabaret Cirque approved to return in late 2021 at new Vanier Park location

A new location near downtown Vancouver for the cabaret circus event šŸŽŖ

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 26, 2021
View Cone 3.0 from Queen Elizabeth Park blankets much of Central Broadway and the downtown peninsula. (City of Vancouver)
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Opinion: Central Broadway's job growth potential blocked by mountain view cones

Not even Vancouver General Hospital and BC Cancer Research are exempt.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 26, 2021
Artistic rendering of GEC Education Mega Centre at 10240 City Parkway, Surrey. (Chris Dikeakos Architects/CIBT Education Group)
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Surrey approves education campus and student housing tower (RENDERINGS)

Rental homes for 1,000 students, plus 93,000 sq. ft. of education institution space.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 25, 2021
February 2021 construction progress of Joie at 1269 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver. (@hughstimson/Twitter)
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Feat of engineering integrates Vancouver heritage homes into new development

A complex construction project to preserve character homes on a steep slope.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 25, 2021
BC Ferries. (Shutterstock)
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BC Ferries passenger volumes down by 42% in latest quarter

Half of its $308 million in emergency operating funding was used during the quarter.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 25, 2021
Artistic rendering of 8804 Osler Street, Vancouver. (DA Architects + Planners/Kunyuan International Group)
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38 condos suitable for large families planned near northern end of Oak Street Bridge

Most homes have more than one bedroom, and include at least one den.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 25, 2021
Exterior of the Daiso Japan store at 810 Granville Street, Vancouver. (Daiso Japan)
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Daiso Japan to open new store in downtown Vancouver

Unlike the closed Aberdeen Mall store, this new store will be operated by the Japanese company šŸ‡ÆšŸ‡µ

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 25, 2021
Artistic rendering of BRIGHT Downtown's projection mapping installation on the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver's east facade. (Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association)
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Nightly projection mapping to brightly illuminate Fairmont Hotel Vancouver

A massive installation for seven consecutive nights in March 2021 šŸ°

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 24, 2021
Conceptual artistic rendering of Olympic Village Elementary School. (Vancouver School Board)
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New milestone reached on future Olympic Village elementary school

It will have over 500 seats, plus a childcare facility.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 24, 2021
HI Vancouver Jericho Beach at 1515 Discovery Street, Vancouver. (Hostelling International)
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Plans to use Jericho Hostel in West Point Grey as a homeless shelter now cancelled

The site has been deemed as an unsuitable location for the homeless.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 24, 2021
The westbound bus stop for the No. 25 UBC/Brentwood Station bus route at the intersection of West King Edward Avenue and Ontario Street. (Google Maps)
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TransLink plans to speed up buses on several routes by removing stops

More bus-only lanes are also planned as part of the measures.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 22, 2021
The former Army & Navy store at 15-27 West Hastings Street, Vancouver. (Google Maps)
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Former Army & Navy store amongst two new Vancouver homeless shelter sites

This is part of the plan to end the Strathcona Park homeless encampment.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 22, 2021
The homeless encampment at Strathcona Park in Vancouver. (Shutterstock)
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Petition demands resignation of Park Board commissioners over Strathcona encampment

Five commissioners are being blamed for inaction.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 22, 2021
Front of 3469 Arbutus Street, Vancouver. (Google Maps)
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Decrepit house in Vancouver Westside sells for $2.5 million, over asking price

The abandoned house owed years of property taxes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Feb 20, 2021
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