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Crowds on the platform at the Canada Line's Templeton Station. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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TransLink continues to see strong ridership growth this year

Weekend ridership is also up.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 20, 2019
Biking along the Alouette River on the dyke surrounding Pitt Polder in Maple Ridge. (Shutterstock)
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Property tax increase proposed to fund Metro Vancouver land acquisitions for more parks

It would help raise $482 million to buy 3,200 acres of land for new park space.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 20, 2019
New trolley bus wires on West 12th Avenue in Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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New trolley bus wires installed on West 12th Avenue in Vancouver

It's the first construction project for the Broadway Subway.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 20, 2019
Mansions in the British Properties area of the District of West Vancouver. (Google Maps)
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West Vancouver wants its own housing vacancy tax

With 1,700 empty luxury homes, West Vancouver is "ground zero" for housing speculation.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 20, 2019
Artistic rendering of SUMO's electric-battery carshare vehicles and multi-modal hub. (SUMO Car Share)
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New carshare service with 2,000 electric vehicles launching in Metro Vancouver

It will initially serve Surrey and White Rock.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 20, 2019
Broadway-City Hall on SkyTrain's Canada Line. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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This is how the Canada Line will connect with the Broadway Subway

Three underground pathways will connect the Canada Line and Millennium Line platforms at Broadway-City Hall Station.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 19, 2019
Artistic rendering of what a future industrialized scale Carbon Engineering plant could look like. (Carbon Engineering)
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Squamish company doubling its capacity to suck up carbon dioxide from the air

It's seen as the air equivalent of a water treatment plant.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 19, 2019
Phase 2 upgrade for BC Ferries' Horseshoe Bay terminal. (BC Ferries)
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BC Ferries planning world-class hub upgrade for Horseshoe Bay terminal (RENDERINGS)

The massive complete rebuild will cost $500 million.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 19, 2019
Artistic rendering of 1535-1575 Grant Street, Vancouver. (Stuart Howard Architects / Britannia Ridge Developments)
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City council approves controversial 5-storey rental building in Grandview-Woodland

"Renters deserve to live on quiet and calm streets, not just on arterials."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 19, 2019
Sea to Sky Gondola investigation. (Technical Safety BC)
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Investigation report explains how Sea to Sky Gondola cable was deliberately cut

Four of the six strands of the cable were thoroughly cut before failure.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 18, 2019
Artistic rendering of a Broadway Extension subway entrance. (TransLink)
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6 Broadway Subway station locations announced

These are the locations of the entrances into the six new subway stations.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 18, 2019
Artistic rendering of the Lakewood Multicultural United Church redevelopment at 2025 East 12th Avenue, Vancouver. (SHAPE Architecture / Colliers International)
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East Vancouver church redevelopment includes 104 rental homes

It includes affordable homes and a new replacement church.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 18, 2019
Artistic rendering of the Central City II office tower at 10045 King George Boulevard, Surrey. (ZGF Architects / Blackwood Partners)
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New 25-storey office tower to signal Central City mall redevelopment in Surrey

The entire indoor shopping mall will be redeveloped.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 18, 2019
Night skiing at Cypress Mountain. (tabledennis / Cypress Mountain Facebook)
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560 LED lights to be installed on Cypress Mountain for improved night skiing

Visibility will improve, and electricity use will fall by 60%.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 17, 2019
TransLink Vancouver Pride bus. (TransLink)
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Kids can ride the bus for free in Metro Vancouver for 1 week next month

Students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 17, 2019
Artistic rendering of a ground-level station on the Green Line LRT. (City of Calgary)
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Northern span of Green Line LRT could be built first due to downtown obstacles

Riders would have to continue their journey to downtown by bus.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 17, 2019
Architectural model of the affordable housing building at 22768 119 Avenue in Maple Ridge. (BC Housing)
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BC government provides $13 million for 94 new affordable homes in Maple Ridge

Rents start at $375 per month.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 17, 2019
Artistic rendering of the Coopers Park expansion under the Cambie Street Bridge. (Vancouver Park Board)
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New underwater-themed public park planned for space under Cambie Bridge

It includes a giant blue whale skeleton and red octopus.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 17, 2019
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