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Installation of a rapid battery-electric bus charger at the bus loop of SkyTrain's 22nd Street Station. (TransLink)
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TransLink installs its first electric-battery bus charger outside SkyTrain station

A full charge will take just four to seven minutes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 27, 2019
Free avocado toast is being offered to buyers of the Kira residential project at 740 Dogwood Street in Coquitlam. (Woodbridge Homes / Shutterstock)
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Coquitlam condo development offering buyers 'free avocado toast for a year'

Attention millennials.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 27, 2019
Portal into the existing George Massey Tunnel. (Shutterstock)
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Metro Vancouver mayors agree on need for new 8-lane George Massey Tunnel

Five mayors want rail transit capability and an opening no later than 2026.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 26, 2019
Calgary skyline. (hans_yyc/Instagram)
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Low-income earners can afford to buy apartments in Calgary: report

The same definitely can't be said for Vancouver and Toronto.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 26, 2019
Artistic rendering of Canada Earth Tower at 1745 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver. (Perkins + Will /  Delta Land Development)
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Up to 40 floors: World's tallest wood tower proposed for Vancouver (RENDERINGS)

Canada Earth Tower is proposed for a site near the intersection of West Broadway and Burrard.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 26, 2019
Crowds on the platform at the Canada Line's Templeton Station. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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Metro Vancouver's transit system's ridership hit an all-time high in 2018

TransLink saw its biggest year for ridership ever.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 26, 2019
SFU Surrey's new Sustainable Energy Engineering building. (SFU)
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$126-million SFU Surrey campus expansion reaches completion (PHOTOS)

The Sustainable Energy Engineering building next to Central City was designed by the late Bing Thom.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 26, 2019
Bus-only lanes on Joyce Street between Kingsway and Joyce-Collingwood Station for the 41st Avenue B-Line. (City of Vancouver)
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Bus-only lanes on Joyce Street planned for 41st Avenue B-Line

Street changes will boost the speed and reliability of the buses.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 25, 2019
Single family home in Vancouver (romakoma/Shutterstock)
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Only Vancouver's top 2.5% income earners can afford a home: report

Even doctors and lawyers may be out of the home ownership picture...

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 25, 2019
Artistic rendering of the upgraded plaza at 401 West Georgia Street, Vancouver. (Oxford Properties)
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Downtown Vancouver plaza being renovated just in time for Amazon tenancy

The plaza is getting a new look for a big tenant.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 25, 2019
Blue and green livery on a new B-Line bus. (TransLink)
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TransLink's natural gas buses to switch to 100% renewable fuel by 2024

Renewable natural gas results in 80% less emissions than the normal fuel.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 25, 2019
Artistic rendering of Bridgeport Business Centre at 9466 Beckwith Road, Richmond. (IBI Group / Chunghwa Investment)
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Major redevelopment with office and hotels coming to Bridgeport in Richmond

An office building complex with two Marriott hotels.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 25, 2019
Artistic rendering of Riu Hotels & Resorts in Toronto. (Riu Hotels & Resorts)
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Due to strong tourism, new hotel building boom expected in Canada: report

It's one of the most profitable periods for hotels in decades.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 24, 2019
Artistic rendering of The HAT at Elbow River at 1818 1st Street East, Calgary. (NORR Architects Planners / Cidex Developments)
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Massive redevelopment includes Calgary's tallest residential tower (RENDERINGS)

Enough housing for 2,000 people.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 24, 2019
Vancouver cycling tour. (Cycle City Tours)
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Vancouver sees record low in trips made by private automobile: report

Overall trips made by walking, cycling, and public transit increased in 2018.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 24, 2019
Artistic rendering of The Amazing Brentwood. (SHAPE Properties)
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WeWork opening a co-working office at The Amazing Brentwood

WeWork's rapid expansion in Metro Vancouver continues.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 24, 2019
Area for rezoning near the Lonsdale waterfront for a possible brewery district. (City of North Vancouver)
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North Vancouver approves new brewery district for Lonsdale

Right next to The Shipyards, near Lonsdale Quay.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 24, 2019
Compass Card. (TransLink)
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TransLink says free transit for youth depends on new provincial subsidies

Free transit for youth and low-income residents would cost $90 million annually.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 23, 2019
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