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Future projects of Vancouver House's size, which is about 650,000 sq. ft., are required to follow the City of Vancouver's Community Benefit Agreements. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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Large developments in Vancouver now required to provide local jobs

Developers should also prioritize local goods from companies owned by women, LGBTQ, and minorities.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 19, 2018
Surrey LRT vs. SkyTrain in Surrey. (submitted)
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Opinion: Rails in the street for Surrey LRT will only symbolize mobility

LRT will only symbolize an improvement in mobility.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 19, 2018
Artistic rendering of Surrey Central Station on the Surrey Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit system. (TransLink)
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Opinion: LRT is all about Surrey's economic contempt for Vancouver

You'll never see Mississauga pounding its chest over its intent to topple Toronto.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 19, 2018
Yaletown-Roundhouse Station on the Canada Line. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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Canada Line's unionized janitors lose jobs to new cleaning company

Their cleaning work "consistently received good reviews."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 19, 2018
The Expo Line platform at Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver. (GoToVan / Flickr)
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Rapid transit ridership highest for Lonsdale to downtown Vancouver route: report

According to a new report that also explores new North Shore bridge options.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 18, 2018
Artistic rendering of the new acute care building at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver. (Vancouver Coastal Health)
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$166-million expansion of Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver approved

There will be over 100 patient beds and eight new operating rooms.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 18, 2018
The intersection of Commercial Drive and East 1st Avenue. (Karen Lee / Flickr)
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Crosswalks at 4 intersections on Commercial Drive to be painted with Italian flag

Vancouver's Little Italy is getting colourful additions!

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 18, 2018
Artistic rendering of 1067 Robson Street, Vancouver. (Francl Architecture)
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New retail building coming to Robson Street next to Sephora

It's the latest new retail building for this city block.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 18, 2018
New SkyTrain cars being delivered to Vancouver from Kingston, Ontario. (TransLink)
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Convoy of trucks carrying first new SkyTrain cars arrives in Vancouver

It's the first 4 of 56 cars from an Ontario factory.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 18, 2018
Artistic rendering of 1857 East 11th Avenue and 2685 Victoria Drive, Vancouver. (Perkins+Will / Intracorp)
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138 homes approved for site near Commercial-Broadway Station

There will be a mix of rental and strata homes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 15, 2018
Catherine Warren, CEO of Vancouver Economic Commission. (Vancouver Economic Commission)
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Vancouver Economic Commission hires entertainment leader as its new CEO

The agency tasked with attracting investment has new leadership.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 15, 2018
Map showing the location of the offshore rights Shell is releasing to support marine conservation. (CNW Group/Shell Canada Limited)
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Shell gives up 50,000-sq-km of coastal BC to create protected area

A new maritime protected area home to 40% of BC's seabirds has officially been created.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 15, 2018
Artistic rendering of the Vancouver Public Library's rooftop expansion. (Vancouver Public Library / Daily Hive composite)
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New public rooftop garden at Vancouver Public Library opens this month

This massive two-level indoor and outdoor expansion is set to open!

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 15, 2018
TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond at 'North America's worst bus stop' on the side of Lougheed Highway in Pitt Meadows. (TransLink)
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TransLink says it is working on a fix for 'North America's worst bus stop'

This problem bus stop was already on TransLink's radar.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 15, 2018
The tunnel between the Oakridge Centre parkade and 41st Avenue in Vancouver. (Google Maps)
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City of Vancouver envisions LRT on 41st Avenue in the distant future

Space is being retained for a potential rail line.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 15, 2018
Aerial view of Singapore business district and city at twilight in Singapore. (Shutterstock)
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Singapore Changi Airport wants a new non-stop flight route to Vancouver

Singapore airport operators say the demand is huge.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 14, 2018
Simon Fraser University Student Union Building SFU
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$55-million SFU Student Union Building set to open in 2019

It'll even have a video game lounge and napping room.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 14, 2018
Artistic rendering of the new Nanaimo Station bus exchange. (Office of McFarlane Biggar Architects + Designers Inc. / TransLink)
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Complete redesign planned for Nanaimo Station bus loop

Big changes are coming.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Sep 14, 2018
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