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December 2025 reopening of Vancouver International Airport's ABC South security checkpoint with new CATSA Plus X-ray screening machines. (Vancouver Airport Authority)
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Vancouver airport expanding no-unpack screening at all checkpoints in 2026

Keep your liquids, gels, and electronics inside your carry-on bag.

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  • Dec 12, 2025
Before and after: H-frame removal in a downtown Vancouver laneway. (BC Hydro)
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Old wooden H-frame power poles now fully removed in downtown Vancouver

Some were first installed in the 1950s.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 12, 2025
High-speed rail in France. (EQRoy/Shutterstock)
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Alto high-speed rail construction starts in 2029 with Ottawa-Montreal line

Eventually running 1,000 km between Toronto and Quebec City.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 12, 2025
Concept of Inter Miami CF's stadium-anchored entertainment district at Miami Freedom Park. (Miami Freedom Park)
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New stadium and entertainment district, and maybe SkyTrain, for Hastings Park?

A 99-year lease of 25% of Hastings Park's footprint.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 12, 2025
B.C. highway closure map on the evening of Dec. 10, 2025, due to extreme weather. (Government of BC)
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All highways out of Lower Mainland closed due to flooding, rock falls

Six highway routes are impacted.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 11, 2025
Preliminary concept of 1940 Main St. (south hotel tower with the Filipino Cultural Centre) and 143 East 3rd Ave. (north hotel tower), Vancouver. (Formosis Architecture/PortLiving)
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New hotel project with Filipino Cultural Centre endorsed by Vancouver City Council

"An unprecedented opportunity to create a permanent home for our community."

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  • Dec 11, 2025
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20% building fees cut approved by Vancouver City Council to save housing projects

"Much-needed housing and construction can move forward."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 11, 2025
Proposed Vancouver social housing rezoning, Fall 2025 concept. (City of Vancouver)
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Policy enabling 20-storey social, supportive housing towers across Vancouver axed

"It is a fundamental rewrite of Vancouver's zoning map."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 10, 2025
The former Firefighters Banquet & Conference Centre at 6515 Bonsor Ave., Burnaby. (Google Maps)
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Vancouver Filipino Cultural Centre opponents quietly pursuing Burnaby project

They want governments to buy a Metrotown building for their project.

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  • Dec 10, 2025
Downtown Eastside, Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Opinion: Refusing change is a choice, and it's keeping the Downtown Eastside in crisis

Real redevelopment is needed in the Downtown Eastside.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 10, 2025
November 2025 construction progress on SkyTrain's Oakridge-41st Avenue Station upgrades and the new Oakridge Park mall. (Kenneth Chan)
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Oakridge SkyTrain station upgrades to require month-long early closure

The major station expansion will reach completion next summer.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 9, 2025
Christmas 2025 season Ferris wheel at the north plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery. (Kenneth Chan)
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Free rides on a downtown Vancouver Ferris wheel this month

Right next to the Christmas tree and VANCOUVER sign.

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  • Dec 9, 2025
Concepts of the west condo tower site (left; Burrard site) at 1795 West Broadway and the east hotel/condo tower site (right; Hemlock site) at 1368-1398 West Broadway, Vancouver. (W.T. Leung Architects/Concord Pacific)
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Concord proposes two West Broadway condo and hotel towers up to 35 storeys

Redeveloping two gas station sites on Burrard and Hemlock streets.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 8, 2025
Fall 2025 construction progress on the new Pattullo Bridge. (Government of BC)
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This is the new First Nations language name for the new Pattullo Bridge

The original "Pattullo Bridge" name is being discontinued.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 8, 2025
Hastings Racecourse during the 2025 PNE Fair, with the new PNE amphitheatre construction in the background. (Kenneth Chan)
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End of horse racing opens door to major transformation at Hastings Park

Will a new Whitecaps soccer stadium replace Hastings Racecourse?

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 8, 2025
Temporary VANCOUVER sign on the West Georgia Street plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery, as seen on Dec. 5, 2025. (Kenneth Chan)
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New temporary VANCOUVER sign lights up a new location this winter

A new larger sign outside the Vancouver Art Gallery.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 7, 2025
2025 concept for 95 Nelson St, Vancouver. (Francl Architecture/City of Vancouver)
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Construction starts on two social housing towers next to Cambie Bridge's north end

Over 670 social housing units, plus childcare and a new fire station.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 6, 2025
Construction progress on the new 11-storey Coal Harbour building with social housing and Seaside Elementary School, as of Nov. 28, 2025. (Kenneth Chan)
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New Coal Harbour elementary school below social housing gets a name

Opening in September 2026.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 6, 2025
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