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Crowds at SkyTrain's Burquitlam Station. (Gabriel Lam)
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Record transit ridership in Metro Vancouver last month

September 2017 was the busiest month ever since the 2010 Olympics.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 18, 2017
An outdoor concert at Stanley Park's Brockton Field as part of the Vancouver 125 festivities in 2011. (Bar Perry / Flickr)
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Skookum 2018: Massive new 3-day music festival coming to Stanley Park

3 days, 20,000 attendees, multiple stages for top calibre talent... in Stanley Park!

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 17, 2017
Model showing the new 2017 design of the Oakridge Centre redevelopment. (Harpinder Sandhu / British Columbia Public Service Pension Plan)
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Oakridge Centre redevelopment redesigned with flagship ambitions

Along with new housing, the redevelopment will expand retail and office space.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 16, 2017
The new low-floor community shuttle buses being tested by TransLink. (TransLink)
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TransLink introduces low-floor community shuttle buses

New community buses with no steps and wheelchair ramps at the front door.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 16, 2017
The 'electric home' at 1550 West 29th Avenue, Vancouver. (Heritage Vancouver Society / Flickr)
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1922-built 'electric home' in Shaughnessy demolished

Efforts to save the heritage English Tudor-style home failed.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 16, 2017
Road improvement. (Shutterstock)
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TransLink announces $65 million in road improvements across Metro Vancouver

It includes millions of dollars for new bike lanes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 14, 2017
Siwash Rock in Stanley Park, Vancouver (Songquan Deng/Shutterstock)
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Park Board approves process to rename Stanley Park's Siwash Rock

The Vancouver Park Board will consult with local First Nations on renaming Siwash Rock.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 13, 2017
Granville Island Market. (Shutterstock)
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Granville Island bike thefts plummet by 70%

New initiatives designed to prevent bike theft are working.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 12, 2017
The Santa Claus float at the Vancouver Santa Claus Parade. (Ken Chow / Flickr)
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Vancouver Santa Claus Parade could be cancelled this year

Santa Claus needs your help to save his annual Vancouver parade.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 11, 2017
Artistic rendering of a new subway station as part of a major extension of the Copenhagen Metro. (Cenario og Metroselskabet / Copenhagen Metro)
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Opinion: SkyTrain must be extended from downtown Vancouver to the North Shore

It's the solution to the comical situation on the Lions Gate Bridge and Ironworkers Memorial Bridge.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 11, 2017
The existing cafe at the West Building of the Vancouver Convention Centre. (Vancouver Convention Centre)
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New licensed lounge coming to the Vancouver Convention Centre

A new lounge and restaurant will be built inside the convention centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 11, 2017
The green roof of the Vancouver Convention Centre's West Building. (Vancouver Convention Centre)
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Vancouver Convention Centre is officially the world's greenest convention centre

It's the first double LEED Platinum convention centre in the world.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 11, 2017
Artistic rendering of the Vancouver Centre II office tower at 753 Seymour Street. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership / GWL Realty Advisors)
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Construction begins on new Vancouver Centre II office tower

It's designed for tech and boasts underground footpath connections to Vancouver Centre Mall.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 11, 2017
Artistic rendering of the office tower at 1133 Melville Street in downtown Vancouver. (James Cheng Architects / Oxford Properties)
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550-foot-tall 'stacked box' office tower proposed for downtown Vancouver

It will be one of Vancouver's tallest office towers, and it's suitable for tech firms.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 10, 2017
Exterior of the social housing building at 1105 Seymour Street, Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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81-unit social housing building in downtown Vancouver now complete

The $28-million project was entirely funded by developer fees.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 10, 2017
Installation of the new overpass walkway at Commercial-Broadway Station. (TransLink)
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Timelapse of the raising of Commercial-Broadway Station's new pedestrian overpass (VIDEO)

The new pedestrian overpass for the SkyTrain station has been installed.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 8, 2017
Cyclists on the Lions Gate Bridge during the closed-course Gran Fondo Race. (RBC Gran Fondo Whislter)
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UCI Gran Fondo World Championships coming to Vancouver and Whistler in 2020

It's the world's most elite Gran Fondo cycling race.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 8, 2017
A flashing beacon pedestrian crosswalk. (Lara Justine / Flickr)
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ICBC provides Vancouver with nearly $1 million to make roads safer

Vancouver is receiving a boost from ICBC to make its roads safer.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 7, 2017
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