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Beachgoers at English Bay waiting for the fireworks. (Honda Celebration of Light)
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Honda Celebration of Light 2017 unveils new Second Beach location

Free concerts, food trucks, activities, and licensed areas at Second Beach!

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 21, 2017
The swimming facilities at Hillcrest Community Centre are considered a 'destination' facility. (City of Vancouver)
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5 indoor pools in Vancouver could be replaced with new facilities

But this will mean closing the pools at Lord Byng and Templeton.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 20, 2017
A pop-up swimming pool in Brooklyn. (Mélisande / Flickr)
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Pop-up swimming pools rejected by Vancouver Park Board staff

The plan is not being recommended due to its complexity.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 20, 2017
The Webber Natural Swimming Pool in Minneapolis in 2015. (Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board)
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New natural swimming pool proposed in Vancouver

Instead of chlorine, thousands of plants would clean the waters.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 20, 2017
Calgary Olympic Park during the winter. (Shutterstock)
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Calgary 2026 Olympics will require $2.4 billion in funding: committee

Calgary 2026's total cost is estimated at $4.6 billion.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 20, 2017
A West Coast Express train in downtown Vancouver. (Michael Chu / Flickr)
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West Coast Express to operate on Canada Day for the first time

After all, it's Canada's 150th birthday.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 19, 2017
Artistic rendering of the second approved version of the Oakridge Centre redevelopment in 2014. (Image by: Westbank Projects Corp./ Henriquez Partners Architects)
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Oakridge Centre's new owners to redesign redevelopment project

This is the redevelopment's third plan in a decade.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 17, 2017
Daisy at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre in 2008. (Vancouver Aquarium)
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Opinion: Vancouver Aquarium gave this rescued harbour porpoise 9 years of life she didn't have

The average lifespan of the species in the wild is 8 to 12 years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 17, 2017
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson outside Vancouver City Hall. (Jenni Sheppard / Daily Hive)
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Mayor warns other Canadian cities leapfrogging Vancouver for federal transit funding

Blame the provincial government.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 16, 2017
Daisy the harbour porpoise was one of the cetaceans being cared for by the Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue program. (Vancouver Aquarium)
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Rescued harbour porpoise Daisy dies at Vancouver Aquarium

She was rescued in 2008.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 16, 2017
Artistic rendering of PavCo's early conceptual design for a tower at Site 10C. (PavCo / Stantec Architecture)
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43-storey 'landmark' tower proposed for BC Place Stadium

It will be one of the tallest towers in the area.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 16, 2017
Artistic rendering of Ackery's Alley with FIELD installed. (More Awesome Now)
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Another downtown Vancouver alley is getting an amazing makeover

It'll be 'psychedelic'.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 16, 2017
Artistic rendering of the exterior of Lot 5. (City of North Vancouver)
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Construction on huge outdoor ice rink and plaza begins at North Vancouver waterfront

It will have the Lower Mainland's largest outdoor ice rink!

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 15, 2017
Artistic rendering of a temporary ferris wheel at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver. (City of North Vancouver)
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A waterfront ferris wheel is coming to North Vancouver next summer

Right on the Lonsdale waterfront, next to the Shipyards!

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 15, 2017
Vancouver's Chinatown neighbourhood near downtown Vancouver. (Michael Kwan / Flickr)
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Opinion: Stop clinging to the past, Vancouver’s Chinatown is dead and needs revival

While activists may have won one battle, they will be unable to win their war.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 14, 2017
December 2016 revised design for 105 Keefer Street. (Beedie Development Group)
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Vancouver City Council rejects controversial Chinatown condo project

Councillors also criticized young activists for bullying, targeting, and coercing supporters.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 14, 2017
Artistic rendering of the seating area and the Amara Zee's vessel docking location in Southeast False Creek for the Nomadic Tempest performances. (City of Vancouver)
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Free nighttime circus acrobat show on tall ship coming to False Creek

A nightly 75-minute-long acrobatic and digital projection show on a tall ship.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 14, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Shutterstock)
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Trudeau announces Vancouver as host city of global women’s rights conference in 2019

6,000 world leaders and activists will take part in the conference.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 14, 2017
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