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Vancouver City Council to consider property tax break for new rental housing

Currently, the viability of new rental housing is "significantly undermined."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 13, 2025
Spirit of British Columbia vessel of BC Ferries. (EB Adventure Photography/Shutterstock)
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China-built ships for BC Ferries draw backlash, spark calls for cancellation

"Stop this deal before it’s too late."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 13, 2025
Trutch Street street sign in Vancouver. (Laurenne Karmel/Daily Hive)
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This long Vancouver road will be renamed šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street this summer

The new street signs will also have the English name.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 12, 2025
Traffic gridlock due to the supportive housing fire. (Kenneth Chan)
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Traffic mayhem in downtown Vancouver due to supportive housing fire

A fire at the controversial former Howard Johnson Hotel.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 12, 2025
Lime e-scooter share station in downtown Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan)
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Lime has now expanded e-scooter share across downtown Vancouver

Dozens of stations across the city centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 11, 2025
Vancouver's official 2026 FIFA World Cup countdown clock installed outside BC Place Stadium at Terry Fox Plaza. (Kenneth Chan)
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Vancouver's FIFA World Cup countdown clock unveiled outside BC Place Stadium

Just one year to go until the tournament kicks off.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 11, 2025
May 2024 concept: redevelopment of Safeway at 1780 East Broadway, Vancouver. (Perkins&Will/Westbank/Crombie REIT)
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Safeway redevelopment at Commercial-Broadway Station approved by Vancouver City Council

After 10 years of planning, design, revisions, and review.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 11, 2025
May 2025 concept of the hotel tower at 1500-1588 West 3rd Ave., Vancouver. (Arno Matis Architecture)
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Wyndham hotel eyed for 18-storey mass-timber tower near Granville Island

160 guest rooms next to the Granville Street Bridge's south end.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 11, 2025
Preliminary conceptual design of BC Ferries' new major vessels. (BC Ferries)
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BC Ferries selects shipyard in China to build four new major vessels

The shipyard is a Chinese state-owned enterprise.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 10, 2025
Kareem Allam. (Kareem Allam/Submitted)
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Former ABC campaign manager to run for mayor of Vancouver in 2026

"I think I could do a better job than Ken Sim."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 10, 2025
Concept of Greenline Ferries' charge barge dock at Gibson Landing. (Boniface Oleksiuk Politano Architects/3GA Marine/Greenline Ferries)
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'Charge barges' to power new B.C. battery ferries, doubling as passenger docks

New ferries linking downtown Vancouver with Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 9, 2025
New condition of the BC Parkway along Stewardson Way in New Westminster. (TransLink)
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$6 million overhaul complete for segment of BC Parkway in New Westminster

Much wider and safer pathways for pedestrians and cyclists.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 9, 2025
Hastings Racecourse & Casino at Hastings Park. (Kenneth Chan)
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First Nation seeks to buy Hastings Racecourse & Casino business

"We look forward to entering the gaming industry in due course."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 7, 2025
Construction progress on the first phase of Brentwood Block, as of June 4, 2025. (Kenneth Chan)
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Construction starts on Western Canada's tallest rental housing tower in Brentwood

Over 1,700 homes in the first phase of Brentwood Block.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 7, 2025
The former Howard Johnston Hotel at 1176 Granville St., turned into supportive housing and home to Aura Nightclub. (Kenneth Chan)
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200 floods in nightclub after Granville Strip hotel turned into supportive housing

"Good luck having an entertainment district."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 7, 2025
YXX1 at Pitt Meadows. (Amazon)
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New 825,000 sq. ft. hub is Amazon's largest Metro Vancouver warehouse

Amazon's largest and first warehouse facility of its kind in B.C.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 7, 2025
Construction progress on Freedom Mobile Arch, the new PNE amphitheatre, as of June 1, 2025. (Kenneth Chan)
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Giant roof of the new PNE amphitheatre begins to take shape

Just one year to go until completion.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 7, 2025
Granville Street in the Entertainment Core sub-area; Preliminary concept of the Granville Street Plan for illustrative purposes only, February 2025. (City of Vancouver)
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Car-free revival plan for Granville Strip approved by Vancouver City Council

A 20-year strategy for Granville Entertainment District's revival.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Jun 5, 2025
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