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Downtown Vancouver skyline as seen from Queen Elizabeth Park. (TR Photos/Shutterstock)
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Vancouver will remain BC's most populated city for decades to come: forecast

Surrey will not become Metro Vancouver's most populated city.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 19, 2024
Hotel Dunsmuir SRO at 500 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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"Too far gone": Downtown Vancouver SRO must be demolished ASAP

Snowfall could further increase the already high risk of collapse.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 19, 2024
Fall 2024 construction progress on the Broadway Subway and new replacement Pattullo Bridge. (Government of BC)
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Broadway Subway and new Pattullo Bridge construction costs escalate

Both projects are also delayed.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 18, 2024
TransLink trolley bus fleet. (TransLink)
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Metro Vancouver has the worst public transit commute time in Canada and the US

Equivalent to 20 months per lifetime spent on public transit.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 18, 2024
Decades-long vacant site of 1401 Robson Street in downtown Vancouver, which has turned into an informal publicly accessible private green space. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Trudeau's proposed Canada vacant land tax not based on reality: industry

"A fundamental lack of understanding about the industry."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 18, 2024
Not the actual proposed design; 2022 concept: artistic rendering of reimagining the Waterfront Station precinct in downtown Vancouver. (Perkins&Will)
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Could there be an expansion of Vancouver Convention Centre?

A potential expansion of the convention centre east of Canada Place.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 17, 2024
SkyTrain Expo Line near King George Station in Surrey City Centre. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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City of Surrey needs 169,000 new homes over the next 20 years

Almost doubling the number of homes that exist today.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 17, 2024
Concept for the Vancouver Housing Development Office site of 1402-1460 Burrard Street, 900 Pacific Street, and 1401-1451 Hornby Street, Vancouver. (Diamond Schmitt Architects/City of Vancouver)
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1,100 rental homes in two towers up to 54 floors for Burrard Bridge's north end

Adding to the gateway of Burrard Bridge.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 17, 2024
TransLink's new low-floor community shuttle buses. (TransLink)
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TransLink to launch new Surrey bus route in January

As part of the winter season service changes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 17, 2024
Exterior condition (right) and the dangerous interior condition (left) of 500 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver. (ADB Structural Engineering/City of Vancouver | Google Maps)
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Imminent collapse risk: City of Vancouver orders demolition of Dunsmuir building

A catastrophic, cascading collapse is possible.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 16, 2024
Artistic rendering of the Marpole Transit Centre. (TransLink)
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$6.5 billion cost for new TransLink bus depots for battery buses

Transitioning to battery-electric buses isn't just about buying the buses.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 16, 2024
Artistic rendering of SkyTrain's OMC4 in Coquitlam. (Charter PDI/TransLink)
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New SkyTrain facility in Coquitlam sees construction cost soar to $1.3 billion

The project's cost has doubled over four years.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 16, 2024
Construction progress on TransLink's Marpole Transit Centre bus depot in South Vancouver, as of December 5, 2024. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Cost to build TransLink's first new battery bus depot grows to $848 million

Challenged by the facility's site next to the Fraser River.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 16, 2024
Drive BC webcam of traffic flowing through the reopened section of the Sea to Sky Highway in the Lions Bay area, as of 8 am on Sunday, December 15, 2024. (Government of BC)
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Sea to Sky Highway has now reopened following landslide cleanup

Earlier than anticipated.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 15, 2024
Bright Nights Christmas Train at Stanley Park. (Vancouver Park Board)
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Safety incident shuts down Stanley Park Train for a few a days

"We are very sorry."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 14, 2024
Landslide on the Sea to Sky Highway in Lions Bay on December 14, 2024. (Miller Capilano Highway Services)
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Landslide blocks Sea to Sky Highway, cutting off Squamish and Whistler

No injuries have been reported.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 14, 2024
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Governments aim to reclaim $4.4 million in Small Business BC bankruptcy

There was a "mismanagement of funds."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 14, 2024
December 2024 amendments to the Broadway Plan removing existing rules limiting the number of high-rise towers per city block in select areas. (City of Vancouver)
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Vancouver City Council approves removal of some Broadway Plan tower limits

"Today's units become the affordable housing of tomorrow."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 14, 2024
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