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Opening day of the Blue Grouse Gondola at Grouse Mountain Resort on December 12, 2024. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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From parking lot to peak: Grouse Mountain's new gondola now open

"It should be the end of any wait times."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 13, 2024
September 2024 construction progress on SkyTrain Canada Line's new Capstan Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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SkyTrain's new Capstan Station faced "significant" construction challenges

The station's construction cost has increased to $62 million.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 12, 2024
Fall 2024 construction progress: Concrete base floor completed inside the bored tunnel of SkyTrain Millennium Line's Broadway subway extension. (Government of BC)
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New video captures construction progress on Broadway Subway

Three more years to go until opening.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 11, 2024
Before and after of an old single-family house structure relocated to the Sunshine Coast and renovated. (Glyn Lewis/submitted)
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Builder urges recycling of 1,200 houses in Broadway Plan that could be redeveloped

Reducing the amount of landfill waste.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 11, 2024
Artistic rendering of 8 East Broadway (left) and 701 Kingsway (right), Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership/Chard Development | RWA Group Architecture/Qualex-Landmark)
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9 towers in Broadway Plan with 1,500 rental homes approved by Vancouver City Council

The first major wave of project approvals in the Broadway Plan.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 11, 2024
Concept of 1155 East 6th Avenue, Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership/Low Tide Properties/PCI Developments)
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Why are there so many tower proposals already in the Broadway Plan?

"It is too early to declare victory, a huge success."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 11, 2024
Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour signage at SkyTrain's Stadium-Chinatown Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Taylor Swift's Vancouver concerts lead to record TransLink ridership

Over 1.9 million transit journeys recorded.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 11, 2024
Vancouver City Hall. (Margarita Young/Shutterstock)
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Vancouver City Council approves lowest property tax hike in eight years for 2025

There also won't be a big jump in City's operating budget for 2025.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 10, 2024
Premier David Eby. (Government of BC)
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Premier David Eby vows accountability after Small Business BC bankruptcy

"We'll make sure the taxpayer dollars are protected."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 10, 2024
2024 artistic rendering of the Hilton hotel at 888 West Broadway, Vancouver. (Henriquez Partners Architects/Bosa Properties)
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Opinion: Broadway Plan key to solving Vancouver's hotel shortage

Going beyond merely residential uses.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 10, 2024
Construction progress as of December 2, 2024 on PCI Developments' 39-storey mixed-use rental housing, office, and retail tower at the northwest corner of the intersection of Granville Street and West Broadway, which also includes the entrance for SkyTrain South Granville Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Opinion: Even taller towers belong in the Broadway Plan

We can do better for Vancouver's second city centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 10, 2024
TransLink
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TransLink Store pops up at Waterfront Station with holiday must-haves

Bringing holiday cheer to commuters and transit enthusiasts.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 10, 2024
5858 140th Street (left) and 16653 31B Avenue (right) in Surrey. (Google Maps)
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Two houses in Surrey illegally built, prompting City action

"Construction that jeopardizes the safety of our community."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 10, 2024
Eye of the Wind, a wind turbine and observation tower, atop Grouse Mountain. (EB Adventure Photography/Shutterstock)
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First Nations to own about $3 billion worth of new BC wind power projects

Nine new wind farms will have the same capacity as the Site C dam.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 9, 2024
November 2024 revised design for Bakerview-166 Street Station on the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension. (Government of BC)
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How to tame the spiralling costs of Canada's public transit projects

High costs are not inevitable.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 9, 2024
New 85x25 outdoor advertising video board at BC Place Stadium, fronting the Georgia Viaduct. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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New $10 million 5G Rogers upgrade for BC Place Stadium clearly works

Swifties put the new cellular equipment to the ultimate stress test.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 9, 2024
The three-storey retail building at 798 Granville Street (on Robson Street), home to Best Buy and the future Marshalls store. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Marshalls to open at Robson and Granville corner in downtown Vancouver

Similar to the off-price concept of Winners.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 9, 2024
Small Business BC
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Small Business BC shuts down amid bankruptcy, lays off workers

It received $2.7 million in federal funding in November 2024.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Dec 8, 2024
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