31% pay increase ends Richmond hotel strike after 14 months
Room attendants will earn $30+ per hour by 2027.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 22, 2024
TransLink to deploy more buses if strike shuts down West Coast Express
The strike could begin Wednesday evening.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 22, 2024
Launch date set for Lime's e-scooter share service in Vancouver
A major global first for the micromobility giant.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 21, 2024
TransLink's fare evasion losses estimated at $40 million each year
Equal to the cost of running SkyTrain and West Coast Express for a month.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 21, 2024
18-storey rental tower proposed near Broadway-City Hall SkyTrain
Another project under the Broadway Plan.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 21, 2024
BC Conservatives lead BC NDP for the first time in pre-election survey
Troubling for the governing BC NDP.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 21, 2024
First Nation embraces ecotourism with $18 million Fraser River Lodge acquisition
A major ecotourism property acquisition in the Fraser Valley.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 21, 2024
New provincial funding for UBC's student housing project with 1,500 beds
Construction on the $560 million project begins in 2026.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 20, 2024
TransLink begins enforcement blitz to curb fare evasion
To recoup lost fare revenues and improve fairness.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 20, 2024
Surrey's Scott Road area plan quadruples future population to 160,000
Big changes for an 8.4 sq km area, including Strawberry Hill Shopping Centre.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 20, 2024
New partnership to lead 5-tower Telus Boot redevelopment in Burnaby
Over 2,500 homes in towers up to over 60 storeys.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 20, 2024
YVR Airport sees near record with 12.6 million passengers in first half of 2024
Could YVR break the all-time annual record in 2024?
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 20, 2024
Railway strike could impact Metro Vancouver's water supply, West Coast Express
"Their effects will be borne by all Canadians."
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 19, 2024
Some TransLink bus service improvements for Fall 2024
A frequency boost for 47 bus routes.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 19, 2024
This is the finalized official name of the new PNE amphitheatre
Hastings Park's new landmark 10,000-capacity entertainment venue.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 17, 2024
New launch coaster at Playland uses $1 million battery for its G-force
It is a small but mighty coaster that punches above its weight.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 17, 2024
Over half of BC residents concerned about rent and mortgage payments
But residents in other provinces are even more worried.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 16, 2024
800-seat capacity boost for one of Surrey's most overcrowded schools
It currently uses about a dozen portable structures.
- Kenneth Chan
- Aug 16, 2024

















