City of Vancouver records downward trend in building permit processing times
This follows ongoing reforms to simplify and streamline processes.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 12, 2024
City of Vancouver restarts False Creek South development planning
A new long-term redevelopment plan.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 12, 2024
Vancouver Olympic Cauldron to be relit for Paris 2024 Games
In keeping with a cherished local tradition.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 12, 2024
New public spaces around Capstan Station could include a market zone
Canada Line SkyTrain's new station will open this year.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 12, 2024
VIA Rail to order over 300 passenger cars for Canada-wide train replacement
Replacing trains built right after the Second World War.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 12, 2024
Metro Vancouver housing market is still "treading water"
But home prices will go up by 5.5% year-over-year.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 11, 2024
New strategy livens up downtown Vancouver laneways by 2028
Major transformations and activations for new pedestrian-oriented spaces.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 11, 2024
Canada plans to order up to 12 new arctic-capable submarines
Canada is facing growing threats, especially in the Arctic Ocean.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 11, 2024
Future housing project near Emily Carr SkyTrain quadruples to 20 storeys
Condos and social housing instead of rentals for artists.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 11, 2024
Lime to launch North America's first docked e-scooter share in Vancouver this summer
A unique "Made for Vancouver" system by Lime.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 11, 2024
It's official: Vancouver City Council approves view cone policy relaxations for more housing
Up to 300,000 additional homes, plus ample new job space.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 10, 2024
BC government confirms $250 million in funding to City of Surrey for police transition
Surrey Police Service will become Surrey's official force in November 2024.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 10, 2024
Proposal for new office tower addition at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver withdrawn
Could there be a hotel expansion instead?
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 10, 2024
New Costco store location with a gas station set for Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver's eighth Costco Wholesale location.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 10, 2024
All about the 3.2-km-long railway tunnel deep under Burnaby and its fake house
A fake house in the middle of a Burnaby neighbourhood hides so much.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 10, 2024
Construction to begin on $200 million Holdom Avenue road overpass in Burnaby
A new four-lane road overpass above the CN railway.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 9, 2024
$34 million in BC funding for SFU Surrey medical school's temporary space
To start training more doctors sooner than later.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 9, 2024
Vancouver Park Board rejects City Council's Beach Avenue changes
But the mayor says it'll go ahead after the Park Board is abolished.
- Kenneth Chan
- Jul 9, 2024

















