A #VPD community policing centre has opened at #Amazon's The Post office complex. "We’ve got thousands of corporate employees coming and going out of this space every day and they’re going to feel safer, happier, more productive." #vanpoli #vancre #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/do...

Revised plans for Vancouver's Jewish Community Centre redevelopment call for taller towers up to 39 storeys to double rental housing to 600+ units. Construction on the 189,000 sf community, rec & aquatic centre could begin in 2026. #vanre #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/je...

The federal government's budget will help create a Filipino Community & Cultural Centre in Vancouver. A 60,000 sf space for the centre will be embedded into a new 30-storey, mixed-use hotel tower on Main Street in Mount Pleasant. #vancre #vanre #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/19...

University student unions are calling on #BCFerries to create a discounted $10 walk-on fare for post-secondary students. BC Ferries says this will require direction & funding from the provincial government, and commissioner approval. #bcpoli #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc...

City of North Vancouver will build a $21-million public harbour deck on the Lonsdale waterfront for Burrard Inlet seawater swimming. Construction begins in 2026, with most of the project funded by a donation from Canada's Weston family. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/no...

The new Pattullo Bridge is nearing completion, but it still needs major work. This is how the main bridge deck will gradually open to traffic in 4 phases from Dec. 2025 to early 2026, with the final road connections by mid-2026. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/pa...

#TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn has expressed some concern over UBC SkyTrain's operating costs. He says there needs to be attention to both construction and operating costs, and emphasized the importance of Bus Rapid Transit projects. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/tr...

#TransLink has launched the bidding process seeking a company to design, install, and operate a brand new and improved Compass fare payment system. New tech and hardware, including new fare gates. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/tr...

During the 30th anniversary celebrations for West Coast Express on Saturday, #TransLink will be releasing a limited-edition Compass Card Mini keychain. 5,000 Compass keychains shaped after the train locomotive at Waterfront Station. 🚆 dailyhive.com/vancouver/co...

A new application has been submitted by MST First Nations to revise their Heather Lands project in Vancouver. Number of homes increased by 63% to 4,200+ units. Added density through big height increases, up to 46 storeys. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/he...

Vancouver Coastal Health is creating a long-term plan to undergo a 100% redevelopment of Vancouver General Hospital. A brand new modern & expanded hospital. It includes the eventual demolition of Jim Pattison Pavilion tower. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

Local First Nations have reached an agreement to buy two casinos in Metro Vancouver. This includes a partnership between the Musqueam and Snuneymuxw to buy River Rock Casino Resort. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre #vancre dailyhive.com/vancouver/mu...

Vancouver City Council rejects a motion by Green councillor Pete Fry to lower the voting age in civic elections to 16 years old. #bcpoli #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/ci...

#TransLink and Heritage Bricks have launched a limited-edition collection of buildable #SkyTrain cars, featuring all 4 generations of trains. Made out of brick building kits using #LEGO. Celebrating SkyTrain's 40th anniversary. dailyhive.com/vancouver/sk...

"Home equity, all that has plummeted. There's a cloud," the City of Richmond's lawyer told 700+ furious homeowners at the Cowichan Aboriginal title ruling meeting. "The notion of having Aboriginal title coexist is nonsensical." #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/ri...

The push by Mayor Ken Sim to abolish the Vancouver Park Board has hit a new roadblock. Minister Christine Boyle has halted the legislation over First Nations concerns. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

If elected, Kareem Allam's new Vancouver Liberals party will seek the amalgamation of the University Endowment Lands with the City of Vancouver. This has "incredible economic synergies that are so just plain and obvious." #UBC #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

Construction on the new Pattullo Bridge reached a major milestone this month. Entailing the final installation of all 80 cables and the last steel girders of the main bridge deck, now spanning fully across the Fraser River. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/pa...

Vancouver City Council wants Prime Minister Mark Carney to designate the UBC SkyTrain as a "Project of National Interest" under the new federal Major Projects Office. Renewed calls to expedite this #SkyTrain extension. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/ub...

A 13-storey hotel tower is proposed for Gastown, right on Powell Street near Maple Tree Square. The lot was previously used for the CPR railway. It'll have 90 hotel rooms & a destination restaurant attration on the tower rooftop. #vancre #vanre #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/80...

Vancouver City Council has approved the redevelopment of a parkade in downtown Vancouver into a 29-storey hotel tower. Nearly 600 hotel rooms, plus restaurants, lounge & rooftop pool. The city's largest hotel project in decades. #vanpoli #vanre #vancre dailyhive.com/vancouver/51...

JUST IN... Expect a 4-month full vehicle traffic closure of a segment of Broadway near Main Street, starting January 2026. Needed to remove the temporary traffic decks put in for subway station construction. Expect big delays & detours. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/br...

BC Lions' training hub near #SkyTrain Gateway Station is the City of Surrey's eyed site for a new 10,000-seat arena. Mixed-use with hotel, conference space & retail/restaurant uses. Anchoring City Centre's entertainment district. #vancre #vanre #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/su...

Former police officer Kash Heed, a sitting city councillor of Richmond, has announced he will run for mayor in the 2026 civic election. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/ka...

Although City Council decided not to form a company, City of Vancouver staff state they will push on with 3 active rezoning applications to develop City-owned rental housing. 2,700 rental homes could go ahead under a different model. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

BC Hydro has used a controlled detonation process to demolish 3-km-long power lines spanning above an inlet. It's one of the world's longest lines of its kind, and the demolition process was also a record breaker. #bcpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc...

The 58-suite Keefer House boutique hotel is now open in Vancouver Chinatown. And you can't miss this giant mural. The hotel wears its heart on the wall. #ChinatownYVR #vancre #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/ke...

The Green party has unanimously endorsed city councillor Pete Fry as their candidate for Vancouver mayor or City Council in the 2026 election. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/pe...

The City of Vancouver's redevelopment concept for the 2400 Motel site on Kingsway. 4 towers up to 28 storeys with 863 market rental homes, 20,000 sf retail/restaurant, 15,000 sf community centre, childcare, public plaza & park space. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/24...

A plan to create a for-profit, City–owned real estate development firm to build market rental housing failed to win a two-thirds majority vote in Vancouver City Council. Similar initiatives have been taken by City of Surrey and TransLink. #vanre #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

City of Vancouver staff will be required to come into the office 5 days per week starting in January 2026. About 1,400 non-unionized and exempt staff are under the new rules. #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

A retired old Mark I SkyTrain car has now been converted into Canada's first standing subway film production set. Now found in a film studio in Metro Vancouver, backdropped by a LED volume stage. #TransLink #HollywoodNorth #bcpoli #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/ma...

Emily Carr University is partnering with The Narrow Group on their proposal to return to a 125,000 sf former campus building on Granville Island. Renovated into university expansion space, artist studios, shops, restaurants & event space. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/gr...

The inactive construction site of the new Vancouver Art Gallery has reverted to a parking lot, with fresh asphalt replacing the previous gravel pit. This is temporary during the project's redesign process with a new team of architects. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

City of Vancouver will create a new for-profit real estate development company to build rental housing and generate revenue. Six City-owned development sites will be sold to the new City-owned company to build 4,000 market rental homes. #vanre #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/ci...

After serving 5 terms and 18 years in office, Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart has announced he will not seek re-election. He has endorsed city councillor Craig Hodge as his successor. #bcpoli #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/ri...

These new artistic renderings offer a first look at the renovations for BC Place Stadium's interior spectator and hospitality spaces, just in time for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. #bcpoli #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc...

Vancouver Art Gallery has selected a brand new architectural team to design its new building. A partnership between West Vancouver-based Formline Architecture and Urbanism and Toronto-based KPMB Architects. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vancre #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

Vancouver City Council has approved a new giant digital advertising screen for the Granville Entertainment District. This comes after the proponents provided more revenue and air time to the City. #vancre #vanre #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/89...

Vancouver City Council has unanimously sided with Shaughnessy Restaurant, supporting their continued tenancy at VanDusen Botanical Gardens. "For 40 years, lease renewals were built on open collaborative dialogue. This RFP was different." #vancre #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/sh...

In its new long-term plan, BC Ferries has identified 4 potential passenger-only ferry routes. This includes a route between Vancouver International Airport/Sea Island and Victoria/Saanich Peninsula. #BCFerries #YVR #bcpoli #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc...

Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie announced today he will not seek re-election after 25 years. He has been generally regarded as a popular mayor in the city, and was first elected in a by-election after 9/11. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/ma...

ABC city councillor Mike Klassen proposes working with Canadian Pacific to create a 9-km-long, east-west, walking & cycling pathway on the South Vancouver railway corridor. From the Arbutus Greenway to Boundary Road. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/so...

The City of Surrey's private development company is planning to build 4 towers with over 1,800 homes next to #SkyTrain's Gateway Station. It could include Surrey's first vertically stacked elementary school, for 655 students. #vanre #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/sc...

Vancouver city councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung is calling for the prioritization of more realistic and timely shovel-ready projects in the next capital plan for "tangible" improvements. Instead of more planning initiatives and studies. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

Vancouver city councillor Lisa Dominato and some local residents are pushing to have the Clark Drive entrance into Vancouver's port facilities reopened. To ease traffic strain on some East Vancouver residential neighbourhoods. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/ea...

COPE city councillor Sean Orr is proposing to hike Vancouver's Empty Homes Tax from 3% to 5%, and eliminate exemptions on current new inventory. As well, he wants a new 1% tax on unsold newly built homes. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

JUST IN... New details & ample renderings of the Bay parkade redevelopment in downtown Vancouver. Featuring 4 towers, including Western Canada's tallest of 1,034 ft., with 900+ hotel rooms & a stunning observation deck attraction. #vancre #vanre #vanpoli dailyhive.com/vancouver/ba...

Construction on the Surrey-Langley #SkyTrain began just 10 months ago. And now, the process has already begun to install the concrete elevated guideway on the newly completed pillars. Four special gantry cranes are being used. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/su...

The City of Surrey's population could exceed the City of Vancouver in 2038, becoming B.C.'s new most populated city. Based on the latest population growth projections for Metro Vancouver. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/su...