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Government & Policy
David Xie says he is no longer pursuing a seat on Burnaby City Council, but his name will still be on this month’s civic election ballot. He previously entered the municipal race under the New Burnaby civic party and is...
Government & Policy
If elected, mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk and his Imagine Surrey party would pursue creating a discounted one-zone monthly TransLink public transit pass for Surrey residents, with the City of Surrey covering the remain...
New Development
Drivers heading east out of Downtown Vancouver face months of vehicle traffic disruptions on the Georgia Viaduct, beginning with the closure of its Main Street off-ramp on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. The City of Vancouver issu...
Government & Policy
The proposed new additional oil pipeline from near Edmonton to Metro Vancouver that would carry an additional one million barrels of crude a day to overseas markets is moving onto a faster federal government review track...
Government & Policy
A former Vancouver mayoral candidate is running in the Vancouver-Strathcona riding for the BC NDP. Amanda Burrows, a renter, prominent social justice advocate, and the executive director of the First United Church in the...
Opinion
Written for Daily Hive Urbanized by Jonathan Reid, who is a senior vice president of Wesbild Okanagan. ---------------------------------------- There is no sugar-coating the reality facing the Okanagan and many other com...
Renting
In back-to-back announcements, Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk promised to both create a “Senakw-style partnership” for rental housing as well as create a ‘no new casino’ moratorium. This is in the run-up to the O...
New Development
For one night each year, Nuit Blanche renders Toronto a de facto art gallery, with exhibits taking over streets, parks, public buildings, and unexpected corners of the city. But while Nuit Blanche can feel spontaneous to...
Government & Policy
LNG Canada is moving ahead with a major expansion of its Kitimat export terminal, a decision the Government of Canada asserts will unlock $33 billion in private investment and double the facility’s capacity to ship lique...
Opinion
Written for Daily Hive Urbanized by Ashiyana Hanif, who is a Surrey broadcaster and the founder of Media Waves Live. She is an Imagine Surrey candidate for Surrey City Council in the October 2026 civic election. --------...
Government & Policy
Premier David Eby’s decision to call a snap provincial general election faces opposition from most British Columbians, including nearly half of those who currently intend to vote for his party, according to new survey by...
Housing Market
In March 2025, despite a prolonged slowdown in regional sales activity, West Vancouver's median residential sale price reached $3,381,500. It was the highest level in the past two decades.According to Sotheby's Internati...
Government & Policy
B.C. election season is upon us, with both the local and provincial elections just weeks away. The municipal election is on Oct. 17, and the provincial snap election is just one week later on Oct. 24. Municipal and provi...
Government & Policy
Would converting part of the old St. Paul’s Hospital campus on Burrard Street into a facility for voluntary and involuntary mental health and addictions treatment amount to creating a prison in Downtown Vancouver’s West...
Government & Policy
Pete Fry’s Green Party of Vancouver released its 71-page election platform today, outlining commitments across Vancouver City Council, Vancouver Park Board, and Vancouver School Board ahead of the fast-approaching civic...
New Development
For more than 40 years, SkyTrain’s brain and nerve centre has operated out of the Edmonds operations and maintenance centre (OMC1) in Burnaby. Today, it oversees the Expo and Millennium lines. Built in the 1980s for the...
New Development
Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, has a population of about 35,000. Vancouver has a population of about 775,000. According to Henrik Sedin, Örnsköldsvik has the same number of ice rinks as Vancouver. “I’m just comparing to when I gr...
Government & Policy
Free introductory swimming lessons for children, an end to paid parking at several community and recreation destinations, and new swimming pools are among the ABC Vancouver party’s promises for families in the 2026 civic...
Housing Market
A new real estate report is out detailing home sales in the luxury sector, and it isn’t looking too good for sellers in West Vancouver. This comes after 2025, which saw “serious stagnation” in the luxury sector, and it h...
Housing Market
Sotheby’s International Realty Canada Marks 20 Years in West Vancouver with New Luxury Market Insights VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Over the past two decades, West Vancouver’s luxury rea...
New Development
Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley does not have an uncontested path to re-election this time around. After securing a second term by acclamation ahead of the 2022 civic election, when no other candidates stepped forward for the...
Government & Policy
White Rock Mayor Megan Knight’s name will no longer appear on the City’s 2026 mayoral civic election ballot, after the provincial government approved her withdrawal from the race. In a statement issued this afternoon, in...
Renting
Colleen Hardwick, a former Vancouver city councillor and the mayoral candidate for the TEAM For A Livable Vancouver party, is calling for governments to take a more direct role in creating new homes that middle-income re...
Government & Policy
COPE Vancouver, a municipal party with candidates for City Council, the School Board, and the Park Board in Vancouver’s upcoming municipal election, has unveiled its 2026 platform. Some of the party’s key promises are to...
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