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Government & Policy
Pete Fry is running to be Vancouver’s next mayor — and he said he has a vision of the city achieving its “very best.” Fry, mayoral candidate for the Green Party of Vancouver, has a platform that addresses housing, transp...
Government & Policy
Kareem Allam is running to be Vancouver’s next mayor — and he said he is doing so to bring young people back to the city. Allam, who is running with the Vancouver Liberals (which do not have affiliation with the provinci...
Renting
If their candidates are elected during the civic election on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, the OneCity Vancouver party would push for the redevelopment of Kingsgate Mall, which is owned by the Vancouver School Board. The part...
New Development
An office-to-residential conversion project in Ottawa has been placed under receivership after the conversion commenced without the approval of the lender, according to filings in Ontario Superior Court.The property is a...
New Development
Hundreds of new residential units may be on tap for Calgary, with a new mixed-income development proposed near the Franklin CTrain Station. Onward Homes is proposing over 370 units at 2734 Radcliffe Dr. SE, with the proj...
Government & Policy
Colleen Hardwick is in the running to be Vancouver’s next mayor, with housing affordability and “livability” a key component of her platform. This is Hardwick’s second stab at the mayor’s seat. After serving as a city co...
Government & Policy
Both the BC NDP led by Premier David Eby and the Conservative Party of British Columbia led by Lorne Doerkson have each committed to set aside $15 million to help establish a permanent Filipino Cultural Centre, if they a...
New Development
Two high-profile high-rise office towers in downtown Toronto have officially hit the market, according to a new listing that came online last week.The first tower is 8 King Street East, a 21-storey office tower located a...
Government & Policy
Just ahead of the civic election on Oct. 17, 2026, Kareem Allam’s Vancouver Liberals have now released a 148-point platform plan for what they would do if elected to the mayor’s office, Vancouver City Council, Vancouver...
Opinion
Written for Daily Hive Urbanized by David Fine, who is an award-winning filmmaker and Vancouver resident. He writes on political issues and manages the 10,000-member VanPoli Facebook page. -------------------------------...
Government & Policy
The BC NDP-led provincial government and the City of Surrey have reached an agreement to work together on plans to create a provincial museum dedicated to Canadians of South Asian heritage, years after the provincial gov...
Government & Policy
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke’s Surrey Connect party is proposing nearly $1.5 billion in additional spending on public facilities, public parks, and streets, while promising to keep property tax increases at or below the rat...
New Development
The Surrey City Development Corporation (SCDC) and Simon Fraser University (SFU) have submitted their development permit application for Phase One of Centre Block, which will be home to SFU’s new Stephens Family School o...
New Development
Amid news of a wave of Starbucks closures, a new location has opened along Vancouver’s Central Broadway corridor. The coffee chain has moved into the ground-floor retail space designated for a cafe in the newly built The...
New Development
The Mondria 1 condo project in Clarington, Ontario was placed under receivership over the summer, according to filings in Ontario Superior Court, and the series of events that resulted in the receivership is more unique...
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
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
A new hotel is officially on the way to downtown Calgary, with construction now underway on a 131-room hotel along the river. Truman, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC), and Marriott International announced the st...
Home Buyers
If you’ve been looking for a brand new home in the Calgary area, Excel Homes has officially arrived in Bridgeport, Chestermere, with a collection of thoughtfully designed duplexes and laned homes. Duplexes start from the...
New Development
You’ve cleared the planning department, secured your zoning, and finalized your urban design. Under traditional real estate assumptions, you’d be preparing to break ground.But in Ontario’s current development landscape,...
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
Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk wants to introduce a new municipal tax on homes left empty for much of the year, with the revenue dedicated to building new affordable housing projects within the city. The Imagine...
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