The redevelopment of former TransLink bus depot near Oakridge Park mall in Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/mayfair-west-grosvenor-vancouver-oakridge-redevelopment-revised-concept

An Ogre in West Vancouver

 https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/west-vancouver-police-release-photo-seeking-assault-suspect-12388188 

The Ogre of WV is on the loose.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/ogre 

A LARGE, aggressive dangerous beast of a man can easily be called an OGRE!

https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Ogre

Loblaws City Market opens this month at South Granville SkyTrain station tower

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/loblaws-city-market-south-granville-skytrain-station-the-stories-west-broadway-opening-date

Cambie Street Bridge seismic upgrade

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cambie-street-bridge-seismic-upgrade-federal-funding 

Unless the west sidewalk is widened, or a parallel bike bridge is constructed, the C bridge will still be missing a lane & remain with 5, instead of 6 when it opened in the 1980s.

Briiliant Lady cruise ship

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brilliant_Lady  Length 277 m (908 ft 10 in)

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/brilliant-lady-virgin-voyages-canada-place-cruise-ship-vancouver 

https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/a-new-era-in-alaska-brilliant-lady-debuts-for-virgin-voyages-first-west-coast-season/ 

https://www.cntraveler.com/ships/virgin-voyages/brilliant-lady

https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/tag/canada-place-terminal/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Voyages#Current_fleet 

https://www.reddit.com/r/VirginVoyages/comments/1rk8emf/brilliant_lady_cruise_a_complete_review/

Senior in critical condition after alleged vehicle ramming in Vancouver's West End

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/police-vehicle-ramming-crash-vancouver-west-end-9.7200915 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/senior-critically-injured-officers-hospitalized-after-vehicle-ramming-incident-vancouver-police-say/ 

https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-west-end-vehicle-ramming-three-hospital 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vehicle-rampage-jeep-vancouver-park 

Residential streets are usually narrow and intended for slow moving traffic. This fool didn't seem to care.

Major streets and roads don't necessarily have a central traffic divider, along with some highways. However, any major highway should have a safety traffic divider. Ideally, any bridge with 2 way traffic should have a safety barrier.

West Vancouver councillors comments

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-politician-visitors-hordes 

A multicultural metropolitan region is supposed to be open to people of all colors and cultures.

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/west-vancouver-councillor-faces-criticism-over-hordes-comments-12247401 

Perhaps there are some who would like to see all nonwhite visitors to WV be required to have an access permit.

https://www.northshoredailypost.com/cassidy-responds-resignation-petition-ambleside/ 

Of course that would be so absurd, because the days of WV being a Whiteman's paradise ended decades ago. The KEEP+THEM+OUT mentality and agenda has taken on various forms since the early days of BC.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=West+Vancouver+councillors+comments

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=West+Vancouver

West Broadway at Cambie Street

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-city-hall-station-subway-full-road-closure-construction-summer-2026 

Under current station platform limitations, the 2nd line can only accommodate 5 car trains, not 10. The 3rd line can only accommodate a 2.5 car train, not 5 and especially not 10 cars. That despite it being an airport line and potential link to a BC Ferry Terminal train station.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Selective+Door+Operation

Months-long full road closure of West Broadway at Cambie Street for subway construction

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-city-hall-station-subway-full-road-closure-construction-summer-2026

The Cambie Bridge used to have 6 lanes when is opened in the 1980s.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2m4n1tUYVM This is heading northbound and shows the proper wide sidewalk that's on the east side of the bridge.

For some reason the sidewalk on the west side of the bridge was made too narrow. Had the sidewalk been as wide as the one on the east side of the bridge, the Vancouver planning department wouldn't have likely reduced a lane. Of course if the city would ever build a proper bike bridge beside the Cambie Bridge, then perhaps the 6th lane might be reactivated. 

A 6 lane Cambie bridge is better than a 5 lane version, or a former 6 lane Burrard Bridge reduced to 4. If both bridges had bike bridges next to them, then 2 lanes of each original 6 lane bridge could have been for busses. However, that goes against the congestive planning agenda that is backwards Vancouver. 

The late 1950s, 6 lane Iron Bridge should have had 2 wide emergency lanes and 2 wide shoulders. Then, the Iron Bridge could have been gradually modified to have 4 lanes each way, plus a bus lane each way. However, having a 10 lane bridge is what a big city would do. Unfortunately, Vancouver city planning has become so engrossed with perpetuating a small city agenda over the decades. 

When most of the regional bridges were built, there was no concept or interest in having them wide enough for bus lanes and wide emergency lanes and wide shoulders. Congestive transportation planning or stunted infrastructure, is one of the best ways in demonstrating a local reluctance to properly build big for the future. Who knows where all the money went over the decades, because it doesn't look like enough of it went towards building wider bridges and having longer trains and stations. 

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/02/expo-86-40-years-later-the-memories-live-on

West Vancouver Councilors comments on Ambleside visitors spark backlash

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/west-vancouver-councillor-ambleside-beach 

Sometimes its as if there is a harking back to a British Colonial dream to have BC as a Whiteman's paradise. Fortunately, over the decades, nonwhite people have gradually been allowed to live in WV and even buy property. Unfortunately, the KEEP+THEM+OUT mentality occasionally resurfaces.

Any dynamic city or cosmopolitan metropolis will have people from all over the world. However, for those who remember a time when WV was predominantly White, it can be upsetting for some to see a bunch of multicultural visitors to WV. That's odd, because the days of WV being some type of a Whiteman's playground are suppose to be long gone.

Curiously, there is still no highway tunnel to West Vancouver from Downtown Vancouver. No train from downtown to the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal, either. If a wall can't be built around WV, perhaps the next best thing was to symbolically not build proper big city infrastructure between downtown and WV. 

Mercer_Island,_Washington is a well to do enclave like WV. Yet, MI has a good highway and train link to Seattle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Island,_Washington#Transportation 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_Davis_Park  

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=West+Vancouver+councillors+comments

B.C. government ramps up economic push with $88 billion in major projects

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-government-look-west-economic-growth-additional-major-projects

B.C. orders West Vancouver to implement plan to build more homes and meet its target

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/07/b-c-orders-west-vancouver-build-more-homes/ 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/land-covenants-1.5442686 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/striking-racist-language-from-west-vancouver-land-covenants-would-cost-1-million-report-estimates/ 

https://globalnews.ca/news/7182842/vancouver-councillor-racism-bc-real-estate/

https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/a-short-history-of-racism-in-b-c-and-globally

https://thelaurier.ca/discriminatory-covenants , https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qlgyR3x73iQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residential_segregation_in_Greater_Vancouver 

https://forbiddenvancouver.ca/kkk-history-vancouver/ 

https://equity.ubc.ca/news-and-stories/debunk-myths-about-the-history-of-black-people-in-b-c 

Despite the worlds population consisting mostly of nonwhite people and in spite of generations of multicultural immigration in Canada, BC is still slow to build big for the larger overlapping community. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Vancouver#Minority_representation

The Lions+Gate+Bridge is a 3 lane joke of a bridge that should have been relieved with a 7-8 lane tunnel decades ago.

The YVR-Canada+Line is a joke of a line with only 2 car trains, not 5-6. 

Tree-inspired office tower concept proposed for revived Waterfront Station project

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/601-west-cordova-street-vancouver-waterfront-station-tower-cadillac-fairview-james-cheng 

Singapore, Perth, Sydney, Seattle, SF and Miami are allowed to have tall buildings right near the water, because they are allowed to be big and tall cities.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/555-west-cordova-street-vancouver-the-crystal-office-tower-opposition 

Vancouver has several restrictions which prevent it from becoming a proper big city.

25-storey, mixed-use residential tower approved for an industrial area

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/320-360-west-2nd-avenue-vancouver-strand-development-industrial-rental-housing-tower-mount-pleasant-approved 

It might be a good idea to keep some land for industrial purposes in small Vancouver.

Whil Houston, TX has already allowed for this, it has a much larger land area than Vancouver. 

https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/DevelopRegs 

https://www.multifamilydive.com/news/new-texas-law-allows-apartments-in-some-nonresidential-zones/752244/

26-storey rental housing tower proposed for West Broadway near future South Granville SkyTrain station

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1668-west-broadway-vancouver-rental-housing-unicorn-properties

Sound Transit has extended the 1 Line of Link Light Rail with a 7+ mile extension to Federal Way

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlwKXcU_APY   

Greater Vancouver really needs to have a proper regional bus and bike bridge system, because most of the bridges in backwards BC are too narrow to have dedecated bus lanes. 

 Melbourne's brand-new Veloway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU3b2h_2GxA 

https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/use-west-gate-tunnel/for-cyclists/veloway 

https://bicyclenetwork.com.au/newsroom/2025/12/08/melbournes-revolutionary-veloway-open-to-riders/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/melbournecycling/comments/1pkorwm/my_impression_of_the_veloway_the_good_and_bad/ 

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=16S-faloxDySd0qacgOe4usf99cY&ll=-37.80970653627167%2C144.94901540791687&z=11

History of the Port Mann Bridge in BC

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4aYxObfjJ8 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mann_Bridge#Original_bridge The original PMB had only 2 lanes each way with no emergency lanes or wide shoulders. It was designed to be a classic BC bottleneck-chokepoint right from the start. Eventually, a 5th lane was squeezed in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mann_Bridge#Opposition_to_twinning_plan While bridge duplication isn't that big of a problem in Australia or the US, it is in the BC part of Canada. Australia is allowed to have 3 proper big cities on the Pacific. Thus, the urban scale of infrastructure in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane are much larger than what's allowed in the Greater Vancouver Region. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mann_Bridge#New_bridge Given that this is supposed to be part of the main East-West highway in Canada, a significantly wider bridge was eventually approved. While it was designed with a provision for a potential future rail line, there should have also been a provision for a lower deck. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_Fraser_River#Main_Watercourse_(New_Westminster_to_Yellowhead_Pass)

The Post building complex sells for over $1.1 billion

 https://vancouversun.com/news/quadreal-sells-the-post-heritage-building-vancouver This stump building+complex doesn't even have 26 floors. It's not much taller than this 22 story stump in LA. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_National_Plaza This was the first office complex to rise over 50 floors in LA.

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=2301 52 stories opened in 1972. 

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/city-national-tower/1395

LA and then Calgary were able to have a double tower complex of over 50 floors, but Vancouver just has a double stump thats not even 25 floors.

https://www.brookfieldproperties.com/en/our-properties/bankers-hall-west-175 47 stories

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6993 1989 

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7073 2000 

52 floors in total.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bankers_Hall_Towers_%281%29_%288068206826%29.jpg 

https://www.stockaerialphotos.com/media/7c75217e-6cc2-4918-a259-888bc934fd8f-bankers-hall-towers-calgary    

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Post+building+complex

Zara's billionaire founder buys Amazon-anchored The Post office complex from QuadReal in downtown Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-post-amazon-vancouver-quadreal-pontegadea-acquisition 

This stump building+complex isn't even 26 floors.

https://www.biv.com/news/real-estate/quadreal-sells-the-post-in-largest-office-transaction-in-vancouver-history-11514776 

It's so incredibly small when compared to what big cities allow. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankers_Hall 52 stories in Calgary. 

https://www.stockaerialphotos.com/-/galleries/cities/calgary/-/medias/a1d07eb9-561e-4f75-9235-64c07d7320ee-penn-west-plaza-calgary The Post isn't that much higher than this stump in Calgary. https://www.stockaerialphotos.com/media/8e457764-fd2f-4e0c-9944-09fc86185f5d-penn-west-plaza-i-and-ii  

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Post+building+complex