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Development

The Villages Plan: Will the city’s latest big rezoning push actually make housing more affordable?

The new developments would be more accessible relative to the cost of a single-family home, but more market housing will still be unaffordable for most Vancouverites.

City Hall Insider: July 21, 2026

In this issue of our City Hall Insider, we break down a key question about the Villages Plan: will it actually help make housing more affordable? Plus, all the updates and engagement opportunities from a frenetic month at council.

History

‘What is that?!’: The long, bizarre history of the 2400 Court Motel

With the demolition of Kingsway’s 2400 Court Motel on the horizon, Vancity Lookout dug into the vibrant and varied history of the iconic site.

Music

In the face of algorithms and AI, Vancouver's music radio stations continue to bet on human curation

"We have to think about what radio can offer that these larger and more directly curated services and streaming can't"

Outdoors

How Vancouverites are finding community in local running clubs

In a city where making friends is considered a challenge, run clubs are quietly filling the gap

Arts

The end of an era: Saying goodbye to Chinatown's Imperial Theatre

As demolition on the Imperial Theatre at 319 Main Street officially begins and a new project prepares to take its place, Vancity Lookout takes a look back on the rich neighbourhood history the theatre embodied.

Pedestrianization

What could the future of Granville Street look like?

A conversation with Downtown BIA's Jane Talbot about what the World Cup street parties mean for the future of the city's entertainment district

Mount Pleasant

In cities across Canada, hundreds gather to oppose unchecked AI data centre proliferation

Locals are speaking out against their expansion

South Vancouver

Five years after the heat dome, Vancouver’s hardest hit neighbourhoods are still vulnerable

Five years after Vancouver’s deadliest weather event, more still needs to be done to keep communities in East and Southeast Vancouver safe from extreme heat.