Joanne Lee-Young

Shift in shopping changes how tenants fill Vancouver's retail spaces: Report

Article content Bruce Peters, who has long owned the Zazou Hair Salon with two locations in North Vancouver, is on the hunt for a larger retail space that’s quite different. Article content It would be for what he hopes will be an Uber-like business…

More tall towers being proposed, approved and completed in Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey and Coquitlam

Developers are seeking approval for two 50-storey towers in the same block where Surrey city council recently gave the greenlight for what will be its tallest building at 67 storeys. And there are several proposals for more tall towers like this in…

Evo Car Share reverses $800 charge for Vancouver man and offers tips for 'ending' trips

Article content Khris Collins lives on the University of B.C. campus and sometimes uses a Evo Car Share vehicle to get to or from work in Yaletown. Article content He recently went to book a car rental and noticed his trip from the night before…

Critical need for culturally appropriate seniors housing in Vancouver Chinatown: report

Article content The supply of affordable housing in and around Chinatown is inadequate, outdated and lacks coordination with health services and culturally appropriate care for Chinese seniors, according to the author of a new report. Article content…

Vancouver’s Chinatown celebrates Lunar New Year parade for first time in three years

Article content Throngs of people packed the streets of Pender Street in Vancouver’s Chinatown as the Spring Festival Parade returned Sunday for the first time in three years. Article content There were hundreds of spectators with many young kids…

How Western brands, companies are trying to promote Lunar New Year in a meaningful way

Lunar New Year decorations at downtown Vancouver’s Holt Renfrew store feature whimsical illustrations of a tiger and rabbit holding red paper with couplets written in Chinese characters that welcome a bright a new year. They’re the creations of a…

How Western brands, companies are trying to promote Lunar New Year in a meaningful way

Article content Lunar New Year decorations at downtown Vancouver’s Holt Renfrew store feature whimsical illustrations of a tiger and rabbit holding red paper with couplets written in Chinese characters that welcome a bright a new year. Article…

New Vancouver exhibit shows how young Chinese Canadians forged their own identity in an era of discrimination

The uniform made of emerald satin is embroidered with sparkly silver threads, sequins and a dramatic fringe. It belongs to 84-year-old Donna Chan, who started a Vancouver girls drill team that was the pride of Chinatown in 1959 when it took home the…

New Vancouver exhibit shows how young Chinese Canadians forged their own identity in an era of discrimination

Article content The uniform made of emerald satin is embroidered with sparkly silver threads, sequins and a dramatic fringe. Article content It belongs to 84-year-old Donna Chan, who started a Vancouver girls drill team that was the pride of…

City of Vancouver marks opening of affordable housing rental building at Cambie Gardens

Article content A new rental building with 138 affordable-housing units on the site of the large Cambie Gardens development has opened on Vancouver’s west side. Article content The nine-storey building is a result of city rules that require…

City of Vancouver marks opening of affordable housing rental building at Cambie Gardens

A new rental building with 138 affordable-housing units on the site of the large Cambie Gardens development has opened on Vancouver’s west side. The nine-storey building is a result of city rules that require developers of large projects to provide…

Lunar New Year travel to and from Vancouver faces few flights and new requirements

Article content Families hoping to reunite in Metro Vancouver or in China for Lunar New Year face a dampening to their plans not only due to new COVID-19 testing requirements, but also because there are few flights, say travel agents. Article content…

New Westminster's Waffle House is relocating — memories of Susan Chew's work and life there

Article content A sign in front of The Waffle House on Sixth Street in New Westminster said it had been serving homemade food since 1954. Article content The old-school diner served all-day breakfast classics like waffles, pancakes and omelettes.…

Lunar New Year travel to and from Vancouver faces few flights and new requirements

Families hoping to reunite in Metro Vancouver or in China for Lunar New Year face a dampening to their plans not only due to new COVID-19 testing requirements, but also because there are few flights, say travel agents. Starting on Jan. 5, passengers…

New Westminster's Waffle House is relocating — memories of Susan Chew's work and life there

A sign in front of The Waffle House on Sixth Street in New Westminster said it had been serving homemade food since 1954. The old-school diner served all-day breakfast classics like waffles, pancakes and omelettes. Entrees for seniors included…

'Get us home!': B.C. travellers stranded in Mexico after Sunwing flight cancellations

Article content Stuck in Puerto Vallarta after their Sunwing Airlines flight back to B.C. was cancelled, Dennis Mousseau says his nine-year-old son, Gus, has been crying himself to sleep, not knowing when he will be home. Article content Other…

'Get us home!': B.C. travellers stranded in Mexico after Sunwing flight cancellations

Stuck in Puerto Vallarta after their Sunwing Airlines flight back to B.C. was cancelled, Dennis Mousseau says his nine-year-old son, Gus, has been crying himself to sleep, not knowing when he will be home. Other stranded B.C. travellers are running…

YVR: 'Unprecedented' number of cancelled flights and staff working to help stranded passengers

The winter storm that hit Metro Vancouver and southern B.C. late Monday night resulted in an unprecedented number of cancelled flights at YVR. A small number of flights were able to depart on Tuesday, but cancellations and delays persisted for the…

YVR: 'Unprecedented' number of cancelled flights and staff working to help stranded passengers

Article content YVR said on Tuesday afternoon the winter storm that hit Metro Vancouver and southern B.C. has resulted in an unprecedented number of cancelled flights. Article content A small number of flights were able to depart on Tuesday, but…

Extreme cold means 'it's life or death' for people living on Metro Vancouver streets

Article content This week’s plummeting temperatures are forcing people who live on the streets to light open fires for warmth, and some shelter operators are stretching their spaces beyond capacity. Article content Vancouver fire crews responded to…