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Vancouver at street level. City life, neighbourhoods, and local politics. sidestreetvancouver.ca

Side Street Vancouver @sidestreetvan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Advance voting starts today, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. You can vote at any advance voting place in Vancouver, not just the one nearest home, so pick one on a route you already use. Our transit check of all 59: sidestreetvancouver.ca/article/vanc...

Map of Vancouver with 52 navy dots for advance voting places with frequent transit and 7 rust dots for those that take more planning, with the SkyTrain lines.

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Side Street Vancouver @sidestreetvan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The City says 92 per cent of simple renovation permits clear in three days. In its own open data, 10.1 per cent of 2025's did. The two numbers can't be counting the same thing. We asked the City: sidestreetvancouver.ca/article/vanc...

Four small line charts of median days to a building permit from 2017 to 2026: renovations, new houses and laneway houses falling, multiplexes rising.

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