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Significant density is envisioned in the concepts for the development of the Jericho Lands in Vancouver's Point Grey neighbourhood.

On Kwikwetlem territory, a new vision for Riverview The Riverview Lands, on the slope above the Coquitlam River, were known as a storied place. Settlers will remember the area most for its mental health facility, which the province began work on in 1904. It had an extensive garden and was near the Colony Farm, where patient labourers once produced up to 700 tonnes of crops and 20,000 gallons of milk per year. Chief Ed Hall of the Kwikwetlem First Nation says his mother, now 75, has a lot of memories of the Riverview community — from a convenience store she used to visit to the grounds she ...

Apr262021, 3:13 pm The Olympic Cauldron at Jack Poole Plaza relit on February 12, 2020 for the 10-year anniversary of Vancouver 2010. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive) BC leaders in business, tourism, and sport convened earlier this month for a virtual public discussion on how hosting the 2030 Olympic Winter Games could align with the province’s long-term goals, while also providing a jump start to the battered tourism industry after the pandemic. During an event held by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, former VANOC president and CEO John Furlong maintained that the Games could be re-hosted...

But for the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm people, their relationship with the site dwarfs colonization by about 9,000 years. Before the site became part of the City of Coquitlam, they knew it as a lush spot for food, medicine, ceremony and, due to its high elevation, a refuge during floods and raids by other communities, said Hall. After the Riverview Hospital officially closed in 2012, the province and Kwikwetlem First Nation, with help from the public, worked on envisioning the site’s future. Some major announcements for the site came last month: a new name in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, the downriver dial...