Vancouver's downtown has surged to life faster than Toronto, Montreal, but restaurants struggle

Vancouver’s downtown has surged to life faster than the city cores of every major West Coast U.S. city as well as Toronto and Montreal, but its restaurants are still struggling to make it, according to new data on recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. While Vancouver hotels, shops and offices are doing relatively well, people aren’t making as many trips downtown, by car or transit, as they used to, says a report released Wednesday by the Downtown Van business association on …