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With Ontario’s municipal election on Monday, October 26, voters across the GTA and Simcoe are hearing increasingly detailed debates about housing affordability, property taxes, infrastructure, development charges, and ho...
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A new $26-million park has officially opened in northwest Calgary. Rocky Ridge Athletic Park sits beside Shane Homes YMCA and features two artificial turf fields with spectator seating, lighting for evening events, washr...
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Colleen Hardwick is in the running to be Vancouver’s next mayor, with housing affordability and “livability” a key component of her platform. This is Hardwick’s second stab at the mayor’s seat. After serving as a city co...
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Metro Vancouver Regional District is rejecting the Conservative Party of British Columbia’s case for removing several of its responsibilities, arguing that the party’s election-time criticism overlooks recent spending re...
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Both the BC NDP led by Premier David Eby and the Conservative Party of British Columbia led by Lorne Doerkson have each committed to set aside $15 million to help establish a permanent Filipino Cultural Centre, if they a...
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The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is investigating fire-damaged ABC Vancouver campaign signs at a volunteer’s home, raising concerns that flames could have completely engulfed numerous campaign signs and spread to hi...
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Some of the most visible changes yet in the careful, lengthy deconstruction process of the old Pattullo Bridge will unfold over the Thanksgiving long weekend. According to the provincial government’s project office, work...
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Something that no Vancouver mayoral candidate has yet taken the time to prioritize and address is the rat problem facing the city — that is, until Vancouver Liberals Leader Kareem Allam announced that he would implement...
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Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the federal government is mulling its options ahead of the expiry of Canada’s foreign homebuyers ban at the end of the year.
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We are less than two weeks away from the final voting day in the upcoming Vancouver election and municipal elections taking place around B.C., and Rebecca Bligh believes she’s the right choice for the city. Daily Hive Ur...
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Ahead of the civic election on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, Vancouver mayor Ken Sim has ruled out a municipal legal fight against the proposed Pacific Link oil pipeline by the Government of Alberta and the Government of Cana...
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The Green Party of British Columbia is proposing a one-time wealth tax with rates reaching 20 per cent, followed by an annual tax of up to five per cent. This would be implemented for British Columbians with net wealth e...
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An advocacy group comprised of East Vancouver residents is pushing the City of Vancouver to remove neighbourhood vehicle traffic barriers, asserting that restrictions intended to make streets safer are creating lengthy d...
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Vancouver’s five leading mayoral candidates offered sharply different plans for reducing public disorder, controlling the escalating cost pressures of the City of Vancouver, and getting residential and commercial develop...
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Lorne Doerkson, the leader of the Conservative Party of B.C., announced the party’s public safety plan earlier today, promising to end open drug use in B.C.’s towns and cities. In a release, the party said that they will...
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Governor Ron DeSantis says he wants Canadian tourists to subsidize the state so Florida residents pay less tax
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If elected, Lorne Doerkson’s Conservative Party of British Columbia would completely overhaul Metro Vancouver Regional District by drastically downsizing its scope, mandate, and operations. The party announced today its...
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Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC Vancouver is proposing new construction incentives, new rental homes on City of Vancouver-owned land, and tougher consequences for supportive housing operators with persistent safety problems — all pa...
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B.C. voters are beginning to “lock in,” according to a recent survey from the Angus Reid Institute. Angus Reid conducted an online survey between Oct. 1 and 3 to assess British Columbians’ voting intent in the upcoming p...
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Just ahead of the civic election on Oct. 17, 2026, Kareem Allam’s Vancouver Liberals have now released a 148-point platform plan for what they would do if elected to the mayor’s office, Vancouver City Council, Vancouver...
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It’s already been reported that fewer Canadians are travelling to Florida, and the latest proposal from its governor could see even fewer people making the trip south. Voters in the Sunshine State will decide Nov. 3 whet...
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Sean Orr is raising concerns about the placement of ABC Vancouver’s election signs. Orr, a former Vancouver City Councillor with COPE Vancouver who is seeking re-election, sent out an email last week, pointing out the va...
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A B.C. man running for Kelowna City Council who says he doesn’t even like politics is garnering lots of attention online, and it isn’t because of his policies or campaign promises. Brady Rogers, who calls himself an “inv...
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British Columbians with taxable incomes $190,405 and higher would pay more provincial income tax under a BC NDP proposal the party says would eventually raise $1 billion annually in new revenue for the provincial governm...
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