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Government & Policy
B.C. election season is upon us, with both the local and provincial elections just weeks away. The municipal election is on Oct. 17, and the provincial snap election is just one week later on Oct. 24. Municipal and provi...
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Would converting part of the old St. Paul’s Hospital campus on Burrard Street into a facility for voluntary and involuntary mental health and addictions treatment amount to creating a prison in Downtown Vancouver’s West...
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Pete Fry’s Green Party of Vancouver released its 71-page election platform today, outlining commitments across Vancouver City Council, Vancouver Park Board, and Vancouver School Board ahead of the fast-approaching civic...
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A CMHC survey finds rising costs are prompting developers to delay projects and reduce unit sizes, even as new supply helps ease pressure on rents.
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The BC Greens announced that it will protect renters by implementing vacancy control and ending pet bans. In a policy brief, the BC Green Party said that “good rental homes” are key to solving the housing crisis, as more...
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B.C. Premier David Eby, who is less than a month away from a provincial election, recently clapped back at some comments U.S. President Donald Trump made about Canada by issuing a message for Americans. Much has been mad...
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Free introductory swimming lessons for children, an end to paid parking at several community and recreation destinations, and new swimming pools are among the ABC Vancouver party’s promises for families in the 2026 civic...
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White Rock Mayor Megan Knight’s name will no longer appear on the City’s 2026 mayoral civic election ballot, after the provincial government approved her withdrawal from the race. In a statement issued this afternoon, in...
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A high-speed rail link between Calgary and Edmonton just took another step forward. The Province of Alberta is getting ready to launch a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) process this fall for a high-speed rail project c...
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Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk wants to introduce a new municipal tax on homes left empty for much of the year, with the revenue dedicated to building new affordable housing projects within the city. The Imagine...
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On October 26, voters across Ontario will elect the municipal leaders who will make some of the most important decisions affecting housing affordability and supply in their communities. This is a housing election, and vo...
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The Conservative Party of British Columbia is promising that they will neither introduce new provincial taxes nor increase existing ones if their party forms the next government. In an announcement yesterday, the party s...
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British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby said a new tax on unsold condominiums would improve housing affordability, but the election promise is drawing criticism from the Conservatives and mixed reaction from experts.
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COPE Vancouver, a municipal party with candidates for City Council, the School Board, and the Park Board in Vancouver’s upcoming municipal election, has unveiled its 2026 platform. Some of the party’s key promises are to...
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Authored by: Grant Cameron, Senior Director of Public Affairs, RESCONCanada’s housing market may finally be moving in the right direction, but industry leaders, economists, policymakers and housing experts agree the coun...
Opinion
B.C. Premier David Eby already has the job, the majority power, and the authority to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s economic war. He has yet to explain convincingly why doing that job required interrupting the...
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Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk is proposing a new Fraser River waterfront destination and a cricket and rugby stadium as part of a push to bring major international sporting events to the city. Starchuk’s Imagine...
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The possibility of flying non-stop between Vancouver and Vietnam has moved a major step closer to reality, following a new agreement between the federal governments of Canada and Vietnam that allows direct flights betwee...
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UPDATE on Monday, Sept. 28: The City of White Rock will remove Mayor Megan Knight’s name from the 2026 civic election ballot, after receiving permission from the provincial government to do so. --------------------------...
Opinion
Written for Daily Hive Urbanized by Frances Bula, an award-winning, longtime civic affairs reporter and journalism professor, and now a Vancouver City Council candidate under the OneCity party in the October 2026 civic e...
Government & Policy
B.C. residents are being asked to vote twice in October: in a local election and a snap provincial election. While Premier David Eby was likely trying to seize on the fact that the Conservative Party of B.C. was unravell...
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Just three days into the provincial election campaign, BC NDP leader David Eby is promising a major new interventionist measure on housing supply. He is proposing to implement a new additional tax on developers who leave...
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With just over three weeks until the municipal election, campaign promises from the Vancouver municipal parties are starting to pile up — especially on housing, public safety, and jobs and the economy. Daily Hive Urbaniz...
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The 2026 Municipal Election is a pivotal moment for housing policy. On October 26, voters across Ontario will elect mayors and councillors who have significant influence over how much housing gets built, where it gets bu...
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