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Government & Policy
On September 2, the federal government, the City of Burnaby, and the Burnaby Housing Authority announced nearly $92 million in combined funding to build 183 secure rental homes.The new builds are set to rise at 6203 Mari...
Government & Policy
Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said positive investor sentiment is helping keep Canada’s borrowing costs in check despite a global bond rout, arguing the country’s finances are strong enough to handle the v...
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The City of Vaughan and Simcoe County announced substantial reductions to their development charges through the Ontario Development Charge Reduction Program (DCRP). These announcements highlight an important principle fo...
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An MLA of the Conservative Party of BC has received approval to launch a province-wide petition seeking the repeal of Government of British Columbia’s highly controversial Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney matched the new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump and announced new support programs for Canadian businesses hurt by the escalating trade war with the country’s largest trading partner.
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The Government of British Columbia is officially cancelling Vancouver Coastal Health’s (VCH) highly controversial plan to open an overdose prevention site (OPS) at 900 Helmcken St. in Downtown Vancouver. Vancouver Mayor...
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Conservative Party of BC MLA Reann Gasper is stepping down from her Abbotsford-Mission riding seat, clearing the way for party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay to attempt to enter the B.C. legislature through a by-election. Th...
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The City of Vancouver could spend as little as $40 million to keep the existing Kitsilano Outdoor Pool operating for another 15 years — or as much as $300 million to completely replace it with a new facility offering mor...
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The Granville Street Pedestrian Zone in Downtown Vancouver may have just delivered its strongest indication yet that the momentum generated by the FIFA World Cup can continue without the international soccer tournament —...
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Municipal governments across Metro Vancouver are spending and collecting substantially more money per resident than they did 15 years ago, even after accounting for population growth and inflation. The new analysis by Fr...
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A new residential development is coming to northeast Edmonton, set to bring multi-unit housing, park space, and other amenities to the Gorman neighbourhood. City council on Monday approved three bylaws intended to suppor...
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Nate Erskine-Smith previously was Liberal MP for Beaches-East York since 2015 and Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities from late 2024 to mid-2025.
Government & Policy
A large majority of businesses responding to a recent Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (GVBOT) survey want municipal governments to keep annual property tax increases at roughly the rate of inflation or lower. The survey...
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In many ways, it hasn’t been the best year for the BC NDP. The government has dealt with a lot of blowback due to its handling of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), concerns over property ri...
Government & Policy
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in July fell five per cent compared with June.
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Ontario’s highest provincial court has cleared a major legal obstacle to Premier Doug Ford’s plan to remove municipally-built protected bike lanes from several major busy streets within the City of Toronto. In an unanimo...
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The OneCity Vancouver party wants to rebuild and reestablish the City of Vancouver’s business support and investment attraction capacity, nearly three years after the ABC Vancouver party-led City Council wound down the V...
Opinion
Written for Daily Hive Urbanized by Jack Middleton, who is the president of the board of the BC Schizophrenia Society and a public affairs and government relations professional. He is a dedicated advocate for people and...
Government & Policy
Premier David Eby says his BC NDP-led provincial government already supports creating involuntary care capacity in Vancouver and has been searching for a suitable site, questioning the need for the City of Vancouver to h...
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Vancouver voters will officially be asked to weigh in on public hard drug use and establishing a major mental health and addictions treatment facility during the civic election on Oct. 17, 2026, after the ABC Vancouver m...
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B.C. Premier David Eby has announced several changes to cabinet after a prominent minister announced that she will be taking leave for cancer treatment and recovery. The Province’s Minister of Finance, Brenda Bailey, has...
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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says he and his ABC Vancouver party colleagues have reached a “tipping point” over the city’s addictions and mental health crisis and the associated resulting public disorder, as he formally launc...
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British Columbians have become far less supportive of a number of Indigenous reconciliation measures since Fall 2025, while a strong majority remain concerned about the potential effects of the landmark Aboriginal title...
Government & Policy
A year ago, after a meeting with Canada’s provincial leaders, Prime Minister Mark Carney made a pledge that he has since repeated many times.
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