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Government & Policy
The BC NDP-led provincial government and the City of Surrey have reached an agreement to work together on plans to create a provincial museum dedicated to Canadians of South Asian heritage, years after the provincial gov...
Government & Policy
Voters in the City of Victoria and the District of Saanich will be asked this month during the civic election on whether their municipalities should become one, although the outcome will not automatically lead to a merge...
Government & Policy
In October 2026, voters in the City of Vancouver and across the province will be heading to the polls twice for two separate elections. The first visit to the polls will be on civic election day on Saturday, Oct. 17, fol...
Government & Policy
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke’s Surrey Connect party is proposing nearly $1.5 billion in additional spending on public facilities, public parks, and streets, while promising to keep property tax increases at or below the rat...
Government & Policy
The City of Surrey says its bylaw officers did not remove election signs at the southwest corner of the intersection of 72 Avenue and 132 Street, rejecting Safe Surrey Coalition mayoral candidate Doug McCallum’s allegati...
Mortgage Rates
Ontario and Alberta recorded the highest mortgage application fraud rates in Q2 as Equifax warned lenders to account for regional differences in financial stress.
Opinion
Written for Daily Hive Urbanized by Spencer van Vloten, who is a nationally published writer, community advocate, a recipient of the B.C. Medal of Good Citizenship, and a Vancouver Park Board candidate with the Green Par...
Government & Policy
In 2025, the Government of British Columbia provided TransLink with what was described as a final provincial operating subsidy, helping to cover a major portion of the public transit authority’s revenue shortfalls over t...
Government & Policy
David Eby announced that a re-elected BC NDP government would crack down on corporate price gouging and cap profits on everyday essential foods — potentially saving B.C. residents up to $700 a year on groceries. At a pre...
Mortgage Rates
By Rita Nazareth (Bloomberg) — A sharp slowdown in the U.S. jobs market drove stocks higher as bond yields fell on speculation the Federal Reserve won’t be forced to raise interest rates any time soon. Those bets revived...
Mortgage Rates
Canada has about 300,000 more residents than previously estimated, with revised figures overturning earlier indications that the country’s population was shrinking, according to a new analysis by Vancouver-based credit u...
Government & Policy
David Xie says he is no longer pursuing a seat on Burnaby City Council, but his name will still be on this month’s civic election ballot. He previously entered the municipal race under the New Burnaby civic party and is...
Government & Policy
If elected, mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk and his Imagine Surrey party would pursue creating a discounted one-zone monthly TransLink public transit pass for Surrey residents, with the City of Surrey covering the remain...
New Development
Drivers heading east out of Downtown Vancouver face months of vehicle traffic disruptions on the Georgia Viaduct, beginning with the closure of its Main Street off-ramp on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. The City of Vancouver issu...
Government & Policy
The proposed new additional oil pipeline from near Edmonton to Metro Vancouver that would carry an additional one million barrels of crude a day to overseas markets is moving onto a faster federal government review track...
Government & Policy
A former Vancouver mayoral candidate is running in the Vancouver-Strathcona riding for the BC NDP. Amanda Burrows, a renter, prominent social justice advocate, and the executive director of the First United Church in the...
Government & Policy
Plans for a new outdoor aquatic facility in Medicine Hat are moving forward, with city council giving the go-ahead to restart design work on the project. The proposed aquatics facility has been in the works for a few yea...
Renting
In back-to-back announcements, Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk promised to both create a “Senakw-style partnership” for rental housing as well as create a ‘no new casino’ moratorium. This is in the run-up to the O...
New Development
For one night each year, Nuit Blanche renders Toronto a de facto art gallery, with exhibits taking over streets, parks, public buildings, and unexpected corners of the city. But while Nuit Blanche can feel spontaneous to...
Government & Policy
The province needs investment but who will provide it if ownership rights remain in judicial and legislative limbo?
Government & Policy
LNG Canada is moving ahead with a major expansion of its Kitimat export terminal, a decision the Government of Canada asserts will unlock $33 billion in private investment and double the facility’s capacity to ship lique...
Opinion
Written for Daily Hive Urbanized by Ashiyana Hanif, who is a Surrey broadcaster and the founder of Media Waves Live. She is an Imagine Surrey candidate for Surrey City Council in the October 2026 civic election. --------...
Government & Policy
Premier David Eby’s decision to call a snap provincial general election faces opposition from most British Columbians, including nearly half of those who currently intend to vote for his party, according to new survey by...
Government & Policy
Over the past few years, governments have taken important steps to improve housing affordability. Ontario and the federal government have worked together to significantly reduce development charges and lower the harmoniz...
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