Government & Policy
Opinion: Next B.C. government must end land-use and property-rights crisis
The province needs investment but who will provide it if ownership rights remain in judicial and legislative limbo?
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Government & Policy
Prime Minister Carney says $33-billion B.C. LNG expansion go-ahead shows Canada acting like an 'energy superpower'
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...
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Opinion
Surrey taxi drivers deserve lower fees and access to bus lanes
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. --------...
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Government & Policy
B.C. Conservatives narrowly lead NDP as most oppose snap election: survey
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...
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Government & Policy
Municipal Candidates Must Choose, Higher Taxes or More Homeownership
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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Housing Market
Roughly 2.3 Years Of Supply Above $4M Is Sitting (Pretty, Probably) In West Van
In March 2025, despite a prolonged slowdown in regional sales activity, West Vancouver's median residential sale price reached $3,381,500. It was the highest level in the past two decades.According to Sotheby's Internati...
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Government & Policy
B.C. election season is here. What issues will your votes impact?
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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Government & Policy
Kareem Allams' Vancouver Liberals accuse mayor of wanting to create a downtown 'prison'
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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Government & Policy
Pete Fry's Green Vancouver platform proposes Broadway bike lanes and municipal housing bonds
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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Government & Policy
Rental developers put projects on hold as costs rise, CMHC survey finds
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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New Development
First look inside SkyTrain's new state-of-the-art control centre building
For more than 40 years, SkyTrain’s brain and nerve centre has operated out of the Edmonds operations and maintenance centre (OMC1) in Burnaby. Today, it oversees the Expo and Millennium lines. Built in the 1980s for the...
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Government & Policy
Emily Lowan's BC Greens promise to bring back vacancy control
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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Government & Policy
'It's him': David Eby has message for Americans after latest Trump attack
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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Government & Policy
Ken Sim's ABC promises free kids' swim lessons, free parking, and 50-metre pool at Vancouver Aquatic Centre
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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Home Buyers
Everything you need to know about these stunning Excel Homes for sale in Chestermere
If you’ve been looking for a brand new home in the Calgary area, Excel Homes has officially arrived in Bridgeport, Chestermere, with a collection of thoughtfully designed duplexes and laned homes. Duplexes start from the...
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New Development
This Bottleneck Is Quietly Freezing Ontario Real Estate Projects
You’ve cleared the planning department, secured your zoning, and finalized your urban design. Under traditional real estate assumptions, you’d be preparing to break ground.But in Ontario’s current development landscape,...
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New Development
Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley promises 1,000 new affordable rental homes in bid for third term
Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley does not have an uncontested path to re-election this time around. After securing a second term by acclamation ahead of the 2022 civic election, when no other candidates stepped forward for the...
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Government & Policy
White Rock mayor's name to be removed from civic election ballot after all
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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Renting
Colleen Hardwick's TEAM seeks to protect affordable rental housing with 'upzoning' moratorium
Colleen Hardwick, a former Vancouver city councillor and the mayoral candidate for the TEAM For A Livable Vancouver party, is calling for governments to take a more direct role in creating new homes that middle-income re...
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Government & Policy
Alberta’s high-speed rail plans just took a major step forward
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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Renting
Landlord accuses B.C. renter of 'smear campaign' in rental dispute involving drugs
A B.C. renter initiated a legal fight against her former landlord in hopes of getting her security deposit back, all while making some fairly substantial claims against him. According to the renter and the BC Civil Resol...
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Government & Policy
Surrey mayoral candidate proposes new municipal Empty Homes Tax, building 1,000 new supportive housing units per year
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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Government & Policy
Lorne Doerkson's B.C. Conservatives vow no new taxes or tax increases if elected
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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Government & Policy
COPE Vancouver unveils its platform with housing a key priority
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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