Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 03:14:59 +0000
Opinion: It’s not a home-run. But if the final hours of council’s 2019 schedule had seen a different outcome, those who want to see more rental homes built in Vancouver would have less cause for optimism in 2020.
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Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 03:09:26 +0000
The possibility of a large property tax increase had been flagged for council six months ago.
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Credit to Author: Jennifer Saltman| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 01:12:39 +0000
Mayor Doug McCallum said he didn’t have a choice but to curtail discussions when the council meeting crowd became unruly and abusive.
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Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 07:40:36 +0000
Opinion: When the public hearing for the Kitsilano rental project resumes Tuesday, many people will be watching to see which way one of these pilot rental projects goes when faced with sleepless angry homeowners.
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Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 02:11:01 +0000
The seven (or six or five) per cent solution: Vancouver staff presented four different “scenarios” Wednesday, allowing council to chose how and where to trim the 2020 budget.
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Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:45:30 +0000
Opinion: For those who track Vancouver housing numbers like sports statistics, this week will have a big impact on how the rental totals end up for Kennedy Stewart’s first year in office.
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Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 00:55:09 +0000
Vancouver’s council asks staff for a “second sober look” at options for trimming proposed tax hike
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Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 03:36:23 +0000
“It was quite clear that there has been a takeover of the board to the far right,” Coun. Rebecca Bligh said of the NPA’s new board.
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Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 01:46:23 +0000
Council is wrestling with a proposed 8.2 per cent tax hike
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Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 02:25:57 +0000
Staff estimate implementing the climate motion will require $6.7 million in new funding for 2020 alone
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