Dan Fumano: Vancouver council's many new priorities cost money
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 00:50:31 +0000
City staff warned of a big tax hike six months ago
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Dan Fumano: Ex-Rebel Media figure among newcomers on NPA board
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 03:05:00 +0000
New member of the NPA’s board of directors best known for 2017 confrontation with Canada’s then-environment minister, who asked him and his colleagues to stop calling her “Climate Barbie.”
Read moreVancouver council's moves to boost rental housing 'a big deal'
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:52:48 +0000
Mayor hails ‘landmark new rental policies,’ says ‘new rental policies will help more of our friends and neighbours stay in Vancouver’
Read moreVancouver city staff support Hollywood Theatre liquor license
Credit to Author: Nick Eagland| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 22:23:12 +0000
A staff report going to council this week recommends council endorse an event-driven liquor license for the 594-person venue in Kitsilano.
Read moreFour-storey apartment buildings could replace houses on more Vancouver side streets
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 02:46:32 +0000
“All of us on council say we’re in the middle of a housing crisis and … you have to do something new,” says Mayor Kennedy Stewart.
Read moreVancouver rental completions down 30 per cent from last year: report
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 01:29:15 +0000
After years of a chronically low rental vacancy rate, Vancouver lags far behind its own rental construction targets.
Read moreKennedy Stewart after Year 1: Independent mayor talks challenges and opportunities
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 20:03:48 +0000
A year ago, Vancouver chose its most mixed council and first independent mayor in almost 40 years. The year ahead poses continued challenges on transportation, overdoses and housing
Read moreVancouver to consider allowing temporary modular housing throughout residential areas
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:56:45 +0000
“I think it’s critically important that we build mixed neighbourhoods, where we live in close proximity to people who are not like us,” Vancouver Coun. Christine Boyle said. “That builds healthier and stronger neighbourhoods.”
Read moreDan Fumano: Uncertainty looms for thousands of co-op home households in Vancouver
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 02:06:28 +0000
Residents of co-ops on city-owned land decry years of delays as lease expiries rapidly approach, but city says it must balance their interests with those “of all Vancouver residents, including future generations”
Read moreAfter clearing Manila roads, Isko to clear City Hall of red tape
Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 14:37:39 +0000
After declogging the streets of Manila of obstructions, mainly illegal vendors, Mayor Isko Moreno is now setting his sights on clearing the city government of obstacles in doing business.
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