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Vancouver's city council is set to vote on Wednesday on whether to approve a financial lifeline to the city's police and fire departments.

Delivering a zero per cent increase would require cutting about $100 million from the city's operating budget. Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said it can be done.

Six city-owned sites had been selected to produce about 4,000 homes, according to plans shared by the City of Vancouver on Tuesday.

In a memo, City of Vancouver staff said there are currently eight sites where change tables cannot be made safe and kept in service, with other locations under review.

'For too long, aging SROs have continued to deteriorate, and regulatory barriers have prevented viable replacements from moving forward,' Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said.

The B.C. government says the new legislation would require a unanimous vote by Vancouver's council, along with the assent vote, for removing a permanent park designation.

The province, through BC Assessment, can reclassify land from Class 6 business use to Class 8 recreational property/non-profit organization use for community gardens or dog parks.

Ken Sim says neither he nor the city council has ever formally requested that any provincial changes be exempt from the referendum for any parkland transfers to First Nations.

A $59 million boost is earmarked for Calgary Transit in the proposed budget to cover increased frequency on key routes, the low-income transit pass, and maintenance and upgrades.

Law enforcement say the five-month operation resulted in 78 per cent of the fentanyl seized in Canada this past year.

Global Affairs estimates there are about 300,000 Canadian citizens in Hong Kong, making them the biggest Canadian diaspora outside the United States.

In June 2020, the province bought the former Howard Johnson for $55 million, to house people who’d been living in encampments, including individuals with serious substance use.

The Vancouver Park Board initially said that the facility was closed due to an operational issue, but did not offer any further details.

Floata Seafood Restaurant, located at 180 Keefer St., has been a staple in the community for more than three decades and hosted weddings and banquets.

Art lovers, historians and those wistful about the fall of Canada's oldest company are expected in Toronto.

Calgarians elected six city councillors who affiliated with a party during the 2025 election campaign including four candidates from the Communities First party.

Hundreds of flight cancellations spread across the U.S. as airlines began complying with the Federal Aviation Administration's unprecedented order to scale down routes nationwide.

German-owned FlixBus, which bought out Greyhound after it pulled out of Canada entirely in 2021, is asking local municipalities for support as it looks to expand its operations.

'It seems they want to try every possible angle to correct what was really quite an obvious misstep,' West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager told Global News.

Following ongoing disorder and repeated fires, council recently approved spending up to $234,000 per year for private security to monitor the camp.