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Vancouver council votes to increase police and fire budgetsVancouver's city council is set to vote on Wednesday on whether to approve a financial lifeline to the city's police and fire departments.PoliticsNov 5
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Vancouver city council votes to freeze property taxes in next budgetDelivering 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.PoliticsOct 8
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Vancouver council rejects plan for new city-owned for-profit housingSix city-owned sites had been selected to produce about 4,000 homes, according to plans shared by the City of Vancouver on Tuesday.PoliticsOct 21
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Vancouver votes to remove some baby change tables due to constant vandalismIn 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.PoliticsNov 25
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B.C. government tables legislation to dissolve the Vancouver Park BoardThe 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.PoliticsOct 9
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Vancouver mayor wants part of B.C. government park board legislation removedKen 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.PoliticsOct 14
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‘Not enough butter’: Calgary Transit sees funding boost but more required to expand serviceA $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.CanadaNov 28
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‘Incredibly long road’: Granville Howard Johnson supportive housing to close next JuneIn 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.PoliticsNov 10
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Vancouver Aquatic Centre closed after piece of concrete falls from roof into poolThe Vancouver Park Board initially said that the facility was closed due to an operational issue, but did not offer any further details.PoliticsNov 4
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Longtime Vancouver Chinatown restaurant closed after lease terminated by cityFloata Seafood Restaurant, located at 180 Keefer St., has been a staple in the community for more than three decades and hosted weddings and banquets.EconomyOct 29
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Coast-to-coast police operation nets 386 kilograms of fentanyl, millions in cashLaw enforcement say the five-month operation resulted in 78 per cent of the fentanyl seized in Canada this past year.CrimeDec 2
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Hong Kong Canadians reeling after deadly highrise infernoGlobal Affairs estimates there are about 300,000 Canadian citizens in Hong Kong, making them the biggest Canadian diaspora outside the United States.WorldNov 26
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What’s next for Calgary’s municipal political parties?Calgarians elected six city councillors who affiliated with a party during the 2025 election campaign including four candidates from the Communities First party.CanadaOct 27
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Subsidiary of Greyhound bus hoping to service Okanagan communities againGerman-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.TrafficOct 16
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Canadian airports brace for ripple effects of U.S. FAA flight cutsHundreds 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.CanadaNov 7
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Auction begins for ‘cream’ of Hudson’s Bay art collection in TorontoArt lovers, historians and those wistful about the fall of Canada's oldest company are expected in Toronto.CanadaNov 19
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West Vancouver homeowners sue district to stop demolition of illegally-built gazebo'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.PoliticsOct 16
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Smithers, B.C. spending almost $400,000 on private security, safety upgrades at homeless campFollowing ongoing disorder and repeated fires, council recently approved spending up to $234,000 per year for private security to monitor the camp.PoliticsOct 7
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Downtown Eastside to get new police district as Task Force Barrage draws to a closeThe creation of District 5 comes as Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim claimed the city had recorded a 23-year low in violent crime, seven months after the launch of "Task Force Barrage."CrimeSep 8
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West Van council upholds demolition order for illegally-built structure on $6.7 million property“Everything we have done, everything we have achieved until now has been by the book,” Kamran Gerami told councillors at Monday’s meeting.PoliticsSep 11