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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.

Citing years of staff safety concerns and significant operating losses at the Abbott Street store, the retailer said it has become unsustainable to continue operating there.

The City of Langford on Vancouver Island has officially opened a new primary care centre, with help from municipal funding. It will provide more than 12,000 with a family doctor

A report to be delivered to the city’s transportation standing committee on Monday includes a new “core service plan” which proposes changes to 37 per cent of transit routes.

Last May, Coun. Ahmed Antar Yousef Mohamed announced he was taking leave to address 'personal matters' and that he hoped to return to council.

Members of South Asian community have been invited to an open house hosted by Calgary Police to discuss a rash of recent extortion threats against the community.

The study found Halifax drivers spent about 111 hours waiting in rush-hour traffic, and the city had the third-worst traffic congestion in the country last year.

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.

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.

'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 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.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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