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Vancouver city council has rejected an attempt to create a licensing framework for retail stores selling magic mushrooms and other psychoactive ethnogens.

Vancouver city council approved a motion Wednesday seeking to preserve and expand the city's aging stock of co-op housing.

Bill 44, adopted by the Provincial legislature in November 2023, will allow for increased maximum densities for the purpose of creating new “small-scale, multi-unit housing.”

Two B.C. courts have rejected a Vancouver bylaw limiting how much landlords can hike rents when SRO units turn over. The city wants the Supreme Court of Canada to hear the case.

City council voted unanimously Wednesday to greenlight a permanent sign bearing Vancouver's name.

A group of Dunbar homeowners are fighting the project, saying the building is too high and will tower over nearby homes, blocking out the sun.

The plan approved Wednesday directs city staff to come back with a plan, timeline and budget to expand WiFi access in the Downtown Eastside by the end of 2024.

With 28 per cent of assault causing bodily harm complaints in Kelowna involving bear spray, police are seriously considering whether they should put a lid on sales.

The Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Wauthuth nations, known collectively as the MST Nations, released a letter to the city and province Monday expressing their support.

Mayor Ken Sim is seeking to have the province amend the Vancouver Charter to eliminate the elected board and bring park administration under city council's oversight.

Two board spaces have opened in the last year amid high-profile resignations, and Vancouver First Nations say reconciliation calls for their members to fill the gaps.

Confusion remains about the future of retail stores selling magic mushrooms in Vancouver.

Ken Sim has asked the provincial government to open the Vancouver Charter to scrap the board and bring parks administration under the authority of city council.

The City of White Rock is working on possibly adding CCTV cameras in public spaces to increase public safety and deter crime.

In November 2021, Vancouver's previous city council approved the policy, which would have tied rent increases to a specific unit, rather than its tenant.

Currently, there are two governing bodies at the top of TransLink — the Mayors’ Council and TransLink’s board.

Community advocates and supporters gathered in Richmond for the Drive to Destigmatize event, an event aimed at raising awareness about drug use and the toxic drug crisis.

Edmonton city councillors are being presented with ideas to encourage people to patronize events and businesses past 5 p.m. city-wide.

Under new legislation proposed by the B.C. government, municipal mayors will no longer automatically act as the chair of their local police boards.

A Vancouver city councillor said a massive network of rat tunnels has been found at the CRAB Park encampment and that cleanup efforts have had to be extended.