City Of Vancouver
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Debate heats up in Chinatown as embattled 105 Keefer St. development is reviewed againSome Chinatown locals are condemning the application's complete lack of social housing units in a part of Vancouver that is home to many folks with limited and low income.CanadaMay 25
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Protesters angry over removal of Stanley Park bike laneProtesters gathered along Stanley Park Drive Sunday to protest the Vancovuer Park Board removing the temporary bike lane, which was put up at the start of the pandemic.CanadaMay 21
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B.C. municipal leaders heading to Ont. to talk financingOttawa spends billions to build infrastructure but municipality officials said that just covers part of the construction, then they're left to pay for operation and maintenance.PoliticsMay 21
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Tokens taken from Vancouver residential schools memorial, right before scheduled removalThe memorial was scheduled for removal Friday afternoon in alignment with the cultural protocols of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ Nations.CanadaMay 19
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Neighbourhood too noisy? Vancouver seeks feedback for update to noise bylawThe City of Vancouver is asking the public to sound off as it plans to revamp its noise-control bylaw.CanadaMay 10
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Gastown’s facelift, car-free pilot program gets thumbs up from Vancouver councilCity staff will now begin planning a car-free pilot program for Water Street, for a one-month period or on select weekends this summer, next summer or both.PoliticsMay 10
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‘Unintended consequences’: Vancouver council votes to cut empty homes tax back to 3%Vancouver city council upped the empty homes tax from three per cent of a property’s value to five per cent in 2022, but now staff is recommending it shift back to three per cent.PoliticsMay 10
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Vancouver city councillor wants to track ‘demovictions’ to address loophole for Broadway neighbourhoodCouncillor Pete Fry says 2,000 renter households a year in the Broadway neighbourhood could be forced out due to the ongoing plan.PoliticsMay 7
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More pedestrians, fewer cars pitched in plan to revitalize Vancouver’s GastownCoun. Sarah Kirby-Yung says Water Street will close to vehicle traffic either for a month or on weekends, this summer or in 2024, in a pilot project to pedestrianize Gastown.PoliticsMay 2
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Vancouver’s single-use cup fee to end May 1City council voted to scrap the 25-cent fee back in February, which came into effect in January 2022.PoliticsApr 30
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