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Vancouver taxpayers on hook for at least $3.5M for Oppenheimer Park tent city“Homelessness is expensive", said Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart when asked whether $3.5 million spent on the Oppenheimer Park encampment was a good use of taxpayers' money.CanadaMay 9
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Vancouver Park Board plans to partially reopen Oppenheimer Park in JuneThe Vancouver Park Board says a phased approach to reopening the park will allow restoration to continue while ensuring the community has opportunities "to influence the outcomes."CanadaMar 14
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City of Burnaby looks to equip bylaw officers with body-worn camerasThe City of Burnaby is requesting proposals for the purchase and implementation of wearable body cameras for its bylaw officers.NewsJan 10
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‘It’s time for them to step up and break this up’: B.C. nurse frustrated with anti-mask rallies“These irresponsible idiots need to look in the mirror...They are the problem...they don’t have the right to endanger the health of the public," said Mike Farnworth.HealthDec 8, 2020
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$870K and counting: Break-in, vandalism delay Oppenheimer Park reopening plansThe Vancouver Park Board says there is no current revised timeline for Oppenheimer Park to safely reopen due to the "unfortunate act of vandalism."CrimeNov 15, 2020
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‘We have multi-generational traumas’: Gwa’dzi Managed Alcohol Program breaking ground in Port Hardy"The partnership that the Gwa'dzi Managed Alcohol Program and the local detachment have is one of the first I'm aware of in Canada," said Port Hardy RCMP Cpl. Chris Voller.NewsNov 10, 2020
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‘We’re suffering and they don’t care’: No border travel exemption for Point RobertsResidents of Point Roberts who've been isolated since the Canada-U.S. border was closed to non-essential travel in March are frustrated that newly eased restrictions don't apply to them.CanadaNov 1, 2020
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‘It’s just craziness out there’: Tofino and Ucluelet urging visitors to respect COVID-19 protocols"There's a lot more entitlement to be out here right now when everything is so crazy still, and we still have the threat of COVID," said a lifelong Ucluelet resident of the illegal camping on back roads.NewsSep 6, 2020
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‘There needs to be consequences’: Tofino slapping beach scofflaws with $200 fines"It's really disturbing to see the way some people are choosing to leave behind the evidence of their presence here," said Tofino Mayor Josie Osborne.NewsAug 23, 2020
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‘Completely unacceptable’: COVID-19 customer rudeness reaches breaking point in B.C.From verbal attacks to physical assaults, the backlash directed against employees is forcing some B.C. business owners to take extreme measures.NewsJul 26, 2020
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