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Temporary tax on short-term accommodations to help fund Vancouver FIFA World Cup 2026To help fund the FIFA 2026 World Cup, overnight visitors in Vancouver will be subject to a $2.50 charge on each $100 paid for short-term accommodations beginning Feb. 1, 2023.CanadaJan 27
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Vancouver mayor vows to axe controversial single-use cup fee by summer"What we've heard form the business community and residents is the cup fee just ain't working, that it's punitive," Mayor Ken Sim said Tuesday.EnvironmentJan 24
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Vancouver mayor aims for city with ‘renewed swagger’ in first state of the city addressThe event was hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and was Ken Sim's first major address to the business community.PoliticsJan 24
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Vancouver’s last 2 homeless camps cost the city $6M, the cost of 2 more has yet to be calculatedWith people still living in tents in two more encampments along Hastings Street and in CRAB Park, the new civic government says reducing ongoing cash flow won’t happen overnight.CanadaJan 19
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VPD chief responds to allegations officers interfered in crash investigationThe Vancouver Police Department is facing allegations some of its members tried to interfere in an investigation after an officer was involved in a car crash on Tuesday.CrimeJan 19
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City seeks new service provider to help clean Downtown Eastside after axing VANDU contractThe city is is seeking a service provider for a six-month “Public Realm Cleaning Initiative,” with $450,000 in funding from the Union of B.C. Municipalities.CanadaJan 13
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City, province speeding up 90 new housing units to help address Vancouver tent citiesB.C. Premier David Eby has previously said he doesn't support tent encampments and believes it’s not a solution to address or curb homelessness.CanadaDec 14, 2022
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Vancouver park board to vote on removing separated Stanley Park bike laneWhile commissioners aim to offer an alternative for next summer, the possibility of removing the temporary bike lane, even temporarily, has upset a number of recreationalists.PoliticsDec 1, 2022
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Vancouver council bans staff from work on any future ‘road tax’The road tax ban was a key ABC Vancouver pledge in the October election, though critics argued it was misleading since the city doesn't have the power to implement road pricing.PoliticsNov 23, 2022
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Vancouver council approves plan to hire cops and nurses, boosts fundingIn a vote that split 6-3 with members of ABC Vancouver united in support and Green and OneCity councillors opposed, council approved $16 million for the program.PoliticsNov 23, 2022
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