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Densification push threatens to squeeze out small businesses

Land rush, tax crush expected as new measures clarify entitlements

Nov 23, 2023 7:00 AM Read more >

B.C's speculation tax on homes expands by 13 new municipalities

VICTORIA — British Columbia's New Democrat government is expanding one of its first measures to combat the housing crisis to include 13 more communities.

Nov 22, 2023 5:06 PM Read more >

Police allege ex-Canucks prospect Prab Rai committed 'large scale' fraud

Prab Rai was drafted in the fifth round of the 2008 NHL entry draft after a junior hockey career in Prince George and Seattle.

Nov 22, 2023 4:05 PM Read more >

Vancouver taxpayers could face 7.6% tax hike in 2024

Meanwhile, police and fire departments predict combined $6.9-million deficit this year.

Nov 22, 2023 3:34 PM Read more >

Metro Vancouver transit ridership accelerating but below pre-pandemic level

Trend is in sync with national data

Nov 22, 2023 3:00 PM Read more >

India restores e-visa services for Canadians. The move could ease diplomatic tensions

NEW DELHI (AP) — India restored electronic visa services for Canadian nationals, an Indian foreign ministry official said Wednesday, two months after Canada alleged the South Asian nation was involved in the assassination of a Sikh separatist in Cana

Nov 22, 2023 9:15 AM Read more >

British Columbians losing confidence government will reduce cellphone costs, says poll

Majorities of users are dissatisfied with how much their mobile phones cost them each month.

Nov 22, 2023 8:30 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: ‘Born at the right time.’ Could B.C. housing legislation entrench intergenerational poverty?

BC Green MLA asks some uncomfortable questions about allowing multiplexes on single-family lots

Nov 22, 2023 7:45 AM Read more >

Fear of avian flu descends on B.C. farms as millions of chickens are killed

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — It's the first thing poultry farmers in British Columbia's Fraser Valley think about in the morning, and the last thing they worry about at night, according to industry spokeswoman Amanda Brittain.

Nov 22, 2023 1:00 AM Read more >

Freeland's fiscal update pledges new guardrails to keep deficits in check

The Liberal government's fall economic statement acknowledges the cost-of-living crisis weighing on Canadians but offers few new measures to tackle it, while pledging to keep deficits in check.

Nov 21, 2023 3:44 PM Read more >