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Mike Howell

Mike Howell

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Vancouver council considers three more rental housing towers

Vancouver council considers three more rental housing towers

Proposals for Broadway corridor call for total of 608 homes, with 20 per cent below-market rental.
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Vancouver police spend $410K on 16 barriers to prevent future vehicle attacks

Vancouver police spend $410K on 16 barriers to prevent future vehicle attacks

VPD on Lapu Lapu day tragedy: "The risk assessment of that event was that it was a low-risk family event that traditionally we would probably not have deployed them there."
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Vancouver civic byelection for two council seats cost $1.6 million

Vancouver civic byelection for two council seats cost $1.6 million

Voting day plagued by long lineups, some people waited 3.5 hours to cast ballot
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Vancouver sees steep drop in abandoned police calls

Vancouver sees steep drop in abandoned police calls

VPD analysis shows assaults, break-ins, thefts go unreported when calls abandoned by citizens
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Long-awaited hearing begins for three-tower proposal at Commercial-Broadway

Long-awaited hearing begins for three-tower proposal at Commercial-Broadway

Project calls for 1,044 rental units on Vancouver property currently occupied by Safeway
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Council hits pause on proposed 18-storey tower near Mount Pleasant heritage homes

Council hits pause on proposed 18-storey tower near Mount Pleasant heritage homes

City council defers 165-unit rental housing proposal over concerns related to tower shadowing nearby park
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Holborn Group proposes $2.8B 'transformational' project for downtown Vancouver

Holborn Group proposes $2.8B 'transformational' project for downtown Vancouver

A hotel, condos, rental housing, social housing and an Indigenous art gallery will span several properties, including in the Downtown Eastside.
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Hundreds gather at Vancouver’s Holy Rosary Cathedral in wake of Filipino festival tragedy

Hundreds gather at Vancouver’s Holy Rosary Cathedral in wake of Filipino festival tragedy

Archbishop J. Michael Miller: “We assure the Filipino community that they are not alone in their grief.”
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$1.1M fee for Granville SRO sparks debate at city hall

$1.1M fee for Granville SRO sparks debate at city hall

Non-ABC Vancouver councillors argue conversion fee charged to owner is too low
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Vancouver mayor renews call for ‘action’ on mental health crisis

Vancouver mayor renews call for ‘action’ on mental health crisis

Ken Sim wants bail reform, mandatory care for chronic offenders living with a mental illness
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